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nagaland honors its elders ‘Evolve policies for more participation of the elderly’ WELFARE MEASURES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS IN NAGALAND STATE • Senior citizens receiving National Old Age Pension- 51, 737 (AR 2014-15) • 80 years & above receives monthly pension of Rs. 500 per month- 3, 161 (AR 2014-15) • Providing grant in aid to 6 Old Age Home (AR 2014-15) • 10 kgs of Annapurna rice per month free of cost to 6, 727 senior citizens above 65 years through civil supplies deptt (AR 2014-15) • 4.19 lakhs job card till date (RD) (AR 2014-15) Source: NSCA

You’re either a Christian or a politician. You can’t be both.

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KTC peace rally at Noklak today

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DimAPur, october 1 (mexN): The six Federating Tribal Hohos, Chang, Khiamniungan, Konyak, Phom, Sangtam and Yimchunger under the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) has extended its support to the Peace Rally to be held on October 2 at Noklak town organised by the Khiamniungan Tribal Council (KTC) against the constant clashes and unrest within the ENPO jurisdiction particularly under Noklak sub-division. A press note from the Phom Peoples’ Council and the Konyak Union informned that the peace rally is being held based on the December 18, 2007 ENPO resolution that there should be no bloodshed, threat, intimidation or any form of violence within ENPO jurisdiction. The Hohos have appealed to all right thinking citizen to show solidarity to the proposed peace rally, and voice out to end such violence and clashes once and for all, it added.

An elderly woman carries a placard during a walkathon on international Day of Older Persons in Kohima on October 1. (Morung Photo)

Our Correspondent Kohima | October 1

Alemtemshi Jamir, retired Chief Secretary of Nagaland today maintained that ageing is not a problem but an achievement, and that it is not merely an issue of social security and welfare, but of overall development and economic policy. Stressing the important role that the elderly play in families, communities and societies, he said that governments have agreed on the need to integrate ageing with other frameworks for social and economic development and human rights. “The governments further pledged not only to work for the security of older persons, but also to empower them, so that they can participate fully in the economic, political and social lives in their societies,” said Jamir, while addressing International Day of Older Persons here today organised by the Social Welfare Department. Maintaining that the traditional views on what it means to be old have changed, he said that the elderly now have many more opportunities to keep contributing to society beyond any set retirement age. “Where older persons were sometimes seen as a burden on society, they are now increasingly recognised as an asset that can and should be tapped,” he said. “The invaluable role that older persons play in all societies is not only as caregivers but also as leaders and volunteers. They are also often the repository of knowledge, social history, traditions, customs and prac-

tices which play a pivotal role in the determination of the identity of a society as also the basis of its morals and ethics,” Jamir added. He went on to state that the world stands to gain from an empowered older generation, with the potential to make tremendous contributions to the development process and building productive, peaceful and sustainable societies. Jamir also maintained that there has been a steady increase in human longevity worldwide and it represents one of the greatest social, economic and political transformations of our time. Average life expectancy at birth has increased from 46 years to 66 years since 1950, he said adding that in Nagaland it is 75 years. He said that the people in the service sector, public administration including the church workers mostly retire in the towns, thus increasing the percentage of population of older persons in the urban areas. “We have to evolve policies for their participation in the socio economic development of the state,” he opined. “In Nagaland, our category of older persons can make a big difference even in the ongoing political peace process – such as the Accord between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India,” he said. “It should be our endeavour that together, we ensure that people live not only longer lives, but better, more enriching, rewarding and fulfilling lives,” Jamir challenged. Nagaland Senior Citizens Association (NSCA) general secretary S. Ghunakha Swu meanwhile said that all destitute and indigent poor senior citizens who do not get National Old Age Pension should be provided monthly Annapurna rice as per guideline. He also suggested that medical treatment concession and separate queue for senior citizens outdoor patient be provided while geriatric clinic and cataract operation should be made available once a week for elderly patients. He further called for old age homes in all districts and that NST bus traveller fares be extended to senior citizens. Related stories on page 2

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A tourist struggles in the water, before standing up and wading away, after a wave strengthened by the influence of Typhoon Dujuan hit a river bank in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, september 29. (REUTERS)

Ao Senden should show the way forward: CM

moKoKchuNg october 1 (mexN): Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today asked the Ao Senden to show the way forward for the Naga people, especially in the backdrop of the Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM). Interacting with officials of the Ao Senden this evening at Mokokchung, Zeliang said that this is not the time to find fault with each other, but a time to share opinions on finding a solution. “The PM has stated not only in the country but also outside the country that he is determined to solve the Naga political problem not through armed confrontation but through peaceful negotiations,” the CM said, while referring to Modi’s Dubai Declaration last month. “It is time for the Nagas to speak out what is in their minds, how they want their political destiny to be shaped. The best of opportunities has come to the Naga people now since the present interlocutor enjoys a better and closer relationship with the PM than the earlier interlocutors,” a press note from the CMO quoted Zeliang as stating. Before the final agreement is signed, he viewed that Nagas should

tell the GoI and the NSCN (IM) “what kind of solutions we want.” It would be futile to criticise after any agreement is arrived at, he said while cautioning that “if we don’t find a solution to the Naga problem now, more and more underground factions might mushroom up... since the youths are liable to go astray if the present trend continues.” On the controversy surrounding Rani Gaidinliu and the construction of the Memorial Library cum Museum at Kohima, the CM said: “The Government of India is honouring her as a freedom fighter and not as a cult leader. Construction of the museum does not mean Heraka or Hinduism is being promoted. No matter what I or we say and do, we cannot change history and history is very clear about the role played by Rani Giadinliu against the British Empire in the earlier quarter of the last century.” Sanction and approval of the Museum cum Memorial Library at Kohima was done in 2010, he recalled, while stating that the site for the same was identified and allotted by the former CM, Neiphiu Rio. “Now, it would be wrong to say that I being from the same tribal community as Rani Gaidinliu, and trying to iconise her

or promote her or Heraka. Organisations such as yours should first know the background or history of any issue and comment. Otherwise, commenting blindly may not be wise. It could prove embarrassing at times when the truth unfolds,” Zeliang said. The Ao Senden delegation had met the CM, who was on his way to Chuchuyamlang for the inaugural function of the Mahatma Gandhi Academy of Human Development. The Ao Senden has urged the Chief Minister to ensure that the Tuli Pulp & Paper Mill starts functioning at the earliest. It further voiced its concern over reported deduction of 1% of the proposed amount of Rs 489 crore from the GoI by the Hindustan Pulp & Paper Mill ltd. It pointed out that sanction of Rs 100 crore has been received but only Rs 40 crore has been utilized, while the balance amount of Rs 60 is still unutilised. The Ao Senden also requested the Chief Minister to upgrade the present 150 bedded Imkongliba Memorial Hospital at Mokokchung to 220 beds. The CM, on his part assured to put up the proposal for the same in the additional priority list of the government under the NLCPR.

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fast food globalization reaches nagaland ‘illegal shop registration tax’ Pizza Hut opens in Dimapur, with KFC to follow in a week Morung Express News Dimapur | October 1 C M Y K

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Gesturing to a ‘growing confidence’ among multinational companies to invest in an otherwise ‘shunned’ Nagalandstereotyped for multifarious extortion and tax related afflictions, Pizza Hut- the world’s largest pizza company and iconic global brand opened its outlet at Clock Tower, Dimapur on Thursday. A wind of change seems to be sweeping the business sector in recent years here, as multinational companies trickle in, albeit under the shadows of guns and exorbitant taxations by multiple Naga political groups. Relatively, change in preference from the traditional food fares of momos and chows to a growing appetite for burgers, fried chicken and pizzas among the voracious young Naga generation is also turning into a tempting proffer, beckoning investors to set up businesses. “I have been trying to bring Pizza Hut and KFC to Nagaland since 2011, however it was not easy convincing them to set up business in Nagaland,” Proprietor of Dimapur’s Pizza Hut outlet, Neibu Nagi disclosed at the launching on Thursday. According to Nagi, due to a number of ‘local problems,’ the company was reluctant to come to Nagaland in the beginning. “It has not been easy, it took time and after a long wait, we have been rewarded,”

ACAUT, eight colony councils file FIR against NSCN (IM) Morung Express News Dimapur | October 1

ACAUT Nagaland along with eight colony councils of Sub Urban Police station area have filed an FIR against NSCN (IM) functionaries/cadres for issuing “illegal shop registration tax” slips to various business establishments in the area. Urging the police to arrest the culprits responsible, ACAUT

Customers at the newly opened Pizza Hut in Dimapur on October 1. (Morung Photo)

he added. National fast food brands the likes of US Pizza, American Fried Chicken (AFC), Grill Inn etc have already opened outlets in Dimapur. Pizza Hut is the first truly international fast food brand to set up shop in the state. Nagi agreed that MNCs like Pizza Hut setting foot in Nagaland will be credence enough to send positive vibes to other MNCs suggesting that ‘all is well in Nagaland’ and venture in for investment. Pointing out another important aspect, Nagi said MNCs setting up businesses here also means job opportunity to the thousands of jobless educated Naga youths. “The youths cannot just depend on the Government to provide them jobs anymore. Unless companies from out-

side sets business here, there are no job opportunities,” Nagi said, adding that out of the 17 staff in Pizza Hut, 14 of the employees are Naga youths. He further revealed that Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), a subsidiary of Yum! Brands which also owns Pizza Hut, will open within a week time at the same location. At a time when fast-food giants are under attack from the rise of the up-market chain restaurants in States and countries beyond Nagaland, venturing of reputed fast food MNCs into the State, although much overdue, is better late than never, consumers observed. “Opening of such a multinational food hub is an indication that we are also catching up with the city culture,” Lawrence, who along with his family, were amongst the first

to visit Pizza Hut right after its opening said today. “What we grew up seeing on television has turned into a reality in Dimapur, an excited Lawrence enthused. He said such fast food outlets would be great weekend hangouts for families. Times have changed. So is the food culture. It’s no more rice and boiled vegetables or bamboo shoot with pork for meal on the table, according to Merensangla, an ardent foodie. “Of late, it is not only in the fashion circuit; the young generation wants to catch up with the food culture with the rest of the world,” she explained. ‘To eat and taste the brands consumed by the world’-is the trend driven by young Nagas consumers and spurring the fast-food industry to becoming a major market in Nagaland.

Nagaland and the eight colony councils requested the police to post beat constables in all the markets under the jurisdiction of sub urban police station and reassure the business community of their safety. A copy of the FIR which was made available to the media was jointly signed by ACAUT Nagaland and members of the eight councils including, Kevijau Council, Lhomithi Council, Y. Zhimo Council, Nagagaon Council, Signal Angami Council, Viola Council, Metha Council and Rio Council. Interacting with media per-

sons at the police station on Thursday, ACAUT and members of the councils also provided the various ‘shop registration’ slips issued by NSCN (IM) and yearly taxation slips and demand slips issued by NSCN (K) and NSCN (R) to various business establishments in Dimapur in recent times. The amounts of ‘shop registration’ tax ranges from Rs 1000 to Rs 3000 while the yearly taxes and demand slips issued by NSCN (K) and NSCN (R) range from Rs 2000 to Rs 7 lakh, according to recpiets made available to the media.

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Release all Naga political prisoners: Cong

KohimA, october 1 (mexN): The Nagaland Congress has asked the centre to release all Naga political prisoners languishing in different jails in the country to facilitate the ongoing Naga peace process. The state Congress has become the first political party in the state to ask the Centre to release all Naga political prisoners against the backdrop of signing of the Framework Agreement between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM). AICC Member and former Convenor of Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the Congress, K V Pusa has insisted that to facilitate the ongoing peace process all political prisoners should be released as soon as possible. He asked the Centre to be more transparent in the peace process so that all groups could be onboard the peace process. There are unaccounted

numbers of Naga political prisoners in different Indian jails. Pusa who was also ex-minister and former president of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) said releasing of political prisoners would build confidence and give pace to the peace talks. “Why Naga political leaders are still behind the bars even after the Accord has been signed. All should be released to facilitate the peace process” the veteran congress leader said. On the centre’s move to ban the NSCN (K) for five years, Pusa said there was no logic why the outfit should be banned when the Union government was talking of inclusive solution to the Naga issue. “When peace accord has been signed we can’t understand why the NSCN (K) should be banned,” he said. ‘No NPG should be banned at this juncture which

would sabotage the peace process if the Centre is really looking for peace,” he added. Pusa also questioned logic behind imposition of Disturb Area Act (DAA) under the AFSPA, despite the agreement signed with the NSCN (IM). “When peace accord has been signed why AFSPA be imposed in Nagaland,” he argued. The Congress, he stated, calls for withdrawal of these ‘draconian’ laws to gain the confidence of the people and the Naga political groups. Pusa also flayed the BJP led NDA government of showing double standard in dealing with the protracted Indo-Naga political issue. “BJP is playing with the Naga political issue,” he argued. He was also pessimistic about final agreement if the Union Government continues to play “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” politics.

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International Day of Older Persons observed

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‘Continue teaching young people’ Morung Express News

ples of honesty and many other attractive attributes of Naga culture and tradition. Although the DC was invited as the chief guest for the occasion, he said it was the older persons who were the real chief guests adding, “We are more privileged and happy than you gathered like this.” Yhome expressed his desire to see children acknowledging their aged parents on a daily basis without limiting it to a single day or occasion. During the programme, two distinguished senior citizens from Dimapur were awarded certificates and other presents for their services towards the society. They include Lucy Haralu (83) and Melhupra Vero (81) ex MP Rajya Sabha.

Dimapur | October 1

International Day of Older Persons was observed in Dimapur at Ikishe Village Church on Thursday under the theme, “Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment.” Speaking as the chief guest at the programme, Deputy Commissioner Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome IAS rued the emerging trend of treating aged persons as a liability by their own children. Apologizing to the senior citizens on behalf of the youngsters for this attitude, Yhome encouraged aged DC Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome along with two senior citizens and others on the occasion of Interna- persons to continue teaching young people about the princitional Day of Older Persons in Dimapur. (Morung Photo)

Mokokchung DC Sushil Kumar Patel along with the awardees N Talitemjen Jamir and L Opangla Ao and officials during the International Day of Older Person observed at the Ongpangkong Salang, Mokokchung town. More than seventy senior citizens attended it. The programme was organized by the District Welfare Office in collaboration with Day Care Centre for Elderly Persons, Mokokchung on the theme, “Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in Urban Environment”. (DIPR Photo)

Walkathon marks International Day of Older Persons in Kohima Our Correspondent Kohima | October 1

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Several senior citizens in the state capital today joined Walkathon as part of the observance of international day of older persons held under the theme “Sustainability and age inclusiveness in the urban environment.” Alemtemshi Jamir, IAS (Rtd. chief Secretary) flagged off the walkathon from old MLA hostel junction via Razhu point and D’ Block and it culminated at Zonal Council Hall. Among the many placards carried by senior citizens included; “Our elders are our books,” “ Long live our elders,” “ Please care for us,” “ Say no to elders abuse,” “ The longer I

Walkathon as part of the observance of International Day of Older Persons in Kohima on October 1. (Morung Photo)

live the more beautiful life be- cil Hall, Rev. Dr. V.K. Nuh and The function was comcomes,” etc. Later, at the main Beilieii Shiiya were conferred pered by Sharon Longchari, function held at Zonal Coun- with senior citizens award. under Secretary to the Govt. of

Nagaland, Department of Social Welfare while Dr. Kenny Tsela, Pastor Rengma Baptist Church, Kohima pronounced a prayer. Special song was presented by Akhro Koza & Adeno Hibo, CBCMH, Kohima. S. Ghunakha Swu, General Secretary, Nagaland Senior Citizen Forum, Kohima briefed significance of the day while Kewe-ii Kenye, OSD, social welfare spoke on the theme of IDOP 2015. Vote of thanks was proposed by social welfare director T. Merangtsungba Aier. The occasion also witnessed offering gifts to all senior citizens present at the function. The programme was organized by the Department of Social Welfare.

A section of the participants of the International Olders Day celebrated on October 1 at DC’s conference hall, Phek, held in collaboration with senior citizen association Phek district and organised by Social Welfare Department. (DIPR Photo)

A section of the participants attending the eighth International Older Day celebrated on October 1 at VDB Hall, Zunheboto. Nagaland Senior Citizens Forum Zunheboto District Unit (NSCFZDU) organized the programme and was graced by Deputy Commissioner, Zunheboto, Temsu Longkumer as chief guest. (DIPR Photo)

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‘Show good values for younger generation’ Morung Express News Kiphire | October 1

Kiphire district celebrated International day of old Age at Hopongkyu memorial hall where hundreds of old age person attended with A Chumremo Odyuo, DC Kiphire as chief guest under the theme ‘sustainability and age inclusiveness in the urban environment.’ Speaking at the occasion the chief guest said, “in the coming year with the present trend of development and growth many C

people will settle in urban areas leaving the rural areas and during that time life will become easier and better- be it in healthcare or other basic facility for old age persons.” The DC said, “old age persons are the ones where society looked upon” and asked the gathering to have good moral with intellectual integrity so that the younger generation will be blessed. He said, “it is blessing for an individual to attend old age and have a healthy life because in many part of the word people are not enjoying what we are enjoy-

ing” and asked the gathering to show the good values for younger generation to follow. ZT Sangtam, DWO incharge highlighting the activities of the department said that the assistance and help the department is offering is all free of cost, and asked the gathering to avail the facility that the department is offering. Yangesemong Supervisor chaired the program while Shelenthugn propose vote of thanks. Prizes were also given to the oldest male and female participant of the day.

Seyochung Village Government Employees Union Kiphire Town, observed the ‘International Day of Older Persons’ at a function held at the union’s treasure residence Kiphire on October 1. Blanket was presented to the selected aged persons of Seyochung village residing in Kiphire town.

NAGALAND OBSERVES NATIONAL VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION DAY

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Our Correspondent Kohima | October 1

Deputy Commissioner of Tuensang Alemjongshi gives token of love in the form of gifts to elders above 60 years of age. The oldest man and woman were both awarded during the International Day of Older persons observed at Ao church Tuensang on October 1. The programme was celebrated with the theme “sustainability and age inclusive in the urban development” sponsored by Social welfare department and organized by UTELU. (DIPR Photo)

50th Birth Anniversary ‘And in the end it’s not the years in your life that counts, it’s the life in your years’

Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, chairman DAN & Co-convenor Political Affairs Committee today maintained that blood donors are saver of mankind. When one donate blood it saves life, he said. In this, he urged upon the students and participants not only to donate blood but also to sensitize the general public in creating mass awareness on voluntary blood donation. Speaking at the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day under the theme “Help Save a Life: Give the Gift of Blood” at Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema, Dr. Liezietsu also stressed on the need to enhance the scale of awareness on voluntary blood donation so that hospitals can be in position to equip with adequate blood and save lives. He also said that medical science has advanced much further as compared to that of other disciplines. However, so far no factory

Shürhozelie Liezietsu and others during the observance of National Voluntary Blood Donation Day on October 1. (Morung Photo)

to manufacture blood has been come out. The National Voluntary Blood Donation Day was organised by Voluntary Blood Donation Association Kohima (VBDAK) in collaboration with Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema. Health & family welfare principal director Dr. N.L Changkija talked on significance of the day. Highlighting the importance of blood, she urged all the students to donate blood as to get a sense of satisfaction as well as to save life.

Dr. Changkija said that she has already donated blood ten times and also said that persons to whom she has donated have been living healthy lives. Dr. Kehousetuo Kuotso spoke on the importance of voluntary blood donation while VBDAK president Kholie Dolf proposed vote of thanks. Around 35 blood donors voluntarily turned up to donate blood to mark the occasion. It is pertinent to mention that VBDAK was formed in 2011 understanding the need for an action oriented approach to

help the people who need blood. Till date, the districts of Kohima, Dimapur, Mokokchung, Tuensang, Zunheboto and Peren has formed the district association, with the objective to donate blood and to facilitate those who are in need of blood. These associations are actively involved in assisting many patients in times of need. It also focuses creation of awareness by organizing voluntary blood donation camp, celebrations/observations of special events like the World Blood Donors Day and National Voluntary Blood Donation Day all over the state. Such events are supported by the Nagaland State Blood Transfusion Council and Nagaland State AIDS Control Society as well as contribution from various organizations, donor agencies, private enterprises and individuals The technical support for the blood donation activities is assisted by the respective district blood bank. It is the result of such activities, that there is a significant increase in voluntary blood donation across the state. However, this momentum needs to be maintained with the active support from the general mass, stated VBDAK.

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PILGRIm SChOOL DImAPUR ORGANISES mEGA ART ExhIBITION

‘Every child an artist’

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Dearest Daddy You are now officially half a century old! We do hope that you continue to carry the optimistic outlook towards life that has helped you reach this milestone. Words are not enough to express the gratitude that you deserve for all that you have done for us. May you be blessed with more love and wisdom and may almighty God shower happiness and success in all your future endeavors. We love and love and love for the awesome daddy you are. Happy 50th anniversary of your life Dad.

Loving Wife, Sons & Daughters

Morung Express News, Dimapur | October 1

n commemoration of 28 years of existence, Pilgrim School Dimapur, organised a mega art exhibition on the theme “Every child an artist” at the school premise on Thursday. Entrepreneur and president, Rattle & Hum Music Society, Theja Meru, the special guest who inaugurated the art exhibition-cum-sale in his address said where there is art there is life. Meru said art is not mere drawing but an expression of experiences and feelings which transcends the mundane day to day life and that the artist always seeks to bring positive changes in soci-

ety. Stating that every child is an artist at heart, Meru who is also an alumni of International Visitor Leadership Programme, USA, also exhorted the students that to be successful in life, whether as an artist or other callings, students should remember the acronym of ART also stands for Attitude, Respect and Responsibility and Time management. The event, which was well attended by parents and art lovers, was organized with a view to “encourage and blossom creativity and cognitive skills in the children.” “Learning to create and

Students along with their parents look at paintings created by students at the art exhibition at Pilgrim School, Dimapur, Thursday. (Morung Photo)

appreciate visual aesthet- development of the next ing blocks of child develics has become more im- generation children. Cre- opment as it encompasses portant than ever to the ative art is one of the build- all the development do-

mains”, the headmistress of Pilgrim School, Kaini Khekho Kikon, said in her introductory address. The headmistress also said the art exhibition is aimed at developing a sense of individuality, selfrespect and appreciation of others’ work while also serving as a launching pad to enhance and further the children’s observational, analytical and interpretational skills. The programme started off with a ‘spot painting’ session where students along with local cartoonist and illustrator, Akummeren, displayed their artistic skills. A three-panel judge assessed the paintings of the students ranging from Nursery to Class X and the winners were awarded prizes accordingly.

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NSCN (K) factions in Assam Due process and consensus ULFA, for subversive activities, says DGP fell short before passing bills Morung Express News Imphal | October 1

As you enter Imphal city on a tourist ‘winger’, corruption greets you even before the city does. Police men are busy extracting money from passengers they believe are “outsiders” to the State. “Any non-Manipuri on board?” asks an armed police man to the driver who off-loaded a family of Bihari migrant workers just before the city begins; from here they are on their own. Those not acquainted enough with the tricks of migration had to shell out Rs. 100. “Sometimes they take Rs. 500 from those who are more desperate to get in,” chips in the middle aged Nepali driver. “This began with the movement for an inner line permit system.” Corruption’s firm grip on the State, and the necessity to protect the indigenous people of Manipur, are some of the many points that the hills and valley agree on. After a few months of agitation by the Joint Committee on the Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS), the Government of Manipur passed three bills

drafted with the help of the JCILPS— The Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015 (PMP), The Manipur Land Revenue & Land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2015 (MLR&LR) and The Manipur Shops and Establishment (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015. “The urgency of the matter is due to the upcoming rail line to Imphal. Between, 1949 and 2015, the population of outsiders has multiplied 300 times, so imagine what will happen once rails and roads connect Imphal well,” says Babloo Loitongbam, Direct of Manipur Human Rights Alert. A Meitei film called ‘23rd century,’ enacting a scenario of ‘when the train comes,’ heightened fear of the “outsider.” Released in March 2014 and painting a grim scenario, it gave the necessary impetus to the valley movement against “outsiders.” The hills are protected by Article 371-C of the Indian constitution—where in buying and selling of land is controlled—but not so in the valley, reminds Loitongbam. The place is “free for all.” “We want to live togeth-

ATSUM laments silence of tribal legislators DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 1 (MExN): The Coordinating Committee, All Tribal students’ Union, Manipur (ATSUM) has expressed disappointment over the “utter lack of moral conscience and deafening silence to the clarion call echoed to all the tribal legislators before and after the passing of the Anti- tribal bills.” A press note from the ATSUM informed that a “cri-

tique" of the bills has been delivered to all the legislators for corrective measures before the expiry of the stipulated period of time for resignation. It lamented however that tribal legislators have failed to feel the pulse and sentiment of the tribals. It informed that since the matter now lies with the President of India, a joint ATSUM and JAC delegation will head for Delhi.

er by understanding each other,” justifies Meira Paibi (torchbearer) Lourembam Nganbi. Manipur, she says, has porous borders and populations keep floating from Mizoram, Burma, Nepal, Bangladesh—“but we want to live with those who lived here before 1951.” Almost all tribal leaders admit to The Morung Express that the valley is facing a problem with regards to dwindling resources and population pressure. After all, major infrastructure projects—stadiums, hospitals, universities—are all concentrated in Imphal. The point of disagreement is how the term “outsider” is defined by the bills, how they take away control of land from the hill people and the process that was followed to pass the bills. “The tribals were not made part of the JCILPS movement, nor the bills drafting committee. That is the main grievance,” explains academic and activist Dr. John Pulamte. Moreover, the bills were passed within 10 minutes without referring the matter to the Hills Area Committee (HAC), and without opening them up for discussion

at the Manipur Legislative Assembly (MLA). The MLA described the PMP as a “money bill” (matters related to taxation or expenditure) due to which they were not discussed. “The bills are unconstitutional,” says the JAC Churachandpur. Loitongbam agrees that “it is not a money bill.” “The bills should have been referred to the HAC and there was a procedural lapse in passing the bills,” he maintains, but points out that the Government of Manipur (GoM) was “under tremendous pressure.” If, however, the bills were not opened up for discussion, he says, a complaint should be lodged against the Speaker who should be held liable. “These issues cannot be settled through agitations but through discussions across the table,” says former chief minister of Manipur, Radha Binod Koijam. “Why did the JCILPS not discuss the matter with the tribals beforehand? Why didn’t the government float the bills beforehand?” he questions, noting that there was a “lapse” on these fronts. “But the

government is now saying we are ready to amend or withdraw the bills if necessary so tribal groups need to come and speak out their points,” he asserts. The GoM invited the JAC Churachandpur on two occasions to discuss the bills but simultaneously sent the bills to the President of India for assent. The tribals, after a joint discussion, felt it is now better to speak to the Government of India directly. While ‘due process’ has come under question several times, it is also clear that consensus was not drawn on the matter. The existence of entrenched corruption in Manipur State, both in the hills and valley areas, has heightened the level of mistrust of the GoM among the tribes. “It is not like Mizoram here. Cheapest is best and there is no integrity. People will continue to hire cheap labour from outside. Corruption will not allow them to implement their own laws,” maintains a tribal rights activist, voicing sentiments that hill tribes will be made outsiders while others will be naturalised. (This is the third part of a series)

GUWAHATI, OCTOBER 1 (IANS): Assam Director General of Police Khagen Sarma on Thursday said anti-talk groups from the ULFA and NSCN(K) have entered the state to conduct subversive activities and added that both these outfits were behind Wednesday's attack on a police station. Police were on the alert to foil attempts by these outfits to carry out their evil designs, Sarma told media persons on the sidelines of an Assam Police Day celebrations function at Kahilipara. "The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) cadres wanted to attack in a big way but quick retaliation by an alert police force made the militants flee," the DGP said. "We have seen ULFA and NSCN(K) cadres come together in the recent past," Sarma said referring to the formation of United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia by the ULFA, NSCN(K) and some other north-eastern militant outfits. Meanwhile, the DGP said the 67th Assam Police Day was being celebrated on Thursday with the aim of bringing police closer to the common people. As part of the celebra-

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Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh today called on all militant groups in the state to shun violence and join the mainstream saying the state has been plagued by militancy for decades disrupting development works. “Militants here extort money from people from all walks of life. Extortion remains the main source of funding for them,” The Chief Minister said while partici-

pating in the inaugural function of a seminar on “An Emergent Manipur: The Way Ahead” at IGAR South headquarters in Maniptripukhri in Imphal West. As far as the militancy is concerned, Ibobi noted the worst case scenario in the state saying Manipur has been plagued by militancy which hampers Government sponsored development programmes. He also said frequent bandh and blockades even over mundane issues do the same harm. Ibobi urged all militant out-

fits to shun violence and join the national mainstream saying the Government is always open to political dialogues with all armed groups. He was optimistic that more underground organizations will lay down arms. Manipur has at least 40 underground organizations. The Chief Minister said the state Government has been successful in signing suspension of operation with most of the Kuki underground groups and that a few valley-based militant groups

with Muhurichar." Choudhury is his letters, told the ministers that a fresh joint boundary survey must be conducted in accordance with the 2011 protocol, which was signed in 2011. "Rajnath Singh in reply to our letter said that the issue would be looked into," he added. The minister said that the problem was created after the Survey of India along with its Bangladeshi counterpart unilaterally provisionally demarcated 'Muhurichar' in 2012 without any consultation with the Tripura government. As part of the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) of 1974 and its 2011 Protocol, India was scheduled to give away to Bangladesh 17,160 acres, covering 111 enclaves and in return India received 7,110 acres comprising 51 enclaves. On July

31 midnight, at least 52,000 inhabitants of 162 enclaves in Bangladesh and India got 'freedom' for the first time in 68 years, officially becoming citizens of either of the two nations. Of the 162 enclaves, two -southern Tripura's Muhurichar was scheduled to go to Bangladesh and northern Tripura's Chandannagar was projected to remain with India. "There is no problem over 138.41 acres of Chandannagar enclave. We also want to give Muhurichar to Bangladesh, but not spoiling the interest of the state," Choudhury said. The sixth Bangladesh-India Joint Boundary Working Group meeting held in Dhaka in July discussed a new joint survey in the Muhurichar area. Ministry of external affairs joint secretary Sripriya Ranganathan, in a letter, assured

Militants attack police station in Assam TINSUKIA, OCTOBER 1 (PTI): Suspected ULFA militants today attacked Kakopathar police station in upper Assam's Tinsukia district with rocket launcher and automatic weapons, a senior police official said. A group of about five militants came in army uniform and fired at the police station from outside at around 7.30 PM, district Superintendent of Police Mukdhajyoti Mahanta said. The militants did not enter the police station and there was no casualty or injury. After the militants fled, an unexploded rocket propelled grenade was found near the spot, Mahanta said. The SP with additional police personnel rushed to Kakopathar, about 25 km away from district headquarters Tinsukia, and begun investigations there. Unconfirmed reports claimed that the group comprised ULFA(I) and NSCN(K) militants. tions, the official function was inaugurated at the 4th Assam Police Battalion headquarters at Kahilipara on Thursday morning, with

have joined the mainstream. Citing the recent incidents of violence and confusion in the hill districts, particularly in Churachandpur district, Ibobi expressed his concern about the prolonged tense situation in the hills. Nine people were killed by security forces in Churachandpur following large scale arson and violence in the district in protest against three Bills passed in the state assembly on August 31 this year. The communities in the hills have said the three Bills impair

at least 48 cultural troupes representing different tribes and communities of Assam taking out rallies in and around the city.

International Day of Older Persons celebrated in Ukhrul Morung Express News Ukhrul | October 1

An elderly person at the celebration of the International Day of Older Persons which was held in Ukhrul on October 1. (Morung Photo)

Older persons from across Ukhrul turned up in their traditional attires, displaying the best of shawls, intricately designed head gear, necklaces, ear rings, shin bracelets, ear rings, jackets and scarves. Old men and women came together to perform traditional rituals of transporting grain, playing tug-of-war, trumpets, violins and flutes—telling stories through songs. Acknowledging that we can never adequately pay back for our parental love and care, Dr. Nelson Vashum, Director of Service for Elders and advisor to TKL, noted that “our respect, love and care for elders are best described as lip service.” There is “no budgetary allocation” by the church, village admin-

istration or state government for the elderly, he said in his keynote address today. Only the central government has a provision. But even that, the old age pension scheme, is “miserably paltry, inaccessible and irregular... our services and care systems are at best shamefully poor.” He extended a request to community leaders, church leaders and youngsters to “aspire to live out the Biblical mandate of honouring parents and elders.” “Let us create a situation to help them age gracefully, joyfully and dignifiedly.” Among the elderly, loneliness often leads to depression exposing them to faster degeneration/ageing and all forms of sickness and disability due to low immunity. “Industrialisation and urban-

isation resulting in population shift is creating a difficult situation for the elderly,” said Dr. Nelson. “Many elderly are left in the cold to fend for themselves. Hence consequential preparation for old age home has become a necessity—a place where peers can meet, play and spend time together—so also a place for day care. For a few unfortunate, a place for nursing and medical care,” he suggested. Stating the intent of the celebration is to “recapture afresh the culture of hard work, honesty, hospitality and orderliness” that Tangkhul society was known for, he asked for the gathering to also recapture the culture of respect and services for the elders—“Let us recapture the culture of community care for one another.” “March on young generation with the world but never lose the uniqueness of your identity, your culture. Never live to yourselves. Never live in isolation. Welcome everyone to live and interact with us. Let the salt of your culture enliven the world,” encouraged Dr. Nelson. Chief Guest on the occasion, Hrisheekesh Arvind Modak IAS, the DC of Ukhrul district, sought the blessing of elders, apart from their collective wisdom to take society forward. He promised to look into the proper application of the old age pension.

liberties and rights of the tribals. Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015, the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (7th amendment) Bill, 2015 and the Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 were passed by the assembly by voice vote. The Manipur Chief Minister further said that all disgruntled groups should not indulge in vandalism which is not a correct way of airing voice over any sort of issue.

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the Tripura chief secretary that "MEA would not take any steps that are at variance with the provision contained in the LBA 1974 and 2011 Protocol." According to Choudhury, there are three separate cremation grounds of three different communities existing in the Muhurichar area for several decades. "The real tussle between India and the then East Pakistan over the Muhurichar area began in early 1965. For many years, army soldiers of the then East Pakistan and subsequently Bangladeshi border guards occasionally fired at the Indian side killing a few people and injuring many," he said. Since the partition of India in 1947, the midstream of Muhuri river along Muhurichar was considered a natural boundary for both nations.

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Ageing is inevitable, so we must lay a firm foundation for the next generation to follow in our footsteps. Ch. Pheiray, Chairman of the Tangkhul Kharar Long (TKL/Senior Citizens Association of Ukhrul), said this while addressing a gathering of more than 750 older persons (60 years and above) at the TNL ground here today. They came out from different parts of Ukhrul to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons, instated by the United Nations since 1991, and celebrated in Ukhrul for the second consecutive year. “We are the children of god. He loves us without distinction of caste, creed or denomination. In god, there is no east, west, north or south. We appeal to our citizens to work together to bring peace and glory,” said the chairman in his welcome address. In a divided Tangkhul society today, TKL is one of the few organisations that supersedes differences bringing people together. It is not restricted to Tangkhul people but people of all ethnicities living in Ukhrul district.

GUWAHATI, OCTOBER 1 (IANS): Miliki Baruah, the mother of ULFA chief Paresh Baruah, died at her residence at Jeraigaon in Assam's Dibrugarh district on Thursday. She was 88. Paresh Baruah had recently refused financial assistance of Rs.1 lakh offered by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and requested him to spend the amount for the betterment of lakhs of floodaffected people in the state. The Assam government offered the financial assistance to the ailing Baruah, who was suffering due to age-related ailments, last month after she was admitted to a local hospital. Gogoi also offered to provide safe passage to the United Liberation Front of Assam chief, on humanitarian grounds, if he desired to see his mother in his native place. Miliki Baruah, who lived in Jeraigaon with one of her sons, had requested the Assam government several times in the past to ensure a honourable settlement of the ULFA faction' demands through meaningful discussions.

Manipur CM urges militants to shun violence

Tripura for fresh survey to demarcate boundary AGARTAlA, OCTOBER 1 (IANS): The Tripura government wants to undertake a fresh survey to demarcate the boundary along the state's Muhurichar, the lone enclave that remained undecided even though India and Bangladesh swapped 161 enclaves. "If a certain portion of the 36.66 acres land of disputed Muhurichar is given to Bangladesh, the security of the south Tripura district headquarters - Belonia - would be in danger," Tripura Revenue, Health and PWD Minister Badal Choudhury told reporters here on Thursday. He said "The Tripura government has already requested External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Home Minister Rajnath Singh to undertake a fresh joint boundary survey (by India and Bangladeshi authorities) and prepare a new index map along the border

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4th NAGALAND SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The organisers (Fountain Club & SCERT) of the 4th Nagaland Spelling Bee Championship 2015 would like to thank the following individual/establishment for their contribution. 1. Dr. Neikesalie Kire, Hon’ble Minister Forest, Environment & Climate change. 2. Dr. Visakhonü Hibo, Principal Japfü Christian College 3. Prize sponsors: 1st prize: Er. Kevisekho Kruse 2nd prize: Ketoupuzo Lhoushe 3rd prize: Roko Angami 4th prize: Tepunol Yore Quarter finalists: Kezhaletuo Kire 4. General donors: Tepunol Yore, Neidilhou Angami , Kezhawetuo Peseyie, Er. Badi Pusa, Anonymous donors. 5. Pronouncers, Judges & other officials. 6. Media partners: Morung Express & NM cable , 7. IT partner: Ramietech solution –Spelling Bee Software was developed by Ramietech Solutions through its technology division Excel Logics Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd for conduct of the contest. The package included word & result management, display of latest updates in the competition for greater excitement and entertainment. 8. Advertisements sponsors: NSACS, M/s MC Engineering, New Kohima Agencies, Kiwi store, Forest Deptt. 9. Refreshments: Popular Bakery 10. Volunteers: Rüzükhrie Govt. Higher Secondary School, Kohima. 11. Management & Staff- Capital Convention Centre. 12. First aid: MO & Staff, Urban PHC Seikhazou, Kohima.

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CM launches NPR Updating & Seeding of Aadhar Kohima, october 1 (DiPr): Chief Minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang today launched the National Population Register (NPR) Updating and Seeding of Aadhar in the NPR database for Kohima District at his official residence at Kohima on October 1. Joint Director, Registrar General of Citizen Registration, Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs New Delhi, DK Dey; District Administration led by ADC Kohima, Lithrongla Tongpi and officials from Census Department were present during the launching of the NPR drive. Updating of the National Population Register (NPR) and seeding of Aadhar number is nationwide exercise to update the growth of population in the country, which is an indicator for growth and development of the nation as a whole. The NPR, Census cell will collect information relating to persons who are residing within the local jurisdiction and house to

Chief Minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang launches the National Population Register Updating and Seeding of Aadhar in the NPR database for Kohima District at Kohima on October 1. (DIPR Photo)

house enumeration throughout the State of Nagaland starting October 1st to 31st October 2015. The launching programme was attended by Temjen Toy Principle Secretary to CM and Hiazu Meru Special Officer to CM and nine officials of the NPR.

Later, the team led by ADC Kohima kick started the NPR updation programme for Schools with T.M. Government Higher Secondary School, Kohima. Five (5) Schools have been earmarked in the first phase for conduct of NPR Updation programme in Ko-

hima District. A short programme was held at T.M Govt. Higher Secondary School with the School’s children where Joint Director, D. K. Dey gave a brief introduction on the NPR Updation programme. SDO (Civil) Neilezo Tep highlighted the importance of the exercise and requested the students to provide correct information in order to generate the unique number of Aadhar Card. He said that enrolment centre has also been set up in all the Administrative headquarters under Kohima district and further asked them to spread the awareness among the students and also to the neighbourhood. ADC Lithrongla on behalf of the District Administration and Census Department thanked the Principal and her colleagues for extending their cooperation to kick start the NPR exercise with their schools for Kohima district. Earlier, Principal Avino Tase gave a welcome note.

IMF chief warns of Nagaland Horti dept conduct risk looming in global training on hi-tech floriculture economic growth WashiNgtoN, october 1 (iaNs): International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde said the global economy is approaching closer to a “new mediocre” scenario -- the risk of low growth for a long time. In the curtain-raising speech on Wednesday for the IMF-World Bank annual meetings, Lagarde expected that global growth will likely be weaker this year than last, with only a modest acceleration expected in 2016, given the disappointing and uneven growth of the world economy, Xinhua reported. The IMF is expected to downgrade its outlook for the global economy in its flag-ship report World Economic Outlook, which will be released at the annual meetings in Peru next week. In July, the IMF cut its forecast for the global growth this year by 0.2 percentage point to 3.3% and expected the global economy to grow 3.8% next year. According to Lagarde, the advanced economies will see modest pickup in growth, while the emerging economies are likely to see their growth rates falling for the fifth consecutive year. The IMF chief said that the prospect of rising interest rates in the US and the slowdown of China’s economy are contributing to uncertainty and higher market volatility and are heavily affecting the global economic outlook. She called on commodity exporters to prepare for a prolonged period of low commodity prices in view of China rebalancing from commodity-intensive investment driven model to consumption and service-focused growth. As the US Federal Reserve is poised to raise interest rates for the first time in 9 years, economies, especially emerging economies, would need to improve their capacity to buffer shocks and enhance the monitoring of foreign currency exposures of major companies, said Lagarde.

Kohima, october 1 (mexN): As part of its initiative to promote the protected cultivation of flowers for ensuring year-round production of flowers, the Department of Horticulture organized State Level training on management of hitech cultivation of flowers on October 1 at the Conference Hall of the Directorate of Horticulture, Kohima, for the selected beneficiaries of the Department. A press release stated that Dr. RE Lotha, Deputy Director in his welcome address highlighted the significance of the training programme, which was to ensure proper installation and maintenance of the Poly house structures provided to the beneficiaries by the Department and how the structure will benefit the farmers through year round production of flowers. Pawan Kumar, Joint Director of Horticulture in his key note said that floriculture in the State was commercialized in 2005 through the intervention of the HMNEH Scheme (now subsumed under MIDH) and

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has become a commercial venture for the Nagas as is evident by the Mushrooming of various florists’ Shop around every nook and corner of the State. She urged the beneficiaries to be in constant touch with the Companies for Management of their Poly houses and marketing of their produce and work with full dedication and sincerity since the project is theirs and not the Department’s. In the technical session, resource persons from two renowned companies i.e. M/S ZOPAR EXPORTS PVT. LTD. and M/S Meghastar Agro-Hortitech Pvt. Ltd highlighted the various technical aspects on the cultivation and management practices of Flowers like Alstromeria, Lillium, Rose, Orchid and Gerbera under Poly House, which was followed by an interactive session in which the participants had an open discussion with the resource persons regarding the Protected Cultivation of flowers. The programme ended with a vote of thanks from Qhutovi Wotsa, District Horticulture Officer, Kohima.

NPR updating and seeding of aadhaar in NPR database commence at TM Government He Sec School Kohima on October 1. (DIPR Photo)

Deputy Commissioner and District Registrar, Sushil Kumar Patel provides detailed information to enumerators at his official residence on October 1. A total of 190 Enumerators are engaged to conduct the enumeration in 396 enumeration blocks in the district. A total of 12 Charge Officers had been appointed to supervise the entire exercise. (DIPR Photo)

Updating of NPR database and seeding of Aadhaar number in NPR database commence at Tuensang DC’s residential office for the district on October 1. (DIPR Photo)

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encouraged the farmers not to give up the projects after one year of implementation but to continue the project even after the project implementation period as the real fruit of success can be reaped only with patience and hard work. He also advised the beneficiaries to make judicious use of irrigation and fertigation facilities which was very important for the success of the project. He further requested the Companies to give proper tips to the beneficiaries for proper maintenance of the Poly house structures to maintain their longevity. Watienla Jamir, Director of Horticulture in her short speech urged the selected beneficiaries to sincerely take up the project since out of many candidates; only 85 beneficiaries could be selected during 2014-15 owing to fund constraints and asked the beneficiaries to ensure quality production of flowers for better marketability. She highlighted how 10 years back only synthetic flowers were used in various events but now floriculture

Seeding of Aadhar in the National Population Register Database commenced in Dimapur on October 1 from the residence of Deputy Commissioner, Kesonye Yhome, which falls under DMC Ward No. 5, EV No. 70. A team of enumerators in the presence of District Nodal Officer of Census Department, Athisii Chachei, Sub-District Officer, James Swu, Charge Officer Dimapur town, Ganesh Sharma carried out the exercise.

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NTC questions state govt over gross violation of indigenous laws

Dimapur, OctOber 1 (mexN): Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) on Thursday expressed shock over the manner in which the State government was allowing discrepancies and gross violations of policy decisions with specific reference to the recent Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for State sponsored medical seats. It alleged that the interest of the indigenous Nagas have been thoroughly compromised by the callous attitude and careless handlings of State government officials over the issue. A press statement from publicity cell, NTC recalled that the state cabinet memorandum dated September 21, 1995 clearly stated that the MBBS seat will not be given to candidates of nonNaga father who are not a member of Scheduled Tribe. This Cabinet memo superseded the common selection board guidelines prescribed during 1987-88. And just because of flouting the laid down rules, NTC said one Md. Inzamul Hoque Talukdar was the point of debate at the very moment, while pointing out that when the gentleman in question is a bonafide citizen of India, it is his fundamental right to seek for any opportunity of studies or employment anywhere in the country unless a state law debars one from getting such a chance. However, NTC questioned how concerned

DUCCF cry fouls over issuance of ‘Non-Naga indigenous certificate’

Dimapur, OctOber 1 (mexN): The DUCCF has drawn the attention of the District Administration to look into the controversy of issuing a Non-Naga indigenous certificate to one Md. Inzamul Haque Talukdar, son of Md. Faizul Haque Talukdar. The aforementioned person has claimed to have registered in the Electoral roll published in 05/12/1963 under Sl. no. 856 DU-3 by the then Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur (Regd. no 1206, date 03/5/12) and same was authenticated by the a GB of Haralu Colony, Dimapur. However, it was found this particular GB of Haralu colony had appended his signature and seal without the knowledge of the Haralu Colony Council Chairman, maintained the Dimapur Urban Councils Chairman Federation (DUCCF) in a press note issued by its Media Cell. In this regard, DUCCF urged the District administration to thoroughly investigate and rectify the matter at the earliest. Meanwhile, the Forum further reresponsible government officials at different stages allowed a non-Naga indigenous to become eligible to compete with the rest of those who are legally entitled. On this, NTC expressed serious concern that responsible decision makers have intentionally flouted the protective laws rampantly at will. It has therefore urged the State government to uphold its policy decision and take immediate action on the officials concern

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minded all the colony that the public mandated grass root authority to authenticate and issue certificates to any residents whether local or non-local, indigenous or non- indigenous and since the GBs are also under the Council, as a healthy practice they should consult the Council/Chairman before signing/issuing any such important certificates. “GBs alone have no authority to authenticate” it noted adding that it has been made mandatory by the present Deputy Commissioner for both the Chairman and GB to append their signatures in all important forms. Any GB or Chairman issuing of doubtful & false certification should be reprimanded and DUCCF think that proper guidelines have been put in place for such measures, it added In this context, it once again called upon all its members and GBs under Urban Councils to diligently follow the guidelines laid down by the District Administration and work judiciously for the interest of future Naga generations.

and take corrective measure to restore the rights of the deserving candidates. The NTC also voiced apprehension of the district administrations issuing indigenous certificates to non-Nagas as per notification of April 28, 1977 that has laid down criteria for candidates to apply for indigenous certificate for the purpose of employment under the State government as envisaged in the order No APPT.18/06/1967 Dated 06/07/1973 where a person whose name or

Crime News Five vehicle burglars arrested Dimapur, OctOber 1 (mexN): The Dimapur Police manning Showuba out post arrested five persons found moving in a stolen vehicle. A press note from Addl. Dy. Commissioner of Police/PRO informed that the arrested persons were identified as Ramesh Murshe, Arjun Bahadur, Robin Rai, Augustine Sangma, Konu Satanmi. According to the police, during enquiry, it was ascertained that the vehicle was stolen from 5th Mile Model village, Dimapur. The vehicle was released to the rightful owner, the police said adding a case been registered at Diphupar Police Station and further investigation is on.

his/her parent name or legitimate guardian’s name has been entered in the Electoral Roll published in 05/12/1963 or the family of such person who has been paying house tax prior to 1/12/1963 or whose family acquired property and patta prior to 01/12/1963. In the light of the above, the NTC has urged the concern deputy commissioner to thoroughly investigate the antecedent of the Md. Inzamul Hoque Talukdar strictly based on the prescribed law.

Governor calls for shunning violence and nation building kOhima, OctOber 1 (mexN): On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya has appealed all to shun violence and to join in the process of building a “Swachh, Shashakt, Samriddh and Niryog Bharat” by peaceful means. In his message, Acharya said, “Gandhiji preached truth and Satygraha and non-violence or ‘Ahimsa’ and through the ideals of truthful and non-violent means,he realised the

goals of the Indian people and achieved independence for the nation from British yoke” “On this day, the nation fondly remembers Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, or Bapuji, his immense contributions towards the Indian freedom struggle,” he added. Maintaining that Gandhiji’s philosophy is becoming more and more relevant in today’s turbulent times, the Governor urged the people to aspire and

Dimapur, OctOber 1 (mexN): The Sumi Senior Citizens Forum (SSCF), Dimapur conferred certificate of honour and commendation to Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman, NSCN-IM for his 57 years of outstanding contribution and selfless sacrifice for the Nagas’ right to self-determination. The citation of honour was conferred at a function on October 1 at Horeb Paying Guest House, coinciding with the International Day of Older Persons. The citation, which included a cash award, was received by Qhevihe Chishi Swu, Convenor Steering Committee, NSCN-IM, on behalf of Isak Chishi Swu, who could not attend the function. Presenting the award, LK Achumi, president of SSCF, Dimapur outlined the life story of Swu and highlighted the sacrifices of the Naga leader. According to Achumi, the award was given to Swu for his 57

years of faithful and sincere service as a leader in the struggle for Naga selfdetermination. Describing Swu as a God fearing leader, Achumi said the award is given to senior citizens

A book titled ‘Distance and Open Education Worldwide: Contributions of the Global Open University Nagaland’ written by Dr. PR Trivedi was released on October 1 at Raj Bhavan by PB Acharya, Governor of Nagaland and Assam. Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi is an Educationist, Environmental Scientist and the co-founder of The Global Open University Nagaland. The book release was organised by Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU) and Commonwealth of Distance Education (CODE) and hosted by TGOUN.

president and was recorded by Vikheto Assumi. Er. Hekishe, executive member, pronounced the invocation while Nihovi Chishi, treasurer, proposed the vote of thanks.

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cess and reach their goals. He asked the students to have patience, discipline and obedience so that blessing will be there and asked the students to fear the lord if one wishes to have a contented life. Advising the parents, the chief guest said, in teaching learning process parents teachers and children should come together only then the product will be fruitful and asked the parents to extend helping hand to the school authorities.

Guest of Honour A.J Sebastain who also spoke on the occasion congratulate the school authority for producing cent percent result in HSC for the past two years and also asked the student to keep the same pace. Rev Father Benny, Tsipise Managing board chairman, Setrito also spoke on the occasion. Dance, special song, choreograohy, one act play and folk song were the highlight of the day.

Imtilemba Sangtam will grace the occasion as the chief guest. A press note from Project Director, Development Association of Nagaland, Kyupise Sangtam informed that the panel of Speakers and solidarity speech given during the event will be given by Rev. C. Lima Executive Secretary, USBLA Yangli; Dr. Yanger Sangtam, Pastor, Sangtam Baptist Church Tuensang; Dr. Vinito L. Chishi, Coordinator LFA; and Hukatoli Admin-

istrative Officer, LFA Kohima; and Rovi Angami, PO, District AIDS Control Program Unit, Tuensang. All the Villages under Longkhim Chare, Administrative officials, GBs, Sectors Chairman, USSC Officials, President Longkhim Area Students Union, President, Chare Area Students Union, President, Longkhim Town Students Union, Managing Director of various NGOs and Health staff are invited to the event.

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above 80 years of age. Rev. Dr. Hevukhu Achumi, Executive Secretary, WSBAK pronounced the award dedication prayer. The function was chaired by Dr. Kiyekhu, SSCF vice

Dimapur, OctOber 1 (mexN): The Kigwema Village Council (KVC) will be organizing a "Leaders Seminar" on October 2, 10:30AM at Kigwema Panchayat Hall. The main speakers will be Er.Vikho-o Yhoshu MLA and Dr. Akho Yhokha, Retd. Addl.Director, Veterinary & A.H. KVC in a press note requested all organizations & committees under KVC to attend the programme.

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Dr. H. N Dutta, Vice chancellor, TGOUN in his welcome address noted that the book not only is a great accomplishment but an embodiment of Distance and open education in Nagaland. The role of open education cannot be ignored, stated Dutta, which has impacted education to those who remains outside the boundaries of educational institutions. TGOUN in its 9 years existence has produced 2500 publications, and Dutta hoped that the book will illuminate open learning. The book released was graced by the presence of Deo Nukhu and Nicky Kire. Nukhu stated that the book will be of great value for the

ing on the Cleanliness, a subject very close to Gandhi’s heart, Acharya said the central government has started the “Swachch Bharat” Abhiyan a completely clean India by 2019, the year of Gandhiji’s 150th Birth Anniversary and called everyone to “take a pledge on this day to make this mission successful.” “Let us all remember and pray for Gandhiji on Gandhi Jayanti – his birth anniversary and resolve to follow his ideals”

Convener, Steering Committee NSCN-IM, Qhevihe Chishi Swu receiving the award on behalf of Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman NSCN-IM, from SSCF Dimapur president, L.K. Achumi at a function on October 1.

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Good Shepherd High School Kiphire held farewell programme for Class X with Kiritong, Former advisor ENSF as chief guest and AJ Sebastian, President Private Schools society as guest of honour at the Bike lifters nabbed school campus today. In an another operation, the DiSpeaking at the occasion, mapur Police on September 29, ar- Three cadres arrested Kiritong advised the students rested three persons identified as The Dimapur Police under Zone Samson Yepthomi (30 yrs), Richie - II arrested three person identified to be sincere and dedicated Horam Ramchuichen (35 yrs) and (3) as 2nd Luiet, FGN Khekivi Aye, Atoi in ones duties to achieve sucRupam Borah (30 yrs) while they were Shohe and Ankul Dutta from Ghoratrying to dispose one Honda Mobilo patti area and seized from their posfitted with fake registration and docu- session two illegal .32 Pistols. ments of Assam. A case has been registered at West The vehicle is suspected to be sto- Police Station for further investiga- Dimapur, OctOber 1 len and necessary enquiry is undergo- tion, informed a press note from PRO (mexN): An Advocacy Caming, the police said. paign on HIV/AIDS with stakeDimapur Police. holders of Longkhim and Chare blocks will be held on October 30 ILP defaulters arrested in September kOhima, OctOber 1 (mexN): A total number of 30 (thirty) persons were ar- 2, 11:00 AM at Community Hall, rested by Kohima Police in the month of September for not possessing Inner Line ADC Office Longkhim. The Development Association of Permit (ILP). In this connection, a total of 8 cases were registered by the police. All the 30 arrested ILP defaulters were booked under section 3 and 4 of Nagaland (DAN) TI Project Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act, 1873 (BEFR) and forwarded to the sponsored by the Nagaland Court, informed a press note from Atu Zumvü NPS Sub – Divisional Police Legislature Forum on AIDS Officer & PRO, Kohima The ILP checking is regularly carried out by various (LFA-Nagaland) is organising Police Stations and Check-gates under DEF Kohima to check entry of illegal the event. MLA and Advisor CoOperation, Govt. of Nagaland, A immigrants in Kohima District, it added.

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build a better, safer, more tolerant and peaceful world by emulating his great ideals. “Violence cannot beget anything. It is only through non-violent means that we can aspire to achieve our goals," Acharya opined. The United Nations' (UN) International Day of Non-Violence, the governor added, is also held on October 2 each year to coincide with Mahatma Gandhi's birthday and recognising his contribution. Further emphasiz-

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Liquor seized A truck ferrying with 95 cases of assorted IMFL was intercepted by Dimapur Police under Niuland Police Station on September 29. Consequently, the driver identified as Pukhavi Shohe has been arrested, the policed informed. Pre-activated SIM Cards seller caught Meanwhile, the police also arrested two persons for illegally selling pre-activated SIM Cards on October 1. Vika Assumi and Imkong Walling were arrested after they were found selling the same from Hongkong Market area of Dimapur. 36 pre activated SIM Cards were seized from their possession, the police said adding that a case was registered against them at East Police Station.

Governor PB Acharya along with the author, Dr. PR Trivedi and Deo Nukhu at the book release function on October 1.

people and hoped that it will be an asset to the many students who will read it. While stating that the book will be a huge help for students, Kire commended the Trivedi and added that

Nagas will be the real beneficiaries. "Education empowers the person. Without empowerment, no state or country can come up," said Governor PB Acharya,

further asking what exactly is education. Positing that knowledge is not about individual, self centred progress but empowerment of the society by moulding friends, family, churches, temples, communities, Acharya added, "If the ultimate goal is to acquire degree, then we have failed in understanding education." If the role of a University is not clear then the roadmap has the tendency to go wrong, therefore Acharya urged for the need of using education to change society and not just to understand it. Further criticising many research works which are not applicable in changing the state or the country, Acharya also pon-

dered on the problems and issues in Nagaland. Citing the example of importing fishes from Karnataka for daily consumption in Nagaland and Manipur, Acharya appealed the scholars, researchers to also research and provide ways to develop such avenues within the state itself and further promote organic food. "To make the country prosperous should be our goal," concluded Acharya. Trivedi in his speech mentioned the need to popularize open and distance education in the grassroots. He also expressed that the benefits of the book and open education must go first to the people in Nagaland.

mOkOkchuNg, OctOber 1 (mexN): Addl. Deputy Commissioner & Administrator, Mokokchung Municipal Council has informed all the residents of the town not to dump garbage on the wayside other than the dumping boxes. Further, he said dumping of solid construction materials/ earth-work in the dumping boxes is strictly prohibited. Henceforth, earth-work and other solids construction materials dumped in dumping boxes will not be cleared by MMC. All the ward authorities were requested to give wide publicity in their respective wards on the same and also take due responsibility.

GVC social work on Oct 3 Dimapur, OctOber 1 (mexN): The Gariphema Village Council (GVC) has informed all its bonafide population that the council will be organising a mass social work at the village on October 3. It will be followed by a community feast. A press note informed that free Bus service to and fro conveyance will be provided by the Village Council. The Bus will depart from Govt. High School Junction at 7AM. All the bonafide village citizens are advised to participate positively.

Govt notifies on house-to-house enumeration kOhima, OctOber 1 (Dipr): In partial modification to the Home Department’s Order, the preparation and updation of the Population Register and field work for house to house enumeration throughout the State of Nagaland for collection of information relating to all persons who are residing within the jurisdiction of Local Registrar shall be undertaken with effect from the 1st day of October 2015 onwards till 31st October 2015.

NCP appeals members to remain steadfast kOhima, OctOber 1 (mexN): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Nagaland has informed that the NCP national office has already authorized Miatho-o Krose, the new convenor of NCP, Nagaland as the petitioner for the Special Leave Petition (SLP) No. 3335/2015 pending in the Supreme Court of India with regard to the disqualification of the former NCP MLAs. A press note issued by Povotso Lohe, former president, NCP Nagaland and National Joint Convenor, Legal Cell NCP and Vanthungo Odyuo, State Secretary, NCP Nagaland appealed to all the rank and file of NCP Nagaland to remain steadfast in the party and strengthen the hands of the new State NCP convenor to take the party forward.

SSUK condemns kOhima, OctOber 1 (mexN): The Sangtam Students’ Union Kohima (SSUK) today condemned the killing of Medosetou Suohu on September 23 at Box cutting under Officers’ Hill colony, Kohima. A press release from SSUK president, Abenla Sangtam and general secretary, Atsope further extended deepest sympathy to the family of the deceased. The union also urged the law enforcing agencies to investigate the incident and give befitting punishment as per the law of the land.

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Could vaccines protect kids from stroke, too?

troke is rare in children, but the risk of it happening is increased when a child has a cold or the flu, and reduced when kids are fully vaccinated, according to a new study. Based on 700 children across nine countries, researchers linked having had a recent illness like bronchitis, ear infection or "strep throat" to a six-fold rise in stroke risk. Having few or none of the routine childhood vaccinations was tied to a seven-fold rise in risk. “We’re always trying to raise awareness that childhood stroke happens at all,” said lead author Dr. Heather J. Fullerton of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco. It is more common in kids who have other risk factors, like congenital heart disease or sickle cell disease, Fullerton told Reuters Health. Some parents of children with chronic conditions wonder if it is safe to vaccinate their kids, and these results indicate it is even more important that they do. Parents should be reassured to know that infection prevention measures like hand washing and vaccines can help prevent stroke as well, she said. From birth to age 19 years, the rate of strokes among youth in the U.S. is about five per 100,000 children. In comparison, about three in 100 adults aged 45 to 65 have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Up to 40 percent of kids who have a stroke will die from it, according to the American Stroke Association. Fullerton and her coauthors used medical records and parental interviews for 355 children under age 18 who experienced a stroke and compared them to records and parental interviews for 354 children without stroke. Half of the children with stroke were age seven or older. In the stroke group, 18 percent of the children had contracted some kind of infection in the week before the stroke occurred, while three percent of children in the comparison group had an infection in the week before the study interview. Stroke risk was only increased for a one-week period during infection. Infections a month earlier were not tied to stroke risk, according to the results in Neurology. “There’s been suspicion about a link between infection and stroke for a while, moreso in adults,” she said. “But whenever it was brought up, people always questioned whether cold medications played a role.” According to this analysis, the infection itself triggers the stroke, not cold medicines, which were used infrequently by parents in the study. “When you have an infection, the body mounts immune response,” which manifests as fever, aches and blood that clots more easily, Fullerton said. In stroke, a blood clot blocks blood flow to the brain. “One can speculate that changes in the body as a result of infection may tip the balance in a child already at higher risk for stroke,” said Dr. Jose Biller, chair of neurology at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, who coauthored an editorial in the same issue of the journal. “Parents should not be alarmed if their child has a cold that this will lead to stroke,” Biller told Reuters Health. But they should be encouraged to continue with routine infection prevention practices, including the regular pediatric vaccine schedule, he said. “Most physicians will agree that vaccines are among the safest medical products, they are rigorously tested and monitored,” he said. “They prevent thousands of illnesses and deaths in the U.S. each year.” Infants with stroke generally present with seizures, while older infants and school age kids with stroke will have similar symptoms to an adult, including weakness on one side of the body, Fullerton said. Parents may recognize these as stroke symptoms but believe children don’t have strokes, so delay calling an ambulance, she said. “If you ever think your child is having a stroke, call 911 (emergency services),” she said.

here was stunned silence in the General Assembly Hall on Monday as U.S. President Barack Obama warned leaders against falling back to pre-United Nations days, in which strong nations imposed their will by force against the weak. There was apparent disbelief as he said it was Russia and China that wanted a “return to the rules that applied for most of human history and that pre-date this institution.” These ancient rules included the “belief that power is a zero-sum game; that might makes right; that strong states must impose their will on weaker ones; that the rights of individuals don’t matter; and that in a time of rapid change, order must be imposed by force.” The silence in the chamber came because everything Obama ascribed to others perfectly describes U.S. behavior from the end of the Second World War until today. Since 1945, the U.S. has participated in dozens of documented invasions and overthrows of sovereign governments that resisted U.S. hegemony — the strongest nation imposing its will militarily on the weak. Among the best known are the 1953 and 1954 coups in Iran and Guatemala, and the invasions of Vietnam and Iraq. There were other democracies overthrown to install monarchies or dictatorships, such as Mobutu in Congo in 1961, Suharto in Indonesia in 1965 and Pinochet in Chile in 1973. There was a setback to the American militarists with the loss in Vietnam, but a decade later Ronald Reagan was back at it, starting with a small invasion of Grenada. George H.W. Bush pounded Panama in 1989 and then devastated Iraqi forces in 1991 with an air and ground campaign, leading to his declaration that “we’ve kicked the Vietnam Syndrome once and for all.” Thirty years after the defeat in Vietnam, his son, George W. Bush, staged a full-scale 2003 invasion of Iraq, unleashing utter chaos that’s led to the most fearsome terrorist power in history. Yet Obama on Monday was blaming Russia and China for the mess Washington has created, saying, “We see some major powers assert themselves in ways that contravene international law.” Obama cited Russia’s “annexation” of Crimea and “further aggression” in Eastern Ukraine. He didn’t mention the documented U.S. orchestrated coup against a democratically-elected president in Kiev, which eastern Ukrainians have resisted. Russia has helped them but the U.S. with all its fancy

emininities are defined by social, economic, familial and cultural norms. These norms are ingrained in child rearing practices and in people belief systems. These structures are also part of social control. Femininities do reflect on the sexualities and its associated images. What is feminine in one community may not be so in another community. In rural india femininities are attached to restricted mobility, cultural and religious conformity and a matured identification of self which is problematic in itself. Its infact straight jacket understanding of disciplined femininities. Femininities are disciplined not only through clan and community specific norms but they are also subjected poverty, marginalisations of caste, class, race, ethnicity and religious variations. Such multilayered femininities are incomprehensible and unimaginable in socially aware societies. In a remote village of the Rajbongshi community in Kokrajhar district of Assam, amongst the farming communities being feminine after a woman's marriage is to be under the veil and always clean utensils, cook for the family and respect the male elders to the extent of always standing up when the husband's elder male relatives are present. All those women who show disrespect to the female elders they do not have to face much consequences but if male elders are offended then the woman has to pay a fine and seek forgiveness in public. In case she is unable to do so she will be outcasted from the village itself. This was stated by an inside source from the community whose name cannot be disclosed in public domain. Disciplined

Obama’s Self-Deceit surveillance that can find out almost any detail of your private life has yet to come up with a scrap of evidence of a Russian “invasion” of Ukraine. At heart is either Obama’s willful ignorance of Ukraine, a clumsy attempt at disinformation, or as Vladimir Putin suggested in his U.N. speech a half hour later, a big measure of self-deception. Obama said Ukrainians favor the West. That may be true of most western Ukrainians but not the whole country. Then, he said the U.S. has “few economic interests” in Ukraine. That’s woefully ignorant or a blatant lie. Monsanto has a big interest. Then there’s Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and a John Kerry family friend joining the board of Burisma Holdings, Ukraine’s largest private gas producer, just after the coup. And the country’s finance minister is an American, Natalie Jaresko, who was given Ukrainian citizenship on the day she began the job. Why put an American government official in charge of the treasury of a foreign country? Despite Russia’s “aggression,” Obama said he did not want a new Cold War — just U.S. bases encircling Russia, and China. In the South China Sea, the “U.S. makes no territorial claims,” Obama said, and only has an altruistic interest in protecting freedom of navigation and resolving disputes peacefully and not by “the law of force.” Yet, when the International Court of Justice ruled the U.S. mining of Nicaraguan harbors in the 1980s was illegal, the U.S. just ignored it. On Syria, Obama (and his junior partners in Europe) insist that President Bashar al-Assad must leave office, as though that would make ISIS lay down its arms. “Realism … requires a managed transition away from Assad and to a new leader, and an inclusive government that recognizes there must be an end to this chaos so that the Syrian people can begin to rebuild,” the President said. Obama’s position presupposes that the war would end as soon as a new Syrian leader calls off the fight. Instead ISIS is fighting not only to topple Assad, but to take Damascus from whoever may take

Assad’s place. They want the capital. It doesn’t matter who is in charge. Putin argues that Assad’s military is the most effective ground force (along with the Kurds) against the monstrous group and that all nations who want ISIS defeated should work with Assad. “Similar to the anti-Hitler coalition, it could unite a broad range of parties willing to stand firm against those who, just like the Nazis, sow evil and hatred of humankind,” Putin said. While this is the most practical approach, it would be politically difficult for Western leaders, after three years of calling for Assad’s ouster, to reverse course. Instead the West blames Russian “ambition” in its military build-up in Syria rather than seeing it as a move to help Syria defeat this scourge that came about partly by the West playing around with terrorists who turned into a Frankenstein monster. “The Islamic State itself did not come out of nowhere,” Putin told the Assembly. “It was initially developed as a weapon against undesirable secular regimes.” He added that it was irresponsible “to manipulate extremist groups and use them to achieve your political goals, hoping that later you’ll find a way to get rid of them or somehow eliminate them.” Russia warned from three years ago that this could happen. “I’m urged to ask those who created this situation: do you at least realize now what you’ve done?” Putin asked. “But I’m afraid that this question will remain unanswered, because they have never abandoned their policy, which is based on arrogance, exceptionalism and impunity.” Though Obama told the U.N. that he could essentially blow up the whole world if he wanted to, he’s decided to be a nice guy and seek diplomacy over confrontation with Russia and China. “I lead the strongest military that the world has ever known,” he boasted to the quiet hall, “and I will never hesitate to protect my country or our allies, unilaterally and by force where necessary.” “I stand before you today believing in my core that we, the nations of the world, cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion,” Obama said. “We cannot look backwards.” Obama might try looking into a mirror instead. Joe Lauria is a veteran foreign-affairs journalist based at the U.N. since 1990. He has written for the Boston Globe, the London Daily Telegraph, the Johannesburg Star, the Montreal Gazette, the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers.

Disciplined Femininities samhita Barooah femininities are defined in such a way that women are bound by dress dictums, restricted mobility and subdued aspirations. Women are ridiculed thoroughly in case of breach of any of the set norms. Women's opinions and ideas are hardly taken into consideration. Their femininity is instilled through a process of meticulous socialisation which will be defined by staunch family matriarchs. Femininities are distinct in every socio cultural society. In some societies they are defined by physical features while in some they reflected in rituals and responsibilities. But in most situations most forbidden and tabooed actions are attached to femininities. Its such a dichotomy that society observes that femininities mean different things to men and women. When women paint their nails and lips, their femininity is celebrated but when men does the same their femininity is discarded. Sometimes effeminate men are ridiculed and abused inhumanly. As if femininity is an exclusive domain of women. Most non-feminine women are rejected by potential partners both men and women for a conjugal relationship and at the same time effeminate men are also rejected by women and society at large as life partners. Under such circumstances, disciplining femininities seems to be

the most important context to exercise social control and subjugate diverse gender identities. Now we notice how such regressive disciplining happens in every cultural context within rural and urban societies. Girls will have to drop out of school after they cross 12 years as they need to get to learning household chores in rural pockets. Even though tbe girl doesnt wish to get married her sanctity social security is ensured only through child marriage. Most of the girls in rural areas gets married by the time they reach 16 years. If somehow the wedding falls apart such women are never accepted back into their families and they will have to find some work themselves keep aside the social stigma and the exclusion which the young woman has to face. The woman's femininity is judged by all custodians of culture, religion and civil society. Her conformity to rites, rituals and societal norms is of prime importance and that conformity supports her femininity. Even in upper caste societies, conformity to norms is one of the most valued ideal for a woman with a pronounced sense of feminine identity. The value judgements define the upper caste woman's identity much more than her education, profession, skills or interests. These

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value judgements can either epitomise a upper caste woman's character or assassinate it into shreds within the close knit family circuits where these women survive in suffocation. The disciplining processes of femininities are much more rigourous and digraceful in upper caste women than in any other community. The essence of sanctity and sacrosanct sense of sexuality is a restricted form of disciplined femininity amongst upper caste women. Women are ruthlessly judged and punished if they breach the disciplined sense of femininity. Whether femininities lie in the mannerisms, voice modulation, showcasing sensitivity or it is in the individual choice of food and drinks. Every move of women are monitored and judged by the custodians of patriarchy. The dangerous trend is that in the process of social mobility across class and caste denominations, women bear the brunt of disciplined femininity even outside their will. Most women address such disciplining through disgust, discomfort and discontent but only a few can actually overcome such inequalities through dialogue and debates. Some women adapt to the status quo while some distance themselves from such archaic norms and very few challenge these norms head on and move ahead with their distinct identities of diversity. If our traditional societies were more sensitive and tolerant to diversity of femininities we could considerably contain the upsurgence of witchhunting, mental illness, social exclusion and femicide which exists in our society and consistently emerges from time to time.

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Passionfruit – a potential ornamental and fruit crop Pauline Alila

problems namely colic, nervous system and to relieve Associate Professor, Department of Horticul- menstrual cramps and premenstrual syndrome (PMS). As an edible fruit, it contains several components ture, NU,School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural such as acids and sugars, nutrients, and non-nutritive Development, Medziphema Campus, phytochemicals that make passion fruit a tasteful and Medziphema, Nagaland healthy addition to the diet. The fruits of native and naturalized species is food for numerous species of wild assionfruit (Passiflora edulis) which is a native of the South American rain forests of the Ama- mammals and birds. The whole plant, especially the zon region has a colourful history during its dis- leaves, contains alkaloids and a number of other phytocovery. The name "passionfruit" was reportedly active chemicals. Among these is passiflorine, a known given by 15th century Spanish Jesuit Missionaries who sedative and tranquilizer. Extracts of the leaves have saw the plant and its flowers as a miracle representing been used for centuries as sedatives by native Brazilthe Passion of Christ where "Passus" means "suffering" ians. They prepare a drink from the flower to treat asthand "Flos" means "flower". They were enchanted by the ma, bronchitis, and whooping cough. By far the greatbeautiful flower having such attractive colour with the est benefit of passionfruit to humankind is its fruit and ray florets (corona) looking very much like the crown the delicious juice made from it. The fruit pulp contains of thorns that was placed on Christ head or thought to 2.2% protein, 0.7% fat, and 21.2% carbohydrates. In adbe emblematic of the halo. They described the three dition, the seeds contain 23% oil similar to sunflower or stigmas as the three nails piercing the hands and feet soybean oil and the rind residue is used for cattle feed. There are three primary groups of active chemicals in of Jesus Christ while the five anthers represented the five wounds. The ten petals and sepals represent the ten passionfruit: alkaloids, glycosides and flavonoids. A large apostles present at the crucifixion- St. Peter (one who amount of variability is noticed with regards to the incidenied Christ) and Judas Iscariot (the betrayer) be- dence and quantity of particular phytochemicals within ing absent. The tendrils represented the whips used the same species of passionfruit. There are evidences that in flogging our Lord. The pointed tip of the leaves were the passionfruit could be a powerful medicinal source for taken to represent the holy lance. The chalice shaped ailments such as cancer but much more research needs ovary with its receptacle representing the hammer or to be done to unlock these potentially potent remedies. The northeast region of India has conducive clithe Holy Grail. The blue and white colors of many spematic conditions for large production of passionfruit cies' flowers represent Heaven and Purity. Outside the Christian heartland, the regularly for exporting to the national market as well as the shaped flowers have reminded people of the face of a south east Asian market. There is good demand for clock; in Israel, they are known as “clock flower” and the juice since it has an exotic flavour coupled with good blending property with several other fruit juices in Japan they are called tokeiso meaning “clock plant.” and it gives that special “zing” when added into any In India the passion flower is called “Rakhi flower” af- food product. As any crop grown on commercial scale ter the famous festival of Rakhi or Raksha Bhandan – a which requires proper care and management, comcelebration of bonding for brothers and sisters. mercial cultivation of passionfruit too needs the techBesides its native home, passionfruit is found nical care and management for successful producgrowing wild in the forests of Manipur, Nagaland, tion. The technical care means application of plant Arunachal Pradesh and hills of Karnataka and Tamil nutrients at proper doses at proper time, monitoring Nadu in India and also other parts of the world where for incidences of diseases and pests, keeping the field the climatic conditions are found favourable. clean of weeds etc. these practices would prolong the Passionfruit comprises of about 500 species of longevity of the vines which would in turn increase the genus Passiflora under the family Passifloraceae. production without incurring much working capital. They are mostly vines, with some being shrubs, and a It is therefore imperative for the farmers of the north east few species being herbaceous. Of these, only few are region especially the Naga farmers to realize that commercultivated for its fruits while the rest are used as orna- cial cultivation of any fruit crop would bring high dividend mental flowers in gardens. to the individual as well as to the community only when we work with all sincerity and perseverance. This is the Uses quality we see in the womenfolk who take up home scale Passion fruits are good sources of Vitamin A and C flower nursery and bring beautiful potted plants to Dimaand the juice is mostly used as squash or ready to serve pur wednesday market for sale. It is only when our farmers (RTS) juice either on its own or blended with other fruit understand and nurture this inborn quality of farming that juice and syrup for flavouring in confectionaries and ice Nagaland would one day feature in the fruit map of India. creams. Tender leaves of the passion fruits are consumed as a leafy vegetable. It also has medicinal properties espe- Some recipes with passionfruit cially for urinary tract infections, fight chronic inflammaPassionfruit by itself tends to taste tart. It is usution and help in asthma. In traditional form of medicine ally used with other types of fruit in recipes to lighten the flowers and fruits are used for mood disorders such its tangy taste. Passion fruit, as well as its flower, are as depression, anxiety, stress; insomnia and sleep disor- known for their aromatic scent. Because of its sweet ders; headaches, migraines and general pain; stomach smelling fragrance, passionfruit is sometimes added

to food simply to enhance its aroma. Banana bread with passionfruit butter 1 2/3 cups (250 g) plain flour 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/3 cup (75 g) caster sugar cup (65 g) brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 eggs beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 bananas, mashed Passionfruit butter 250 g cream cheese 1/3 cup (4 tablespoon) good quality curd 1/4 cup (40 g) icing sugar 1/3 cup fresh passion fruit pulp (from about 4 passionfruit) Method Step 1 Preheat the oven to 160°C and grease and line a 10cm x 20cm loaf pan. Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl, then stir in sugars and cinnamon. Add eggs, vanilla and banana and stir until well combined. Spread into prepared pan. Step 2 Bake for 45-50 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Step 3 Meanwhile for the butter, place cheese, lemon curd and sugar in a food processor. Pulse briefly until just combined (don't overwork or it'll be too runny). Add the passionfruit and pulse 2-3 times to combine. Chill until ready to serve. (Passionfruit butter will keep in a sealed container for up to 1 week in the fridge.) Step 4 Slice the banana bread and serve with the passionfruit butter. Passionfruit Popsicle 3/4 cup fresh passionfruit 1/2 cup sugar (or other sweetener) 5g ginger 450 ml water Half a lemon or lime 10g plain, unsweetened gelatine (optional) Method: 1. Blend ginger with water and strain. Add other ingredients except gelatine then mix together. 2. If using gelatine, dissolve in 1/4 cup hot water, whisking briskly. When properly dissolved, add to juice mixture whisking to incorporate. 3. Pour in popsicle mould and freeze. 4. Remove each popsicle to serve Cooking Process: Cut fruit in half and spoon seeds and fruit into a blender. Add 1/2 cup water and gently blend fruit to a pulp. Strain seeds. Pour into a 2 quart pitcher and add sugar and rest of water. Should make slightly more than 2 quarts depending on how thick and sweet you prefer your juice.

Weather based integrated agro advisory for the month of October

otal rainfall of 232.8 mm was received in Dimapur district during October month which was more than the normal with the highest amount of 64.4mm recorded on 4th Sept. Total rainy day was 9. The monsoonal (June to sept.) rain for this year was less than the normal. In-situ moisture conservation measures covering both soil and land management practices to be practiced. Undertake intercultural operation to conserve soil moisture.

Crops

 Late planted rice varieties needs light irrigation, and construct bunds around fields to conserved water.  For paddy, harvesting should be avoided during wet weather conditions. Protect the harvested material from rain and excessive dew by covering.  Undertake timely harvest of kharif crops with safe storage of produce.  Timely plant protection in standing kharif crops should be done judging on clear weather.  Seed treatment with fungicides (@ 2 to 3 g/kg seed) prevents seed borne diseases, promotes better germination and crop stand leading to higher productivity in all rabi crops  Bioinoculation of seed with biofertilizers (Bacillus spp., Azotobacter, Azospririllum, PSB, Rhizobium etc.) can promote plant growth and increase in yield of cereals, pulses and oilseed crops by about 15%.  Field preparation should be started for toria and arrangement for quality seeds should be done. M-27, TS-36 and TS-38 are some of the varieties recommended for our region  Land preparation should be started for rabi maize. It can be grown in all types of soils having adequate provision of drainage. Field should be ploughed properly so as to expose the pupae of red hairy caterpillar. Sow certified seeds from a reliable source to prevent seed rot and seedling blight. If one wants to use his own seed, seed treatment is a must. Some of the varieties recommended for our region are HQPM-1, Allrounder and RCM-76.  Nursery preparation should be started for vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, knolkhol, broccoli, radish, tomato and arrangement for quality seeds should be done. Suitable varieties for our region: 1. Cabbage – Green express (Hybrid), Rareball (Hybrid), Pride of India (OP). 2. Broccoli – Pushpa, princess. 3. Tomato – Pusa ruby, Arka vikash, Punjab swari. 4. Knolkhol – White Vienna. 5. Radish – Japanese white, Pusa chetki. 6. Pea – Arkel Spread well decomposed cowdung 5 to 6 tones per hectare for the main field and mix it well in the soil by cultivating the field. Keep the field clean by collecting the stubbles and unwanted materials. Agro Meteorological Field Unit ICAR, Nagaland Centre

Different Fibres: Its Extraction and Avenues Reality and facets of Jhum V. Kenny Rhetso1 and Vinika K. Aomi2 1. SMS (Home- Science), KVK Dimapur 2. JRF (DBT), ICAR Nagaland Centre

ibre is defined as one of the delicate, hair portions of the tissues of a plant or animal or other substances that are very small in diameter in relation to their length. A fibre is a material which is several hundred times as long as its thickness. Fibres are of different categories, all fibres extracted from plants or animals cannot be termed as textile fibre. Textile fibre has some characteristics which differ from fibres. Fibres can be extracted from banana stem (pseudo stem), pineapple leaf and ramie plant. During extraction of fibre, significant amount of succulent biomass is left; this residual sludge can be utilized for animal feed or vermi composting. Fibres of banana pseudo stem, ramie and pineapple leaf are natural with high strength; they can be blended easily with cotton fibre or other synthetic fibres to produce blended fabric and textiles. With the increasing environmental awareness and growing importance of eco friendly fabrics, products made of banana, pineapple leaf and ramie has been recognised for all its good qualities and now its application is increasing in other fields too such as, apparel garments and home furnishings. With this background KVK Dimapur has initiated the trainings to farmers for extraction of these fibres and all possible technical assistance for refinement and product manufacturing.

remove any traces of plant material or dirt. Washed fibres are then left in the sunlight/shade to be dried. 3. Ramie fibre Ramie is one of the oldest fibre crops, having been used for at least six thousand years, and is principally used for fabric production. It is a bast fibre, and the part used is the bark (phloem) of the vegetative stalks. Ramie is normally harvested two to three times a year but under good growing conditions can be harvested up to six times per year 3.1 Extraction Process: Stem of the ramie plant after removing the leaves is inserted into the fibre extraction machine and its fibres are extracted. Fibres are then washed with water to remove any traces of plant material or dirt. Washed fibres are then left in the sunlight / shade to be dried. Fibre Recovery Sl. No. Fresh weight Dry weight of fibres 1. 10 kgs of fresh banana pseu110 -250 gms do stem 2. 10 kgs of fresh pineapple 1.75 – 2.0 kgs leaves 3. 10 kgs of fresh ramie stem 650-700 gms

Refinement: Fibres from banana pseudo stems, pineapple leaf and ramie plant can be refined after they are dried. All these fibres can be 1. Banana fibre bleached / dyed into different colours. These refined fibres are Banana fibre extraction is a new and an innovative technology then used for making various handicraft and decorative items. for the people of Nagaland. Banana is the third important fruit crop of the state after pineapple and passion fruit, covering an area of Products from different Fibres 6,650 ha with a production of 40,200 MT. Fruit bunches and leaves are the main source of income. The tender pseudostems of some local cultivars are used for culinary purposes, whereas major portions of banana stems are wasted. These pseudo stems can be utilized judiciously for extraction of fibres. Different types of fibres

1.1 Extraction Process: Fibre extraction machines are used for the extraction of fibres from the pseudo stems of banana. These machines can be easily operated and gives maximum output. Following are the steps involved in the extraction of banana fibre: i. Sheath preparation: Pseudo stems have to be cut into 4-5 inches breadth having length of 7-8 feet. The cut pseudo stems should be used for extraction of fibre on the same day. ii. Extraction: Cut pseudo stems are then inserted into the machines and fibre is extracted. Extracted fibres are washed thoroughly with clean water to remove any traces of dirt and plant material. iii. Drying: Washed fibres are to be dried properly in sunlight/ shade. 2. Pineapple leaf fibre Pineapple is the second most important fruit in Nagaland. Pineapple leaf is a source of high quality natural fibre but is often Conclusion: Extraction of fibres from banana pseudo stem, ramie and pineleft underutilized. The leaves of pineapple can be utilized to proapple leaf is a new technology for the people of Nagaland. Raw duce very fine fibres. materials are available in plenty thus; these materials which were once considered a waste can now be utilized judiciously. Fibre ex2.1 Extraction Process: Leaf of pineapple is inserted into the fibre extraction machine traction technology can provide a platform for entrepreneurs to and its fibres are extracted. Fibres are then washed with water to venture into the fibre production Industry.

cultivation in Nagaland Rukuosietuo Kuotsu Research Associate ICAR, Nagaland Centre

aga farmers practise organic farming like system over generations mostly on hill slopes through a primitive land use system, i.e. jhum cultivation. At present, jhum land is covering an area of 7000 sq km3 out of the total state geographical area of 16,579 sq km. It is an extensive method of agriculture in which farmers rotate land rather than crops to sustain livelihoods. In this practice, at first a forest area is chosen, mostly at the top of the hills and the big trees, other vegetations are cut down and taken away for wood and fuel purpose. Thereafter, the leftover dried twigs of the plants are burned in-situ. Then the seeds are sown with the first flash of pre-monsoon rain received during March-April. The same piece of land is utilized for cultivation for a maximum of two years/seasons. The land is then left for growing of forest and the same site is chosen for cultivation after approximately 10-15 years but in present generation due to increasing population the rotation of Jhum land has been reduced to 3-4 years giving less time for the soil to regenerate its nutrient. Thus, jhum cultivation results into destruction of natural vegetation, biodiversity, soil erosion, nutrient loss, and production of green house gases during burning. However, it also increases the pH of the soil after burning which means it makes the soil less acidic as reported by some scientist and researchers. However, in Jhum cultivation due to deforestation which has destructive effects on environment, getting certificate for organic agriculture is difficult, though jhumias are growing the crops organically inspite the nutrient requirements of jhum crops are fulfilled mainly by natural resources from the dung of cow, mithun, pig and other animals. Even in many villages, farmers are instructed by the elders not to apply any chemical fertilizers as they believe that, these will degrade soil fertility in the long run. This attitude creates negative impact on fertilizer use and perhaps because of this the state is one of the lowest consumers of chemical fertilizers per hectare (1.5 kg ha-1) in the country. Indigenous crop, soil and pest management in Jhum cultivation The Naga farmers used to harvest the crop leaving behind the residues in the high slope of the hills which protects the soil from erosion as well as enhance fertility after the decomposition of crop residues. Mixed cropping is preferred in jhum field to suit local conditions and to balance the nitrogen demand of the crops sufficiently. Nearly about 10-20 or more

crops are grown on the same plot as intercrop with rice as the main crop. Requirements for other nutrients like phosphorus, sulphur and micronutrients are met with local and preferably renewable resources. Likewise, Alder (Alnus nepalensis), a non-leguminous tree which fixes 150 kg atmospheric N ha-1 is also grown in many of the jhum fields of Nagaland, Sikkim and other NE states for enhancing the soil productivity. Apart from nutrient management, several organic management practices are followed to control insects, diseases and weeds- like application of common salt to control broad leave weed, use of dhatura (Datura stramonium) stems and leaves to control stem borer infestation in paddy, use of dead frog or crab to control bug in paddy, use of ash in terraced fields to prevent paddy from dying of unknown etiology after transplanting, etc. Zabo system of farming is practice mainly in Phek district of Nagaland which has a combination of animal, forestry, horticulture and soil conservation which can be adopted even in other districts. In jhum cultivation no draft animals or heavy machineries (tractor, power tiller etc.) are used except the human labour. Sowing is done by minimum tillage operations through dibbling or broadcasting and after harvesting the crop residues are left in the field. These two processes resemble Jhum with the conservation agriculture. In many cases, the policy makers and scientists advocate to provide at least Non Pesticide Management (NPM) certificate, as this scheme is in place in Southern India. NPM describes various pest-control techniques which do not rely on pesticides. However, in shifting cultivation there is a possibility that they may get certificate for land as – “Non Pesticide Management” (NPM), but this only deals with pests not with several issues as shifting cultivation does. The shifting cultivation essentially includes (i) Non application of chemical fertilizers and fulfilment of fertility requirement from traditional sources, and (ii) No tillage operations and residues are left in the field. Thus, shifting cultivation deserves a certificate, which is better than NPM. The practice of jhum cultivation, replaced with any integrated farming system model, may be the best for saving the environment, but it won’t be possible for someone whose occupation changes drastically overnight. For making this practice more acceptable, scientific systems of organic cultivation should be taught; special incentives and crop insurance may be provided; and higher income should be guaranteed for the improved jhum products on contrary to the non-organic products coming from the neighbouring states. Issuing certificate as ‘organic like’ agriculture to those who wish to practice improved jhum, may alter this environmentally harmful system into less harmful and the jhumias can fetch a premium price over the conventional products.

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INDIA

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Sharif urges formalised Kashmir truce with India United nations, october 1 (reUters): Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called on Wednesday for cooperation, not confrontation, with on-and-off foe India and said the two nuclear-armed countries should formalise a cease-fire in disputed Kashmir. In an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Sharif said cease-fire violations in Kashmir were intensifying, causing civilian deaths, including of women and children. "Wisdom dictates that our immediate neighbour refrains from fomenting instability in Pakistan," he told the 193-nation assembly. "The two countries should address and resolve the causes of tension and take all possible measures to avert further escalation." India issued a swift rebuttal, accusing Pakistan of claiming to be the primary victim of terrorism while "in truth, it is actually a victim of its own policy of breeding and sponsoring terrorists". Sharif said he was proposing a new four-point peace initiative with India, starting with measures that are the simplest to implement. "One, we propose that Pakistan and India formalise and respect the 2003 understanding for a complete cease-fire on the Line of Control in Kashmir," Sharif said, referring to the cease-fire line between India and Pakistan.

India ready to engage with Pakistan in 'atmosphere free of terrorism, violence United nations, october 1 (ians): India has told the General Assembly that it is ready to engage with Pakistan on outstanding issues in "an atmosphere free of terrorism and violence." Exercising the right of reply to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's statements about India on Wednesday, Indian diplomat Abhishek Singh said the Kashmir dispute remains unresolved and the dialogue between the two countries has stalled "because Pakistan has chosen to disregard its commitments, whether it was under the 1972 Simla Agreement, the 2004 Joint Declaration forswearing terrorism, or more recently, the understanding between our two Prime Ministers at Ufa." "On each occasion, "he added, "it was India that has extended the hand of friendship." At the heart of the problem, Singh said "is a state that regards

the use of terrorism as a legitimate instrument of statecraft. The world watches with concern as its consequences have spread beyond its immediate neighbourhood. " "All of us stand prepared to help, if only the creators of this monster wake up to the dangers of what they have done to themselves," he added. Sharif, in his address to the General Assembly, repeatedly raised the Kashmir issue. He claimed it was an occupied territory, spoke about the firings along the Line of Control in the state, and suggested demilitarising Kashmir. Singh, a First Secretary in the Indian Mission to the UN, said India regretted that Pakistan "has once again chosen to misuse the High Level Segment of the UN General Assembly Session to distort reality and portray a false picture of the

challenges in our region." Singh said that while Kashmir was under foreign occupation, "the occupier in question is Pakistan." As for the border incidents, Singh said, "The primary reason for firing is to provide cover to terrorists crossing the border. It needs no imagination to figure out which side initiates this exchange." As for Pakistan's claims to be the primary victim of terrorism, he said, "In truth, it is actually a victim of its own policies of breeding and sponsoring terrorists. Seeking to mask its activities as though an outcome of domestic discontent in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir carries no credibility." Explaining India's reservations about the proposed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Singh said that it was because it passes through Indian territory illegally occupied by Pakistan.

He called for an expansion of the U.N. Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan to monitor the cease-fire. The Pakistani prime minister proposed that his country and India reaffirm that they will not resort to force under any circum-

stances and that steps be taken to demilitarize Kashmir. He also called for an agreement on an unconditional mutual withdrawal of forces from Kashmir's Siachen Glacier region, the world's highest battleground, where 10,000 to 20,000

Indian and Pakistani troops have faced off against each other since 1984. "An easing of threat perceptions through such peace efforts will make it possible for Pakistan and India to agree on a broad range of measures to address the

peril posed by offensive and advanced weapons systems," Sharif said. Planned talks between national security advisers from the neighbours were cancelled last month hours before they were due to start, dashing hopes the two might tackle the violence that many fear could one day spark a nuclear showdown. India and Pakistan have fought three wars since becoming independent countries in 1947, two of them over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which both claim in full but rule in part. Sharif, elected in 2013, promised to improve relations with India. But since then domestic troubles have forced him to cede more control over foreign and security policy to Pakistan's more hawkish military. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a hard line with Pakistan, insisting he is unwilling to discuss other issues unless Pakistan admits its role in terror attacks in India.In last month's cancelled talks, India wanted to only discuss terrorismrelated issues. Pakistan sought a wider agenda, including the status of Kashmir. India's Ministry of External Affairs made it clear that Sharif's proposal was a non-starter. "To de-militarize Kashmir is not the answer," ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said in a tweet. "To de-terrorize Pakistan is."

UP ‘beef’ lynchIng: Indian government warns global charities Priest, two youths new delhi, octo 1 (reUters): An ‘major links’, say police ber Indian minister monitoring $1.8 billion of foreign

Greater noida, october 1 (Pti): Police probing the Dadri lynching on Thursday said that the "trigger" behind it was the announcement by a local temple that beef was being consumed by the victim's family, and said the priest and the two youths were the "major links" in the case. The youths had forced the temple priest to make the announcement, police said, adding that it triggered the attack. The FIR lodged in this connection has no mention of beef. Police claimed that the cow slaughtering was just an allegation by the assailants. "FIR has been lodged under IPC section 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 458 (trespass or house-breaking), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace)," an officer said. Ten people have been named as accused along with over a hundred unknown assailants. The FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim's family. Seven of the accused were held on Wednesday. "The priest and two youths who forced him to announce beef rumour are the major links. Further probe will reveal the exact sequence of events as to how it all happened," superintendent of police (rural) Sanjay Singh said. district magistrate NP Singh said that magisterial inquiry has been started. "Situation in Bisrakh is under control and magisterial inquiry has been initiated and peace committees are also trying to maintain communal harmony," the DM said. Police has ruled out any personal enmity angle. "Initial probe has ruled out the possibility," said the SP. Meanwhile, the family of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was killed by the mob on the night of September 28, and 50 other families of the village were planning to move out of the village. Additional district magistrate Rajesh Kumar met the victim's family and other people of the community and assured them full protection. "We will move out to our relatives in Delhi or states if situation here deteriorated," said Raisuddin, one of the residents. "My children grew up with Hindu neighbours and we were living in harmony for several decades. But on day of incident none of Hindu family neighbour came to our rescue," said Asgari mother of the deceased.

aid has accused Greenpeace of inciting protests against industrial projects and warned global activists and aid organisations not to work against the government. The warning from junior home minister Kiren Rijiju follows a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration on foreign-funded nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), including Greenpeace and the Ford Foundation. The crackdown has been criticised by the United States and Indian civil society groups. Greenpeace activists were "unnecessarily inciting innocent people against crucial projects without any valid reason", Rijiju said in an interview with Reuters this week. The ministry's foreigners division, which is under Rijiju and oversaw some $1.8 billion of incoming aid in 2014, suspended Greenpeace's licence to get foreign funds this year, citing financial irregularities. It has frozen some Greenpeace bank accounts. The actions came after Greenpeace supported protests against a planned $3.2 billion coal mine in the Mahan forests in central India, which resulted in a court with-

Students to get allowance if mid-day meal not served new delhi, october 1 (ians): School students would be paid food security allowance in case mid-day meals are not supplied, according to a notification for the 'Mid-day Meal Rules, 2015', the government said on Thursday. The new rules, which came into immediate effect, would also provide for temporary utilisation of other funds available with the school for mid-day meals in case the school exhausts the funds for any reason. "In accordance with the provisions of the National Food Security Act, the human resource development ministry has finalised the mid-day meal rules after consultation with the states and other related central ministries. "The rules will be known as Mid-day Meal Rules, 2015 and will be in effect from the date of notification (September 30) in the gazette of India," an official statement said. The rules also say the concerned state governments will fix responsibility on the person or agency if meals are not provided on three consecutive school days or five days in a month. "These rules and their effective compliance by implementing agencies in the states will ensure better regularity in serving mid-day meals in schools and also improve quality of the meals as well as overall implementation of the midday meal scheme in the country," the statement said.

'Half of Indian population has vision problems' new delhi, october 1 (ians): Nearly 550 million people - almost half of India's population - have vision problems, and so doctors must be trained in latest techniques for correcting vision problems, an official said on Thursday. Mahipal Sachdev, chairman-scientific committee, Intra Ocular Implant and Refractive Society of India (IIRSI) and chairman of Centre for Sight group of eye hospitals (CFS), said Ophthalmology is an ever-evolving field and that doctors need to keep themselves up to date. "In India, as many as 550 million people - almost half of India's population - are estimated to be suffering from vision problems and correction. Therefore, it is important that doctors adopt latest vision correction techniques like replacing of cloudy lens in the case of cataract - the most common eye problem in people above 60 years of age with Intra Ocular Lens (IOL) using blade-free femtosecond laser technology," said Sachdev. He said that "femtosecond laser technique is the most advanced technology for correction of cataract and refractive errors". The IIRSI in collaboration with CFS will organise a two-day conference here in the national capital from Friday to discuss eye treatment in hospitals.

Low radiation during CT scan can lower cancer chances

Junior home minister Kiren Rijiju speaks during an interview with Reuters inside his office in New Delhi on September 29. (REUTERS Photo)

drawing permits for the Indian companies Essar and Hindalco (HALC.NS) to develop the project. An Indian activist leading the campaign was barred from flying to London to address parliamentarians about the project. The foreigners division this year prevented one foreign Greenpeace official from entering the country. Rijiju said Greenpeace had diverted foreign contributions from their stated purpose. Greenpeace has taken legal action against the government's measures. "Punitive steps have been taken because rules were totally violated," Ri-

jiju said. "Some of the NGOs, if they are designed to work against a particular party or government, or they misuse the contributions, then they will attract provisions," he said, adding it was "evident" Greenpeace was hostile to the government. Greenpeace, which is fighting the government measures in court, denies its activities are hurting development in the world's largest democracy. "The government's sole aim is to crush each and every voice of dissent. How can campaigns for clean air, programmes for renewable energy be

anti-government?" asked Vinuta Gopal, acting head of Greenpeace India. More than 50,000 Indian charities depend on foreign aid for projects. Under Rijiju, the department has cancelled the licenses of about 13,000 NGOs. Rijiju said he aimed to stop the misuse of foreign funds. He said he was working to make it simpler for aid groups and charities to comply with regulations. Critics say the crackdown is to muzzle dissent and Rijiju's actions could lead to less foreign aid for projects that fight child marriage, provide clean water in slums and feed pregnant women.

new delhi, october 1 (ians): Low radiation during computed tomography (CT) scans can reduce the chances of cancer in patients undergoing treatment, doctors here said on Thursday. They said that up to 10 percent of invasive cancers are related to radiation exposure during CT scan. "Whenever a person undergoes an imaging test, a quantum of radiation emitted gets deposited and probability of occurrence increases. At the same time, whenever a person receives less radiation, the chances of radiation-induced cancer decreases," said T.B.S. Buxi, chairperson of department of CT and MRI at city-based Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. He said that people should avoid unnecessary CT scans or other imaging tests as the more people are exposed to radiation, the greater is their lifetime risk of contracting cancer. He emphasised that instead of undergoing CT scan, the patient should enquire if there is a real need of CT scan or their problem could be managed without it. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has come up with a new low dose of iterative reconstruction technique for imaging. It has been found that this scanner leads to significantly reduced radiation doses. The hospital also conducted a study, as part of which 986 patients' scans were evaluated and an average dose reduction of 33.2 percent in thorax, 32.455 percent in abdomen/pelvis and 49.706 percent in head examinations was achieved. The doctor said that CT and MRI are used in the diagnosis of cancer and also to follow-up on patients on treatment. Samarjit Singh, consultant in the department of CT and MRI at SGRH, said: "The risk of developing cancer after a CT scan is approximately 1 in 2,000 (according to the US Food and Drug Administration) and more so in children, who are more sensitive to radiation." According to radiologists, a human being should not receive more than 5 millisieverts (measuring unit) of radiation a year. A CT scan, however, expose humans to far more radiation.

India gets 638 declarants for $580 mn black money Black money law comes into force from Thursday new delhi, october 1 (ians): India's drive against black money to get back illgotten wealth stashed away abroad by its citizens has drawn responses from 638 declarants for total assets worth Rs.3,770 crore ($580 million), an official statement said on Thursday. September 30 was the last date under the amnesty scheme, that called for a tax of 30 percent and an equal amount in penalty that is to be paid before December 31. The compliance window opened on July 1. The official statement said the actual quantum of declaration, under what is called the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax)) Act, 2015, was subject to a final reconcilitaion. "The officer designated to receive the declarations worked till midnight on September 30, 2015," on a day when the rush of black mon-

ey declarants peaked at the Income Tax office here. "The e-filing portal was also open till midnight to receive the declarations," the statement added. Meanwhile, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairperson Anita Kapur said on Thursday that the government had taken all steps necessary to facilitate black money declaration. "We clarified a lot of queries of people. We also facilitated their filing till midnight, as we got some last minute requests from places other than Delhi," she said. "From our side, everything was done to ensure that people who wanted to declare the assets.. they are facilitated in declaring the assets," she said. "Once the window is closed, the Act with all its provisions will be enforced on defaulters," she added. Last month, Swiss and other European banks asked

Indian customers to avail the ongoing one-time compliance window granted by the tax department for disclosure of foreign assets. A source here told IANS that Swiss and Britain-based banks are asking Indian customers to provide fresh undertakings that all taxes have been paid on funds deposited by them in respective bank accounts. Such undertakings have also been requested from high net worth individuals and corporate clients dealing in wealth and portfolio management, the source added. The Black Money act, for the first time, allows levy of tax in India on assets kept abroad. Unlawful undisclosed income abroad is taxed at a rate of 30 percent with an additional 30 percent penalty. The Income Tax department has filed 121 cases of prosecution against those entities whose names have ap-

peared in the HSBC Geneva bank list. The 121 cases were filed before the March 31 deadline after which these cases would have become time-barred and thus could not be prosecuted by the department. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the government has completed an assessment of 350 foreign accounts and tax evasion proceedings had been initiated against 60 account holders. This move followed the Supreme Court last year giving a list of 628 entities in the HSBC Geneva branch, furnished to it in a sealed envelope by the government, to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted in May last year. India has no official estimate about the quantum of black money stashed away by Indians abroad but unofficial estimate puts the sum somewhere between $466 billion and $1.4 trillion.

new delhi, october 1 (ians): With the compliance window closing, what is called India's black money act, came into force from Thursday. "Once the window is closed, the act with all its provisions will be enforced on defaulters," Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairperson Anita Kapur told the media here. The Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Act, 2015, for the first time, allows levy of tax in India on assets kept abroad. The law provides for a compliance window for declaring and paying penalty and a failure to meet the timeline will attract an additional penalty of 90 percent for a total tax liability of 120 percent on the quantum of black money stashed abroad. "It is for the persons who have assets abroad, and their conduct is not under our control, to take advantage or to ignore the opportunity," Kapur said. "We clarified a lot of queries of people. We also facilitated their filing till midnight (Wednesday), as we got some last minute requests from places oth-

er than Delhi," she added. India's drive to get back illgotten wealth stashed away by its citizens abroad has drawn responses from 638 declarants for total assets worth Rs.3,770 crore ($580 million), an official statement said. September 30 was the last date under the amnesty scheme, that called for a tax of 30 percent and an equal amount in penalty, to be paid before December 31. The compliance window opened on July 1. In a second set of clarifications in the frequently asked questions (FAQs) format, the government last month reiterated total confidentiality of information furnished to unearth black money stashed abroad. The finance minstry also relaxed conditions for those who cannot get bank statements of their foreign accounts, saying it would accept their "best estimate" declarations with a rider that a penalty would follow if disclosures were incomplete. In the 27 FAQs, following those issued in July, on voluntary disclosures to be made in the 90-day compliance window ended Sep-

tember 30, the ministry said the new law incorporates the provisions of section 138 of the Income Tax Act relating to disclosure of information in respect of assesses. The income tax department in an earlier list of FAQs, had also said disclosures made under the said act would have "immunity from prosecution under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Income Tax Act, Wealth Tax Act, Companies Act and Customs Act". It, however, does not provide immunity from prosecution under any other statute. The offence of wilful attempt to evade tax will also not be an offence under the PMLA, the FAQs said. The one-time 90-day compliance window for declaring, however, does not guarantee immunity for wealth generated from corruption, it added. India has no official estimate about the quantum of black money stashed away by Indians abroad but unofficial estimate puts the sum somewhere between $466 billion and $1.4 trillion.

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WORLD

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Nepal turns its anger to India kATHMANDU, OCTOBER 1 (AP): Nepal feels like it is being choked. It’s running out of gasoline. Medical supplies are becoming scarce. All because of an unofficial economic blockade imposed by neighboring India from where Nepal gets almost all its essential supplies. Many Nepalese believe that India has been retaliating against their government since Sept. 20, when it approved a new constitution seen by New Delhi as discriminatory to an ethnic Indian community — the Madhesi — living in Nepal’s border districts. For months as Nepalese lawmakers were debating the draft constitution, these areas witnessed violent protests by the Madhesis during which at least 45 people were killed. Hours after the constitution was passed by an overwhelming majority of lawmakers, the violence escalated. Soon after, Indian trucks — which trundle daily across the borders, through the plains and up Nepal’s hills toward the capital, Kathmandu — stopped. While 100 or so trucks crossed over on Wednesday, more than 1,000 were left waiting at the border with shipments including medicine, gasoline, cooking fuel and produce going to rot. By Thurs-

In this September 30, 2015 photo, protesters affiliated with Maoist Communist Center Nepal hold placards against India near the Indian embassy during a protest in Kathmandul. Nepal is running out of gasoline and Medical supplies are becoming scarce after an unofficial economic blockade imposed by neighboring India from where Nepal gets almost all its essential supplies. (AP Photo)

day afternoon, nothing more had moved. Authorities in both India and Nepal assure they are working through their difference and that supplies will resume soon. But neither side can say when that might be. “Why is India imposing a blockade against us? Don’t we have the right to draft our constitution?” asked Nirmala Rai, a school teacher who participated in a demonstration near the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu on Monday. Officially there is no blockade, and India says truckers are

Nations appeal for limited use of UN veto UNITED NATIONS, OCTOBER 1 (REUTERS): Dozens of nations signed on to a French proposal on Wednesday that the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council refrain from exercising their veto in cases of mass atrocities and genocide. Some 75 countries in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia backed the proposal, and French officials say they expect more nations to join. There are 193 U.N. member nations. “We hope there will be more commitments to ensure that these situations, like in Syria, where there are mass atrocities and the U.N. Security Council is paralysed by a veto, disappear,” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters. He said France, one of the five permanent members with veto power, had already committed to not using its veto in case of mass atrocities and potential genocide, and hoped others would soon follow suit. None of the other four veto powers - the United States, China, Britain and Russia - have formally signed up for the initiative, according to a map of countries that have joined the initiative provided by France. “We ... consider that the Security Council should not be prevented by the use of veto from taking action with the aim of preventing or bringing an end to situations involving the commission of mass atrocities,” a Frenchdrafted declaration on the veto limitation said. “We underscore that the veto is not a privilege, but an international responsibility,” it added. In the case of Syria, Russia and China have used their veto four times to block Security Council action, three times to strike down threats of sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and another resolution that would have referred the Syria conflict to the International Criminal Court for possible crimes against humanity. U.N. diplomats say that Britain supports the initiative, while the United States is considering it in a positive light. Both Russia and China, the diplomats say, have suggested they dislike the idea.

World’s largest catalogue of human genetic diversity is here NEW YORk, OCTOBER 1 (IANS): An international team of scientists has created the world’s largest catalogue of genomic differences among humans, providing researchers with powerful clues to help them establish why some people are susceptible to various diseases. For the 1,000 Genomes Project, the investigators examined the genomes of 2,504 people from 26 populations across Africa, East and South Asia, Europe and the Americas. “No study has ever looked at genomic structural variation with this kind of broad representation of populations around the world,” senior study author Jan Korbel, from European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, noted. In the end, the scientists identified about 88 million sites in the human genome that vary among people, establishing a database available to researchers as a standard reference for how the genomic make-up of people varies in populations around the world. “Some 88 million sites in the genome differ among people,” said Lisa Brooks, from The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the US National Institutes of Health. Of the more than 88 million variable sites identified, about 12 million had common variants that were likely shared by many of the populations. The study showed that the greatest genomic diversity is in African populations, consistent with evidence that humans originated in Africa and that migrations from Africa established other populations around the world. The catalogue more than doubles the number of known variant sites in the human genome, and can now be used in a wide range of studies of human biology and medicine, providing the basis for a new understanding of how inherited differences in DNA can contribute to disease risk and drug response.

simply afraid to enter Nepal and end up as victims of the violence. But Nepal’s government says Indian security personnel are not allowing cargo trucks to cross the border. Historically the two majority-Hindu nations have been close allies, sharing an open border crossed regularly by more than 3 million Nepalis who hold jobs in northern India. Shortly after taking office last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a much-publicized visit to Kathmandu — the first by an Indian prime minister

in 17 years. But the warmth generated from India’s recent overtures appears to have chilled, and an irritated Nepal pushed back against what it saw as coercive diplomacy. Nepal was nonplussed by India’s displeasure with the constitution, expressed by New Delhi a day after the document’s approval. India has worried that Nepal’s border violence will spill over into its northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where tens of thousands from the same ethnic Madhesi community live. The Madhesis are up-

set that the constitution divides the country into seven new states, with some borders slicing through their ancestral homeland in the southern plains. The Madhesis, along with several other small ethnic groups, also want the states to be larger and be given more autonomy over local matters. India’s public declaration of unhappiness irked Nepalese. Social media websites have been flooded with anti-India comments, and the hashtag label #BackoffIndia has been trending on Twitter for days. Nepalese television networks suspended Indian TV channel broadcasts on Tuesday for two days, while cinemas stopped showing hugely popular Bollywood films because they said there was not enough fuel to run generators. Nepal’s home ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal noted that supply trucks had not stopped plying when violence was going on, but only after the constitution was approved. He said that of the 100 trucks that crossed over on Wednesday, only five were fuel tankers. “Indian officials want to send the trucks carrying fruits, vegetables and other food items,” he said. “We need fuel at this moment,

not vegetable and fruits.” With oil and gasoline supplies running low, Nepal has been forced to restrict traffic movement — allowing cars on the road on alternate days based on the last digit of their license plate. On Thursday, all sales of gasoline for use in private vehicles. Bitter memories linger from 1989, when India imposed a 15-month blockade after Nepal bought a batch of Chinese weapons. “Is it not the responsibility of the security personnel of both countries not to let the border used by protesters? The protest is taking place at border points with Indian endorsement and it’s indeed a blockade enforced tactfully,” says Yubaraj Ghimire, editor of Annapurna Post, a leading newspaper from Kathmandu. But some in India said New Delhi was going too far in strong-arming its neighbor, a nascent democracy that abolished monarchy only a decade ago. “The best the rest of us could do is to apologize to the Nepalese for the atrocious behavior of our establishment and wish them all the best for a stable future,” opposition lawmaker Mani Shankar Aiyar wrote in an opinion article published this week on Indian broadcaster NDTV’s website.

Insulin-producing cells to treat Type-1 diabetes created LONDON, OCTOBER 1 (IANS): Scientists have created a new technique to procude cells with insulin-secretion capabilities that may be transplanted in patients with Type 1 diabetes in the near future. Currently one of the most promising therapies in the fight against diabetes is the replacement of beta cells in pancreas. In the replacement therapy for Type 1 diabetes, researchers from Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium have previously shown that human pancreatic duct-derived cells (HDDCs) are an attractive source of cells. The cells are found in the adult pancreas and are progenitor cells - cells that have a tendency to differentiate into specific types of cells. In the new study, the group reprogrammed HDDCs to behave like beta cells and secrete insulin within the pancreas, while responding to glucose. The researchers used a specific protein that controls which genes are turned off or on in the genome. This technique allowed them to avoid any potential genetic modification of the target cells. “The novelty of our work resides in the use of adult tissue that avoids the risks related to stem cells, such as cancer, and of a protocol that modifies the cells with a direct action on DNA without any structural modification,” explained lead investigator professor Philippe Lysy. “Our system for cellular reprogramming opens doors for experiments in other scientific fields with the objective to produce cells with a new function in the context of diseases with a loss-of-function,” he added. The group has already developed a mouse model that allows them to transplant their manufactured cells into the diabetic mice and follow-up on their disease. It is well established that in Type 1 diabetes, the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys beta cells in the pancreas. These unique cells are responsible in producing, storing and secreting insulin - the hormone that regulates levels of glucose in the blood. The findings were presented at the 54th annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology meeting in Spain on Thursday.

Russian war planes target insurgents in Syria but not IS BEIRUT/MOSCOW, OCTOBER 1 (REUTERS): Russian jets launched a second day of air strikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting areas held by an insurgent alliance that includes a group linked to al Qaeda, but not the Islamic State militants Moscow said it had hit. Russia said it had launched eight air strikes with Sukhoi warplanes overnight, hitting four Islamic State targets. However, the areas where it said the strikes took place are not held by Islamic State. Al-Mayadeen, a proDamascus television channel, said jets carried out at least 30 strikes against an insurgent alliance known as the Army of Conquest. The alliance includes the Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s Syrian branch, but not Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate on swathes of Syria and Iraq. The Army of Conquest has been advancing against government forces in northwestern Syria in

recent months, and has support from regional countries that oppose both President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State. Russia’s decision to join the war with air strikes on behalf of Assad is a major turning point in international involvement in the conflict. The United States is leading a separate alliance waging an air war against Islamic State fighters, which means the Cold War superpower foes are now engaged in air combat over the same country for the first time since World War Two. They say they have the same Islamic State enemies. But they also have very different friends, and opposing views of how to resolve a 4-year-old civil war that has killed more than 250,000 people and driven more than 10 million from their homes. Washington and its allies oppose both Islamic State and Assad, believing he must leave power

in any peace settlement. Moscow supports the Syrian president and believes his government should be the centrepiece of international efforts to fight extremist groups. “Big change” Russia says its air strikes are more legitimate than those of the U.S.-led alliance because they have Assad’s blessing, and more effective because they can coordinate with government forces to find targets. Russia’s defence ministry said Sukhoi-24M and Sukhoi-25 aircraft had flown eight sorties, hitting an ammunition depot near Idlib as well as a three-storey Islamic State command centre near Hama. It said a pinpoint strike had destroyed a facility located in the north of Homs aimed at rigging cars with explosives for suicide attacks. The Lebanese news channel said the Russian planes bombed rural areas near the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour,

Civil defense members put out the flames on a burning military vehicle at a base controlled by rebel fighters from the Ahrar al-Sham Movement, that was targeted by what activists said were Russian airstrikes at Hass ancient cemeteries in the southern countryside of Idlib, Syria on October 1. (REUTERS Photo)

which is held by the Army of Conquest. The strikes also hit other areas in Idlib province, including the Zawiya Mountain region, as well as areas in Hama province to the south. The insurgent-held Idlib province is of strategic importance to the Syr-

ian government because it is close to Assad’s heartland on the Mediterranean coast, where Russia also has its only Mediterranean naval base. After years of stalemate on the battlefield, government forces faced major setbacks this year at the

hands of a myriad of insurgent groups. A Syrian military source said on Thursday that Russian military support would bring a “big change” in the course of the conflict, particularly through advanced surveillance capabilities that could pinpoint insurgent targets.

FriDAY 02•10•2015

SPORTS

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Neissr kick-starts sports week ‘deportes’ - 2015

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 1 (MExN): The North East Institute of Social Sciences & Research (NEISSR) inaugurated Deportes – 2015, its annual sports week on September 30. The sports event is a three days affair where students of social work course from the institute compete with one another. The opening ceremony was graced by Tikaram Dhakal, founding member of Gorkha Union and a member of International Rotary Club. “It is very evident that Nagas are not behind others in field of games and sports. But it is a sad fact that many of our talents get wasted due to our indiscipline and our

bad habits’, he said. He shared his experiences about being a part of the management that took the Nagaland team for Subroto Cup to New Delhi. However, he lamented that none

of those boys could take their talents and gift to the next level; the main reason behind being the lack of discipline. He exhorted the young social work trainees to be

discipline not only in physical games and sports but also in their chosen mission to help, serve and make the society a better place to live. Anil Joseph, Asst. Professor, NEISSR in his key-

note address, stressed on obedience as the core of sportsmanship. ‘Every game and field of sports has rules which should be adhered to strictly. So too, the field of social work can

be compared to a game where there are rules and guidelines which should be followed’, he pointed out. He requested the students to let that excitement and joy of games and sports

to become infectious and reflected even in their personal lives. In his concluding remarks, Rev. Dr. C.P. Anto, Principal, NEISSR exhorted the students to cultivate the

spirit of true sportsmanship. He also congratulated the NEISSR students council and the sport in charge for planning out the programme in the best way possible.. Rev. Fr. Joshua Gangmei SDB, Principal, Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur invoked God’s blessing for the success of the programme. The sports event is being held at Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur Campus. It will culminate with NEISSR’s Foundation Day programme on October 2, 2015. The foundation day programme will include showcase of the traditional and cultural richness of the different tribes of Nagaland.

public discourse

Assam-Nagaland boundary settlement

n view of the ongoing talks between the states of Assam and Nagaland on boundary issue and setting up of Local Boundary Commission (LBC) under the Chairmanship of justice S.N. Varianva (Rtd.) Judge Supreme Court of India for the settlement of boundary disputes; some of the historical facts evidence are being put forward for sincere and honest study to arrive for peaceful settlement. The Naga never encroached even an inch nor illegally occupied any part land that belong to Assam, rather the State Government of Assam with its motive to accommodate illegal immigrants from neighboring country and other states for state electoral agenda, has been encroaching Naga territory. Assam, has been pursuing this systematic method of occupying the Naga areas including Naga fields and houses backed by State Armed Police personnel over and above nexus with Neutral Arms Forces. The boundary settlement dates back to the time of the Ahom King named ‘Godhadar’. The demarcation was mutually concluded much before the British-India arrived at Areas between Ahom King ‘Godhadar’ and the Lotha Nagas led by Senden Lotha of Lakhuti Village, popularly called by the Ahom as “Songdong-Bora”.

This brings answers the questions, why and how the plain areas in Assam belong to the Lotha-Naga. During the period, when the Burmese (Burma) now Myanmar invaded the Asom warriors from Lotha Naga Villages assisted received from the Nagas. The Ahom King decided to define boundary line taking into consideration the security of his Kingdom. Thus, as a boundary lined road was constructed and named SONGDONG BORA ALI. This road started joining Sibsagar with Golaghat via Maraini. The name of this road has gone several changes to mislead and confuse the Lotha – Nagas in particular and the Nagas in general - ‘Songdong-Bora Ali’ was changed to ‘Tohontor Ali’ then to ‘Dhotor Ali’. At present, this road is known as ‘Tontola Ali’ of which the road starts from Sibsagar via Maraini and ends at Golaghat. This evidence may be referred to the Asom Boronjee (Assam History). Another history fact, stands glaring even till date -a good number of Villagers presently lying under Assam State Administration in the district of Sibsagar and Jorhat of which were paying annual “Land Taxes” known as “Ghats” to the nagas as tenant rent. This land rent taxes was received by numerous Naga villagers. The payment of annual land taxes was stopped in the early part of 1970’s due to one

of the then Deputy Commissioner S.C. Dev Bangali, instigated and reported Government of India basing on complaint report of the payment of annual land taxes called ‘Ghats’ that was stopped with a directive from the Government of India. Basing on these historical facts, after British-India penetrated Asom, the British–India Government began to survey the land and the rest of the whole of British–india starting from the year 1832, and after the completion of the survey – area by area, the British-India Government had made a declaration of their survey Map. The then newly British survey areas were called by a special name “Bangal-Assam” and NEFA, now known as Aruhachal Pradesh. Thus, Nagaland does not demand nor has encroached even an inch of neighbouring areas land, but is fighting for and claiming for the legitimate Naga rights to justice basing on (a) the historical boundary demarcation done between the Ahom King ‘Godhadar’ and ‘Senden’ Songdong-Bora (b) the British-India administration has transferred most of the Naga areas part by part on the pretext or another in order to serve its economic interests. When Nagaland was created statehood as the 16th State of Indian Union on 1st De-

On Naga political issue “The

he multiple NPGs and their taxations is being imposed and imposing upon the Nagas which has become too heavy to lift, their dictatorial attitude to the Nagas in almost all walk of life has become unbearable and intolerable, their Gun culture ultimatum to the our outspoken leaders and writers have silenced the freedom of expression and write ups, to many concern Nagas, where truth, reasoning and justice have been murdered in our Naga society. The NPGs should not drag God’s name in nationalism because their speech and implementing part differs. Our Naga National workers should recall the world histories, that the atrocities Tzaeship of Russia with full military power was brought down by the Russian citizens, so likewise the French, etc. the same spirit of those citizens of those time are now enumerating and growing stronger day by day in our society. The days are not too far where the same event shall happen in our society, that the Naga national movement shall be brought down by the citizens before attaining its goal or even later. Therefore in order to evade such event, the Nagas criticism to the NPGs in every issue from every nook and corner from the past till date should be reviewed by every national workers and take positive steps and measures and win back the Nagas’ mandate of nationalism. The United States of America attain its independence because they forget and left all egos and the Colonial differences and were united in fighting its imperial power. If the NPGs really are for the Naga Sovereign Cause, it is high time to unite as one and form one strong National movement, without any bias and reservation. The NSCN (IM) sacrificial, contribution and perusal of Naga Political issue is appreciated but at the same time the NSCN (IM) should not mislead or sell out the Naga Political right without letting the Nagas’ known of the accord content. As far as accord is concerned, when individuals or groups comes to an agreement, that is an accord. After Ceasefire between GOI & NSCN (IM) since 1997, several round of talks were held but could not sign an accord, because the terms and condition was or were not agreeable by both the parties or by a party. However, to my understanding and universal perspective, they have agreed to the terms and condition and therefore, accord has been inked. The only remaining chapter is to pass the accord bill in the Indian Parliament for amendment. The Naga Civil societies should not haste and be short sighted about Naga Political issue at the expense of the atrocities committed and committing by present NPGs, though we are all victims of it yet, we have to retrospect our history and foresee our future for the generations to come. All NPGs, overground representatives, civil societies, political organizations, Naga citizens, including NSCN (IM) should retrospect and reasoned once more about our Naga struggle for self determination from beginning till date. The Naga villages and granaries were burned to ashes, citizens were confined in concentrated camps under duress without basic needs, depriving all their humanity rights, hungered to death, molested, raped, etc etc. thousands of Naga Patriots sacrificed their lives, all for the cause of self determination. All the Nagas who are surviving today are victims one way or the other, as we are kits and kins or descendants of those effected victims and martyrs. Therefore, “all Nagas are stake holders of Naga Political issue”. Therefore, the NSCN (IM) should host, open platform to all NPGs, overground representatives, civil societies and stake holders (Nagas) and debate upon the points that has been inked and still enigma in public domain, before amending in the Indian Parliament. Should the Nagas (organization and individuals) be kept in dark about the accord content and amended in Indian Parliament and, if the result ought to be unacceptable, leading to any unwarranted “blood bath” in Naga soil, the GOI and NSCN (IM) should be held responsible, because even in my layman’s observation I can foreseen that is in evadable. “Nagas had enough and are too wary and hate to see any of its citizen being victimized by Naga Political issue after the settlement. The sacrificed made by our Patriots and foreparents should not go in vain. No matter, what terms and condition the present generation agree in totality (All Nagas) with GOI. If such terms is acceptable to the Nagas and brings benefit, prosperity, peace and satisfaction and not forgetting the unity of Naga tribes irrespective of artificial boundaries, “shall rest our patriots and foreparents souls’ in peace”. “May all Nagas accept reality and uphold Justice”. Akavi Sumi, Forest Colony, Kohima

Therefore, the Supreme Court of India and the Government of India should not show any favoritism, nepotism or prejudices and discriminate one state in the ‘boundary settlement’, instead it is necessary to honour and respect the historical right of the Nagas because, both states of Assam and Nagaland were sons of India. Again, the Supreme Court of India (SCI) should take note of the 16th Points Agreement of 1960 and Article No. 371, Clause (A) as well as Article No 3 of the Indian constitution in the settlement. Significance location of references;Wokha - Goronga British Dak Banglow Wokha - Goronga Tea Estate Furkating Railway Junction Songdongbora Ali - changed to Tontola Ali Options for Boundary Settlement; 1. Sibsagar via Maraini-Golaghat via Nawgoan-Gauwahati National Highway, 2. Sibsagar via Maraini road via Titabar line Furkating (NF) Railway Junction etc, etc.. Dated, Wokha HQ the 01st Oct ‘2015. Rikhyo Kikon Lotha, Octogenarian, On behalf of the Naga Nation.

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he land of the Nagas is not too expansive nor her population much too multitudinous. Nevertheless her polity and history has been from the beginning and most ancient as antiquity herself. Prior to the inauspicious advent of the British the Nagas did not even know India much less having anything to do with her : total anathema. The British lorded over the Nagas from 1880 – 1947, but save for taking maximum undue advantage of our total trust and absolute loyalty, she virtually did nothing substantial for our betterment. The Nagas petitioned the Simon commission by stating most clearly and in no uncertain terms for her to “leave us alone” and allow us to enjoy our unencumbered lives of freedom as in the days past on the event of her imminent departure. The government led by new Prime Minister Clement Atlee, a member of the Simon Commission himself, sinisterly left most silently, perhaps much against the screaming of his tormented conscience (if he had one, that is). The wily India then brought in her occupation forces in the persons of Army men and Police men and overran the Nagas many times over. Nagaland, by the way, does never belong to the British nor to the Indians. The pleadings for her rights have so far fallen on deaf ears and closed minds, or so it seems. The Naga National Council could prophetically perceive the dangers of the possibility of being maliciously thrown into “The Sea of Indian Politics” against which she had pleaded in written to Clement Atlee (et al.). 1. The intimidatory tactics of Governor Akbar Hydari on the Nagas resulted in the failure to sign the Proposed 9-Point Agreement. 2. A handful of opportunistic Nagas in the form and guise of Naga Peoples Convention sneaked

cember 1963, the Indian Government did not erected any constitutional boundary for the states of Assam and Nagaland for the reason best known to her, while at the same time ignoring the historical boundary. Therefore, the Assam State should not unnecessarily raise from time to time the boundary; any dispute with her counterpart thereby violating Godhadar-Nagas defined boundary line. For administrative convenience and revenue collection by the Britishers, a huge territory of lands from the Naga Hills district are transferred to Sibsagar and Nagoan districts of Assam State. Some of the areas transferred to Sibsagar district and then to the newly created Sub-Divisions of Jorhat and Golaghat of Assam were mentioned below for references;1. Geleky Reserved Forest 2. Tiru Reserved Forest 3. Kakadonga Reserved Forest 4. Desoi Reserved Forest 5. Desoi Valley 6. Doyang Reserved Forest and 7. Nambor Reserved Forest Besides, the above mentioned forests, a good numbers of the ‘Tea Gardens’ which falls within Naga territory has also been transferred to Sibsagar.

into the confidence of Prime Minister JawaharRights to any serious measure. lal Nehru and brought about the 16-Point Agree- • On the part of the Nagas of today, we are behavment, which however was ”never the unqualified ing pretty much like the fable of “The hunts of choice of the Nagas”. India too, on her part never the Chücümiaphie” (Chücümiaphie chüwhuohonoured the same in toto. tuoi). This Chücümiaphie is a skunk-like small 3. After priming the situation to its worst possible mammal which can prey upon bigger animals levels of terror and anarchy, a handful of Federal like the deer by relentlessly chasing them to utleaders were led, as if on leashes, and compelled ter exhaustion and killing the prey quite so very as “underground” representatives to sign the unerringly as a rule. But the uniqueness of this “Shillong Accord”. However 40 years have passed particular hunt is that if the predator(s) even on without any ray of light at the end of this dark tunthe very verge of catching the prey, whenever nel of infamy. chance upon honey bee hives in its path would 4. In 1997, while the Naga Reconciliation process most definitely forgo the primary target, though was being pursued in all seriousness at Atlanmost exhausted and ready for the kill, and turn ta (USA); the spoilsport-par-excellence India its undivided attention to the honey like a powlatched on to NSCN(IM) and signed a Ceasefire erful magnet. The Nagas, likewise have forsaken agreement which has been dragging on for these the blazing trail of Nationalism, the one and only dreary 28 years. hope for National survival and identity, and are 5. The Final Accord was supposed to have been drawn to easy money and the apparently sehatched with the expressed exclusion of the cure government service; numerous motor veNSCN(K) and accordingly one Agreement had hicles have been purchased to super-saturate the once again been signed with indelible ink on Austreets of Kohima City, with the greed to buy even gust 3,2015, or so it had been much proclaimed. much more. These pursuits are being debauched But the simple Naga folks, who actually matter upon at the costly expense of honouring the marmost, have not been enlightened about its contyrs of the Naga Political Rights. Yes, righteous tents nor their implications and therefore are least and innocent blood in copious proportions have bothered. One is reminded of the maxim ‘you canbeen shed for the benefit of tomorrow’s generanot fool all the people all the time!’ Amen. tion. This sacrifice most solemn had been profThe milling millions of India’s population is virtufered not in order to be under the Constitution ally like a roaring ocean and the Hindu agenda of India nor to subsist under the slavery of “The has been projected into much prominence. Of Sea of Indian Politics” most despicable. The NNC the 545 Lok Sabha Members of Parliament Naga stands for full Sovereignty of Nagaland and nothrepresentation is just 1 (one) single Member, and ing short of it, so help us Lord! except for some show of physical developmental • KUKNALIM. schemes and programmes India has not been lisZapuvisie Lhousa, Member tening to nor being mindful of the Naga Political Central Executive Council, NNC

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he 8th district founded in 1997 and the 115th most populous city in India (KVKD, 2010) is today the second New York City for many Nagas from the countryside based on their presumption that it is the most developed city in the Naga world. Though technically known as the predominant Nagas inhabited city, there are everyday growth emerging of people like Bengalis, Assamese, Nepalese, Biharis, Marwaris, Punjabis and also Tamils and Keralites and the most threateningly encompasses the Bangladesh immigrants. Most significantly it is the Gate Way to the entire districts in Nagaland and Manipur, one of the prominent states in the Northeast India. Gradually Dimapur emerges to conspicuous center which rivets people from many foreign countries for numerous reasons like business, tourists, exchange programs and other activities from both private and Government sectors. It remains a feasible center for people in terms of transportation for there are two major transportation facilities like Airport and railways. Comparatively it is one of the newest districts in the Naga world; however, historically it is one of the first British East India Company expedition places, followed by the British Rah (DCHD, 2011). For this reason, Dimapur attains development quicker than any other districts in Nagaland. However, having known as the threshold city to every

possible connection globally, it remains untenable and feeble in the most basic needs that should have been availed for the people and the place. Everyday citizens castigate to obliterate the causes of undeveloped and unorganized culture taking place concurrently through many ways in the city. However, the efforts of citizens remain concealed due to political and leadership polarization. The article entitles ‘The Darker Dimapur’ is based on the author’s personal experience of travelling at night in the city. Indeed, universal law makes the night as the absence of day like any places the absence of light is dark. Similarly Young Einstein says “Darkness in reality absence of light (Snopes. 2015). Darker is the absence of brightness at night which is different from night in absence of day. In a city like Dimapur, the absence of light at night brings darker which repercussion to double desolation situations like crime, accident, insecurity, extortion and so on. Nevertheless, acknowledging every auto rickshaw that passes with a small beam of light to locate the way to cross the road prior to step into any wrong direction somewhere in a bush, dumped garbage fort or drainage in the city. Keeping aside the insecurity at day travelling on numbers of potholes equivalent to starts in the sky, the city without a single street light at night from firing to church road and other parts of the city center

is unexpected, unacceptable and beyond imagination. Light is what gives additional security to human beings at night but without a single street light adds more fear to citizens to travel even for a short distance. One can imagine that from an area of 927 Square kilometers in the district, how many kilometers have street light and not dead streets light which do not give light at night like in Dimapur city. This darker city concedes brisk opportunity to unexpected tragedies physically and psychology among the citizens. The blame game era which brings no any solution to any problems is exhausted and gone in the Naga society. Hence, one of the solutions to such deplorable situation is to instill among citizens for walk from door to door investigation on who manages the development of the city and bring him/ her to the light of the common people. The utmost failure among the citizens is the unapproachable fear to any political leaders, contractors and officers who misuse funds which are sanctioned for the development of the city. It is not that no one knows who have misused the funds but no one dares to sue them at any cost. Such fear of citizens engenders the growth of invincible corruption and death to development every day. In the midst of the darker city, keep a hope for the brighter night in the near future. Lemwang Chuhwanglim, Researcher & Activist

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

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Hornbill on Tour 2015 in association with rolling Stone india

he Nagaland government’s Music Task Force (MTF), the only state government body in the country that promotes music as an industry, is taking the famous Hornbill International Music Festival, held annually in December, outside of the state capital Kohima for the first time. #Hornbill On Tour is a threecity series of concerts that will be held over the next two months in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru, which will help shortlist one band from each city who will participate at the 2015 edition of festival. Hornbill International Music Festival is India’s most lucrative band contest that attracts dozens of rock bands from across the country to participate every year. The winner gets a prize of Rs 10 lakh, and the first and second runners up Rs 5 lakh and Rs 2.5 lakh respectively. Past winners include Bengaluru’s prog-metal band Slain, Delhi rockers Indigo’s Children, glam-rock outfit Adam’s Apple from Darjeeling, and Kolkata-based rock bands The Hobos and Underground Authority. Hornbill International Music Festival is part of the larger Hornbill Festival organized by Nagaland’s State Directorate of Tourism every year to show case the state’s rich cultural heritage. The events last year ranged from tribal dances and photo contests to motor cycle rally, night carnival, Naga chili eating contest, literature and cinema festival, theater and various other cultural performances. #Hornbill OnTour is being organized by MTF in association with Rolling Stone India, the Indian edition of Rolling Stone, the world’s most popular music magazine. The response to calls for entries to participate in #Hornbill On Tour has been tremendous with close to a hundred bands from Mumbai, Bengaluru , Delhi, Pune and Chennai responding, sending their song recordings and videos to vie for the limited slots available for the live elimination rounds. The editors of Rolling Stone India had the unenviable task of assessing the entries to select the five bands from each city who will perform at the live elimination round, in front of a high-powered jury. The winner of from each city will be flown to Kohima to play at the Hornbill Festival. #Hornbill On Tour`s Mumbai leg of elimination rounds will be held at Hard Rock Café Worli on October 7th, Wednesday 2015. Because of a tie for the fifth position, six bands have made the cut here. The line-up of the bands shortlisted is as follows: 1. The Lightyears Explode (alternative/punk) 2. Anand Bhaskar Collective (alt-rock/fusion) 3. Daira (alt-rock/prog rock) 4. Kanchan Daniel and the Beards (blues rock) 5. Laxmi Bomb (electro-rock) 6. Unohu (alt-rock) -------#Hornbill On Tour`s Bengaluru edition of elimination round will be hosted at Hard Rock Café Bengaluru on October 16th, Friday 2015. The line-up of the bands shortlisted is as follows: 1. Grey Shack (rock & roll/hard rock) 2. Black Letters (alternative rock) 3. Shepherd (sludge/heavy rock) 4. Farfetch’d (post rock/ambient) 5. Peepal Tree (indie rock) ----------------------#Hornbill On Tour`s Delhi edition of elimination round will be hosted at Hard Rock Café Delhi Saket on October 22nd, Thursday 2015. The line-up of the bands shortlisted is as follows: 1. October (prog rock) 2. KRAKEN (rock) 3. Tankbund (ambient/electronic) 4. Udan Tasthri (psychedelic/prog rock) 5. Chaos in the Capital (alt-rock)

Priyanka Chopra accepts AbC's apology over faux pas

ollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has accepted channel ABC's apology for a faux pas it made during a TV show by featuring a photograph of another former Indian beauty queen rather than the "Quantico" star. Priyanka, a former Miss World, was on ABC's "Nightline" show when the chanbnel aired a clip about her rise to fame. However, it ended up using Miss World 1999 Yukta Mookhey's photograph instead. While the show was trolled on social media, Priyanka took it on a lighter vein. Priyanka tweeted: "Lol!" ABC later issued an apology for the mistake and corrected the promo.

"Our sincerest apologies @priyankachopra . Here is the corrected story," read a post on the Twitter handle of the network. The 33-year-old actress, who plays an FBI agent in her international debut TV show "Quantico", responded: "Thank you for the correction @Nightline." The twitterati, meanwhile, had their share of fun. One pointed out the network's mistake, and wrote: "Uh oh, @Nightline! That's Yukta Mookhey when she was crowned Miss World. Not @priyankachopra", while another tweeted: "Whoops, ABC promoted their new show with a photo of the wrong Indian woman."

More people should get motivated to help farmers:

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ctor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar feels more people should come forward to help the drought-hit farmers of Maharashtra. As a severe drought gripped Maharashtra this monsoon, actors Nana Patekar and Akshay Kumar have reached out to the farmers with substantial monetary help. Patekar and Marathi actor

Makrand Anaspure have also set up a foundation for this purpose. "It's a great initiative. I am working on gender issues... discrimination in schools and colleges. Nana Patekar is doing a great job. I feel more people should get motivated and join him. I am there for any kind of messages," Farhan told reporters here at an event.

ralph lauren steps down as CEo: the reaction

years on from founding his eponymous fashion label, Ralph Lauren is stepping down as CEO. “This is important to say: There is no toe in the water…I won’t be coming in two days a week,” the 75-year-old told WWD, who is retaining his role as executive chairman and chief creative officer when his company’s new CEO Stefan Larsson, joins the company in November. His replacement is a Ralph Lauren outsider; Larsson spent 15 years at H&M in the senior management team before being appointed president of Gap-owned Old Navy in 2012, a mass-market chain in the US where he has helped build three years of consecutive growth. Shares at Ralph Lauren

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have dropped by 22 per cent over the past three months, but the New York City-based company's stock was up 12.93 per cent this morning, signalling that investors welcomed the appointment. Cathy Horyn, critic-atlarge for The Cut, thinks that the move is in part down to pleasing investors. She wrote: “Lauren recognized that he probably wasn’t the best person to lead his company in the coming years. The market challenges are simply too enormous, and they are changing at a pace that very few veteran retail and fashion executives can grasp.” She adds of Lauren, who will turn 76 next month, “Lauren’s decision to step aside is a reminder to executives and founders that maybe they don’t know as much as they think they

do — and maybe someone else knows more about what’s relevant for today.” Elsewhere, the New York Times remarks: “the Lauren brand has struggled to remain relevant in a rapidly changing retail world, and has recently suffered from a slumping share price and increased competition” – which is where Larsson comes in. Lauren, who founded his business by selling wide ties to Bloomingdale’s in the late 1960s will still retain creative control. "I bet he stays on as creative director as long as he’s vertical," commented Pat Cook, CEO of Cook & Co. to Bloomberg, adding: "No one can replicate his style." Ralph Lauren faces competition from fastfashion retailers, something which Larsson has plenty of insider knowl-

edge on. And perhaps reassuringly, should Ralph Lauren chose to ‘go faster’, the brand’s signature preppy aesthetic is so core to the brand that it could most likely withstand any mass-exploitation. As a commentator at the Financial Times explained: “the best insurance against abuse of his name is not Mr Lauren’s continued involvement, but the fact he founded the label at the zenith of “hot” — the late 1960s — with a deliberately timeless look. It should easily outlast him.” What’s certain is that when the time comes for Mr Lauren to step down completely, only he can take credit for creating a global brand that made him a billionaire and the polo-serving horse and its rider an instantly recognisable logo.

Talking about 'Swachh Bharat' campaign, Farhan, 41, said it is everyone's responsibility to maintain a clean environment. "I feel it is the responsibility of an individual to make our environment, surroundings clean. Its an individual effort. It's a nice request made by the leader of our country," Farhan said.

Sky Entertainment tie up with international rock Agency

Dimapur based Sky Entertainment has entered into a business venture with an Italian/German artistes booking and management company known as International Rock Agency. International Rock Agency has been in this business for the past 20 years and have worked with many rock and blues artists like Vinnie Moore, Uli jon roth, Marco Mendoza ( white snake), Richie kotzen, Mike Portnoy, Michael Angelo Batio,

Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani), Bumblefoot (Guns n roses), Gug s (Ozzy Ozbourne), Eric Martin , Carl Palmer, Tim Stevens etc to name a few. The agency tours with artists all over Europe and South America for around 300 days a year. The agency plans to enter Asia-Pacific market in coming years. It is to be mentioned that artists like Jennifer Batten, Vinnie Moore, Neil Zaza, Smokie etc were managed through this

agency. In recent time, the agency has worked out a tour in Europe for Alobo Naga next year. With this venture, IRA is committed to provide platforms to those who are serious and passionate about their profession. There are possibilities of exploring new markets for our artists from Nagaland and North East India and work out strategies to expose them to different audience. Morung Express News

It's India calling for Cate Blanchett!

ome November, Oscar-winning a c t re s s Ca t e Blanchett will head to India to share her story of success in the world of showbiz, as part of the Women in the World Summit, reveals Indian actress Shabana Azmi. The Hollywood actress, best known for "Blue Jasmine" and "Elizabeth", will be here on November 29. Shabana shared the news of Blanchett's plans

to come to India on Twitter. The Bollywood's veteran star will co-host the event with well known television journalist Barkha Dutt and businesswoman Nita Ambani. “Cate Blanchett coming to New Delhi on 20th November for Women in the world summit hosted by Tina Brown. Nita Ambani Barkha Dutt and I are co-hosts,” Shabana tweeted on Thursday. The convention, pre-

sented by renowned journalist and author Tina Brown, will bring forward some extraordinary and inspiring stories of women from different sections of the society. They will narrate how they fought against the obstacles and emerged as winners. The three-day summit will salute the struggles and triumphs of women and girls around the globe. Bollywood super-

Hillstar NOW SHOWING star Aamir Khan had advocated the need to redefine masculinity in India at the summit in New York in April earlier this year.

‘Enchanted’ sequel to be called ‘Disenchanted’

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nchanted” director Anne Fletcher (‘The Proposal’) will return to director’s chair and the studio is currently in the process of developing the script with the hopes that it will be in greenlight-ready shape very soon, reported Aceshowbiz. Details are scarce and it is still unkown whether the original cast members will reprise their respective roles. Amy Adams hinted previously that she had been enthusiastic about reprising her lead role. Besides Adams, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey and Susan Sarandon

were in the cast of the first film. “Disenchanted” was first planned in 2010 with Jessie Nelson to write the screenplay. In 2014, Disney brought in J David Stem and David N Weiss to pen a need script and kept Fletcher attached to helm it. “Enchanted” grossed USD 340 million at worldwide box office. The movie received three Best Original Song nominations at the 80th Academy Awards for Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz’s “Happy Working Song”, “So Close” and “That’s How You Know”.

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Farewell Programme in honour of Er. Kahoto Sema, Director of Industries & Commerce was held on 30th Sept’2015 in the Directorate conference hall which was attended by Officers & Staff of Administrative Department, Directorate, District Industries Centres, Sub-District Industries Centres and PSUs/ Boards with Shri. Amenba Yaden, Hon'ble Parliamentary Secy. (Department of Industries & Commerce) as Special Guest. The programme was chaired by Er. S.Temsulong Jamir, Addl. Director (Dev) and Invocation was pronounced by Shri. Temsu Longkumer, Sr. Accounts Officer. Shri. M K Mero, Commissioner & Secretary, in his farewell speech congratulated Er. Kahoto Sema for successful completion of 35 years of service without any adverse records and wish him and his family a happy & peaceful retired life. Shri. I. Bendangliba Addl. Director (Admn) and in-coming Director lauded Er. Kahoto Sema for being supportive to the subordinate Officers and Staff in all round welfare of the Department and sought his valuable advice and suggestions for the betterment of the Deptt. even in the days to come. Shri. Amenba Yaden, Parliamentary Secy., Industries & Commerce) the Special Guest appreciated Er. Kahoto Sema for his sincerity and honesty in his short association in the Department and called upon the Officers & Staff of the Department to follow the foot steps of outgoing Director. Speeches were also made by the PSUs/ Boards, NICGOA and District Officers. Special song was presented by Shri. Lima Imsong & party. The outgoing Director Er. Kahoto Sema, in his farewell speech encouraged the Officers & Staff to be more sincere for the betterment of the Department and advised to coordinate with the in-coming Director. The programme came to the conclusion with a mass prayer.

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United grind out hardfought win over Wolfsburg

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MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 1 (REuTERS): Manchester United battled back after conceding a fourth-minute goal to grind out a hard-fought 2-1 victory over VfL Wolfsburg at Old Trafford on Wednesday, the English side's first Champions League win of the season. There was huge pressure on United after they lost to PSV Eindhoven in their opening Group B match two weeks ago and their night got off to the worst start when Daniel Caligiuri opened the scoring for the well-drilled visitors after some poor de-

fending. United, who came from behind to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 exactly six years ago to the day, followed the same script with Juan Mata equalising with a 34th-minute penalty, while defender Chris Smallingproved to be the unlikely match-winner when he slid in to score his first goal of the season after 53 minutes. United manager Louis Van Gaal, who said before the match United had to win all of their home games to have any chance of making it through to the last 16, told BT Sport it was a hardearned victory.

"It was very difficult because they scored (so early) but then we did very well and created a lot of chances, but we didn't finish... "we were suffering. A lot of players are very tired because of the accumulation of matches, but still, we did not give much away." Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking said: "We had a good start to the game. Midway through the first half we lost a bit of control and they had the chances to level." With CSKA Moscow beating PSV Eindhoven 3-2 in Russia, the four teams are all level after two matches. CSKA Moscow host United and Wolfsburg are at home to PSV in Matchday Three on Oct.21. United started the match buoyed by going top of the Premier League at the weekend, but they were reeling after Wolfsburg struck to take the lead after a six-pass move. United were guilty of woeful defending as Antonio Valencia played Caligiuri onside and he picked his spot to beat David De Gea. Wayne Rooney should have equalised for United after 26 minutes after fine work down the right fromAnthony Martial, but the United skipper, who had a poor game in attack, blasted the ball high and wide when it looked easier to find the net. They drew level when Mata sent goalkeeper Diego Benaglio the wrong way with his penalty after Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai ruled scorer Caligiuri handled in the box. Mata was instrumental in setting up United's second goal as well, providing the final pass with a creative, backheeled flick that allowed Smalling to slide home his first goal of the season after 53 minutes.

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Malmo FF's Vladimir Rodic (L) challenges Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo during their Champions League group A soccer match at Malmo New Stadium in Malmo, Sweden September 30. (REUTERS) Philip O'Connor Reuters

It was not one of his more brilliant nights but Cristiano Ronaldo managed to shake off the Malmo defence to score twice and edge closer to becoming Real Madrid's greatest goal-poacher on Wednesday. Having netted his 81st and 82nd Champions League goals against the Swedish side, Ronaldo is now tied with Raul as the club's top scorer of all time with 323 goals. "I am so happy and proud to beat the record for Real Madrid, it's fantastic," Ronaldo told broad-

caster Viasat. "The most important thing is to win. Six points, we are top of the group." Well-shackled for most of the night by the dogged Malmo defence, Ronaldo only sporadically lit up the Swedish night with his brilliance. Thankfully for Madrid, it was enough to secure all three points and take them to the top of Group A. "It says something about how good he is," said Malmo defender Anton Tinnerholm, who had most of the responsibility for marking Ronaldo. "Even when he has a bad day, he can still decide games." Coach Rafael Benitez did not want to be

drawn into the debate about who is the greatest goalscorer in Madrid's history, but Ronaldo's speed in catching Raul's mark leaves little doubt. "That's a question for others to answer, but I'm very happy that the team won, that we kept a clean sheet, that we took three points, that Ronaldo scored two goals and (equalled) a record," he told a news conference. "We have seen many great goalscorers in history but he managed to do it in less games." It has taken the Portuguese phenomenon just 308 games to rival Raul's haul of 323 strikes, a jaw-dropping ratio of goals per game.

It could have been more when the Malmo defence, reduced to 10 men after the sending off of Yoshimar Yotun, tired. But Malmo goalkeeper Johan Wiland stood firm, prompting Ronaldo to have a word with him after the final whistle. "He came up to me after the game and asked 'why did you keep saving my shots?' He wanted to score a hat-trick," Wiland told reporters. "In reply, I asked him why he kept scoring goals against me. Then we laughed and hugged." Wiland is not the first goalkeeper to have asked Ronaldo that question, and he most likely won't be the last.

2 from Nagaland receive 4th degree Taekwondo black belt McLaren confirm Button to race on in 2016

DIMAPuR, OCTOBER 1 (MExN): Nagaland Taekwon-Do Federation ITF members Sujit Roy and Yimkongniken Aonok have both passed their 4th degree black belt exam. The exam was held at Goa from September 25-27 and conducted by Senior International Master B.Rajendran Balan 8th degree black belt President and Technical Director Taekwon-Do Association of India. Roy and Aonok have now become Elite members of International Instructors under International Taekwon-Do Federation. Meanwhile during the 4th South Asian Taekwon-Do Championship held on September 2930 Menuodilhou Maurice Usou from NTF played got Silver Medal in Individual Sparring. In the prequarter he defeated with a player from Nepal, in the quarter defeated Malaysia, and in the semifinal defeated Afghanistan. However, in the final he lost against an opponent from Karnataka, India. In the Championship, India secured the overall Champion position.

LONDON, SEPTEMBER 1 (REuTERS): Jenson Button will race for McLaren again next season, the Formula One team confirmed on Thursday with a statement that ended speculation the 2009 world champion was heading for retirement. Button said he was confident the Honda-powered team would overcome its "current difficulties" to achieve great successes in the future. "That gives me great confidence, and it is for that reason that, together, (team chief Ron Dennis) and I have decided to continue our partnership," he said after the team confirmed he would see out a contract that expires at the end of 2016. "Okay, granted, this year has not been an easy one for us, but we know what we need to do to improve things," said the 35-year-old. The second most successful team in Formula One, after Ferrari, are

ninth out of 10 teams in their worst season. Button, the last McLaren to driver to win a race back in 2012, has scored just six points in 14 races this year and suffered repeated penalties and retirements. Speculation that the most experienced driver on the starting grid, who won his title with Brawn GP, was planning to call it a day has swirled around for months. Although Dennis as-

sured reporters at last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix that Button would be staying alongside double world champion Fernando Alonso, there were still doubters with the driver also seemingly unsure. "Over the past month or so I have done quite a lot of thinking, and it is no secret that I was at one point in two minds about my future," said Button. He said he knew staying was the

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right decision as soon as he had made it. "Jenson and I have been discussing his plans in private for the past few weeks, and the fact that our talks have led to today's announcement is very pleasing to both of us," said Dennis in the statement. Button's continuation means he will join Michael Schumacher and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello as the only drivers to start 300 grands prix.

16th nsf MaRtyRs’ MeMoRial tRoPhy 2015 Pro-Streax United, Meriema Village YO win

Capital College of Higher Education 6-0. Neiphrezolie scored a hat-trick for Meriema village YO (6th, 43rd and 51st minute). Kekhriese contributed two goals in the 26th and 33rd minutes, while the team yielded another goal from Kekhriengulie in the 28th minute. Meriema Village YO will now face Pro-Streax United on October 7.

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A match in action between Meriema Village YO and Capital College of Higher Education on October 1. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | October 1

Emerging victorious in their respective matches, both Pro-Streax United Dimapur and Meriema

Village YO today booked pre-quarter berths in the ongoing 16th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2015 here at the Kohima Local Ground. Pro-Streax United

trounced Khuzama Youth Org 5-2 in the first match of the day and moved to the pre-quarters. Meren scored a hattrick for Pro-Streax United in the 16th, 28th and 45th

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October 2 minute while Kito Aye and Ist Match (12:30 AM): Pokhozo produced a goal each in the 19th and 49th MT Youth Club Kohima vs Ablaze FC Kohima minutes respectively. 2nd Match (2:00 PM): Meriema Village YO registered a comfortable Kigwema Students’ Union win over their opponents vs Senapati FC Manipur

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