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Pathway between brain & blood pressure identified

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New York, october 4 (IANS): In a finding that may lead to improved treatments for hypertension and heart failure, scientists have uncovered a new pathway through which the brain uses a little-known steroid to control blood pressure.

“This research gives us an entirely new way of understanding how the brain and the cardio-vascular system work together,” said co-principal author John Hamlyn, a professor of physiology at the University of Maryland’ School of Medicine in the US. For decades, researchers have known that the brain controls the diameter of the arteries via the nervous system. The system is essential for daily life, but is often chronically over-active in patients with high blood pressure. In fact, many drugs that help with hypertension work by decreasing the activity of the nervous system. However, these drugs have serious side-effects, such as fatigue, dizziness, depression and erectile dysfunction. These drawbacks have led to the search for novel ways to inhibit the nervous system while causing fewer problems for patients.

Working with an animal model of hyper-tension, a group of scientists found a new link between the brain and increased blood pressure, namely, a steroid called ouabain. This is the first such study to identify a particular pathway by which the brain regulates the diameter of the arteries via ouabain in the bloodstream and causes an increase in contractile proteins in the arteries.

This new pathway works together with the nervous system pathway to control the function of arteries and thereby contributes to high blood pressure.

So medications that block ouabain’s effects might improve the lives of people with hyper-tension and heart failure. “Now that we understand the role of ouabain, we can begin working on how to modify this new pathway to help people with cardio-vascular problems,” explained co-researcher Mordecai Blaustein, a professor of physiology and medicine at the University of Maryland’ School of Medicine.

The study appeared in the journal PLOS One.

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A religious group prays for peace in the pro-democracy protest site near the government compound, Saturday, October 4 in Hong Kong. Early Saturday, the Hong Kong Federation of Students, one of the groups leading the demonstrations that drew tens of thousands of people earlier this week, said they saw no choice but to cancel the dialogue they had agreed to after Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s proposed talks. They demanded the government hold someone responsible for the scuffles Friday, the worst disturbances since police used tear gas and pepper spray to try to disperse the protesters the weekend before. (AP Photo)

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IANS was the first newsNew DelhI, octoAILS CONTACT FOR DETAviawire to have broken the ber 4 (IANS): Civil A M I H S HILL KO OFFICER’Ga59 story about the lethal obtion Minister Ashok 71 66 62 98 / 8 9817 Phone No.:89749 ject found on the aircraft. japathi Raju Saturday contradicted Air India’s The minister’s statement denial that no lethal ob- assumes significance as ject was found in its aircraft Air India on its part denied which was to operate from finding any lethal object inJeddah to Mumbai.

The minister said that a stun grenade was found in the aircraft and might have been left there after a security drill that was carried out in the aircraft before it was pressed into duty. “It side the aircraft.

Air India said that the was a stun grenade that was left in the aircraft after alleged ‘explosive’ that a security drill. It is a fail- was found early Saturure that it was not spotted. day morning was a plastic An investigation has been wrapper. The incident ocordered. We are going to curred on-board a standinvestigate the failure and by VVIP aircraft that had even the authorities at Jed- later been pressed into dah airport are going to do commercial service. “Afthe same,” Gajapathi Raju ter a thorough screening of the aircraft, the object “was said.

found to be a plastic wrapper”, an official said. The Jeddah Airport security cleared the Boeing B-747 aircraft - AI 965 - for further operations later Saturday morning.

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Civil Aviation Minister contradicts Air India’s claim that alleged ‘explosive’ was ‘plastic wrapper’

Government extends AFSPA in three districts of Arunachal

“Disturbed Areas” tag to continue in Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts GUwAhAtI, october 4 (AGeNcIeS): The ministry of home affairs, which was contemplating to review the utility of Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958 (AFSPA), has extended disturbed area tag on three districts of Arunachal Pradesh for another six months.

The MHA through a formal notification on September 20, 2014, stated that law and order situation of three districts Tirap, Changlang and Longding has remained unchanged.

The notification, justifying the necessity of extending AFSPA, pointed out that the factions of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) continue to indulge in inter-factional clashes. The NSCN also continue to interfere in the political matters by intimidating leaders for extortion. Apart from Naga rebel groups, United Liberation

Front of Assam (ULFA) and certain Manipur based underground outfits continue to use these districts for their movement to their camps in Myanmar. The three districts are also used as corridor for trafficking of arms and ammunitions to various insurgent groups of the northeast, the home ministry in its notification claimed.

The declaration of Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh as “disturbed areas” was last reviewed in March 2014, the notification pointed out, adding that the validity of declaration of these three districts of Arunachal Pradesh as “disturbed areas” was extended up to September 30, 2014.

The remote frontier districts were first declared as disturbed areas on September 17, 1991 and AFSPA was promulgated to tackle the growing activities of separatist outfits. Longding district, which is carved out of Tirap was also declared as ‘disturbed area’ through a notification on July 30, 2012.

paratus went into a tizzy early Saturday after the suspicious object, initially presumed to be an explosive, was found by the cabin crew on the Mumbai-Hyderabad-Jeddah flight at its termination point.

“We have already formed a committee to look into the matter of how such an object, though

harmless in nature, come on board. The aircraft was secured and cleared by the airport authorities in Jeddah,” a senior Air India official told IANS in New Delhi. The committee includes the AI Joint Managing Director and the Commissioner of Civil Aviation Security.

“At no point of time was the safety of the passengers on the aircraft compromised,” AI said in a statement. The aircraft was on stand-by for use by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in case his regular aircraft developed any last-minute snags during his US visit. It was kept in complete readiness at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, and released Friday for commercial operations after Modi’s return to India.

DIMAPUr, october 4 (MexN): A fact finding committee of the All Nagaland College Students Union (ANCSU) has found “serious irregularities and loopholes” in the functioning of the Nagaland State Technical Education department. A memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister of Nagaland by the committee has demanded a thorough probe to detect where the problem lies, check and plug the lacunae, take punitive action if necessary, and adopt solid steps to upgrade its delivery system with transparency and clarity.

The ANCSU committee informed that it had undertaken a “meticulous research” following the recent inter-departmental imbroglio particularly in the department of Technical Education in regard to selection of students for study in various lines of technical courses. According to the findings, there has been “series of lapses and loopholes more so since 2010 in the Technical Education department.”

The memo mentioned that handling of official documents, issue of notifications and official communication between departments of the State, including NEC and others are not being channelized properly. “This has created unwanted situations with unnecessary issues cropping up even in the past between Departments,” it stated. Further, the committee termed as “highly discouraging” that some conditions laid down in a recent official notification “even demeans the students of the competitive spirit while appearing for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) main and All India Pre- Medical Test (AIPMT).”

Among the issues brought to the notice of the

• ANCSU fact finding committee undertakes ‘meticulous research’ • Submits memo to Chief Minister demanding ‘probe to detect the problem’ CM included contradictory orders and notifications leading to confusion and controversy in the minds of students besides “unnecessary harassment to the innocent students, and loss of precious classes in the respective colleges.” Also certain “unethical practice on the part of the Department” was brought to the notice of the CM. The memo cited the State government’s decision as issued in its notification dated December 11, 2013, to conduct exams for Under Graduate Engineering, MBBS, and other allied courses for all State Reserved seats through JEE (Mains) and AIPMT. The notification, the memo said, had stated there will be only one examination and no multiple examinations. However, the department issued another order on July 23 for conducting Nagaland State Pre-Medical Test (NSPMT), it added.

The committee further called the decision of the department to select students for MBBS/BDS based on AIPMT and NSPMT on the ratio of 60:40 as “without merit and highly controversial” since “only selected students were allowed to sit for NSPMT…” The students’ major concern now, according to the memo, is, whether the government’s decision to follow JEE (Mains) and AIPMT system even for State Reserved seats is feasible and beneficial for the students.

Therefore, in the light of the above facts, the ANCSU demanded that the State Government should constitute a High Level Com-

mittee to probe the entire episode of lapses and to further come up with recommendations for streamlining the system.

Also, it asked whether the government notification of December 11, 2013 to conduct all technical exams including State Reserved seat through JEE (mains) and AIPMT under the aegis of CBSE, be followed in the following years or should the Department revert back to the old system of State JEE. Further, ANCSU urged to evaluate the factors which had led to Naga students, mostly from Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE), not able to qualify in the AIPMT. The ANCSU committee also stated that the necessity of a separate Technical Education Department from that of Higher Education Department was found to be superfluous and that for better delivery of service to the students, both the Technical Education and Higher Education Department should be under an amalgamated institution with one distinct Department Principal Director. This is the practice in other states of the North East, stated the committee.

The fact finding committee members, O Wati Jamir, Chairman, Vilhousielie, Member and Sekukho Tetseo, AGS & Member Secretary strongly urged upon the government to pursue the demands of the ANCSU immediately in the interest of the students community, and for which, the ANCSU will be “compelled to take its own course of steps to protect the interest of the students’ community.”

The Grassroots Entrepreneur

Kenneth Kath shares challenges and opportunities Vibi Yhokha Kohima | October 4

Hailing from a village called Kandi Station under Tseminyu, 30-year-old Kenneth Kath runs a weaving centre called the Kenlowa Handloom and Weaving Centre in his village—an initiative established in 2011. Currently employing five female workers, production includes mainly file covers, mekhalas, stoles, Eri shawl, bags and laptop cases, all with indigenous Naga designs.

“As a social worker, I found this area one of the best activities to employ people in the rural area.

There are lots of training for the educated unemployed provided by the government but is not applicable to people in the rural areas because such trainings or schemes cannot sustain their livelihood,” says Kenneth.

Kenneth is one of the success stories of entrepreneurship from the

grassroots. After receiving the machineries from a scheme under the Industries and Commerce department, Government of Nagaland, Kenneth set up his own center. “Handloom has a lot of scope but needs a lot of investment in the initial stage,” says Kenneth, who is of the view that handloom can sustain the rural people and is one area where the government can solve the problem of unemployment under the schemes where government gives assistance for 4-5 years. If such schemes are implemented properly, Kenneth opines, one unit can employ 4-5 people. Every year, several schemes arrive under the department which could have 11 beneficiaries in each district at the least. Each beneficiary could employ five people. Five years on, these employees can start their own centers. Such schemes are not yet implemented, nor are their existence made known to the public.

Further, he cites certain problems most entrepreneurs in Nagaland encounter. One such challenging

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factor is marketing. For entrepreneurs from low income backgrounds, it is difficult to market products where promotions are needed; products are sold at lower rates. Most run at a loss and are unable to pay the workers and, many times, entrepreneurs have to close down.

Since raw material in Nagaland is expensive, making the cost of products higher, people would rather buy the products from Manipur or Assam which are available at a cheaper rate. Raw materials are not sufficient in Nagaland.

Another challenge is, the machinery provided in Nagaland is outdated compared to other states, which are more sophisticated machineries provided by the government and can enhance production.

“Despite all avenues and scopes, our youth do not want to take up such opportunities where we have to put effort, time and energy. Such activities need dedication. It is very difficult working with our own people, we have no patience.

They find it difficult to invest even 3 hours a day,” asserts Kenneth, who further views that taking up a profession is not just about learning skills but also about innovations and added value.

Kenneth acknowledges YouthNet—under their project ‘Impact 5000 by 18’, 11 girls from Tseminyu and his village were trained, provided free yarn, finding market and also taught him about financial management, value addition with the products, team work etc.

Despite being a risky career requiring extreme patience, profits are slowly showing which is not much, but is

enough to pay his employees, says Kenneth.

Coming from a ‘Pakka Bostiwalla’ background, as he puts it, Kenneth grew up in his village K. Station.

His father, Rev. James Kath, is a Pastor and his mother, Senle Kath, is a Homemaker. After his 12th standard from the village, he went on to complete his graduation from Patkai Christian College after which he got into social activism and is a former president of the Rengma Students’ Union.

Yet, to be a social worker, activist and entrepreneur, he says, is a difficult challenge as there is high possibility that success is not assured.

Like any youth growing up in Nagaland with the ‘Government job obsession’, Kenneth too faced much pressure on this obsession from relatives and family. But he says, “I personally chose to be an entrepreneur and activist because that’s my passion. Serving in whatever humble capacity one can even though most times it comes with no pay. There is satisfaction when people are contented with what we do for them.”

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NNC welcomes IMS delegates; appeals to pray for Naga people

Peren, OctOber 4 (Mexn): Three Peren villages have reaffirmed their stance of banning “illegal” sale of land by four Kuki villages – Old Chalkot, New Chalkot, Lilen and Saijang.

Thus, prospective buyers have been warned not to purchase any piece of land from the four villages without obtaining due permission from the “original” land owner, Old Peren village.

The three Peren villages, namely Old Peren village, New Peren and Kezanglwa deliberated the issue of land being “illegally sold” by the four Kuki villages during their joint emergency meeting held on October 3.

A press release from chairmen of the three villages informed that an MoU was signed between the Kuki Inpi and Zeliangrong Baudi (Hoho) on June 22, 1999, wherein it was stated that “We, the concern villagers of the following villages hereby declare that Old Peren Village is the original land owner of the following Kuki villages namely:- (1) Old Chalkot, (2) New Chalkot, (3) Saijang, (4) Lilen,” which was countersigned by the then Peren ADC, Wepretso Mero. MoU number 5 further states that Kukis will not sell out or dispose the

land in barter system to any people without the knowledge of the concerned land owners (Zeliang Nagas) in whose land, establishment of the village had taken place, the release added.

Further, stating that buyers are trying to legalize their purchase by registering their Sale Deed document through the district administration or Notary public, the release urged

lages have warned that any individual/organization involved in such “notorious act” will be dealt with as per the law of the land.

“Whoever has bought land without obtaining due permission and consent from the Peren Village will be at their own risk and such sale/purchase act will be termed as null and void.”

The house also unanimously decided to use the same nomenclature of “Peren Land Settlement Board” and also to follow the same structure/ strength of officials which was constituted on November 26, 2011. The Board highlighted its achievements and latest status of the land issues from its inception till date.

The house also re-nominated the same board members for another tenure of three years: Amang Sephe – President; Dr. Ndangkie Ndang – Secretary; Chairman, Kezanglwa village Haireuzinbe Hegui – Member; Chairman, New Peren village Namnabi Hegui – Member; Chairman, Old Peren village Haisobi Hega – Member.

The meeting, convened by the Peren village council at Old Peren village Council Hall, was also attended by elders and intellectuals of Peren community, the release added.

1947 and also conducted National Plebiscite (Referendum) on 16th May 1951.”

Welcoming the foreign delegates of the India Mission Summit being hosted by Nagaland Baptist Church Council in “Naga Country” for the first time, the NNC in a press release stated, “This is a great privilege and blessing for the Naga people in particular as the Summit continues for the extension of Jesus Christ's Kingdom in this part of the world and human-

ity at large.” The release issued by Information & Publicity Wing, NNC also wished for God to bless each and every delegate who is attending the Summit. “The NNC on behalf of the Naga people pray that all the delegates are blessed by our living God as they continue to serve and glorify Jesus Christ.”

Further, stating that the Naga people have been “living under military rule of both the countries of India and Myanmar for the last more than sixty long years now

and badly fragmented (disunited),” the NNC appealed to all the believers to pray to God for “the unity of Naga people for His glory.”

The NNC also urged all concerned to pray for the North East people (believers) “for the extension of Jesus Christ Kingdom in this part of the world” as “the North East people are facing immense problem of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh for domination and the imposition of Hindutva from India.”

all concerned not to entertain any such document.

“Just because the purchase document is registered does not mean the rights of the original land owner will be abrogated or wiped out.

No amount of such act will override our inherent customary rights,” it asserted.

The release also informed that “certain selfvested individual/ organization” are issuing NOC to the prospective buyers for purchase of land within the four Kuki villages under Peren village jurisdiction.

Therefore, the village chairmen of the three Peren vil-

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Dr. RK Behera with the principal and staff of C-Edge College, Dimapur. (Left) Ricky Ozukum, Managing Director, Alaphra Group.

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DiMaPur, OctOber 4 (Mexn): As a part of the extracurricular activities, C-Edge College, Dimapur conducted an IQAC workshop (Internal Quality Assessment Cell) & career guidance workshop.

Dr. RK Behera, Dean of Social Science, Patkai Christian College & member of College Assessment Committee, Department of Higher Education conducted the IQAC – NAAC Accreditation workshop.

The workshop focused on the importance of NAAC Accreditation for every college in India to bring about quality education, a press release informed.

Dr. Behera shared on the history of IQAC and NAAC Accreditation in Nagaland. He also talked about the process to attain the Accreditation, its formalities and practical aspect. The workshop was attended by the college teaching staff along with the Principal.

Meanwhile, with the aim to provide a broad overview of the various career options available to students of every stream, the college CGCC (Career Guidance Counselling

‘Promotion, hospitality special features of tourism’ DiMaPur, OctOber 4 (Mexn): Unity College, Dimapur organized a one–day UGC sponsored national seminar on “Role of Tourism in the socio-economic development of India with special reference to Nagaland” in collaboration with the Department of Tourism, Government of Nagaland on September 26.

Prof. Lanunungsang Ao, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Nagaland University, Merima Campus was the chief guest. He congratulated the college for achieving rapid progress within a short span of time. Acknowledging that Unity College is one of the fastest growing colleges among the 62 affiliated colleges in Nagaland, he encouraged the college to introduce separate course on tourism, and frame separate curriculum as per the needs, He further asked the college to open post graduate programmes in the near future.

Guest of Honour, KT Thomas, Additional Director, Department of Tourism, Government of Nagaland deliberated on challenges and strategies on Tourism. He stated that the Government as well as institutions

should take constructive measures to improve the tourism sector. Seminars/ symposia play an important role in fostering tourism in the state, he said.

The Keynote addresses were delivered by Prof Dr. Md. Israrul Haque, Dean and chairman Faculty of Management Studies and Research, Aligarh Muslim University and Dr. Deepti Bhargava, Principal, Srinathji Institute of Biotechnology and Management, Nathdwara, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Dr. Md. Israrul Haque shared that the objective of any activity, including Tourism, is to earn money so we can have eco and socio development in order to bring positive changes in the society. Stating that tourism creates direct and indirect employment, he urged the college to start a course on tourism and hospitality. “There is a perception amongst the people outside Nagaland that travelling in Nagaland is a danger; therefore various strategies should be adopted to get rid of this wrong perception,” he asserted.

Meanwhile, Dr. Deepti Bhargava mentioned that there are two special

features of tourism, i.e., Promotion and Hospitality. She added national seminars/events like the one at Unity College indirectly or directly promote tourism. She also suggested various strategies to promote tourism, such as, marketing and promotion, privatization, adventures activities etc.

The first technical session was chaired by Prof. Dr. Md. Israrul Haque. Six papers were presented with representation from Nagaland University and various colleges within Nagaland and outside. The second technical session chaired by Dr. Deepti Bhargava had four paper presentations. Most of the speakers highlighted the importance of tourism.

They focused on the rich heritage of Nagaland and covered all aspects of tourism; how to attract visitors, challenges, suggestions etc.

Dr. DP Chaturvedi, Dean, School of Management Studies, Nagaland University was the chief guest for the last session. He shared his views on tourism in Nagaland. He also distributed the certificates to all the paper presenters and participants of the seminar at the valedictory session.

Cell) conducted the career guidance workshop with the motto ‘Prepare for career means prepare for life’.

Ricky Ozukum, managing director of Alaphra Group encouraged the students to follow a stable goal and to take up entrepreneurship rather than depending on government jobs.

He stressed on the role of teachers in building up the career of the students. He also shared that one cannot see their future, but one can plan their future in order to become a successful person.

Ricky also highlighted the various exciting and new career options that have emerged in recent years, such as, hospitality management, food processing specialist etc, adding there is a lack of human resources in these areas in Nagaland. Thus, the industries resort to employing people from other states.

The workshop ended with a “fruitful” interactive session, where the students raised numerous relevant questions with regard to their future careers and studies. There was also an introduction on career planning by the college BES (present Baptist High) 1989 Batchmates with some of their teachers during the 25th anniversary celebration held at Chatsa near Assembly Secretariat Kohima on October 3.

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Two Days Seminar on Human Trafficking organized by Miqlat Ministry Date: 7-8 October 2014, Time: 9:30 AM Venue: Miqlat Ministry, Opp. Treasury Office, Purana Bazar

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"Human Trafficking from the local context" By 1. K.Ela, Director, Prodigals Home 2. Shri. ImtiChuchang Jamir, Additional SP, Dimapur 3. Gracy Aye, State Co-coordinator, State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW).

"Human Trafficking: A concern and challenge to the Church" By Rev. Kabi Gangmei, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Baptist Federation Aid

CM greets on Tsokum & Yemshe

KOhiMa, OctOber 4 (Mexn): The Chief Minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang has extended his warm greetings to the people of the State on the auspicious occasion of Tsokum and Yemshe celebrated by Khiamniungan and Pochury tribes respectively. “I hope that the festive season will fulfill the hopes and inspirations of all the people and also usher in happiness, good fortune and prosperity among the Nagas, and especially for the Khiamniungan and Pochury community,” the CM wished.

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Fusion, a clothing and accessories store for both men and women, officially opened in Dimapur on October 3. The store, owned by Temsusenla is located at Hotel Acacia complex, opposite East Police Station.

MJC condemns killing in Kiphire

KiPhire, OctOber 4 (Mexn): The Mimi Joint Council (MJC) has condemned the September 29 incident at Kiphire town, where Athrenu, Leacy, FGN Yimchunger Region was shot dead by “unknown miscreant” at Longya Ward. “When the Nagas are yearning for permanent peace settlement at this juncture killing our own brethrens won't bring any solution instead; we are fascinating disunity within our own people by taking up

guns culture and such sadistic act,” stated the council president Azho Paul and secretary Kamtsu in a release. “We should discard the barbaric act and let us all maintain affectionate atmosphere to live serenely.” The council further appealed to the law enforcing authority to book the culprit at the earliest and award befitting punishment according to the law of the land.

It also conveyed heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased.

50th death anniversary of Don Bosco Zubza honours 25 yrs service of teacher

Late L. Chemdemo Murry 4th october, 2014.

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Buyers cautioned not to purchase land without obtaining permission from Old Peren village

The bamboo bird watch tower constructed at Pangti village by Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency.

DiMaPur, OctOber 4 (Mexn): The Naga National Council (NNC), under the leadership of Z. Royim Yimchungrü and V.Nagi, has appealed to the believers from different countries of the world, who are attending the India Mission Summit (IMS), to pray to God to deliver the Naga people as “they have been struggling for the last more than sixty long years for the recognition of their rights for freedom of sovereignty as declared on 14th August

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DiMaPur, OctOber 4 (Mexn): As part of its campaign to promote bamboo as the green material of the future, the Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) has constructed a ‘Bamboo Bird Watch Tower’ at Pangti (Asha village), near Doyang in Wokha district.

According to a release, the tower was constructed with an objective to provide a safe vantage location for visitors who throng to watch the Amur Falcons which roost in the Doyang area during their winter migration. With such ventures, the release added, “the Agency hopes to lead the way with the broadening scope of bamboo as an affordable, eco-friendly and locally available building material.” The tower was designed by architect, Chenithung.

The tower was officially inaugurated by Amenba Yaden, MLA & Chairman, NBDA & NPCB on October 1. Khrienuo C. Metha, Team Leader, NBDA & Secretary to the Government of Nagaland along with other officials of NBDA, Pastor of Asha Baptist Church, representatives of Asha Village Council, women groups and social workers also attended the inaugural event.

The press release issued by NBDA Team Member Dr. Tolto Metha said that NBDA chairman exhorted on the significance of bamboo and nature, and encouraged the villagers of the area to be vigilant and contribute actively towards the preservation of eco-system.

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Alumni of Don Bosco, Zubza unit with Pelelhoubei Abraham on his 25th teaching anniversary.

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"Your memory remains fresh with us" Children, In-laws,Grand-children, & Great Grand-children

ZubZa, OctOber 4 (Mexn): Don Bosco School, Sechü Zubza celebrated the 25th teaching anniversary of its teacher, Pelelhoubei Abraham, on October 1. The school authority organized the event to felicitate him for his long 25 years contribution to the school as a teacher, according to a press release.

Speaking on the occasion, Father C.T. Verhgase, the first Rector of the school, stated that 3Cs – commitment, cheerfulness, compassion – are very important in life.

Meanwhile, Pelelhoubei Abraham thanked the school authority for organizing the event and encouraged the students to go

higher and higher and also appealed to the gathering to know, love, and help one another. Students presented special numbers and dances. About 100 alumni from the school attended the programme, informed the release issued by Kedoroko Casavi, Unit Counsellor, Don Bosco Alumni, Zubza unit.

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ultras 'NE United represents true spirit of northeast' NLFT abduct two

guwAHAtI, OctOber 4 (IANS): The NorthEast United Football Club (NEUFC), the Indian Super League (ISL) football franchise from Guwahati, represents India›s northeastern region in its true spirit, said the team›s co-owner John Abraham here Saturday.

The Bollywood actor while unveiling the jersey of the club also appealed to millions of the soccer fans of the region to support the club and its players during its matches in Guwahati.

The inaugural edition will be held Oct 12-Dec 20.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi was also present at the occasion and assured all possible help to the club on the part of the govern-

ment and termed the participation of the club in the ISL 2014 as one of the biggest opportunity for the state. He said the club would not only promote sports across the state and the region but also promote the tourism and beauty of the region at international level. The jerseya represents the different tribes and vibrant cultures of the region. There are also eight stars on the jersey which signifies the importance of each of the eight northeastern states and the contribution they have made to popularise football.

«Every facet of the jersey has been meticulously upon to bring out the culture and unity amongst the eight states that have come together to become the North-

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East United FC,» said John.

«The colours red, black and white are synonymous with the northeastern cultures at large. These three colours are the dominant colours among all the tribes of the northeastern states. I wanted to ensure that the whole of the northeast is represented in the logo because I think the unity of the northeast is also the strength of the region as a whole,» said Rupam Borah, the man who had designed the logo of the NEUFC. John announced that tickets sale started Saturday through the portal www.bookmyshow.com and would also be available through counters in the region soon.

indian bollywood actor and owner of Northeast united Football Club of the hero india Super League 2014 (iSL) John abraham, left, assam state chief minister tarun Gogoi, center, and co-owner of the team Larsing Ming, display the team’s jersey during its launch in Guwahati, india on october 4. iSL begins october. 12. (AP Photo)

Nearly 4 lakh still hit, flood crisis remains grim: Assam government

guwAHAtI, OctOber 4 (PtI): The situation in flood-hit Assam remains grim with nearly four lakh people still affected even though water levels were receding at most places in the state.

According to the daily flood report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 3.74 lakh people across three districts are still grappling with the crisis.

ASDMA said that 204 villages in Goalpara, Kamrup Rural and Dhemaji dis-

tricts were hit by the floods with 3.66 lakh people affected in Goalpara alone.

Authorities are operating 18 relief camps and shelter homes where nearly 6,000 people have taken refuge.

Nearly 50,000 hectares of crop area is still under water in Assam with over 37,000 hectares having been affected in Goalpara, hitting nearly 83,000 farming families.

The Assam floods have claimed 44 lives with 20 of the casualties coming in

Goalpara, followed by 16 in Kamrup Rural, six in Kamrup Metro and one each in the Morigaon and Dhubri districts.

In Goalpara, 81,582 houses have been either fully or partially damaged in the flood.

ASDMA said there have been reports of severe damage to government infrastructure like schools, health centres and offices in many districts while a large number of roads and bridges, too, have been hit by the floods.

Protest in Thoubal over MPCC campaign

IMPHAL, OctOber 4 (NNN): Angry locals of Langmeidong under Kakching of Thoubal district today staged a protest rally against erection of a stage for a campaign rally for INC nominee for Hiyanglam by-poll to be held on October 17.

Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) used a large number of police personnel to erect the stage at Langmeidong Playground located very

close to the house of Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress Committee (MPTCC) candidate Dr Y Radheshyam.

A large number of people in Langmeidong area protested against the plan, saying the stage arranged for the campaign rally should be removed. A melee ensued between the police and the public.

But additional police personnel led by Thoubal District Police Superinten-

dent of Police rushed to the site and the erection of the stage was completed which again prompted the protesters to take out a rally.

Earlier, a women organisation Langmeidong Apunba Meira Paibi Lup held a protest meeting yesterday urging MPCC not to make any stage for election rally in front of another candidate.

MPTCC said the party has taken up the matter with the Returning Officer.

Poacher killed in Assam national park

guwAHAtI, OctOber 4 (IANS): The guards of the Kaziranga National Park in Assam shot dead a poacher at Burhapahar range Saturday, said officials.

“We were tipped off about a poaching attempt and accordingly alerted the guards patrolling the park,” said a official adding that around 2.30 a.m. the guards sighted the poachers and challenged them.

“The poachers opened fired forcing the guards to

retaliate. In the ensuing gun battle one of the poachers was killed while the rest of the group managed to escape,” he said. One .303 rifle and live cartridges were recovered from about the slain poacher who is yet to be identified, officials said.

Poaching has become one of the major concerns of the authorities at the Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and other protected areas in Assam. Twentythree one-horned rhinos

have already been killed by poachers in Assam this year with 22 in Kaziranga alone.

The highest number of poaching cases took place in Assam last year, when the poachers had killed 41 rhinos including 27 in Kaziranga, five in Manas national park, three in Orang national park, two in Pabitora wildlife sanctuary and four in other areas.

Assam Forest and Environment Minister Rockybul Hussain had recently

ILP system can protect indigenous people: Rishang IMPHAL, OctOber 3 (NNN): Former Chief Minister Rishang Keishing said on Friday introduction of either Inner Line Permit system or a similar law in Manipur can protect the indigenous people.

The All Political Party ILP Committee that has been trying to determine the viability on implementation of Inner Line Permit system in Manipur continued its meeting on Friday.

Rishang Keishing, a seasoned politician, whose view and opinions were sought by the Committee on the issue during the meeting stressed on the need for introduction of either ILP system or a similar law in the state, sources said.

At the meeting held at the Committee office in the Assembly Complex, Rishang was optimistic that ILP can protect the indigenous people of Manipur, saying

a hindu devotee offers prayers before an idol of Goddess Durga, before immersing the same in the river brahmaputra in Gauhati, india on october 4. the hindu festival of Durga Puja, or Durga prayers, ended with the immersion of the idol Saturday. (AP Photo)

it was imperative to implement the system, they said.

Veteran politicians O Joy and Dr L Chandramani will share their resourcebased knowledge and view on the ILP implementation issue in the next meeting of the Committee to be held tomorrow.

informed the state assembly that a total of 193 onehorned rhinos fell victim to poaching in Assam since 2001.

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AgArtALA, OctOber 4 (PtI): Insurgents of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) abducted two tribals from Girachandrapara, a hill top tribal hamlet in Gandacherra subdivision of Dhalai district, about 180 km from here, police said on Saturday.

A group of five to seven ultras armed with sophisticated weapons raided two adjacent huts of the tribals at Girachandrapara and kidnapped Barendra Reang, 30 and Harendra Reang, 21 on Thursday night, IGP (Police Control), Nepal Das said.

The village is near the Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) of neighbouring Bangladesh and the area could not be fenced by barbed wire due to tough terrain and it is presumed that the ultras might have sneaked into Bangladesh territory, the IGP said.

Border Security Force (BSF) was asked to hold a flag meeting with the Border Guard Bangladesh to set free the abducted persons, Das said.

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Indo-Bangla army rafters navigate River Siyom DIMAPur, OctOber 4 (MexN): India and Bangladesh’s armies got a major boost when adventure enthusiasts led by Maj. Mohd. Nazmus Sadat from Bangladesh Army and Maj. Sachin Nikam from the Indian Army came together to participate in a White Water Rafting Expedition. The expedition is being conducted in the beautiful environs of Arunachal Pradesh on river Siyom owing to its exceptional white waters and easy river access.

A press release received here informed that the expedition presented an occasion for the two armies to join hands in the spirit of adventure. The Bangladesh team arrived from Kolkata

on September 18 and was trained by the Indian White Water Rafting node at Aalo.

The expedition was flagged off by Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat, GOC Spear Corps on October 1 at Thumbin and flagged in by Maj. Gen. Sunil Srivastava, GOC 56 Infantry Division on October 3 at Pangin. Tumke Bagra, MLA and Pegu Ligu, DC Aalo were also present during the flagging off of the expedition.

“The joint expedition has further strengthened the ties between the nations, apart from promoting adventure, team spirit and mutual cooperation.

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Exhaustive Dialogue On Sovereignty Tax

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he prevalent system “to serve the people based on deserving to earn” and those capable and willing to serve unless acquires the favour of those “serving to earn and steal” bosses in the top earning hierarchy-the politicians, bureaucrats, technocrats etc are simply denied opportunity to serve.

These unholy collaborators at the top chooses who deserves to serve to earn, therefore the first change should start from the top.

If sovereignty tax is the prevalent evil of all evils in the Naga society, has anyone ever seriously considered the root cause of it?

For instance, the population of Nagaland State having not less than 15 lakh have been endowed with billions of rupees for the last several decades since the creation of statehood till date, yet only few thousands Nagas have been able to become millionairespoliticians, bureaucrats and technocrats etc. If judiciously distributed every Naga is supposed to be self reliant and prosperous like any other developed nation.

Let us therefore ask the most relevant question as to

who are responsible for the present state of inequity of wealth and privileges? The polarisation of the NPGs no doubt has become an intolerable burden on the common masses, however it is fact that actual imposition of taxes on public exchequer

by NPGs constitute not more than 10% put together all the factions. The commercial taxes does not exceed beyond 10% to 15 % annually.

House tax and ration tax not more than Rs. 400 annually.

The most exorbitant taxes ever being exacted on public exchequer are the Ministers, MLAs, bureaucrats, technocrats permeating down to the lowest level of hierarchy before being released to the public. Of the actual 100% sanctions only 50% reaches the public and from which NPGs takes their shares. In most cases the entire 100% are siphoned off without executing the project. However, these worst corrupt activities are silently, clandestinely gets orchestrated with efficient synchronised tradition between the top evils behind whispers and inside their cosy drawing rooms.

Yet they always point fingers on the NPGs. What a

great hypocrisy? The cream and beacon, the leader and guide of the people commit such larceny silently from the top and continue to blame NPGs. Such fraud unless checked, exposed and ended there can never be any hope of recovery.

In a manner the people question NPGs integrity, are these elite sections ever asked of their works ethics by anyone? Why point your dirty finger at NPGs alone without realising that your entire dirty fingers points back at yourself? No honest public servant with their salary alone can afford to possess fleet of luxury cars, palatial residences, thousands of acres of land all over the state, drink imported scotch and wines, holidays abroad and much more covetous ways of worldly life styles.

It should therefore be made compulsory for both the NPGs as well as public leaders, public servants, politicians, bureaucrats alike to declare assets and one’s earnings before the people.

The NPGs do have people’s based ideology regardless of the mockery, however what ideologies and ethics does these classes of people profess. The

ACAUT is merely a facade to protect the interest of rich capitalists, merchants and business people who monopolises the entire market system for their own benefits. How many times has ACAUT exposed corruption at high places? Why only talk about NPGs “sovereignty Tax”? Why does ACAUT being composed of many retired bureaucrats well versed with corrupt system in the Government hierarchy remain silent despite ongoing rampant corruptions being committed to the tune of several thousands crores ever fiscal year? Since the ACAUT are very vocal about corruption of NPGs, each NPGs should also establish anti-corruption mechanism against ACAUT’s members and expose them before the public. Why were the ACAUT idle when Dimapur police busted illegal transport rackets in Dimapur and which in fact are responsible for the maximum price hike in the market? It is also interesting to learn that most ACAUT members and affiliate organisations are mostly business owners and retired bureaucrats.

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Respect For Territory And Non-Meddling In Internal Affairs Thepfulhouvi Solo. IFS Retd.

Retd. Principal Secretary, Government of Nagaland.

1. The fundamental Force that keeps today’s modern World in tolerable one Piece in Order are: i. Respect for each other’s Territory. ii. Not meddling in the Internal Affairs of others.

2. This fundamental Idea holds good for the Family, for the Clan, for the Thinuo, for the Village, for the Tribe and for the State; otherwise Social Order in the State will turn topsy-turvy.

3. On the plea of introducing Democracy, no one People, no one Society, no one State can assume the Right to invade another State or meddle in the internal Affairs of another State.

4. On the plea of being the same People, some Nagas of other State seem to assume it their right to impose their

prophesy or civilized intension on the State of Nagaland.

5. Nagaland today is assumed to be the common property of all Nagas. It is not so; it was formed by the people of Nagaland for the People of Nagaland as an Indian State of Nagaland, not Sovereign Nagaland.

6. Nagas of other States at the beginning declined and did not move to join Nagaland.

Now they claim: “the state of Nagaland as a result of the collective sacrifice of life, toil, sweat and sufferings of all the Nagas whether they be of Nagaland State and other Naga areas such as Assam, Manipur, Arunachal and Myanmar”.

This is an unashamed new history of today only.

7. The subject of construction of Memorials in a State is the exclusive prerogative of the internal Matter of that State.

8. Only Nagas of Nagaland alone have the right to

decide what Memorials or whose Memorials they like to have and what or which Memorials they would not like in their State.

9. If the People of Nagaland do not like to have a public Statue of Mahatma Gandhi or Jowaharlal Nehru or Vivekananda or Gaidinliu in the Capital City of the State, that is the prerogative of the people of the State; not others whoever he or she Naga may be.

Angamis have a taboo and that is: ‘it is taboo (Kenyü) to make obeisance to Man’; Religious Saints are of a little different Matter as the people feel.

10. Nagas may be happy to have Memorials of their freedom Leaders in Delhi but that does not give any right to Nagas to have their way in Delhi. If majority of Indians would not like it; then the matter ends there: nothing more nothing less.

11. The modern West-

ern Democracy, particularly Americans, to assume they have right to threaten another State or introduce its form of Democracy without UN Sanction in the Middle East, is a threat to Democracy in the World.

12. The Rongmeis are Nagas but not a Tribe of Nagaland and they would do well to respect the majority feeling of the people of Nagaland and not interfere in the internal affairs of Nagaland.

13. Gaidinliu may be a Rani to them, she may have had psychic power of vision or revered a Saint she may have been, its all Ok, but Rongmeis would do well to limit their righteousness on the Issue and not prophesy for the civilized future in the State of Nagaland.

I may appear the OGRE of Nagaland: it is not for self, I stand for Social Order and Social Propriety in the Naga Society.

Al Ngullie Dear members of the forum: I have a question for you.

Let me show you the horizon and what will come.

Preceding that though, let me take you along the dirty streets of dishonor and poverty our state and people have walked into.

You have suffered that street for more than 50 years now. That wound was reopened 20 years ago, deepening the septic. It infected your entire life, and now that disease is spreading gradually to your future.

Many of us look, but we do not see.

We continue to talk, but have yet to find the willingness to lift our feet.

We continue to nurse quiet anger in our hearts, but have yet to find the moral courage to light that fire.

The gluttonous, timid, morally deficient policy makers – from NPF to the decimated Congress – have failed our people and the land yet again.

Our puppet civil leaderships – the Naga Hohos and the ENPOs and their like – cower behind the sofas of their masters.

They can no longer bark and bite for they chose to succumb to the crumbs thrown to them by their masters: parochial interests, delusional self-assurance, and perhaps a politician or two who might have had a generous hand in it all? Even my spit is too valuable to be wasted on scum of the earth.

Instead of hearing the cries of the people whose food the people-in-power stole, our social capital - our leaderships - fornicated with the elitist bait.

Our civil leaderships have failed to put a foot down for the cause of conscience, for the cause of the people.

Our cultural institutions and academia have walked away from the activism of conscience. Our spineless church leaderships have fallen prey to the bait offered by elitist indulgences and aristocratic finery.

The Naga political movement no longer inspires

greatness in the diseased hearts of our youths. Our glorious pride no longer offers a vanguard for the common people; it no longer lights the fire of patriotism in us.

"National movement"?

Money has fathered a sad, new breed of violence that finds prey only in the innocent, the civilians, the common people. Today, threat, intimidation, and manipulative tactics now function the way 5-yearold children would when exercising their whims and tantrums.

Likewise, corruption has eaten so deep into our lives that the common man no longer finds moral conviction and merciful truth among the maggotinfested carcass our oncebeautiful Nagaland has become.

- Why do you cry out, why do you complain about the sad roads (if they’re roads at all), the power crises, the crumbling public infrastructure (from schools to hospitals), and the deplorable, insufferably weak civil administration of our districts? Were we not the ones who elected this sad excuse of a government?

- How many Watinaro Imsongs have suffered throughout the past 30 years along the polished leeways of government offices because we chose to watch, and refused to stand up, and look away to a more pleasurable distraction?

- How long are you going to watch illegal immigrants take our women to their houses, and write their names on our lands and homes? How long are you going to watch affluent, deceitful and greedy Nagas harbor, protect, and promote them to make more money? Do you even know that the government has decided on “relaxing” the ILP in Nagaland?

Are you even aware what that means for you and your future?

How many times have you clawedatyourheartinsecret because our wretched judicial system let go of criminals, who stole the money of our people to buy expensive cars, build mansions, and buyendlessswathesoflands

across the state?

Yet, you anguish was just that – anger in silence; no voice one to be heard – was it not?

How many times have you wished that our media would finally speak up for the people too: Call black black; and call white white – with pulsating moral courage, zealous conviction, and intellectual verve?

How many times must you tolerate that our ministers surface only in times of peace?

- Why did organizations such as the Against Corrupton and Unabated Taxation, Nagaland Tribes’ Council, the Sumi Ao Rengma and Kyong Students’ Organization, Survival Nagaland, et al, come up?

The answer is simple: the government failed to stand for accountability; the state administration cowered and ran instead of protecting the lives, properties, and interest of the people. The civil leaderships failed to throw our grievances in the selfrighteous, bloated faces of those who stole, cheated, and blew out the lives of innocents. That's why these organizations came up.

Hear me, and hear me close. I tell you, a nation, such as the Nagas,' does not have to make enemies.

We are our own downfall.

By watching silently, we are doing to ourselves what would normally be the work of adversaries.

Our leaders and institutions are destroying us by pushing the edge of the sword through the cracks our moral constitution now bear.

And by our giving that tip the permission to penetrate us, we are permitting them to destroy us.

I tell you, your empty righteousness, your feeble moral fire, and your sophist activism on The Naga Blog or Naga Spear or anywhere, is repulsive. Your wearisome lassitude is sickening my bones. Your grandiose conversations are no more than asinine utterances before learned men.

I tell you again, we the Naga

The Naga Blog is a forum on facebook where Nagas from Nagaland and around the world network, share ideas and discuss a wide range of topics from politics and philosophy to music and current events in Nagaland and beyond.

The blog is not owned by any individual, nor is it affiliated to or associated with any political party or religion. The only movement it hopes to stir is the one raised by the voices of the Nagas every step of the way, amassing perhaps to mass consciousness one day. www.facebook. com/groups/ thenagablog people do not need enemies to bring us down. We are already bringing ourselves down.

We must raise our swords.

The time has come for us to act.

We must. We must no longer suffer complacence.

We lost our privilege as a people of conscience during the past 50 years.

We lost our social capital during the past 20 years.

The next we are going to lose, dear Nagas, is our future.

And that sad fate for the Naga people is not far.

My question to us is this: What are you willing to do?

Ina Zhimo: My Humble request to all the restaurants, lounges & club owners back home in Nagaland.

1. Do Not allow entry to minors below 18 years.

(This must not be taken for granted) 2. Make a strict rule of ID proof system before entering (applied to everyone).

3. Employ someone at the car parking lot with a parking ticket system.

4. Install CCTV. 5. Employ Bouncers (this is next to impossible in a place like nagaland but it must be put into practice) 6. Strict Time Rule must be put into practice.

PS: Underage people (below 18 years) avoid these places. Your time will come too.

Love & Regards: Dj Ina.

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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Mission Summit experts discuss Naga Political prisoners India to conclude today

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): A panel discussion on ‘Naga political prisoners and the peace talk’ was held Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi on September 27. Organized by the Naga People’s Union for Civil Liberties (NPUCL), the discussion was held with the aim to extend “solidarity and peaceful resolution of the vexed Indo-Naga political conflict and for immediate release of Anthony Ningkhan Shimray and all other Naga political prisoners”.

A press note issued by the NPUCL informed that panel discussion witnessed a good attendance of people from all walks of life including scholars from JNU, Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia University, activists, lawyers, academicians, social workers, and student leaders among others.

Kahorngam Zimik, the President of NPUCL in the opening note highlighted the rationale behind the formation of the organization and stated that the

main objective of organizing the event was To demand the immediate release of Anthony Ningkhan Shimray, the head of Foreign Affairs of the NSCN (IM), who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail.

“His (Shimray) imprisonment isagainst the very convention of the peace process agreement”, he argued.

Chairing the session, Dr. R Vashum, Associate Professor, IGNOU in his opening remarks highlighted the dangers of employing “despicable acts as the AFSPA, a legacy of the British Raj comparable to an epidemic, a dangerous instrument, which in the very place stands against the ra-

tionale of why the ceasefire is initiated”.

The core message of Worso Zimik, the first panelist, who had initially handled the case of Anthony Ningkhan Shimray, centered on the case of Naga Political prisoners vis-a- vis the peace talk, highlighting Shimray’s case in particular. According to the press note, the arrest of Ningkhan Shimray, who had earlier spearheaded series of talks with the Government of India in his capacity as the Chief of Foreign Affairs of the NSCN (IM) spoke the “volumes of the intention and sincerity of the Government”.

The NPUCL has also

Sonowal to I.V Sümi Council appeals DMC OCTOBER the particular road had been address BJP DIMAPUR, 4 (MExN): The I.V (LRC) repaired by the DMC few Sümi Council has appealed months back with much aprally the Dimapur Municipal preciation from the residents DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): The Minister of State for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship &Youth Affairs and Sports, Sarbananda Sonowal will be addressing a public rally at Cheiphobozou local ground at 10.00 am, on October 6 as a part of BJP campaign for the forthcoming bye election to 11th Northern Angami-2.

The General Secretary & Spokesman of BJP Nagaland, K James Vizo in a press note informed all concern party workers and well wishers are cordially invited to the public rally.

Council (DMC) to immediately repair the drainage on the road leading to I.V (LRC) Notun Bosti and Island colonies.

In a press note, the Chairman of I.V (LRC) Sümi Council, Asheto Swu stated that

of the colony but the arrival of monsoon has washed away all its structure. Contending that the condition of the road has worsened due to faulty drainage, it urged the urgent intervention of DMC before it become“irreparable”

PBBYO Sports Meet

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 4(MExN): The Purana Bazar ‘B’ youth Organisation (PBBTO) will be organizing its annual sports meet from October 10-11 at Purana Bazar local ground. In a press note, PBBYO President, Asher Kath and General Secretary, Bipen Kikon

informed all the youth of the area that there will be a “social work cum group selection” ahead of the sport meet on October 6 at 6 am. They requested all the members to come and participate at the social work as well as the sports meets at the local ground.

CRPF cleans Dimapur railway station

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): The 173 BN CRPF under the command of its Commandant-in Charge, Love Kumar conducted a cleanliness drive at Dimapur

Railway Station on October 3 as a part of the forwarding the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” initiative. According to a press note from the

CRPF, the programme began right after the departure of 23 Coys of Nagaland Arm Police (IR) and Manipur (IR) to the state of Maharashtra for assembly election duties.

ESSH condemns ‘killing’ KOHIMA, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): The Eastern Sumi Sub-Hoho condemned the killing of Athennu Yimchunger, leacy of FGN Yimchunger Region of Mimi Village who was shot dead at Longya Ward Kiphire town by an unknown miscreant.

The ESSH strongly

condemned such act of violence and bloodshed disrupting peace and harmony of the people living in the area by any individual or a group.

“This has also created fear psychosis among the general public and therefore urged the concerned

authority to investigate the case and book the culprit at the earliest and award befitting punishment as per the law,” This was stated in a release issued by ESSH chairman Zheito Aye and general secretary Khehoto T. Yepthomi.

In a press note, the SKK General Secretary, Kakuto Awomi and finance Secretary, Pitovi V Ayemi stated that the raid was done without any “rhymes or reason” and demanded a clear statement from the 29 Assam Rifles explaining the “genuine and proper” reason behind the raid.

“If the AR could not do

ANSTRSU condemns assault in Assam DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): The All Nagaland State Transport Running Staff Union (ANSTRSU) has vehemently condemned the assault on two NST driver, Mughato and M Kire on October 1 around 1.30 am near Sibsagar Town by two Assamese youth.

According to a press

note from ANSTRSU president, Vimedo Chase and General Secretary, R Loyamba Yim, the incident occurred when the Mon bound NST Vehicle was parked on a roadside after its breaks down near Sibsagar. The two Assamese youth came asking why the vehicle was parked there and starts beating

yer that has been provided by his organization.

The speaker also pointed out that the greatest benefactor of the current peace talk was the GOI “who have been able to weaken the movement of the people as it has been successful in creating divisions among the people themselves and crippling the underground movement such that it itself is no longer in a combat mood”.

Bose also pointed out that there was a need to change the strategy and the tactic of the peace process itself where the underground organization needs to work in coordination with the over ground civil

World Wild Life Week flags off at Fakim Our Correspondent Fakim |October4

The Kiphire Wild Life Division kick started the celebration of World Wild Life Week at Fakim Wild Life sanctuary on October 2 with John Rosovil (IFS), Member Secretary, Nagaland Pollution Board and nodal officer National Green corps Nagaland as chief guest. Eco club members of Fakim, Thenamir, Vongtsuvong, North East Network Chizami and Administrative officers attended the function.

Inauguration the week long programme, the chief guest said, ‘Eco’ is ecology and it does not only means conservation of environment and wild life but it also talks about keeping our surrounding clean and keeping surrounding clean and taking care of sanitation will improve the living standard.

He appreciated the Fakim villagers for keeping their surrounding clean.

He discloses that out of the 2585 eco club across the state, Eco club in Kiphire district is one of the best, expressed satisfaction over the functioning and lauded the effort of the department for taking care of the eco club in the district.

Lauding the effort of the Fakim Villagers in conservation, the chief guest said that he will reflect the con-

John Rosovil (IFS), Member Secretary, Nagaland Pollution Board speaks at the celebration of World Wild Life Week at Fakim Wild Life sanctuary in Kiphire district.

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servation effort of the Fakim villagers in his report to Delhi stating that effort conservation has reach the international boundary in the remotest part of the state.

Fakim is the last village sharing internationally boundary.

Sharing the road map for livelihood option in conservation effort the chief guest said, “you have to identify a spot in the sanctuary for bird, butterfly and wild animals viewing so that tourist come into this sanctuary to watch this activities but also warn if the habitat of the wild life is disturbed will life will not be there.” He asked the villager to take good care of the conservation.

On a lighter side the chief guest said, “I have come to shoot and capture wild animals such as tiger, hillock gibbon, bear etc with the camera with me.”

Talking about the habi-

tat of Hollock Gibbon the chief guest said, “Hollock Gibbon is found only in virgin forest Class A categorise, and Fakim sanctuary has this forest and if you disturb the habitat you Hollock Gibbon will not be found.”

The chief guest distributed eco club register, eco club t-shirts, and caps to the participants. He also flag off the tracking to wildlife sanctuary.

Chumbenthung, EAC Pungro who also spoke on the occasion said that birds and animals regenerate forest by way of birds droppings, transporting seeds and dung and added that if we kill birds and animals our forest will also die automatically. He also add, “we should not put all the load of conservation or any developmental work to the department we have to do our part only then the effort will be achieved.”

Kamdi Hemant Bhaskar (IFS) Wild Life Warden Kiphire said that animal does not know the territory and boundary so it is the property of all and ask the gathering to take good care of wild life, as they are our common property.

Eco club members from Fakim, Thenamir, Vongtsuvong and North East Network also spoke on the occasion.

The district administration presented a red blanket to the village chief in recognition for the remarkable conservation work.

DC Dimapur informs ‘affected landowner and beneficiaries” of NH 29 expansion

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dimapur has informed all the “affected landowner & beneficiaries” of 4 Lane National Highway 29 expansion from Chumukedima Bridge to Piphema village under Dimapur District that the “compensation” for land, building and other items shall starts so, it clearly indicates that in the office of DC from 10 they are nothing but a am onwards from October 7.

In press notification, the gang of irresponsible robbers devoid of any sense of humanity”, the press note added.

The SKK further appealed the “competent authority” to bring up the case with higher ups for “the safety and security of ZUNHEBOTO, OCthe public” TOBER 4 (MExN): The DWSM, Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Zunheboto Division organized an advobeat the driver without any cacy workshop and rally “rhymes or reason. on water and sanitation on Informing that the two September 29 at Youth Hall, drivers are still in hospital, Zunheboto under the aegis the Union urged all the right of WSSO, PHED, Kohima. thinking people, societies, Shanavas (IAS), SDO (C) NGOS & Unions to condemn Zunheboto, in his welcome the “uncivilized and evil act” address, highlighted the bameted out the bonafide gov- sic necessity of sanitation, ernment drivers on duty so effects of improper disposal that such incident does not of liquid waste, harmful efoccur in future. fects of excreta and the ways

SKK condemns AR raids on student leaders ZUNHEBOTO, OCTOBER 4, (MExN): The All Sumi Student’s Union (SKK) has vehemently condemned the “unlawful raid and verbal abuse” of the president and colleagues of Western Sumi Students’ Union (WSSU) by personal 29 Assam Rifles at NST Colony Dimapur on the wee hours of October 1.

stated that as a result of “bogus charges” the case of Ningkhan Shimray, has been reduced to the status of a criminal case rather than being treated as a case of political prisoner, “which should be the case, if at all the matter has to be pursued in all its earnestness”.

Tapan Bose, the second panelist, who is currently serving as the Director at the South Asian Forum for Human Rights, pointed out that the sad case of the loyal soldiers (Shimray) was rather “Bizzare” that has been dragging on for four years as he even refused to go for other legal means saying that he would stay with the law-

society in the first place.

He also justified the “benefits and practicality of opening up the peace process” stressing that opening up the dialogue rather than keeping it behind closed doors would be an added advantage and pointed out that engaging civil society would lead to “wider support and legitimacy of the Nagas themselves.” In the process it will open up the scope of the talk itself, he added.

Meanwhile, the latter section of the panel discussion was marked by statements of solidarity from different organization such as FUNICH, the Democratic Students’ Union, the New Materialist as well as the Hao Research Initiative. According to the press note, all of them strongly condemned the arrest and incrimination of political prisoners by the Indian State and demanded for the immediate release of political prisoners in India and in this very case, release of Anthony Ningkhan Shimray in particular.

DC of Dimapur, Wezope Kenye further informed all Chairman, GBs and members of the concerned council to be physically present for identifying the landowner & beneficiaries during the disbursal of Cheques failing which the payment will be withhold.

He further directed all the affected landowner & beneficiaries to come “in Person” along with identification proof, bank passbook,

and 5 passport size photos.

Payment to any other representatives will not be entertained, added the press note.

The schedule for disbursal of the payment are as follows: October 7- New Chumukedima village; October 8- Kukidolong Village; October 9-Jharnapani; October 10- Medziphima Village; October 13- Pherima Village; and October 14- Tsiepama/Phiphema village.

Advocacy rally on water and sanitation in Zunheboto to practice personal hygiene.

Meanwhile, Er. G. Mughalu, JE, PHED Zunheboto spoke on communitization, its targets and the steps to be initiated in the near future. The prevailing water quality, ill effects of water borne diseases and its preventive measures was presented by Benathung Tsopoe, Chemist, DWSM, PHED, Zunheboto.

Kiyeshe Chishi, IEC Consultant, DW SM, PHED, Zunheboto further spoke on sanitation, negative impacts of unhygienic

Chief Minister to share greetings KOHIMA, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): A four day long India Mission Summit under the theme “Celebrating the past, envisioning the future” will conclude on October 5 at NBCC convention centre here.

Morning service will commence from 9:00 AM onwards with Vevo Phesao as chairman.

A journalist turned evangelist T A Prabhu Kiran will be the speaker while greetings will be shared by Chief Minister T R Zeliang in the morning service.

Interactive cultural performances will take place from 2:0 PM onwards.

Closing service will take place at 5:30 PM. N Tzudir will chair the service.

A K Lama, executive

director of Transforming Leaders in Asia, Director of Asia, and Word of Hope Ministries in India and member of the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Theological Education and Leadership Formation will be the speaker.

The summit is in commemoration of 200 years of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and 175 years of its work in India.

A resolution committee is formed to read the papers of the presenters and to listen to the messages and sharing during the Summit. They will then bring a Baptist joint declaration/resolution for the conferees to adopt in the last evening service.

MEx FILE KMC on Eid-ul Adha Namaz KOHIMA, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): The Kohima Masjid Committee extended heartiest greetings to one and all on the occasion of Eid-ul Adha Namaz which the Muslim Community along with the rest of the world would be celebrating on October 6. This year too, the Eid-ul- Adha Namaz will be held 19th Assam Rifles Ground, Kohima at 9:00 AM. The Pesh Iman of Kohima Masjid, Moulana Belal Ahmed shall conduct the Namaz.

Polling Groups training on October 7 KOHIMA, OCTOBER 4 (DIPR): The formation of Polling Groups for the forthcoming bye elections for 11 Northern Angami-II A/C will be displayed at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima on October 5 and 6. Therefore all the Polling Officials have been directed to check out their respective groups on the above mentioned dates. Further, the training schedules for the respective Polling Groups will be held on October 7 in two groups at Zonal Council Hall, Kohima. The timings of the two groups will be at 9:30 AM and 12:30 noon respectively. All the Polling Officials have also been requested to check out their training schedules from the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima.

ZSUN informs its native units PEREN, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): The Zeliang Students Union Nagaland (ZSUN) has informed all the 27 Native Village Students Union to their respective Unit president and Secretary to attend the Second consultative meeting of ZSUN on October 9 from 11 am at Peren Town Hall. In a press noted, the president of ZSUN, Iteichu Zelaing also added that the meeting would be mandatory for all the native units.

'Monolith Commemoration Program at Kezhakeno DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 4 (MExN): The “Lazami (Lozumi) Migration Monolith Erection Committee will be organizing a 'Monolith Commemoration Program' on on October 11 at Kezhakeno village at 11am with the president of Naga Hoho, P Chuba Ozukum, President Naga Hoho as the commemorator. According to a press note from the Convenor of the organizing committee, N Neilo Koza and Secretary, Pfuche Koza, the program is held with the on objective to trace the historic origin and migration of the Lazami (Lozumi) of Sumi Community from their ancestral home Khezhakeno village under Phek district. The committee further invites all the Khezhakeno’s “outside dwellers” to grace the program positively.

Public SPace ODe TO TSOKuM Oh! What a day has come!

Today is a rejoicing day.

The essence of today is so great, A day to enjoy with the spirit of amity to one another, A day to attribute the Almighty for showering His blessing abundantly.

Today is a day of sharing one's having to others.

It is a day to retrospect our ancestor's with contemplates their amicability, thankful, hardworking content to endear their articulate characters, what giant and fabulous forefathers we inherit.

Their legacy to emulate and appreciate.

Hey! Come let us celebrate what our ancestor's set a part village condition and its a day for us. measures, importance of It is a day to celebrate and adore to our God. cleanliness and the ways to keep the village and its sur- Today is a day to portray the fabric of our "Tsokum" with rounding clean. full of love and care.

More than 250 students, Oh! God make this day to renew and review our hearts teachers and PHED staff atand minds to love our tended the workshop. The fellow being. programme was chaired

by Er. V. Mughalu Sumi, JE, Let our "Tsokum" be a banner of love and peace to every PHED, Zunheboto Diviknot and corner of our beautiful Nagaland in general sion while, Ghonito Sumi, and Khiamniungan in particular.

Supervisor, PHED invoked God's blessings. This was A land that God bestowed to us. informed in a press release issued by Er. Inashe Kiba, Long live Happy Tsokum festival Executive Engineer, PHED, Indhe. K. Zunheboto Division.

Dimapur Govt. College

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Scripture: Psalms 19 The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of his hands.

Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge.

There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not heard.

Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world.

In them he has placed a tent for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Verses 1–4 are quite different than verses 5 and 6. In fact, verses 5 and 6 are so different that they beckoned me irresistibly to do something other than just try to explain them. But we're getting ahead of ourselves.

Let's look first at verses 1–4 and see if we can sharpen the focus of David's vision here. It came into clearest focus for me when I detected four observations David has made.

Nature Speaks Continually 1. First, from verse 2, "Day unto day pours forth speech, and night unto night declares knowledge." The observation here very simply is that knowledge comes through nature, day and night. At night, the night sky speaks. In the day, the day sky speaks. Or to be precise, speech pours forth. Nature does not whisper—it shouts, and it shouts continually. We were all impressed with cinerama when the curved screen gave such a lifelike impression. And now you can walk into the Omnitheatre at the St. Paul Science Museum, and hear all of the oooohs and ahhhhs as people recline and see themselves enveloped in a domed screen, and then an hour later walk outside into a dome and a three dimensional drama ten million times bigger, more unpredictable and suspenseful, and hear not a single exclamation. Why?

Sky Talk

3. The third observation I want us to see is in verse 4, "Yet their voice (or line) goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world." In other words, the voiceless knowledge poured forth by days and nights is available to everyone on the globe who is not physically blind. This is not a private or secret knowledge. The moon you see tonight is the same moon that shines down on Shanghai and Moscow and London. And not only that, it is the same moon that Shakespeare looked at when he wrote some of his sonnets. Nature is a trans-geographical and trans-temporal language. The result of this is Clyde Kilby, a literature teacher at Whea- that all men can be held accountable for acton, gave this answer: knowledging the truth of what nature comThe fall of man can hardly be more force- municates. What does nature communicate? fully felt than simply in noting what we all do with a fresh snowfall or the first buds of Telling the Glory of God spring. On Monday they fill us with delight 4. That leads to observation number 4 and meaning and on Tuesday we ignore which is found in verse 1: "The heavens are them. No amount of shouting to us that this telling the glory of God and the firmament is all wrong changes the fact for very long . . . declares his handiwork." The voiceless, viOnly some aesthetic power which is akin to sual, universally available knowledge is that God's own creativity has the capability for behind it all is a glorious God as maker of the renewal, for giving us the power to see. world. The world is his handiwork, and he is He thinks the reason we pay so little at- glorious. From this I have been taught three tention to God's omnitheatre is that we are things. First, nature should lead us to belief fallen, sinful creatures. And I agree, because in God and his glory as creator, and thereI cannot imagine that the angels in heaven fore every man who can perceive nature is get tired of God's beauty or that God him- accountable to honor God and thank him. self grows weary of the beauty of his Son. Romans 1:19–20 says, "What can be known There is in heaven an ever renewed energy about God is plain to man because God has of perception and enjoyment. But fallen shown it to them. Ever since the creation of man is plagued with the proverb: "Familiar- the world his invisible nature, namely, his ity breeds contempt." eternal power and deity, have been clearBut surely redemption means that we ly perceived in the things that have been will be freed from that proverb. If we aren't, made. So they are without excuse." there can be no such thing as heaven but If I did not have the witness of Scripture only a hell of increasing contemptuousness. and the historical evidence of Jesus' life and And since our redemption has already be- resurrection, I do not know if nature would gun in this age, Christians ought to have bet- be a sufficient argument to cause me to beter eyes than people in general for seeing the lieve in God. But I think that in my most luknowledge that every day and night pours cid and rational moments the existence of forth. We ought to be the kind of people who persons with consciences and reason and walk out of the house in the morning with the existence of such an intricate and orderly the same sense of suspense and expectancy scheme of nature would witness overwhelmwith which we enter a new performance at ingly to a personal, reasonable maker behind the Omnitheatre. the universe. But we can be very glad we have the historical and verbal revelation of God, Visual, Not Verbal because most of us would be too stubborn, I 2. The second observation of David's think, to acknowledge God by nature alone.

I want us to see is in verse 3, "There is no The second thing verse 1 has shown me speech, nor are there words; their voice is is that even after we believe in God it is nanot heard." In other words, the knowledge ture that enables us to really know some which pours forth from days and nights is of his attributes. C.S. Lewis (whom you all visual not verbal. We know from verses 7 should read) put it like this: and following that David loved the verbal Nature never taught me that there exists a revelation of God, so he is not belittling that. God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to But he also delights in the visual revelation learn that in other ways. But nature gave the of God and puts it first probably because it is wordglory a meaning for me. I still do not know completed by the verbal and also because it where else I could have found one. I do not see comes first not only in the order of creation (either) how the 'fear' of God could have ever (God made things for man before he spoke meant to me anything but the lowest, prudento man) but also in the order of every life (a tial efforts to be safe, if I had never seen certain child learns by seeing the world before he ominous ravines and unapproachable crags. can understand languages).

(The Four Loves, chapter 2) We are told today that we live in a visual For myself, I think I can say that I never age instead of a verbal one. People need pic- really felt what it meant to love God until I tures not lectures. Television and movies have had the experience of delighting in some conspired to make us disenchanted with awesome natural phenomena—a night sky, reasoning and enamor us with films. This is a waterfall in the mountain woods, and a mostly true, I think, but partly misleading. sunrise through an Appalachian mist. I beOur minds have been weakened, but I am lieve nature is the prep-school of our affecnot sure our eyes have been strengthened. tions, readying them to delight in God. That you have been conditioned to crave to The third thing that verse 1 has done for do something does not mean you are better me is give me a keen sense of the eternalat it. To be sure, we are more visually depen- ity of God. If God made the universe, then dent and hungry, but I doubt that we are bet- there was a time when only God existed. ter at seeing than our forefathers.

That in itself begins to stagger my mind. I am There are at least two kinds of seeing: tempted to say, besides God there was only one is active and one is passive. Seeing nothingness. But that may create the picture actively means construing what you see, of a large space with God by himself in the working on it with your mind to find mean- center. But that is all wrong. Once there was ing—not necessarily verbal meaning—but only God. God was all there was. There was all the pattern and design the artist (wheth- no room for anything else, not even nother God or man) intended. When a trained ingness, for all that was, was God. eye looks at Rembrandt'sPaul in Prison, he But then I am driven one step further sees more than an untrained eye, because and I realize that this God never had a behis eyes are active and construe, while the ginning. He never came into being. And the untrained eye is passive. effect that has on me is to make me tremble Well, my suspicion is that television at his character. Every aspect of your characin general does not train active seeing but ter or personality is explainable as the result rather encourages passive watching. No- of some genetic trait or environmental or body goes to the Minneapolis Institute of spiritual influence. You became the person Art to watch a painting; you go to see, to look you are. You grew and learned and changed at, to inspect. But you go home to watch T.V. and matured. But not God. He is good, longTherefore, I am not very encouraged by our suffering, reliable, honest, righteous, merciculture, because even though we are more ful, but he never became that way. He never visually dependent today, I don't think we learned anything from anybody; he never are more visually acute or perceptive. Our grew; he never changed; he never matured. skill in active seeing is no better and per- He simply always was what he is from eterhaps weaker than in the pre-T.V. days. nity before eternity before eternity. As unThe upshot of this is that we all have a imaginable as it is, it says to me: he is sure. long way to go in becoming more adept at He is a rock. He cannot cease to be what he seeing the voiceless speech of nature. We has been from all eternity, because there are need to apply ourselves to form the habits of no forces at work on him which do not have

is the eternal, glorious creator.

To sum up the observations in verses 1–4: 1) Nature pours forth knowledge day and night (v. 2). 2) This knowledge is not verbal but visual (v. 3). 3) This visual knowledge is available for people all over the world to perceive, not just for some. 4) The knowledge imported is that God is a glorious creator.

The Overflow of Joy into Words Now we turn to verses 5 and 6 to find something very different. "In them he has placed a tent for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; it rejoices as a strong man to run his course. Its rising is from one end of the heavens, and its circuit to the other end of them; and there is nothing hidden from its heat." What is the psalmist doing in these two verses? Noël read to me one of the Doonesbury cartoon strips

by Gary Trudeau a while back. In it a fellow had just moved to California and was trying to fit in and learn mellow talk. So he read a few lines of poetry: "My heart can scarce contain the joy that cascades from the silver crescent cradling the stars." And the mellow talk translator said, "O, that would come out something like, 'O, wow, look at the moon!'"

The human heart will not be satisfied with mellow talk. The psalmist saw the sun rising and something happened inside of him. A joy had to get out into words for others to enjoy, but "O, wow, look at the sun" would not do. Instead he finds an analogy.

The rising sun is like a bridegroom leaving his chamber on his way to get his lover.

Verses 5 and 6 come as close as anything in Scripture to what Wordsworth called the "powerful overflow of spontaneous feeling recollected in tranquillity." They are simply a poetic expression of the joy that comes from beholding God's creation. They are not teaching; they are exulting. They don't so much inform as they delight.

And the best thing to do with such poetry is to enjoy it and copy as well as our weak powers will allow us. Perhaps the best thing I can do to honor the intention of verses 5 and 6 is to show that I have tried, too, to find words for some of the joys I've had in God's creation. Maybe you'll get the bug. A joy unexpressed is probably only half as great.

THE GIFT OF SNOW I tried to follow the advice I gave my wife: "Don't put your full weight down"; But, for my life, I couldn't stay atop the snow.

Every fourth or fifth step The fickle layer of ice would crunch, and in I'd go Half way to the ground In three feet of snow -Like when you climb a stair And inadvertently add a step in the air.

But there's a mystery in such stumbling If a heart is given to mystery More than to grumbling.

How odd that, with every jolt, My head should be thrown back To see the sky.

The fickle snow by giving way Would have me face the heavens; I wonder why.

At the time I thought it strange My fall did not pert me to itself; Now, my mind is turned to guesses: Could it be-Is there a possibility The snow, knowing the heavens From which it came, And being gently laid to the earth For a short and silent life, Desires to point me to its early home Where once it knew a hurling freedom That I have never known?

Could it have known some good That it would share with me; That in its death beneath my feet Would still pulge As if it loved me more than life?

Is it more wise than I To know that falling is an utter death Unless one turns again To that from which it fell?-And more kind That it should teach me, as I kill, The lesson it must die to learn?

I have misnamed it, fickle snow: Should I expect the words of the dying So easily to flow, as of the living?

Its random crunch is not mere giving way, It is a way of giving.

SUMMER, 1968 I was a surveyor then, It was the summer of '68

And seminary lay ahead And marriage in December, So my work was to raise Enough for two to get a start.

But looking back upon those weeks, It's not the memories of school I had, nor that my heart Was filled with joy, which pleases now.

No, my pleasure now springs from A lonely image in my mind Of one rare day and in it how The sun and wind and farming land Conspired to stir my soul.

A railroad was the border Of the farm and Wayne's command Was that I wait and hold the rod While he and Jim walked to the truck Then drove down to the trestle So they could set the tripod And mount the gun with care to shoot The farmer's northern boundary.

There I was alone, standing Between the shiny tracks, mute, As they lay in wait for a noisy freight: A lengthy solitude known only To an elevated, unbent track Which stretched its merging rails straight Out of sight to east and west; A broad and lofty solitude Soothing my soul's cramped longing for Expanse. I felt a biting zest For all the shapes, color and motion That stretched my eyes across The brilliant, earthy fields.

One quarter was a golden ocean Streaming and shifting its tides In shimmering variations of light And dark. Another, to the west, Was where the family resides Amid a grove a giant oaks Along a shady stream: A busy farming family, Tawny and strong, the kind of folks Who know the joys of evening rest.

The quarters to the north were shaped And separated by a brook Which with its laughing flow gave jest By shaping two pianos out Of a spreading bean field Whose long green chords Vibrated with a song about The great musician Aeolus.

The happy fields and peopled grove Engaged my soul in quiet joy And left my body tremulous, Tingling in solitude, Until a yellow flag From the distant Railroad trestle Announced my duty with a rude Distraction, calling me again To hold my rod erect And be a good surveyor-As if I hadn't been.

CIENAGA These beauteous forms Through a long absence have not been to me As a landscape to a blind man's eye: But oft in lonely rooms and mid the din Of towns and cities I have owed to them In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood and felt along the heart . . .

William Wordsworth Three wooded canyons meet, two bringing streams, The other taking both; or I might say, Looking back a thousand years, two streams Converged and trickled off together, And slowly brought their canyons to the spot.

Small streams, I thought, to have such boulders On their banks; but as I sat and listened, The steady trickle seemed to giggle At my incredulity: the laughter, Ever passing, ever present, echoed An ancient power.

The mountains rising from the joining streams enclosed a convoluted bowl, the hollow Where we camped. One ridge was almost barren Where fire had stripped away its surface life, But hearty desert bushes were pushing Out already from unscorched roots and seeds.

Nothing tall grows on the mountain slopes But in the hollow there were trees, and here, Under a lonely one of these, we pitched Our tent. The hollow and the hills were ours; What there we felt we've just begun to feel: Surrounded by the hills, the lengthened time Between the first light of the morning and The seeing of the sun . . .

The early morning fog cradled in the canyons, Slowly burned away by the rising sun . . .

The freezing sound of a morning stream And a splash in your waking face . . .

Wherever we walked the slither of lizards

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water As brown as the pump, and the smiles of, "We might have known" . . .

A small outhouse or the great outdoors Depending on which is more sensitive: Your nose or your pride . . .

The whir of a hundred bees in a tree Like the sound of a million on the slope . . .

With an unexpectedly angry sound A harmless hummingbird Like a muffle machine gun or giant beetle . . .

Miniature flies and tiny gnats Which must have learned their trade at the Fall . . .

Thick small leaves of tough desert plants And yellow and purple hills . . .

Climbing . . .

The slow ascent to where the wind, Which once was only pleasant, begins Gently to threaten the balance of our weight . . .

The permeating tremble of our muscles From the effort and the height . . .

The sudden helplessness Of a sliding foothold and breaking branch . . .

The knot in the stomach And utterly unique weakness in the knees From stepping close to a cliff . . .

The summit: unmatched applause of a thundering heart As I stand on the slender point . . .

The carbon marks on a lover's face As she wins the ridge and my hand . . .

The renewed sensation from earlier springs Of a burning sun and a biting breeze . . .

The humbling illusion of distance when my stone, Assuredly heaved for the creek below, Plummets somehow ingloriously to the earth Half way down the mountain . . .

A mountain meal of peanut butter sandwiches And some lazy rest in the sun . . .

The slow descent on the other side, and later, The fearful, joyful pride of often glancing At the distant peak on which I'd set my feet . . .

The discovery of a cool, running pool, Then her hair let down and her pants rolled up, And her sore red toes in the sand of the stream . . .

The twinkling eye of a child Who with one less year Would have sat right down in the pool . . .

Campsite, and rest, and hot beef stew As the evening cool closes a day of hiking . . .

Praying hand in hand from the center Of God's imaginings . . .

Playing a game to see who will find The first five stars and putting the goal at ten When I lose . . .

The coming of dark and the crickets, And the laying to sleep of our bodies . . .

Waking at three to a sky so white with stars As to make your heart beat faster . . .

The slipping back in Peace.

Clyde Kilby's Resolutions Let me conclude now by reading eleven practical steps used by my former teacher Clyde Kilby to stay alive to the beauty of God's world.

1. At least once every day I shall look steadily up at the sky and remember that I, a consciousness with a conscience, am on a planet traveling in space with wonderfully mysterious things above me and about me.

2. Instead of the accustomed idea of a mindless and endless evolutionary change to which we can neither add nor subtract, I shall suppose the universe guided by an Intelligence which, as Aristotle said of Greek drama, requires a beginning, a middle and an end. I think this will save me from the cynicism expressed by Bertrand Russell before his death, when he said: "There is darkness without and when I die there will be darkness within. There is no splendour, no vastness anywhere, only triviality for a moment, and then nothing."

3. I shall not fall into the falsehood that this day, or any day, is merely another ambiguous and plodding twenty-four hours, but rather a unique event filled, if I so wish, with worthy potentialities. I shall not be fool enough to suppose that trouble and pain are wholly evil parentheses in my existence but just as likely ladders to be climbed toward moral and spiritual manhood.

4. I shall not turn my life into a thin straight line which prefers abstractions to reality. I shall know what I am doing when I abstract, which of course I shall often have to do.

5. I shall not demean my own uniqueness by envy of others. I shall stop boring into myself to discover what psychological or social categories I might belong to. Mostly I shall simply forget about myself and do my work.

6. I shall open my eyes and ears. Once every day I shall simply stare at a tree, a flower, a cloud, or a person. I shall not then be concerned at all to askwhat they are but simply be glad that they are. I shall joyfully allow them the mystery of what Lewis calls their "divine, magical, terrifying and ecstatic" existence.

7. I shall sometimes look back at the freshness of vision I had in childhood and try, at least for a little while, to be, in the words of Lewis Carroll, the "child of the pure unclouded brow, and dreaming eyes of wonder."

8. I shall follow Darwin's advice and turn frequently to imaginative things such as good literature and good music, preferably, as Lewis suggests, an old book and timeless music.

9. I shall not allow the devilish onrush of this century to usurp all my energies but will instead, as Charles Williams suggested, "fulfill the moment as the moment." I shall try to live well just now because the only time that exists is just now.

10. If for nothing more than the sake of a change of view, I shall assume my ancestry to be from the heavens rather than from the caves.

11. Even if I turn out to be wrong, I shall bet my life in the assumption that this world is not idiotic, neither run by an absentee landlord, but that today, this very day, some stroke is being added to the cosmic canvas that in due course I shall understand with joy as a stroke made by the architect who calls Himself Alpha and

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A Fleeing Prophet SelIe VISA Best known -least understood: The Book of Jonah is probably the best known yet the least understood book of the Bible. The story is not taken seriously but merely as an amusing big fish story. But the Book of Jonah is much more than a story of a man and a great fish. This book is a profound illustration of the mercy and grace of God. The Book of Jonah illustrates God’s love and concern for gentiles as well as for Jews.

Ask yourself a question: Whenever anyone thinks about the Book of Jonah, the first thing that usually enters their mind is the great fish swallowing Jonah. But there is more to Jonah than just the big fish story. There are some great spiritual truths that we can benefit from.When you ask yourself, “Why did Jonah initially refuse to go to Nineveh?” you get very close to the heart of the message of this book.

A fable or a real story?

Some scholars believe that the Book of Jonah is nothing more than an allegory.

They believe that the book contains some spiritual lessons; however they do not believe that the story actually happened. In other words, they feel that it is not a true story.Because of these superficial attitudes, the true message and power of this book have been obscured.

Nevertheless everything written in the Book of Jonah is a true historical fact. We believe the story is real because it’s in the God inspired Bible and because our Lord Jesus Christ himself referred to the story of Jonah as something that actually took place.

As a picture of his death and resurrection Jesus said in Matthew 12:39-40, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

Jonah is also mentioned by our Lord in Luke 11:29-32,“As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here.”

If Jesus believed Jonah was a true event, then you and I should do too! We can trust that everything written about Jonah is a true and accurate story.

On a ship bound for Tarshish: Jonah (meaning dove) the son of Amittai, became a prophet in 793 BC and ministered in Israel during the reign of King Jeroboam II. God commanded Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh and warn the Assyrians of imminent judgment because of their wickedness. But Jonah, reluctant to see Nineveh spared, makes his way to Joppa (meaning beautiful), a seaport, and took a ship bound for Tarshish.

Joppa was an ancient city situated about

35 miles NW of Jerusalem. Because it possessed a natural harbor, it was for centuries the seaport of Jerusalem. Nineveh was toward the East. Jonah decided to go in the opposite direction-- as far West as he could.

Cast into the sea: But on the way came the great storm. Jonah’s disobedience endangered the lives of the crew of the ship. We must always remember that we have a great responsibility to obey God’s commands because our sins and disobedience can hurt others around us.

While the storm raged, Jonah was sound asleep below deck. Running away from God apparently did not bother his conscience.

But the absence of guilt does not always mean we are doing the right thing.

Relying on their superstition the crew cast lots to find out who is responsible. Their system worked because God intervened to let Jonah know that he couldn’t run away.

Jonah knew that the storm was his fault, but he didn’t say anything until the lot fell on him. By trying to save Jonah’s life, the pagan sailors showed more compassion than Jonah.After Jonah was cast into the sea, the ship’s crew saw the storm calm down. They began to worship God. The pagan sailors prayed to God and vowed to serve him. It may be painful, but admitting our sins can be a powerful example to those who don’t know the true God. Not a whale but a great fish: Jonah was cast into the sea because the fearsomestorm was his fault. A great fish which the Lord had prepared came and swallowed Jonah. It is wrongly said that a whale swallowed Jonah. It was not a whale but a big fish sent my God. The event is portrayed as a miracle and should be understood that way. In fact, the whale is not a fish, it is a mammal.

A prayer of thanksgiving: Misreading the text of the second chapter of Jonah occurs frequently because of the readers’ failure to pay attention to details. This chapter is not about Jonah asking God to deliver him from the belly of the fish. This chapter is a prayer of thanksgiving and not deliverance. Obviously Jonah was not in a position to bargain with God. Instead he thanked God for all he has done for him. We too can praise and thank God for what he has done for us, for his love and mercy both in the good times and the bad times. Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights before it disgorged him on the sea shore.

A wicked city repented: God re-commissioned Jonah to go to Nineveh. Jonah went, reluctantly. From Jonah’s or human point of view, there are good reasons why Jonah thought the people of Nineveh deserved to be punished. As a prophet Jonah might have also known that the Assyrians would eventually conquer the Northern Kingdom known as Israel and his people would suffer at their hands.

Nineveh was the capital city of the vast Assyria Empire. It is located about 500 miles northeast of Israel. For a period of 300 years (911-609 BC) Assyria was the greatest political power in the Near East. They worshipped many gods and goddesses but their kings were their favorite deities. Archaeological discoveries indicate that warfare was an es-

sential aspect of the Assyrian way of life. They waged wars on other nations not so much as to extend their dominion but to destroy and plunder. They built huge monuments to commemorate their victories. Drunkenness was a severe social problem.Prostitution flourished openly in the streets as well as brothels called “houses of pleasure”. Medically they relied heavily on magic and incantations. The daily life of the ordinary and common citizens was devoid of meaning.

Jonah came at last to Nineveh, calling out that in forty days God would destroy the city. Ordinarily prophets with this kind of messages for wicked cities don’t get much of a reception. They are laughed out of town or worse. But the unexpected happened. The city repented, from the king to the last person, and the judgment of God was stayed.

This was indeed a great miracle.

Jonah knew God too well: Don’t assume that Jonah had a primitive idea of God and that he thought if he could get out of the land, he would get away from God. No. That was not the reason why Jonah avoided going to Nineveh. In fact Jonah knew God too well and that is why he tried to flee.

Jonah 4:2 He prayed to the LORD, “O LORD, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.”

Into the heart of God: The Book of Jonah ended abruptly. We are not told whether Jonah changed his attitude toward the Ninevites or not. But the book takes us right into the very heart of God… Jonah 4:11 “But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?”

In conclusion: Jonah hated the Ninevites, but God loved them and want them to change their evil ways of life. Jonah hated the wicked people of Nineveh and was unhappy with God because God spared them.

There is a Jonah in me. There is a Jonah in you. Take a moment to reflectupon your own Ninevites. There are people who you cannot love. Just like Jonah you would rather see them punished by God for their sinful ways or for hurting you in some way. But those very people are the image of God like you and I and who God loved.Christ died for them too. In Romans 10:12 Paul tells us, “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

1 John 4:21 clearly expresses that love for God and love for neighbor are inseparable.

The one is not possible apart from the other.

Those who love God cannot refuse love to the image of God that meets them in their fellow human beings.

May God’s love abide in each one of us. May we all obey and walk in the way he commanded us to go.

Note: The repentance of Nineveh saved it from destruction for nearly 100 years. But apparently they returned to their evil ways.

Nineveh was completely sacked by the combined forces of the Babylonians and the Medes in 612 BC, and has lain in ruins to this day.

God wants to bring you out of your desperate situation

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nce a notorious gangster, drug dealer and pimp, John Turnipseed knows what it’s like to feel trapped in sin. Now a licensed minister, Turnipseed wants those struggling to make a change and to know God hears their prayers.

“I always try to tell people to look for the evidence of God because it’s always there and sometimes we just ignore it. We look past it [because] it doesn’t look inviting to us,” he said.

In his soon-to-be-released autobiography Bloodline, Turnipseed tells how his troubled childhood led him into a life of crime and how surrendering his life to Christ led him to become a helping hand for others living hard lives.

As a young child, Turnipseed’s family attended church every Sunday. Then the family relocated from Alabama to Minnesota and his father, once a deacon and a member of the church choir, became a violent drunk who beat Tunipseed’s mother daily.

Turnipseed said he prayed five to 10 times a day for the abuse to stop but it continued. He and his five brothers eventually stopped praying.

He told The Christian Post, “I just felt that there was no God at that time.”

But looking back, Turnipseed said God did intervene. “I see that He actually did send angels to help but we did not grab the angels’ hands.” The family stopped attending church regularly and he said, “Three times I remember different ministers tried to reach out to us and my mom wouldn’t talk to them.” His mother also forbade her sons from talking to school counselors.

Turnipseed rebelled against God by turning to the local pimps and drug dealers. He began running errands for pimps in exchange for sex with prostitutes at age 12. Then he was kicked out of school by age 16 for threatening to kill his principal while

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high on drugs.

As an adult, Turnipseed became involved in several illegal activities such as armed robbery, pimping prostitutes, and selling drugs and was constantly in and out of prison. His son, Little Johnny, and stepson, Roamel, had both followed in his footsteps, becoming drug dealers and gang members.

Turnipseed did not begin to seek God again until Little Johnny was shot outside of a party.

Though he was in prison at the time, he cried out to God. God began to work in his life, freeing him of his drug and gambling addictions and providing Christian mentorship.

Now Turnipseed says with confidence, “Jesus Christ is real.”

He works at Urban Ventures, a Minnesota nonprofit focused on breaking the cycle of poverty, teaching men how to become better men for their children.

Turnipseed says to those wondering if God can pull them out of their situations: “God is always in evidence (sic) in our lives but we pay no attention to it because we tend to pray for things and tell God exactly how we want it to be done.

God does [answer our prayers] but He doesn’t do it in the way we ask Him to and so we never see it and we see it later.”

He assures those seeking divine intervention in their lives that God is always there and “if people could realize that, then their faith would bring them out of their desperate situation.

(Source: Christian Post)

Bestselling author Max Lucado’s newest book is a prayer guide Stephanie Samuel

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ax Lucado says his new book, Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer, is meant to be a prayer 101 guide to those who struggle to connect with God. “There are some people who for whatever reason really get prayer. It’s not challenging for them. Maybe it’s there personality bent; maybe it’s a certain level of faith. Many of us however really struggle with the whole idea of prayer,” said the bestselling author.

In fact, statistics from Lifeway Christian Resources show that only 48 percent of churchgoers actually pray every day.

As a self-professed “prayer wimp,” Lucado wants to help those who encounter difficulties such as wandering thoughts or even sleepiness to gain a better understanding of prayer and a new focus.

In the book, Lucado encourages readers to resist formalities or impressive vocabulary when praying to God. Rather, he urges readers to approach God as eager children would call to their fathers in a more downto-earth way.

He also wrote that when we pray, we should do so knowing that God is “good in skill and in heart.”

The image Lucado establishes of God compares to that of a trusted pilot who can be relied upon in stormy weather because of his proven experience and his goodnatured relationship with the passengers.

Though Lucado says there is no “secret code” for the sacred expression, he bases Before Amen on a simple, sixline pocket prayer that states “Father, you are good. I need help. They need help. Thank you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

This prayer, Lucado says, is a template for beginners to pray their balanced prayers rather than simply offering up a list of demands.

He explained in a recent interview with The Christian Post, “Our prayers [at times] can be simply a list of things we want, like going to Santa Claus. Do this, do this, please, please, please. Let me be clear, Jesus teaches us to bring all our concerns and all our requests to Him because we don’t have the capacity to carry them on our own. So there is a time in which we say I need help; that’s one of the things we do. But we also acknowledge God as our father. We say ‘God, you’re good,’ which is to say we think about the character of God. ‘You’re forgiving, you’re kind, you’re good. I need help; I need you to forgive me please, to help me please and they need help.’ Then

we pray for other people and then we thank Him. We think of all the things that God has done and we do it in Jesus’ name.”

Finally, the author instructs readers to believe that God will answer them once they prayed their own prayers. “Just be patient, trust that He is your father, He is good and the right thing will happen in the right way,” said Lucado.

Tent Churches Emerge in Iraqi Refugee Camps

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atima, an Iraqi woman who had fled atrocities committed by the Islamic State (ISIS), was drawn to the sound of singing in a tent in a refugee camp in Dohuk, a city in the Kurdish region of Iraq. She approached cautiously.

Though embarrassed when the Christians worshipping inside saw her, she came closer and asked if she could enter and listen to what they were saying. By the time the meeting finished at 4 a.m., she was on her way to embracing Christ as her Savior and asked if she could bring friends and family to the next meeting.

Fatima, her husband and three daughters put their trust in Jesus for their salvation, and within a few weeks her involvement led to another 60 families making the same commitment, according to an area ministry leader supported by Christian Aid Mission.

“Tent churches are going on everywhere,” said the ministry leader. “Last week we had 68 families openly surrender their lives to the Lord. With all their large needs and difficult situations that they are going through, they thank God for the indwelling of Christ in their hearts. Twelve of those families were Muslim.”

In addition, 200 children who received Bibles and coloring materials prayed to accept Jesus into their hearts.

Broken Hearts Near Amerli, which Islamic State fighters besieged for more than two months before Kurdish and Iraqi forces aided by U.S. warplanes drove them out on Sept. 1, the ministry leader’s team encountered people in need of water, food and medicine. In a visit with a group of families able to escape before the ISIS siege, the team found opportunities to meet both spiritual and physical needs.

“The Lord gave us many souls who believed in Christ there,” the team leader said.

In the northern city of Erbil, the leader’s team met with displaced Yazidis, a predominantly Kurdish ethnic group that practices a mix of Zoroastrian, Islamic and Christian rituals, who suffered the slaughter of an esti-

mated 500 of their members at the hands of ISIS. Some 130,000 Yazidis of Sinjar had fled to Erbil or farther north to Dohuk.

“Our ministry to them was filled with tears and broken hearts to hear scary stories about abducted children and women and the slaughter of men,” the team leader said.

“They asked us if God even exists for this to be allowed to happen. It was very difficult, but the Lord has given us grace in their sight to represent Jesus and the love of the work, which was shown to be wonderfully accepted among the Yazidis. They asked us to come back and took all our Bibles ‘in secret.’”

The Iraqi ministry team has prepared 2,000 Bibles, including those for children, plus 2,500 New Testaments in Arabic, Aramaic and Kurdish, along with tracts and Bible-based coloring books.

“We have a lot more that is needed, such as gas, workers’ support, radios, clothing and miscellaneous ministry items,” the team leader said.

Christian Aid Mission is helping the ministry to provide two kinds of food to Iraq’s internally displaced people—one for those who have cooking facilities, and another for those who are homeless. A box containing eggs, salt, oil, rice, cheese, beef, tomato paste, powdered milk, macaroni and bread costs $25. For 300 tents for small families, the cost comes to $7,500.

The team provides 800 sandwiches a day to different areas and groups at a cost of $2 per sandwich, which amounts to a weekly cost of $11,200. The ministry has borrowed sleeping bags and mattresses from a local store with the hope of repaying the merchants at $20 per mattress.

“Four hundred mattresses cost $8,000, and we are almost out,” the leader said.

The ministry team also provides medicines for blood pressure, diabetes, headaches and stomach ailments, along with personal hygiene items.

“Our goal was to provide $10,000 worth.

We are starting with only $2,000 now,” he said. “Thank you so much for your prayers and support.”

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

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Patna stampede rises to 33, probe underway

PAtNA, OctOber 4 (iANS): The toll in a stampede after the burning of the Ravana effigy at the Gandhi Maidan here rose to 33 Saturday after the death of a child, an official said. “The condition of at least five seriously injured people is critical,” a Patna district official said.

Thirty-two people, including women and children, had died in the stampede Friday evening. Bihar Police said 29 people are seriously injured and undergoing treatment at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) here.

Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey said that he, along with Principal Home Secretary Amir Shubani, visited the spot to inquire into the cause of the stampede. “We have formally began an inquiry into the cause of the stampede that resulted in deaths of so many people, mostly women and children,” Pandey told reporters. Pandey said police have been scanning the CCTV footage also.

Water Resources Minister Vijay Choudhary said the state government would take action against officials if they are found guilty. “Action would be initiated after

the inquiry,” he said. In view of the incident, Urban Development Minister Samrat Choudhary has cancelled his England visit.

Meanwhile, a group of angry people Saturday protested at the Ramghulam square near Gandhi Maidan. They attacked and damaged half a dozen vehicles, forcing police to resort to lathi charge to disperse them. Additional security forces have been deployed to deal with protestors.

“Rapid Action Force and Bihar Military Police were deployed at Gandhi Maidan and nearby areas...,” a police official said.

Health Minister Ramdhani Singh visited the PMCH and met injured people. According to district officials, rumours that a live high tension wire had fallen to the ground led to the stampede. Patna District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma and Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj at a joint press meet here Saturday ruled out administrative lapses.

“Most of the people died due to suffocation and breathlessness during stampede,” Verma said.

Both claimed that four gates of Gandhi Maidan

Ensure cleanliness at police stations: Rajnath New Delhi, OctOber 4 (iANS): Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday instructed Delhi Police commissioner B.S. Bassi to ensure that all police stations and other complexes are cleaned within a week, saying that he may undertake surprise visits. “Home minister today (Saturday) instructed the Delhi CP (B.S.) Bassi to ensure that all police stations and other complexes are cleaned within a week,” a tweet from the home ministry said. Rajnath Singh also asked Bassi to monitor the cleanliness drive in police buildings. Bassi, who launched a cleanliness drive at the Tilak Marg Police Station in central Delhi Saturday said that the home minister has been in “constant touch” with the force and “has instructed us to clean all other police stations like we cleaned the Mandir Marg Police Station Oct 2”.

Delhi has nearly 180 police stations. “I wanted to assure the people that our men will not only be more sensitized but they will also participate in the drive of cleaning the areas including police stations and their residential complexes,” Bassi said. “The home minister may undertake a surprise visit to any police station or other building after a week or so,” another tweet said. “The minister, in addition to saying that he will undertake surprise visits himself, also asked us to inform him of any problems we may face regarding cleanliness and said that he will help resolve them,” Bassi said.

Bassi also said this was the beginning and drive will be conducted at every police station of Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Oct 2 launched the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, a nation-wide cleanliness drive that seeks to clean up the country in five years. “The prime minister’s initiative is like an energy drink for us as we often conduct such drive at police complexes and police stations,” Bassi added.

An Indian woman displays a mortar shell allegedly fired into a residential area from the Pakistan side at the IndiaPakistan at Devigarh Village in Arnia Sector, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Jammu, India on October 4. Pakistani side allegedly resorted to heavy firing of mortar bombs, small and automatic weapons in Jammu region leaving two person injured, according to local news reports. A 2003 ceasefire between the nuclear-armed neighbours has largely held for the past 10 years, although sporadic violations are common. (AP Photo)

were opened and there was An official statement adequate arrangement. said the home minister “condoled the loss of Rajnath Singh precious lives in Patna assures all help stampede and wished for Home Minister Rajnath speedy recovery of those Singh Saturday condoled injured”. “Had a telephonthe deaths in the Patna ic conversation with Bihar stampede and assured Bi- CM Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi har Chief Minister Jitan again this morning who apRam Manjhi all help from prised me of the latest dethe central government. velopments,” tweeted Ra-

jnath Singh earlier.

“Assured Bihar CM of all help from the center including the medical help and asked him to provide better medial treatment to those injured,” he said in a subsequent tweet. The home minister had also spoken to the Bihar chief minister last night after the incident.

People blame govt for stampede

PAtNA, OctOber 4 (iANS): LocalresidentsandfamilymembersofvictimsofFriday’s stampede at Gandhi Maidan here that claimed at least 33 lives have blamed government apathyfortheincident.Angryoverthedeathofacloserelative,ManormaDeviheldthegovernment, particularly the district administration and police’s failure to manage the huge crowds gathered to watch “Ravan Vadh” responsible for the incident. “Local administration, mainly police, totally failed to control the crowds after rumours spread that a live high tension wire had fallen. Many lives could have been saved if police acted in right direction” she said waiting outside the Patna Medical College and Hospital, where one of her family who was seriously injured in the stampede has been admitted for treatment.

“There was no proper arrangement for huge crowds, estimated to be more than 3.5 lakh. The main gates were closed, only small gates were opened for people to come out after the end of celeberation. Even poor light arrangement at the gates added to the problem,” said Sunil Gupta, who was lucky to escape the stampede.

According to district administration officials, rumours that a live high tension wire had fallen to the ground led to the stampede. Other local residents like Kamla Prasad and Munna Kumar, a shopkeeper of nearby, said that after people panicked due to rumours and tried to flee, hundreds of vehicles parked near the gate and roads created the hurdle and caused the stampede.

“It was duty of local administration and police not to allow parking of four and two wheelers at the Ramghulam square near Gandhi Maidan as it connect to Exhibition road which has been congested in view of ongoing construction of flyover. The entire stretch of Exhibition road is encroached due to construction work,” they said. Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey said a probe into the cause of the stampede has begun. Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has ordered a probe by the state home secretary Amir Subhani and Pandey. Manjhi had visited the hospital where the injured are being treated late Friday and inquired about their condition.

An unidentified woman carries the body of a boy killed in a stampede during Dussehra festival celebrations in Patna, India on October 3, Atleast 33 people were killed and several injured in the stampede, according to Press Trust of India. (AP Photo)

Modi blasts Cong, calls for change in Haryana

KArNAl , OctOber 4 (iANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday sought change from the people of Haryana and urged them

to vote for the BJP so that it forms the government with a full majority after the assembly polls Oct 15. Addressing his first election rally after the

April-May Lok Sabha elections, Modi said that the elections for Haryana’s 90 assembly seats would decide the future of the state.

Sonia criticizes BJP over ‘false promises’ mehAm , OctOber 4 (iANS:) Congress president Sonia Gandhi led a frontal attack on the BJP Saturday, saying it had misled people by making “false promises”. Charging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central government for failing to fulfill its promises made before the April-May Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi urged voters to beware of the BJP. “What happened to the promise of bringing back black money from abroad within 100 days,” she asked while addressing her first political rally for the Congress for the Oct 15 assembly polls in Haryana. “The BJP government is trying to show off as if it is doing everything and as if nothing was happening earlier. Have they been able to fulfill their promises on bringing down inflation, helping the poor or providing jobs to youth.” Gandhi’s attack on the BJP came just a couple of hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his campaign at Karnal town.

“I want you to vote for the BJP so that it forms the government with full majority. Change is important if you want to move forward. Make Haryana free from the Congress misrule,” Modi said. Blasting the Congress, which has been in power in the state for the last nearly 10 years, Modi said that Haryana had lagged on most parameters. The reference was clearly to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s ‘No. 1 Haryana’ claim.

“Do the youth of Haryana want to lead the life that their parents have led? For

to-door campaigning, Jindal ensures that her head is partly covered by the ‘pallu’ of her saree. To keep her connect with the people who are her voters, Jindal also keeps her political address simple.

“There are other parties and leaders who may talk big. But you have all supported me in 2005 and 2009. Our government has done a lot of development in the last nine-and-a-halfyears. I urge you to vote for me and the Congress again so that we can ensure development of the area in future too,” Jindal, whose name figures in the list of top-100 richest people in the world, tells electors in her constituency.

Jindal is the chairperson of the multi-billion rupee

fourpercenttaxandthefarmerscannotcompetewithothers,” he pointed out. Taking on the INLD, Modi said that if the party gets elected, people from Haryana will have to go to Tihar jail to get their work done. The reference was to INLD leader Om Prakash Chautala who is serving a 10year jail term after being convicted in a teachers’ recruitment scam.

Pitching for a BJP government in Haryana this time, Modi said that all governments in Haryana in the last 15 had used ‘goondas’ to grab land, houses and extort money.

Mindsets need to change: Foreigners on Clean India mission Border incursions New Delhi, OctOber 4 (iANS): Mindsets need to change if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India Mission to make the country litter and squalor free in the next five years is to succeed, diplomats and foreign tourists say. “I believe that all countries, developing and developed, have realised too late the importance of a clean environment,” Swedish Ambassador Harald Sandberg told IANS. “It is great that this understanding is now emphasised in India. I believe that care for our environment begins at home and builds to the broader, national and global issues,” he added. Namibian Ambassador Pius Dunaiski said it was “impressive to see the government take such a lead in mobilising such a big country of 1.25 billion citizens”.

“If the Modi government

is successful in energising the people in every corner of India,especiallyinthemegacities,andchangingtheirmindsets, India can be like any Europeancountryintermsof tidiness. “Strong leadership and linking the initiative with Mahatma Gandhi, who is really respected worldwide, can bring the change India has needed since decades,” Dunaiski told IANS. Modi Thursday twice wielded the broom, at the Mandir Marg police station and at the Valmiki Colony, where Mahatma Gandhi once stayed, to launch the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a nationwide campaign that seeks to change the mindsets of Indians and make India a clean nation in every way.

The prime minister also administered near the India Gate monument a cleanliness pledge which said that Indians had a responsibility of fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of

ridding the country of dirt and filth by 2019 - the year that would mark Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary.

Christine Barlow, a tourist from England, said: “It is amazing to see this compulsory cleanliness drive in India. It is a good initiative, but cleanliness is a basic etiquette and you can’t force it to people. Change of mindset is necessary.

Indian men still pee on the roads and this is one of the most unfortunate things.”

“Cleanliness is a fundamental responsibility of every citizen. If people are not willing to keep their surroundings clean, then how can a government’s initiative change their mindset towards it,” Carlissa Shervell, a 25-year-old designer from Bristol, wondered. She said European nations have imposed a ban on plastic bags and other material hazardous to the environment. She

had come to know that even India has done that, but implementation lags.

“However, during my every visit to India, I have seen people themselves demanding plastic bags from the shopkeepers despite knowing about the ban.”

Eva Johnson from Adelaide, who is in India as part of her research work, said that unlike in other nations, cleanliness in India is not part of the the basic subjects for citizens. “The people have a perception that it is the role of the government to keep the public places clean and general citizens do not have any role towards it. This is not prevalent in European nations. So where is the mindset for cleanliness?”

“The Modi government, of course, is doing a great thing. However, until punishment and fines are imposed, the mindsets of the people can’t be changed,” Johnson told IANS.

India’s richest woman campaigns like a commoner hiSAr, OctOber 4 (iANS): She lords over a multi-billion rupee industrial empire. She is the mother of nine children, including a leading corporate tycoon-cum-politician son, Naveen Jindal. She has been tagged the country’s richest woman, yet she is no more than a commoner when she takes to the main streets and by-lanes of Haryana’s Hisar assembly constituency.

Savitri Jindal, 64, is usually clad in a simple printed sari. And that is not just for her election campaign period. Even though a minister in the Haryana government, she prefers to keep it simple and low-profile.

At her election rallies or duringdiscussionsanddoor-

jobs, peace and prosperity, changeisrequired,”hesaidin his address of nearly 30 minutes at the HUDA ground here. Taking a dig at the Congress, Modi said: “People who could not do anything in the last 60 years are seeking answers from us.” Without naming anyone, Modi said that lies were being spread by the Haryana government about the centre banning exports of Basmati rice.

“People are telling lies.

You are being misled. The Basmati ban thing is a complete lie. Haryana farmers are suffering because the Haryana government has levied a

O.P. Jindal group that has interests in the steel, power and mining sectors. First named the country’s richest woman in 2008 by Forbes, she retains the position in the to-be-published October issue of the respected business magazine. She has been placed 12th in the list of India’s richest, with a net family worth of $6.4 billion (Rs.395 billion). The list includes industrialists Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani, NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and realtor K.P. Singh.

Though there are many who are impressed by the way she keeps things simple, Jindal faces a tough contest this time for the Hisar seat.

“I have read in newspapers that she is the richest woman in the country.

We all know that she heads the Jindal group, which is a big industrial empire. Yet she looks so simple. Unlike other politicians who don’t mind using flashy cars and SUVs for campaigning, she prefers to use simpler ones,” Gayatri Goel, a student in Hisar, told IANS. Jindal’s high-profile son, Naveen Jindal, a former Congress member of the Lok Sabha, is also campaigning for her, including going from door to door. “We have done a lot of work in recent years but we have not been able to publicise it much. I think people are with the Congress,” Naveen Jindal said during his campaign.

Born in Tinsukhia (Assam) in a business family, Savitri Jindal, who has

studied till matriculation, is mother of four sons and five daughters. Her interests include reading books, watching television and cooking, even as she is “widely travelled”, as per her official profile in the Haryana assembly.

Jindal became a minister in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in Haryana last October for the second time. She had been inducted as a minister of state in January 2006 in Hooda’a previous government (2005-09).

Her industrialist-cumpolitician husband, O.P. Jindal, who was a minister in the Hooda government, was killed when the private helicopter he was travelling in crashed near the Hary-

ana-Uttar Pradesh border in March 2005.

Though Savitri Jindal keeps a low-profile, she courted controversy in early 2013 when the Punjab and Haryana High Court asked her to vacate a government bungalow in an upscale Chandigarh locality which she had been occupying unauthorisedly despite having ceased to be a minister in 2009. The Haryana govenment penalised her nearly Rs.90 lakh - the market rent for the house.

Though the Jindal group has business interests across the country and even in other countries, including in South America, the Jindal family mainly operates from Hisar town, 250 km from Chandigarh.

during high-profile visits mysterious: IAF chief

New Delhi, OctOber 4 (iANS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Marshal Arup Raha said Saturday it was “mysterious” how border incursions take place during high-profile visits. “It is always mysterious... the way incursions get timed with visits,” Raha said responding to a question in the recent incursion by Chinese troops in Ladakh. “In diplomacy, there is little of signalling done but I am not going to guess. The questions that arises is why the incursion took place when the senior-most leader of their country’s hierarchy was here,” said Raha, who is also the chairman of Chiefs of Staffs Committee (COSC) told reporters at the annual press conference ahead of Air Force Day Oct 8.

He, however, did not name any leader. Chinese soldiers intruded into Indian territory in Chumar area of Ladakh last month while President Xi Jinping was here on a three-day visit. The issue was raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Chinese president, and the two sides announced that they would settle the festering boundary issue as soon as possible. The military standoff ended earlier this week and both sides have now withdrawn their troops.

Pakistan violates ceasefire in Jammu

JAmmu, OctOber 4 (iANS): Pakistan rangers used mortars to target Indian positions on the international border in R.S. Pura sector of Jammu district Saturday.

Three people were injured. A senior police official told IANS: “Pakistan rangers used mortar shells to target Indian positions on the international border in R.S. Pura sector around midnight. “They fired around 20 mortar shells in which three people were injured in Arnia subsector and one house was damaged in Devigarh village”.

Pakistan has been violating ceasefire on both the line of control (LoC) and the international border in Jammu and Kashmir since the beginning of this month. On Friday, a girl was killed and four people were injured in Pakistan army firing in Sabjian area of the LoC in Poonch district. Pakistan rangers also resorted to indiscriminate firing and mortar shelling on the international border in Arnia sub-sector of Jammu district Friday.

Panic gripped scores of villages along the international border in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu region. The brunt of hostilities on the border between the two countries is being borne by the residents of border villages whose lives, homes, livestock and crops get damaged during Pakistan violations of the ceasefire agreement.

Civil administration has advised people to exercise extreme caution while moving around in border villages along the LoC and the international border in Jammu region. The army guards the LoC while the paramilitary BSF guards the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.

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IslamIc state group beheads brItIsh hostage

This undated image shows a frame from a video released on October 3, by Islamic State militants that purports to show the killing of former taxi driver Alan Henning by the militant group. Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Henning and threatening yet another American captive, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes. (AP Photo)

CAIRO, OCtObeR 4 (AP): An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.led airstrikes.

The video mirrored other beheading videos shot by the Islamic State group, which now holds territory along the border of Syria and Iraq, and ended with a militant threatening a man

they identified as an American named Peter Kassig.

“Obama, you have started your aerial bombardment of Shams (Syria), which keeps on striking our people, so it is only right that we continue to strike the neck of your people,” the masked militant in the video said.

National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden confirmed that Kassig was being held

by Islamic State militants, in a statement issued Fri-

day evening.

“At this point we have no reason to doubt the authenticity of the video released earlier today. We will continue to use every tool at our disposal -- military, diplomatic, law enforcement and intelligence - to try to bring Peter home to his family,” Hayden said.

The Associated Press could not immediately verify the video’s authenticity, though it was released in the same manner as other Islamic State group videos

and the masked militant sounded similar to the one who carried out the other slayings.

In a statement, the British Foreign Office said it was working to verify the video. “If true, this is a further disgusting murder,” the statement read. “We are offering the family every support possible; they ask to be left alone at this time.”

Britain has been supporting U.S. military efforts against the Islamic State group by using British forces

to help with logistics and intelligence gathering, as well as recently taking part in airstrikes in Iraq. The Internet video released Friday begins with a news clip announcing British strikes against the Islamic State group.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Henning’s apparent slaying showed “how barbaric and repulsive these terrorists are.” “Alan had gone to Syria to help get aid to people of all faiths in their hour of need,” Cameron said in a statement. “The fact that he was taken hostage when trying to help others and now murdered demonstrates that there are no limits to the depravity of these ... terrorists.

“We will do all we can to hunt down these murderers and bring them to justice.” President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, Lisa Monaco, said the U.S. had seen the video and was evaluating it.

Later, Obama said the United States strongly condemned Henning’s “brutal murder.” He said the U.S., along with Britain and other allies, will “work to bring the perpetrators of Alan’s murder” to justice and will continue to “taking decisive action to degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State group.

French President Francois Hollande said he is “outraged by the heinous crime.” “This crime like previous ones will not be unpunished. France will continue to lend support to

the people and authorities of Iraq in their fight against terrorism,” Hollande said in a statement.

On Friday night, the U.N. Security Council condemned the video, saying it “once again illustrates the brutality” of the Islamic State group, adding that its members believe “such continued acts of barbarism perpetrated by ISIL do not intimidate them but rather stiffen their resolve.”

This is the fourth such video released by the Islamic State group. The full beheadings are not shown in the videos, but the British-accented, Englishspeaking militant holds a long knife and appears to begin cutting his victims, who include American reporter James Foley, American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff, British aid worker David Haines and now Henning.

FBI Director James Comey has said American officials believe they know the identity of the masked militant, though he’s declined to name the man or reveal his nationality.

Kassig, a 26 year-old American now threatened by the Islamic State group, enlisted in the Army in 2004, and became a Ranger, ultimately serving in the 75th Ranger Regiment, an Army special operations unit. According to his military record, Kassig trained at Fort Benning, Georgia in 2006, and deployed to Iraq from April to July 2007. He was medically discharged

at the rank of private first class in September 2007.

His home of record at the time of his enlistment was Indianapolis, Indiana.

His parents, Ed and Paula Kassig, issued a statement through a media relations firm, asking for the world to pray for their son.

“The Kassig family extends our concern for the family of Alan Henning. We have read about his work and his generous character with great respect and admiration,” the statement said. “We ask everyone around the world to pray for the Henning family, for our son, and for the release of all innocent people being held hostage in the Middle East and around the globe.”

The family said Kassig had been working for the relief organization SERA when he was captured on Oct. 1, 2013 on his way to Deir Ezzour in eastern Syria. He converted to Islam while in captivity and the family has heard from former hostages that his faith has provided him comfort.

Henning, 47, nicknamed “Gadget,” had joined an aid convoy and was taken captive on Dec. 26, shortly after crossing the border between Turkey and Syria. Earlier this week, Henning’s wife Barbara Henning asked the militants in a televised plea: “Please release him.

We need him back home.”

Dozens of Muslim leaders in Britain have urged the Islamic State group to

release Henning. His wife had said she had been given hope by “the outcry across the world” over her husband’s imprisonment.

Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, a Muslim charity, called Henning “a British hero.”

His “barbaric killing is an attack against all decent people around the world,” Shafiq said.

The Islamic State group has its roots in al-Qaida’s Iraqi affiliate but was expelled from the global terror network over its brutal tactics and refusal to obey orders to confine its activities to Iraq. It became even more extreme amid the bloody 3-year civil war in neighboring Syria, growing stronger to the point of being able to launch a lightning offensive across much of northern Iraq, routing security forces there and shooting down an Iraqi helicopter on Friday. The group has become known for filming and releasing footage of mass shootings it conducts, as well as beheading opponents and targeting religious and ethnic minorities in the areas it attacks.

The extremist group has been widely denounced by mainstream Muslim authorities. Other foreigners are believed held by the Islamic State group. On Friday, the father of John Cantlie, a British photojournalist held by the group, appealed for his release in a video, saying he was a friend of Syria.

Hong Kong protest creates friction North Korea No. 2 visits South for rare talks HONG KONG, OCtObeR 4 (AP): Friction between pro-democracy protesters and opponents of their weeklong occupation of major Hong Kong streets persisted Saturday as police denied any connection to criminal gangs suspected of inciting attacks on largely peaceful demonstrators.

Police arrested 19 people during a night of running brawls in which at least 12 people and six officers were injured. Eight men were believed to have backgrounds linked to triads, or organized crime, said Senior Superintendent Patrick Kwok Pakchung.

Officials vehemently denied rumors they might have coordinated with the gangs to clear the streets.

“Such rumors linking us to ‘black societies,’ are utterly unfair,” visibly agitated Hong Kong’s security chief, Lai Tung-kwok, told reporters.

The confrontations, mostly in gritty, blue-collar Mong Kok district, led protest leaders to call off planned talks with the government on political reforms. Students and other activists are protesting China’s decision to require a committee of mostly pro-Beijing figures screen candidates for the city’s

first-ever election of its top leader. They are also demanding the resignation of the current chief executive, Leung Chun-ying.

With the talks suspended, the next steps in the crisis were uncertain. Police have repeatedly urged protesters and their opponents to clear the streets for the sake of public order, but have shown toleration after the earlier attempt to disperse the protesters just drew more people into the streets.

The standoff in Mong Kok, across Victoria Harbor from the activists’ main protest encampment, continued Saturday after a tense night when hundreds of supporters of the protesters gathered to protect them. Kwok said those arrested were facing charges of unlawful assembly, fighting in public and assault. On Saturday, the situation remained tense as the anti-protest groups regrouped in Mong Kok, at times chanting “Pack Up!” at the protesters.

The opponents of the demonstrations are using blue ribbons to signal their support for the mainland Chinese government, while the protesters are wearing yellow ribbons.

Some of those belonging to the “blue ribbon” side staged a rally in Kow-

loon’s waterfront Tsim Sha Tsui. “Love Hong Kong” and “Support Police” they chanted, holding up flags and heart-shaped signs with the slogan, “Alliance in support of our police force.”

Early Saturday, the Hong Kong Federation of Students, one of the groups leading the demonstrations that drew tens of thousands of people earlier this week, said they saw no choice but to cancel the dialogue they had agreed to after Leung proposed talks. They demanded the government hold someone responsible for the scuffles Friday, the worst disturbances since police used tear gas and pepper spray to try to disperse the protesters the weekend before.

The allegations that organized crime members were involved in the clashes fueled jitters Saturday at the movement’s main camp, on a highway outside government headquarters. There were frequent calls for supporters to rush to barricades after sporadic rumors that people were coming to attack them. “Many people are gathering here and they are very determined to unite against the triad members,” said Amy Ho, 21, who was studying translation at university.

On social media, an image circulated purportedly calling on people in the “silent majority” to gather and agitate the protesters in Mong Kok for 300 Hong Kong dollars ($38), promising bonuses for extra destruction. The information could not be verified and calls to a mobile phone number listed on the notice did not go through.

Protesters also accused police of working together with triads to use force to attack them, but police denied it.

At least some of those opposed to protesters were residents fed up with the inconvenience of blocked streets and closed shops.

The protesters have been in the streets since Sept. 26, pledging to preserve Hong Kong’s Western-style legal system and civil liberties. They want the Chinese government to reverse a decision requiring all candidates in the first election for Hong Kong’s leader in 2017 to be approved by a mostly proBeijing committee. The demonstrators want open nominations.

China’s government has mostly kept quiet during the crisis, other than to harshly criticize the protests and support the Hong Kong government’s efforts to disperse them.

SeOUL, OCtObeR 4 (AP): North Korea’s presumptive No. 2 and other members of Pyongyang’s inner circle met with South Korean officials Saturday in the rivals’ highest level face-to-face talks in five years, a possible indication that both sides are interested in pursuing better ties after months of animosity.

There appeared to be no major breakthrough from the meeting that came as the North’s delegation made a surprise visit to the close of the Asian Games in the South Korean port city of Incheon.

But the countries agreed to hold another round of talks between the end of October and the beginning of November, according to a South Korean statement. The specific topics of Saturday’s discussions weren’t immediately known. Still, just the fact that North Koreans at the highest levels visited the South was significant, allowing valuable contact between confidants of North Korea’s authoritarian leader and senior South Korean officials after a year that has seen a steady stream of insults between the divided neighbors and an unusual number of North Korean missile and rocket test firings.

One analyst called it a “golden opportunity” for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to test North Korea’s willingness, at the highest levels, to im-

prove shaky ties. The South Korean statement said Park had been willing to meet with the Pyongyang officials, but the North Koreans were running out of time because they had to attend the Asian Games’ closing ceremonies Saturday evening. South Korea said its prime minister, largely a figurehead but technically the No. 2 position, met with the delegation later Saturday.

The North Korean delegation to the games was led by Hwang Pyong So, the top political officer for the Korean People’s Army and considered by outside analysts to be the country’s second most important official after North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un. Hwang is also a vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission led by Kim and a vice marshal of the army.

Hwang and his delegation earlier had a closeddoor lunch meeting with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae and national security director Kim Kwan-jin. The visit comes amid rumors in Seoul about the health of Kim Jong Un, who has made no public appearances since Sept. 3 and skipped a high-profile recent event he usually attends. A recent official documentary showed footage from August of him

Hwang Pyong So, center left, vice chairman of North Korea’s National Defense Commission, and Choe Ryong Hae, center right, a secretary of North Korea’s ruling Workers' Party, arrive at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea on October 4. (AP Photo)

limping and overweight and mentioned he had been feeling “discomfort.”

This visit of “a very highoctane group” offers Park a unique chance “to test the North Korean leadership’s will and intentions,” said John Delury, an Asia specialist at Seoul’s Yonsei University. “Historically, North-South breakthroughs start from the top down, and if Park is serious that she wants to improve relations and jumpstart the reunification process, this is a golden opportunity.”

Both sides expressed hope for better relations in comments to the media ahead of the private meeting. It was a source of pride for all Koreans that the Asian Games were successful for both countries,

which were in the top 10 for gold medals, said one of the North Korean officials, Kim Yang Gon, a secretary in the ruling Workers’ Party and senior official responsible for South Korean affairs, according to the YTN TV network. Choe Ryong Hae, another Workers’ Party secretary and chairman of the State Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission, also attended.

High-level North Korean visits to South Korea have been scarce since inter-Korean relations became strained after Park’s conservative predecessor, Lee Myung-bak, took office in early 2008 with a tough line on the North. Attacks blamed on North Korea in 2010 killed 50 South Koreans.

Medical First: Baby born to woman who got new womb

In this photo provided by the Lancet, the world's first baby born to a woman with a transplanted womb, is shown after his birth in Goteborg, Sweden. For the world's first baby born to a woman with a transplanted womb, only a victorious name would do. His mother says that is why his parents named him "Vincent," meaning "to conquer." In an interview with The Associated Press on October 4, the 36-year-old Swedish mother said she learned she had no womb when she was 15 and was devastated. (AP Photo)

LONDON, OCtObeR 4 (AP): In a medical first, a woman in Sweden has given birth after receiving a womb transplant, the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure said Friday.

The 36-year-old mother received a uterus from a close family friend last year.

Her baby boy was born prematurely but healthy last month, and mother and child are now at home and doing well. The identities of the woman and her husband were not disclosed.

“The baby is fantastic,” said Dr. Mats Brannstrom, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Gothenburg and Stockholm IVF who led the research and delivered the baby with the help of his wife, a midwife. “But it is even better to see the joy in the parents and how happy he made them.”

Brannstrom said it was “still sinking in that we have

actually done it.” The feat opens up a new but still experimental alternative for some of the thousands of women each year who are unable to have children because they lost a uterus to cancer or were born without one. Before this case proved the concept can work, some experts had questioned whether a transplanted womb would be able to nourish a fetus.

Others have questioned whether such an extreme step — expensive and fraught with medical risks — would even be a realistic option for many women.

Dr. Glenn Schattman, past president of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies and a Cornell University fertility specialist, said womb transplants are likely to remain very uncommon. “This would not be done unless there were no other options,” he said. “It requires a very long

surgery and not without risk and complications.”

For the proud parents, the years of research and experimentation were well worth the wait. “It was a pretty tough journey over the years, but we now have the most amazing baby,” the father said in a telephone interview.

“He is very, very cute, and he doesn’t even scream, he just murmurs.” He said he and his wife, both competitive athletes, were convinced the procedure would work, despite its experimental nature.

Brannstrom and colleagues transplanted wombs into nine women over the last two years as part of a study, but complications forced removal of two of the organs. Earlier this year, Brannstrom began transferring embryos into the seven other women. He said there are two other pregnancies at least

25 weeks along.

Before these cases, there had been two attempts to transplant a womb — in Saudi Arabia and Turkey — but no live births resulted. Doctors in Britain, France, Japan, Turkey and elsewhere are planning to try similar operations, but using wombs from women who have just died instead of from live donors.

The Swedish woman had healthy ovaries, but she was born without a uterus — a syndrome seen in one girl in 4,500. She received a uterus from a 61-year-old family friend who had gone through menopause after giving birth to two children.

Brannstrom said that he was surprised such an old uterus was so successful, but that the most important factor seemed to be that the womb was healthy.

The recipient has had to take three medicines to prevent her body from

rejecting the new organ.

About six weeks after the transplant, she got her menstrual period — a sign the womb was healthy. After one year, when doctors were confident the womb was working well, they transferred a single embryo created in a lab dish using the woman’s eggs and her husband’s sperm.

The woman, who has only one kidney, had three mild rejection episodes, including one during pregnancy, but all were successfully treated with medicines. The research was paid for by the Jane and Dan Olsson Foundation for Science, a Swedish charity.

Some critics have said that taking a womb from a live person is unethical and too big a risk to the donor for an operation that isn’t life-saving. But Brannstrom said there were too few deceased donors to consider that option in Sweden.

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates after taking pole position for Sunday's Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan on Saturday. (AP Photo)

SUZUKA, OctOber 4 (AP): Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg claimed pole position on Saturday for the Japanese Grand Prix, beating teammate Lewis Hamilton and putting himself in good position to regain the Formula One championship lead.

Rosberg claimed his eighth pole of the season with a time of 1 minute, 32.506 seconds at Suzuka, 0.197 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who was below his best all day, having crashed in morning practice. Williams' driver Valtteri Bottas was third followed by teammate Felipe Massa. "It was great today, but that's only one step

on the way," Rosberg said.

"It was a real pleasure because the car is so amazing to drive."

Hamilton leads Rosberg by three points in the overall title race — 241 vs.

238. Neither driver has ever won at Suzuka. After Rosberg crossed the line for the final time, Hamilton completed his lap but had a lock-up at the hairpin and he ended up two tenths slower.

"I just overcooked it but the team did a great job to put the car back together," Hamilton said. "I just wasn't quick enough today "I wasn't really feeling it today, don't know why."

Ferrari driver Fernando

Alonso was fifth and Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo, who is a distant third in the championships race, qualified sixth for the race which is expected to be affected by a powerful typhoon in the region. While wet races can throw up unexpected results, Rosberg believed rain may compound Mercedes' dominance.

"We are expecting it to be wet," Rosberg said. "Our last experience in the wet was at Spa where the car was very quick. So I'm very optimistic, even if it rains. It could be even better." Despite crashing at the end of morning practice, Hamilton set the early pace in Q1 after his team worked frantically to repair the damage to his car in time for qualifying.

But Rosberg was fastest in the second qualifying session. Bottas briefly seized the lead in Q3 but Rosberg quickly grabbed it back on his final run. "I was still fast but Nico was fantastic," Hamilton said. "But tomorrow is the day when you get the points so I'm looking forward to it with all the tricky weather to come."

Saturday's qualifying was overshadowed by news earlier in the day that four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel would be leaving Red Bull at the end of the 2014 season for a possible move to Ferrari. Vettel, who has won four of the past five races at Suzuka, has yet to win this season and finished ninth behind McLaren drivers Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button.

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SUZUKA, OctOber 4 (AP): Four-time defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel will leave Red Bull at the end of the season and is expected to soon announce a deal with Ferrari.

Vettel told Red Bull chief Christian Horner on Friday night that he intended to leave, and the team made the formal announcement on Saturday ahead of qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix. "After 15 very enjoyable and successful years with Red Bull, I have decided to leave Red Bull at the end of this year," Vettel said on his personal website. "Of course it is a big step and hard to make such a decision."

Red Bull immediately named a replacement, promoting Daniil Kvyat from its associated team Toro Rosso to join Daniel Ricciardo in a youthful 2015 lineup. While Vettel said "about my future plans, there will be an announcement very soon", Horner was in no doubt as to where the German driver was headed. "As of January 1st he'll be a competitor," Horner said. "He'll be a Ferrari driver." "Obviously Ferrari have made him a very attractive offer."

Current Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen are both under contract with the Italian team for next season, but Alonso has been in talks with the team about his

bANGAlOre, OctOber 4 (AGeNcIeS): It was a day Suresh Raina will remember forever. His century affirmed the belief that he is one of the best in the format as Chennai Super Kings lifted their second Champions League T20 by beating the Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in the final at Bangalore. This is Chennai’s fourth silverware in the cabinet. Chennai chased down 181 with nine balls to spare.

It was a Raina masterclass as he gave the Kolkata bowlers no room for error. Dwayne Smith was bowled in the first over by a good yorker by Pat Cummins, but Raina walked out to take control. With the spinners on, he used his feet and lofted them.

If they erred in line, they were cut or pulled. It was a brilliant exhibition of bowling and though Brendon McCullum was going at a good rate, he looked slow when compared to Raina. The Sunil Narine-less Kolkata tried everything, even bringing Suryakumar Yadav to bowl.

Raina’s assault put Chennai on course and he marches along even after McCullum was dismissed. The innings should remain a highlight of this tournament as he absorbed the pressure after the early wicket and then smashed everything all

over the place. From that point onwards, Raina and MS Dhoni finished it off in style with the former getting to his ton In many ways, Kolkata’s inability to score in the middle overs came back to hurt them. After getting off to a very good start with the openers putting up 91 inside the 11 overs, they stuttered a touch. Gautam Gambhir survived a chancy 80, and that helped Kolkata go on to score 180 for six. Manish Pandey also contributed with a quickfire 30. Pawan Negi was the star for Chennai as he took five for 22, which halted Kolkata’s charge. Three of those wickets came in the penultimate over of the innings.

Raina became the leading runscorer in the CLT20 2014 during the whirlwind knock. Dhoni finished the game with two sixes in the penultimate over.

Brief scores: Kolkata knight Riders 180 for 6 in 20 overs (Gautam Gambhir 80, Robin Uthappa 39; Pawan Negi 5 for 22) lost to Chennai Super Kings 185 for 2 in 18.3 overs (Suresh Raina 109*, Brendon McCullum 39) by 8 wickets.

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Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany leaves his car at his team's garage during the third practice session for Sunday's Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan on October 4. Four-time defending champion Vettel will leave Red Bull at the end of the season, with the team expecting him to join Ferrari. (AP Photo)

future. Asked on Friday whether he could be driving for either of rival teams McLaren or Red Bull next year, Alonso said: "This is a very difficult question to answer. And I will repeat the answer, probably I will do the best for Ferrari."

With the Red Bull option now closed, McLaren looms as the likely destination for Alonso should he leave Ferrari. McLaren will enter a new phase in 2015

with a switch to Honda engines as the Japanese automaker re-enters the sport.

Outgoing Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo sounded resigned to losing Alonso when he spoke earlier this week at the Paris Motor Show. "At this moment, in Japan, Alonso is discussing his future at Ferrari," di Montezemolo, still Ferrari's president until Sergio Marchionne takes over later this month, said.

Vettel joined Red Bull from Toro Rosso in 2009 and won four-straight championships between 2010 and 2013. He has yet to win a race in 2014 when the Mercedes team has been dominant and he has been outperformed by young Australian teammate Ricciardo. There had been speculation in recent weeks that Vettel and Alonso would swap teams for next season, but Horner said

there was never any intention to poach the Spanish two-time world champion.

Kvyat was delighted with his promotion to the Red Bull team. The Russian became the youngest driver to earn a championship point when he made his debut as a 19-year-old in Australia this year. "I was very honored, very surprised," Kvyat said. "The people around me know I like to work hard and do my best."

Djokovic downs Murray in Beijing

beIJING, OctOber 4 (AP): Top-ranked Novak Djokovic reached his fifth China Open final and improved his spotless record at the tournament to 23-0 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Andy Murray on Saturday.

It was Djokovic's third win over Murray this year and came just weeks after the Serb knocked him out of the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open in a hard-fought, 3½-hour match.

Saturday's semifinal didn't quite reach the same level of quality — the two Officials and Winners of the 12th Late. Imtitemjen Memorial Table Tennis Tournament at the combined for 43 unforced Multi-Purpose Sports Complex, Mokokchung. errors and only 26 winners — but Djokovic proved the MOKOKcHUNG, OctOber 4 (MexN): Runner-up: Anuj Jain The 12th Late. Imtitemjen Table Tennis Tour- Men’s Doubles steadier player at the key nament under the aegis of the Mokokchung Winner: Anuj Jain & Athisu Andrew moments and converted District Table Tennis Association (MDTTA) Runner-up: Watitoshi & Sendonglemba three of six break points. was held at the Multi-Purpose Sports Com- Women’s Singles "It was a two-set victory toplex on October 2 and 3. A total of 108 play- Winner: Viphretuonuo Meze day, but still it felt like I had Runner-up: S. Amongla Yaden ers participated from different districts of the to work hard to win the state in the two-day event. At the valedictory Under 21 Men’s Singles points," he said.

Winner: Jay Gurung function, the vote of thanks was proposed Overall, Djokovic is on Runner-up: Anuj Jain

by Imtiyapang, secretary MDTTA while J.T. Under 21 Men’s Doubles a 24-match winning streak Imchen, senior member MDTTA gave away Winner: Jay Gurung & Anuj Jain the prizes to the winners. This yearly event Runner-up: Chingni Shimray & Bunty Barman in China, having also won the Shanghai Masters in is sponsored by the family members of Late. Under-15BoysSingles 2012 and 2013. He has not Imtitemjen.

Winner: Dzesevetuo Metha lost in China since being Runner-up: Metevito Keitso beaten by Roger Federer in RESULTS Under 15 Boys Doubles Men’s Singles the semifinals in Shanghai Winner: Metevito Keitso & Thineum Imchen Winner: Jay Gurung Runner-up: N. Zambemo Ngullie & Tongpangshilu in 2010.

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He'll play the winner of the other semifinal between third-seeded Tomas Berdych and qualifier Martin Klizan, who upset Rafael Nadal on Friday.

Djokovic said he feels he's playing consistent tennis again after an up-anddown summer that saw him win his seventh Grand Slam title at Wimbledon and marry his long-time girlfriend, Jelena Ristic, then lose early at Cincinnati and Toronto. "I just wasn't myself on the court.

I wasn't really prepared emotionally to go back and compete again after Wimbledon and a very exhausting summer, everything that happened in my professional and private life," he said. "I'm glad that I'm back in the form that I would like to be in, especially in these courts where I still haven't lost ever since I played this tournament."

Despite the loss, Murray was also pleased with how he's been playing in Asia this month. The 11thranked Scot accepted wild cards to play in Shenzhen and Beijing to try to im-

Suresh Raina launches a six, Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders, Final, CLT20, Bangalore, October 4.

prove his ranking and qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

He won the title in Shenzhen last week and reached the semifinals in Beijing, playing eight matches in 10 days. "It's been a couple good weeks for me," he said. "I got a lot of matches, some momentum. Obviously, I would have liked to have done a little bit better here. But I lost to the No. 1 player in the world. There's no disgrace in that."

Murray had his chances in the second set. Djokovic appeared headed for a quick victory after winning the first set and capturing 10 straight points to open a 2-0 lead in the second, but Murray took advantage of an error-strewn sixth game by the Serb to break back for 3-all.

Murray faltered three games later, though, making two backhand errors to give Djokovic another break and allow him to serve for the match. "I managed to get myself back into the match," he said. "Just wasn't enough."

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after he won the semi final match against Andy Murray of Britain at the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing, China, Saturday, October 4. (AP Photo)

Sarita Devi given 'strong warning' after medal protest

INcHeON, OctOber 5 (reUterS): Boxer L Sarita Devi has escaped with a warning after apologising for her petulant display at the Asian Games when she refused to accept her bronze medal.

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said it was not impressed by her behaviour at the medal ceremony but decided to let her off with a warning after she issued an unconditional apology and the Indian delegation assured the OCA it had not planned the incident.

"We decided to give this athlete a strong warning," OCA honorary life vicepresident Wei Jizhong told a news conference on Saturday. "We considered this had nothing to do with the Indian delegation. This is just a personal misbehaviour of the athlete."

Sarita was furious after losing her lightweight semifinal bout with South Korea's Park Ji-na on Tuesday, believing she should have been declared the winner.

Her husband launched an expletive-laden tirade at the judges and Sarita

lodged a protest against the decision but it was rejected, triggering cries of foul play from the Indian team.

The following day, she refused to wear the bronze medal when it was presented to her, taking it only in her hand before trying to drape it over Park. When the presentation was over, Sarita left the medal behind, despite being told by the organisers to take it with her. "As an athlete, she had to respect the referee's decision," OCA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad AlSabah said.

"She feels sadness because she felt she deserved better, but she also killed the moment for the other athletes. I am happy she apologised and this will not happen again." Sarita was just one of a number of beaten boxers who questioned the judging at the Asian Games and Ahmad said the OCA would carry out an investigation after receiving a number of formal complaints. "We received letters from five different NOCs (National Olympic Committees) commenting about the boxing," he said.

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Cast of Angry Birds movie unveiled

he likes of Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride and Peter Dinklage have given the voiceover in the animated film adaptation of popular game “Angry Birds”. The names of actors, who have lent their voice for various characters in the movie, was unveiled in a unique manner. The fans had to unlock the cast in the game itself by slinging one billion birds in 48 hours. Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph are also part of the main cast.

In the game, angry but cute little birds fight it out with pigs who have stolen their eggs. However, it is still unclear what all the filmmakers will pick up from the game as the plot is still shrouded in secrecy. “Horrible Bosses” fame actor Sudeikis will lead the cast as Red, a bird with a temper problem,

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accompanied with Gad as speedy Chuck, and McBride as the volatile Bomb. “Game of Thrones” actor Dinklage will bring the character of legendary Mighty Eagle alive on screen. And on the pork side will be actor Hader. Actress Rudolph will play Matilda.

Co-directed by Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis and co-produced by John Cohen and Catherine Winder, the film will debut in US July 1, 2016. “I’m extremely proud of the cast.

Not only do we have Jason, Josh, Danny, Bill, Maya and Peter bringing these characters to life, but they’re surrounded by an all-star ensemble of emerging comedic talent - these are some of the funniest people out there today, and we’re thrilled to have them all on board,” Cohen said in a statement.

The film will be distributed globally by Sony Pictures.

‘September Journey’

Naga movie released “

September Journey,” a movie based on a true story was released on September 29 at Cosmos hall, Mokokchung. Directed and edited by Lil Star Entertainment and written and produced

by Nuksungti, who leads in the movie, September Journey is a debut movie for both the director and the actor. The movie is based on Christian life and is an attempt on the part of the producer to use media as a means of spreading awareness and to encourage youths to live as determined Christians. The movie has elements of real life experiences and it blends in few elements of the social environment.

The producer hopes that the movie will reach out to all youths and families and it will have a positive impact on the audience.

The movie will be available in selected stores across the State. (MExN)

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wayne Johnson has confirmed he’s hitting the beach to star in a new Baywatch movie. The action man has been attached to the project for years and now it’s finally getting the go-ahead at Paramount, he has revealed he’ll be leading the cast for the big screen adaptation of the top 1980s Tv series.

Posting a topless photo of himself sitting on a jet ski online on Thursday (02Oct14), the movie star added the caption, ‘This is my beach bch!’ Rumors are true... we’re making #Baywatch the movie. He added, Edgy, raunchy and hopefully, funny as all hell. Cue slo mo running on the beach...

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Street Stories, a Shillong based indie, pop-punk band performed at Upstairs in Dimapur on Friday. The performance, all in all lively and compelling, was part of the Music Task Force (MTF) series. (Photo by Toshi Longchar)

“The American Baptist International Ministries, is organising the India Mission Summit in partnership with the believers in India in commemoration of 200 years of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and 175 years of its work in India.”

Programme Highlights (Sunday, 5th October, 2014) 9:00 AM

Interactive Cultural Performances (2:00 PM)

Closing Service (5:30 PM)

Devotion Chair Speaker

Emcee Prayer Encourager NBCC MBC BDT/BBSM BCTC

Chair Speaker

: BOBCCA : Vevo Phesao : T.A. Prabhu Kiran Praise & Worship Scripture Reading & Prayer: Wanglong Simai Greetings : T.R. Zeliang The Hon’ble Chief Minister, Nagaland Special Song : Elizabeth Imti Offertory Prayer : P. Ramesh Kumar Offering for the Summit The Summit Choir: The Jubilant – Khyochano TCK Ngully Partner Video: CBCNEI Message Closing Hymn : ‘Tis so sweet to Trust in Jesus Mass Prayer Benediction : Halli Likha

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Weloü Khalo Kavito Zhimomi Ben CHan Chakhesang Dance Manipuri Cultural Dance Banjara Dance Bharata Natyam Tribal Dance Lambadi Dance Owali Dance Nimso Kerung Assamese Folk Song Folk Dance Yanadhi Dance Nishi Gospel Dance Devotional Dance Odishi Dance Santal Dance Ho Dance

Plenary Sessions on Mission Issues

: N. Tzudir : A.K. Lama Praise & Worship Scripture Reading & Prayer: R.K. Raychawdhuri Special Song : Surhuveyi Tetseo Offertory Prayer : Toshinaro Offering for Future Summit In gratitude The Summit Choir : ‘Lord Here I am’ – John Nesse Beck Partner Video : NBCC Message Closing Hymn : Jesus Saves Mass Prayer Benedection : Ben Chan

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Incheon bids farewell to Asian Games Sharapova beats Ivanovic to reach China Open final

Dancers from the next host country Indonesia perform during the closing ceremony of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea on Saturday. (AP Photo)

incheOn, OctOBer 4 (ians): The curtain fell on the Incheon Asian Games on Saturday after 16 days of tough competition by participating athletes and friendships shared by billions of sports fans on the continent but with familiar results: China placed first, South Korea second and Japan third in the medal standings.

Under the slogan of "Diversity Shines Here," more than 14,000 athletes and staff from 45 countries have competed for 439 gold medals in 36 sports. Fourteen new world records were rewritten here in archery, shooting and weightlifting, with many fresh Asian records.

China cemented its status as the continent's sports powerhouse, topping the medal table with a total of 343 medals, including 151 golds.

Host South Korea came in second with 79 golds, outnumbering arch-rival Japan who gained 47 golds. North Korea did well at Incheon, having earned a morethan-expected 11 golds, with its weightlifters setting four world records. With all these hard-fought competitions coming to an end, the closing ceremony started at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium to celebrate athletes for their hard work as well as inspire them for future efforts. The main theme of the ceremony was "Our Cherished Memories of Incheon," directed by

Jang Jin, a South Korean filmmaker who also managed the opening ceremony two weeks ago.

The grand fest began with fireworks woven with pop music and artistic performances, including a taekwondo demonstration by members of Kukkiwon, the global

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Asian Games gold in individual all-around finals, while Yeo ended South Korea's 28-year drought in sprint by taking bronze in the men's 200m. Lee won his second straight taekwondo gold medal, while Rim scored the dramatic game winner against North Korea

Medal Tally

Country China South Korea Japan Kazakhstan India

Gold 151 79 47 28 11

headquarters of the martial art.

On the wide screens, video footage showed the highlights of the continent's biggest sporting event, recapturing sports stars and their competitors' excitement, joy, regret and lament. After another video clip showing Incheon residents during the competition was played, the host nation's flag entered the stadium. Eight South Korean medallists from this Asiad, including the popular rhythmic gymnast champ Son Yeon-jae, sprinter Yeo Hosua, taekwondo fighter Lee Dae-hoon and football player Rim Chang-woo, carried the national flag. Son became the first South Korean to win the

Silver 109 71 76 23 9

Bronze 83 84 76 33 37

Total 343 234 199 84 57

in the men's football gold medal match.

Athletes entered the stadium freely, cheering and waving their hands and flags. Looking relaxed and free from burden, they took selfies with their colleagues and players from other countries.

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award was presented to the Japanese swimming sensation Kosuke Hagino, as voted by accredited journalists covering the Asian Games. Hagino won four gold medals as part of his seven-medal campaign in Incheon.

After the Organizing Committee for Incheon Asian Games Chairman Kim Young-soo and Olympic

Council of Asia President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah announced the closing of the Incheon Asiad, the official organising flag was handed to the next host city: Jakarta. "For the last 16 days, we have together enjoyed the festival of Asia while exercising our full potentials in fair competitions by representing each and every nation in Asia," Kim Young-soo said in his remarks.

Sheikh Ahmad said the athletes should use what they've learned here to their best advantage.

Also in attendance at the ceremony were three high-ranking North Korean officials: Hwang Pyong-so, Choe Ryong-hae and Kim Yang-gon. Hwang, the director of the military's General Political Bureau, is largely viewed as the No. 2 man in the North Korea. He is the highest North Korean official to visit the South in recent years.

Their visit was seen in Seoul as an indication of Pyongyang's desire to improve frosty bilateral relationships. The three officials stood up from their seats and cheered as the North Korean athletes entered the stadium waving their flags. South Korean fans also greeted them with hearty cheers.

The Asian Games cauldron, which had lit the city for the last 16 days, finally was put out with a promise to meet again in Jakarta four years later.

NSF Martyrs Memorial organisers inform

KOhima, OctOBer 4 (mexn): The Organizing Committee of the 15th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2014 has informed the public that some matches have been scheduled even on Sundays following the requisition of the Kohima Local Ground by district administration from October 13 to 16 for the forthcoming bye- election to the Northern Angami II A/C. In this connection, the public and players have been informed to take note of the same as such arrangement has been necessitated due to limited playing days.

versity FC: Shurhozelie 45+1’, 68’) Christo Naga's Club 6-0 Falcon FC, Chiechama Rengma Students' Union 8-0 Jovial Fc (B) Ken- (CNC Salim Peter - 5 goals, Julish Dangme - 1 goal) uozo (RSU: Senenlo Tep 3’, 45+1’, Yhunshalo Young Excels Khonoma 3-1 Jakha Town YS Kemp 14’, 25’, 49’, 55’, Khanjilo Wanth 58’, 63’) Jakhama (via tie-breaker) D.E.F. Kohima 6-1 Piphema Students' Union (D.E.F. Kohima: Dakho Venuh 8’, Robert Lotha Billy Graham FC 6-0 Medical XI (BGFC: Theja 12’, 23’, Lithungbemo Lotha 55’, Bendangno- - 2 goals, Avi - 2 goals, Khrielazotuo Mepfuo - 1 chet Ao 60’, Lithungbemo Lotha 90’; Piphema goal, Chenwanglym - 1 goal) SU: Kikrukhrielie Kuotsu 18’) OctOber 5 fixtures: Chedema Village Students' Union 1-0 Country Hike Fc Kohima Village Vs Gideon Football Club @9.00 AM Boys FC (CVSU: Neingusalie) Street Hawk Fc Kohima Vs Phesama Youth OrDay 3 results: Day-4 results: ganisation @11. AM Tyrants FC Khuzama 4-2 Nagaland University Kicker's FC Chumukedima 5-1 Chiechama Stu- New Market Vs Chuziezou Fc Thizama @12.30 PM FC (Tyrants FC: Vilhouvoto 20’, Khrievi Thapru dents' Union (KFCC: T. Meren 44’, 54’, T. Wati 47’, Native Feathers Ntuma, Peren Vs Addax Foot22’, 44’, and Ketozo Thapru 66’; Nagaland Uni- Mhasi 49’, 60’; CSU: Khrielavotuo Chadi 6’) ball Club, Kohima @2.00 PM

Beijing, OctOBer 4 (agencies): Maria Sharapova powered into the final of the WTA China Open on Saturday with a dominant straight sets win over Ana Ivanovic. The fivetime grand slam champion, a beaten finalist in Beijing in 2012, dispatched her Serbian opponent 6-0 6-4 in one hour and 29 minutes to seal a return to the WTA Premier tournament showpiece.

Ivanovic had won the last two meetings between the pair, but was instantly on the back foot on the hard court in the Chinese capital as Sharapova quickly took command. The Russian capitalised on 14 unforced errors from Ivanovic to condemn the 2008 French Open champion to a bagel in the first set. Sharapova then broke to start the second set, only for Ivanovic to finally display some resilience and win consecutive games.

Yet Ivanovic's attempt at a fightback proved in vain as Sharapova took advantage of another break point for a 5-4 lead before wrapping up the win in somewhat fortuitous circumstances.

The set appeared to have been levelled at 5-5 following a game containing six deuces, but a challenge handed Sharapova a crucial reprieve that allowed her to set up a repeat of the 2011 Wimbledon final with Petra Kvitova.

Kvitova was made to work hard in her last-four encounter with Samantha Stosur that was interrupted by a lengthy rain delay.

The Czech eventually triumphed in two hours and 21 minutes, coming through 6-3 5-7 6-2. Victory in the final will see Kvitova move to number two in the world, and the 24-year-old – unbeaten since the US Open – was understandably delighted to keep her hopes of a 15th WTA title alive. "It's tough to say something about the match. I mean, it was really up and down," Kvitova said.

"In the second set she was the better player on the court.

"I'm just glad I could win it in the third. I knew how Samantha can play really well, and she played a really amazing second set. I was a little bit worried in the third set, like if she continued playing that way, it could have been a pretty quick one. "But I had some chances and I did it. In the end I served well, and that was important."

Maria Sharapova of Russia returns a shot against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia during the semi final match of the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing, China, Saturday, October 4. (AP Photo)

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Liverpool sees off West Brom

Fletcher inspires Sunderland to first win

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LiVerPOOL, OctOBer 4 (agencies): Jordan Henderson scored one goal and set up another to lead Liverpool to a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, ending his team's three-match run without a Premier League victory, while Steven Fletcher scored twice to give Sunderland a 3-1 win over Stoke for its first Premier League victory of the season.

Adam Lallana scored his first Liverpool goal since signing from Southampton on the stroke of half-time at Anfield after a darting run and a neat exchange with Jordan Henderson. Lively forward Saido Berahino won and converted a penalty to bring West Brom level in the 56th minute, only for Henderson to restore Liverpool's lead five minutes later with a shot from inside the area. It was Liverpool's

Liverpool's Adam Lallana, center, celebrates scoring his team's opening goal with teammates Philippe Coutinho, right, and Jordan Henderson during their English Premier League soccer match against West Bromwich Albion at Anfield, Liverpool on October 4. (AP Photo)

first league win since August 31, although a patchy display will not convince critics that the team can go close to emulating its second-place finish of last season.

At the Stadium of Light, Black Cats' boss Gus Poyet changed his team around

and elected for two strikers with Fletcher brought back into the side, and the gamble paid off. Connor Wickham gave the home side an early lead after great work from Fletcher down the right, but Charlie Adam brilliantly slid the ball into the

Sunderland net to equalise just 10 minutes later. Fletcher then got himself on the scoresheet for the first time in 2014, steering a header past Asmir Begovic with the marking leaving much to be desired.

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much more cagey, the home side looking very nervous with just a onegoal lead, however Fletcher's second 12 minutes from time sealed the hosts' first win of the season, and a huge sigh of relief was to be heard all around Wearside. The result sees Sunderland leapfrog Stoke to move up to 11th in the Premier League table, with the Potters slipping to 15th.

Elsewhere, Senegalese striker Papiss Cisse prevented Newcastle United from slipping to a third consecutive away defeat by scoring a brace as his side twice hit back to draw 2-2 at Swansea City. In the battle between two newly promoted sides, substitute Ross Wallace scored a dramatic 96th-minute equaliser to earn Burnley a 2-2 draw at Leicester City. At the KC Stadium, secondhalf goals by Mohamed Diame and Nikica Jelavic gave the home side Hull City a 2-0 success over Crystal Palace.

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