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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 12 pages Rs. 4

You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind

PM Modi, Barack Obama say it’s time to set a new agenda

‘Marriage feels pretty damn great!’

1200 Baptist delegates to attend IMS

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‘We are fighting for our futures’

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–Bashar al-Assad

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nagaland sports and neglected infrastructure Morung Express News Dimapur | September 30

Sport infrastructure in Nagaland State is, at best, inadequate. Despite 50 years of statehood and the marvel of Dr. T. Ao who captained the Indian National Football team in the 1948 London Olympics, the State has lagged behind, so much so, that while neighbouring Manipur has gone on to produce a host of national players in different sports, Nagaland has struggled.

Please, please pray harder There are talents among Nagas— than that. I don’t want to go many coaches and veteran sportspersons to prison. vouch for this. But the negligence towards sports infrastructure has only deprived young players from nurturing and developingtheirtalents.“TheGovernmenttalks Dear Readers, about promoting young talent. But lookThe Morung Express ing at the condition of infrastructure here will remain closed on in Nagaland, it is only true to say that they October 3, 2014 on the are demoting sports rather than promotoccasion of Dussehra ingit,”saysT.Longkumer,asportsenthusiand will re-open on Oc- ast and a youth activist. tober 4, 2014. The next isThere are two State run sports acadsue of the newspaper will emies – one in Kohima at the IG Stabe available in the mar- dium providing training in Boxing, ket on October 5, 2014.

Taekwondo, Archery, Wrestling and Thank you for your Football; and another in Dimapur at continued support and the State Stadium providing training understanding. Happy in Athletics, Football (only boys) and Holidays!

Sepak Takraw. However, the academies The Morung Express have little modern facilities with no technical experts. There is also a need for specialised training methods.

Petrol Price To add to the inadequate sports inCut by 65 Paise frastructure is the lack of accountabilin the Government – from political a Litre; Diesel ity policy makers to bureaucrats to engiUntouched neers to contractors. There are reports Story on page 8 of various sports projects, which have been proposed and money approved, but are yet to see the light of day.

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Two top State officials retire

Dimapur, sepTember 30 (mexn): Two top officials of Nagaland – Chief Secretary and Director General of Police – have retired. The first woman Chief Secretary of Nagaland, and also, first woman IAS officer from Nagaland State, Banuo Z Jamir was accorded a farewell at Nagaland Civil Secretariat on September 30. In her speech, Banuo said she was content and happy to retire (after 37 years in service), but assured to continue to work and contribute to the society and community. She also advocated the importance of women in different fields. Further, she encouraged the officers to work hard and give their best in whatever they do. Banuo will be replaced

by Additional Chief Secretary Toshi Aier. Meanwhile, Nagaland Police also accorded a farewell parade to DGP Besesayo Kezo at New Police Reserve Ground in Phesama today. Kezo, a 1978 batch of AssamMeghalaya cadre assumed the office of DGP Nagaland on January 1, 2013. Terming the job of police as honourable, the retiring DGP encouraged the personnel to keep up the true tradition of loyalty and serve the society in the right perspective.

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ENPO condemns Kiphire incident

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Tuensang, sepTember 30 (mexn): The Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) has ‘vehemently condemned’ the killing of one Athrenmu Yimchunger, Leacy Speaker, Yimchunger Region of FGN, who was found ‘shot dead’ at Longya Ward, Kiphire town on September 29 last. The ENPO, in a press release from its president Chingmak Chang and joint secretary Manglang Phom, has urged the Superintendent of Police, Kiphire, to expedite the enquiry into the incident to book the culprit and award befitting punishment as per law.

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(File Photo) The State Stadium in Dimapur has been under construction since 2006. Amidst the regular excuses, the Government of Nagaland has continued to neglect sports infrastructure in the State, one of the reasons for the poor quality of sportsmanship in Nagaland. (Photo by Purkumzuk Longkumer)

ciplinary Sports Complex in PWD, Dimapur or better known as the State Stadium – the Rs. 134 crore project started in 2006 and remains incomplete to date. Kelei Zeliang, Director, Directorate of Youth Resources and Sports, admits that the stadium has taken a long time to complete. “If completed, it will be one of the best in the North East,” he says. Informing that construction is “ongoing,” the Director says that the department is taking up the matter with the Union Ministry for a onetime-grant to complete the project. “If the grant-in-aid is provided, it can be completed in 2-3 years,” he says. However, a document available on the web-

site of the Planning Commission – No. M-13048/19 (NL)/2010 (SP-NE) – dated August 23, 2011 and signed by the Joint Secretary, T.K. Pandey, shows that the Planning Commission approved an amount of Rs. 10 crore as Special Central Assistance for the said project.

Another mega project is the Cricket Stadium in Sovima, Dimapur, which was inaugurated in 2012 but is yet to be completed. The Director, giving the status of the stadium, says it is “almost complete.” He says that the State Government would be able to complete the project apart from the VIP gallery – for which he sought funds from the Centre. However, the same docu-

ment of the Planning Commission – No. M-13048/19 (NL)/2010 (SP-NE) – dated August 23, 2011 shows that the Planning Commission approved an amount of Rs. 14 crore for the VIP Gallery of the Cricket Stadium, Sovima, as Special Central Assistance.

Incomplete projects aside, the completed ones lack maintenance.

The Dimapur District Sports Complex (DDSC) in Golaghat Road, for instance, is poorly maintained. Uneven turf with grass growing in patches makes it hardly feasible for playing. That DDSC also serves as a place for hosting events other than sports, which does not help maintain the stadium. “With the festive

season approaching, prepare for more ‘unsporting’ events and less maintenance,” says M. Ren, a nearby resident of the DDSC. The Director of the Directorate of Youth Resources and Sports is, however, hopeful that sports infrastructure in the State will improve. While admitting that Nagaland State lacks in sports infrastructure and that the existing academies “may not be standard academies,” he says, “Let us hope things will turn up well.”

Zeliang informs that synthetic turfs for IG Stadium, Kohima and another in Jalukie are in the pipeline, to be completed within 2015. He further informs that the department has submitted more proposals for projects to the ministry.

Zeliang also calls for more effort from the 23 associations affiliated to the Nagaland Olympic Association.

Informing that the department only looks after the juniors, he says, “Major responsibility lies with the associations concerned as the senior categories are looked after by them.” But he does concede that the grant in aid being given to the associations is not enough.

On Indigenous Sports, Zeliang says that it is only during festivals that one gets to witness the sport of pole climbing, fire-making, meat kicking, Naga wrestling etc. In this regard, he informs that the department has submitted a list of games to the Union Ministry to be accepted in the indigenous sports list.

On job reservation for sportspersons, Zeliang informs that 5% is reserved for sportspersons in all Government departments. However, saying that it is very difficult to implement, he concedes, “It is as good as not implemented.” He reasons that this is because of the low percentage.

Tuli Paper Mill to resume ‘full capacity’ work in ‘24 months’ cVc unearths land Morung Express News Dimapur | September 30

The Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Ltd. (NPPC), or the Tuli Paper Mill, will resume work to its “full capacity” within two years.

A joint venture between Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd (HPC) and Govt. of Nagaland, the Mill was established in 1971 but suspended in October 1992 due to “continued operating losses.”

In a telephonic interview with The Morung Express, Public Relation Officer (PRO) of NPPC, Ashirbad Roy, stated, “The paper mill will be running at its full capacity by February 2016, give and take 2-3 months.”

Informing that the revival is in “full swing,” he said, “14 major packages have been received at the plant, the tentative paper boiler will be operational in one week and the engineers are starting work at the plant.”

He explained that most of the persons in the company’s payroll were given a “golden handshake” through voluntary

retirement—the NPPC presently has 189 employees. “25 new trainees from the State will soon be inducted into the plant,” Roy added.

According to the NPPC’s website, with an installed capacity of 100 tons per day (tpd), the Mill was established primarily to exploit the abundant power resources with an objective to “promote, establish, execute and run industries, projects or enterprises for manufacturing, selling and/ or export of pulp, paper, newsprint and various products from pulp and paper.”

However, due to accumulating operating loss, production was suspended and the plant has been in limbo ever since. The PRO stated that the main reason behind its failure was the “faulty supply of power,” making the plant “inefficient and expensive.” The incumbent government of the period failed to keep its promises of supplying constant power supply, he added.

Moreover, the precarious political situation in Nagaland in the late 80s and early 90s, as well as apparent political interfer-

ence, also affected the production to some extent, Roy maintained.

This time around, again, the State government has pledged a “constant” supply of 2 megawatts per day to the plant. “The plant itself can generate up to 9 megawatts (8.5 mw) per day internally once it is fully operational, avoiding the need for an outside source,” asserted the PRO. The approval for the Mill’s revival was given by the Government of India on June, 2013 with an estimated cost of Rs. 489 crore for the first phase and Rs. 190 crore for the second. “Last month, the Government of India has given a dateline of 0-24 months for its total completion,” said Roy. The plant, after its full revival, will have an equity share of 90:10 between the HPC and Government of Nagaland, he informed. “All the stakeholders as well as the general public from the Governor to the village councils to various NGOs are enthusiastically supporting our effort and eagerly waiting for its full resumption,” the PRO stated optimistically.

‘Posting in Nagaland a mission’

Governor to help build strong Nagaland Morung Express News Dimapur | September 30

Unlike many others who may regard posting in the North East as a “punishment,” Nagaland Governor, Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has taken it as a mission to help the State progress along with the rest of the States in the country.

“Posting in North East is not a punishment posting but it is a mission for me and I’m here to help you build a strong Nagaland,” Acharya said Tuesday at a meeting with the management of Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR) Dimapur and faculty of College of Nursing.

He pointed out the richness of the State in terms of mineral resources, other pools of talented resources and remarked, “Nagaland is rich but Nagas are poor.”

Acharya noted that the richness has gone into the hands of very few, while the poor has become poorer. He

Governor, P.B. Acharya interacting with the faculty of College of Nursing, CIHSR Dimapur on Tuesday. (Morung Photo)

said that the absence of tax system in the State was making it difficult to assess how much wealth one has. Stating that powerful people have already been strengthened, the Governor said the lowest rung of people in the society need to be strengthened now.

“We should serve our people first …. Nobody is second to anyone,” Acharya stated, adding that if Nagaland is to prosper,

everyone should contribute towards that cause. The Octogenarian Governor further asserted, “Enough is enough, we have to live peacefully,” and said, now that a new and strong government has been set in place at the Centre he could help the Naga people. Acharya expressed concern over the high 60% of proxy teachers being appointed in government schools and said such culture must be done

away with. Describing the Naga people as studious and intelligent, the Governor, however, said that the present situation of the Naga people was their own creation.

Acharya underlined the need for sufficient power supply in the State which will help usher in industrialization. He also sought to empower the society through value added education and by empowering women. He indicated that if Nagaland could efficiently utilize its vast pool of resources in every field, there would not be any need to go to Delhi seeking grants. The Governor also expressed keenness to see the establishment of a medical college at CIHSR Dimapur.

During the meeting, CIHSR Director Dr. A. Abraham Joseph presented a brief history of the institute. Prior to his meeting, the Governor, accompanied by his wife, visited the College of Nursing and interacted with the faculty and students. Doctors, nurses and faculty of the College of Nursing also attended the meeting. Later, the Governor visited Durga Puja pandals in town area.

‘patta’ forgery scam

Four main accused arrested, two absconding Morung Express News Dimapur | September 30

Chümoukedima Village Council (CVC) has unearthed a major scam related to issuing forged land ‘patta’ with involvement of lawyers, middlemen and individuals. In this connection, four out of six main accused have already been arrested by police pending further investigation.

Briefing mediapersons on Tuesday, CVC chairman, Razouvotuo Chatsu, said the concrete proof of some people issuing false land patta in the name of the Village Council came to light when on July 15 last, one Azolie Chakhesang, approached CVC to verify a land patta No. 5657 issued in the name of Daniel Angami.

On thorough scrutiny of the patta, CVC found out that the land patta was a fake one with forged signatures of CVC chairman and head GB. Basing on a complaint filed

by CVC, Dimapur Police women cell registered a regular case vide DPR P.S. C/NO. 096/14 U/S -406/420/468/34 IPC. According to a detailed progress report (DPR) submitted by women cell to SP Dimapur dated September 24, 2014, which was furnished

by CVC, after ascertaining the veracity of the complaint, police apprehended three women, namely Azungla, Atula and Renu, all residents of 5th Mile, Dimapur.

On interrogation, the three women confessed that they acted as brokers (dalal) to four main accused – Kihito Chophy, Narola Imsong (30), Asi Sangtam (28) and Mahlong Konyak (36). After revealing the names of the main accused, the three women brokers were released on PR/bail bond.

On September 12, police apprehended Kihito Chophy, resident of Purana Bazar. It turned out that Kihito was earlier arrested on September 10 in a separate rape case (C/W

DPR P.S. C/No -95/14).

Based on Kihito’s statement, police arrested the other three main accused - Narola Imsong, resident of 7 Mile Dimapur; Asi Sangtam, resident of First Gate, Chumukedima; and Mahlong Konyak @ Amen (36) of Mon. The three women were arrested by Kohima Police women cell on September 19 while they were hiding in a prayer centre in Kohima, stated the DPR. The three women accused are presently lodged here at sub-jail, while Kihito is in Central jail. According to CVC chairman, two more main accused including an advocate are absconding.

The modus operandi According to the CVC, Kihito acquires forged patta along with the CVC’s seal from one ‘Kevi’ and then hands it over to Mahlong. Narola does the paperwork including filling up of land patta forms, forging signatures of CVC’s GB and chairman, and Asi Sangtam collects random photos to paste it on the no objection certificates. When all paper works are completed, the four accused start searching for gullible customers by taking assistance from the likes of the three women released on PR bond.

In this regard, CVC, in a representation to chief judicial magistrate, Dimapur, signed by chairman, Razouvotuo Chatsu, and secretary, Mhasiletuo Visezo, appealed not to release on bail the accused implicated in the case “until all co-accused are arrested and finally dealt according to the prevailing law.”

Meanwhile, CVC chairman said the image of Chumukedima has been tarnished by such scams and appealed to police, administration and public alike to join hands to “cleanse” Chumukedima. He also cautioned public and prospective land customers to verify from CVC before striking any land deal. Further, CVC appreciated OC Diphupar police station, Kevisebilie Angami, C/N Phushito Sema, UBSI (Women Cell) Alila and ASI (Women Cell) Anungla, for their active role in trying to bring the forgery case to its logical conclusion.

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1200 Baptist delegates to attend IMS India Mission Summit in Kohima from October 2

Our Correspondent Kohima | September 30

A four day long India Mission Summit under the theme “Celebrating the past, envisioning the future” will take place from October 2 to 5 at NBCC Convention Centre, Kohima. During the Summit, 1,200 Baptist delegates from Bengal- Orissa- Bihar, northeast and South India will celebrate their common heritage.

“Despite their different social and cultural backgrounds, they share the same witness to the sacrificial love of American Baptist missionaries who started their ministries in India more than 175 years ago,” said India Mission Summit coordinator Rev. Keviyiekielie Linyii during a press conference here.

The delegates come from 12 well established Baptist convention’s and organizations which represent more than 2 million baptized members, he said adding that they continue the mission to serve the poor and the oppressed bringing

India Mission Summit officials during press conference in Kohima on October 2. (Morung Photo)

them educational, social, health, economic and spiritual transformation.

While celebrating the 200th anniversary of American Baptist International Ministries (aka American Baptist Foreign Mission Society) this year, the delegates also focus on finding their united voice and cooperation to bless India and the global world.

This summit is designed to provide joyful worship,

close fellowship and mutual learning, he said adding that the delegates will engage in serious biblical reflections.

Renowned Christian leaders and scholar like Valson Thampu, principal of St. Stephens’ College of the University of Delhi, and John Dayal, co-founder and secretary general of the All India Christian Council, will help the congregation to understand and

respond to critical issues facing the Indian Churches “21st Century India Mega Trends,” “Religious Liberty,” “Human Trafficking,” “Youth and Future Leaders,” and “Christian Stewardship.”

The Summit is hosted by Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) on behalf of the Council of Baptist Churches in North East India. Governor of Nagaland P.B. Acharya and Chief

Minister of Nagaland T.R. Zeliang will bring greetings during the summit.

A delegation of American Baptist International Ministries and quests from Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia and South Africa will attend the Summit.

NBCC general secretary L.Anjo Keikung shares his excitement as, “We are excited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision that India will lead the 21st century world. Indian Baptists also seek to become a transforming power for peace, justice and abundant life for all people groups and nations.”

Apart from 1,200 official delegates, this Summit is open to all and expecting 8000 congregations during worship service. “We invite everyone to join,” said Linyii.

The opening service will take place from 5:30 PM onwards on October 2.

Greetings will be shared by Reginald Mills, president Board of Covernors American Baptist International Ministries. Welcome address will be delivered by L. Anjo Keikung.

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NCT reiterates revocation of tribe recognition

WoKha, September 30 (mexN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) Public Rally held at Wokha Town on Nagaland Special Development (NSDZs), Rongmei Tribe Recognition in the State of Nagaland and other related issues confronting the Nagas of Nagaland on September 30. Several thousands from all over the Wokha District and leaders from other Districts attended the rally.

Prominent Naga leaders from different Naga tribes of Nagaland and local bodies addressed the Rally.

The rally unanimously resolved to reiterate the earlier Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) rally resolutions at Dimapur on 13th May 2014 and Zunheboto on 9th September 2014 for total revocation of Rongmei Tribe recognition in the State of Nagaland and thorough review of Nagaland Assembly resolutions on Nagaland Special Development Zones (NSDZs).

The Rally unequivocally resolved to nullify the No Objection Certificates (NOC) obtained by the government from the individual landowners within Lotha territory in the guise of development and translated

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A large section of gathering participating in the Nagaland Tribes Council Public Rally held at Wokha Town on September 30.

as secured documents for the Nagaland Special Development Zones (NSDZs).

NTC President Lendinoktang Ao and General Secretary Nribemo Ngullie in a press release stated that the Council resolved to authorize the Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) to pursue the matters till the above demands are made.

During the rally, the members representing Wokha District expressed their grave concern on the ongoing issues that are affecting the Nagas of Nagaland particularly present landlords and tenants issues and displaced fami-

lies of the displaced villages in Rolan Areas. It assured unflinching support to the NTC to spear head all the issues on behalf of the Nagas of Nagaland till honourable and acceptable solutions are achieved for the citizens of the State. The Rally recorded its serious concern over the attitude of the State Government in handling the situation in the Rolan Areas. The representatives also express their displeasure on the Methodology of Oils exploration undertaken by the State Government against the wishes of the people.

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Deputy Administration Kohima eviction team at Kohima Science College, Jotsoma on September 29. (DIPR Photo)

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JotSoma, September 30 (Dipr): The eviction order that would have been carried out on September 29 at Kohima Science College, Jotsoma by the Deputy Administration, Kohima has been kept in abeyance on the ground that its execution would give rise to law and order problems.

An order issued by Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner, Nagaland Toshi Aier IAS stated that the eviction order of the Deputy Commissioner should be temporarily stayed in the larger interest of maintaining public peace and tranquility. The eviction order has been

stayed till October 31, 2014.

Further, the Deputy Commissioner has been directed to obtain in written, an assurance of the Jotsoma Village Council that after the period prayed for by the Council, the Council shall actively assist the District Administration in the eviction process.

Kohima, September 30 (Dipr): A farewell programme in honour of outgoing Chief Secretary, Nagaland, Banuo Z. Jamir IAS was held at Nagaland Civil Secretariat on September 30.

The outgoing Chief Secretary Banuo Z. Jamir IAS in her speech said that she never dreamt to be Chief Secretary but by God’s grace and generosity and magnanimous act of her husband, the former Chief Secretary Alemtemshi IAS (Rtd) who demitted office voluntarily to pave way for her to become Chief Secretary. She thanked God and her husband for giving the opportunity.

Z. Jamir said that she was privileged to hold many important posts in different capacities in her 37 years as civil servant where she learnt many new things and met wonderful persons. She further said that the government never discriminate her in anyways during her service career.

Advocating the importance of women in different fields, she said that women have always a special place

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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The Organisers of the 3rd Nagaland Spelling Bee Championship 2014, the Fountain Club Kohima and SCERT Nagaland supported by Morung Express, N.M. Cables Network and Ramietech IT Solutions, would like to express gratitude to all those who have rendered their valuable services and logistic supports.

The Organisers sincerely acknowledge the Chief Guest Eno M. PATTON Commissioner & Secretary Education Department and Guest of honour Eno KESONYU YHOME IAS Additional Secretary, H& FW Department for gracing the inaugural and closing function respectively.

The organisers would like to particularly mention the following for their generous contribution towards the success of the 3rd Nagaland Spelling Bee Championship : Eno VILELIE KHAMO, for sponsoring the first prize Eno AVITUO SEKHOSE, for sponsoring the second prize Eno ZOTUO KIRE, for sponsoring the third prize Eno N.S.N. LOTHA, for sponsoring the fourth prize EN PUNTO firm, for sponsoring the Quarter finalist TANTIA Construction PVT Limited, for sponsoring the trophies & citations Eno KUZHOZOLU NIENU, Hon’ble Minister Dr. NEIKIESALIE NICKY KIRE, Hon’ble Minister Eno NEIBA KRONU, Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary Eno YITACHU, Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary Eno Y. VIKHEHO SWU, Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary Er. VIKHO YHOSHU, Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary Shri M. L. RAO, IFS, PCCF Forest Department Eno JAMES LIEZIETSU WSSO, PHED BANK OF INDIA, Kohima branch Nagaland State Dairy Federation Co-operative Limited (MILKCON) STAR MART All Head of educational Institutes, Teachers and Parents, National Institute of Civil Service Exam (NICSE), Chuzho-Home Designs, Syscom Technologies, Sports Inventory Centre, Hotel Ura, Leejen, General Automobiles and Fashion Ferry Boutique, Pronouncers & Judges, President, Kohima Press Club & Media/ Press friends, Volunteers from Rüzhükhrie GHSS and Management of the Capital Convention Centre(CCC).

Oragnisers, 3rd Nagaland Spelling Bee Championship 2014

in her life. She mentioned throughout her tenure in first lady to serve in differthe names of some wom- service and for organizing ent capacities as a civil servant, she was the 1st lady en in her life that inspired the farewell programme. her as a source of encourAdditional Chief Sec- IAS officer from Nagaland agement to her. She also retary and incoming Chief through direct recruit by UPSC in 1977, she was thanked her family also the first lady Depmembers for their suputy Commissioner of ports in different ways Kohima and Zunhewhich enabled her to boto districts, the first discharge her official lady Commissioner duties successfully. where she served for Jamir also said that more than 4 years and she is content and the first lady Chief Sechappy to be retired but retary of Nagaland. will continue to work It was worth to and contribute to somention that the famciety and community. ily lineage has so far Encouraging the gathproduced 4 Chief Secering to work hard, retaries starting from she said, “hard work Zopianga who was the doesn’t kill”. She urged 4th Chief Secretary folthe officers to give their lowed by N.I. Jamir and best in whatever they recently retired Chief do and to encourage Secretary, Alemtemone another. She also shi and today Banuo said that there is nothZ. Jamir, the first lady ing like good or bad Chief Secretary of Naposting and the feeling Chief Secretary, Nagaland, galand. In a total, they of sidelined or discrim- Outgoing Banuo Z. Jamir IAS addressing during inated is only in the the farewell programme held on Sep- served to the people in the highest capacity as minds. She advised the tember 30. (DIPR Photo) the Chief Secretary for young officers to take their families to their post- Secretary, Toshi Aier in his nearly 10 years. ing places saying that there welcome remarks highAdditional Chief Secreis no better support than lighted the rare accom- tary, C.J. Ponraj described their wives or husbands. plishments of the outgo- Banuo Z. Jamir as a model Banuo Z. Jamir thanked ing Chief Secretary. Stating employee throughout her the gathering for their sup- that Banuo Z. Jamir had service career and termed ports and encouragement the distinction of being the her as the civil servant

who has contributed the finest civil tradition to the government irrespective of situation. During her long career as an IAS officer, she has brought up her own vision and strategy without offending others, he said. He also highlighted her immense contribution to education department where she introduced education to disabled children. Banuo Z. Jamir, being the Chairman of the reservation policy showed high integrity and unbiased which continued till today and her nature of hard working and dedicated service to the people leaving a legacy for others to emulate, he added.

During the function farewell speeches on behalf of IAS Association, NCS Association, NSS Association, IPS Association, NPS Association, IFS Association, Directorates, District Administration and Grade-IV Association was also delivered. In honour of the outgoing Chief Secretary, the DCs from eleven districts, various association, departments and well wishers felicitated her during the farewell programme.

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Nagaland DGP Besesayo Kezo retires

Besesayo Kezo and others during a farewell parade at New Police Reserve at Phesama on September 30. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Phesama | September 30

Nagaland Police today accorded a befitting farewell parade to a senior IPS officer Besesayo Kezo on his retirement as DGP Nagaland Kezo, a 1978 batch of Assam-

Meghalaya cadre assumed the office of DGP Nagaland on Ist January 2013. He came to Nagaland on deputation from Meghalaya in 2012. After inspecting and taking salute from farewell parade at New Police Reserve Ground here, he thanked all the police officers and jawans for their cooperation during his

tenure as DGP Nagaland.

Terming the job of police personnel as honourable, Kezo called upon them to keep up the true tradition of loyalty and serve the society in the right perspective. Later, a separate farewell programme in honour of the outgoing DGP Kezo also took place at PHQ.

Financial literacy camp at Tseminyu KVYO informs

tSemiNYU, September 30 (Dipr): State Bank of India, Tseminyu branch conducted a financial literacy camp with a theme “Financial inclusion must be a mission with a passion” at Chunlikha village Panchayat Hall on September 27. The camp supported under Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) was managed by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

Dr. Akashe Zhimomi, Programme Co-ordinator, KVK Tesophenyu, Bendang Aier, AGM, NABARD, Kohima, Seyi Rio, BDO Chunlikha, and Lanuteka Imchen LDM, Lead Bank, Kohima were the resource persons.

Dr. Akashe stated that since a large chunk of the farming community is still dominated by the traditional method of farming and cultivation, imparting scientific and technological way of farming to the agri and allied sectors is at a focal point in order to help the farmers produce more and better product, which uplift them as well as ensures socio-economy development of the State.

He also stated that the KVK is doing its best to disseminate expertise knowledge through training, testing and field demonstration programmes to assist the active and practicing farmers.

Lanuteka Imchen, explaining Prime Minister “Jan Dhan Yojana” scheme stated that all financial activities between the government and its citizens will be routed through the bank making it a necessity for all to have a link with the banking system. He also stated that, in order to cater to the needs of the villagers, a banking service center will be opened at Nsunyu village area and urged the people within the subcenter service area to open saving accounts and avail the facility given to them at accessible area. He also reminded that having a saving account in the bank is the key to all other services.

Kohima, September 30 (mexN): Kohima Village Youth Organisation (KVYO), in regard to the failure of Keducho Khamo to appear before KVYO as he was summoned in relation to August 14 incident, impose closure of his business establishments and contract sites in all Kohima Village ancestral areas w.e.f. September 29.

KVYO President Ketounei Kire and General Secretary Lhoulievi Belho in a press release stated that any untoward incident that results from non-compliance of this imposition will be the sole responsibility and risk of Keducho Khamo.

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tightened in Tripura Assam floods: 67 dead, Rajnath Security and Assam for Durga Puja to visit flood-hit areas Wednesday Guwahati, September 30 (iaNS): Sixty-seven people have been killed in the floods in Assam's Brahmaputra Valley even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju are expected to visit the floodaffected areas of Assam and Meghalaya Wednesday.

According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), over four lakh people continue to be affected by floods in at least five districts of Assam.

The flood situation in Kamrup (Rural) and Golapara districts -- affected badly along with Kamrup (Metro) and Dhubri districts -- during the last wave of floods two weeks back have, however, improved considerably. At least 39 people were killed in these four districts.

Meghalaya flood and landslide toll rises to 55 ShilloNG, September 30 (pti): With the recovery of three more bodies, the death toll due to flash flood and landslide in Meghalaya has risen to 55, state Chief Secretary P Barkos O Warjri said on Tuesday.

"The death toll due to flash flood and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 55 after more dead bodies were recovered yesterday in the Garo Hills region," Warjri told PTI here.

The recovery of the bodies was made after water receded in several places in the plains in West Garo Hills and North Garo Hills region, he said, adding that there could be However, many people are still living in relief camps as rehabilitation process is to be completed. "We have received information about the visit of the union min-

more people who have actually died in the rising flood waters.

District officials and the police are trying to verify the identities of the bodies recovered, he said.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today appealed to citizens to donate generously to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund aimed at rebuilding the lives of those affected by flood and landslide.

"We need generous contributions from all those who care to extend a helping hand. Your little contributions can make a difference," the Chief Minister said in a public appeal today.

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isters tomorrow. Both the ministers will undertake an aerial survey of the floodaffected areas of Assam and Meghalaya tomorrow during the day-long visit. They

Laloo had said that properties including road, houses, livestock and agriculture worth about Rs 2,000 crore were damaged in the calamity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced Rs 2 lakh compensation to the next of kin of those who died in the flash flood and landslide in the state and Rs 50,000 to those who were grievously injured.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju will be taking an aerial survey of the affected plains tomorrow to assess the extent of the damage caused by cloudbursts last week.

are also expected to meet state's chief minister before leaving for New Delhi by evening," said a senior police official of the city.

Assam has suffered

huge losses in terms of lives, property, cropped land, dwelling units and infrastructure. The last deluge wrecked havoc in Kamrup (Rural) and Goalpara

districts, claiming several lives and leaving behind a trail of destruction.

The Revenue and Disaster Management Department has collated estimated reports from 23 flood-hit districts of the state -- Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup (M), Kamrup, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri.

"Over 42 lakh people of the state have been affected during the three waves of floods while 4,446 villages have been hit. A total of 54,088 houses have been fully damaged while 82,095 houses are partially damaged," said officials of the revenue and disaster management.

Fathom 2014: A cultural extravaganza of North East puducherry, September 30 (mexN): Fathom 2014, an endeavour of the students and faculty hailing from Northeast India in Pondicherry University was organized at the culture cum convention centre, Pondicherry University, Puducherry on September 28.

A first of its kind, the cultural event was attended by eminent personalities and was inaugurated by the Registrar of Pondicherry University Raajiv Yaduvanshi who was the chief guest at the event. Praveer Ranjan (IPS) Inspector General of Police, UT Puducherry was the guest of honour.

The first session of the event started with the National Anthem followed by a welcome speech and the students from the state of Meghalaya graced the occasion with the welcome song. Short documentaries displaying the Culture and heritage were displayed in the function by various Northeast states of India.

The Bodo students performed a traditional dance while students from Arunachal performed a tra-

and the Shad Sukra which is the sowing dance of the Jaintias. The Assamese students also performed Bihu Dance, the harvest dance.

Among others was also a Garo dance, a Tangkhul dance, Thanlunghnemi, a Mizo song, a Bodo dance.

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insurgency operation against the outlawed militants would be intensified

by Assam Rifles, CRPF and the Tripura State Rifles in the terrorist prone and hilly areas," Das said.

He said intelligence networks have been activated and police pickets and mobile and foot patrolling will be conducted. Many CCTVs have been installed at sensitive locations while people at big puja venues will have to pass through metal detectors. "Unlike previous years, there are no reports about tribal guerrillas creating problems or asking people not to organise the puja.

The number of Durga Pujas has also increased in rural and remote areas," Das said.

"Besides strengthening of normal security, movement of trains will also be monitored in southern Assam," a police officer told reporters at Silchar, one of the main commercial cities in southern Assam.

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FELICITATION Arunachal Pradesh student performs Tai Lung during the fathom 2014 – an endeavour of the students and faculty from Northeast India in Pondicherry University.

ditional dance -- Tai Lung, which is a special dance performed on Poi Pee Mau. The Meitei students presented the Khamba Thoibi dance: a dance performed on Lai Haraoba -- a festival that celebrates the creation and evolution of mankind.

The Mizo students performed the Cheraw dance (Bamboo dance): A dance performed on Chapchakut, their main festival.

The chief guest Raajiv Yaduvanshi then addressed the gathering saying that this was a unique experience for him, even after having trav-

elled to North-east a number of times; he said he had not experienced the cultural heritage in such a scale and thus wishes for such kind of events to take place even in the years to come.

Later, Shad Thma, a warrior dance was performed by the Khasis, which depicted to assert the authority of the woman as the family head while the Nagas enacted a play, titled “The Feast of Merit”, where they showed how Nagas were converted to Christians from headhunting tradition.

The second session of the

event started the Ethnic Costume Extravaganza, a culmination of all the traditional dresses of the northeast on one platform worn by various students of their respective states of the region.

There was then the Assamese Drama portraying how times have changed in the state of Assam post independence. The Shad Pliang and the Shad Sukra was then performed by the students of Meghalaya which is a traditional dance of the Jaintia tribe from the state of Meghalaya. The Shad Pliang is a dance done with plates

Assam’s British era railway track becomes history Guwahati, September 30 (the iNdiaN expreSS): A 221-km gauge railway track that was built by the British way back in the last decade of the 19th century through the most difficult Barail mountains in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, and was always referred to as an engineering marvel, has become history. The zig-zag metregauge track whose 37 tunnels were a major attraction, has closed down for ever to make way for a broad gauge track that will become operational by April next year.

“When the 05697 Hill Queen Express, the last passenger train, left Haflong at 1:45 pm on Monday, it was indeed a tearful moment.

No trains will come to this historic Lower Haflong station again,” said Anup Biswas, a local journalistcum-activist who is pressing for declaring the 111year old railway station as a heritage museum along with four other stations that surround the mountain on which Haflong, Assam’s only hill station is located.

Following independence and Partition of Bengal, the Lumding-Badarpur section however became the only life-line for land-locked Tripura, Mizoram, the Barak Valley in southern Assam as also south-eastern Manipur. With the metre-gauge track closed for the next six months in order to facilitate final laying of the broadgauge tracks, these states are now faced with an uphill task of stocking foodgrains and also transporting by road.

Noted author Arup Kumar Dutta, who had written a wonderful history of

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aGartala/Silchar, September 30 (iaNS): Armed with sophisticated weapons and electronic gadgets, a large number of security personnel have been deployed in Tripura and Assam for the Durga Puja. The puja began Tuesday with 'Maha Sasthi' or 'Bodhan'- the welcoming of the Durga idols.

"The BSF has been asked to maintain a close watch on the India-Bangladesh border to ensure that the festival is free of any untoward incident," Tripura's Inspector General of Police Nepal Das told reporters in Agartala.

Over 20,000 security personnel and quick reaction teams besides bomb and dog squads have been deployed in Tripura.

The personnel, equipped with sophisticated arms, electronic gadgets and binoculars, have been positioned in many watch towers in Agartala and Tripura. "Counter-

railways in the Northeast (“Indian Railways: The Final Frontier. 2002) has gives a lot of details about how challenging a task laying the Lumding-Badarpur track was in the 19th century. Describing it as a “magnificent feat” Dutta also refers to how British officers and their Indian and Afghan labourers worked against difficult terrain, dense jungles infested with tigers, elephants and mosquitoes, as also hostile Dimasa and Zemi tribesmen who thought it was an

invasion of their beautiful mountain villages.

Officials in Northeast Frontier Railway claim that once completed and commissioned the new broad guage line too will be equally exciting. Two particular tunnels, one over three kms and another 1.68 kms long, as well as 419 bridges, the one on the Doyang being 61 metres long and 54 metres tall, would sure maintain the charm that the old metre gauge track had, they claim.

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As Chief Patron of Mokokchung Arts & Aesthetics (MAAM), Smt. Banuo Z Jamir has rendered her unflinching support towards the organization. A straightforward lady with great intellectual caliber, it is our hope that she continue to promote the welfare of youth and women in the society.

We sincerely pray our Almighty God to grant long life to Smt. Banuo Z Jamir (IAS) and bless her abundantly in all her future endeavors.

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NOTICE This is to inform all concerned that a verification of allotment order of the Purana Bazar Market Complex will take place in the office of the Extra Assistant Commissioner, Chumukedima. All allottees of the said market complex are requested to verify their allotment and renew their allotment order by entering into agreement as terms and conditions prescribed by Government. The allottees are required to produce original allotment order and a photostated copy during working days within one month time ie, between 01/10/2014 to 31/10/2014. Failing which, the management committee will terminate the allotment order as per Government Notification No. PLN/ DSMT/MC/1/2006/ Dt. 28/4/2006.

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Applications are invited for walk-in-interview for appointment of the following Guest Faculties in the various Academic Departments of the School of Engineering and Technology, Nagaland University, Dimapur. The engagement will be upto till 20th Dec 2014. The selected candidates will be paid @ Rs. 1,000/(Rupees One Thousand only) per lecture subject to a maximum of Rs. 25,000i (Rupees Twenty five thousand only) per month. The interview is scheduled on 10/10/2014 in the Office Chamber of the Dean, SET & SMS, D.C. Court Junction, Dimapur - 797112. The applicants have to produce all the original documents in support of their qualification/experience on the date of interview.

No. of post/s Agricultural Engg. & Technology M. Tech in AET 1 M. Tech Information Technology 2 Information Technology Computer Science Engineering M. Tech in C.S.E 1 M. Tech in Electrical Engineering 1 Common Pool Common Pool M. Tech in LT/ C.S.E 1 Management MBA with specialisation in 1 HRM Department

The Mokokchung Arts & Aesthetics Management (MAAM) takes this opportunity in congratulating Smt. Banuo Z Jamir (IAS), the first lady Chief Secretary of Nagaland, on her retirement from the top bureaucratic post on September 30, 2014. She has served the government of Nagaland for more than three decades with utmost sincerity and integrity. Smt. Banuo Z Jamir is not only an efficient and competent bureaucrat but also a woman of substance as a loving wife and mother, and an inspiration to thousands of women and youth in the society.

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The Mao Students’ Union Kohima would like to congratulate Mr. Pekrüvikho Chakre of Model Higher Secondary School, Class 12 (Commerce), Son of Mr. Ashiko James for achieving 1st Position in the recently conducted Spelling Bee Contest held at Capital Convention Centre.

The Union further wishes him success in his future endeavours.

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Lokayukta in Nagaland ONLY DOG EATS IT’S VOMIT L

OKAYUKTA is to be established in Nagaland so as to punish the corrupt public servants and also amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income which may be similar to the case of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Lokayukta is derived from Sanskrit word which means “appointed by the people”. It is an anti-corruption ombudsman organization in the Indian states and the origin of Lokayukta can be trace back to the ombudsman in Scandinavian countries. Lokayukta can be defined in simple terms as an Anti-Corruption Act or it can also be considered as a watchdog to pinpoint the wrong doing of the administration, to look into the complaints of the people and to suggest measures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Government. The establishment of the institution of Lokayukta in the state is to provide clean, transparent, and accountable Government of the people. The Lokayukta Bill was passed by the Parliament to fight against Corruption. Corruption is internationally recognized as a major problem which is capable of threatening the Social, Economic, and Political development of a country.

Corruption is anti-National, Anti-Life, Anti-Poor, and Anti-Economic develop-

ment. The Supreme Court also remarked that corruption is like disease called cancer and if not detected in time it grows bigger and bigger and it will malignise the polity of the country leading to disastrous consequence.

And because of the increase of corruption in our society it gave birth to Lokayukta.

Corruption means misuse of entrusted power for private or personal gain. In the context of Nagaland, Corruption has been deeply rooted in the field of administration as well as political and judicial system and some of the common corrupt practices are as follows ; i) abuse of power – using position or status to discriminate somebody or gain something from that person ii) nepotism – giving jobs to family, relatives and family members iii) favoritism – giving unfair opportunity to friends iv) extortion – obtained by force, threats or unfair means v) bribery – taking money to give people’s job, profession, treatment or dishonestly persuade someone for help through cash vi) embezzlement – stealing money or resources that is under one’s control vii) fraud – making false claims for benefits, etc.

States like Orissa, Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka, A.P, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, M.P, Himachal Pradesh, U.P, Haryana and Goa has implemented this Lokayukta

punished. Public servant includes the Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers, the M.L.A, the Vice-Chancellor of Universities, Bureaucrats, Secretaries and the higherups of the Government department. Lokayukta is a great check on corruption, bring about transparency in the system, to make state administrative machinery citizen friendly. His function largely depends upon jurisdiction vested in him and facilities provided for taking cognizance of citizens grievances. He protects Citizens right against mal-administration, corruption, delay, inefficiency, non-transparency, abuse of position, improper conduct, etc. He is representative of legislature, powerful friend of citizens. He looks forward in establishing an ‘open Government’ securing respect for the rule of law, an educator aiming at propagating the prevention of corruption, inefficiency and oral-administration in governance. As corruption in public life is a gross violation of human rights. It is anti-people, anti-development and anti-national. It is essential that the three pillars of democracy i.e, legislature, judiciary, and executives are strong in structure and in pure in form and are un-corrupted.

and has been functioning effectively in fighting against corruption. And Karnataka Lokayukta is considered to be the most powerful institute in the country as it leads to the investigation of Karnataka Chief Minister in relating to illegal mining in the year 2011.

Lokayukta is a person who is appointed by the Governor, he must be a retired judge of the Supreme Court or a retired Chief Justice of a High Court and an independent person not holding any office of profit, and members are not to be member of parliament or legislature of state or connected with any political party and comprising of state vigilance commissioner and a jurist or an eminent administrator as members known as Upa-lokayukta function together as an independent body which is free from the influence of the government, politicians, ministers, etc.

They have power to search and seize any document of the public servant during investigations.

The main objective of Lokayukta is to curb the menace of corruption providing within the State.

When any individual makes a complaint against the ‘public servant’ relating to corruption, mal-administration, favoritism, nepotism, etc, the Lokayukta looks into such matters and investigates and if they find out that the allegations are true, the public servant is

Kezhokhoto Savi (Advocate), Convener ACAUT Nagaland (Legal Cell) & President NVCO

Gratitude and apology

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n gratitude, to the amicable settlement of the alleged threat by one V.K SUMI to CE Chanbemo.

I, V.K Sumi and all the unemployed youths involved, specially like to thank the KLH for their Timely interventions and settling the misinterpretations in between various union and V.K. Sumi by convening an emergency Meeting at Japfu Ashok Kohima on 26th SEP 2014 without creating any further escalation of the situation and bringing this issue

without further any damages, by settling the recent issue of Threat alleged after thorough deliberation and settled amicably.

Therefore, On behalf of all the unemployed youths concerned, I also would like to acknowledge the presence of the General Secretary of Kohima Sumi Hoho (KSH) to spare his valuable time out of pure concern though he was not officially informed of the meeting.

And also not forgetting the hurt Engineers union sen-

timents for which I ask for their acceptance for my apology, but my personal letter never intended to hurt any unions or association like the mentioned engineers unions. And thankful to the Lothas officers Union for their peaceful concerns and gave their precious and valuable time to attend the meeting between KLH (Kohima Lotha Khumshum) KNK (Kohima Ngullie Khumsum) Chief Engineer and V.K. Sumi and the concerned unemployed Youths.

Once again i would like to give my deepest sincere apology as already been published in the paper Nagaland Post Dated 26th SEP 2014 to the CE and his family and relatives that if i have caused any mental torture and apprehensions, Then with deep regrets, I, V.K Sumi and the involved unemployed youths like to declare that we have no premeditated or ill intentions and wishes for a peaceful dealings in future endeavours too.

V.K Sumi Jail Colony, Kohima

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bundle of write up and opinions had been published out in local dailies for the lifting and partial lifting of NLTP Act 1989, by different individuals and various denominations and NGOs etc. Let me clear to the Nagas, the stand of the majority of the Konyak people. The news item report of the Liquor Prohibition/Ban started in Mokokchung District is wrong information. It has been started by the (KNSK) Konyak Citizen Women’s Association supported by churches and others NGOs and it was germinated at (KBCM) Konyak Baptist Church Mon town, not only liquor but Cinema and blue film video shows were banned. Many factors and circumstances involved the ban of Liquor at Mon Town and its district on that point of time. The consequences of the availability of liquor with cheap price, many people indulged into alcohol, due to which many Christian families were broken, wife and children were beaten by the drunkard husband and father and divorcee rampant. Due to liquor and video shows, children never attend in the classes or truant and church goers percentage became very low and the spirit of once revived flames died out. Lot of stealing, cheating, molestation and street colony wise gang fights occurred every day. Even at broad day light many Army, CRPF and Nagaland Police personnel which are equipped with arms and ammunition were beaten by the gangsters. There was no space in the sub-jail to accommodate the culprits. The shop keepers were forcefully asked money and in refusing they were manhandled and in order to recover their lost shop keepers imposed unreasonable exorbitant rate in every commodity and material in the market. Even a coolie never spares. Once vomited local alee at the conversion and embraced to Christianity and during the big revival of 1970s and late 80s were re-mushroom at the introduction of Liquor license and factory make alcohol.

The introduction of the Opium was the biggest blow and negative impact of the Imperialist policy in Naga Hills acutely affected to the Konyak people. At the introduction of Enfield Rifle by the British, Konyak Naga have already possessed Muzzle load-

ing gun, gun powder and weapons and swords and number of times, British Survey parties and soldiers were ambushed and killed. It is also usually used to raid British subjects and villages in Assam valley. Meanwhile, the British have set-up Borjan coal mining at Naginimora. It was during this transition period while Konyak Students Unions’ (KSU) and Churches were trying to stop and escape from cocoon slumber addict and mania to Opium a new factory make alcohol selling at low rate was the second victimization of the Konyak people. So, Konyak has tasted the wound that had been inflicted with Opium introduction and liquor licensing.

So far Konyak society is concerned we really enjoyed the maximum fruits of the NLTP Act. Yes it is pained to see the NLTP Act could not properly implement. An Act is not the problem but the people who never stick to the ban/prohibition. So, our slogan should be that, it must be implemented and corrective measures must be done to fill up the leakages and potholes in order to implement smoothly and tightly.

After the NLTP Act, divorce cases are decreased, the pass-out percentage of HSLC increases attendance in the classes improved and no truant is reported like before. Alcoholic road accidents came down. Street gangs fighting disappeared. Stealing, cheating and quarrelling in the society and family stopped tremendously.

This is my fervent request to all the Reverend Fathers, Pastors and Church leaders regardless of any denominations, please remember, once you have fasted unto death, stumbled and spat with curses to ban and stop this deadly enemy of the Church, Society, Family and individual life. The killer of: spiritual and physical life, economics condition, social harmony and peace, family relationship and of individual life. Preachers main and sole aims should be the spiritual realm and an Evil which is against the spiritual warfare have to be stopped them. You needn’t worry about the infrastructural facilities deficiency and Govt. revenue problem because it is not your look out. You just practice what you preached and remember more than two hundred times the scriptures had said, Al-

coholic is evil and evil means sin and God detest it. You needn’t concerned about the tithes and offering coming from individual or family whether from stealing or alcohol sales, that is between God and the individual giver. Do not encourage to, do partial lift and Naga won’t drink half. Better not use the grape juice which contents 8% alcohol that is using in the Holy Communion in your church. There are varieties of grape juice none-alcohol drinks available in the market that can be good for the lords’ Supper.

Jesus of Gana wedding miracles never said wine that are turned from water content alcohol and in Palestine grape juice wine are food stuff that was used by all and is without yeasted while fermenting. With that drinks never quarrel nor beaten the wife and children.

Let us remember that every liquor bottle has warned, Alcohol drinking is injurious to health.

So, when it is injurious to health means evil and sin against the well of God. Until and unless this alcohol drinks is share and serve with grace and prayer on the same table with your loving wife and beloved husband along with children then it is evil. Many people said that, adulterated and spurned distilled alcohol which produced and supplied from Khakati and Lohorijan to Nagaland. How do you to be sure that their product will become super branded if the NLTP act is lifted in Nagaland? Even though Nagaland is a Christian state, why doesn’t Nagaland Government legalize prostitutions to earn revenue to the state ex-chequer?

Like Thailand’s National income is from legalization of prostitute through tourism means.

Before the NLTP Act in Nagaland, Liquor sale and blue film Video shows were banned in Mon District with the spear headed by KNSK churches and NGOs it will remain impose on Mon District jurisdiction if it is lifted to the rest of Nagaland. And all excise personnel and machinery should be posted and stationed at Mon District as reinforcement for the effective implementation of the Mon District Liquor Total Prohibition. If the NLTP Act is revoke and imposed on Mon District then please pray for the Mon District people that not to face and see war like situation.

P. Longang (Leo) Konyak Forest colony Kohima.

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

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State to undertake physical identification and verification of work-charge and casual employees KOHIMA, SEPTEMBER 30 (DIPR): As per the decision of the State Cabinet meeting held on August 18, a systematic process of identification and verification of all the work-charged and casual employees of all departments will be carried out within a maximum period of six months. The purpose of the exercise is to identify exact number of genuine employees of the two categories in each department and to weed out bogus or unauthorized employee.

In this connection, a meeting was held on September 29 at the Secretariat Conference Hall where

the Additional Chief Secretary& Finance Commissioner, Toshi Aier chaired the meeting. Expressing serious concern over the matter, Toshi Aier called for contempt proceedings, whereby all such employees shall be weeded out. He called upon all the heads of departments and the Deputy Commissioners in the districts to take serious note and to co-operate in exercise.

The Commissioner and Secretary Health & Family Welfare and Chairman Work-Charged & Casual Employees Commission, Sentiyanger Imchen who co-chaired the

ACS & Finence commissioner Toshi Aier interactiong with the officials during identification and verification of all the work-charged and casual employees at Secretariat Conference Hall on 29th September. (DIPR)

meeting commented that the State the unauthorized and doubtful workcharged and casual employees in the state might have gone overboard and therefore the issue should be taken seriously at all level and physical verifica-

tion of employees should be done rigorously. He also informed that District Level Work-Charged Committee is to be headed by one Commissioner and Secretary for administrative support and one member should be a rep-

resentative of the workcharged employees.

All Deputy Commissioners and concerned Heads of Departments, DDOs and Divisions at District level are informed to start the process immediately and

complete the entire exercise within the stipulated time frame as laid down Office Memorandum dated August 22, 2014.

The former Financial Advisor of the state, Lee gave a power point presentation underlining importance on exercise of identification and verification and the Secretary of Finance Department Y Kikheto Sema IAS gave a presentation of the state Finance position. The meeting was attended by all Heads of Departments having work-charge and casual employees and all the Deputy Commissioners of the districts.

IMPCC discusses 'media awareness' In full strength, NPF Kicks off campaign KOHIMA, SEPTEMBER 30 (DIPR): The Inter Media Publicity Coordination Committee (IMPCC) Nagaland held its monthly meeting on September 29 at the Directorate of Field Publicity, Kohima.

The meeting reviewed and highlighted various development activities initiated through various departments, shared opinions and deliberated on the concerns of various sectors and how best the media organisations can create awareness.

Participating in the meeting, the Department of Economic and Statistics informed gathering that people are still unaware of the importance of registering deaths and births, and therefore asked the DDK and All India Radio to produce pro-

grammes to create more awareness to the people.

The Department stated that the main objective of issuing such certificated is to aid the public in legal purposes and also to collect accurate data of birth and death rates.

In this regard, the DDK and AIR will make programmes, discussions, panel talks and relay the same through their medium. The members also suggested that churches and public places would be able to play a role in creating awareness and also make the forms available for people to register the deaths and births.

The Department of IPR also suggested that DDK Kohima should telecast national news channels in all the districts of the State

by linking up with cable operators. The house agreed that the matter should be taken up with the Central Office of Doordarshan in Shillong and find out the shortcomings and means to make it work.

Considering the importance of Clean India Campaign, throughout the nation, the house decided to focus its activities in the coming month based on the theme, “I pledge to keep my surroundings clean.” It also decided to hold the IMPCC monthly meeting on October 29 at the Doordarshan Kendra, Kohima.

The meeting was attended by officials from AIR Kohima, DDK, IPR, DFP, PRO Defence and officials from Economic and Statistics.

Bharat Sevashram Sangha (BSS) Dimapur organized a programme at its office premises to distribute clothes to needy and poor people on the occasion of Durga Puja celebration. The programme was flagged off by S Atokhe Ayemi, Executive Officer of Dimapur Municipal Council. Every year the BSS has been distributing clothes to the poor. Seen in the picture, BSS team led by Swami Chinmayanandaji Maharaj, Manoj Bhattacharjee, L C Das, Badal Bhadra giving away clothes at the function.

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Non-local girl child found that could help in tracing her parents or their whereabouts.

For further information, anyone knowing about her or her parents can contact CHILDLINE Toll free number 1098 (accessible only through BSNL Number), 03862248744 or 03862-280884.

A non-local girl child aged around 3-4 years was found loitering around Fire Brigade Dimapur area without an adult; a concerned citizen handed the girl child to Women Cell, Dimapur.

The Women Cell in turn handed the girl child to Dimapur CHILDLINE being managed by Prodigals’ Home. The girl Child said her name is “Kamni” but could not provide any helpful information

Childline Dimapur Prodigals' Home Opposite Fire Brigade Dimapur- 797112 Nagaland, India Post. Box 148 Phone numbers: +913862248744 and +913862248723 Head Office Address: Prodigals' Home NSCB Building, Complex Kher Mahal, P.Box-148 Dimapur-797112: Nagaland: India Phone: +91-3862-231830 Fax: +91-3862-233410

DCCI extends Puja greetings

KOHIMA, SEPTEMBER 30 (MExN): “I am young and I may know something of the outside world but I do not know so much within my constituency but because of your support I am courageous. I want to safeguard and help the old, poor, youth and farmers.” said the NPF candidate Dr. Neiphrezo Keditsu kicking off his bye election campaign to 11 Northern Angami II Assembly Constituency on September 30 at Chiechama Village. The NPF candidate, while addressing the crowd stated that he decided to be a candidate to give his best to the constituency.

Dr. Neiphrezo Keditsu who completed his MBBS from Karnataka is also a former ANCSU President.

Describing Dr. Neiphrezo Keditsu as an abled, young candidate, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, NPF President stated that the party chose him with high hopes and full confidence. Within its five years in power, the NPF had done much good in Nagaland, which can be seen through its deeds and not just words, said the NPF President. Owing the party’s success to good leadership, coordination among leaders, forgiveness and working broad-

mindedly, the 11 NA II has given a good leader to the Nagas for which the Nagas are thankful to the constituency, Dr. Shürhozelie added “Today the candidate will be changed but the stance of the party will remain the same. Do not cut the cord of what the Nagas are thankful for.” said the President at the campaign.

Referring the election to a Naga wrestling, he added that just as the Naga wrestling is referred to as a game of friend or brotherhood, so also is election. However the main goal is to back down one’s opponent.

Chief Minister T. R Zeliang ascertained that Chiechama despite being one of the biggest villages in the 11 NA II Constituency, does not have any MLA, and therefore appealed to the crowd to work together so that their son can win. “Grassroot based political parties will be made strong through your vote and support to the candidate” added the CM, and stated that the NPF party can run the government without other parties but because of its “pre poll alliance promise” with the other parties, NPF had kept its word.

Zeliang also emphasized on the active participation of women and youth in politics

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 30, (MExN): The President and members of Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has extended warm Durga Puja greetings to the entire Hindu community because only the youth and of Dimapur. women can understand and In a press note, the secmake others understand.

Member of Parliament Neiphiu Rio stated that being a MP and a CM constituency, the 11 NA II is one of the most famous constituencies which has often won both the favour and hatred of the people. While PEREN, SEPTEMBER expressing frustration over 30 (MExN): Troops of 18 the unfair means practiced Assam Rifles, in two sepby the people during the arate operations, appreelection, Rio stated that to hended three NSCN (IM) be a MP constituency and cadres along with four behaving in unfair means is weapons, assorted ammuan insult and that the elec- nition, IMFL and “incrimtorate should be discussing inating documents” on party policies, aims and ob- September 24 at Jalukie.

A press release from Asjectives and not involve in sam Rifles informed that disrespectful means.

“This party has a history, on receipt of specific infora program, its own policies mation about presence of and ideologies and like any “unauthorised weapons” family it has its own inter- in a house in New Market nal feud but when the need Colony, troops of 18 Assam arise, it becomes one again”, Rifles launched a search said Rio, who added that the operation and recovered party want to bring peace, a one pt 22 Rifle, one 12 Bore proper settlement to Naga- Rifle, assorted ammunition, land during its term. The “incriminating documents” need to build relationships and illegal tax collection with people and parties in books from the house. In the centre was further con- this connection, Hainazin veyed by the MP who ap- Ningkon, Under Secretary, pealed that alliances with NSCN (IM), and Heguikam other parties need to be re- Pame, NSCN (IM) cadre, newed but people must re- were apprehended. member the difference beIn another operation, tween friendship and one’s the troops searched a house identity. in Jalukie Colony, Ward No-

retary of DCCI, Sanjay Sethi also the DCCI requested the District administration to ensure that no unwanted incidents takes place in the City during the celebration and also appealed the citizens to maintain peace and harmony during this auspicious time.

AR apprehends three NSCN (Im) cadres 09 and recovered one pt 22 Pistol, one pt 22 Rifle, ammunition, “incriminating documents”, illegal tax collection receipts and 364 bottles/cans of illegal liquor from the house of Deituateung Newme, Leacy, NSCN (IM), who was subsequently apprehended.

The release informed that all the apprehended individuals along with recovered items were handed over to Jalukie Police Station.

One arms peddler apprehended Meanwhile, 29 Assam Rifles on September 25 apprehended one arms peddler along with one 7.65 mm Pistol at Naharbari Gate in Dimapur. The individual was identified as Yasangwu Yimchunger, the release informed, adding the accused along with recovered items were handed over to East Police Station, Dimapur.

National Voluntary Blood Donation Day October 1st 2014

Nothing is comparable to the preciousness of human blood. In-spite of the rapid and remarkable conquests of medical science today, there is no factory that manufactures blood.

It is only in human beings that human blood is made and circulated. For those who require blood for saving their lives, sharing from other fellows is the only means. Hence, donation – rather voluntary donation is the only way of accumulating blood at safe storage to meet emergency requirements for saving lives.

This is the greatest gift one can do for the mankind.

Voluntary Blood Donors are saviors of mankind.

If someone really loves oneself and other fellow beings, the only way to express it is to donate blood voluntarily. Donating blood means giving life to someone and it is believed that voluntary blood donors command the highest respect for their sacrifice.

The Observation of National Voluntary Blood Donation Day in our country started on the 1st of October, 1975 under the initiative of Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology (established on 22nd October 1971) with the guidance of Mrs.K.Swaroop Krishen( a

well known social worker in the field of voluntary blood donation movement in India) and Dr.J.G.Jolly, the then in charge of Blood Bank, P.G.I. Chandigarh.

Since then, the 1st October of each year is being observed throughout the country as the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day. In the year 1996, National AIDS Control Organisation came forward to support the observation.

The main objectives of observing this day are:1. To increase awareness among the peoples of this Country, the importance of voluntary blood donation.

2. To achieve 100% Voluntary Blood Donation, so as to be able to give the safest blood to the needy patients.

3. To have enough blood stock in our blood banks for any eventuality.

4. To give our thanks and reinforce the self esteem of those who donate blood voluntarily, so that they continue to do so regularly.

5. To inspire those who has not donated blood but are in good health, to start donating blood.

6. To inspire those donors who donate blood only for their relatives or friends, to donate voluntarily.

Theme: “Give the Gift of Life; Donate Blood”

It is well known that transfusion of blood or its components is one of the very important components of the modern health care system. Many surgical and medical conditions require transfusion of blood and its components during the treatment process.

Moreover, in cases of mass casualties, blood transfusion played a vital role in the life saving process. But this vital fluid called blood cannot be manufactured in factories, and someone has to donate. A healthy person within the age of 18 to 65 years, having a minimum weight of 45kg and haemoglobin 12.5 gm% can donate blood for every three months; four times a year. Blood donors are classified as voluntary and replacement. Voluntary donors are those who donate blood by his or her own will and without getting any cash or kind for donating blood and their main aim is to save a life. Replacement donors donate blood only when one of his or her relatives or friends need blood transfusion. Previously there was another type of donors known as professional or paid donors. As their blood is considered

not safe for transfusion, the supreme court of this country has banned them from donating blood since 1st January 1998.

Legal Protection: Safe blood transfusion comes under the legal protection as it is life saving and also fatal. Article 21 under part III of Indian Constitution spells out that no person shall be deprived of his life.

The Consumer Protection Act of 1986 also covers blood as a commodity. Indian Panel code chapter XIV, sections 269 and 270 also provide for protection against spread of infectious diseases due to negligent and malignant acts. Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940 also establishes regulations for blood banking and transfusions.

Criteria for blood donors as per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. 1940 * Age: between 18 to 65 years. * Body weight: 45 kg and above. * Pulse rate: 60 to 100 per minute and regular * Blood Pressure: Systolic 100 to180mm of mercury; Diastolic 50 to100mm of mercury. * Hemoglobin: minimum 12.5gm/100ml of blood.

* Oral temperature: not exceeding 37.50C. Though blood transfusion has saved many lives, this vital fluid also carries the risks of transmitting diseases. It is therefore, mandatory to test every unit of blood collected for the presence or absence of five disease markers (Transfusion transmitted infections) i.e. Human immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C, syphilis and malaria.

To give the safest blood to the needy patients, it is globally accepted that the best source of blood for transfusion is from voluntary donations and preferably from repeated voluntary donors as blood from voluntary donations are the safest.

As a rule if a patient needs blood transfusion, a replacement donor from his or her family or friends should donate. But there are some conditions where blood transfusion is required off and on, sometimes more than 100 units to a particular patient. So it is high time, for every sections of our society in our state to come together and join hands and formulate strategies to achieve 100%

voluntary blood donation, so that any patient who needs blood transfusion can get the required blood units from the blood centers without replacement.

But it is not a magic figure to achieve 100% voluntary donation in our state.

If 1% of the populations of our state donate blood once a year all the blood need of our state can be taken care of. The State Blood Transfusion Council which is under the National Blood Transfusion Council should play an active role to achieve the target.

In our North Eastern States, the state of Tripura and Mizoram are doing very well. In-spite of the mass awareness on HIV and AIDS, the general community in Nagaland is still ignorant about the importance of voluntary blood donation and safe blood transfusion. Many people still continue to acquire blood from professional blood donors, which expedite the spread of HIV and AIDS in the state. Thus, the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is planned to strengthen and expand safe voluntary blood donation programmes, and to

reinforce local campaigns by promoting mass based awareness from different platforms like Colleges, NGOs, Red Cross, Church, etc. Each year, as events and activities increases, the celebration will be an occasion to thank all voluntary blood donors and to acknowledge and recognize the silent and unsung heroes, whose selfless deeds save lives every day through their blood donations and improve the health of people whom they will never meet.

In our state, to increase voluntary blood donation, initiatives has been made by some likeminded donors who has come together to form Voluntary Blood Donors Associations. Till date, the districts of Kohima, Dimapur, Mokokchung, Tuensang, Zunheboto & Peren has formed the district association, with the objectives to donate blood and to facilitate those who are in need of blood. The district associations have joint hands in forming the All Nagaland Voluntary Blood Donor Association with Dimapur Model Blood Bank as its Head Quarter in 2011.

These associations are actively involved in assisting many patients in

times of need, creation of awareness, organising Voluntary Blood Donation Camp, celebration, observation of especially events like the World Blood donors Day-14 June, and National Voluntary Blood Donation Day-01 October all over the state. Such events are supported by the Nagaland State Blood Transfusion Council (NSBTC) and the Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) with technical support from the respective district Blood Banks. It is the result of such activities that there is a significant increase in voluntary blood donation across the state. However, this momentum needs be maintain with the active support from the general mass.

As the whole country observe the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day on the 1st of October, 2014 the Voluntary Blood Donors Associations of Nagaland would like to express its sincere thanks and appreciation to all the voluntary blood donors of the state, for their ‘gift of life’, and appeal to all the eligible donors to come forward and join this noble and heroic act of giving the precious gift of life.

(Source: Nagaland State AIDS Control Society& Nagaland State Blood Transfusion Council)

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Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

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The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 1 OcTObEr 2014 vOlumE IX IssuE 270

A Song Of Hope Oodgeroo noonuccal

Look up, my people, The dawn is breaking, The world is waking To a new bright day, When none defame us, No restriction tame us, Nor colour shame us, Nor sneer dismay.

Now brood no more On the years behind you, The hope assigned you Shall the past replace, When a juster justice Grown wise and stronger Points the bone no longer At a darker race.

So long we waited Bound and frustrated, Till hate be hated And caste deposed; Now light shall guide us, No goal denied us, And all doors open That long were closed.

See plain the promise, Dark freedom-lover!

Night’s nearly over, And though long the climb, New rights will greet us, New mateship meet us, And joy complete us In our new Dream Time.

To our father’s fathers The pain, the sorrow; To our children’s children The glad tomorrow.

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Aron Heller Associated Press

Israel's Mossad turns to online

t used to be that if you wanted to join one of the world's most secretive espionage organizations you had to sneak into a foreign embassy, answer a cryptic newspaper ad or show up in a nondescript building in Tel Aviv to meet a shadowy recruiter. Now all it takes to apply for a job at Israel's Mossad spy agency is a click of the mouse.

The typically shadowy Mossad revamped its website last week to include a snazzy recruiting video and an online application option for those seeking employment. With versions in Hebrew, English, French, Russian, Arabic and Persian, the sleek site looks to revolutionize the way Israel's legendary agency seeks out potential agents after generations of backdoor, cloak-and-dagger antics.

"We must continue to recruit the best people into our ranks so that the Mossad might continue to lead, defend and allow for the continued existence of the state of Israel," Mossad Chief Tamir Pardo said in a statement announcing the launch. "The Mossad's qualitative human capital is the secret of our success."

The Mossad, Hebrew for "The Institute," is short for the "Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations." It is the global arm of Israel's vaunted intelligence community and believed to be behind some of the most daring counterterrorism covert operations of the past century. Only a few have come to light, such as the killing of the leaders of Black September — the Palestinian group behind the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games — and Israeli assassinations across Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

There's more to the Mossad than its James Bond aura, however, and you are more likely to land a job in its technology, cyber or administration departments than you are to become an international man — or woman — of mystery. But the site alludes to its secretive nature with a video showing satellites and drones hovering as well as men and women dressed in suits hacking into computers and carrying out surveillance operations.

A narrator says "your imagination is my reality" and the banner at the top of the page reads "join us to see the invisible and do the impossible." Aside from its initial announcement, the agency has been tightlipped about the new media strategy. But at least one former operative thinks the outreach is a good idea.

"It's the 21st Century. This gives them the chance to reach the kind of people they have never reached before," said Gad Shimron, who served in the Mossad for a decade and later wrote "Mossad Exodus," a book about its secret operation to bring Ethiopian Jews to Israel. "They've got nothing to lose. If you throw out a line you may hook a fish."

Shimron said the Internet may draw in some weirdos and perhaps a few hostile elements but the Mossad was fully capable or weeding out the best as it cast a larger net. Shimron said the Mossad used to be more of an "old boys network" with friends recruiting their friends and family. Ads offering "interesting jobs" would occasionally show up in the classified sections and those with multiple passports and a proper security clearance from their military service could get a call, inviting them to an interview. But the options for walk-ins were limited. With the increase of video cameras worldwide, physically walking into an Israeli embassy has become more risky for those afraid of being exposed.

The Mossad insists its online option is safe and discreet. "Rest assured that all approaches will be treated with the utmost discretion and confidentiality so that your personal safety is ensured," the instructions read. "When filling in the form, we suggest you consider whether the computer you are using and your location is secure enough. It would be safer to fill in the form using means that are not directly connected to you. We also recommend erasing the browsing history upon completion of the form."

In going online, the Mossad appears to be taking a page out of the playbook of its domestic equivalent, the Shin Bet security service, which launched its online recruiting campaign in 2006. It still maintains a comprehensive website that includes terrorism statistics, an in-depth history of the organization that details its past operations and a vast portal of career opportunities.

In his online welcome address Pardo explains why. "Information about the Mossad's activity does not reach the public, and often what is publicized many years after the event is but the tip of the iceberg of almost imaginary activity and operations," he writes. "This website gives you a brief glimpse of the Mossad, and will reveal only a little of its past and activity."

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Patrick Reevell Associated Press

Death, hunger stalk tea-estate workers

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eath arrived soon after the Bundapani tea estate closed last year.

Deprived of health care and food rations, workers who had been scraping by on $1.50 per day were left with nothing. Bundapani's owner didn't raise the alarm for two months as the workers, abandoned at the feet of the Himalayas, slid silently into catastrophe.

"I have become like a beggar," said Ramesh Mahali, 59, struggling to stand. He has been unable to properly feed himself or his family since the closure.

His wife, Puliya, seeming 20 years older than her 50, sat emaciated on the floor, her tiny arms mummified by malnutrition. She cannot move anymore, so Ramesh cannot leave her to look for work. Nearby, his daughter-in-law stared upward, suffering from tuberculosis. Beneath her, the dirt floor of the house was slowly being eaten away by the rains.

Seven workers died in the two months it took the government to become aware of the crisis, and the toll has continued to climb since. In the past year, at least 69 tea workers have died across Bundapani and four other shuttered tea plantations in West Bengal, according to the Right to Food campaign, an advisory committee to the Supreme Court that is monitoring the deaths. More than 16,000 people have been left in extreme poverty at the estates, spread across the Dooars plains below Darjeeling, source of the famous brand known as the Champagne of teas.

The government has launched emergency food and medical relief, but conditions remain grim. Despite the aid, 14 people at Bundapani alone have died in the past eight months, either from malnutrition or inadequate medical care.

Dozens of men have left to find work, but women and those too weak to travel — like the Mahalis — remain in houses on the estate, where 7,000 people still live.

In estates visited by The Associated Press, many workers were clearly underfed and a number were suffering from diseases commonly related to malnutrition, such as tuberculosis. Several people said relatives had recently died. Many were skipping meals, living on rice broth.

The government relief — 2 kilograms of rice a week per worker— falls below standard rations at refugee camps.

Their situation highlights how eastern India's tea industry has changed little since colonial times. The decisions of individual estate-owners still determine the fates of whole communities.

The government has done little to penalize owners who abandon their workers, and in practice, they have few obligations beyond their own conscience to ensure workers' well-being. Powerless, workers are dying in a system closer to the 19th than the 21st.

"This is kind of the last hangover of a straightforwardly colonial relationship," said Harsh Mander, special adviser on food to India's Supreme Court.

Tea covers most of the plains under Darjeeling.

Mile after mile of shiny green bushes, shaved flat into cubes, like a giant hedge maze.

Established by the British in the 1830s, the plantations are among the only examples of large-scale organized agriculture in India, where most farming is done by small-holders. The plantations became an essential image of empire and Darjeeling itself is still popularly known for its Raj-era holdouts, living the gin-touched days of gentlemen recluses.

Colonial plantations relied on indentured laborers. Workers now have the right to leave and access to free primary education, but their dependency on the estates for housing and food means that in practice, little has changed.

There are tea plantations in other Indian states, including Assam and Kerala, but West Bengal's are widely seen as having the worst labor conditions. Most of its 200,000 tea workers are paid 95 rupees ($1.50) per day, three-quarters the state minimum wage and below the U.N.'s $2 a-day threshold for extreme poverty.

Even in functioning plantations, malnutrition is common. At the Khopalasi Primary School, which is attached to a working estate on the outskirts of Siliguri, teachers said half their pupils were malnourished.

To survive, workers rely on additional benefits

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he belief in the years immediately after independence that there were two sets of laws in India one for the rich and the other for the poor - is gradually being dispelled.

As Jayalalitha's conviction in the disproportionate assets case shows, high-flying politicians can no longer avoid the long arm of the law. Although the proverbial delay still prevents a quick conviction, the accused have come to know that their high political status can no longer save them beyond a certain period of time.

However, it is probably just as well that the courts are rarely in a hurry to mete out justice, for a hasty verdict can attract criticism about a possible failure on the part of the prosecutors, the defence and the judges to conduct a thorough scrutiny of the cases. The impression of a kangaroo court, the bane of all authoritarian regimes, must be avoided at all costs.

It is not a matter of regret, therefore, that it took so long to pass the sentence against the former Tamil Nadu chief minister. The conviction cannot but act as a warning to all politicians - high and low - who may have looked upon their professions as a quick way to amass a fortune. Now, they will know that the axe is bound to fall sooner or later.

Jayalalitha may be the first chief minister to face the ignominy of having been found to have used her time in office to feather her nest. But there are others such as former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad and former Hary-

In this August 25, 2014, photo, a tea worker Chitramani Mahali holds her son as her ailing father in law tries to come out from the house in Bundapani, 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Siliguri in the Indian northeastern estate of West Bengal.

When the Bundapani tea estate closed last year, death arrived soon after. Seven workers died in the two months it took the government to become aware of the crisis, and the toll has continued to climb since. In the past year, at least 69 tea workers have died across Bundapani and four other shuttered tea plantations in West Bengal, according to the Right to Food campaign, an advisory committee to the Supreme Court that is monitoring the deaths. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

from the plantations, including food, housing and medical care, valued at about 65 rupees ($1) per day.

When a plantation closes, the health care and food rations disappear immediately; workers find themselves in a disaster situation overnight.

The five closures are being largely blamed on their owners' mismanagement. Most of West Bengal's 279 plantations are functioning normally, although margins have tightened as rainfall has declined dramatically recently. In 2006, a wave of closures caused hundreds of deaths. But owners of working plantations say the industry is now healthy, and that only those who failed to modernize are seriously struggling.

The closures are being prolonged as owners engage in lawsuits that prevent them from reopening under new ownership, trapping workers in limbo.

India's clogged court system means these challenges can take a decade, even as workers live on emergency rations. One of the estates, Dheklapara, has been in dispute for 13 years.

Some owners have sold plantations only to renege on the deals, inviting more lawsuits. Often, ownership is so disputed even workers are unsure who their employer is. Most are only distantly aware of the progress of the lawsuits, since no one updates them.

Three of the currently closed plantations are owned by one man, Robin Paul, a Kolkata-based businessman who owns the Surendragnagar, Dharanipur and Red Bank estates, where at least 40 people have died. Paul is known as a wealthy real estate agent in Kolkata, and a patron of a Bengali music festival in the city.

Sunil Bakhshi, 71, who recently gave up his position as chief clerk at Surendranagar, said he hadn't been paid since 2003. Bakshi said eight people had died at Surendranagar in the last 18 months. He hadn't heard from Paul in several years, though the owner's representatives have been in contact with the estate.

"The condition here is so bad, so pathetic. Now we don't even have enough to eat," said Bakshi. "We are told to do our work and our dues will be cleared soon."

When reached by the AP by telephone, Paul declined to comment. Court documents show that bankruptcy proceedings at his estates have dragged out for years.

Bundapani's owner, Rakesh Srivastava, runs a hotel in the area. Attempts to contact him and the other owners of other closed tea plantations were unsuccessful. Lawyers for Srivastava refused to com-

ment, and calls to several of Srivastava's phones went unanswered.

The abandoned workers, meanwhile, are caught in a struggle between the West Bengal government and tea-worker unions, which are known for their militant tactics.

The unions have published inflated reports of starvation deaths to gain leverage in wage negotiations. West Bengal's government has insisted that no tea workers have died from starvation, though it has started emergency food aid to the closed estates.

Aside from their 2 kilograms of rice per week, workers get an additional kilogram per relative, as well as a monthly unemployment payment of 1,500 rupees, around 80 cents per day.

Anuradha Talwar, an activist from the Right to Food campaign, said that workers were not necessarily dying of hunger, but from extreme deprivation.

She said the closure of plantation health facilities was the main cause of deaths, in particular because families could not afford the trip to local hospitals.

If the plantation had not closed, "these people would not have died," Talwar said. "These people are in a situation where they cannot afford basic things essential to survive."

M.D. Rizwan, the joint labor commissioner for West Bengal, said the regional government is urgently seeking to reopen the plantations through negotiations, but that its powers to seize the estates are limited.

The national government has extensive powers for seizing plantations being run inadequately, but has so far declined to use them.

Last month, the state's chief minister asked the national government to take over closed estates using India's Tea Act, which allows the seizure of plantations making consistent losses, where the tea goes largely unpicked or wages unpaid.

But Mander, the Supreme Court adviser, said the government wasn't doing enough to discourage owners from abandoning their plantations, or to extricate the properties from legal tangles.

Wage negotiations are also underway; tea workers are expected to get another 30 rupees (50 cents) per day. But that won't help people who are essentially trapped on closed plantations.

Bakshi, the retired clerk from Surendranagar, believes they can only wait.

"We are helpless," he said.

The high and mighty are no longer immune Amulya Ganguli IANS ana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala who have fallen foul of the law and have spent their time behind bars.

Then, there are others like former telecom minister A. Raja and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi who have also been incarcerated for their suspected involvement in the spectrum scam.

However, for all the bigwigs who have been caught with their hands in the till, the average person will still think that there are others who have managed to evade the consequences of their illegal monetary transgressions by either being too clever to leave their fingerprints behind or because the prosecutors have not been diligent enough to probe too deeply.

Misgivings of this nature explain the ill fame which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has acquired, which led to the organization being derisively called the Congress Bureau of Investigation when the Congress was in power.

Among those who got away because the CBI was thought to be lax was Ottavio Quottrocchi, an Italian friend of the Nehru-Gandhi family who was widely believed to have had something to do with the Bofors howitzer scam, which brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1989. As that episode showed, the suspects may pay a political price for their alleged misdemeanours but can escape imprisonment or a heavy fine.

Now that the judiciary has begun to crack down on the malfeasants in high places with greater frequency than before, the next step is to seal off the escape routes by freeing the investigative agencies from political control so that they can pursue the crooks without fear or favour. Only then will the still lingering perception of two sets of laws be totally eradicated and India can claim to have joined the ranks of advanced countries where the rule of law is paramount.

It is unfortunate that for the all the

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progress that has been made in nabbing the high and mighty, court cases have still to be moved out of the states where they wield considerable influence so that they will not be able to exert pressure on the legal process. It wasn't only the cases relating to the Gujarat riots which had to be moved out to Maharashtra so that the judiciary could not be suborned in any way, but also the cases concerning Karunanidhi's son, M.K. Alagiri, in Madurai.

What these transfers show is how susceptible the administrations are to the clout of local politicos who usually answer to the description of the mafia.

The large number of MPs and MLAs with criminal backgrounds explains why it is impossible to carry out a fair trial in areas of their influence.

The violence which followed Jayalalitha's conviction is also an indication of how lumpen elements have infiltrated into politics at all levels. The anger and distress of her followers are understandable because a one-person party like the AIADMK will be in disarray in Jayalalitha's absence. What is more, Tamil Nadu itself will suffer because the DMK too is not in the pink of health because of Karunanidhi's advanced age and the inability of his two squabbling sons, M.K. Stalin and Alagiri, to provide a measure of stability.

But while leaders have to control their greed, the followers have to learn to accept the judicial pronouncements with restraint.

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7 PERSPECTIVE WE ARE ONE SCOTLAND: Anatomy of a Referendum WEDNEsDAy

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1 OctOber 2014

NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

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t was a momentous moment in Scottish and British history. The Scottish independence referendum. It dominated Scottish and British airwaves in the last couple of weeks, and became a huge international story.

Nearly every single cliché has been dug up, used and then over-used to exhaustion. What then as the excitement, claim and counter-claim quieten down, is there left to say and do? Actually, there is quite a lot.

Let’s talk about the immediate reactions postvote from the Scottish and British political classes. They both have so far let us down, speaking for their narrow interests and party advantage, with no one addressing wider concerns.

Take the SNP leadership. Five days after the vote neither Alex Salmond or Nicola Sturgeon has reached out to the 55% or offered any words of congratulation, recognition or understanding. Both were conspicuous by their absence from the Church of Scotland service of reconciliation on Sunday. The three pro-union parties were all represented by their leaders; the SNP by John Swinney.

Then there is the Westminster political classes.

From David Cameron’s first announcement on Friday morning at 7am, they have been out on political manoeuvres advancing and promoting narrow selfinterests. Cameron in that morning address was conciliatory in tone and style, but in content, was ruthlessly and naked calculating, linking Scottish ‘devo max’ to the idea of English votes for English laws.

By the afternoon, Ed Miliband disagreed with Cameron, refusing to agree with him on the ScottishEnglish linkage, resulting in the fracturing of the three pro-union party agreement and front only hours after polls shut. The solemn pledge that had been presented as ‘the Vow’ of what Westminster would deliver to Scotland lasted even less than the Lib Dem promise of ‘no tuition fees’. Better Together no more.

The Limits of #the45 Now is a time for national political leadership. For people talking not just from their base. Instead, so far Scotland and the UK has had to endure partisan politicians speaking to and reinforcing the prejudices of their own moral tribes and echo chambers.

There was the understandable social media outcry of #the45 (reflecting the 45% Yes 55% No result) as people wanted to find voice, come together, find strength in numbers, and show their anger and defiance. However, #the45 does not reach out to #the55, and attempt to understand and connect with them on any level – politically or emotionally. It was a natural reaction in the immediate aftermath, but it doesn’t offer any political route for the future, instead having an element of bitterness, self-denial and labelling people who have different views.

Part of the immediate aftermath of the vote was framed by a kind of misguided collective rage against the machine. Thus, the referendum, according to some, was ‘stolen’ or ‘rigged’ (a petition claiming this having over 87,000 signatures by Monday afternoon)’ – all comments which were given permission

by Salmond’s unhelpful, ungracious comments that No voters were ‘tricked’.

None of this is helpful or mature. It also on the Yes side doesn’t come from the best of the independence movement which has shown generosity, dynamism, enthusiasm and positivity, and which has reshaped politics and energised democracy.

Anatomy of the Vote Political contests, victory and defeat, offer a time for reflection, renewal and learning how to do things differently. In the last 30 years plus, British Labour’s humiliating defeat in 1983 was a cathartic release and liberation for the party; the same was true to a lesser extent of the Conservative third successive defeat in 2005.

The Tory pollster Lord Ashcroft conducted a super poll post-vote and reflected on the blame and denial prevalent in sections of the Yes side: ‘A political movement never flourishes by blaming its defeats on the media, or by deploring the motives or gullibility of the electorate’. He went on to say, ‘Tories have generally been guilty of these things in the past, and I found the attitude was prevalent in the Labour movement in my post-election research in 2010’.

There are also perils and dangers in English responses. Matthew Parris has pointed out that such initiatives as ‘The Spectator’s’ ‘Scotland, please stay’ front cover one week before the vote, had a hint of desperation and self-abasement.

Parris observed that in all these initiatives (clearly thinking of the Dan Snow-Tom Holland ‘Let’s Stay Together’ intervention) almost all the English No voices ‘have come either from the kind of Englishman who hunts, sails or skis in the Highlands and Islands, or from talented Scots who have migrated South in search of a larger arena for their talents’. He concluded with a hint of irony, ‘This is a group well-represented among the commanding heights of British journalism and politics, and a distinctive and distinguished demographic. But it is not, I’m afraid, a representative one …’

What do the results and reactions to Thursday tell us about Scotland and the union? The vote showed on the surface a distinctly united nation: the yellow wave of the SNP’s 2011 national landslide, replaced by an emphatic No vote which ran from North to South, West to East. Yet, underneath this there were lots of fascinating patterns. For example, the long hailed ‘gender gap’ was present, but not very strong: men voted 47% Yes, women 44% Yes; 16-17 year olds were 71% Yes, while 18-24 year olds only 48% Yes. The biggest issues given for voting Yes were dissatisfaction with Westminster (74%) and the NHS (54%); in relation to No it was the currency (57%) and pensions (37%). When asked to choose between three reasons for voting Yes voters split: Scottish decisions should be made in Scotland (70%), Scotland’s future brighter independent (20%), and no more Tory Governments (10%); with No voters split: the risks of independence were too great (47%), attachment to the UK (27%), and a No vote means more powers (25%).

Just over half the Yes vote was made up of SNP voters (53%), while the No vote tally (2,001,926) was higher than the number of people who voted in the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections.

The independence referendum shows a need in Scotland to reach out Gerry Hassan lands voted Yes. These need some qualification. Take the different layers of insider/outsider Scotland. In terms of social class this produced some evidence of insiders, those who were financially better off, and felt they had more to lose, voting No, while outsiders, who were less well off and assessed they had less to lose, voting Yes. Yet this wasn’t clear-cut, and in terms of geography and place, there was another divide of insider/outsider with the biggest Yes votes in the Central Belt (Dundee aside), and the outsiders of Dumfries and Galloway, Borders, Shetland and Orkney, decisively voting No. The politics of social class were a bit more complex than presented. It wasn’t completely the case that the middle classes voted No and the working classes voted Yes. The AB professional class voted Yes 40% No 60%, and the CI intermediate class Yes 49% No 51%. But there were significant divisions in the working classes: the C2 skilled manual group voting 52% Yes 48% No and the DE semi and unskilled manual working classes Yes 45% No 55% (leaving aside for the purpose of this essay, academic debate on the use and limits of these particular terms). And most Labour areas voted No, some quite decisively.

Another dimension was that the higher the Yes vote the more an area was deprived and poor: hence Dundee, Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire voted Yes, and Inverclyde just missed by a whisker. These are all areas with lower economic growth and prosperity, and significant social problems. All of the major growth centres and hubs in the country voted No: Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Shetland for example.

This is a telling picture of now and future patterns.

The Yes side positioned itself as being optimistic and visionary, and that anything was possible in an independent Scotland. The No case had little positive to say over the long campaign; instead they went on about the past, risks and problems and were relentlessly negative. It worked for the moment.

Despite this Yes won areas that have traditionally been wary of economic and social change, having seen it for the last 30 years as a threat. The No side carried prosperous, middle class Scotland in part because of fear and anxiety of losing the security, position and even place they had in society.

This illustrates that the future shape of politics in Scotland has to be built on addressing the increasing parts of the electorate. It cannot be focused primarily on the most deprived, excluded parts of the country.

A traditional left approach of embracing ‘the ghetto’ or minority ‘rainbow coalition’ will not deliver a majority to Yes. This is something many on the left and left nationalists have not understood over the last three or four decades: namely, that a political contest carried out by constant retreat and conducted defensively, only results in defeat and demoralisation.

The politics of Scotland’s future has to entail getting into the heads and hearts of the middle classes with all their varieties and different subparts, from the well-heeled and affluent, to the doing comfortably, and struggling to keep up appearances. It cannot be about such mindsets, as some have said about older voters, ‘waiting for the old to die’. Nor can it be about the self-limiting mentality of the politics of #the45.

It has to embrace being outward looking, embracing and understanding economic and social change, and having a grasp of how society and the economy are changing. An illuminating perspective in all this has been Guy Standing’s work on the emergence and rise of the precariat and with it increasing inequality, insecurity and the retreat of status, security and the notion of a career. Standing has observed that the logic of contemporary capitalist exploitation is towards not just zero hour contracts, but use of crowd labour contracts. Such is the brutal leviathan of Anglo-American crony capitalism.

This can only be overcome by creating majority alliances which address large parts of the middle classes and recognise their concerns and anxieties. It entails reframing the debate from the traditional leftist welfarist concerns, to talking of a citizen’s income, and a different vision of political economy.

The Scottish Debate in an Uncertain World Large parts of the Scottish debate took place as if none of this was going on not just in the world around us, but at home, in Scotland and the UK. There was a prevailing assumption, not just in Yes and No, but across society which went unchallenged which stated that ‘this was as bad as it could get’ and that ‘things couldn’t get any worse’, particularly under independence. These assumptions need to be taken on and shaken to the core, because out there the world is a very shaky, scary place.

That doesn’t necessarily mean Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and other war zones, but the economic instability of the global economic order, the perilous position of the West, and the possibility of a second banking crash. A telling piece of Madrid graffiti says, ‘The worst thing would be to return to the old normal’.

Scotland is a conservative country. Its opposition to Thatcherism was in many respects a yearning for safety and security, as well as being influenced by progressive values. One potent element of our debate has been pitched around a contest for Scotland’s political soul centred on a battle for the Scotland of the 1945-75 era.

In this there have been two distinctly different visions, the first, the British variant which stresses the triumphs of ‘the common people’ and Liberal and Labour parties historically; the second is a Scottish expression of this which has an attachment to the Insider/Outsider Scotland Two frequently cited tropes about the vote were post-war period as some kind of ‘golden era’. Both first, it was all about class, and second, Labour heart- miss the inadequacies of that period, that the eco-

nomic and social settlement was only possible because of the managed capitalist order, and do not recognise that such certainty and order are no longer possible in today’s world.

A politics of the past cannot be what defines the future. This is a central mistake the left and social democrats have made over the last 40 years. In the referendum campaign and since, senior Labour figures such as Brian Wilson say that the case for progressive Britishness has at its centre, the NHS, BBC and welfare state. All of these are institutions founded quite a while ago, and not one of them is exactly in a good state today. Why should Scots feel the establishment of the NHS in 1948 is pivotal to remaining in the union, particularly when the Tories are outsourcing it and handing it over to private contractors in England?

There is also the changing nature of the union.

Jack Straw proposed passing parliamentary legislation making a further Scottish independence referendum ‘illegal’, an act which itself would have no constitutional standing. Jim Murphy, who unlike most Scottish Labour MPs had a good campaign, cannot answer as the English votes for English laws question comes to the fore, the basic question of what gave him the right to along with 37 other Scots Labour MPs, to impose tuition fees on England and Wales.

There are significant challenges to Yes. The SNP and Yes have to reach out and empathise with the non-Yes majority in Scotland. Scottish Labour as a tribe never grasped or cared to understand the hopes and fears of non-Labour Scotland; it didn’t feel it had to being the biggest party in the country for decades.

From this there originated a politics ill-at-ease about pluralism, reaching out to others, which was arrogant and insular. Scotland cannot jump from one version of triumphant tribalism straight into another.

And to win any future referendum, such a pluralism is absolutely essential for Yes. Politics involves controlling your zealots and true believers. The referendum saw the rise of vex nats, meaning vexillology, the study of flags. This broke out in the most unlikely places, including No. 10 Downing Street as Cameron panicked when the first poll put Yes ahead, with Ed Miliband joining him, encouraging local authorities and public buildings up and down the land to fly the Union Jack.

The most overt expression of vex nats came from the Yes movement and in particular the explosion of flash mob rallies in the latter half of the campaign. These obviously made people feel good, raised morale, and gave them a sense of being part of something bigger. Yet they also gave over the impression to the innocent bystander of looking like urban Bannockburn rallies (the SNP, when they were a smaller party, having as one of its key events the annual Bannockburn rally, attending which was the mark of the true believer!). These made the mistake of getting activists to talk to themselves, and were not the right messages in the closing weeks to win over passing floating voters.

This touches on the problem of what SNP activist Kate Higgins said her father called the ‘shouty socialists’ who dominated many of these rallies, and for instance, the two Edinburgh rallies of 2012 and 2013. It isn’t enough in the early days of the 21st century to just recite a pile of predictable left slogans and mantras; it is actually counter-productive because it can kid some people that this is enough to bring about change.

That isn’t the only issue. There was a genuine explosion of activism, engagement and radicalism in the referendum, but there was also the phenomenon of astroturf organisations. On the No side there was the infamous example of ‘No Borders’ set up by Tory supporter Malcolm Gifford. In the Yes camp there were much less clear examples such as Business for Scotland and Academics for Yes set up with the support of Yes Scotland and which carried with them the air of officialness and had a sort of rigid managerial consultancy orthodoxy which wasn’t very persuasive for many who encountered them.

Despite all the above, the biggest air of decay has come from the British establishment. In the last few weeks they have panicked, love bombed and patronised Scotland. Now they think it is back to ‘business as usual’. Therefore, English votes for English laws is all the rage as it looks democratic, but punishes the Scots, undermines Labour, and is a sop to UKIP. The problem it has is that Westminster is broken and the solution cannot come from inside what is a discredited clubland.

Take the BBC. They had a terrible referendum.

BBC Scotland didn’t know what way to turn, facing rival Scottish and London pressures, and being run by incompetent management. The actions of BBC London (and Salford) personnel was extraordinary in its arrogance and lack of knowledge. Many of the Radio Four ‘Today’ staff who took over large parts of BBC Scotland could not believe there was such a thing as BBC Scotland, one saying, ‘You mean you make your own programmes here?’

In another discussion, a group of BBC London staff threw scorn and disdain on the whole debate they were being paid from the public purse to cover.

One said, ‘why do any Scots want independence?’, bringing another to answer with condescension, ‘who would want to be like Denmark?’, while yet another commented, ‘this has just been a divisive, horrible referendum. I will be glad when it is over’.

Think of those words, ‘who would want to be like Denmark?’ Who wouldn’t? It is one of the most successful, prosperous and egalitarian countries in the world. Who would want that, when the argument goes, you could be part of the great project that is the United Kingdom with its UN Security Council and G8 membership? This worldview has to be understood, named and challenged: it is nothing less than ‘Great British Powerism’, the ‘status syndrome’ of the imperial home country, and it hasn’t served the people of these four nations well for decades.

The independence referendum was but one stage in the struggle of people up and down these isles to challenge that self-centred, self-congratulatory view of the world. This outlook has taken hold of the UK’s political, corporate and media elites, and in so doing it has brought the UK to this sorry state, one where, despite last week’s vote, break-up looks more likely by the day.

We are one Scotland. Not 45%, or 55%, or even 99%. We need to speak up and find voice and demand the same from our so-called leaders.

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Women Empowerment through Employment T. Thungdeno Humtsoe, Asst. Professor, Dept. of sociology

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he present scenario of women’s empowerment in developing countries calls for greater participation and decision-making in the economic, political and social spheres. In the economic sphere, paid employment is seen as essential to women’s empowerment. Research on the relationship between employment and empowerment often focus on access to employment opportunities and working conditions at the societal level and on women’s control over resources and contribution to family earnings. Women empowerment is typically discussed in relation to political, social and economic empowerment, but the economic empowerment of women has received particular attention and is often cited as one of the most important ways to promote gender equality, reduce poverty and improve the well being of not only women, but children as well. The assumption that there is a link between employment and women’s empowerment, both in terms of economic and gender relations is widely accepted. Women started availing themselves of employment opportunities; they are no longer associated with the role of ‘homemaker’ especially in urban areas. A greater proportion of women are seeking and obtaining paid employment more than ever before. Greater availability of educational opportunities, removal of discriminatory clauses in labour legislation and change in legal status of women, delay in marriage and having fewer children, changing socio-cultural values, consciousness about their rights and greater awareness of women relating to their career development are some of the important reasons which is leading to gradual number of women in the employment market.

A noteworthy feature of the Northeastern States in the employment sector is that the female work participation in this region is very high. Compared to 26% of the female work force participation rate in India, most of the Northeastern States (except Assam and Tripura) have higher than 35% in 2001. Mizoram stands at 1st position with 47.5% and Nagaland in 7th position with 38.1 % (source: Meghalaya State Development Report) Economic empowerment constitutes one of the fundamental building blocks in efforts towards the overall empowerment of women. Working especially in paid employment labour is important to empowerment and that women who work have a greater likelihood of higher empowerment than those woman that do not. In the present modern societies, women engaged in a job outside the family and obtaining good salary or income are more respected than women without a gainful job. As far as women are concerned, their self esteem and power within the family too should increase as they function as productive wage-earners. Employment of women outside the home helps them to become more confident and courageous. It gives them scope to become career-conscious and inspires them to make accomplishments independent of family roles. Access to earned incomes improve women’s position within the household substantially, gives them greater control over the distribution of such earnings and household resources, and generally improves their status and strength in society. Where women are generally denied the ownership of property and control over assets, the ability to earn outside income can become an important instrument for the transformation of gender relations and challenge many traditional modes of social and economic relations and can lead to significant social change in the long run.

Some studies have also revealed that when a woman provides sole financial support for her family, employment even in a low status occupation has a positive effect on her self esteem. During the recent years, women are also availing higher educational level which has increased their eligibility to get into high–level jobs and power positions. It could be said that an ever increasing number of women are entering the world of employment as wage-earners, salaried professionals and individual entrepreneurs’. This new trend has added greater momentum to the process of social change and social mobility which have been taking place in our society. But, in spite of this change in the trend towards women’s employment, we still find glaring differences between the status of women and men. With the increase in the number of working women, a new arena has opened up in which the violation of human rights and the dignity of women are challenged. Most of our customary laws are discriminatory in nature. The provisions generally are biased against the women.

Women’s civil rights are restricted and the economic rights are either not conferred to them or if conferred, they are less than adequate.

Each such incident results in the violation of fundamental rights of gender equality and the right to life and property.

Since property laws were not in favour of women for hundreds of years, women do not seem to possess property of their own. For some working women who receive income, they end up handing it over to their menfolk, who take the final decision on spending it. Economic dependence of women on men still continues and this dependence weakens them economically. Besides, majority of our women are unaware of their rights and very less women have the chance of inheriting their husband’s property and only a few get a share of their father’s property. It can also be said that majority of our women are happy with their family life and do not cherish any ambition relating to social, economic and public life. Most of our women do not prefer to take decisions on important matters but leave them to their menfolk’s discretion. Besides, the cultural constraints on women’s employment and empowerment can be traced to the deep-rooted images of traditional women’s role, stereotyped perceptions, moral and religious values which are derogatory to women, prioritization of family over career and conflict between career and family, marriage and motherhood and geographical immobility of women. Thus, our women are not completely free from the hold of the customs.

Women cannot be empowered in a magical manner. It is a spontaneous process but requires deliberate and consistent efforts. It appears that the societal approach towards women, their roles and status have not radically changed. Hence, bringing about more and more legislation to ensure better opportunities to grant more rights and concessions is of no benefit unless there is a basic change in the people’s attitude towards women and women’s role in society. There is no legal or constitutional barrier to equality, there is only the social barrier. Apart from employment, society should also recognize that like men, women are also entitled to equal rights and women should have freedom to take decisions and make choices. Sufficient economic freedom is a must for women to lessen their dependence on man and to stand on their own feet on par with men. Women can become stronger only with educational and economic power. Mere expectations cannot help. We, women yearn for a ‘respectable’ and ‘meaningful’ social status. We want our interests and rights to be protected; we do expect greater freedom, self-dependence, and proper treatment by our menfolk and a socio-economic environment, free from all types of exploitation, which will definitely influence our social status and the socio-economic conditions in the coming days.

References: Ram, S. ‘Women through Ages’, New Delhi: Commonwealth Publications, 2004.

Ahuja, Ram, ‘Indian Social System’, Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2010.

Rao, Shankar, C.N. ‘Principles of Sociology’, New Delhi: S. Chand & Company ltd, 2009 Serto, Manilei, ‘Women Education & Development’, New Delhi: Maxford Books, 2011.

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CHalEin SaatH SaatH PM Modi, Barack Obama say it’s time to set a new agenda

wAShiNGtON, September 30 (pti): Terming the Indo-U.S. relationship as “robust, reliable and enduring”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the true potential of the ties was yet to be fully realised and the advent of a new government in India was a natural opportunity to broaden and deepen the ties.

For the first time, writing a joint editorial, Mr. Modi and the American President said it was time to set a “new agenda” and with a reinvigorated level of ambition and greater confidence both the countries can go beyond modest and conventional goals.

“This will be an agenda that enables us to find mutually rewarding ways to expand our collaboration in trade, investment and technology that harmonise with India’s ambitious development agenda, while sustaining the United States as the global engine of growth,” they said in the editorial published in the Washington Post.

They said as global partners, they are committed to enhancing our homeland security by sharing intelligence, through counter-terrorism and law enforcement cooperation, while we jointly work to maintain freedom of navigation and lawful commerce across the seas.

The two leaders said that “today our partnership is robust, reliable and enduring, and it is expanding. Our relationship involves more bilateral collaboration than ever before — not just at the federal level but also at the state and local levels, between our two militaries, private sec-

tors and civil society.

“Indeed, so much has happened that, in 2000, then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee could declare that we are natural allies.” Mr. Modi and Mr. Obama said they will aim for the strategic partnership to be “larger” than merely the sum of its parts to ensure a better future for the citizens of the two countries as well as to the world at large.

“While India benefits from the growth generated by U.S. investment and technical partnerships, the United States benefits from a stronger, more prosperous India. In turn, the region and the world benefit from the greater stability and security that our friendship creates.

They lauded the role being played by the “vibrant” Indian American community saying it has been a living bridge between the two nations.

Both the leaders said they will discuss ways to enhance cooperation in trade, science and technology and governmentto-government level to help improve the quality, reliability and availability of basic services in India.

“In this, the United States stands ready to assist. An immediate area of concrete support is the “Clean India” campaign, where we will leverage private and civil society innovation, expertise and technology to improve sanitation and hygiene throughout India,” they said. Referring to areas of deeper cooperation, Mr. Modi and Mr. Obama said collaboration in health sector will help tackling the “toughest of challenges” like combating the spread of Ebola, researching cancer

cures or conquering diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and dengue.

Talking about the existing cooperation, they said “Our militaries conduct joint exercises in air, on land and at sea, and our space programmes engage in unprecedented areas of cooperation, leading us from Earth to Mars.”

“The exploration of space will continue to fire our imaginations and challenge us to raise our ambitions. That we both have satellites orbiting Mars tells its own story.

The promise of a better tomorrow is not solely for Indians and Americans: It also beckons us to move forward together for a better world. “This is the central premise of our defining partnership for the 21st century. Forward together we go — chalein saath saath,” the two leaders said.

They said natural and unique partnership between India and the U.S. can help shape international security and peace. “Ties between the United States and India are rooted in the shared desire of our citizens for justice and equality. When Swami Vivekananda presented Hinduism as a world religion, he did so at the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago. “When Martin Luther King Jr. sought to end discrimination and prejudice against African-Americans, he was inspired

by Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent teachings. Gandhiji himself drew upon the writings of Henry David Thoreau,” they said.

india, US vow to boost strategic ties and create model for world

wAShiNGtON, September 30 (reuterS): U.S. President Barack Obama and new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Monday to expand and deepen their countries’ strategic partnership and make it a model for the rest of the world.

In a joint “vision statement” issued after their first meeting at a White House dinner, the two leaders said they would work together “not just for the benefit of both our nations, but for the benefit of the world.” They said their countries would cooperate on security and to fight terrorism and would back a “rules based” global order in which

India assumes greater multilateral responsibility, including a reformed U.N. Security Council.

They also vowed to work together against the threat posed by climate change and to cooperate to address the consequences of unchecked pollution.

“We have a vision that the United States and India will have a transformative relationship as trusted partners in the 21st century. Our partnership will be a model for the rest of the world,” they said in their statement said. The two leaders also said their countries would work to ensure that economic growth brought better livelihoods for all people and stressed the importance of open markets

and fair and transparent practices to allow trade to flourish. Washington has been keen to expand business and security ties with India, which it sees as a key counterbalance to an increasingly assertive China in Asia. Obama has backed New Delhi’s bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. However, the relationship has failed to live up to his declaration in 2010 that it would become “one of the defining partnerships of the 21st Century.”

Modi, who came to power in May, has received a warm welcome in the United States, even though he was denied a visa in 2005 over rioting in his home state three years earlier that

killed more than 1,000 people, most of them Muslims. Modi denies any wrongdoing and has been exonerated by an Indian Supreme Court investigation. He has maintained a frantic schedule since arriving in America on Friday, even though he is fasting in accordance with Hindu custom and drank only warm water at the White House. As part of an effort to spur foreign investment, he met more than a dozen U.S. corporate leaders early on Monday and told them he was committed to liberalizing India’s economy, which has underperformed other emerging markets recently after years of breakneck growth.

Special bench of Karnataka HC to hear Jayalalithaa’s bail plea today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama

56% of Indian web users can’t last five hours without internet: Study

bANGAlOre, Sep- diabetes and high blood tember 30 (tNN): Fol- pressure. It also claimed lowing her request to the that there is no connection New Delhi, Septem- an internet users (56%) ad- marketing officer and CEO chief justice of Karnataka, to her vis-a-vis subscrip- ber 30 (pti): Indicat- mit they can’t survive more Julie Woods-Moss said.

The impact of the intera special vacation bench tions made to Jaya publi- ing towards the growing than five hours without innet on global economies is of Karnataka high court cations, one of the 32 com- importance of internet in ternet connectivity.

“Although surveyed In- phenomenal. About 2.5 bilon Tuesday agreed to hear panies that figures in the the country, a survey has revealed that 46% of users dian men spend more time lion people are connected AIADMK supremo Jaya- controversy.

Expressing solidar- in India spend 6 hours or on the internet than sur- to the internet today , that’s lalithaa’s bail petition on ity with Jayalalithaa, a for- more a day actively using veyed Indian women, it is a third of the world’s popuWednesday.

The high court had mer actor, members of the the internet whereas 82% Indian women (21%) who lation. By 2020, the number earlier today deferred the Tamil cinema industry em- admit to the fear of missing outdo men (16%) in feeling of connected devices is exanxious or lost when not pected to rise to 26 billion. former Tamil Nadu chief barked on a daylong “silent out when not connected.

Tata Communications “In India, not only did connected to the internet,” minister’s bail plea to Octo- fast”. Various industry assaid 61% of Indian responber 6. Jayalalithaa and her sociations, including Tamil 46% of respondents spend it said.

The study further dis- dents believe that ‘everythree associates, who are in Nadu Producers’ Council 6 hours or more a day acjail in the 18-year-old dis- (TPFC) and South Indian tively using the internet closes that tablets and one owns the internet’, proportionate assets case, Artists’ Association (SIAA) (in comparison to 29% smartphones are rapidly compared to 70% globally, had moved the Karnataka besides others and small globally), but an alarming replacing television as the with 21% rightly pointing high court yesterday, seek- screen personalities par- 82% of respondents admit preferred screen as nearly out that each individual to the ‘fear of missing out’ twice as many surveyed In- country owns their intering bail and challenging the ticipated in the fast.

Noted actor R Sarath (FOMO) when not con- dians (43%) are willing to net when compared to 16% verdict of the special court.

Eminent lawyer Ram Kumar, MLA, directors Vi- nected (the highest glob- give up television for the in- globally.

The study also reveals Jethmalani has drafted kraman and Liaqath Ali ally),” Tata Communica- ternet, compared to Amerithe bail application citing Khan, producers S Thanu tions said in its ‘Connected cans (17%) and Europeans that Asian respondents (22%) respondents. appear to be the most ‘inJayalalithaa’s medical con- and T Siva among others World II’ report.

From left, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Satya Nadella, Indian minister for Human dition and that the fine im- joined the protest, which is “The internet has truly ternet dependent’, with The report captures Resource Development Smriti Irani and Chairman of Microsoft India Bhaskar Pramanik, posed was not conforming scheduled to end at around responses from 9,417 in- changed the way we func- less than half of surveyed pose for the media at the Talent India 2014 program in New Delhi on Tuesday. (AP Photo) 6pm. Shooting of films and ternet users across six tion. As technologies evolve Singaporeans and Indians to the PCA 1988 Act. Citing her medical con- TV serials in and around emerging and developed and adapt, there is a huge capable of lasting up to 12 dition, Jayalalithaa’s inter- Chennai were suspended countries — France, Ger- potential for the internet to hours without internet aclocutory petition for bail even as cinemas cancelled many, India (2,117), Singa- affect different aspects of cess compared to 86% of life, economy and society,” German, 77% of French, said that she has suffered a shows till 6pm in a show pore, the US, and the UK .

The report said more Tata Communications’s 75% of US and 70% of UK lot during the past 18 years of solidarity with the jailed the country, activists are mobilizing for and is now suffering from AIADMK supremo. than half of surveyed Indi- Nextgen Business chief respondents. change like never before,” Williams said at the event. The International Campaign to stop Rape and Gender Violence in ConNew Delhi, September 30 flict is made up of 5,000 individuals and (iANS): Women Noble Peace laureates over 800 member organisations working Monday called on the Indian government to end sexual violence. to take more decisive steps to end sexual “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has New Delhi, September 30 (pti): Pet- their quota of 12 subsidised bottles in a year, was Haryana. A decision will be taken after Modi’s violence in India and internationally. return, they said. Sources said the Oil Miniscommitted to tackling violence against rol price was on Tuesday cut by 54 paisa a litre, cut by Rs 21 to Rs 880 in Delhi.

“The laureates are calling on the Indian women and said India was ashamed by but the first reduction in diesel rates in over five However, a reduction diesel rates, the first try is of the view that while the Cabinet Comgovernment to take more decisive steps to sexual violence and gender inequality. years was put off until the return of Prime Min- since January 2009, was put off till Modi’s return mittee on Political Affairs (CCPA) on January end sexual violence in India and inter- Now is the time for India to show leader- ister Narendra Modi from the US. from the US as the Oil Ministry felt it did not 17, 2013, allowed a monthly increase in diesel State-owned oil firms, which skipped rais- have a clear mandate to reduce rates post the price of 40-50 paise per month to wipe out the nationally - among them, endorsing the ship by endorsing the Declaration and G8-backed Declaration of Commitment ending impunity for violence against ing rates on September 16 even though their January 2013 decision of the Cabinet to raise under-recovery, it wasn’t envisaged that there cost had gone up, cut prices in view of the prices by 40-50 paisa a litre every month. Pet- would be over-recovery. to End Sexual Violence in Conflict,” said women,” said Ebadi. global human rights organization BreakIt wants to reduce diesel price to protect Every day, 92 women are raped in In- downward trend in international markets. Pet- rol price was cut as it is a deregulated product through in a statement following an event dia, according to India’s National Crime rol price was reduced by 54 paisa a litre with- needing no government intervention. state-owned oil companies’ market share, featuring laureates Jody Williams and Shi- Bureau, while rates of rape are at a record out including local sales tax or VAT, with effect Softening international oil rates has meant which may be lost to private retailers who rin Ebadi. Williams, who is co-chair of the high in Delhi. Breakthrough’s recent sur- from Wednesday. After accounting for the inci- that diesel under-recovery or the difference would be selling diesel in tandem with interInternational Campaign to stop Rape and vey of women in six Indian states reveals dence of local sales tax, petrol rate in Delhi was between retail price and its imported cost national prices. This would be the first reducGender Violence in Conflict, said that the that 91 percent of women and girls in India reduced by 65 paisa to Rs 67.86 per litre, accord- was wiped out and there was an over-recov- tion in diesel rates in over five years. Diesel rates ing to Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s largest ery of 35 paise a litre from September 16. This were last cut on January 29, 2009 when they Indian people are turning their outrage at face sexual harassment in their lifetime. cases of rape and gender violence into un“Violence against women is the larg- fuel retailer. In Mumbai, petrol price was cut by over-recovery is now about Re 1 a litre. Oil were reduced by Rs 2 a litre to Rs 30.86. Since precedented powerful activism.

Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is believed to then rates have only increased as international est human rights pandemic globally. If we 68 paisa to Rs 75.73 per litre.

Petrol price was last cut by Rs 1.50 a litre, ex- have already written to Modi on the emerg- oil prices climbed. Since January 2013, diesel “The people of India are turning their want to create a world where all people outrage at these crimes into powerful ac- can thrive, we must transform the norms cluding state levies, on August 31. That reduction ing scenario. Also, the ministry has written prices have been raised by up to 50 paise a litivism. Right now, students in Jadavpur that lead to women’s second-class status,” in Delhi came to Rs 1.82 per litre. Alongside, the to the Election Commission seeking their tre every month to eliminate under-recoveries. are protesting sexual violence and po- said Breakthrough president and CEO price of non-subsidised 14.2-kg cooking gas LPG concurrence for the price decrease in view of This is perhaps the first time that retail prices of cylinder, which consumer buy after exhausting state assembly elections in Maharashtra and diesel in India are higher than global rates. lice brutality on their campus. All around Mallika Dutt.

‘End violence against women’

Nobel peace laureates urge Indian government

Petrol Price Cut by 65 Paise a Litre; Diesel Untouched

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‘We are fighting for our futures’ Hong Kong protesters prepare for long haul

HONG KONG, September 30 (re u t e r S ) : Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters extended a blockade of Hong Kong streets on Tuesday, stockpiling supplies and erecting makeshift barricades ahead of what some fear may be a push by police to clear the roads before Chinese National Day. Riot police shot pepper spray and tear gas at protesters at the weekend, but

by Tuesday evening they had almost completely withdrawn from the downtown Admiralty district except for an area around the government headquarters.

On the eve of Wednesday's anniversary of the Communist Party's foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, crowds poured into central districts of the Asian financial hub, near where National Day festivities are scheduled to take place.

Rumours have rippled through crowds of protesters that police could be preparing to move in again, as the government has vowed to go ahead with celebrations.

"Many powerful people from the mainland will come to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government won't want them to see this, so the police must do something," Sui-ying Cheng, 18, a freshman at Hong Kong University's School of Professional and Continuing Education, said of the National Day holiday. "We

are not scared. We will stay here tonight. Tonight is the most important," she said.

Student leaders have given Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying an ultimatum to come out and address the protesters before midnight on Tuesday, threatening to escalate action in the next few days to occupy more government facilities, buildings and public roads if he fails to do so.

The protesters, mostly students, are demanding full democracy and have called on Leung to step down after Beijing ruled a month ago that it would vet candidates wishing to run for Hong Kong's leadership in 2017.

While Leung has said Beijing would not back down in the face of protests it has branded illegal, he also said Hong Kong police would be able to maintain security without help from People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops from the mainland. "When a problem arises in Hong Kong, our police force should be able to solve it. We don't need to ask to deploy the PLA," Beijing-backed Leung told reporters at a briefing on Tuesday.

DEMONSTRATIONS COULD ESCALATE The protests are widely expected to escalate on Wednesday to coincide with National Day celebrations.

"I don't know what the police or government will

Pro-democracy activists, sleep, rest and walk on a street near the government headquarters on Tuesday, September 30 in Hong Kong. Students and activists, many of whom have been camped out since late Friday, spent a peaceful night singing as they blocked streets in Hong Kong in an unprecedented show of civil disobedience to push demands for genuine democratic reforms. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

do to me, but I am 100 percent sure I need to come out (tonight)," said Ken To, the 35-year-old manager of a restaurant in the densely packed Mong Kok residential district. "We (Hong Kongers) don't only want money. We want our kids, our future, our education," he said.

China rules Hong Kong under a "one country, two systems" formula that accords the former British colony a degree of autonomy and freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China, with universal suffrage set as an eventual goal. Protesters massed in at least four of Hong Kong's busiest areas, including Admiralty,

the Central business district, the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay and Mong Kok in Kowloon.

"We hope all the people can hold the three main occupation points; Admiralty, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok. We will call these places 'Democracy Square," said Chan Kinman, a co-founder of protest movement Occupy Central. Organisers said as many as 80,000 people thronged the streets after demonstrations flared on Friday night, and many have slept out for the past four nights blocking usually busy roads. No independent estimate of crowd numbers was available.

STOCKPILING SUPPLIES Alex Chow, leader of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, said the protests, which began as a gathering of students and the "Occupy Central" movement, had become much broader and attracted Hong Kongers of all walks of life.

"It has evolved into a civil movement," he said.

"We can see the Beijing and Hong Kong governments already feel pressure, so the 'Occupy' movement must continue," Chow told protesters in Admiralty.

People set up supply stations with water bottles, fruit, crackers, disposable raincoats, towels, goggles, face masks and tents, indi-

cating they were in for the long haul. Some lugged metal road barricades into positions on the edge of crowds, presumably to slow a police advance. In at least one location, several minivans and a truck were parked in rows in an apparent effort to block a road.

At one Mong Kok intersection, six abandoned double-decker buses have been turned into makeshift noticeboards, their windows papered with messages of support such as "Please don't give up" and "CY Leung step down". Some protesters nearby clapped and cheered while others played the guitar and drums.

"Even though I may get

arrested, I will stay until the last minute," said 16-yearold protester John Choi. "We are fighting for our futures."

Protest organisers urged citizens to donate more yellow ribbons, another symbol of the protests, and goggles to protect against tear gas and pepper spray.

Communist Party leaders in Beijing worry that calls for democracy could spread to the mainland, and have been aggressively censoring news and social media comments about the Hong Kong demonstrations. The protests are the worst in Hong Kong since China resumed its rule in 1997. They also represent one of the biggest political challenges for Beijing since it violently crushed pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

The movement presents Beijing's Communist Party with a difficult challenge. Cracking down too hard could shake confidence in market-driven Hong Kong, which has a separate legal system from the rest of China. Not reacting firmly enough, however, could embolden dissidents on the mainland.

The deputy director of China's National People's Congress Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee, Li Shenming, wrote in the People's Daily: "In today's China, engaging in an election system of oneman-one-vote is bound to quickly lead to turmoil, unrest and even a situation of civil war."

severe Beijing's response might be. Still, Hong Kong shares fell to a three-month low on Tuesday, registering their biggest monthly fall since May 2012.

The city's benchmark index has plunged 7.3 percent this month. Chinese shares were less troubled, perhaps because news of the protests in Hong Kong was hard to come by on the mainland. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the de facto central bank, said 37 branches or offices of 21 different banks had been temporarily closed because of the protests.

Some businesses have been directly affected, including luxury retailers in the Causeway Bay shopping mecca where protesters hunkered down.

The outside world has looked on warily, concerned that the clashes could spread and trigger a much harsher crackdown.

Washington has urged the Hong Kong authorities "to exercise restraint and for protesters to express their views peacefully". The protests have also been watched closely in Taiwan, which has full democracy but is considered by Beijing as a renegade province that must one day be reunited with the mainland.

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said Beijing needed "to listen carefully to the demands of the Hong Kong people". British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed concern about the clashes between protesters and FINANCIAL FALLOUT Financial fallout from police. The United States, the turmoil has been limited Australia and Singapore so far as investors gauge how have issued travel alerts.

Abbas, Netanyahu trade ‘accusations’ at the UN uNIteD NAtIONS, September 30 (Ap): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked each other in speeches before world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. Here is look at some of their remarks:

In this September 2014 photo, train commuters hold on to the front and side of an overcrowded passenger train in Soweto, South Africa. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

A CHANCE AT PEACE In his address to world leaders, Abbas said the Israeli government had undermined every opportunity for peace. He said that throughout months of peace negotiations, Israel has continued to breach agreements, build settlements, confiscate land, and force the displacement of people in the West Bank.

Netanyahu said Israel wants peace with the Palestinians. He said the challenge is militant Islam, and a broader rapprochement between Israel and other Arab countries including Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

natural resources."

Netanyahu refuted arguments that Israel was occupying lands. "I'm ready to make a historic compromise, not because Israel is occupying a foreign land. The people of Israel are not occupiers in the land of Israel," he said. New YOrK, September 30 (IANS): Oleate, a HAMAS Abbas defended the decision to common dietary fat found GENOCIDE: form a national unity government be- in olive oil, may help restore In his speech on Friday, Abbas tween his Fatah faction and Hamas as proper metabolism of fuel accused Israel of conducting a "war that gets disturbed in case of a way of restoring unity in Gaza. of genocide" during this summer's heart failure, a study suggests.

Netanyahu said Hamas was a ter50-day war in Gaza, saying the Israeli "This gives more proof rorist organization, and he likened it to military targeted civilians and comto the idea that consuming the Islamic State group: "Hamas is ISIS mitted war crimes. healthy fats like oleate can and ISIS is Hamas, and what they share, Netanyahu said Monday that all militant Islamists share in common." have a significantly posiHamas committed "the real war OCCUPATION tive effect on cardiac health crimes" in Gaza by using Palestineven after the disease has Abbas said in his address that UN RESOLUTION ian civilians as human shields. He peace is not possible under the sceAbbas said the Palestinians were begun," said senior study said that those who intend to carry nario of occupation proposed by the turning to the U.N. Security Council author E. Douglas Lewanout genocide don't warn people to Israelis. "The future proposed by the to pass a resolution for ending the dowski from the University evacuate targeted areas by drop- Israeli government for the Palestin- occupation, with a timetable. Israel of Illinois - Chicago, US. ping flyers, making phone calls, ian people is at best isolated ghettos and the United States maintain that Failing hearts are unsending text messages and broad- for Palestinians on fragmented lands, the only resolution to the Israeli-Pal- able to properly process or cast warnings in Arabic on Palestin- without borders and without sover- estinian conflict is through direct ne- store the fats they use for fuel, which are contained eignty over its airspace, water and gotiations between the two sides. ian television, as Israel did. within tiny droplets called lipid bodies in heart muscle cells. The inability to use fats, the heart's primary fuel source, causes the muscle to become starved of energy. a volcanologist who surFats, not metabolised by veyed Ontake after it erupt- the heart, break down into ed in 1979, its first eruption toxic intermediary by-prodin recorded history. ucts that further contribute "It is hard to know how to heart disease. In addition the victims died. They may to balancing fat metabolism have been struck by rocks or and reducing toxic by-prodinhaled ash," he told NTV. ucts in hyper-trophic hearts, Most of the victims ap- oleate also restored the actipear to have been found vation of several genes for ennear a shrine at the narrow, zymes that metabolise fat, the rocky top of the peak, Japafindings of the study showed. nese media said. They may "These genes are often include 11-year-old Akari suppressed in hyper-troNagayama, who reached phic hearts," Lewandowski the summit earlier than the rest of a group that includ- added. "The fact that we can restore beneficial gene ed her mother.

Japan is one of the expression, as well as more world's most seismically balanced fat metabolism, active nations. In 1991, 43 plus reduce toxic fat mepeople died in a pyroclastic tabolites, just by supplying flow, a superheated current hearts with oleate - a comof gas and rock, at Mount mon dietary fat - is a very exciting finding," LewanMembers of Nagano prefectural police rescue team gather in front of Japanese Unzen in the southwest.

Ontake, Japan's sec- dowski pointed out.

Ground Self-Defense Force’s helicopter in Otaki in Nagano, central Japan on TuesFor the study, the reday, September 30. Increased seismic activity raised concern Tuesday about the ond-highest active volpossibility of another eruption at a Japanese volcano where dozens of people were cano, last had a minor searchers looked at how killed, forcing rescuers to suspend plans to try to recover at least two dozen bodies eruption seven years ago. healthy and failing rat hearts still near the summit. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda) Researchers say predicting reacted to being supplied a steam-driven explosion with either oleate or palmithe peak could spew out things could get worse, so ing rescuers," he added. more rock or even be head- caution is needed," said More than 800 rescuers is especially difficult - and tate, a fat associated with ing towards another steam Yasuhide Hasegawa, at the had been ready to resume even harder with limited the Western diet and found explosion, an official at agency's Volcano Division, rescue efforts on the peak, information about a peak's in dairy products, animal fats and palm oil. When the Japan's Meteorological adding the chance of an which was spewing ash and past volcanic activity.

Japan monitors 47 of researchers perfused failing Agency, which monitors explosion like Saturday's smoke some 400 meters its 110 active volcanoes rat hearts with oleate they could not be ruled out. into the air. volcanoes, told Reuters.

"This points to possibly The weekend explosion around the clock, but the saw an immediate improve"The strength of the tremors increased last increasing pressure due to may have propelled rocks research budget has always ment in how the hearts connight, diminished and then steam inside the volcano, and so violently they could have been less than for earth- tracted and pumped blood. rose again early this morn- if it exploded rocks could be reached the speed of an quakes and critics say the The findings were reported ing. There's the chance thrown around, endanger- airplane, said Kazuaki Ito, equipment is insufficient. in the journal Circulation.

Myanmar promises Japan suspends recovery of volcano victims to end violence uNIteD NAtIONS, September 30 (Ap): Myanmar's foreign minister promised Monday his country is working to end violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine state and urged the world against "jumping to conclusions" about a situation that has drawn global condemnation.

Wunna Maung Lwin also insisted Myanmar has addressed "all major concerns related to human rights" since it emerged from a half-century of dictatorship with a 2010 election, and he said the Southeast Asian state should be removed from the U.N. Human Rights Council's agenda. He spoke to the U.N. General Assembly of world leaders.

Buddhist mob attacks against Rohingya and other Muslims have sparked fears that religious intolerance is undermining Myanmar's democratic reforms. More than 140,000 Rohingya have been trapped in crowded camps since extremist mobs began chasing them from their homes two years ago, killing up to 280 people.

Myanmar authorities view the Rohingya, estimated to number 1.3 million, as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, not one of the country's officially recognized ethnic groups.

Discrimination against the Rohingya has intensified as Myanmar has emerged from military rule, and some see in the communal violence the warning signs of genocide.

The foreign minister said his government is working on an "action plan" to bring peace to Rakhine state, where the violence has been especially severe.

"The history, the diversity and the complexity of the issue must be fully understood before jumping to conclusions," the minister said. "In addressing the root cause, we are working for peace, stability, harmony and development of all people in Rakhine state."

He also announced that Myanmar's parliament has approved the country's accession to the Biological Weapons Convention, the 1972 treaty that banned the development, production and stockpiling of such weapons.

tOKYO, September 30 (reuterS): Search and recovery efforts for at least two dozen victims of Japan's worst volcanic eruption in decades were called off on Tuesday due to worries about rising volcanic activity, including the chance of another steam explosion.

Hundreds of military searchers had been preparing to enter Mount Ontake by foot and helicopter to resume recovery of at least 24 people caught in a deadly rain of ash and stone after the peak erupted without warning on Saturday when it was crowded with hikers, including children.

Twelve bodies have been recovered from the 3,067-metre (10,062 feet) peak but at least 36 are feared to have died, with recovery hampered by high levels of toxic gas and ash piled hiphigh in places on the stillsmoking mountain. At least 69 people have been injured, 30 of them seriously.

"I just want to know something soon," Kiyokazu Tokoro told Japanese television. His 26-year-old son was on the mountain with his girlfriend and has yet to be found.

Increasingly strong volcanic tremors on Tuesday morning raised fears that

Healthy fat in olive oil may repair failing hearts

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Wednesday 1 October 2014

1st Tiger 5 Football Tournament

Dimapur, September 30 (mexN): The 1st Tiger 5 Football Tournament 2014, organised by Stallion Club Dimapur will be held from October 1o to 12 at DDSC Stadium, Di-

mapur. The registration fee is Rs. 1000 and the last date of joining is October 8. The winner and runners up will win Rs. 15,000 and Rs 7000 with trophy respectively. Forms are available at

Kings Sports, Circular Road and Revelin Bakery, Industrial Estate Colony (Sub Jail Junction). There will also be food stalls. For details contact: 9774014011, 8014930416,8575194252.

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Kohima District volley tourney

Kohima, September 30 (mexN): Kohima District Volleyball Association (KDVA) has informed that the forms for the 2nd Kohima District Volleyball Tournament for men and women will be available from October 6 at Sports

World, near Taxi stand, opposite Bank of Baroda and Equipments & Sports, Razhu point, Kohima. The entry fee is fixed Rs. 2000 and the last date of submission is midnight of October 25. The tournament will be held from October

29 to 31 at local ground.

For further details, contact KDVA President Visasielie Suohu at 9436001978 or Organizing Committee Convener Kezhalelhou Zatsu at 9856867385 or Organizing Committee Secretary Notsol at 9089833370.

Peren Inter Village Sports Meet underway

pereN, September 30 (Dipr): The 1st Inter Village Sports Meet of Peren district was inaugurated by Project Director DRDA, Imtimenla on September 29 at Multi-Disciplinary Sports Complex Jalukie. Nagas are talented people and can play any games and sports in spite of the lack of infrastructures, stated the chief guest. Encouraging the players, she said that sports can be a career provided, if one can discipline both mind and body. It is important for sportsmen to have a physically fit body, she said and added that hard work and discipline are two key factors for a successful sportsman.

Jakedovo Chase DSO Peren also encouraged the participants by saying that government is doing all possible means to uplift games and sports in the state by providing incentive up to Rs. 7 lakhs. He

impressed the players to have 3 D’s- Discipline, Determination and Dedication.

Daniel Hemang DPO Peren, Convenor of the Organising Committee presented the keynote address which instilled and enlivened the spirit of players and stated that Nagas are second to none. This Inter Village Sports Meet was organised in order to tap hidden potentials in the green district. He further went on to say that in spite of many disadvantages like road connectivity, infrastructure and economy, the district made a commendable progress especially in football. In order to achieve further, 12 Associations of different sports disciplined were affiliated to the Peren District Sports Association (PDSA). The programme was chaired by Alum Zeliang President PDSA and blessed by Ihusing Liegise, Associate Pastor, Jalukie town.

Newcastle United fans hold up 'SackPardew.com' banners, in reference to the Newcastle manager Alan Pardew, during the English Premier League soccer match between Stoke City and Newcastle United, at the Britannia Stadium, in Stoke on Trent, England, Monday September 29. (AP Photo)

StoKe, September 30 (ap): Peter Crouch headed in the only goal as Stoke beat Newcastle 1-0 for its first home victory of the season in the Premier League, ratcheting up the pressure on visiting manager Alan Pardew.

Crouch rose above Fabricio Coloccini to head in a cross from Victor Moses in the 15th minute, which proved enough against

a Newcastle side that struggled to create scoring chances and remained without a win this season.

Moses was lively throughout at a raindrenched Britannia Stadium and appealed unsuccessfully for a penalty when he was pushed down in the area by Yoan Gouffran shortly afterward. Substitute Marko Arnautovic hit the post for Stoke early in

LOCAL NEWS...

Sanitation and potable water supply work begins

Kohima, September 30 (mexN): While National Sanitation Awareness is going on, Parliamentary Secretary, Urban Development, Zhaleo Rio, launched the starting of construction work for a comprehensive sanitation and potable water supply programme for ten villages of Medziphema block at Sirhi Angami Village on September 27.

People in Need Foundation Chairman, Joe Ngamkhuchung in a press release stated that the launching was done at the house of Vilahuno, where the foundation for a toilet and bathing room had been laid.

Present at the launching were Director WSSO (Addl. Chief Engineer, PHE), Executive Engineer PHE (Rural) Dimapur, SDO (PHE) Medziphema, BDO Medziphema, SDO (Civil) Medziphema, and representatives of the nine other villages to be covered by the programme and a host of party workers, who accompanied the Parliamentary Secretary.

The launching was followed a short function at the Village community Hall. During his address as the Chief Guest, Zhaleo Rio, appreciated Gram Vikas and People in Need Foundation, who have ven-

tured into such important field for the villages. He advised the villages to give maximum co-operation to the NGOs. He emphasized on the need for personal hygiene in daily life for healthier and happier life and requested the concern nodal department to extend all possible help to achieve total sanitation in these villages.

Ghushito, Director WSSO, also gave a brief talk advising the people for a healthy life and the need for washing hands and maintaining cleanliness and assured all possible help to this villages in days to come. He invited the vil-

lage leaders and public of the ten villages to attend national sanitation campaign awareness Swachh Bharat Yatra in Medziphema Town on October 2.

Gram Vikas (Orissa) the funder, unable to attend the launching sent a message, (read out by Imtisangba, PNF team member), thanking and appreciating the Parliamentary Secretary, for Urban Development, Zhaleo Rio, for giving his precious time for the launching.

The Sirhi Angami Village hosted a community feast for the villagers and guests.

the second half. Jack Colback came closest to equalizing when he hit the crossbar from close range late on. Newcastle is second from bottom with three points from six games and has won only once in 14 top-flight games stretching back to last season, with 10 of those being losses. Stoke climbed to 11th place with eight points.

Magpies owner Mike

Ashley was in the stands to watch this latest loss, with some of the visiting fans holding up "Sack Pardew" signs to voice their displeasure. Pardew acknowledged that "we've got to find a little more quality" but insisted that he expects to stay in the job. "We have to fight. I have to fight, the team has to fight," Pardew said. "I'm here to lead the team, and that's what I'll do."

Football Referees’ Association announces results Kohima, September 30 (mexN): The results of the Provisional Examination for the State Referee/District Referee held on September 4 and conducted by the Nagaland Football Referee Board under the aegis of Kohima District Football Referees Association, has been announced. A press release from KDFRA Secretary, Kereingukho Rino, informed.

The candidates provisionally declared passed in order of Merit are: State Referees: Medozevi Punyu, Meyieto Sachu, Vikhozolie Rulho, Kenneth Chiesotsu, Temjenwapang, Neichuvotsolie Nagi, Kevilekho Tsukru, Khrieneisa Usou.

District Referees: Meyalhou Chase, Visapa Yongo, Rokovito Meyase, H. Wangba Konyak, Lhovito, Zhieviseto Savino, Videto Ltu, Vikedozo Yoshu, Seketol Kiso, Sheying, Neisezhuno Rulho, Kuzolie Neihu, Neivikhoto Vielie, Kikrukhrieno Semou, Nisalie Yhokha, Zetavi Thokhwe, Medose Kiewhuo, Kethosito Bio (Withheld).

For practical training and other information, KDFRA asked to contact 9436005498, 9436000461, 9856070662.

Salesian’s Annual Youth Meet 2014 Dimapur, September 30 (mexN): With the theme, “Good Family! Better Youth”, the Salesian college celebrated its Annual Youth Meet 2014 on September 28 with more than 600 students participating in the daylong events. The morning programme which was inaugurated by Rev. Fr. Nestor Guria, SDB, the Provincial of the Salesian Province of Dimapur saw “animated discussion” on the main theme beside the Prayer and Worship service.

Welcoming the gathering at the afternoon session, Fr. Tom Karthik, Rector compared the youth as co-passengers on a journey in the world and stressed that everyone should contribute in order to have a peaceful voyage.

Gracing the afternoon Cultural session

as a chief guest, Benny Thomas, a Major in 29 Assam Rifles, pointed out that the 21st century is “striding leaps and bounds” in scientific and technological progress but the fundamental question one should be asking is whether, one is happy and living a more “humane” life. It is the responsibility of the youth, he continued, to create a better family and a better world.

Fr. Bosco, Vice Provincial, who was the guest of honour, summarized the essence of Youth for building a better society through the mnemonic Youth: as a person who is Young, Obedient, Understanding, Trustworthy, Humble and Honest. Besides, prize for “Bosco Singout and Bible Skit Competition” held on the August 24 was also distributed at the session.

Sanitation awareness campaign held at Peren

Sanmati Mahila Parishad, Dimapur organised a dandiya programme on September 27 at Jain Bhawan, Dimapur, where women and children of entire Marwari Samaj of Dimapur participated. Winners were Maya Jain, Babita Ajmera, Jai Shree Bajaj, Priti Patni, Dafli group and Matka group.

Sanitation awareness campaign held at Peren

pereN, September 30 (Dipr): In conformity with the National Sanitation Awareness campaign, the PHED Peren conducted a sanitation awareness programme at Town Hall on September 30 with ADC Peren, Dr. Kadambari Bhagat IAS as the chief guest. Students, teachers, NGOs and public of Peren attended the programme. Being myself a Doctor health and sanitation are closed to my heart quipped, Kadambari. She urged the gathering to be a responsible person,

to be an example and to be educated about health and sanitation. Further, she impressed the gathering that health is wealth and added that we should all be an ambassador of good health.

Later the chief guest also presented a comparative outlook of India and Singapore on overall sanitation, where Singapore spends matchless on health and sanitation practices. She concluded by encouraging the gathering to make Peren district the healthiest district.

Earlier a play on sanitation was presented by the Dreamz Unlimited team Dimapur which enthralled the gathering on the topic ‘Health is Wealth’. Er. Ichirang SDO (PHED) Peren chairing the programme highlighted some of the objectives of the campaign.

People’s participation to achieve Clean India by 2019, which coincide with the 150 Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi is the target of the government, he stated. Pastor Irui Kenn blessed the programme.

pereN, September 30 (Dipr): In conformity with the National Sanitation Awareness campaign, the PHED Peren conducted a sanitation awareness programme at Town Hall on September 30 with ADC Peren, Dr. Kadambari Bhagat IAS as the chief guest.

Students, teachers, NGOs and public of Peren attended the programme.

Being myself a Doctor health and sanitation are closed to my heart quipped, Kadambari. She urged the gathering to be a responsible person, to be an example and to be educated about health and sanitation. Further, she impressed the gathering that health is wealth and added that we should all be an ambassador of good health.

Later the chief guest also presented a comparative outlook of India and Singapore on overall sanitation, where Singapore spends matchless on health and sanitation practices.

She concluded by encouraging the gathering to make Peren district the healthiest district.

Earlier a play on sanitation was presented by the Dreamz Unlimited team Dimapur which enthralled the gathering on the topic ‘Health is Wealth’. Er. Ichirang SDO (PHED) Peren chairing the programme highlighted some of the objectives of the campaign. People’s participation to achieve Clean India by 2019, which coincide with the 150 Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi is the target of the government, he stated. Pastor Irui Kenn blessed the programme.

Kalos Group organises Educere Epignosis 2014

pfütSero, September 30 (mexN): Educere Epignosis 2014, a biennial literary event of Baptist School Pfütsero was organised by Kalos group on September 27 at Baptist school Pfütsero with Agriculture Director, Lhiwepelo Mero as the chief guest.

The Chief Judge in his speech encouraged the students to give their best in whatever they do and work hard in achieving their dreams. He said that this generation belongs to those who excel and therefore each student should not study just for the sake of studying but become someone who can make their parents proud and contribute to society.

Judges for the event

Judges along with Kalos Group at the Educere Epignosis 2014, Pfütsero on September 27.

were Dr. Sao Tunyi, Epidemiologist, Family welfare and Health Department, Tsuthsowe Kupa, E.A.C Wokha, Dr. Neizo-ϋ Mero Asst. Professor NU,

Weto Kapfo, Asst. Supervisor social Welfare, Issac Losou, entrepreneur and Miss Rekha Rose Dukru, Farmer. Educere Epignosis is an inter school liter-

ary programme where students competed in Quiz, Prepared speech, Spelling Bee and Essay Writing.

The main objective of the programme was to create

Platform and develop student’s confidence. The competition saw many promising students taking part in the competition. Altogether eight schools from Pfütsero took part in the competitions. The programme was chaired by Vikhrutu Lea, Introduction by Kupelhi Losou, convener, Invocation

by Rev.Dr. N.Chiero and special song by Silvi Sakhrie with his students.

It may mentioned that Kalos Group is a young group of friends who have come together to contribute to the society by identifying talents among youths and help them developed into profession. The group was formed in 2005 and since then has been organising various programmes.

Bridge of Hope conducted medical camp on September 26 at its project centre, Walford Colony in Dimapur. Two doctors, Dr. Athiko (DNB) and Dr. Renchamo (MO) from CIHSR, and five nurses from Community Health Department, College of Nursing, CIHSR attended to 130 children and parents.

A district level training on Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise (IPPE) was conducted for RD Blocks Ahthibung and Tening of Peren district for formation of Block Planning Teams (BPT) under MGNREGA from September 22 – 25. Seen here are resource persons Lima Yaden, BDO Ahthibung and Wangpho Konyak, BDO Tening with block staff and participants.

Departmental Officers and Mentor with 2nd batch shortlisted candidates selected under Skill Grooming Project implemented by Department of Youth Resources & Sports which provides placement-linked training in the Off-shoring Industries.

Training held for Myanmar farmers in Mon

moN, September 30 (Dipr): The Spices Board, Government of India. Ministry of Commerce and Industry organized a training and exposure visit for Myanmar farmers under Large Cardamom Development Project on September 29 at Conference Hall, DC office Mon with Ilika, SDO (C) Mon as chief guest. The programme was funded by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.

Speaking at the Programme, the chief guest thanked the Spices Board for organizing the training, adding the farmers would get more knowledge about farming and the training will help promote farming export and import. She requested the trainees from Myanmar to train other farmers when they go back home. She also insisted that the training is not only about farming, but also to keep a good relation-

ship between the two countries.

Y. Bongti Konyak, District Horticulture Officer, Mon shared about the existence of cardamom in Mon District and its benefits to the farmers who are interested in Cardamom cultivation. He also requested the Board to provide quality technology to the farmers, better forest harvest management and proper marketing agencies.

Earlier, the welcome address was delivered by B.D. Sharma, SFO, Spices Board, Aizawl. Introductory remark by Dr. A. K. Vijayan Dy. Director, ICRI, Spices Board, Gangtok, Sikkim and vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. T. N. Deka Scientist C Spices Board, Itanager. A Technical session was also held on crop improvement, Agro techniques and Insect Pest management in large Cardamom by Dr. T.N. Deka, Scientist, Spices Board, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.

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Nominees of the 6th Music Awards of Nagaland 2014

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his year has seen an un- ROCK (SOFT/ ALTERNATIVE) – ‘Spread my wings’, Tribes Muprecedented number of 1. Voice Blend sic & Media Lab entries to the Music Awards – ‘Goodbye’, Black and White 2. Aben Jamir of Nagaland. The following 32 enStudio – ‘My love for you’, Element Intries have been nominated in var- 2. Alo Wanth die Records ious genres of the 6th edition of – ‘Without wings’, Crystal 3. Shalo Kent the Awards: Sound Studio – ‘And we say’, Element Indie 3. Senti Jamir feat. Pongen Records GOSPEL – ‘Tesangwa lima’, Sonic Boom 4. Rajj Ismokey Proudliee 1. Hiyalo Kath Studio – ‘Remember those days’, R.I.P. – ‘The freedom song’, Clef En- 4. Best B4 24 Months Home Studio semble Studio – ‘High school’, Element Indie 5. Neikuo Khezhie Records – ‘Memories’ , Crystal Sound 2. Bensinlo Kent 5. Yanger Toshi Studio – ‘Everlasting addiction’, Note – ‘Still moment in time’, Crystal 6. C. Mayang Longchar Grid Studio Sound Studio – ‘Over the rainbow’, Home 3. Imnasenla Aier 6. Imsong Studio – ‘Wings of change’, Sunep En– ‘Believe’, Crystal Sound Studio semble Studio (Media 24) FOLK/ FUSION 4. Kilang Aier ROCK (METAL/ HEAVY) 1. Purple Fusion – ‘A beautiful Christmas’, Note 1. Diethozo Thakro – ‘Tring, tring - Marks of war’ Grid Studio – ‘Song of the knights’, Tribes 5. Bamboo groove Music & Media Lab 2. Alem Alia Jr. – ‘My Saviour’, Note Grid Studio 2. Red Alert – ‘Where I belong’, Tribes Mu– ‘Dream from inside’, TJ Studio sic & Media Lab GOSPEL (Local dialects) 3. The Chronicles 3. Mughami Melos 1. Molung Imsong – ‘Chaheko’, Crystal Sound – ‘This is the day’, The Basement – ‘Yob takum ama’ recorded at Studio Studio Classic Studio 4. Imsong 2. Senti Jamir feat. Imti Pongen– – ‘Freedom song’, Crystal INSTRUMENTAL ‘Temeim’, Sonic Boom Studio Sound Studio 1. Aron T. Asumi 3. Diethozo Thakro – ‘Tomorrow awaits’, Pheto Mu– ‘Phrakeshü a siliete’, Tribes POP sic Studio Music & Media Lab 1. Wannyen Bezo 2. Aron T. Asumi

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t's a sure bet that Taylor Swift and one particular limo company in New York City are never ever getting back together.

That's because the transportation outfit has accused the 24-year-old Shake It Off songstress of leaving them hanging with quite an expensive headache. And they aren't fooling around: TMZ reported APG Security has filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court. They also claim the blonde had some serious diva behavior. APG has asserted that they were hired in June to shuttle Taylor and her friends around New York City.

The original contract was for APG to take the lithe superstar and her posse around the city while she was staying at her Franklin St. penthouse.

But apparently Taylor's company, Firefly Entertainment, then axed the deal out of the blue, but only after it signed the contract.

APG also claimed that it agreed to lease two additional cars after the initial contract was signed. And they were pricey: besides the initial fleet, two Chevy Suburbans were added to the mix for more than $2,000 a month.

APG wants unspecified damages, claiming breach of contract and also wants Taylor to be on the hook for the Suburbans' price tag.

But maybe the funniest and most revealing part of all of this has nothing to do with cars. Maybe as a plan to embarrass her, because it's certainly not illegal to ask for things,

him as he films 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.' In New York City for an appearance on the Today Show, the 42-year-old actor was on the morning program mainly to talk about his new movie, a styl-

ish murder mystery based on the hugely successful Gillian Flynn book.

In the David Fincherdirected movie, he plays a man accused by many of killing his disappearing wife. But of course Today Show host Matt Lauer couldn't help bring up the Caped Crusader and all of the pressure surrounding Affleck's return to major superhero territory (remember Daredevil?). He was, however, very zen about the whole thing.

'You have all of this attention — some of it's positive, some of it's negative.

I think, in the end, you make the movie and it either works or it doesn't,' he said. It's probably a good idea for Ben to shake the criticism off, because there was plenty of it when it was announced that he would be inheriting the iconic role. Moving on to the actual fun of it all, Lauer asked the multiple Oscar winner what it was like putting the Batsuit on for the first time.

'They did a pretty incredible job,' Ben gushed.

the transportation company said Taylor made strange demands. The most diva-ish of all may have been a set rule as to when drivers could talk to the star. Demands also included what amenities the cars must include.

Maybe to cover their tracks, Firefly sent a letter to APG after the contract was initially signed asking them to remedy some issues ASAP, according to the suit. Rumors of Taylor's star-ish behavior have grown in recent years, certainly as the pop and country sensation's popularity has simply exploded.

It was reported last year that she requires a strange collection of food and drink in her dressing room, including chocolate milk, macaroni and cheese, Twizzlers and Ben and Jerry's ice cream.

As always, Taylor's been a busy woman. She is releasing a fourth perfume, but this time the fragrance will be launched in Australia in November. The 24-year-old is expected to touch down in Oz in the coming months and while Down Under she will promote her brand new album, 1989. She is also slated to perform during the grand finale of X Factor Australia in late October. And she showed her lighthearted side last week by perpetuating a viral meme and wearing a 'no its becky' T-shirt as she stepped out for dinner in New York City. The fashion choice was in response to a geek'd out high school photo online, which many fans said had to be her.

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Further, awards will also be given away in technical categories such as Best Music Video, Best Video Director, Best Sound Engineer, Best Producer in addition to the Trailblazer and Patron awards.

Dates and timings for telecasts will be announced soon. The video compiling and editing is being done by M&M Mediaworks and the songs will soon be available for viewing and download on the Music Awards of Nagaland Youtube channel and Facebook page.

Ben Affleck responds to Batman backlash

e has hit-in-themaking Gone Girl coming out this Friday, but Ben Affleck still can't avoid the Batman questions. Especially when it comes to the constant backlash hounding

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'They conceived it in a new and interesting way.'

He stopped just short of explaining what that was, saying the studio, Warner Bros, would race through a wall if he divulged any secrets. Beyond Batman, Affleck covered off on plenty of other topics.

As for Gone Girl's pulpy narrative and whether it would effect the marriages of anyone who went to see it, he said, 'It's not hostile to the institution of marriage.

It just asks searingly honest questions.' The movie had its world premiere on Friday night at the New York Film Festival, where Affleck walked the red carpet with co-stars Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris and Tyler Perry. Already the reviews are hailing it for its sharp and, yes, humorous look at the seedy underbelly of marriage. But now that Gone Girl will be behind him, all attention will be paid to the Batman universe, and though he seemed a bit nervous, he seems very positive about the whole experience.

'We have these cultural stories that people have attachments to,' he said.' ' They care very much, the fans have imagined it, they write fan fiction, and they get very into it and they're certainly entitled to those feelings,' he said. Regarding his good pal George Clooney's wedding over the weekend to Amal Alamuddin, he joked, 'some of us have to work.' He went on to explain that the Gone Girl publicity blitz was taking place right as the couple said, 'I do.'

On a somber note to close the interview, Laurer asked Affleck about his reaction to Robin Williams' death. As the Oscar-winning writer of Good Will Hunting along with Matt Damon, Affleck said the film's development process depended on Robin agreeing to be the main man.

'They weren't going to make 'Good Will Hunting' without a star, and Robin was the biggest star in the world,' he said. 'He took a shot at two nobodies, made the movie, and it made our careers.'

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hey married in front of family and a host of celebrity pals in Venice, Italy on Saturday and now the first pictures from George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin's wedding have been revealed.

The stunning 36-year-old bride wore a custom-made off-the-shoulder Oscar de la Renta French lace wedding dress with a veil while George, 53, chose his favourite designer, Giorgio Armani, to create his tuxedo.

In pictures, featured exclusively in HELLO! and People, all of the secrets of the wedding are revealed including the outfits, the cake and the famous guests.

George and British human rights barrister Amal wed in front of approximately 100 guests - including family friends and famous faces such as Matt Damon and his wife Luciana, Cindy Crawford and her husband, George's best man Rande Gerber, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, Vogue's Anna Wintour and Bill Murray, at Italy's historic Aman Canal Grande Venice on Saturday.

People reports those assembled broke out into spontaneous applause when the couple - who were first linked together in October 2013 - were declared man and wife during the 30 minute ceremony.

Nora Sagal, the daughter of friends, sang Irving Berlin's Always, the same song George's parents Nick and NIna danced to at their wedding, while Cole Porter's Why Shouldn't I? was chosen for the first dance at the reception.

Both sets of parents are thrilled by the union with Amal's mother Baria Alamuddin opening up to People about

the special day.

She gushed: 'George and Amal radiated love all night,' while George's father Nick Clooney gave a heartfelt speech about his one-time confirmed bachelor son and his new bride.

He said: 'George and Amal present us with ... belief that in this place and at this moment, love is alive and well.'

George revealed they always planned to marry in Italy as that is where the couple first met and it holds special memories for them.

People reports that guests were gifted with iPods which held playlists chosen by George and Amal.

Amal wore her long dark hair loose over her shoulders with a stunning veil for her big day.

Her dress was hand-embroidered with pearls and diamanté and featured a large circular train.

On Monday as many of their guests left the city, George and Amal made a trip to Venice City Hall where they made their union official with a 10-minute, €600 civil ceremony.

Amal was stunning in a pair of cream wide-legged trousers and a hat, while her husband chose a dapper grey suit.

However, the main event took place on Saturday when George and Amal were married at approximately 8pm by his friend Walter Veltroni, the former mayor of Rome, in front of a sea of famous faces including Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Anna Wintour and Billy Murray.

The nuptials took place at the seven-star hotel at sunset, with crowds lining the canal to cheer on George, who looked dapper in an Armani suit.

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he much-anticipated action drama of the year 'Bang Bang', which stars Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif, will hit over 4,500 screens across 50 countries on Thursday. Produced by Fox Star Studios, the action-entertainer has been helmed by Siddharth Anand.

"On Oct 2 Bang Bang will see the widest release ever for a Bollywood film across the world. Over 4,500 screens across 50 countries, with record breaking no of screens in the US, UK and the Middle East," said Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox Star Studios, in a statement.

The film has already created a buzz among the audience with its adrenaline pumping teaser and sizzling chemistry between the lead actors.

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Gowda’s silver helps India stay inside top-10 at Asiad

iNcheoN, September 30 (pti): Ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda was the country's top performer with a silver as India added four medals to maintain their 10th position in the overall standings on a controversy-marred day for the boxers at the 17th Asian Games here today.

After two productive days, it was a relatively quieter for the Indian contingent with Gowda providing the silver lining and the boxers enduring an agonising day in the ring, where bizarre judging cost them a couple of bouts.

Veteran L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) had to settle for bronze medals after losing their semifinal bouts, while the duo of Varsha Gautam and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan provided an unexpected bronze medal in sailing.

But it was the boxing arena which hogged the limelight albeit for all the wrong reasons with two boxers -- Sarita and L Devendro Singh (49kg) -- getting eliminated in controversial fashion.

While both appeared to have got the better of their South Korean opponents, the verdict of the judges against them prompting the Indian contingent to lodge a protest at least for Sarita. However, the appeal

NSF martyrs memorial trophy from Oct 1

Kohima, September 30 (mexN): The 15th edition of the NSF Martyrs Memorial Trophy (Late Kekuojalie Sachu and Late Vikhozo Yhoshu) will begin from October 1 with 61 teams from vying for the coveted trophy which carries a handsome amount of Rs. 1,60,000 for the champion and Rs. 1,00,00 for the runnersup team. A release issued

by NSF deputy speaker

Imti Jamir and NSF sports secretary Seikho Thou informed that the losing semi finalist will each be given Rs.20,000/- while the losing quarter finalists will get Rs.10,000/-. There will also be individual prizes, it informed.

Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang will grace the inaugural function as the chief guest and will unfurl the NSF flag at the NSF Martyrs’ Park which

will be followed by lying of wreaths. The inaugural function will begin from 2 p.m. at Kohima Local Ground. In the inaugural match, United Naga Club will play with United P.K. FC Viswema. NSF has welcomed well wishers, martyrs’ family members, senior leaders of NSF, Federating Units and subordinate bodies of NSF and all the sports lovers to the inaugural function.

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was rejected.

The Indian men's hockey team also kept themselves on course for a coveted gold medal by advancing to the final with a hard-fought 1-0 win over South Korea. India were also assured of at least a silver in boxing with fivetime world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) making it

to the final.

With the addition of four medals today, India maintained their 10th position on the table with a tally of 45 -- six gold, eight silver and 31 bronze. China kept the top spot with a haul of 254 followed by hosts South Korea (162) and Japan (141).

Vikas was India's star today and he hurled the disc to 62.58m to clinch the silver on an otherwise lacklustre day for the athletes.

There was some unexpected good news in sailing when Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan endured disqualification in one of the 12 races

before claiming a bronze medal in the women's two person dinghy Sailing event.

Varsha as skipper and Aishwarya as crew finished with net 25 points.

In hockey, Akashdeep Singh scored a fabulous field goal to guide Indian men's team into the finals after a gap of 12 years.

Subroto Cup: Nagaland wins Under-14 title

New Delhi, September 30 (pti): Greenwood High School from Nagaland lifted the under-14 boys trophy in the 55th Subroto Cup football tournament beating the boys from Model High School, Chandigarh, 5-4 on penalties in the final at the Ambedkar Stadium here today.

The boys from Nagaland beat Chandigarh in sudden death after the first five penalty shots failed to resolve the tie as was the case dur-

ing regulation time which ended goalless. The winning team got a pay cheque of Rs. 2.5 lakh and the runners up squad from Chandigarh received 1.25 lakh to make their trip to Delhi worthwhile.

For the winners, Kito, Tokavi, Imlong Chaba, Nighatu and Ngangshi Menen coverted while Ghunaka and Mariaiwibo missed. For the runner-up team, Sumit Rathi, K Amarjeet Singh, Jeakson and Dalbir hit the target while, S Sanjeev,

Karan, and Harsh Bartwan missed.

The irony of the final, however, was that Harsh Bartwan was adjudged the best player of the tournament and he turned out to be the villain for his team. It was Bartwan's seventh kick, which he missed, gave the Nagaland school a great chance.

And the hero, undoubtedly, was Ngangshi Menen who converted his seventh to make sure that they take the Subroto Cup home.

The winning team coach Mu-

ghato appreciated his boys after they held their nerves in the crucial penalty shootout. "We should have won the match in regulation time. But the moment it went to shootout, I asked my boys to keep their cool and to hit the ball along the ground in order to fox the Chandigarh keeper who was very good in blocking the aerial ball. The strategy worked and after tonight's rest we will celebrate tomorrow," said Mughato.

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