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It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle BJP to govern Maharashtra, looks for Haryana CM [ PAGE 08]
‘Don’t Women, No Cry’
Dia Mirza Marries Sahil Sangha
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Low expectations as China considers legal reforms
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Liverpool edge past QPR [ PAGE 12]
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Nagaland: A casualty of the Dependency Syndrome Moa Jamir
Dependency: An illustration
Dimapur | October 19
Over recent months, political parties in Nagaland state have faulted each other for the state’s precarious financial and economic condition. Figures have been tabled to substantiate claims, and levy blame on past policies (or lack of) for the current malaises. While a “vicious cycle of allegations” continues, howls of grievances emerge from every corner of Nagaland. Presently, Nagaland is infrastructurally limping, financially languishing and economically lagging, but the state seems to be under a perpetual “Rip Van Winkle spell”. Nagaland is “stagnant, under-developed and a dependent economy”, asserts Dr. Zarenthung Ezung, Assistant Professor of Economics, Nagaland University. He adds that Nagaland is lagging behind on all fronts and lacks physical and social infrastructural development. Likewise, Neichute Duolo, CEO and Coordinator of Entrepreneurs Associates says that a “dependency syndrome is the biggest casualty of Nagaland.” “Our economy is driven by government spending. It is based on a salaried economy, propelled by jobs provided by the state establishment.” He reasons that “family, school and society has convinced the youth that government jobs, no matter how unproductive or clerical, is ultimate success…” This, he maintains has “stunted potentials of the youth and their vibrancy in taking up self employment.” Illustrating the enormity of dependency on the government sector, K Wapong Longkumer, an entrepreneur from Dimapur, underlines the need to look at the number of govern-
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A. No. of government employee (regular): 91, 308 (2011 Census). If 1 employee looks after 3 people, nearly 4 lakhs people are directly dependent on government salaries. B. No. of Pensioner: 48,985 (31st March 2014, AG Office) + 2 dependent = 1 lakhs (approx.) C. Work-charged employee (Scaled, Fixed and Casual): 25,00030000 (unofficial) + 3 dependent each = 3×30000 = 90000. A+B+C = 400000+100000+90000 = 5.9 lakhs (approx.) direct dependent on government salaries. Add Govt contractors and other beneficiaries of various government schemes as well as traders, business, schools, and colleges from where the 5.9 Lakhs avail services, the dependency will nearly reach 2/3 of the population.
The Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) in Ganeshnagar, Dimapur which has remained in a desolate state for the “want of appropriate investors” has now been changed into an Agro and Food Processing Special Economic (AFSEZ). The first and only SEZ in NE, NIDC Officials say that inquiries to set-up units have been received from various firms, but due to non-completion of “internal infrastructure”, it remains un-operational so far.
ment employees (both regular and work-charge) and pensioners; and their dependents, to have an informed assessment (See Box). Dr. Ezung, meanwhile, maintains that “corruption and mismanagement of public funds, non-creation of revenue generation in the state” are a major factor. The higher the rate of corruption, the lower the rate of funds available for development, thereby adversely affecting longevity of assets created. A prominent example, he asserts, is the status of roads in the state. A study undertaken by Dr Ezung concludes that corruption curtails developmental funds from the actual amount sanctioned, increasing inequality and employing unskilled/ inefficient manpower. From 1998 to 2010, it informs that Rs 442.56 crores was with-
drawn from various government offices using fake documents. In this regard, the Comptroller and Auditor General’s recent report highlights that Nagaland incurred an average expenditure of Rs 2.24, 10.22 and 45percent respectively on collection of revenue for Sale Tax/VAT; Vehicle Tax; and Stamp Duty and Registration fees in 2012-13 as against all India average of 0.83, 2.96 and 1.89 percent. “Our state’s financial mess is not because of New Delhi, but our own creation. We seem to have a bankruptcy of economic ideas and completely clueless as to how to make Nagaland a Revenue state. It does come as a surprise to see that Nagaland state has never had Economic Advisors to the Government although there has been many
Political Advisors,” argues Neichute. This amplifies how economic issues have been accorded minuscule importance in Nagaland. An independent consultant, Toshi Longkumer, maintains that the state is “too much government sector oriented, entrenched with corruption”. He argues that if the money amassed through corruption were used for investment, it would have generated some employment. A retired Nagaland Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC) official states that, the banking institution lacks confidence in the public and is often reluctant to cater to investment needs. However, their appraisal is valid, he continues, because of people’s tendency to consider loans as a government subsidy and not repay them. “We
NLA Speaker apprises Rijijju on security of NE people Kohima, october 19 (mexN): Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker, Chotisuh Sazo, along with Deputy Speaker Er. Levi Rengma met Union minister of state for home Kirren Rijiju in connection with the assault on two Naga youths in Gurgaon and the killing of one Mizo woman in Delhi. The duo visited the victims from Nagaland and met a few other students’ leaders. Briefing media persons at Hotel Saramati in Dimapur, Sazo said they apprised Rijiju
about the problems faced by the people of the NE in various cities and suggested that a special force/police can be recruited exclusively from NE states to protect NE people from such harassment and also to build confidence. “We appreciated his (Rijiju) concern about our people and his personal involvement in such a cases and also requested to play a role on how to create awareness among our people and plan strategies to change the attitude of the so called mainland Indian to-
wards the northeast people in which a collective efforts of all the northeastern states is being required,” Sazo said. The NLA Speaker said that they also met North East MP Forum secretary general Prem Das Rai and requested that all the North East MPs should come together irrespective of party-line and plan strategies on how to contain or prevent the prevailing problems being faced by the north east people and also to discuss other developmental activities.
‘Open doors to entrepreneurs’
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DimaPUr, october 19 (mexN): Former Finance Minister of Nagaland state, K Therie today stated that the reluctance of financial institutions to open their doors to entrepreneurs is “responsible for stagnancy of our economic growth” and for “migration of our youth to other cities.” The former Minister, in statement, informed that this policy of financial institutions is because “Nagaland’s loan beneficiaries are largely found wanting when it comes to recovery.” Secondly, he stated that the “administration and village authorities do not cooperate in recovering” the said loans. He further lamented that in Nagaland, “People depend largely on political favour and corruption to start their businesses.” The Minister then listed documents “imposed to obtain a loan.” They include a registered sale/gift deed, Jamabandi/patta, mutation order/ certificate, non-encumbrance certificate, land revenue payment receipt, trace map, search report from Civil Judge (Senior
Division), Civil Judge Senior Division and district judge that no case is pending, valuation report from registered valuer (revenue officer) and title investigation report as to the ownership rights as well as permissibility of creation of equitable mortgage of the same by a State Bank of India (SBI) empanelled advocate. These documents, Therie stated, have “disqualified” people of Nagaland who do not possess land or properties in the cadastral notified area. Cadastral areas are only Kohima and Dimapur towns. There is no government owned land in Nagaland and all lands belong to either an individual, the community or the village. The former Minister stated that village authorities are the best authority to certify land and its ownership as only they know whether a land is inherited or purchased. He added that the government does not have any records as to which land belongs to whom except cadastral areas. Further, land and its resources are protected under Art 371(A), he added.
He recalled that the Nagaland state government had amended the Nagaland Land Revenue Regulation Act 1978 in 2003, providing that, land or properties in the whole of Nagaland can be mortgaged by Financial Institutions and Banks and in case of bad loans, the mortgaged properties could be impounded. Therefore, he asserted that imposition of cadastral area rule is “against the spirit of the safeguards provided in the Constitution.” Therie recommended that mortgaging affidavits should specify the area of land with proper boundaries and that non-encumbrance free certificate from Village authority, countersigned by magistrate and market value as assessed by the Deputy Collector/Commissioner should be honored as a valid document for mortgaging. Trace maps, he added should be made for all villages by the Land Revenue Department immediately. He further proposed that the government may create a Debt Tribunal Court, with authority to impound and auc-
tion the attached land or properties to recover bad loans. The area specified in the Mortgaging Affidavit should be treated as identified, he added. Therie informed that the North East Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) was created with a Rs 500 Crore authorized capital to benefit the NE by giving loans to establish industries and help entrepreneurs by giving 30% capital and transport subsidies. He said that the state government should coordinate with NEDFi and viceversa to remove difficulties. “It is the moral responsibility of NEDFi to develop the economy of the North East - particularly industries and employment of youths…” he added. “If the Board finds a committed person who has skill, he could be given funds to start straight away. However, if there is lack of commitment and sincerity, the loan should not be given. If one is committed but lacks adequate skills, he should be given skill development opportunities,” he prescribed.
CAG Report: • Expenditure on salaries increased by a 108.41 % from 1249.39 crores (2008-09) to 2603.87 (2012-13). • 91% of the total revenue of the state comes from Centre with 15 percent as Central transfer and 76% as grant-in-aid. • Revenue expenditure varied from 76.60 to 81.66 % of the total expenditure during 2008-2013 implying that it was used for past obligation such as interest payment or salaries without adding anything to State’s infrastructure only change our lifestyle when we get loans instead of making a productive investment.” He further attributes a major part of the fault to political pressure on the screening process and appraisal of loan seekers. As a result, the scheme does not reach genuine entrepreneurs and those selected consider the loan as government largesse. According to an NIDC Annual Administrative Report, the cumulative non-performing assets (NPAs) of bank as of March 31 2014, considered as “loss” was 43.92 crores and “doubtful loan” comes to nearly 25.15 crores. The cumulative disbursement of loans was 158.76 crores. In this context, a recent survey by Mokokchung Entrepreneurs Consortium on the status of government sponsored loans through various banks in Mokokchung quoted
a bank manger of a Nationalised Bank saying “The beneficiaries are availing the loans for the sake of enjoyment and personal purpose… the projects proposed is for the selection process and implementation is almost 95% on negative trend and recovery is almost less than 10% in actual terms.” Commenting on the investment scenario, Duolo maintains that the state has a “weak capitalist economic model” lagging in entrepreneurial activity. “During the last decade, the state has seen mushrooming of first generation traders who are yet to become Model entrepreneurs,” he adds. He further says that a vibrant financial service is key to the economy’s progress. Terming the state’s economy as a “Ping Pong economy,” Duolo states, “Money comes
from New Delhi and it goes back to main land India.” “All the essential commodities supply in Nagaland are controlled and managed by non Nagas. Profits are naturally not invested in Nagaland by such business groups. Money flows out of Nagaland.” Toshi talks about the outflow through higher education. “A rough estimate in Delhi shows that more than 2000 students taking varied course. If we take conservative monthly expenses of Rs 8000 per month, the monthly outflow is Rs. 1.60 crores and 19.20 annually. If we add tuition fees and other expenses, it will nearly reach 50 crores alone in Delhi”, he maintains. A recent HRD Ministry mandated report, Annual Status of Higher Education of States and UTs had reported that Nagaland, with 52 colleges, has a share of 0.16% of all colleges in India and ranks 25 in terms of total colleges in any state in India. It also has 20 colleges per lakh population in comparison with the all India average of 23 colleges per lakh population. According to Dr Ezung, there is “huge outflow” as people have become too dependent and “have forgotten to work for ourselves”. “We locals have dignity of Labour just on the day those organisations we are affiliated to declares a day of social work, but we don’t have dignity of labour as a profession”, exclaims Wapong adding, “Everyone wants security without working for it. Our vision as a welfare state maybe was not realistic after all”. The commentators while acknowledging the security situation in the state as an issue however lament that this has become a “convenient excuse” for corruption, inefficiency and mismanagement.
‘If you till the land, income will come’
Parliamentary Secretary for Excise and Housing, T Torechu (4th left) along with Horticulture officers of Kiphire district, farmers and others at the training programme on ‘Winter vegetables production’ held at Pungro village.
Morung Express news Pungro | October 19
In continuation of the State Horticulture department’s initiative to boost vegetable production in interior parts of Nagaland, Pungro village in Kiphire district was declared a “Vegetable village”, the fifth vegetable village in the district. The declaration of “Pungro Vegetable Village” was made by parliamentary secretary for Excise and Housing, T Torechu, during the training programme on ‘Winter vegetables production’ with the theme “Vegetables for sustainable development” and distribution of seeds organized by the Horticulture Department at a farmhouse in Pungro village on October 16 last. Torechu in his address said local farmers must make the best use of the training and “translate into reality” what they have learnt from the training. He said the training and distribution of free vegetable seeds by the department is a rare opportunity for villagers of Pungro area to become self-sufficient in vegetables. “Let us learn to be productive and self-sufficient in veg-
etable production. Why should we always import vegetables from other districts when we have enough fertile land to meet our vegetable requirement? If you till the land, then income will come”, Torechu said. The parliamentary secretary reminded that the key to success is “hard work.” To further encourage vegetable farmers to give their best, Torechu also announced that he would give a cash award to the best vegetable farmer of the area. District horticulture officer (DHO) Kiphire, Kilemsungba, said with announcement of Pungro as a vegetable village, Kiphire district has the highest number of vegetable villages (five) with other districts having three vegetable villages each. This is keeping in mind that Kiphire is one of the most interior districts and import of vegetables has become a costly affair for the poor villagers. Horticulture officer, Kiphire, Senka Jamir, said Pungro area with its fertile soil has the potential to contribute in a huge way to the vegetable basket of the state. He also said the area with favourable climate has good prospects
for seed production farming like Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. EAC Pungro, Chonpenthung Ezung, in his address said farmers should take the initiative and not wait on the government alone to assist them in every manner .The EAC also stressed on the role of women in agriculture and vegetable farming. Chonpenthung further cited success stories of vegetable farming like Zhavame village in Phek district to encourage the farmers. Yarba, a progressive farmer from Longkhum village in Mokokchung district also shared the success story of Longkhum vegetable village. In the technical session, the resourcepersonsandtopicsincluded Senka Jamir, HO Kiphire (‘Factors determining production of vegetables’), Arila Thonger, horticulture extension assistant (‘Commercial cultivation of winter vegetables’), Lhuveto Keyho, horticulture extension assistant (‘Integrated pest and diseasemanagementofwintervegetables’) and Wapng Jamir, technical assistant MIDH (‘Nursery and seedling management of winter vegetables’).
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NHAK organizes CME on diabetes Our Correspondent Kohima | October 19
The medical department of Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) organized Continuing Medicine Education (CME) on the topic “Starch management and role of acarbose in typeII diabetes” on Saturday at Hotel Japfü. The programme was sponsored by
Bayer Zydus Pharma. Dr. Neiphrezo, Diabetologist NHAK, who presented a PowerPoint on the topic, said most of the diabetes patients in Nagaland consume food rich in carbohydrate, which is posing as a challenge to the patients. He stated the main objective of the CME was to educate doctors to understand diet of Indian diabetes patients
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and its impact on diabetes control level. He said India is characterized by a food intake rich in carbohydrate, which is posing a challenge on prevention of postprandial glucose elevations. The efforts are needed to raise awareness on the impact of PPHG on CV risk, among both clinicians and the general public, he added.
LAGCym holds youth retreat at PulieBadze
Dimapur, october 19 (mexN): The Lotha AG Church, Youth Ministry (LAGCYM), Dimapur, had its one day retreat at PulieBadze in Kohima on October 18 with 17 youth. The main purpose of the retreat, according to a release, was to bring about a sense of camaraderie and also to ramp up the relationship in fellowship with one another as one body in Christ.
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The retreat was a time of gathering and fellowship, the release said. It commenced with a word of prayer from Steve Odyuo, Executive member of LAGCYM, followed by Potluck and thereafter a short time of sharing from the Youth Pastor, Chandemo Murry. He encouraged the youths to act as pivotal instruments towards the ministry and also to be a part of every youth event that would
ensue the growth and success of the youth ministry. The release stated that every individual was refreshed and rejuvenated and it also helped the youth reflect on certain things. It further cited that one of the youths shared on how the beauty of God’s creation invoked in him a deep sense of understanding how beautiful lives can be as the nature which can be exhibited only through Christ.
Artist of ‘Hill Theatre’ performing the play 'Don't Women, No Cry' at ‘Gloria Patri’ worship revolution event at Covenant Hall, Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur on October 18. (Photos Courtesy/Aden Jamir) Morung Express News Dimapur | October 19
As part of the ‘Gloria Patri’ worship revolution held at Covenant Hall, Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur, the ‘Hill Theatre’ performed a play on October 18. The play titled 'Don't Women, No Cry' was an evolved play directed by Bendang Walling. It portrayed pain and struggle endured by women in the present
time. It set out to question the citizens, “Why we cannot live as equals? Is there no cure for the malady?” Certainly, some very pertinent questions that every citizen should voice out and work on, for a solution! Hill Theatre was founded in 2012 in Nagaland, and is working with a strong motto of 'Love through creativity'. Since its inception, it has been engaged in the produc-
tion of street plays, skits, one act plays, dance ballets, mime plays and few full-length plays. Apart from its primary focus on theatre activities, the group has also produced short films, music videos and other audio-visual productions with an objective to identify and promote local talents in Nagaland. Engaged in performing Arts since his early school days, Bendang Walling
started making and directing short skits, dramas as well as folk and modern dance performances from 2002 onwards. His experience in performing Arts in school and college helped him join the National School of Drama, New Delhi in 2009. After passing out from NSD, he returned back to his home town with an intention to experiment with various forms of performing Arts, and founded the
group Hill Theatre in 2012. As the founder, Artistic Director of the group, he has directed noteworthy productions such as 'The Third Eye', 'N.H 36', 'Chimti: The Ant', 'The Wedding', 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Don't Women, No Cry' to name a few. For his achievements in theatre, he was awarded with the NEZCC Young Talented Artist Award 2008-2009 and Ao Students Union Excellency Award (Theatre).
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Youth of LAGCYM during the retreat at PulieBadze on October 18.
Challenges in youth ministry - SBAK youth Leaders Seminar ends
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Dimapur, october 19 (mexN): The Youth Department of Sumi Baptist Churches Association (SBAK-Aizuto) held its ‘Youth Leaders Seminar’ from October 17-19 at Sumi Christian Centre, Aizuto with the theme, “Challenges in Youth Ministry”. All the youth leaders under SBAK attended the seminar, informed a press release received here. The resource persons and speakers were Rev. Yekishe Awomi, President, Salt Baptist College Purana Bazar Dimapur, Rev. Ghokuto Chishi, Principal, Christian Academy for Global Mission, Kushiabil Dimapur, Rev. Mulato Chishi, Principal, Anderson Theological College (ATC),
Aizuto. On October 17, at the evening church service, Rev. Yekishe Awomi delivered a message on “Challenges in Youth Ministry.” Basing on Gen 1:27, he questioned the youth leaders, “why and how God keep us in this world?” “In order to save our life, our family, our church, our neighbors, our state, our country and the rest of the world, thus God has purpose in our life, and so He created us in His own image,” he stated. He encouraged the leaders to stand firm and lead the young people to Christ with humbleness and patience deParticipants of the SBAK Youth Leaders Seminar held from October 17-19 at Sumi Christian Centre, Aizuto. spite discouragement and difficulties they face in the chaired by Aniholi K. Aye, The seminar session from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm. were 'counseling in youth ministry. The service was Administrator, AVBI. was held on October 18 The main topics covered ministry, discussion for
ENGOA seminar cum get together Kohima, october 19 (mexN): The Eastern Nagaland Gazetted Officers Association (ENGOA) will be organising a seminar on leadership cum get together over dinner at 4:00 pm on October 21 at DUDA Guest House, Kohima. The speaker for the seminar will be Rev. Louliehu Yimsung, Co-ordinator of Global Indigenous Prayer Netwrok, Australia and initiator and Ambassador at Large of Overseas Naga Association. A press note issued by Dr. Longai Phom, General Secretary requested all officers/members of ENGOA based in Kohima to attend the event.
Bye-election vote counting today
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Kohima, october 19 (mexN): The counting of votes for bye-election to 11th Northern Angami II Assembly Constituency will take place here on October 20. Assistant Election Officer, Kohima, R. Mhathung Ngullie has informed all the counting officials to reach the Counting Center by 7:00 am and be seated in the Center at 7:30 am. The commencement of counting will start at 8:00 am at Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Kohima. At the commencement of counting, every person present in the hall is to maintain secrecy of votes under provisions of section 128 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, he stated in press communiqué. Counting of votes will be done polling station- wise starting in ascending order from 8 tables, which means 5 rounds of counting. Counting of postal ballots shall be taken up first.
youth ministry, effective in team work, creativity in youth ministry, Biblical pattern of fundraising and ministry retrospect.' The seminar was moderated by Kanito Awomi, Accountant cum Teacher, AVBI. In the evening, Kheshiho Chishi, Lecturer, ATC led the service, AVBI students presented special number and Rev. Mulato Chishi, Principal, ATC delivered message on the topic, “Challenges in Youth Ministry”. He spoke based on I Kings 19:1-21. On October 19 morning, Rev. Ghokuto Chishi, Principal, Christian Academy for Global Mission, Kushiabil Dimapur, delivered the sermon. Stating that leaders are like fisher-
men, he cited if fisherman does not know how to fish, he can’t be a fisherman; likewise if a leader does not know how to win lost soul, he can’t be a servant of God. He also said that 50% of the world population is youth/young people, so youth leaders have more responsibility to win those young people. In this light, he stated youth leaders should work hard through power of God and guidance of the Holy Spirit, and should spend more time in prayer than pastors, women leaders, and Sunday school teachers. Inakhu Chishi, Vice Principal, ATC led the service, while 4th year students of ATC presented special number.
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NLA speaker, deputy speaker back from Cameroon Morung Express News Kohima | October 19
Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Speaker Chotisuh Sazo and Deputy Speaker Er. Levi Rengma along with their wives retuned Nagaland today after attending the 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference at Yaounde, Cameroon. The conference was held from October 2 to 10 under the aegis of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) with the theme “Repositioning the commonwealth for the post 2015 development agenda.” On their arrival at Dimapur Airport, Sazo said the conference witnessed the participation of 53 countries from 9 different regions of Africa, Asia, Australia, British Islands & Mediterranean, Canada, Caribbean, Americas & Atlantic, India & Pacific and South East Asia. He said the conference consist-
Chotisuh Sazo and Er. Levi Rengma along with their wives and others on their arrival at Dimapur Airport on October 19 from 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held at Yaounde, Cameroon. (Morung Photo)
ed of various committee meetings, plenary sessions, conference tours, tours of spouses and workshop on various topics. Among the many topics covered in the conference included; women’s right and role of parliamentarian in gender empowerment, 2015 development agenda against the standards set
out in the commonwealth charter, good governance for 21st century, parliament role to ensure young people are placed at the centre of sustainable development and role of Parliament in providing for the most vulnerable in society. During the conference, Bangladesh speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury was
elected as the new chairperson of CPA. Sazo said the conference was hosted by Cameroon, and its President and head of the state Paul Biya, who is also vice patron of CPA addressed over 600 delegates. Biya exhorted national and international political leaders on the need to work for the good
of the people, “for a shared development.” Secretary General of Inter-Parliamentary Union Martin Chungong, who was one of the keynote speakers, said the role of women in the shaping of policies and the improvement of life in communities can no longer be sidelined, it was informed.
Among the important resolution arrived at the conference were: the regional group meetings centred on how to step up employment, reduce poverty and transform 2015 development agenda into reality. After the conference, as per the tradition of CPA, Sazo said, they visited other countries such as Israel, Switzerland and Netherland to acquaint themselves with the parliamentary system and other developmental activities of those countries. “It was very interesting, refreshing and educative tour,” said Er. Levi. Apart from attending the conference, he said, he learnt from the other countries about tourism industry playing main factor in boosting their economy. He opined Nagaland can also become an important tourist spot and this can be possible when the people change their mindset.
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ZB (AMN) condemn Guess who failed spate of racial attacks the Northeast quiz? NEW DELHI, OctObEr 19 (tNN): The third-year economics student of Delhi University is clearly stumped at the question. "The capital of Arunachal Pradesh?" she asks, head arched in deep concentration. "Err..Nagaland?" Further afield at the crowded South Extension market, the answers are not any brighter. Mizoram, Manipur, Imphal, Itanagar, Meghalaya, all seem to coalesce into a vague blur for the shoppers at the capital's upmarket South Extension market. Two youngsters argue over Hyderabad being the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. And a software engineer from Patna admits candidly that the northeast has befuddled him since he was a kid. But he is game to hazard a guess. "Aizawl is in Manipur." So where is Imphal then? "Mizoram," he says simply. The techie has company —Delhi Police had more or less the same idea about Aizawl when it had reported the death of a girl yesterday from "Aizawl, Manipur". The apology issued later by them was even more sensitively phrased: "Please read Manipur as Mizoram." Most "mainland" Indians don't even pretend to be clued into the
Arms, ammo recovered from West Tripura agartaLa, OctObEr 19 (ptI): A cache of arms and ammunition has been recovered from a hill top tribal hut in remote Rambhaktapara in West Tripura district, about 40 km from here. Inspector General of Police Nepal Das said today a few villagers in the process of collecting forest produce found that a few youths were staying in a makeshift hut in the lonely place at Rambhaktapara and reported to police. Police launched a search operation yesterday and recovered three country-made guns, five live cartridges, some utensils and some garments from the hut, Das said.
geography of the Northeast. For decades, the only brush most have with the northeast is in school geography books or general knowledge tomes. An online survey done two years ago by a collective called North East Image Managers found that 87% of corporates surveyed couldn't name the seven sisters. Siddharth Kashyap, an Assamese media professional, recalls the commiserations at work after the royal massacre in Nepal in 2001. "Bahut bura hua aapke desh mein," one said. "I have given up now really. Why blame Delhi Police? I see this ignorance as much in a Gurgaon condo as on the streets." Binalakshmi Nepram, a vocal activist for the northeast in Delhi, has been fighting for greater inclusion of the Northeast in school curriculums. "There is a saying in Bengali that the fish starts rotting at the head. There is rank ignorance at the highest levels of our administration about the northeast. I know every single thing about the Rashtrakutas, Cholas and Chalukyas, so why doesn't the rest of India about the history of the Northeast?" Nothing one learns in school does much to dispel the stereotype of slant-eyed-insurgent-types-who-eat-
dog-meat. Leave aside states or state capitals, distinct tribes, ethnic dresses, food habits would all be consigned to one undistinguishable mass in the minds of many "mainland" folks. Retired bureaucrat C A Balagopal, who wrote about his days as a young probationer in Manipur in 'On A Clear Day You Can See India', says that: "The Northeast is simply not a part of the national narrative. And at the root of the problem is just one thing—they simply don't look like 'us'." In the 1990s, film writer Utpal Borpujari recalls in his blogs, Bhabendra Nath Saikia, Jahnu Barua (both Assamese) and Aribam Syam Sharma (who is from Manipur) boycotted a joint press conference at an international film festival because they were amorphously clubbed as 'Northeast directors'. In the decade since, not much appears to have changed despite the increasing number of northeasterners living and working in other parts of the country. Robin Hibu, an Arunachali who is a nodal officer for the Northeast people in Delhi Police, says he can't blame ordinary people for being blank about the zone. "In my own workplace, there is apathy in the lower levels to people from the Northeast."
Cong wins Arunachal Assembly by-poll ItaNagar, OctObEr 19 (ptI): Congress candidate Gabriel Denwang Wangsu today won Kanubari Assembly seat in Arunachal Pradesh in a close contest defeating his lone rival Rongnai Maham of BJP by 885 votes in the October 15 by-poll. Deputy Chief Electoral
Officer D J Bhattacharjee said Wangsu polled 5,231 votes and Maham 4,346 votes. The bye-election was held following the death of sitting Congress MLA Newlai Tingkhatra at Gurgaon on May 7, a month after the simultaneous state Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state and nine days
before counting of votes. Tingkhatra had won the seat posthumously. With Wangsu winning from the constituency, Congress has 42 MLAs now in the 60-member Assembly, while Opposition BJP has 11 legislators. Peoples Party of Arunachal has five members. There are two Independents.
ImpHaL, OctObEr 19 (mExN): The Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur and Nagaland) has strongly condemned the recent murder and brutal attacks on Northeast’s students and youths in India’s metros. In the recent spate of attacks, three students from Manipur - T. Michael Lamjathang Haokip, Ngamkholen Haokip, and Rocky Kipgen – were beaten up in Bengaluru on October 14 for not speaking the local language, Kannada; on October 15, another two youths – Awang Newmei and Aloto Chishi – from Nagaland were attacked brutally in Gurgaon, Haryana by a gang of locals; and on October 16, a young girl, Juliet hailing from Mizoram was killed in south Delhi. A press release from ZB (AMN) General Secretary, Dr. Gairiangmei Maringmei, stating that atrocities on Northeasterners have been taking place every now and then in major Indian cities, it urged the Union Home Minister, Government of India, the various state gov-
ernments and law enforcing agencies to take up immediate actions and punish the guilty. It also appealed to the people of Northeast living in Indian cities to be alert. Further mentioning the Nido Tania murder in January, 2014, which had led to a huge public outcry, the Baudi claimed that even post the incident, nothing has changed. It quoted the Bezbaruah Committee report which states that there are two lakh plus people from Northeast region who have migrated to Delhi between 2005 and 2013. The Committee, which was formed after the death of Nido Tania, also reports that about 86% have faced some sort of 'racial discrimination' in metros across the country. “Till date, no action has been taken on its recommendations,” ZB stated referring to the Committee's recommendation. However, Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, during his visit to Gurgaon on October 18, has stated that the Centre will soon enforce the Bezbaruah Committee’s proposals.
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INVITATION It’s our privilege to invite all the SBC Alumni to the Silver Jubilee celebration of Servanthood Bible College on 14th November 2014 to apprise you in brief, the main celebration service will start from 10:00 a.m. inside the college campus. This will be followed by another Alumni get together extravaganza evening with the present students at 4:00 p.m. Since many of you have been away from this place for many years, it will be wonderful to see all of you after a long time and foster new ties as well. To confirm your participation we will be grateful if you could kindly notify us through the email and mobile numbers given below. No’s:9856822283, 9856232899 From Principal, Faculty & Staff and Students.
TEACHER POSTS VACANT 1. Head Teacher : 1 post; initial pay of Rs.9,000/- pm with yearly increment. Minimum qualification : BD/BA/B.Com/B.Sc. or equivalent with preference to PSTE/D.Ed/ Montessori trained or equivalent. 2. Primary Asstt. Teacher : 3 posts; initial pay of Rs.6,000/- pm with yearly increment. Minimum qualification : PU/10+2 with PSTE/D.Ed/ Montessori trained/ECCE or equivalent. Applicant must be born again Christian committed to teach children. Place : Good Shepherd Baptist School, Kikrüma. NH29 (2 hrs journey from capital city Kohima). Application along with detail resume including Mobile No. can be submitted on or before 31st October, 2014 to: 1. Kikrüma Baptist Church office, Kikrüma. 2. N K Print. Church Road Pfütsero Town. 3. Education Connection, Grace Complex, Between LCS Building and Ao Church, Kohima.
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Repeaters & students having backlog are directed to fill-up the NBSE and NU Examination Forms during 20th -28th October 2014. No forms shall be accepted after the last date. Category 1. First failure at Class-12 exam (HSSLC) 2014 2. HSSLC improvement
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Documents to be enclosed Passport size-photo, HSSLC original admit card & mark-sheet. Passport size-photo, HSSLC original admit card, mark-sheet, pass certificate & permission order. Original & Xeroxed admit card & mark-sheet. Original & Xeroxed admit card & mark-sheet.
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Inquiry on misappropriation of NHM funds agartaLa, OctObEr 19 (ptI): Health and Family Welfare department of Tripura has ordered an inquiry into 'misappropriation' of National Health Mission money in Unakoti district, according to an official press statement in Agartala. The press statement issued last night said, an internal audit report of the state government has pointed out unadjusted amounts sanctioned under National Health Mission (NHM) since 2006-2013-14. The statement said, Mission Director of NHM has been directed to visit the office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and verify the records and take appropriate actions. The audit report, made available to press showed that from the year 2006 to 2013, Rs.32, 2586526 was sanctioned by NHM, but adjustment of Rs. 5,5670923 was only available and the rest amount had no proper account.
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Words of gratitude The Forum for Fair Election (FFE) - 2014 Northern Angami II Assembly Constituency first and foremost praises our almighty God for the peaceful conduct of Bye election that was held on the 15th of October, 2014. A clarion call to the Christian community to participate in free and fair election had seen positive results. Above all, the appeal for one person one vote was very successful in all the polling stations. The responsibility of every voter (believer) to exercise their franchise was seriously taken into account which led to huge voter's turn-out of about 87.53 per cent. The entire polling day passed without any serious violent incidents from any political parties which clearly indicated God's answered prayers. The Forum would like to especially thank the Church leaders /workers of our constituency for their constant prayer support and disseminating the Christian conduct of election in their respective local Churches. The overwhelming support and cooperation of both the Candidates and Party workers have all the more brought Bye-election into another level of matured and healthy competition, The Forum also appreciates the tireless effort of the Returning officer Cum Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, Election Department, Election Observers, Polling officials, Security officials, Village councils, and everyone who were behind the success of peaceful Bye election. The parental vigilance of Northern Angami Public Organization (NAPO)/Northern Angami Youth Organization (NAVO) in our constituency to propagate peaceful conduct of election has been lauded. The Forum hope and pray that the spirit of cooperation amongst our Constituency and the Government agencies be continued even in the coming days. We also thank everyone who heeded to our clarion call to bring a positive change in our society. Core Committee Forum for Fair Election 2014.
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Anti-Northeast Racism and Ethnic Persecution In India
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shop keepers were losing customers. Thus, the organised and coordinated structure, motive and nature of targeting the Northeasterners as shown above and the undercurrent of political mobilisation and institutional backing it receives evidently demonstrate that the attacks are more systematic and dangerous than racist simpliciter. The overtly expressed communal, ethnic, racial and political undertones of all such attacks indicate a form of humanitarian crisis and the intensity seems to be already shaping the situation into a pattern of racial persecution. However, the human state agency is still engaged in making politically correct statements allowing the magnitude of this systematic violation of human rights to go without any legal remedies. The Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh, was ridiculously quoted on Thursday as saying, “I will talk to all chief ministers regarding this. Any discrimination on the basis of religion, caste or creed will not be allowed”. He assumes that racism has anything to do with caste or maybe he has confused the Northeasterners for the Sudras and Dalits of the ancient Indian social structure and traditional varnas. To further rub insult to the wounds, the Police Departments have been habitually brushing aside such occurrences as mere drunken brawls and not racist. Instead of ushering in anti-racist enactments and constitutional restructuring process, Delhi Police initiated SelfDefence Training and Hindi Speaking Classes for the people of Northeast, implicitly thereby denying the issue as an institutional problem of the Indian state structure. The state has thus embarked on this aggressive policy of assimilation to integrate the Northeast into the domi-
t was past midnight when T. Michael Lamjathang Haokip, Ngamkholen Haokip and Rocky Kipgen from Manipur were brutally beaten by a mob of local natives at Kothanur, Bangalore “for not speaking in Kannada”. In the ensuing night Aloto Sumi and Awang Newmai from Nagaland were taken captive and detained for more than 3 hours, tortured and thrashed them with cricket bats, hockey sticks and beer and whiskey bottles at Sikanderpur, Gurgaon. Barely some 24 hours thereafter, a breaking news flashed in that Juliet Zonunmawi, a young girl from Mizoram was found in a pool of blood inside her residence at Munirka, New Delhi. The Bengaluru’s Kannada native attackers warned, “If you outsiders know how to eat food that is produced in Karnataka, you must also know to speak Kannada. This is India not China.” Enacting sterner racist undertones, the Gurgaon’s Haryanvi mobsters issued racist death threats to the people of “native” Northeast in general, “We want to send a message to all of you in the northeast. If you guys from Manipur or Nagaland come here, we will kill you”. It is learned that the local residents of Gurgaon had earlier passed a resolution that people from the Northeast must leave the area. Earlier in the month of February, 2014, a Khap Panchayat called by Bhagwant Singh (President), Bhartu Rathi (Secretary), and Dhiraj Tokas (husband of Counsellor) from Munirka, New Delhi had issued similar diktats directing the landlords to evict all the tenants from Northeast within 3 months from Munirka area. In the like manner, a Naga lady in Chirag Delhi, New Delhi was forced to shut down her shop in the month of May, 2014 just because the neighbouring local
nant culture by dangerously reducing racism into an issue of lingua-franca and martial trial to be culturally solved by the victims themselves and not by the state. Whereas the state has forgotten that in this country, any attempt to fight back in self-defence for the Northeasterners is always paid back by one’s own life and limbs. Be that as it may, the pertinent question is will the racist law enforcing agency come to the rescue of the Northeasterners when the local-racists are in fact physically neutralised by them in self-defence or will the law on the contrary turn around and confine them behind the bars as aggressors rather than victims. On the other hand, has the state in conceiving such proposition appreciated the inherent danger of communal consequence that might ensue by turning Delhi into a fighting test-ground between local-racist-attack and Northeastself-defence. Nevertheless, the Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, on Saturday assured that the Centre will soon implement the recommendations of Bezbaruah Committee and an exclusive helpline for northeast people living in Gurgaon will be soon in place. But how soon enough might be the “soon” when the state agencies have not even the least political will and sincerity to admit racism as racism, let alone public condemnation. The students often complained that the Special Helpline No. 1093 meant for the Northeast people in the NCR Delhi most of the time does not either answer, pick, or respond as contrary to assurances. Inspite of various security, cultural and awareness measures being implemented, there is unprecedented rise in anti-northeast racist persecutions against the Northeast immigrants.
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Shockingly, the home state Governments, political parties, MPs and MLAs of the Northeast instead of leading the motion have always maintained staunch silence on the issue until now. Whereas their silence is immensely devaluing the worth of Northeast life before the eyes of these alien racists. The accumulated frustration and anger of the youth against their political class in general in this circumstance is fast turning into an explosive device. The pertinent question is – Are the politicians still waiting for piling up of more dead bodies or do they still think that raising of Northeast specific issues might insult their political bosses in New Delhi. It is a shame that Northeast is too ready for a clash even to the bitterest end when it is among themselves, but the moment New Delhi’s interest clashes with their commons, they become silent. The political elites of the Northeast must realise that their inability to articulate and confront for Northeast common interest is the only reason which renders their presence insignificant in national politics. Reorientation of political imagination thus is the need of the hour and to begin with thereto, it must be appreciated that racism in India is bound to remain unless the deeply historical, institutional and structural faultlines leftover by colonialism are constitutionally resolved by way of grand reorganisation of the whole Northeast on ethnic lines and devolution of maximum power and self-autonomy. Sira Kharay Advocate Delhi High Court A-138, Defence Colony New Delhi-24
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National Council under the leadership Govt mulling Aadhaar linked universal health cover Theof ZNaga Royim Yimchungrii and V Nagi must state in New Delhi, OctOber 19 tails including iris scan and finger ernment now wants to provide connection with Naga National Martyrs’ Day of 18th
(Pti): Government is planning to link the universal health assurance scheme for providing medical treatment to all citizens with Aadhaar number to check ghost beneficiaries and fraudulent claims. Under its flagship National Health Assurance Mission (NHAM) which will be launched shortly, government has planned to cover the entire population. “The government has planned to seed Aadhaar numbers with its universal health programme NHAM. The experts think that this would help in keeping a check on any fraudulent insurance claims or ghost beneficiaries under the scheme,” a source privy to the development said. As per experts, since Aadhaar provides proof of identity of person based on biometrics de-
prints, there will be remote chance of fraudulent insurance claims after seeding the unique identification number with the scheme. According to the source, the idea of seeding Aadhaar numbers with the universal health coverage for all citizens in India is likely to be approved as government wants to launch a fool proof insurance cover. The highlights of the proposed NHAM include 50 essential drugs with a package of diagnostics and about 30 AYUSH drugs to be made available to all citizens at government hospitals and health centres across the country. A package of preventive and positive health information will also be made available to all citizens and the health insurance will be a built-in feature of the mission. As per media reports, the gov-
Aadhaar number to all prisoners. Besides there are plans to use Aadhaar for direct transfer of various benefits including fuel and food subsidies into the beneficiaries’ bank accounts. Under Aadhaar projects, around 69.54 crore unique identification numbers have been issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Government has approved the Phase-V of Aadhaar project which allows it to enrol residents in four more densely populated states comprising Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh, having population of around 40 crore. Now the government wants UIDAI to generate Aadhaar numbers for the entire population by June next year.
October that the some so called NNC or FGN groups who used to claim themselves’ NNC failed to observe the Sacred Day of ours so they should never claim or proclaim again to be political group or groups. They failed indeed to perform their National Sacred Duty of the Naga Nation. This is their miserable failure of National duty, trust, negligence and ignorance of National Sacred Day, they are not fit and worthy to be called National workers now as they are not serious and ignorant about Naga National Sacred Day and Duty. The Naga people and the National workers in particular must record this serious failure of those people and groups. The NNC condemn those people or groups who did not observe the National Martyrs’ Day of Naga people and Nation. They completely failed in their National duty and cursed.
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eedless to elaborate, we all need money to possess exotic things and to enjoy all the goodness that life has to offer. However, accumulation of wealth through a short cut method can be a life threatening approach, and lately our society seem to be totally intoxicated with this contagious practice and would do anything to feed its insatiable appetite even to the point of putting one’s life or other’s’ to the line of death. Following are some few reasonable points for all change loving citizens to dwell upon. 1. Stained money can provide us all conceivable nutrition for the body but absolutely none for the starving soul. 2. Ill gotten money can facilitate us to pursue some charitable or philanthropic endeavor but that’s purely a matter of the pocket and has nothing to do with the heart. And since God looks into the heart and not the pocket so His attention will hardly be stirred by these types of good deeds. 3. Easy money can give us the power to bribe almost anyone to our side but let’s remind ourselves that, there is none to bribe on the road to heaven. 4. Business established or run with Black money can never be cleansed of its stain just like a charcoal can never be made clean even after a thousand wash. 5. Ill gotten money can buy us any luxuries of life but as we suck in our last earthly breaths, all our worldly riches combined cannot buy us even half a moment of life. 6. Black money can boost our economic position to such an insurmountable height yet, in death we might share the same graveyard with the poorest persons we knew of. 7. Education funded by black money will be just another beautiful certificate in the file but never true education. 8. Stained money can help us construct the finest mansion around but it will never be a “home sweet home” 9. A family established on the foundation of easy money will be bounded only by the last name -not true love. 10. Easy money can aid us procure the latest vehicle, which can possibly skip some few bounces or jerks but that doesn’t change the pathetic road condition whatsoever and so it will be just another mode of transportation devoid of driving satisfaction as there is more pleasure in driving an old rugged vehicle bought with hard earned money than to drive around the costliest machine bought without a sweat involved. 11. Unfair wealth can give us the power to buy varied job(s) which will provide mere salary but never job satisfaction even till retirement; but worse could be the self respect which we sell off so cheaply during the business transaction. 12. Unethical acquisition of wealth can get us elected to a position of authority but can never earn us genuine respect from our fellow humans as respect was never meant for sale and perhaps will never be. 13. Big donations having black sources may help in constructing magnificent churches but sadly that doesn’t solve the problem of the rapidly decreasing congregation in our churches. 14. Easy money can help us to travel around the world and see beautiful places but it can never give us the power to see our stained hearts until the very last moment, which by then will be too late to repent. 15. Stained money can buy us acres and acres of land but in death a small area of 8x4 is all that we’ll need to rest. Above everything else what type of answer shall we reply to the Almighty when He fires this giant question to us all after this life -” Son! What did you do with the talents that I gave you”? May God give us all the wisdom and understanding to mend our ways and rush back into His ever open arms.
Information & Publicity Wing Naga National Council.
N.A.T. Lotha Wozhuro, Wokha
Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.
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for settlement of the border issue without compromising the rights of the original land owners. “All the bilateral and tripartite Interim Agreements made in 1972 onwards must be strictly reviewed and implemented in letter and spirit by all the parties concerned”, it stated. The Border Affairs Department, it further added, must be revamped and a Border Co-ordination Centre should be established in Dimapur to ensure better co-ordination amongst the law enforcing agencies in administrating and monitoring in the border areas. Further, it advocated for immediate establishment and posting of Border Magistrates in identified Townships and
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SJC Jakhama honours Class of 2014
Restore all territories taken arbitrarily from Nagas: UNTABA
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): The United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) today appealed the Chief Minister (CM) of Nagaland to restore all the land of Nagas “arbitrarily transferred” by the then British Government”. In a representation to the CM released to the media here, the UNTABA President, Hukavi T Yepthomi and General Secretary, Ejanthung Ngullie stated that, restoration of “lost land” was their core demand which is also reflected in 9 Point Agreement and reiterated in 16 Point Demand. The Association further urged the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to pursue “more vigorously” either through appointment of Boundary Commission or any other efforts
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JAKHAMA, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): On October 18, St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama celebrated its “Graduation Day” at the indoor stadium on campus, where they congratulated and honoured the success of the 2014 batch of students. The chief guest, Deo Nukhu, Parliamentary Secretary of Higher Education and SCERT in his address encouraged the students to make use of today’s advanced technological facilities for their own progress - an important aspect which were not easily available for the older generation. He also advised them to discover and make good use of any talents or gifts they hold be it in academics, music or dance because “God will certainly help those who have faith in Him.” The annual report given by the Principal informed that the passed percentage of the 2014 Batch was: B.A. (English): 97%; (History): 98.27%; (Political Science): 96%; (Sociology): 96%; (Economics): 100%, BBA: 100%, B.Com (H): 97% and B.Com: 89%
area of Tizit, Tuli, Tsurangkong, Merapani, Ralan, Aghunaqa (Rengmapani), Dhansiripar and Peren for effective monitoring in the border areas. For strengthening the “security arrangement of the border areas” and to “act as a deterrent” to large number of Assam Village Protection Forces and Assam Police Forces, the UNTABA also demanded immediate establishment of Border Police and Villages Guards and post the same in all the border villages. “Provide all the essential services and infrastructures such as Road Communications, Electricity, Water supplies, Schools and Health care to all the recognized villages in the border areas” the release added.
(Left) Deo Nukhu, Parliamentary Secretary addressing the Graduation Day of St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama (Right) the 2014 Batch graduates on October 18.
Three students Wondanglo Y Ezung (Economics); Sentisangla Lemtur (Sociology); and Motsuthung Humtsoe (BBA) were awarded for scoring the highest mark in their Nagaland University (NU) Exams. The Best Graduate 2014, Menosele Yhoshii during his speech thanked God and also the College Family for the wonderful function and for playing a key-role in the success of the outgoing batch. He stated that “everyone is a winner and no
one is a loser” and maintained that confidence gained through experience and hard work has brought success to him. The Graduates later gathered for an informal reunion within the College premises for a short luncheon. This year’s ceremony also saw the introduction of Graduation Gowns for the Past Pupils which added to the pomp and splendour of the programme. Among the graduates were a privileged few who received special awards for their
academics, attendance and character namely: Governor’s Gold Medal to Best Graduate- Menosele Yhoshü from the Dept of Political Science; Chikrophuyo Memorial Award to Best B.A. Student- Niekhoyi Rhakho from the Dept of Political Science; Avica Memorial Award to Best B.Com StudentAtung; Alumni Association Award to Best General StudentThaiming T from General Dept; Youth Net Award to Best B.B.A. Student-Motsuthung Humtsoe.
Naga Hoho condemns ‘racial attacks’
NLA members attends India Whips Conference
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): The Naga Hoho today expressed concern at the “repeated racial attack meted out” to people from the North East and condemned the October 15 assault on two youths from Nagaland in Gurgaon. A press note from the Naga Hoho stated that “according to the NE students and BPO professionals residing at the said location and adjoining colony/villages, the locals are well aware of their collective preparations as and how to hunt and chase out the NE communities from residing within their areas…” This, it stated “displays the lackadaisical attempt of the government as well as law enforcing agencies to embrace us….” The incident, it alleged was “backed by local authorities and meted out with the knowledge of the residents of Sikanderpur village authorities.” The Naga Hoho alleged that the “locals befriended them first and carried out their sinister design in their attempt to murder the duo in cold blood.” “The place of occurrence further supports the
KOHIMA, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): The Chief Whip of Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) Legislature Party and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu and the Chip Whip of Congress Legislature Party, S Hukavi Zhimoni attended the 16th All India Whips Conference, at Goa from October 1314. The duo was accompanied and assisted by the Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, N Benjamin Newmai. The conference chaired by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India, Santosh Gangwar and the inaugural address was delivered by M Venkaiah Naidu. The conference
claim that it was right in the middle of the village and not in a secluded area,” it added. It urged the Ministry of Home Affairs to deliver justice to the victims and initiate strict disciplinary actions to the local authorities for “instigating such kind of racist resolution in their vicinities…and the law enforcing agencies of the state for their inactive attitude…” It further condemned the recent assault on a student from Manipur in Bangalore. It urged the Government of India to come up with a severe and stringent Act to deal with the perpetrators committing racial discrimination, molestation and rape, assault on NE people uniformly applicable all across India. It then stated that “racist attack and atrocities” against NE people are “leisurely discharged” with minimum support from media house, intellectuals, NGO's, political parties or reluctant law enforcing agencies. It further stated that these “repeated racist attack makes us ponder whether we are truly accepted as part of India by the Government of India.”
Seminar on socio-economic development held
Two-day worship event ‘Gloria Patri’ concluded this evening here at Covenant Hall, CHSS, Dimapur. The event which was held from October 18-19 was attended in large numbers by young people, especially students from different schools and hostels in Dimapur. Seen in the photo is Apostle L Yimsung, who was the speaker of the 2-day event.
KOHIMA, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): The Kuzhalhu Zawe (Kuzhalhu Public Organization) in association with the departments of agriculture and forests has successfully conducted a seminar on “Socio-economic development & environment awareness” on October 18 last at GHHS TT Hall, Pfutsero Town. After a brainstorming interactive session, the participants took a green pledge, according to a release issued by ZW gen-
Unidentified man found dead AR nabs arms peddlers,cadres NYK Seminar
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): The dead body of an unidentified man was recovered from the Dimapur railway station on October 19. The body was discovered around 2:00 pm near the main entrance to the platform, Government Railway Station stated. The deceased was suspected to be ailing as medicine alongwith an inhaler used by asthma patients were found. No credential that could determine his identity was found except one Mariani-Dimapur ‘current ticket’, GRPS said. Believed to around 45-50 years of age and around 5.3 feet in height, the deceased had a moustache and was wearing striped off-white shirt and grey trousers.
Consider our salary a priority: NSSATA appeals government
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 19 (MEXN): The NSSATA today earnestly appealed the State Government to consider the salaries of teachers as a “priority” as its non-payment greatly “hinders” the efficient performance of the teachers. In a press note, NSSATA vice-president, Thejakhrielie Solo and Joint Secretary, Yilobeni Ezung further urged the State Government and concerned department for “timely intervention” by submitting the utilizations certificates and 10 % State share in time, following the “most recent release” of fund the Central Government to avoid further inconveniences to the teachers in future. The salary being the only source of income and livelihood, non-payment of salaries has been a great hindrance for teachers, NSSATA stated.
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): The 29 Assam Rifles (AR) launched an operation in general area Metro Hospital, Dimapur on October 16 and arrested one arms peddler along with one 7.65 mm pistol. The AR in a press release identified the accused as Sunil Sangtam (40) of Imphal. The person along with recovered weapon was handed over to West Police Station, Dimapur, it added. Meanwhile, in an operation conducted in Panikheti area of Lognak village on October 14, 31 AR recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition. Troops of 31 AR launched a search operation at the house of Lakshman Orang of Lognak, the AR press note informed, alleging the owner of the house was absconding prior to the operation. The AR team recovered one automatic M-16 Rifle, one automatic HK 33K Rifle, four magazines of assault rifles, two Grenades and 132 quantity assorted ammunition of different calibers. In another incident, 37 AR, on receiving information about abduction of two truck drivers by
cadres of NSCN (KK) from general area Lalmati - Pherima on October 17, established a Mobile Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) at Kukidolong. The MVCP intercepted one Toyota Etios Car with registration number NL 07C 7433, from which, two abducted Manipuri truck drivers were rescued, AR stated in the release. The abductors have been identified as 2nd Lieutenant Atoi Sumi (28), NSCN (KK), Zoel Sema (35) and Enos Swu (30), “Over Ground Workers” of NSCN (KK), AR informed. The rescued victims were identified as Salam Rame Singh (33) and NG Hopeson (30). The apprehended persons alongwith the recovered vehicle were handed over to Police Station Medziphema and the rescued victims were released, it added. Further, in Changtongya town on October 12, 31 AR apprehended two NSCN (IM) cadres. The apprehended cadres have been identified as SS Pvt Tali Temjen and SS Cpl Sashi Ao and recovered a 7.65mm pistol and assorted ammunitions. They were handed over to Changtongya police station, AR informed.
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): The Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) in collaboration with Youngs’ Club organized a training on Youth Leadership for community development with the volunteers (Young Agents) of Youngs’ Club, members of Peace Channel and Youth from different villages/colonies at People in need Foundation (PNF) Conference hall, Dimapur from October 19-19 with John Makhabo, District Youth Coordinator, NYK, Albert, Joint Secretary Chakhesang Students’ Union and Jenpu Rongmei founder Youngs’ Club as a Resource persons. The Topic on Personality development was deliberated by John Makhabo,while topic on Leadership and topic on Youth Voluntarism were deliberated by Albert and Jenpu Rongmei.respectively. A press note from the Youth Cordinator of Young’ Clud, Zhove Lohe stated that, the seminar was organised mainly to promote and sensitize the young people to take part actively in social service and contribute their youth life for the good purpose.
LFS Pungro turns 25 in ‘pomp and pageantry’
KIPHIRE, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): The Little Flower School (LFS) Pungro culminated its Silver Jubilee (19892014) Celebration in style with a grand function on October 18 with Parliamentary Secretary for Housing and Excise, Government of Nagaland, T Torechu gracing the occasion as the Chief Guest. The Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima and the Chairman of the Catholic School and EAC, Pungro were the guest of honour. Following the unveiling of the Silver Jubilee Monolith and lighting of the Jubilee’s lamp by the Chief Guest, the function began with pomp and pageantry where the students of the schools kept the audience in “spell bounded” with varieties of creative and entertaining programmes. In his welcome address, the principal of the school, Fr. Sajimon Joseph said the celebration was a “milestone for the LFS” and extended his gratitude to the chief guest for his valu-
able support to the institution from its very inception. He also made a special mention of the stalwarts behind the founding of the school at Pungro, namely, Fr. Mathew Thuniampral, the pioneer and Fr. Thomas Muttathil, and the hardships and oppositions they had to face in the initial stages of its existence. The Guest of Honour Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, in his speech put on record the impact the institution has been able to make in the lives of the people. He also took the occasion to salute the missionaries and leaders who slogged, toiled and pioneered while giving shape to this institution, walking miles in the early part of its existence. He showered praises on Torechu for his continued support and assistances to the institution. Bishop also raised a few challenges that the Catholic Church faces today in her education ministry, namely, nonavailability of quality teachers for various educational institu-
deliberated many issues concerning smooth functioning of both Parliament and State Assemblies’ including floor management; house decorum and code of conduct; participation in house session; codification of privileges; professional training and research assistance for elected legislature; Members bills and resolution; and so on. A press release from the Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, Nagaland stated that the Members from Nagaland will be sharing their experience to “fellow’” legislatures for smooth conduct of Session with “highest of decorum”.
tions, especially to teach Maths and Science, and lack support for infrastructural developments. He said that there are 118 school and 6 colleges run by the Catholic Church, taking care of over 60,000 (Sixty Thousand) students. “It has come to a stage that the management is finding it hard to find dedicated teachers for Maths and science”, he added. He urged the government to solve the challenges appointing relevant teachers for private institution and the public to collaborate in raising fund in the infrastructural developments. He also dismissed the notion opined by some quarters that the Catholic Church has abundance of money and asserted that the Church running mostly on the sacrifices and commitment of the missionaries, who live on meagre allowances, and pool resources and invest it for the development of the centres, and also due to the generous contribution of the people from other parts of the world. The Chief Guest, Torechu
in his speech lauded the sacrifices made by the missionaries, leaving their home land, for the good of the people of Pungro, especially in raising the children to men of good standing in the society. He implored God’s blessings on them for long life. He exhorted children to respect their parents, elders and teachers saying, “It is the only way to receive God’s blessings and become men of great standing in the society”. He also urged the parents to make their home, a place for imparting good values to their children. He also promised cash awards to those matric students who would excel in their exams, especially those who secure over 70% in maths and science. On this occasion, Akiuba, the president of the Yimchungerii Akherii Arihako (YAA) and Belila, member, LFS Alumni, recalled with gratitude the contributions made by LFS School in shaping their lives, and the parent representative, Shillen SIS, appreciated the sacrifices made by the management for
the good of the children and extended co-operation and support to the institution. On this occasion, the Silver Jubilee Souvenir Magazine and mementos were released and the first copy of the souvenir was given to Rev. Fr. Dr. Mathew Thuniampral, the Pioneer missionary of the area and first memento was given to Abel Kuitsuthong, the then Head G.B of Vongti village who permitted the entry of the missionaries to establish Catholic institution in the region. Rev. Sr. Lima Rose SABS, the headmistress of LFS, presented the report of the school. Through her report she made everyone visualize the memorable past, glorious present and the aspiring future of the institution. Susana Resangla, who had rendered more than 18 years of invaluable service to the school, was felicitated during the occasion. H. Elias, Convenor of the Silver Jubilee Committee proposed vote of thanks on behalf of the Jubilee organising committee.
eral secretary Medo Chirhah. Some resolutions also arrived at the seminar for follow up action. Lhiwepelo Mero, Director of Agriculture gave keynote address while a paper presentation on “ Importance of community bio-diversity and development of rural economy through natural resources” and “Importance of marketing system for the growth of rural economy” was presented by Wepretso Kapfo, IFS, CCF Nagaland and Kedungupe Ritse,
chairman APMC Pfutsero respectively. The VCCs, head GBs, VDB secretaries, women chairpersons, women VDB secretaries and youth chairmen of Kuzhami villages attended the seminar. Meanwhile, the organizing committee expressed gratitude to the departments of agriculture and forests and all those who contributed towards making the programme a grand success.
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Organisations censures 'assaults & robbery' DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): The Youth Association Nagaland (YAN) has strongly condemned the attack and murder attempt on Awangbo and Aloto at Sabji Nandi in Sikanderpur village, Gurgaon October 16 stating that attack on North East people have become a regular affair. Denouncing the act, YAN president, Hetoi Chishi called upon the government to take appropriate action those in-
volved in the heinous crime and also to ensure safety of the north east people. Further, he called upon the people to condemn such act of barbarism. Meanwhile, YAN also condemned the assault on Thepfusatuo Chatsu of New Chumukedima Village on October 13 by one Mughato and his 2 accomplices, all reportedly from NSCN (I-M). YAN said such senseless act is against the desire of Naga people.
BAN The Business Association of Nagaland (BAN), in “strongest possible terms” has condemned the brutal assault and robbing of Naga Entrepreneur, Thepfusatuo Chatsu of New Chumukedima Village on October 13 by Mughato and his two accomplices, all of them allegedly from NSCN (IM). The Media Cell of Ban in press note said that such “uncivilized action” on innocent civilians cannot be tolerated and must be condemned by one and all. It further maintained that the “alleged faction” should moral responsibility for the action of its cadre and hand over the miscreants to the police “unconditionally” to ensure justice. CSU The Chakroma Students’ Union (CSU) has vehemently condemned the alleged physical attack as well as robbery of Thepfüsatuo Chatsu at his pharmacy by Kughato, a cadre of NSCN (IM) and two other accomplices at Chumukidima Town. In a press condemnation, the CSO President, Rokovi Kruse stated that the incident depicts a “heinous picture” when the Nagas are collectively working towards “uprooting “illegal and anti-social activities from the society. Asserting that it would not tolerate such “inhumane treatment”, the Union asked the “underground cadres and responsible authorities involved” to comply with the youth societies’ resolution and settle the case at the earliest. The CSO further appreciated the effort of Chumukidima Youth Societies to bring “justice” on the occasion and extended it full support with their initiative. Chumukidima Students’ Organisation The Chumukidima Students’ Union - comprising of Chumukidima Town Students’ Union (CTSU), Chumukidima Village Students’ Union (CVSU) and the New-Chumukidima Village Students’ Union(NVSU) – has vehemently condemned the “sickening act” of physical assault, extortion and robbery of Thepfüsatuo Chatsu, a member of Chumukidima Youth and Students’ Body. In a joint condemnation, the CTSU President, Hoveseo Naleo, CVSU president, Viyiesilhou Medoze and NVSU president Mhasitso Hama asserted that as a student body, they will not tolerate “such evil and crime” to prevail in the society and extended their full support to the Chumukidima Youth effort to settle the issue. The Student body further urged the authorities of NSCN (IM) to present their cadres as demanded and reminded “All the national workers to secure and develop the welfare of the people and if necessary, sacrifice their own life at time”. “Threatening, torturing, extorting, assaulting and killing only hamper peaceful living in the society” it stated.
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The Power of Truth
The Morung Express MonDAy 20 ocTobEr 2014 voluME IX IssuE 289
The Racism laura Arwen The racism erases the beautiful memories and it believes in the perfect world The racism is a too big and horrible problem It is a wrong and impure mistake The racism is a bad and public thought The racism is played by the poors of reasons The racism doesn't live in the jungle but it lives in the modern society I'm against the racism The racists are cursed because they are false For me the racism resides in the hate For the innocents the racism is lost war For me the racism doesn't exist in a citizen world For me the racism is a terrible suffering It can't stand the harmony and the heart of a bay It survives in the evident darkness The racism hates the comfortable and hospitable villa The racism serves the big Evil It doesn't use the magic It wants to destroy the balance between the people For the angels the racism is a shame and a bright lie
Sharma lEfT wiNg |Rupesh Dutta and Gaurav Source: IANS
Sanitation workers live a life of ‘utter neglect’
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ith a spade in his right hand, 30-year-old Sudesh enters a big drain clogged with human faeces, animal corpses and industrial waste. He wades through the waist-deep stinking black water and takes out the nauseating floating muck from Delhi's many open drains. "It does not matter how many times I bathe. The stink lingers for three days," Sudesh, who goes only by his first name, told IANS. Sudesh, an asthma patient, has been cleaning a filth of the national capital for the past 15 years and has developed skin diseases. He is one among many sanitation workers who enter drains and manholes with only one piece of clothing - his underwear - every day to keep the drains running. Ironically, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project Swachh Bharat Mission, launched Oct 2, which aims to clean up this country that has been notoriously callous about its public environment, has nothing to OFFER to these daily wage sanitation workers who are living a life of utter neglect. Their work is as good as of a manual scavenger against which the Indian parliament enacted a stringent law in 2013. Delhi's three municipal corporations alone (of five) have a total of 30,000 sanitation workers, including those on contract basis, on their rolls. But it is the daily wage workers and substitutes like Sudesh and Harish who face more problems, not just in Delhi - conditions in other cities are probably worse - but in the rest of the country. "Many a time I have been rescued by my colleagues from drowning in deep drains. Entering into a 5-6 feet drain with the entire city's filth without a safety belt and other gears is like inviting death," Sudesh told IANS. When IANS visited him, he was busy cleaning an open drain at Indraprasta Metro station in the heart of the capital with just a spade in his right hand while holding on to a rope tied to a tree. The rope was his safety belt. "This is what we are compelled to do. We are not paid if we refuse to clean these drains. But we are not given the safety gears," Harish, another daily wage worker, stated. According to the standards of safety, these workers should be wearing water-proof uniforms, rubber gloves and masks while entering drains. Asked the reason for not providing safety gears, the mayor of South Delhi Municipal Corporation Khushi Ram said typically: I am not aware of this. I will look into it." Harish told IANS that many a time they don't even get their salaries on time. "We don't get our salaries on time as we are at the mercy of contractors," said Harish whose two months' salary has been pending. He gets Rs. 6,000 per month. Rajendra Mewati, president of the Delhi Pradesh Safai Karamchari Union, said: "These sanitation workers need the medical facilities the most." "However, according to the provisions of the municipal corporation, even the regular sanitation workers are not eligible for the cashless medical facilities," Mewati told IANS. The condition of sweepers is no better. Many who spoke to IANS had a common grouse: not getting brooms to sweep. "Modi wants India to be free of garbage and litter but probably is not aware that sometimes we have to spend our own MONEY for brooms," Bhagwat, a sweeper, said. Mewati said that the sanitation workers are deprived of medical facilities and are not even given government accommodation. "The Clean India campaign is a good initiative, but it is not going to make India litter-free until the condition of the sanitation workers too are improved," Upadhaya said.
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Stephanie Van Hook Waging Nonviolence
Turning Fear into Power
An interview with unarmed peacekeeper Linda Sartor
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inda Sartor is not afraid to die. Dedicated to nonviolence, she spent 10 years after September 11, 2001 traveling to conflict zones throughout the world as an unarmed peacekeeper, with roles ranging from protective accompaniment to direct interpositioning between parties when tensions were running high. She documents her work across the world — in Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iran and most recently Bahrain — in her new book, Turning Fear into Power: One Woman’s Journey Confronting the War on Terror. Inwardly quiet and exceedingly humble (she chose to sleep outside for eight years of her adult life), her courage and conviction are not only refreshing, they’re infectious. I recently had the privilege of spending a day with her to discuss her travels and the ways in which they have changed her as an individual, as well as her relationship to nonviolent action. Is there a nonviolent response to terrorism? I think George W. Bush misused the word “terrorism” so much that it really has no meaning. When protesters in the Occupy movement are portrayed as terrorists, that really changes the meaning of democracy too. If there is such a thing as real terrorism, I think it is often a last resort cry for help by people who are being severely abused and mistreated and who don’t have any other way to be seen and heard by those who could bring justice to a situation. A nonviolent response to terrorism is anything that brings more justice into the world, including more equity in our global economic system so that all people have Linda Sartor standing on a Soviet tank outside of Kabul, Afghanistan. their needs met and no one can abuse anyone else for their own economic advantage. villagers decided to move from their village into a a small determined group who will not give up.” refugee camp, we were able to provide a protective What does activism mean to you? presence to the people and they felt a sense of se- Your book is about transforming fear into nonvioI think the word activism most often means pro- curity that the Navy, which was supposedly respon- lent power. Fearlessness was one of Gandhi’s key testing against something, but I am more excited sible for their security, could not provide. characteristics of the nonviolent soul, or satyagraabout Gandhi’s idea of constructive program. I prefer hi. In his 1928 work, “Satyagraha in South Africa,” the focus on creating models of what we want as op- You are one person. What makes you he said, “A satyagrahi bids goodbye to fear.” What posed to protesting against what we don’t want be- hopeful that you can make a difference? role do you think fear plays in perpetuating viocause I believe that when we put energy against someAfter 9/11, I couldn’t sit still. I felt a longing to lence in our world? thing it actually gives that something more power. I see that the powers of domination that seem to get into some sort of action to take a stronger stand You worked for an organization doing construc- than I had ever taken before. In the 10 years of my be in control of the world today thrive on creating tive program, which is at the forefront of internation- life that I portray in my book, I don’t know con- and perpetuating a culture of fear. Fear is contagious al unarmed peacekeeping, the Gandhian dream of cretely how much of a difference my actions made and easily blown out of proportion by our imaginathe Shanti Sena, or Peace Army. Can you tell a story in the bigger picture. Like the Afghan Peace Volun- tions. I see that especially when it is at a distance. illustrating that kind of nonviolence at work? teers I spent time with in Afghanistan, I don’t nec- For example, people who don’t live in California are The day after a massacre in a Christian Tamil vil- essarily expect to see the changes I am committed afraid of earthquakes and since I have never been in lage on an island in Sri Lanka, we Nonviolent Peace- to working toward come about in my lifetime. But a tornado I fear that. I realized when I was preparforce unarmed civilian peacekeepers were greeted I believe that I have to work toward those changes ing for my first trip — which was to Israel/Palestine by the priest who took us to see the bodies. The peo- anyway. It is like the line in the song “The Impos- — that for everyone back home it would seem like I ple of the village were all excited to tell us what they sible Dream” that says, “And I know if I’ll only be would be in danger all the time. But in reality, there had experienced the night before when the 11 peo- true to this glorious quest, that my heart will lie were only a few moments that were quite scary, and ple were killed. Each story confirmed that the killers peaceful and calm when I’m laid to my rest; and the rest of the time was not. were of the Sri Lankan Navy. The way it worked in Sri the world will be better for this.” We can learn to let fears be our teachers and when Lanka was that the bodies had to stay in place unOn another level, if I see something out there in we accept, or even embrace, a fear and let ourselves til the judge looked at them. When the judge arrived the world that is not okay with me, I believe that if I learn what we have to learn from it, it has less control walking down the street, she was accompanied by look inside myself and ask something like, “Where over us. It’s not that we ever get rid of fear, it is just Navy and police. So as soon as the villagers saw the is that violence in me?” then I have a place within that we can be with fear in a different way. The more I group coming, the women and children all quickly myself that I can work to heal. Maybe that is the only am able to be with my fears, the more freedom I have went inside the churchyard and the men clumped place where I really have the power to make a differ- to do what my heart is calling me to do, and the more closer to each other on the side of the street across ence. I do believe that that little bit of healing does alive I feel in the end. from the church. The tension was palpable. contribute to the healing that’s needed in the world. I positioned myself on the side of the clump of I have been inspired by the words of the poet Do you recommend that everyone men, so the Navy, police and judge walked past me Clarissa Pinkola Estes, when she says, “Ours is not travel to conflict zones as you have? first and then past the village men. As they passed, the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of I encourage people to recognize that they don’t I smiled and waved and that proved to be totally stretching out to mend the part of the world that have to do what I did, but that their own hearts disarming of the tensions. At that moment, I felt is within our reach. Any small calm thing that one have unique callings that are right for them. I trust a bodily knowledge that I was safer because I was soul can do to help another soul, to assist some that if each of us does that, it can lead to solutions unarmed than I would have been armed. No one portion of this poor suffering world, will help im- that we can’t find when we only think about the had any reason to be afraid of me, so I was not in mensely … We know that it does not take every- problems from our heads and from the perspecpersonal danger. From that morning on, until the one on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only tive of what we’ve done before.
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've been advancing a thesis for several months with friends that World War III is now underway. It's just that it's not the war we thought it would be, that is, a confrontation between major powers with the possibility of a nuclear exchange. Instead, we are getting a set of low-intensity, on-again, off-again conflicts involving non-state actors (ISIS, Ukrainian rebels, Libyan insurgents) with confusing and in some cases nonexistent battle lines and rapidly shifting alliances such as the shift from fighting the Syrian regime to helping it indirectly by fighting ISIS, the regime's new foe. There is at least one prominent person who seems to agree with me, the Pope. During a visit to a World War I memorial in Italy last month Pope Francis said: "Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction." In citing many well-known causes for war, he failed to specify the one that seems obvious in this case: the fight over energy resources. It can be no accident that the raging fights in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and the Ukraine all coincide with areas rich in energy resources or for which imported energy resources are at risk. There are other conflicts. But these are the ones that are transfixing the eyes of the world, and these are the ones in which major powers are taking sides and mounting major responses. In Syria, Iraq and Libya, of course, it is oil and also natural gas that underlies the conflict. The ISIS forces in Syria and Iraq have seized oil refineries to power their advance. They and every fighting force in the world understands that oil is "liquid hegemony."
World War III: It's Here and Energy Is Largely Behind It Kurt cobb Common Dreams In the Ukraine natural gas supplies lurk in the background as rebels (supposedly with Russian help) fight to separate parts of eastern Ukraine from the country. The Russians who hold one of the largest reserves of natural gas in the world have threatened to cut off Ukraine, a large importer, this winter and to curtail supplies to Europe which depends on Russia for about 30 percent of its gas. The threat against Europe is in response to trade sanctions levied on Russia for its alleged role in helping Ukrainian insurgents. Since summer, a friend and I have been periodically reviewing the World War III game board to assess whether the war is heating up or cooling down. The temperature changes as we have gauged them would look like a sine wave on a graph revealing no definitive trajectory. And, that is just the kind of war that I believe World War III will be--years of indecisive battles, diplomatic ploys, halfhearted engagement by major powers, and new, unexpected conflicts arising in unexpected places. There are, of course, many other reasons for the conflicts I cite. But I wonder if the major powers would be much engaged in these conflicts if energy supplies were not at stake. So, the resource wars that are developing, es-
pecially those relating to energy, are not about direct conquest so much as concern about access to energy resources, or to put it more clearly, concern about possible interruptions to the flow of energy resources. The low-intensity confrontation in the South China Sea between China and its neighbors, Vietnam and the Philippines, is the most prominent dispute over actual ownership of energy resources rather than the mere flow of those resources. But in the article cited, the Indians, while laying no claim to resources in that area, have said publicly that they are worried that shipping through the South China Sea could be affected if the conflict heats up. Again, we are back to concern about the flow of resources by countries not directly a party to the dispute--yet. Traditional diplomacy among great powers does not seem to have been effective at resolving these conflicts. And, traditional military operations seem less than effective as well. Kurds in Syria report that U.S. airstrikes against ISIS are not working. This conflict and others like it which are characterized by poorly defined boundaries, shifting participants and unclear goals are confounding major powers and wreaking havoc on countries where these conflicts rage.
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One of the most obvious strategies for responding to these conflicts-deep, rapid and permanent reductions in fossil fuel energy consumption through efficiency measures, conservation, and expansion of renewable energy--does not seem to be a prominent part of the policy mix. Such a reduction would not necessarily cause these conflicts to disappear; but they might become far less dangerous since the major powers would be less interested in them and thus less likely to make a miscalculation that would lead to a larger global conflict. That is the danger that lies in my version of World War III--that it could morph into the kind of global conflict that risks nuclear confrontation between major powers--not because those powers would seek such an obviously insane outcome, but because they might miscalculate and by mistake push the conflict in this terrible direction. It is not clear how this danger can be avoided given the current trajectory of world energy use. And, it is not clear how to get the world's leaders to focus on the obvious need to reduce not only fossil fuel energy use, but use of all the world's nonrenewable resources in order to forestall conflict.* That humans can have good lives without perpetual growth in the consumption of resources is simply not a possibility in the minds of most world leaders. And that means we should prepare for a very long World War III. *Such reductions imply the reorganization of our daily lives with an emphasis on conservation as an ingrained habit. They also imply significant changes to our infrastructure. But they do not necessarily mean that we cannot have the essential services that the current system provides while using far less in the way of inputs. The main impediments to moving rapidly down this road are vested interests such as the fossil fuel industry which profit from the current wildly inefficient and wasteful global system. I agree that this is no small obstacle.
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14 lessons from the scottish referendum adam Ramsay and Peter McColl
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The Journalist and the emperor norihiro Kato IHT
Daring to Ask Hirohito About His Role in WWII
be in a party. If we're asking what lessons the left outside Scotland can learn from the Yes campaign, it's worth starting by asking what lessons the people involved learnt. And the most obvious one is that thousands decided that they did want to be in a poarly last month, a quarter century after Emperor Hirohito’s litical party after all. death in 1989, Japan’s Imperial Household Agency released the And remember that parties aren’t static. With treofficial record of his life. The 61 volumes contain a great wealth bling in membership of both SNP and Greens, the of previously unavailable material and some fascinating trivia: Who parties are now totally different – those who’ve joined knew that the imperial family has been exchanging Christmas presmust take some of the referendum spirit with them. ents since at least 1907? The Japanese media have been digging in. I haven’t waded through the books, but scholars are already not10) The markets will bully ing that they studiously avoid addressing Hirohito’s part in Japan’s As the referendum reached its crescendo, there actions leading up to and during World War II. A couple of weeks ago, was a clear feeling amongst hundreds of people I the historian Herbert Bix wrote in an op-ed for this paper that he had spoke to that they didn't really listen to or care what received an email from “an employee at one of Japan’s largest newsWestminster said. They didn't believe a word of it. papers” asking him to comment on an embargoed excerpt from the They did, however, worry about the markets, about record of Hirohito’s life. “But there was a condition,” Bix explained. “I companies threatening to leave, etc. Of course, big could not discuss Hirohito’s ‘role and responsibility’ in World War II.” businesses will make similar threats whenever any And so Bix refused, he said. Some 70 years after the end of the war, the radical change is on the cards, and it's important we subject is considered taboo in Japan’s mainstream media. remember this and learn how to cope with it – anWhich only makes it that much more remarkable that almost four deother reason that radicals shouldn't rely for support cades ago, a Japanese journalist named Koji Nakamura asked Hirohito the on those who have too much of a stake in the system. question no one dared to ask. On Oct. 31, 1975, a few weeks after a visit to the United States, Hirohito and his wife held a public press conference at 11) Demographic differences are real Different polls from voting day tell slightly differ- the palace. Nakamura, who participated as a representative of the London ent specific stories, but they all have the same trend. Times, was one of the very few reporters called upon to ask an unscripted Old people were much more likely to vote no, and so question. “At the White House, your majesty referred to ‘that most unforwere women. For progressives to win, we need to find tunate war, which I deeply deplore,"’ he began. “May we interpret this to mean that you yourself feel responsible for the war itself, including the fact ways to reach out into a range of demographics... that Japan waged it in the first place? In addition, may I ask you to share 12) You win by making your rulers fear you your thoughts about so-called war responsibility?” In a sense, the quesWales has long been seeking more powers for its tion was pointless. Hirohito did not answer anything meaningful: “Since Assembly. There have been two commissions into I have not delved much into literary matters, these little tricks of language the question, recommending just that. But they are beyond me, and I am unable to answer such a question.” Yet this was a haven't got those powers. Scotland had a referen- moment in postwar Japanese history without parallel. Although Hirohito dum, and forced the British state to its knees. We lived for another 14 years, to my knowledge, he held no other press conferhaven't got the promised powers yet, but we cer- ences; if the journalist had remained silent, the emperor would have died tainly now have a better chance of securing them without once being publicly asked by a citizen of Japan to take responsibilthan Wales – and if Wales does, it will be in part be- ity for his catastrophic failures. Nakamura’s question may have gone unancause of the Scottish process. swered, but he deserves a place in history simply for asking it. This is an important lesson for the left – too ofInstead, he has been all but forgotten. The one reporter to have ten, our campaigning organisations put their re- touched on Nakamura’s challenge to Hirohito is David Tharp, the only sources into writing a detailed report and then po- non-Japanese participant at that 1975 press conference. In an article litely asking for the changes it recommends, as if published the next morning in the English-language Mainichi Daily our rulers will concede to rational demands. If you News, he said Nakamura had “swept aside” the “ultimate taboo in Japwant to win change, it's much more important to anese newspaper circles.” He described the reaction of their Japanese mobilise a mass movement for it, and to directly colleagues: “It was the one question that seemed to freeze the reportconfront power until it is forced to compromise. ers with collective interest. Pens poised over notebooks as if for lack of knowing how to move for a brief instant.” He added, “Then there was 13) 16 and 17 year olds can what appeared to be a mutual relaxation because the question which absolutely be trusted to vote everyone secretly was tensed to hear had finally been asked.” Having watched the way in which 16 and 17 year I spent the past month trying to track down information about olds engaged seriously with the referendum, even Nakamura. I have been unable to contact David Tharp, and an many of those who most avidly opposed giving it to email I sent to the chief of this paper’s Tokyo bureau went unanthem in the first place now think they should always swered. I did succeed in meeting a few former colleagues and achave the right to vote. Here's what Tory MSP John quaintances, though, and gleaning a few facts about the first half of Lamont, who previously opposed the move, had to this unusual journalist’s life. say on the matter to the Borders Telegraph: “I was Nakamura was born in 1918. When he was 13 he got a job as a gohugely impressed by the level of engagement and fer at the Mainichi newspaper offices in Kobe. In his free time, he took understanding that our young people demonstrated; English classes at the YMCA’s foreign language school and the Palmore We should be very proud of them. Now that they have Institute. In 1942, Mainichi sent him to Manila to work at a new local been given the vote and demonstrated their ability to newspaper. He stayed after the defeat of Japan in World War II, as an participate in politics, I believe the time has come to interpreter for soldiers accused of war crimes; many could not speak allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in all elections.” English. He wrote about this experience after he returned to Japan in Our experience - and lots of people have said 1949. From those writings it appears that in addition to interpreting that they found the same - was that 16 and 17 year at trials, he also translated the letters that soldiers wrote “in a special olds were often more engaged and so more in- prison with a gallows” immediately before they were hanged. It was formed than older people. They cannot go back to his task to take dictation of their final wishes. He was well aware of the being shut out of our polling stations. brutality of the Manila massacre of February 1945, in which Japanese soldiers slaughtered some 100,000 civilians. The fundamental horror 14) It's the economy stupid Before the campaign started, research showed peo- of that event, he wrote, stemmed from the fact that Japan’s militarism, ple would change how they voted based on whether pegged to a cult of the emperor as a living god, was devoid of any rethey felt it would make them £500 better or worse off. spect for “the value or the sanctity of human life.” I’ve pieced together a timeline of the assignments Nakamura took And ultimately, two years later, that's largely what they as a special correspondent until he died of stomach cancer in 1982, at did. People voted no because they weren't sufficiently the age of 63. I’ve gathered enough of his writings to see that the quesconvinced of the economic case for a yes vote. What's interesting about this is that it's not like tion he put to Hirohito at that press conference in 1975 stemmed from there is much of an economic case for the status his awareness, based on his own experience, of just how much wrong this other man had done. I know I can never assemble a proper record quo – median wages have fallen 8% since 2008, and of Nakamura’s life — certainly nothing as hefty as the official life of Hiour recession has only ended because of a growing rohito. And yet for me, the fact that Nakamura asked that one question housing bubble. But change is always more fright- is as great a contribution to history as those 61 volumes, which seem so ening than the status quo, and as long as the right determined, like Hirohito himself, to avoid answering it. can tell people that a radical change will risk penNorihiro Kato is a literary critic and a professor emeritus of Waseda University. sions, huge numbers will fear it too much. This article was translated by Michael Emmerich from the Japanese.
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1) People care The concept of apathy has always been offensive: it implies that people don't care about their neighbours, their families, or even themselves. No. The problem is that people are alienated from politics. They have been convinced that engaging in the world as a citizen will do nothing to transform it. It's been said a thousand times, but the Scottish referendum showed that when people do think they can more by the elite (apart from among ethnic minormake a difference, they most certainly do engage. ity communities in England and Ulster loyalists). But largely, it's because the less well off you are, the 2) Now is the time for radical politics less stake you have in the world as it is, and the more When the Yes campaign launched two years stake you have in change. ago, the SNP talked about attracting business to the Too much of the left has become convinced that glens and yes support sat at around 30%. But as sowe are basically a middle class club, and that workcialists and Greens mobilised thousands to a much ing class people are bigots. Persuading us of this more radical message, Yes Scotland and the SNP self-fulfilling prophecy is the greatest trick the right followed their lead. They became convinced that ever pulled, and we have to stop believing it. the road to a yes vote ran up the left. They explicitly campaigned for nuclear disar- 6) Build your own media... mament, with the yes office distributing car stickers The yes movement was built up around its own saying “bairns not bombs”. John Swinney shut up alternative media – Bella Caledonia did a brilliant job about corporation tax cuts, fessed up to his Keyn- of this, but was not the only example, and hopefully sian instincts, and pledged to borrow billions to end openDemocracy contributed a bit too. Most of the austerity. Nicola Sturgeon spoke again and again traditional media will always ultimately be a part of about the evils of the benefits sanctions regime and the establishment, and so cannot be relied upon to Salmond talked about the horrors of the Bedroom communicate the key arguments for radical changes. Tax. Even the business wing of the Yes campaign In particular, what was important about the alterexplicitly called for an industrial policy and for free native media was its role in movement building – in education – putting it to the left of Labour. bringing new people into the campaign and in comAnd that's before you consider the more radi- municating within the campaign: I doubt many of the cal parts of the campaign. CND handed out, across people who started out as no voters or undecideds the country, an instruction manual “how to disarm were avid readers of any of the prominent Yes sites. But a nuclear bomb”. The Radical Independence Cam- their yes voting friends and relations were, and it was paign, under the slogan “Britain is for the rich, Scot- through these that they found their arguments: you've land can be ours” won the support of thousands of got to preach to the choir to get them to sing. people in abandoned, working class areas by high7) ...but don't ignore the traditional media lighting the opportunities for policies more radical The point at which the yes campaign started to catch than will ever be permitted in Westminster. up was the second debate: an absolutely traditional TV This isn't because Scots are much more left wing moment – if one which couldn't be filtered through than English people. It's because the Westminster their editorialising. If the yes campaign had ignored the consensus is a long way to the right of the people of newspapers entirely, would the Sunday Herald have Britain. That Yes Scotland got more votes than any endorsed? The demographic among whom it lost heavpolitical party in Scottish history, and increased its ily – older people – is that which is least likely to be on support by 15% over the course of the campaign by social media, and most likely to rely on old fashioned talking about such radical ideas tells us something newspapers, radio, and telly. Whilst we need to do evimportant – people are ready for radical politics. erything we can not to rely on the old fashioned press, That's as true in the rest of the UK as it is in Scotland. we can't get away with ignoring it entirely. 3) People can change their minds 8) Build your own organisations Much of current politics in the UK seems to be The Yes campaign didn't just consist of a series plagued with the idea that no one can ever be conof actions organised by loose collections of individvinced of anything. Politicians use focus groups to uals. It started by establishing a number of organisafind out what people already think, and repeat it tions – the Radical Independence Campaign, Naback to them. But in the course of this referendum, tional Collective, Women for Independence, Scots around 15% of Scots shifted from supporting no to Asians for Yes, Common Weal, and others. Often, voting yes – in politics, it's important to remember these were in practice hubs for a loose collection of that it is possible to persuade people of your case. individuals, but the fact that there were more per4) Canvass! manent platforms allowed organisation around There is a really easy way to communicate your cam- them, and gave people a license to participate. paign message directly to people – go and knock on their 9) Join a political party doors and talk to them. It's time that the English left learnt The people who have benefited most from the to do this – first, because we convince the people we're referendum are the yes campaigning parties: the talking to, but also, just as importantly, it's the best way SNP, Greens and SSP. This is because parties prothere is to get good at explaining your ideas in all of your vide a permanent structure with a clear set of values other communications channels. I have never underand regular meetings you can come to and activities stood press officers who think they know how to peryou can get involved with. They should have intersuade people of something through the media, but never nal, democratic processes through which they can go and talk to the people they are trying to persuade to renew themselves, replace their leaders and, in the see if their messages are effective. It's easy to knock on case of these parties at least, change their policies. doors, and we should do it much, much more. Huge numbers of people got involved in the yes 5) Our support lies in the working class campaign without being a member of any party, People in working class areas were much more and every campaign must be built to attract people likely to vote yes. Partly, there's a question of iden- like this. But many thousands of those people have tity there - “British” has always been a label used since decided that, for the long haul, they need to
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Is the NagalaNd state goverNmeNt serIously ImplemeNtINg the INNer lINe permIt system?
Some of those who voted come up. Why was 'Survival Napopulation of ibis in our land, espeYES had this to say: galand' formed? Because of the cially in Dimapur is a clear witness • Yes, as effective as strict implementasole reason the Nagaland govthat the govt of the day has misertion of NLTP in Nagaland; only in paernment cannot control the menably failed to implement the ILP syspers ace causing by the influx of IBI or tem in our state. And if the state govt • Yes in the wrong way. The governimmigrants. do not take concrete steps to rectify ment is obviously issuing the ILP pa- • No, the revenue collected is pockall the loopholes ASAP, I am afraid, pers but since there is no clear poliet money for administrative peothe future of Nagaland is at stake. cy coming from the top ranks of the ple • No, that's why we are now faced government, there is confusion at • NO the so called State of Nagawith the chronic problem of illegal the lower levels of the bureaucracy. immigrants. Any illegal immigrant land has been a total failure in can land in Dimapur by train or on every sector including the impleSome of those who voted foot, settle there or go elsewhere in mentation of the I.L.P no had this to say: some other part of the state. • Absolutely no. If the govt. is imple• The government is not serious at all in menting than how can we have • This government does not care at implementing the Inner Line Permit in such a huge number of IBI in Naall. This chief minister is all out proNagaland. What angers me is that our galand? We should wake up from rich people and development only Naga politicians and bureaucrats are our slumber and realise that this for the elites of Nagaland. His interthinking only about themselves. They IBI are draining our economy and views on ILP has clearly revealed think that they are going to be living as infested our society with all sort of his hidden agenda. No wonder he is kings and queens for the rest of their social evils. pushing for oil exploration and spelives. If they even have any concern • No, and never should .... we are cial development zone. for their children they should think half handicap right now and if more wisely. Some of those who voted permitted we are going to be full • No there is no serious enforcement of handicap OTHERS had this to say: this at any of the check posts, espe- • No and I don't really know the crux • They are doing it just for the sake. YES no OTHERS cially if one is travelling by private cars In fact nothing is serious in Nagaof the matter but apparently there clip saying "NO". Screaming infact • If they are seriously implementing it, must be a BIG loophole in ILP Act. land. Nagaland is on the verge of I don’t think 'Survival Nagaland' will • NO. And I wish I could even post a voice • Absolutely not. The rampant rise in the collapse. Financial crisis
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• Arunachal more strict compared to Nagaland • Is there really ILP system in our state? • Wrong question. ILP never exist in Nagaland. • The essence of ILP lies in the need for protecting the indigeneous tribal way of life from the 'exploitative civilisations of the plains'. It was a sort of an arrangement constituted by the British Imperial Administration to protect the 'tribals'. This arrangement shared some similarity with the arrangement instituted in Canada for the Native Americans although with some modification. However as our political and historical landscape evolved with the passage of time, the GoI have turned ILP into an instrument of isolating the Nagas from the world as is evident from the rampant misuse of the Act during the turmoil of 1950's till the signing of the cease fire. Although my account may seem inaccurate, the argument here is that it has lost its essence. And now with the NSDZ on the pipeline, our way of life, our culture which forms the basis of our selfrespect and dignity is at risk.
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BJP to govern Maharashtra, looks for Haryana CM Longest-serving MLA in Maharashtra Ganpatrao Deshmukh creates record, wins 11th time
Supporters of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate as early results indicated the party leading in the Maharashtra state Assembly elections in Mumbai, India on October 19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s (photograph behind) BJP party appeared poised to make huge election gains Sunday in Haryana and Maharashtra states which went to polls Wednesday.(AP Photo)
MuMbai, OctOber 19 (iaNS): The BJP declared Sunday it will take power both in Maharashtra, where it finished the single largest group in a hung assembly, and Haryana, where it was poised to get a majority on its own. The Congress was humiliated in both places. For the first time, the Bharatiya Janata Party had a clear mandate in Haryana but the party was poised to win only 119 seats in the 288-member Maharashtra assembly, falling well short of the 145 seats required for a simple majority. But with
the NCP offering unexpected “outside support” to it, leaving the runner up Shiv Sena high and dry, BJP president Amit Shah said in New Delhi that his party would “form the next government” in the state. The NCP decision to give outside support could reduce the BJP’s need to lean on its estranged and long-time ally Shiv Sena, which it dumped before the bitterly contested Oct 15 polls. Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel said Maharashtra needed stability and so the NCP was ready to prop up a
Bilawal Bhutto rants again, says Pakistan will take Kashmir from India
BJP government. With the NCP’s expected 42 seats coming its way, the BJP can cross the threshold. The Shiv Sena, which could end up with 61 seats, had earlier said it was ready to make up with the BJP, a sentiment shared by some of its leaders, including L.K. Advani. bn“I hope the BJP and Shiv Sena will come together,” said Advani, one of those who was not happy with the BJP decision to dump its ally of 25 long years after a row over seat sharing ahead of elections. The Congress, which with the NCP ruled Maha-
rashtra for 15 years until their alliance collapsed before the elections, is expected to finish third in Maharashtra with 44 seats. But Shiv Sena spokesman Sanjay Raut claimed that “all options” will still open for his party but he did not elaborate. Not anticipating bonhomie between the BJP and NCP and thinking the BJP will seek his party’s aid, Raut said earlier: “Whatever happens, the chief minister will be from our party.” The BJP credited the showing in Haryana and Maharashtra to Prime
MuMbai, OctOber 19 (Pti): Veteran legislator Ganpatrao Deshmukh on Sunday created history by winning his 11th Assembly election. Deshmukh, 88, who represented Sangola seat in Solapur district, had in 2009 become the second legislator in India after DMK Chief M Karunanidhi to have won 10 elections. The Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) politician, whohasrepresentedSangola for a record 54 years, on Sun-
day defeated Shahajibapu Patil of Shiv Sena by 25,224 votes. Deshmukh polled 94,374 votes against 69,150 securedbyPatil.NCPhadnot fielded a candidate against him. nDeshmukh, who has worked in his drought-prone constituency, is also a former minister and the October 15 polls were his 13th Assembly election. He was first elected an MLA in 1962 and since then, except for the 1972 and 1995 polls, has won 10 elections. In 2012, Deshmukh
completed 50 years in the Assembly and was felicitatedbytheHouse and the government. He spent most of his career on the opposition benches, but was twice a minister. He first became a minister of state for a brief period when Sharad Pawar split from Congress and ond time was in 1999, when formed Progressive Democratic Front govern- PWP supported the Conment in 1978, and the sec- gress-NCP alliance.
Minister Narendra Modi’s popular appeal. Amit Shah said the victory in Haryana and the near victory in Maharashtra proved that the “Modi wave” which catapulted the BJP to power in the Lok Sabha battle was still intact. Earlier, Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said that while no discussions had taken place with the Sena, “if the need arises, we expect our friends to support us”. Shiv Sena leader Anil Desai added that the acrimony between his party and the BJP was history. Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena cut a sorry figure and is likely to end up with just three seats. Independents and smaller parties could have 19 members. The NCP blamed the Congress for the Maharashtra verdict. Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan accepted responsibility for the Congress rout. In Haryana, the BJP was all set to discuss its chief
ministerial candidate after the state voted it to power with a clear mandate. Catapulting from just four seats in the 2009 assembly polls to 46 in a house of 90 members, the BJP will rule Haryana for the first time on its own. Outgoing Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda of the Congress accepted defeat. Said Kailash Vijayvargiya, in charge of the BJP affairs in Haryana: “People wanted a change. We worked very hard. The credit for our success has to go to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.” On the question of the BJP having too many candidates aspiring to be the chief minister in Haryana, Vijayvargiya said: “The party will collectively decide the next chief minister.” The Congress won only 15 seats, down from its tally of 40 last time. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) would be the main opposition in the state with 18 or more seats.
‘People voted for change in Maharashtra, Haryana’ New Delhi, OctOber 19 (Pti): Congress vicepresident Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said people have voted for “change” in Haryana and Maharashtra as Congress lost power in both with the BJP making deep inroads in the two states. “We accept the verdict of the people. People have voted for change, after 15 years of our government in Maharashtra and 10 years in Haryana,” Mr. Gandhi said as the results came in on Sunday of the Assembly polls. However, unfazed by the rout, Mr. Gandhi said that Congress will work hard to regain the confidence of the people even as he congratulated the BJP for its victory. “I congratulate the BJP on their success. The Congress party will work hard on the ground to once again earn the confidence of the people,” Mr. Gandhi said in a statement. AICC general secretary in-charge for Haryana, Shakeel Ahmed, meanwhile said that the party will sit and analyse the causes behind its “belowexpected performance”. He said that it was the people’s verdict which was final in a democracy. “Haryana has a tradition of change, of changing the government in every election. The only exception since its formation in 1966 was in the last polls, when Congress Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda retained power in 2009,” he said. Taking the responsibility for Congress’s defeat in Maharashtra, former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that although the party’s performance was “disappointing”, it has recovered some of the ground which it had lost in the Lok Sabha polls.
As cancer cases spiral, govt to focus on prevention, care centres
New Delhi, OctO- system for cancer care by crore (nearly $20 million). Prakash said: “This pro“While 25 percent of gramme aims at achieving ber 19 (iaNS): With the setting up 20 such centres number of cancer cases in across the country. “There the money would be given district level permeation. India set to explode in the are a total of 36 states, but by the states governments, The focus in this procoming decade, the Nar- some states are very small. in case of northeastern gramme is on oral, breast Karachi, OctOber 19 (Pti): In a fresh rant endra Modi government is So some of them do not and hilly states the central and cervical cancers, against India, Pakistan People’s Party chief Bilawal planning a network of ter- need full-fledged insti- funding would be more which are the most comBhutto vowed to wrest Kashmir from India. “When I with the state government mon in India”. raise Kashmir, the entire Hindustan screams. They know tiary care centres for cancer tutes,” he said. “The government has Anshu Prakash said the required to contribute only patients across the country when a Bhutto speaks, they (Indians) have no answer,” the 26-year-old Bhutto scion said during his first public besides launching a major centres would not be set 10 percent,” he said adding also decided to enforce that up in places like Delhi and that “these institutes will 85 percent space on tobacscreening campaign. rally here yesterday. According to govern- Chandigarh, which already “We will take back Kashmir from India,” he said ment figures, India every have super-specialty instiamidst thundering applause by thousands of supporters at mausoleum of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali year registers 2.8 million tutions like the All India InJinnah. The next gen politician said that Kashmir would cancer cases. There is an stitute of Medical Sciences increase of 1.1 million ev- (AIIMS) and Post Graduate become part of Pakistan but they would not let anyone ery year and the number Institute of Medical Educamake India-Pakistan negotiations hostage in the name of deaths is half a million. tion and Research (PGI). of Kashmir issue. He said he was also seeking peace in “In families affected by Kashmir and his statements over Kashmir should not be “The key is in prevention. All stakeholders must work cancer, there is a lot of dismisunderstood. towards prevention and location. When a person Bilawal, who is being portrayed as the future Prime early detection,” Anshu has cancer, people have to Minister, said the Indian government and media were trying to malign PPP’s image and muzzle its voice since it Prakash, joint secretary in travel to far-off places to get provide training, rehabili- co products packets is dedicated to pictorial warnings is “the only Pakistani party whose voice is heard around the union health ministry, themselves treated. Also tation and counselling”. making it the top country Besides this, the govcancer involves a longtold IANS in an interview. the world”. It is second time Bilawal has talked about Anshu Prakash, who is term treatment. So the idea ernment also has a Na- as far as pictorial warnings Kashmir in public. in-charge of the ministry’s is to provide relief to fami- tional Programme For was concerned,” he added. Last month he had said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) if voted to power will take back every inch of Kash- department dealing with lies of patients,” he said. The Prevention and Control According to data by the cancer, said the central central assistance for the of Cancer, Diabetes, Car- National Center for Biomir from India. “I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I government is planning to project will be “huge”. Each diovascular Disease and technology Information, will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the scale up the tertiary care centre will be given Rs.120 Stroke (NPCDCS). Anshu the total number of cancer other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan,” he had said. Bilawal, who formally launched his political career, promised to revamp the party which is under criticism for ignoring the poor class and peasants considered its backbone. Bilawal is son of former two-time premier Benazir Bhutto who was assassinated in 2007. Bilawal’s father Asif Ali Zardari was president from 2008 to 2013. my son of the happiness at night; apart from eye and and ear-plugs on venturing Opinions are divided over prospects of Bilawal’s sucthe festival brings - which nasal irritation and dam- out. Experts also suggest cess as he still under the shadow of his father who faced in his case is brought by age to the eardrums. that loose clothes like saris, charges of corruption in the past and is known for doling firecrackers and sky-shots. “Especially those who frocks and anarkalis and out favours to close friends. New Delhi, OctO- But, I do not want him to be have chronic lung disor- those made inflammable ber 19 (iaNS): Pravir exposed to any hazardous ders should continue to material should be avoided Sen cannot wait to buy effects such crackers are take their regular medica- at all costs. firecrackers for Diwali. known to produce...I am in tions. These patients may “Don’t fire a cracker in But worry dawns on his fa- a fix,” Kapil Sen, the seven- need to increase their med- the hand and keep young ther thinking of the health year-old’s father whose son ication and this requires a children and senior citihazards like lung and skin suffers from respiratory regular visit to the doctor zens away from crackers. infections and burn inju- problems, said. before Diwali,” Vikas Mau- Young children should play ries that firecrackers bring According to health rya, senior consultant, re- with crackers in the prescheNNai, OctOber 19 (iaNS): Actor Rajinikanth and union minister Maneka Gandhi Sunday expressed their happiness at the return of AIADMK general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa 1. Patients with chronic lung diseases should avoid places with heavy cracker pollution and should avoid bursting crackers. to her home here. “I am very glad to have you back in 2. Such patients should use masks when going out. Poes Garden. Praying for good times for you. Always 3. People should wear earplugs to avoid any damage to the eardrums. wishing you well for good health and peace,” Rajinikanth said in a letter to Jayalalithaa, the text of which was 4. Young children should only play with crackers in the presence of parents and seniors. 5. Never catch a cracker, especially which has been lit, in the hand as it may burst. released to the media here by the AIADMK. 6. Don’t wear loose clothes like saris, frocks, anarkalis and those made with inflammable fibers like nylon and terrycot. Rajinikanth is also a resident of the posh Poes Garden 7. Don’t eat or gift perishable sweets especially made of milk and khoya as these are made long before Diwali. locality. In her letter to Jayalalithaa, Maneka Gandhi said: 8. In case clothes catch fire, extinguish by putting a blanket around the fire or sprinkle water. “This is just to let you know that I am deeply sorry that this 9. Check your inhalers because on Diwali day you may not get any medicine. has happened.” Gandhi told Jayalalithaa that she has her support and sympathy and she would be happy to do any- 10.Keep a first aid kit handy. Eye drops should also be kept in easy reach. thing to make this time less onerous. “I am sure this time along with only a few sec- experts, a few health con- spiratory medicine, inter- ence of parents and seniors will be over soon and we will see you formally back at the onds of joy. Noting an in- cerns that Diwali brings ventional pulmonology, only,” B.M. Abrol, ENT Spehelm of administration again,” Gandhi said, in the letter crease in the number of along include: acute asth- allergy, and sleep disor- cialist at PSRI Hospital, told which was also released to the media. respiratory problems and ma attacks; chronic lung ders, BLK Super Speciality IANS. A special court in Bangalore Sep 27 convicted Jayaburn injuries during Di- diseases; bronchitis in Hospital, told IANS. Abrol added that perlalithaa in the Rs.66.65-crore disproportionate assets Maurya added that ishable sweets, especially case and sentenced her to four years of simple imprison- wali, health experts advise patients who are allergic, ment, with a fine of Rs.100 crore under the Indian Penal caution while celebrating causing severe dry irritat- such patients should avoid made of milk and khoya, the festival of lights. ing cough increasing in in- places with heavy cracker should neither be eaten Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Act. She “I do not want to rob tensity while speaking and pollution and use masks nor gifted - as they are was released on bail Saturday.
‘The key is in prevention. All stakeholders must work towards prevention and early detection’
cases in India are likely to go up from 979,786 in 2010 to 1,148,757 in 2020. Tobacco-related cancers in males are estimated to go up from 190,244 in 2010 to 225,241 in 2020. Similarly, the cases among female tobacco users will go up from 75,289 in 2010 to 93,563 in 2020. In 2010, the number of cancer cases related to digestive system, for both males and females, are estimated to be 107,030 and 86,606 respectively. Agreeing with the government’s efforts to step in the fight against cancer, doctors in the private sector said though the government from time to time run awareness camps, it was important to formulate better programmes. Sumit Goyal, an oncologist with the Jaypee Hospital in Noida, told IANS: “The government needs to formulate better programmes and strategies,
involving the common man and communities so that benefit can reach everyone.” Preeti Jain, an oncologist with the Columbia Asia Hospital, said there are number of awareness programmes being run by government and private hospitals. “There awareness programmes help the patient to detect the disease and come to visit a doctor. Incidences are rising in India because people are now aware of the symptoms and are coming forward to seek help,” she said. Anshu Prakash said that the government would also hold a mass screening programme in government as well as private hospitals on Nov 7, which is Cancer Awareness Day. “Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will hold a meeting Oct 21 to decide on the modalities of the programme,” he added.
made much before the festival. Highlighting the side effects of Diwali, union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in an Oct 16 email to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung urged him to ensure that the national capital celebrates a noisepollution free Diwali. His email referred to a July 2005 Supreme Court order that had banned the bursting of fire crackers in residential areas. In his email, the health minister, who is a well-known ENT specialist, said that firecrackers, apart from causing noise pollution lead to many physical diseases in people of all age groups. Rajesh Chawla, senior consultant, respiratory and critical care, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, cautioned people against wearing synthetic and loose clothes. “Keep a first aid kit handy. If you get burns then put it under water. Keep eye drops with you all the time. People with respiratory problems should keep their inhalers close by and try and stay indoors,” Chawla told IANS.
For skin rashes, he suggested exposing the affected area to water and then applying Betadine ointment. “If it gets worse show it to a doctor,” he added. Doctors agreed that not consulting them and keeping the wound exposed is one of the biggest mistakes people commit in case of an untoward incident. “Using home remedies as suggested by nearby people who are not doctors could be a recipe for disaster. Please reach any nearby hospital’s emergency department immediately to avoid subsequent complications or problems,” Abrol said. Agreed Maurya, who said: “Not consulting with the doctor and not revising the medications are the biggest mistakes people tend to sometimes make.” “Secondly, ignoring regular medications as well as precautions and self-medication are another set of mistakes”. To sum up, all doctors were unanimous in stating that a cracker free Diwali is a healthy Diwali.
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DAKAR, OCTOBER 19 (REUTERS): The Ebola outbreak in West Africa risks unleashing an economic catastrophe that will leave a “lost generation” of young West Africans, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Sunday, urging stronger international action. The worst epidemic on record of the deadly virus has now killed more than 4,500 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Eight people have also died in Nigeria and cases have been reported in the United States and Spain. Johnson Sirleaf said the international reaction to the outbreak, detected in March deep in the forests of southern Guinea, was initially “inconsistent and lacking in clear direction or urgency”. She said the international community had woken up to the global health risk posed by the epidemic but called for help from every nation with the capacity to do so, either in funding or medical staff and supplies. “We all have a stake in the battle against Ebola,” she said in an open letter read on the BBC World Service. “It is the duty of all of us, as global citizens, to send a message that we will not leave millions of West Africans to fend for themselves against an enemy that they do not know, and against whom they have little defence.” Johnson Sirleaf, a former senior World Bank executive, said Ebola was having a dire economic impact in the worst affected countries, with harvests missed, markets shut and borders closed. She said the outbreak had undone much of the recovery achieved in the wake of Liberia’s 1989-2003 civil war. “Ebola is not just a health crisis – across West Africa, a generation of young people risk being lost to an economic catastrophe,” she said. “The time for talking or theorizing is over. Only concerted action will save my country, and our neighbours, from experiencing another national tragedy.” Concern over the spread of Ebola in the United States -- where two nurses contracted the disease after treating a sick Liberian man -- has buffeted financial markets in recent days. President Barack Obama has appealed for Americans not to give in to hysteria or fear. A former Nobel peace prize winner for her work on women’s rights, Johnson Sirleaf said the whole world had a stake in fighting the virus. “This disease respects no borders. It is the duty of all of us, as global citizens, to send a message that we will not leave millions of West Africans to fend for themselves against an enemy that they do not know, and against whom they have little defence.”
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Low expectations as china considers LegaL reforms
BEIJING, OCTOBER 19 (AP): The most important meeting of the year for the 205 members of China’s ruling Communist Party’s Central Committee, beginning Monday, will focus on how to rule the country in accordance with law. That has fed hopes that the party might move to respect the letter and spirit of the constitution, but some legal experts and political analysts say the country’s leaders are intent on expanding power, not limiting it. There may be some efforts at the four-day plenum to discourage rampant corruption in lowlevel courts, they say, but the key goal will be to build a legal system that protects and strengthens the party’s political dominance. “There is absolutely
zero chance that the plenum session will see support for constitutional reform that imposes meaningful checks on party power,” said Carl Minzner, a law professor and expert on the Chinese legal system at Fordham Law School in New York. As usual, this year’s plenary session will be held in a conclave in Beijing, and its decisions, expected to be announced after the conclusion, set the broad policy framework for the upcoming year. It’s not clear if the meeting will discuss the protests in Hong Kong, where pro-democracy students have occupied key streets for three weeks to demand that Beijing change its decision to screen candidates for first open elections in the semiautonomous city
in 2017. Party-controlled media are already gearing up to tout great legal progress to come, but some observers expect the party to continue something it has done since President Xi Jinping took power nearly two years ago: Step up efforts to suppress criticism and dissent. “The developments over the past year under Xi’s leadership have signaled deep disregard for the law as a tool for resolving grievances in an impartial manner,” said Maya Wang, researcher with Human Rights Watch. “The detentions and sham trials of activists ... show just how China’s legal system has remained an instrument of the party’s power.” Yet, the party will seek changes to bring some
fairness to the local level, where unrest stemming from lack of justice has flared up into violence. Last week, a land dispute in a southwestern town left two villagers and six construction workers dead after villagers took up farm tools to fight what they saw as unfair seizure of their lands for a governmentbacked commercial project. The villagers told state media they have no legal venue in which to seek redress. In hopes of improving justice at the local level, the plenary meeting is expected to give provincial courts supervisory powers over their county-level peers in the areas of funding and appointments, removing the lower courts from the influence of local authorities. Other changes may in-
clude vetting of judges to ensure they are professionally qualified and making more verdicts available to the public to hold judges accountable for their rulings. Legal scholar Xie Youping at Fudan University said those incremental changes would be moves in the right direction. “I’m cautiously optimistic,” he said. Yet China’s courts reside firmly under the party’s control and Communist leaders have repeatedly ruled out adopting the Western notions of an independent judiciary and that all must conform to law. Contrary to the principles of the rule of law, Chinese law has been molded to the party’s will, dissident legal scholar Zhang Xuezhong said. The rhetoric for rule of law “is only a propaganda slogan that will not be seriously dealt with by the party,” Zhang said. Rule of law is “incompatible with an authoritarian regime,” he said. Even if the party should pledge to operate within the law, it could merely be paying the lip service, said Willy Lam, a political analyst at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. China’s Constitution says no group should be above the law and guarantees rights of free speech and assembly, yet in reality, the party has ruled with legal impunity and, people are routinely detained over political speech. To help gradually build up the authority of the constitution, some legal scholars have proposed to establish a committee to arbitrate on the constitu-
VATICAN CITY, OCTOBER 19 (AP): Pope Francis on Sunday beatified Pope Paul VI, concluding the remarkable meeting of bishops debating family issues that drew parallels to the tumultuous reforms of the Second Vatican Council which Paul oversaw and implemented. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI was on hand for the Mass, which took place just hours after Catholic bishops approved a document charting a more pastoral approach to ministering to Catholic families. They failed to reach consensus on the two most divisive issues at the synod: on welcoming gays and divorced and civilly remarried couples. But the issues remain up for discussion ahead of another meeting of bishops next year.
While the synod scrapped its ground-breaking welcome and showed deep divisions on hot-button issues, the fact that the questions are on the table is significant given that they had been taboo until Francis’ papacy. “God is not afraid of new things!” Francis exclaimed in his homily Sunday. “That is why he is continually surprising us, opening our hearts and guiding us in unexpected ways.” He quoted Paul himself as saying the church, particularly the synod of bishops which Paul established, must survey the signs of the times to make sure the church adapts methods to respond to the “growing needs of our time and the changing conditions of society.” Paul was elected in 1963 to succeed the popular
Pope John XXIII, and during his 15-year reign was responsible for implementing the reforms of Vatican II and charting the church through the tumultuous years of the 1960s sexual revolution. Vatican II opened the way for Mass to be said in local languages instead of in Latin, called for greater involvement of the laity in the life of the church and revolutionized the church’s relations with people of other faiths. He is perhaps best known, though, for the divisive 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, which enshrined the church’s opposition to artificial contraception. More than 50 years later, Humanae Vitae still elicits criticism for being unrealistic given the vast majority of Catholics ig-
nore its teaching on birth control. In their final synod document, bishops restated doctrine, but they also said the church must respect couples in their moral evaluation of contraception methods. The bishops also signaled a muted opening toward gays, saying they should be “welcomed with respect and sensitivity.” That language was far less welcoming than initially proposed, and it failed to get the necessary twothirds majority vote to pass. “I have the impression many would have preferred a more open, positive language,” Canadian Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher wrote on his blog in explaining the apparent protest vote on the gay paragraph. “Not finding it in this paragraph, they
might have chosen to indicate their disapproval of it. However, it has also been published, and the reflection will have to continue.” The beatification marked the third 20th century pope Francis has elevated this year: In April, he canonized Sts. John Paul II and John XXIII. That historic event marked the first time a reigning and retired pope — Francis and Benedict — had celebrated Mass together in public in the 2,000-year history of the church. Benedict returned to the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica for Paul’s outdoor beatification Mass in a potent symbol of the continuity of the church, despite differences in style and priorities that were so evident in the synod meetings this week. Paul was beatified,
In this photo on October 11, Chinese paramilitary policemen march across Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. The most important meeting of the year for the 205 members of China’s ruling Communist Party’s Central Committee, beginning on October 20, will focus on how to rule the country in accordance with law. That has fed hopes that the party might move to respect the letter of the constitution, but some legal experts and political analysts say the country’s leaders are intent on expanding power, not limiting it. (AP Photo)
tionality of laws and regulations, although others warn that the court could still remain within the party’s grips. Still, some scholars are hoping for a declaration, even if it is just a slogan, to serve as a cover to argue for deeper reforms. The upcoming plenary needs to make a statement that “our party is not a party that opposes constitutional rule,” said former official Wu Jiaxiang, adding that the constitution is the supreme law. Party propaganda appears to run counter to constitutional rule. Last year, a string of editorials appeared in state media, warning that constitutional rule would subvert the party’s rule. In recent weeks, party theoreticians have argued that rule of law should not replace China’s current political and social system with the party at its apex. But the pervasive corruption that erodes public trust and threatens party rule is driving the need for further legal reform, said Cheng Li, director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institute, a Washingtonbased think tank. Ad-hoc anti-graft campaigns that have brought down prominent politicians are only treating the symptoms without tackling the root causes, Li said. “Ultimately it is the legal system that can prevent this kind of outrageous corruption.” Putting the party under the constitution would be a “very important change in ideology that will pave the way for many changes to come,” Li said.
the first step toward possible sainthood, after the Vatican certified a miracle attributed to his intercession concerning a California boy whom doctors had said would be born with serious birth defects. The boy, whose identity has been kept secret at his parents’ request, is now a healthy teen. A second miracle needs to be certified by the Vatican for him to be canonized. The Vatican said 70,000 people attended Sunday’s Mass, held under sunny Roman skies, far fewer than the 800,000 people who attended the dual canonization earlier this year. Paul is often called the “forgotten” or “misunderstood” pope, caught between the “good pope” John XXIII and the crowd-pleasing, globetrotting John Paul.
Two Koreas exchange gunfire Pope beatifies Paul VI at remarkable synod’s end along border SEOUL, OCTOBER 19 (AP): Troops from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire Sunday along their heavily fortified border in the second such shooting in less than 10 days, South Korean officials said. There were no reports of injuries or property damage, but the 10 minutes of shooting highlighted rising tensions between the divided countries. The Koreas’ first exchange of gunfire came after North Korea opened fire at balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets that were floating across the border from the South. Sunday’s shootout began after North Korea sent soldiers close to the border line. The move was an attempt by the North to increase worries in the South about what might happen if leafleting continues, analysts say. South Korean activist groups, mostly made up of North Korean defectors, have been staunch in their vows to continue sending the leaflets, which Pyongyang considers propaganda warfare; one group says it will float about 50,000 on Saturday. North Korea has warned it will take unspecified stronger measures if leafleting continues. Generals from the sides met at a border village last week in their first military talks in more than three years to discuss how to ease the recent spike in tensions, but the meeting ended with no agreement and no prospects to meet again. On Sunday, South Korean soldiers broadcast warnings and fired warning shots at about 10 North Korean soldiers who were approaching the military demarcation line inside the 4-kilometer-wide (2.5-mile-wide) Demilitarized Zone that bisects the Korean Peninsula, according to a statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. Two shots believed to have been fired by North Korean soldiers were found at a South Korean guard post. South Korean soldiers fired toward the North, the statement said. South Korean defense officials said the North Korean soldiers turned back after the shooting. North Korea opened fire on Oct. 10 after activists floated propaganda balloons across the border, following through on a previous threat to attack. There were no reports of casualties from that incident either. North Korea has repeatedly demanded South Korea ban activists from sending leaflets, which often urge North Korean citizens to rise up against leader Kim Jong Un. South Korea has refused, saying activists are exercising freedom of speech. Analyst Cheong Seong-chang at the private Sejong Institute think tank said Sunday’s gunfire exchange showed North Korea is intentionally escalating military tension to spread fear about possible casualties should leafleting continue. He said North Korea is expected to launch more provocations as long as South Korea doesn’t change its position on leafleting. The latest exchanges of gunfire serve as a reminder of longrunning tensions between the Koreas despite earlier hopes of easing animosities after a group of top North Korean officials made a rare visit to South Korea early this month and agreed to resume senior-level talks. Only days after the North Koreans’ visit, navy ships of the two Koreas also traded gunfire near their disputed western sea border, the scene of several bloody maritime skirmishes in recent years. The Korean Peninsula remains in a technical state of war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea.
Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town URFA, OCTOBER 19 (REUTERS): The fiercest fighting in days shook the Syrian border town of Kobani overnight when Islamic State fighters attacked Kurdish forces with mortars and car bombs, sources in the town and a monitoring group said on Sunday. Islamic State, which controls much of Syria and Iraq, fired 44 mortars at Kurdish parts of the town on Saturday, and some of the shells fell inside nearby Turkey, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It said four more were fired on Sunday. The coalition has been bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq since August and extended the campaign to Syria in September after Islamic State, a group that espouses a rigid interpretation of Islam and initially focused on fighting Syrian President Bashar alAssad’s forces, made huge territorial gains. NATO member Turkey, whose forces are ranged
along the border overlooking Kobani, is a reluctant member of the coalition, insisting the allies should also confront Assad to end a civil war that has killed close to 200,000 people since March 2011. “We had the most intense clashes of days, perhaps a week last night. (Islamic State) attacked from three different sides including the municipality building side and the market place,” said Abdulrahman Gok, a journalist in Kobani. bn“Clashes did not stop until the morning. We have had an early morning walk inside the city and have seen lots of damaged cars on the streets and unexploded mortar shells,” he said. CAR BOMBS The Observatory reported two Islamic State car bombs hit Kurdish positions on Saturday evening leading to casualties. A cloud of black smoke towered over Kobani on Sunday. A fighter from the fe-
male units of the main Syrian Kurdish militia in Kobani, YPG, said Kurdish fighters were able to detonate the car bombs before they reached their targets. The Observatory said 70 Islamic State fighters had been killed in the past two days, according to sources at the hospital in the nearby town of Tel Abyab, where Islamic State bodies are taken. Reuters cannot independently confirm the reports due to security restrictions. Islamic State have also used executions throughout their campaigns in Syria and Iraq, killing hundreds of their enemies and civilians who are opposed to their cause, according to Islamic State videos and statements. Hundreds of thousands have fled their advance. Turkey hosts about 1.5 million Syrian refugees, including almost 200,000 Syrian Kurds from Kobani. Ankara has refused to rearm beleaguered Kurdish fighters, who complain they are at huge disadvan-
Thick smoke and flames from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of the Islamic State group, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border on October 19. (AP Photo)
tage in the face of Islamic State’s weaponry, many of it seized from the Iraqi military when it took the city of Mosul in June. Turkey views the YPG with suspicion for its longstanding links with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a 30-year armed campaign for self-rule in Turkey. President Tayyip Er-
dogan was quoted in the Turkish media on Sunday as saying Ankara will never arm the YPG through its political wing, the PYD. “There has been talk of arming the PYD to establish a front here against the Islamic State. For us, the PYD is the same as the PKK, it’s a terrorist organisation. It would be very, very wrong to expect us
to openly say ‘yes’ to our NATO ally America giving this kind of support. To expect something like this from us is impossible,” he was quoted as saying. This stance has sparked outrage among Turkey’s own Kurds, who make up about 20 percent of the population. Riots in several cities earlier this month killed more than 35 people.
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Anti tobacco awareness campaign in schools
With the objective to nurture young talents, Native Shuttlers Association Mopungchuket (NSAM) in association with the Mopungchuket Village Education Committee Menji organized a badminton coaching camp. The coaching camp from October 16 to 18 was conducted by district badminton coach Imnayanger and state badminton player Chuba at Mopungchuket Village.
Messi nears scoring record with 250th La Liga goal
is sacrifice, fight and concentration. You don't score without sacrifice and concentration. The best players realise that. "We are arriving in good condition (for the Clasico). It was a difficult game to prepare us and we looked solid, full of concentration and we got a good result." While Real rested Gareth Bale, Luis Enrique gave several players a break for Barca but Neymar and Messi both started despite long journeys for recent international matches.
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, second left, duels for the ball against Eibar's Borja Ekiza, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, October 18. (AP Photo)
BARCElONA, OCTO BER 19 (REUTERs): Lionel Messi notched his 250th La Liga goal to move one off the all-time league scoring record as leaders Barcelona won 3-0 against Eibar on Saturday ahead of next weekend's Clasico with Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo maintained his blistering scoring form with two goals as Real swept Levante aside 5-0. They are
in second place four points off the pace ahead of the showdown. Barca needed Xavi to come to the rescue on the hour to finally break the resistance of a resolute Eibar side who are enjoying their first season in the top flight. Neymar quickly added to the lead and then combined with Messi for the Argentine, who this week celebrated 10 years since his Barca debut, to reach a quarter-century of
La Liga goals. RONALDO DOUBLE Ronaldo slotted home a penalty for Real after 13 minutes following a foul by Juanfran on Javier Hernandez and the Mexican striker headed in from close range before halftime. After the break Ronaldo completed his brace with a run down the left wing and a clinical finish and he now has 15 goals from the first eight
league games. James Rodriguez volleyed in the fourth after 65 minutes and Isco completed the rout with an 18-metre drive in the 82nd. "To score more than Ronaldo is doing would be impossible. He needs to continue with this form and we will help him to do so," Real coach Carlo Ancelotti told a news conference. "We are on a good run but we need to remember that behind the goals there
Students of Carmel Higher Secondary School participate in the anti tobacco awareness campaign held on October 16.
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 19 (MExN): Anti tobacco awareness campaign was conducted in Carmel Higher Secondary School on October 16. Around 600 students participated in the program. The Principal of the School, Father James exhorted the students to always refrain from picking
up tobacco habit as it will bring only diseases and hardship in the family. He also led the students in taking anti tobacco pledge. Dr C Tetseo spoke on harmful effects of tobacco on health and dwelt on the burden of tobacco on economy. The DTCC also conducted awareness campaign at EL Shaddai School
on Saturday. Dr C Tetseo also stated that from now on, a penalty of Rs 250 would be imposed on schools which are not displaying prohibitory signboard of COTPA 2003 Section 6 (b). In this regard, the Deputy Commissioner and Chairman of DTCC has already issued a press release few days back.
RESOLUTE EIBAR Barcelona had plenty of the ball in midfield but they found it difficult to break down a resolute Eibar side. Messi had a chance midway through the first half which was saved by goalkeeper Xabi Irureta, while Eibar wasted a golden opportunity through Ander Capa who rounded keeper Claudio Bravo but put the ball wide with the goal gaping. Bravo also did well before the break to block a Saul Berjon strike. Eibarsucceeded in frusWard under Mokokchung Municipal Council celebrated its Silver Jubilee on Octotrating the home side until Artang ber 17 with former Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Alemtemshi Jamir IAS (retired) as the chief Xavi scored and then goals guest. Seen in the picture is Alemtemshi Jamir releasing the jubilee souvenir magazine. for Neymar and Messi followed as the Eibar players' heads dropped.
Lotisa and Mapulu unity community fishing
JAlUkIE, OCTOBER 19 (DIPR): The Lotisa old and new village and the Mapulu village unity community fishing will be held on October 24 at Tishu river. The community fishing is to foster unity and to document community fishing tradition, to
preserve and promote the ancestors’ rich traditional cultural heritage. All members (Tughalomi) of Lotisa old and new and Mapulu villages and sons-in-law and well wishers have been invited to participate and enjoy the event without fail.
PACSU and Saramati Nexus Club condole
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER mination and a dedica- dong Yimchunger, Deputy 19 (MExN): The Pungro tion” who had contributed Commandant VG Kiphire. Area College Students' immensely to the society The president of SNC, PuUnion (PACSU) has ex- in various capacities and sukhong in a press note pressed deep anguish over stated his sudden death described late Thsandong the sad demise of Thsan- has caused a vacuum. The as a leader with wisdom, Gilgal Orphanage cum School, Padumpukhri, Dimapur, held its 10th Sports Meet with Angam Shaiza, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, as Chief dong Yimchunger, Deputy Union further conveyed understanding and peace Guest. (LEFT) The chief guest lighting a pedestal with a flaming torch to mark the opening ceremony. (RIGHT) Students of Gilgal Orphanage cum School Commandant VG Kiphire deepest condolences and who had his selfless service during the ceremony. on October 14. In a condo- prayers of solace to his be- in every society and organization. The club offered lence note issued through reaved family. The Saramati Nexus its heartfelt condolences its President Tsapithong, the PACSU described late Club (SNC) Pungo has also to his bereaved family and Thsandong as a man of expressed profound sor- prayed for eternal rest of “principles, strong deter- row at the demise of Thsan- the departed soul. PHIllIP IslAND, OCTOBER 19 (AP): Valentino Rossi of Italy won his sixth Australian Grand Prix MosINGAPORE, OCTOBER seek his removal as chairtoGP — and first since 2005 19 (AP): Serena Williams man of the Kremlin Cup PEREN, OCTOBER 19 Therefore, the teach- on the spot for personal au— when he claimed a 10-secsays comments by the head tournament, which ends (MExN): All the Hindi ers concerned have been thentication, and the format ond victory over Spain's Jorge of the Russian Tennis Fed- Sunday. Russia's Maria Teachers in both Govern- directed to be personal- to be filled by individual will Lorenzo on Sunday. The win eration referring to her and Sharapova, also in Singa- ment and private schools ly present in the office of be issued on that day, and by Rossi, who started eighth older sister Venus as "broth- pore for the WTA Finals, serving in different GHSS/ SDEO (Peren) without fail the same should be submiton the grid, was his 82nd in ers" were bullying, sexist and condemned her compa- GHS/GMS/GPS and Gov- on that day with the under ted to the office of SDEO MotoGP, or its predecessor racist, and that she support- triot's comments. ernment Hindi Institutes mentioned particulars in Peren on the same day. the 500 c.c. class, the most by "I think they were very under the establishment original and one set of Xeed the one-year suspension “Salary of the defaulter any rider. imposed by the WTA against disrespectful and uncalled of District Education Offi- rox copy: first appointment will be deducted and apWorld champion Marc the official. Shamil Tarpisch- for, and I'm glad that many cer and SDEO Peren have order, educational qualifi- propriate necessary action Marquez of Spain, who ev was also fined $25,000 for people have stood up, in- been informed that an of- cation, date of birth, pres- will be initiated for which clinched the season title making the comments on cluding the WTA. It was ficial team from Director- ent posting order, latest ex- the undersigned officer will last weekend in Japan, Russian television. He also very inappropriate, espe- ate of School Kohima will tension order of Adhoc, and not be held responsible,” crashed with 10 laps resaid the sisters were "scary" cially in his position and be visiting the District for regularization order if any. DEO Peren Limainla Ponmaining while leading by all the responsibilities that necessary verification on to look at. four seconds on the 4.5-kiPhotograph of the teach- gen cautioned in a press he has not just in sport, but November 1. "I think the WTA did lometer (2.7-mile) Philip er concerned will be taken release. a great job of taking (the) being part of the Olympic Island circuit. initiative and taking im- committee," she said. Marquez slide across Tarpischev has been mediate action to his comthe tarmac and in to a grassy area and was not MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy raises the winner's tro- ments," Williams said Sun- chairman of the Kremlin injured. Bradley Smith of phy as he celebrates after winning the Australian Motorcycle day in Singapore ahead of Cup, Russia's only WTA Britain was third, with all Grand Prix at Phillip Island, Australia on October 19. (AP Photo) her WTA Finals defense. event, for all of its 18 years podium finishers on Yama- beautiful tracks of the sea- the Moto2 race while Aus- "I thought they were very as a women's tour event, has. Another British rider, son ... is a great achieve- tralian Jack Miller was the insensitive and extremely and is also a member of Moto3 winner. Cal Crutchlow, was in line ment," he said. sexist as well as racist at the the International Olympic The win gave Rossi conVinales finished the 25- same time. I thought they Committee. During the for second place before he crashed out on the final lap. trol for second place in the lap Moto2 race in 39 min- were in a way bullying. " 1990s, he was the personCrutchlow was one of championship — he now utes, 10.419 seconds, 1.329 Asked whether he regret- al tennis coach to Russian nine forced retirements, leads Lorenzo by eight seconds ahead of second- ted his comments, Tarpisch- President Boris Yeltsin and including Marquez, Dani points with two races re- place Thomas Luthi of ev told The Associated Press served as his adviser on Pedrosa, Aleix Espargaro maining in Sepang, Ma- Switzerland, riding a Suter. on Saturday at the Kremlin sports matters. laysia next weekend and at Series leader Esteve Rabat and Pol Espargaro. He made his comments "I knew I had to start Valencia, Spain on Nov. 9. of Spain was third and his Cup that the program on during an appearance on which he spoke was "a hubehind but I knew I had After having tire problems Marc VDS teammate Mika G. Kaito Ayei (Centre), Minister of Industries & Commerce, Er. Kahoto Sema, Addl. Director quite good pace," said the and being overtaken by Kallio fourth, giving Rabat a morous show." When asked a Russian talk show this of Industries & Commerce, with GM District Industries Centre, Dimapur and Directorate ofmonth alongside former about his ban, Tarpischev 35-year-old Rossi. "On the Crutchlow, Lorenzo called 41-point lead over his Finnficials at the proposed site (District Industries Centre Complex, Dimapur) for setting up of second corner I saw Marc his finish following the Brit- ish teammate in the series said: "I can't comment. I Olympic singles champion Incubation Centre in Apparel Manufacturing under Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Elena Dementieva. When and Jorge in front and I was ish rider's crash "the lucki- championship. Miller, rid- don't understand it." Dementieva was asked what In a statement released still sixth — I thought 'this est second place of my life." ing a KTM, won his 23-lap will be hard'. But after I was "On the wrong tire, it was race to pull to within 20 later by the Russian Tennis it was like playing against the able to overtake it was fine." impossible to fight for posi- points of series leader Alex Federation, Tarpischev de- Williams sisters, Tarpischev Rossi said it was meaning- tion," Lorenzo said. Earlier, Marquez, Marc Marquez' nied any "malicious intent" interjected and called them Apropos to the news item titled ‘Two Nagaland Bands selected for Hornbill Interful to win again in Austra- Maverick Vinales of Spain younger brother. Alex Mar- and said his quotes had the "Williams brothers." He national Rock Contest,’ published on October 19, 2014; it is clarified that two of the lia. "On one of the best and rode his Paginas Amaril- quez was second in the been taken out of context. also said that "it's scary when judges were Andrew Ngullie and Abemo Enyie and not as published. The WTA said it would you really look at them." more important tracks and las HP 40 entry to victory in Moto3 race Sunday.
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‘American Idol’ ex-contestant passes away
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ormer ‘American Idol’ contestant Joanne Borgella died at the age of 32 following a year-old battle with cancer. Borgella’s family members shared the news via post on her Facebook page after her death on Saturday, reports dailymail.co.uk. With heavy hearts, we are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beloved Joanne, read the post. At an early age, Joanne made a choice to serve and trust the Lord; and since her diagnosis over a year ago, Joanne made a choice to also be a fighter and share her journey with the world, further read the post. The singer was suffering from a rare form of endometrial cancer. She had earlier shared that she was suffering from a rare case of cancer. Borgella first came to the spotlight when she appeared on Miss F.A.T. pageant in 2005. She was later seen on the seventh season of singing reality show American Idol in 2008.
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Quantum art releases first EDM single track online
A total of four bands performed at the JBC Live event in Jumping Bean Café, Dimapur on October 17.
Julia Roberts honored at same hotel where she filmed ‘Pretty woman’
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Kamal Haasan predicted Ebola six years ago
ulia Roberts was recently honored with Humanitarian Award along with her husband Danny Moder at the same hotel where she filmed Pretty Woman. Ryan Murphy, who presented the award, asserted that it was 25 years ago that the 46-yearold actress filmed the movie in that hotel, E! Online reported. Roberts replied that 25 years was a
long time. Roberts also explained that her husband Moder could not make it to the event due to work commitments. The 46-year-old actress added that her husband was that safe partner for her, the one that made her feel like the actress could do anything and was there for her when she did not don’t accomplish her tasks.
Dia Mirza Marries Sahil Sangha
he newest three-member Experimental Electronic band - Quantum Art, comprising of Vitz Zhimo on the drums, Timothy Aonok on the bass and Mhaseve Tetseo on the guitars will make both Electronic Dance Music (EDM) lovers, contemporary rock lovers bob their heads to the bass- jacked bangers. Quantum Art’s first track unveiled off of the mysterious, yet aptly named anthology is a happy and soothing trap tune entitled “Digital love” that is characterized by its sinister beats and rhythmic melodies. The turn up is real as Quantum Art kicks the remix off with some serious big room energy. The “four on the floor” (a rhythm and pattern used in disco and electronic dance music) kick and grizzled leads establish a force that implodes on itself when the track flips on its head into some trap magic. The reason you gotta love Quantum
Art is that their first single “electronic love” makes it so easy to like them. The new single seems to like pedestrian arpeggios and warm chords, brimming with densely layered harmonics, a thicket of notes so tightly compressed that one would hear it as a single note and many notes at once. There are lots of elements in this song which is superb. The song no matter how far afield it goes with the theatricality, the music always brings it back to that warm fussy place. So, for all you EDM fans who think you are special for being saddled with the ridiculous name of genre of music you like, here is something refreshing from our very own local musicians which can be blared out loud and make you start your dance moves. Music lovers may download their debut single at http://indihut.com/quantum-art/
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Review: Digital love
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ere is what two of the greatest and highly respected Naga musicians, who have already made their mark in the Indian music industry, got to say about Quantum Art’s new song, Digital love.
Limayanger – (front man) Duncan Rufus, Mumbai
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iller 80s style crisp guitar riff, driven by a straight upbeat drum groove (that’s a right roll by the way) makes you sit up and pay attention, in the hope of better things to come. So as a listener, I roll onward towards the verse/main body and man, does it kick in and how… better things have come indeed. The vocal treatment is just right and sits perfectly with the rest of the music. There are some superb pads and fillers on the keys. The guitar lines are just superbly crisp and tight great sound, the bass is just right, nothing fancy but just what the doctor ordered, same goes out for the drums. I got to mention this that the snare sound- so 80s and so sweet. On the production front, I am unfortunately not gonna be able to say much about the sound (since am reviewing the track on a busted up pair of monitors) but on the face of it, nothing seems out of place or out of wack. In terms of the style and the like, it is all very hip, laid back but dance worthy. Lots of 80s style reference and of course the electro vibe, I could listen to this track on repeat and drive around town easy.
Among Jamir – (Bassist) Agnee, Mumbai and The Vinay Kaushal Collective, Pune
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hen ‘tsunami’ struck the east coast of our country and many people lost their lives in 2004, there was surprise among the people that Kamal Haasan had mentioned the word ‘tsunami’ in his movie ‘Anbesivam’ (2003), when it wasn’t known to many people. The world is talking about the Ebola virus now, but the star actor has once again made heads turn, as he had mentioned about in his film ‘Dasavatharam’ in 2008. In the scene where he tries to get back the parcel which contains the bio weapon, Kamal says “It’s a synthetic bio weapon, It’s a Ebola -Marburg combination. It’s very lethal.” Other occasion when the star had mentioned something or portrayed in his films before it happened include the riot scene in ‘Hey Ram’ in 2000, which was followed by the Gujarat riots 2 years later. Few months after his film ‘Vettaiyadu Vilayadu’ about two psychopath killers, the NODIA serial killing by Monider-Sathish duo came to light.
ormer beauty queen and Bollywood actress Dia Mirza tied the knot with Sahil Sangha on October 18. The wedding ceremony was lavish which took place at a farmhouse in Ghitorni here. The 32-year-old ‘Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein’ star, who got engaged to her filmmaker fiance Sahil in April, opted for an intimate Arya Samaj wedding. “I am very happy. It was a beautiful Arya Samaj ceremony. The vows were explained to us. It was wonderful because it was good to be conscious of what you are going through and what are the vows you are exchanging. It was a dream wedding,” Dia said post her wedding while posing for the shutterbugs outside the venue. Looking elegant and beautiful, the former Miss Asia Pacific wore a Ritu Kumar beige and green sharara while her better half sported a Raghavendra Rathore cream silk linen brocade achkan with an offwhite safa. “Since, I am not getting married in Hyderabad and being a Hyderabadi I chose this outfit to add some Hyderabadi flavour to my wedding. I feel like a typical Hyderabadi bride,” she said. The wedding ceremony at the nicely-decorated posh farmhouse was attended by the couple’s friends from Bollywood including Sushmita Sen, Mahesh Bhupati, Lara Dutta, Rajkumar Hirani, Zayed Khan, Sophie Choudry and Cyrus Sahukar. “Our friends and family worked really hard to make this a memorable day for Diya and me. We are very happy and grateful for everyone who bestowed so much love on us,” said Sahil. The couple are the owners of a production house Born Free Entertainment, under which they have released two films ‘Love Breakups Zindagi’ and ‘Bobby Jasoos’. ‘Love Breakups Zindagi’ was the debut of Sahil in direction and the romantic story also starred Dia in the pivotal role apart from Zayed, Cyrus, Tisca Chopra, Satyadeep Mishra and Pallavi Sharda. The newly-married couple have no honeymoon plans as of now and are planning to get back into work soon. “We will celebrate Diwali with family in Delhi. We will go for honeymoon by the end of this year. We will currently head back to work,” said Sahil. The duo has been dating from last four years.
am no expert what so ever when it comes to electronic music but having said that, I love the song. It has got this new and fresh sound which is very refreshing, something that definitely stands out from the rest. It reminds me of Duff Funk, but yes, we all love Duff Funk. If I am allowed to say, though the song is in a repetitive melody pattern which I like, I would have loved to hear some funky mo-townish bass lines and varied drum groves, but boy, I love those clean solid guitar rhythms. They are rock solid. I want to wish these great musicians a great journey ahead.
Neha inaugurates audio and braille food menu for visually-challenged people
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ollywood actress Neha Dhupia launched the country’s first audio and Braille food menu for the visually-challenged people at a suburban restaurant in Mumbai. This would help the visually-impaired people as they will not have to wait for the waiter to read out the menu to them. “For the first time in the country and probably for the first time in the world, it may exist somewhere, may not, that we don’t know. But definitely the first time in the country, a menu not only for the people who can see what is written but also for the visually-challenged because it’s in Braille and more importantly contains an audio. All you need to do is just pick it up and press it,” said Dhupia. She also said that it was an initiative for the blind to make them feel equal and give them fair opportunities. Dhupia was accompanied by other Bollywood actors Divyendu Sharma and Aditi Sharma at the event held on Friday.
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Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard, centre, shoots during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers, at Loftus Road, London on Sunday. (AP Photo)
LONDON, OCTOBER 19 (AGENCIES): Liverpool head back to Merseyside having secured back-toback wins for the first time in this troubled season, but no one who watched Sunday’s frantic finale at Loftus Road was under any illusions. QPR struck the crossbar twice and scored four of the games five goals, yet came away with nothing. “I’m still in shock to be honest,” Steven Gerrard told Sky Sports after the match. “We were
very lucky. We could have had no complaints if we’d come away with nothing. Our performance needs to be better. Bobby Zamora and Charlie Austin bullied Martin Skrtel and Dejan Lovren, while Simon Mignolet once again failed to command his area in the manner of an elite goalkeeper. All three conspired to give Leroy Fer two excellent chances to open the scoring before half-time. f o r wa rd , G e r ra rd
looked utterly uncomfortable with the kind of advanced midfield role in which he used to dominate, quickly opting to drift into deeper areas and attempt typically ambitious longrange diagonal passes. And at the head of Brendan Rodgers’ turgid system, Mario Balotelli’s personal nightmare continues. With aborted runs, lazy shots and frequent glaring gesticulations, it is a hell largely of his own making, but confidence has clearly
become a chronic issue. One goal in nine games tells its own story and one blazing open-goal miss in the second half was Fernando Torres-esque. “It’ll drop for the boy,” Rodgers insisted after the match. “The most important thing to me is his work rate. He’s working really hard. It’ll drop for him. “I’ve said before, Luis [Suarez] is irreplaceable, a real world-class talent. That’s not what’s being asked of Mario. He’s a great boy, I’ve enjoyed working with him. He wants to be better. He’s a completely different player to Luis.” With Daniel Sturridge sidelined for at least another fortnight and Madrid on the horizon, Rodgers needs it to drop for Balotelli, mainly because dropping him doesn’t appear to be an option. Yet perhaps his words of support would carry more weight without the public admission earlier this month that the troubled Italian was not his top target in the summer transfer market. The most avoidable aspect of Liverpool’s crisis at both ends of the pitch is an ongoing ineptitude at defensive set-pieces. Eduardo Vargas’ second goal from the QPR bench – a routine unmarked near-post header from Leroy Fer’s injurytime corner – was their fifth conceded from dead-ball situations in eight matches.
GUWAHATI, OCTOBER 19 (AGENCIES): North East United FC and Goa FC fought to defeat each other. But the thrilling affair at the third ISL match in Guwahati ended in a 1-1 draw at the packed Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium on Sunday evening. Both the guest and home teams gave a brave fight in the second half of the match. But to no avail. Earlier, Gregory gave Goa an early lead in the match with a splendid goal against the home team in the first 16 minute amid a great ambience at the packed Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. But it did not last long with Koke who played it for North Feast United FC equalizing with a goal in the 36th minute. The third ISL match in Guwahati started as soon as the
clock struck at 7 in the evening. ISL chairperson Nita Ambani and her husband Mukesh Ambani are also present along with many other notable personalities in the evening who turn up before 6 in the evening. Earlier, Czech midfielder Pavel Elias struck a stunner to help Delhi Dynamos halt Atletico de Kolkata's twomatch winning run as both the teams settled for a point each after an intense 1-1 draw in their Indian Super League fixture here today. Barcelona's youth system product, Jofre Mateu, gave the home franchise a 49th-minute lead, but Dynamos brilliantly bounced back through Elias in the 73rd minute to give the visiting side its first point. The scoreline may suggest otherwise but the match was full of intensi-
ty and Italian World Cup winner Alessandro Del Piero, who started in the XI, narrowly avoided a red card after an intense scuffle with ATK players. There was a clash between the players when Del Piero brought down Denzil Franco with his left-foot tap in an outrageous challenge. The players surrounded the iconic Juventus star and pushed him before the goalie intervened. The home side had its share of run-ins as well, resulting in its back-to-back red cards as it was once again reduced to 10 players when Rakesh Masih picked a second yellow in the 88th minute. Masih's substitution in place of ATK marquee player Luis Garcia, who pulled a hamstring muscle at the break, gave Dynamos the edge and they bounced back.
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15TH NSF MARTYRS’ MEMORIAL TROPHY St. Joseph’s College, Rengma SU wins
(L) Tussle between St. Joseph’s College team and Jovial FC. (M) Joshepite supporters beating drum (R) Robert Begerau and lady wife witnessing the match. Our Correspondent Kohima | October 19
St. Joseph’s College Jakhama and Rengma Students’ Union today registered wins and have entered the quarter finals of the ongoing 15th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2014 being played at Local Ground, Kohima, under the aegis of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF). St.Joseph’s College, Jakhama blanked Jovial FC, Kenuozou 3-0 in the first match of the day. Viho Kin claimed a hat-trick scoring in the 15th, 39th and 69th minute. In the second match, Rengma Students’
October 20 Matches (Quarter Finals) Naga United Club vs HQ.IGAR (North) @11.30 AM Match patron- Keneingunyii Sekhose, President APO Tiema-Khe, Kidima vs Barak Football Club, Peren @1.30 PM Match patron- Dr.Sengyu Yaden, President Ao Senden
Union downed Lamkang SU, Manipur 2-1. Lamkang SU took the lead through Enao in 25th minute but RSU equalized through Yhunshulo Kemp in the 50th minute. Senelo Tep netted the winning goal for the team in 62nd minute. Adding much excitement to the frenzy crowd in the ongoing tournament, St.Joseph’s College team and Rengma Students’ Union are ranked as the
best crowd puller of the tournament so far. Robert Begerau, the German football trainer of St. Joseph College, along with lady wife also witnessed the match. Football certificate course is now an extra-curriculum at St.Joseph’s College. Meanwhile, the Organizing Committee has enhanced entry fee tickets to Rs. 30 from quarter finals onwards.
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