September 13th, 2015 by The Morung Express

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NPF workers of 1 Dimapur I AC reconcile

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NSCN (R) Lt Col shot by own bodyguard Morung Express News Dimapur | September 12

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A functionary of the NSCN (R) was shot and wounded in Mon on September 12. The incident occurred at the Pongkong designated camp of the NSCN (R), which falls under Tizit sub-division. According to Mon police, the NSCN (R) functionary identified as one ‘Lt Col’ Langshong Phom (aged 45 years) was shot by his personal bodyguard identified as one Wangmong Phom, who escaped with the weapon afterwards. The injured functionary was admitted to Mon district hospital with three bullet wounds and later shifted to Dibrugarh, according to sources. It was added that the injured declined to register an FIR.

NNC clarifies

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dIMaPur, sePteMber 12 (MexN): The Naga National Council (parent body) under the leadership of Z.Royim Yimchungrii and V. Nagi has clarified that it has not received any invitation as claimed by Against Corruption And Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland that it had send invitation to all the Naga political groups for the September 12 Common Platform meeting. The NNC also wanted to know from ACAUT that if at all they were invited as reported in the local dailies, to whom was it addressed and when. “In reality if they invited the NNC, we would attend the meet. But if not then they should not mislead the people,” the clarification from the NNC Information and Publicity Wing further stated.

Short lunch periods bad for children

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New yorK, sePteMber 12 (IaNs): A longer lunch period at school could make children healthier as researchers have found that students with less than 20 minutes to eat their lunch consume significantly less of their meals, milk, and vegetables than those who are not as rushed. The findings suggest that children should have at least 25 minutes to eat their lunch. “Many children, especially those from low-income families, rely on school meals for up to half their daily energy intake so it is essential that we give students a sufficient amount of time to eat their lunches,” said lead author of the study Juliana Cohen, adjunct assistant professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, US.

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‘Time for healing of Naga wounds’ ‘change has to begin in us first’

• Beginning of a new Naga

Everyone’s trying to be in the limelight now, and will go to all kinds of drastic measures to be relevant.

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mindset that asserts through peaceful means • Framework agreement should be taken as a stepping stone and not the final destination • NSCN (IM) urged to reach out to other Naga political groups for “rapprochement”

Morung Express News Dimapur | September 12

With a shared future in mind, a Common Platform was organised by the Against Corruption And Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland here today. It sought to bring together ‘Nagas’ Opinion for Peaceful Settlement’ in the backdrop of the ‘framework agreement’ which was signed between NSCN (IM) and the Government of India on August 3 this year. With six panellists and a cluster of rapporteurs, the ACAUT Nagaland went about gathering ‘Nagas’ Opinion’ at the DDSC stadium making its intent clear that they were not out to derail the peace process. With a number of young and old present at the venue, almost all panellists agreed that it is time for the healing of Naga wounds. This time was aptly described by panellist Dr. Visier Sanyü as the beginning of a new Naga mindset that asserts itself through peaceful means, both in the Indian Union and Burma. As Rev. Dr. VK Nuh noted, the Naga people will not give up the fight after having sacrificed so much. But it is time for the people to speak out as a

Panellists speak at a ‘Common Platform’ for Naga people’s opinion on a ‘peaceful settlement’ underway in Dimapur on Saturday, September 12. Organised by ACAUT Nagaland, the discussion was moderated by Bano Haralu. (Photo by Imojen I. Jamir)

“nation will not solve their problems.” Reminding that peace comes from understanding not force, he said that we must sit down and reason together. The significance of time was not lost to other panellists. “If the older generation cannot fulfil Naga aspirations, let the young generation take it forward,” said Dr. Mazie Nakhro, hoping for a brighter future for Naga nationalism based on truth and without resorting to violence. He said the framework agreement should be taken as a stepping stone and not the final destination to the Naga journey. He resolved that God has a plan for the Nagas, that India has to respect “our democratic rights” and that the suffering of the Naga people under military rule will pay off one day. “Is today a new chapter in the political and social history of the Nagas?” wondered another panellist Rev. Dr. Tuisem Shishak. Maintaining that there can be no peace till Christ remains un-

nnc/fGn contradict Ar claims

Says slain cadre and apprehended cadre are not members of NNC/ FGN led by Brig Singnya

dIMaPur, sePteMber 12 (MexN): Contradicting the claim of the Assam Rifles, Sergeant Chaangpushie, who was killed in an encounter with the Assam Rifles at KT colony in Tuensang on Friday was not a cadre/ member of the Brig (Retd) S Singnya led NNC/FGN, a rejoinder from FGN Ministry of Rali Wali Affairs clarified on Saturday. The FGN statement also clarified that another cadre identified as Captain Tiameren Chang and apprehended by the Assam Rifles was not a member of the NNC/FGN. It maintained that the captain in question was terminated from national service few years back for his role in anti-government

activities. Presently, he is the Town Commander of Tuensang town of the NNC/FGN accordist faction, it further informed. Meanwhile, the FGN has advised the Assam Rifles or any other law enforcing agencies to collect detail inputs before “jumping into conclusion” by way of assessing and differentiating the number of NNC and NNC/FGN active at present in Nagaland and also distinguish the accordist and non-accordist. It informed that the accordist are those presently stationed at Chedema and Kohima Transit Peace Camp, borne out by the Shillong Accord. Further, it stated that the NNC/FGN under the leadership of Brig. (Retd) S. Singnya firmly believed in the spirit of non-violence through which the decades old Indo-Naga political issue will be resolved amicably in the days to come. At the same time, it also voiced expectation that the Government of India will respect and adhere to it.

seated from the table, he said that Naga people need to be direct or indirect part of the negotiations. Appealing for the public to give NSCN (IM) the “benefit of doubt” and accept them as Nagas first and for their tribes later, he also urged the NSCN (IM) to reach out to other Naga political groups for “rapprochement” as it is time to “build Naga society which is in ruins.” Rev. Dr. Nuh talked about a similar building of Naga society where political groups must come together. But the biggest problem today, he noted, is that the “old generation is concerned with roots while young generation is concerned with fruits.” Calling for an honest, inclusive and democratic approach from the NSCN (IM), Dr. Visier maintained that the Nagas have the right to “own our ancestral land” and that integration of Naga lands should be worked out through a dialogue with neighbours. Dr. Visier also

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said that a democratic process (referendum) should be followed while deciding a name for the Naga country. Panellist Khekiye K Sema called for all political groups to be brought on board for lasting peace and that the contents of the framework agreement be made public. The end of the speeches was marked by a question and answer session. People present remained hopeful for answers specifically regarding the future of Nagas with regard to the framework agreement—this, however, did not materialise in a meaningful manner. In its passing, the event seemed like a missed bus for the Naga civil society to deliberate together on issues related to a ‘peaceful settlement’. The event also seemed like a hurried approach by ACAUT Nagaland that put the panellists in an awkward position on issuing clarifications and responding to questions relating to the framework agreement.

eanwhile, panellist and peace activist Niketu Iralu reminded the audience how ACAUT Nagaland was birthed by the Naga Council Dimapur, feeling the need for a movement against growing corruption in Nagaland. We cannot ignore the things that ACAUT Nagaland has shown to us in the past months. “To do the right thing and save our society, we need one another,” said Iralu while speaking at the ‘Common Platform’ today. The change has to begin in us first, however, in order to change society. He hoped that ACAUT Nagaland can go on to show how Naga society should grow in order to become part of a mature world. “However, ACAUT is so young it tends to throw stones on wrong doers too easily,” said Iralu. Society has been paralysed by burdening each other with provocative gestures—“now we need to help each other to do the right thing and help in the healing process.” We should sacrifice selfishness for society instead of sacrificing society for selfishness, noted the peace activist. He maintained that the proper process would be to bring national workers from difference groups together and discuss the framework agreement with them before anyone else. On this note, it is also time for the Naga people to go to their Meitei and Assamese neighbours, only after which a solution will be possible. As for the ‘Common Platform’ that was held today, he asserted that what should have been done by the Naga Hoho or Naga Students’ Federation has been done by ACAUT today.

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MP struck by twin blasts

At least 87 killed and over 100 injured

Dimapur | September 12

Seven civilians, who were rounded up by the Assam Rifles after the firing incident at KT colony, Tuensang, on September 11 were released today. According to Tuensang police, inquiry and interrogation of the seven revealed that they were civilians. They were released in the evening after being interrogated by a joint team of the AR, Tuensang police and Special Branch personnel. The cadre, who was apprehended by the AR during the incident, was booked under the Arms Act and forwarded to court. Further, it was yet to be established which side fired the first shot. Interrogation of residents in the People stand near the site of an explosion in Jhabua district at Madhya Pradesh, Septemvicinity could not establish any- ber 12. (REUTERS) thing, the Tuensang police said. Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh), the second bringing down the adjoining sePteMber 12 (IaNs): Eighty-seven building. The roar of the explosion was people were killed and over 100 injured, heard for kilometres. “I heard the blasts 20 seriously, when a cylinder blast at a tea and ran towards the spot. Dust hung over stall packed with customers was followed the area. Bodies were scattered all over the by a massive blast that ripped through an place. A girl was crying and she was resgovernment of crucial tax revenue. adjoining building in Madhya Pradesh’s cued,” said Babu Lal, a witness. Myanmar’s tax collection rates are Jhabua district, police said. Another local said the damage from among the lowest in the world at 7 An investigation has been ordered to the explosion at the tea stall was compercent of economic output. ascertain the cause of the second blast that paratively lesser than the severity of the caused widespread destruction. Authori- destruction caused by the second blast. UNDERGROUND ECONOMY ties did not comment on whether illegally- Dazed locals scrambled to help the GFI said its figures for illicit flows stored gelatin sticks caused the explosion. wounded, who shrieked in pain. Some of of money are likely to underestimate “Eighty-seven people are dead, and the people died on the spot. TV visuals showed the enormity of the the amounts relating to drug traf- the bodies of 60 of them have been idenficking and trade in goods subject to tified,” Inspector M.L. Gaur of the Jhabua blasts, with nearby buildings suffering exinternational sanctions. The under- police control room told IANS. “Post mor- tensive damage. People could be seen siftground economy accounted for an tems of all the bodies has been completed. ing through the rubble to extricate those average of about 55 percent of eco- There are eight women and three children who were buried. “An explosion took place in a tea stall on Saturday morning. nomic output during the period cov- among the dead,” he added. Jhabua, located over 300 km from state After that, another explosion took place in ered in the report, one of the highest capital Bhopal, is a tribal belt and on this a two-storey building,” Jhabua Additional in the world, GFI said. Spanjers said the fact that about fateful Saturday, a large number of labour- Superintendent of Police Sima Alva told 30 percent of the tax loss happened ers were milling around, waiting for buses. IANS. Alva added: “Many people were inThe first blast took place at around 8.30 jured in the incident.” in the last four years of the study was There were unconfirmed reports that a.m. in the Petlavad area near the New Bus troubling. In 2013 alone, unregulated gelatin sticks, used in mining, were stored stand, quickly followed by a much bigger financial inflows totalled some $10 explosion. The deafening blasts were so in the building as illegal mining takes bilion, more than 20 percent of GDP. powerful that it reduced buildings to rub- place in the area. Madhya Pradesh Chief “It indicates that some individu- ble and left many bloodied and wounded. Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has orals have been taking advantage of inMadhya Pradesh Home Minister Bab- dered a probe. Chouhan expressed grief creased economic openness for per- ulal Gaur said: “The blast took place due to but declined to comment on the cause sonal gain, at the expense of the rest of gas cylinder explosion.” On whether there for the blasts. He said that Chief Secretary the country,” he said. GFI said it was were explosives in the building, Gaur said: Antony DeSa has been asked to look into crucial that Myanmar improve its fi- “The matter needs to be probed and an or- the matter. The chief minister has also annancial transparency, as well as data der in this regard has been given.” nounced compensation of Rs.2 lakh each collection and quality, including movA witness said the ear-splitting explo- to the kin of the deceased and Rs.50,000 to ing towards real-time world market sions took place in quick succession, with the injured. A team of experts from Indore pricing to curtail trade misinvoicing. the first taking place at the tea stall and reached Jhabua following the blasts.

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$20 billion in dirty money left Myanmar in 50 yrs

KuaLa LuMPur, sePteMber 12 (thoMsoN reuters FouNdatIoN): Almost $20 billion in dirty money linked to corruption, crime and tax evasion has left Myanmar in the past five decades, slashing government revenue and driving a thriving underground economy, a money-laundering watchdog said on September 9. Fraudulent invoicing of trade deals and physical smuggling of drugs, timber, gems and other goods pose big challenges to Myanmar, which will hold its first general elections next month since the end of military rule, U.S.-based Global Financial Integrity said in a report. Illicit financial inflows have accelerated in the past few years as the economy has opened up, and over the past five decades were four times as big as outflows, it said. “Myanmar must be one of the most porous countries in the world,” GFI economist Joseph Spanjers, the report’s co-author, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “It is a serious challenge for the country as tax losses due to illicit flows are robbing it of crucial public funds.” Long isolation and trade restrictions during the nearly 50-year-long

reign of a military government until 2011 and attempts to regulate currency exchange rates have combined to drive a substantial part of Myanmar’s economy underground, GFI said. The Southeast Asian country, one of the poorest in the region, is not alone in grappling with the negative impacts of illicit financial flows. GFI estimates almost $1 trillion in dirty money leaves poor nations each year, an outflow that has grabbed the attention of anti-poverty groups and world leaders because, by cutting tax revenue needed to fund areas such as health and education, it has a corrosive impact on development. Illicit financial flows from Myanmar totalled $18.7 billion from 1960 to 2013, averaging 6.5 percent of the country’s annual economic output, GFI said. In the same period $77.7 billion of illicit money entered Myanmar, an inflow typical of countries where smuggling is a major part of the economy. Total illicit financial flows were the equivalent of up to 172 percent of health expenditure and up to 73 percent of education spending, the researchers found, showing how both movements of money deprive the

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Art competition to create NPF workers of 1 Dimapur I AC reconcile environmental awareness Dimapur, September 12 (mexN): As part of the NPF reconciliation process at different levels of the party set up, MLA Tovihoto Ayemi initiated a meeting of both groups of NPF 1 Dimapur I AC on September 12 at his residence. The reconciliation process started in the month of April after the January 5 issue of the NPF, which divided the party into two groups. A press release from press secretary to Tovihoto Ayemi informed that in the

interest of the NPF party in general and 1 Dimapur I A/C in particular, the house unanimously resolved to settle the matter amicably with true spirit of reconciliation and entrusted LR Anthony to continue as the president of NPF 1 Dimapur I AC. The meeting also resolved to work under the leadership of Dr. Shurhozelie and strengthen the party, the release said. It also resolved that the remaining office bearers’ induction and set-up be

completed within a week’s time, based on the spirit of reconciliation. It further welcomed anyone in the assembly constituency, irrespective of tribe/caste and religion, to strengthen the party in the spirit of reconciliation. The house also resolved to re-affirm and strengthen the party. Highlighting the issues that led to the party crisis and subsequent reconciliatory efforts, MLA Tovihoto Ayemi said he saw no

reason why the two groups within NPF itself should not come together. He said it was the best opportunity for party workers to unite for a better future. He also informed that Robin Lotha, Member, CEC 1 Dimapur I A/C, NPF Party, had sent a written declaration that he was willfully vacating the aforesaid post in the spirit of reconciliation to pave way for the MLA to use his wisdom and induct any person for the smooth

functioning and strengthening of NPF party. Tov i h o t o f u r t h e r thanked the party president Dr. Shurhozelie for revoking the suspension of 9 MLAs. Meanwhile, LR Anthony committed to continue working for the party with renewed zeal and effort, according to the release. The meeting was attended by Review Committee member, TL Merry, party men and women of NPF 1 Dimapur I AC.

Desert King’s song on Naga King Chilli released

The first prize winning sketch by Rishi Deb, Class 7 of Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur. Morung Express News Dimapur | September 12

An environment themed drawing competition was organised at Computech Mobile Shed, Dimapur on September 12. The competition was organised by Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. Around 70 children from various schools participated in two age categories.

Bridgestone Retail Business Advisor for the northeast, Anand Pranay stated that the objective of the event was to spread awareness among children on the importance of protecting the environment. While stating that the company has committed to conduct atleast 3 CSR programmes every year in Nagaland, Pranay added that the programmes will target children. In line with the environment-friendly theme, the

company has also invested in producing the Ecopia series of tyres, which according to the company has been engineered to enhance fuel economy while lessening carbon emission. The judges for the event were Wipawee Panjinda, MFA in Sculpture from Visva Bharti University; Ayhunbu Lorin, MFA in Ceramics from Visva Bharti University and Atendong Nokdir, BFA in Painting from Jamia Millia Islamia.

Dimapur, September 12 (mexN): An original song of Senti Longchar a.k.a DK (Desert King) titled ‘King Chilli’ has been released and is available for download worldwide on Nagaland based e-commerce website www.indihut.com. The song was produced by indihut, which had selected the singer as the winner of the indigenous artists talent hunt. According to a press release received here, Desert King raps and sings in different Naga languages and Nagamese creole about all the important features and information regarding the King Chilli. He had composed the song specifically targeting the farming community. Desert King (DK) was born in Waromung Village, Mokokchung district and now settled in Kohima. His

musical background as he puts it is “simply natural” and self taught. Professionally, he is a Plant Pathologist, also known as plant doctor, and presently working as a Horticulture Officer. He holds a Master’s Degree in Plant Pathology and is an academic gold medalist from Nagaland University, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development. He was pursuing his Ph.D programme on “Bio-Control of Stem Rot of Soyabean” from the same university, but his interest turned out to be different, the release said. He continued his research and studies on Naga King Chilli (Raja Mircha) for about eight years travelling and interacting with the farmers from remote of the remotest parts of the state, it added.

State BJYM conducts workshop on ‘Panch Kranti Abhiyan’ C M Y K

BJP leaders along with BJYM leaders at the workshop held at Science Centre Dimapur on September 11.

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Dimapur, September 12 (mexN): Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Nagaland organised a Panch Kranti Abhiyan workshop at Science Centre Dimapur on September 11. Co- In charge of Swach Kranti, BJYM North East, AU Luwang was the

chief guest. He highlighted the vision of BJP government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while pointing out the project like Make in India and others on cleanliness, yoga, girls’ power, and manufacture and skill. Luwang also urged

upon the party workers to work together whole heartedly to build a vibrant India and to promote the youths, a press release from BJYM Nagaland stated. The chief guest further encouraged the people to disseminate and create awareness on the projects which will benefit

the state and country as well. The ambassadors of Panch Kranti Abhiyan also spoke on various topics: Make in India by Arvind Damani, Clean India by Vikuho Dominic, Yoga by Ankit Jain, Mathew K. Janger, Skill India and Beti Bachoa Beti Padhao by A.K.

Mishra. Others who spoke at the programme included Prashant Arora, general secretary (Org), BJP Nagaland & Arunachal Pradesh; Dr. M Chuba Ao, president, BJP Nagaland; James Vizo, general secretary & Spokesperson BJP Nagaland; James

Vihoshe, general secretary, BJP Nagaland. Earlier, the programme was presided over by general secretary (Admn), BJYM Nagaland while invocation was pronounced by secretary BJYM, M. Abu Virie. Welcome address was delivered by vice president BJYM Nagaland D. Daniel Dzeyie. Vote of thanks was proposed by secretary BJYM Nagaland Keneinuo Solo. Documentary on Panch Kranti Abhiyan was also screened at the programme. A session on the organization matter was also conducted, where general secretary (org) BJP Nagaland & Arunachal Pradesh briefed about the organization. At the interactive session, general secretary (org) BJYM Nagaland Mathew K. Janger encouraged the party workers to work united in every developmental aspect in order to uplift the party in the state.

Training for PHED technical officers concludes ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Kohima, September 12 (mexN): The five-day tier II training on ‘Aquifer Information System and management’ for Public Health Engineering Department technical officers concluded on September 11. The training was officially launched on September 7 at PHED directorate office in Kohima. Addressing the closing ceremony, Er. Yhunilo Tep, Superintending Engineer, Kohima Circle said that the department benefited from such mega training and it will be helpful for Nagaland as activities of CGWB, including NAQUIM in North East states have become most important. He also acknowledged the Course Director, Dr. Utpal Gogoi, Regional Di-

Lt. AITI ZELIANG (05.07.1959 – 05.09.2015) “...... and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever”

- Psalms 23:06

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On the 5th September 2015 we bade farewell to a special person; a wife, a mother, a grand-mother and a teacher who has entered into an eternal peace. Through this column we sincerely thank all the relatives, friends, neighbours, Hindi Baptist Church, Tening village Baptist Church, Zutovi Baptist Church, Fathers’ House Church, Tening students union Dimapur, Doctors and nurses of Zion Hospital Dimapur, the blood donors and every well-wisher who supported us in prayers, through visitation, monetary and stood by us during her illness and our moment of grief and loss. We continue to pray that our Almighty God bless you all in abundance.

“It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone. For part of us went with you the day God called you Home. You left us precious memories; your love is still our guide. And though we cannot see you, you are always by our side. Our family chain is broken and nothing seems the same. But as God calls us one by one the chain will link again.” - Loving Husband, Children & Family Members

MEx File Chakhesang community, Dikoi village meeting Dimapur, September 12 (mexN): All the members of the Chakhesang community, Dikoi village have been informed that a meeting has been convened on September 15, 10:00 am at Chakhesang Hoho building to discuss issues related to Dikoi village. In a press release, the community chairperson Vehatso Veyie and secretary Veshekho Cho-o requested all members to attend the meeting positively.

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DDLSA conducts Lok Adalat Dimapur, September 12 (mexN): The Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) conducted Lok Adalat on criminal compoundable cases and disposed off 12 compoundable cases. A press release from DDLSA panel lawyer Visheli H Yepthomi said that the Lok Adalats have created an opportunity for common people to get speedy and inexpensive justice, besides helping the courts tackle pending cases. The next monthly Lok Adalat, which will focus on traffic, petty matters, Municipal & MACT, will be held on October 10, the release added.

Governor condoles Kohima, September 12 (mexN): Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya has expressed grief over the demise of LJ Toshi Sangtasm, former Minister of Nagaland. In a condolence message, Acharya said that LJ Toshi Sangtam was a political pioneer of Tuensang district and his death is a great loss not only to the people of Tuensang district, but for whole Nagaland. The governor further conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed to the Almighty to grant grace to the departed soul.

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NRDSA annual general conference Kohima, September 12 (mexN): All the members of the Nagaland Rural Development Service Association (NRDSA) have been informed that the annual general conference of the association will be held on September 24, 12:00 pm at RD Conference Hall. A press release from NRDSA general secretary M Sihu Bizo and president Taliyanger has requested all the members to attend the same.

NSU pre-jubilee dinner

Participants and officers pose for lens during the closing ceremony of the training held for PHED technical officers. Kohima, September 12 (mexN): Nerhema Stu-

rector, CGWB, NER for taking the initiative for PHE department in Nagaland. Meanwhile, Er. Niri-e, SDO, Kohima Urban Division on behalf of the PHE department Nagaland thanked the organisers of the train-

ing, Central Ground Water Board NeR, Guwahati & RGI Raipur under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. The closing program was chaired by P. Kalita,

CGWB, NeR. Altogether, 33 participants from all the districts of Nagaland attended the training and received qualified certificate from the Central Ground Water Board NeR, Guwahati & RGI Raipur.

dents' Union (NSU) is hosting a pre-jubilee dinner for the government employees, professionals and business community of Nerhema village, where the Golden Jubilee theme song and NSU website will be launched. The programme will be held on September 16, 5:00 pm at NAPO building. The union has informed all government employees and business community of Nerhema to attend the same.

Tohanba assures to speed up works of KMC dumping site Our Correspondent

Kohima | September 12

Parliamentary secretary for economic & statistic and municipal affairs R. Tohanba today visited the Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) dumping site to take stock of the infrastructure development there. He assured to take up the matters of incomplete works on priority both from his level and the government. The dumping site is located at Medi, around 7 km away from High School Junction. He said that development of KMC dumping site will also be one of the components of the Kohima Smart city plan. The present dumping site will serve the citizens of Kohima for generation. Tohanba said that hygienic stan-

dard of the dumping site and its surrounding will be maintained for sustainable environment. He also stressed on the need to improve the road condition for which funding pattern will be sought for the same. Besides, he said fencing of the dumping site will be taken into account. “We need to give proper attention,” he stated. The total area of the land allotted to KMC dumping is approximately 93 acres. Tohanba was accompanied by parliamentary secretary for youth resources & sports, music task force and state lotteries, Khriehu Liezietsu, municipal affairs additional director Dr. Toshimanen Ozukum, KMC administrator Kovi Meyase. Kohima village council chairman Neivor Rutsa, L. Parliamentary Secretary R. Tohanba along with Parliamentary Secretary Khriehu Liezietsu, Additional Khel chairman Menuovilie Kesiezie Director (HoD) Dr. Toshimanen Ozukum, Kovi Meyase administrator KMC, Kohima Village Council and host of dignitaries. members and other departmental officials during a visit to present KMC dumping site on September 12.

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NORTH-EAST

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12-hour bandh cripples life in Assam, hundreds arrested Assam is drowning but no one cares Guwahati, September 12 (iaNS): The 12hour bandh called by the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on Saturday crippled life in Assam. Reports of stray incidents of violence from districts across the state led to hundreds of bandh supporters being arrested. The AJYCP had called the bandh in protest against the central government's decision to grant citizenship to Bangladeshi and Pakistani non-Muslim migrants, who had entered India till December last year due to religious persecution.

At least 11 other organisations of the state including the Asom Gana Parishad and student organisations of Motock, Moran, Dimasa, Karbi, Goriya-Moriya, Sonowal-Kachari, Madahi and Bishnupuria Manipuri communities supported the bandh called by the AJYCP. Schools, colleges, other educational institutions and commercial establishments remained closed during the bandh. Vehicular traffic remained off the roads in most districts, except for a few buses of the Assam

Northeast Briefs

HC remands former Meghalaya police officer on bail to JC

ShiLLONG, September 12 (pti): The Meghalaya High Court today remanded to 10 days' judicial custody a former police officer who is accused of raping two minor girls two years ago in the state's South West Garo Hills district. Justice T N K Singh ordered judicial remand of the former in-charge of Ampati police station Nurul Islam. He was earlier released on bail. He also ordered Islam to appear before a special POSCO court on September 21. A local court here had granted bail to Islam in July this year after signing a surety of Rs 1 lakh. Islam was charged with raping a minor girl in Ampati police station two years ago and subsequently raping her sister too in their house a couple of weeks later. He had been absconding since the incident in 2013 and surrendered in a court here in June earlier this year.

AR apprehend PREPAK cadre imphaL, September 12 (mexN): Troops of 22 Assam Rifles of 28 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) apprehended one PREPAK cadre on September 11 at Sekmaijin Bazar, Thoubal district. A press release from PRO, IGAR (N) informed that the apprehended person has been identified as SS Pvt Yumnam Rajen Singh (50), resident of Langmeidong Mamang Leikai, Thoubal district. Singh was handed over to the Kakching Police Station, the release said. Lecture on Swachh Bharat Mission As part of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’, 24 Assam Rifles of 26 Sector Assam Rifles organised a lecture at Khudengthabi Village on September 12. Locals along with Assam Rifles joined hands in cleaning the surroundings, according to the release. The participants were briefed about the various steps being undertaken by the government. The event culminated with a pledge to be a part of the ongoing campaign for a healthy tomorrow, it was informed.

State Transport Corporation that plied in some areas. Bandh supporters came out on to the streets in many areas to enforce the bandh in many districts. They blocked national and state highways by burning tyres. In districts like Kamrup, Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia and Dibrugarh, bandh supporters forced some drivers out of their vehicles and made them stand for several hours leading to stray incidents of violence. Some of the supporters also partially destroyed

some vehicles in Tezpur. This led to the arrest of scores of protesters, police said, adding that they were released later. Meanwhile, Assam's leading farmers' body Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) launched a hunger strike at Dighalipukhuripar in Guwahati on Saturday to protest against the Centre's move and said that they would launch a mass movement opposing the Centre's decision. "The government started updating the National Register of Citizens to make the state free of illegal Ban-

gladeshi citizens. However, now the government takes a decision that all the nonMuslims from Bangladesh and Pakistan would be allowed to stay in India and would be given citizenship," said KMSS leader Kamal Medhi. "This is a condemnable move of the central government. This is not only against the people of Assam and against the spirit of the historical Assam Accord but also leads to a threat to national security," Medhi said, adding that Saturday's fast is just the beginning of a massive mass movement.

Arunachal Pradesh cabinet takes development-oriented decisions i ta N a G a r , S e ptember 12 (pti): The Arunachal Pradesh cabinet has taken decisions which will give a significant boost to the development trajectory of the state. The cabinet okayed the proposal to recommend a proposal for connectivity to unconnected habitations in border areas of the state under Border Area Development Programme (BADP) as a special case. A total of 72 roads located in 23 border blocks in 12 districts of the state would be taken up under the programme. It shall cover 2098.40 km of roads with 219 numbers of bridges covering 227 unconnected habitations along the border at an estimated cost of Rs 3345.03 crore, government spokesman Bamang Felix said in a statement here today. In another major decision, the state cabinet decided to suspend the operation of Pawan Hans Helicopter Service in the state till completion of inquiry into the recent in-

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aGartaLa, September 12 (aNi): Days after seven teachers of a government school in Tripura were transferred after a video went viral in which they were seen dancing on a Bollywood number, a new video has now emerged in which the principal of the government polytechnic is seen in the same act. The principal is seen dancing along with the female students of the institute during the Teacher's Day celebration in this video. "Such incident is not desirable on the part a principal dancing with students inside the institute and especially on Teacher's Day celebrating the birthday of Dr. (Sarvapalli) Radhakrishnan. It is a kind of abuse to that person and he has to answer all these things," said Bhanulal Saha, a senior minister. Saha further said that it was a clear case of breach of discipline. There are also allegations against the principal that he had punished and physically hurt a student of the final semester of the institute after he raised question on his act. A video, which went viral earlier on June 8, showed seven teachers of Khudiram Basu English Medium School of Agartala dancing to Bollywood songs during the celebration of foundation day. The government has ordered an inquiry into the matter.

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cident of chopper crash at Tirap which claimed 3 lives including the then Tirap Deputy Commissioner Late Kamlesh Joshi. The state government has already written to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, to conduct a thorough inquiry into the incident to unearth the facts behind repeated accidents involving Pawan Hans Helicopters in the state. While safety and security arrangements in operational helipads with allocation of adequate fund were approved, the cabinet decided to improve the perimeter security of Nahar-

lagun Helipad with suitable measures. In addition, the Cabinet passed the Arunachal Pradesh Road Safety Policy - 2015 to curb rise in road accidents, injuries and fatalities in the state. Under the policy, safety awareness issues, establishment of road safety information database, safer road infrastructure, safer vehicle, safer driver etc. would be implemented. The cabinet further okayed setting up of 10 various categories of posts in Arunachal Pradesh Public Services Commission to cater to the requirement of the Commission.

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The Alumni Association of Dimapur Govt College heartily congratulates Mrs Kuholi Chishi, Principal of the College, on being awarded the Governor’s Gold Medal 2015. She deserves the laurel bestowed and the Alumni Association bears witness to her commitment and excellent efforts in improving the standard of the college within last couple of years under her selfless leadership. May she be blessed with good health and wisdom for greater service always for the younger generation. Sd/A. Yanger Jamir, President, Alumni Association Dimapur Govt. College.

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www.huffingtonpost.in Before I write anything about the Northeast, let me ask: Do we really consider it a part of India? This question is for everyone, including politicians, media-houses, corporations and even to every common citizen of the country. Assam is drowning. Ceaseless rains and massive floods have affected 1.5 million people in 17 districts. More than 50 people have died. According to the Assam State Disaster Manage-

ment Authority, more than 92,000 people have sought refuge in about 240 camps and 92,820 hectares of crop areas have been destroyed. The central government is yet to announce any concrete plan to tackle the situation, and Assam Chief Minister is able to do little other than wring his hands and complain that the Centre hasn't yet released the Rs 387.2 crore for rehabilitation and restoration work. While Prime Minister has with great fanfare announced a special "package" of Rs 1.25 lakh crores for Bihar, which

is headed for elections, this largesse is missing when it comes to Assam. After all, Assam is Congress-governed and there are no polls to worry about right now. As Assam struggles to breathe, there are no outpourings of support on Twitter, no heart-wrenching Facebook posts, no front page news. The rest of India is too busy raging over meat bans and pontificating on homicidal mothers. It is heart-wrenching to see such discrimination within our own country, by our own people.

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FEDERATION OF NAGALAND STATE ENGINEERING SERVICE ASSOCIATION (FONSESA)

Commemoration of Engineer’s Day PROGRAMME

Date: 15th Sept.2015

Time: 10:00 hrs

Venue : Engineer-in-Chief’s Conference Hall, NPWD Complex, Kohima Chief Guest : Shri.Pankaj Kumar,(IAS),Chief Secretary, Nagaland Chairman : Er.Shikato Sema, Vice President, FONSESA 1. Welcome Address & Significance of Engineer’s Day 2. Short Speech 3. Release of Brochure 4. Address by the Chief Guest: 5. Vote of thanks

: Er.R.Temsutemjen, President, FONSESA : Er.K.Miachieo, Chief Engineer (T&G),Dept. Power : Chief Guest : Er.Limanaro,SE,NPWD

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1. Date, Time and Vacancies in Recruitment Rally (a) Date 05 Oct 2015 to 06 Oct 2015 at Kiphire. 15 Oct 2015 to 16 Oct 2015 at Mon. (b) Time 0600 hrs. (c) Venue Helipad Ground Kiphire and DC Ground Mon (Nagaland). 2. Vacancies (a) Soldier (General Duty)-15, Clerk (Staff Duty)-01 & Chef Community (Cook)-01 at Kiphire in Nagaland. (b) Soldier (General Duty)-13 at Mon in Nagaland. 3. Minimum requirement (a) Age 18 to 42 Years (On the day of screening) (b) Weight 50 Kg (Minimun) (c ) Height 160 Cm (Minimum) (d) Chest Minimum 77 Cms (Expansion of 5 cm) (e) Education for Soldier (General Duty) (i) Class-X pass. (ii) Class VIII Pass for Scheduled Tribes. (f) Education for Clerks(Staff Duty) (i) Class 12th pass with 50 % aggregate from any stream (Arts, Commerce, Science) and 40% marks in each subject. Should have studied English and Maths/Accounts/Book keeping as compulsory subject in 10th or 12th standards. (g) Education for Tradesman (i) Class-VIII pass. (h) Tattoos Persons with Tattoos, visible in physical training dress are not eligible. (i) Domicility Must be indigenous Naga Tribal of Nagaland State. 4. The candidates will be in possession of the original and photocopy of following documents at the time of enrolment. (a)Education Certificate including Board Certificate in original. (b)Domicile Certificate/Permanent Residential Certificate in original (Issued by DC/ ADC). (c ) 06 copies of Passport size coloured photographs. (d) Latest Character certificate (Not older than six months) (e) Ration Card/Voter Identity Card. (f)No Objection Certificate from Civil/Govt employer. (g) Unmarried certificate from village administration head with official seal (for candidate below 21 year of age). Note: 1. No TA/DA will be paid to the candidate during the Recruitment Rally. Candidates are requested to arrange for food/lodging under own arrangement. 2. Legal action will be taken against candidates providing false information or documents during Recruitment Rally. 3. If at any point of time it is found that candidates is involved in unfair means, he will be taken out from Recruitment Rally. 4. For any assistance/query contact – 7085190387. 5. Preliminary screening. Before conduct of test, candidates will be put through a preliminary screening for Height, Weight and permanent body tattoos which are only permitted on inner face of forearms i.e. from inside of elbow to the wrist and on the reverse side of palm/back (dorsal) side hand. Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the body is not acceptable and candidate will be barred from further screening.

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‘Rupee and reserves to remain restless’

Snapdeal, Flipkart slug with weekend discounts mumbaI, SEptEmbEr 12 (agENcIES): The e-commerce retailer has thrown open a sale of up to 70% discount on clothes, footwear, fashion Jewellery, luggage, and fashion accessories, among others.Snapdeal is offering some tempting deals this weekend. The e-commerce retailer has thrown open a sale of up to 70% discount on clothes, footwear, fashion Jewellery, luggage, and fashion accessories, among others. Offers in fashion cat-

egory range from 40% to 70%. The discount on Home and Living stuff is up to 40%, and on electronics, it is up to 50% . On the other hand, Flipkart, has put up to 60% off on some of its products. The competition between the country's largest e-com retailer, Flipkart,

Gold slips below Rs 26,000 mumbaI, SEptEmbEr 12 (ptI): Gold fell back after a brief overnight bounce and closed below the Rs 26,000mark at the domestic bullion market here due to reduced stockists demand in the face of a global slide. Elsewhere, silver continued to witness intense selling for the third straight session following consistent unwinding by traders as well as lack of industrial demand. The yellow metal dipped to a one-month low in worldwide trade against the backdrop of ongoing uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike amid stronger than expected macroeconomic data. Standard gold (99.5 purity) declined by Rs 40 to finish at Rs 25,960 per 10 grams from Friday's closing level of Rs 26,000. Pure gold (99.9 purity) also moved down by a similar margin to end at Rs 26,110 per 10 grams compared with Rs 26,150 earlier. Silver (.999 fineness) plunged by Rs 285 per kg to close at Rs 35,195 from Rs 35,480 yesterday. On the global front, gold for December delivery fell to settle at USD 1,103.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the NYMEX late yesterday and silver December contract also eased to USD 14.505 an ounce.

and the second largest, Snapdeal, results in pushing the two to throw offers, and to enhance their delivery services. Like, on Friday, Snapdeal launched its Instant Refunds facility, which aims to refund customers within an hour of the company receiving a returned product. This announcement came around 12 days after Flipkart announced the launch of instant refund mechanism facility refunding customers within 24 hours of returning a product.

mumbaI, SEptEmbEr 12 (IaNS): A decision on a US rate hike, an appreciating dollar and outflows of foreign funds will further dwindle the rupee value, foreign reserves and flareup volatility in equity markets for the coming week, experts said on Saturday. "The upcoming US rate hike decision will make both the markets extremely volatile," Anindya Banerjee, associate vice president for currency derivatives with Kotak Securities, told IANS "This might further deplete the foreign reserves, as the reserve bank will try to arrest the fall in rupee's value. This was also one of the prime reasons for the $2.88 billion depletion in the reserve value (for the week ended September 4)." According to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI), weekly statistical supplement, the foreign reserves for the week ended September 4 declined by $2.88 billion and stood at $349.03

jumped to 4.2% from 4.4% (YOY) for the month of July. As per reports, some economists had forecast the IIP to slow down to 3.41%. The index is recorded by analysing data in two ways, which is by use-based and sector-based. Breaking up the numbers, manufacturing rose 4.7% beating 4.6%, mining rose 1.3 percent beating 0.3 percent, electricity rose 3.5 percent beating 1.3 percent (MOM). The growth rate is expected to hold around 4% in the coming months with at least 5-6% growth to show that the economic recovery is in full steam, said experts.

US federal budget deficit shrinks

billion. The reserves had plunged by $3.43 billion to $351.92 billion in the previous week ended August 28. "The RBI is certainly trying to defend the rupee. It has been very aggressive and active in selling dollars to defend the rupee," Hiren Sharma, senior vice president, currency advisory at Anand Rathi Financial Services, told IANS. "Other major reason for the depletion in reserves was the outflow of foreign funds from equities markets due to the anxiety over the upcoming US rate hike decision." Major fund outflows are taking place due to the global economic uncertainty and heightened chances of the US Fed to raise interest rates after a decade or so of easy monetary regime with interest rates pegged at near zero levels. The US Fed will decided on whether or not to raise interest rates in its Federal

Open Market Committee (FOMC) slated for September 16-17. High interest rates in the US are expected to lead away the foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from emerging markets like India. It is also expected to dent business margins as access to capital from the US will become expensive. It is estimated that the foreign funds and investors have sold around $3 billion since August. The reserves were also depleted on account of strengthening dollar value against major currencies. "The dollar appreciated by 1.00 percent against the major non-dollar currencies in the week under review. This has also had a negative impact on the reserves," Banerjee said. "The dollar is strengthening on the back of expectation of a rate hike and subsequent bearish sentiments." The Indian reserves

consists of nearly 20-25 percent of the non-dollar currencies. The individual movements of these currencies against the dollar impacts the overall reserve value. The data furnished by the RBI showed that the foreign currency assets (FCAs) receded by $2.65 billion to $325.65 billion. During the week under review, the country's gold reserves also depleted by $214.8 million at $18.03 billion. The plunge in bullion reserve comes as the dollar as a competing alternative is gaining strength. The special drawing rights (SDRs) in the period under review were lower by $18.6 million at $4.04 billion. The country's reserve position with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slipped by $5.9 million to $1.28 billion. For the next week, analysts fear a flare-up in vola-

JK Group to buy Kesoram’s Haridwar tyre unit for Rs 2,200 crore

WaSHINgtoN, SEptEmbEr 12 (IaNS): The US federal government budget deficit decreased in August, providing fresh confidence that the country is poised to meet its deficit cuts goal. The budget deficit stood at $64.4 billion in August, 50 percent less than the amount recorded a year ago Xinhua quoted the US Treasury Department as saying on Friday.In the first eleven months of the fiscal year 2015, which started last October and ends in September this year, the deficit is running ten percent below last year’s level.Last week, the Congressional Budget Office IIP for July beats estimates (CBO) predicted that the budget deficit in NEW DELHI, SEptEmbEr 12 the 2015 fiscal year will total $425 billion, (aNI):The industrial activity, as measured down more than 12 percent from its earlier by the index of industrial production (IIP), forecast of $486 billion.

NEW DELHI, SEptEmbEr 12 (ptI): JK Group will acquire BK Birla flagship firm Kesoram Industries’ tyre manufacturing plant at Haridwar for up to Rs. 2,200 crore. JK Tyre and JK Asia Pacific Singapore Pte Ltd., a wholly- owned subsidiary of the company, have signed a binding term sheet with Kesoram Industries Ltd. (KIL) to acquire 100 per cent equity in Cavendish Industries Ltd (CIL), JK Tyre said in a statement.

CIL houses a tyre business undertaking located at Haridwar (Laksar) which manufactures a range of tyres, tubes and flaps. “JK Group has agreed for this acquisition at an enterprise value not exceeding Rs. 2,200 crore, subject to conditions, wherein JK Tyre will hold the largest shareholding block and shall have substantialmanagementcontrol of CIL with an option to place up to 55 per cent with its associates/groupcompanies,”the tyre maker said.

For JK Tyre, the acquisition will provide further impetus towards ready expansion in the truck and bus radials segment as well as its entry into the fast growing two-and three- wheeler tyre market. “The transaction is a reflection of the inherent strength of the company in undertaking acquisitions with turnaround potential and successfully delivering results to all the stakeholders in the business,” JK Tyre Chairman Raghupati Sing-

hania said. The acquisition is proposed to be funded by a combination of debt and internal accrualsraisedbyJKTyreand its other group entities. “The financial exposure of JK Tyre in the acquisition is expected to be of the order of Rs. 450 crore. The final transaction is expected to consummate over next few months (subject to various approvals) with definitive documentation expected to be executed between the parties in due course of time,”

which is organising the anniversary celebrations, will not hold be the event until November "due to a packed schedule and paucity of time", a senior official told ET. "We are gathering data about all we have achieved so far financially and sector wise. We are hoping that it will be an even bigger gathering than last year," the official said on condition of anonymity. The DIPP is also putting together a plan to ease

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from all sources to create more employment opportunities and make India a manufacturing hub.While states are being ranked on initiatives taken to bring about ease of doing business, the government will hold workshops for those states that are not performing well on such parameters. Most states have reduced the number of procedural requirements and moved various clearances and processes online to improve their ranking on

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the ease of doing business index. Make in India is also going to get a big infrastructure push to improve connectivity and economic growth. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had recently said that infrastructure is the top priority of the government. In the first year of the Make in India programme, the government has approved 24 new industrial clusters, allocating them Rs 624 crore.

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insurance & pension, construction & defence for FDI, it is looking for such opportunities in more sectors. A proposal to allow foreign legal firms to invest in India in partnership companies is also in the works. The DIPP will also be spearheading the 'StartUp India' mission, work for which has already begun. "We have drafted a proposal from our end. A lot of work still needs to go into it," the official said. The idea is to boost investments

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procedures for inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country. FDI inflows jumped 38 per cent to $24.95 billion between October 2014 and March 2015. The department is also finalizing its recommendations for enforcement of contracts through improvement in judicial processes for quick resolution of disputes. While the government has opened sectors like the railways, medical devices,

it added.JK Group, is one of the leading conglomerates in India with business interests in automotive tyres, cement, paper, auto-components and other businesses. The group’s flagship firm, JKTyreisamongthetopthree automotivetyremanufacturers in India with presence in truck, bus, passenger cars and other vehicles, having nine manufacturing plants all over the world.In 2008, JK Tyre and Industries had acquired Mexican tyre company Tornel for Rs. 270 crore.

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NEW DELHI, SEptEmbEr 12 (EcoNomIc tImES): The government plans to mark the first anniversary of its flagship 'Make in India' initiative by launching a digital campaign that will highlight the success of the programme so far. It may also announce some big-ticket investments on the occasion. Although Make in India was launched on September 25 last year, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP),

tility both in rupee and the equities markets. "Volatility will persist until the FOMC decision becomes clears. More important is the language that the Fed is going to use. A dovish one will support a recovery in rupee and equities. This could be a sustaining recovery," Banerjee elaborated. "The recovery can be as strong as taking rupee to 64-levels. However, a hawkish outlook will heighten the chances of a rate hike in December." On the other hand, Sharma believed that a rate cut by the RBI in its monetary policy meet scheduled on September 29 will help both the rupee and the equities markets. "If the Fed maintains its monetary policy and the RBI cuts rates to strengthen growth, then we can see a positive effect on both the rupee and the equities markets," Sharma contended.

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State BJP appoints DEOs ANFTA to organize art competition Dimapur, September 12 (mexN): The BJP Nagaland State Election Officer (SEO) & Parliamentary Secretary for Labour and Employment, Skill Development and Border Affairs, Mmhonlumo Kikon has appointed eleven District Election Officers (DEO) for the party organizational election in 2015. A press note from SecSl. No

retary to the SEO, Jaangsillung Gonmei also informed that the SEO has also convened a meeting of the DEOs at 4 p.m. on September 17 at Dimapur. The venue shall be accordingly intimated. All the DEOs are requested to attend the meeting without fail. The in-charge of the Districts as mentioned as follows:

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Dimapur, September 12 (mexN): ANFTA has informed to all the district unit president, DEO’s, SDEOs and concern Drawing Teachers to participate at a school level painting competition its is organising in collaboration with NEFPCO Ltd, Doyang Wokha. The themes for the different category of students are as follows:Category A (class 4-6) : (a) Save energy environment and (b) leaks make your future bleak. Category –B (class 7-9) : (a) Save electricity to light

more homes and (b) don’t be cruel conserve your fuel. The four winners will be representing the state to All India school painting competition to be held at Delhi in December 2015, ANFTA informed in a press note. In this context, the All Nagaland Fine Arts Teachers Association president V Hetoi Swu has informed to all the goverment school under DEO’s, SDEOs and all the district unit president and concern drawing teachers to take initiative to compulsory participation. If any district fails to

participate, the Association will take stern action against drawing teacher’s unit president and all the district head of the department under school education, ANFTA warned. The president has also requested to all schools (private & govt.) school institution from Nagaland to participate on the said competition. For further information, contact to B.K Tigga, vehicles plying in the landslide affected area of Phesama along National HighSr. Nodal Officer NEEPCO Light way- 29, which was opened on Thursday. Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero at 8416054822, president ANFTA at 8575724966 and director of school education Nagaland, Kohima.

Dimapur, September 12 (mexN): Three associations of school education - Nagaland School Education Administrative Officers Association (NSEAOA), Nagaland Secondary School Field Offi-

cers Forum (NSSFOF) and All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA)will be convening for a joint emergency meeting of all office bearers and advisors at CANSSEA’s conference hall, Kohima on Septem-

ber 17, 11 AM. A press note from NSEAOA President Y Khetoshe Yepthomi and Secretary Chonpa Pochury informed that the meeting called in connection with last suspended agitation in March 2015.

AR's skill development Joint meeting of 3 school associations prog underway

Training on Noting and Drafting skills held Hindi Fortnight at Sainik School Kohima, September 12 (mexN): Training on Noting and Drafting skills was held on September 10 and 11 with 49 participants from PWD, Evaluation, Education, Urban Development, and Labour Departments of seven districts of Nagaland. During the program, participants were taught the art to make File Noting and Drafting. They were

also given the knowledge on the different forms of communication in the government system, according to a press release from Dr. Hovithal Sothu, State Coordinator, Administrative Training Institute. Theory presentations with practical exercises relating to the different forms of communication were imparted in the two days.

In the valedictory program, Atsang Sangtam, LDA from the Directorate of Evaluation pronounced the vote of thanks on behalf of the participants. Dr. Hovithal Sothu, who was the Course Coordinator and the resource person, gave away the Participatory Certificates to all the participants. Reading materials were also provided to all the trainees. pereN, September 12 (mexN): Sainik School Punglwa observed Hindi Fortnight (Pakhawara). A press release from the school informed that the event began with calligraphy, which was followed by story writing, essay writing, poem recitation etc. The event culminated with a debate on the topic “Sainik School Apne Udeshya Pane

KVK conducts training at Guju village

Kohima, September 12 (mexN): Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Kohima conducted training with the theme ‘Technological Upgradation’ at Guju village under Tseminyu subdivision on September 10. The resource persons for the training were Longmayanger (SMS, Agri. Ext), K. Michael Pienyu (SMS, Plant Protection), and Zhiete (SMS, Soil Conservation).

A press release from KVK informed that Longmayanger encouraged the farmers to take up vegetables cultivation during Rabi season in fallow paddy fields as it would generate extra income. He also stressed on the prospect and opportunities of marketing. K. Michael Pienyu deliberated on the management practices on diseases and pests of paddy and potato and also highlighted

Main Safal Hai” (Sainik School is successful in achieving its objective). In each of the event, cadets of the six houses competed for the top spot and Doyang House emerged as the overall champion, the release added. Gp Capt Sanjay Gaekwad, Principal, gave away the prizes to the individual winners and the trophy to the overall winner.

Dimapur, September 12 (mexN): A Skill Development Programme on promotion of Cash Crops and Horticulture is being organised by 17 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 5 Sect AR/ HQ IGAR (N) in collaboration with Tata Trusts at Wokha from September 7 to October 17. The six week programme aiming to encourage self reliance for unemployed youths and local farmers of Wokha, a press note from AR PRO said adding that a total of 40 local youths/farmers will be attending the programme. Under this venture, training on promotion of Cash Crops and Horticulture will be conducted by experts from Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Wokha and School, of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASARD) Medziphema.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Nagaland University conducted training and demonstration at Women Technology Park, Nagaland University with the theme “Preservation of locally available fruits and vegetables.” The main objective of the training was to reduce the post harvest losses of local produce and to generate income. Subject Matter Specialist (Horticulture) Edenly Chishi imparted training on post harvest management techniques for fruits and vegetables with method demonstration on preparation of tomato sauce and gooseberry jam, while Narola Aniochari, Programme Assistant (Home Science) explained and demonstrated on preparation of pineapple squash. 10 women benefitted from the programme.

Faith Theological College (FTC), Ura Villa Colony, Dimapur conducted Annual Open Written Bible Quest Competition on September 6. Around 100 people participated in the competition.

the benefits of Tricho-cards application. He also emphasised on different rodent management practices including biological control. Meanwhile, Zhiete deliberated on different soil types, nutrient availability, benefits of soil analysis and practical demonstration on the process of extracting soil sample for analysis. Altogether, twenty nine A one day interaction programme on new syllabus of B.Ed (Sem-I), 2015-17 was conducted at Modern Institute of Teacher Education, Kohima on participants attended the September 12. There were two sessions of discussion related to the new syllabus. The programme was fruitful and beneficial for all the Teacher training. Educators in particular and B.Ed colleges in general, a press release from MITE informed.

Public SPace

ZPO apprises general public on Rani Gaidinliu

f late, various individuals in the name of major organisations have raised issues of concern over the celebration of Rani Gaidinliu birth centenary by the Union Government and accused Shri TR Zeliang Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland for trying to idolise Rani Gaidinliu for his political gains. In this regard, it is to apprise the general public that Rani Gaidinliu is widely known and respected as the lone womanfreedom fighter from the Northeast and she was conferred a number of awards by the Government of India and various institutions. Some of the awards are listed below: 1. The Freedom Fighter Tamrapatra Award in 1972 2. The Padma Bhusan in 1982. 3. The Vivekananda Sewa Summan in 1983 4. The Birsa Munda Award in 1996 (Posthumously). 5. The Government of India released a one Rupee Postage stamp of Rani Gaidinliu under the theme of great personality in 1966. 6. Paying tribute to renowned freedom fighter of the Northeast the Indian Coast Guard launched its fourth in-shore patrol vessel (IPV) christened 'Rani Gaidinliu at Vishakapatnam Shipyard on 6th November 2010. IPV-Rani Gaidinliu cost Rs.60.00 crores. A brief overview of the above awards speak volume of

the honour, respect and recognition the country showers on Rani Gaidinliu. Shri TR Zeliang Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland has been accused of misusing his official power to popularise and idolise Rani Gaidinliu. It may be noted that the Freedom Fighter Tamrapatra Award and the Padma Bhusan awarded to Rani Gaidinliu was much before Shri TR Zeliang became an elected Legislator. As implied by various organisations if TR Zeliang has been instrumental in making the Country recognize Rani Gaidinliu to be awarded the above prestigious awards at a time when he was a budding youth leader, his achievement should be lauded rather than be criticised. All the above awards and acts of recognition are national level recognition and as implied if Shri TR Zeliang Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland was able to influence the country and the Union Government to recognize Rani Gaidinliu as a freedom fighter from the Northeast at a time when he was still a budding youth leader and before he became the Chief Minister of Nagaland such feat and achievement must be lauded and acknowledged rather than be criticised. Nagas need influential leaders who are respected and whose words are honoured by the country. The Government of Nagaland acknowledged Rani

Gaidinliu as a freedom fighter from the Northeast and provided her government facilities including government quarter, government vehicle, personal staff etc. at Kohima which she utilised from 1966 till 1992 the year when she returned to her native village in Luangkao. Rani Gaindinliu lived in Kohima accepting the warm hospitality of the Nagas and the Kohima village land owners and made Kohima her home from 1966 to 1992. If, in 1966, Shri TR Zeliang then a young 14 year old boy could be influential enough to press the then NNO Government to recognize and acknowledge Rani Gaidinliu as a freedom fighter and to provide her the above facilities in Nagaland,the influence that Shri TR Zeliang had on the then NNO government and the succeeding governments need to be applauded rather than be criticised. The NPCC accuses that since the BJP came into power in 2014 it has been on a relentless pursuit to eulogize Rani Gaidinliu. All the above mentioned awards and recognition given by the Union Government was at a time when the Congress was in power at the Centre and at a time when the BJP was not in power. Does the NPCC mean to say that it does not approve of the action taken by the Union Government when its party, the Congress Party, was ruling the Country? When the above

prestigious awards and acts of recognition as the lone woman freedom fighter from the Northeast, was awarded to Rani Gaidinliu, by the then Congress ruled Union Government, why was the NPCC silent at that point of time? Why are they waking up only now and accusing the BJP of acts of commissions done by the then Congress ruled Union Government at a time when the BJP was not in the seat of power. Or does the NPCC mean to say that Rani Gaidinliu was recognized by the Congress ruled Union Government under the pressure of the BJP Party? If so, the BJP needs to be applauded for coercing the then Congress ruled Union Government to give recognition to Rani Gaidinliu. On the issue of birth centenary celebration of Rani Gaidinliu Shri RB Acharya Hon’ble Governor of Nagaland and Shri TR Zeliang Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland attended the programme at Delhi which was organised by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and graced by Shri Narendra Modi the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. The Centenary programme was organised under the Scheme for organizing and celebrating Centenaries/ Anniversaries of the following freedom fighters: 1. 150th Birth Anniversary of Late Lajpat Rai (28.1.2015 – 28.1.2016) 2. Birth Centenary of Rani Gaidinliu (26.1.2015 –

26.1.2016) 3. 200th Birth Centenary of Tantya Tope (2015-16) 4. 475th Birth Anniversary of Maharana Pratap (09.05.2015 – 09,05.2016) 5. Birth Centenary of Bhisham Sahni (08.08.2015 – 08.08.2016) 6. 500th Anniversary of Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu coming to Vrindavan. All the above commemorations are being organised as per the provision of the above mentioned scheme for Centenary/Anniversary celebration of freedom fighters which was enacted when the Congress party was in power at the Centre.If, as alleged,Shri TR Zeliang is instrumental in bringing out the scheme for the celebration of birth centenary of freedom fighters, his political acumen and ingenuity is laudable. When the above mentionedscheme was introduced in the country Shri TR Zeliang was still a budding youth leader. And at such a young age to be influential to the extent of making the then Congress ruled Union Government into enacting the said scheme needs to be appreciated and not criticised. On the issue of construction of Rani Gaidinliu Library cum Memorial Museum, the said projectwas sanctioned on 19.12.2011 by the Government of India, Ministry of Culture,for taking up construction works. It may be noted that the above

project was sanctioned when the Congress Party was in power at the Centre. Why was the NPCC silent at that point of time? The said construction work was already in good progress and nearing completion with 95 percent works already done whenShri TR Zeliang took over as the State Chief Minister on 24thMay, 2014. It will be worthwhile to mention here that Shri Neiphiu RioHon’ble MP and former Chief Minister, Nagaland during his visit to Tening Town on 12.10.2009 committed to construct Rani Gaidinliu Library cum Memorial Museum at Kohima. True to his commitment and under his kind initiative the present site at New Secretariat area between the Convention Hall and Shopping Complexwas allotted for the construction of Raini Gaidinliu Library cum Memorial Hall. Work order for the above mentioned was issued to two Angami Contractors under the firm name of M/s Hexad Syndicate. On the news item dated 23.08.2015 that appeared in the local newspapers under the caption, “NBCC breaks silence on Gaidinliu.”Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho had impliedRani Gaidinliu as the spiritual leader of the Nagas steering a hornet’s nest for few people to react. Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho went further to say that Heraka was the traditional religion of the Nagas. These insinuationsare false and

misleading. At no point of time Rani Gaidinliu was a spiritual leader of the Nagas as a whole and for that matter no organisation or individual has ever relegated Rani Gaidinliu as the spiritual leader of the Nagas. Heraka has never been the traditional religion of the Nagas. The said Reverend should not coin up allegations and then put it across in the form of press release to imply that certain politician are trying to eulogise Rani Gaidinliu and promote Heraka cult for political mileage. While a child from a Hindu family is born a Hindu by birth; a child from a Christian family is not born a Christian. Such a child needs to grow up,know the Lord,be born again to become a Christian and therefore the Christian Religion is spread through propagation. However, propagation should be done in the right spirit and not through false allegations and accusations which are misleading. In a democratic secular country the essence of religious tolerance is the binding force for unity in diversity and history has often revealed that religious fanaticism is never fruitful. Peaceful co-existence, religious tolerance, having respect for the beliefs and practices of fellow brethren is a prerequisite of a progressive society that is composed of diverse cultures. Kiezen President Zeliang Peoples Organization Hq. Peren.

The Morung Express states that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

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_____________________________ Because Children Matters

Being Special What Is Special Education?

Terri Mauro Children With Special Needs Expert

hildren with special needs can face many issues in getting a free and appropriate education. Some may need special education services, while others may need modifications to make school accessible or medical assistance to make it safe. For some students, struggles with learning or behavior require special management to avoid school disruption. Parents have lots of questions about what their children will need and how to get it. Special Education “Special Education"

refers to services given to students with disabilities through the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, better known as IDEA. Students in special education require significant modifications in their educational programs; they may need extensive remediation, smallergroup settings, adaptations to their workload, a slower-paced curriculum, or other adjustments to suit their abilities and limitations as determined by a team of educators and parents working together. The team develops an IEP, or Individualized Education Program (or Plan), a legal document that spells out exactly what the school will do and what goals have been set for

the student. Students in special education may be taught in a regular classroom with supports, a selfcontained classroom, or a special school for students with similar disabilities. Terri Mauro has two children with special needs: a 25-year-old with language-based learning disabilities and a 22-yearold with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, both adopted from Russia in 1994. Terri is the author of 50 Ways to Support Your Child's Special Education and The Everything Parent's Guide to Sensory Processing Disorder (an update of her earlier version, The Everything Parent's Guide to Sensory Integration Disorder).

Children are our most valuable natural resource Herbert Hoover

Helping homeless since age 8 Raluca Besliu

annah Taylor was five years-old when her and her mother drove passed a man eating out of a garbage can in Winnipeg, Canada. Puzzled, Hannah asked her mother why he would do this. She introduced Hannah to the dire reality of homelessness. For the rest of the year, the story of the man troubled Hannah and prompted her to ask her parents questions about homelessness, until one day her mother encouraged her to take action, as a solution to her inquietude. Following her mom’s advice, Hannah asked her grade school teacher if she could talk to the class about homelessness. She did and together with her peers, she “ended up having a bake and art sale, and giving all the proceeds and clothes and stuff to a local mission. And it got bigger from there.” At 8 years-old, Hannah established the Ladybug Foundation Inc., an organization that currently assists over 50 Canadian charities, which provide shelter, food and other basic provisions for the homeless, hungry and poor. Hannah also strives to raise awareness about homelessness and has spoken at over 175 schools and to audiences as large as 16,000. She constantly reminds people that food and shelter are basic human rights and everyone must do their share to help those in need. Hannah has also discussed the issue of homelessness with top officials, such as the past Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and current Prime Minister Stephen Harp-

Hannah Taylor er, CEOs and the Presidents of Corporations, musicians and actors. Since its creation, the Ladybug Foundation has raised over $2 million for Canadian charities helping the homeless. In order to raise the money, Hannah has launched several initiatives for her organization. One is Big Boss lunches, where she unites key leaders in Canadian cities, including Winnipeg, Toronto and Calgary, and asks for their financial support. Hannah recalls that for her first Big Boss Lunch, she “drew 50 pictures to sell. Most were of ladybugs. One of the big bosses asked how much they cost. I said, ‘Let your heart decide.’ He said, ‘I’ll take one for $10,000.’” Hannah does not just help the homeless. She likes to befriend them, whenever they were willing as well. She described how she became friends with a homeless man: “Once, when I was 8, I stopped to fill a homeless man’s asking cup with all the change in my purse. Then I hugged him and left. His name is Carey. Twenty minutes later, he came up behind me and handed me my ladybug charm. It fell into his cup by accident. He said he thought

it might be important to me. We’ve been friends ever since.” When asked the most difficult part of her journey since launching her organization, the young girl confessed that the death of two of her friends, results of the dangers of homelessness and poverty, was the saddest and hardest experience of her life. She reveals: “They found my one friend, Patches, on the riverbank; he drowned. I had exams and couldn’t go to the funeral. My other friend froze to death because she couldn’t find a place to sleep.” Hannah believes that her mission will only end when “people will care about each other like family. The homeless will have homes and won’t have to eat out of garbage cans.” The young Canadian launched another organization, called the Ladybug Foundation Education Program Inc., where she created the “makeChange,” a multimedia resource for teachers to empower young people to become involved and make a change in their com-

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SunDAY 13•09•2015

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

FAITH LEAF INSPIRATIONAL STORIES, MESSAGES, POEMS & SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES

Miracles in MozaMbique How Mama Heidi reaches the abandoned Tim Stafford Christianity Today

want anybody who is deaf to come to the front. Anybody who can't hear. God is going to heal tonight." Heidi Baker, with short, swept-back blond hair, hawk-like blue eyes, and Teutonic features, speaks over a powerful sound system into a pitch-black African night. We are in the dusty village of Chiure, Mozambique, the 11th poorest nation on earth. No electricity or running water is available here. From their ragged clothes and bare feet, you can see that the people are destitute. Two trucks have brought students from Pemba, Baker's mission center. Setting up openair screens and generator-powered projectors, they have just shown the Jesus film. Preaching followed. And now, a crowd of several hundred has gathered on the bare ground in front of the trucks for the climactic moment. Heidi Baker, known worldwide for her healing miracles, spends a third of every year on the charismatic speaking circuit, where people routinely fall to the floor in unconscious bliss or shake and laugh uncontrollably. They come, enthralled, to hear of Baker's miracles in places like Chiure. In recent years, she says, 100 percent of the deaf in the Chiure area have been healed through prayer. Not only that, she claims, scores have risen from the dead, food has been multiplied, the crippled and blind have been restored, and the gospel has spread like fire. Baker's church association now numbers 10,000 congregations, maybe more. Responding to Baker's call, four people straggle to the front, standing uneasily. The audience crowds forward around them, blocking the view. Most of what happens is relayed over the booming sound system in Portuguese and translated into Makhuwa, the local language, with occasional explanations in English. One can hardly see through a blinding floodlight on the truck. Attention focuses on Antonio, a somber boy of perhaps 12 who, as a young child, it is said, lost his hearing completely. Antonio cannot explain himself, because he cannot hear or apparently speak. Baker asks the audience for help. "Do you know Antonio? Is he really deaf?" Only a few people seem to respond. But Baker is satisfied and proceeds to lay hands on Antonio and pray. Then she gives Antonio a microphone. "Ba-ba!" she shouts, her voice booming through the sound system loudly enough to make the deaf hear. "Ba-ba," Antonio repeats in a strangled, calf-like mew. "Ma-ma!" Baker shouts. "Ma-ma," Antonio repeats. "Jesus," Baker cues. "Jesus." Baker announces jubilantly that Antonio is completely healed, and that, in fact, all four people on stage have been healed of deafness. She invites the crowd to praise God, but the response is weak. Later, when asked about the subdued reaction, she says, "It's always that way in Mozambique. They never show much reaction." Her assistant Antoinette, who has seen many Mozambican healings, agrees. "It seems odd," she says. "We would be jumping around." Was it a miracle? Unless you knew Antonio before and after, you couldn't say for sure. Baker, though, has no doubt, and nobody else seems to either. After the healing, Baker asks for villagers with bad backs to raise their hands so that members of the outreach team can find them and pray for them. Then come those with stomach problems. Finally, she invites drunkards who want healing prayer to identify themselves, and a few do. The evening program concludes with outreach team members circulating through the crowd laying hands on and praying for anyone who wants it. Plenty of people seem eager. Some indicate that prayers have been answered. It was during this time of prayer, Baker later says, that the village chief approached her. "Did you see Antonio healed?" she asked him. He said he had seen it. He then announced that the elders would like to donate land where Baker could build a church, which could double as a preschool and meeting center. He also invited Heidi and husband Rolland Baker's umbrella organization, Iris Ministries, to come drill a well. In Chiure as in so many places in Mozambique, healing has opened the door for God's love.

Loving the Abandoned Rolland Baker, Heidi's husband and mission partner, says Heidi is fundamentally an introvert, longing for hours alone in prayer and meditation. Most days, however, she spends interacting one on one with dirty and ragged children like those who circle around her from the moment she arrives in Chiure. One of the mottos she preaches is, "Stop for the one." She lives by it. As a result, she is prone to arriving late. After a night sleeping on the ground in Chiure, Baker visits in homes. The houses are simple adobe structures of one or two rooms, their roofs made of a loose thatch, their floors dirt. Heidi has a gift for making friends—sitting with women by their front door, praying for them or their children, laughing and talking. Baker has a gift for making friends—sitting with omen by their front door, praying for them or their children, laughing and interacting. She seems completely at home here. She prays for a boy with epilepsy. Though perhaps 8 years old, he has not been in school. From the quarter-size scar on the top of his head, it seems that he has been trepanned, a primitive surgical treatment that removes bone from the skull. "Don't go back to the witch doctors," Baker sings out as she moves on. At another home, Baker sits with a smiling mother and her newborn, taking a language lesson in the local dialect. The mother says she must walk nine miles to find potable water. "This is why we drill wells," Baker says. "Love looks like something." Love looks like many things for Heidi and Rolland. They start schools, offer medical clinics, distribute food, and drill wells. They also pray for miracles. "If God doesn't show up, we fail," she likes to say. Michael McClymond, a theology professor at St. Louis University who has visited the Bakers in Mozambique, summarizes their ministry model: "Go out on a limb and wait for God to show up." Isn't that putting God to the test? McClymond thinks not, "because it's done on behalf of the poor." Another Western scholar sees the Bakers as among the most influential leaders in world Pentecostalism. Indiana University religious studies professor Candy Gunther Brown has studied the Bakers in the field. She says, "Heidi is a hero to young women," so much so that scholars joke about "Heidiolatry." "For Heidi and Rolland, miracles and concern for the poor are meant to go together," Brown says. "In their view, you can't separate the two. Power and love are wings, and you need both to fly." Rolland and Heidi make a team, with Heidi as the outgoing public celebrity and Rolland as the behindthe-scenes engineer. Rolland grew up in Taiwan, the son of Assemblies of God missionaries. Heidi is 12 years

younger, a Laguna Beach camps with thousands of teenage convert to Penterefugees, transporting and costalism. They met while distributing tons of food. Heidi was an undergrad They soon discovered that at Vanguard University in people were as hungry for California. Shortly after spiritual nurture as they their wedding, the couple were for food and water. left for Indonesia with a Up to this point, the Bakone-way ticket and little ers had mainly focused on money. They spent over urban children. But engaga decade in Asia, specialing in flood relief, the Bakers izing in music-and-drasoon developed a national ma evangelism. Their two ministry reaching all ages. children were born there. Churches burgeoned too And they increasingly bequickly to count. Not long came attracted to the poor. after, they opened a base in They found their calling Pemba, in the largely uneafter reading a Time magavangelized north. zine article about Mozambique, which described its Iris Distinctives embroilment in a desperPemba, one of Iris Minate civil war (1977-92). A istries' 14 bases in Africa, stint at King's College Lonis a shadeless compound don enabled the Bakers to of sand and rock, strewn pursue doctoral studies in with mammoth baobab theology while ministertrees. Its buildings are simHeidi Baker ing to the down and out on ple block structures with London's streets. tin and thatched roofs. In January 1995, Rolland was invited to speak at a pas- But this unassuming place is the nerve center for the tor's conference in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. Vis- visions that Rolland and Heidi believe God has granted iting a government orphanage, he discovered a rundown to them. facility crammed with malnourished children. Rolland From anywhere on the campus, you can see the imagined a spiritual revival among Maputo's despised and deep blue of the Indian Ocean. A handful of tourists abandoned children. Returning to London, he began nego- come to Pemba to dive its coral reefs or lie on the sand. tiating with Mozambican officials to get permission to take But the base in Pemba is no tourist resort. over the orphanage. Heidi traveled to Maputo that summer Rolland Baker, Heidi's husband and mission partafter finishing her dissertation, a "reconstructive theology" ner, says Heidi is fundamentally an introvert, longing of speaking in tongues (glossolalia). She had little money for hours alone in prayer and meditation. and no real plan. She did what she does best: She visited the Pemba has messianic excitement, a sense of conorphanage and talked to the children. stant expectation and maximum commitment. For six They kept their distance when a white woman first months of the year, almost 300 English-speaking studrove up to their isolated compound. It was widely be- dents live here. These Harvest school students are allieved that white people came to steal children. "I was most all white, ages 18 to 25, and from North America, playing in front of the office," says Sergio Mondlhane, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Afnow in church leadership in Pemba. "She approached rica, Holland, and Sweden. Women greatly outnumber us, kneeled down, and asked our names. I remember men. Everyone lives six to a room in stifling conditions that she smelled good. She gave us candy, and she said without air conditioning. They eat Mozambican beans she would come to see us again." But the children were and rice nearly every day, they sometimes do without skeptical, because they had heard that before. Heidi did water for washing, and once a week they travel to vilreturn, however. Jacinto Maria Rageje said, "She was the lages to sleep in tents and do outreach. one who led us to Jesus. The biggest thing was, she cared They share the campus with 300 Mozambican Biblefor every single one. We couldn't believe it. We didn't school students. These mostly young men deeply desire need people to bring stuff. We needed someone to pay to become pastors. Most are barely literate. Despite the attention to us."Baker brought food when she could. vast cultural gulf, Westerners and Mozambicans worShe organized repairs for facilities. She befriended the ship together, eat together, and go on mission together. staff and eventually moved into a renovated house on The base also houses 200 orphans. Vocational trainthe base. (Rolland and their two children remained in ing and food distribution bring dozens of poor, deserted Maputo, and they all traveled back and forth.) women, along with a number of disabled men, to the From the streets of Maputo, they brought more and campus each day. more deserted children to the orphanage, until the Some 2,500 students study at the primary school. At numbers more than tripled. Children's thin bodies be- any given time, there are likely to be 50 other Westerngan to fill out, and many gave their lives to Christ. ers: full-time Iris missionaries, guest speakers, mission teams, and visitors. It's a big and busy place, with an exEverything Falls Apart panded medical clinic under construction and a halfThen came perhaps the greatest and most important finished "baby house" for abandoned infants. crisis of Baker's life. She caught pneumonia and couldn't New ideas surface unexpectedly, but there are defishake it. "I was exhausted and getting steadily weaker nite themes. One night Rolland sits in a darkened room and sicker. The constant responsibility of having over 300 and enumerates Iris Ministries' distinctive: children looking to me as their 'Mama Aida' had sim• First, the Bakers believe in the possibility of experiencply worn me out." While his wife was sick, Rolland vising God. Heidi speaks of ministry flowing from "your ited the Toronto Airport Vineyard Christian Fellowship secret place" in a love experience with Jesus so potent (now known as Catch the Fire), where the controversial it verges on the erotic. (Scholar McClymond describes Toronto Blessing revival of the mid-1990s had broken Heidi as a "practical mystic, like Teresa of Avila.") out. It was marked by ecstatic manifestations of the Holy Much of this emphasis comes from the Toronto Spirit, most notably "holy laughter." Hearing his report, Blessing, where Heidi had her breakthrough experiHeidi became convinced that she desperately needed ence. Though they have lost financial support due to visit Toronto. Against medical advice, she signed herto their association with the Toronto movement, the self out of the hospital and took the long flight to North Bakers are loyal to its leaders and attend their Catch America. While visiting her parents in Laguna Beach, she the Fire conferences in North America every year. was rehospitalized. Again, she checked herself out. At the Several leaders involved are active in the so-called first meeting in Toronto, her lungs opened up. She spent New Apostolic Reformation, a controversial charismatic movement. But the Bakers do not promote much of the following days draped on the floor, praying the New Apostolic Reformation or consider themand being prayed for. Never before, she says, had she exselves to be modern-day apostles. perienced the love of Jesus in such a tangible way. • Second, the Bakers expect miracles as a normal One night, she had a vision of Jesus in which she litpart of the Christian life. They provide medicine erally ate his flesh and drank his blood. He spoke to her and food as they are able, but miracles are central. about the children who so burdened her. "There will al"It's not just Heidi," Jose Lino, a visiting pastor, says. ways be enough," he said. Heidi took it that they were "I see the same miracles when I pray for healing. It not to pull back or limit their program. They were to care comes from God alone." for every child they encountered and to count on Jesus Another pastor who brings teams of young people to to provide. As he had cared for her, he would for them. Pemba observes, "Here, healings come easily. We've Renewed, she returned to Mozambique. prayed for the blind all over the world, and only five times And almost immediately, everything fell apart. The have people been healed. But here, it happens most of Bakers' carefully cultivated relationship with the govthe time. To tell you the truth, I don't understand it." ernment became adversarial, to the point where all reIndiana University's Brown was so intrigued by ligion was banned from the orphanage. The children claims of healing that she sought to verify them were not to pray and sing even under a tree. Outraged, scientifically. With a small team she traveled to the children defied the order. Iris Ministries was then Mozambique to accompany Baker on outreaches. ordered to leave the orphanage within 24 hours. The Testing 24 Mozambicans before and after healing staff worked all night packing up their goods. prayer—half performed by Baker—her team detectSome of the children rebelled and ran away from ed statistically significant improvements in hearing the orphanage, following Baker to her home in Maputo. and vision. (The results were published in the SepShe had nowhere to send them. Rageje recalls Baker's tember 2010 edition of the Southern Medical Jourdesperation. "She told us, 'I may go back to America. I nal, and are available online.) Brown's team found have no money.' She was ready to quit, but she didn't similar results on an excursion to Brazil, but testing quit. And she was the last hope we had." Baker urged at charismatic gatherings in North America did not the children to pray for God to open doors. Rememberyield significant results. ing her vision, she offered what little food and space she One night she had a powerful vision of Jesus in had, letting them sleep in her garage. which she literally ate his flesh and drank his blood. Eventually, a Mozambican elder gave Iris some He spoke to her about the children who so burproperty outside of town. There was nothing there— dened her. 'There will always be enough,' he said. no electricity, no water, no buildings. But they housed • Third, Heidi and Rolland emphasize going to the the orphans in army tents and in South Africa bought a poor and the powerless. Caring for human needs is huge revival-style tent to use for schooling and worship. not a sideshow—it is the main show. "Seek out the In less than a year, Iris was able to purchase property most marginalized you can find," Rolland says. in Maputo, where they built dormitories, developed a • Fourth, they expect to suffer, and so reject a theolministry center, and began a small Bible school. ogy that claims Christians deserve an easy life. The Ninety Mozambican churches eventually decided Bakers' home near the Pemba base is simple and to affiliate with Iris. Pastors came from rural villages to functional, a place to welcome their numerous adthe school for three months of training. At one session, opted children and to host sleepovers for the curHeidi prophesied to two of the pastors that they would rent crop of institutionalized children. raise people from the dead. Soon there were reports of the wife of a district official rising from her deathbed afThough Heidi's stories almost always end in miracuter two hours of prayer. News spread fast of astonishing lous victory, she points out to Pemba students that miracles, and church numbers multiplied. Iris children die, that they build homes for blind A surge of growth came in the aftermath of enormous people who aren't healed, and that suffering continnatural disasters. In February 2000, and again in 2001, ues in spite of prayer. The Bakers have both suffered terrible flooding displaced hundreds of thousands of severe sicknesses. Close to memory is Rolland's Mozambicans. Iris's rural center was also flooded, and breakdown several years ago, when he suffered inrelief efforts overwhelmed the country's capacity. explicable dementia and lost virtually all functionStill, the Bakers led their team in delivering aid to ality for many months.

• Fifth, the Bakers emphasize the joy of the Lord. At Sunday morning worship in Pemba, a very lively dance troupe leads the congregation in complicated steps. Prayer times are exuberant. The laying on of hands may be accompanied by raucous laughter and whoops of joy. Living Face Down On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, Heidi teaches local student pastors and visiting Westerners at the Harvest School in Pemba. They gather in a large, hillside shed, a concrete slab with a roof for shade. To face the heat, students wear shorts or loose-fitting skirts, T-shirts, and flip-flops. They sit on the floor or stretch out as a guitarist leads in the ultimate worship song of three chords, four words, repeated 50 times. "Welcome in this place," words addressed to Jesus, are repeated without variation at least 200 times, lasting for 30 minutes. Some students kneel with eyes closed and hands lifted high, swaying themselves into a trance. Others lie on their backs with hands lifted straight into the air. Still others seem unengaged by the music, looking around or even quietly conversing with neighbors. Baker slips in behind the guitarist, placing herself prone on the floor, her arms outstretched. Several women gather to lie beside her, massaging her and praying. She does not move as the song endlessly repeats. Then, slowly, she raises herself to her knees and leads a continuation of the music, improvising words in a strong, deep voice. Get Ready for Fall Launch She is attractively dressed in bright colors, with a turquoise necklace and earrings. She launches into the Beatitudes. That's what preoccupies her with these students—those "scary" words of Jesus that ask so much. "Blessed are the poor in spirit," she tells them, which translates to "live face down" before the King of glory. She mentions her deep concern for children held captive in the worldwide sex trade. Baker is not strikingly articulate, but she dramatizes the existential state of her soul— emotions of inadequacy mixed with complete dependency on a loving Jesus. "I'm desperate and yet fulfilled at the same time, because I know my Daddy is there for me." In ministry, she says, "The way up is down." She is a storyteller, and today she illustrates with a story of church crisis. One Mozambican pastor was caught in adultery and theft. Suddenly leaderless, the church needed help. Baker says God told her to walk to a certain tree, where she would find it. What she found was a young man who had just left jail. He needed a job and his mother, a Christian, had told him to sit under the tree and wait. He didn't seem like a promising prospect, but Baker says she took God at his word and invited the man to join their work. Today he is a co-leader of the whole Partners in Harvest missions organization under the sponsorship of Iris. She tells of a wedding in Maputo where cholera in the salad infected hundreds of people. Some went to their homes and died, but 80 who lived at the base went into a special cholera hospital. The medical staff said they would all die, too, but Baker and another pastor went to offer what love and care they could, "face to face, cheek to cheek," heedless of the filth and the possibility of getting infected. Miraculously, all 80 recovered. The doctor who had predicted death told Baker, "Your God is God," and asked to join their staff. A third story: a Mozambican pastor screaming, wailing, and shaking in church. When Baker asked him what was troubling him, he answered, "God told me to give away everything I own!" "We don't pay our pastors," Baker explained. "If we did, it would destroy the church overnight." Jose owned nothing, not even a house. What would his wife think? He had been accumulating building materials, but he donated them to build a church. Subsequently, a visiting Australian announced to Baker that "God spoke to me," and that he was supposed to build Jose a house. When Jose got the house, he took in orphan kids to fill it. "Riches are a very sad thing unless they are used to raise up the poor," Baker says. "True riches look like people coming to the Father, into his house. Riches look like children. "Jose is the richest man I know." She smiles and asks the students, "Do the Beatitudes scare you like they did before?" Pausing to let the question sink in, she looks around at the rapt faces. "I hope your answer is, 'Yes and no.'" She carries on to the next Beatitude, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness." Baker regrets that they no longer have space to combine the Harvest School with the Bible school. When the classes were joined together, she would ask, "How many of you have had a family member die of starvation?" Thirty or forty Mozambican hands would go up. "They raised their hands without emotion. It was just matter of fact. One man lost nine children to famine. He took in nine orphans. I've never seen love like that. "I would have the Mozambicans lay hands on the Westerners and Easterners and ask God to teach them what hunger is like. "I am hungry for righteousness to be poured out on this earth," Baker says, as Jesus was. Strikingly, her stories feature Mozambicans more than herself. Pastors are raised into leadership by God's choice. They manifest the deepest faith and greatest riches she has seen. In their poverty, they understand the words of Jesus. She wants the idealistic Western kids at the Harvest School to grasp the practical import of the Beatitudes, which is humility. She wants them to sacrifice their lives to the call of gospel ministry, to throw their lives on Jesus. She tells about Iris Ministries' new boat, purchased to reach offshore islands where people have never heard the name of Jesus. "If it means you need a ship to get there, hunger and thirst for it. You don't say, 'We're already overextended.' You don't give up. You get there." Heidi and Rolland Baker seek to prove the gospel in the hardest places, to see the impossible flow out of the love of Jesus. They want to transform Mozambique, and beyond, but they operate hand-to-mouth, always running on the ragged end of their resources and organization. Their leadership drives Iris, but they cannot go on forever. Rolland is in his mid-60s, Heidi in her 50s. Sustainability ultimately depends on thousands of African pastors, alive with faith but virtually untrained, and hundreds of idealistic young Westerners who have experienced Pemba and are committed to serve anywhere. If the ministry is to be sustained, it will have to be by the power of the Holy Spirit, say the Bakers. Heidi ends the session with an emphatic, shouted prayer. "I pray that I stay wrecked the rest of my life!" Bodies are scattered over the floor. There is a deep drumming of tongues. Hands are raised. Hands are laid on heads in passionate petition. Some shout angry defiance at Satan. Some cry out as though in pain. Tim Stafford is a senior writer for Christianity Today. His book on miracles will be published this year

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Four killed in dual train derailment India, Pakistan forces' talks

Bengaluru, SeptemBer 12 (IanS): Two women passengers died and eight other people were injured early Saturday when nine coaches of a speeding Mumbai-bound Duronto express from Secunderabad in Telangana derailed near Kalaburgi in north Karnataka, an official said. "The incident occurred after the train passed Martur station between Wadi and Kalaburgi at 2.42 a.m.," Central Railways' Solapur division's Additional Manager K. Madhusudan told IANS from mishap spot, about 630 km from Bengaluru. The victims have been identified as Jyothi Shankar, 46, and Pushpalatha Harish, 26.. They were travelling to Pune in Maharashtra from Secunderabad. As a non-stop superfast express, the fully airconditioned Duronto was passing through at 110 km speed when the derailment happened in the dark. "Though the first seven coaches from engine passed safely, the following nine coaches, including a pantry car (HA1, A1, A2, A3, B6, B7, B8, B9) derailed while the remaining four coaches in the rear were stranded on track," Madhusudan said. Prior to the express train, a Hyderabad-Mumbai express passed safely from the same mishap spot though the area has been witnessing heavy rains over the last couple of days. "The cause of derailment is not known yet. An

Iconic toy train derails in HP, two Britons killed

pa r wa n o o ( h I m a c h a l praDeSh), SeptemBer 12 (IanS): Two Britons were killed and seven others injured on Saturday when two coaches of a chartered Kalka-Shimla toy train hired by a group of 37 foreigners derailed near this Himachal Pradesh town, a police officer said. The dead were one man and a woman, Kalka station superintendent V.K. Arora told IANS over the telephone. The injured were admitted to the PGI hospital in Chandigarh, 30 km from the accident spot. Over-speeding at a curve was the cause of the accident, one of the survivors told police. Northern Railway chief public relations officer Neeraj Sharma told reporters in New Delhi that the train was booked by a group of foreigners mainly from Britain. The police said the train with four engines left Kalka in Haryana at 12.40 p.m. It went off the tracks at Taksal, just three kilometres from Kalka. The traffic on the 96 km long and inquiry by the commissioner of railway safety has been ordered. A portion of track, which gave way, has been repaired to restore traffic on the high density route," Madhusudan said. R a i l w ay Mi n i s t e r Suresh Prabhu said the derailment was "saddening" and that an enquiry has been ordered into the accident. "Saddened by Duronto accident. Ordered enquiry. Immediate medical relief and other assistance rushed. Chairman of the

a century-old narrow gauge world heritage railroad remained suspended and is likely to be restored by Sunday. The chartered trains on this rail section are handled by the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation, a wing of Indian Railways. "The reason behind the incident is yet to be ascertained. It might be a problem in the track or in the coach. There is a possibility that an animal suddenly came on the track or rocks falling on the track," Sharma told IANS in New Delhi earlier. The Kalka-Shimla rail track was built by the British in 1903 to ferry Europeans to and from this hill town, the erstwhile summer capital of British India. It was chosen by Unesco as a world heritage site in 2008. Raaja Bhasin, a Shimla-based historian, who was also travelling in the train, told IANS that the group of foreigners was from Britain. "The accident occurred just 10 minutes after the departure of the train from the Kalka station," Bhasin told IANS.

railway board has been asked to rush to the spot," Prabhu tweeted. "All the injured being rushed to hospitals. We will give ex-gratia to the injured, unfortunate families of the dead," he added. Of the injured, a Indian Navy cadet (Abdul Ashraf Gaffar, 21) lost a leg while other seven were identified as Manik Reddy, 62, Yadamma Reddy, 55, Srikant Kashinath, 24, Ramakrishna Subba Reddy, 40, Rajeeev Ramachandra, 30, Lakshmi, 50, and Bhas-

Indian sex workers & widows live in problematic condition: Dutch activist KolKata, SeptemBer 12 (IanS): Dutch activist Saskia Wieringa, known for her work on women's same-sex relations and women's empowerment, on Saturday described the state of widows and sex workers in India as "problematic". Wieringa has worked for over 30 years in Indonesia on women's issues and has authored a book on comparisons between Indonesia and India, following research in Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra among other states. "The position of widows is really very problematic in comparison to Indonesia. There is a big difference," Wieringa told IANS here on the sidelines of the National Queer Conference on Saturday. "Everybody feels sorry for her and people see them as sexually available but they can take up jobs (in Indonesia). "But... in India the way heterosexual marriage is seen as a holy tie, makes for violence in

relationships that don't work anymore and it ties a widow to her in-laws and that leads to a lot of violence and subordination," said the 60-year-old professor affiliated to the University of Amsterdam. According to Wieringa, compared to their Indian counterparts, sex workers in Indonesia have possibilities of "finding life beyond sex work". "Once you are a sex worker you die as a sex worker in India. But in Indonesia, there's more flexibility and it's better to find a life beyond sex work -- to get married, to have children," she said. The much awarded academician also hailed the Indian Supreme Court's landmark judgment on third genders. "That's a big step forward. If it goes all the way, if it is also interpreted all the way, then all forms of gender diversity are acceptable, not just one particular form," she added.

Cinema halls must provide free drinking water: NCDRC new DelhI, SeptemBer 11 (ptI): Movie halls must provide free drinking water as it is a basic necessity and not everyone may be in a position to afford it at "exorbitant rates", the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has ruled. "A movie watcher may include old and infirm persons as well as the children for whom it would be difficult to manage without water for three hours or more. "The water being a basic necessity for human beings, it is obligatory for the cinema hall to make it available to the movie-goers in case they decide not to allow the drinking water to be carried inside the cinema hall," NCDRC bench headed by Justice V K Jain said. The bench observed that water cinema owners are obligated to provide water as sometimes a consumer may even faint if he or she does not get water in time, adding that if a cinema hall while prohibiting carrying water inside fails to make portable drinking water available, "it will be an act of deficiency in rendering services to them." The commission said if theatre owners compel consumers to buy expensive bottles from their cafeteria, they would be held liable for unfair trade practices. It also directed that appropriate water purifiers need to be installed with the water coolers and sufficient disposable glasses. It said that the theatres must ensure that the water supply is available throughout the movie hours and if for any reason, water supply is not available on a particular day, alternative arrangements for supply of free pure and portable drinking water to cinema-goers need to be made available by the owners. The bench said if the directions were not complied with, the owner would be liable to pay appropriate compensation for the deficiency in rendering services.The NCDRC order came on an appeal filed by Agartala-based Rupasi Multiplex against the Tripura State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission decision that had said not providing free drinking water to movie goers amounted to deficiency of service.

The Kalka-Shimla rail route also features in the Guinness Book of World Records for offering the steepest rise in altitude in a space of 96 km. More than two-thirds of the track is curved, sometimes at angles as sharp as 48 degrees. The glorious journey along the rail line from 640 metres above sea level at Kalka to the lofty heights of Shimla at 2,060 metres takes one's breath away, as the train meanders through deep ravines, a verdant forest of pine, deodar, oak and maple, and the magnificent scenery of the Shivalik hills. Five trains run normally between Kalka and Shimla every day. Each 'toy train' -- the popular name for it -- has about seven coaches and can accommodate nearly 200 passengers. The last derailment on the Kalka-Shimla rail route occurred in December 2008 when one person was killed and three people injured. It went off the track at Sanawar in Himachal Pradesh after completing two hours of the journey.

kar B Narasing, 45. The worst affected was B8 coach in which both victims and the injured were travelling. They were part of a 22-member group of employees from Rajdeep Associates in Secunderabad, proceeding to Lonawala in Maharashtra on a three-day vacation. Preliminary investigation by police ruled out sabotage. Most passengers were in daze and were unable to explain how the coaches derailed as they were

asleep. "The stranded passengers have been rescued and put in a special train to Mumbai, while the injured were admitted to a district hospital at Kalaburgi," Madhusudan said. Efforts are on to restore the track and resume movement of trains, which came to a halt since 3 a.m., affecting thousands of passengers on the busy Mumbai-Hyderabad, and Mumbai-Chennai and Mumbai-Bengaluru double track.

end on 'optimistic' note

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Director General D.K. Pathak, left, and Pakistani Rangers Director General (Punjab) Maj Gen Umar Farooq Burki shake hands as they pose for photographs before the start of their delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, September 10, 2015. (AP Photo)

new DelhI, SeptemBer 12 (IanS): The fourday talks between India's BSF and its Pakistani counterpart Pakistan Rangers ended on Saturday on an "optimistic note" with both sides agreeing to take steps to maintain peaceful and tranquil borders. The talks between the director generals of the two border forces were held in a cordial and congenial atmosphere and the deliberations ended by signing an accord. A consensus was reached on various issues, including no firing along the border to protect the lives of innocent civilians. "The talks ended on an optimistic note with both sides agreeing on constant endeavour to maintain peaceful and tranquil borders," Border Security Force (BSF) chief D. K.

Recall of witnesses should be judicious, not arbitrary, says SC new DelhI, SeptemBer 12 (IanS): The Supreme Court has said that the Delhi High Court decision to allow the recall and re-examination of witnesses including the victim in Uber cab rape case was not justified as it resulted not only in delay but also harassment of witnesses. "The court has to keep in mind not only the need for giving fair opportunity to the accused but also the need for ensuring that the victim of the crime is not unduly harassed," said a bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel in their judgment pronounced on Thursday but made available Friday. Saying that it was difficult to approve the view taken by the high court, Justice Goel, speaking for the bench, said: "Undoubtedly, fair trial is the objective and it is the duty of the court to ensure such fairness. Width of power under section 311 Cr.P.C. (Criminal Procedure Code) is beyond

any doubt. Not a single specific reason has been assigned by the high court as to how in the present case, recall of as many as 13 witnesses was necessary ..." Rejecting the high court reasoning that it was the accused who would suffer on account of any delaying tactics on his part, the apex court said that "without considering the hardship to the witnesses, undue delay in the trial, and without any other cogent reason, allowing recall merely on the observation that it is only the accused who will suffer by the delay as he was in custody could, in the circumstances, be hardly accepted as valid or serving the ends of justice". "It is not only matter of delay but also of harassment for the witnesses to be recalled which could not be justified on the ground that the accused was in custody and that he would only suffer by prolonging of the proceedings," the judgment said.

communication technologies, complaints related to mobile phones, base stations and gadgets have become more prominent. "The radio frequency electromagnetic radiation (RFR - a type of electromagnetic radiation) exposure levels have amplified manifold because of the extensive use of mobile phones and other devices," Neeraj Kumar Tiwari, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM University, Lucknow, told IANS in an e-mail interview. "Very common symptoms and sensations of EHS are irritation, headache, stammering, hearing loss, dizziness, ringing delusion, disrupted sleep, stress, fatigue and restlessness," he added. Further at the genetic level, electromagnetic radiation from mobiles cause damage if their exposure time and level are high, said M. Y. Khan, Dean, School for Biosciences and Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), Lucknow, who has extensively dealt with the issue as a scientist. In fact, he said, the situation in India compared to the West is worse. "Because we tend to use cheap mobile sets made by companies which do not follow the standard norms about the radiation safety," Khan, Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology at the varsity, said in an e-mail interview. The electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Tiwari added that children may be more vulnerable than adults to EMF

ordinated patrolling, and sporting events were also discussed. A Joint Record of Discussion (JRD) charting a future route map of cooperation between the two border forces was signed. It was mutually agreed to hold the next talks in the first half of 2016 in Pakistan. The Pakistan Rangers chief led a 16-member delegation to India while the BSF fielded a 23-member delegation. Both the delegations also had representatives from their home and foreign ministries along with officers from narcotics control and survey department. Officials said the delegation of Pakistan Rangers has left India after the talks. The talks began on September 10 at BSF headquarters in New Delhi.

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Veterans rejects OROP, seek changes new DelhI, SeptemBer 12 (IanS): Thousands of army veterans, who held a rally here on Saturday, unanimously rejected the 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) scheme approved by the government and threatened to intensify their agitation if the scheme's anomalies were not removed. "We have decided to continue the relay fast. If the government does not remove the anomalies in the scheme, we will intensify the protest," United Front of Ex-servicemen spokesperson Col. Anil Kaul (retd) said. He clarified that no new demands were being made, unlike what was being propagated. The united front claimed that about 50,000 army veterans from across the country participated in the rally. Kaul further said at least 200 buses were stopped at the border of Delhi and thousands were stopped from participating. The spokesperson said all problems were being created by bureaucrats. Families of the veterans also joined the protests saying that the OROP announced by the government was misleading. "I have come here from Lucknow to protest against the government's offer. It is misleading. The scheme does not meet our demands completely," Laxmi Singh, a family member of an exservicemen, told IANS.

The court said that the "discretion given to court has to be exercised judiciously to prevent failure of justice and not arbitrarily". "While the party is even permitted to correct its bona fide error and may be entitled to further opportunity even when such opportunity may be sought without any fault on the part of the opposite party, plea for recall for advancing justice has to be bona fide and has to be balanced carefully with the other relevant considerations including uncalled for hardship to the witnesses and uncalled for delay in the trial," said the apex court in its judgment. Having said so, the court said that "having regard to these considerations, we do not find any ground to justify the recall of witnesses already examined" and allowed the ABVP sweeps DUSU polls plea by the victim and Delhi Police new DelhI, SeptemBer 12 (IanS): The Akhil challenging the high court order Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Saturday swept permitting the re-examination of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections 13 witnesses including victim. winning all the four posts with spectacular margins. The candidates of the ABVP, the students wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), won the posts of president, vice president, secretary and joint secretary. The ABVP had won all the four posts last year too. Satinder Awana, an M.A. Buddhist Studies student, won the effects due to their "developing brain, president's post by 6,327 votes. Awana got 20,439 votes greater absorption of energy in brain defeating Pradeep Vijayran of NSUI who polled 14,112 and a longer span of exposure over their votes. The vice president's post was won by Sunny Dedha, a law student, by 7,570 votes. He defeated Garima lifetime". Rana of AAP's students wing, Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh And, in a population of 1.25 billion, Samiti (CYSS) Anjali Rana from Lakshmibai College, there are 980 million mobile connec- who won the secretary's post by 4,610 votes, told IANS: tions, as per the latest data released by "Girls' safety would be my first priority. I thank students telecom regulator TRAI. Factor into this for my win." Chhattarpal Yadav, an M.A. Buddhist StudPrime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital ies student, won the joint secretary's post by 6,065 votes. India' initiative which will be driven by "We do politics of truth. CYSS gave false promises and mobile technology. students knew about it," Yadav told IANS. The elections The Cellular Operators Association on Friday witnessed a 43.3 percent turnout, a slight dip of India (COAI) states EMFs produced from last year's 44 percent. National Students' Union of by the antennae on mobile towers and India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress, trailed mobile phones are at the lower end of on the second spot in three posts. The CYSS presidential the electromagnetic emission spectrum candidate came on the fourth place and its vice presiand are 'non-ionizing radiations', which dential candidate was on second place. A total of 35 means that the energy carried by them is candidates were in the fray. not enough to break the chemical bonds between molecules. Nat'l Lok Adalats dispose of 2273 cases "The Indian government has adopted one of the strictest global safety norms for new DelhI, SeptemBer 12 (ptI): National Lok EMF, which is one tenth of the emission Adalats held at six district courts and consumer forums levels (recommended by WHO) followed here today disposed of 2,273 cases and disbursed a by most of the countries in the world. "The settlement amount of Rs 28.37 crore. According to the government's support and guidance in Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA), the sevallaying the misplaced fears regarding enth monthly National Lok Adalats were organised in EMF emissions from towers in the minds all the six district courts, in which a total of 40 benches of the people would be paramount in ad- were constituted and 2,236 cases were disposed of. It dressing the issue of misplaced EMF fear said that criminal compoundable cases which were at psychosis, and help develop and deliver pre-litigative and pending stage in the district courts the Digital India dream of the govern- here were disposed of, and a settlement amount of Rs ment," COAI Director General Rajan S. 16,28,18,058 was disbursed. The authority said that Lok Mathews told IANS. Madhumita Dobe Adalats were also organised in all the three Debt Recovof the All India Institute of Hygiene and ery Tribunals in which 23 cases were disposed of and a Public Health stressed on more research settlement amount of Rs 11,38,89,204 was given. It said that Lok Adalats were also organised in district consumon EHS in India. er forums where 14 cases were settled and a settlement As for now, following simple tips like amount of Rs 69,30,025 was awarded. "Total 2,273 cases texting instead of talking, keeping cell- were settled today in which settlement amount was apphones and gadgets at a distance and proximately Rs 28.37 crore and there would be no furnot placing cell phones under pillows is ther appeals," DSLSA said in its release. the way to go.

Should you worry about 'wireless allergies'? KolKata, SeptemBer 12 (IanS): Should you worry about 'wireless allergies'? Addressed with skepticism by most, the term electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) or wireless allergy or gadget allergy, is ascribed to a range of non-specific symptoms like headache and fatigue apparently due to heavy use of wireless communicating devices, especially those that emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR). Common sources of this Wi-Fi tsunami include mobile phone signals, WiFi hotspots, Wi-Fi enabled devices like tabs, cellphones, laptops and a plethora of other gadgets. The controversial issue was recently thrust in the limelight when a French court in a landmark ruling granted disability allowance to a 39-year-old woman who claimed to be experiencing discomfort from alleged EHS. She was forced to live in a countryside barn far away from the Wi-Fi and the internet. Despite such examples, the legitimacy debate rages on - is it a real thing or cooked up - fueled by the absence of hard evidence and conclusive research. According to WHO, EHS has no clear diagnostic criteria and there is no scientific basis to link its symptoms to EMF (electromagnetic field) exposure, but it also says: "The symptoms are certainly real and can vary widely in their severity. Whatever its cause, EHS can be a disabling problem for the affected individual." Experts in India who have been studying such emerging problems (for example, the link between EHS and cellphone usage) say that with the introduction and expansion of wireless

Pathak said. Sources said that Pathak and the delegation led by Pakistan Rangers chief Maj. Gen. Umar Farooq Burki have agreed to remain in touch over mobile phone, e-mail and fax in order to avoid ceasefire violations and escalation of tension on the border. Sources said that the need for cooperation to maintain the sanctity of the borders was stressed upon. The issue of inadvertent crossing over by the border population and how to facilitate their return on both the sides was also discussed. Both sides felt caution and care should be taken to deal with the civilians. The need for confidence building measures including timely exchange of information at the field level and mobile communication, simultaneous co-

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The police maintain order as migrants wait for trains in Nickelsdorf, Austria on September 11, 2015. (Reuters Photo/Leonhard Foeger)

London, September 12 (IAnS): Provide safe and legal passage to refugees who are pouring into Europe, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said in an open letter to European leaders who are grappling with the humanitarian crisis. "The only way Europe can prevent a worsening crisis on its territory is to replace the smugglers by providing a safe, legal and free alternative. We ask you to provide safe passage," said MSF in the open letter whose copies were sent to Switzerland, Norway, Serbia, Former Yugoslavian Republic Of Macedonia and the president of the European Commission. It demanded that legal crossing of sea and land borders must be authorised for asylum seekers into and inside the EU. "All forms of legal avenues allowing refugees to reach Europe must be put in place urgently. Efficient solutions to relocate asylum seekers from one EU member state to another must be found. Effective access to coherent asylum procedures and assistance should be provided at entry points, throughout Europe and along migratory routes. "Swift registration and access to temporary pro-

tection should be provided upon arrival. Legal migration pathways must be created," the letter issued on Friday said. Alongwith the open letter MSF, called Doctors Without Borders in English, sent a lifejacket belonging to one of the 15,000 people rescued at sea by them since May. "These jackets sometimes feature handwritten prayers for a safe passage, or phone numbers of relatives and friends to be contacted in case the person wearing it does not make it. This is a reminder that the people embarking on these journeys are fully aware of the risks they are undertaking, and the sheer desperation motivating them to put themselves and their families in so much danger," it said. The international organisation pointed out that they were treating the medical consequences of the journey, including hypothermia and dehydration, but also acute conditions requiring medical evacuation such as septic shock, pneumonia and wounds inflicted by abuse and violence. "When your ministers gather this Monday for yet another summit on the socalled 'migration crisis', bear in mind that the deci-

sions adopted in previous summits have so far largely failed to improve the situation. Some measures have made the situation worse: fences and forced fingerprinting only push people to choose more clandestine and dangerous routes. "Lives continue to be lost at sea, in the back of lorries and in make shift camps where people live in unacceptable conditions in the heart of the European Union. It is time to put an end to these policies of deterrence," said MSF. It went on to say that they have turned "a foreseeable and manageable influx of people fleeing for survival into a policymade human tragedy on Europe's beaches, borders, train platforms and motorways. They are jeopardising the right to seek asylum. The current approach of 'non-reception' and closed borders is causing death, injury and chaos". It said that the increasing number of people seeking assistance and protection were only "a small portion of the millions who are fleeing intolerable suffering. No matter the obstacles, they will continue to come. They have no other choice. The current policies are untenable in the face of this situation," the MSF's open letter added.

Encouraging results from real 107 killed by users of HIV ‘prevention’ pill falling crane at Andrew M. Seaman Reuters Health A pill meant to prevent HIV infections in high-risk individuals appears to be working, according to two new studies. In one study, conducted in the San Francisco area, there were no new HIV infections among 657 people who took the daily pill Truvada. In the second study, people in the UK taking Truvada had a lower risk of being diagnosed with HIV. Truvada, manufactured by Gilead, is approved in the U.S. for "pre-exposure prophylaxis" (PrEP) of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Truvada may reduce the risk of HIV infection by as much as 92 percent, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The pill doesn't protect against other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), however. While Truvada has worked well in highly controlled clinical trials comparing it to a placebo, some people were concerned about how it would perform in real-world settings. The San Francisco study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, involved 657 members of the Kaiser Permanente healthcare system, ages 20 to 68, who used Truvada between 2012 and 2015. The vast majority were gay and bisexual men. During the study, participants had no new HIV infections. Half of them did have new STIs, however. The study can't say whether the high rate of STIs is due to PrEP use. STI diagnoses may have gone up because patients on PrEP tend to make more doctors' visits, allowing more opportunities for infections to be found. Forty-one percent of 143 study participants reported a decrease in condom use. But Dr. Jonathan Volk, an infectious disease physician at Kaiser Perma-

nente San Francisco Medical Center and the study's lead author, said there may be reasonable explanations for this finding, such as people entering monogamous relationships. Given the high rate of STIs and the number of participants who said they didn't use condoms, it's likely that without the pill "we would have seen some new HIV infections," Volk said. A second study of Truvada, published in The Lancet, found that gay men who started on PrEP had significantly fewer new HIV infections than gay men who had to wait a year for the pill. There were one to two new HIV infections per 100 people per year among those on PrEP, compared to about nine new infections per 100 participants per year in the group with delayed access. "When you do the math, the reduction was an 86 percent decrease," said Dr. Kenneth Mayer, the founder, co-Chair and medical research director of The Fenway Institute in Boston. Also, two-thirds of those who took PrEP but were still diagnosed with HIV during the UK research were likely already infected when they started the study, said Mayer, who cowrote an editorial accompanying the study. Once the drug was found to be so effective, the researchers in the UK stopped the study to give all participants PrEP. In the San Franciscoarea study, it's impossible to truly know how many infections may have been prevented without comparing the data to a similar group of people not using PrEP, Volk said. Based on estimates from clinical trial data, as many as 35 new HIV infections may have been prevented among the PrEP users. In the UK study, Mayer said, participants' risky sexual behaviors didn't change after PrEP.

Grand Mosque

rIYAdH, September 12 (reuterS): At least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence authority said, less than two weeks before Islam's annual haj pilgrimage. At least 238 people were wounded, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence body said. "All those who were wounded and the dead have been taken to hospital. There are no casualties left at the location," General Suleiman al-Amr, director general of the Civil Defence Authority, told alIkhbariya television. Strong wind and rains had uprooted trees and rocked cranes in the area, he said. A statement by a spokesman for the administration of the mosques in Mecca and Medina said the crane smashed into the part of the Grand Mosque where worshippers circle the Kaaba the black-clad cube towards which the world's 1.6 billion Muslims face to pray. Pictures circulating on social media showed pilgrims in bloodied robes and debris from a part of the crane that appeared to have crashed through a ceiling. Saudi authorities go to great lengths to prepare for the millions of Muslims who converge on Mecca to perform the sacred pilgrimage. Last year, they reduced the numbers permitted to make the haj pilgrimage on safety grounds because of construction work to enlarge the Grand Mosque. The haj, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world, has been prone to disasters in the past, mainly from stampedes as pilgrims rush to complete rituals and return home. Hundreds of pilgrims died in such a crush in 2006. Saudi authorities have since spent vast sums to expand the main haj sites and improve Mecca's transport system, in an effort to prevent more disasters.

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Preparations underway for the 16th NSF Martyrs' Memorial Trophy to be held from September 16 to October 15 at the Kohima Local Ground. The Martyrs' trophy will be the first major football tournament to be held in 2015.

kohima District Volleyball Association completes 10 yrs

KDVA officials, new members and well wishers poses for lens on the 10th foundation of KDVA.

Kohima, September 12 (mexN): The Kohima District Volleyball Association (KDVA) celebrated its 10th foundation day on Saturday at Garden Rhoda, Zana. The foundation day witnessed the biggest ever gathering of KDVA. Exhorting the gathering, Teisobou Sekhose, DSO and Administrator IG stadium, Kohima congratulated the KDVA in completing ten years and also expressed appreciation that the KDVA is organizing volleyball tournament annually for the promotion of the game in the district and the state. Speaking about the department’s viewpoint

on volleyball, he said that though volleyball is not in priority list of sports discipline, but with the active functioning of the KDVA, the department could have a rethink in making volleyball as priority discipline. Commenting on the recent KDVA Referee clinic where several referees could qualify, he urged upon all the referees to give the best in their abilities in conducting the matches without any partiality. K D VA p r e s i d e n t Visasielie Suohu said the association was established on September 3, 2005, however for the convenience of all, the foundation day was held on Sat-

urday. He added that the association over the years have grown from strength to strength. He further informed that the next meeting of the Organising Committee and all committee will be held on Tuesday (September 15) at 3:00pm at KDCC office, Congres Bhavan, Old Secretariat area. Organizing committee convenor, Dzuvichuto Khale said that the 3rd KDVA tournament for men and women will be held from October 19 to 24 at the Kohima Local Ground. He requested all volleyball teams/clubs/associations in Kohima district to take part in the tournament.

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the game is over: Claim the Future

very Naga, young and old, knows about the Journey of Naga nationhood which cradled from Unity, Brotherhood, love, respect and honor with 99.9%. But on the journey, seen and unseen savage wolf enemy from outside divided the Naga family even to the extent of killing each other. Even from the workers, some rose and distorted the truth to draw away the goal of the Naga struggle. Like the Jews who not only rejected Lord Jesus but also missed Christ who was sent by Jehovah precisely for them (Jews) which is power and wisdom of God, today there are some mem-

bers in Naga family who do not believe in Nagas’ Salvation- Peace Accord. Unbelief is the greatest sin ever in this Universe. All the acts of the evil have erupted because of blame game, arguments, ignorance and destructive criticism. At some point of time, Naga national workers were considered to be mere rubber stamps and traitors, but now they have become signet ring and crown for the Nagas. The Game is over now, but the players are still in the playground. When the players come out from the Ground the winning team will

receive Gold Medals meant for the players only, but the Trophy will go to the entire Nation. However, as a rule medal will not go to a nonplayer, be it state, national or international level. The Core Team of Naga Peace Talks have patiently borne countless pain and suffering in the hard tasks during more than 6-decade old journey for Nagas’ goal, which is the Emblem of our Trophy. This competence comes from God. Now, should we not come together with our Trophy before God and our Lord Jesus Christ and lay it down at His feet to praise

and worship Him? Because, even if we think, say or see many things, but if we do not contribute or involve, we deceive ourselves, and we are nobody at all. God cannot be mocked. We have been told in Acts, 3:22-23 that ‘Anybody who does not listen to Him (Jesus Christ) will be completely cut off from amongst His people’. We, Nagas for Christ, are for peace, love, righteousness and unity in the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord, Nagas for Christ. Rev. Vitovi Yeptho Pastor (FCF)

An open letter to Athong MAkury

have started to read your article which appeared in Morung Express on 1st Sept. 2015 with interest thinking, our Eastern Naga youth also starting to write on the Naga national issue and sharing one’s own idea is good. But I am very much displeased seeing the article is not sharing your own idea and understanding but just quoting the other’s words without analyzing and scrutinizing of it. Also I felt sad that your article is written in direct response to my article which was appeared in Morung Express on 25th August 2015, with the heading “The most loathsome words in my life”. In which I have clearly stated that the division and bloodshed among the Nagas did not occur because of the Accord but socialism. But you said: “Though NNC treated SA-1975 as invalid it caused bloodshed and resulted in a horrible split. The formation of NSCN itself happened five years later due to the fact that the accord mentions “Nagas will accept the constitution of India unconditionally.” I have time and again explained you about the division among the Nagas. Why then you knowingly have written such irrational statement? How can you say, the Accord caused bloodshed and resulted a horrible split. Even the first division took place in 1980 and formed the so-called NSCN was not because of the Accord as I have already explained you how our differences cropped up only because of Muivah’s socialism. I told you that the Accord was rejected two times by the NNC/FGN, for the first time on Dec. 2nd 1975 and secondly in Eastern Oking on 15th August 1976. In those days no NSCN was existed,and these were done by the NNC/ FGN. Thus the Accord was dead and we have no problem with it. But after we rejected the Accord, why did Isak-Muivah reject the NNC/ FGN is the only question to be answered by them. It is a pity to Khaplang and Khule, because without knowing the policy of Muivah they supported himand made him possible to form the NSCN in Eastern Nagaland. Also the 2nd division in 1988 among the NSCN did not cause either by the Accord. It was happened because Muivah and Isak contemplated to hold talks with the GoI on the basis of Suisa’s proposal. The killings among them were horrible and most brutality. Again third division has had happened when leading by Sema leaders broke out from the NSCN-IM and formed NSCN-U in November 2007. There too most bloodshed took place. The massacre took place on 16th May 2008, 15 men of NSCN-U including a civilian Konyak were killed and again on 4th June 2008, another 12 men of NSCN-U were killed by NSCN-IM and they were buried in the mass graveyards in the history.

The forth division among them took place when Ketovi and Khule broke out from the NSCN-K group and formed NSCN-KK in June 2011, and the fifth division broke out in April 2015 from NSCN-K, because Wangtin and Tikhak rejected Khaplang’s policy and formed NSCN-R. These fourth and fifth divisions too did not cause by the Accord. Why then you said, all these divisions were caused by the Accord? As you are researcher, you have to research the history thoroughly and write truth as truth but should not writethe black as white. I want none of the Naga historian writes that “Isak and Muivah rejected the Accord and formed the NSCN”. Because they did not reject the Accord but use it for their political game. If they truly rejected “to accept the Indian Constitution”as you said;they won’t submit 31-point competencies proposal (Suisa’s proposal) to the GoI and won’t involve in the Indian elections, and neither did sign the Delhi Accord on 3rd August 2015. Because what they are doing through all these is to accept Indian Constitution. Their actions speak the truth that they do not reject the Accord but are heading to accept Indian Constitution. In the Eastern Oking (Headquarters), we wanted to contact our NNC/FGN leaders who were in Western part of Nagaland in those days 1976-1977, in order to know why the Accord was signed, was it good for the Nagas or for the enemy, and what they (authorities) want us to do. And we wanted to keep unity among us, as it was indispensable and foremost for us. When have a meeting from Jan. 9 to 10, 1976 in Langkhiang Camp. Lt. Col. Supong Ao suggested to send some of capable Naga Army officers for meeting with our NNC/FGN leaders. But Muivah has shown no interest to contact the leaders; moreover he totally prohibited us to contact them instead. In February 1976, when Angami and Chakhesang leaders came to know Lt. Col. Pamrei Tangkhul and other four Tangkhuls were going to their Tangkhul Region, they also sent Capt. Neituolie Angamia long with them in order to contact their Angami and Chakhesang leaders. They could safely reach Tangkhul Region by passing through Amimi areas. Capt. Neituolie however did not allow to go to Chakhesang and Angami Regions, but sent him back to Eastern Oking in May 1976 along with Major Proning Tangkhul and seven other Tangkhuls after spending nearly two months in Tangkhul Region. This made badly disappoint to other Naga national leaders, thinking what they are going to do by not allowing us to contact our own leaders. They have done it, to keep the Naga national workers, who were under their leadership, in the dark on the matter of the accord as they wanted to use it. If not they have no reason

to detain Capt. Neituolie in Tangkhul Region without allowing him to go to his Region. According to your statement, you think the Accord gave birth to NSCN as it was formed after five years of the Accord. But you don’t know that the NSCN was conceived in the heart of Muivah long before the accord was signed. Muivah joined the NNC in December 1964 and he was elected as General Secretary of the NNC in February 1965. In 1967, he was sent to China for the first Mission along with 150 Naga Army, the then Brig. Thinoselie was Army Commander of the Goodwill Mission. Before they were leaving Nagaland a meeting was held at a Konyak village, where Rev. Longri Ao urged Muivah not to adopt socialism. But Muivah said, I will put all the Nagas into my pocket just as I put my pen into my pocket, says showing them putting a pen into his pocket. Also said, I will kill all those who opposed my policy like a tiger kills it’s pray. That means he will adopt socialism and whoever opposes his socialism he will kill him. (The story related to me in June 2004 by Mr. Thüngo Konyak who attended the said meeting). When they reached China in 1967, Th. Muivah started to criticize the policy of A.Z. Phizo, the president of the NNC. When Brig. Thinoselie supported and defended the policy of Phizo, Muivah scolded him. To this, Brig. Thinoselie replied: “Am I wrong that I support our leader?” Muivah then said: “You are supporting Phizo for Phizo is your own Angami. But I will never agree with Phizo’s policy, I will go on my own way.” (Related to me by Lt. Gen.Thinoselie on 13th December 2003). Muivah returned to Nagaland in 1972 and sent him back again to China in September 1974, there too he advocated for forming the socialist government. But other Naga leaders rejected his policy. Among them, Brig. Ngam Lao Konyak strongly and openly rejected his policy. He was thus killed by Muivah at KIA’s 2nd Brigade area in December 1975. He was the first victim that killed by Muivahfor opposing his socialism. He did it, as he said, he would kill whoever opposes his policy like a tiger kills it’s pray. This is proof and evidence that the NSCN was not promptly and suddenly born because of the Accord, but it was conceived long before the accord was signed and was born after the Accord. As mentioned above the Accord was dead and the death can’t give birth to a child, so it was not a child of the accord as you think. In the last Goodwill Mission to China in 1977, the GoI sent Major Kathing Tangkhul, it’s ambassador to Burma, to meet Muivah in Beijing China. None of the Naga leaders knew what they have discussed. In July 1978, after he returned back to Nagaland Muivah wrote a letter to Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira

Gandhi and gave it to Mr. Thangsoi Khiamniungan of Wonsui village from Poniu village instructing him to send it to Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Thansoi asked Muivah, does he want to send the letter through Nagaland Peace Council? But he said: can a child be got by a man sleep with a man,and instructed him to send it through Chuba a Congress leader. Thangsoi did it so accordingly. None of the Naga leaders knew what he has written to Indian Prime Minister. So the NSCN is a child of India. As I have already mentioned in my earlier article the statement of London based Myanmar Journalist who wrote “Muivah and Isak were contacted and recruited by Mrs. Gandhi’s administration through the Research Analysts Wing, RAW…” in Feb. 1981. It was the fact that India leaders backed to form the NSCN in order to fight against the NNC/FGN or to put it into oblivion, because the NNC/FGN once again firmly stood to defend the sovereignty of Nagaland after the Accord. Following the policy of India the NSCN had been intensively and systematically fighting against the NNC/FGN since its formation. They killed Vice President and General Secretary of the NNC, Kilonsers (Ministers)of the FGN and Generals of Naga Army including more than 200 NNC/FGN workers during the past more than thirty years. But after it splits into two factions, the NNC/FGN could maintain peace with the NSCN-K and have no more fighting among us since 1991. The NSCN-IM continued to fight against the NNC/FGN which is unabated till date as it wants to please Indian leaders. To fight against the NNC/FGN is fighting against the Naga nation. After they arrived at the so-called ceasefire with Indian Army in 1997, NSCN-IM Army were openly going to all nooks and corners of Nagaland and carried out fighting against the NNC/FGN at time joined hands with the Indian Army. Also it has built up more strength during in the socalled ceasefire periods. The GoI is holding talks with its own group built up by itself, and the Nagas, NNC/FGN has no interest with it. It was not the first attempt made by the Indian leaders to make the Nagas fight against each other, but from the beginning the GoI started undeclared war with the Nagas, the GoI formed VVF (Village volunteer Forces) or VG (Village Guard). But none of them effectively fought against the NNC/FGN. Also Revolutionary Government (RG) was formed on November 2, 1968 in order to fight against the NNC/FGN. In March 1969, by joining hands with the Indian Army the RG captured five hundred Naga Army under the Command of Gen. Mowu who returned from China,without firing a single bullet.The RG lastly surrendered en mass to the GoI in Au-

gust 1973 and became Indian Security Forces, BSF (Border Security Forces). But with the NSCN-IM, Indian leaders’ policy becomes more successful. So I have no wonder for their refusal to stop fighting against their own Naga brothers or to say sorry for their misdeed in the history. For they were undeclared Militia of GoI and now it becomes declared Militia, since the Governor Acharyadeclared on 9th September 2015 that 4,000 NSCN-IM soldiers are absorbed into Indian security forces. The Almighty God our Lord marvelously brought peace to Nagaland once again in 1975 is undeniable fact. The NNC/FGN is enthusiastically maintaining God given peace though it rejected the Accord. The NSCN however rejected the peace brought by God and seek their own peace, but what had happened in Nagaland after they have signed peace agreements one after another with the GoI,that is now a history and witness by all the Naga people. Even after fifty one years, they do not realize of the peace brought by God to Nagaland in 1964 and in 1975. Those who rejected peace brought by God committed terrible evil activities in the land. I thank Rev. Kari Longchar who clearly explained on Peace Day, 6thSeptember 2015 that how God Almighty inspired Church leaders to bring peace in Nagaland in 1964, and it is also necessary for the Church leadersto claim and explain how God our Lord uses them to restore peace again in Nagaland in 1975 in order glorify His name, which will be abig blow to those who reject peace brought by God. I am zealous to proclaim the wonderful work of God for bringing peace to Nagaland. But I hate those who tell lies and distorting history. I have been writing true story in the interest of researchers like you young generation so that you may not write truth as false and black as white. Also in the hope that some people those who are unknowingly committing wrong may realize and receive God’s grace once again.I dobelieve that for national unity to tell the truth is necessary, to sincerely admit one’s own misdeed is imperative, to accept the truth and work for justice is foremostand absolutely indispensable. Mr. Athong Makury, as you are a believer of Christ and a Theologian, please research how God bestowed sovereignty to Naga people, how He has been protecting and leading the Naga nation, and how He brought peace to Naga people in 1975. On this matter I have written a book and published it in 2000 with its title “God’s hand upon Nagas and Nagaland”. But do not commit giving false witness again for the killings and divisions among the Nagas as you did on Sept. 1, 2015. Your Uncle Thomas, NNC Member.

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13 Naga western classical musicians perform along with musicians from Vienna for the india National Youth orchestra (iNYo) at Sri Venkatasubha Rao Concert hall in Chennai on September 12.

Caitlyn Jenner scared of being sent to men's jail

eality TV star Caitlyn Jenner fears being sent to a men's jail due to her involvement in a deadly car accident in February. Talking about the incident for the first time, Caitlyn who was Bruce Jenner back then and hadn't undergone gender transition said she wasn't speeding when the accident happened. She had so far not commented on the matter due to the ongoing litigation, re-

ports aceshowbiz.com. "A tragedy like this, you'll never get over it. You just learn to live with it the best you possibly can," she told TV show "Today" host Matt Lauer. Addressing the possibility of landing behind bars and in a reference to her potential mugshot, Caitlyn said: "The media wants that picture, don't they?" Her biggest fear, however, is going to a men's jail. "That is

the worst case scenario. I don't know. We'll see... The Men's County Jail... It is an enormous problem that they would put trans-women in Men's County Jail,” she said. But the "I Am Cait" star doesn't regret undergoing the transition. "There's nothing more, nothing better in life to wake up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror and feel comfortable with yourself and who you are," she added.

Pooja Bedi wants a ban on bans

ctress Pooja Bedi says this recent culture of bans, especially in Maharashtra, is "ridiculous" and needs to go. "I think this banning business is ridiculous, we should all ban bans. We need to ban this whole culture of shutting down and banning things. If you have to ban something, ban products which are actually harmful for us like cigarettes. Smoking also affects the health of people standing around you. But we won't ban such things. We're told don't eat fish, don't eat meat, don't wear miniskirts and other such things," said Pooja when asked about the recent four-day meat ban in Mumbai.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has banned the sale of meat for four days over a week as the Jain fasting season of Paryushan will be underway. Recently, actress Sonam Kapoor drew flak for her comments on the same issue. Other than this, beef is also banned in Maharashtra. Pooja said: "According to me, this is a democracy and in a democracy, individual choice is the most important thing. If we feel that we're adults and adults are empowered to make important decisions. We can certainly decide if we want to eat beef, pork, fish or wear miniskirts or drink alcohol." Pooja was present along

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eran actor for providing quality entertainment. "Thank you for bringing such an extraordinary performance to Las Vegas and various other cities around USA. It has been an honor to meet and watch the cinematic genius live on stage," Ruben, who declared 10th September as Anupam Kher Day, said. Kher has been honoured with various awards and recognition for his contribution

to cinema and art following a resounding success of the repeat show of his play 'Mera Matlab Woh Nahin Tha' here and back-to-back shows in 20 other US cities and in Canada. "It is said that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas," an excited Kher told PTI. But this honour by the State of Nevada will not stay only in Vegas but will travel to the world and to my beloved country and prove my

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with celebrities such as Manish Paul, Priya Dutt among others at the Asian Reincarnation and Theosophical Seminar. Regarding the concept of reincarnation, she said, "I believe immensely in past life regression. I've ventured into my past life and have experienced it. What I was in the previous life and why I've taken birth in this world, I believe in all of this because I've seen it on my own." Pooja, currently seen solving the problems of people in a column in the entertainment supplement of a leading newspaper, has acted in films such as "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar" and hosted her own show "Just Pooja" which was graced by leading Bollywood stars.

Las Vegas declares September 10 as 'Anupam Kher Day'

ollywood actor Anupam Kher has been awarded for his commendable contribution to cinema and art globally in Naveda with the US state's most populous city Las Vegas declaring September 10 as 'Anupam Kher Day'. Kher was presented with the 'Certificate of Excellence' Thursday in Las Vegas by Nevada Senator Ruben Kihuen who praised the 60-year-old vet-

Liam Payne

philosophy of "life mein kuch bhi ho sakta hai," he said. Kher is off to San Fracisco for last three performances before ending his US tour and flying back to India next week. He will perform in San Francisco on Friday and Saturday, before winding his last show of the tour in Los Angeles on Sunday. Kher, who has drawn in huge crowds, has taken a year off time for his passion

towards stage performances. Performances by Kher, Neena Gupta and Rakesh Bedi in a carefully-worded walk down memory lane have made audience laugh, cry, cheer and applaud endlessly. Kher has appeared in Hollywood films like Mistress of Spices, Bend It Like Beckham, Lust, Caution and Silver Linings Playbook, has taken a year off time for his passion towards stage performances.

ne Direction star Liam Payne is the sexiest man of 2015, according to readers of Attitude. The One Direction singer - who takes over from last year's winner Tom Daley also opened up to the magazine after receiving the accolade, reported Digital Spy. Payne, who was recently forced to deny "ridiculous" accusations of homophobia, said of the award, "It's a shock but I am very thankful to those who think I deserve this. It's a great title to have." Talking about his heavy partying during One Direction's earlier years, he continued, "I'm not afraid to say that I actually went through a pretty bad (drinking) stage. And for that time in my life, that was perfect for me." "I mean, you're away from home and that can get hard. Also there were a lot of things on my mind and that's what helped me through."

Deepika Padukone, now '#BlameDrake' becomes trending topic among Highest-Paid, wasn't after Serena Williams' U.S. Open loss given pocket money in the minds of Drake rake is getting a detractors on social mebad rap for his gal

pal Serena Williams’s crushing U.S. Open loss ended the tennis champ’s quest for a calendar grand slam. The Canadian hip hop star has become a trending topic on Twitter with #blamedrake after Williams was upset by unseeded Roberta Vinci Friday—largely because steamy photographs that surfaced last month confirmed a romantic involvement between the two celebrities. The steamy pics taken at swanky Italian eatery Sotto in Cincinnati, Ohio last month that were

posted on TMZ was photographic evidence of a relationship between 28-year-old Drake, whose

dia, because the “Lord Knows” rapper has a history of backing the losing side in a wide range of professional sports. He visited LeBron James’ Cavaliers last year, before Cleveland lost in the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors. He also recorded a song in quarterback Johnny Manziel’s honor—before the Cleveland Browns bust’s career imploded. Had Serena Williams won, real name is Aubrey Drake she would have had a shot Graham, and 33-year-old at winning the first calenWilliams. dar Grand Slam of tennis That’s an issue, at least in 27 years.

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Donald Trump owns 100% of the Miss World Organisation

eepika Padukone, who is one of the highest paid actresses of Bollywood, says she does not understand monetary investments as her father, former badminton champion Prakash Padukone, manages her finances. Deepika, 29, revealed on the sidelines of an event that she was never given pocket money as a child. "My father takes care of my investments so I don't know much about it (where and how the money is invested). I am not too much of a tech person. I don't

understand what apps are about. I prefer clicking pictures and then printing them and putting them in album," Deepika told reporters here. "I give money to my father and he takes good care of it. When I was small, I did not get pocket money," she added. Deepika has been busy shooting Tamasha in which she stars opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film will hit theatres on November 27. This year, she will also be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani, which also stars Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra.

onald Trump now owns the whole of the Miss Universe Organisation. The business tycoon announced his purchase on Friday. Trump previously owned half the organisation but finalised negotiations on purchasing the rest this week. ‘Just purchased NBC’s half of The Miss Universe Organization and settled all lawsuits against them. Now

own 100% -- stay tuned!’ Trump wrote on Twitter. Miss World has suffered from its association with the Presidential hopeful, as the Washington Times reports. Trump’s controversial comments about Mexican immigrants caused outrage and prompted NBC, who owned half of the organisation, to cancel their broadcast. The Spanish language

Univision also refused to broadcast of the competition. In response, Trump filed a $500 million lawsuit against Univision. It is uncertain if he took any legal action against NBC although, as NY Times reports, his tweet implies he had: ‘settled all lawsuits against them [NBC].’ Trump has owned a stake in the Miss Universe organisation since 1996. The televised pageant has suffered a decline in viewers over the past few decades. This year’s competition, following NBC and Univision’s decision to cancel broadcasting, was left without a television

provider and it only attracted low ratings when it was broadcast on the cable channel Reelz. The Miss Universe Organisation has long been hailed as outdated and sexist. Even attempts by the organisation to ditch its swimsuit competition, considered the ‘most sexist’ aspect of the annual event, have done little to alter Miss Universe’s image. However, as Trump is hardly the embodiment of enlightenment, considering his previous comments about women, it seems as though it’s a match made in uber-conservative heaven.

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Serena finally falls after Paes & Martina Hingis defy year of living dangerously age, win mixed doubles title

Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts in the second set against Roberta Vinci of Italy during their women's singles semi-final match at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, September 11. (REUTERS)

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NEW YORK, SEptEmbER 12 (REutERS): Serena Williams had been a vulnerable conqueror at this year's majors, living dangerously and dicing with defeat on numerous occasions as she tried to become only the fourth woman to complete the calendar Grand Slam. On Friday, her luck finally ran out at the U.S. Open, and on a court where she had not been beaten since 2011. In her 12th three-set contest of the electrifying 2015 run, Williams met her match in Italian doubles expert Roberta Vinci, who ended the American's bid for a share of tennis history with a shocking 2-6 6-4 6-4 upset victory in the semi-finals. Williams, dominating the sport at the ripe old tennis age of 33, had repeated over and over that she felt no

pressure in trying to add her name to a list comprised of Maureen Connolly (1953), Margaret Court (1970) and Steffi Graf (1988). She tried her best to maintain that mantra after her stunning semi-final defeat on an Arthur Ashe Stadium court that had been so kind to her in the past. "I don't want to talk about how disappointing it is for me," Williams said during a tetchy post-match conference during which she repeatedly refused to answer questions. "I told you guys I don't feel pressure," she insisted. "I never felt pressure. I never felt that pressure to win here. I said that from the beginning." On court, the world number one appeared impatient, flustered and weighed down by expectations against 32-year-old Vinci, over-hitting groundstrokes

and second serve returns in an effort to overwhelm and discourage the Italian, who refused to shy away from the daunting challenge. It was only the third loss in 56 matches for Williams this year and came against an opponent who had never taken a set off her in four previous meetings and was appearing in her first grand slam semi-final. Despite the defeat, Williams has nothing to be ashamed of after an extraordinary season produced Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon wins to take her career grand slam total to 21, third on the all-time list behind Court (24) and Graf (22).

for the second "Serena Slam" of her career after first accomplishing the feat when winning the 2003 Australian Open. Yet Williams had to fight through lapses along the way. The world number one was extended to three sets twice at the Australian Open, five times at the French Open and twice more at Wimbledon. She even relied on her champion's survival instincts when she stood two points from defeat against British outsider Heather Watson in the third round at Wimbledon. But whereas rivals in the calibre of her sister Venus and twice grand slam champion Victoria Azarenka managed to stretch Serena to three sets at the majors, delivering the killer punch seemed to be a feat beyond their capability. It was left to a 43rd ranked, 300-1 long-shot to show the world that Serena Williams could be beaten. The Vinci match was the top seed's third three-setter at the U.S. Open and the one that ended an amazing streak of 33 consecutive grand slam match wins. "I made a couple of tight shots, to be honest, but maybe just about two," she said in what seemed an understatement. "Other than that, I don't think I was that tight." The six-times U.S. Open champion uncorked 40 unforced errors, undercutting her 50 winners that included 16 aces. "I don't think I played that bad. I made more unforced errors than I normally would make, but I think she just played really well," she added.

NEW YORK, SEptEmbER 12 (pti): Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes scripted history by notching up the US Open mixed doubles title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis to become the format’s most successful male player in the Open Serena Slam era. The fourth seeded Her Wimbledon triIndo-Swiss pair edged umph enabled her to boast past unseeded Americans possession of all four grand Bethanie Mattek-Sands slam titles at the same time and Sam Querrey 6-4 3-6 10-7 in a tricky final to win their third Major title together this season. The 42-year-old Paes has now won nine Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, surpassing compatriot and former partner Mahesh Bhupathi’s record of eight titles. He is now behind only the legendary Martina Navratilova, who won 10 mixed doubles trophies. Of those 10, two came with Paes when they won AusThe UGC Girls hostel of Kohima College Kohima conducted its annual Sports Day at the college ground on September 12. In tralian Open and the Wimthe inaugural session, principal of the college Dr. Watijungshi encouraged the students citing the importance of knowledge bledon in 2003. With this which is three dimensional - mental, society and physical. Hostellers turned out in good number and took part in the event win, the Paes-Hingis duo, which had a variety of games, including volley ball, football and badminton. which also won the Australian Open and the Wimbledon titles early this season, have become the first Meluri Local Ground 4th Quarter final mixed doubles team since Wiekiizii beat Bright Bro’s Club 3-2 1969 to win three Grand DAY 6 Results Slam mixed doubles titles Ist semi final on September 14 in the same year. It was 3rd Quarter final United Brother’s Club versus Khumiasii Paes’ 17th Grand Slam title Christian Mission School beat Walrus 2-1 Wiekiizii versus Christian Mission school overall and Hingis’ 19th. Hingis has won four Grand Slam titles and all of them have come with Indians. She won her first mixed doubles trophy with MaOur Correspondent hesh Bhupathi when they Mokokchung | September 12 won 2006 Australian Open. Hingis is also in contenThe dust has settled at the Imkongtion in women’s doubles, meren Sports Complex as the twowhere she is partnering day motorsport event ‘Throttle Sania Mirza. The two had Thrust 2015’ came to a close today, earlier won the Wimblean event that was undeniably a huge don this year. They are up success in all aspects setting a stanagainst Yaroslava Shvedodard for all future motor-sporting va of Kazakhstan and Casey events in this town. The chief guest at the valedictory and prize distribution ceremony of the event, C.Apok Jamir, Nagaland Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, agreed that there was amble scope for promoting motorsports as a means for de- Winners of the Autocross Below 1000cc along with guest of honour, Nagaland veloping the tourism industry in the Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, C.Apok Jamir. state. Perhaps appreciating the jamWinners’ list packed galleries of the stadium, the SUV Category winners chief guest observed that the support Jeepcross Winners 1st: Kamalesh Das (Shillong) of the people is essential for promot- 1st: Lima Kichu 2nd: Anguzo Sekhose (Kohima) ing and sustaining tourism industry. 2nd: Waimeren Imsong 3rd: Maonger 3rd: Sandeep Sharma (Delhi) Jamir also lauded the organizers, the participants and the people of Mo- Autocross Below 1000CC category winners Motocross Novice category winners kokchung for making the event a 1st: Keviridei Solo (Kohima) 1st: Daniel Metha (Kohima) 2nd: Dame Dkhar (Meghalaya Team EJAMSA) 2nd: Mesa (Kohima) huge success. ‘Throttle Thrust 2015’ 3rd: Unoka Assumi (Dimapur) 3rd: Ano Suho (Team Gear Heads, Kohima) was organized by the Mokokchung Motocross Expert category winners Autocross Above 1000CC category winners based Spearhead Motorsport Initia1st: Paominthang (Shillong) 1st: Sandeep Sharma (Delhi) tive independently to celebrate ‘125 2nd: Atikor Rahman (Guwahati, Assam) 2nd: Baljit Singh (Shillong) years of Mokokchung town’ that 3rd: Kevin Puro (Team NAC, Dimapur) 3rd: Rehan Khan (New Delhi) drew participants from Delhi, Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland. vehicle’ - Polaris ATVs at the Polaris Mokokchung’s local drivers had Apart from the prizes includ- Experience Zone in Dimapur. Amul to settle with only the ‘participation ing cash, certificates and trophies T Special also came forward to spon- certificates’ for now as all the accoawarded to the winner, runners- sor the Runner-up cash prize for the lades went to those who came from up and first runners-up in all the Autocross Below 1000CC category other parts of the state and country. categories, Polaris North East also while IDBI sponsored the Winner’s The ‘Jeepcross’ category was a consosponsored special gift hampers to cash prize for the Autocross SUV cat- lation for the host town’s motorsport the winner and runner-up of all the egory. The organizers also awarded enthusiasts as it was reserved exclucategories. Polaris North East also a special ‘Youngest Driver’ award to sively for ‘hometown drivers’. awarded free ride contracts to all the 19-year old Marsuba Imsong of Team There was also a car-expo, the first top two winners in the various cat- Gear Heads, Kohima. All the partici- of its kind in Mokokchung, as part of egories with the opportunity to ride pants were awarded certificates of the event where major motor compa‘the world’s number one off road participation. nies exhibited their vehicles.

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Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Leander Paes of India celebrate winning the US Open mixed doubles title.

President, PM lead congratulations

mumbai, SEptEmbER 12 (iaNS): Following tennis ace Leander Paes' victory at the US Open, Indian dignitaries from President Pranab Mukherjee to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sports and film personalities, all congratulated the 42-yearold on his achievement on Saturday. Paes, partnering Swiss veteran Martina Hingis, defeated unseeded Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in a tricky final on Friday. With this title, the 42-year-old Paes clinched his 17th Grand Slam title, also becoming the first man to pocket nine mixed doubles titles, surpassing compatriot and former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi, who has eight. In his 17 Grand Slams record, Paes has eight men's doubles and nine mixed doubles titles. The Kolkata-born received hearty praise from all quarters and especially on social media with PM Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee leading the congratulatory messages. "Well done Leander and Hingis, hearty congratulations on winning the U.S Open mixed doubles," President Mukherjee tweeted. "Well played again, Leander and Hingis. Congrats on a great win. We are all very delighted," PM Modi tweeted. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, "Congratulations Leander for winning the US Open Mixed Doubles Dellacqua of Australia in the summit clash. Paes and Hingis broke Mattek-Sands at love to take a 2-1 lead in the opening set as the Swiss hit a forehand passing shot to secure the break. That break was all they needed, as Paes easily closed the set out at 5-4 when Hingis hit a volley winner. A lone break of serve also decided the second set, as MattekSands hit two straight winners to break Hingis’ serve as the Americans led 3-1. Hingis saved three set points on her serve at 2-5, but Querrey easily held in the next game to send the contest into a deciding su-

title... We are all so proud." "Congratulations! Leander Paes on winning the U.S. Open mixed doubles title with Martina Hingis. India feels proud of your historic victory," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tweeted. It was the third mixed doubles crown of the year for Paes and Hingis, who earlier won the Australian Open final and Wimbledon. They are the first team since 1969 and second in the Open Era to capture three of four Majors in a calendar year. Indian sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, "Many congratulations to Leander and Hingis. You guys are truly legendary!!" "Leander Paes and Martina Hingis .. congratulations on US Open victory .. bit my painful tooth out during the tie break," megastar Amitabh Bachchan said. Legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble tweeted: “Congratulations Leander and Hingis on winning the Mixed Doubles at the US Open.” Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle said: "Leander Paes and his astonishing body just keep going on. And to think of Frejus and France and the same Leander.” Tennis star Rohan Bopanna tweeted: "Congrats to Hingis and Leander for yet another mixed title. Great effort. US Open." Actor Farhan Akhtar tweeted: "And the hits just keep on coming.. Congratulations Leander and Hingis on winning the mixed doubles title."

per tiebreak. The unseeded Americans were cruising as they created a 4-1 cushion when they won both the points on Hingis’ serve to grab the first minibreak. But Hingis and Paes took the mini-break back on Mattek-Sands’ serve at the next opportunity. The crucial point of the match came at 7-7, when Paes blocked Querrey’s serve for a clean passing-shot winner. He then won both points on his serve to close out the match, hitting an overhead winner on their first match point and then lifting Hingis in celebration. When asked about his next target, Paes said he was

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looking forward the Davis Cup tie against Czech Republic in Delhi next week before talking about what would be his seventh Olympics in Rio next year. “Firstly, I am looking forward to Davis Cup next week. We will try out best to win and make the World Group. Then there is Rio Olympics next year. It would be special to have my father with me at my seventh Olympic appearance. Both Rohan (Bopanna) and Sania (Mirza) are doing well in doubles. I hope we can put up a good show for India,” said Paes, who won the singles bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

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