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Nation-Wide Alert Sounded NAGAS IN TRANSITION: from myth to modernity Morung Express News Dimapur | September 30

An Indian soldier keeps vigil in Jammu and Kashmir. Following intelligence reports that terror attacks were planned in the country, the central government on Friday issued a nationwide alert. (AP File Photo)

Home Minister Rajnath reviews security, states issued advisory New Delhi, SeptembeR 30 (iANS): In view of intelligence inputs that some Pakistan-based terror groups may carry out attacks in various parts of the country, the central government on Friday issued a nation-wide alert and directed states to heighten vigil to foil any such attempts.

In an advisory, the Union Home Ministry conveyed to the states that additional forces should be deployed in all sensitive places, strategic installations, markets, religious places and other key areas to ensure security, an official source said here.

The centre also directed that metropolitan cities should be particularly asked to be extra vigilant.

According to sources, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat -- four states bordering Pakistan -- have been asked to be extra vigilant as there are reports that some terrorists and suicide attackers might have crossed over to India during the last one month or so, and could act now as

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part of their retaliation to the “surgical strikes” by the Indian Army across the Line of Control (LoC).

The directives came close on the heels of Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewing the national security scenario with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, top officials of the Home Ministry, and the top brass of various central security organisations including the Border Security Force (BSF).

“Elements in Pakistan and terror groups may try to carry out attacks in India, including in some vulnerable installations in the metropolis, to avenge the surgical strikes that left significant casualties both among terror groups and regular Pakistan army,” a source said.

The surgical strikes by the army came 10-11 days after Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists had attacked an army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir which left 19 Indian soldiers martyred.

Earlier during the day, Home Minister Singh reviewed the security situation in the country, particularly along the border with Pakistan in states like Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, and directed central security organisations to be on high alert.

“BSF and other central police organisations functioning under

the Home Ministry have been put on high alert along the India-Pakistan border,” an official source later said.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) top brass have been asked to intensify security at all industrial units, airports and other locations wherever they are deployed. All BSF units deployed along the international border in Jammu, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat have been directed to step up vigil.

The BSF has been ordered to increase the number of personnel deployed at sensitive posts along the Pakistan border, the sources said.

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and top officials of security and intelligence agencies also attended the review meeting.

Rajnath Singh also held separate meetings with the chiefs of important central security forces, including National Security Guard (NSG), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and CISF. Singh met CISF Director General O.P. Singh, NDRF Director General R.K. Pachnanda and NSG chief Sudhir Pratap Singh and discussed general preparedness.

These were routine meetings but were significant in the wake of the army’s surgical strikes across the LoC, sources added.

In the context of the Naga situation, is the “There” better than the “Here” or vice-versa?

Naga writer and chronicler Kaka D Iralu asked thins during his keynote address at the state level seminar on ‘Nagas in transition: from myth to modernity’ organized by Eastern Christian College (ECC) here on Friday.

Even as the outside world and the present educated Naga generation tend to “paint a picture of ignorance, savagery and mythology” while talking about past Naga society, Iralu took the participants of the seminar to a journey of “revisiting” the socio cultural past (democracy, legal and land ownership) of the Nagas and urged them ponder whether Nagas were “indeed savages yesterday or on the contrary, a most cultured people.”

According to Iralu, Naga democracy, unlike many other democracies, was completely free from the influence of any caste or class system.

“Equality of every individual was a unique feature of our democracy which spread from the family level, to clan level and onto the village level. In this democracy, there was no ‘high born’ or ‘low born’ that can uplift or demean an individual’s status in the village polity. This equality of status was a uniform practice in every Naga village”, he said.

Iralu quoted the comments of Captain Butler, a British soldier and anthropologist who came in contact with the Nagas in 1842: “A purest form of democracy exist among these people…everyone follows the dictates of his own conscience…something unimaginable to be in existence for even a single day.”

He also said that long before Thomas Jefferson penned down the famous words, “All men are born equal”, Naga forefathers were already practicing that reality in their village republics.

On Naga jurisprudence, Iralu said legal justice was pronounced not in a courtroom but in the court of the lawgiver - God or the creator. He said oath taking or swearing ceremonies were done under the open skies where the oath taker pronounces terrible consequences upon himself and his posterity in case he was making a false claim over a dispute.

Naga writer and chronicler, Kaka D Iralu, addressing the seminar on ‘Nagas in transition: from myth to modernity’ on Friday at the Eastern Christian College, Dimapur. (Morung Photo)

“An individual’s crime could also implicate a whole clan. And so, because of these restraints, no individual can do whatever he likes in the given society.

In such a system of law there was also no need for jails or police force to enforce law and order”, he said.

Iralu said while land in other societies or nations belonged to a king, government or feudal landlord, in Naga society, land is privately owned by individual villages and shared by clans and families in private ownership.

He said under this system, any individual in any Naga village is a legitimate land owner by virtue of his membership (or citizenship) to his own native village.

Coming to the present reality, Iralu said Indian democracy under which Nagas live today, has nullified even the right to life through laws like the Armed Forces Special Act 1958, Disturbed Area Act 1955 and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967.

“As for our legal rights, even after seven decades of Indian so called democratic rule, the lives of over two hundred thousand Nagas who have died to preserve our ways of life, remains un-compensated and un-addressed. As for our legal rights pertaining to our day to day affairs, many of our cases are pending in the courts lost in a maze of stay orders where justice is denied and kept under suspension”, he stated.

He further said that equal land ownership has been replaced by “multimillionaires in our midst, who by collaborating with the invaders of our land have made

NBCC Youth appeals for improvement of roads NLSF to pursue demand

DimApUR, SeptembeR 30 (mexN): The Youth Department of the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has written a letter to the Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang appealing for the improvement of road conditions in Nagaland.

It informed that the youth department’s 32nd Annual Session was convened at Ahthibung recently. During its session the youth expressed its solidarity to the government as it manages and plan

for the future of the State in the context of globalization and increased international cooperation. We also empathize with the government that in spite of resourcefulness, in terms of natural and human resources, the state remains underdeveloped, it said.

The NBCC Youth Department however expressed anguish at the deplorable conditions of roads in Nagaland. “It is the opinion of the youth that the government must adopt a holistic approach that un-

derscores the need for a road system that guarantees maintenance, safety, liveability and a sense of community if all round development must happen,” it said.

Stating that there is lack of equilibrium between the vehicles we drive and the road conditions we travel, it pointed out that with the monsoon coming to an end the whole State is left with potholes with yawning gaps, mud and water stagnation on the roads making it tough for common mo-

torist to drive. “Citizens are vexed with bumpy rides on such roads. Apart from bad roads, it is the delay in re-carpeting those portions of roads dug up for laying pipeline and cables by different government departments and private agencies,” it added.

Considering that the problem has reached its zenith and is, consequently, creating great hardship among citizens, the NBCC Youth Department sought the Chief Minister’s immediate attention to the matter.

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their millions and now own thousands of acres of prime land”, at the expense of poor villagers who are compelled to sell their lands to maintain their families.

While clarifying that he is not calling for Nagas to remain static in the past, Iralu however stated that “it would be a dangerous adventure on our part to just plunge into the modern world without a knowledge of who we are and what we were.” The need of the hour, he stated is to guide the younger generation into the 21st century, while firmly anchored in our unique past.

Earlier, Vice Chairman, Managing Board ECC, Ajungla Longkumer, in her inaugural speech said the struggle by different ethnic groups, particularly the Nagas, for their identity and justice has brought forth questions to the process of globalization and modernity. Ajungla said identity is a way of asserting one’s place in society and history, which provides a framework for people’s self-understanding.

“These elements in the life of the Nagas have been suppressed. A conscious recovery of them is essential in our struggles for dignity. The Nagas’ struggle for identity is an attempt to secure the rightful space for indigenous people in the wider human discourse and relationship”, she said.

Ajungla informed that the seminar was organized with the purpose to exchange ideas, an exposure to understanding the identity of the Nagas and aid in observing the process of transformation in all aspects of Naga society.

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DimApUR, SeptembeR 30 (mexN): The Naga Hoho has written the Nagaland State Governor, who is also the Rector of Nagaland University, expressing concern at the quality education in the university.

The Naga Hoho, in its press note stated that “a poor choice was made in appointing the Vice–Chancellor and it still continues.” It alleged that “in the appointment, personal loyalty got the better of more relevant considerations like competence, academic eminence and personal integrity.

The result has been disastrous and till now we are paying the consequences.”

The Naga Hoho lamented that even after 22 years of existence, Nagaland University is “unable to attain its height as a Central University at par with other progressive Cen-

tral Universities.” It said that the NU over the past 10-15 years was “pressed down with many unhealthy issues of financial misappropriation by the institutional heads resulting in a series of agitations and removal of VC and officials of the University on corruption charges.” It further stated that the “university had experienced years of CBI inquiry and some other investigated cases are still pending while some officials have been removed, some have left after their tenure.”

It further expressed concern at the sub-standard infrastructural development in the three campuses, and lamented that the university is yet to have a strong academic foundation/environment.

The Naga Hoho expressed surprise to learn that “for the past 4-5 years NU has been

surrendering plan money (yearly plan for university development) allocated for development in spite of underdevelopment of the university, the latest being 1.69 cores surrendered during the 9th Aug 2016 Finance committee meeting.”

“This speaks volumes of incompetency on the part of the university and consequently many colleges in the state have better infrastructure than NU. Besides, the current trend of heavy employment from other states particularly from Manipur and Assam in NU points to obvious sidelining of the hundreds of local qualified unemployed youth in the state,” it alleged.

Stating that the Vice Chancellor “can make or unmake a university,” the Naga Hoho urged the Governor to

“salvage” the university at par with other progressive universities in the country. “We strongly urge that the new VC appointment should be without any bias and political interventions,” it said.

It stated that a person of “high moral integrity, an eminent academician with reputed credentials, a nonpolitical appointee, a person who understand and can work for the upliftment of the Naga people and for their high quality educational development and social development in general.”

The Naga Hoho stated that in the past few tenures “we have had VC’s who do not understand the mentality of the people of the region and thereby the academic as well as overall development of the University have brought to a standstill.”

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• Aggrieved by delay in declaring results, error in marksheets & question paper • Demands for a separate Law College in Nagaland and change of syllabus Morung Express News Kohima | September 30

The new team of the Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (2016-2018), held a press conference on September 30 at the Nagaland Legal Service Authority Hall. For the first time the Federation has elected its woman president, Imlibenla Lemtur.

The others elected are Medochütuo Kiewhuo as the General Secretary, Yunang Konpi as Vice President, Toshika Wotsa as Finance Secretary, Nungshimeren Jamir as Speaker, Inakhu Z. Assumi as Deputy Speaker, Roland Zeliang as Information and Publicity Secretary, Pangsugmanen as Asst. General Secretary, and Putinok as Education and Statistical Secretary.

The new team highlighted the plan of action NLSF will take up in the course of their tenure. Some of the grievances expressed were the delay in declaring results, error in marksheets and question papers, demand for a separate Law College, and change of syllabus.

Citing the unfair marking system, the NLSF mentioned that none of the Naga students have scored first division ever since the establishment of

Law schools in Nagaland. This has further led to the inability of the law students to compete with other students, or pursue higher studies due to the low percentage given in their results despite the efforts of the students. There is no internal marking system, and there are errors committed in the questions during exams, stated the new team, adding that repeated questions appear in the question paper during exams.

President Lemtur also showed a marksheet which bore her name and registration number but with a different roll number and mark scores.

The team also highlighted its demand for the present law syllabus to be updated. NLSF in its 7th Biennial General Conference resolved and adopted to pursue with the Government of Nagaland for the establishment of a Government Law College in Nagaland and also to pursue the establishment of a Law Department in Nagaland University. “Nagaland is the 16th State of India and we have achieved 50 years of Statehood, but we do not have a separate Law college till now. We are regulated by law in our everyday lives. Every decision comes in tandem with the law,” mentioned Kiewhuo. The team further plans to conduct an inter college moot court competition.

Meanwhile, the present team has resolved to start an RTI campaign in all Departments. “If any discrepancy is detected, we believe that suo moto will be taken by the authority, if not we will resort to PIL to punish those corrupt officials. If the government thinks that we are a playground, we will turn it into a battlefield and we will fight till the end,” said Medochütuo Kiewhuo, General Secretary.

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‘The social system prior to arrival of Britishers’ - P Alice Donna, Asst Prof, HoD Dept of Sociology, C-Edge College The Nagas were known for their dignity of labour, respect for elders, honesty, self-reliance etc. Morung was a unique traditional institution practiced among the Naga people.

It (Morung) could not sustain its existence because of the forces of modernization and western culture. It was a centre of socialization and a source of spreading and promoting indigenous knowledge systems. It was an inclusive social system of education and institution of change. Nagas followed animism before the advent of the missionaries.

cholars and faculty members from different colleges and universities in Nagaland took active participation at the one-day state level seminar on ‘Nagas in transition: from myth to modernity’ organized by Eastern Christian College (ECC) on September 30.

The seminar in the form of a conversation on “Our (Naga) identity, our struggle for justice and our future” was envisaged with the belief that all stakeholders have “the same vision, the same aspiration, the same prayer, and we all share the same purpose, the same pledge, the same inspiration: to ascertain for ‘The great political movement’ - Kaka D ourselves (Nagas) the rightful and dignified Iralu, Naga writer and author place in the discourse of human history.”

Unlike other giants and mighty kingdoms in Asia, we Nagas were simple villager repubAbstracts of speeches at the plenary lics with five hundred to two thousand houses sessions of the seminar: in each village. Yet our sense of honour and ‘Impact of dominant culture upon tra- love for our lands stand rivaling many other ditional Naga society: a social, political and nations of Asia. With this sense of honour and economic perspectives’ - D Athikho, HoD, love for our lands, we have defended our terDept of Political Science, ECC ritories with our blood and tears for three cenOur Naga society was once character- turies in modern history. In modern history, ized by its communality, sense of justice, we have been defending our honour and our equality, integrity and honesty. But with the lands from 1832-1947 when the British enadvent of westerners with their hegemonic tered our lands. On the departure of the British culture and religion brought many changes from Asia in 1947, we have been defending our in the indigenous Naga practices. Today, a lands again from the India and Burmese invagreat number of Nagas are neither truly Na- sions from 1947 to the present. Indeed ours is a gas nor are absorbed in the dominant cul- land begotten and purchased with our blood. ture, so they remain as mimic men losing their identity and culture. Our classless and ‘Current status of Nagas in administrative casteless society is now enveloped by mate- fields’ - Sinyhunlo Keppen, Asst Prof, HoD, rialistic class system where the gulf between Dept of Political Science, Emmanuel College the rich and poor is beyond the bridgeable The Village Development Board (VDB) is capacity. a statutory body functioning under primary

village authority known as the village council.

The VDB is an innovative institution in Nagaland and acts as a mechanism for decentralization of planning and development at the grassroots level at its best. Over the past decades, Nagaland has seen increasing transference of political and economic powers to local government.

‘The social benefit of women education’ – Eneingulou Lasuh, Asst Prof, Dept of English, ECC Education plays an important requirement to catch up with the fast paced competitive world. Female education particularly plays vital role in the process of development in various ways. It improves knowledge about health and hygiene of the family members.

It also contributes to children education and earning additional income etc. There has been evidence that higher education yields higher returns of income to households. Education opens up better opportunities and better avenues for exploring new ideas and openings.

‘Failure of modern education to realize the reality of the modern Naga: the need to revive and reinstate the Morung’ – Lhuty Keyho, Asst Prof, Dept of English, Baptist College Kohima The present scheme of education is rendered incapable of preparing the modern Naga to face the realities of life and the need for an alternative mode of education system, which will equip the modern Naga with a practical understanding of reality and the skill to tackle it, is greatly felt. The Morung, an educational institution in the past Naga societies, instilled in the Naga youth, not only the more important aspects of education- imparting value systems and belief systems, but

with skills as well.

‘Cultural values of Ao Nagas’ – Adila Imchen, Asst Prof, Dept of Education, ECC Nagaland is a paradise state for social science as it is most fertile field to study anthropology and sociology for its colourful traditions.

Folklores, myths and legends as well as customs of the Naga tribes, which carry the traces of their ancient chronicles. The Naga culture includes headhunting, feast or merit, log drum, food and drinks, dress and ornaments, festivals, rituals and ceremonies, customary laws, herbal medicines and Morung system etc.

‘An overview of myths, beliefs and traditions of the Ao Nagas in literature’- Dr. Sentinaro Tsuren, Asst Prof Dept of English, Baptist College Kohima Although the Nagas as a whole exhibit many similarities yet there are many individual characteristics that differentiate the culture of one tribe from the other. Naga have a rich oral literature which includes numerous myths, legends, beliefs, customs, values etc, which were handed to posterity by word of mouth. Temsula Ao’s collection of poems based on folklore and myths is rich in its presentations of these aspects of the study.

‘Reading a terrible matriarchy in the context of Angami Naga inheritance law’ –Inakali Assumi, MA English, ICFAI University One of the main reasons for the unequal treatment of women in the Angami Naga society was because of the law of inheritance where the inheritance was passed on to a male and not to a female offspring. Easterine Kire has portrayed the way in which women are treated unequally because of the tradi-

tional beliefs and customary law in her book ‘A terrible matriarchy’.

‘Current status of Naga in administrative fields’- Aloli H Kinny, Asst Prof, HoD, Dept of Political Science, C-Edge College The council of ministers along with the chief played a vital role in the administration of the Naga sovereign villages. The decisions taken on any matter becomes the law and are obligatory in the villages. The chief of each village undertook the administrative works mostly on civil and criminal disputes.

‘Insurgency, terror and trauma in Temsula Ao’s ‘These Hills called Home: stories from a war zone’” – Ratan Chandra Das, Asst Prof Dept of English ECC Temsula Ao, a prominent poetess and writer from Nagaland internalizes the prevailing conditions of her hilly home state and depicts the disorder lies in the lives and society of her motherland. Nagas are targeted and trapped by both colonial and post-colonial masters. Even in the post colonial era, Nagas are subjugated and treated as the ‘other’ by the Government of India and super-imposed their ‘Nation-State’ ideology upon the Nagas.

‘A study of social issue in Temsula Ao’s lyrics’ - Sentimenla Jamir, MA ICFAI University Like most fiction from post-colonial indigenous cultures, ‘These hills called home: stories from a war zone’ are stories describing the Naga conflict, portraying how human beings cope in war zones, whether military or political or cultural or a combination of all. Written with raw intensity, by memory and imagination Temsula Ao, a gifted writer, has attempted to publicize the concerns of the Nagas.

Training on Unified District 'Take a stand against ageism' ‘The Quaint Little Village’ Information System for Edu held

by Rovi Chasie released Morung Express News Kiphire | September 30

A day long programme on sensitization training on student data collection in sync with U-DISE day under Kiphire district was held today with Akum State MIS, Kohima as resource person at Hopongkyu Memorial Hall which was attended by headmasters, principals and communitized VEC members.

State MIS member, Akum while highlighting about Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) informed the gathering to give correct information as Child Tracing System will be introducing very soon and if wrong information is provided one cannot change till the child passes out secondary level.

The resource person also gave detail information on the filling up of the U-DISE format and disclosed that in the past error in providing information has also come across. He

State MIS member Akum (Morung Photo)

asked the gathering to take it seriously and to be very careful in handling it.

Deenabandhu Panda, DEO while speaking at the meeting pointed out that the State Education Department is facing lot of problem as the information provided by the schools in many cases are wrong. The DEO also encouraged the gathering to be very careful as the data collected will help in planning for present as well as for the future.

The DEO also said that with RTE the enrolment in lower primary seems to

be good but when it comes to upper primary and secondary most of the schools is having except few has poor enrolment.

He also cautioned that if wrong information is provided stern action will be taken and the authorities will dealt seriously.

Sethricho ADC, SSA, DMA while welcoming the gathering express gratitude to the resource persons and the gathering for attending the program and also express hope that the training will be beneficial to the teaching facilities while filling up the form.

Kohima, September 30 (mexN): With the theme 'Take a stand against ageism' this year’s United Nations International Day of Older Persons (October 1) is saying no to ageism and highlighting the important contributions by elderly to society and raise awareness of the issues and challenges of ageing in today’s world.

The Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya on the occasion made a call “to challenge our self to consider ageism – the negative attitudes and discrimination based on age and the detrimental impact it has on older people.”

Saying that both young and old play an important role in the society as well as in family life, the Governor said, “They are the asset of the society and should be taken care of properly. Elders have been working for years together so they have vast wealth of knowledge, skills and experiences, they have lived through situations others cannot even imagine, and yet we dismiss these lifetimes of experienc-

es when they begin to need love, care and support.”

“Today let us rededicate our self to the pressing demands of the young and the elderly by creating public awareness through promotional material in schools, institutions, offices and public places. Let us make an environment which is user friendly for the elderly persons in public places, public transportations, hospitals, banks etc,” the Governor exhorted in his message.

Also adding that older persons’ rich experience and service should be a big capital for any society and they are assets and liability, the Governor added, “We need to have more libraries, health care centre, parks, etc. for the older people and also proper respect for older people.”

“During this International Day for Older Persons, me and my wife with a heart full of love wishes all the elderly persons throughout the state a very healthy and peaceful life,” concluded the message from the Governor.

AYO notifies on Oct 5th environmental campaign

Kohima, September 30 (mexN): In view of the scheduled environmental campaign of the Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) on October 5 beginning from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm in Kohima where in the Organisation have impressed upon the citizens of Kohima to cease their vehicle engines, keep their vehicles off the road for the day, cease and down all commercial power driven works and activities viz mills, crushers, print, fabrication, workshops, cafes etc, and all other establishments and agents engaging mechanized tools and other high power voltage tools, urging all to take a walk to work, do work with human driven energy,

feel a day with nature- spend a day without dependence on fossil fuel energy related life, to take a walk for a healthy and better life, share a moment to enable our environment to recoup its vitality for human sustenance.

Pertaining to the observance of the day the listed people and institutions are being exempted within the purview of the call: District Administrations, Police, Para military forces on duty; First responders of the District; People on emergencies or important possessing sufficient proofs; People of wedding programme and festivals; Students and faculties school or college exams schedules; and Government

officials from Director, AHODs and above and Department buses.

People, institutions and establishments engaging other sources of private conveyance for scheduled works i.e., non-identifiable transportations are requested to contact the office of the Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) at APO Building Complex (Top floor), Midland Main Town Kohima between 11:00 am – 3:00 pm on October 3 and 4.

AYO President Medo Yhokha in a press release added that the Organisation has also impressed upon the legislators to attend their respective offices without any escorts.

KDTODU extends solidarity Meanwhile, the Kohima District Truck Owners and Drivers’ Union (KDTODU) has extended its fullest support to the Angami Youth Organization’s call to ‘A moment of solidarity to enable our environment’ on October 5. Fully appreciating the AYO’s efforts to combat climate changes and to enable sustainability for the future and the present, the KDTODU has directed all its members to cease plying in Kohima on October 5 to reduce its carbon emissions. KDTODU President, Khriesalie Üsou in a press release, therefore, requests all its members to adhere and cooperate with the AYO.

Author Rovi Chasie (fourth from left) along with Nini Lungalun (second from right) Rita Krocha (extreme right) and family members during the book release. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Kohima | September 30

“These are stories that are not taught in schools, nor are they recounted to children by the new generation parents living in urban towns and cities. But these are the kind of stories that need to be told, and kept alive, for they are our only link to our past, our history and our heritage,” said Dr. Vizovono Elizabeth during the release of the book ‘The Quaint Little Village’ by Rovi Chasie.

Released on September 30 at Alder College, Kohima, by Nini Lungalung, noted Naga poet and Vice Principal, Northfield Hr. Sec School Kohima, The Quaint Little Village, by Rovi Chasie is a book containing ten stories revolving around the adventures of the young protagonist, Tono, and her village Khonoma. According to the author Rovi Chasie, the book attempts to share to the readers a part of her private literature.

“The book contains stories from our land-stories that make us aware of our very culture and I think it is important that we preserve these stories for our younger generations to explore and learn,” remarked Vishü Rita Krocha, Publisher, PenThrill Publication House who believes that Nagas come from a generation of story tellers and it is important to keep the art of storytelling alive by way of writing.

Presenting an introduction to the book, Dr. Vizovono Elizabeth mentioned that each of the stories depicts an important aspect of cultural beliefs, heritage and wisdom which ‘clearly demonstrates the close link the writer has with her cultural

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moorings’. The book is also a metaphor for the need to maintain the link between the past and the present, according to Dr. Elizabeth, which further can also be read as one that expresses the yearning for cultural identity in the face of rapid modernization, urbanization and globalization.

According to Nini Lungalung, the book is a like ‘a cup of cold water on a hot day’, containing every element of thrill, suspense, romance etc. “It’s impressive simply because it does not seek to impress.” said Lungalung who stressed on the loss of culture in Naga society further expressing indignation over the way Nagas are misusing their culture and traditions.

“Today we suffer the tragedy of the loss of our culture, and the abuse of our own language is one factor that has led to this unpleasant mess. We do not respect our language. We seem to be losing all kinds of self respect,” said Lungalung in her opening remarks, who however concluded with a hopeful note, “But it’s not all bad when individuals like Rovi rise above and tell us what we really value in life, of what we were, what we are and what we can be.”

Priced at Rs. 250 and published by PenThrill Publication House, The Quaint Little Village is available at all major bookstores in Kohima.

Rovi Chasie has written two cookbooks titled Dine with Confidence (1997) and Naga Cuisine (2003). Besides writing, Rovi Chasie runs a cooking and baking training centre called Livelihood Enhancement Centre at Kohima Science College Road, Jotsoma. Rovi is the wife of renowned Naga Journalist Charles Chasie.

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Change Initiative team members with some range leaders during the commemoration of its second year anniversary on September 29.

Wozhuro, September 30 (mexN): The Change Initiative (CI) Team Wozhuro, a nonprofit community based social organisation commemorated its second year anniversary on September 29 at the Wozhuro Community

hall.

Renchumo Odyuo, Chairman, Wozhuro Range Council Union exhorted the small gathering as a special guest and Pastor Zuchamo Murry of Sankiton Baptist Church dedicated the Maruti

Omni Van which was donated to the team by Among Imkong, proprietor of VIPE Enterprises Dimapur.

The team commemorated its anniversary week by organising the first Change Initiative team

bazaar day on September 26 where vegetables and fresh fishes were sold at reasonable rates and further informed that such bazaars will be organised at least twice in a month starting from the month of October 2016.

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‘Irresponsible act’ of AR condemned

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lection as falsely alleged by the Assam Rifles. Instead, the Assam Rifles should help create peaceful atmosphere to coexist rather than create unwanted situations,” it stated.

The NSCN (IM) reaffirmed that it is “fully committed respecting the new relationship being worked out between India and Nagalim” and asked that all concerned contribute towards creating a peaceful atmosphere.

It condemned the 35 AR for “flexing its muscle with brute force where it is not necessary.” “The broken legs and torturous marks all over the body is clear indication of third degree torture,” the NSCN (IM) alleged.

It meanwhile appreciated the people of Senapati, civil societies particularly the Naga People’s Organisation, Senapati District Women Association, Senapati District Student Association and the Senapati Karong Women Association “for their timely intervention and standing up to voice against the injustice meted out to the Naga people.”

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--05.45 Rangiya 19.45 --18.45 18.50 Dibrugarh 06.10 06.15 20.00 --New Tinsukia --04.50 Commercial Halt over extended route: - Chabua. 15927 leaving Rangiya on 0110-2016 will run upto New Tinsukia. 15928 will leave New Tinsukia w.e.f. 0110-2016.

3. 15817/ 15818 Dhubri- Silghat Rajya Rani Express is extended upto Alipurduar Jn. with new number 15417/ 15418 Alipurduar Jn. – Silghat Rajya Rani Express.

15417 Alipurduar Jn.-Silghat Rajya 15418 Silghat-Alipurduar Jn. Rajya Rani Express. Days of run:- Tues, Fri Rani Express. Days of Run:- Mon, & Sun. Wed & Sat. ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. --16.00 Alipurduar Jn. 08.25 --19.45 20.45 Dhubri 05.00 05.30 09.55 --Silghat --17.15 Commercial Halt over extended route: - Alipurduar, New Coochbehar, Tufanganj, Baxirhat, Agamoni, Golakganj & Gouripur. 15418 leaving Silghat Town w.e.f. 0110-2016 (Saturday) will run upto Alipurduar Jn., 15417 will leave Alipurduar Jn. w.e.f. 02-10-2016 (Sunday).

4. 55727/55728 Katihar- Kaliaganj Passenger is restored to its original destination Radhikapur.

55727 Katihar-Radhikapur 55728 Radhikapur-Katihar Passenger w.e.f. 01-10-2016.

Passenger w.e.f. 01-10-2016.

ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. --06.15 Katihar 13.35 --08.55 08.57 Kaliaganj 10.45 10.47 09.25 --Radhikapur --10.30 5. 55721/55722 Rangiya- Dekargaon Passenger diverted from Rangapara North and extended to Bhalukpong with effect from 01-10-2016.

55721 Rangiya- Bhalukpong Passenger 55722 Bhalukpong-Rangiya Passenger DEP. ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. ----06.00 Rangiya 21.30 17.40 09.05 09.15 Rangapara North 17.25 16.15 10.30 --Bhalukpong --Train already extended and incorporated in New Time Table effective 1st October/ 2016.

(1) Sealdah- Guwahati Kanchanjungha Express extended upto Silchar Tri-weekly w.e.f. 01-02-2016 with new number 25658/ 25657 Silchar-Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express. (2) New Delhi-Guwahati Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Express extended upto Silchar on weekly basis with new number 15601/ 15602 Silchar- New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Express w.e.f. 20-02-2016. (3) 15283/15284 JaynagarSaharsha Janki Express extended upto Katihar w.e.f. 23-06-2016. (4) 15909/15910 New Tinsukia-Lalgarh Avodh Assam Exp. extended to Dibrugarh w.e.f.04-04-2016.

(5) 15902/15901 Dibrugarh-Bangalore Exp. extended to New Tinsukia w.e.f. 04-04-2016.

C. Status of train Upgraded:1. 15902/15901 New Tinsukia- Bangalore Express (weekly) speed up to convert to Super Fast train from 1st October/2016 and new number 22502/ 22501 w.e. f.

20- 01-2017 and 24-01- 2017 respectively.

D. Diversion of route:1.25658/25657 Silchar- Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express (Tri-weekly) will run via-Lumding instead of Patharkhola- Mandardisa w.e.f. 02-10-2016.

E. Special trains :- Special trains which are presently running and continue to run are: 1. 05664/05663 Silchar-Agartala Passenger Special.

05664 Silchar-Agartala Special 05663 Agartala-Silchar Special

School principal, teacher arrested for raping students

New party formed in Manipur IMPhAl, SEPTEMBER 30 (NNN): Ahead of the state assembly polls, a new regional political party “Manipur National Democratic Front” or MNDF was floated on Friday in Imphal with the objective to serve as a platform in bringing in peace and harmony among people of the hills and plain.

President of the newly launched political party, Priyokumar Singh announced the formation of MNDF during a function held at Hotel Classic and explained the primary objective of the party while giving details on how the party came about.

He said the party’s candidates will be fielded in 40 constituencies in the forthcoming assembly polls expected to be conducted

invited, along with some senior students, to celebrate Joshi's birthday.

The victim's parents said that the two teachers had mixed alcohol in the fruit juice served to the girls. Condemning the alleged rape of the minors, the Civil Society Women's Organisation has demanded that bail should not be granted to the accused and asked police to file a chargesheet at the earliest.

ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. --08.00 Silchar 20.05 --17.15 --Agartala --11.00 Commercial Stoppage: - As per existing stoppage. Details timings exhibited in Time Table.

2. 05676/ 05675 Dharmanagar-Agartala Passenger Special.

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05676 Dharmanagar-Agartala Special

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ARR. --10.45

DEP. --17.45

DEP. 09.30 ---

STATIONS Katihar Teznarayanpur

ARR. 12.45 ---

DEP. --11.30

Commercial Stoppage: - As per existing stoppage. Details timings exhibited in Time Table.

6.05895/05896 Rangiya-Murkongselek Passenger Special (Tri-weekly).

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ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. --17.30 Silchar 10.15 --22.30 --Dharmanagar --05.30 Commercial Stoppage: - As per existing stoppage. Details timings exhibited in Time Table.

5.05774/05773 Katihar- Teznarayanpur Passenger Special.

05774 Katihar- Teznarayanpur Special 05773 Teznarayanpur- Katihar Special

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STATIONS Dharmanagar Agartala

ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. --06.15 Agartala 20.00 --10.15 -Dharmanagar --15.45 Commercial Stoppage: - As per existing stoppage. Details timings exhibited in Time Table.

4.05677/05678 Silchar-Dharmanagar Passenger Special.

05677 Silchar-Dharmanagar Special 05678 Dharmanagar-Silchar Special

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05675 Agartala-Dharmanagar Special

Commercial Stoppage: - As per existing stoppage. Details timings exhibited in Time Table.

3. 05679/05680 Agartala - Dharmanagar Passenger Special.

05679 Agartala- Dharmanagar Special 05680 Dharmanagar-Agartala Special

05895 Rangiya-Murkongselek Special Days : Mon, Wed & Fri. ARR. --20.20

DEP. 08.15 ---

05896 Murkongselek-Rangiya Special Days : Tue, Thur & Sat.

STATIONS Rangiya Murkongselek

ARR. 17.40 ---

DEP. --06.00

Commercial Stoppage: - As per existing stoppage. Details timings exhibited in Time Table.

7.05894/05893 Rangapara North Rangiya Passenger Special (Tri- weekly)

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ShIlloNg, SEPTEMBER 30 (IANS): The principal and a senior teacher of a Kendriya Vidyalaya near here were on Friday arrested and sent to fiveday police custody on charge of raping two minor students, police said Yogesh Joshi, 32, from Churu village in Rajasthan, and Deep Jyoti Das, 25, from Tezpur in Assam were arrested on Thursday after the parents of the two victims lodged an FIR accusing the two of raping their daughters.

"We have produced both accused before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Isormon Rymbui, and the court has granted them five days' police custody," Mukesh Kumar Singh, the district police chief of West Garo Hills, told IANS. Singh said that the investigation is already in progress.

"We have booked the two accused under POSCO Act and Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code," he said. The principal and the teacher had allegedly raped the two students of Class XII on the evening of September 3 as they were

The New trains, Extension, Express trains upgraded to Super Fast, Diversion of route, 2. 55771/55772 Malda Town- Balurghat Passenger from Malda Town to Malda Court.

55771 Malda Court- Balurghat 55772 Balurghat-Malda Court Reflection of special trains, Increase in frequency, Change of Terminal, New stoppages, Change of Timings, Speeding up of trains and Re-numbering of trains, which Passenger Passenger have been incorporated in October/2016 issue of Time Table are appended below:ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. (A) NEW TRAINS:--10.10 Malda Court 17.00 --1. 12504/ 12503 Kamakhya- Bangalore Cantt. Humsafar Express (weekly).

13.25 -Balurghat --14.00 12504 Kamakhya-Bangalore Cantt.

12503 Bangalore Cantt. Humsafar Express Kamakhya Humsafar Express Composition:- General Second Class (Thirteen), SLR (Two)=15 Coaches.

3. 55703/55704 Malda Town – Katihar Passenger from Malda Town to Malda Court.

ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. 55703 Malda Court-Katihar Passenger 55704 Katihar-Malda Court Passenger ---20.10 (Tue) Kamakhya 13.30 (Sun) ---ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. 06.40 06.50 Malda Town 00.30 00.40

--15.20 Malda Court 10.45 ----Bangalore Cantt.

--10.15 (Fri) 18.55 --Katihar --08.15 Commercial Halt over N.F. Rly.: - New Bongaigaon, New Jalpaiguri and Kishanganj.

Composition: - A/C 3-Tier (Sixteen), Luggage cum generator car (Two)= 18 Coach- Composition:- General Second Class (Eleven), SLR (Two)=13 Coaches. es. Date of Introduction will be notified later.

H. New Stoppages :- Stoppages of following trains at following stations are 2.14019/ 14020 Agartala- Anandvihar Tripura Sundari Express (weekly), via Katihar. provided in New Time Table w.e.f. 01-10-2016. (1) 15227/15228 Yesvantpur- Muzaffarpur Exp. (Weekly) at Kumedpur. (2) 13159/13160 Kolkata- Jogbani 14019 Agartala- Anandvihar 14020 Anandvihar-Agartala Tripura (Tri-weekly) Exp. at Kumedpur. (3) 55601/55602 Kamakhya- Lumding Passenger Tripura Sundari Express Sundari Express at Sonuabari. (4) 55603/55604 Guwahati- Mairabari Passenger at Sonuabari. (5) ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. 55713/55714 New Jalpaiguri- Rangiya Passenger at Ghograpar, Kaithalkuchi, Tihu, Sarupeta, Patiladaha & Chaprakata. (6) 15927/15928 Rangiya- Dibrugarh ---14.00 (Thu) Agartala 00.30 (Thu) ---12.50 (Sat) --Anandvihar --23.55 (Mon) Express at Chabua. (7) 12377/ 12378 Sealdah-New Alipurduar Padatik Express at New Coochbehar & Mathabhanga.

Commercial Halt over N.F. Rly.: - Ambasa, Dharmanagar, Karimganj, Badarpur, I. Change of Timings ( w.e.f. 01-10-2016) :- Timings of the following important New Haflong, Lumding, Hojai, Jagiroad, Guwahati, New Bongaigaon & New trains will be changed at the originating stations and Major intermediate stations Jalpaiguri. Composition: - A/C 2-Tier (One), A/C 3-Tier (Three), Sleeper Class over N.F. System.

(Five), General Second Class (Three), SLR (Two) = 14 Coaches. Train introduced SN Train No. & Name Stations New Timings Old Timings w.e.f. 31-07-2016.

12424 Rajdhani Exp. New Delhi 16.10 13.55 Passenger Trains introduced and incorporated in the New Time Table 1 Katihar 10.05/10.15 07.40/07.50 October/2016.

New Jalpaiguri 13.10/13.30 10.45/11.05 1. 55616/ 55615 Silchar- Guwahati Fast Passenger w.e.f. 21-11-2015.

2. 55665/ 55666 Silchar- Jiribam Passenger w.e.f. 27.05. 2016.

Guwahati 19.50/20.15 17.30/17.55 3. 55667/55668 Silchar –Bhairabi Passenger w.e.f. 27-05-2016 Dibrugarh Town 07.00 04.55 (B) . EXTENSION OF TRAINS :-1. 12377/12378 Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri New Tinsukia 17.55 17.05 2 15902 (New No.22502) Padatik Express is extended upto New Alipurduar.

New TinsukiaDibrugarh 18.50/19.00 18.20/18.30 12377 Sealdah-New Alipurduar Padatik 12378 New Alipurduar- Sealdah Bangalore Express Mariani Jn. 21.35/21.45 21.25/21.35 Express Padatik Express Bangalore 03.10(Tue) 23.55(M) 3 15901 (New No.22501) ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. Guwahati 08.45/09.10 10.25/10.45 Bangalore-New --23.15 Sealdah 06.45 --Mariani 16.20/16.30 19.10/19.20 Tinsukia Exp. Dibrugarh 19.20/19.30 22.30/22.40 09.15 09.30 New Jalpaiguri 20.45 21.00 New Tinsukia 20.45 23.45 12.10 --New Alipurduar --17.50 Siliguri Jn. 08.30 09.45 Commercial Halt over extended route: - Mathabhanga & New Coochbehar. 12377 4 15464 Siliguri- Balurghat Exp. Kishanganj 11.06/11.08 11.50/11.52 Leaving Sealdah on 01-10-2016 will run upto New Alipurduar.

2. 15927/15928 Rangiya- Dibrugarh Express is extended upto New Tinsukia.

Barsoi Jn. 11.58/12.00 12.40/12.42 Naharlagun 21.35 21.10 15927 Rangiya- New Tinsukia Express. 15928 New Tinsukia- Rangiya Express. 5 22411 Naharlagun-New Delhi AC Exp. 16.00 15815 KamakhyaDays of run:-Mon, Tues, Fri & Sat. Days of run:-Tues, Wed, Sat & Sun. Kamakhya 17.00 6 Dekargaon I/C Exp. Rangiya 17.35/18.00 16.55/17.20 ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP.

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DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 30 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) today condemned the “irresponsible act” committed by the 35 Assam Rifles on September 28.

A press note from the MIP, NSCN (IM) stated that this incident has “vitiated” the peaceful atmosphere when “the whole Nagas young and old across the length and breadth of Nagalim are longing and incessantly praying in support for peaceful final solution of the long drawn IndoNaga conflict.”

The three persons apprehended by the AR were identified as Captain PK Akas, Lieutenant Ashang Kashung and Corporal N Elvis. The NSCN (IM) claimed they were nabbed “while they were on official duty monitoring law and order situation for peaceful maintenance against destructive elements who have from time to time created situation including threat to civilian lives such as bombing etc.”

“The three detained Naga army officers were never indulged in tax col-

05894 Rangapara North-Rangiya Special Days : Mon, Wed & Fri. ARR. --07.45

DEP. 05.00 ---

05893 Rangiya-Rangapara North Special Days : Tue,Thur & Sat.

STATIONS Rangapara North Rangiya

ARR. 21.20 ---

DEP. --18.20

Commercial Stoppage: - As per existing stoppage. Details timings exhibited in Time Table.

8. 05967/05968 Rangiya – Dibrugarh Special via Tinsukia (Tri- weekly).

05967 Rangiya-Dibrugarh 05968 Dibrugarh-Rangiya Special Days : Wed,Thur & Sun Special Days : Mon,Thur & Fri. ARR. --20.55

DEP. 05.45 ---

STATIONS Rangiya Dibrugarh

ARR. 19.45 ---

DEP. --05.00

Commercial Stoppage: - As per existing stoppage. Details timings exhibited in Time Table.

F.No.NRCM(S)74/2015

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F. Increase in frequency :- 1. Frequency of 15927/ 15928 Rangiya- Dibrugarh Express (via Sibsagar Town) frequency is increased from existing Tri-weekly to 4 (four) days with its extension to New Tinsukia w.e.f. 1st October/ 2016. Frequency of special train 05967/05968 Rangiya-Dibrugarh Special is reduced from existing 4 days to Tri-weekly w. e. f. 01-10-2016. (2) Frequency of 55771/55772 Malda Court-Balurghat Passenger train frequency is increased from existing 6 days to daily with the change of its terminal from Malda Town to Malda Court w.e.f.

01-10-2016.

G. Change of Terminal :- To improve punctual running and decongestion of Malda Town station it has been decided to shift the terminal of following trains from Malda Town to Malda Court station w.e.f. 01-10-2016. 1. 55769/55770 Malda Town-Katihar Pass from Malda town to Malda Court.

55769 Malda Court-Katihar Passenger 55770 Katihar-Malda Court Passenger ARR. DEP. STATIONS ARR. DEP. --17.45 Malda Court 09.25 --20.55

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Katihar

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Composition:- General Second Class (Thirteen), SLR (Two)=15 Coaches.

06.05

7 15816 Dekargaon- Kamakhya 8 9 10

I/C Exp. 15472 (New No.15772 KamakhyaAlipurduar I/C Exp. 15483 Alipurduar Jn.Delhi Mahananda Exp. 15469 (New No. 15769) Alipurduar Jn.-Lumding I/C Exp. 13148 Uttarbanga Exp. 15603 Kamakhya-Ledo I/C Exp.

Dekargaon Dekargaon RangaparaNorth Kamakhya Rangiya Alipurduar Jn. Alipurduar Jn.

21.25 21.15 05.25 05.00 05.55/06.20 05.30/05.55 16.30 16.00 16.38/16.40 17.23/17.25 09.45 09.25 04.05

03.50

15.15 New Coochbehar 15.25 19.45 Kamakhya 20.15 Guwahati 20.30/20.45 20.00/20.15 10.15 Ledo 10.35 13 15605 Kamakhya-Dibrugarh 19.45 Kamakhya 20.15 I/C Exp. Guwahati 20.30/20.45 20.00/20.15 11.30 Dibrugarh 11.15 16.40 14 15818(New No. 15418) Silghat Silghat Town 17.15 Town- Dhubri- Alipurduar Rajya 05.20 Dhubri 05.00/05.30 Rani Exp. --Alipurduar Jn. 08.25 16.45 Guwahati 16.55 15 15646 Guwahati-LTT Exp. 18.35 Guwahati 18.45 16 15640 Guwahati-Puri Exp. 22.40 Guwahati 22.55 17 15658 Kanchanjungha Exp. 09.45 Silchar 10.30 18 25658 Silchar-Sealdah Kanchanjungha Exp. Badarpur 11.25/11.55 10.45/11.15 New Haflong 14.15/14.20 13.55/14.05 --Lumding 18.00/18.30 15.15 19 15470 Lumding-Alipurduar I/C Lumding 15.10 13.00 Dhubri 20 15766 Dhubri-Siliguri I/C Exp. 12.55 09.20 21 15909 Avodh Assam Exp. Dibrugarh 09.35 22 15906 Vivek Exp. 22.45 Dibrugarh 23.05 23.10 Dibrugarh 23 14055 Brahmaputra Mail 23.25 23.35 Dibrugarh 23.45 24 15930 Dibrugarh-Egmore Exp. 16.20 Guwahati 25 55806 Guwahati-New Bongaiga17.00 on Pass.

21.00 New Bongaigaon 21.40 17.00 26 55820 Guwahati-Mendipathar Guwahati 16.20 Pass.

21.30 Mendipathar 20.05 13.40 Kamakhya 00.30 27 55612 (New No.55812) 22.15 Kamakhya-Dhubri Passenger Dhubri 07.30 04.00 Dhubri 08.00 28 55611(New No.55811) 11.55 Dhubri-Kamakhya Pass.

Kamakhya 16.00 11.00 Dekargaon 13.40 29 55719 Dekargaon-Bhalukpong 13.10 Passenger Bhalukpong 15.35 13.50 Bhalukpong 11.00 30 55720 Bhalukpong-Dekargaon 16.00 Passenger Dekargaon 13.10 15.15 Dibrugarh Town 17.00 31 55910 Dibrugarh Town-Simalu18.05 Simaluguri 19.50 guri Pass.

07.05 07.20 32 55905 Dibrugarh Town- Ledo Pass. Dibrugarh Town 12.15 Siliguri Jn. 10.20 33 75720 Siliguri Jn –Malda Court 20.15 Malda Court 18.15 DEMU 09.15 New Jalpaiguri 09.00 34 55749 New Jalpaiguri-Haldibari Pass.

11.05 Haldibari 10.45 03.30 Katihar 03.00 35 55733 Katihar-Jogbani Pass.

06.20 Jogbani 05.45 06.55 Jogbani 06.15 36 55734 Jogbani-Katihar Pass.

10.15 Katihar 09.20 18.00 Katihar 17.45 37 55743 Katihar Jogbani Pass.

21.20 Jogbani 21.15 03.30 Jogbani 04.00 38 55744 Jogbani-Katihar Pass.

06.10 Katihar 06.45 07.00 Katihar 07.15 39 55735 Katihar-Jogbani Pass.

10.30 Jogbani 10.45 40 55736 Jogbani-Katihar Pass.

02.30 Jogbani 03.00 41 55756 Jogbani-Teznarayanpur Pass.

19.45 Katihar 21.45 42 55763 Katihar-Jogbani Pass.

23.10 Jogbani 00.35 15.35 Malda Town 14.15 43 55711 Malda Town-New Jalpai23.05 New Jalpaiguri 21.40 guri Pass.

18.30 Katihar 18.15 44 55760 Katihar-Teznarayanpur 20.05 Teznarayanpur 19.30 Pass.

21.10 Teznarayanpur 20.05 45 55759 Teznarayanpur-Katihar 22.40 Katihar 21.20 Pass.

14.30 14.45 46 55751 New Jalpaiguri-Haldibari Pass. New Jalpaiguri 16.30 Haldibari 16.25 14.15 (MLDT) Malda Court 15.20 47 55703 Malda Court -Katihar 17.55 Katihar 18.55 Pass.

10.00 Bamanhat 09.30 48 55768 Bamanhat-Siliguri Pass.

16.50 17.00 49 55803 New Bongaigaon-Guwahati Pass. New Bongaigaon J. Renumbering of Trains:- Conversion of Express to Super Fast trains and due to shifting of maintenance depot following train numbers are changed :Existing From TO New number W.E.F. train No. 15901 Bangalore New Tinsukia 22501 24-01-2017 15902 New Tinsukia Bangalore 22502 20-01-2017 15817 Alipurduar Jn. Silghat Town 15417 02-10-2016 15818 Silghat Town Alipurduar Jn. 15418 15467 Siliguri Jn. Alipurduar Jn. 15767 15468 Alipurduar Jn. Siliguri Jn. 15768 15469 Alipurduar Jn. Lumding 15769 15470 Lumding Alipurduar Jn. 15770 15471 Alipurduar Jn. Kamakhya 15771 15472 Kamakhya Alipurduar Jn. 15772 01-10-2016 55765 Alipurduar Jn. Bamanhat 55465 55766 Bamanhat Alipurduar Jn. 55466 55767 Siliguri Jn. Bamanhat 55467 55768 Bamanhat Siliguri Jn. 55468 55611 Dhubri Kamakhya 55811 55612 Kamakhya Dhubri 55812

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H. Speeding up of trains:- Trains speed up in new Time Table October/ 2016.

Running time of following trains is reduced as under : Train No. From Train No. From TO Speed Up TO Speed Up 15902 NTSK SBC 1 hr. 10 mts.

55805 NBQ GHY 10 mts 15901 SBC NTSK 6 hrs. 15 mts.

15818 SHTT DBB 55 mts.

12424 NDLS DBRT 10 mts.

15646 GHY LTT 10 mts.

12236 NDLS DBRG 15 mts.

55608 SHTT GHY 5 mts.

15906 DBRG CAPE 20 mts.

55902 TSK LMG 15 mts.

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Toyota Platinum Etios & Updated Etios Liva launched Dimapur, September 30 (agencieS): Toyota Kirloskar Motor believes in continuous innovation to upgrade its products and offer the best features to its customers.

It is with this underlying philosophy that Toyota has come a long way with the Etios series. The series boasts of a unique combination of Toyota’s Global Promise of Quality, Durability & Reliability (QDR) backed by features like large cabin, luggage space, high fuel economy and lowest ownership cost to cater to the evolving needs of Indian customers.

Therefore, with the recent launch of “The New Platinum Etios & New Etios Liva” the company has set new standards of safety, dependability, quality and performance.

The Indian engineering team at Toyota Kirloskar Motor had taken complete leadership in making major changes to the product prioritizing customer needs and im-

portance of safety. Each and every customer feedback has been diligently considered incorporating changes into the product to enhance the premiumness. Each component has gone through severe testing evaluations as per the global standards.

“New Platinum Etios and the New Liva” with the

Bold design, premium new styling and plush new interiors make it an ideal family car. The most prominent visual modification is to the front bumper and grille, giving it a clearly distinguished look from that of its predecessors. The new Fog Lamp Bezels in both the models also adds to the enhanced look.

While the New Platinum Etios sports a new chrome strip with integrated reflectors on the boot, the new Liva gets TRD Sportivo special edition alloy wheels.

Interiors of both the Platinum Etios and the New Liva are upgraded to give it a premium look, with changed interior

rear seats. The New Platinum Etios has also been given foldable rear arm rest to add to the comfort of customer.

Toyota’s thinking of “Safety first” is clearly visible in the both the products. Etios is the first in the industry to have standardized dual airbags and Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) across all grades.

With the launch, New ISOFIX child seat locks for all models and all grades has been added to ensure safety of infants .Along with refreshing new features and enhanced appeal, the all new Etios and Liva have been crafted with a vision to refurbish Toyota’s safety commitment with superior safety attributes considering the importance of human life.

These new additions to the vehicle are not mere features but innovative engineering concepts that are aimed at flattering personal customers.

color with dual tone and modern seat upholstery.

The two new models come with best-in-class cabin space and new and improved Optitron Combimeter with digital tachometer. More comfort has been added to the seats, with enhanced cushioning and contours and adjustable headrests for the front and

UPSC IES Exam 2017 BJP inaugurates office at 29th Jangpetkong Mandal Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released a notification to fill 440 engineering positions in various departments of the central government through Indian Engineering Services Examination 2017. Interested candidates may check the eligibility criteria and apply online till 26-10-2016.

Vacancy details: • Post Name: Engineering Services Examination 2017 • No. of Vacancies: 440 Posts Category-wise Vacancy details: Category I- Civil Engineering (group A Services/Posts) • Indian Railway Service of Engineers • Indian Railway Stores Service (Civil Engineering Posts) • Central Engineering Service • Indian Ordnance Factories Service AWM/JTS (Civil Engineering Post) • Central Engineering Service (Roads), Group-A (Civil Engineering Posts) • Central Water Engineering Service Group ‘A’ (Civil Engineering Posts) • Survey of India Group ‘A’ Service • AEE (Civil Engineering Posts) in Border Roads Engineering Service Group ‘A’ • AEE (Civil) of P&T Building Works Group ‘A’ Service • Indian Defence Service of Engineers • AEE(QS&C) in Military Engineer Service(MES) Surveyor Cadre

mokokchung, September 30 (mexn): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mokokchung district unit held a formal programme for the inauguration of its office at 29th Jangpetkong Mandal and induction of office bearers in the office on September 24 at Alongkima Town.

L. Bendang Ao, President, BJP Dimapur district unit, gave the introductory speech and L. Temsu, President, Mokokchung district unit inducted the new members of the office.

Category III- Electrical Engineering (group A Services/Posts) • Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers • Indian Railway Stores Service (Electrical Engineering Posts) • Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts) • Indian Ordnance Factories Service AWM/JTS (Electrical Engineering Posts) • Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering Posts) • Indian Defence Service of Engineers • Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I (Electrical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy • AEE Group ‘A’ (Electrical Engineering Posts) in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defence • Central Power Engineering Service Group ‘B’ (Electrical Engineering Posts) Category IV- Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (group A & B Services/Posts) • Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers • Indian Railway Stores Service (Telecommunication/Electronics Engineering Posts) • Indian Inspection Service (Asst. Dir. Grade-I) • Indian Radio Regulatory Service Group ‘A’ • Indian Ordnance Factories Service AWM/JTS (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts) • Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts) • Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I(Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy Job Location: All India Eligibility Criteria for UPSC IES Exam 2017: Educational Qualification: Candidate applying for IES exam must have obtained an Engineering degree from a recognised University/Institution.

Age Limit (As on 01-01-2017): 21 to 30 years Age Relaxation • For OBC Candidates: 3 years • For SC/ST Candidates: 5 years • For PH Candidates: 10 years Application Fee: • General Category Candidates: Rs. 200 • SC/ST/PH/Female Candidates: NILL Selection Process: Selection of candidates will be made on the basis of written test and interview. how to Apply: Interested and eligible candidates may apply online through UPSC website ‘www.upsconline.nic.in’ on or before 26-10-2016.

Important dates: •Last Date of Online Application: 26-10-2016

well wishers from BJP 30th Alongtaki Mandal, and office bearers of BJP Dimapur district unit.

The following office bearers were inducted into BJP 29th Jangpetkong Mandal for the 2016-2018 tenure: President - Bendangnungsang, Vice President - Imtiyanger, General Secretary - Bendangtoshi, Secretary - R. Panger.

This was stated in a press release issued by BJP Mokokchung district unit President, L Temsu, and Secretary in-charge of media, Lanuyanger.

GMS New Chumu gets drinking water facility chumukeDima, September 30 (mexn): The newly constructed drinking water facility at Government Middle School (GMS), New Chumukedima was inaugurated by Deputy Mission Director, State Mission Authority Nagaland, Thekielie Keditsu as chief guest on September 28.

Lauding the School Management Committee for completing the project on time, he said unity among the SMC and sincerity towards their responsibility have resulted in the development. He asked the committee to further give their best service to the development of education at grassroots level.

The chief guest further appealed to the teaching faculty to judiciously provide the best and pure safe drinking water to the pupils. He also called upon the teachers to walk a mile further in providing quality education to the students.

On the demand raised by the SMC Chairman, Thozo Metha, the chief guest assured to provide all possible help for the betterment of the school. While lamenting the lack of required teaching faculty, the SMC Chairman had said that though the school was upgraded to GMS in the year 2010, it still cannot set up class 8 due to lack of enough teaching staff, said a press release. He appealed to the authority concerned to look into the matter and consider the case on priority basis.

The event was also attended by Village Council Chairman along with his members.

NSBSG 39th state council meeting held

kohima, September 30 (mexn): The Nagaland State Bharat Scouts & Guides held its 39th state council meeting on September 28 at State Headquarter Conference Hall, Bayavü Hill Kohima. The programme was chaired by Category II- mechanical Engineering Asangla Imti, Director Youth (group A Services/Posts) Resources & Sports and Vice • Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers President NSBSG and be• Indian Railway Stores Service (Mechanical Engineering gan with invocation by ThePosts) • Indian Ordnance Factories Service AWM/JTS (Mechanical jazeü Khruomo State Com-

Engineering Posts) • Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts) • AEE in Geological Survey of India Group ‘A’ Engineering Service • Central Water Engineering Service Group ‘A’ (Mechanical Engineering Posts) • AEE (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Border Roads Engineering Service Group ‘A’ • Indian Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts) • Indian Defence Service of Engineers (Mechanical Engineering Posts) • Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy

Other attendees were Aienla Jamir, Secretary, BJP Nagaland State unit (in charge of Mokokchung), Asangla, General Secretary, BJMM Nagaland State unit (in charge of BJMM Mokokchung District), Along Longkumer, State executive member, BJP Nagaland state unit, Imsumeren, vice chairman, Alongkima ad-hoc town committee, office bearers of BJP Mokokchung district unit, BJMM, BJYM, frontals office bearers of BJP Mokokchung district unit, office bearers and

deputy Commissioner, kohima, Rovilato mor on September 30 inaugurated the Axis Bank ghS Road Branch near the ITI kohima. It is their 9th branch in the four districts of Nagaland with 20 ATm boots. The newly opened branch will be activated from Saturday.

missioner (Guide) NSBSG while welcome address was delivered by Khyomo Lotha, Ex MP State Chief Commissioner NSBSG. Annual report of the NSBSG 2015-16 was highlighted by John Tochimong, State SecretarycumSOC(S)which was then followed by release ofparchmentsandcertificate to the qualified Himalayan Wood Badge Guide Captains byAsanglaImti,DirectorYRS

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U-DISE: School urged to furnish correct, genuine data Our Correspondent Kohima | September 30

In line with nationwide U-DISE exercise, Kohima Deputy Commissioner, Rovilatuo Mor today impressed upon the head of institutions that the District Administration and District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) Kohima will take serious note of institutions failing to provide accurate information.

U-DISE (Unified District Information System for Education) is a database of information about schools in India. The database was developed at the National University for Educational Planning and Administration.

Mor said collection or compilation of data is very important and anyone tasked for the job must give due importance as it reflects the planning process.

He cited an instance that as per 2011 census, the population of Kohima was reflected little less

than 1 lakh. This resulted in Kohima ineligible for central grants or other central schemes as per the criteria of the population figure.

He said many residents in the State capital Kohima belonging to other villages of other tribes opt to register in their home districts, which is how the population came down below 1 lakh as per 2011 census.

Mor said when actual figure is not properly projected, there will be always gap to meet the actual requirements. In this, he said furnishing of the basic data on students’ enrolment is necessitated in the planning process. He stated that complete and accurate data is essential for any follow up, effective planning and evaluation for overall development of students.

He also said the ongoing exercise will also reflect the fate of scholarship, special grant, stipend and other infrastructure like computer education, and whosever fail to figure in U-DISE

exercise will be deprived of all such facilities.

“It is mandatory for all institutions to provide accurate and clear data on U-DISE exercise,” he said.

Speaking at the celebration of U-DISE Day-cum-sensitization on implementation of student data collection in-sync with UDISE 2016-17 at Ura Academy Hall here, Mor, who is also chairman DMA, SSA Kohima, said that the observance of U-DISE was an important and significant national event which is being observed across the country.

He stressed on the important area of furnishing correct and genuine students’ statistic data of the State through which the Government aids and funding shall be taken up in the coming days.

The DC stated that U-DISE exercise is mandatory with direct instruction from the Ministry of Human Resource Development to various universities and

boards to provide required data information as mentioned in the prescribed format.

He impressed upon all the head of institutions to take the exercise seriously and furnish the accurate data within the time frame fixed by the District Mission Authority in order to submit the data to the Ministry without delay.

Deputy District Education Officer, i/c District Project Cocoordinator, DMA, SSA Kohima, Neizetuonuo stated the U-DISE exercise is database information of the school level statistic which would be used in monitoring the Government flagship programmes.

She said that it is a principal tool for measuring progress of the school, to plan inputs for preparation of work planning and programmes and further requested the head of educational institutions to give efforts and present realistic data of their respective schools.

Data formats were given to all the schools today and the filled up formats by the schools will be submit to the respective educational and block resource centres. The government schools are to submit on or before October 15 and the private schools on or before October 28.

“U-DISE exercise is very important, we need to have consistent data at the grassroots level and the data must be realistic,” she reiterated.

U-DISE provides information about school level statistics, school infrastructure, human resource and enrolment related details.

Stating that the data information once submitted to the Centre is final and not possible to change or make correction, she asked all concerned to take special care and present a realistic data that is suitable and workable to the needs of the school and the department.

AIR introduces new programme series 317 recruits pass out from NPTS

Kohima, September 30 (mexN): All India Radio (AIR), Kohima is introducing new programme series

to promote scientific temper and scientific awareness among the listeners, informed a press release

from Raichanda ChingthMorung Express News am, Programme Executive, Dimapur | September 30 AIR Kohima. The details of programme are as follows: A total of 317 recruits passed out from the NagaName of Programme Weekly Time Start land Police Training School Science in our daily life Every Monday 6:35 pm October 3, 2016 (NPTS), Chumukedima on General science Every Thursday 6:35 pm October 6, 2016 September 30. It was the Science serial on understanding Every Saturday 10:50 am Already started on 62nd batch of recruit haviland managing disaster September 10, 2016 dars and recruit constables to pass out from the NPTS, which will be completing 50 years in November. Out of the total, 21 personnel and our jawans. This surgi- will be recruited into serKohima, September Indian territory.”

The Governor, in his cal attack reaffirms Army’s vice in the 15th NAP (Ma30 (mexN): Nagaland State Governor PB Acharya statement also congratulat- valour and commitment to hila IR), while the rest will today issued a statement ed Prime Minister Narendra nation’s security,” the Gov- be absorbed in the various DEF units. to the Indian Army con- Modi “for his strong and right ernor stated.

The Chief Minister, TR “It is a proof of Indian gratulating it for “conduct- decision to fight terrorism.”

“I salute our brave sol- Army’s valour and patrio- Zeliang inspected the cering surgical strikes on the night of 28th September diers for their valour. We tism. A clear message has emonial attestation parade on terrorist launch pads are really proud of our been sent to the terrorists held at the NPTS ground across the Line of Control Army and the whole na- by destroying their launch with the DGP, LL Doungel (LoC) to safeguard our Na- tion supports them. Our pads across the LoC. I once also in attendance. As per tion and neutralise Paki- brave jawans have given a again congratulate Indian the CM, the recruitment stan sponsored terrorists befitting reply to those at- Army for their brave ac- was a “special dispensation” or recruitment exerplanning to infiltrate into tacking innocent civilians tion,” he added.

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cise exclusively for the 4 districts of Kiphire, Longleng, Mon and Tuensang.

Terming the parade as a “smart turnout”, the CM expressed hope that the recruits will prove to be equally as smart and efficient while discharging duty. The constabulary is usually the police force’s “first point of contact” with the public, the CM said, while adding, “the impression you create will be the impression the public will carry of the police (which implies) your performance as well as your behaviour will be crucial in the maintenance of law and order.” The Nagaland Police have come to be known as a brave and dedicated force, “I hope you will continue to maintain this tradition of bravery and service before self.”

While maintaining that

the nature of crimes have become more complex, he added that it is pertinent for the police to keep pace with the latest developments in technology and update knowledge and skills continuously. In this context, he held that the police training school has an important role to play, where the best and the most suitable officers must be posted. He further called for refresher courses for all ranks periodically, while maintaining that simply passing out is not enough.

Maintaining that the police service is more than just an avenue for earning a living, rather he held that it should be taken as a call, a sacrifice to serve the people and the state.

“While serving, one should not harbour any obligation to serve personal interests.”

Official residence of ‘Power your life’ - World Heart Day observed DC Mon inaugurated

moN, September 30 (Dipr): The official residence of Deputy Commissioner, Mon was inaugurated on September 29 with Parliamentary Secretary for CAWD, YM Yollow as the chief guest.

The chief guest informed that construction of quarters and offices in the sub divisional level could not be implemented due to financial constrain in funding system, however, systematic execution of works at district HQs are being carried out. Exhorting the officers to work sincerely and honestly for the development and welfare of the people and society wherever they are posted, he said that their achievements will

be like a souvenir to the people. Asserting that planning is the head and money a tail and wherever the head goes the tail follows, he suggested the gathering to adopt proper planning for systematic execution of any work.

Er Swari Meru, Executive Engineer (CAWD) informed that the three storied RCC building constructed at the cost of 277 lakh has 20 rooms and parking space of 6-7 cars with separate rooms and kitchens for security guards, workers and guests.

This is the first building constructed for the residence of the DC of the district. The earlier building was constructed for the then SDO (C), when Mon was under Tuensang district.

Parents, teachers oriented on CWSN pereN, September 30 (mexN): The Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS - RMSA) organised an orientation programme on Children with Special Needs (CWSN) in Peren district from September 23 to 29. The programme was held in the four different blocks, namely Peren, Jalukie, Tening and Athibung, for parents of CWSN and teachers of the different GHS and GHSS. Resource persons for the programme were Dr. Atsungla, MS, District Hospital Peren, Dr. Lungkieding, MO, Community Health Centre Jalukie, Dr. Vezokholu Khamo, Community Health Centre, Athibung, and Dr. Chamzai Newmai, MO, Public Health Centre Tening.

Dimapur, September 30 (mexN): World Heart Day was observed in Zunheboto and Peren districts under the theme ‘Power Your Life’ on September 29.

In Zunheboto, the District Health Society observed the day at Akuluto PHC. Prior to the observance, a seminar cum interaction session was held at Sumi Baptist Church, Akuluto Town on September 28.

Dr. Hokugha Jakhalu, Medical Officer i/c Akuluto PHC was the resource person. He emphasised on diabetes, its risk factor and prevention control. He also highlighted about hypertension, its symptoms and treatment. Dr. Hokugha also discussed about the importance of regular physical exercise and encouraged the gathering to decrease intake of salt and oil. He further elaborated on the causes of cancer and treatment. He advised to avoid consumption of alcohol and tobacco and increase diets rich in fruits and vegetables.

Screening camp was held on September 29 at Akuluto PHC, where 116 people were screened for Blood Sugar, 116 screened for BP, 61 screened for

World Heart Day was observed at Rangapahar Military Station with an aim to create awareness and inculcate good habits for a healthy heart on September 29. The events included walkathon, poster making competition for the children and a talk on how to improve health of your heart. All the troops and their families stationed at Rangapahar Military Station participated in all the events.

Blood Grouping, and 59 people were counseled for health promotion and prevention of NCD. Two persons were detected with diabetes and 55 hypertension cases were detected during the camp.

This was informed in a press release issued by Shekho Sophie, District Media Officer, CMO Office, Zunheboto.

The programme in Peren district was held at CHC Jalukie. Dr. K. Limatula Ao, DVPO, NVBDCP gave a brief talk on why World Heart Day is observed and its significance. She said the aim is to inform people about cardiovascular dis-

eases and to promote its preventive measures and to improve health globally by encouraging people to make lifestyle changes and promoting education internationally about the ways to be good to one’s heart.

A press release from Pezanguno Celine Secü, District Media Officer, CMO Peren informed that Tguori, SDO (C), Jalukie in his speech stated that diseases can be cured and protected if one is aware and conscious. “We tend to live an unhealthy lifestyle because of our ignorance which leads to premature deaths,” he added.

Dr. Thangmang Thom-

son, MD, Medical Officer, Athibung PHC, gave a talk on healthy heart, its risk factors, prevention & management. He highlighted the symptoms of heart disease, main types of heart disease, risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and its prevention.

70 patients availed the health services provided, out of which, there were 12 diabetes and 22 hypertension cases. Apart from free health checkups, free medicines were also provided. Meanwhile, 50 persons availed counseling on health promotion and prevention of non-communicable diseases.

Governor Acharya appeals to participate in Swachh Bharat Mission Kohima, September 30 (mexN): As the second anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission approaches, Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya has appealed to all stakeholders, NGOs, civil societies, Government employees, college and school authorities, students’ organizations etc. to participate in the Mission and join in the process of building a “Swachh”, “Shashakt”, “Samriddh”, and “Niryog” Bharat (India).

Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission) was first launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2014 coinciding with the 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi. In a press release, Acharya noted that cleanliness was very near to Gandhi’s heart. He mentioned that the Mission, which aims to make India clean by the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, is a national campaign by the Government of India, covering 4,041 statutory cities and towns, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country.

The release further informed that Modi had appointed nine important social leaders (NavRatnas) three times as National Ambassadors of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Acharya expressed gratefulness to Modi for nominating him

EDBA appeals to clean shop premises

Dimapur, September 30 (mexN): On the occasion of Swachh Bharat Mission Day, East Dimapur Business Association (EDBA) has appealed to all business houses within its jurisdiction to join the rest of the nation in cleaning India. A press release from as one of the National Ambassadors along with comedian Kapil Sharma, former captain of Indian cricket team Sourav Ganguly, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, Sonal Mansingh, classical dancer, Ramoji Rao of Eenadu group and Aroon Pur. To carry the mission forward, he said, he has nominated nine promi-

EDBA Vice President, Mar Longkumer has requested all business houses to clean their respective shop premises from 6:00 am on October 1. The waste collection vehicle provided by EDBA will come to collect the wastes by 9:00 am, he added.

nent personalities of the State as Ambassadors of Swachh Bharat Mission from different fields. They are Alobo Naga, Longtam Phom, Abei-u-Meru, Vizopal Chaya, Supongmeren Jamir, Geoffery Yaden, Hokhugha Chishi, T Khongo, Methaneilie Solo Jütakhrie. “Let us be soldiers to turn this novel idea into

action,” he appealed.

“We should all keep our surroundings neat and clean. We need to keep our houses, markets, public places, etc. clean and neat.

Garbage/waste should be properly disposed off. It should not be thrown into public places,” the Governor further asserted.

He said that the Govern-

ment is aiming to achieve an Open-Defecation Free (ODF) India by October 2, 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, by constructing 12 crore toilets in rural India at a projected cost of Rs. 1.96 lakh crore.

“Through the practice of the proper cleanliness we can keep ourselves physically and mentally clean which really make us good, civilized and healthy human being. Cleanliness brings feeling of physically, mentally and socially wellbeing and helps to make good personality. Cleanliness gives rise to good character by keeping body, mind and soul clean and peaceful,” Acharya added.

MEx FILE Assault condemned Dimapur, September 30 (mexN): The Rengma Community Padum Pukhuri Dimapur and Kandi Union Dimapur have condemned the assault on Dimu Mesen, who is a member of both the organisations. According to condemnation notes issued separately by the two organizations, on September 27 around 10:00 pm, Dimu Mesen was assaulted at his residence by one Inato Chopy, temporarily residing in Toluvi village, Dimapur “without any reason or rhyme.” The two bodies have condemned “such anti-social activities disturbing the law and order in the society.”

Four BJP members suspended Dimapur, September 30 (mexN): The Nagaland State BJP President, Visasolie Lhoungu has suspended the following BJP members for “breach of discipline and willful defiance of party order” as per the constitutional provisions: Khuvishe Sema, former District BJP President of Zunheboto; Chumbemo Odyuo, State Council Member of 37th A/C; Achumth Jami, State Council Member of 39th A/C; Tsenthungo Kikon, State Council Member of 40th A/C. This was informed in a press release issued by Jaangsillung Gonmei, General Secretary (Media), BJP Nagaland.

Free-national integration camps Dimapur, September 30 (mexN): Free-national integration camps will be held from November 13 to 18, November 20 to 25, and December 1 to 6 in Gurgaon, Haryana, organized by Rajyoga Education and Research Foundation and Brahma Kumaris org, supported by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. Lodging and Boarding facilities will be provided by the organisers. Any candidate, male or female, in the age group of 16 to 29 years can participate.

For details, contact Brahma Kumaris branch Kohima at 9436604881, 8258892375 before October 1.

Government Polytechnic Kohima students informed Kohima, September 30 (mexN): Principal of Government Polytechnic Kohima has informed students of the institute to fill up forms for the Compartmental Examination for Even Semester from October 3 to 7 without fail. The examination is tentatively scheduled to commence on November 15, 2016. The Principal, Vipulhou Lhoungu in a press release stated that no extension of dates and complaints shall be entertained after the deadline.

Online scholarship application extended till Oct 30 Kohima, September 30 (mexN): Directorate of Higher Education, Nagaland has informed all the scholarship beneficiaries that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India has extended the last date for online scholarship application up to October 30.

Training cum U-Dise Day at Mon moN, September 30 (Dipr): Training cum U-DISE Day was held at Badminton stadium, Mon on September 30 with EAC Mon Sardar, Relise Sangtam as the special guest. The programme was organised by SSA & RMSA, Mon district. Speaking to the gathering of Principals, Headmasters and teaching staff, Relise Sangtam requested them to be a part of the Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) by giving extra efforts. He also appealed to all the Principals and Headmasters to furnish actual information of the students, adding they would be held responsible if they fail to bring the report in time. Training on Students Data Capture (in sync with U-DISE) was conducted by the resource person.

Meetings & AppointMents TSUD 5th general conference The Tenyimi Students' Union Dimapur (TSUD) has scheduled its 5th general conference at IMC Hall, Dimapur on October 1, 10:00 am. Vipopal Kentso, former Chairman KMC & General Secretary, Tenyimi People's Organization and Kelhuseto Nakro, Deputy Secretary NPSC will grace the occasion as chief guest and guest of honour respectively. All the students have been requested to come in traditional wear.

Peers Club 12th Foundation Day The Peers Club, Chiephobozou is celebrating 12th Foundation Day-cum-picnic on October 2 at Bharat Scout & Guide Training Centre, Nerhe Phezha at 12:00 noon. MLA Neiphrezo Keditsu will grace the programme as the guest of honour. All the members have been informed to attend the programme positively.

Dimapur DPDB meeting venue changed The Dimapur District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting for the month of October which was supposed to be held at Dimapur Government College has been shifted to Deputy Commissioner’s conference hall, Dimapur. The meeting will be held on October 5 at the usual time, 11:00 am. This was informed in a press release issued by Augustine M Yanthan, Asstt. Development Commissioner & Member Secretary, DPDB Dimapur.

Kiphire DPDB meeting All Kiphire DPDB members have been informed that meeting for the month of October will be held on October 5, 11.00 am in the DC's conference hall, Kiphire. All members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

Mangkolemba SDPDB meeting postponed The monthly meeting of Mangkolemba Sub Division Planning and Development Board for the month of October will be held on October 14 and not as informed earlier. This was informed in an official notification issued by SDO (C) Mangkolemba, Renbomo Ezung. It further directed all the board members to attend the meeting without fail as there will be photo session for the upcoming Silver Jubilee Souvenir.

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PeoPle, life, etc...

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Elon Musk’s Boldest Announcement Yet

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ven among tech companies, whose product announcements are geared to be grandiose, Elon Musk's Marscolonization rollout feels like something new.

In a video shared Tuesday at a space exploration conference in Guadalajara, Musk outlined his plan: Before this century is out, a small team of humans will open a spacecraft door, step onto red ground and stare at the sun faintly shining through Mars’ hazy atmosphere. A few years later, more people will arrive, but the planet that greets them will look increasingly familiar. Mars will be swaddled in clouds, and the same watery blue that characterizes Earth.

The journey will begin on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, where Apollo 11 lofted humans to another world for the first time. Only now, the patron will not be a global superpower, but SpaceX. Musk unveiled his plans at an annual gathering of the International Astronautical Federation, a group founded during the Cold War. A self-sustaining, shining city on Mars would need about 1 million people, according to Musk, who envisions launching 1,000 ships to get them there. The goal is to become a multi-planetary species, ensuring humanity could survive an extinction event on Earth. The first flights could leave for Mars by 2022, he claims.

“This is about minimizing existential risk and having a sense of adventure. It’s about ensuring the light of consciousness is not extinguished, which

I think is really important. … The probable lifespan of human civilization will be much greater if we are a multi-planetary species,” he said. “But the argument I find most compelling is it would be an incredible adventure. Life needs to be more than solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be inspired.”

The first Martians would be wealthy people, presumably the sort who possess both a pioneering spirit and a knack for construction. Musk hopes to lower the cost of a trip to Mars to roughly the median price of a house in the U.S., about $200,000, he said. The first settlers would build pressurized dome shelters on Mars, to protect them from Mars’s harsh climate and tenuous atmosphere. Larger domes would be built to harbor farms capable of feeding a population of one million.

Eventually, SpaceX hopes to ship thousands of people per year to the Red Planet.

They would travel using the newly announced Interplanetary Transport System, which consists of a 40-foot-diameter rocket booster and 55-foot-diameter spaceship, codenamed the BFR and BFS, respectively (yes, those acronyms mean what you think they mean). Initially, Musk referred to his ship as the Mars Colonial Transporter, but earlier this month he said he was ditching that name, because the the rocket will be built to go beyond Mars. On Tuesday, he even invoked Europa, a moon of Jupiter that probably has an enormous ocean under its surface.

In the soaring promo video SpaceX unveiled Tuesday, the rocket lifts

In a gorgeous new video, the SpaceX CEO lays out his vision for a human civilization on Mars Rebecca Boyle The Atlantic

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk delivers Model X electric sports-utility vehicles during a presentation in Fremont, California September 29, 2015. Tesla Motors delivered the first of its long-awaited Model X electric sports-utility vehicles on Tuesday, a product investors are counting on to make the pioneering company profitable after years of losses. (Reuters Photo)

off and the ship heads to a “parking orbit” while the booster sails back to Earth, landing straight up on the same launchpad. There, it will pick up a new fuel tank and launch itself again, joining the spaceship in orbit and gassing it up for the trip to Mars. It would repeat this three to five times. Fueling the ship off Earth would dramatically lower costs, Musk said.

The ship resembles a multi-decker space shuttle, but without the iconic delta wings. Instead, once in orbit, it unfurls a pair of wing-like solar panels, like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. The ship, made from carbon fiber, would accommodate at least 100 passengers and maybe up to 200, Musk said. It is gigantic, and could even have room for on-board eateries: “Pizza joints, you name

This band from Vienna uses instruments made of vegetables

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astering how to play a musical instrument is difficult in itself, but to master the art of making the instruments to play with takes the love for music to a whole new level. This band from Vienna called the Vegetable Orchestra does both and as an encore at the end of their concerts and performances, they offer the audience fresh vegetable soup that is prepared by the cut-offs.

Founded in 1998, this talented band plays concerts all over the world with indigenous instruments made from various veggies and they are really good. From contemporary music, beat-oriented House tracks, experimental Electronic, Free Jazz, Noise, Dub, Clicks’n’Cuts, the list just goes on.

All the instruments are made from vegetables: “from fresh as well as dried plant material such as carrot, leek, celery root, artichoke, dried pumpkin

'The patience required to build an instrument every time you want to play is inapprehensible.

Their hard work is and persistence is surely commendable' and onion skin. All these components are used for building organic instruments and sound generators which usually only last for one concert or one day in the studio. In addition to the vegetables, various utensils like record players or power drills are used to create unusual noises and to add unexpected texture to the music,” says their website.

The ensemble has a mix of people from various backgrounds — musicians, visual artists, ar-

chitects, designers, media artists, writers and sound poets. They have three CD albums called Gemise, Automate and Onionoise to their credit. For each of these albums, the group had to literally invent new instruments and music to make it different from the prior album.

The patience required to build an instrument ever y time you want to play is inapprehensible. Their hard work is and persistence is surely commendable.

it,” he said. It would have giant windows in its nose to ensure dazzling views.

“It’s got to be fun and exciting. It can’t feel cramped or boring,” he said. “It will be, like, really fun to go.”

While this all sounds like science fiction, Musk is already working on the engine that could make this happen. A few days ago, he tweeted the first glimpse of the Raptor, a powerful engine that can deliver about 500,000 pounds of thrust. It will use liquid methane for fuel, unlike both the Falcon 9 rockets and the space shuttle main engines. This is a strategic choice: While scientists are still hunting for signatures of methane at Mars, it can certainly be manufactured there, using ice and carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere.

The Raptor boosts the ship to a cruising speed of about 63,000 mph. After an interplanetary coast lasting several months, the ship will dive toward Mars, gradually tipping up its nose to skid downward in the same manner the space shuttle used to reenter Earth’s atmosphere.

The craft’s heat shield will reach temperatures upward of 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. A few moments before landing, the vehicle will stand upright, just like SpaceX rockets do now, and unfold three legs to balance itself, finally perching on the ground.

Along with safely delivering colonists, the BFR and its attendant ship would have to deliver 100 tons of payload to Mars, which is 100 times larger than the heaviest thing humans have ever

sent to the red planet. Landing may be an even bigger challenge than launching; Curiosity, our biggest Mars rover, weighs 1,982 pounds, and needed a combination of parachutes and an audacious, specially designed sky crane to touch down safely.

There is almost no room for error in a landing like this; if one thruster misfires, or something goes wrong with the powered descent, the ship will collapse into the dirt. Mars’s atmosphere isn’t thick enough for parachutes to serve as backup.

Even the journey’s midpoint is treacherous. Earth’s magnetic field deflects the worst of solar and cosmic radiation, and even then, humans visiting low Earth orbit are exposed to ionizing radiation that can damage DNA and cause cancer. Once humans leave Earth’s protec-

tive cocoon, they will be exposed to dangerous cosmic rays and solar flares. A colonial transport would also likely have to provide some kind of artificial gravity, or at least good enough exercise equipment that astronauts won’t be bed-bound the minute they land. There will be too much work to do to spend weeks recovering and regaining enough muscle and bone density to walk.

Musk admitted that the funding structure for his grand plan is pretty unclear: “Steal underpants, launch satellites, send cargo and astronauts to ISS, Kickstarter, profit,” he joked.

Tuesday’s announcement was remarkable for the way it fleshed out ideas that Musk has been teasing for years. As far back as 2011, he said he wanted to send people to Mars within 10 to 20 years—10 years would be the “best case,” he said at the time. He envisions SpaceX providing transport, not necessarily driving colonization. In that way, SpaceX could be like the shipping companies that brought people from Europe to America in the 17th century, or the railroad firms that laid track to the West.

“Enough would want to go, and who could afford a trip, that it could happen.

Almost anyone, if they have saved up and this was their goal, they could ultimately save enough money and move to Mars,” Musk said.

“Mars would have a labor shortage for a long time, so jobs would not be in short supply.”

Before any of this can happen, SpaceX has to surmount plenty of technical hurdles on Earth, let alone interplanetary space. It can’t ship people to the next planet over until it figures out how to stop its rockets

from exploding, and then how to safely launch humans into low Earth orbit and bring them home.

And then there are the social challenges. A Mars colony would need much more than shiny domes and potato farms. We would need to develop a system to handle property disputes. We would need a Mars tribunal to handle petty and violent crimes.

That means we’d probably need a Mars jail, or at least a fair, ethical way to settle scores. That means we would need an off-planet political system, and it’s not clear what that should look like, or who would get to decide.

Musk has said he favors direct democracy, rather than a U.S.-style representative democracy, because “the potential for corruption is substantially diminished.” But he has mostly been mum on the social, legal and moral issues a Mars colony would raise. Getting there is the focus, for now. On Tuesday, Musk said his goal was “to make Mars seem possible.”

“It’s possible that this dream is real; not just a dream, but something that can be made real,” he said.

After that, the BFR and BFS can go beyond Mars, maybe to worlds like Europa, rich with water, or the many other moons of Jupiter and Saturn. But Mars remains the best place to start an Earth colony for several reasons. It is the planet most like Earth, at least during its deep past, and if Musk’s terraforming dreams come true, in its future. The red planet’s rocky surface will give humans a solid footing on which to plant flags. And it has water, perhaps enough to sustain a small colony. In other words, it’s a good start, just like Musk’s video.

The forest on their plates

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he sun flits in and out of the clouds, spotlighting the hills around Muniguda and Bissam Cuttack blocks in Rayagada district, Odisha.

Their emerald green colour is so resplendent and bright that it almost hurts your eyes.

The sound of laughter and conversation bounces off the houses and trees at Khalpadar village nestled in the base of the hills. Music can be heard. A goat has been butchered for a community meal. I have arrived in the middle of some festivities.

The forests that surround these villages have for years been a vital support system for tribal communities across Rayagada, providing food, medicine, fodder, fuel wood and water. Generations had grown rain-fed millet and vegetables here, until the government set its sights on the land. Large chunks of forest were chopped down by the forest department to make way for cash plantations like teak, eucalyptus and timber.

That is when the women in these villages decided to take on the responsibility of protecting their forests. Today, thanks to their efforts, the hills are flourishing again with indigenous trees, plants and flowers. This, in turn, has brought back diversity to their plates.

“When they came to persuade us to plant eucalyptus and teak, we refused.

They said ‘paisa zyada milega’ (you will get more money),” says Timoli Kurunjelika. “But we had seen that these trees suck the life out of surrounding areas.

No roots can grow; no tubers, mushrooms or fruits.

The soil gets damaged too.

But the forest department insisted and planted their own trees. Three years later, all the native plants in the undergrowth and the trees were destroyed.”

This is when the diet of the tribal people in these villages began to suffer.

The children did not get enough nutrition. The women decided that, despite the offer of money, instead of enabling the

These tribal women from Odisha fought to throw out white rice and soy nuggets and bring millets and seeds back into their diet Anuradha Sengupta

destructive development of their forests and hills, which they call Bamni Boirohoru, they would pave the way for a more sustainable future. They began to see that the new forest policy had led to malnutrition in their communities and they got down to get back what they had lost.

The first thing they had to do was reclaim their millet-growing fields. “We decided to cut down plantation trees and replant our traditional crops — dates, mangoes, moa, jackfruit, tamarind,jaamkoli,” says Balo Shikoka. “The forest officials informed the police, who said we have to go to prison for this. We said we will go. All of us — women, children, elders — will stay in jail. We will go to prison for the jungle.

But when we stay there, we won’t eat your city food.

Give us our mandua (finger millets). The forest guys quietly left. There was no sign of them till last month.

They came again. We told them ‘You know what we think. They left again’.”

It’s the women who are leading the change, going around telling other villagers to replant their forests. Last year, in nearby Nanduwadi, the forest department planted eucalyptus nurseries. The villagers went to the officials

to reason with them. When repeated requests failed, the villagers cut the eucalyptus trees and set them on fire.

“One afternoon, the police came in two vans,” recounts Sukhomoti Shikoka. “Most of us were in the forest or in the fields. Two women in the village ran and informed us. We all went running with laathis — women, men, elders, and youth. The police left. The entire village had protested. Finally, the forest department agreed to plant saplings of indigenous trees.”

It requires a lot of work to bring back diversity. The trees take at least five years to grow. The soil, damaged by plantations, takes time to replenish and thrive again.

The Adivasi women have formed informal groups to monitor the jungles and informal rules for gathering forest produce.

“This year — from June to July alone — we have regrown jungles in 35 villages in Muniguda block,” says Sukhomoti. “About 6,000 families from Muniguda to Bissam Cuttack are involved — each planting 10 to 15 trees. Now the nutrition needs of our children will be met, even after the rains.”

Living Farms, a nongovernment organisation working in the region on food and nutrition security, conducts assessments

of dietary diversity every six months. In 2014, the number of families with low nutrition levels was 58 per cent. Now it is 18 per cent. “A major area of focus is to link agriculture, natural resource management, and nutrition,” says Bichitra Biswal of Living Farms. “In the last couple of years, we’ve come to realise that government schemes like ICDS cannot ensure nutrition security.

Chhatua, midday meals, eggs — these are supplements. In Rayagada area, we have traditionally had immense food diversity — many varieties of pulses, millets, grains, fruits, vegetables, greens and mushrooms. We need to protect this, not destroy it.”

A typical diet for an adivasi family starts with millet porridge. Lunch is another variety of millet, with wild onions, greens like gondri saag, foraged from the jungle, sometimes mushrooms, meats or fish. In the evening, they have rice, vegetables, pulses and cowpeas. The women talk about a time not so long ago when their diets were richly varied.

Kosla, gurji, jari, sua, fruits, birds, animals, insects.

They would eat the seeds of mango and tamarind, and roasted, ground roots.

They also depend on the

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forest for healing. One woman hurries off and comes back with a bunch of leaves and roots. She lists out their medicinal benefits. One stems bleeding, these roots control diarrhoea, this one is for toothache...

“My daughter knows what to do for toothaches,” says Landi Shikoka. “She has treated many people in the village. Her jejema (grandmother) taught her.

The knowledge is passed from one generation to another. And the people are chosen. Jejema did not tell me, she chose my daughter, who has always had a knack for identifying plants and spends a lot of time in the jungles and hills. Once a man came from outside asking for treatment. ‘Are you sure it will heal me’, he asked. I said, ‘daat na theek kortey parley, pahaar niye niyo (if your tooth doesn’t get better, you can take our hill).”

All this slowly vanished when the city people came. “They’d say ‘Yeh cheez ghatiya hai’. They thought we were moorkh (stupid). Someone in a pant-shirt would ask what we eat and be disgusted when we told him.” This hurt their sense of identity and pride. Then, when their children travelled to towns for education, they were exposed to another kind of food. “They started asking for soya nuggets and Maggi.”

“We noticed that the adivasis had developed an inferiority complex about their diet,” says Biswal. In order to combat the growing alienation from traditional food systems, Living Farms began organising a series of local food festivals in the villages to showcase the richness on their plates.

Indigenous seeds and recipes were shared. Children and youth saw the diversity of their food. This has brought back pride in traditional food systems and the community has realised how the forest is a major source of their food.

“Adivasis know about the jungle,” says Landi Shikoka.

“When adivasis disappear, so will the knowledge, and the forests and the hills.”

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Morung Youth Express

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The emotion centre is the oldest part of the human brain: why is mood so important?

Genevieve Rayner

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The Conversation

omebody woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning.” You know that comment; the one that rarely makes you feel any more gracious towards the world (or the person saying it). At other times you might feel particularly gracious and sunny, for no reason at all.

Our mood is a transient frame of mind that influences how we think and view the world. It is influenced by events in our lives, the amount of sleep we get, hormones, even the weather. But what role does the brain play in shaping our mood?

The limbic system Many regions fundamental to mood are buried deep in the most primordial parts of the brain; that is, they are thought to have been among the first to develop in the human species. This is probably because mood is evolutionarily important.

Being glum can be advantageous and has been shown to sharpen our eye for detail, for instance. But, overall, the brain seems geared towards maintaining a mildly positive frame of mind. Being in a good mood makes us more likely to seek new experiences, be creative, plan ahead, procreate and adapt to changing conditions.

The limbic system is the major primordial brain network underpinning mood. It’s a network of regions that work together to process and make sense of the world.

Neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and dopamine, are used as chemical messengers to send signals across the network. Brain regions receive these signals, which results in us recognising objects and situations, assigning them an emotional value to guide behaviour and making split-second risk/reward assessments.

The limbic system sits under the cerebrum (the largest and newest part of the brain) and is made up of structures such as the hypothalamus, hippocampus and the amygdala.

The almond-shaped amygdala attaches emotional significance to events and memories. It came to the attention of emotion researchers in 1939 when monkeys whose amygdalae were removed showed bizarre patternsof behaviour. They became fearless, hypersexual and either devoid of emotion or irrationally aggressive.

Dubbed Kluver-Bucy Syndrome, it is rare in humans, but has been observed in people with amygdala damage incurred, for instance, after a bout of brain inflammation.

The hippocampus, meanwhile, reminds us which courses of action are congruent with our mood. For instance, if you feel great you might like to walk down a path fringed with daffodils. If you feel crap, you may instead be drawn to that bar that spins melancholy albums by The Smiths.

The hippocampus has been shown to be shrunken in people with chronic depression. This may account for common features of the condition, such as vague or non-specific recall of personal memories.

The limbic system also regulates biological functions in line with our mood, such as accelerated heart rate and sweating triggered by feeling flustered. Being so old, however, the limbic system is rather primitive. In day-to-day life it’s controlled by some newer networks that co-ordinate how we think and act, so our behaviour is conducive to achieving longer-term

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goals, rather than always going wherever the mood can result in what psychiatrists refer to as mood distakes us. orders.

Rival networks Researchers are increasingly looking towards newer networks to understand how the brain controls mood. Two particular networks that stand out across numerous studies are the autobiographic memory network and cognitive control network.

The autobiographic memory network processes information related to ourselves, including recalling personal memories and self-reflection. Keyhubs in this network comprise brain areas inside the prefrontal cortex, which sits in the front of the brain; the hippocampus; the posterior cingulate cortex, which is the upper part of the limbic lobe; and parietal regions, which sit behind the frontal lobe and are important for mental imagery.

The cognitive control network links up regions that co-ordinate our attention and concentration so that we can complete tasks. It recruits a circuit of the front part of the cingulate cortex and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which are specialised for cold, unemotional, rational thought.

These two networks are thought to have a strained relationship. The autobiographic memory network switches on when someone is preoccupied by thoughts concerning themselves. This causes the task-oriented cognitive control network to switch off, thereby reducing our ability to complete whatever task we’re supposed to be doing. This is why daydreaming is frowned on at work.

Conversely, the autobiographic memory network is suppressed when the cognitive control network is required to gather the attention needed for a task at hand. This is in line with the notion that we “lose ourselves” when we are absorbed doing something.

When the two networks don’t work properly, they

10 things to remember when sending a work email

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ll work and no play might make you dull, but being a bit oblivious while sending a work email would definitely make you look unprofessional! There is such a thing as work email etiquette - a few work email rules that you need to keep in mind when sending a professional one. Be careful and read these useful tips on sending a work email!

2. Don’t write dis way plz!

Keep aside laziness while typing your work email - and type properly without using that casual texting language that most of us have become habituated to. Trust us, nobody in the profession- long and complicated words to make it sound al world likes to receive an email that’s written la- more important or thoughtful. Keep the language simple because it would help keep the zily and, sometimes, incomprehensibly. tone more professional - and your email action3. Be direct friendly.

Don’t beat around the bush while sending a work email. Come directly to the point. 7. Be totally honest Because you don’t want it to serve as the bigIt would be easy for the receiver to know what exactly you want to convey through your email. gest proof of dishonesty if you ever get caught in Remember that the most important rule of a lie, right?! Never ever put in false or misleadwork email etiquette is: work emails are about ing information in your work email. Even if it is something as little as saying “This has been getting things done. completed” when you’re actually 30 minutes 4. Keep it short away from finishing the task - you never want Even as you come directly to the point, make your colleagues to think you cover stuff up. sure to express yourself as concisely as possible.

Nobody has the time (or patience) to read a long 8. Take your time Do not be in a hurry while writing a work email, so cut out all fluff and keep your email short - but without compromising on the points email as it increases the chances of you making you want to convey through it, of course. If you errors in it. Take your time to write it properly need to talk about multiple points, use bullet though that doesn’t mean that you would take foreverrrr to write one! points and numbering to break things up.

9. Double check for typos and errors After writing the email, read it once to fix typos and errors if any. You surely don’t want to send an email full of mistakes, right?

10. Send it to the RIGHT person Work emails might contain confidential information, so make sure to send it to the right person. Double check the receiver's address be6. Refrain from using “fancy” words While we urge you to not be casual, your fore you hit the “send” button.

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Mood disorders The two major types of mood disorders are depressive disorders, characterised by a persistent down mood, and bipolar disorders, expressed as extreme high or manic moods that alternate with periods of feeling down.

In depressive disorders, the autobiographic memory network gets stuck being on. This leads to thinking-too-much-about-ourselves symptoms, such as brooding, rumination and self-loathing. The concurrent suppression of the cognitive control network gives rise to symptoms such as poor concentration, indecisiveness and sluggish thinking.

Treatment for depressive disorders, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, involves stimulating the cognitive control network to work better. And medications aim to restore normal levels of neurochemicalsthat communicate between the two networks and the limbic systems.

Many psychological therapies empower the sufferer to wrest control over their own mood. They often train the person to activate the cognitive control network, by challenging negative thoughts for instance, to strengthen it over time. They also seem to disrupt the domination of the autobiographic memory network through techniques such as mindfulness.

While trying to understand the neuroscience behind disordered mood is necessary, there is a push in psychology for mood investigations to focus more on the positives in everyone’s psychology; involving the fostering of resilience and our individual strengths, for instance.

Much like the zeitgeist itself, however, investigations into the brain’s role in these functions are in their infancy.

Karma ensures that poetic justice doesn't just happen in stories

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Chenio N Odyuo: This village in Nagaland has zero drinking water, will the government do something?

Northeast of India is blessed with plenty of rainfall and an abundance of greenery. Over the years though, there have been signs that all is not well in certain parts of the region.

Kangtsung village, which is in Tuli subdivision of Mokokchung district in Nagaland has a population of around 1500 people and yet they have to walk two kilometres every day to a spring to get them drinking water.

Oram, the Tribal Affairs Minister in the Centre had visited this village this year.

Despite the distance what really is a cause of concern is the pathway to the spring is slippery, rugged and infested with leeches and fetching water during odd hours for women and children is at risk.

It a tough life for the people and they have asked the State government to help them out.

“It’s been years and we need help from the government,” said a village elder from Kangtsung, adding that drinking water is a major concern for his household.

Faced with acute water shortage during dry seasons, an innovative idea came up. The villagers decided to harvest water from a church which stands atop of the village but they still need pumps to ensure that the water reaches homes or atleast a place where the villagers can collect water from.

“I appeal to NGOs and government agencies to install a pumping machine. If it happens, then the water problem in our village would be solved,” Kangtsung village’s chairman, T Meren Longkumer said.

Will the Nagaland Government do the needful or even after years of it getting a statehood will the people of this village depend on NGOs and Church to do what their elected government is supposed to do?

Or is this a bit too much to ask?

I have a story "CHANCE TO CHANGE"

Chulan Crix Murry: After my father's death I thought of changing my dad’s entire profile in my contact. But then I realized it's better to be untouched as to have sweet memories of our different kinda conversation through phone. As time passed by my mom used to call me through my dad's phone. One fine day it so happened that my mom called me while I was with my friends. I answered her call and after our conversation was done, one of my friends asked me why I still keep my father's picture on his contact. And before I could reply him back, he said, "Bro, I asked you that just because I don't want your dad's picture to remind you about your loss. I was concerned about you and I always want you to smile and live happily without any sorrow." Then I smiled back at him and replied that he has a point there. But among my friends one of them stood up and argued that he totally objected that concept. He further said, "Picture of your dad won't remind you of his death but it will rather give you a sweet memories of him while he was alive." He then continued, "Your dad would have surely taught you to be successful in life and so when you see his picture while your family members call you in his number, it will surely remind you of his teachings and his dreams about you." He then told me that it was my wish to choose which way to accept the right and to make a decision. At that moment I was so proud to have them.

So I just want to question to all my fellow Nagas which will be the best and the right one?? One is concerned about me and the other one is encouraging me. I know your answers. You will suggest me to accept the encouraging one as I too with a Naga mindset already accepted that.

So with this true story of mine, I would like to encourage all my fellow Nagas to make a right choice or decision. Though many advises may look right and positive, we have to choose the best and while coming to our society we mostly take the wrong decision. For example: while people try to correct us, we take it as an insult. While we see our friends or family members making a mistake we mostly support or gossip around about their mistakes rather than correcting them. While we choose our political leaders we mostly walk towards money, pride or self-interest rather than the right full leader..etc etc etc.

I believe that we Nagas have good mentalities, education, courage, kindness, smartness and many more, but the only thing we lack is the choice to make a right decision or even if we accept something so right, we never put it into action. Our state i.e.

"NAGALAND FOR CHRIST" is slowly turning into "NAGALAND FOR CORRUPTION". If we look back to our Naga history, yes, I accept we are in the track of development and civilization but at the same time we are crushing down our society, our generation, our humanity, our sons’ and daughters’ future etc etc etc so again I just want to ask all our fellow Nagas "Are we gonna fight back or just continue watching until we got killed.??" **WE ARE THE CHANCE AND WE CAN BRING CHANGES** We can't blame anyone as we make the choice and the result lies with our decision. I cannot bring change alone nor can't you BUT "WE SURELY CAN". Let's join hands and do it together. Let's not walk in the path of greed and selfishness but rather walk in the path of right and truth.

I bravely wrote this with guts basing on the fundamental rights, i.e "freedom of speech and expression" so I apologize for any offense and also encourage our true Nagas to act not with blood and steel but with love and understanding....

THANK YOU MAY GOD BLESS NAGALAND

h-oh. My son, after spending his whole life in Mario world picking up rows of spinning gold coins, is about to step into the real world. I'm worried the shock may traumatise him. ("Dad, where's all the money? All the gold coins that are supposed to be lying around?" "Er, the Pokemon took it.")

Most adults fail to teach youngsters enough about reality. I make my kids watch old movies and explain to them that there were no special effects and we had to actually shoot, stab and run over bad guys all the time. "In the original 1977 Star Wars they had to blow up a planet, which is why old books list nine planets but new ones have eight."

One good thing about kids' appetite for movies and games is that they learn that bad guys always end up suffering poetic justice, something that those of us in the news business know happens remarkably often in real life, too.

In the newspaper recently was a report about a man in Pennsylvania who was annoyed that his neighbour's big old tree dripped sap on his car. The angry man used a chainsaw to chop the tree down -- and it fell right on top of his house, wrecking it. The formal scientific term for this kind of thing is "Karma strikes again".

Karma also seems to have been present in the case of a US prisoner who made a deathbed confession. Dying of a heart attack, James Washington of Tennessee told a police officer that he had "to get something off my conscience" and revealed that he had killed a woman 17 years earlier. Karma arranged for his miraculous recovery to full health for his new 51-year jail sentence for murder.

And you probably noticed that when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt announced that they were getting divorced, his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston made one comment: "That's karma." She clearly believed that the God or more likely Goddess of Karma noticed that Ms. Jolie stole her husband 11 years ago and waited patiently to arrange an implosion in her family. It does seem to be true that cosmic justice can operate rather slowly; so my advice is to keep a list of hoped-for victims in case reminders are needed.

The interesting thing is that karma often uses human hands to do its work. An internet viral video shows the view from a motorcyclist's helmet. Every time she sees a motorist throw garbage out of a car window, she picks it up, zooms along the road to catch up with the driver, and throws it back in -- in one case, a bag containing the remnants of a fast food meal explodes satisfyingly over the driver's lap.

But the people who suffer most from karma are those who attempt to educate others. We are instantly punished for making any ill-judged remark. Me: "There's no such thing as a stu- Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of pid question." Student: "Did snakes evolve from ropes?" Student 2: "Did Shakespeare write anything in English?" Student the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Naga Blog.

3: "Is there gravity in Australia?" Me: "Okay I'm wrong."

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

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SaturDaY 01•10•2016

INDIA

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

After military raid, India looks at more ways to pressure Pak NEW DELHI, SEptEmbEr 30 (rEutErS): Beyond Thursday's raid by Indian special forces into Pakistan's side of divided Kashmir, New Delhi is considering new economic and diplomatic measures to bring pressure to bear on its neighbour, Indian officials said.

In a rare public acknowledgement, Indian officials said teams of elite troops crossed the de facto border dividing the nuclear-armed rivals in the Himalayan state, killing several militants it believed were planning to attack major cities.

The raids were a direct response to an attack earlier this month on an army base in Kashmir that India blamed on Pakistan-based militants.

Pakistan denied India had conducted raids on territory it administers and said it was not involved in stoking trouble in Indiancontrolled Kashmir. It has demanded New Delhi produce credible evidence to back its claims.

Some Indian officials said the military was not planning further attacks or a major military offensive against Pakistan.

But they said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government was debating whether to use New Delhi's rising economic and diplomatic weight to squeeze Pakistan, a country onefifth its size and with an economy seven times smaller.

"The objective is not just to go across the border and kill 10-12 people," said

Saarc Summit cancelled

Villagers load their belongings onto a tractor trolley to move to a safer place, in the Pul Kanjari village, near the Wagah border in Punjab on September 30. (REUTERS File Photo)

an Indian security official involved in the daily consultations since the Sept.

18 attack on an army base in the border town of Uri in which 18 Indian soldiers were killed.

"The objective is to bring about a change in Pakistani behaviour, and for that you need to move on multiple levels.

"The strategy will involve all instruments of national power. Military is only one of the options," added the official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.

Options under consideration include choking trade with Pakistan that takes place through third countries such as the United arab Emirates, officials said, even though it is limited and in India's favour.

Hc bins liquor ban in Bihar, renders setback for Nitish

New Delhi is also considering building dams on rivers running into Pakistan and intensifying diplomatic pressure, hoping that it can show other countries how militants based in Pakistan impact the rest of the world, the officials added. according to one of them, India could try to dissuade international companies from conducting business in Pakistan.

ON THE OFFENSIVE The steps being considered signal a far more assertive posture by India under Modi's nationalist administration than the previous government, but it risks further escalating tensions between the countries. recent Indian governments have held off launching military strikes, including when gunmen

from Pakistan mounted a three-day assault on Mumbai in 2008, for fear it could invite retaliation from Pakistan that could escalate into a nuclear conflict in the worst-case scenario.

One Indian security official described the new Indian approach as moving from a "defensive posture to defensive offence", under which India works on the vulnerabilities of Pakistan - its economy, internal security and international image as an unstable nation, home to militant Islamist groups.

"Pakistan's vulnerability is many times higher than that of India," the official said.

Hours after Thursday's raid, one Indian government official said New Delhi would review its economic relationship, includ-

ISLamabaD, SEptEmbEr 30 (IaNS): Pakistan on Friday formally announced that the 19th Saarc Summit which was to be held in Islamabad in November this year has been cancelled. a statement from the Foreign Office said that "the spirit of the Saarc charter is violated when a member state casts the shadow of its bilateral problems on the multilateral forum for regional cooperation".

"Pakistan attaches great importance to regional cooperation under the umbrella of Saarc and remains committed to hosting the 19th Saarc Summit at Islamabad at the earliest," it added. The statement also said that Pakistan deplores India's decision to impede the Saarc process by not attending it, which was slated for November 9-10.

"The decision by India to derail the Summit effectively contradicts Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi's own call to fight against poverty in the region," the statement said. The Foreign Office said that a new set of dates for holding of the Summit in Islamabad will be announced soon, through the chair of Saarc (Nepal).

ing trade flows, with Pakistan.

But he downplayed the possibility of India taking measures such as blocking travel between the two countries, saying the reality of policy-making was much more sober.

BLOCKING TRADE Official trade between India and Pakistan was a modest $2.6 billion in 2014, but informal trade is estimated to be closer to $5 billion, with jewellery, textiles and machinery exported from India through third-country ports such as Dubai.

India's informal imports from Pakistan through the same channels consist of textiles, dry fruits, spices and cement.

Indian security planners said a crackdown on

such trade, in which some former members of Pakistan's powerful military are believed to be active, would help increase the pressure.

The head of Pakistan's Board of Investment, Miftah Ismail, said sanctions had usually not worked elsewhere in the world.

He said there was little trade between the two countries, and since much of it was in India's favour, any restrictions would affect India more than Pakistan.

"If India does (go ahead with economic sanctions), Pakistan will somehow react, and we will further impoverish the people in both countries," said Ismail, who is also a special assistant to the Pakistan prime minister.

"I don't see anything good coming out of this."

It's not war, but Punjab border villages face war-like situation amrItSar, SEptEmbEr 30 (IaNS): There has been no gunfire, no alert sirens and no fighter jets dropping bombs. It is not war time yet but tens of thousands of villagers in Punjab's border belt with Pakistan are already experiencing a war-like situation.

Over 400,000 people in Punjab's border belt, comprising amritsar, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Fazilka districts, have been evacuated from their homes to "safer areas". residents in nearly 1,000 villages in these districts have been ordered by the authorities to evacuate following escalation of tension between nuclear neighbours India and Pakistan after the Indian army carried out surgical strikes at the Line of control (Loc) on Thursday night.

"We loaded a lot of our belongings and household articles on our tractor-trolley. We have not yet decided where we will go. But we have to move out. The standing crop in our fields has to be harvested within the next 10 days. We hope this situation eases out soon," farmer Sardul Singh of amritsar district told IaNS. Punjab shares a 553-km international border with Pakistan. The entire border is maked by an electrified barbed wire fence. The Sikh holy city of amritsar, which lies only 30 km from the international border,

too seemed to be prepared for any eventuality, including war.

Hospitals in the border districts have been asked to keep some beds in emergency wards vacant for any contingency. The leave of police personnel, medical staff and others maintaining emergency services have been cancalled.

In some of the border villages which are located across the rivers in the border belt, Border Security Force (BSF) and Indian army personnel could be seen ferrying people, including children and the elderly, and their belongings to safer areas on Thursday and Friday.

"There is nothing to panic about. The evacuation is being done as a preventive measure. arrangements are being made to accommodate the evacuated people," Isha Kalia, deputy commissioner of Fazilka district in southwest Punjab, said.

But villagers said that there was some panic and anxiety among them.

"Old timers have been through the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan. Those days were bad. But Punjabis have always faced wars valiantly. For the newer generation, who have not seen wars, the evacuation is a new thing. Many youngsters are worried about what will happen," Waryam Singh of Ferozepur district, who is 70-plus and lived through the 1965 and 1971 wars, told IaNS.

Sc strikes down Hc bail order,sends Shahabuddin back to jail Pakistan cinemas ban Indian

films amid escalating tension

patNa, SEptEmbEr 30 (IaNS): Days ahead of the implementation of a stringent excise law in Bihar, the Patna High court on Friday scrapped the total liquor ban in the state, a government lawyer said on Friday. It is major setback to Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who had imposed the ban since april 1 this year. The chief Minister would even suggest imposing a similar ban in other states during his campaigns outside Bihar. a bench of the court after hearing a petition termed the total liquor ban as "illegal" and ordered the government to scrap it. Earlier this month, the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Bill, 2016, was formally approved by Governor ram Nath Kovind. Last month, both houses of the Bihar legislature passed the bill with voice vote amidst boycott by the opposition.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party dubbed it a "black law" and a "draconian" measure. The party introduced a series of amendments, but all were defeated by voice votes in the assembly during the discussion. Nitish Kumar recently announced that the new excise law would formally come into effect from October 2. according to experts, the new law has stringent provisions for ensuring a total ban on consumption of liquor in the state. If it were implemented, all adult members of the family would be arrested if liquor is found stored in any household.

The chief Minister had said the new legislation was required to plug gaping holes in the previous act that facilitated the liquor ban in the state with effect from from april 1.

NEW DELHI, SEptEmbEr 30 (IaNS): The Supreme court on Friday ordered rJD strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin back in jail in the rajiv roshan murder case as it pointed to the need for balancing consideration for individual liberty with societal interest. roshan, who was the sole witness to the killings of his two brothers, was allegedly killed by Shahabuddin's henchmen, including his son Osama, days before he could finally depose in the case realting to his brothers' murder.

Setting aside Patna High court's order of September 7 to grant bail to Shahabuddin, a bench of Justice Pinaki chandra Ghose and Justice amitava roy said: "The state (Bihar) is directed to take all consequential steps, inter alia, for taking him to custody forthwith."

It directed "the state and the concerned court to take all steps as contemplated in law to dispose of the case, as early as possible". referring to the cases in which the former rashtriya Janata Dal MP has been convicted and those pend-

Park Street rape arrest: Survivor's family and supporters elated

crack down on illegal mica mines after expose reveals child deaths

KoLKata, SEptEmbEr 30 (IaNS): The arrest of the prime accused in the Park Street rape triggered elation among the late rape victim's family and supporters on Friday. They wished the out-spoken anti-rape campaigner was alive to see the dramatic turn of events. "I feel bad that she is not here to see this. She had to go through a lot. But she never lost hope," the woman's former counsel anirban Guha Thakurta told the media here. Guha Thakurta said he had spoken to her family early on Friday morning.

"They are elated. They were waiting for the day," he said, adding now everyone associated with the case is obligated to see through the legal proceedings and secure justice. angela, a relative of the deceased campaigner, hailed her fight-back spirit. "Till the last moment, she wanted to fight back. She used to say that she had done nothing wrong, so 'why should I fear anyone'," angela said.

The prime accused in the case was arrested by Kolkata Police from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad division on Friday. The arrest comes 4 years after the incident. Kader Khan was arrested along with an accomplice, ali.

The mother of two, who was coming out of a Park Street night-club was raped at gun-point inside a moving car and later thrown out of the vehicle in February 2012.

In March last year, she died of multiple organ failure after she was diagnosed with encephalitis.

From February 2012 till her death, the 40-year-old anglo-Indian woman's very visible fight for justice was punctuated with victim-shaming and slander by the West Bengal government.

The attack on the woman did not seem to cease. Later on, several of her Facebook photographs were morphed and splashed around social media. But the fire-brand campaigner refused to hide in the darkness. She decided to go public about her ordeal and revealed her identity on television in June 2013 as she took on the state government in her search for women's rights and the war against gender violence. During numerous interactions with IaNS, the survivor had fervently hoped justice would also prevail in her case as it did in the 2014 Mumbai gang rape incidents.

NEW DELHI/bHubaNESWar, SEptEmbEr 30 (tHomSoN rEutErS FouNDatIoN): authorities in India have raided mica mines, arrested traders and begun steps to regulate the underground industry, local officials said, after a Thomson reuters Foundation expose revealed a cover-up of child deaths in illegal mica mining. a 3-month investigation in the mica-producing state of Jharkhand found that a flourishing black market had resulted in at least 7 children being killed since June, mining for the prized mineral that adds sparkle to makeup and car paint. But the deaths went unreported as victims' families and mine operators feared it could end the illegal mining of mica, the only source of income in some of India's poorest regions.

Mithilesh Kumar Singh, divisional forest officer for Koderma district, said his department had begun a crackdown on hundreds of mines and had so far arrested two people and registered cases of illegal mining against seven others in the past month.

"We do not arrest the labourers working in the mines because they are poor," he told the Thomson reuters Foundation. "We only arrest those who employ them to do these illegal activities."

Five vehicles, including pickup trucks and vans, used to transport

ing trial, the order said: "Balancing the considerations of individual liberty and societal interest, as well as the prescriptions and the perception of law regarding bail, it appears to us that the High court has erred in granting bail" to Shahabuddin.

The apex court said the bail was granted to Shahabuddin "without taking into consideration the overall facts otherwise having a bearing on the exercise of its discretion on the issue." referring to the recorded allegations against Shahabuddin and the overall factual scenario and the present stage of rajiv roshan case, the apex court said: "We are of the view that the High court was not justified in granting bail on the considerations recorded."

The court's order came on an appeal by the Bihar government and rajiv roshan's father chandrakeshwar Prasad who had challenged the High court order.

Shahabuddin was released on September 10 from the Bhagalpur central jail after the grant of bail. referring to an earlier judgment of the top court in 2012, Justice Ghose,

the massive piles of mica extracted from the mines, were also seized during the crackdown, he added.

India is one of the world's largest producers of mica, a silver-coloured, crystalline mineral that has gained prominence in recent years as an environmentally friendly material, used in the car and building sectors, electronics and "natural" makeup.

Once boasting over 700 mines, the industry was hit by 1980 legislation to limit deforestation and the invention of synthetic mica, forcing most mines to close. But renewed interest in mica has sent illegal operators scurrying to access hundreds of closed, crumbling mines, many in the forests of Jharkhand's Koderma and Giridih districts.

Indian law forbids children below the age of 18 working in mines and other hazardous industries, but many families living in extreme poverty rely on children to boost household income.

"BIG BLOW" TO ILLEGAL MINING Following the Thomson reuters Foundation investigation in august, Jharkhand's labour department announced an inquiry.

The findings submitted earlier this month said illegal mica mining was the main source of income for local people and confirmed some workers had died due to col-

pronouncing the order, said the apex court had held that "though the period of custody is a relevant factor, the same has to be weighed simultaneously with the totality of the circumstances and the criminal antecedents (of the accused)".

"These are to be weighed in the scale of collective cry and desire and that societal concern has to be kept in view in juxtaposition to individual liberty," the order said citing the 2012 judgement.

One of the factors that weighed with the high court in granting bail to Shahabuddin was that he was shown to be arrested in the case on November 27, 2014, whereas the trial had not commenced yet. Shahabuddin was already in jail when he was shown as arrested in the rajiv roshan murder case. a report from Patna said Shahabuddin surrendered in a court in Bihar's Siwan district soon after the Supreme court cancelled his bail.

He was taken into custody by the state police, officials said. after surrendering in court, Shahabuddin told the media that he respected the apex court's decision.

lapsing mines. However, it found no evidence of child deaths.

The inquiry said three women from Haraiya village in Koderma had died on May 5 while extracting mica and cited claims by local village leaders that no children were involved in mica collection in the area and that all were attending school.

Labour officials, however, said they had launched a public awareness campaign across the state to stop child labour and had rescued around 250 children working in places such as small shops and restaurants. "after your news report, we got the inquiry done.

The labour commission are taking necessary action," Principal Secretary of Jharkhand's Labour and Employment Department S.K.G. rahate told the Thomson reuters Foundation.

"We have already launched a campaign in the first fortnight of august across all the districts to stop child labour and that campaign continued in the first fortnight of September." authorities also said plans were underway to begin regulating some mica mines in the illegal sector, which is estimated to produce 70 percent of India's annual mica output.

This would not only provide important revenue for the state, but would also regulate the sector and ensure that mica mining is conducted safely and without

KaraCHI, SEptEmbEr 1 (rEutErS): Pakistani cinemas have stopped screening Indian films in "solidarity" with the country's armed forces, after an escalation of violence in disputed Kashmir between the nucleararmed neighbours, theatre owners said on Friday.

Tension between India and Pakistan has been high since an Indian security forces crackdown on dissent in Indiancontrolled Kashmir began in July. relations worsened in September after militants killed 18 soldiers in a raid on an Indian army base, an attack New Delhi blames on Pakistan.

"We have stopped screening Indian movies at our cinemas from Friday till the situation improves and normalcy returns," said Nadeem Mandviwalla, whose Mandviwalla Entertainment runs 8 cinemas in Karachi and the capital, Islamabad. The Indian Motion Picture Producers' association (IMPPa), a small filmmakers' body, on Thursday banned their members from hiring Pakistani actors. Mandviwalla and other cinema owners said the ban in Pakistan was also in response to IMPPa's move.

Indian media reported that a leader of regional rightwing party, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, last week gave Pakistani actors 48 hours to leave India or faced being "pushed out". The party, which was not available for comment, is one of two hardline parties based in Mumbai that has regularly called for Pakistani artists to be banned from working in India. Indian films are spectacularly popular both at the cinema and on bootlegged DVDs in Pakistan.

Babloo, 16, uses a hammer to break away pieces of mica in Giridih district in the eastern state of Jharkhand. (REUTERS File Photo)

the involvement of children. a geological survey to determine the amount of mica reserves has begun and once this has been completed, authorities say they will demarcate blocks and begin auctioning mining leases in early 2017.

Kumari anjali, director of Jharkhand's geology department, told Thomson reuters Foundation that officials had already visited the districts of Koderma and Giridih to conduct surveys and that they would submit a report to the government on Friday. child rights groups in Jharkhand said the Thomson reuters Foundation expose had been a "big blow" to ille-

gal mica mining activity in the area and welcomed moves by the government in the aftermath, but said much more action was required.

"The Thomson reuters Foundation report created waves. There are steps to auction the open pit mines and raids have been conducted on illegal mica traders," said raj Bhushan from Bachpan Bachao andolan (Save The chilhood) in Jharkhand. "It is a big blow to the illegal mica trade. But we also need to consider the repercussions on these communities as mica is their only source of livelihood.

They must be given other job opportunities or ensured work once the mines are legalised."

SaturDaY 01•10•2016

WORLD

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

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Xi set to consolidate power in China

BEIJING, SEptEmBEr 30 (rEUtErS): A year before a Communist Party conclave that could decide who will eventually replace him as China’s next leader, President Xi Jinping is maneuvering to reduce the power of a rival political bloc while seeking to get members of his own faction onto the country’s top ruling body, according to three sources with ties to the leadership.

Xi is trying to prevent the Communist Youth League faction from dominating the party’s sevenmember Standing Committee during the 19th congress next year, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“There is no way Xi will let the Youth League have a majority in the Standing Committee,” one of the sources told Reuters.

The once powerful faction is struggling to remain relevant after the Youth League’s annual budget was slashed by half this year and as it was blasted in state media for being “too elitist and inefficient”. Xi’s hand was widely believed to have been behind these attacks, the sources and diplomats said.

The faction is made up of current and former members of the Youth League, the Communist Party’s youth wing with 88 million members aged between 14-28.

It includes mainly party and government officials

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Premier Li Keqiang arrive to attend a tribute ceremony in front of the Monument to the People’s Heroes at Tiananmen Square, ahead of National Day marking the 67th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on September 30. (REUTERS Photo)

with no particular political pedigree but who have for decades been groomed to become potential future rulers.

It was previously a stepping stone to the top, and the faction is a political stronghold of Hu Jintao, Xi’s immediate predecessor as president, party and military chief.

Neither the Youth League nor the State Council Information Office, which is both the cabinet spokesman’s office and

speaks on behalf of the party, responded to requests for comment for this article. There is no foreign media access to the personal office of President Xi or to the offices of any other senior Chinese leader.

PICKING A SUCCESSOR Among those on the Standing Committee, only Xi, 63, and Premier Li Keqiang, 61 – who is a member of the Youth League faction - will not have reached retirement age by the time of

next year’s congress.

They are both widely expected to retain their No. 1 and 2 spots on the committee, the sources and diplomats said. The other five will most likely retire based on what has happened at previous congresses.

If the three potential Youth League candidates – Vice President Li Yuanchao (no relation to Premier Li), Vice Premier Wang Yang and Guangdong provincial party boss Hu Chunhua (no relation to former pres-

ident Hu) – were elected at the Congress, the Youth League faction would have a majority on the body and that would be unacceptable to Xi, the sources said. All three are currently members of the Politburo.

These people said it wasn’t immediately clear whether Xi is planning any other moves against the Youth League faction. At least one of the faction’s candidates is expected to get elected whatever Xi’s efforts, the sources said.

Xi wants to promote those most loyal to him so that he can push through reforms to buoy the slowing economy and handpick a successor to ensure his legacy, they said.

Xi’s group is known as the “Zhejiang Clique” after the eastern province of Zhejiang where be built support when he was governor and party boss from 2002-2007.

He also has the support of the so-called “princelings”, or red aristocrats, because like him they had parents who were senior party, government or military officials.

One of the sources with ties to the leadership, who meets regularly with top people in Beijing, said: “Xi is 100 percent out to stop the Youth League faction.

He wants his own people in place.”

It is too early to say how many of Xi’s supporters will make it onto the Standing Committee but there are at

least two candidates – also both already on the Politburo - who are close to Xi, the sources and diplomats said. They are his chief of staff Li Zhanshu, and Zhao Leji, minister of the party’s organization department.

RESERVE ARMY Xi’s father was Xi Zhongxun, a communist revolutionary before the 1949 formation of the People’s Republic of China, and a vice-premier during Mao Zedong’s reign.

The faction also includes other allies from the political bases Xi built in various provinces and cities when he was a local official and from Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University, which he attended.

The Youth League, known as the party’s “helping hand and reserve army”, is the entry point for those wanting to join the Communist Party. It recruits and trains the nation’s best and brightest, mostly university students. The older officials are considered to be members of the faction, though they are no longer members of the actual league.

The faction’s image suffered a setback when in 2012, Ling Jihua, a top aide to then President Hu, tried to cover up the circumstances around the death of his son in a luxury sports car crash.

It was an embarrassment for the party which is sensitive to perceptions that children of top officials

lead rich, privileged lifestyles and are completely out of touch with the general population. Ling was subsequently charged with corruption and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The third main faction in the party is the so-called “Shanghai Gang” led by 90-year-old former president Jiang Zemin, which consists of officials who cut their teeth in the city. Its power is also expected to wane in the shake-up, the sources and diplomats said.

The three groups don’t have major policy differences and all believe in seeking to bolster the party’s control of China.

Some officials are even allied with more than one faction and have different personal loyalties.

The Youth League faction isn’t only facing a loss of power on the Standing Committee. It is also likely to lose many of its 14 positions on the 25-member Politburo, which is also a major forum for decisionmaking. Most of the 14 will have reached retirement age next year and are likely to be replaced by Xi loyalists, the sources and diplomats said.

Xi is, though, walking a fine line to ensure that the Youth League faction does not feel totally left out in the cold, which could antagonize Hu and destroy party harmony. As a result, some of the group’s members are set to get new positions, though not on the

Standing Committee, the sources said.

For example, the sources said that Hu’s son, Hu Haifeng, has been shortlisted for promotion to become mayor of the important eastern port city of Ningbo, a vice ministeriallevel position.

Hu Haifeng is currently mayor of the less important city of Jiaxing, near Shanghai. Hu Haifeng could not be reached for comment.

And on Thursday, Xi told party members to study the recently published works of his predecessor Hu Jintao, calling them an “important part of the party’s political building and theoretical training of party members”, state news agency Xinhua reported.

The most notable rising member of the Youth League faction who has been talked about by China analysts as a potential future Chinese president is Guangdong’s party boss, Hu Chunhua, 53.

As one of the two youngest Politburo members, Hu is considered by Sinologists to be a front-runner for further promotion to the Standing Committee.

But his chances could dim if protests in the southern Chinese fishing village of Wukan spiral out of control, according to the sources.

The authorities cracked down this month after villagers had marched for more than 80 days in protest at the jailing of a democratically elected village chief.

Neem plant shows hope Philippines Prez Duterte likens himself to Hitler, wants to kill millions of drug users for prostate cancer patients mANILA, The Anti-Defamation sulted the United Nations and with Manila.

SEptEmBEr slaughter them.

“If Germany had Hit- League, an international Jew- the European Union, as well A senior U.S. defence of30 (rEUtErS): Philippines

SINGAporE, SEptEmBEr 30 (IANS): Oral administration of a compound derived from neem -- a medicinal plant native to the Indian sub-continent -- can significantly reduce the size of prostate tumour by up to 70 per cent as well as suppress its spread by half, a study led by an Indian-origin scientist has found.

Prostate cancer -- the most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide -- occurs in a man’s prostate -- a small walnut-shaped gland that produces seminal fluid. Current therapies available for metastatic prostate cancer are only marginally effective.

The study revealed that nimbolide -- a bioactive terpenoid compound derived from neem plant -- can significantly suppress cell invasion and migration of prostate cancer cells, suggesting its ability to reduce tumour metastasis or spread.

“The study demonstrated that nimbolide can inhibit tumour cell viability -- a cellular process that directly affects the ability of a cell to proliferate, grow, divide, or repair

damaged cell components -- and induce programmed cell death in prostate cancer cells,” said Gautam Sethi, Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

The findings showed that oral administration of nimbolide for 12 weeks can reduce the size of prostate cancer tumour by as much as 70 per cent and decreased its spread by about 50 per cent, without exhibiting any adverse effects.

Nimbolide directly targets glutathione reductase -- an enzyme which is responsible for maintaining the antioxidant system that regulates the STAT3 gene in the body.

This activation of the STAT3 gene has been reported to contribute to prostate tumour growth and metastasis, explained the researchers.

“We have found that nimbolide can substantially inhibit STAT3 activation and thereby abrogating the growth and metastasis of prostate tumour,” Sethi added.

The results of the study were published in the journal Antioxidants & Redox Signaling.

President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday and said he would “be happy” to exterminate three million drug users and peddlers in the country.

His comments triggered shock and anger among Jewish groups in the United States, which will add to pressure on the U.S. government to take a tougher line with the Philippines leader. Duterte recently insulted President Barack Obama and in a series of remarks he has undermined the previously close relationship between Manila and Washington.

In a rambling speech on his arrival in Davao City after a visit to Vietnam, Duterte told reporters that he had been “portrayed to be a cousin of Hitler” by critics.

Noting that Hitler had murdered millions of Jews, Duterte said: “There are three million drug addicts (in the Philippines). I’d be happy to

ler, the Philippines would have...,” he said, pausing and pointing to himself.

“You know my victims.

I would like (them) to be all criminals to finish the problem of my country and save the next generation from perdition.”

Duterte was voted to power in a May election on the back of a vow to end drugs and corruption in the country of 100 million people. He took office on June 30 and over 3,100 people have been killed since then, mostly alleged drug users and dealers, in police operations and in vigilante killings.

His comments were quickly condemned by Jewish groups.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Digital Terrorism and Hate project, called them “outrageous”.

“Duterte owes the victims (of the Holocaust) an apology for his disgusting rhetoric.”

ish group based in the United States, said Duterte’s comments were “shocking for their tone-deafness”.

“The comparison of drug users and dealers to Holocaust victims is inappropriate and deeply offensive,” said Todd Gutnick, the group’s director of communications.

“It is baffling why any leader would want to model himself after such a monster.”

EX-PRESIDENT’S WARNING Two days before the Philippines election, outgoing President Benigno Aquino had warned that Duterte’s rising popularity was akin to that of Hitler in the 1920s and 1930s.

“I hope we learn the lessons of history,” Aquino said in widely reported remarks.

“We should remember how Hitler came to power.”

Duterte has been scathing about criticism of his antidrugs campaign and has in-

as Obama, at various times in recent weeks.

On Friday, reacting to critical comments on his war on drugs by U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy and Benjamin Cardin, Duterte said: “Do not pretend to be the moral conscience of the world. Do not be the policeman because you do not have the eligibility to do that in my country.”

He also reiterated there will be no annual war games between the Philippines and the United States until the end of his six-year term, placing the longstanding alliance under a cloud of doubt. It also may make Washington’s strategy of rebalancing its military focus towards Asia in the face of an increasingly assertive China much more difficult to achieve.

Still, U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter, speaking before the latest remarks from Duterte, said Washington had an “ironclad” alliance

ficial, also speaking earlier, told reporters that the United States had a long enduring relationship with the Philippines regardless of who was president.

“It’s going to continue to survive based on what we think are strong U.S.-Philippines common security interests, so we’ll be engaging President Duterte further,” the official said.

Malcolm Cook, a senior fellow at Singapore’s ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, said the U.S-Philippines alliance was not necessarily at risk, but Washington could seek to focus on ties elsewhere in the region.

“We are all in some sense becoming, by necessity, desensitised to Duterte’s language,” he said.

“Diplomatically, the U.S. would say they’ll continue to work with him and the alliance is strong. But it’s whether they’ll continue to strengthen that alliance or not.”

On a Jerusalem hillside, rivals set aside differences to honour Peres

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) during the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on September 30. (REUTERS Photo)

JErUSALEm, SEptEmBEr 30 (rEUtErS): Under a white canopy on a forested hillside in the late summer sunshine, old friends and several adversaries brushed shoulders with one another on Friday as they mourned the death of Israeli statesman and Nobel laureate Shimon Peres.

Dozens of world leaders and hundreds of dignitaries gathered at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery,

some hugging each other warmly, others greeting each other more cautiously, one or two briefly seeking to bridge the stark differences that divide them.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara shook hands and exchanged a few words with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who smiled deferentially, the first time the rival leaders had met in Jerusalem since 2010.

“Long time, long time,” said Abbas with warmth.

Netanyahu, who has repeatedly accused Abbas of inciting violence and hatred against Jews, thanked him for coming, saying: “It’s something that I appreciate very much on behalf of our people.”

Shortly afterwards, Abbas took his place in the front row between Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, and Viktor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary, acting as a buffer between two European leaders who have clashed sharply on policy.

Nearby, U.S.President Barack Obama arrived with a large delegation.

He kissed Abbas on each cheek and moved down the line of mourners, shaking hands with Peres’s relatives, with leaders and officials, before standing silently next to Netanyahu, with whom he has long had a fractious relationship.

Steps away, members of Peres’s extended family sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren - wiped tears from their eyes, which were hidden behind dark sunglasses.

A few rows back, British Foreign Secretary Bo-

ris Johnson, known for his occasional verbal faux pas, kept his distance.

In an article written shortly before Britain voted to leave the European Union in June, Johnson suggested Obama’s partKenyan ancestry made him indisposed to Britain, the former colonial power, remarks critics called “dogwhistle racism”.

“WE BECAME FRIENDS” For protocol reasons, former British prime ministers Tony Blair and David Cameron were not in the front row. But they sat alongside each other on white plastic chairs, next to Israel’s chief rabbi, and chatted and posed for pictures, setting aside any party-political differences they may have had.

In the front row, French President Francois Hollande listened stoically to the eulogies by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Netanyahu, Obama and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, paying little heed to his predecessor and potential presidential rival, Nicolas Sarkozy, who sat one row behind.

Bill Clinton is highly regarded in Israel and scores of people greeted him with broad smiles. He moved

through the crowds, welcoming the attention. On Thursday, he stood before Peres’s coffin as it lay in state and shed tears for his old friend, with whom he worked for years in a failed attempt to reach a definitive peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Netanyahu and Peres, who died on Wednesday aged 93, were from opposite sides of the political spectrum and spent years openly at odds, with Peres’s vision of how to reach peace with the Palestinians in stark contrast to Netanyahu’s.

While acknowledging those differences, Netanyahu has strived to say that he and Peres came to a much better understanding in recent years, and he underlined that message in his eulogy, which heaped praised on his one-time rival.

“Israel grieves for him, the world grieves for him, but we find hope in his legacy, as does the world,” said Netanyahu, who defeated Peres by barely 30,000 votes in an election in 1996, the event that marked Netanyahu’s rise to power. “It’s no secret that Shimon and me were political rivals, but over the years we became friends, even close friends.”

Leaders hail legacy of former Israeli leader

Zvia Valdan, daughter of former Israeli president Shimon Peres, reacts before her father’s casket during his funeral at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem. (REUTERS Photo)

JErUSALEm, SEptEmBEr 30 (BBc): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him as “a great man of the world”, as he led the eulogies. US President Barack Obama said the presence of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the funeral was a reminder of the “unfinished business of peace”. Abbas was among dozens of foreign dignitaries attending in Jerusalem. Delivering an emotional address, Netanyahu said that while Israel and the world grieved for Peres there was hope in his legacy.

“Shimon lived a life of purpose,” he told thousands gathered at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery. “He soared to incredible heights. He swept so many with his vision and his hope. He was a great man of Israel.

“He was a great man of the world.”

‘ONE OF ThE GIANTS’ Former US President Bill Clinton, who helped negotiate the Oslo peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians in the 1990s, said he was Israel’s “biggest dreamer”. “He started life as Israel’s brightest student, became its best teacher and ended up its biggest dreamer.”

US President Obama closed the eulogies, comparing Peres to “some of the other giants of the 20th Century that I’ve had the honour to meet, like Nelson Mandela and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth”. Peres, he said, believed in equality for Palestinians. “Even in the face of terrorist attacks, even after repeated disappointments at the negotiation table, he insisted that as human beings Palestinians must be seen as equal in dignity to Jews and must therefore be equal in self determination.”

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sports

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Angami Sports Association prepares to celebrate 50 years

Minister Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire addressing a coordination meeting of the Angami legislators and office bearers of Angami Sports Association (ASA) in Kohima on September 30 for the forthcoming ASA golden jubilee celebration. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | September 30

A coordination meeting of the Angami legislators and office bearers of the Angami Sports Association (ASA) took place here today at Hotel Japfu for the forthcoming golden jubilee celebration of ASA scheduled next year.

ASA General Secretary Er. Zale Neikha told the media persons that the main celebration will take place from February 7 to 11, 2017 at the Kohima Local Ground.

It will be marked by Naga wrestling, football (for men), volleyball (for both

men & women), Table Tennis (men & women), Badminton (men & women), Sepak Takraw (regu event for both men & women), track and field events for both men & women, Golden jubilee marathon race (Open) and bamboo walk (men only).

Meanwhile, in commemoration of the golden jubilee celebration, ASA is organizing a musical concert on October 14 at Naga Solidarity Park, Kohima from 5:30 pm onwards.

The concert will feature DGP band, Methaneilie Jutakhrie, Ruokuovotuo Pfiisenuo, Vikhotsono

Neikha, Diethozo Thakro, Menguseu Suokhrie, Thejaneinuo Kiewhuo, Keneisedenuo Zatsu and Viriezhiinuo Solo.

A traditional stone pulling as part of the golden jubilee celebration has also been tentatively fixed on December 3 this year. The route will be from KMC Mini Bus parking area to ‘Y’ junction.

5000 participants in full traditional attire will join this stone pulling event, Er. Neikha said.

ASA is expecting the participation of 10,000 people for a grand feast at Kohima Local Ground on that day.

Phek Inter Colony Tourney

DimApur, September 30 (mexN): The 14th edition of the Phek Inter Colony Tournament being organised by Phek Town Youth Society is scheduled from October 10 to 15 at Phek Town Local Ground. The tournament will feature football for men and volleyball for men and women. The Phek District football and volleyball referee board will conduct the matches.

There will be an exhibition match between the Phek Town Youth Society and Phek District Veteran Football Association on October 14. A press note from the organizers informed the colonies that there will be player's scrutiny on October 6 at Local Ground and stated that the absence of players on the said day without valid reason will be treated as invalid.

State Team to take part in Nat'l Fencing C’ship DimApur, September 30 (mexN): The Nagaland Fencing Association has selected four fencers Man Foil Team to participate in the XVIII Sub-Junior and XIII Cadet National Fencing Championship which is scheduled to be held from October 8 to 11 at Indoor Sports Complex, Gwalior. According to a press release, the four viz., Pretso Chiero, Suliba, Neikolhi Tsido, and Tongpang Lkr, will be led by Coach L. Bendang Ao.

inter suffer more europa woe, Totti shines for roma

LONDON, September 30 (reuterS): Inter Milan's aversion to Europa League soccer continued with a 3-1 defeat at Sparta Prague, while AS Roma ended a continental hoodoo stretching back seven games with a 4-0 home win over Romanian side FC Astra on Thursday.

The second round of group stage matches featured a string of high-scoring encounters as Fiorentina, Zenit St Petersburg and Krasnodar all hit five in comprehensive victories.

Yet while the goals flowed freely throughout the continent, Manchester United were made to sweat as they edged to a 1-0 win over Ukrainian outfit Zorya at Old Trafford.

It is six years since Inter last won the Champions League but they have not played in Europe's top club competition since 2012 and have now got a losing habit in its second-tier cousin.

They are already facing a difficult task to escape from their group after suffering a second straight defeat this season, which was their fourth in a row in the competition.

The three times European champions have made a good start to Serie A under new manager Frank de Boer but came into Thursday's encounter looking to rebound from a shock defeat in their opening Group K game at home to Israel's Hapoel Beer-Sheva.

Their hopes were hit within 25 minutes, however, as they fell two goals behind after a double strike by Vaclav Kadlec.

Rodrigo Palacio pulled

AS Roma's forward from Italy Francesco Totti (R) fights for the ball with Astra's midfielder from Senegal Boubacar Mansaly during the UEFA Europa League football match AS Roma vs Astra at Rome's Olympic stadium, on September 29, 2016. (AFP Photo)

one back in the 71st but any hopes of a recovery ended when Andrea Ranocchia was sent off four minutes later and Mario Holek restored the Czechs' two-goal advantage.

COMPREHENSIVE DEMOLITION Inter's Serie A rivals Roma had no such problems with talismanic forward Francesco Totti continuing to defy the ageing process as he played a pivotal role in their comprehensive demolition of Astra two days after his 40th birthday.

Totti had a hand in three of Roma's goals, tee-

ing up Kevin Strootman for the opener, rattling the crossbar with a free kick for Federico Fazio to net the rebound and playing a clever flick to release Mohamed Salah for Roma's fourth.

The only one he did not play a part in was a 47thminute own goal by Astra's Fabicio as Roma ended a run of seven matches without a win in European fixtures.

Manchester United also needed the intervention of an ageing great to beat minnows Zorya as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who turns 35 on Monday, headed home a second-half winner.

United manager Jose Mourinho had signaled

his intentions by picking a strong side that also featured world record signing Paul Pogba, Juan Mata and Marcus Rashford.

He was rewarded with a third consecutive win in all competitions to lift the mood at the club after they had previously suffered three straight losses.

"One week, three defeats. One week, three victories," Mourinho said. "But I was not depressed by the defeats and I am not over the moon with three wins."

Ajax Amsterdam ended a run of five successive home draws in Europe as they beat Standard Liege 1-0 to join FC Krasnodar,

Schalke 04, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg and APOEL Nicosia on maximum points from their opening two group games.

Krasnodar won 5-2 against Nice, with the visiting French side's Italian striker Mario Balotelli scoring his fifth goal in four games, while Schalke won 3-1 at home to Salzburg and Shakhtar defeated visitors Braga 2-0.

Zenit's Aleksandr Kokorin scored twice in a 5-0 thrashing of AZ Alkmaar, while APOEL sneaked a 1-0 win at Olympiakos Piraeus thanks to an early goal from Pieros Sotiriou.

misses first deadline to India fight back after poor start BCCI implement Lodha reforms KOLKAtA, September 30 (reuterS): Gutsy fifties from Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane helped India reach 239 for seven in the second test against New Zealand after a seesaw opening day on Friday.

The touring side claimed three wickets in the first session and four in the third but the Indian duo forged a 141-run partnership for the fourth wicket to leave the match evenly poised.

Wriddhiman Saha was unbeaten on 14 with Ravindra Jadeja yet to score when bad light stopped play at Kolkata's Eden Gardens.

Earlier, New Zealand paceman Matt Henry (3-35) celebrated his test return with a twowicket burst to wreck India's top order and lift the mood in the Kiwi camp.

Beaten comprehensively in the series opener in Kanpur, New Zealand's bid to level the threetest series suffered a body blow when skipper Kane Williamson was ruled out due to illness with Ross Taylor taking over captaincy.

India captain Virat Kohli's decision to bat in his country's 250th home test gave the Kiwi pacemen an opportunity to extract whatever life was available from a green-tinged track and the tourists did not disappoint.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan

India's Shikhar Dhawan is bowled by New Zealand's Matt Henry. (Reuters Photo)

failed to capitalise on his recall to the side for the injured Lokesh Rahul, chopping a Henry delivery on to his stumps to depart for one.

Henry struck again in his sixth over with a beautiful delivery which angled into Murali Vijay (nine) and seamed away, kissing the shoulder of the bat before nestling in wicketkeeper BJ Watling's gloves.

Henry had just been warned

for running on to the pitch and the change of angle worked well for the bowler.

Trent Boult dismissed Kohli for nine to peg the hosts back further but Pujara (87) and Rahane (77) joined forces to halt the slide, both playing with characteristic caution.

Pujara brought up his third successive fifty in the series, while Rahane notched up his ninth test half-century as they

batted through the afternoon session.

Neil Wagner broke the partnership when he had Pujara caught at short cover, ending the right-hander's 219-ball vigil which included 17 fours.

Jeetan Patel, replacing injured off-spinner Mark Craig, dismissed Rohit Sharma and Rahane. Ravichandran Ashwin made a quick 26 before Henry trapped him lbw.

mumbAi, September 30 (pti): An embattled BCCI today missed the first deadline to implement Lodha Committee recommendations on sweeping administrative reforms after it had to adjourn its Special General Meeting on technical grounds.

Faced with the possibility of losing its entire top brass, including President Anurag Thakur, the BCCI was to discuss the road ahead at the SGM after the Supreme Court warned the cricket board on Wednesday to either "fall in line" or face the music.

The Board had been given until today to implement the first set of reforms, requiring the adoption of a new Memorandum of Association and Rules.

However, the meeting to discuss the matter had to be put off until tomorrow after some of the BCCI's member units turned up without the requisite letters of authorisation.

"They have been told to get proper letter of authorisation from their respective units," a source present in the meeting said.

The BCCI, which has filed

a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging Lodha panel's recommendations, is not left with many options.

The Board drew the apex court's ire after Lodha committee submitted its status report before the Supreme Court listing violations committed by the BCCI vis-a-vis the panel's recommendations at its Annual General Meeting.

The BCCI has time till October 6 to respond to the status report.

The present BCCI officials have openly voiced their objections to the suggested reforms especially the threeyear cooling off period and the policy of one state one vote.

Earlier, in complete defiance of specific instructions issued by the Lodha panel, the Board, at its AGM, appointed the working committee, standing committees, selection panels and Ajay Shirke as secretary.

The Lodha panel had specifically told the Board to carry out only routine business at the AGM and "that any business or matters relating to

the next year (2016-2017) be dealt with only after the adoption of the MoA and Rules as per the recommendations of the Committee in accordance with the same."

Stating the violations by BCCI, the Lodha committee sought directions from the apex court to supersede the present BCCI office-Bearers with immediate effect and appoint in their place a Panel of Administrators to ensure the smooth transition from the old to the new system recommended by the committee.

Following the status report filed by the Lodha panel, the special bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur passed stringent remarks against the Board and directed it to implement the Lodha panel reforms as per its earlier judgement.

The Lodha Committee -comprising Lodha and retired Supreme Court judges Ashok Bhan and R Raveendran -was formed by the Supreme Court lats year to decide the punishments for officials involved in the 2013 spot-fixing scandal and suggest reforms to improve the administrative structure of the BCCI.

public discourse

A rejoinder to CSCF clarion Call Clarification from Zeliang People’s Organisation

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he clarion call issued by the Concerned Senior Citizen Forum, (CSCF) Mokokchung, Nagaland, which was appeared in The Morung Express on September 30, 2016, shows their naivety in the Naga national affairs. Uncle Yallay once told us that do not tell about the Naga national affairs to the educated people because, they won't understand it, or do not tell God's prophesy to the Pastors and Reverends for they won't believe it. It becomes seems to be true according to the statement of educated people.

For the Nagas, the Plebiscite of 1951 was a solemn pledge and a final solution for their future. Why then do we need to have another solution by the socalled framework agreement of NSCNIM again? The framework agreement is

for a solution within the framework of Indian Constitution, and that is to sell out and nullify the Plebiscite of 1951.

The Plebiscite of 1951 was not for joining Indian Union, but for the sovereignty of Nagaland as in ancient time, and it was a pledge of the whole Naga people which no Naga can reverse it. If they (CSCF) truly and steadfastly uphold the Plebiscite of 1951, as they have mentioned it in their statement, they should condemn the framework agreement. But if they support the framework agreement for a solution, why do they talk of the Plebiscite of 1951? Their statement has a contradictory in itself.

They are confused people on the Naga national stand. Such people can lead the Nagas nowhere.

Thomas NNC Member

T

he Zeliang People's Organisation is compelled to issue a clarification regarding the organization so as the Naga people are properly enlightened in the light of a recent press release issued by the so-called Media Cell of ZPO supporting the tribes which are against the recognition of Rongmei as a Naga tribe. This itself is bizarre considering the fact that the ZPO had, on September 10, 2010, written to the Government of Nagaland declaring that it had no objection to the recognition of the Rongmei community as a Naga tribe in Nagaland.

However, be that as it may, the ZPO headed by our respected late leader Mr Azu Newmai, could not function in accordance with the wishes and expectations of the people and went moribund after some years except for an occasional press release or so.

One of the meetings held at Peren Town Hall on August 5, 2010 witnessed unruly scenes when the public expressed their utmost displeasure in a violent manner, and the proposed meeting could not take place.

TheZemeCouncil,theapextribalbodyoftheZeme

Nagas, held a meeting on December 13, 2012 and decidedtoformaZeliangPeople'sOrganisationinconsultation with the Liangmai Nagas. The Liangmai Council, too, held a meeting on May 10, 2013 and also resolved likewise. Accordingly, a joint meeting of the two Councils (Zeme and Liangmai) was organized on. June 7, 2013 and a decision to form an organization was formally resolved and an Electoral College comprising of all recognized and unrecognized Zeliang Naga village council's chairmen under Peren district, including the Presidents of the Zeme and Liangmai Councils, was set up. Mr D Abraham was selected as Convenor, Akuna HC as Secretary and Mr Pingkam and Mr Wipibo as members. Later on, representatives of the defunct ZPO, namely, Mr Azu Newmai, Mr Kingim Kulimbe and Mr Itingtiebe were included as members of the Election Commission for the purpose of electing the office bearers of the proposed Public organization.

At the general meeting at Jalukie Town on June 21, 2013, which was attended by 72 Village Council Chairmen in Peren district, Mr Kiezin was duly

elected as President and Mr Kerang Dumta as General Secretary along with several other leaders to hold the various posts of the Organisation. Thereafter, ZPO had been functioning smoothly till date.

Considering all these, we the office bearers of the ZPO formed by the Zeliang people, would like to request the people not to be misled by press releases issued without any genuine name, and hiding behind the secrecy of Media Cell. We would also like to request the newspapers not to entertain such press releases which are issued without proper designation and identity in future. We would also like to point out that our organization, which was formed by the mandate of the public of Peren district is called Zeliang People's Organisation, and there is no dispute among the established Zeme and Liangmai Councils of Nagaland, and the statements of such self-styled organizations which exist without public mandate should not confuse the Naga people.

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.

Kerang Dumtta General Secretary

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Won't do any fairness ad again: Sonali Bendre

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ctress Sonali Bendre, who has in the past endorsed a fairness cream, is now not willing to be a brand ambassador of any such products which promote bias on skin tone.

At an event here, Sonali was asked to comment on the incident involving "Parched" actress Tannishtha Chatterjee's complaint about being 'roasted' for her skin tone on a TV comedy show.

Sonali said: "I think making jokes about somebody's skin tone is absolutely wrong. However, I am glad that everybody is becoming conscious of these things. So am I. I have done a couple of fairness ads in the beginning of my career. Having said that, today if I am offered, I won't do any fairness ad again."

The actress earlier endorsed Emami Naturally Fair. But she says, "I was young and needed money, so I didn't really think about it."

"But I think it is time we all need to ponder over endorsing products that stereotype women," added the 41-year-old.

Commenting on how Pakistani artistes are being banned from working in Bollywood, Sonali said: "Film industry is always a soft target."

"There are lot of other things that need to get sorted out. If you look at it from a business perspective, there are other businesses also. If we are stopping a business with Pakistan, then every business needs to stop. If all dealings are barred and not just film actors, I would respect that decision."

Source: IANS

Calvin Harris, Taylor Swift friends again

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cottish DJ Calvin Harris and singer Taylor Swift have put their differences behind them are are friends again. The “Blank Space” hitmaker split from the Scottish DJ in June after over a year of dating, the two are back on good terms.

Sources told tmz.com, Swift and Harris began exchanging text messages shortly after her brief romance with Tom Hiddleston ended earlier this month, though it is unclear who got in contact first. However, the insiders insist the pair will not be rekindling their relationship, and they have not spoken on the phone or met up in person. The 32-year-old producer recently admitted he found it "very difficult" having his break-up with Taylor, 27, play out in public. "It's very difficult when something I consider so personal plays out very publicly. The aftermath of the relationship was way more heavily publicised than the relationship itself. When we were together, we were very careful for it not to be a media circus. She respected my feelings in that sense," he added.

Source: IANS

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Harry Styles unsure on One Direction reunion

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inger Harry Styles says he is not sure if the pop boy band One Direction will get back together. The boy band, which also has Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan, are currently on a hiatus and the 22-year-old star revealed that he does not know about the future plans of his group members, reported FemaleFirst.

“I don't know. When

we started people always asked, 'Where do you think you'll be in five years?' It's a difficult question to answer. "I would never say we'll never do anything ever again but it's good for us to be exploring different things.

Maybe at some point everyone will want to do something again but it'll be better if it happens naturally like, 'Hey, we all really want to do this

again'. If that were to happen it would be amazing," he said.

Styles said he never dropped the idea of bringing back One Direction as it has completely changed his life. "I would never rule that out. It's the most important, greatest thing that ever happened to me, being in that band. It completely changed my life," he said.

Source: PTI

Prince George, Princess Charlotte turn heads at children's party

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rince George and Princess Charlotte were the centre of attention this morning as the Royal Family hosted a children's party at Government House in Victoria.

While the guest list for the private affair was low key — military families who have loved ones deployed on land, sea and air missions — it was also highly anticipated by the British media, who have been expressing concerns they haven't seen enough of the youngest royals at home or abroad recently.

It was not the first play date for George and Charlotte, though. The youngsters reportedly made a surprise visit to one of Victoria's most popular children's attractions Tuesday while their parents were away on official duties.

Petting goats at the Beacon Hill Children's Farm is always a hit with kids of all ages — and the prince and princess were no exception.

The highlight for George was reportedly 17-year-old Peg, the farm's oldest goat.

The young royals were taken to the popular attraction by their nanny while the William and Kate were

Niall Horan surprises fans with release of first solo single

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iall Horan has released his debut solo single This Town, several months after One Direction officially began their hiatus. The Irish star surprised his fans by unveiling the track on Thursday on his Twitter account and making it available to listen to on all major streaming platforms, iTunes and Apple Music and music video hosting website VEVO. His tweet read: 'Been workin in the studio, wanted to share this song I just wrote with u guys. thank you for always being there (sic).' In a statement he confirmed he has signed to Capitol Records and told the Directioners he was 'looking forward to the next part of this journey together'.

He said: 'I'm excited to announce I have signed a record

deal with Capitol Records USA and released my first solo song.

'Thank you to all the One Direction fans for your love and support as always. I'm looking forward to the next part of this journey together.'

In the accompanying black and white video Niall gives a stripped-down performance of This Town in a 1 Mic 1 Take promo that premiered today on VEVO. The clip, which was filmed in the historic Capitol Studios in Hollywood, simply shows the pop heartthrob singing whilst playing an acoustic guitar.

Niall, 23, recorded the song with Adele's producer Greg Kurstin and he co-wrote the track with long-time One Direction collaborators Jamie Scott, Mike Needle and Daniel Bryer.

Fans first got an indication the 1D hunk had completed his first

single when a tweet was sent from the official Radio Disney Twitter account announcing the title before being swiftly deleted.

Meanwhile, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne tweeted their support for their One Direction bandmate. 'Good luck boss give him all your support huge day for him proud of you boss,' Liam wrote, while Louis added: 'Feeling super proud.

You sound great ! Great to see you at your bday bash!! Last year, One Direction announced they were taking a break, beginning in March.

'They are taking a hiatus so they can work on individual projects for a while but they are not splitting up,' a source told E! News last year. 'They will remain together and plan to work together in the future.'

away on an overnight trip to Kelowna and Whitehorse.

While the visit was a secret, news did leak out on social media posts that were quickly deleted.

Charlotte and George aren't officially scheduled to make any more public appearances during their visit, but a boat trip on Saturday afternoon and the official departure could be the best chance to see the whole family.

After the party, the family has private time scheduled in the afternoon and won't be making a public appearance.

Source: CBC

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Indian comic book makes heroes out of rape and acid-attack survivors

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ndian rape and acid-attack survivors have again been made heroes in comicbook form.

“Priya’s Mirror,” tells the story of a rape victim who helps acid attack survivors realize their dreams in a colorful, magical world inspired by Indian mythology.

The new edition, the sequel to “Priya’s Shakti,” a comic book published in 2014 following a high-profile Delhi gang rape case, will be launched at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in New York, Friday.

The new version of the book has augmented reality features.

Readers can scan it using the smartphone app Blippar and watch videos of acid attack survivors telling their stories.

The book, funded in part by the World Bank, features Priya, an Indian girl who was abandoned by her family after she was raped. Priya meets Anjali

and other acid-attack survivors who are being kept in isolation by a demon king. With the help of the Hindu goddess Parvati, she makes the women see their true selves through a magical mirror and releases them from captivity.

The women start an art center and cafe, inspired by Sheroes Hangout, a real-life establishment run by acid-attack survivors in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Anjali becomes a lawyer and fights to make the sale of acid illegal. “Her story is actually inspired

by Natalia Ponce, who was able to get the law changed in Columbia to ban the sale of acid over the counter,” said documentary filmmaker Ram Devinini, who cocreated the book with Paromita Vohra and Dan Goldman.

Mr. Devinini said he interviewed acid attack survivors in New Delhi before beginning work on the new edition.

“They told me how their

friends and families kept saying ‘what has happened to you is your own fault’. That’s why they kept silent and hid away from public after those horrible attacks disfigured their faces and bodies,” he said.

More than 34,000 women were raped and more than 200 were attacked with acid last year, according to statistics from India’s National Crime Records Bureau.

For decades, hydrochloric, sulfuric and nitric acid–chemicals commonly found in local toilet cleaning fluids–have been used to maim, disfigure and even kill women in India.

The creators of the book want the book to be introduced as part of the school curriculum” They plan to test it out in 12 Delhi schools next month. “The aim is to use the book as an effective tool to highlight the issue of gender violence in classrooms,” said Mr. Devinini.

Source: WSJ

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rivals in battle for ISL 3 glory 17th NSF Martyrs’ Known • ISL 3 kicks off in Guwahati today Memorial Trophy • NE United to take on Kerala Blasters

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Guwahati, September 30 (iaNS): The Indian Super League's (ISL) third edition will pitch familiar foes against one another possibly for the final time as an eight-team franchise format, with its potential merger with the I-League to form a composite national football tournament expected to take place next season.

The reshaping of club football in India, as the All India Football Federation (AIFF), prefers to call it, will see some select clubs of the two leagues included in the combined competition.

The AIFF and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have jointly, through a taskforce, been looking into the merger possibilities with a favourable deal for all stakeholders concernced. Nothing has been finalised and a clear picture is not expected to come out anytime soon.

Till then, the ISL's current edition will offer similar thrills that it has doled out on the first two years, with several high-profile has-been stars expected to be on the forefront of attention.

The ISL's attempt to be recognised as a global brand and the flagbearing tournament of Indian football has seen big former or semi-retired stars come here to receive their pensions.

Renegades FC’s custodian Ketholetuo Yashu makes an athletic save to stop an attempt on goal from Asiipfu Christian In- ISL 3 is expected to be no different. stitute’s striker in the second match of 17th NSF Martyrs' Memorial Trophy 2016 on September 30 in Kohima. (Morung Photo) Former Atletico Madrid and Manchester United star Diego ForIn the first match of the day, 8th hat-tricks of the tournament so far.

Tragopan Club Viswema defeated Salu Kulimbe and Alomei conFC Phusachodu 2-1. tributed a goal each.

Viho Kin and Bamdibe Kulimbe In the Last match of the day, Phileo netted a goal each for Tragopan FC FC defeated Kezoma village SU 3-0. in the 62nd and 68th minute respecThe goals for Phileo FC came tively. through Rokongulie Vadeo, Zewete mokokchuNG, September 30 A lone goal for FC Phusachodu Kapfo and Surhozo Khamo in the 4th, (mexN): Altogether twenty one teams Our Correspondent came through Niekhoto Ciirhah in 53rd and 70th minutes respectively. have registered for the much awaited the 39th minute.

MDFA Trophy 2016 which is scheduled Kohima | September 30 Asufu Christian Institute downed October 1 Matches to be kicked off at Imkongmeren Sports Tragopan Club Viswema, Asufu Renegades FC 3-0. Loli contributed 1st Match: Zodiac FC Complex at 1 O’clock on October 4 with Christian Institute, Barak FC and two goals for Asiifu Christian Institute vs Furious XI @ 9:30 am Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, C Phileo FC today registered wins in in the 18th and 71st minute while J. 2nd Match: Falcon FC Apok Jamir as chief guest. their respective matches on Friday to Dhak added another goal to the team Chiechama vs Naga Hospital Coinciding with the opening cermove on to the second round at the in the 34th minutes.

Colony YO@ 11: 00 am emony of the MDFA Trophy 2016, the ongoing 17th NSF Martyrs' MemoriBarak FC blanked Street Hawk FC 3rd Match: Faith SC Dimapur newly constructed rostrum at the Imal Trophy 2016 (Lt. Kekuojalie Sachii 5-0 in the third match of the day. Rhitso Vs Patkai FC @ 12:30 pm kongmeren Sports Complex will also & Lt. Vikhozo Yhoshii) being played fetched a hat-trick to Barak FC in the 4th Match: Liangmai FC vs be inaugurated on the same day. In here the Kohima Local Ground.

14th, 46th and 54th minute, earning the Phesama SU @ 2:00 pm this connection, several officials from

Tragopan Club, Asufu CI, Barak FC, Phileo win

lan, Brazilian World Cup-winner Lucio, ex-Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda and former Liverpool and AS Roma man John Arne Riise are some of the esteemed names in the 11-week long tournament, starting on October 1.

The first match pits hosts NorthEast United FC with Kerala Blasters at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here.

Curiously, it will be the third consecutive opening clash rivalry between the two franchises with NorthEast winning 1-0 in 2014 at home and losing 1-3 in 2015 at Kochi.

Blasters, runners-up in 2014, had a trouble-filled campaign last year with much chopping and changing in the team management.

With new co-owners funding fresh expectations, they have handed the managerial reigns to Englishman Steve Coppell and drafted in forward Michael Chopra and defender Cedric Hengbart after 2014. Northern Ireland's international Aaron Hughes is their marquee player.

NorthEast, under new coach Portuguese Nelo Vingada, have always focused on their young regional players to form the core of the squad with Ivorian Didier Zokora proving the experience and leadership as the marquee man.

Brazilian legend Zico will be on

FC Goa's dug-out as coach for the third straight year as will be Italian Marco Materazzi, for defending champions Chennaiyin FC. Rise has switched to Chennaiyin from Delhi Dynamos, who will be helmed by another Italian Gianluca Zambrotta. Dynamos have retained Malouda while Goa also kept Lucio as their star quotient.

Forlan will spearhead Mumbai City FC while Portuguese Helder Postiga will hop to conrtibute substantially for former champions Atletico de Kolkata, after limping out of the tournament in his very first match last year.

FC Pune City have hired Spanish coach Javier Habas, Atletico's coach in the first two editions, to overturn their bungling fortunes but seems to have confronted with fresh trouble having already lost star foreigners Eidur Gudjohnsen and Andre Bikey ruled out with injuries.

The emergence of Indian players from the glitzy tournament to strengthen the national team's fortunes have been low.

Some notable names like Jeje Lapekhlua, Mandar Rao Desai, Romeo Fernandes, Sandesh Jhingan, have however made themselves prominent.

Any possibility of expansion of the list will be the most burning question.

MDFA Trophy to kick off on October 4 the Department of Youth Resources & Sports led by Director (DYSR), Asangla Imti will be attending the inauguration programme.

This year, the MDFA Trophy will be played over a span of nearly three weeks i.e., 18 days, till October 21.

By virtue of being the last year’s champions, Fusion FC and last year’s runner-up, Shitilong SC remains the top two favorites of the tournament.

However, consistent participants of the tournament – Sports Society Suyim (SSS) remains one of the

teams to watch out for, given the fact that each year their team has always included a strong set of players.

But as always, the MDFA Trophy always holds some surprise at the end and no one can really predict who will be the ultimate winner at the end.

Some football followers are of the opinion that some of the new entrants like Grasshopper FC, Telongjem FC etc. might come up with some surprises, or that one of last year’s crowd favorites, Dilong Youth Association, might also come back stronger.

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