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Creating climate change awareness through training

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‘Hate crimes will not be tolerated’ GurGaon, october 18 (IanS): In the wake of the assault on two Naga youths here, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju Saturday met a group of students from the northeast and assured them that “hate crimes will not be tolerated”. He said that the central government will soon enforce the Bezbaruah panel proposals for the northeast people. “The government believes India is a democratic nation and such hate crimes will not be tolerated. Our society must not be intolerant, we must exist harmoniously together,” Rijiju said, adding the attack was “unacceptable”. He also said the government has decided to have a dedicated helpline and police force to deal with issues of students from the northeastern region. The Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh said he has spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the national security advisor and have decided to hold a high level meeting on the matter. “What steps must be taken to avoid such incidents from taking place in future will be discussed,” he said. The minister met the group two days after two men from Nagaland, both call centre workers, were beaten up and assaulted by

NSF seeks clear policy on ‘hate crimes’ • Govt will soon enforce Bezbaruah panel’s proposals KohIma, It further lamented that the NSF and october 18 (mexn): Condemning the brutal attack on two different civil organizations based in • Helpline for people from North East to be set up Naga youths in Sikanderpur area, Gur- North East region, including North East

a group of people Wednesday night in Sikanderpur area near the Mehrauli border. Aloto Chishi and Awangbo Newmai said the gang that attacked them shouted racial slurs at them. “I had already met Prime Minister Narender Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the issue and we are fully committed to not allow such incidents to be repeated across the country in the future,” Rijiju said. “Integrity and solidarity of the country would not be allowed to be disintegrated as the people of country from every part, including NE region, have equal rights to live and earn their livelihood,” he said. He said, “The home ministry would implement the recommendations of the committee headed by MP Bezbaruah, retired IAS, member, North East Council.” Bezbaruah had looked into various concerns of northeast people. The minister approved setting up a separate exclusive helpline for the northeast people in Gurgaon. If the helpline proves beneficial to check

Diesel prices deregulated, cheaper by Rs. 3.37 a litre

In this file photograph people are seen protesting against discrimination and racism towards people from the North East. In the wake of series of assault on North East youth in Bangalore and Delhi recently, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju stated that hate crimes will not be tolerated and central government will soon enforce the Bezbaruah panel proposals for the North East people.

racist attacks, the same would be replicated across the metro cities where people from the northeast live. Rijiju told media persons that the home ministry would soon implement the Bezbaruah committee recommendations.

Gurgaon police Friday arrested three youths from Sikanderpur on the Mehrauli border where the incident took place. Gaurav Yadav, 23, a resident of Sikanderpur, Ram Bihari from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and Vijay Ku-

mar from West Bengal have been arrested. Gurgaon Police have also identified two more people involved in the incident. The minister said he did not meet any of the two victims as both had been discharged from their respective hospitals.

aIZaWL, october 18 (PtI): Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Saturday warned that repeated racial attacks on people from the Northeast in other parts of India might lead to spread of communalism and rise of secessionism in the region. Urging the central government to enact anti-racial law to stop such incidents, the chief minister lamented that the Northeastern people are “not considered as Indians”.

“The anti-racial law has to be enacted because if we do not contain it (attacks on Northeastern people), it will spread communalism and may also fuel secessionism. We have to arrest this as quickly as possible,” Lal Thanhawla told reporters on the sidelines of Infrastructure Conclave. Terming the attacks as very unfortunate, he said that the Northeast people were treated as if they were not Indians. The chief minister

then went on to illustrate the typical mindset by giving an example. “One fellow once asked me, where is Mizoram. Is it in China or in Nepal? He said we don’t look like an Indian. I asked him, tell me in one sentence how does an Indian look like? Why can not Northeastern people be considered as Indians even after 60 years of Independence? Ask them how can we become more Indian than we have been.”

All Nagaland Chambers of Commerce petitions govt Nagaland to formulate new power policy

neW DeLhI, october 18 (IanS): The government Saturday deregulated diesel prices by linking the fuel cost to market-based pricing. The decision was taken by the union cabinet at a meeting held here. While announcing the decision on diesel price deregulation Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said: “Price of diesel will be linked to the market, and therefore, depending on whatever is the cost involved, is the element that consumers will have to pay.” According to Jaitley, the price of diesel will depend on the global crude oil costs and domestic demand. Present at the conference where Jaitley was speaking, Indian Oil Corporation’s Chairman B. Ashok announced that diesel prices will be cut by Rs.3.37 per litre including taxes from midnight Oct 18.

‘Start learning to respect the feelings of the Naga people’

Nagaland moves towards Smart School

DImaPur, october 18 (mexn): The Action Committee Against Corruption & Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) has come out strongly against the October 13 assault on a Naga entrepreneur at Chumukedima. The ACAUT in a press statement said that the victim, Thepfusatuo Chatsu, was “brutally assaulted and his two mobile phones along with cash (were) stolen.” Terming the act as “most unwarranted,” the ACAUT said that it was committed by three men, “all reportedly from the NSCNIM”,and that the organisation should take responsibility and publicly apologize to the Naga people. It demanded that the “NSCN-IM hand over the culprits to the police unconditionally.” According to the ACAUT statement, the victim was standing by the “Chumukedima Public Resolutions of 13th Feb 2014 where it was resolved that no tax would be paid to any factions as long as the NPGs do not unite...” While stating that subduing the “voice of the people” is no longer relevant in today’s Naga society, the ACAUT said that the Naga Political Groups should start learning to respect the feelings of the Naga people.

Students’ Organization, have submitted memorandums, held protest rallies and dharnas against racial attacks and discrimination faced by the people of the region, but till today no concrete policy or action has been implemented by the Govt. of India to protect the people. The NSF also demanded to know how serious the GoI was taking note of the recommendation of the Bezbaruah Committee on curbing violence against North East people. “What steps the GoI has initiated basing on the recommendations made by the Committee?” It also appealed to all the civil organizations of the North East states to work hand in hand in addressing the common issues of the region so such incident does not occur in future.

‘Racial attacks may lead to rise of secessionism’

DImaPur, october 18 (mexn): Making it clear that the business community in Nagaland was not against the State government’s policy of introducing 100% online taxation in the form of cform for the traders, the All Nagaland Chambers of Commerce has appealed to the government to make it optional for the traders to either file their tax returns via online or manual. The conglomeration of 11 district chambers of commerce in the Sate had a joint meeting in Dimapur on Saturday and jointly appealed to the state government to rectify its policy at the earliest, failing which, it said would be compelled to take its course of action. The Chambers of Commerce made the appeal on the ground that the State was still ill-equipped to start following filing of c-forms

ACAUT condemns assault of entrepreneur by cadres

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gaon on October 16, the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) today urged the Government of India to come out with clear policy on ‘hate crimes’ meted against the people of North East and also book the people involved in the assault and award befitting punishment. A press statement from NSF general secretary, Esther Rhakho and vice president, Joseph Ngour stated that the incident has “surfaced (Proven) the racist attitude of the main land India towards the North East people of India.” “It has also shown the lackadaisical attitude of the Government of India (GoI) in addressing this issue seriously and its slow pace in enacting stringent law to curb the racism in India.”

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Parliamentary secretary for school education Yitachu today underscored the need to change the education system of Nagaland. “Our education system has to be developed,” he said while launching a Career CliniQ’s Smart School here. The digital class materials (for Class I to 12) developed by Career CliniQ, is made as per CBSE and NBSE with special focus on science and math. Yitachu advocated that Nagaland can frame its own system of education. He stated that nearly 3000 math and science teachers are required in the State; however, giving appointment only to solve the unemployment problem is wrong. He said appointment should be for a purpose. Stating that the trend of literacy must commensurate with the literacy rate of the State, he said literacy should be taken in the true sense. He further asserted that future of children lies in the hands of the teachers, and unless the teachers take a resolute stand, the State will be lacking behind. Expressing hope that the product of Career CliniQ’s smart school will bring a positive change in education system of the State,

given the fact that adequate power supply and internet facility was still found wanting to execute such ambitious policy. DCCI President, Hokivi Chishi said that the business community do not mind the introduction of online taxation but added that the current facility in the state was ill-equipped to start executing such policy. He pointed out the practical impossibility of following the government policy in remote areas when even municipalities like Kohima, Dimapur and Mokokchung were struggling with adequate power supply and internet facilities. Hokivi Chishi pointed out that the State government in its policy to implement 100% online taxation has not even exempted perishable commodities like egg. Sessional chairman for the

Yitachu requested Career CliniQ to select 10 schools each in the districts of Kohima, Mokokchung, Dimapur, Mon, Tuensang, Phek, Wokha, Zuhheboto and five schools each in the districts of Peren, Kiphire and Longleng to use the product on trial. SCERT director Vipralhou Kesiezie, while commenting on

joint meeting of All Nagaland Chambers of Commerce, Dr. Khekugha Murru said the government’s policy was well-intentioned and that the business community was in no way against it. He, however, added that the government should have first studied the ground reality on whether implementing such policy would be practically possible when people could hardly make a cellular phone call to interior areas. Dr. Murru said it would spell doom for the first generation of local entrepreneurs if the government does not immediately make the payment of tax an option to choose between online and manual. Simultaneously, he appealed to the business community to be more upcoming in honestly filing their returns and pay taxes in time.

School Education over the past one year and with active participation of the principals and teachers of the various schools of the State. Based on the overall market research, study and guidance, the Smart Class modules have been developed as per the syllabus of Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) with special emphasis on science and math subjects of Class 9 and 10. Students can use the product on their laptops, tablets or smart phones. “This revolutionary product is going to change the way students learn and teachers teach,” said Career CliniQ director Dr. Anirban Choudhury. The Career CliniQ’s Smart School Home Tutor is a pendrive/DVD/SD card that can be used on laptop, desktop or tablet. It has the entire school curriculum in the form of 3D animated videos so that children can learn concepts better. It has all the text book solutions as well as practice quizzes for better preparation and results. The packages are available class wise and for all the subjects inclusively. “With the Smart School Home Tutor students are guaranteed to do better results,” stated Career CliniQ. Inaugural discount is available on the product.

mumbaI, october 18 (PtI): Nagaland Power Minister Kipili Sangtam today said the state government was in the process of formulating a new Power Policy to utilise its hydel resources. “The state is in the process of formulating a Power Policy to exploit the hydro potential,” Sangtam said at the Infrastructure Conclave by industry chamber PHDCCI here. He, however, did not share details such as what will be the focus of the policy and by when it is likely to be implemented. “Nagaland has very limited hydro potential. It also does not have sufficient coal for generating thermal power. So in every way, our state is constrained,” Sangtam said, adding the state is interested to have thermal power plants to meet the deficiency. He said Nagaland was one of the most backward states and had lowest per capita generation of power.

“The state does not have resources to purchase power. We are dependent on Central assistance. This impacts industrial development of the state,” Sangtam said. Regarding agriculture sector, the Minister said the state does not have the access to markets to sell their products that are mostly organic because of high fertile quality of the land. “Nagaland welcomes all investment proposals for any developmental activities,” Sangtam informed the industry leaders. Terming the recent series of attacks on North Eastern people in other parts of the country as “disturbing”, he said lawlessness should not be allowed and culprits should be dealt with firmly. “There should not be infighting within India. Otherwise war will break out among ourselves... Life is precious. India cannot shine if we do not respect each other,” Sangtam added.

Yitachu for change of education system in Nagaland software developed by Career CliniQ, said, “This is really going to help the students and make a big difference.” He called upon the people to put head together to bring a qualitative change, especially in math and science. He also stressed on the need to identify the area to make math and science more attractive to motivate the students to go for such subjects. He regretted that recent survey shows only 10% opt for math and science in Nagaland, and the rest for humanity and arts. Whereas in Manipur, he cited, 90% opt for math and science and the rest for humanity and commerce. Career CliniQ has been working closely with the Directorate of

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A section of the participants at the training of master trainers at district level on awareness raising on climate change/adaptation and related issues held at the ATI Conference Hall, Kohima.

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KOhima, OctOber 18 (mexN): A training of master trainers at district level on awareness raising on climate change/adaptation and related issues was held from October14-17, 2014, at the ATI Conference Hall, Kohima. Altogether 23 participants from various Departments of the Government of Nagaland and 16 EAC (Probationers) attended the training program. The CCA-NER project of the GIZ (German Development Cooperation) in joint effort with the Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region, Government of India, and Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development (NEPED) organised the training. The Chief Secretary,

Nagaland, accompanied by host of other dignitaries which included Pankaj Kumar IAS, Home Commissioner and Principal Secretary P&AR, Nagaland; M. Patton, Commissioner & Secretary (Planning and Co-ordination), Nagaland; V. Sakhrie, Commissioner & Secretary (Rural Development), Nagaland; N.N. Zhasa, Commissioner & Secretary (Forest), Nagaland; Menukhol John, Commissioner & Secretary (Youth Resources & Sports), Nagaland; Lithrongla G. Chishi, Secretary (Home) Director, Administrative Training Institute, Nagaland ; attended the way forward session of the training. At the end of the training, participants had a brain storming session

amongst themselves and brought out a way-forward for awareness raising on climate change/adaptation at the grass-roots level. This was presented to the Chief Secretary, Nagaland, and the other dignitaries present. The participants also gave a brief presentation on the training methodology and also enacted a role-play using the training manual. The Chief Secretary, Government of Nagaland, Toshi Aier IAS, speaking during the way-forward session of the training on October 17, 2014, said that the training program impressed him and that the Government of Nagaland will look into fine-tuning and giving shape to program. He also stated that the participants who have

been trained now have a very important role to play in spreading awareness on climate change and adaptation and that their biggest challenge is to convince people. He also encouraged the participants to keep their aims and objectives in mind and never give up. The main trainers for the programme were the State Level Master Trainers for Nagaland Caroline Kaurinta, Ayieno Hibo, Vizonyü Liezie and Beizo uokhrie. Heike Junger Sharma, GIZ Consultant, coordinated the training sessions. The methodology used for the training comprised of two main parts: Training on the participatory methods SARAR and Picture Series (2 days) and Subject

training with Picture Series (2 days; subjects: climate change / adaptation, biodiversity and ecosystem services, natural resource management, water and climate, disaster management in communities, greening of value chains, gender) The master training course was a big success: All participants have expressed keen interest to be part of an active network to assure the imparting of climate change related knowledge to other district officers in the districts of state. The CCA-NER project has, amongst other mandates, a strong focus on capacity development. The mandate to create awareness on climate change in communities is achieved through a multi-tier approach designed together with the governments of Sikkim, Meghalaya and Nagaland. Till date, CCA-NER has facilitated the training of a selected group of around 30 state level master trainers in the period of 2011-2013 and developed appropriate training modules. The respective state governments are now taking up this awareness raising exercise first to the district level, then to the block and community level. This was stated in a press release issued by Aja Zinyü, Junior Technical Expert, GIZ CCA-NER, Nagaland.

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Effort to mitigate climate change through resilient agriculture

(LEFT) Pro-Vice Chancellor ICFAI University Nagaland, Dr. CP Alexander speaking at the programme. (RIGHT) Hebron Heartbreakers performing during the programme. (Morung Photos)

Dimapur, OctOber 18 (mexN): Hebron Higher Secondary School, Sovima on Saturday held its annual day cum parents’ day at its school premises with Pro-Vice Chancellor ICFAI University Nagaland, Dr. CP Alexander as the chief guest. Speaking at the programme, Dr. Alexander urged the teachers to cultivate in the minds of the students the habit of questioning. “Unless they in-

culcate the habit of questioning thereby cultivating an inquisitive mind, there would not be innovations and there is a need for innovators in Nagaland,” he said. Stating that the teachers have a huge responsibility towards the younger generation, the Pro-Vice Chancellor urged them to re-examine the information that they were passing on to students to see if it was factually correct. To the parents, Dr. Alex-

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ander reminded that basic education began at home and that they should create conducive atmosphere at home to give the children a holistic education. He urged the parents not to force the children to be bookworms but make judicious decisions on time management for various activities. Dr. Alexander encouraged the students to excel beyond their classrooms stating that successful peo-

ple were not those who do different things but who do things differently. “All that you need is dedication and determination to do something,” he told the students. During the programme, students of the school performed various entertainment items. Principal of the school, Kaihru delivered the welcome address while Ex-chairman of the school, Dr. Akho Yhokha also spoke briefly on behalf of the Managing Board.

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Dr. Deka Joint Director ICAR Nagaland Centre releases the booklet entitled Mushroom Cultivation - for Subsidiary Income and Nutritional Security.

Dimapur, OctOber 18 (mexN): Climate change is creating concern amongst the fraternity and is trying to prepare the farming community to mitigate the challenges through resilient agriculture. Amongst the various avenues in agriculture mushroom cultivation can be one the options for subsidiary income under the circumstances. With this view ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre is imparting three days training programme on “Mushroom cultivation as an alternate intervention under changing climate scenario” during October 16-18, 2014 under the National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project. Dr. Bidyut C. Deka, Joint Director ICAR Nagaland Centre, inaugurated

the training. In his introductory remarks, Dr Deka appraised the trainees of the mushroom cultivation scenario in the state and how it can be a viable enterprise with the minimum investments. On the occasion Dr. Deka also released a booklet entitled Mushroom Cultivation - for Subsidiary Income and Nutritional Security. The training is attended by 27 number of participant representatives from twelve villages of Tuensang district. Trainees got an exposure to knowledge and skill development on the various aspects of impact of climate change on mushroom and other crops, distinguishing between edible and cultivated mushroom species, medicinal and nutritive values of mushrooms along with hands on practical on the organ-

ic cultivation technology, spawn production, management of spent mushroom beds through vermin composting and value addition like pickle making. The training was coordinated by Tasvina R. Borah, Scientist, ICAR Nagaland Centre along with resource persons were from ICAR Nagaland Centre, SASRD (Nagaland University), KVK Dimapur and KVK Longleng. Tasvina R. Borah, Scientist, ICAR Nagaland Centre in a press release said that in the valedictory session the participating farmers in their feedback remarked that the training was an eye-opener for them for self employment through such low capital ventures and making most out of the agricultural waste by recycling. They also appreciated the hospitality extended by ICAR, Nagaland Centre.

‘Inculcate inquisitive minds in students’ Mayangnokcha Awards for Academic Excellence 2014 held mOKOKchuNg, OctOber 18 (Dipr): The 21st presentation ceremony of Mayangnokcha Awards for Academic Excellence was held on October 18 at Cosmos Hall, Mokokchung with Alemtemshi Jamir, former Chief Secretary, Nagaland as the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Guest said that Mayangnokcha was one of the pillars of 20th century Nagaland, a man of vision who gave everything for the younger generation. He maintained that the programme was indeed a celebration of praise for Mayangnokcha himself and the members involved in making this award to move on which impact society with nothing in hand, for praise is the vital ingredient that brings out the best in man he added. President, Mayangnokcha Award Trust (MAT) Akok Walling delivered the keynote address while Rongsenyangla sang the theme song. The programme concluded with Nungshi Tzudir saying the benediction.

Alemtemshi Jamir, former Chief Secretary, Nagaland presenting the award during the 21st presentation ceremony of Mayangnokcha Awards for Academic Excellence held on October 18. (DIPR Photo)

The roll of honour, MAT 2014 Awards are: 1. Mayangnokcha Award for Academic 4. MAT-YRSD Award for the subject topExcellence per in Social Sciences (Youth Resources The overall topper: Vevotolu Kezo, & Sports Dept. Nagaland) Mezhur HSS, Kohima Recipient: Medeno Peseyie, Fernwood 2. MAT-NE Sun Award for the subject topSchool, Kohima 5. MAT-TIR YIMYIM Award for the subper in English ject topper in Science (Tir Yimyim Dai(North East Sun Magazing, New Delhi) ly, Dimapur) Recipient: Adie Kire, Mezhur HSS, KoRecipient: Wetou T. Khape, Pilgrim hima School, Dimapur 3. MAT-Rockdale Award for the subject topper in Ao (Mil) 6. MAT-EFoM Award for subject topper in (Rockdale club, Mokokchung) Mathematics (Education Forum of Mkg) Recipient: L.Sentiben Jamir, Clark HSS, Recipient: Vevotolu Kezo, Mezhur HSS, Impur Kohima.

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Naga girl represents India Awareness event on mental health conducted at Youth Exchange Program Highlights on

KOhima, OctOber 18 (mexN): In a historic achievement, Senior Under Officer (SUO) M Mongshai of Sao Chang College, Tuensang represented India with 12 others at the NCC Youth Exchange Program. The 10-day tour covered Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore. A press release from Lt Col Emron Musavi, PRO Defence informed that Mongshai, who hails from “humble background, but has big dreams and an indomitable spirit,” was selected from among thousands of aspirants through a gruelling selection procedure, which included several tests, including a written examination. The candidates were finally interviewed by the Director General NCC. The Indian delegation of 13 cadets – 5 girls and 8 boys – selected from amongst all cadets of NCC in the country interacted with their youth counterparts in Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore and put up impressive presentations and cultural programmes,

need to respond to ‘widely stigmatized issue in Naga society’

(Left) M Mongshai, Senior Under Officer (SUO) from Sao Chang College, Tuensang at the NCC Youth Exchange Program.

the release added. The Group Commander NCC, while speaking at the felicitation ceremony held at Group HQ NCC Kohima, lauded the achievements of SUO M Mongshai and stated that the latter will definitely inspire the talented youth of Nagaland to not only strive to emulate her achievements at the national and international levels, but also dream big and work to fulfill those and bring

laurels to the country and the State. The Commanding Officer of Kohima based 1 Nagaland Girls Battalion, Lt. Col. IPS Nanda also lauded the achievements of Mongshai and expressed confidence that other cadets of the battalion will be inspired by her achievements. Acknowledging Assam Rifles for providing training to the NCC cadets, he also emphasized on the importance of all agencies

in nurturing the talented youth of Nagaland. When asked about the most important memory from the visit, Mongshai, who has also volunteered to take part in the Mt. Everest expedition of the NCC Girls replied, "I was inspired by the wisdom, spirit and resilience of the people of Vietnam who through their collective efforts have rebuilt a country which was torn apart by war," stated the release.

KOhima, OctOber 18 (mexN): Japfü Christian College hosted an awareness event on mental health organised by Nagaland Peace Café. According to a press release, special guest speakers Dr Viketoulie Pienyü and Athem Raman delivered dynamic presentations to an audience of over one hundred fifty students and faculty from four colleges, including Saint Paul Institute of Education, Kohima College, Sazolie College, and the host college. The opening talks painted mental illness - a widely stigmatized issue in Naga society - in a new light, and gave compelling evidence suggesting mental health is a concern everyone should be responsibly attentive to, and that a healthy society is a society that recognizes and responds to problems asso-

ciated with mental health, and mental illness. Following the opening presentations, a warm acoustic set by musicians Adukho Pucho, Zhapuvi Liegise, Kevi Belho and Vitoto Sakhrie filled the indoor stadium. As students and discussants divided into small groups they openly shared and debated issues affecting them and their peers, including social pressure, stress, overuse of social networking and the internet, and in some cases traumas associated with abuse and violence. Athem and Dr Viketoulie covered a range of important factors that contribute to mental health problems, including biological factors - such as genes or brain chemistry; life experiences - such as trauma or abuse; and how family histories may indicate patterns in mental health. Directed by Asanuo Yhome Heneise, Khrietho Tungoe, and Senti Tzudir, NPC is a 12-month educational project that focuses on developing community awareness about important social issues in Naga society.

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‘NE power projects New scheme in Mizoram to help poor earn livelihood given lower priority’ GUWAHATI, OcTOber 18 (PTI): Accusing central agencies of neglecting North East, Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today criticised power major NTPC for not starting any work on 460 MW Kolodyne project in the state for the last six years. Addressing the Infrastructure Conclave by industry chamber PHDCCI here, Thanhawla said the final action on ground matters the most instead of discourse, discussions, reports and recommendations. "Sadly, on this count there is not much in the North East to write home about. Sometimes I get the feeling that central agencies give low priority to projects in this region. "Or else how does one explain why the NTPC, after having signed MOU with Mizoram government about six years back for execution of the 460 MW Kolodyne HEP, has not done anything at all at the project site even today?" He added. He, however, hoped NTPC will

start the work after it seeks forest clearance. "They put the blame on Central government for not getting environmental clearance," Thanhawla said, adding the initial scheduled completion period was five years from signing of the MOU. When contacted, a NTPC spokesperson said Kolodyne is an important project for the company and "no low priority has been given" and blamed the state government for delaying the project by moving for forest clearance very slowly. "The agreement for the project was signed in 2010 and NTPC immediately moved the proposal for forest clearance. It was only in March 2014 that the State Forest Department forwarded it to MOEF and now it is with inspection office in Shillong. NTPC is in touch with them for necessary compliances on regular basis," she added. The Chief Minister also said Reliance Industries had won a bid to explore oil and gas in Southern Mizoram but the company did nothing and

Centre to go ahead with road construction in Arunachal GUWAHATI, OcTOber 18 (PTI): Stating India will go ahead with construction of roads in Arunachal Pradesh along China border, Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said the country has freedom to carry out development works inside its own territory and other nations should not object to it. "We have to develop our territories, especially those areas which are neglected for too long time. We are going to develop our own region," the Union Minister of State for Home told reporters on the sidelines of Infrastructure Conclave by industry chamber PHDCCI here. He was responding to a query on China's objection to India's plans to develop border road network in Arunachal Pradesh. "We are not venturing into others territory. Whatever we are doing it is our territory. It is our domain. We have freedom to do (anything) inside our territory. Other countries should not have any objection when we are not doing anything harmful to them," Rijiju said. He said India is not doing

or not planning to do anything that will challenge any country. "We are not doing anything which is adverse to the interest of our neighbours. Whatever is being done, it is for our own people and for the connectivity of our own people living in border areas," he said. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday had sent a strong message to China and asserted that no one can warn India. China had sharply reacted to India's plans to construct a road network along McMahon line from Mago-Thingbu in Tawang to Vijaynagar in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh to match China's infrastructure development. Asked about possible rise in Islamic fundamental activities in Northeast, Rijiju said "any place, any fundamental activities to the extreme is disturbing. We have to contain that kind of forces anywhere in the country. We are checking everything and we are ensuring that it does not go beyond a point... There are reports and we are very careful now."

ISL boosts business, tourism in Assam GUWAHATI, OcTOber 18 (ANI): The on-going Indian Super League (ISL) is attracting major attention and the Northeast United FC is one team that has lots of hope riding on them. The team played its first match in Guwahati recently and the city, which will be hosting a number of matches for the home team, is expected to get much benefit in terms of business and tourism. Thousands of football fans queued up outside the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium at Sarasujai to watch the North East United FC take on Kerala Blasters and defeat them 1-0. The Indian Super League fever has gripped Northeast and the football fans in the region are excited to watch topclass football and some of the best players of the game in action. "We came to watch football. At the same time we get to meet many tourists from places like England, Kerala and from other parts of India. So, it seems like such football matches will give a boost to tourism in the region," said a local resident. "It's really good. ISL starting in India is a great opportunity for India as well as people from all over the world who can now enjoy Indian football. This will give an opportunity to Indian people to showcase their talent and it's a great opportunity for Indian football to upgrade to higher level," said Aneesh, a visitor from Kerala. During the tournament that will continue till December 20, Guwahati will be hosting a number of matches for the Home team, North East United FC. With a number of tourists from both within the country and outside coming in to watch the matches, tourism sector in the state is sure to get a boost. The tournament has also come as a boon for the local businessmen. "This is a very good time for the travel agencies and tour operators as their sales have increased. Many people from outside are booking rooms here so our hotel rooms sale has also gone up. Lots of people who have come here for the matches are staying here. So it's good that our business is getting good support," said Vikas Das, a hotel Manager in Guwahati. "I haven't seen such a big crowd here in Lokhra before. Because of ISL our business has gone up. If such event happens frequently then our business will definitely get a boost," added Nayan Das, a businessman from Guwahati. Owned by Bollywood actor John Abraham and I-league team Shillong Lajong FC, the Northeast United FC has a lot of expectations to meet. With '8 states - 1 United' as its motto, the team is placing a lot of emphasis on young players from the region. The Northeast has produced a number of good footballer players and the on-going tournament will give a greater visibility to the players from the region.

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eventually the licence was cancelled. Nobody has submitted financial bid for the 210 MW Tuivai hydel power project under PPP mode even after extension of deadline, he added. "Tenders are floated for projects in Mizoram and mostly they are beyond the capacity of local players. Outside companies from Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and other places bid and win. But they don't know where Mizoram is, wheter it is in China or Burma or what is its topography," Thanhawla said. He said Mizoram was a power deficient state with a peak demand of 105 MW per day against generation of only around15MW."Mizoramhasthepotentialofproducing3,500MWofpower...We have to maintain the balance between hydel and thermal power. A coherent policy for utilising the available thermal power sources has to be formulated and put into action on priority," Thanhawla said. He urged the Centre to modify regulations so as to attract private sector investment in power production in NE.

AIzAWl, OcTOber 18 (IANS): Mizoram has launched a Rs.26 crore project to increase livelihood opportunities for the poor and protect the ecosystem, an official said here Saturday. United Nations resident coordinator in India Lise Grande and Mizoram Chief Secretary L. Tochhawng signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Thursday to execute the 'Joint United Nations Initiative Project (JUNIP)' in the state, an official of the Mizoram planning department said.

Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, his cabinet colleagues and senior officials were present at the MoU signing ceremony. The official said the three-yearlong JUNIP would focus on the food and livelihood security of the poor people and farmers, environment protection and sustainable use of forest and agriculture produce. "The project would eliminate the middlemen between the market and the producers," the official said.

Four specialised United Nations agencies - International Labour Organisation, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation - would help the Mizoram government implement the project. According to the official, the UN would give Rs.24.54 crore for the project while the Mizoram government would spend Rs.1.22 crore.

For Delhi cops, Aizawl is in Manipur NeW DelHI, OcTOber 18 (TNN): Delhi Police, which claims to be 'sensitive' and 'responsible' in cases involving people from the Northeast, thinks Aizawl is in Manipur. The department was left red-faced after its press statement on Friday said the deceased, Juliet, was from Aizawl in Manipur. "Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram, not Manipur, and the girl belongs to Mizoram," a relative of Juliet said.

While representatives of the northeastern states strongly objected to this goof-up, the department quickly corrected itself after a media storm. It issued a corrigendum: "Please read Manipur as Mizoram". "It

shows their knowledge and insensitivity about this part of India. I am shocked they don't know Manipur from Mizoram. No wonder we all are treated badly in Delhi and taken to belong to just 'one region'," said Binalak-

shmi Nepram, an activist. "We don't expect police to issue careless statements like this. It will affect the sense of unity we have built," said Timothy, a representative of the Northeast students' groups.

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utrition is an integral part of Health and well being of every individual and hence it is everybody’s concern. It enables a man to lead a socially and economically productive life. The food we consume consists of various Vitamins and minerals in the form of micronutrients. Iodine is also one of the essential micronutrients which play an important role in maintaining normal growth and development of human body. Its deficiency in the body causes a group of diseases collectively known as Iodine Deficiency Disorder’s (IDD’s). Iodine deficiency is considered as the world’s single most significant cause of preventable brain damage and mental retardation today (WHO). As per information available more than 1.5 billion people in the world are living at the risk of getting IDD’s. In India alone it is estimated that more than 200 million people are living at risk of IDD while more than 71 million people are already suffering from various forms of IDD’s.

 Importance of iodine: Iodine is an essential for synthesis of two thyroid hormones namely thyroxin (T4) and triiodothyronin (T3) which are responsible for maintenance of normal growth and development of both brain and body. It is essential specially during the foetal stage (when the baby is in the womb). Therefore iodine deficiency during pregnancy leads to decreased synthesis of the two hormones by the foetal thyroid gland hampering normal growth and development of foetal brain and body which would limit intellectual growth in later years. - Normal daily requirement of iodine for an individual is 100 to 150 micrograms and 200 micrograms for pregnant and lactating mother.

dine are sea foods such as sea fish, sea salt, sea weeds, and cod liver oil. Smaller amount occur in the foods such as milk, meat, cereals and vegetables. But as sea foods and other sea products are not freely available everywhere, the normal body requirement comes from food grown on soil with adequate iodine. Iodine deficiency is therefore geochemical in nature.  Lose of iodine from the soil. Iodine is constantly lost from the soil by process of soil erosion. The major factors responsible for iodine depletion in the soil are due to heavy rainfall/snowfall, recurrent flooding, accelerated deforestation, multiple crops, jhum cultivation, burning of forest excessive use of pesticides and chemicals.

 Consequence of iodine deficiency: A number of physical and mental disorders result from iodine deficiency which affects every stage of human life – both young and adult. 1) Foetus: Abortion, stillbirth, congenital, abnormalities, increased prenatal mortality, mental retardation, deaf and dumb, paralysis, squint etc. 2) Children: Neonatal goitre, hypothyroidism, physical and mental growth retardation, lowering of I.Q level, poor school performance and cretins. 3) Adult: Impaired mental function, low productivity goitre with its complications. 4) Livestock's: Through research it has been confirmed that the productivity of the livestock has remarkably been reduced.

 Government’s Policy: Realizing the severity of IDD problem, the Government took a policy decision to iodise the entire salt for edible purpose and instructed the States/UT’s to ban the  Source of iodine. The best sources of io- sale of non-iodised salt.

Any traders/shopkeepers found selling non-iodized salt for edible purpose are liable for prosecution under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (PFA) 1954.

 Prevention and control of IDD’s: Though the problems of iodine deficiency disorders are severe and irreversible, its control and preventive measures are very simple and cheap. We can prevent both present and future generations from the consequences of IDD’s just by consuming good quality iodised salt daily.  Importance points to remember : 1) To disseminate the information's on IDD’s. 2) To generate public demand for iodised salt from Fair Price Shop at a subsidized rate for it is a PDS subject. 3) To stock and sell only iodised salt for human consumption. Non-iodised salt should be labeled “NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION”. Defaulters are punishable under the provision of PFA Act.1954 (Traders). 4) Always store iodised salt in closed container away from direct sunlight or moisture. 5) Do not keep iodised salt near or above the fire place. 6) Do not stock iodised salt for more than 6 months for in such cases the iodine content of the salt will be lost. 7) Always insist only on Iodised Salt from your shopkeeper. It is indeed the responsibility of every citizen to put a concerted effort to fight the menace of IDD’s by disseminating the information’s on IDD’s and demanding supply of iodised salt through PDS and consumption of only good quality iodised salt for better mental health of our future generation. Directorate of Health and Family Welfare NIDDCP (Cell) Nagaland: Kohima

he Kohima Lotha Hoho clarifies that we have in no way retracted or changed our stand for our customary rights on the ownership issue till date which we have been pursuing in the interest of the people of the whole State. The stand taken by KLH is based on general meeting resolution of Kyong Hoho at LTC Hall, Wokha, and reiterated in a meeting of frontal organizations of the Kyong Communty comprising of Kyong Hoho, KSU, Kyong Eloe Hoho, Kohima Lotha Hoho and Dimapur Lotha Hoho held on 17th Sept 2012 at Kohima in which it further deliberated on the State’s Draft Modal-

ity on Oil and Natural Gas. The meeting on detection of deficiency of vital essentials of public interest in the draft modality submitted our demands for inclusion with a resolution that on failure to accommodate our legitimate demands, the “Kyong Hoho will not allow any exploration or exploitation of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the form that the State Cabinet had approved even if it is legislated in the Assembly”. The signatories of this reiterated resolution are Yansathung Jami, Chairman, KH and Michael Yanthan, General Secretary, KH. The State Government not only ignored our legiti-

NNC commemorates sacrifices of national workers

oday, the Nagas celebrate our 62nd Naga National Martyrs Day in commemoration of the naga patriots and national workers who laid down their lives in condemnation in fighting against the domination of our nation. 62nd years have passed, on this day, the October 18th ‘1952, Naga public launched a silent procession on the street of the Kohima city to protest against the violent atrocities and repressive police actions adopted as a measure of the Indian government’s policy towards the Nagas. During the procession an Indian police officer shot dead Zasibito Nagi, who was one of the prominent Judges of the Naga customary central court. In the wake of this bloody and tragic incident, the 18th October was declared and proclaimed as Naga Martyrs Day. Since then, Nagas have been observing this day, every year (18th October) as tribute to the Martyrs for Naga National Cause, who gave their lives today for our Nagas tomorrow. The NNC/PGN be-

lieves in sovereignty and Non-Violence, today we salute those patriots and Naga National workers who gave their lives on the altar of Naga self determination and freedom. The Naga Martyrs sacrifices the precious lives for sovereignty and not for emotional Naga unity and artificial naga integrations. And on this historic day we do firmly resolved that we shall continue the struggle with renewed vigours and wisdom until we attain the last achievement. It is my earnest appeal to the Nation especially the intellectuals and Naga young generation to come forward unitedly with full vigours to solve this vexed Naga problem before we are enslaved to the other foreign nation s. we uphold the truth and unity Divided factions with ultimate goal, nor could bring our National cause to a peaceful and final settlement. May God bless our NAGA’S land Kuknalim. Temjenyanger Aier President NNC/PGN

mate demands but also went ahead with awarding permit to a company called MOGPL which is allegedly shrouded in fraud and bankruptcy. The State Government then hurriedly and at the same time arbitrarily launched exploration and exploitation in Changpang despite democratic protests by KSU which only indicates strong presence of vested interest at the cost of people’s legitimate rights. In the face of such discrepancy and ill-will, the KLH had no choice but to seek justice from the Court of Law and this is the reason why KLH filed the PIL. The allegation by LLRPO and CLOU against KLH that we had retracted from our

original stand on oil issue doesn’t arise. So also the contention of LLRPO and CLOU that KLH allegedly violated a joint meeting resolution of Lotha Legislators and Lotha civil bodies held on September 20, 2012 in which KLH had been a signatory, is news to us. In regard to NOCs obtained from villages of LLRPO areas, we would like to make it clear that oil issue is not confined to Changpang and Tssori and not even Wokha District alone but the whole State and therefore the NOCs of LLRPO area alone can never sustain the landownership right and people of the other areas beyond Tssori and Changpang villages in the oil issue.

The PIL of Kohima Lotha Hoho in the matter of award of permit to MOGPL in the Guwahati High Court, Kohima bench is in the interest of the whole State and not confined to Changpang and Tssori and even otherwise a PIL cannot be simply withdrawn unlike other cases as wished by LLRPO and CLOU and therefore it is up to LLRPO and CLOU to counter it or not. (Nchumbemo Tungoe) Chairman Kohima Lotha Hoho, Kohima (Chumthungo Kikon) Secretary Kohima Lotha Hoho, Kohima

Joint Statement

n regard to the summon served by Kohima Village Youth Organisatin (KVYO) to Mr Keducho Khamo, related to 14th August, 2014 incident, the unconditional apology tendered by Mr Keducho Khamo is hereby accepted by KVYO are as follows:-

1. For tarnishing the image of Kohima Village Panchayat hall. 2. For physical manhandling Mr Kevisenyü Solo (ASI) of Kohima Village, the officer on duty. 3. For exaggerating on certain points published in the media which will stand

nullified henceforth. Therefore KVYO hereby withdraws the imposed closure of his business establishments in Kohima ancestral jurisdiction w.e.f 18th Oct. 2014. Keducho Khamo Ketounei Kire President, KVYO

Mother’s Heart G. Gwangphun

The love so divine and ever so unfathomable, Hath in thee and in thy Name, oh Mother. The sweetest name on earth ever cherished, Is thy name sublime and profuse reign in thy heart. No pen and paper can exhaust to depict thy love, Has thou love humanity no matter how cruel nature is to thee. Thy tears of love and pain can no man exchange for it, Neither compares nor returns has thou been bestowed upon thee. The beam of thy compassionate countenance shown in sorrow, And in suffering in the death of your children touches hearts, Melt in tears and bears the pain of human agony when death strike. Thine heart oh Mother, suffer in love for the unlovable. This version of thought is written in memory of my mother who passed away in my absence when I went far away from home where home connection could not be reached in time. I dedicated this to all the Mothers who ever lived and whose death has caused missing sense and lost to all dear ones

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Inter-Colleges parleyed on ‘ethical and moral values’ of Naga society

Participants from different colleges seen here along with judges, critics and organizers of the 9th Inter- Collegiate Debate Competition held at Sazolie College, Jotsoma on October 18

KOHIMA, OctOber 18 (MexN): The 9th Inter- Collegiate Debate Competition on the topic “Naga Society Adheres to Ethical and Moral Values” was organised by Sazolie College, Jotsoma on October 18. Twenty-four (24) students from different colleges of Nagaland participated in the event. The critic for the debate was Dr. Visakhano Hibo , Principal Japfü Christian College. The judges for the programme were Bongyong Konyak, Co-Ordinator SSA, Department of School Education; Villo Naleo, Lecturer Shalom Bible Seminary; and Z Tshürhoise Kajiri, SDPO, Peren. The participants debated on various issues highlighting the degrading moral val-

ues of the Nagas. While, The motion counted on points like honesty, uniqueness, hospitality, hard-working and generous nature of the Nagas, while the opposition counter attacked with issues of growing corruption, crime, immorality, injustice and various ‘isms’ prevalent in the Naga society. The critic concluded the debate by stressing on the importance of inculcating moral and ethical values among the Nagas. She spoke about her concern for the loss of values among the educated Naga Youth. After a lively debate, Anato Sema of Modern College Kohima was adjudged the best debater while Vibeizono Rüpre-o of Science College, Jotsoma took the second

place. The third position was bagged by Lumishashi, Japfü Christian College. Five consolation prizes were also given to Akangtemsu Yaden (Clark Theological College); Kaka Lotha (Patkai Christian College); Jevika (Kohima Arts College); Avituo Kolnu (St. Joseph’s College); and Ms. Sanglemyenla (C- Edge College). The programme was chaired by Nükhrulü Swuro, and the Moderator was Nzanthung Kikon. the invoction was pronounced by Robinson Temsu and the Vote of Thanks was given by Dr. David Sechü, Convenor of the Inter-collegiate Debate committee. The programme was sponsored by the Dept. of Higher Education Govt. of Nagaland.

Midland Council Dimapur directs DDADU DIMAPUr, OctOber 18 (MexN): The Midland Council Dimapur has directed the Dimapur District Auto Driver Union (DDADU) to remove immediately the auto parking from Dhobinalla Traffic Point to Sewak Main gate-1, midland under the jurisdiction of Midland area within seven days from the issue of this notice. The MCD chairman R Sanen Longkumer in a press release stated that “failing this, the matter will be intensified and DDADU shall be held responsible for any eventuality arising out due to non compliance.”

One arrested with arms DIMAPUr, OctOber 18 (MexN): Acting on a reliable tip-off, the Dimapur Police raided a house located in Thahekhu Village on October 17 and recovered one 9 MM pistol with magazine and two live ammunitions from the vicinity. According to a press note from Addl. Superintendent of Police/PRO, Dimapur, the owner of the house identified as Victor Bashumatary (38) of Barpeta, Assam was arrested for possession of the illegal arms and had been remanded to police custody for further investigation after registering a case against him.

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Zhaleo Rio warns fragmentation of india if racial 'hate crimes' continues KOHIMA, OctOber 18 (NePS): Parliamentary Secretary for Urban Development Zhaleo Rio has strongly condemned the unabated racial attacks on the northeast students and youth in India’s major cities and strongly warned that if the “trend continues, India will be fragmented.” Talking to NEPS here on Saturday, the Parliamentary Secretary expressed deep dismay on the nature of racial attacks that had taken place in the last few days in the most progressive metropolitan cities of the country – Bangalore and Gurgaon. Zhaleo Rio asked how could the northeast stu-

dents and youth be attacked simply because they could not speak local dialects of that areas or be tonsured their heads after hours of brutalities. “It is simply unbelievable that such shocking racial attacks have been going on unabated against the North East students and youth in progressive metropolitan cities of India like Bangalore, Gurgaon,” he rued. It may be mentioned that before the dust of the hate crime atrocities meted out to three students from Manipur at Bangalore for nor speaking Kannada settles down, another serious racial attacks perpetrated to an-

other three Naga youth from Nagaland at Gurgaon. This time, the attackers even went to the extent of chopping off hairs of one of the victims. Concerning on the rise of the racial attacks and the hate crimes against the northeast students and youth, the Parliamentary Secretary expressed wonder as to how the rate of such crimes kept increasing as and when the Government of India made any announcement to formulate certain policies to contain such crimes. “Now it is becoming like pestilence,” he said and further warned that “if the trend continues, India will be fragmented.” Zhaleo Rio, younger

brother of former Nagaland Chief Minister and MP Neiphiu Rio, said he wanted to convey to the rest of the country that there were many communities living in Nagaland but no such racial or hate crimes committed against any non-locals. “There is no such discrimination or harassment on the basis of caste or religion here in our State,” he said. In fact, whenever any crimes committed to any of their youth in any major cities of India, they readily gave protection to the non-locals here in Nagaland. “This is the beauty of the Nagas and generally, Nagas, who are Christians, do not commit

crimes on the basis of caste or religion,” he added. Zhaleo Rio also strongly suggested that the political bosses from the Center should try to physically visit the Northeast as often as possible not only to know the realities of the region’s geopolitics but also to create a sense of oneness among the minds of the northeast people. Such move will also send a positive message to the rest of the country and in the process, racial and hate crimes will drastically reduce. “Otherwise only giving grants to the northeast will not solve such racial and hate crimes,” he added.

Rusoma re-poll held peacefully CAN tell Centre to treat NE with humaness KOHIMA, OctOber 18 (DIPr): Re-poll at polling station no. 16 in Rusoma village under 11th Northern Angami II Assembly Constituency was held today with 89.63% turnout. There were no reports of untoward incidents. Held under the supervision of the District Administration Kohima, Principal & CEO, West Bengal Human Rights Commission, Liama Chozah (IAS), who is the General Observer for the bye-poll visited the polling station and ensured that the polling was conducted without any hindrance. Master Trainers of the bye-election were deployed as polling officials. NPF candidate Neiphriezo Keditsu and BJP candidate

Elderly citizens arrive to cast vote at Rusoma village polling station number 16 on October 18. (DIPR)

Visasolie Lhoungu visited the polling station. Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, W Honje Konyak, ADC Kohima Asangla Imti, SP Kohima Joseph Hesso and others officials also visited the polling station.

DIMAPUr, OctOber 18 (MexN): The Catholic Association of Nagaland (CAN) strongly condemned the brutal attacks and gruesome murders meted out to the people of North East India in the mainland Indian Cities. In a press condemnation, CAN President, Elias T Humtsoe and Secretary General, Johnny Ruangmei, stated that the occurrence of such “socially unethical events” in the Indian metro cities in recent years is a concern which every responsible citizen “should and must” ponder in shame and come to a resolute decision to shun such violence and violent people. “Racism is a curse to the society which will bring down the might of the Nation and is against the very

foundation of humanity and utterly contemptible”, it stated. Echoing the feeling of the “voiceless people” of North East, the CAN entreated the Centre to observe the region not only through the prism of “economic and commercial conveniences” but also with a “humanness and democratic commonality”. It further urged the Minority Commission to address the security concerns of the people of the North East India (NE) and the State government of all the NE states to collectively take up the issue racial discrimination earnestly with the Centre. “Live with dignity and strongly assert your right to be protected anywhere in the country”, advised CAN adding that, “The Catholic community of Nagaland is commit-

ted to working for peaceful co-existence amongst people of different backgrounds and to enrich one another through our diverse backgrounds and cultures” ZSUN Condemns The Zeliangrong Student’s Union Nagaland (ZSUN) vehemently condemned the murder attempt on Awangbo and Aloto at Sabji Nandi in Sikanderpur Village, near Gurgaon Haryana. In a press note, ZSUN President, Penam stated that the attacks on North East in the mainland is spreading all over the country despite many assurances from the Union government to protect them. In this regard, ZSUN urges the Government to act “as per its given commitment” and protect the people of the North East.

‘Gloria Patri’ kick starts with a high note in Dimapur

Liquor offenders penalized under NLTP Act 89 DIMAPUr, OctOber 18 (MexN): The State Excise department, in continuation with its drive to check illegal sale, possession and smuggling and transportation of liquor and drug in the District, conducted raids in different pockets of Dimapur town by its three wings viz District staff, Narcotic Cell and Mobile Squad, during the month of September 2014. During the drive, the team arrested 232 people and registered 225 cases and seized 4016 bottles of assorted liquor, 2. 20 Kgs of Ganja, Rs. 3,84,000 realized as fine amount and deposited in the State Exchequer. All the liquor offenders has been booked and penalized under NLTP Act. 89. Lanuwati Jamir, Dy Commissioner of Excise (hq) Dimapur in a press release said that the department is contemplating to conduct more such raid and arrest in coming days. The State Excise department is conducting surveillance duty round the clock to thwart any attempt to smuggle liquor in the town.

SKK consultative meeting DIMAPUr, OctOber 18 (MexN): The All Sumi Students' Union (SKK) will be holding its consultative meeting on “75 years Platinum Jubilee” at Western Sumi Hoho Office, Chekiye Village, Dimapur on October 21 at 3PM. A press note form the SKK general Secretary, Kakuto Awomi informed all the planning board members, concerned committee conveners and executives to attend the meeting positively.

DIMAPUr, OctOber 18 (MexN): A two day worship event themed “Gloria Patri: Worship Revolution” commenced today at Covenant Hall, Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur amidst a bundle of anticipated excitement and enthusiastic responses from young people of Dimapur who turned up in

large number for the event. Openingtheexcitinglineup of the evening, the Gloria Patri worship team led the congregation in a “high note” with joyful dances and songs of praises to the Almighty. Taking the evening into a higher notch, a short play titled by “Don’t Women, No Cry” by the Hill Theatre, Dimapur take the audience

into the grim realities of pain and struggle endured by women in the society and make them to introspect ‘Why we can't live as equals and if there is any cure for the malady”. Directed by Bendang Walling, the founder of the group, the play was interspersed with powerful social message. Apostle L Yimsung, from

Australia, and speaker of the 2-day worship event, called out to the congregation with a word of challenge declaring that the Nagas are lesser than none, and prayed and ministered over the gathering. It may be mentioned that Gloria Patri (Glory Be To The Father) was first held in the April this year and then further extended for

one whole month in May. The event was initiated with one vision – to bring all Godloving worshippers together under one roof, irrespective of background, tribe, caste or denomination. The event will concludes on Sunday, October 19, time 4 pm, at Covenant Hall, Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur.

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Public opinion is God and vice versa

write this article by recognizing the risk in beginning this hard look at hard questions with the popular philosophers of our time, musicians. I do so because we can credit them with a greater degree of honesty and unmasked vulnerability in recognizing the anguish within the human heart than the academician, who often conceals such a struggle behind a façade of self-assurance. It is easier to hide behind philosophical arguments, heavily footnoted for effect, than it is to admit our hurts, our confusions, our loves, and our passions in the market place of life’s heartfelt transactions. With all the education to which we now lay claim that has pushed back the horizons of knowledge undreamed of a generation ago, the messages of popular hymns and songs have not changed because the conflicts still remain, if not intensified. That intensification in search of a spiritual answer still continues inspite of the fact that every now and then there arises on the educational landscape some new voice, sounding arrogant enough with an air of omniscience, even mocking religion and debunking the sacred. As said by a psychologist long time ago, the search for meaning is life’s

fundamental pursuit and all other questions are deemed secondary. And so it is that every generation-ours being no exception- raises the issue of life’s essence, the latest theory or invention of science and technology notwithstanding. There is a story told, whether factual or not I do not know, of the onetime heavyweight boxing champion of the world, Muhammad Ali, flying to one of his engagements. Anyway Ali’s name has never been synonymous with humility. During the flight the aircraft ran into foul weather, and mild to moderate turbulence began to toss it about. All nervous fliers well know that when a pilot signals “moderate turbulence”, he is implying “if you have any religious beliefs, it is time to start expressing them.” The passengers were accordingly instructed to fasten their seat belts immediately. Everyone complied but Ali. Noticing this, the flight attendant approached him and requested that he observe the captain’s order, only to hear Ali audaciously respond, “Superman don’t need no seatbelt.” The flight attendant did not miss a beat and replied, “Superman don’t need no airplane either.” I draw attention to this story because because of the immediate and larger context in which

many of us find ourselves. No doubt, in today’s age and time which we live in, there is an array of possibilities for material and educational success. Some among us will have access, as a result, to the finest education available anywhere and thereby position ourselves for extraordinary success in a fast changing world. By the same token, such a sophisticated environment can easily induce within us an air if invincibility, leaving us thoroughly deceived that the prosperity procured or the educational gains we have made have elevated us above the “ignorant masses,” and that we are better equipped for life itself, no matter what jolts and bumps lie ahead. Academic or material advancement unfortunately does not necessarily confer wisdom. It would be indeed so foolish of us to take what generations preceding us have revered in coping with the turbulence of life and cast it all aside just because we are modern. Should we fall victim to such a posture, the appropriate word to describe that self exaltation is the Greek word “hubris”, which in English is “pride”. But the connotation of the original word is much deeper, implying a wanton self-aggrandizement that looks down its sympathetic nose at the vast

majority common people, seeing them as bereft of any intellectual strength and as plagued by confusion from which the educated, successful self is exempted. Falsely posing as superman makes a crash landing certain, for history is punctuated with reminders of the peril of such grandiose delusions. The Nazi story of Hitler’s Germany is one reminder alone that should spell caution to any enterprising boast of human exaltation to the exclusion of God. Talking of Hitler’s Nazism raises a question. Is there an explanation for ‘Auschwitz’, this mind-boggling historical scar on the face of humanity? I believe there is, and it comes from one who survived Auschwitzthe Nazi concentration camp, going by the name Vktor Frank. Here in his own words: “If we present man with a concept of man which is not true, we may well corrupt him. When we present him as an automation of reflexes, as a mind machine, as a bundle of instincts, as a pawn of drive and reactions, as a mere product of heredity and environment, we feed the nihilism to which modern man is, in any case, prone. I became acquainted with the last stage of corruption in my second concentration camp, Auschwitz.

The gas chambers of Auschwitz were the ultimate consequence of the theory that man is nothing but the product of heredity and environment – or, as the Nazis liked to say, “of blood and soil.” I am absolutely convinced that the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers.”

If we Nagas today, living under the illusion of neutrality removes the basic values of being a Christian from our moral code, perhaps we might consider displaying these remarks of Frank’s to remind us that the impetus for the Holocaust did not come from a military strategy as much as it did from the educated elite, unblushing in their non-believer philosophies and materialistic assumptions. Here is another story, a true story as narrated by Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin, to a colleague with whom she spent time in his home in England while they were working together on the BBC production on the life of her father. According to Svetlana, as Stalin lay dying, plagued with terrible hallucinations, he suddenly sat halfway up in bed, clenched his

fist toward the heavens once more, fell back upon his pillow, and was dead. The incredible irony of his whole life is that at one time Josef Stalin had been a seminary student, preparing for the ministry. With the coming of the Nietzschean Age, he made a decisive break from his belief in God. This dramatic and complete reversal of conviction that resulted in his hatred for all religion is why Lenin had earlier chosen Stalin and positioned him in authority.(The name Stalin, which means “steel” was not his real name, but was given to him by his contemporaries who fell under the steel-like determination of his will.) And as Stalin lay dying, his one last gesture was a clenched fist toward God, his heart as cold and hard as steel. Is there a connection between Stalin’s conviction and his masterminding the large scale murder of his own people? During the final days of the collapsing Marxist experiment of the Soviet Socialist Union, a Soviet novelist retold the following story which is as follows: “On one occasion, so it was narrated, Stalin called for a live chicken and proceeded to use it to make an unforgettable point before some of his henchmen. Forcefully clutching the chicken in one hand, with the

other he began to systematically pluck out its feathers. As the chicken struggled in vain to escape, he continued with the painful denuding until the bird was completely stripped. “Now you watch” Stalin said as he placed the chicken on the floor and walked away with some bread crumbs in his hand. Incredibly, the fear crazed chicken hobbled toward him and clung to the legs of his trousers. Stalin threw a handful of grain to the bird, and as it began to follow him around the room, he turned to his dumbfounded colleagues and said quietly, “This is the way to rule the people. Did you see how the chicken followed me for food, even though I had caused it such torture? People are like that chicken. If you inflict inordinate pain on them they will follow you for food for the rest of their lives”. With that promised debasement, Stalin reduced humanity to the level of animals, and intoxicated with power he ruthlessly exterminated countless of his countrymen. Nothing good ever came out of the “United Soviet Socialist Republic’s” experiment of trying to build a world without God and the opinion of the people. The Union disintegrated, dead and buried for good.

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istory remembers Mohandas Gandhi’s Salt March as one of the great episodes of resistance in the past century and as a campaign which struck a decisive blow against British imperialism. In the early morning of March 12, 1930, Gandhi and a trained cadre of 78 followers from his ashram began a march of more than 200 miles to the sea. Three and a half weeks later, on April 5, surrounded by a crowd of thousands, Gandhi waded into the edge of the ocean, approached an area on the mud flats where evaporating water left a thick layer of sediment, and scooped up a handful of salt. Gandhi’s act defied a law of the British Raj mandating that Indians buy salt from the government and prohibiting them from collecting their own. His disobedience set off a mass campaign of non-compliance that swept the country, leading to as many as 100,000 arrests. In a famous quote published in the Manchester Guardian, revered poet Rabindranath Tagore described the campaign’s transformative impact: “Those who live in England, far away from the East, have now got to realize that Europe has completely lost her former prestige in Asia.” For the absentee rulers in London, it was “a great moral defeat.” And yet, judging by what Gandhi gained at the bargaining table at the conclusion of the campaign, one can form a very different view of the salt satyagraha. Evaluating the 1931 settlement made between Gandhi and Lord Irwin, the Viceroy of India, analysts Peter Ackerman and Christopher Kruegler have contended that “the campaign was a failure” and “a British victory,” and that it would be reasonable to think that Gandhi “gave away the store.” These conclusions have a long precedent. When the pact with Irwin was first announced, insiders within the Indian National Congress, Gandhi’s organization, were bitterly disappointed. Future Prime Minister Jawaharal Nehru, deeply depressed, wrote that he felt in his heart “a great emptiness as of something precious gone, almost beyond recall.” That the Salt March might at once be considered a pivotal advance for the cause of Indian independence and a botched campaign that produced little tangible result seems to be a puzzling paradox. But even stranger is the fact that such a result is not unique in the world of social movements. Martin Luther King Jr.’s landmark 1963 campaign in Birmingham, Ala., had similarly incongruous outcomes: On the one hand, it generated a settlement that fell far short of desegregating the city, a deal which disappointed local activists who wanted more than just minor changes at a few downtown stores; at the same time, Birmingham is regarded as one of the key drives of the civil rights movement, doing perhaps more than any other campaign to push toward the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964. This seeming contradiction is worthy of examination. Most significantly, it illustrates how momentum-driven mass mobilizations promote change in ways that are confusing when viewed with the assumptions and biases of mainstream politics. From start to finish — in both the way in which he structured the demands of the Salt March and the way in which he brought his campaign to a close — Gandhi confounded the more conventional political operatives of his era. Yet the movements he led profoundly shook the structures of British imperialism. For those who seek to understand today’s social movements, and those who wish to amplify them, questions about how to evaluate a campaign’s success and when it is appropriate to declare victory remain as relevant as ever. To them, Gandhi’s may still have something useful and unexpected to say. The instrumental approach Understanding the Salt March and its lessons for today requires stepping back to look at some of the fundamental questions of how social movements effect change. With proper context, one can say that Gandhi’s actions were brilliant examples of the use of symbolic demands and symbolic victory. But what is involved in these concepts? All protest actions, campaigns and demands have both instrumental and symbolic dimensions. Different types of political organizing, however, combine these in different proportions. In conventional politics, demands are primarily instrumental, designed to have a specific and concrete result within the system. In this model, interest groups push for policies or reforms that benefit their base. These demands are carefully chosen based on what might be feasible to achieve, given the confines of the existing political landscape. Once a drive for an instrumental demand is launched, advocates attempt to leverage their group’s power to extract a concession or compromise that meets their needs. If they can deliver for their members, they win. Even though they function primarily outside the realm of electoral politics, unions and communitybased organizations in the lineage of Saul Alinsky — groups based on building long-term institutional structures — approach demands in a primarily instrumental fashion. As author and organizer Rinku Sen explains, Alinsky established a long-standing norm in community organizing which asserted that “winnability is of primary importance in choosing issues” and that community groups should focus on “immediate, concrete changes.” A famous example in the world of community organizing is the demand for a stoplight at an intersection identified by neighborhood residents as being dangerous. But this is just one option. Alinskyite groups might attempt to win better staffing at local social service offices, an end to discriminatory redlining of a particular neighborhood by banks and insurance companies, or a new bus route to provide reliable transportation in an underserved area. Environmental groups might push for a ban on a specific chemical known to be toxic for wildlife. A union might wage a fight to win a raise for a particular group of employees at a workplace, or to address a scheduling issue. By eking out modest, pragmatic wins around such issues, these groups improve lives and bolster their organizational structures. The hope is that, over time, small gains will add up to substantial reforms. Slowly and steadily, social change is achieved.

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political climate as a whole, changing perceptions of what is possible and realistic. They do this by shifting public opinion around an issue and activating an ever-expanding base of supporters. At their most ambitious, these movements take things that might be considered politically unimaginable — women’s suffrage, civil rights, the end of a war, the fall of a dictatorial regime, marriage equality for same-sex couples — and turn them into political inevitabilities. Negotiations over specific policy proposals are important, but they come at the endgame of a movement, once public opinion has shifted and power-holders are scrambling to respond to disruptions that activist mobilizations have created. In the early stages, as movements gain steam, the key measure of a demand is not its instrumental practicality, but its capacity to resonate with the public and arouse broad-based sympathy for a cause. In other words, the symbolic trumps the instrumental. A variety of thinkers have commented on how mass movements, because they are pursuing this more indirect route to creating change, must be attentive to creating a narrative in which campaigns of resistance are consistently gaining momentum and presenting new challenges to those in power. In his 2001 book “Doing Democracy,” Bill Moyer, a veteran social movement trainer, stresses the importance of “sociodrama actions” which “clearly reveal to the public how the power-holders violate society’s widely held values[.]” Through well-planned shows of resistance — ranging from creative marches and pickets, to boycotts and other forms of non-cooperation, to more confrontational interventions such as sit-ins and occupations — movements engage in a process of “politics as theater” which, in Moyer’s words, “creates a public social crisis that transforms a social problem into a critical public issue.” The types of narrow proposals that are useful in behind-the-scenes political negotiations are generally not the kinds of demands that inspire effective sociodrama. Commenting on this theme, leading New Left organizer and anti-Vietnam War activist Tom Hayden argues that new movements do not arise based on narrow interests or on abstract ideology; instead, they are propelled by a specific type of symbolically loaded issue — namely, “moral injuries that compel a moral response.” In his book “The Long Sixties,” Hayden cites several examples of such injuries. They include the desegregation of lunch counters for the civil rights movement, the right to leaflet for Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement, and the farmworker movement’s denunciation of the short-handled hoe, a tool that became emblematic of the exploitation of immigrant laborers because it forced workers in the fields to perform crippling stoop labor. In some ways, these issues turn the standard of “winnability” on its head. “The grievances were not simply the material kind, which could be solved by slight adjustments to the status quo,” Hayden writes. Instead, they posed unique challenges to those in power. “To desegregate one lunch counter would begin a tipping process toward the desegregation of larger institutions; to permit student leafleting would legitimize a student voice in decisions; to prohibit the short-handled hoe meant accepting workplace safety regulations.” Perhaps not surprisingly, the contrast between symbolic and instrumental demands can create conflict between activists coming from different organizing traditions. Saul Alinsky was suspicious of actions that produced only “moral victories” and derided symbolic demonstrations that he viewed as mere public relations stunts. Ed Chambers, who took over as director of Alinsky’s Industrial Areas Foundation, shared his mentor’s suspicion of mass mobilizations. In his book “Roots for Radicals,” Chambers writes, “The movements of the 1960s and 70s — the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women’s movement — were vivid, dramatic, and attractive.” Yet, in their commitment to “romantic issues,” Chambers believes, they were too focused on attracting the attention of the media rather than exacting instrumental gains. “Members of these movements often concentrated on symbolic moral victories like placing flowers in the rifle barrels of National Guardsmen, embarrassing a politician for a moment or two, or enraging white racists,” he writes. “They often avoided any reflection about whether or not the moral victories led to any real change.” In his time, Gandhi would hear many similar criticisms. Yet the impact of campaigns such as his march to the sea would provide a formidable rebuttal.

The symbolic turn For momentum-driven mass mobilizations, including the Salt March, campaigns function differently. Activists in mass movements must design actions and choose demands that tap into broader principles, creating a narrative about the moral significance of their struggle. Here, the most important thing about a demand is not its potential policy impact or winnability at the bargaining table. Most critical are its symbolic properties — how well a demand serves to dramatize for the public the urgent need to remedy an injustice. Like conventional politicians and structure-based organizers, those trying to build protest movements also have strategic goals, and they might seek to address specific grievances as part of their campaigns. But their overall approach is more indirect. These activists are not necessarily focused on reforms that can be feasibly obtained in an existing political context. In- Difficult not to laugh stead, momentum-driven movements aim to alter the The salt satyagraha — or campaign of nonviolent re-

sistance that began with Gandhi’s march — is a defining example of using escalating, militant and unarmed confrontation to rally public support and effect change. It is also a case in which the use of symbolic demands, at least initially, provoked ridicule and consternation. When charged with selecting a target for civil disobedience, Gandhi’s choice was preposterous. At least that was a common response to his fixation on the salt law as the key point upon which to base the Indian National Congress’ challenge to British rule. Mocking the emphasis on salt, The Statesman noted, “It is difficult not to laugh, and we imagine that will be the mood of most thinking Indians.” In 1930, the instrumentally focused organizers within the Indian National Congress were focused on constitutional questions — whether India would gain greater autonomy by winning “dominion status” and what steps toward such an arrangement the British might concede. The salt laws were a minor concern at best, hardly high on their list of demands. Biographer Geoffrey Ashe argues that, in this context, Gandhi’s choice of salt as a basis for a campaign was “the weirdest and most brilliant political challenge of modern times.” It was brilliant because defiance of the salt law was loaded with symbolic significance. “Next to air and water,” Gandhi argued, “salt is perhaps the greatest necessity of life.” It was a simple commodity that everyone was compelled to buy, and which the government taxed. Since the time of the Mughal Empire, the state’s control over salt was a hated reality. The fact that Indians were not permitted to freely collect salt from natural deposits or to pan for salt from the sea was a clear illustration of how a foreign power was unjustly profiting from the subcontinent’s people and its resources. Since the tax affected everyone, the grievance was universally felt. The fact that it most heavily burdened the poor added to its outrage. The price of salt charged by the government, Ashe writes, “had a built-in levy — not large, but enough to cost a laborer with a family up to two weeks wages a year.” It was a textbook moral injury. And people responded swiftly to Gandhi’s charge against it. Indeed, those who had ridiculed the campaign soon had reason to stop laughing. In each village through which the satyagrahis marched, they attracted massive crowds — with as many of 30,000 people gathering to see the pilgrims pray and to hear Gandhi speak of the need for self-rule. As historian Judith Brown writes, Gandhi “grasped intuitively that civil resistance was in many ways an exercise in political theater, where the audience was as important as the actors.” In the procession’s wake, hundreds of Indians who served in local administrative posts for the imperial government resigned their positions. After the march reached the sea and disobedience began, the campaign achieved an impressive scale. Throughout the country, huge numbers of dissidents began panning for salt and mining natural deposits. Buying illegal packets of the mineral, even if they were of poor quality, became a badge of honor for millions. The Indian National Congress set up its own salt depot, and groups of organized activists led nonviolent raids on the government salt works, blocking roads and entrances with their bodies in an attempt to shut down production. News reports of the beatings and hospitalizations that resulted were broadcast throughout the world. Soon, the defiance expanded to incorporate local grievances and to take on additional acts of noncooperation. Millions joined the boycott of British cloth and liquor, a growing number of village officials resigned their posts, and, in some provinces, farmers refused to pay land taxes. In increasingly varied forms, mass noncompliance took hold throughout a vast territory. And, in spite of energetic attempts at repression by British authorities, it continued month after month. Finding issues that could “attract wide support and maintain the cohesion of the movement,” Brown notes, was “no simple task in a country where there were such regional, religious and socio-economic differences.” And yet salt fit the bill precisely. Motilal Nehru, father of the future prime minister, remarked admiringly, “The only wonder is that no one else ever thought of it.” Beyond the pact If the choice of salt as a demand had been controversial, the manner in which Gandhi concluded the campaign would be equally so. Judged by instrumental standards, the resolution to the salt satyagraha fell short. By early 1931, the campaign had reverberated throughout the country, yet it was also losing momentum. Repression had taken a toll, much of Congress’

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leadership had been arrested, and tax resisters whose property had been seized by the government were facing significant financial hardship. Moderate politicians and members of the business community who supported the Indian National Congress appealed to Gandhi for a resolution. Even many militants with the organization concurred that talks were appropriate. Accordingly, Gandhi entered into negotiations with Lord Irwin in February 1931, and on March 5 the two announced a pact. On paper, many historians have argued, it was an anti-climax. The key terms of the agreement hardly seemed favorable to the Indian National Congress: In exchange for suspending civil disobedience, protesters being held in jail would be released, their cases would be dropped, and, with some exceptions, the government would lift the repressive security ordinances it had imposed during the satyagraha. Authorities would return fines collected by the government for tax resistance, as well as seized property that had not yet been sold to third parties. And activists would be permitted to continue a peaceful boycott of British cloth. However, the pact deferred discussion of questions about independence to future talks, with the British making no commitments to loosen their grip on power. (Gandhi would attend a Roundtable conference in London later in 1931 to continue negotiations, but this meeting made little headway.) The government refused to conduct an inquiry into police action during the protest campaign, which had been a firm demand of Indian National Congress activists. Finally, and perhaps most shockingly, the Salt Act itself would remain law, with the concession that the poor in coastal areas would be allowed to produce salt in limited quantities for their own use. Some of the politicians closest to Gandhi felt extremely dismayed by the terms of the agreement, and a variety of historians have joined in their assessment that the campaign failed to reach its goals. In retrospect, it is certainly legitimate to argue about whether Gandhi gave away too much in negotiations. At the same time, to judge the settlement merely in instrumental terms is to miss its wider impact. Claiming symbolic victory If not by short-term, incremental gains, how does a campaign that employs symbolic demands or tactics measure its success? For momentum-driven mass mobilizations, there are two essential metrics by which to judge progress. Since the long-term goal of the movement is to shift public opinion on an issue, the first measure is whether a given campaign has won more popular support for a movement’s cause. The second measure is whether a campaign builds the capacity of the movement to escalate further. If a drive allows activists to fight another day from a position of greater strength — with more members, superior resources, enhanced legitimacy and an expanded tactical arsenal — organizers can make a convincing case that they have succeeded, regardless of whether the campaign has made significant progress in closed-door bargaining sessions. Throughout his career as a negotiator, Gandhi stressed the importance of being willing to compromise on non-essentials. As Joan Bondurant observes in her perceptive study of the principles of satyagraha, one of his political tenets was the “reduction of demands to a minimum consistent with the truth.” The pact with Irwin, Gandhi believed, gave him such a minimum, allowing the movement to end the campaign in dignified fashion and to prepare for future struggle. For Gandhi, the viceroy’s agreement to allow for exceptions to the salt law, even if they were limited, represented a critical triumph of principle. Moreover, he had forced the British to negotiate as equals — a vital precedent that would be extended into subsequent talks over independence. In their own fashion, many of Gandhi’s adversaries agreed on the significance of these concessions, seeing the pact as a misstep of lasting consequence for imperial powers. As Ashe writes, the British officialdom in Delhi “ever afterwards… groaned over Irwin’s move as the fatal blunder from which the Raj never recovered.” In a now-infamous speech, Winston Churchill, a leading defender of the British Empire, proclaimed that it was “alarming and also nauseating to see Mr. Gandhi… striding half-naked up the steps of the Vice-regal palace… to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King-Emperor.” The move, he claimed, had allowed Gandhi — a man he saw as a “fanatic” and a “fakir” — to step out of prison and “[emerge] on the scene a triumphant victor.” While insiders had conflicted views about the campaign’s outcome, the broad public was far less equivocal. Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the radicals in the Indian National Congress who was skeptical of Gandhi’s pact, had to revise his view when he saw the reaction in the countryside. As Ashe recounts, when Bose traveled with Gandhi from Bombay to Delhi, he “saw ovations such as he had never witnessed before.” Bose recognized the vindication. “The Mahatma had judged correctly,” Ashe continues. “By all the rules of politics he had been checked. But in the people’s eyes, the plain fact that the Englishman had been brought to negotiate instead of giving orders outweighed any number of details.” In his influential 1950 biography of Gandhi, still widely read today, Louis Fischer provides a most dramatic appraisal of the Salt March’s legacy: “India was now free,” he writes. “Technically, legally, nothing had changed. India was still a British colony.” And yet, after the salt satyagraha, “it was inevitable that Britain should some day refuse to rule India and that India should some day refuse to be ruled.” Subsequent historians have sought to provide more nuanced accounts of Gandhi’s contribution to Indian independence, distancing themselves from a first generation of hagiographic biographies that uncritically held up Gandhi as the “father of a nation.” Writing in 2009, Judith Brown cites a variety of social and economic pressures that contributed to Britain’s departure from India, particularly the geopolitical shifts that accompanied the Second World War. Nevertheless, she acknowledges that drives such as the Salt March were critical, playing central roles in building the Indian National Congress’ organization and popular legitimacy. Although mass displays of protest alone did not expel the imperialists, they profoundly altered the political landscape. Civil resistance, Brown writes, “was a crucial part of the environment in which the British had to make decisions about when and how to leave India.” As Martin Luther King Jr. would in Birmingham some three decades later, Gandhi accepted a settlement that had limited instrumental value but that allowed the movement to claim a symbolic win and to emerge in a position of strength. Gandhi’s victory in 1931 was not a final one, nor was King’s in 1963. Social movements today continue to fight struggles against racism, discrimination, economic exploitation and imperial aggression. But, if they choose, they can do so aided by the powerful example of forebears who converted moral victory into lasting change.

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The Purpose Of The Law And The Need For Grace Selie Visa Introduction: Very often we see the flawed interpretation between the relationship of law and grace. At times repentance, law, faith and obedienceare partially or even completely discarded and only grace is emphasized. This mistaken or faulty interpretation can easily misguide us into wide of the mark doctrines. Be aware that selective or “pick and preach” teachings are dangerous and result in cults and sects. Can we discard any part of the Bible and stick to what make us feel good? No. Every portion of the Bible is divinely inspired. It is food for the soul. It is the Word of God and its words are sacred. Can we discard the Old Testament? No. Without the Old Testament we will never know why we need a Savior. We will never know the meaning of the blood of Jesus. We will never know that Jesus is the promised Messiah. The Greatest Commandments: An expert in the interpretation of Scripture and the Laws of Moses asked Jesus which is the greatest commandment. Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Love for God and love towards one another cannot be separated. The first one relates to our vertical relationship with God. The second relates to our horizontal relationship with other people. The division of the Decalogue: The Decalogue (The Ten Commandments) is broadly divided into two parts. The first four commandments relates to our relation with God. The next six commandments are for our relationship with one another. So, when Jesus said we must love God and also love our neighbors as ourselves, he is simply giving the simplified summary of the entire Decalogue. Jesus would not have done this if the Law is no longer relevant. A. Our vertical relationship with God: 1) You shall have no other gods before me. 2) You shall not make for yourself an idol. 3) You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God. 4) Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. B. Our horizontal relationship with man: 5) Honor your father and your mother.

6) You shall not murder. 7) You shall not commit adultery. 8) You shall not steal. 9) You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. 10) You shall not covet. The law will not disappear: Matthew 5:17-19Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. "I tell you the truth" in Matthew 5:18signals that the statement to follow is of the utmost importance. The "jot" (KJV) refers to "the smallest letter" (NIV) of the Hebrew alphabet. "The least stroke of a pen" refers to the small stroke that distinguishes several pairs of Hebrew letters. Jesus here upholds the authority of the Old Testament scriptures right down to its individual letters. This view of Jesus is the highest possible view of the Old Testament. Jesus defended the Law-- the Old Testament scriptures, not just the books, not just some chapters, not just some verses, not just some words, but everything right down to the individual letters of the alphabet in the Old Testament scriptures. Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. The law was never nullified: Romans 3:31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law. Galatians 3:21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. The law defines sin: Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned-1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. James 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he

ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. We are all sinners through Adam, the first man, who brought death to the whole human race.Contravening the law, disobedience to God’s commands and turning away from God are sins. All iniquities, lawlessness, unrighteousness and wrong doings are sins.

the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. If it were not for sin, death would have no sting. It is the law of God with its stringent moral demands that strengthens the power of sin by showing us how sinful we are, and thus condemns us. But death does not have the final victory! Hear the glorious closing exclamation: "Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Yes, victory, even over death and the grave, has been won through our Lord, who died and rose and is coming again. Ephesians 2:8-10For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

The law increases our sins in order to increase grace: Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Romans 5:20-21The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The law conveys the knowledge of sin. The Law tells us about God's commandments, what things God prohibit and what sin is. The law makes us become aware of our It is finished: spiritual bankruptcy. This in turn leads a person to turn to On the cross when Jesus said, "It is finished" (John God in humility and seek His mercy and saving grace. 19:20),he did not mean his strength or his life is finished. He did not mean that henceforth the Law will no Redemption through Jesus Christ: longer be relevant. These words are words of victory. JeMark 2:17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is sus Christ had finished what the Father had sent him not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have into the world to do. not come to call the righteous, but sinners." It is finished-- priesthood and rituals, the shedding Romans 3:23& 24 For all have sinned and fall short of blood by animal sacrifice was finished forever. Christ of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace was offered as the atoning sacrifice for our sins once through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. and for all. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the John 3:16 & 17 "For God so loved the world that he gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him A doctor ministers not to healthy persons but to those shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not who are sick. So Jesus came not to call the "righteous"but send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but "sinners" (i.e., those who are alienated from God in their to save the world through him.” lives). Jesus' call is to salvation; and, in order to share in it, there must be recognition of need. A self-righteous person Law and grace are both indispensable: is incapable of recognizing that need, but a sinner can. Galatians 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law The reason all must come to God through faith in in the sight of God, it is evident: for, the just shall live by Christ is that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory faith. of God."God not only acquits believers, but he declares We must remember that the Bible is unified in its them to be righteous in his sight. message. Sometimes it may present us with a paradox, Paul puts God and his mastery over against sin, gift but it never gives us contradiction. By comparing scripover against wages, and eternal life over against death-- ture with scripture we can put an intriguing image in crowning it all with the acknowledgment that the me- the right perspective. diation of Christ Jesus our Lord accounts for the shift God’s law is not bad or useless. The law serves many from one camp to the other. good purposes. It restrains sin, shows us the way of holiness, and reveals to us our own sinfulness. But the law We are saved by grace through faith in Christ: by itself can never change hearts or save you. Only by 1 Corinthians 15:56& 57The sting of death is sin, and God's grace, through faith in Christ can save you.

Wrestling with wicked witchcraft—and winning

Jennifer Leclaire

n this season of spiritual darkness, are you having witchcraft dreams? It started a little later than usual, but spiritual witchcraft is rising—and rising rapidly—in South Florida this October. My community is home to a large population of witches, pagans, Wiccans and other heathens who practice one form of witchcraft or another. Your community may not have palm trees and beaches, but it's likely got a few witches, pagans, Wiccans and heathens practicing witchcraft. A quick scan of the latest news reveals that reports of witchcraft-related child abuse are on the rise in London; two children were tortured and dumped on the streets over witchcraft in Akwa Ibom; a pastor who runs several churches in Kiambu and Meru was found practicing witchcraft; authorities have tied Texas drug smugglers to witchcraft, cartels and a house explosion; and seven people accused of witchcraft were burned to death in Tanzania. When I first moved to South Florida, I battled Jezebel and her witchcrafts (see 2 Kings 9:22) with limited success for at least a year before I learned to discern the attack of this spiritual enemy at its onset, submit myself to God's Word, resist the devil and command it to flee in the name of Jesus (see James 4:7, AMP). Now, I am much quicker to sense witchcraft operating in the spirit, but sometimes witchcraft attacks in your sleep. Witchcraft Dreams Earlier this year, I wrote an article called When Jezebel's Witchcraft Keeps You Up at Night. I wrote it in March, which, along with October, is a prime time for witchcraft manifestations. In March, it has more to do with the spiritual climate that stems from false Mary worship. In October, it's more about the witches, pagans, Wiccans and heathens practicing witchcraft. As I explained in my article earlier this year, the enemy has used a different tactic in 2014. Since the spiritual forces of darkness could not slow me down by day, the attacks are coming at night. I've started having what I call witchcraft dreams. A more complete way of explaining it would be to say I've experienced dream activity inspired by witchcraft rumbling in the spiritual climate. While we watch kids dress up as witches and knock on doors asking for candy, bona fide witches are celebrating their holy day and Witches' Sabbath. October 21 is also Samhain, a Gaelic festival that marks the finale of harvest season and the start of winter. One Paganism/Wiccan expert explained, "It's a good time to contact the spirit world with a séance, because it's the time when the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest." Symptoms of Witchcraft People who are especially sensitive to the spiritual realm can sense witchcraft in the atmosphere. As demonic activ-

ity increases, people report feelings of oppression, fatigue, strong spiritual warfare against the mind that makes you feel like quitting, and even physical manifestations for which doctors can't find a reason. Are you experiencing any of these things? When witchcraft is particularly heavy in the spiritual climate, my eyes actually burn. Everything seems like a much bigger deal than it really is because witchcraft works to take your eyes off Jesus by magnifying the problem. The enemy can use people to release witchcraft against you through word curses, but this spiritual force seems to sometimes hang over your head like a dark cloud—unless you break it. In my book, Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating the Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft, I write: "We need the gift of discernment to truly understand what we're battling. We can't effectively take authority over false authority in the name of Jesus if we can't discern what we're taking authority over. Sure, there are the generic 'I bind every spirit that is not of Christ, in the name of Jesus!' prayers but my experience tells me those will only take you so far in battle." Combating Spiritual Witchcraft Just because you are exhausted, feeling oppressed, are battling in your mind, or otherwise sense a struggle doesn't mean that you are necessarily battling witchcraft. You need the Holy Spirit to show you what is going on. That said, if it's October and you are consistently facing these symptoms—and specifically if you are having vivid nightmares suddenly—you should ask the Holy Spirit if witchcraft plays a role. With nightmares and bad dreams, it could just be that you ate too much too late at night, that you are processing internal fears in your soul, that your subconscious mind is dredging up strong emotions from your past, or some other natural cause. However, it could also be spiritual witchcraft. If it is, what do you do? I wrote more about this in a past article called Overcoming Witchcraft Attacks Against Your Mind and Body. If you are experiencing nightmares, I'd also suggest reading that and also remembering and confessing this: "You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day (Psalm 91:5). And this: "When you lie down, you will not be afraid; yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet" (Prov. 3:24). Pray over yourself before you go to sleep—plead the blood of Jesus and command these spirits to cease their operations in the name of Jesus. And if you wake up with one of these bad dreams, do it again. The spiritual climate is intense for these next couple of weeks, but we are overcomers by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. Amen. Jennifer LeClaire is news editor of Charisma. She is also director of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale and author of several books, including Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating the Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft, and The Spiritual Warrior's Guide to Defeating Jezebel.

Hong Kong Christians Lead Protests for Democracy As the island city braces for C another week of gridlock, faith is in the foreground Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra christianity today

hinese Christians are playing a leading role in protests that have seen tens of thousands of people shut down the streets of Hong Kong. Protestors are angered by Beijing’s decision to control the list of candidates for the island city’s top leader in its first free election, slated for 2017. Some of the top leaders of the protests are Christians, including the teenage leader of the main student group and two of the three Occupy Central leaders. Cardinal Joseph Zen, 82, said he will spend his nights with the protestors until “we are either dispersed or arrested.” Churches are also playing a role, supporting the protests with food and shelter. Though several of Hong Kong’s major churches have publicly taken a neutral stance, others are providing first aid, snacks, or refuge to protestors. Christian symbols are highly visible, as demonstrators form prayer groups, carry crosses, and openly read their Bibles. While the Hong Kong protestors are demanding democracy, “there is an undercurrent of another, much older tension: between Christianity and Communist China,” noted the Wall Street Journal. (Former Hong Kong resident Dorcas Cheng-Tozun explains that tension to CT readers over at Her.meneutics.) Christian churches have been sprouting in Hong Kong since the British took control in 1841. About 43 percent of the island’s 7.2 million people claim a religion—about 320,000 of them are Protestant Christians. “Christians in Hong Kong, they see that economic development has not brought more religious tolerance in China,” Joseph Cheng, a political-science professor at City University of Hong Kong, told UCA News.

“So despite economic development, despite improvement in living standards and opening to the external world, tolerance of Christianity especially has not been improving; in fact, in the recent two years persecution has strengthened.” For their part, Chinese officials have grown increasingly wary of churches as their influence on the mainland grows. The government has physically removed crosses from dozens of church buildings and reduced a brand-new $3.2 million church to rubble. One Chinese pastor told the Guardian that party officials often use the dismissive expression yang jiao, or “foreign teaching,” to refer to Christianity. It makes sense that party officials would be wary of Christianity, according to China Source, since the religion came to China in the wake of European ships full of opium. The colonial period in China (from about 1839 to 1949) was a time of deep shame, China Source’s Mark Totman writes. “This period of humiliation also saw a sharp increase in foreign missionary activity in China as well as a significant increase

in the number of Chinese believers,” he said. “To the Chinese government (and many Chinese) foreign intrusion and the Christian faith came to be seen as basically inseparable—two sides of the same coin, as it were.” The expansion of the church may be adding pressure to that distrust. The steady growth of Christians means China is on pace to outnumber Christians in any other country in 15 years, according to the London Daily Telegraph. That growth may signal to officials that Christians and their churches are now “key constituents” who can play a significant role in society, but can also pose a real and powerful threat to the country’s atheism and Marxist ideology, according to the Lausanne Movement's Thomas Harvey, Paul Huoshui, and David Ro. That uncertainty is reflected in the government’s response—to tear down crosses but not shut down services. An all-out campaign against Christians is unlikely, because of Christianity’s growing power within the country and international pressure, they wrote. But growing tensions are likely, especially when an expanding church ignites fears of the potential weakening of party power, Loyola University professor Carsten Vala said in a Brookings Institute panel. (Foreign Policy looks at whether "Christians make good rebels.") “Maybe one way to understand Chinese Christianity and the relationship with the party state is to think in terms of different levels,” he said. “There's a party center and there's an ideology about the fear of Christianity, and then there's the local reality where local officials get to know church leaders and they find them very useful to do good works.” Chinese Christians can make an impact socially, as individuals, as long as they don't become too high profile, he said. “When they become too prominent, that is when the party state is more likely to step in and to crack down.”

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Freed from jail, Jaya returns to Chennai

Bangalore/Chennai, oCtoBer 18 (ianS): Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday walked out of a Bangalore jail after bail formalities were completed and reached Chennai to a spirited welcome by her AIADMK cadre, who were out in force despite the heavy rain. AIADMK cadres were jubilant and celebrated the release of Jayalalithaa who spent 21 days in prison after being convicted in a corruption case last month, before the Supreme Court accepted her bail plea. “Jayalalithaa left the jail after completing the formalities. She is fine and in good health,” Karnataka Inspector General of Prisons (IGP) K.V. Gagandeep told IANS minutes after she walked free at 3.15 p.m. and waved to the crowd at Parapanna Agrahara on Bangalore’s outskirts. O. Pannerselvam, who was sworn in Tamil Nadu

chief minister after Jayalalithaa stepped down, a few cabinet ministers and 50 lawmakers of the ruling AIADMK greeted her. Her three associates -Sasikala Natarajan, V. Sudhakaran and J. Elavarisi, who were released along with her from the jail, accompanied her. A special court Sep 27 convicted Jayalalithaa in the Rs.66.65-crore disproportionate assets’ case and sentenced her to four years simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs.100 crore. The three others were sentenced to four years jail term with a fine of Rs.10 crore each. The court ordered Jayalalithaa’s release after the Supreme Court Friday stayed the four-year jail term sentence and granted an interim bail to Jayalalithaa till Dec 18 in the corruption case that dragged on for 18 years. “The special court judge (John Michael

Congress to table noconfidence motion against Trinamool govt KolKata, oCtoBer 18 (ianS): The Congress in West Bengal has decided to table a no-confidence motion against the Trinamool Congress government next month, state party chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said here Saturday. The Congress members would utilise the discussions to attack the Trinamool on issues like the Saradha chit fund scam, the student protests at the Jadavpur University, and the Burdwan blast, he said. “Our legislators would demand answers from the state government on on issues like the Saradha scam, Jadavpur University protests and the blast at Khagragarh in Burdwan district. We are confident that the Speaker Biman Banerjee will allow discussions on the no confidence motion,” said Chowdhury. The state Congress has also decided to organise a march to the assembly when the party members table the no-confidence motion in the house, he said. Chowdhury alleged that the Trinamool regime has failed to usher in development and industrialisation in the state and uphold law and order. The state Congress president accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of branding minorities as infiltrators after the Burdwan explosion. “The BJP is trying to label Muslims as infiltrators. The National Democratic Alliance failed to review the refugee policy when it was in power in 1998-2004 with Atal Atal Bihari Vajpayee as prime minister. Jihadi activities in the country have increased after attempts were made to demolish the Babri Masjid and build the Ram Mandir,” he said.

Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu state Jayaram Jayalalitha waves to supporters as she travels in car after being released from prison in Bangalore, India on October 18. India's top court Friday granted temporary bail to a charismatic southern Indian politician who was sentenced to four years in prison for corruption last month. (AP Photo)

D’Cunha) issued the order after Jayalalithaa’s counsel furnished a bond of Rs.2 crore and two sureties of assets were submitted by her known persons,” Gaga-

ndeep said. The two sureties of properties valued at Rs.5 crore and Rs.1 crore were given by J. Bharat and Gunajyothi, who are party

cadres in the city. The release order was issued after Jayalalithaa’s counsel submitted to the court a certified copy of the apex court order, issued by

a three judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu. “Jayalalithaa was set free after we verified the court order along with the

bond and surety papers given for her release. She also signed the jail register where her name was entered as prisoner number 7402,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of prisons P.M. Jaisimha told IANS. The court also issued separate orders to release Sasikala, Sudhakaran and Elavarisi, after they furnished a bond of Rs.1 crore each and gave sureties as specified by the judge. Hundreds of Jayalalithaa’s ardent fans and frenzied supporters from the city and Hosur across the border lined up on both sides of the Bangalore thoroughfares and cheered her as her convoy sped away towards the airport from where she was to take a chartered flight to Chennai. Many AIADMK cadres danced, clapped and waived party flags, while others burst firecrackers at junctions enroute raising slogans in favour of their aamma’ (mother) and denouncing at the

same time DMK president M. Karunanidhi. Ecstatic supporters welcomed Jayalalithaa in Chennai. AIADMK cadres assembled in large numbers shouted ‘Long Live Amma’. “Amma, Amma,” the one word slogan rented the air. She was also given a drum beat reception. Jayalalithaa drove straight to her residence in Poes Garden area. Party cadres - men and women - braving heavy rains were assembled outside her residence and the airport to have a glimpse of their leader. They also lined up on both the sides of the road outside the airport to wish Jayalalithaa and showered her car with flowers. On the way to her residence, she briefly stopped her car outside a Ganapathi Temple in Kotturpuram area and prayed sitting in the car. “It is pouring here as she is reaching the city. She brings rain to the city,” a party worker said.

Army Chief tells commanders to assess security situation

neW Delhi, oCtoBer 18 (Pti): Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Saturday asked his commanders to “continuously assess” the situation in view of the security transition taking place in the neighbourhood and directed them to maintain relentless pressure on terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir to ensure peaceful polls. In his address on culmi-

nation of the Army Commanders Conference here, GenSinghalsoexpressedsatisfaction over the situation in NorthEastandstressedupon all stakeholders to be made a part of the conflict resolution mechanism. While addressing the external security concerns, he asked the commanders to continuously assess the situation in the sub-continent with respect to the force and

security transition taking place and its concomitant effect on the nation’s security, Army sources said. His remarks came in the backdrop of NATO forces starting the process of withdrawing from war-torn Afghanistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while on a visit to the US in September, had cautioned the American government against hasty withdrawal of its troops from

Afghanistan, citing the mistakes committed while pulling out from Iraq. On the internal security plane, the Army chief stressed on the need to maintain relentless pressure in Jammu and Kashmir so that terrorists could not carry out any meaningful operations to interrupt the forthcoming elections. He also expressed satisfaction on the situation

Pakistan Rangers resort to unprovoked firing in Jammu JaMMU, oCtoBer 18 (ianS): Pakistan Rangers on Saturday resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions of the Border Security Force (BSF) on the international border in Jammu district, an official said. “Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing at the BSF positions in the RS Pura sector of the international border in Jammu district today (Saturday) morning,” a police officer said here. The officer said the firing started at 5.30am on Saturday. “They are using automatics and light arms and the BSF is retaliating effectively using same calibre weapons. “Firing exchanges are still on. No casualty has taken place on our side so far,” the officer added.

The Pakistan army had in the night violated the bilateral ceasefire on the LoC in Hamirpur sector of the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Sources here said that the Pakistan army started unprovoked firing at Indian positions in Hamirpur sector of Poonch district at 8.55pm on Friday using automatics and small arms. Eight civilians have been killed and 62 injured in unprecedented peace-time shelling of civilian habitations by Pakistan in the Jammu region since October 6. Over 30,000 residents of border villages are living in relief camps away from the international border in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts since then.

in North East and stressed upon all stakeholders to be made a part of the conflict resolution mechanism. Gen Singh praised the Northern and Western commands for their exemplary response to the floods in Jammu and Kashmir which saw spontaneous mobilisation of Army resources, both manpower and equipment, without waiting for any formal requisition. He lauded the selfless commitment of Indian soldiers, who never once turned back to look at their posts and families that had suffered equally in the floods, the sources said. The Army should not forget that the human dimension would always remain the biggest battle winning factor, he said, adding the focus must remain on training, equipping and character development of the soldier. On the issue of modernisation, the Army chief

said the force had the support of Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and commitment of the Ministry of Defence towards fulfilling the Army’s requirements. He also exhorted all to streamline and refine in house procedures aimed at preserving and enhancing the life of all service equipment. Gen Singh expressed hopethatthemeasuresbeing planned to address the issue of shortage in officer cadre would fructify at the earliest. He also voiced concern over isolated issues of unethical behaviour and directed zero tolerance towards them. The Chief of Army Staff asked all to stay committed towards welfare of the veterans, who were the “bedrock of the Army” and applauded the recent initiatives including the functioning of ExServicemen Contributory Health Scheme. The Army Chief stressed that the “Indian Army must remain the pride of the nation”.

Army officer goes missing in Spain, declared absconder After border row, India,

neW Delhi, oCtoBer 18 (Pti): A special forces officer, who was serving as an Aide de Camp (ADC) to the Arunachal Pradesh governor, has been declared an “absconder” by the Indian Army after he went missing while on a vacation in Spain in August. Army sources said that Major Sharyf Bhonsle had gone to Spain allegedly without informing the authorities concerned about it. He had taken leave in June and was supposed to report back on duty in August but he did not, they said. Initial inputs suggested that he was taking part

in adventure games and had injured himself, but there was no information after that, the sources said. The Indian embassy is Madrid was also roped in but the officer could not be found, they said. The sources said his family as well as his unit did not have any information about him. Following this, an Army court of inquiry was set up at the Para Regimental Centre, Bangalore, which declared him an absconder, the sources said. The case will now be handed over to the police in Arunachal, where he was posted, or in Pune, where he

hailed from, the sources said. They said that the officer had not sought clearances from the Military Intelligence (MI) as is the rule for all serving officers to travel abroad. The Army officer was on deputation with government of Arunachal for the last one year. He was from the same para unit of the Special Forces as was governor Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma during his tenure with army. The Special Force Units of the Army are mandated with special operating missions such as hostage rescue, counter-terrorism, unconventional warfare and special reconnaissance.

India will pursue black money, not adventurism: Jaitley asserts

neW Delhi, oCtoBer 18 (ianS): A day after the government told the Supreme Court it can’t yet disclose the names of people who have allegedly stashed their ill-gotten money in tax havens abroad, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the stand was in keeping with the due process of law. “The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s approach on black money is doggedly persistent - not adventurist,” Jaitley, a lawyer by profession and also the country’s defence minister, wrote in an article on a social media site.

“I am a little surprised by some of the headlines in today’s newspapers which state that the NDA Government has done a U turn on the issue of black money stacked up in Swiss bank accounts. Nothing can be farther from the truth.” He said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will not withhold any information, including names of account holders. But they will be revealed after following the due process of completing the probe and reaching conclusions. “Any premature and out of court disclosure of the names of account holders would not only vi-

tiate the investigations, but will enable such account holders to get away with their offences,” he said. “It will also violate India’s double taxation avoidance agreements with other countries and will choke receipt of all further information from those countries.” He also charged the previous United Progressive Alliance Government (UPA) with not setting up a special investigative team (SIT) on the subject, as directed by the Supreme Court. “At the first very cabinet meeting, Shri Narendra Modi cabinet decided to appoint the SIT. The SIT

Hazare’s stir threat over money stashed abroad ralegan-SiDDhi, oCtoBer 18 (ianS): Social crusader Anna Hazare Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfil his poll promise of bringing back money stashed abroad, failing which he would launch an agitation. In a strongly worded letter, Hazare said that during the Lok Sabha election campaign Modi had promised countrymen that his government would bring back black money in foreign banks “within 100 days”. “Now, it is over five months since your government took office but no concrete steps have been taken in this regard, as also the appointment of Lokpal. Now, people of the country are wondering whether all this was just an election gimmick to gather votes,” Hazare said in his letter. Though a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was set up on the issue of bringing back money stashed abroad, Hazare said the government telling the Supreme

Court that it could not reveal the names of people with money in foreign banks has shocked all. Hazare added: “The so-called technical hitches in revealing the names which the government has mentioned in its affidavit were present even when the assurances were made during election campaigning. The people are suspecting if this was just an election stunt.” He pointed out that Modi made laudatory speeches during his recent visits to Japan and USA -- “Even I was very impressed... But now I am pained to say there is a wide gap between your words and deeds... The past 67 years’ experience has shown the people that mere speeches don’t bring about change, words and deeds have to match.” Appealing on behalf of all countrymen, Hazare urged Modi to adopt a stern approach on this issue failing which he would “not hesitate to launch an agitation”.

has been effectively functioning since then.” The minister also said the Supreme Court had also directed the government to furnish the names that had been given by Germany to India, adding these names were given to the petitioner who made them public. “The Germans strongly objected to this as a violation of the DTAA, which was entered between Government of India and Germany on June 19, 1995. The present NDA Government has unfortunately inherited the legacy of that DTAA,” he said. “If we scrap the treaty, we get no further information. The covenant to the treaty is that the names of the account holders and information received thereunder will only be disclosed when charges are filed in court,” he said. “They obviously cannot be utilized for political propaganda or for political mileage.” Jaitley said his government stood committed to detect the names, prosecute the guilty and making them public, but it could not be pushed into adventurism and violate the treaties. “Such an approach may actually help the account holders. Adventurism will be short-sighted. A mature approach will take us to the root of the matter.”

Modi should keep his promise on black money issue: Digvijaya Singh

BhoPal, oCtoBer 18 (Pti): Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh here demanded from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pay Rs three lakh each to citizens of the country as promised by him on the issue of black money stashed in foreign countries during Lok Sabha polls campaigning. Singh, who was in city today to attend a programme in Dewas district demanded that Modi and yoga guru Baba Ramdev should keep their promises on the issue. “I demand from Prime Minister and Baba Ramdev to pay Rs 3 lakh each people of the country or at least to those who are not income tax payee as promised by them,” Singh told reporters when asked about government’s stand in the Supreme Court on the black money issue. Responding to a query on whether it is legally possible to bring back black money, he said, “We have been saying that for the purpose, the government has to sign a treaty if the law of that country permits it to do so. We are not against bringing black money back.. It should be.” Singh also took a dig at Modi on social networking site Twitter yesterday as he tweeted, “Modi promised to get Black Money from Abroad and distribute to every Indian 3 Lakhs! Height of FEKUISM!” On Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s stand in the Supreme Court expressing government’s inability to disclose names of black money holders abroad under double tax avoidance pacts signed by the previous government with countries that bar such information being made public, Singh said that Jaitley was not speaking the the trust and that it was not something expected from him. Meanwhile, on the exit polls projecting victory of the BJP in Maharashtra and Haryana state assembly polls, Singh refused to comment on it. Referring to Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) examination cum recruitment scam, the congress leader said he has filed a petition in the MP High Court which is monitoring the case at regular intervals. On the alleged Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission scam, Singh said he would soon expose it too.

China plan counterterror drills to build trust

neW Delhi, oCtoBer 18 (reUterS): India will hold counter-terrorism exercises with China despite a recent face-off on their disputed border, officials said, in a sign the two governments want to manage their deep differences. India, which under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck an assertive national security posture, also agreed to China’s request to move next month’s exercises away from the border with Pakistan with which China shares a close relationship. The manoeuvres will come just weeks after thousands of Indian and Chinese soldiers confronted each other on their de facto border in the western Himalayas, accusing each other of building roads and observations posts in disputed territory. “The exercises are a confidence-building measure, it is in everyone’s interest,” Jayadeva Ranade, the China specialist on India’s National Security Advisory Board, said. “It doesn’t mean anyone is conceding anything.” The row in the Chumar sector of the Ladakh region erupted just as China’s President Xi Jinping was visiting New Delhi for his first summit with Modi since the Indian leader’s election in May. The leaders of the Asian giants aim to ramp up commercial ties. India sees the anti-terrorism collaboration with China as a way to highlight the threat they both face from Islamist militants in Pakistan. It had arranged for the Chinese to practise mock assaults in Bhatinda, about 110km from the Pakistan border. But last week China sought a change in the location of only the second such exercises after tension rose on the India-Pakistan border with the two sides exchanging fire, killing civilians. “China had agreed to it initially, but then they opted for a change because the border got hot,” said an Indian military source, speaking on condition of anonymity. The two armies will field 103 soldiers each for the “hand-in-hand” manoeuvres in Pune that involve scenarios such as recapturing a border post taken over by terrorists, the military source said. India has long faced attacks that it blames on Pakistan based militant groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba which has links with Pakistani security agents. China says it faces a threat from Islamists in its far western region of Xinjiang, some of whom it says have received training overseas, including in Pakistan and Afghanistan. mBut China remains a close ally of Pakistan and says it supports and appreciates Islamabad’s efforts to fight terrorism. China declined a previous Indian proposal to hold exercises in Rajasthan, which also shares a border with Pakistan. The large armies of India and China, who fought a brief war in 1962, have limited interaction and the exercises themselves are nowhere near the scale and sophistication of India’s annual war games with the United States involving thousands of naval, army and air force personnel. m“The India-China joint operations are meant to open a channel of communication between soldiers at the medium- and low-levels,” said Srikanth Kondapalli, a China specialist Jawaharlal Nehru University. “It builds a bit of trust, especially after the Chumar incident.”

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1.2 billion live on less than $1.25 a day: UN uNIteD NAtIONs, OctOber 18 (AP): More than 1.2 billion people are living on less than $1.25 a day and 2.4 billion are living on less than $2 a day, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday. nHe told the U.N. observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty that at least 700 million people were lifted out of extreme poverty between 1990 and 2010 and he is determined to help U.N. make “poverty history.” Since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008, Ban said inequality has grown more pronounced and discrimination against women and girls remains “a blatant injustice.” He warned that “entrenched poverty and prejudice and vast gulfs between wealth and destitution, can undermine the fabric of societies and lead to instability.” The U.N. chief pointed to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, saying the disease is not only threatening health but economic progress and the inroads against poverty being made in the three hardest-hit countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The observance coincided with the release of a U.N. report by international experts on financing sustainable development which cited research from the Brookings Institution showing that about $66 billion is needed annually to increase incomes of the poorest to $1.25 a day. Finnish Ambassador Pertti Majanen, co-chair of the experts committee, said that government aid to developing countries is about double that amount. The experts said trillions of dollars a year are needed to finance development that preserves the environment. Annual global savings of $22 trillion are sufficient to pay for such things as renewable energy and measures to mitigate climate change, the experts said. The challenge, they said, is for countries to promote financial systems that give incentives to reallocating a percentage of savings to development programs, including combatting climate change. Majanen told a news conference that institutional investors’ assets today are $80-90 trillion, and only a very small percentage is used for development efforts. He said a better dialogue with the private sector could open “huge possibilities” for greener investments to promote development. But Majanen warned that “if the Ebola situation will really be exploding and becoming a ... big problem all over the world, getting universal,” financing for sustainable development can be severely affected. “This money I’m discussing, a very big portion of it will be needed for some other purposes — there is no choice,” Majanen said. “We have to look into the priorities every day and try to select the right priorities, but Ebola will really change the picture.”

‘Saddam Hussein planned to kidnap Israeli PM in 1981’

a restive 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. Hong Kong is ruled under a “one country, two systems” formula that allows the thriving capitalist hub wide-ranging autonomy and freedoms and specifies universal suffrage for Hong Kong as an eventual goal. But Beijing ruled on Aug. 31 it would screen candidates who want to run for the city’s chief executive in 2017, which democracy activists said rendered the universal suffrage concept meaningless. The protesters are demanding free elections for their leader. ‘WE WILL STAY’

A man walks among dozens of sleeping student protesters in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on October 18. The clashes came just Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets Friday hours after Hong Kong’s night, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had pro-Beijing leader Leung partially cleared. (AP Photo)

HONG KONG, OctOber 18 (reuters): Hong Kong pro-democracy activists recaptured parts of a core protest zone from police early on Saturday after hours of turmoil that the city’s police chief warned undermined order and jeopardised public safety. Dozens of people were injured in the skirmishes, including 18 police, which raged through the night as several thousand protesters squared off again police in the densely populated

Mong Kok district. At least 33 people were arrested, Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK reported. Police used batons and pepper spray, and scuffled violently with activists, but they were eventually forced to pull back less than 24 hours after they re-opened most of the area to traffic. The protests have been going on for three weeks and pose one of the biggest political challenges for China since the crushing of pro-democracy demon-

strations in Beijing in 1989. Hong Kong Police Commissioner Andy Tsang broke three weeks of public silence to say his force had been “extremely tolerant” but had failed to stop protesters becoming more “radical or violent”. “To these protesters, you may think that your illegal acts have prevented the police in going about our duties, disrupted our deployments and even forced us to retreat,” Tsang told a news conference.

“Superficially, that may be the case. But let me tell you this: these illegal acts are undermining the rule of law, undermining (what) Hong Kong has been relying on to succeed.” After police retreated, demonstrators swiftly stacked up barricades made out of packing crates and fences. Tsang said the reoccupation of the area “seriously undermined public order and seriously jeopardized public safety”. The protesters, led by

Chun-ying offered talks to student leaders next week in an attempt to defuse the protests that have grabbed global headlines with scenes of clashes and tear gas rising between some of the world’s most valuable office buildings. Leung’s chief secretary, Carrie Lam, announced on Saturday that between student leaders and the city government would take place for two hours on Tuesday. The Mong Kok area was calm later on Saturday with the number of

protesters much smaller as activists rested. Police stood in formation away from the barricades. Posters declaring “Reclaim Mong Kok!” had been plastered on shop fronts. The protesters who remained were bracing for another bruising night. mStudent Angel So, 20, said she was determined to stop police clearing the area again. “We’ll keep coming back,” she said, as a friend, Terry Leung, nursed grazes on his arms and legs from scuffles with police. Joshua Wong, a bookish 18-year-old whose fiery speeches have helped drive the protests, was defiant. “We will stay and fight till the end,” he told Reuters as he surveyed the crowd during the night, from on top of a subway station exit. The escalation in the confrontation illustrates the dilemma faced by police in trying to strike a balance between law enforcement and not inciting the protesters who have been out since late last month in three core shopping and government districts. mBesides Mong Kok, about 1,000 protesters remained camped out on Hong Kong Island in a sea of tents on an eight-lane highway beneath skyscrapers close to government headquarters. Despite Leung’s offer of talks next week, few expect any resolution without more concrete concessions from authorities.

South Korean concert turns tragic

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VANDeNberG AIr FOrce bAse, OctOber 18 (AP): A top-secret space plane landed Friday at an Air Force base on the Southern California coast. The plane spent nearly two years circling Earth on a classified mission. Known as the X-37B, it resembles a mini space shuttle. It safely touched down at 9:24 a.m. Friday, officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base said. Just what the plane was doing during its 674 days in orbit has been the subject of sometimes spectacular speculation. Several experts have theorized it carried a payload of spy gear in its cargo bay. Other theories sound straight out of a James Bond film, including that the spacecraft would be able to capture the satellites of other nations or shadow China’s space lab. In a written release announcing the return of the craft, the Air Force only said it had been conducting “on-orbit experiments.” The X-37B program has been an orphan of sorts, bouncing since its inception in 1999 between several federal agencies, NASA among them. It now resides under the Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office. The plane that landed Friday is one of two built by Boeing. This is the program’s third mission, and began in December 2012. The plane stands 9. 1/2 feet (2.9 meters) tall and is just over 29 feet (almost 9 meters) long, with a wingspan under 15 feet (4.5 meters). It weighs 11,000 pounds (4,989 kilograms) and has solar panels that unfurl to charge its batteries once in orbit. The Air Force said it plans to launch the fourth X-37B mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, next year.

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Hong Kong activists regroup; police warns safety at risK

which was organized by the seOuL, OctOber 18 Nam-jun. The site of his death was news site Edaily and was (AP): A South Korean man involved in planning an not far from where 16 peo- part of a local festival. About outdoor pop concert where ple watching a performance 700 people had gathered to 16 people were killed after by 4Minute, a girls band that watch the concert, which falling through a ventila- is popular across Asia, were was abruptly halted after tion grate was found dead killed when the ventilation the accident happened. In a televised briefing Saturday in an apparent grate they were standing suicide, officials said, as on collapsed. Eleven other on Saturday, Seongnam doctors treated eight oth- people were seriously in- City spokesman Kim NamJerusALeM, OctOber 18 (PtI): Former Iraqi ers facing life-threatening jured. It was believed that jun said there was a posruler Saddam Hussein had planned to kidnap the then the man, who was ques- sibility that the death toll injuries from the disaster. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in retaliation The man, 37, an em- tioned by police Friday from the accident could to the Jewish state’s attack on Iraq’s nuclear reactor in ployee of the Gyeonggi night over the accident, rise. Of the 11 people treat1981, a media report said. The sensational revelation Institute of Science and leaped from the top of a ed at hospitals, eight were has been made in a soon to be published memoir by Saddam’s attorney, Badie Aref, Al-Quds Al-Arabi news- Technology Promotion, 10-story building, police in- dealing with life-threatenwas found dead at around spector Park Jeong-ju said. ing injuries to the abdopaper reported. Gyeonggi Institute of mens or lungs, Kim said. Badie, who heard of the plan from one of the Iraqi in- 7 a.m. in Seongnam, the Most of those who were telligence chiefs, claims that Palestinian operatives were city south of Seoul where Science and Technology entrusted with the job of kidnapping Begin and bringing Friday’s accident occurred, Promotion was one of the killed were men in their him to Baghdad, Ynetnews quoted the report as saying. said city spokesman Kim sponsors of the concert, 30s and 40s, while five were The plan was eventually called off after an unnamed western leader urged the former Iraqi dictator to give up on the plan, the report said. The Arabic newspaper will be publishing additional excerpts from the book in the coming weeks. Israeli fighter jets flew some 960 kilometres on June 7, 1981 and dropped bombs on Iraq’s under-construction nuclear reactor in Osirak, completely destroying it. Operation Opera, or Operation Babylon as it was also called, sparked international criticism following Iraq’s declaration that the reactor was not meant for military RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT purposes. Begin defended Israel’s operation saying, “Are we to DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING passively standby and know atomic bombs are being COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT produced there?” He also called Saddam “a hard-headINVITES SUGGESTIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ed megalomaniac, cunning, sophisticated and cruel” MID-DAY-MEAL SCHEME who was “willing to take high risks and drastic action to realise his ambition for self-aggrandisement”.

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women in their 20s and 30s, fire officials said. Photos of the accident scene showed a deep concrete shaft under the broken grate. Kim said it was believed that the grate collapsed under the weight of the people. A video recorded by someone at the concert that was shown on the YTN television network showed the band continuing to dance for a while in front of a crowd that appeared to be unaware of the accident. Dozens of people were shown standing next to the ventilation grate, gazing into the dark gaping hole

where people had been standing to watch the performance. YTN said the ventilation grate was about 3 to 4 meters (10 to 12 feet) wide. Photos apparently taken at the scene showed that the ventilation grate reached to the shoulders of many passers-by. The collapse came as South Korea is still struggling with the aftermath of a ferry disaster in April that left more than 300 people dead or missing. For a time, the sinking jolted South Korea into thinking about safety issues that had been almost universally overlooked as the

country rose from poverty and war to an Asian power. The tragedy exposed regulatory failures that appear to have allowed the ferry Sewol to set off with far more cargo than it could safely carry. Family members say miscommunications and delays during rescue efforts doomed their loved ones. Analysts say many safety problems in the country stem from little regulation, light punishment for violators and wide ignorance about safety in general — and a tendency to value economic advancement over all else.

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10 SPORTS Bayern demolish Bremen as Dortmund lose again WIndies Dimapur

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19 October 2014

tour of India descends into chaos

Bremen's Assani Lukimya from Congo, left, and Bayern's Arjen Robben from the Netherlands challenge for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern and SV Werder Bremen in the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, on Saturday, October 18. (AP Photo)

bErLIN, OctObEr 18 (rEutErs): Champions Bayern Munich crushed Werder Bremen 6-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday to protect their four-point lead at the top as last season's runners-up Borussia Dortmund continued their poor run with a 2-1 loss at Cologne. Fellow Champions League participants Bayer Leverkusen spectacularly imploded, giving up a 3-0 halftime lead to draw 3-3 against troubled VfB Stuttgart. With winger Franck Ribery making his comeback as a substitute on the hour, league leaders Bayern were in complete con-

trol with Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso giving them an early two-goal cushion. Bremen were unable to counter the Bavarian attacks and a 43rd-minute penalty from Thomas Mueller and Mario Goetze's shot two minutes later killed off the game before halftime. Lahm and Goetze got their second goals of the afternoon in the second half to lift Bayern to 20 points, four ahead of second-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach, who eased past Hanover 96 3-0 with two goals from forward Max Kruse. It was a different story

for Borussia Dortmund, who despite having Ilkay Guendogan back after more than 17 months out with a back injury, lost 2-1 at Cologne for their fifth defeat in eight league matches. Dortmund keeper Roman Weidenfeller gifted their opponents the winner with a failed clearance in the 74th minute that allowed Simon Zoller to score, after the visitors had equalised through Ciro Immobile early in the second half. Dortmund, who travel to Galatasaray in the Champions League next week, drop to 14th on seven points after their third con-

secutive defeat. They are now just three points above bottom club Bremen. Leverkusen looked set for an easy afternoon after two goals from South Korea's Son Heung-min and another one from Germany international Karim Bellarabi gave them a comfortable lead. Yet they inexplicably lost focus after the break with Timo Werner, Florian Klein and Martin Harnik scoring at 10-minute intervals for the hosts with Leverkusen's defence in tatters. VfL Wolfsburg kept up their good form to climb to fourth on 14 points with a 2-1 win at Freiburg.

NEW DELHI, OctO bEr 18 (rEutErs): The West Indies tour of India descended into total chaos on Friday as the hosts said the visitors had abandoned the one-day series owing to an internal row and the Caribbean board denied withdrawing its team. A day of confusion, claim and counter-claim began with the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) announcing that the visitors would fly home after Friday's onedayer in Dharamsala following a simmering pay contract dispute involving the West Indian cricketers, their board and the players' union. The BCCI said Sri Lanka had stepped in to fill the void and will play a five-match one-day series in India next month. Confusion reigned as the WICB, which had earlier conceded a players' boycott loomed large over the tour, issued a statement denying it had withdrawn the team. "The West Indies Cricket Board advises, that, contrary to media reports, it has taken no decision to discontinue the ongoing tour to India," the WICB said in a statement. The BCCI responded with another statement, giving a timeline of events and insisting the tour was over. The Indian board said West Indies team manager Richie Richardson sent them an

Angry India may scrap 2016 West Indies tour

MuMbAI, OctObEr 18 (rEutErs): India may scrap their tour of West Indies in 2016 after the Caribbean team's abrupt pullout on Friday, said an angry Indian cricket board (BCCI) which is also considering legal actions and seeking intervention of the game's world governing body. The tourists abandoned the series with another one-dayer, a Twenty20 international and three test matches left to play over a protracted payment dispute between the players and their board. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said it had been left with no choice but to abandon the tour of India, an action that angered the world's richest cricket body, who swiftly roped in Sri Lanka as replacements to play a five-match ODI series next month. "It will be very difficult to play West Indies in bilateral series in future. They have to demonstrate the willingness that such situations never happen again," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel told Reuters on Saturday. "I would say that India's next tour of West Indies is highly unlikely to go ahead in the current situation." The Indian cricket team is scheduled to tour the Caribbean for three tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 match early in 2016. "Whatever the dispute, they should have honoured the bilateral agreement," Patel said. "We thank our friends Sri Lanka who agreed to the tour on a short notice but unfortunately we couldn't fit in the tests as there was not enough time." email just before the fourth one-dayer on Friday, saying the players had decided against continuing the tour and wanted to return home after the match. The WICB and the West Indies Players' Association signed a new agreement last month covering pay and conditions but it was rejected by the senior players, including one-day captain Dwayne Bravo who said

they were kept in the dark. The players subsequently issued a strike threat but eventually took to the field and were playing the match when the BCCI announced an abrupt end to the tour which was also due to include a fifth onedayer, a Twenty20 International and three test matches. Bravo, who turned up for the toss accompanied by his entire team in what

looked like a show of unity, appeared to have conceded that the series was over. "Despite the situation off the field, we still gave our best effort to try and put cricket first. We played our heart out through the entire tour, sadly it comes to an end now," the all-rounder said after Friday's loss. The BCCI said in its first statement that it was "shocked and extremely disappointed" at the withdrawal and its secretary Sanjay Patel hinted at legal action against 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," Patel said. "The BCCI will pursue all options available to protect its rights, whilst seeking appropriate action 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 added. The world's richest cricket board wasted little time and within hours convinced Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to send a team for a five-match ODI series starting on Nov. 1. "The BCCI wishes to thank SLC for its swift response and for extending its support to ensure that the international cricket season is not curtailed," Patel said.

WTA bans Russia tennis chief for 'Williams brothers' jibe 15th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy

sEOuL, OctObEr 18 (rEutErs): The president of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpischev has been fined $25,000 and banned from the women's tour for a year after referring to Serena and Venus Williams as "the Williams brothers" on a television chat show last week. Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) chief executive Stacy Allaster said the comments were "insulting, demeaning and have absolutely no place on our sport". Allaster added: "Mr. Tarpischev’s statements questioning their genders tarnish our great game and two of our champions. His derogatory remarks deserve to be condemned and he will be sanctioned. "As a result of his comments I have ordered Mr. Tarpischev to be fined $25,000, the maximum allowed under WTA rules." She added that he would be suspended from any involvement with

Tarpischev apologises for jibe at Williams sisters

Shamil Tarpischev (AP File Photo)

the WTA for a year. World number one Serena Williams has won 18 grand slam singles titles while her sister Venus has won seven majors. Dave Haggerty, president of the United States Tennis Association, called on Tarpischev to issue an apology. "As the president of the Russian Tennis Fed-

eration and a member of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Tarpischev is expected to conduct himself with the highest degree of integrity and sportsmanship," Haggerty said in a statement. "Unfortunately, his comments do not embody either of these traits and in fact were reprehensible."

MOscOW, OctObEr 18 (rEutErs): Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) President Shamil Tarpishchev has officially apologised for making an inappropriate comment about the Williams sisters on state television. Appearing on a chat show, the programme host said: "I was at the Olympics, where Maria Sharapova was in the final, playing with one, with one of the....". Tarpishchev responded by saying "Williams brothers". The Women's Tennis Federation fined him $25,000 and demanded a personal apology as well as disqualifying him for a year from working in an organisational capacity. "My comments were spontaneous and happened after we went live on the 'Evening with Urgant' show and they not only put tennis in a bad light, but also drives a wedge into the strong and friendly tennis family within our sport," Tarpishchev said in a statement on the RTF website. "I did not want to cause any offence or make fun of any of the sportsmen. I am sorry that the joke I made, when translated into English was taken out of the context of a chat show and so much attention has been brought towards it,” Tarpishchev added. "I don't think that the incident needed to be blown out of proportion. Everything that was said on the TV show was said without meaning to cause offence."

Players of Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong pose for lens after their win against Chedema Village Students Union in pre-quarter.

October 18 Match Results: MT Youth Club beat Naga Students' Union Guwahati 4-2 (via tie-breaker; 1-1 AET). (NSUG: Apeng Panmei 16’, MT Youth Club: Kato Ayemi 36’) Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong beat Chedema Village Students Union 3-1 CVSU: Kobou Kiwe 44’; TKS: Khangatar Tungshangnao 47’, Patrick Pamei 50’, Pamreishang Horam 59’)

Barak FC Peren beat Meriema Students' Union 2-1 (Barak FC: Ratobe 10’, Nampibo Zeliang 12’; MSU: Neiphrezolie Usou 11’) Day 15 (Oct 19) Fixture St.Joseph's College Jakhama Vs Jovial FC Kenuozou @12.30 pm Rengma Students Union Vs Lamkang Students' Union Manipur @2.00 pm

Marquez takes MotoGP pole in Australia 32nd Nehru Hockey Tournament kicks off

PHILLIP IsLAND, OctObEr 18 (AP): World champion Marc Marquez of Spain took pole position and Cal Crutchlow and Jorge Lorenzo also secured front-row starts in the MotoGP race at Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. Marquez, who clinched the 2014 season title last week with a second-place finish behind Lorenzo in Japan, took pole Saturday with a 1 minute, 28.408 second lap on his Honda, outpacing his nearest rival by 0.234 seconds on the 4.5-kilometer (2.7-mile) Phillip Island circuit. Crutchlow, of Britain, was riding a Ducati Team entry, and Spain's Lorenzo was on a Yamaha, ensuring three manufacturers will be represented on the front row in Sunday's 27-lap race. A first-place finish for Marquez on Sunday would equal Australian Mick Doohan's record of 12 wins during a single MotoGP season. The Spaniard said to achieve the feat at Doohan's home track would be fitting and humbling. "It's Australia, his country, it would be nice to do," Marquez said. "I will try to take the risk to win the race. The records are always important, especially when people com-

State Sub-Junior boys win 6-0 in opener

NEW DELHI, OctObEr 18 (MExN): The 32nd Nehru Hockey Tournament for Sub-Juniors Boys organized by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) kicked off today at Shivaji Stadium, Connaught Place, New Delhi with 25 states

participating in the tournament. In the opening match played between Nagaland State represented by Loyola Higher Secondary School, Jakhama, and Chandigarh, the boys from Nagaland won by a comprehensive margin of 6-0

with Medongoto Kharütso and Visasüho scoring 3 goals each. A press release from Kuolie Mere, PRO, informed that the team is led by Tosovi Kharütso and Thepfuzo Viswentso as Team Coach and Assistant Team Coach respectively.

Moyes mulling return to management

MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain, center, poses with Cal Crutchlow of Britain and Jorge Lorenzo of Spain after qualifying for Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island, Australia, Saturday, October 18. Marquez took pole position for Sunday's race, ahead of Crutchlow, second, and Lorenzo, third. (AP Photo)

pare you with legends." It was Marquez's 12th pole of the season, equaling a record for most MotoGP pole positions in a year. In the three-way battle among Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi to finish second in the championship, Pedrosa overcame the most adversity. After finishing 11th in practice and forced into an extra qualifying session for slower riders, he emerged to sit on top of the time sheets at one stage. He will start fifth in

Sunday's race, while Rossi will begin from seventh. Lorenzo said he was pleased with the front-row start as he looks to repeat his 2013 Australian GP triumph and make it three wins in a row this season. "My target was to push the limit to make the best lap I could. Third place is good for tomorrow," he said. Tito Rabat of Spain, who could clinch the Moto2 title this weekend, won his ninth pole of the season Saturday. Rabat arrived in

Australia 38 points ahead of his teammate Mika Kallio. A victory for the Spaniard on Sunday, combined with a fourth place finish or worse for the Finn, would secure the title for Rabat. Kallio qualified in third place on Saturday. Moto3 championship leader Alex Marquez, Marc's younger brother, also took pole for Sunday's race. He looked a likely pole-sitter throughout qualifying, setting the pace with an early lap record of

1:36.387 before improving to 1:36.050. "Today we had a really good rhythm, we made really good laps...we need to try to win this race," Alex Marquez said. KTM rider Niklas Ajo had a high-speed crash off Doohan corner, requiring a trip to the medical center and major repairs for his bike. Brazilian Eric Granado, who broke a finger earlier in practice, needed a stretcher to leave the track after a crash, but wasn't seriously injured.

LONDON, OctObEr 18 (IANs): Former Manchester United manager David Moyes said that he is ready to revive his managerial career six months after being sacked by the 'Red Devils'. "I am ready to return. I have enjoyed the time off but I have got to wait on the right job and make sure it's one that I want," Moyes, who lost his job at Old Trafford in April, said, reports Xinhua. The 51-year-old was sacked after less than 10 months in-charge of United, following 11 successful years at Everton. "I'm really ambitious. I would never have left Everton for anybody but an ambitious football club and I thought Manchester United would have given me that opportunity. It didn't materialise that way so I am hoping that

the next club I join gives me the chance to build a team because that is what I am good at," he said. "I am good at spotting and identifying young players, not only young players, but players. Over the years, we have brought in a lot of players at Everton and they worked well. So if the opportunity came, then hopefully I will be able to make it work." He said he would prefer to return to English football but is open to working abroad. "I've had several people contact me about jobs. None of them have turned round and said 'here is a job it's yours'. But people have asked me if I have had any interest in jobs. The clubs that have come calling, I just felt that they weren't right," he said. Moyes said he had nev-

er expected the sack. "I got the job and I expected it to be a six-year plan. I signed a six-year contract but disappointed it didn't go to plan. I expected to be given an opportunity to fulfil that and it wasn't what was expected. It was really difficult when I lost the job initially because I didn't really see it coming, even though I had been losing games," said Moyes. "I knew that it could be difficult but I joined a club that I felt stood behind their managers, made sure they supported them in difficult times. And Sir Alex had difficult times when he first took over. I do understand that the landscape has changed a little bit in football but United always stood for the right things and I expected them to do what was right with me."

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Iggy AzAleA Is ‘excIted’ for court bAttle

he 24-year-old star claims her former lover Hefe Wine real name Maurice Williams -threatened to tell the world she gave him a Sexually Transmitted Disease [STD] unless she agreed to settle their common law divorce dispute privately, but she refused. The ‹Fancy› hitmaker was blindsided when Hefe recently filed court documents in Texas, where the law states a man and a woman can be considered legally married if they live together in the state for any period of time and agree to tie the knot, claiming they ‹›agreed to be married›› in 2008, but she believes justice will prevail. In a lengthy rant on Twitter today (17.10.14), the blonde beauty wrote: ‹›I also was told yesterday via his lawyer if i do not settle out of court they will go to the press and say i gave him an STD, what’s next? ‹›Unfor-

tunately to file common law ‹divorce› all you need is three of your friends to sign a statement swearing the persons story is true. ‹›Actually proving it in court is another story I’m just waiting to get in front of a judge so it can be disproven & obtain a restraining order (sic)›› She added: ‹›Since this whole ‹common law divorce› thing has gone public thankfully I›ve had so many women support me and come fwd with info. ‹›I have such a great collection of witnesses now and I›m really excited to get my day in court and see justice prevail (sic).›› The Australian star, who is dating Los Angeles Lakers star Nick Young, has hired two armed bodyguards to protect her, as she claims her ex-boyfriend is currently embroiled in a domestic violence court case with another ex-girlfriend. She said: ‹›I’ve avoided Texas entirely for the last 5 years. When i do go now i have a police escort & two armed bodyguards, evidently for good reason (sic).››

Iggy Azalea is ‘’really excited’’ to face her ex-boyfriend, Hefe Wine, in court after he recently filed for a common law divorce, claiming they ‹›agreed to be married›› in 2008.

Gauahar Khan Kushal Tandon

break-up!

he love story which started off on the biggest reality television show ‘Bigg Boss’ season 7 has unfortunately come to an end. Yes we are talking about the last season’s winner Gauahar Khan and Kushal Tandon. Television actor Kushal broke the sad news on his micro-blogging site Twitter, this morning. He posted: “There is nothing called gauahal guys m sorry to break the news ...... Gauahar n I r no more together ..... love and peace.” Gauahar and Kushal were inseparable during ‘Bigg

Boss 7’, the model-actress Gauahar even took some extreme steps inside the house to stand by her man. Both of them left the show midway, only to come back, followed by Gau (she is fondly called) winning the trophy. The couple even participated in another action-based reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’, soon after ‘Bigg Boss’ ended. Incidentally, another couple from the same season—Armaan Kohli and Tanishaa Mukerji also recently ended their alleged relationship. It was Armaan who took to Twitter to announce the split.

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Bono has glaucoma

U2 frontman Bono has told Graham Norton that he has been suffering with glaucoma for the last 20 years, but says good treatment is helping him to cope with the problem.

he U2 frontman is often seen sporting a pair of sunglasses when he appears in front of photographers, but the 54-year-old singer says he does this in order to protect his sensitive eyes. Speaking on last night›s (17.10.14) Graham Norton show, he said: ‹›This is a good place to explain to people that I›ve had glaucoma for the last 20 years. ‹›I have good treatments and I›m going to be fine. You’re not going to get this out of your head now. You›re going to be saying, ‹Ah, poor old Bono.’’’ The condition is caused by a buildup of pressure within the eye that if left untreated, can lead to blindness. Bono - whose band U2 recently released their latest album ‹Songs of Innocence› via iTunes - has previously revealed that his eyes are sensitive to light, but has never admitted to having glaucoma. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 2005, Bono said he wore sunglasses so frequently because his eyes were ‹›very sensitive to light››. He added: ‹›If somebody takes my photograph, I will see the flash for the rest of the day. ‹›My right eye swells up... It›s part vanity, it›s part privacy and part sensitivity.››

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India’s colour cosmetics

ctress Huma Qureshi has been signed as the ambassador of colour cosmetics section of direct selling brand Oriflame India. The ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ star, dressed in a black gown with curled hair and red lips, sashayed down the ramp as she was announced as the face of the colour cosmetics section of the brand here Wednesday. She also launched the brand’s new range called ‘The One’, which comprises Oriflame The One Everyday Beauty, Oriflame The One Long Wear and Oriflame The One High Impact. “It’s beauty with responsibility. The company works with women and empowers them so that appealed to me,” Huma said about the Sweden-based company here. Asked what beauty product she is addicted to, she said: “Mascara. I can’t leave home without it. It makes my lashes look better.” Niklas Frisk, vice president and head of South Asia and managing director, Oriflame India said that the actress “personifies the strength and values of a contemporary Indian woman”.

I. Wati Jamir, first owner of I Phone6 from Mobile Rays, Church road, below Union Bank, Dimapur, which was launched on October 18 2014

Bands perform during the Nagaland bands’ Live Auditions to Hornbill International Rock Contest 2014 on October 18 at Regional Centre of Excellence for Music & Performing Arts in Jotsoma.

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Bollywood actress Dia Mirza celebrated her sangeet ceremony in the Capital last night as part of the ceremonies building up to her wedding to long-time beau and business partner Sahil Sangha later in the evening in New Delhi’s Chhatarpur Farms. Dia looked radiant in a blue and gold Anita Dongre lehenga, which she accesorised with matching kundan jewellery, while she interacted with the media. The Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein actress, reportedly also had a specially choreographed dance number prepared for the sangeet. The sangeet was attended by her family and close friends. Dia is likely to host a lavish reception for her colleagues in Mumbai.

wo bands from Nagaland would be representing the State in the 2014 edition of the Hornbill International Rock Contest. At the packed Regional Centre of Excellence for Music & Performing Arts in Jotsoma, Kohima on October 18, Paper Sky from Dimapur and Technicolors from Kohima emerged the winners of the live auditions. The two rock bands will be competing with national and international bands in the biggest music competition in the subcontinent. Officials of the Nagaland Outdoors’ Club (NOC) and Sky Entertainment – the organizers of the Hornbill Music Festival – as well as college students and music fans thronged the auditorium for the auditions that was judged by pioneering Naga musicians and guitarists Andrew Murry, Thejove Medeo, and Abemo Enni. The auditions began with the director of Music Task Force, Gugs Chishi en-

couraging the bands to go beyond the state and strive for artistic excellence. Soon after, the live performances began with each band offering a unique flavor that ranged from pop rock to metal, stated a press release from Media & Publicity Manager, NOC & Sky Incorporated, Al Ngullie. Paper Sky and Technicolors will now be fighting from their musical life and of course for the biggest prize cache in the country’s music world: First prize - INR 10, 00,000, Second prize - INR 5, 00,000, Third prize - INR 3, 00,000, Individual prizes INR 30,000. The competition is part of the Hornbill Music Festival. This time, two international legends will also be performing - British rockers Smokie and American guitar god Vinnie Moore. One may check for updates on Facebook - ‘Hornbill Music Festival & International Rock Contest’ (www. Facebook.com/hmfirc).

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LONdON, OctOber 18 (aGeNcieS): Chelsea stay five points clear at the top of the Premier League as Sergio Aguero nets four times for Manchester City and Southampton go goal crazy against Sunderland. Jose Mourinho’s men overcame a red card shown to Cesar Azpilicueta to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park, although Palace only had their man advantage for three minutes. Oscar gave Chelsea a sixthminute lead but Azpilicueta was dismissed on 39, only for Damien Delaney to level the sides up at 10 apiece three minutes before half-time. Cesc Fabregas added to Chelsea’s lead six minutes after the break but they were forced to hold on in the closing stages after the lively Fraizer Campbell pulled a goal back for the Eagles. Victory leaves Chelsea five points clear of Manchester City, who came out on top of Tottenham 4-1 in an entertaining lunchtime kick-off. Sergio Aguero scored all four of their goals but missed one of four penalties handed out by referee Jon Moss. Aguero’s 13th minute opener was cancelled out by Christian Eriksen’s goal for Spurs, but the Argentinian succeeded with a penalty, missed one, completed his hat-trick from the spot and then made it 4-1 with 15 minutes to go. Tottenham were also awarded a penalty with the score 2-1 but the usually reliable Roberto Soldado missed from 12 yards on what turned into a bad day for his side - City also had Frank Lampard stretchered off. But the biggest winners of the afternoon were third-placed Southampton, who crushed Sunderland 8-0 at St Mary’s in one of the most one-sided games in Premier League history - only Manchester United's

9-0 victory over Ipswich in 1995 produced a bigger winning margin. Santiago Vergini got the Saints off to a flying start with a spectacular own goal – not Sunderland's last of the day – and Graziano Pelle helped himself to a couple of goals. Goals from Jack Cork, Dusan Tadic, Victor Wanyama Sadio Mane and a Liam Bridcutt own goal completed the rout, which equalled Southampton’s biggest league victory. Everton were also comfortable winners, with England defender Phil Jagielka on the scoresheet again as they eased past Aston Villa 3-0. Ross Barkley returned to action after a long spell on the sidelines, setting up a goal for Romelu Lukaku, and Seamus Coleman completed the scoring as Roberto Martinez's side climbed away from the danger zone. There was almost a shock came at the Emirates, where Arsenal had to fight back to claim a 2-2 draw with Hull City. The Gunners took the lead through Alexis Sanchez on 13 minutes, but only claimed a share of the spoils in injury time when Danny Welbeck scored to deny the Tigers, who had taken the lead with goals from Mo Diame and Abel Hernandez. West Ham moved up to fourth place with a 3-1 win over struggling Burnley at Turf Moor. The prolific Diafra Sakho added to his impressive goals tally with their opener and there were also goals for Enner Valencia and Carlton Cole, who settled their nerves after George Boyd pulled a goal back for the Clarets. The final 3pm kick-off was put back by an hour after a problem with Newcastle’s big-screen TV forced health and safety officials to close St James’ Park to supporters and delay their clash with Leicester City.

Saints hit eight, Aguero nets 4 but Chelsea stay five clear

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero, right, attempts to score off his saved penalty during the English Premier soccer match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday October 18. (AP Photo)

ISL: Moritz scores hat-trick Ronaldo sets best scoring start in Spanish league as Mumbai thrash Pune

Andre Moritz of Mumbai City FC in action against FC Pune City at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.

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MuMbai, OctOber 18 (iaNS): Brazilian striker Andre Francisco Moritz scored Indian Super League’s (ISL) first hattrick as hosts Mumbai City FC thumped FC Pune City 5-0 in a crucial encounter at the D.Y. Patil Stadium here Saturday. Indian forward Subash Singh and French defender Johan Letzelter were the other scorers for the Peter Reid-coached winning team. It was Mumbai’s first win of the competition, having lost 0-3 against Atletico de Kolkata in the opening match of the tournament Oct 12. FC Pune City drew their first match 0-0 against Delhi Dynamos Oct 14. Keen to get first win, the home team were on the offensive right from the beginning of the match and didn’t have to wait for long to take lead. Midfielder Andre put the hosts ahead through a

well-worked counter-attack on 12 minutes. Pune paid the penalty of committing too many men forward too early in the game. Andre collected the ball just ahead of the half line before dribbling towards the rival goal, cutting back inside and placing it beautifully past the goalkeeper. Pune took 10 minutes to muster a meaningful reply through their ‘marquee’ player Frenchman David Trezeguet but were denied by the crossbar, when his overhead kick thundered off the horizontal. Pune sensed a chance to come back on level terms quickly but erred in over-committing players high up the pitch. That left their backline exposed and Andre utilised it superbly, putting his team 2-0 ahead on 27 minutes. India international Lalrandika Ralte’s measured

corner was opportunistically tapped in by the Brazilian. And then it was all Mumbai as the visitors, visibly, got rattled by the home team’s attacking onslaught. Their defenders were found out of their places and Indian forward Subash, put through on goal by team-mate Jan Stohanzl, got behind the wobbling backline to put the ball in the bottom-right corner on 37 minutes. The change of ends didn’t alter Pune’s fortunes and after putting up a brief resistance, their defence was again breached in the 71st minute when Andre completed his hat-trick with a strong right footer. Johan completed Pune’s humiliation on 85 minutes when he neatly side-footed a grounded centre. Mumbai next face NorthEast United FC at home Oct 24 while Pune host FC Goa Oct 26.

barceLONa, OctO ber 18 (aP): Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 14th and 15th goals to set a record scoring start to Spanish league season on Saturday as Real Madrid eased to a 5-0 win at Levante. Ronaldo opened from the penalty spot in the 13th minute before adding another goal in the 61st, increasing his leagueleading tally to 15 goals in eight rounds despite missing one game due to injury. The Portugal forward has scored more than double the seven goals Neymar has in second place in the leading scorers list. Javier Hernandez, James Rodriguez and Francisco "Isco" Alarcon also scored to rout the overmatched hosts at Ciutat de Valencia Stadium. Gareth Bale didn't play ahead of Wednesday's trip to Liverpool in the Champions League with the first "clasico" match of the season against Barcelona coming three days later. Madrid rose into a provisional second place, one point behind Barcelona before it hosts Eibar later, when Lionel Messi will also take a shot at the history books, needing two goals to equal the league's alltime scorer. Ronaldo has scored 19 goals in all competitions and found the net in 10 of his 12 appearances overall for Madrid. He also grabbed a stoppage-time winner for Portugal in 1-0 victory over Denmark in a European Championship qualifier on Tuesday. Hernandez had a part in Ronaldo's first goal when he took a pass in the area and was fouled from behind by Juanfran Garcia. Ronaldo stepped up and drove in the spot kick. Hernandez played well in place of the ill Karim Benzema and scored in the 38th when he headed Rodriguez's cross in off the grass. Ronaldo made it 3-0 with an electrifying slalom to dribble past two defenders and cap a counterattack started by Isco. Rodriguez

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, takes a shot on goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain, on Saturday, October 18. (AP Photo)

scored five minutes later after deftly controlling Toni Kroos' lobbed pass with his chest before firing the ball home, and Isco finished off

the demoralized Levante in the 82nd. Luca Modric quietly had his best outing for Madrid this season, despite

missing a clear chance to get a goal of his own. Modric set up Ronaldo twice in the opening minutes only for him to misfire, and the

Croatia midfielder stifled Levante's best chance in the 26th when he cleared Victor Camarasa's goalbound volley from the line.

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