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Dimapur DPDB monthly meeting conducted

Virender Sehwag announces retirement from all forms, IPL

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nscn-r cadres threaten to join nscn-K across border

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

‘Due to continuous torture and assault at the hands of security forces, NSCN (IM) and GPRN/NSCN, some cadres have decided to cross the border and join Khaplang’ Your demand will be met. Just give me few days and many, many years. Ok? C M Y K

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NSCN (K) notifies DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): The NSCN (K) on Tuesday cautioned that “several criminals posing themselves as Col Akaho Zhimomi and Max Assumi were engaged in demanding taxes indiscriminately from markets and business establishments in and around Dimapur.” Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary harassment and double taxation, it has informed all the ‘tax payers’ to consult and confirm from the following numbers9436249157/8732009014 before making any payments. No payment shall be considered valid or official without prior authentication from the undersigned, informed a notification from Brig Akaho Zhimomi, finance-incharge, NSCN/GPRN.

NSF clarifies on allotment of MBBS seat

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DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has clarified to all concerned that one Md Inzamul Hoque Talukdar has not been allotted any seat by the Nagaland government from the State quota. A press communiqué from NSF secretary education informed that the last date for admissions in all the medical institutions is over and all seats have been allotted to Nagas. If at all an additional seat (s) is to be allotted, it will be given to the Nagas who are in the waiting list, it added. The federation also maintained that it has been working with the appropriate authority from the day the issue was brought to the notice of the office. It assured that NSF will never compromise on the issues related to the welfare of the Nagas in any case.

Diesel fumes change flower odours that bees need

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LONDON, OCTOBER 20 (IANS): Air pollution from diesel vehicles may be reducing the availability of almost half the most common flower odours that bees use to find their food, says a new study. The findings suggest that toxic nitrous oxide (NOx) in diesel exhausts could be having an even greater effect on bees’ ability to smell out flowers than was previously thought. “This work highlights that pollution from dirty vehicles is not only dangerous to people’s health, but could also have an impact on our natural environment and the economy,” said study lead author Robbie Girling from the University of Reading in England. “We do not think that air pollution from diesel vehicles is the main reason for this decline, but our latest work suggests that it may have a worse effect on the flower odours needed by bees than we initially thought,” Girling noted.

A tricycle and residents are pulled on a farm tractor trailer along a flooded highway in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija in northern Philippines, October 20, 2015, after the province was hit by Typhoon Koppu. A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters spread far from riverbeds, but tens of thousands of people were evacuated in time. (REUTERS)

‘students must speak up on naga political issue’

Chief minister advises Naga students Delhi to come together under one banner

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang on Tuesday impressed upon the students’ community to speak up their minds on the Naga political issue and voice suggestions, a press statement received from Media Cell, CMO stated. “Our common destiny is at stake and if we want to have a say on how our future is to be decided, now is the time to speak up our minds, give our suggestions,” Zeliang said while interacting with a delegation of Naga Students’ Union Delhi (NSUD) at Nagaland House. He pointed out that while the Naga political issue is every Naga’s issue, the youths had more stakes in it since it is their political destiny which was to be decided. Besides, the chief minister said the need of the hour is to put “our

heads together, be it the student, political, bureaucrat community or the general public.” He maintained that when the Government of India has voiced its determination to solve the longstanding Naga political issue once and for all, every Naga must come forward and suggest on how best to going about in finding a solution which is honourable and acceptable to all sections of the Naga society. He reiterated that for the sake of finding a permanent solution to the protracted Naga political problem, all political parties in the 60-member Nagaland Legislative Assembly have come together by burying their political differences and are now speaking out in one voice to the GoI as well as the other negotiating groups. Exhorting the students to change their mind-set along with the changing times and not be stuck up with past issues which have become redundant, the chief minister encouraged them to be dynamic and change the society as well as their conditions

BJP Nagaland State meets Naga Hoho, NBCC and BJP legislators

Deliberates on issues of Article 371-A, clean electioneering process and safety of minority communities

KOHIMA, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): The Naga Hoho today expressed apprehension on behalf of the ‘Naga public’ that the Government of India “might try to remove Article 371-A.” However, the Nagaland State BJP unit has clarified to the president of the Naga Hoho that there is no such thing in the centre’s mind. BJP Nagaland State unit president, Dr. M Chuba Ao requested the Naga people “not to believe such misinformation given by vested interest individuals.” This was done during an informal meeting in Kohima of the Nagaland State BJP Unit team led by Dr. M Chuba Ao and National Secretary cum State In-charge Farooq Khan today with various NGOs such as Naga Hoho, NBCC and BJP Legislators. In the meeting with the Naga Hoho, its president, Chuba Ozukum, expressed his appreciation of the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for initiating the Naga Peace accord. Ozukum also appreciated the role played by the Centre’s interlocutor, RN Ravi, in bringing the peace process to this stage. He expressed that it will come to reality by taking all the stakeholders on board for Peace in Nagaland. The party delegates expressed that BJP as a Party will extend its “best ability” to see that the Peace Accord is finalized at the earliest so

that Nagaland State will “soon join with the rest of India in all aspects of development,” stated a press release from Dr. M Chuba Ao. The Party delegation also met the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) team led by its General Secretary Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho. He was welcomed by Farooq Khan, also the All India Minority In-charge of the party. The NBCC stated that the Churches in Nagaland are doing its best level to reform the electioneering process under the slogan ‘Clean Election in the State,’ for which the party appreciated the role of the NBCC and assured them of all cooperation. On the apprehension expressed by the General Secretary of NBCC, wherein minorities, particularly Christian communities, were under threat elsewhere in the mainland, Farooq Khan assured that BJP as a party will see that all minority communities are safe. He further ensured that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the goal as ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ that is “taking all together for all round development.” The meeting concluded with a Prayer for Peace in the State. It was informed that the party delegation also had a high level meeting with the Nagaland BJP Legislators at Kohima. Members present were Paiwang Konyak, Minister of transport & IT, Dr. TM Lotha, Adviser for Treasury & Accounts and Imtilemba Sangtam, Adviser for Co-operation & Macrofed. However, M. Kikon, Parliamentary Secretary for labour and employment, who is also the State Election Officer (SEO) of the party, could not attend due to pre-engagement with the Party organizational election in progress in the State.

for the better. Meanwhile, drawing an allegory between the various sections of the Naga political groups and the different groups of Naga student organisations in the National capital, Zeliang said their aims and objectives are the same – while the Naga political groups are espousing their fight for the cause of the Naga people, the student groups profess to stand for the welfare of the student community. He therefore advised the NSUD leaders led by its president to ensure that the different groups of Naga student organisations are brought together under one banner during their tenure. “Person to person contact is very important. You should win over the leaders of the other groups. You should not be too concerned about what differences cropped up decades back between the different Naga tribes in the Capital. We should not segregate ourselves into small groups,” the chief minister underlined.

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (IANS): In what could be a setback for the Naga peace accord, some cadres of NSCN-Reformation (NSCN-R) - a faction which is part of the ceasefire accord - have decided to rejoin the NSCN-Khaplang alleging that the Indian government and other Naga signatories to the pact were “playing dirty politics” by targeting them. A senior member of NSCN-R - which is a breakaway faction of the banned NSCNK - alleged that their cadres were being continuously apprehended by the paramilitary Assam Rifles on “false charges of drugs trafficking and extortion.” The senior member said its cadres are also being nabbed by the NSCN-IM and NSCN-Unification - which run a parallel Government in Nagaland - on cooked-up charges drug trafficking and extortion. “Due to the continuous torture and assault at the hands of security forces and NSCN (Isak-Muivah) and NSCN (Unification), some of our cadres have decided to cross the border (into Myanmar) and again join Khaplang. Though we are trying to prevent it, but if it happens due to the bias against us, we cannot be blamed,” the member, who did not wish to be named, told IANS. Sources have also confirmed to IANS that the top brass of the NSCN-Khaplang have welcomed the move, calling it a “reunion”. The NSCN-K is a banned organsiation and has faced concerted action by the security forces after ambushing an Indian Army convoy in June. The National Investigation Agency has declared a reward of Rs.17 lakh for information about its top two leaders. The Naga peace accord was signed by National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) and the Narendra Modi government in August. Media reports say over 50 NSCN-Reformation cadres have been apprehend-

ed since the the Naga peace accord was signed. These reports said that 12 members each were apprehended in Manipur and Nagaland and six were apprehended in Arunachal Pradesh by the Assam Rifles. The reports said that the security forces killed one member in Nagaland last month. Other NSCN factions such as the NSCN-IM and NSCN-U, who are part of the ceasefire, have also caught cadres of the NSCN-Reformation, an indication of the lack of unity among the Naga groups over the peace pact. “The Naga issue in itself is so complicated and confusing.... The current attitude of some of the factions and the government is so negative that it hurts the community and the cadres of the Naga groups. If we, after signing the accord, start confronting the security forces then we will be told that it is a violation of the accord, but what about our cadres being apprehended without any reason… who will answer,” the senior NSCN-R member asked. “Because of the current attitude, a lot of cadres are of the opinion that we were better off with the NSCN-Khaplang,” he added. The member, who worked with the NSCN-Khaplang for many years before joining the NSCN-Reformation, said that security forces can retaliate only if there is violence against them. “Our boys are trying their best not to confront either the security forces or other factions of NSCN but, why are we being confronted.... why are our cadres being killed and apprehended? In such a situation, if our cadres go back and join NSCNKhaplang, we should not be questioned,” the member. The NSCN-Reformation was the first faction of the NSCN to publicly extend support to the Naga peace accord, after its chief, Wangtin Naga, general secretary P. Tikhak and senior leader Imlong Chang, among others, met the central government’s Naga peace interlocutor, R.N. Ravi. No other faction of NSCN had till then extended support to the peace talks. There have been reports that some of the factions have now sought a separate solution for the Nagas. The NSCN-Reformation, formed earlier this year, is believed to have 2,500 cadres.

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naga congress in a quandary

PCC office bearers accused of fabricating signatures of DCC presidents

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): Infighting within the Nagaland State Congress became more vexed as suspended senior Congress members on Tuesday alleged that a “small number of unauthorized PCC office bearers in Kohima stealthily” appended names of 11 District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents for a joint press statement to condemn the October 16 incident. The press statement appeared on October 18 in the local papers. All India Congress Committee (AICC) members KV Pusa, (who is also former NPCC president), Joshua Sumi, Asu Keyho, Tarie Zeliang, in a statement, said it has ascertained the fact from the concerned district presidents where it emerged that many of them were uninformed of the press statement condemning the October 16 protest at Raj Bhavan. It went on to state that most of them had registered strong objection to the PCC officials for appending their names in the “fabricated press statement.” The rejoinder also claimed that when the 8 Congress MLAs were suspended from the party, 8 out of 11 DCC appealed the AICC to review the order. And when disqualification petition was filed against the MLAs by K Therie, then Adhoc President, 44 out of 60 ACCC appealed for withdrawal of the petition while warning that it would resort to non cooperation from

Disgruntled leaders brought down Congress: NPCC Notice to H Chuba Chang to substantiate allegation or face legal action

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 20 (MExN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has asserted that the present tussle within the Congress party is more of a fight over ideological differences and not on individual lines, as portrayed by some section of disgruntled workers. In a press statement, Media Cell, NPCC on Tuesday maintained that K Therie, after taking over the reins as the new PCC president, was specifically instructed by AICC to fill the vacuum created by defection by identifying potential leaders and reorganize the party for 2018 assembly elections. In that spirit, the Executive Committee of NPCC had reaffirmed to revamp and reorganize party at all levels. NPCC has been going slow, thinking better sense will prevail,” it said. While alleging that the mind-set of the suspended and disgruntled leaders have brought down Congress from 59 seats in 1998 down October 4 onwards. It therefore said there was no question of the 11 DCCs condemning the members’ protest on October 16 while alleging that a few desperate Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) office bearers in office that day “decided to take the stupid risk of dragging in the uninvolved DCC to salvage the tarnish image of pro BJP, anti solution Adhoc President.” Further, the senior Congress members challenged the PCC officials that if they are serious enough to take a stand on its own, they should clarify the pertinent questions to the party men and women and the public on the direction given by the General Secretary, AICC i/c of Nagaland on February 4 to support Rio; on K Therie inviting senior Congress leaders

to 21 in 2003, 23 in 2008 and paltry 8 in 2013, NPCC said they shamelessly refused to own moral responsibility for the election debacle and resign on their own. It also blamed these leaders for “herding 8 MLAs to NPF led -DAN Government against the direction of AICC and were therefore responsible for the present disqualification petition and attracting disciplinary action.” Maintaining that the Congress belong to the people, the press statement said a “handful opportunist with hired thugs cannot cower down NPCC to submit its ideologies and principles.” Meanwhile, NPCC has issued a notice to suspended Congress leader H Chuba Chang to substantiate his repeated allegation against K Therie on the “offer to join BJP before the latter became PCC president” or publicly apologize within 15 days, failing which legal process would be initiated for defaming the office of the PCC president.

to join BJP in March 2015, on him misusing his office against ENPO issue and misleading the Congress against political solution. While reiterating their unwavering commitment to stand along with the DCC and ACCC in upholding the sanctity and integrity of Congress party, the senior Congress members however said their demand for removal of the “controversial” PCC president will continue till the last. It also appealed the DCC and ACCC not to compromise with the collective interest of the party for some individual position in the party.

of Zunheboto, Mon, Tuensang and Mokokchung district denied signing the October 16 press statement which appeared in the local media. They stated that the press item was released to the media with their fabricated signatures and has therefore condemned the same.

Two senior leaders resign from NPCC

Meanwhile, two former MLAs and senior Congress leaders Zacilhu, and Khuosatho resigned from their posts as Executive Committee & Member, Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) and Member, Executive Committee respectively in protest against DCC presidents deny signing what they termed as ‘arbitrary October 16 press statement functioning’ of K Therie, AdIn separate press statements hoc President and in demand received today, DCC presidents for his removal from office.

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Governor celebrates Durga Puja

Governor of Nagaland & Assam PB Acharya pays obeisance to mother Durga at Kohima during Durga Puja celebration on October 20. (DIPR Photo)

KOhima, OctOber 20 (Dipr): Joining with the rest of the country and the state, the Governor of Nagaland & Assam PB Acharya and his lady wife kavita Acharya celebrated Durga Puja and Dussehra and offered darshan at various locations at Kohima on October 20.

The Governor and his entourage visited Durgabari Mandir Shree Shree Durga Puja celebration, PWD Colony, Gorkha Singhadevi Mandir, Chandmari, Radha Khrishna Mandir, New Reserve, Shree Shree Durga Puja Pandal, Lerie Chazou Colony ,Shree Shree Durga

Puja Pandal CRPF Camp Lerie Colony and Kohima Bazar Durga Puja Pandal and paid darshan to Mother Durga. Wife of the Governor kavita Acharya sung devotional Bhajan (Hymn) with the ladies of Kohima Bazar Durga Puja committee.

Banana Farm School opens at Kiyezhe Village

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Dimapur DPDB monthly meeting conducted Agrees to be more cautious for approving registration to societies

Dimapur, OctOber 20 (Dipr): The monthly District Planning and Development Board meeting of Dimapur for the month of October was held on October 20 in the Conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur with the presence of all the elected legislators under Dimapur district. The meeting was chaired by Parliamentary Secretary Irrigation & Flood control Jacob Zhimomi, who is also the Chairman of DPDB Dimapur. In the meeting, the Board members and the elected legislators after thorough deliberations with regard to applications for registration of societies felt that the Board has to be more cautious for approving registration to societies, as the government is facing lot of problems due to random approval without proper verifications. The Board members agreed that the concern applicant himself/herself should give more elaborations and only after the Board mem-

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DPDB meeting in progress with the board chairman, elected members of Dimapur district and other board members at the DC Conference Hall on October 20. (DIPR Photo)

LADP for the year 2015-16. The House further approved the following for registration of societies: Shiv Shakti Bolbam Seva Sibir Charitable Trust; Tamlu Buhu Union Cultural Troupe, 4th mile; Dimapur Life Challenge; and North East Zone Cultural Centre Employees Association. The House entrusted DC Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome (IAS) for constitution of Implementing Committees for LAPD. In

the meeting, department of Economics & Statistics and Employment Exchange gave their department presentation as entrusted during the last meeting. Department of Horticulture and Social Welfare were entrusted to give their departmental presentation in the next DPDB meeting. Minister, PHE Tokheho, Advisor, Urban Development S.I. Jamir and MLAs Tovihoto and Zhaleo Rio were also present.

Horticulture Crops training in CIH concludes

Chingkao Compound renamed

Dimapur, OctOber 20 (mexN): Central Institute of Horticulture, Nagaland successfully conducted three months certificate course on Modern Nursery Management Practices of Horticulture Crops. The course started on July 15 and ended on October 15. During a brief certificate distribution programme, Dr. Lallan Ram, Director, CIH encouraged the trainees to utilize the skills transferred to them through the course for nursery development in NER region. As a part of Resource person along with ATMA officials and participants during the demonstration on the course, the trainees Banana cultivation held at Kiyezhe Village on October 19. underwent a 15 days inDimapur, OctOber in diverse climatic condi- function and role of teacher. 20 (mexN): ATMA-Di- tions. He also elaborated Farm teacher, Hukhuli also mapur Kuhuboto Block banana as a rain fed crops spoke on her experiences conducted demonstration in Nagaland. It is grown in and the challenges she is on banana cultivation and the plains, mid hills and taking up. The programme inaugurated banana farm hilly areas in almost all dis- concluded by demonstraschool at Kiyezhe Village tricts of Nagaland. It can be tion on the banana farm. on October 19 with Hukhu- grown in all types of soil. He Earlier the programme was further illustrated on the chaired by Imobendang, li as the farm teacher. Resource person for the economic importance of ATM (ATMA), Kuhuboto KOhima, OctOber 20 programme was Amen- Banana, spacing, diseases Block. (mexN): The Mountain This was stated in a View Christian College had to Yeptho, ATM (ATMA), and its management. Wochamo, BTT conve- press release issued by Aka- a three days seminar at the Kuhuboto Block. He gave a brief introduction on ba- nor, Kuhuboto Block also vi V Holo Block Technology college under the theme nana plants growing with gave a brief introduction Manager, Kuhuboto Block 'Christian Leadership' with Rev. Dr. Tseibu Rutsa, varying degrees of success about the farm school, its ATMA. founder of MVCC, as the speaker. The students reported to the college on October 17, during which they had a session on the theory of bible study conducted by the chaplain, Michael Yanthan, while the practical for the bible study was taken on the following night. On Sunday, the chaplain led the community service, with a special song presented by the E.U. committee members with Rev. Dr. Tseibu Rutsa as the speaker. During the seminar the speaker expounded on the theme, on salvation through Christ, Christian dating and on Christian biblical marriage. The EU committee handled recreation time. All the staff and students attended the seminar, which was concluded on October 19.

MVC College seminar on ‘Christian leadership’

bers are convinced about the genuineness of the society and their aims and objectives will it be recommended henceforth. Harping on the importance for specifications of area for opening new schools, the House felt the necessity to do more detailed study consulting the concern department and therefore, keeping into everyone’s interest kept in abeyance with regard to opening of new schools.

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The House while reviewing the last DPDB meeting minutes approved for registration of the following societies: Hands of Grace Ministry; Rev. Longri Mission Foundation; The Dimapur Gym Club and Longchen Development Welfare Society Dimapur. The Board members underlined the importance for promoting and encouraging local artist and approved the agenda for Hive Arts Trust. The House also approved

mON, OctOber 20 (mexN): Chairman of Chingkao Chingpong Village Council has informed all that the Chingkao Compound (colony) under Chingkao Chingnyu Village of Mon district has been renamed and recognized as Chingkao Chingpong Village Vide order No. GAB-1/COM/312/2012 Dated Kohima the 14th October, 2014. Therefore, all concerned have been requested to take note of the changed name. The trainees from five states of North East along with the officials of Central Institute of Horticulture, Nagaland and others.

ternship programme at Total 19 trainees from Pradesh, Manipur, MeghaAAU, Jorhat and a private five states of North East laya & Nagaland) completnursery at Guwahati. (viz. Assam, Arunachal ed the certificate course.

Mkg DPDB approves LADP 2015-16 mOKOKchuNg, OctOber 20 (Dipr): Mokokchung District Planning & Development Board has approved Local Area Development programme and schemes to be implemented during the current financial year 2015-16 in its meeting held on October 20. The approval of the house came after highlighting the major schemes to be taken up in the district aiming at improving the district economy. Parliamentary Secretary, Industries & Commerce and Chairman,

DPDB Mokokchung, Amenba Yaden in his welcome address called upon the Head of Offices in the district to regularly attend their offices so as to address the needs of the people. He also appealed to the members to contribute their best towards forthcoming celebration of Mokokchung Town Quasquicenntenial which is scheduled to be held from 14th to 17th December 2015. He said that Mokokchung town is expected to witness higher number of visitors from both within and abroad as the

The birthday of former President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam was celebrated by the Hindustan Scouts & Guides Nagaland at Holy Cross Higher Secondary School on October 15, where more than 150 cubs, bulbuls, scouts and guides participated. The function was presided over by Fr Philip Magh, Principal, Holy Cross Hr. Sec. School. The programme began with observance of one minute silence for the departed leader, which was followed by a speech on the life of Dr Abdul Kalam by Afreena. On the occasions, the HS&G undertook plantation and took a pledge to protect the environment and take care of one plant by every individual in their own homes.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Born on 27/04/1988 – Died on 03/10/2015

We the bereaved family members would like to convey our profound gratitude to everyone who stood by us during our time of sorrow and supported us spiritually, physically, financially and materially at the sudden demise of our beloved Late. LORHÜ KAJE. We are deeply indebted to you all for your unflinching love and concern. We humbly pray that our almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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celebration comes just after Hornbill Festival at Kisama. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Rajesh. Soundararajan who presided over the meeting expressed his satisfaction over the preparation being undertaken by various sub- committees for the grand celebration of the quasquicentennial. He said preparations are going on smoothly due to active participation of officers and various NGOs. He also thanked elected Members from the district for their guidance and advice.

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CM to inaugurate office buildings in Mangkolemba

maNgKOlemba, OctOber 20 (Dipr): Chief Minister, TR Zeliang along with ministerial team will be inaugurating the newly constructed ADC office, Sub- Treasury office and Tourist amenity centre at Mangkolemba on November 13. The Chairman, SDPDB, Dr. Benjongliba Aier during the October SDPDB meeting, informed this. In this regard, a planning committee was constituted with SDO (C) Mangkolemba as the convenor and the committee was further informed to finalize the entire inauguration programme schedule by October 31.

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DC Dimapur informs on donation drivesraffles etc

Dimapur, OctOber 20 (mexN): The DC Dimapur Kesonyu Yhome, IAS has issued an order concerning the instances of unabated drives for donations, raffles, calendar sales etc, reported in the district and taken notice of the reports of undue misuse of the authority of the DC’s office. In view of the undue harassment on the public at large and the business community in particular owing to such activities, all organisations, institutions, associations or unions are directed not to apply for such applications and as the same will not be entertained. The public are directed to strictly refrain from such donation drives or raffles etc in the run up villages." The Association fur- to the ensuing festive seather mentioned that there son. Order issued for strict is a clear directive from the compliance. Ministry of Panchayati Raj New Delhi, to allot more funds to the Panchayat, since the pattern of 14 Finance Commission had KOhima, OctOber devolve more funds to the 20 (mexN): The departstate. ment of School Education, Therefore, the Asso- Kohima has informed that ciation appealed that the the admission for All India existing BRGF Scheme be Sainik School Entrance extended to the entire state Examination (AISSEE) for of Nagaland and further re- class VI and IX (session quested the Chief Minister 2016-17) will be held on to recognize the positive in- January 3, 2016. The enfluence of the strong com- trance exam for Nagaland munity life of the Nagas, by will be held in Kohima, giving more importance Dimapur and Punglwa to the Gram Panchayats/ (School Campus) and VDBs and to continue with two centres in Arunachal the BRGF program in the Pradesh at Itanagar and Tawang. State on top priority.

State VDB Association appeals for continuation of BRGF

KOhima, OctOber 20 (mexN): The Nagaland State VDB Association has stated that the discontinuation of Backward Region Grant Fund Scheme (BRGF) in the state will have far-reaching consequences in the progress of the living condition and development of the rural masses especially to those people living in the most backward region in the state. A press note issued by General Secretary, Manthungo Kikon noted that the developments seen at the grassroots level in the State today are "yielding of the promising experiment and proper implementation of the schemes by the Gram Panchayats/Village Development Board in the

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KRA-U president held by Maoists planning fresh recruitments in Assam Security forces in Manipur Our Correspondent Imphal | October 20

President of the militant outfit Kuki Revolutionary Army Unification (KRA-U) along with one of its cadres has been arrested by security forces in Senapati district. The duo was nabbed by troops of Jwalamukhi Battalion of Senapati Brigade under the Red Shield Division during a search operation in Pongmol village under Senapati on October 18, according to a PRO (Defense) statement released on Tuesday. President of the outfit, Lamkhapao Chongloi, 31, is a resident of

Khengjang village in Senapati. The cadre arrested along with him was identified as Thangkholun Chongloi, 44, who is also a resident of Khengjang village. One 7.65 mm pistol along with four live rounds and Rs 2500 in cash were seized from their possession. The statement said Lamkhapao Chongloi revealed during interrogation that he was the president of KRA-U. The duo was planning to abduct some individuals engaged by a contractor in the repairing work on National Highway 2, it said. They were handed to the police station, the statement said. KRA-U is an active group and is a

598 illegal foreigners held in Mizoram aIzawl, october 20 (PtI): Mizoram Home Minister R. Lalzirliana today informed the state legislature that 598 foreigners were arrested for illegally crossing the international border during the last six years. In a written reply to the question from Lalruatkima of the Mizo National Front (MNF), Lalzirliana said that the arrested 598 foreigners were convicted by the local courts and deported to their respective countries after completion of their sentences. He said that the largest number of foreigners were arrested in 2010 at 228 while only 13 foreigners were nabbed during this year till August.

No refugees from foreign countries were reported during the last six years, he said. Sandwiched between Myanmar and Bangladesh, Mizoram shares 722-kmlong international border with the two countries. He said that 4,426 foreigners visited the state during the same period and that the Protected Area Permit (PAP), restricting visits by foreigners to Mizoram and other scheduled areas in the country, was relaxed for the last 5 years. The home minister said 5,305 non-tribals were arrested for staying in the state without valid Inner Line Permit (ILP) during the last 6 months while 62,578 ILPs were issued.

'Over 40 insurgent groups in Mnp' IMPhal, october 20 (PtI): Manipur deputy chief minister Gaikhangam on Monday said there are more than 40 insurgent groups operating in the state. Speaking at the 124th Raising Day of Manipur Police here, he said the number of insurgent groups included factions and Manipur police had earned a "great reputation" for dealing with the difficult situation like not only in trying to contain insurgency but also in the complex day-to-day law and order problem, a police department press release quoted him as saying. The state police, he said, have taken stringent security measures to provide maximum security to the people and to instill a sense of security among them from threats, extortion, kidnapping for ransom and killing. Gaikhangam, who is also the in-charge minister for home department, said Manipur police has now became a "people friendly force" with a human face without compromising on law and order. In Manipur more than 300 surrendered militants were being rehabilitated and 25 hill-based militant groups had come under suspension of operation under the umbrella of Kuki National Organization and United People Front. This coupled with the tripartite agreement and MoUs signed with nine valley base militant groups since 2008 bore "ample testimony" that Manipur was on the road to peace, he said.

Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur This is to inform all the HSLC/HSSLC PRIVATE CANDIDATES to report to their Examination Centre to fill up the EXAMINATION FORM for 2016 from 26-10-2015 onwards (9:00 to 12:00 noon). Last date of filling up of their respective forms will be 10-11-2015. (S. MOATEMSU WALLING) Principal, Christian Hr. Sec. School

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We the All Nagaland Electricity Field Workers Association (Kohima Zonal) would like to convey our heartiest appreciation to Shri. C. Kipili Sangtam Hon'ble Minister Power, Shri. I. Yanger Secretary Power, Shri. K. Miachie-o Chief Engineer (T&G) Power for providing the safety tool kits to the field workers for the year 2015. And further extend our gratitude to the ANEFWA (Central) for taking initiative. Last but not the least we will hope to get more safety equipment's in the coming days. May Almighty God bless you all. Vikhoto, President, ANEFWA, Kohima Zonal Kekhriezetuo Dominic, General Secy. ANEFWA, Kohima Zonal

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constituent of Kuki National Organisation (KNO), an umbrella organization of Kuki militant groups. KNO’s principal objectives concern the recognition and restoration of the land of Zale’n-gam. Manipur Home Minister Gaikhangam had said during a function here yesterday that efforts were being made to start dialogue with KNO and United People’s Front (UPF) which is also an umbrella body of various Kuki militant groups. Gaikhangam said a total of 25 groups under the KNO and UPF were under tripartite suspension of operation involving both the Manipur and Central Governments.

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Jorhat, october 20 (PtI): Maoists are planning to make fresh recruitments, specially targetting the age group of 12-year-olds and above as they were running short of manpower in Assam, according to sources in the security forces. The Maoists have chosen the festival season to scout youths from tea gardens and ethnic groups in the tea belt for recruiting them into the insurgent fold, the sources said. They were also planning to recruit youths through their allies sending details through WhatsApp about the youths' education, family background and location, the sources said.

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GuwahatI, october 20 (PtI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today ordered a high level inquiry into the farmers' suicide in the state in the last 14 years that appeared on a section of news papers. According to an official release, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Subhash Chandra Das will inquire into the alleged farmers' suicide cases in the state. Taking serious cognizance of the incidents of suicide allegedly by 3,908 farmers that appeared on a section of news paper, the chief minster ordered a probe into the chronology of incidents, it added. The probe will be based on two key points -- the reasons of suicide and the preventive measures.

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This is to clarify to the article written by Ms.Vikali Shikhu, Dimapur on the article ‘NonNaga quota syndrome- What ails Nagaland?’ published under Opinion/ Editorial, Nagaland Post, Dimapur Dt. 17th October, 2015 that the Department in reference is Directorate of Technical Education and not Directorate of Higher Education as written. Director, Higher Education

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The Phek Town Chakhesang Students' Union (PTCSU) heartily congratulates Er. VEKHO SWURO for being conferred Doctorate Degree from Indian Virtual University for Peace and Education. His hard works and sincere devotion has brought good reputation and laurels to Chakhesang Community. At present our society needs more intellectuals at the philosophical degree to attain towards its maturity. The Union believes that his achievements will be a conventional simulation for future generations. Lastly, the Union prays and wishes that, may Almighty God bless his life and grant him wisdom to venture in doing modest deeds for the community. (NUKUTO SHIJOH) General Secretary, PTCSU

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The Ruzazho Welfare Union Kohima rejoices and congratulates Dr. Er. Vekho Swuro who has been conferred honorary Doctorate in recognition of his historical research and youth development, specialization in Life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by “Indian Virtual University for Peace and Development, Bangalore” accredited by IAC and recognized by United Nations Office Geneva, a UN Model on 17th Oct. 2015. May God continue to bless you. NESATO SHIJOH Secretary, Ruzazho Welfare Union Kohima

TENDER NOTICE Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (Referral Hospital), Dimapur, Nagaland Proposed Regional Institute of Para-Medical Science: Request for expression of interest from Building Contractors CIHSR invites expression of interest from reputed building contractors who have completed at least one single project of value of Rs 7.5 crores in 18 months for bidding for the contract to construct proposed Regional Institute of Paramedical Sciences at Dimapur, Nagaland.

Through this column, The SEKRUZU AREA WELFARE UNION KOHIMA Congratulates Dr. Er. Vekho Swuro for been conferred Honorary Doctorate from “Indian Virtual University for Peace and Education, Bangalore” accredited by IAC and recognized by United nations Office Geneva as a UN Model. May God continue to bless you in the days to come. JOHN KEYHO Secretary, Sekruzu Area Welfare Union Kohima

The scope of work shall consist of Civil, Electrical and Plumbing works in respect of the proposed Institute Block, Library Block and The Lecture Theater with Total Built up Area of-4360 square meters. Format for submitting details for prequalification may be obtained from the office of the Director, CIHSR at the email address director@cihsr.in not later than 12 noon 31st October 2015. Issued by: Director, CIHSR Dimapur

Though the recruitment drive started a year back, the process has now been speeded up due to shortage of manpower in the Maoist camps as two batches after their 18-month training in Jharkhand and Odisha were ready to arrive by next January, they said. In the belt along river Brahmaputra short documentary films are loaded in 1GB/2GB mobile hand sets so that the impressionable boys of age 12 to 13 years are influenced and brainwashed to join the Naxalite movement, said

the sources. The seven upper Assam districts of Dhemaji, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sivasagar and Golaghat have borders with neighbouring hill states, while the belt along the river is a breeding ground for Naxal activities, the sources said. In view of the Maoists using the latest technology for their communication, the security forces want police special branches at both the Centre and the state equipped technically to counter them.

The recent arrest of dreaded Maoist Aditya Borah at Dergaon in Golaghat district as he was coming from Merapani on the Assam-Nagaland border, however, was a big setback for the Naxal movement here, they said. The Assam-Nagaland border areas in and around Merapani have witnessed Maoist activities in recent times but after Aditya's arrest it has come down though Maoists' movement is witnessed in areas of mass gathering, specially during festivals, the sources added.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE

NO.IND/DEV/HORNBILL/314/03

Dated. Kohima the 19th Oct. 2015

The following under mentioned Societies/Individuals/Departments are hereby allotted stall at Bamboo Pavilion, Naga Heritage Village, Kohima for Exhibition cum Sale of Local Indigenous Produce during the Hornbill Festival from 1st to 10th Dec. 2015. All the selected entrepreneurs will strictly follow to display Indigenous Products only. The selected Societies/Individuals/Departments are directed to pay the rent fee from 20th Oct. to 5th Nov. 2015 at Exhibition Branch, Directorate of Industries & Commerce, Kohima. Those who fail to pay the rent fee within the stipulated time will be cancelled. Sl. No. of Sl. No. of Name & Address of the Applicant Name & Address of the Applicant No stalls No stalls 1 M/s H. Kashini Sumi Handloom Unit, Di- 1 nos 45 M/s Handloom Centre, Kohima 1 nos mapur 2 M/s Handloom Centre, Dimapur 1 nos 46 M/s Lhousibeinuo Handloom, Kohima 1 nos 3 M/s K. Onia Handloom, Dimapur 1 nos 47 M/s Kenny Society, Kohima 1 nos 4 M/s Alon MPCS, Dimapur 1 nos 48 M/s Meguoneinuo United Trader, Kohima 1 nos 5 M/s Viholi Zhimo, Dimapur 1 nos 49 M/s Khriezobeinuo Nihu, Kohima 1 nos 6 M/s Ajungla, Dimapur 1 nos 50 M/s Lorenzas, Kohima 1 nos 7 M/s Aienla Jamir Enterprise, Dimapur 1 nos 51 M/s Khirshy Creation, Kohima 1 nos 8 M/s Aienla Awomi Handloom Unit, Di- 3 nos 52 M/s Aben Jewellery, Kohima 1 nos mapur 9 M/s Temsula Handloom Unit, Dimapur 1 nos 53 M/s Theja Sekhose, Kohima 1 nos 10 M/s Songmao Handicraft, Dimapur 1 nos 54 M/s Orchid flower and handmade item, 1 nos Kohima 11 M/s Classic Woodcraft & Furniture, Di- 1 nos 55 M/s Inacin, Kohima 1 nos mapur 12 M/s Nagato Wooden Craft, Dimapur, 1 nos 56 M/s Charity Society, Kohima 1 nos 13 M/s Pongener Craft, Dimapur 1 nos 57 M/s Naga Indigenous Tribal Tattoo & Art 1 nos Assiociation, Kohima, 14 M/s Woodland Craft Unit, Kohima 1 nos 58 M/s Dolie Krotho, Kohima 1 nos 15 M/s Chuba Wooden Craft, Dimapur 1 nos 59 M/s Kelhouziengu-ii, Kohima 1 nos 16 M/s Craft & Development Society, Diez- 1 nos 60 M/s Megokedo, Kohima 1 nos ephe, Dimapur 17 M/s V.K Lohe & Sons, Dimapur 1 nos 61 M/s Décor Technique Enterprise, Kohima 1 nos 18 M/s Chekro Welfare Association, Dima- 1 nos 62 M/s I Love Nagaland, Kohima 1 nos pur 19 M/s Naga Indigenous, Dimapur 1 nos 63 Tzudir Multipurpose Society, Kohima 1 nos 20 M/s Tinuajem SHG, Dimapur, 1 nos 64 M/s Asenla Handloom Unit, Mokokchung 1 nos 21 M/s Kirap MPCS, Dimapur 1 nos 65 M/s Sungyu SHG, Mokokchung 1 nos 22 M/s Tarensen SHG, Dimapur 1 nos 66 M/s North East Network, Phek 1 nos 23 M/s Andi Handloom & Weaving Unit, Di- 1 nos 67 M/s Suthyai, Phek 1 nos mapur 24 M/s Medotsinuo & Co, Dimapur 1 nos 68 M/s Manli Traditional Jewelleries & At- 1 nos tires, Mon 25 M/s Uniqraft IIDC, Kiruphema, Kohima 1 nos 69 M/s Bazarline Handloom & Weaving Unit, 1 nos Mon 26 M/s Naga Roots, Dimapur 1 nos 70 M/s Cane & Bamboo-cum-Traditional 1 nos Dress & Craft Unit, Zunhheboto 27 M/s Rong Mar Productions, Dimapur 1 nos 71 M/s Creative Hills Craft (SHG), Peren 1 nos 28 M/s Limasenla, Dimapur 1 nos 72 M/s Tribal Farmers Association, Peren, 1 nos 29 M/s Tebenjem MPCS, Dimapur 1 nos 73 M/s Knotty Knitters SHG, Meluri 1 nos 30 M/s Sane Rose, Dimapur 1 nos 74 M/s Pottery Unit, Longleng 1 nos 31 M/s Tiala Sapu, Dimapur 1 nos 75 M/s LTM Creations, Dimapur 1 nos 32 M/s Atsula Pochury, Dimapur 1 nos 76 M/s Black Stone Pottery Unit, Manipur 1 nos 33 M/s Hot Hand Crafts SHG, Dimapur 1 nos 77 M/s Th. Sunibala Devi, Manipur 1 nos 34 M/s Craftworks SHG, Dimapur 1 nos 78 M/s E’thaan Design studio, New Delhi 1 nos 35 M/s Local Decorative, Dimapur 1 nos 79 Tribal Co-operative Marketing Develop- 1 nos ment Federation of India Ltd. Guhawati 36 M/s Moakala, Dimapur 1 nos 80 M/s II Hill Crash CT, USA 1 nos 37 M/s Runway, Dimapur 1 nos DEPARTMENTS 38 M/s Precious Me love, Dimapur 1 nos 81 Nagaland State Social Welfare Board 5 nos 39 M/s Hitoli Weaving & Tailoring Unit, Di- 1 nos 82 Department of Post 1 nos mapur 40 M/s Heritage Publishing House, Dimapur 1 nos 83 NEDFI, Kohima 2 nos 41 M/s Techinutsu Pickle, Dimapur 1 nos 84 Nagaland Khadi & Village Industries 10 nos Board, Kohima 42 M/s Onulu Tunyi, Kohima 1 nos 85 Emergence NSSWB, Dimapur 1 nos 43 M/s Theja Creation, Kohima 1 nos 86 Department of Art & Culture, Kohima 1 nos 44 M/s Khrielasano Handloom Unit, Kohima, 1 nos Total stall 100 Sd/(I. Bendangliba), Director of Industries & Commerce

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE NO.IND/EXH-PUB/IITF/2/93

Dated. Kohima the 19th Oct. 2015

The following under mentioned Societies/Individuals/Departments are hereby allotted stall at Nagaland Pavilion, for Exhibition cum Sale of Local Indigenous Produce during the India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 14th to 27th Nov. 2015. All the selected entrepreneurs will strictly follow to display Indigenous Products only. The selected Societies/Individuals/Departments are directed to submit 2(two) nos of passport photo each of the exhibitors from 20th Oct. to 5th Nov. 2015 at Exhibition Branch, Directorate of Industries & Commerce, Kohima. Sl. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Name & Address of the Applicant M/s Lila Kemp, Dimapur M/s Rema, Kiphire M/s Gwasenle Rengma, Dimapur. M/s Anilkemp Handicraft Unit, Dimapur, M/s Yhenyele Tep, Kohima M/s Alemla Lemtor, Dimapur M/s Nagaroots, Dimapur M/s Kulufi Pochury, Dimapur M/s Neihunuoi Sorhie, Kohima M/s N. Yoho, Kohima M/s Meri Craft & Textile, Dimapur

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No. of stalls M/s Naga Exotic Society, Dimapur 1 nos M/s Sano Chaya Society, Kohima 1 nos M/s Weaving Industrial Centre, Kohima 1 nos M/s Nyekha Textile, Dimapur 1 nos Name & Address of the Applicant

M/s Imlirenla Handicraft Unit, New Delhi 1 nos M/s Techinutsü, Dimapur 1 nos Heritage Publishing House, Dimapur 1 nos M/s Benny Lorin, Kohima 1 nos M/s Sungyu SHG, Mokokchung 1 nos Nagaland Emporium, New Delhi 2 nos Total stall 22 nos Sd/(I. Bendangliba), Director of Industries & Commerce

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE No: IND/HL/Apparel & Garment/90/2015

Date: 20th October 2015

State : Nagaland Implementing Agency : Department of Industries & Commerce, Govt. of Nagaland

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

Application is hereby invited for Selection of Agency for using facility for Provision of Skill/Commercial Production in Apparel and Garment Making Centre at 6th Mile, District Industries Centre Complex, Dimapur set up under North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India The RFP document containing the details of Terms & Conditions can be collected from the contact details given below: Directorate of Industries & Commerce, Above Hotel Vivor, Kohima – 797001 email: industrynaga@gmail.com, Mobile: +91-9436001271/+91-9612162697 Date of Invitation of RFP : 21.10.2015 Last date & time for submission of the RFP : 03.11.2015 at 3 p.m. Date, Time and Place for evaluation of the bid : 05.11.2015 Director’s Conference Room at 11:a.m. Sd/(I. Bendangliba) Director of Industries & Commerce

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Government makes Aadhaar must for budding startups NEW DELHI, OctObEr 20 (EcONOmIc tImEs): Even though the Supreme Court has only allowed Aadhar to be used ‘voluntarily’ for a few social welfare schemes, the Modi government has made it compulsory for any budding entrepreneur to submit her or his Aadhaar number in order to register a new business. In fact, aspiring startups can’t even ‘fill’ a new online form for registering new enterprises introduced last month unless the Aadhaar credentials of their promoters (sought in the first column of the form) are validated online. The ministry for micro, small and medium enterprises had last month notified Udyog Aadhaar, taking a cue from the prime minister’s radio show Mann Ki Baat, where he

had talked about simplifying procedures to start a business with a singlepage registration form. Experts said this move is a violation of the Supreme Court order on Aadhaar. “The Supreme Court has been crystal clear on the Aadhaar number being voluntary for now,” said Supreme Court lawyer Pavan Duggal. “So this would be a violation of the apex court’s order and could be a fit case for contempt of court. This would also infringe on citizens’ right to equality, as it would discriminate against people who don’t have Aadhaar numbers yet.” Detailed queries sent to the government on Friday elicited no response till the time of going to press. Dhiraj Mathur, partner (tax and regulatory) at PwC said Aadhaar is es-

sential to check leakages in subsidies and benefits paid out of taxpayer money, but it would not be correct to make it mandatory for starting a business unless the unique identification programme has not achieved full ‘coverage’ or enrolments. Industry representatives didn’t want to comment on the matter, though they said they will take it up for internal discussions. Some state governments had already voiced apprehensions about the need to ask only for entrepreneur’s Aadhar number rather than other identification proofs in order to register their businesses. “In our state, Aadhar enrolment has only begun in three districts. We had advised the central government to consider allowing PAN cards or other identi-

officials are visiting vendor units across its five plants and asking them to prepare their factories as they were not operating fully for the last five months. A senior Nestle official added that the company is activating its supply chain and moving as fast as it can towards getting Maggi back into the market. Sources close to the development said that as per the Bombay High Court’s decision Nestle will have to first manufacture samples, get them tested and seek a final verdict from the court to start selling in the market. Also, since high courts across states had asked Nestle India to stop the sale of Maggi within the respective state, the company will have to file a petition with the state high court along with the copy of the Bombay High Court verdict and seek clarity. Only after it gets the approval, it can go ahead and start selling Maggi noodles within the state. On Monday, while the Congress government in Karnataka decided to allow manufacture and sale of Maggi noodles in the state and said that it decided to withhold the Centre’s directive banning it as it lacked clarity. Even the Gujarat Food and Drug Control Authority (FDCA) lifted the ban on the sale of Maggi noodles.

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of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today announced the launch of Superfast 3G Services on its own network in Kohima, Nagaland. With this move, over 2.5 lakhs citizens of the city (as per Census 2011 data) will be able to experience Vodafone 3G services, now even faster, smarter and better than the existing speed and connectivity. To provide high speed mobile internet services to the customers in Kohima, Vodafone has deployed 35 new 3G towers and continues to add more sites. A press note stated that commenting on the launch of own 3G network in Kohima, Alok Verma, Business HeadAssam & North East, Vodafone India said, “With this launch our valued customers across Kohima will now avail of faster, smarter, better speeds and superior data browsing experience at the existing 3G tariffs. Our aim is to accelerate mobile internet adoption through penetration, consumption and value addition, and we are confident that this

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sold ever since its launch in October 2014, the Maruti Ciaz is currently the second best-selling mid-sized sedan. The segment is still ruled by the Honda City with an average monthly sales of over 6,000. Executive Director (Marketing and Sales), Maruti Suzuki, R S Kalsi said: “Ciaz has emerged as one of our strong brands. It has enabled us to strengthen our position in the mid-size premium sedan segment. Brand Ciaz has been appreciated by customers for denoting high style, being feature-rich and offering best in class mileage in both petrol and diesel options. Further, the introduction of smart hybrid diesel, and safety features such as dual airbags and ABS in base variants, has enhanced the reputation of Ciaz. For customers who love Ciaz and want something even more distinctive and stylish, Ciaz RS is irresistible”.

superfast internet experience on the go.” Vodafone 3G will enhance the service experience such as multimedia, high speed mobile broadband, internet access with the ability to view video footage on one’s mobile handset. Also, with a 3G phone and access to the Superfast Vodafone 3G network, one can make video calls, watch live TV, access the high speed internet, download large email attachments faster and download music tracks, as well as the usual voice call and messaging services found in a mobile phone. Vodafone has been offering 3G services in Assam & North East circle via bilateral roaming agreements (ICR) with other operators. In March 2015 auctions, Vodafone India acquired 2100 Mhz (3G) spectrum for Assam & North East circle and has made significant investments to modernise its network to offer faster, smarter and better 3G services to its customers on its own network.

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mumbaI, OctObEr 20 (agENcIEs): ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector lender, has outpaced its peers to record the highest number of mobile banking transactions. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, the lender recorded transactions worth Rs 6,885.36 crore in July, higher than any other bank. In June, too, ICICI Bank had recorded the highest amount of transactions through mobile at Rs 6,160.18 crore. Earlier, the top slot was occupied by HDFC Bank, which currently holds the second position, followed by Axis Bank and then State Bank of India. ICICI Bank’s aggressive growth in the mobile banking space is in line with the ambitious target that it had laid out earlier this year to grow its mobile banking transactions fivefold in FY16, compared with the previous financial year. In FY15, transactions worth Rs 16,000 crore were recorded via the bank’s mobile banking platform, which the lender wants to grow to Rs 80,000 crore in FY16. Rajiv Sabharwal, executive director at ICICI Bank, said the bank would achieve this number as it had seen a jump not only in value but also in volume of transactions. “The total amount of transactions ICICI Bank recorded in the last financial year has been achieved in the first quarter of FY16. There are a lot of new customers onboarding every month. In fact, a majority of the transactions are happening beyond the top 20 cities.” The bank has been pushing its digital strategy and has launched several initiatives, including revamp of mobile banking application, online paperless account opening for non-resident Indian customers in the US and remittances through Facebook.

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forms in order to be compliant with its orders and in August directed it to advertise the voluntary aspect of Aadhaar. The most recent order on 15 October said voluntary use is allowed for PDS, NREGA, National Social Assistance programme and EPFO,” she pointed out. “A large chunk of enterprises in India are simply not registered due to the cumbersome paperwork involved in the process and, therefore, can’t tap the government schemes for them. The KV Kamath panel on financing the MSME sector, that has been the biggest job creator in recent years, had recommended that the registration should be universalized,” said an official on the rationale behind the new one-page form.

NEW DELHI, OctObEr 20 (agENcIEs): In a bid to lure more buyers during the ongoing festive season, Maruti Suzuki today introduced a new trim of the Ciaz in the country. Called the Maruti Ciaz RS, the new trim shares its features and underpinnings with the Z+ trim (ZXi+ and ZDi+) of the sedan. While the Maruti Ciaz RS petrol is priced at Rs. 9.20 lakh, the SHVS diesel hybrid-engined Ciaz RS comes at Rs. 10.28 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). With the new trim, the Ciaz now has a total of 14 variants in its lineup. In addition to the features offered with the Z+ trim, the Maruti Ciaz RS gets a grey-chrome finished instrument panel and a spoiler pack that includes front under spoiler, side under spoiler, trunk lid spoiler and rear underbody spoiler. Besides offering a distinct look to the Ciaz RS, these spoilers will also enhance the aerodynamics of the car. With over 56,000 units

ICICI bank tops mobile Kohima gets Vodafone’s Superfast 3G Service Vodafone has been rollOctObEr 20 move will facilitate in quicker banking transactions list KOHIma, (mExN): Vodafone India, one adoption, better usage and a ing out its own 3G network in

Nestle India planning Diwali comeback for Maggi noodles NEW DELHI, OctObEr 20 (INDIaN ExprEss): Having weathered the storm over quality concerns regarding its flagship Maggi noodles, Nestle India is eyeing a Diwali comeback. The firm is busy visiting plants of various vendors, collecting samples and asking them to increase their manpower to keep their factories hygienic. While Nestle got a reprieve in August when the Bombay High Court lifted the nationwide ban on sale of Maggi, the firm’s plans received a booster on Monday when Gujarat Food and Drug Control Authority and the Karnataka government decided to lift the ban on sale of the product. Two vendors of Maggi told The Indian Express that Nestle’s officials from the quality department visited their plant over the last week. “They collected samples for testing and asked to beef up manpower as headcount was significantly reduced following the Maggi fiasco. They also asked us to fumigate the plant and get it ready from a hygiene point of view,” said a vendor of Nestle’s Maggi.He also said that the officials hinted that if everything goes smoothly then, “By Diwali Maggi should be in the market.” A source further said that company

ty documents as well,” MV Ahmed, additional director of industries and commerce in the Assam government, told ET. “But with Aadhaar linkage being mandatory in the form, we will not be able to submit any applications from our state,” he said. Though investors can set up units using the state’s own portal for registering investments under Rs 10 crore, Ahmed said the data cannot be shared with the Centre owing to this ‘technical fault’. “That the MSME ministry maintains this website makes a mockery of all in the orders issued by the Supreme Court,” said Reetika Khera, associate professor (economics) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. “In fact, the SC order in early 2015 asked the government to modify its

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Nine stolen bikes recovered in Dimapur; four arrested Dimapur, OctOber 20 (mexN): The Dimapur Police under Zone-II while investigating a case related to motorcycle theft under West Police Station have recovered nine stolen motorcycles from various parts of Dimapur. In this connection, a gang of four habitual motorcycle lifters have also been arrested, informed a press release from PRO, Dimapur Police. Five of the bikes were recovered from Chumukedima, three from 4th Mile, and one from 3rd Mile. The four arrested have been identified as Rokovilie Angami, Roland Yanthan, Mhabemo Mozhui, and Obeto Awomi. The list of the recovered bikes is given in the table.

Model & Make Yamaha SZR Yamaha Fazer Bajaj Pulsar 150 cc Yamaha R15

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C/No. ME11BM03AG2058399 Eng/No. 1PM3058296 C/No. ME12CO79B2013452 Eng/No. 21C7013491 C/No. MD2A11CZ6DCC89632 Eng/No. DHZCDC75080 C/No. ME11CK01982002612 Eng/No. 1CK1002684 Bajaj Pulsar C/No. MD2A17CZ4DWM08650 135 cc Eng/No. JEZWDM78017 Bajaj Pulsar C/No. MD2DHDJZZUCH85224 Eng/No. DJ4B4H31740 Yamaha C/No. ME1455DC2E2DD7846 Fazer Eng/No. 45SC007670 Suzuki C/No. MD8NJPPHF8114294 Eng/No. PGAL178293 Bajaj DisC/No. MD2857AZ18RC83794 cover 100 cc Eng/No. PAZREG91536

GRPS seized 40,000 capsules of Spasmo Proxyvon and 200 strips of Nitrosun Tablets from one person identified as Gupteshwar Shah on October 19 at Railway Station. In this connection, a case has been registered and unDrugs seized In another incident, der investigation, according Dimapur Police manning to the PRO.

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ILP defaulters arrested Dimapur Police manning Chumukedima Check Gate arrested six persons while trying to cross its limits without valid permits on October 17. They have accordingly been forwarded to the court, the release added.

Transfer and posting of bureaucrats In the interest of public service, the Government of Nagaland has ordered transfer & posting of the following IAS/NCS and other officers with immediate effect: 1. Imkonglemba Ao, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary, Agriculture & APC will hold additional charge of Industries and Commerce Department. 2. MK Mero, Commissioner & Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department is transferred and posted as Commissioner & Secretary, IPR and Sericulture Departments. 3. Hushili Sema, IAS, Secretary, I&PR and Sericulture Department is transferred and posted

as Team Leader, Bamboo Mission. 4. Angau I. Thou, IAS, Secretary, Tourism and Art & Culture Department is relieved of Art & Culture Department. She will hold additional charge of P&AR Department. 5. Chubasangla Anar, IAS, Secretary P&AR and Land Revenue Department is relieved of P&AR Department. She will hold additional charge of Art & Culture Department. 6. T. Ao, IAS, Secretary, Home (RR/NSDMA) & NRE Department is transferred and posted as Secretary, Agriculture Department. 7. Khrienuo C. Metha, NCS, Secretary, Agriculture and Team Leader, Bamboo

Mission is transferred and posted as Secretary, Home (RR/NSDMA) & NRE Department. 8. C. Merio Tsanglao, IAS, Secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture Department is relieved of Agriculture Department. 9. Wezope Kenye, NCS, Joint Secretary attached to P&AR Department is transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, Works & Housing Department. 10. Er. TS Angami, Director, NRE is transferred and posted as OSD in Power Department. 11. Er. Kavito, Additional Director, NRE will hold current charge of HOD in NRE Department.

(Left) A priest sits in front of one of the many Durga Puja pandals in Dimapur, which celebrates the festival alongside the rest of India from October 19-23. (Right) A pandal set up for Durga Puja at PWD Colony in Dimapur. (Morung photo)

Transformer in Bhandari remains damaged since Sept 22 WOkha, OctOber 20 (mexN): Expressing deep concern that the 250 KVA, 11/04KV transformer in the town has been damaged since September 22, the Electricity and Water Supply Consumers’ Union, Bhandari Town lamented that the department has not paid any heed towards repairing the same till date.

In an open letter to the chief engineer, electricity department, the union stated that the electricity condition at Bhandari Town is becoming bad to worse, thus completely affecting the normal life of public as well as students’ studies. Therefore, the union has requested the department to take up immediate

steps to restore the transformer at the earliest for the survival of the town. The union warned that it will take its own course of action if the department fails to respond to the request. The letter was appended by the union chairman, T Thungjamo Yanthan and vice chairman, Khonbemo Jami.

37 Assam Rifles apprehend arms peddlers Dimapur, OctOber 20 (mexN): On October 15 and 16, 37 Assam Rifles apprehended two arms peddlers at 4th Mile, Chumukedima and Super Market, Dimapur respectively. In the first operation on October 15, an arms peddler was intercepted at Ward No-4, Chumukedima leading to recovery of one

.22 Pistol and four rounds and one mobile phone. The apprehended individual, identified as Keneiselhou Angami, (33), was handed over to Diphupar Police Station the same day, according to a press release from Assam Rifles. The second operation was launched on October 16 near 7th Mile, Chumuke-

kOhima, OctOber 20 (mexN): On the occasion of Durga Puja as well as Dussehra, the chief minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang has extended greetings and best wishes. “Durga Puja and Dussehra are one of the major Hindu festivals of our country and are celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm throughout the country,” Zeliang stated in a message issued by Media Cell, CMO. “During the nine auspicious days leading to Dussehra, people worship Goddess Durga and pray for her blessings. The tenth day is celebrated as Dussehra which marks the killing of the ten-headed demon King Ravana by Lord Rama symbolising the victory of good over evil.” In Nagaland, he said, Durga Puja is celebrated with great joy and festivity particularly by the Bengali community. The festival of Durga Puja and Dussehra convey the message of goodwill and humanity and the conquest of good over evil, Zeliang stated, adding the festivals hold out an important message to the people of Nagaland that good and truth will always prevail leading to peace, harmony, prosperity and happiness for all.

dima. After spotting the suspected individual near 7th Mile, pursuit was undertaken, resulting in his interception near Super Market, Dimapur and recovery of a .38 revolver, the release stated. The apprehended person NSCN (R) appeals to was identified as Levi Kiba (36). He was handed over to HoDs, employees Dimapur East Police Station tueNsaNg, OctOber 20 (mexN): The NSCN on October 16. (Reformation), Chang Region has appealed to all the HoDs and employees under various departments in Tuensang HQ to be present in their respective posting place with good faith and dedication to serve the neglected communities, namely Chang, Sangtam, Yimchunger and Khiamniungan. A press release from chairman, NSCN (R), Chang Region further informed that for the benefit of all, surprise checking will be conaged the gathering to conducted. If any employee is found neglecting his/ her tribute something good for duties, the NSCN (R) will initiate without any remorse the society and to be a re- to return back the salary to State Government Treasury, it was warned. sponsible citizen. President of Angami Students’ Union Dievi Chief organizer of Cong Yano, President of Chakhesang Students’ Union Seve Seva Dal appointed R Vadeo, and President of NeW Delhi, OctOber 20 (mexN): The ConPoumai Naga Students’ gress vice president and in-charge of the Congress Union Theophilus Rang- Seva Dal, Rahul Gandhi has approved the name of N mathat also addressed the Neilo Koza as chief organizer of the Seva Dal of Nagathering. galand. This was informed in a press release issued Sharon Raih and RP by All India Congress Committee general secretary, Veilisü were declared the Janardan Dwivedi (MP). Miss and Mister freshers respectively. The programme was DEEHA Pastor’s Fellowship formed compered by Dr. Pairson Dimapur, OctOber 20 (mexN): Dubagaon, and Alice Rosü, invocation Eralibill, Ekranipathar, Hollohon (colony) & Aoyimti prayer said by Rev. Fr. Panii (DEEHA) Pastor’s Fellowship has been formed with Paul, assistant parish priest an aim to have good relationship among the Chris& administrator Kohima, tian leaders of the five areas and to encourage and welcome song was present- strengthen one another sharing the vision to fufill ed by Pumai BYF Kohima, the Great Commission. The newly formed fellowship welcome speech was deliv- elected Rev. Dr. Shiwoto Assumi, Senior Pastor, NCRC, ered by Rakovi Rosü, presi- Purana Bazar as chairman, Pastor Mhonbemo Patton, dent, PNTMK. Speech on New Calvary Nagamese Church (NCNC), Ekranipabehalf of freshers was de- thar as secretary and Rev. Kihoto Rotokha, Sumi Baptist livered by Lila Rova, special Church Eralibill as secretary. For further information song by Litsüvihrü, vote of on the fellowship, contact 9436019249/ 9436063127. thanks by LS Veisounii, GS, PNTMK and closing prayer This was informed in a press release.

Issued by DIPR

ability to different cultures and environment around them, saying they would be facing happiness and hardships in various occasions. He reminded the youth that tough time teaches them perseverance, tolerance and endurance and whoever withstands the hard time would achieve the golden belt, the release added. He also encouraged the freshers to follow the good footsteps of the seniors and learn from their mistakes, if any. He advised both the freshers and senior students to have good relationship among them and also to have healthy interaction which will develop them into responsible citizens one day. General Secretary of Naga Students’ Federation Bovei Poukai Duo in his address as the guest of honour congratulated the freshers for successfully passing their last examination. He challenged the students’ community not to lose their tribe identity said by Soni Shange, assoand language. He encour- ciate pastor, PBCK.

ATMA functionaries trained on World Food Day 2015 observed in Kohima swine, poultry management ed Housing Management of Swine, Feeding Management of Swine, Routine Management, Care of New Born, Care during Pregnancy, Vaccination Schedule of Swine, Important Common Swine Diseases and their Treatment, Farm Hygiene and Sanitation Measures, Profitable Poultry Farming - Special Reference to Backyard Poultry and Management of Poultry. The trainees were also taken to All India Coordinated Research Project Pig Farm, SASRD NU for field visit and first hand information on pig farming. The valedictory function was chaired by Sentinaro Longchar, DPD SAMETI, while feedback from the trainees was given by Vinoka Y. Kiba, DPD Tuengsang and C. Amongla Jamir, BTM Mokokchung. Nguzonyi Wetsah, Director, SAMETI in his valedictory address exhorted the trainees to be sincere and put into practical use what they have learned in the training to uplift the farming community. He also awarded certificates and training handouts.

CM extends Durga Puja greetings

Poumai students in Kohima celebrate Freshers’ Meet

kOhima, OctOber 20 (mexN): Poumai Naga Tsüdoumai Me Kohima (Poumai Naga Students’ Union Kohima) conducted its 31st Freshers’ Meet on October 17 at Angami Public Organization hall, Kohima with former Nagaland home minister Thenucho Tunyi as the chief guest. Tunyi in his address urged the gathering to create values that will bring all Nagas together as one, a press release informed. He encouraged the students’ community to have the spirit of change in mind to embrace honesty, fairness and patriotism that will pass down to the posterity and work for the unity of the Naga people. He challenged the Nagas to cultivate the idealistic values of love and progress and to accept each other as brothers and sisters united by the common cause, based on our cultural affinity and our historical facts. Tunyi further urged the United Mission Society organized a Swachh Bharat programme, which was attended by 61 children of Kevijau village in Dimapur on October 17. The programme was held youth and students’ community to face unique adaptwith the theme ‘Until we have a better life.'

Dimapur, OctOber 20 (mexN): State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Nagaland organised a training on “Improved Management Practices of Swine and Poultry” from October 15-17 at SAMETI, Medziphema. The training was aimed at preparing ATMA functionaries from all districts with management practices of swine and poultry to enable them to pass such practices to the farmers, according to a release from SAMETI director, Nguzonyi Wetsah. Altogether, 22 ATMA functionaries from all the districts attended the training. The resource persons for the training were Dr. Catherine Rutsa, Asst. Professor, Dept. of APM, SASRD, NU; Dr. Sungkum Jamir, VAS; Dr. Ithika C. Swu, DPD, SAMETI; Dr. Imomanen Tzudir, DLDO & Farm Manager, Medziphema and Dr. Vikshe Sumi, VAS. A plethora of topics related to management of swine and poultry were imparted during the course of the three-day programme. The training topics includ-

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Eastern Nagaland students’ meeting Dimapur, OctOber 20 (mexN): Convenor of Eastern Nagaland College Students’ Union (ENCSU), Achemba K Sangtam has informed that there will be an emergency meeting at DUDA Guest House on October 24, 10:30 am. Therefore, all the presidents and general secretaries of ENSUK, ENSUD and ENSUM, two representatives from all the colleges within Nagaland, former and present executives of ENCSU have been asked to attend the meeting without fail. A strong action will be initiated against those failing to attend the meeting, Sangtam said in a press release. For more information and confirmation, contact Achemba K Sangtam at 9612470797.

Mao Hoho Nagaland seminar Dimapur, OctOber 20 (mexN): The Mao Hoho Nagaland will be organizing a one day seminar on the theme ‘Strengthening Our Ememei Identity’ on October 31 at Mao Baptist Church, 7th Mile, Dimapur at 10:00 am. Re. Dr. F.r Linus Neli will be the resource person. All the Ememei of 15 years and above have been invited to attend the “important” programme positively.

One weapon dealer apprehended

Director of Agriculture, Bendangyanger (Front- fourth from left), with the officers and staff of agriculture department during the World Food Day on October 16.

kOhima, OctOber 20 (mexN): World Food Day 2015 was observed at the Directorate of Agriculture in Kohima on October 16. Observed with the theme “Social Protection and Agriculture:

breaking the cycle of rural poverty”,the programme was attended by good number of officers and staff from agriculture department. In his speech as the theme speaker, Bendan-

gyanger, director of agriculture, highlighted the importance of the theme to reduce rural poverty and grant access to food or means to buy food. Agriculture being the main stay of

the state, the director asked the officers and staff present to work harder with sincerity so the vision 2025 will be achieved and at the same time hunger will be eradicated from Nagaland.

mOkOkchuNg, OctOber 20 (mexN): Troops of 31 Assam Rifles nabbed one weapon dealer along with arms and ammunition at Chuchuyimpang Village on October 17. According to a press release from Assam Rifles, the dealer was moving from Tuensang to Tuli to deliver a consignment of arms to a supplier. “On receiving the input, a Quick reaction team of 31 Assam Rifles swung into action to nab the individual,” the release said. The individual has been identified as S Hopong Chang, advisor of an organisation being colloquially called as Sovereign Republic of Freeland, it added. The team also recovered two pistols from him.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express X issue 288X issue 185 Thursday 9volume July 2015 volume By dr. asangba Tzüdir

The ‘Sacred’ Cow and the ‘Sacrificial’ Beef Culture and Religion and what we can eat

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David Dagan Foreign Policy

The Cleanest Place in Africa

et against a backdrop of stereotyping is India’s much vaunted ‘unity in diversity’ and in the diversity is the ever present cultural and religious traits that gets conflated and compounds our ‘racism’ triggering various forms of sentiments. Thus, North easterners are ‘chinkies’ who are routinely asked if they eat dog meat. Then there are more pejoratives - the ‘panjus’ (punjabis) whose only culture is agriculture; mercenary ‘Gujjus’ (Gujarati) who eat ‘heavy snakes’ for tea; lazy, shiftless ‘Bongs’ (Bengalis); ‘Madrasis,’ who all live south of the Vindhyas and speaks a funny language ‘Illay-po.’ No wonder we can’t stand racism. It reminds us disquietingly of the face we see in our own mirror that causes mental discomfort. Now within the religious sensitivity, the issue of cow has taken centre stage. There has been a huge hue and cry ever since the Maharashtra government announced a ban on the sale and possession of beef in the state under the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act 1995. The recent incident of lynching heightened both political and religious overtones. The sacredness of cows in the country is deeply felt and rooted in the history of Hinduism. Bringing the Indian case in the context of Hinduism in relation to the idea of ‘sacred’ and ‘sacrifice,’ while animals like bull, goat, etc. are considered as sacred and can be sacrificed by killing having sacrificial values, the context changes in the case of the cows. The cow is also considered as a sacred animal but cannot be sacrificed nor does it have a sacrificial value. It is only killed without any sacrificial value and thereby a worthless kill in the context of religion without adding any religious value. While the thing considered as sacred is connected to god, goddesses and certain animals and treated as holy, there is an emergence of a different understanding wherein the one who is considered as sacred cannot be sacrificed and instead killed (for food). For all the sacredness it holds, it has been an essential source of affordable protein for many sections of people including even the Hindus and also a major source of economic livelihood for the country. Beef is the third most widely consumed meat in the world accounting for about 25% of meat production worldwide. India retains its top spot as the world’s largest exporter of beef according to data released by the U.S. department of Agriculture amounting to 2.4 million tonnes of beef (The Hindu, New Delhi, August 10, 2015). In a heightened debate on Times Now, Arnab Goswami highlights the continued exports of beef which happened even during the Atal Behari Vajpayee sarkar and also in the first 10 months of Modi sarkar. There is a parallel contradiction of encouraging exports of beef and at the same time protect cows in the name of religion. This means killing of cows is permitted as long as it is sent abroad. Arnab out rightly demands that, “Modi Govt. should immediately bring an ordinance to ban all export of beef.” He further argues, “Why don’t you ban fish? Because fish was an avatar of Vishnu? Why don’t you ban mutton? Because Gandhiji was a vegetarian who drank goats milk and we believe in Mahatma Gandhi. Why don’t you ban pork or alcohol if it is a question of religious sensitivities. Religious sensitivity matters for everyone, then ban pork and alcohol because Muslims disapprove of both.” In a country that claims to be the largest democracy in the world, and with the ever sensitive nature of the masses, besides other intolerances, be it political, social, cultural, ethical and moral and religious domain every food item will become an issue and there will always be something or the other against it. Thereby, what can we eat? There is only a thin line at the threshold of being ‘sacred’ and ‘sacrifice’ and a food item either becoming a sensitive religious issue or a protein supplement. Despite India’s secular constitution, she remains strikingly unequal and divided. And on the issue relating to the ban on cows, there has to be a balanced approach in addressing the majority sentiments and more so the needs of the minority. Somewhere down the line besides the diversities, various forms of stereotyping at the backdrop play spoilsport. India today needs to be more accommodative to the call of ‘unity in diversity.’ (Dr. Asangba Tzüdir is an Editor with Heritage Publishing House. He contributes a weekly guest editorial to the Morung Express. Feedback and comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

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World to turn ‘blue’ for the UN’s 70th birthday

rom the Sydney Opera House in Australia to the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, more than 200 of the world's most iconic landmarks will be lit United Nations blue when the sun sets on Friday October 24 to mark the 70th birthday of the global organisation, the UN announced here. "Under the initiative turn the world UN Blue, about 200 of the most iconic landmarks ... in over 60 countries worldwide have agreed to be turned blue," Xinhua quoted Cristina Gallach, UN under-secretary-general for communications and public information, as saying at a press conference here on Monday. Gallach said that it was hoped that the light show will help highlight the theme of the UN's 70th anniversary celebrations: strong UN, better world. She added that organisers have been asked to ensure that the event is as energy efficient as possible, in keeping with the UN's commitment to the environment. "We have requested local authorities and others to ensure that the energy consumed is minimal and that this blue lighting operation has to have green in mind," she said. Other iconic landmarks to be illuminated include, the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, Russia's Hermitage Museum, the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. The United Nations has its own official shade of light blue, which is used to identify the organisation around the world. UN peacekeepers are unofficially known as blue helmets and blue berets, and the colour also forms the background of the UN flag. The Empire State Building in New York City, the seat of UN Headquarters, will also join the programme to turn UN blue. October 24 marks the day the United Nations came into existence when China and a majority of the UN's 51 founding members ratified the UN Charter in San Francisco. October 24 is the UN Day which marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. October 24 has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by member states as a public holiday.

he first greeting travelers encounter when they step off the plane at Kigali International Airport is a large sign declaring: "Non-biodegradable polythene bags are prohibited." Welcome to the capital of Rwanda, where cleanliness and order prevail. Trash is hard to find, even on the dirt roads outside the main arteries. Vendors have been banished from the sidewalks. And plastic bags? Walking down the street with one could cost you more than $150, while store owners found stocking them face six to 12 months in prison. All this housekeeping makes Rwanda a pleasant place to visit. But it also raises the question: Does such a poor country really need so much spit and polish? And why scrub with such a heavy hand? Rwanda is landlocked, hilly, and crowded. The Massachusetts-sized country exports coffee and tea, but otherwise has few of the natural resources that have blessed — and more often cursed — some of its neighbors. Despite these obstacles, the government says it wants to lift Rwanda into middle-income range by 2020. The strategy is to skip over the industrialization stage and transform Rwanda into a service economy (Singapore is often cited as an example). Miles of fiber-optic cable have been laid throughout the country. The government has also invested heavily in its population. Virtually all Rwandans have health insurance, and the country has made remarkable progress in beating back malaria. This focus on people has captured the imagination of ordinary Rwandans. As one man told me, gesturing toward his children, their education is what will pull Rwanda out of poverty. "This is our vision," he said. Cleanliness is no small part of that vision. Kigali Mayor Fidèle Ndayisaba ticked off the reasons why for me recently in his downtown office. Basic sanitation is obviously a prerequisite for public health. People working in a comfortable environment will also think better, Ndayisaba added, and an attractive Kigali is more likely to draw in foreign visitors and investors. More generally, Rwandan leaders seem to clearly understand what many mayors of struggling American cities have also realized: Image matters in economic development. If Rwanda wants to become a modern center of IT and finance, it has to look like one. And in a continent plagued by corruption, leaders here see Kigali’s spotlessness as a symbol of their commitment to fighting graft. "We want to be clean in everything," Ndayisaba said. "To have people clean in mind, clean just for sanitation, and … investors get clean money." And so, Kigali is miles away from the chaos that envelops most developing-world metropoles. Motorcycle taxis are ubiquitous, but so are the extra helmets that drivers are required to have their pas-

hy should we care about ecology? Simply put, the viability of the human species is at stake. Is spiritual humanism a viable option to emerge from the current human condition, as a new way of thinking, a new cosmology, and indeed a new ethos? In our modern age, secular humanism has become the dominant ideology. It is so prevalent that it now overshadows virtually all religious and ideological persuasions. For almost a century, the intellectual ethos in China has been overwhelmed by scientism, materialism and instrumental rationalism. Even now, it is characterised by economism and consumerism with a profound negative impact on the environment. But a pivotal change is in the offing. We are desperately in need of formulating effective critiques of the unintended negative consequences of the advent of modernity, such as aggressive anthropocentrism and possessive individualism. By advocating the “unity of Heaven and humanity”, a sense of reverence toward Heaven, respect and care for the Earth, and “peace to All under Heaven”, spiritual humanism underscores harmony through dialogue and reconciliation. The opposite of harmony is uniformity, but a precondition for harmony is the recognition and celebration of difference. The emergence of an ecumenical and cosmopolitan consciousness is a precondition for us to envision a truly authentic culture of harmony. All organised religions when confronting the dual challenges of ecological degradation and dysfunctional world order are encouraged to cultivate, in addition to their particular religious grammars for action, the language of humanism for global citizenship.

Once synonymous with genocide, Rwanda is now a budding police state. It's also a stunning African success story sengers wear. Medians and parks along the main thoroughfares are beautifully manicured. Warning signals built into the sidewalks at bus stops blink like Christmas lights. The city center is mooned over by an army of broom-wielding street sweepers. More ominously, soldiers and policemen line the major streets at rush hour. The centerpiece of the clean campaign is doubtless umuganda, a monthly day of mandatory community service. The tasks are varied, but often involve litter removal and other beautification projects. Politicians are not exempt: Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni, recently labored with residents of a Kigali neighborhood to prepare construction of a school building. Rwandans must have their umuganda participation certified on a card by local officials. Without that document, they can be denied services at government offices. Even in poor neighborhoods, which tend to lie at the bottom of Kigali’s many hills, the poverty appears less abject than in other African capitals. Streets are free of sewage, and the poor here live almost universally in mud-brick huts, which seem less haphazard than the shacks of other cities. Many households also make some effort to screen their property with plants or fencing. Kigali, in other words, is upending the images that visitors from rich countries often associate with extreme poverty. "We are convinced that cleanliness is not only for Western countries," Ndayisaba told me. Everybody in Kigali seems to be on a mission, whether it’s the workers carting goods about in wheelbarrows or the uniformed schoolchildren heading to and from classes. Begging is extremely rare, and there are few signs of homelessness. This absence of explicit human misery may be a function of Rwanda’s emphasis on social services. But not only. As Ndayisaba put it: "There are some who just are street people because they are irresponsible or be-

cause they are drug consumers. We take them; we bring them [into] re-education centers." Kigali residents who are considered vagrants are subject to arrest and confinement in these centers, including one on a remote island in Lake Kivu. The conditions of their detention are unclear: A New York Times reporter visiting the island in 2010 described a grim camp whose residents included children under 18, but the Rwandan government angrily denounced his story. Residents are sent to the centers without trial; a spokesman for Ndayisaba said the decision to commit a detainee is made by a team of social workers as a last resort. The mayor himself was unapologetic about the policy, which he said applies to those considered irresponsible, but not to the sick. "When you can’t take decisions for your [own] good," he said, "we take it for you." The questions raised by Rwanda’s push for pleasant streets mirror the larger debate about the country’s development path. On the one hand, Rwanda is a shining success story in the world of international development. Real GDP more than doubled between 2000 and 2010 (to a nominal value of $5.6 billion), according to World Bank data; aid from foreign governments shot up almost as quickly. The World Bank gives Rwanda high marks for making it easier for entrepreneurs to set up shop, and the country has won accolades for improvements to its health system. Corruption is relatively rare. But on the other hand, politically, the country is on an autocratic slide. It is rated among the world’s least hospitable environments for journalists, and opposition politicians hardly have it better. Kagame, who has essentially run Rwanda since his forces won the civil war in 1994, was reelected president in 2010 with more than 90 percent of the vote. Optimists can hope that the Kagame government’s progressive economic policies will end up providing essential fuel for a genuine democracy movement — an educated populace, a solid middle class, and a society that has healed the social rifts of the 1994 genocide. Pessimists may wonder whether economic success will instead legitimate the continuation of one-party rule that glosses over divisions rather than repairing them. Meanwhile, Kigali’s streets will remain spic and span. Rwanda will continue wooing foreign capital. And leaders will do their best to ensure visitors get the message that this is a place where things work. Step out of the airport — perhaps having left your plastic bags with a friendly but firm customs official — and one of the first signs you’ll see declares: "Investment Yes. Corruption No."

A global dialogue of cultures Tu Weiming We choose to be Christians, Buddhists or Muslims, but inevitably we are human as well. Put differently, we may choose to be human through the Christian, Muslim or Buddhist ways, but we are obligated by the current state of the world to be responsible for cultivating a sustainable relationship with the earth. Spiritual humanism can help us to survive and flourish in the 21st century by increasing the intellectual and moral depth of our environmental awareness. In order to change the ethos of international politics, the time is ripe that we engage i n d i a l o gu e s on core values across cultures. Universal values embodied in the Enlightenment mentality of the modern West, such as liberty, rationality, legality, human rights, and the dignity of the individual, should be fruitfully compared with and substantially enriched by other universal values embodied in virtually all cultures past and present, notably rightness (justice or fairness), civility, responsibility and social solidarity. For spiritual humanism the focus is on commiseration, sympathy, empathy and compassion. An important spiritual exercise in this connection is to extend our sympathetic feelings so that they encompass an ever-expanding network of human and non-human

relatedness. The ideal is to “form one body with Heaven, Earth and the myriad things”. The great advances in communications and information technologies have substantially enhanced the human capacity to learn, to re-learn, and to unlearn. Space and time have collapsed into a new reality enabling immediate access to data, information, and knowledge about Heaven above, Earth below, and all things in between. This also provides us with a great opportunity to enlarge the scope and refine the quality of our conscience. The opening lines of the Western Inscription by the 11thcentury Confucian thinker, Zhang Zai, are a source of inspiration for all of us aspiring to the idea of “forming one body with Heaven, Earth, and the myriad things”. “Heaven is my father and Earth is my mother. Even such a tiny creature as I finds intimacy in their midst. All that fills the universe is my body and all that directs the universe is my nature. All people are my brothers and sisters and all things are my companions.” This requires that we embrace and respect nature as an integral part of our communion. In addition to self, community and nature, there is also a fourth dimension, that is, Heaven. A defining characteristic of spiritual humanism is the awareness that we ought

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to show reverence for Heaven. Heaven is omnipresent and omniscient but not omnipotent. We are obligated to assist in the transforming and nourishing process of Heaven and Earth. In so doing, we can form a trinity with Heaven and Earth. In my interreligious and inter-civilization dialogues over the last four decades, I have come to the realisation that Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians and Muslims can take an authentic spiritual humanistic stance without in any way losing their primary identities within their own faith communities. Indeed, increasingly there is a group of believers who are willing and happy to call themselves Humanists. The presupposition is that the term “humanist” embraces true cosmopolitanism that is spiritual as well as natural. As part of a comprehensive and integrated humanism, four dimensions of the commonly shared human experience — self, community, Earth (nature) and Heaven — are brought together to define the highest manifestation of human flourishing: (1) integration of the body, heart, mind, soul and spirit of the self, (2) fruitful interactions of self and community (home, neighbourhood, village, city, province, nation, world and beyond), (3) sustainable and harmonious relations between the human species and nature (the animal kingdom, plants, trees, rocks, mountains, rivers and air), and (4) mutuality between the human heart and mind and the Way of Heaven. China is at a crossroads. It must pursue its own exceptionally unique path, but its path cannot be exclusively Chinese. China should live up to its own cultural ideal to be cosmopolitan and spiritually humanistic.

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Who Is a Better Strategist: Obama or Putin? Pitting a former KGB agent against a former community organizer and seeing what happens in Syria

Stephen M. Walt ho’s the better grand strategist: Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin? That’s not quite the right question, of course, because both leaders depend to some degree on intelligence reports and advice from trusted advisors and not just their own judgment. Accordingly, any assessment of their relative performance is to some degree an evaluation not just of the individual leaders but also their respective foreignpolicy brain trusts. Still, the buck does stop at the top, and Russia’s recent move into Syria has a lot of people wondering if the Kremlin has outflanked, outwitted, and outgunned the White House once again. Is this really true? Has the crafty former KGB officer done a number on the former law professor and community organizer? And what does this latest turn of events tell us about each country’s ability to formulate and implement an effective foreign policy? One way to address this question is to take a broader look at how each country has fared over the past seven years or so. Putin’s record looked pretty good for awhile: The Russian economy grew rapidly through 2012 (due to high oil and commodity prices), it gained entry into the World Trade Organization, and the so-called “reset” restored a degree of cordiality to the strained relationship between Washington and Moscow. But Putin’s overall record since looks much less impressive: The Russian economy is now in a serious recession, while America’s is chugging along reasonably well. And consider this: Russia’s 2014 GDP was less than $2 trillion, so over the past six years the US economy grew by an amount larger than Russia’s entire economy. The U.S. economy is also far more diverse and resilient. Equally important, the United States hasn’t lost any key allies over the past seven years and its relations with a number of countries (e.g., India, Vietnam, etc.) have improved significantly. Russia and China are cooperating a bit more but are hardly close allies while the Ukraine crisis has damaged relations with Europe significantly and gotten Russia suspended from the G-8. The United States just signed a massive trade deal with an array of Asian partners, whereas Putin’s efforts to build a “Eurasian Economic Union” have been mostly stillborn. And the fact that Putin felt compelled to bail out the Assad regime in Syria tells us that its overall position in the Middle East is tenuous. By contrast, and despite some recent frictions, the United States still has close ties with Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and the UAE, and its acrimonious relationship with long-time adversary Iran is somewhat better. Bottom line: You’d much rather be playing America’s hand, and any fairminded assessment has to give Obama and his team some grudging credit for continuing to build useful relationships abroad and for avoiding the costly

set of myths surround debates about public opinion and human rights advocacy that desperately need busting—or at least demand an honest accounting. Human rights advocates fetishize “awareness” as if it alone serves some magical role in halting abuse, and these myths inform projects that collect data on public perceptions and underwrite proposals for effective framing strategies. But education is not a cure-all for repression and inequality. Publicizing abuse is necessary but insufficient for protecting against it. For instance, there are many recent examples of human rights violations committed in plain sight—with photographic evidence—strongly suggesting that the power of witnessing is simply not enough to stop abuse. This dogma drove the Save Darfur Coalition to slap slogans about genocide on bumper stickers and t-shirts, and compelled Invisible Children to try and make Joseph Kony famous. Similarly, if data capture positive public support for human rights, that information is only useful if popular opinion is operationalized effectively. Thinking, knowing, and seeing are quite distinct from acting, and assuming that a natural causal trigger exists is a dangerously common trope. A certain faith motivates the desire to spread the human rights gospel into the mainstream. After all, what was once located solely in the realm of revolutionaries, lawyers and diplomats is now a global vernacular for justice and freedom—a tremendous shift and a distinct product of the work of transnational human rights NGOs. It is no accident that the general public has an opinion about human rights. Advocates work doggedly to introduce ordinary people to the human rights framework, building a base within civil society from which to operate. But how does this serve the human rights cause?

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quagmires that George W. Bush and the neocons plunged into with panicky and ignorant abandon. And yet, it is hard to escape the impression that Putin has been playing his weak hand better than Obama has played his strong one. These perceptions arise in part because Obama inherited several foreign-policy debacles, and it’s hard to abandon a bunch of failed projects without being accused of retreating. Obama’s main mistake was not going far enough to liquidate the unsound positions bequeathed by his predecessor: He should have gotten out of Afghanistan faster and never done regime change in Libya at all. By contrast, Putin looks successful at first glance because Russia is playing a more active role than it did back when it was largely prostrate. Given where Russia was in 1995 or even 2000, there was nowhere to go but up. But Putin has also done one thing right: He has pursued simple objectives that were fairly easy to achieve and that played to Russia’s modest strengths. In Ukraine, he had one overriding goal: to prevent that country from moving closer to the EU, eventually becoming a full member, and then joining NATO. He wasn’t interested in trying to reincorporate all of Ukraine or turn it into a clone of Russia, and the “frozen conflict” that now exists there is sufficient to achieve his core goal. This essentially negative objective was not that hard to accomplish because Ukraine was corrupt, internally divided, and right next door to Russia. These features made it easy for Putin to use a modest degree of force and hard for anyone else to respond without starting a cycle of escalation they could not win. Putin’s goals in Syria are equally simple, realistic, and aligned with Russia’s limited means. He wants to preserve the Assad regime as a meaningful political entity so that it remains an avenue of Russian influence and a part of any future political settlement. He’s not trying to conquer Syria, restore the Alawites to full control over the entire country, defeat the Islamic State, or eliminate all Iranian influence. And he’s certainly not pursuing some sort of quixotic dream of building democracy there. A limited deployment of Russian airpower and a handful of “volunteers” may suffice to keep Assad from being defeated, especially if the United States and others eventually adopt a more realistic approach to the conflict as well. By contrast, U.S. goals toward both of these conflicts have been a combination of wishful thinking and strategic contradictions. In Ukraine, a familiar alliance of neocon fantasists (e.g., Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland) and liberal internationalists convinced themselves that the EU Accession Agreement was a purely benign act whose virtues and alleged neutrality no one could possibly misconstrue. As a result, they were completely blindsided when Moscow kept using the realpolitik playbook and saw the whole matter very differently. (There was an element of hypocrisy and blindness here, too; Russia was simply acting the same way the United States has long acted when dealing with the Western Hemisphere, but somehow U.S. officials managed to ignore the clear warnings that Moscow had given.) Moreover, the core Western objective — creating a well-functioning democratic Ukrainian state — was a laudable but hugely demanding task from the very beginning, whereas Putin’s far more limited goal — keeping Ukraine out of NATO — was comparatively easy. Needless to say, U.S. policy in Syria has been even more muddled. Since the uprising first began, Wash-

ington has been vainly trying to achieve a series of difficult and incompatible goals. It says, “Assad must go,” but it doesn’t want any jihadi groups (i.e., the only people who are really fighting Assad) to replace him. It wants to “degrade and destroy ISIS,” but it also wants to make sure anti-Islamic State groups like al-Nusra Front don’t succeed. It is relying on Kurdish fighters to help deal with the Islamic State, but it wants Turkey to help, too, and Turkey opposes any steps that might stoke the fires of Kurdish nationalism. So the United States has been searching in vain for “politically correct” Syrian rebels — those ever-elusive “moderates” — and it has yet to find more than a handful. And apart from wanting Assad gone, the long-term U.S. vision for Syria’s future was never clear. Given all this muddled direction, is it any wonder Putin’s actions look bold and decisive while Obama’s seem confused? This difference is partly structural: Because Russia is much weaker than the United States (and destined to grow even weaker over time), it has to play its remaining cards carefully and pursue only vital objectives that are achievable at modest cost. The United States has vastly more resources to throw at global problems, and its favorable geopolitical position allows it to avoid most of the repercussions of its mistakes. Add to that the tendency of both neoconservatives and liberal internationalists to believe that spreading the gospel of “freedom” around the world is necessary, easy to do, and won’t generate unintended consequences or serious resistance, and you have a recipe for an overly ambitious yet under-resourced set of policy initiatives. Needless to say, this is the perfect recipe for recurring failure. In other words, Putin looks more successful because his goals are commensurate with his limited resources. He likes to complain about American hegemony, but you don’t hear him making highfalutin speeches about how it is Russia’s destiny to exert “leadership” over the entire planet. America’s power and core geographic security allow its leaders to set ambitious goals, but actually achieving most of them isn’t essential to U.S. security or prosperity. Sometimes U.S. diplomacy succeeds in spite of ourselves (e.g., the Iran nuclear deal, TPP, etc.), but often it drags us into conflicts and complications that we can neither win nor walk away from. So who’s the better strategist? On one side, Obama does have an underlying sense of realism and understands that U.S. interests in many places are limited. He also grasps that our capacity to dictate outcomes is equally constrained, especially when it involves complicated matters of social engineering in divided societies very different from our own. In other words: Nation-building is expensive, goddamn hard, and for the most part unnecessary. But he has to lead a foreign-policy establishment that is addicted to “global leadership” — if only to keep giving itself something to do — and he faces an opposition party that derides any form of “inaction,” even when its proposed alternatives are “mumbo-jumbo.” Putin, by contrast, has done a better job of matching his goals to the resources he has available, which is one of the hallmarks of a good strategist. His failing is that it’s all short-term and essentially defensive; he is fighting a series of rearguard actions designed to prevent Russia’s global position from deteriorating further, instead of pursuing a program that might enhance Russia’s power and status over the longer term. So let’s call it a tie. The real losers, alas, are the unfortunate people in Ukraine, Syria, and several other places.

Myth-busting human rights awareness Joel R. Pruce

Two arguments help explain the power of public opinion for human rights: the presumed role for cultural and coercive mechanisms. Cultural arguments rest upon the assumption that the more aware the public is about human rights, the less tolerant they are likely to be about violation, and the less likely states are to violate. Naming and shaming tactics are examples of this—the deeper diffusion of norms, the stronger the advocate’s influence. Transforming cultural attitudes about human rights is intended to have an indirect political impact, but changing norms takes a very long time. Mass support for human rights, on the other hand, can equip advocacy organizations with coercive tools to deploy in practice, namely the names and bodies of its supporters. Turning popular opinion into mass engagement on human rights is the true task of NGOs. Urgent Action letter writing, for example, relies on the notion that there is strength in numbers. The more letters written for a political prisoner, the higher the likelihood will be of securing her release. The same applies in terms of phone calls to elected officials, signatures on a petition, and participants at a protest. By applying direct political pressure on abusers, by raising the costs of inaction, public support can express its most promising features. Numbers matter if they pose a credible threat of disruption, as in general strikes or obstructionist marches. Absent the threat, they are simply numbers on a page.

But this doesn’t seem to be terribly important for many advocacy groups, many of which are increasingly geared towards generating buzz through traditional and new media as a substitute for direct action. The emphasis on advertising and social networking as messaging platforms for human rights campaigns portrays a compulsion to gather followers, hits and likes. Broad public support for human rights is often a false flag— a red herring that represents a mass movement when in fact all that exists is a loosely bound herd. When collective action would be most effective, we can only muster the meaningless acts of atomized individuals. However, Ken Roth of Human Rights Watch suggests that this lack of collective action is by design and not by default. He argues that elites are the main targets of human rights advocacy and that NGOs shouldn’t bother “building a mass movement” due to resource constraints. Given the enormous activity committed to cultivating audiences for human rights content, by Human Rights Watch and many other organizations, this seems like a strange comment to make. What, then, is the role of the millions of followers on HRW’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Instagram accounts? This is where the difference between awareness and mass mobilization really matters. After all, outreach is a key strategy of many prominent human rights NGOs, including Amnesty International, Doctors without Borders, United to End Genocide, Enough

Project, Invisible Children, and Oxfam. Human Rights Watch itself issues calls for “membership”. But they don’t mean “members” in any meaningful sense. What they really mean is donors. And this is no great surprise. NGOs need money to function and individual givers are an important source of revenue. So if they are not really building a mass movement, and they really just want donors rather than movers and shakers, why bother using the language of membership at all? It seems that the appearance of public support is hugely important even to NGOs uniquely oriented toward elite modes of advocacy. NGOs encourage supporters to feel as though they are a part of something, to sell an image of a grassroots, democratic movement. Popular opinion then gives advocates a veneer from which to operate and to use as leverage in discussions with elites—it is a stand-in for an actual movement. Public attitudes can point to membership numbers and demonstrate how many people “care” about human rights. Fundraising figures may be strongly correlated to popular opinion, but we must be cautious about the conclusions we draw. Money helps NGOs perform coercive politics, but we must not overstate the extent to which popular opinion is any more than a symbolic nod to the resonance of human rights norms. Public opinion is a reflection of the strength and viability of human rights norms if its proponents are put to work in the service of dignity. Popular attitudes about human rights do not necessarily correspond with pressure for political change. This myth cannot be assumed away, nor should it drive advocacy efforts on its own. Raising awareness among the mainstream should be considered useful only when paired with the appropriate apparatus with which to realize human rights goals.

On 17th October 2015, a programme was organized on the “Leaders walk the talk” in Kohima initiated by ‘Leaders Arise Nagaland’ (LAN). Such a campaign is the need of the hour to awaken and challenge our leaders who have the responsibility to lead the people. Nagas have come a long way from being identified as hardworking and honest people to becoming a race of incongruity. We are at a juncture where people are slowly beginning to foresee the grim future if we continue on this path. People are now voicing out their concern for the much needed transformation in our state. This is a challenge not only for the leaders but for the entire right thinking citizens to commit ourselves in bringing the change and ‘walk the talk’ for the interest of the present and the future generation of the Nagas.

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Shitio Shitiri, Head of Department of Political Science

fter more than 50 years of Nagaland becoming a state, we continue to have more questions than answers.There is corruption all around, and social inequities continue as never before. They are now perhaps more embedded in the milieu of the society, thanks to the social engineering done by our petty politicians in the name of ‘resurrections’. While other states,the ones that attained their statehood much after Nagaland, have gone on to make a name for themselves, our state is still struggling to create an identity of its own. To reflect on what we have not learnt since statehood would amount to writing an epic whereas writing on what we have learnt would be like writing a one-page note. In a state of this state of ours, we have always put self before society. India, being the largest democracy in the world, has adopted the universal adult franchise, and thus elections have become a demonstration of force in the state. Money and muscle power rule the roost. Becoming an MP or MLA is probably more with the motive to control command than to help the society. Elections are fought on ‘isms’, and lives are no longer laid down for the state but for the glorification of the self. History sheeters win elections with big margins and in some cases while being behind bars. The bureaucrats, police, and politicians work hand in hand with one another, and practices such as favouritism and nepotism are prevailing evils that need to be ousted. Muscle power and money determine the number of votes a candidate can secure. We continue to remain immature electorates, not realizing the power of voting. The state may degenerate into total anarchy and chaos if we remain apathetic to the political and electoral process of the country. We know about the failures, yet we don’t complain and suffer the injustice like slaves. The corrupt go scotfree because we have not learnt to teach them a lesson. We never venture to take any action whatsoever because we have still not learnthow to protect our rights. We would not have ended up with so many unemployed youth in our statehad we put a sound educational system in place with vocational guidance and technical education as the core. Hygiene and civic sense seems to have eluded our state. Whether it’s a state monument, an office, an institution or a street, it hardly matters.Dumping, littering, and spitting, has become a part of our daily life, and no amount of dustbins placed around the town seem to be doing any difference.. Punctuality is something that is not simply in our nature, “coming late and going early seems to be in the mindof many Naga”. When will we learn the essence of time management? A move by one of the state government to check late comers by introducing the punching system (biometric attendance) was so severely opposed that it sent shivers down the spine of the ruling establishment. The roads present another story of government and public apathy. The horrible condition of the roads has made travel nearly impossible in many parts of the state. Transparency in public administration would empower the people, through information, to question the acts of the state. The Right to Information Act is there, but how many of us actually make use of it? To what extent can we make use of this right?. The cases of arbitrary arrest, torture, and forced confessions by security forces remain common. Authorities use several laws, including part of the criminal procedure code and the AFSPA, to provide legal protection to members of the security forces who were accused of committing human rights abuses. The widespread impunity at all levels of government remained a serious problem. Investigations into individual cases and legal punishment for perpetrators occurred, but in many cases lack of accountability due to weak law enforcement, lack of trained police, and the overburdened and under-resourced court system create an atmosphere of impunity. No wonder the cross violation of human rights in the state fills our hearts with fear, deep concern, anxiety and anguish. The Nagas have no legal recourse in the face of such abuses. We want rights violations to be recognized and acknowledged, and violators to be held accountable. To make these feasible, indicators must be developed that help to hold the state accountable for its policies, that help to guide and improve policy, and that are sensitive to local contexts without sacrificing the commitment to the universality of rights. Can it be done? It is a challenging dream, yet sooner the policy makers and stakeholders of society initiate a community wide dialogue, the better it will be to prevent violation, humiliation and injustice of our rights. Let’s realise the value of today and work sincerely to move towards a brighter tomorrow. “Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. For feedback or comments please email: admin@tetsocollege.org”.

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Uber Rape case: Delivering fast Child rapes in Delhi prompt plans to justice, but appeals took their toll speed trials & lower prosecution age neW deLHi, octo ber 20 (tHomson reUters FoUndation): Authorities in the Indian capital plan to speed up rape trials and lower the age at which juveniles can be prosecuted as adults following two alleged gang rapes of young girls, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday. Two juveniles were arrested on Sunday following the rape of a two-anda-half-year-old girl in west Delhi. In another incident, three men have been detained in connection with the rape of a five-year-old girl in the east of the city. The two cases triggered protests over the weekend, and Kejriwal said he had set up a panel of ministers to examine ways to curb sex crimes and strengthen the security of women and children in the city of 16 million people. "I don't think all the bad people live only in Delhi, and that people living in places like Kolkata, New York, London or Varanasi are saints. It is just that the fear of law is not there in Delhi," Kejriwal told a news conference. "Rapists know nothing will happen to them." Kejriwal said he

Members of All India Students Association (AISA) shout slogans as they hold placards during a protest outside police headquarters in New Delhi on October 18. (REUTERS Photo)

planned to allocate funds to increase the number of fast track courts to bring more convictions for rape. The Delhi government is also considering allowing juveniles aged 15 and above to be tried as adults for heinous crimes such as rape, he added. The Juvenile Justice Act, the country's primary legal framework for minors, currently defines a person under 18 as a child and caps punish-

Climate change destroying Tibet's "roof of the world" neW deLHi, october 20 (reUters): Tibet's exiled leaders, including the Dalai Lama, said on Tuesday two-thirds of the glaciers in their mountain homeland may disappear by 2050 because of climate change and demanded a stake in international climate talks later this year. The Tibetan plateau, which has the largest store of ice outside the North and South Pole, has experienced rising temperatures of 1.3ºC over the past 5 decades, 3 times the global average, the leadership said in a statement. Tibet, with an average altitude of over 4,000 metres is particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Warming is already melting glaciers that are the source of water in rivers that help support about 1.3 billion people. "The Tibetan Plateau needs to be protected, not just for Tibetans but for the environmental health and sustainability of the entire world," the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, said. "As vital as the Arctic and Antarctic, it is the Third Pole," he said in the statement issued from the Indian hill station of Dharamsala, where the Tibetan governmentin-exile has been based since the Dalai Lama fled his homeland in 1959. Close to 200 countries will meet in Paris in December to try to hammer out a deal to slow man-made climate change by aiming to keep temperatures below a ceiling of 2ºC above pre-industrial levels. World leaders are hoping for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol after 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen ended in disappointment due to differences between the United States and China. Tibet's leaders said they want an effective climate change agreement and also want to have a say in the talks. About 80% of the ice in Tibet has retreated in the past 50 years, according to the government-in-exile. With the rapidly melting permafrost, 12,300 million tons of carbon could be released into the air, further exacerbating the problems of global warming, they said.

ment to three years in a correctional home. According to police, the two-year-old girl was abducted by two boys on Friday and later found dumped in a park near her home. On the other side of the city, a five-year-old girl was lured to a neighbour's house and raped by three men. Both children have been admitted to city hospitals and are in a stable condition, said police, add-

ing that they may be discharged on Monday. The attacks come eight days after a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped and slashed with a knife before being left unconscious on a railway track in the capital. The cases have evoked memories of the fatal gang rape of a 23-yearold student on a bus in December 2012 which led to nationwide protests and forced the government

to tighten laws on crimes against women. Kejriwal over the weekend blamed the city's police for failing to curb rising cases of sexual violence and reiterated a demand that the central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hand over control of Delhi's police force. But police officials said it was difficult to prevent such cases as the victims were often known to perpetrators. "The police could not have prevented this as such kind of depravedness is now pervasive in certain areas and communities," said Pushpendra Kumar, deputy commissioner of police, on Sunday. The number of rapes in India rose by 9 percent to 33,707 in 2014 - with New Delhi reporting 1,813 rapes, making it the city with the highest number of such cases. The data showed that 86 percent of rapes had been committed by close family members such as fathers, brothers and uncles, as well as neighbours, employers, co-workers and friends. The report also indicated that nearly 40 percent of rape victims were below the age of 18.

neW deLHi, october 20 (ians): The trial court which on Tuesday delivered its verdict in the Uber rape case has wrapped up proceedings in a sort of record time. Ten months is a short period, as cases in India tend to go on for years. The fast track court, exclusively set up for dealing with sexual offences, delivered its verdict as quickly as it could. But even a fast-track case was stuck for more than six months in appeals before the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court -- over recall of witnesses. Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja on Tuesday convicted Shiv Kumar Yadav, the driver of Uber taxi service who was accused of raping a young passenger. Charges were framed against him dealing with rape by causing grievous bodily harm and endangering the life of a woman. Other charges included kidnapping, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation. Yadav, arrested on December 7, 2014, faced trial for raping a woman executive on the night of December 5 in his taxi she hired to head back home in west Delhi's Inderlok area. Delhi Police had moved quickly to file the chargesheet in the case on December 24, 2014, 19 days after the sexual attack. A magistrate took cognizance of the chargesheet on January 5 and transferred the case to sessions court, designed for dealing with sexual offence cases. The sessions court began hearings in the case from January 7, on a daily basis during its initial days. Charges were framed against the accused on January 13. The court began recording of evidence on January 15 and in just 17 days, the court concluded recording of statements by prosecution witnesses. On February 3, Yadav's statement was recorded as an ac-

Clashes erupt in Kashmir over beef killing srinaGar, october 20 (reUters): At least two dozen people have been injured in clashes with police after protests erupted in Kashmir over the killing of a Muslim man by Hindus campaigning against eating beef. The clashes in Kulgam and Anantnag districts broke out on Sunday after a trucker was attacked in the Hindudominated Jammu region of Kashmir by a crowd believing him to be involved in transporting cows, police said. Protesters also pelted police with stones, police said, without specifying who had been injured since Monday. Protesters have blocked the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the only road link to the Kashmir valley. Schools and offices remained shut in the valley following a strike called by separatist leaders and traders in protest at the murder.

“We imposed restrictions in Anantnag today as a precautionary measure after there were clashes soon after the death of truck conductor Zahid Ahmad," said SJM Gillani, head of the state police, said on Tuesday, referring to curbs on the movement of traffic and people. Tempers had already been running high in Jammu and Kashmir, India's only Muslim majority state, after members of a little known Hindu group blackened the face of state legislator Sheikh Abdul Rashid with ink for throwing a party where he served beef. Cows are considered holy by many, but not all, Hindus, who form a majority of India's 1.2 billion population. Beef is eaten by Muslims and Christians, as well as many lowercaste Hindus. PM Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has long advocated

a ban on killing of cows, but the constitution guarantees equal rights to minority Muslims and Christians, and Modi has called for religious harmony. Nonetheless, the government is struggling to rein in hardline Hindu groups in parts of the country. Hindu activists have stepped up their campaign in recent weeks on issues ranging from a ban on slaughtering cows to cricket matches with Pakistan, saying their rival neighbour must first stop Islamist groups operating from its soil. Police in Bengaluru ordered an inquiry after an Australian man complained in a Facebook post that he had been harassed by a mob and forced to write an apology by police for sporting a tattoo of a Hindu goddess on his leg. Modi's critics say there is a climate of intolerance and that his party is pushing the agenda of the Hindu majority.

Cong to unite Opposition against those spreading hatred

neW deLHi, october 20 (Pti): Accusing the Narendra Modi government of failing to take action against forces spreading hatred, Congress Tuesday said it will take initiative to bring all like-minded parties together to press for "tangible action" to thwart the "diabolical plan". "Congress will reach out to all democratic, secular and progressive forces to defeat this diabolical plan," party's senior spokesman Anand Sharma told reporters, insisting that events since the Narendra Modi government United nations, october 20 (ians): India's assumed office have been success in eradicating poverty through sustained economic growth will be a model for other developing countries, the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was told. "India's success in sustaining robust economic growth to eradicate poverty will bring forth technologies and pathways to progress that can be shared with other developing countries to enable them to also achieve Amitava Mukherjee sustainable development," India's delegate Mansukh L. IANS Mandaviya said on Monday. Mandaviya, a Bharatiya Janata Party member of the mong the chattering Rajya Sabha from Gujarat who is also member of the Indiplomatic commudian delegation to the UN, added that India's success "will nity of New Delhi, contribute in no small measure to the global achievement Nepalese Ambassador of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)". Deep Kumar Upadhyay is The SDG adopted at the summit of world leaders last certainly one of the excepmonth has set a target of eliminating poverty by 2030. Of tions. A suave, but no non896 million people worldwide who lived on less than $1.90 sense personality, he is also a day -- the international poverty level -- 259.5 million or known for his economy of 29% were in India, according to statistics cited by the World words. Bank. Therefore, India's success in eradicating poverty So when he asks India would contribute significantly to achieving the SDG. To achieve this goal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "not to press Nepal to the government "has renewed its efforts to return India to a wall" as it seeks help from high growth trajectory, promote job rich industrial devel- other countries, including opment including through rapid skill development of our China, the strategic threat young populace, promote financial inclusion, protection to New Delhi looks close and welfare of the girl child, agricultural renovation, and a at hand. India has all along massive drive for improved sanitation," Mandaviya said. maintained that non-supHowever, Mandaviya linked the high growth trajecto- ply of essential commodiry to the goals of protecting the environment and fighting ties to Nepal is entirely due climate change. "Modi has spoken of achieving the same to agitation by the Madhelevel of development, prosperity and well being without sis and the janajatis (peogoing down the path of reckless consumption and his be- ple of tribal origin) on the lief is that by doing so, it doesn't necessarily mean that our Nepalese side of the boreconomies will suffer, but rather that they will take on a der. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel however different character," he said. "Even though we did not create the (climate confirm that at least till the change) problem, India has every intention of being a third week of September, part of the solution when it comes to climate change," they had orders from above to intercept fuel shipments Mandaviya said.

India: Purging poverty through growth will be model for developing world

causing "grave concern". Insisting that "tangible action" needed to be taken against elements, organisations and forces "besmirching India's fair name" globally, Sharma said Congress is not satisfied with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statement against the "extremely disturbing trend" of people resorting to vandalism to register contrarian views. The Congress leader said that Jaitley has not spoken of any action against such forces. The fact is that "there has not been a single instance of firm and effective action" in the wake

of such incidents as also controversial statements by leaders of the ruling party, Sharma said. Bringing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the line of fire, Sharma said whatever he has done "falls short of his Constitutional and moral obligations". "In fact, the Prime Minister was forced to explain his stand by President Pranab Mukherjee expressing concern .... What the head of state said twice should be a wake up call for all of us," he said. The Congress decision to reach out to other opposition parties comes amid

growing concerns over the Dadri lynching incident and protests by writers and others on the issue of growing intolerance. Jaitley's statement had come against the backdrop of a series of incidents including those in Mumbai where BJP ally Shiv Sena stormed the BCCI headquarters against talks for resumption of Indo-Pakistan cricketing ties and blackening of the face of Sudheendra Kulkarni over non-cancellation of the book launch of former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.

cused. He claimed innocence. Later in the month, Yadav changed his counsel and moved an application seeking recall of prosecution witnesses, on February 16 -- the date already fixed for final argument. On February 18, the sessions court rejected his plea and started hearing final arguments. But on February 23, Yadav, challenging the order, moved the Delhi High Court which allowed his plea to recall some witnesses, including the victim, for cross-examination. After having been traumatised by the series of irrelevant questions being asked by defence counsel, and unwilling to go through the trauma again, the victim knocked on the door of the Supreme Court. On March 10, the apex court stayed the order of Delhi High Court. Then began the only delay that happened in the case. After six month of hearing, the Supreme Court, on September 10. set aside the Delhi High court order. On September 23, the trial court resumed the final argument. On October 7, the trial court reserved its judgment in the case, delivering a guilty verdict on October 20. Sentencing is slated for October 23.

Bhushan slams Jaitley over 'tyranny of the unelected' remark neW deLHi, october 20 (ians): Lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday criticized Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for describing as "tyranny of the unelected" the apex court verdict striking down the National Judicial Appointment Commission as "unconstitutional and void". The apex court's constitution bench had on October 16 struck down the NJAC, put in place following the constitution's 99th Amendment and the NJAC Act, 2014, for appointments to the higher judiciary, holding that it posed a threat to the independence of judiciary which is a basic structure of the constitution. Taking on Jaitley for his October 18 Facebook post, titled "The NJAC Judgment - An Alternative View", Bhushan defended the apex court verdict saying that the finance minister being a lawyer of "experience, knows well that the judiciary was created by the constitution as an independent unelected body to protect citizens rights against the tyranny of the elected". Referring to the constitutional provisions, Bhushan said that the major function of the apex court, apart from deciding disputes, was to review the actions of the executive and the legislature and to protect the fundamental rights of the citizens. By striking down the NJAC as "unconstitutional and void", the Supreme Court "did what it was created for and what it has done in the past", he said. Bhushan reminded Jaitley that like others, he too had taken recourse of judicial review when he had moved the court following his detention during emergency in 1975. Describing the role of the apex court to that of of a "knight against tyranny of the elected", Bhushan in his statement said that "Jaitley (had) applauded, when the Supreme Court struck down the 39th Constitutional Amendment by which the Indira Gandhi government sought to immunize election of the prime minister from the purview of judicial review". Taking exception to the minister describing the October 16 verdict as a "judicial over-reach", Bhushan said: "Jaitley has allowed his present political position in the government to overpower his understanding of the constitution and the role of the judiciary under it." "The judgment", Bhushan said, "has created quite a stir and is naturally discomforting to the Modi government which was trying to dilute and destroy public accountability institutions such as CIC, CVC and now wanted to control the judiciary as well".

Nepalese thorn will only get worse for India

to Nepal. Khadga Prasad Oli, the new Nepalese prime minister, represents the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist - Leninist), which is known for its virulent anti- India approach and, given this changed political scenario, Upadhyay's threat does not look like an empty boast. Since the time of king Mahendra in the 1960s, Nepal has been using its position as a buffer between India and China but from New Delhi's perspective, the situation has never been so worrisome as it is now. This is because China has greatly increased its presence and influence in Nepal in the last decade, mainly through pecuniary help, financing of infrastructural projects and cultural programmes. It is even planning to dig a tunnel beneath Mount Everest for extending the Qinghai-Lhasa railway line to Kathmandu. This project is

strategically important for China as it is now aiming to penetrate the economies of various South Asian countries. For quite some time now, China has been breathing heavily down on India's neck by its presence in Nepal and Bhutan and its influence on Kathmandu can be gauged from the fact that before the convening of the last Constituent Assembly, leaders of almost all political parties had gone to Beijing for confabulations. For the present, we may leave aside the Everest tunnel question because its technical feasibility has been questioned even in China. It is undeniable that India is still far ahead of China in matters of investments and building up of projects in Nepal. But it is also true that China is catching up very fast. Beijing will invest $1.6 billion towards constructing a 750 MW hydropower

project in West Seti. Another Chinese company is constructing a similar project in the Upper Tamakoshi region. Moreover, China is involved in the modernization of the Araniko highway which connects Kathmandu with the Chinese border near Kodari. Most importantly, Beijing will invest $20 million for upgrading the 17-km-long dirt track between Syaphrubesi and Kyirong (in Tibet). On the Chinese side of the border, Beijing has constructed Highway No.318 which leads to Lhasa and ultimately to Shanghai. This highway is not far off from either Kodari or Kyirong. The focus of China's internal and external policy has now shifted from its eastern seaboard to the interior part of the country encompassing Tibet, Quinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Kunming and Xinjiang. Of them, Tibet occupies the central position due to its

huge mineral and water resources. As Nepal has a long border with Tibet and more than 20,000 Tibetan refugees, China will never allow its growing hold on Nepal to slacken. For this China is invading Nepal culturally too. Reversing an earlier trend, Nepalese students, particularly from the elite families are now going to China, instead of India, for higher studies. To facilitate the process, numerous China Study Centres have come up in Nepal, particularly in Kathmandu and in the Terai region bordering India. But the agitating Madhesis and the janajatis also have reasons of their own. Their anger stems from the fact that 14 districts inhabited by them have been integrated with regions dominated by the hill people. It is a fact that the Madhesis constitute more than onethird of the country's population. More than 70 percent of Nepal's agricultural

produce comes from their areas, which contribute 65 percent of Nepal's gross domestic product and 76 percent of the country's revenue - but they constitute only 9.9 percent of the gazetted-level government employees. Prolonged unrest in the Terai region, with its long borders with India's Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states, may help China to a great extent. Already armed fissiparous groups like the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MFJ), the Terai Cobra, the Nepal Defence Army and the like are operating in this area. China is known to be backing one faction of the MFJ. All of these groups have close ethnic identities with the people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. If the situation goes out of control in the Terai belt, then China might also try to foment trouble on the Indian side of the border. The going for India certainly seems to be rough.

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Myanmar: Fighting addiction ‘Severe water shortage to hit Nepal’ curse with sticks and prayers KATCHO, OCTOber 20 (AFP): Armed with batons and the bible, churchbacked vigilantes are taking the fight against northern Myanmar’s heroin epidemic into their own hands - deepening the fallout from a drugs trade already feeding conflict and corruption in the region. On the leafy banks of the Irrawaddy river, locals from Katcho village in Kachin state tread carefully among abundant evidence of addiction - scores of syringes strewn on the pathway and piled under trees. “Young people have no future here,” said a local official whose own 18-yrold grandson is hooked on heroin - which in Kachin is among the purest available anywhere in the world. Addiction has rocketed in this frontier region as Myanmar - which holds a breakthrough general election on November 8 - gets hooked on its own product. The country is second largest opium producer in the world, only Afghanistan makes more. In addition to a narcotics crisis, Katcho locals now live in fear of hardline Christian anti-drug organisation, Pat Jasan, after dozens of men in combat-style uniforms recently stormed into town, wielding batons and rounding up drug suspects. Members of Pat Jasan, who are largely ethnic Kachin, allegedly beat a woman in the Shan majority town. The raid raised fears of a new layer of community tension in a state already battered by war between government forces and ethnic Kachin rebels.

now being returned, HIV is on the rise again.

tary handed power to a quasi-civilian government in 2011. Embattled communities believe there is a plot “to kill Kachin youths with drugs” said Tu Raw, chairman of Pat Jasan’s office in the state capital Myitkyina. “People are using, injecting and dying,” he told AFP, adding two thirds of his childhood friends had died after becoming hooked on heroin. The group was founded last year by the powerful Kachin Baptist Church to deliver shock therapy to the drug-addled region. It now claims 100,000 members and recently began full-scale village raids involving several hundred people wearing camouflage jackets and brandishing bamboo batons. Tu Raw admitted some Pat Jasan chapters rely on public floggings to punish offenders before taking them to faith-based rehab or the police. ‘Using, injecting But for Pat Jasan the and dying’ Conflict in Kachin ends justifies the means. flared soon after the mili- Their work is fanning out,

with YouTube videos doing the rounds of camo-clad men scything down opium plants. In Hpakant, a six hour drive from the state capital, Pat Jasan member Du Lum says drug suspects have two choices: punishment by the police or the group’s “drug destruction team.” “Everyone including government knows they are our rules. We destroy drugs by either dissolving them into water or burning them, and punish men with five lashings,” he told AFP. Easy prey Kachin’s heroin crisis centres on Hpakant, a moonscape of environmental destruction which is also at the heart of a multi-billion dollar jade mining industry. Miners, trapped between hope of finding a valuable slab of jade and despair at the bleak conditions of their perilous work, are easy prey for addiction. Naw San, who has been in Hpakant for 26 years, shoots heroin three times a day.

“I use it and then go out to work,” he told AFP, before dipping a needle into a vein to extract blood, watching it swirl with the heroin in his syringe and pumping it back into his arm. The drug has a purity of up to 85 per cent here, compared to a maximum 30 per cent on the streets of Europe. “So you’ve got the best quality heroin in the world,” said Willy De Maere, of Asian Harm Reduction Network, which supports government methadone programmes and runs needle exchanges in Hpakant. Around a fifth of Myanmar’s 80,000 injecting drug users have HIV. In Hpakant that rises to nearly 40 per cent. Aid workers said “shooting galleries” had started to reduce the infection rate with 97 per cent of used needles exchanged for clean ones. But pressure from communities fearful that they were encouraging drug use saw many closed, pushing addicts underground. With only around half of needles

Taking a cut Myanmar’s drug trade should be a priority for the government that followings crucial November elections, a Western diplomat told AFP, adding it could “destroy this country from below”. Narcotics production has long funded war in Myanmar, with both ethnic armed groups and the Myanmar army involved in the trade in war-torn Shan state near the “Golden Triangle” frontier with China. Impoverished farmers in northern Myanmar have few viable alternatives to growing opium. The drug is valued in local culture, passed around at weddings and used as a painkiller. Yet the drug crisis was not given prominence when opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took her election campaign to Kachin earlier this month. Myanmar was overtaken by Afghanistan as the world’s largest opium producer in the early 2000s. But poppy cultivation has doubled since 2006, while cartels now also churn out millions of methamphetamine tablets. Illicit profits flow easily in the graftsoaked nation. Tom Kramer of advocacy group Transnational Institute said Myanmar’s army was “stimulating the drugs trade rather than decreasing it”, by backing militia groups in Shan state involved in heroin and amphetamine. “In Shan State but also in Yangon many new houses are going up. It is likely that this is partly funded by drug money,” said Kramer. It is “impossible to buy these cars and these houses” on official salaries, he added.

SKoreans cross armed border to meet families in North SOKCHO, OCTOber 20 (reuTerS): Nearly 400 South Koreans crossed the heavily armed border into North Korea on Tuesday full of joyful anticipation at reuniting with family members separated for more than six decades since the 1950-53 Korean War. The two Koreas, which are divided and remain in a technical state of war, agreed to hold the family reunions for the first time since February last year after negotiating the end of a standoff at the military border in August. “I feel really thrilled and happy. I can’t wait to see him. I will give

him a hug and ask him how he has been doing,” said Oh Cheol-hwan, 77, before meeting her 83-year-old brother. Families separated since the war have no means of communication and often do not know if relatives on the other side are surviving. In the first round of reunions starting Tuesday, 96 North Koreans and their families will be meeting about 390 people travelling from the South. The second round reunites about 190 North Koreans with 90 South Koreans and their families. The South Koreans, mostly elderly and some in wheelchairs,

gathered in the east coast city of Sokcho near the border on Monday, receiving medical check-ups and a briefing on appropriate conduct while in the North. On Tuesday morning they boarded buses to cross the border. The reunions, held in a ballroom of Mount Kumgang resort in the North, are watched by officials and media and include only two hours of private time before ending on Thursday. South Korean participants are advised to avoid a long list topics such as the North’s political leadership or living standards, to the

frustration of some of them. A guidebook suggests preparing notes in advance for subjects they want to talk about with their North Korean kin such as dates when their parents died, as time is limited and emotion can be overwhelming. Kim Ki-joo is struggling to find what to ask his older brother when they meet for the first time after 65 years separation. “It is thrilling but I can’t organise my thoughts. I can’t think of what to say. We are being reunited after 65 years when I was 11. I want to ask if he can recognise me,” Kim said.

Pageantry and protests welcome China leader to Britain for the people of Tibet. Others took aim at what they called Xi’s crackdown on civil liberties since he took power in 2012. The visit “shows that England is not giving a damn about human rights,” said Aisha Nahmmacher, 24, from south London. But they were drowned out by the thousands of supporters who banged drums and held large portraits of Xi as they posed for photographs in front of Buckingham Palace, where Xi and his wife will stay as guests of the Queen. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth greets China’s President Xi Jinping during Xi’s official wel- CHARM OFFENSIVE come ceremony in central London on October 20. (REUTERS Photo) For Britain, the four-day

LONDON, OCTOber 20 (reuTerS): Chinese President Xi Jinping rode in a gilded carriage to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday after a royal salute began a pomp-laden visit Britain hopes will secure investment but which has drawn criticism over human rights. With a few dozen protesters outnumbered by the thousands of China supporters thronging The Mall, one of London’s most famous avenues, Xi and Queen Elizabeth rode by in a closed carriage to the palace for a private lunch. It was a welcome steeped in pageantry, underlining the importance of Xi’s visit to London,

which Prime Minister David Cameron hopes will cement a lucrative place for Britain as China’s closest friend in the West. Alternately hailed as the start of a ‘golden era’ or ‘golden time’ in SinoBritish relations, the visit, which will seal billions of pounds in deals, has been criticised by activists who accuse Cameron of turning a blind eye to rights abuses. It has also ruffled feathers among some of Britain’s traditional allies, such as the United States, where Xi’s visit last month was tainted by friction over cybertheft and Beijing’s moves in Asian maritime disputes. Police made sure the

few dozen protesters had little chance of disrupting a carefully choreographed ceremony which included Xi accompanying the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s husband, to inspect the guard of honour before leading the procession. Those protesting against China’s human rights record were kept far from the procession, with their banners all but eclipsed by ‘I love China’ flags. Shouting “Don’t trade away human rights” and “China: Buying UK’s silence on Tibet”, protesters expressed support for the Falun Gong, the spiritual sect banned as a cult in China, and called for independence

state visit is the culmination of a three-year charm offensive to attract investment in infrastructure, nuclear power and the government’s planned transformation of northern England. One deal expected to be signed during Xi’s visit is a plan for two state-owned Chinese utilities to invest in a 16 billion pound ($25-billion) nuclear power project being built by French utility EDF at Hinkley Point in southwest England. Britain has won praise from China for its discretion in dealing with human rights issues by raising them behind the scenes, a policy London says is more effective than hectoring

Beijing publicly. A visit to China last month by finance minister George Osborne sealed the deal, with influential Chinese tabloid the Global Times praising his “etiquette”. Cameron has said he will not duck sensitive issues like the impact of cheap Chinese imports on struggling British steelmakers, however, and main opposition party leader Jeremy Corbyn has promised to raise rights when he meets Xi later on Tuesday. Xi may express China’s hopes that the European Union remains united -- a thorny subject for Cameron, who has pledged to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the European Union before a referendum to be held by the end of 2017. But any such sour notes, including Prince Charles’ decision to not attend a state banquet, are unlikely to spoil a visit that has been long in the making. Britain was the top destination for Chinese money in 2014, with $5.1 billion in investment, according to law firm Baker & McKenzie. This year, it became the first Western nation to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank after Washington had pressed allies not to join.

New YOrK, OCTOber 20 (IANS): Climatic changes, an increase in agricultural land use and population growth could lead to severe water shortage in Nepal in the coming decades, warns a new study. Using a sophisticated modeling tool called the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), the researchers were able to account for land use, soil types, topography and meteorology to predict future climate change and project snowmelt and stream flow to assess the effects of land use on water availability in Nepal. Their findings indicated that the region may be at severe risk for water shortages. “Water availability has become problematic due to changing climate and land management practices in this region,” said the study’s lead author Ram Neupane, postdoctoral research associate at South Dakota State University in the US. “How people in Nepal are using what little land is available for food and habitation is very sensitive to changing water supplied by snow water, glacier melt and monsoonal precipitation,” one of the

study authors Joseph White, professor of biology at Baylor University in Texas, US, explained. In a country where roughly 70 percent of the population are dependent on agriculture, this could signal major problems for the most vulnerable in the region those in poverty. “The Nepalese population in this region will face many challenges over the coming decades as soil degrades and water resources continue to place enormous strains on food production and intensify recent trends of subsequent malnutrition, particularly in young children,” said Sara Alexander, associate professor of anthropology at Baylor University. “In mountain regions, continuing climate change exaggerates impacts of temperature and precipitation,” White noted. “This research highlights how geography plays a role in what potential impacts climate change is having on stream flow and erosion in this steep landscape,” White said. The study was published in the Journal of Hydrology.

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SPORTS/Public diScOuRSe

Draw of fixtures on Oct 22 for 3rd open KDVA Kohima, october 20 (mexN): The draw of fixtures for the 3rd Kohima District Volleyball Tournament (Men’s & Women’s) will take place on October 22 starting 1.00pm at ASA office, APO building ground floor , Midland Kohima. The organizer, Kohima District Volleyball Association (KDVA) informed that team manager and coach are mandatory to attend the draw of fixtures and there will be also briefing for the various clubs/ teams and associations who are taking part in the tournament. The Tournament will be played from October 24 to 26 at local ground, Kohima.

1st WCSU Inter-Unit Soccer Trophy WoKha, october 20 (mexN): The 1st inter-unit soccer running trophy organised by the Wokha Circle Students’ Union (WCSU) at the Local ground, Wokha started on October 18. According to a release from the WCSU, 15 teams representing various units of the WCSU are participating. The tournament is being organised with the objective of engendering ‘Unity through Sports’. P. Zubenthung Humtsoe ADC, SSA (DMC), who graced the inaugural function, urged the teams to maintain the spirit of sportsmanship, while calling for unity within the units and Wokha Town in general. He further appealed the players to be sincere, disciplined and to have the determination to inculcate professionalism.

M. Noke Trophy Kick Off at Mon moN, october 20 (DiPr): The 10th M. Noke Trophy 2015 kicked-off today here at the local football ground, Mon with YM Yollow, Parliamentary Secretary, CAWD as the Chief Guest. Speaking at the inaugural function the chief guest lauded the Friends Club, Mon for consistently hosting the event for the last 10 years. Stating that football is a game which demands discipline, he urged the players to play with discipline and with high team spirit. Sports stars, he said get to become so well known that they become even more popular than political leaders. In order to keep up-to-date with the rules in football, he also urged the district referee association to have coordination and build close relation with the state referee association. He expressed hope that the tournament will produce good footballers from the district and provide a good platform for the youths to excel in the game. The chief guest donated Rs. 100000 to the organizers of the trophy.

CLEAN NAGALAND: REALITY OR A MYTH?

rowing up, I remember the Nagas, a race my elders talked about with pride. Nagas were once considered an honest, loyal, humble, sincere, peace loving race. They were hard working and worked hard to meet their daily needs. They harvested their grains, grew vegetables, had their own poultry farms and had no worries for clothing for, their skilled women weaved cloths and shawls to keep them warm. They were a self-sustainable race. And yet, over the years, changes have happened which changed the values we lived for. Looking at Nagaland now as a budding generation, the story is different story. Pessimistic as it may sound, all I see is a society given in to negative trends (bribery, corruption, rape, tribalism, backdoor appointments, murders, robbery, jealousy, greed etc.). Come to think of it, even the food we eat, the water we drink are no longer safe. And we are proud to call Nagaland a Christian state. Thousands of alcoholics, drug addicts breaking their lovely bonds with family; wives beaten up, the needed love, attention, time and affec-

FOOTBALL 3rd ROUND GROUP A (DIPHUPAR GROUND) Match 1. DIPHUPAR A VS THILIXU Match 2. DIEZEPHE VS SHOZUKHU GROUP B ( CHEKIYE GROUND ) Match 1. CHEKIYE VS BAMUNPUKHURI B Match 2. SEITHEKIE C VS MURISE GROUP C ( DIPHUPAR B GROUND ) Match 1. NAHARBARI VS KIRHA Match 2. VIDIMA VS BADE GROUP D ( CHUMUKEDIMA GROUND ) Match 1. CHUMUKEDIMA A VS AOYIM Match 2. TOLUVI VS 7TH MILE MODEL VOLLEYBALL 3RD ROUND GROUP A (DIPHUPAR GROUND) Match 1. DIEZEPHE VS SHOZUKHU Match 2. KHUSHIABILL VS DIPHUPAR A GROUP B (CHEKIYE GROUND ) Match 1. CHUMUKEDIMA VILLAGE VS PURANA BAZAR B Match 2. VIRAZOUMA VS PURANA BAZAR GROUP C (DIPHUPAR B GROUND ) Match 1. ERALIBILL VS BADE Match 2. DUBAGAON VS NAHARBARI GROUP D (CHUMUKEDIMA GROUND) Match 1. 5TH MILE MODEL VS 7TH MILE MODEL Match 2. SAMAGURI VS SELUOPHE MATCHES STARTS AT 12 NOON

Vijender to next face Gillen LoNDoN, october 20 (iaNS): Following a successful start to his professional career, star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will next face Nottingham's unbeaten Dean Gillen in his London debut on October 30 at the Harrow Leisure Centre here. The middleweight Indian made an immediate impact earlier this month when he easily defeated Sonny Whiting in three rounds at the Manchester Arena. Vijender, who will turn 30 a day before his fight, will take on Gillen over four rounds. Gillen, who is a fire fighter, made his pro debut in May this year with a points win over Shaun White and followed it up in September with another points win over Lewis van Poetsch. As an amateur, Gillen's highlight was to win the 2013 World Police and Fire Fighter Games in Belfast where he knocked out all his opponents to claim the gold. "I've watched him in the Olympics and in his pro-debut. He's a world class kid and I can't wait to get in there and put him to the test. He's an Olympian and that speaks for itself. He's a hero in his country and he's idolised by millions of people. I'm certainly no journeyman and I'm not going in to make up numbers, I'm here to fight and win," said the 33-year-old Gillen. "I know the odds are stacked against me but when you're facing life risking tasks through your job then fighting someone like Singh is a walk in the park. I will be coming for him. I've got a strong jab and the reach to take advantage of him, backed up with a solid chin and a real desire and with nothing to lose. I'm going to be a really dangerous opponent for Singh." A Deputy Superintendent of Police in Haryana, Vijender is training in Manchester with coach Lee Beard as he aims to beat Gillen and stay on track to become India's first world pro boxing champion. "He's got an unbeaten record, albeit two fights, and it's a big motivator for me to claim his first loss. If I can stop him, like against Whiting, then that will be another good win for me."

tions not given to their children. What is wrong in our society? Is it the politicians who are to blame? In my opinion yes, politicians are to be blamed. No doubt, there have been some developments small and big brought about. But, can these achievements good enough to take us forward towards progress? ‘NO’. Looking at the past 15 years to the current situation the promises which were sworn during their election campaign were just words, of illusion created to dupe us. I don’t see much good/great change/ progress in either way, be it in education, roads, infrastructures, electricity, drainage system, politics. It all seems to be in a stand still mode. If this is the situation how do we even expect them, our leaders to lead us Here’s my view of politics in Nagaland. ‘Democracy is like government of the people (government off the people), for the people (force the people), by the people (buy the people).’ My next question is, “Is it the senior citizens who have failed us (young generation)? Yet again is a resounding ‘yes’. My ques-

tion is, ‘should it be only us, the younger generation who ought to speak out against the corruptions of the politicians?’ Surely, it is also the responsibility of the elders and senior citizens as well. But I see the senior citizens act slow on problems that we face( construction of a road in Nagaland which are actually repairing of roads only, happens during some important occasions such as hornbill festival or some VIP visits only. So also is ‘swachh Nagaland’.) Seriously though, everyone seems to have got used to it and interestingly, we even wait for such festivals and important visits. Nagas are well known for their hospitality. Are we still a hospitable race? Perhaps not. We are mostly behind closed doors and surprisingly neighbours don’t even know each other. Gone are those good old days where in we had the habit of sharing curries with neighbours, celebrating birthdays and festivals together. Rather I see jealous neighbours who are always ready to back bite anyone who does something good. Isn’t it sad? We have become egoistic and encouragement, love, socialism is no longer visible among us. For all these, looking at the young gener-

ation of today, I feel we have been betrayed. I want to be an honest, peaceful, hardworking Naga and so do my friends. There are so many ways in which we can become better people but, only if we look at ourselves and start correcting/ overcoming our weakness. I believe Nagas can become what we were once known for again in our journey towards development find our way back to its old values and fabric that built us. People, it’s time we learn how to see things positively, learn how to teach and listen to each other. It’s time we realize our true identity. Complaining, spreading rumours and just talking won’t change Nagaland. We have to start working for a better place to live in, which obviously is necessary to initiate from ourselves and family and neighbours to society. In conclusion, i would like to appeal to our dear elders. Dear elders, we look up to you for guidance. You are our role models, our mentors. Therefore, teach us what is positive. Teach us to live a life of dignity, of justness, of honesty. R Roubilu Chakhesang BBA 3, ICFAI University Dimapur

Iodine deficiency a global health concern

DD’s is a public Health Problem all over the world. It is confirmed that one out of every five people in India lives in IDD endemic areas. These disorders are caused by lack of iodine in the diet, which ranges from simple goiter, mental retardation, stunted growth to cretinism. Most of these disorders are permanent yet all of them are preventable only by consuming good quality iodised salt daily. As the World observes 21st Oct. as the “Global IDD Prevention Day”,this item is published in the interest and for the information of the public in general.

1. What is iodine? Iodine is a micro- nutrient element essential to human life. Some of the most viMajor Bhutia, 33 Assam Rifles informed the participating tal functions of the human body depend teams that the two best teams from the M. Noke Trophy upon a regular supply of iodine. will be selected and sponsored by the Assam Rifles to participate in the Captain Kenguruse Memorial Tournament scheduled to be held at Kohima in November. He added 2. What is the source of iodine? Iodine is naturally available in the soil that people can call 9862225811 for registration of the and water. Our normal requirement comes team for the tournament. The Opening match was played between Warriors FC from crops grown on iodine-rich soil. and Vibrant FC which ended 0-0. In the 2nd match the Therefore when the soil of any area lacks Mon Police FC defeated Zenith FC 7-0. Atum Jof Mon Po- iodine the crops grown on such area lacks lice FC scored 4 goals. In the 3rd match, Bulls FC defeated iodine. Consequently, those people who live on iodine deficient land do not get the New Star United FC with 3-1. daily requirement of iodine from their diet.

Village Sports Meet fixture for October 21

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3. Why is iodine so important? Because it is essential for the normal growth, development and functioning of both the brain and body. More importantly, without enough iodine a newborn’s brain and body can become permanently retarded and stunted. A pregnant woman who is deficient in iodine is likely to produce an abnormal child. 4. How much iodine does a person normally need? The average daily requirement of an

adult is 150 micrograms. However small 9. Why is Iodine added to salt? Iodine is added to salt for the simple the quantity may be, yet it is important that the body gets this quantity regularly reason that we all use salt everyday irrespective of caste, religion or economic staeveryday. tus in normal quantity – 10 to 15 grams a 5. What happens when a person does day. If this quantity is iodised we automatically get the right amount of iodine that is not get enough iodine? Iodine deficiency in the diet forms a required everyday. group of abnormalities known as Iodine Deficiency Disorders. It includes goitre, 10. Can consumption of iodised salt cure mental retardation speech & hearing de- goitre, cretinism & other Iodine Defifect, squint, difficulties in standing & walk- ciency Disorder’s? No. Most of the disorders are permaing normally & growth retardation. During pregnancy it causes abortion, still-birth nent and incurable but it can be easily prevented before it occurs by consuming and birth of mentally deficient baby. iodised salt regularly. 6. Why does a child become a cretin? A baby in the mother’s womb needs 11. Will consumption of excess Iodine regular supply of iodine for the normal harm me? No. Our body will utilize only the regrowth & development of its brain & body. But when the mother is iodine de- quired quantity of iodine and the excess ficient, the child too is deprived of this (if any) will be excreted unused through much needed nutrient. If the deficiency the urine. is severe, the growth & development of the child’s brain & body are permanently 12. Can pregnant woman and children stunted and it becomes a cretin, causing use iodised salt? Yes. The pregnant woman and young unable to walk, talk or think normally. children need it even more than others. 7. Where does Iodine Deficiency Disor13. How can I know if salt contains Iodine? der occur in India? We can know the content of iodine by It occurs in almost all the States & Union Territories of our country. The most testing the salt with a simple salt testing – affected areas lie in the sub-Himalayan kit method. belt extending from Jammu & Kashmir to the North-East including Nagaland cover- 14. Do animal need iodised salt? Yes. Iodised salt improves the health ing an area of 2500 Sq.kms. & productivity of animals and reduces the number of still-birth & miscarriages. Also 8. What is Iodised salt? Iodised salt is nothing but the common cattle that are fed with iodised salt produce salt to which a small quantity of iodine milk that is rich in iodine. compound is added. It is used to prevent iodine deficiency. It looks, taste & smells 15. How should iodised salt be stored? Iodised salt should be stored in an air exactly like an ordinary salt.

tight container because prolong exposure to direct sunlight and moisture can destroy the iodine in the salt. 16. Is the sale of non-iodised salt banned in our State? Yes. The sale of non-iodised salt is banned under the provision of PFA Act 1954 which is still enforced in our State. If any trader is found selling non-iodised salt for human consumption is liable for prosecution under provision of the said Act. 17. What should the traders do? i) Shopkeepers should stock and sell only iodised salt. ii) They should ensure proper storage of iodised salt away from direct sunlight and rain. iii) They should label the salt meant for farm or animal use as “NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION”. 18. What is the responsibility of every citizen? i) To disseminate the information’s on Iodine Deficiency Disorders its consequences, control & preventive measures. ii) To purchase & consume iodised salt only. iii) To store iodised salt in close container. iv) Not to keep the iodised salt near or above the fireplace. v) Not to store iodised salt for more than six months. “Iodine deficiency is so easy to prevent that it is a crime to let a single child be born mentally handicapped for that reason.” Directorate of Health and Family Welfare NIDDCP (Cell) Nagaland: Kohima

Will Article 371A be secured if the Open letter to the Chief Manager, State Bank of India Dimapur PIL against NPNG is withdrawn? Prayer for retrieval of the grievances

he October 8, 2015 Kohima Bench, Guwahati High Court’s interim order on the PIL against the Nagaland Petroleum and Natural Gas 2012 (Rules and Regulations) is a setback for the Naga Hoho, though not necessarily a victory for the Lotha Hoho, because the fight was not to undermine the traditional rights but solely to safeguard it. Basically it is a struggle to safeguard the right to “ownership and transfer of land and its resources” provided by Article 371A. It was an unfortunate turn of event as the issue would have been resolved out of court had the state government was wiser in handling it. The Lothas are only demanding small concession so that their land ownership system is acknowledged and benefit accorded to the people reasonably as per the provision of the Article. This I believe is the yearning of all the Naga tribes, and will understand if others step in the shoes of the Lothas. Lothas have fought for long a lone battle defending their rights. Nobody came to their rescue when their resources were randomly exploited for the benefit of the state government and others. Did the Naga Hoho come for rescue when the Doyang Hydro project (the first and the biggest) in the state was allowed to ravage the Lothas, ignoring all international norms for dam construction? The state government was one of the signatories in the tripartite agreement. What do the Lothas gained? Not even electricity to the land donors! Undermining the rights of the Nagas is when the politicians, bureaucrats, and the other public leaders work only for their selfish

gains, and not when the Lothas fight to safeguard their rights. Today Lothas are made the scapegoat; nevertheless, I am sure the Lothas will continue to fight alongside the Nagas if possible, but alone if necessary for their survival. Well the Nagas can proceed without the Lothas but the Lothas will not allowed others to exploit them by any individual, group or nation, not even by the Nagas. What Lothas are struggling will be faced by all the component tribes of the Nagas eventually. Very soon another judgement will come on the Women’s Reservation Issue. Red flag was first raised by the Watsu Mungdang against the Ao Senden. If the Supreme Court decides in favour of the Joint Action Committee on Women Reservation (JACWR) citing the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, is the Naga Hoho ready to seriously view their action, or contempt saying that it has undermined the rights of the Nagas? You may. But that is not the point. My point is what have you done to dissuade or defend the customary rights of the Nagas? Be on the street or in the court. While I am not particularly against women reservation per se, I only wonder what is the Naga Hoho’s solution on these issues? There is a larger question at stake here. Sooner or latter similar issues challenging the very foundation of Nagas will come up in the future. More so because the Right wing political party is in power at the centre. The onslaught on minority rights is now all pervasive. It has certainly emboldened the Sangh Parivar (Hindu Nationalists), and is trying to infiltrate in all ways of life, not exempting the judicial autonomy. Interference in food

culture (eg. cow slaughter), mineral resources including coal mining etc are bound to come. It calls for preparedness on our part to face these challenges. I suggest that the Naga Hoho pre-empt such issues if it claims to be the true guardian of the rights of the Nagas, and not fight against those are fighting for it. Champions of article 371A may also argue that we have everything we wanted in that Article. I disagree because 70 per cent of the content of the Article is redundant and is not implemented anymore. Only section 1 (a) with four entries talks about Naga rights. Therefore in a way the 3/8 Framework Agreement gives an opportunity and hope for the future because the final outcome of the sharing of competencies will depend on our ability to push for more. We need a detail agreement in simple language so as to save us from obscure and conflicting interpretations. This time the Lotha Hoho went to court for the same reason citing violation of Article 371A and may have achieved temporary relief, but the larger question is, can the state government and the Naga Hoho successfully defend the NPNG Acts from the central government? We should together fight for our rights so that any agreement in the future is respected by all the organs of the Union government including its people, so that ordinary provisions of the constitution should not override such special provisions. If not anyone, even non-Naga may challenge any provision of the Special provisions. Therefore, please stop the blame game because the Lothas did what needs to be done! Dr.Phyoben Odyuo, Faculty Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung

facing by the pensioners while withdrawing their pension pay

In Reference to Town Hall meet on Banking Ombudsman Scheme RBI Tetso Sovima 19/10/15. In presence of DC Dimapur, RBI officers Guwahati and others. Respected Sir. With due respect, I have the honour to lay down the following few lines for favour of your kind information and necessary action. That Sir, the STATE BANK OF INDIA is a lead bank rendering humble services to all mankind in the State of Nagaland in particular and throughout the nation in general .The public appreciates the officers and staffs for rendering the selfless services imparting to them both days in and days out. Having stated on the subject cited above, the pensioners are elderly personals in the society aged ranging from 60, 70, 80 years and above are commonly suffering from Hypertension, Diabetes, heart diseases, arthritis etc. who are prone to get Cardiovascular accident,stroke,fainting etc. after standing long time in a queue. Ever since we are observing that most of the pensioners are withdrawing their pension after obtaining all the formalities from Treasury Office (situated about 4kms ) to get a token which may take minimum 2 to 3 hours and they have to rush to the Bank by transport trapped in traffic jam for another hours to reach the bank that closes evening at its scheduled time, obviously disappointed and to travel back to their respective homes cursing or praying for next day to enter the bank early in the morning. While passing through the bank during the pension withdrawal days one may observe as I did on many occasions, the pensioners who do not care their genders are found in many queues waiting for his/her turn to submit token to the concerned office staffs who check all formalities and lastly pass it to senior staff and at last get the money with trembling hands with hunger, thirsty and sweating due to power fluctuations etc. As a medical personnel, I want to cite an example that Diabetic patients suffer from three symptoms, 1. Thirsty, 2. frequent passing urine, 3. hungry and 4.weight loss. In a nut shell, I have stated some of the facts, may your honour, kindly to look into the matters and find out some ways to extend helping hands in the interest of our dearly beloved old aged people who may be your parents age groups. Thanking you. Dr. Kiyekhu Asumi, Rtd. Addl. Director H&FW, Dimapur

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Wednesday 21•10•2015

Afghan rapper Sonita Alizadeh W on being sold as a bride

Miss Western Yimchungru Union

n Afghan teenager is protesting her country's practice of selling child brides through the unlikely medium of rap music. Sonita Alizadeh, 19, who was just 10 years old when her Muslim parents first tried to sell her into marriage, spoke about escaping her dreaded fate and the YouTube rap video that changed her life at London's Women in the World summit last week. 'I wasn’t sad then because I didn’t know what she was talking about,' she told BBC jounralist and former child bride Zarghuna Kargar of her mother's first attempt to sell her, adding that the experience was like 'dress-up'. 'It was the first time [my parents] focused on me and they bought me new clothes,' Sonita shared. The teen, whose family fled war-torn Afghanistan for Iran when she was eight, luckily had her first arranged marriage fall through, but when she was 16, her mother once again told her she had to marry a man she didn't know. Sonita's mother came to see her in Tehran, and told her she had to

return to Afghanistan because her brother needed $7,000 for a dowry, and the family could make $9,000 from selling her. 'I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t speak', she said of learning the news. 'When my mother told me they [would] have to sell me, my heart broke down.' 'I realized against my brother, I have no value. And they couldn’t understand me,' recalled Sonita, who likened the experience to 'death'. But Sonita refused to go with her mother, and began recording rap music in order to protest child marriages, of which 15% of Afghan girls are subjected to every year. The teenager, who couldn't work in Iran because she didn't have a legal ID, learned to read and write while she was cleaning bathrooms at an non-governmental organization. She began writing poetry and rap lyrics after hearing music from Eminem, and eventually began recording songs, although it is illegal for a woman to do so without government permission in Iran. Sonita got the inspiration for her YouTube video, 'Brides for Sale,' when she was saw one of her friends with bruises all over

her face. 'She was quiet and she didn’t say anything. When I looked at her, I imagined that music video in my mind,' she revealed. The video, which she posted in 2014, sees her wearing a veil and covered in faux bruises as she raps: 'Let me whisper, so no one hears that I speak of selling girls. My voice shouldn’t be heard since it’s against Sharia.' Sonita's clip quickly circulated the Internet, and wound up on Afghan TV. Even her mother was pleased with the video, telling her daughter it was 'good'. Months later, the teen was offered a full scholarship to study music at Wasatch Academy in Utah. Now, she continues to record rap music as she works as an activist against child marriage from her school in the US. 'In my country a good girl should be silent, not talk about her future, and listen to her family,' Sonita shared during the Women in the World Summit. 'A good girl means you should be like a doll, who everyone can play with,' she said, adding: 'When my mother made a decision to sell me, I didn’t give up because I had designed a shiny future in my

estern Yimchungru Students Union will host the upcoming second Miss Western YimchunAfghan teenager whose parents tried to sell her into gru Union, which will take at Town Hall, Dimamarriage for $9,000 turns rap place pur on October 22 at 5:00 artist, and uses her music to pm. The Union covers the urge other child brides to flee western part of Nagaland viz. Dimapur, Kohima, Mofrom their unhappy fates

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mind for myself. And I couldn’t believe I have to forget my dream.' Sonita said that while her rap music was initially a 'nightmare' for her mother, who was married at age 13, she is now one of her daughter's biggest fans.

Miss Mokokchung beauty contest on Nov 6

ome November 6, and young talented and beautiful ladies of Mokokchung will set the ramp on fire as the annual Miss Mokokchung beauty pageant is all set to be held on the theme ‘Nurturing Oneself’. This year too, the prestigious Miss Mokokchung beauty contest will be organized by the Mokokchung Arts & Aesthetic Management (MAAM) under the aegis of the Mokokchung District Arts & Culture Council (MDACC). This year’s Miss Mokokchung 2015 is a special one because the event is being organized as part of the grand celebration of the 125 years of Mokokchung town. This year too, the organizers – MAAM – has lined up a number of activities in order to properly groom the contestants, so that the beauty pageant is not only a one night affair, but an event that would mould the personality of contestants so that they would become refined ladies in the society.

Resource person Dr. Temsümenla Lkr Medical Officer, ART (IMDH) grooming the constestants of Miss Mokokchung 2015 on Tuesday, October 20

As first part of its activities, MAAM has roped in well-known intellectuals and professionals as resource persons to educate and groom the contestants on different topics. The resource persons for the grooming session are Narola Neizo (Asst Professor, Fazl Ali College), Dr Temsumenla (MO, IMDH), Amongla N Jamir (Asst Professor, FAC), Alipokla (beautician) and Dr Anungla Jamir

Yanren (educationist). Besides, MAAM has roped in renowned choreographer Toshizen as the show director who will oversee the whole choreography and event. The Miss Mokokchung 2015 is expected of a different kind as the MAAM and there will be more surprises for the contestants and the winners in terms of prizes and opportunities. It may be mentioned here that Mokokchung Arts & Aesthetic Management (MAAM) comprises of concerned citizens in the town. It has been formed with an aim to contribute selflessly towards the welfare of the society. It has is main emphasis on developing the talents of the youth and women in the society. It aspires to be a philanthropic organization and towards this end, MAAN had generously contributed the proceeds of the Miss Mokokchung 2014 beauty contest to the poor cancer patients being treated at Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital.

Meryl Streep: BBC Rape Documentary

Banned by India Deserves Oscar

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eryl Streep considers the controversial BBC documentary India's Daughter, which was banned by Indian authorities in March, worthy of an Oscar. British filmmaker Leslee Udwin's documentary is about the fatal gang-rape in Dec. 2012 of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student. She was attacked on a bus while returning home with a male friend after seeing the film Life of Pi at a south Delhi cinema and later died from her injuries in hospital as violent street protests rocked India demanding more safety for women. India's Daughter included an interview with one of the four imprisoned attackers, Mukesh Singh, who said women were more responsible for rape than men. Clips of the interview, which were shown on some Indian news channels ahead of the film's planned telecast on March 8, International Women's Day, sparked outrage and ignited a social media campaign to ban the film.

Introducing the film ahead of its U.S. theatrical release in New York on Wednesday night, Streep was quoted by Reuters as saying that the film deserved an Academy Award. "I'm on

the campaign now to get her [Udwin] nominated for best documentary," she said. The Oscar-winning actress added: "When I first saw [the film], I couldn’t speak afterwards." Singh is on death row along with three others found guilty of the crime who are appealing the verdict. In 16 hours of interviews with Udwin, Singh, who drove the bus that picked up the young woman, said: "A decent girl

won't roam around at nine o'clock at night. A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy. Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes. About 20 percent of girls are good." Following India's ban of the film, at a March screening in Beverly Hills, Udwin said that opposition to her work in India is the product of misogynist cultural traditions and misplaced national pride. "Like many countries on Earth, national pride comes into the decision," Udwin told an audience gathered for Tina Brown's Women in the World gathering at the Montage Beverly Hills. "I think it's a misplaced notion. I think it has boomeranged and backfired." She added that it "breaks my heart" that India, the world's largest democracy, opted to engage in the very "un-democratic act" of banning a film. India's Daughter is set for a U.S. theatrical release on Oct. 23.

ritish singer Sam Smith has had a pretty incredible 18 months, rocketing to international superstardom with his debut album, and now he’s able to add not just one, but TWO Guinness World Records to his growing list of accolades. The pair of records were given to him to honour his James Bond theme tune, ‘Writing’s On The Wall’, becoming the first such 007 track to reach the top of the UK Singles Chart earlier this month, and the second was to acknowledge his first album In The Lonely Hour staying in the Top Ten of the UK Albums Chart for the longest consecutive amount of weeks. Since it was released on May 26th last year, the album has, to date, spent 69 weeks in a row inside the Top Ten, passing the previous record held by Emeli Sande for her album Our Version of Events (63 weeks) more than a month ago. The 23 year old singer accepted both awards on Monday and said 'This is so amazing! It's such an honour to be recognised by Guinness World Records.” “It's been an unbelievable eighteen months - the album exceeded even my wildest dreams thanks to the incredible support of my fans, and to record the first ever Bond theme to reach No 1 in

kokchung and Phek. C. Sotsula was the first crowned Miss Western Yimchungru, which was held at Old Showuba in 2014. The Union requests all the Yimchungru as well as wellwishers residing in and around Dimapur to come and witness the event.

eadline for submission of entries to the 7th edition of the Music Awards of Nagaland has been extended to 31st October. NTS therefore requests all concerned who have missed the regular deadline to submit their entries within this period as no entries will be accepted after this date. Entrants are also requested to go through the rules and regulations and submit entries complete with all requirements in order to avoid undue problems or disqualification. Forms and rules can be downloaded from Music Awards of Nagaland Facebook page at https://

Anushka Sharma to launch campaign for cracker-free Diwali

Sam Smith receives Two Guinness World Records the UK is a real privilege.” ‘Writing’s On The Wall’, from the imminently released 24th Bond movie Spectre, is the first theme tune to be recorded by a British male solo artist since Tom Jones sang ‘Thunderball’ in 1964. Last month, it outsold Justin Bieber by 13,000 copies to become the first 007 theme to top the charts in Britain (only Duran Duran's 1985 'A View To A Kill' has done so in the United States). Craig Glenday, the editor-in-chief of the Guinness World Records, said in reaction: “Sam Smith has had an incredible impact on the music industry since his debut album first hit the charts last year and the longevity of its stay is truly astonishing.” "His second Guinness World Records title is equally as impressive as many talented artists for over half a century have tried and failed to write a James Bond theme and get it to the top of the charts, so what Sam has achieved will always be remembered in the record books.”

www.facebook.com/musicanagaland and are also available at recording studios in Dimapur and also at the following outlets. Dimapur : 1) The Soloist, Duncan Basti, Near Morung Express 2) Live Sound, Near Christian HS School 3) Café Destination, Opp. Super Market Kohima : 1) Opt In, Jasokie Complex. 2) Dream Café, TCP Gate, Below War Cemetery and Mokokchung : Cosmos Entertainment Hall In case of any queries regarding the awards or entry conditions please contact 9856201694/ 9862831640 or send mail to native.trax@gmail.com.

ctress Anushka Sharma has urged everyone to celebrate the forthcoming festival of Diwali without noise and fire crackers for the sake of animals. Ahead of Diwali next month, the ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ star will launch a campaign ‘Pawsitive’ through Facebook and Twitter to encourage people to reduce the use of crackers, especially in residential areas. "Animals are our best friends. They make me laugh and I share a personal bond with them. Their welfare is one cause that's close to my heart and I will keep taking up initiatives that makes us care for them too. When someone bursts fire crackers during Diwali, they don't think of how it affects animals or birds," Anushka said in a statement. "With 'Pawsitive', I hope I can inspire some of us to

care about them, and avoid making a lot of noise," she added.

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Ed Sheeran named Honorary Doctor

d Sheeran was handed an Honorary Doctorate from his Hometown University in England on Monday in recognition of his contribution to Music. The Thinking Out Loud singer grew up near the University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich as a kid, but

he dropped out of school at the age of 16 in order to pursue his music dreams and never attended college. But now Ed can proudly show off his honorary degree, after being feted at a ceremony back home on Monday and he took to Instagram.com after receiving

the diploma. "I graduated today, I am now officially Dr. Sheeran," he wrote. The 24 year old assured fans he wasn't simply playing dress up in the photo he posted online and later added on Twitter, "I wasn’t joking, I am actually a doctor now, that's how mad this world is."

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fusion Sc hammers arrjusanger to reach semis Virender Sehwag announces

MOkOkchuNg, OctOber 20 (MexN): Defending champion Fusion Sporting Club today hammered Arrjusanger Football Club 4-1 in the 3rd quarter-finals match of the XXI MDFA Trophy 2015 at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex here today. The match was witnessed by Medical Superintendent of IMDH, Dr Medem as the Match Patron. With well-known players of the state football circuit in the players’ list, Fusion SC posed a tough challenge for the new entrant Arrjusanger FC. Barely five minutes into the game, Fusion breached the Arrjusanger defense line and made an excellent attempt but was thwarted. The ball was cleared from near the goalposts out of the D-Box, but Fusion striker, Khekrietsira made a power-packed shot, which went right into the nets at the 5th minute. The Arrjusanger team was stunned at the seem-

The second half was more vigorous. Arrjusanger made several attempts to equalize but the strong Fusion defense limited their chances. At the other end of the field, Fusion was also looking for more goals. At the 52nd minute, Fusion striker Nzauhut was brought down in the danger area. The referee ruled a penalty kick, which was successfully converted by Khekrietsira, who completed a hattrick. Trailing by two goals, Arrjusanger was hell pent on coming back into the game missing a few great chances at goal. Then the fourth goal came at the 69th minute, which quashed Arrjusanger’s chance of making a comeback. It was midfielder Kilang, who found the target. With the win, Fusion booked a semi-finals date on October 23.

New Delhi, OctOber 20 (iANS): Putting an end to all speculations about Fusion SC players in action against Arrjusanger SC at the 3rd quarter-finals match of the XXI MDFA him, star Indian cricketer Virender SeTrophy 2015 at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex on October 20. (Photo/Temjenlemba Longchar) hwag on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of the game with imingly unbelievable goal. was deflected by the Ar- some great saves. At the dymediate effect. "Thanks everyone for all The Fusion team took full rjusanger goalkeeper but ing minutes of added time, your wishes and love. I hereby retire from advantage of the short- found the nets. Arrjusanger midfielders all forms of international cricket and from term disarray and went on The Arrjusanger team breached the defense lines the Indian Premier League (IPL)," Sehwag the offensive. There was a gathered tempo and start- and made an attempt. It was announced on Twitter. couple of serious attempts, ed counterattacking. It was deflected by the goalkeeper One of India's greatest opening batsone hit the crossbar and a relentless assault but was but Arrjusanger striker Nok- 4th Quarter-finals Match men, Sehwag on Monday had clearly indioctober 21 out of the field. But at the effectively checked by the cha recovered the ball and cated that he will "soon" retire. That "soon" shooting starz Fc Vs 18th minute, Khekrietsira Fusion defenses and the sent it into the nets. At halfcame just a day later when the dashing dilong Ya (1:00 PM) again found the ball which goalkeeper, who made time, the score read 2-1. opening batsman turned 37. "To paraphrase Mark Twain, the report of my retirement yesterday was exaggerated. However, I have always done what I felt was right and not what conformists thought to be right," the right-handed batsman said in a statement. "God has been kind and I have done kOhiMA, OctOber 20 (MexN): what I wanted to do, on the field and in my All the wrestlers who have registered life, and I had decided sometime back that for NagaWrestleMania 4 (King of the I will retire on my 37th birthday. So today, Ring Series 2015) has been informed as I spend my day with my family, I hereby to report for final weight measurement announce my retirement from all forms of for category determination from Octointernational cricket and from IPL." ber 22-26. The Delhi-born will, however, play in According to a press release from the Masters Champions League (MCL), the organisers, it will be held at 3E Ofwhich he launched in Dubai on Monday fice, 2nd Floor, Dzevi Building, Opwith other stars like Brian Lara, Graeme posite UBC, near Local Ground North Smith, Michael Vaughan -- a tournament Gate, Kohima. Junior wrestlers were to be held early next year for retired crickalso informed to report to the same eters. "Cricket has been my life and continvenue for physical verification during ues to be so. Playing for India was a memothe given dates. rable journey and I tried to make it more ID cards for wrestlers and managmemorable for the Indian teammates and ers, important guidelines and notificathe Indian cricket fans. I believe I was reations will be issued thereafter, it addsonably successful in doing so," he said. ed. The organizer further said that any The 'Nawab of Najafgarh' last repreA competitor clears the bar in the high jump segment of the track & field event of Autumn Huddle 2 on October wrestler who fails to report at the desigsented India in the Test series against 20. Photo by Manen Aier nated place and time would be placed Australia in March 2013 and his spot was in the next immediate heavier category subsequently filled by the likes of Shiand no complaint whatsoever will be khar Dhawan and Murali Vijay following entertained later. a string of low scores. NagaWrestleMania 4 (King of the "I wish to thank my teammates over Ring Series 2015) is a categorised prothe years, some of the greatest players of fessional Naga Wrestling tournament the game. I would like to thank all my caporganised by 3E Nagaland under the tains, who believed me and backed me to aegis of Nagaland Wrestling Associathe hilt. I also thank our greatest partner, tion (NWA) and Angami Sports Asthe Indian cricket fans, for all the love and sociation (ASA). It will feature three support and memories. I have also played category championship series - Lightagainst top players in the world and it was an absolute pleasure and honour to do so," weight Category (below 65 KG), Midsaid the right-handed batsman. dleweight Category (65 to 78 KG) and A few says back, Sehwag switched his Heavyweight Category (Above 78 KG). allegiance from Delhi to Haryana in the Each category will carry separate Ranji Trophy. The swashbuckling batsman cash prizes and championship belts represented Delhi for 18 seasons since which will be followed by the overall fi1997 but after several poor seasons, that nal King of the Ring Championship sesaw him getting dropped from the nationries where the wrestlers selected from al team, he decided to make the switch. "I the three categories will fight for the would like to thank Board of Control for ultimate title. Cricket in India (BCCI) for their support The eventual title will walk home over the years. I would like to thank Indian richer by Rs. 75,000/- plus one bike and Premier League (IPL) side Delhi Daredevchampionship belt. ils and Kings XI Punjab, I represented," the Meanwhile, the final day of the A crowd puller: Competitors in action in the cart-racing segment, dubbed Formula 2. Photo by Caisii Mao Championship will also feature a speever but while we live… live with said that those who are not wise cial series for junior wrestlers below 14 Morung Express News discipline,” said Longkumer in enough to think rationally will be years. The juniors will be competing Dimapur | October 20 his address at the inaugural func- swept away. “Aim to achieve self for cash prizes as well as championship belts. The total prize for the entire Following the half-marathon tion. Describing discipline as discipline, it is a quality that one on October 19, the main sports “freedom from lethargy, doubt has to inculcate and nurture from event is a Rs. 5.44 lakhs Over 130 wrestlers from Chakhesang, segment of the Ao Kaketshir and weakness”, he said that it al- a young age.” Angami, Zeliang, Poumai, Mao and Lo- Telongjem Dimapur’s (AKTD) lows the individual to have conFor an athlete, Longkumer tha tribes has registered for the event. Autumn Huddle 2 kick-started trol over his thought, action and said that drive, competitiveness, Tickets for the event are priced at Rs. 50 on October 20. The inaugural reaction, which ultimately is the self-confidence, focus and comfor gallery, Rs. 100 for chairs and ‘donor function was graced by Moatoshi key to success. “Self discipline lets mitment combined with discicard’ priced at Rs. 1000 (valid for 3 days). Longkumer, retired Additional you overcome procrastination.” pline are key elements, while Director, Land Resource DevelStating that there are temp- quoting, “Talent without disciopment as the chief guest. tations of varied forms, which pline is like an octopus on roller “We can’t remain young for- could lead a student astray, he skates.”

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Football tourney in memory of Captain Kenguruse

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retirement from all forms, IPL

DiMAPur, OctOber 20 (MexN): The IGAR (North) under the aegis of the 3 Corps is all set to launch a football tournament in memory of the late Capt. Kenguruse. The tournament is scheduled to be held from 21 to 30 November at the Kohima Local Ground and will be an annual fixture, informed the Assam Rifles. “The tournament is aimed at fusing the indomitable Naga spirit with the passion of the youth for football… in honour of the braveheart and son of the soil, Capt (Late) Kenguruse, Maha Vir Chakra, who attained martyrdom during Operation Vijay in 2001.” IGAR (North) in collaboration with the NFA and State authorities will be organising the event, stated the Assam Rifles, while adding each district will have two teams. The organisers plan to institute a rolling silver trophy alongwith a total cash prize of Rs. 5 lakhs. “Youth empowerment has always been the focus of Assam Rifles, and this initiative is one among the many efforts being made by the Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) to empower and promote the talented youth of the state,” stated the AR.

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fact fILe Name: Virender Sehwag Born: October 20, 1978, in New Delhi Teams: India, Asia XI, Delhi, Delhi Daredevils, ICC World XI, India Blue, Kings XI Punjab, Leicestershire, Marylebone Cricket Club, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI Playing role: Opening batsman Batting style: Right-hand bat Bowling style: Right-arm off-break

BaTTiNg record iN TesTs:

Matches: 104 innings: 180 Not outs: 6 runs: 8,586 Highest score: 319; and second highest: 309 average: 49.34 strike rate: 82.23 100s: 23 50s: 32 catches: 91

BaTTiNg record iN odis: Matches: 251 innings: 245 Not outs: 9 runs: 8273 Highest score: 219 average: 35.05 strike rate: 104.33 100s: 15 50s: 38 catches: 93

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BowliNg record iN TesTs: Matches: 104 innings: 91 wickets: 40 Best innings figures: 5/104 Best match figures: 5/118 average: 47.35 economy: 3.04 strike rate: 93.2

BowliNg record iN odis: Matches: 251 innings: 146 wickets: 96 Best figures: 4/6 average: 40.13 economy: 5.26 strike rate: 45.7

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Delhi-born said. In a career spanning over 15 years in international cricket, Sehwag featured in 104 Tests and scored 8,586 runs at a staggering average of 49.34. In 251 One-Day Internationals (ODI), he amassed 8,273 runs at an average of 35.05. He also scored 38 international hundreds. "I miss my father today, he was there when the journey started, and I wish he was here today. I would like to thank my coach A.N. Sharma sir who was the only coach who groomed me to be the player I became today," added Sehwag.

Oscar Pistorius freed on parole Released after one year behind bars for killing girlfriend

PretOriA, OctOber 20 (iANS): South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison and put under house arrest nearly a year after he was jailed for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, officials said on Tuesday. Department of Correctional Services spokesman Manelisi Wolela confirmed the athlete was released on Monday night, the Independent Online reported. "The handling of the actual placement is an operational matter of the local management, and how they handle it is their prerogative that is carried out in the best interest of all parties concerned, the victims, the offender and the Department of Correctional Services," he added. Oscar Pistorius, 28, was driven under cover of darkness to his uncle's house 20 minutes away, a premature departure designed presumably to avoid the media glare, a source close to the athlete

said. He will not be electronically tagged but he will have restrictions on his movement, the source said, adding his parole conditions include gun ownership restrictions and continued psychotherapy sessions. The disabled sportsman is also expected to do a period of community

service. Pistorius was sentenced to five years in jail by Judge Thokozile Masipa on October 21, 2014. During the trial, he testified that he accidentally shot dead Steenkamp, 29, through a locked bathroom door at his Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day, 2013. He said he thought she was an intruder. Pistorius was sentenced to five years for culpable homicide, and three years suspended for five years for discharging a firearm at a restaurant in January 2013. On October 15, Wolela said the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) had approved Pistorius’s placement “under correctional supervision as from October 20, 2015”. However, the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein will hear the State’s appeal against the murder acquittal for Pistorius on November 3.

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