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reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

Dimapur | September 17

With the intent to take the

According to our govt there are no employment oppor- ideas of North East youths tunities because literacy to broader forums, the rate is very, very high.

Young Leaders Connect

Dimapur | September 17

The body of one of the two children, who were reported missing from Toulazouma village, Dimapur on September 16, was found, drowned at the Dhansiri River today. The body was recovered around noon downstream in Assam at a place falling under Khatkhati Police Station.

According to the police, the two girls – cousins Mangvala Veronica (10 years) and Mary Liegise (4 years) – went missing around 2:00 pm on September 16. A missing complaint was filed later in the night following an unsuccessful search. They were reported to have been last seen by the Dhansiri river, which flows by Toulazouma.

According to police, at around noon, Dimapur police were informed by the Khatkhati Police Station of the discovery of body of an unidentified little girl in the river. It was later confirmed that the body was of Mary, the younger of the two.

The body was handed over to the family after post-mortem, the police said, while adding that search was on for Mangvala. According to police, Mangvala is a resident of Railway colony and was visiting her cousin’s place in Toulazouma when she and her cousin, Mary went missing.

(YLC) is organizing a “StartUp North-East” conclave in Arunachal Pradesh. Emphasizing that the need for a developed North East to reach its full potential is the common strand bringing the region together, Member of Parliament Gaurav Gogoi, who is also a founding member of YLC, stated that the conclave would focus on working out a roadmap for development in the North East.

“YLC has always been trying to talk about the ideas of the North East youths, and we are trying to represent these ideas in the biggest forum. In the end, what ties us all together is that the North East should be developed. The common theme that binds all of us together is if the Northeast can achieve its potential.

We can see a lot of peace and prosperity emerging out of the conclave,” Gogoi stated this while addressing a press conference at Niathu Resort, Dimapur on September 17.

During the press conference it was also informed that this year’s YLC conclave will be held in Ita-

Member of Parliament Gaurav Gogoi (Left) and Parliamentary Secretary Mmhonlumo Kikon (Right) during the press conference at Niathu Resort, Dimapur on September 17.

nagar, Arunachal Pradesh on October 28 and 29 with the theme “Start-Up NorthEast”, riding on the Prime Minister’s “Startup India, Standup India” and “Made in India” campaign. This will be the fifth edition of YLC’s annual conclave.

MP Gogoi termed the conclave unique, one of a kind platform for achievers from the North East India representing diverse fields of education, health, hospitality, politics, and business to come together and make a road-map for the development of the North East and how “we” can inspire future generations of North East leaders. “No other platform has managed to do what YLC has done so far,” he asserted.

He also pointed out that the beauty of the conclave is that it travels every year to a different location.

Co-Chair for the conclave, Mmhonlumo Kikon, Parliamentary Secretary,

Labour & Employment, Entrepreneurship & Skills Development and Border Affairs (Nagaland) felt that the conclave can help discuss and focus on issues of entrepreneurship in the North East, how it can benefit from the various policies of the government by sharing lessons, experiences, and coming together to form alliances. Expressing a positive outcome from the conclave, he stated, “We feel that the winds of change will come towards the entrepreneurial sector which has not been promoted with much emphasis in the past.”

Hekani Jakhalu, YouthNet Founder and also the brain behind this initiative, also announced that the conclave will have panel discussions and round table discussions with experts and stakeholders that will go beyond dialogue and towards deliverable goals applicable in national

and regional setting. On the side lines, there will also be interface between entrepreneurs, NGOs and Government agencies, advisory organizations. There will also be a showcase and competition of 8 successful entrepreneurs and their startups, one from each North East state. A football exhibition match will also be held between the Chief Minister XI and YLC, she informed.

YLC conclave, an annual event, aims to bring together young change makers and leaders from the North East and rest of the country, put their heads and hearts together to plan where they would like to see India vis-à-vis North East in the future, plan a roadmap, and strategize on interventions at the grassroots and policy level. In a landmark initiative, it engages policy makers, strategists, entrepreneurs, professionals, members of academia, sports, music and culture, and students to join the development course.

YLC member, Abu Metha, informed that in the past, the YLC conclave had taken place in Kohima in 2011 and 2012, Guwahati in 2013, and Delhi in 2014. He mentioned that the chief host for this year’s conclave is Kiren Rijju, Minister of State (Home Affairs), Government of India. The Chair is Bhaichung Bhutia, Co-Chair Conrad Sangma, Member of Parliament (Meghalaya), CoChair Mmhonlumo Kikon, Parliamentary Secretary, Labour & Employment, Entrepreneurship & Skills Development and Border Affairs (Nagaland).

nagaland - clean election campaign!

Diezephe village sets example by deleting bogus and proxy names from E-Roll

DImapur, September 17 (mexN): Setting an impressive example, Diezephe Village under Dimapur District has cleaned up its Electoral Roll (E-Roll) by deleting all the bogus and proxy names.

The Diezephe Village Council working in tandem with the SDO (Civil), Dhansiripar deleted 274 bogus entries out of the total 672 names in the village E-Roll leaving behind only 398 names of genuine voters, according to a press release from Media Cell, ACAUT Nagaland.

Chairman of Diezephe, Vesato

Chuzho, while interacting with ACAUT members, said that the village council decided to take the momentous step as per the Clean Electoral Campaign of the State Election Commission and the Clean Election movement started by the NBCC, the release informed.

ACAUT Nagaland pointed out that this is the first time a village council in Nagaland has voluntarily decided to clean up its own E-Roll.

“What Diezephe village has done is transformational and counter to the prevalent culture of the day, where every single village in Nagaland is competing against their immediate neighbouring village by illegally enhancing their respective E-Roll population,” it stated.

Maintaining that Nagaland still

has approximately 4,00,000 bogus and multiple names to be deleted from the E-Roll, ACAUT Nagaland noted that unless the deletion exercise is taken up voluntarily by all the 2500 odd villages, both the Clean Electoral Campaign of the State Election Commission and the Clean Election movement started by the NBCC will not be successful.

In this light, ACAUT appealed to all the village councils in Nagaland to follow the example of Diezephe village and Langpangkong Range, Mokokchung. “ACAUT feels that this is the only way the people can fight widespread corruption at the grassroots level, which will go a long way in battling the menace of corruption that has crippled our state,” the press release added.

rice bugs invade homes in Dimapur Y. Merina Chishi

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Residents of Kevijau colony and adjoining areas are having a harrowing time with a new enemy.

For the past one month, a reddish brown rice bugs have been invading their homes- attacking grains stored in containers and causing problems for the residents. Residents suspect the reason could be the grain storehouse belonging to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) located nearby.

These bugs have made their way into homes located in Kevijau colony, Sematila, Xuvihe and other adjoining areas. Those affected the most are people living close to the FCI storehouse and particularly on the ground floor of buildings. Residents in the area said they noticed the bugs coming in large numbers last month. “Every morning we sweep out a handful of those bugs from our house,” a lady said. These bugs are noticeable mostly after dusk. Another lady mentioned that these bugs crawl on their beds and other furniture raising fears that it could be dangerous if it enters their ears while sleeping.

A resident of Sematilla observed the bugs in her house in the month of August. She has

‘Lesser grain borers’ which have been troubling residents of Kevijau colony, Sematila, Xuvihe, and adjoining areas in Dimapur.

found them crawling on walls, beds and carpets. She initially thought they were flees from a pet dog she owns but later discovered the bugs were present even in her neighbour’s house. “I have never seen rice bugs crawling around like this in such numbers,” she said.

Upon examination, officials from the De-

partment of Agriculture have confirmed the bug to be a storage pest called ‘lesser grain borer’ (scientific name: Prostephanus truncates).

The pest, they added, is not commonly found in Nagaland.

Lesser grain borer is one of the most injurious pests known to attack grains. Adults are mobile, able to fly and are long-lived. Females lay eggs one at a time or in batches of upto 30 eggs. It affects nearly all grains including seeds, dried fruit, cork, wood and paper products. The damages caused by this pest are distinctive and heavy. They feed on the embryo of the food grain thereby taking away all the nutrients present.

The officials pointed out that the increase in the pest around the storehouse could mean the food grains have been stored over a significant period of time. Other atmospheric factors like uncontrolled temperature and high moisture content could also be playing havoc. They suggested that ‘light-trap’ technique and smearing repellents like neem paste could help in preventing the bugs from entering homes. However, unless bigger measures to destroy the pests from the source are made, the numbers will only increase.

Our Correspondent Kohima | September 17

Nagaland produces 66.6% of the total requirement of livestock worth Rs. 1, 673.35 crore, leaving behind a shortfall of 33.32 %, according to the Sample Survey Report of 2014-15.

Meanwhile, the State imported animal husbandry products worth Rs. 214.74 crore in monetary terms. The value of import of meat, eggs and dairy products stood at Rs. 215.

46 crore in 2013-2014 and registered a fall of Rs. 0.72 crore in 2014-15.

This was informed in the Nagaland Pig Breeding Policy brought out by State’s Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services.

It stated that production of milk, meat, and eggs in the State during 2014-15 was 75.92 thousand tonnes, 39.27 thousand tonnes, and 706 lakh respectively.

Livestock rearing is a year round activity and production volume is quite low compared to demand.

On the other hand, cattle rearing in Nagaland is confined to limited areas. Districts such as Dimapur and Kohima rear dairy cattle and in the valleys of Peren district, cattle and buffaloes are reared for meat and draught purposes.

The State’s pig population as per the XIXth Livestock Census 2012 stands at 5, 03, 688, of which, 75.59% (3,80,719) are crossbreds and 24.41% (1, 22, 969) are indigenous. It stated

that pig rearing occupies an important position in the farming system in Nagaland as it is closely interlinked with the other agricultural operation performed by the tribal people for livelihood.

The pig production system in Nagaland is mostly low input backyard system.

Farmers of this region have evolved a self-sustainable local resource based production system, in which, pigs are mainly dependent on local vegetation, crop residues and kitchen waste. This system aims to get medium output from nearly zero input and mostly based on the locally available resources.

Although the local small, indigenous pigs have been steadily replaced with improved crossbreeds over recent years, pig production is still largely traditional: piglets are brought-in, kept in simple pens (freeranging pigs are not allowed on public health and nuisance grounds, including risk of damaging crops), health care and other inputs are largely unavailable and feeding systems rely mostly on forages collected from the forest and kitchen and garden wastes.

The traditional system of feeding involves feeding a wet slop made up of different forages collected from the forest (abundant in the wet season but scarce in winter) combined with garden and kitchen waste, all cooked with firewood.

Purchased wheat bran and also some maize and rice are sometimes fed by

some farmers. Feeding of balanced concentrate feed to pigs is neither popular nor are the concentrates readily available in the market. Some farmers buy a couple of feed ingredients, mainly wheat bran or rice polish, from the local feed stall and feed to pigs with any additional farm and kitchen waste. However, they hardly buy any protein rich feed ingredients or mineral and vitamin mixture. This is possibly because pig producers lack knowledge on pig nutrition together with financial constraints.

The report further stated that these traditional feeds provide inadequate nutrition to support acceptable growth rates and maintain good health. In addition, collecting forages is a major cause of forest degradation; this is exacerbated because the forages are cooked before feeding which requires enormous amounts of fuel wood to be collected in addition to wild forages. Also, collection of forages and fuel wood places an enormous burden on women who are traditionally responsible for these activities.

The Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services is currently maintaining 10 piggery farms to maintain swine breeds of superior germplasm aimed at upgrading local animals at farmer level to enhance productivity and production, and utilize as demonstration farms to progressive piggery farmers and generate revenue for the state.

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Discover the Difference: ALS seeks to instill self-confidence & determination Morung Express News Dimapur | September 17

A mega seminar for civil service aspirants-cumlaunching of Alternative Learning Systems (ALS), India’s largest IAS coaching network, was held here at Town Hall on Saturday with Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome, as chief guest.

The seminar with ‘Discover the difference’ as the theme is an initiative of Impact Hub Society.

Addressing hundreds of civil service (IAS) aspirants and students, the deputy commissioner said ‘passion’ in the most important trait a civil service aspirant must possess to achieve the ultimate goal. Yhome, the youngest IAS officers in the state, gave tips on how to prepare oneself for the most prestigious exam, IAS exam through UPSC. He said the success or failure depends on the individual alone and no one, be it parents or mentors, should be blamed

DC Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome, and ALS faculty member, Manish K Gautum addressing the mega seminar on how to crack the Civil Service (UPSC) exam at Town Hall, Dimapur on September 17. (Morung Photo)

for failure. “It is you yourself who is the biggest stumbling block and anything sabotaging your progress is you alone. Nagas have the knack for blame game and we always come up with excuses”, the DC said.

Yhome said an IAS aspirant must discipline and train his/her mind and not

let the mind take control of an individual. He also said an IAS aspirant must possess self-confidence, positive attitude and determination and not waste precious time dwelling too much on one’s weaknesses. He further reminded the aspirants the adage ‘Failure is the stepping stone to success.”

Resource person of the seminar, ALS faculty member and renowned IAS mentor, Manish K Gautum, said the first thing an IAS aspirant should ask oneself is why he or she is opting for that service. Gautum said there are many students sit ting in the UPSC exam because of family or peer in-

fluence or pressure while some others are attracted by the recognition, respect, glamour and beacon light associated with the elite service.

But the most important drive to become and IAS officer, according to Gautum, is that the officer will get the opportunity to “touch and inspire” thousands of lives.

“It gives opportunity for us to paint on a larger canvas.

When you become a civil service officer, you can serve society with authority and resources at your disposal. This the fundamental difference between civil service and social service”, the IAS mentor said.

Gautum said the motivation to become an IAS officer should come from within oneself. He also gave valuable tips to the civil service aspirants and said to crack the IAS exam, a person should be possess qualities and traits including discipline, consistency, knowledge and requirements of the exam.

Government Hindi Institute observe Hindi Diwas Morung Express News

Dimapur | September 17

Government Hindi Institute (GHI), Dimapur observed Hindi Diwas on September 17 under the theme – Hindi Ka Kramik Vikas (Evolution of Hindi).

Asangba Chuba Ao, Commissioner of Taxes, Nagaland graced the celebration as the chief guest.

In his address, Ao emphasised the importance of Hindi as a language in India. While it is one of the

official languages of India, he said that it is not so in Nagaland state. “Hindi is not an official language of Nagaland, however, that does not imply that it is insignificant as a medium of communication.”

While recounting his tryst with Hindi as an administrative officer in Bihar, he recalled that his command over the language was limited but as his service years progressed, he could improve communicating in the language. In

this regard, he said that it is a misconception to hold Hindi as a difficult language for Nagas to converse in.

He said that it may not feature as an official language of the state; however, it can be counted as a ‘4th language’ after mother tongue, English and ‘Nagamese’. This situation though unofficial is rather advantageous to Nagas for “we get to learn and speak multiple forms of verbal communication,” he added.

Further, he said that fa-

miliarity with multiple languages, be it Hindi or any other language, can aid in trade and commerce, while adding that for the economy to develop, trade and commerce is a must and commerce without a means of communication is virtually impossible. As regards the attitude of Nagas towards Hindi, he said that it should not be considered as a mere school subject, which one is required to mug up to pass.

GHI vice principal, Gu-

lab Chandra, in his address said that it would be a misconception to equate Hindi with the Hindu religion.

“There is a general misconception among non-Hindi speakers that it is related to Hinduism, which is one way is acting as a discouragement for taking up Hindi as an academic subject.”

On the other hand, he held Hindi as not only a medium of communication but also secular in nature that could foster brotherhood and build relations.

Training grassroots women on rights and leadership

Participants with resource person during the first phase training of rural women leaders on ‘Women’s Rights and Governance’ from September 13 to 15 held at East Gate Hotel, Kohima.

NEN initiates process with ‘Women’s Rights and Governance’ Kohima, September 17 (mexN): Women’s leadership has become a subject that is widely debated, more so with the recent approval of the 33% reservation of women in the Municipal Bodies. This is a major step taken towards bridging gender gap in political representation; Fostering women’s leadership and representation in decision making bodies at the village level is an equally important agenda.

With this purview, North East Network (NEN), a women rights organisation in Nagaland has begun the process of training grassroots women leaders on women rights and leadership through an intensive training module designed to stretch over three phases. The training module is intended to build women’s perspective and conceptual clarity on issues of women rights, governance, Gender based Discrimination and Violence against Women (GBDVAW) and other human rights framework.

In addition the women leaders will also be guided through a series of practical exercises on research and documentation, analytical skills and advocacy which are intended to build and strengthen their

leadership roles within their own communities and organisations they are placed.

North East Network (NEN) organised the first phase training of rural women leaders on ‘Women’s Rights and Governance’ from September 13 to 15 at East Gate Hotel, Kohima. The training was attended by 25 grassroots women leaders from nine villages of Phek District, Nagaland.

The training topics included ‘Understanding Gender, Women’s Rights, Violence against Women (VAW), Governance and Institutions, Research and Documentation’ which was facilitated by NEN Programme Manager Wekoweu Tsuhah, and Programme Associates Hraveine David and Ms. Dolly Wotsa. These sessions looked at the basics of understanding gender based discrimination as a root cause, having larger impact on women’s lives in the form of violating social, economic, political, cultural and civil rights of women.

Participatory exercises were also conducted to understand governance structures and institutions.

Gracy Ayee, State Coordinator of State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW) and Vekhwüsalü Dawhuo, Supervisor of Helpline-181 facilitated a session on ‘Rights and Entitlements- women related programme and Schemes’. They shared on the various programme and schemes related to women that were available within the state.

Road at Haralu Colony inaugurated D/CAFÉ: where ‘Coffee makes everything possible’ Vishu Rita Krocha

Kohima | September 17

MLA & Chairman NIDC Ltd, Tovihoto Ayemi seen along with others after the road inauguration in Dimapur on Saturday. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | September 17

MLA and NIDC Chairman NIDC Ltd Tovihoto Ayemi on Saturday inaugurated newly constructed road at Haralu Colony, Power House, Burma Camp, Dimapur in the presence of DMC Administrator, H. Atokhe Aye and colony leaders.

Tovihoto lauded the DMC for the continuous developmental activities undertaken by it and further encouraged to continue with its services to the public. He said that the new road at Haralu Colony was a long felt need of the residents and urged the colony people to maintain the road.

DMC Administrator, Atokhe reiterated his grati-

tude to the government for allowing the DMC to collect toll tax and also thanked the public for their constant cooperation and support to the DMC to carry out developmental activities.

GB, Haralu Colony also spoke during the programme which was chaired

by R. Francis Zeliang, Haralu Colony, Power House Burma Camp, Dimapur.

D/CAFÉ, the only place in Kohima town serving ‘Turkish Coffee’ and ‘French Press’ among a delightful assortment of coffee is a newly opened Coffee Shop, creatively designed to suit the taste of any coffee lover.

Dili Khekho, the person behind this venture is a recently teacher-turnedentrepreneur with a degree in M. Sc (Environment) from NEHU. “I have observed that for many of our young people, enjoyment is all about drinking alcohol and I started this café also to send out a message that you can still enjoy life without drinks”, he said in an exclusive interview with the Morung Express. With a mini library and a cozy aesthetic that makes it perfect for reading, D/CAFÉ provides the ideal ambiance just to relax and watch TV, spend time with loved ones, accompanied with exceptional coffee and food. Highlighting on the three priorities of D/ CAFÉ, he emphasized on Cleanliness, the Service and the Quality of Food and Drinks.

‘We keep our kitchen open so

Dili Khekho, owner of D/CAFÉ, the only place in Kohima town serving ‘Turkish Coffee’ and ‘French Press’ among a delightful assortment of coffee. (Morung Photo)

that whatever we are doing, it is transparent’, he expressed and further added, “I want people to come and enjoy- spend an hour or two, maybe watch TV or read, or just be with friends and family and indulge in quality food and drinks.”

The reasonable rates in the menu also resonate with his dream for people to come and enjoy without having to spend too much.

In the meantime, he said, “I am starting this by faith. I have zero balance as I begin…” Dili Khekho

lost his father in July this year but he is determined to do a noble thing in his memory. “My father grew up as an orphan and because we were not well off, I learned how it is to struggle”, he impressed upon. One day, he hopes to start an orphanage to make it a home for children like his own father. Towards this end, he said, “I am yet to fix an amount but I want to set a certain percentage from this venture (D/CAFÉ) and start saving for the orphanage project.”

Dili Khekho was earlier trained at Zera Coffee Shop in Bodhgaya for a period of 5 months, where he learnt most of the things about Coffee. He procures coffee beans both from Pune and Delhi. The freshly roasted beans are packed exclusively for D/CAFÉ and are organic.

D/CAFÉ is located in Jail Colony and is open 7 days a week from 10:00 am to 8:30 pm (Mondays-Thursdays), 10:00 am to 9:00 pm (Fridays to Saturdays) and 11:00 am to 9:00 pm (on Sundays). It also offers a loyalty card for customers, for whom the 10th drink can be availed for free.

The cafe serves a variety of beverages, snacks and other food items.

H&FW Secretary visits leprosy campaign control room VHND in Yangzitong 'A' Kiphire

Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): Moangwati Aier, Secretary, Health & Family Welfare visited Leprosy Case Detection Campaign control room to monitor the activities of the campaign on September 16.

Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) has been going on since September 5 and will continue till September 18 in Dimapur district.

During his visit, MoangMoangwati Aier, Secretary, Health & Family Welfare with others during his visit to the wati interacted with the staff of Leprosy Case Detection Campaign control room on September 16.

NLEP and communicated with

the Block LCDC team through the LCDC control room. He appreciated the efforts of all the staff involved in the intensive campaign and hoped that the campaign will be a success.

He also had a detailed discussion with Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi, Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr. S.K. Dey, State Leprosy Consultant, Dr. Ahu Sekhose, State Leprosy Officer, Dr. Toshirenla, and other District Programme Officers and staff.

A moment of solidarity to enable our environment: AYO

ricating houses/workshops/ Kohima, September 17 cafes/constructing agents us(mexN): “In the conviction of our ing planners and other power duty of solidarity for humanity, for driven equipments etc to down/ the coming generations, and to cease their power driven macampaign for an environment that chinery/activity for the day will enhance and be suitable to sustain and support lives,” the An- • Minimal and judicious usage of power at home on TVs/Fridges/ gami Youth Organisation (AYO) is PCs etc calling for “A Moment of Solidarity to Enable Our Environment” on • All vehicle owners/drivers etc to cease engines even at home/ October 5, beginning from 6:00 am garages to 6:00 pm in Kohima.

In exercise of this initiative, on October 5, AYO will impose: • All vehicles to remain off the road for the day • All mills/crushers/print/fab-

AYO President Medo Yhokha and Vice President Kekhrievolie Keyho in a press release informed that the scheduled date is not a “bandh” therefore no restriction

on human movement and activities will be imposed under any manner.

‘A Moment of Solidarity to Enable Our Environment’ is a call to all to take a walk to work, work with human driven energy, feel a day with nature- a day without dependence on fossil fuel energy related to life, to take a walk for healthy and better life, a day to enable our environment to recoup its vitality for human sustenance.

AYO stated that environmental and climate issues have become too imperative to be ignored or to be left to the next generation to address this implacable fact. “With

the environment in an unprecedented point of vulnerability, the damage and the threat of our own human existence have become too eminent if we don’t react prudently now- accept our responsibility in the current situation, act to repair what can be repaired, and conserve what can be conserved to prepare a future for ourselves and for posterity,” the Organisation stated.

Towards this end, the initiative has been called to impress upon the present generation for an attitudinal and behavioral change towards our nature and environment for a world that enable decent and convenient living.

Immunization during Village Health Nutrition Day at Yangzitong 'A', Kiphire on September 16.

Kiphire, September 17 (mexN): District Health Society Kiphire conducted Village Health Nutrition Day (VHND) at Yangzitong 'A', Kiphire on September 16.

The medical team comprised of Dr. Tinurenla Anichari (Dy. CMO), Dr. Khelito Zhimomi (DTO), Jully Sumi, Adongla, Asung Pongen, Imnasenla Pongener

and Rothrongkyu.

During the VHND, various health care services were provided not only for maternal, child health and immunization but also for various diseases.

49 OPD attendances were registered at the VHND who were treated and provided free medicines. ANC check-up was also done during the programme.

Highlighting the purpose of many integrated services and schemes provided by the medical department to garner maximum medical coverage at the doorsteps of the people at the grassroot level, Dr. Khelito requested the villagers to avail the various health services not just during VHNDs but at the health units.

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Village submerged by dam, helpless Chadong people seek action from Manipur Governor

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Newmai News Network Imphal | September 17

The villagers of Chadong in Ukhrul district, Manipur are today waiting for the attention of the government after their village has been submerged by the Mapithel Dam/ Thoubal MultiPurpose project constructed to harness the water of Thoubal river for providing irrigation facilities, power generation, augmentation of water supply to Imphal city and to reduce substantially the chances of flood damage in the downstream. The project was sanctioned by the Planning Commission, Government of India in May, 1980 and is monitored centrally through the Central Water Commission and by the state through the State Planning Department and implemented by the IFCD, Government of Manipur.

According to the Joint Action Committee on Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Chadong Village (JAC-RRCV), the village has been completely submerged by the dam water since June, 2015 and the paddy fields and agricultural lands have been inundated since May, 2014 totally displacing the villagers and forcing them to seek shelter in the neighbouring villages and towns without proper provisions for Rehabilitation and Resettlement programs. The JAC-RRCV said they are left without any alternative means of livelihood.

"There is acute shortage of food and other essential commodities in the village and the dam has become a big threat to the future of the poor tribal villagers of Chadong and the neighbouring villages," it added.

According to the JAC, the dam is set to be commissioned in the month of September, 2016 completely ignoring to rehabilitate and resettle Chadong Village. The new village site has not been properly developed. The transportation of building materials to the site is not possible due to bad road

The Chadong Village Church almost submerged completely.

Chadong villagers on a raft with the submerged church behind.

condition. There is no electricity and water supply. Basic amenities are totally not available making it impossible for new settlement, the JAC stated.

In this connection, the JAC-RRCV in a memorandum appealed to the Manipur Governor Dr Najma Hep-

tulla to look into the matter "so that the poor tribal villagers who have sacrificed their land and livelihood in the larger interest of the state are not victimised and turned into refugees in their own land by the construction of this Mapithel Dam".

he Chadong village JAC demanded from the Manipur Governor that the following points are considered by the state and put them in letter and translate them into action to ensure that the villagers get a chance to start a new life with hopes of a better future and that their rights are protected.

1. To declare Chadong village as ‘Mapithel Dam affected/displaced village’.

2. To develop Chadong as a smart model village and one of the tourist destinations of the state by developing all necessary infrastructure and trainings.

3. To provide alternative means of livelihood through various state and centre schemes or project particularly in the field of pisciculture/fishery, organic farming, horticulture, animal husbandry, handloom, handicraft, carpentry, etc.

4. To develop a Trade Centre/Marketing Centre to enhance trade and commerce.

5. Water Rights and Fishing Rights to be entitled to the villagers.

6. Suitable jobs to be provided to the villagers at the project site during the development and maintenance stage and job reservations in the various departments of the state.

7. All land and forest to be returned to the original land owners i.e. the villagers after the life of the project.

8. Free electricity for a period of at least ten years for the displaced villagers.

9. Construction of the following building /infrastructure: - Baptist Church and church office - Catholic Church and church office - Church Guest House (2) - Church Granary (2) - Community Hall - Youth Club Hall + office - Christian Youth Society Office (2) - Student Union Office - Clan Office (4) + granaries (4) - Women Union Office - Elder/senior citizens’ park 10. Compensation for: - Irrigation canals - Horticulture - Forest - Private schools 11. Special Package of Rs. 10,00,000 for orphans.

12. Road connection to the farmlands and fishing sites and possible tourist spots/parks.

How many animals have died due Manipuri transgenders demand to traffic in Kaziranga: green panel apology from minister over attack

new Delhi, September 17 (the hinDU): The National Green Tribunal has asked Assam government to provide the exact number of animal casualties -- road accidents at the Kaziranga National Park -- so far due to traffic movement on National Highway-37 that passes through the home of the famous one-horned rhinos.

It directed the State government and the director of the Kaziranga National Park to inform it on “how many animals have died because of vehicular movement along the highway”.

A Bench headed by NGT chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar also directed the Sarbananda Sonowal government to apprise it of the progress made in installation of sensor-operated automated traffic barriers to prevent these deaths.

Original records “Counsel appearing for the State shall produce original records before us to show what steps in terms of the previous orders of the tribunal have been taken for instal-

lation of sensor barriers for preventing animal conflict. They will also show how many vehicles with interceptor speed sensors have been installed and deployed mainly in the Kaziranga National Park and how many challans were effected from the date of directions till today. Let all information with original record be placed before the Tribunal on September 30," the Bench said.

On the issue of detailed project report (DPR) on measures to curb growing wildlife deaths, the NGT said the document should be prepared in consultation with Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.

The tribunal's direction came during a hearing on a plea filed by environmentalist Rohit Choudhury opposing the expansion of NH-37 which passes from Jakhalabandha to Bokakhat through the Kaziranga Park.

On the last date of hearing, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry had told the Bench that the DPR prepared by the State government had been approved.

imphAl, September 17 (iAnS): Artistes, lyricists and transgenders in Manipur are up in arms against state Rural Development Minister Moirangthem Okendra after his security guards allegedly beat up a popular tansgender artiste here.

The artistes, lyricists and transgenders who on Friday staged a sit-in protest have served an ultimatum to Okendra to tender an apology within seven days or face consequences.

Personal security guards and armed personnel of the minister had allegedly beaten up Bishesh Huirem, a film and mobile theatre artiste, following a road rage incident on

Wednesday night. Huirem is one of the transgenders from 30 countries who has been selected to participate in the International Beauty Queen contest to be held in Thailand on November 9.

Officials of the Minister, however, refuted Huirem's claim over the incident and told IANS that Huirem was driving "dead drunk" and was unable to reverse her car that was blocking the minister's convoy. A security guard stepped in to help her out.

However, Huirem threw tantrums at this saying she had the right to drive and tried to force open the door of the minister's vehicle -- leading to her being restrained. Huirem has

strongly denied the "baseless charges".

In preparation for the beauty contest Huirem is undergoing hormone therapy and personality development course.

Huirem has denied she was drunk. In a statement, she said that she is avoiding salt and oil in her food for the hormone therapy, "and it is outrageous to say she was dead drunk. Shocked by the incident she is now in hospital." The artistes have decided to ban all mobile theatres, films and music programmes in the Heirok constituency of the Minister unless he apologises. This could impact on campaigning as Manipur goes to polls in February 2017.

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Five killed in Mizoram landslides, roads blocked AizAwl, September 17 (iAnS): At least five persons from two families, including a minor girl, were killed as their houses were swept away in huge landslides caused by heavy rain on Saturday in Mizoram's Aizawl district, police said. According to police, heavy landslides after intense rainfall washed away three houses at Tlungvel village killing a couple and their four-yearold girl. The victims' 11-year-old son, however, survived with minor injuries. "The bodies of the girl and her mother were recovered on the spot, but the man's body was located two km away where he was swept away by the landslides," a Mizoram police official said. In the same village, an elderly woman and her 25-year-old son were also killed as their house too was swept away in the landslides. Landslides were also reported from various places in mountainous Mizoram. Several highways in the state were blocked due to the mudslides and uprooting of trees and electric poles due to the heavy rain. Telecommunication lines were snapped and power supply was also disrupted in some districts in the northeastern state.

Mizoram: 49 people die of drug abuse AizAwl, September 17 (nnn): At least 49 people have died of drug abuse since January till September 5, 2016 in Mizoram, registering the highest number of death in 12 years. According to a record maintained by Excise & Narcotic Department, the deceased include 41 males and 8 females. While the number of people who died due to misuse of drugs during 2015 was 27, the number of dead people in just 8 months of the current year has made up to 49 registering the highest number of death after 2005.

Heroin was the main drug that led to highest number of death. Out of 49 deaths, 27 people were heroin addicts.

The record of Excise and Narcotics Department shows that as many as 1,391 people died due to drug abuse during the period from 1984 to September, 2016. In 2012, 45 people died due to drug abuse, 36 in 2013, and 38 in 2014.

Liangmai Naga Council on formation of ZB Senapati Zone SenApAti, September 17 (nnn): Regarding the formation of new ‘Zeliangrong Baudi (ZB) Senapati Zone’ on September 12, the Liangmai Naga Council (LNC), Senapati Zone affirmed today that it will "continue to uphold the resolution of Liangmai People Convention not to party with Zeliangrong organizations until and unless a proper tribe wise federal structure is put in place." In a statement, LNC, Senapati Zone Chairman T Disimang said, "Zeliangrong Union (ZU) Senapati Zone and Zeliangrong Baudi (ZB) Senapati Zone were declared dissolved by their respective leaders in the meeting dated 20th August 2016 in order to pave way to form a common platform wherein all Zeliangrong people in the district could come together under one social organization." The move aimed to put an end to the prolonged tussle between ZU and ZB claiming to be an apex body, according to LNC, Senapati Zone Chairman. Accordingly, in the interest of the Zeliangrong people, the LNC Senapati Zone attended the meeting convened under the banner of Zeliangrong People Council (ZPC) to form a Zeliangrong civil organization with a brand new nomenclature, T Disimang added. "However, to our utter surprise, the house was asked to choose between ZU or ZB as the nomenclature for the new organization which totally contradicts to what was notified and resolved in previous meetings, " he stated.

"Therefore, LNC Senapati Zone walked out of the meeting immediately as we don't see anything positive in reviving ZB or ZU which was already dissolved for good."

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I, Mr. Jangminlun Singson S/o Chungsei Singson of Old Chalkot Village PO & PS Jalukie, Peren Dist. Nagaland hereby declared that: 1. That I am the deponent of this affidavit.

2. That the name Jangminlun and Jangminlun Singson is of same person.

3. I hereby declared that my correct name is JANGMINLUN SINGSON and shall be use for all official purposes in the future.

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I, Mr. SATMINLAL KHONGSAI S/o LAMTHANG KHONGSAI of Old Chalkot Village PO & PS Jalukie, Peren Dist. Nagaland hereby declared that: 1. That I am the deponent of this affidavit.

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UkhrUl, September 17 (AgencieS): Undertaken with great promise to facilitate a shortcut link between villages of Kasom Khullen subdivision in the south and that of Phungyar block in the east under Phungyar constituency in Ukhrul district, the substandard construction of the BRTF- Khamlang road under PMGSY has spelled huge despair for the villagers concerned.

At present, villagers from both the subdivisions are compelled to take a circuitous route via Imphal covering more than 200 kms to connect each other, said Khamlang village chief S Wungnaoshang during a spot survey with media persons on Thursday.

According to the village chief, the BRTF-Khamlang link road constructed is supposed to facilitate connectivity between the two sub divisional blocks which are located less than 20 kms apart.

Stating that the famous Tuyungpi river runs between the two blocks, he said that Khamlang village under Kasom Khullen block is situated closest only about 13 kms from the river, while the nearest village under Phungyar block Sorbung is only some 6 kms away from the river.

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Khamlang link road towards the Tuyungpi river that started in May 2013, villagers from both sides had hoped that the new road would cut a considerable distance between the two subdivisions," Wungnaoshang observed and added that however, various anomalies in the construction of the road have rendered the same un-motorable.

There is already an old earth cutting till Tuyungpi river but the PMGSY road has ended abruptly before connecting it, he lamented.

Explaining this, village secretary N Chingsangam disclosed that the road was constructed under

MSRRDA under Package No.MN0952 with a total sanctioned amount of Rs. 2.73 crores and the requisite work was supposed to be completed in November 2014. "However, the agency had halted the work much earlier on their own whim leaving the road works incomplete," he rued, adding that the villagers were then shocked to learn that despite this, the agency had already withdrawn the final bill of the work, except a fraction of Rs. 20 lakhs for maintenance.

He alleged that the agency had clearly flouted the norms of PMGSY, stating that while a width of 5.5 metre/20 ft is stipulated for

culverts, the width of earthworks at various portions is found only 9-15 feet posing danger to motors.

Not a single brace wall has been constructed and most of the culverts are laid at improper points, he pointed out, while adding that rain waters have also washed away the road surface extensively since “kaccha” drainage is not done in major portions .

"The villagers are not happy with the substandard quality of the road," Wungnaoshang said and appealed to the concerned authorities to look into the hardships of the poor villagers without further delay.

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cuts prices of 10 medicines, Kerosene price to rise 25 paise every fortnight Govt brings 8 more under control The oil marketing companies increased PDS kerosene price by 25 paise per litre on Thursday, a fortnight after a similar price revision, reports Siddhartha P Saikia in New Delhi

New Delhi, September 17 (FiNaNcial expreSS): The oil marketing companies increased PDS kerosene price by 25 paise per litre on Thursday, a fortnight after a similar price revision, reports Siddhartha P Saikia in New Delhi.

Official sources told FE that the strategy of monthly price revisions of the fuel, which started on July 1, will now be done every fortnight, at least till the end of the current financial year.

This would mean the prices would go up 50 paise per month rather than 25 paise as planned earlier.

The move would help accelerate the reduction in under-recoveries and hence, the subsidy outgo on the fuel.

At present, PDS (public distribution system) kerosene is sold at a discount of Rs 10.03 a litre. Its price in Kolkata was Rs 16.78 a

At present, PdS (public distribution system) kerosene is sold at a discount of R10.03 a litre. Its price in kolkata was R16.78 a litre in July, which was revised upwards by 28 paise to R17.04 a litre in August. (AP File Photo)

litre in July, which was revised upwards by 28 paise to R17.04 a litre in August. kerosene-2 The fuel saw two price hikes in the current month, a 26 paise hike to Rs 17.30

a litre on September 1 and another 25 paise upward revision to Rs 17.55 on September 15.

The routine hikes in PDS kerosene prices would bring the price of the fuel

closer to market price.

However, with the increase in global crude oil prices, the gap between subisdised and market prices has been widening in recent months.

Brent crude is up 15.6% to

$45.8 per barrel since April 01, 2016. In sync with this, the under-recovery on kerosene has also increased from Rs 8.73 a litre in April 1 to Rs 10.03 a litre now.

The Modi government is pushing to curb siphoning of subsidised fuels and ensure that it reaches the needy. It has run a successful campaign to reduce the diversion of subsidised LPG meant for households, while at the same time giving new connections to the really needy.

The share of kerosene in total the under-recovery of PSU oil marketing companies have risen from 18.26% in 2012-13 to 41.69% in 2015-16. Even though the consumption of kerosene has been coming down over the years, 86.85 lakh kilolitres of subsidised PDS kerosene was allocated to the states in 2015-16, higher than the total household kerosene

demand in the country.

Under a formula adopted last financial year, the government is paying a Rs 12 subsidy per litre of kerosene under the PDS, while under-recoveries over and above that was largely borne by oil explorers — ONGC, Oil India and Gail. Out of Rs 11,500-crore kerosene under recovery 2015-16, the Centre’s subsidy share was about Rs 9,200 crore, while upstream oil firms absorbed Rs 1,980 crore. Oil marketing companies bore about Rs 300 crore.

The Budget in FY17 has provided Rs 26,947 crore for fuel subsidy in the current financial year: Rs 19, 803 crore for LPG and Rs 7,144 crore for kerosene.

FE reported recently that the government in FY17 will bear the entire fuel subsidy burden, doing away with the practice of shifting part of it to upstream oil companies.

New Delhi, September 17 (pti): Union Minister Ananth Kumar last month had said the government is mulling to provide more than 50 essential drugs, including those used in treatment of cancer and AIDS, at cheaper rates to a large section of the population.

Government has slashed prices of 10 more drugs while bringing eight new medicines, including paracetamol, under price control for the first time in its bid to cap cost of over 800 plus formulations to make them affordable.

Drug price regulator NPPA has reduced the prices of ten drugs, including of anti-coagulant enoxaparin and anti-epilepsy drug carbamazepine, in the range of 4.8 % to a tad over 23.3%. On the other hand, medicines like paracetamol and antibiotics like cefadroxil and cefazolin have been brought under the price control ambit for the first time.

Confirming the development, NPPA Chairman Bhupendra Singh told PTI: “We will bring more medicines under the price control as a total of 800 plus formulations are to be brought under the price control as soon as possible.” With these 18 drugs, the government now has brought in 467 medicines under the price control. There are a total of around 900 drugs in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2015.

Earlier National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) said on twitter: “NPPA fixes the ceiling prices of 18 more drugs in its 36th meeting held on 14th September. Total drugs under price control now 467 in NLEM, 2015.” The government currently fixes the prices of essential drugs based on the simple average of all medicines in a particular therapeutic segment, having sales of more than 1 %.

It also monitors the maximum retail prices (MRP) of all the drugs and companies are allowed to hike prices of non-scheduled drugs by up to 10 % in a year.

Government to link all ration cards to Aadhaar by end-FY17 WANTED SALES GIRLS

New Delhi, September 17 (buSiNeSS StaNDarD): The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has decided to complete the linking the bank accounts to Aadhaar numbers of all the beneficiaries of large social schemes, including the National Food Security Act,

by March 2017. Once done, the delivery of these schemes would be based on biometric authentication linked to Aadhaar or direct cash transfers to linked bank accounts of beneficiaries.

The directions came after a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office in June this year to link not only cash-based benefits but also those in kind under different central schemes to Aadhaar.

Since then, the Centre has repeatedly written to states to make the transition. Business Standard has reviewed the minutes of the meeting as well as the Centre’s missives to states.

On Thursday, the government moved a step closer to making the use of Aadhaar manda-

tory. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) sent out a circular asking all government authorities in the Centre and states to identify schemes, benefits and processes where the Aadhaar platform would be made compulsory.

But, the results of deploying Aadhaar-based biometric authentication in the public distribution system (PDS) across a few states are yet to be made public by the central government, leaving states to divulge data, if they wish, in different formats. Some of these states have reported relatively high failure rates at times.

A B Pandey, chief executive officer of UIDAI, said the authority did not reveal the reports on how the biometric authentication was working although it collects these reports for each entity using the Aadhaar-linked authentication system.

The ministry for food did not reply to a detailed questionnaire asking for data on the efficacy of Aadhaar-based biometric au-

thentication from states and districts where it has already been deployed in complete or in pilot study mode. Andhra Pradesh, one of the early movers, has put 28,000 ration shops on the Aadhaar platform. Pandey said it now showed 4-5 per cent failure rate.

Rajasthan is the other state that has put all its ration shops on the platform. Assessment done by Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan showed that in the state less than 65 per cent of the people on average were availing rations through the biometric authentication. The data did not reveal how the rest had accessed their rations though the systems provide for a manual over-ride which remain as leak-prone as the earlier non-computerised system followed earlier of maintain registers.

Replying to an answer in the Parliament on the failure in Rajasthan, the state minister for finance, Arjun Ram Meghwal, had recently said UIDAI concluded the lack of infrastructure was to

blame. This included insufficient lease-line capacity between servers of Rajasthan government and UIDAI Data Centres, poor mobile signal at fair price shops, incorrect seeding of Aadhaar numbers in PDS database and insufficient number of Iris devices to deal with the cases of poor finger print quality.

The UIDAI chief admitted in an interview to Business Standard that Andhra Pradesh had managed lower failure rates after a lot of effort and that states with worse infrastructure would find it more difficult, though he narrowed the list of such states down to northeast.

Last year the central government had given the states only two choices. Either they had to move on to the Aadhaar-linked authentication system for distribution of grains or turn the subsidised food supply to cash transfers. At that stage it had asked that states carry out pilots. Some like Jharkhand have. In Ranchi all the ration shops were put on

Government to go ahead l e i s u r e CROSSWORD # 3717 with merger of SBI: Jaitley New Delhi, September 17 (pti): Unfazed by the protests of bank unions, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the government will go ahead with the merger of associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with State Bank of India (SBI) as the proposal has been approved at the highest level by the Union Cabinet. “All procedure will be followed. The government has already taken decision at the level of the Cabinet to fully support the proposal for the merger,” Jaitley told reporters post the meeting with public sector banks for the first quarter performance review.

The government recently cleared the proposal to merge State Bank of India (SBI) with its five associate banks - State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Hyderabad - and the new Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB).

In August, SBI had said that all its associate banks and BMB will be merged into it that will add an additional Rs. 8 lakh crore to its assets making it a banking behemoth with total assets of Rs. 30 lakh crore, an increase of about 36%.

In May, about 50,000 employees of the five SBI associate banks had gone on a day-long nationwide strike to protest the merger with their parent bank SBI. The union, in a protest under the banner of All India Bank Employees Association, had said: “We are protesting against the plan of SBI management to merge 5 large associate banks into it. Besides, the Kerala Legislative Assembly had passed a resolution in July against the merger of State Bank of Travancore (SBT) with SBI, stating it would adversely affect the state’s economic growth.

The resolution, introduced by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, had asked the Centre and Reserve Bank of India to rescind the decision to amalgamate SBT with SBI. In reply to a question on dilution of stake in IDBI Bank, Jaitley said the matter is still under consideration. “The issue is still under the consideration of the government.

The decision of the government stands.” Government is also facing protest from bank unions with regard to divestment of its stake in IDBI Bank. It is planning to divest up to 49% in a phased manner.

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In its defence, the UIDAI CEO says protocols exist to manage when biometric authentication fails. A fall back option is deploying Iris reading machines, but these are only recommended and not made mandatory. Reverting back to manual override on the machines, which is also available, on the other hand brings the system back to precomputerisation days. UIDAI says it is taking teams from other states to Andhra Pradesh to learn lessons.

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NAGALAND

‘Over 50000 non-Nagas earned a total of Rs. 475 cr’

Kohima, September 17 (mexN): Over 50,000 non Nagas in Nagaland – almost 3% of Nagaland’s population, had a total income of approximately Rs. 475 crores, stated Er. Levi Rengma, Parliamentary Secretary PWD (H) citing a survey report of 2013.

He was speaking on the occasion of the 22nd Fresher’s Meet of Tesophenyu Group Students’ Union, Kohima on September 17, in Kohima.

Reacting to complaints that most educated Naga youths are unemployed, Er. Levi cited the survey report according to which approximately 45,815 nonNagas employed in Dimapur, Kohima and Mokokchung districts, and above 50,000 all over Nagaland, had a total income of approximately Rs. 475 crores.

Breaking down the numbers further, the Parliamentary Secretary ex-

Angami Youth Organisation informs residents in Kohima

The AYO directed colo- has called a consultative Kohima, September the AYO has asked all the 17 (mexN): The Angami citizens to strictly follow ny youth organizations to meeting with all colony strictly implement the stat- youth organizations on Youth Organisation (AYO) this timing.

Further, dog-owners ed points on or before Oc- September 27 at 12 noon at has informed all residents of Kohima that releasing have been asked to leash tober 1, 2016 and impose a APO Hall. Informing this, of sewage into drains has their dogs “as dog poop in penalty of Rs. 5000 on any the AYO has directed the lation of the country. been curtailed from 11:00 the town area and colo- citizen not following the Presidents and G.S. of conTowards this, the Par- pm to 4:00 am. In this re- nies has become a growing sewage restrictive timing. cerned colonies to attend liamentary Secretary urged gard, a press release from menace”.

Meanwhile, the AYO the same without fail. the educated populace and the intellectual group of society to come up with “self entrepreneurship” and thus contribute towards economic development to Dimapur, September 17 mise on the sovereignty and integ- with the new Speaker and maintain help fellow citizens who are (mexN): The National People’s Gov- rity of the Nagas under any circum- transparency in all aspects for the upless educated.

Er. Levi also urged par- ernment of Nagaland/Naga National stances. The NPGN/NNC (N/A) also lift and welfare of the Nagas in general.

Moreover, the house decided to ents to be responsible, Council (Non-Accord) has resolved resolved to seek third party intervenhonest and sincere. “Chil- to stand firm on the May 16, 1951 tion, if necessary, to bring about per- conduct half yearly audit on Septemdren will learn good or bad Naga Plebiscite, and maintained that manent and fair settlement with jus- ber 30. In this regard, all the officials/ things at home first,” he any decision regarding the Indo-Na- tice in the Indo-Naga issue as per the Kilonsers concerned have been directed to submit the entire activity ga political issue, should be made af- international court of law. pointed out.

Meanwhile the house unani- report and cash amount to the treaExhorting the freshers, ter consultation with the entire stakemously elected K.K Ducca as Tatar surer on or before September 27 he encouraged them to live holders in the interest of the Nagas.

The decision was made during Hoho Speaker of NPGN/NNC (N/A) without fail. with sincerity and integFurther, as per earlier informarity and contribute in some the group’s National Tatar Hoho ses- with effect from September 10. Duction, individuals who had failed to ca, the press release said, pledged to sion on September 10. way to society. He further A press release from MIP, NPGN/ render his service for the welfare of attend the Tatar Hoho have been advised the students not to give in to peer pressure NNC (N/A) informed that the house the Government and the entire Naga directed to submit valid reason as in trying “to be something also resolved to work towards unity of citizens. He also appealed to the to why action should not be taken that you are not”. “Don’t let entire Naga National Political Groups house to maintain the decorum and upon them. Absentees are to clarify the noise of others’ opin- and to bring them under a common encouraged the members to serve their position on or before Septemions drown your own inner platform in order to solve the long the nation in the spirit of justice and ber 25, the MIP said. In case of failure voice and most important, protracted Indo-Naga political prob- honesty. to comply with this notice, stern achave the courage to follow lem in the spirit of unity and justice.

Home Kilonser of NPGN/NNC tion will be taken as per the law of the your heart and intuition.”

It further resolved not to compro- (N/A) urged the house to cooperate land, it warned.

No compromise on sovereignty, integrity of Nagas: NPGN

plained that the earnings meant an income of over Rs. 20,000 per month, which, he stated, was “higher” than the earnings of many Government employees.

Terming the complaints of unemployment a “myth”, Er. Levi insisted that the present 21st century is a challenging world which is also full of opportunities for those who are hard-

working, sincere, dedicated, honest and above all disciplined and persistent.

For the lazy, dishonest and in-disciplined, this world is going to be cruel and you will find your life very frustrating, he cautioned.

Mentioning the Nagas’ obsession for Government jobs, Er. Levi maintained that no Government in the world can give employment to all educated popu-

NSCN (IM) Sumi National Segregation of household wastes: Diphupar women seize, destroy IMFL Workers appeal to Sumi Hoho DC Dimapur appeals for cooperation Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): The Sumi NaMorung Express News Dimapur | September 17

Deputy Commissioner Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome, IAS, on Saturday appealed the citizens of Dimapur to cooperate with the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) in segregating household wastes for an ecofriendly and healthy city.

Speaking to media persons after attending a brief programme at DMC premises, Yhome said that no amount of programmes initiated by the government would be fruitful unless the public cooperate with the implementing agencies.

He said that the segregation of household wastes which comes under the Swachh Bharat mission was an important component of sanitation and that “ab-

solute cooperation” from the public was necessary for the implementing agency, which is the DMC. Yhome also appealed the GBs and colony leaders to disseminate the information about importance of sanitation in their respective wards. He also mentioned the need for streamlining hospital wastes.

DMC Administrator, H. Atokhe Aye said that the household wastes were to be segregated into four categories namely – dry waste, wet waste, home health care waste and electronic waste. He appealed the public to cooperate by adopting the waste segregation process from its source and contribute their part to the developmental process. A host of DMC officials were present during the programme.

tional Workers of the NSCN (IM) have appealed to the Sumi Hoho to “reconsider” their decision to dissociate from the Naga Hoho. A press release from Convenor, Sumi National Workers Welfare, and Kilonser, Ceasefire Monitoring Cell, G Tokishe Swu, informed that Sumi National Workers held a meeting on September 17 and seriously deliberated on the issue of Sumi Hoho dissociating from the Naga Hoho “while the Nagas are working hard for unity and integration of all the Nagas”. In this regard, the Sumi National Workers “earnestly” appealed to the Sumi Hoho to reconsider the decision “for the larger interests of all the Nagas.”

Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): The Diphupar Naga Women Organisation (DNWO) on September 17 seized and destroyed liquor worth around Rs. 4 lakhs in the premises of

Kronu inaugurates GMS building at Zapami

Neiba Kronu and others during the inauguration of Zapami village cobblestone approach road & Government Middle School building at Zapami on September 17. (Morung photo) Our Correspondent Zapami | September 17

Parliamentary Secretary for Planning & Coordination, Evaluation & Monitoring Cell and Taxes Neiba Kronu today inaugurated the Zapami Village cobblestone approach road

and Government Middle School building at Zapami under Pfutsero sub division of Phek district.

Speaking on the occasion, he stressed that a good set of teachers is needed for educational institutions to impart right education to the students. Buildings

Piphema Forest Beat Office inaugurated

alone will not bring any result, he said.

He also asked the villagers to stay focussed on agricultural activities to boost their economy.

Also highlighting the various developmental activities under 16th Pfutsero Assembly Constituency,

Kronu asked the villagers to extend their cooperation for effective implementation of the developmental activities.

He lauded the villagers for their strong attachment to the cultural activities which received acclamation from many quarters over the years.

On sanitary front, he praised the village for getting Nirmal Gram Purashkar (clean village award) some years back and further asked them to continue to focus on clean environment for others to follow suit.

Referring to the inauguration of cobblestone approach road, he said it was done on experimental basic and found quite viable on the ground of no cost maintenance.

assistance of DNYO conducted surprise checkings in various places selling IMFL in and around the village on September 15 and 16 and seized the illemoN, September 17 (mexN): Wanching Village gal liquor.

Council declared Shansha Waknyu area as a biodiversity area from September 15, earmarking it for further protection of flora and fauna in the region. Realizing the importance of Opium worth Rs 7 lakhs seized preservation of flora and fauna, the Wanching Village Council of Mon adopted a resolution to safeguard and protect the Kohima, September 17 (mexN): Kohima Police wildlife and flora species. The resolution was adopted earpersonnel manning the Phesama police check gate while lier on September 5 in the presence of the Wanching Village conducting routine frisking of vehicles detected 6½ kgs (7 Council, villagers and the Naginimora Forest Department. packets) of suspected opium wrapped in polythene and The area was declared protected from September 15. concealed inside a trolley bag. One person identified as The declaration ensures that no hunting or logging Sushil Kumar Kannoujia was arrested and a regular case would be allowed in this area. Punishment would be strictly vide Kohima South P.S under the NDPS Act is registered, enforced on any violator. A fine of five thousand rupees and a press release from the Kohima Police PRO informed. additional punishment as deemed fit by the Village Council would be imposed on the violators as per the resolution. would also be created in the village so that people LOU-DHEP general meeting held Awareness realize the importance of safeguarding nature’s glory.

The declaration has been submitted immediately to WoKha, September 17 (mexN): A general meeting of Land Owners’ Union, Doyang Hydro Electric Proj- the DFO, Mon Forest Division for further improving the ect (LOU-DHEP) was held on September 14 at NRC Hall collaboration between the Village Council and DepartDoyang to discuss matters on important perennial issues ment of Forests Environment and Climate Change so that and agendas. The meeting was attended by the 14 affect- this area may be considered as a Community Conserved ed villages, a press release from the LOU- DHEP stated. Area. A press note stated that the Forest Department welAmong others, Lotha Hoho President and Advisor, Mhao comes such a move by the Wanching Village Council and Humtsoe and E.T. Patton, were present during the meet- hopes that more and villages come forward in saving natuing. Humtsoe exhorted the gathering to uphold the DHE ral wealth of Nagaland for the future generations to come.

Project in the spirit of “welfare for all” and further urged them to extend and support pro-life ventures and developmental activities. Bona fide members expressed their Meetings & AppointMents opinions on various issues and witnessed “history” when the house unanimously resolved to reaffirm the validity of Whole Jalukie Council meeting the election held on the May 14, 2014 and further agreed to support the present LOU-DHEP executive members The Whole Jalukie Council has convened an execuled by R. Yanthan as its President, the release stated. tive council meeting on September 19 at Jalukie Town Hall at 11:00 am. In this regard, a press release from the Council has requested all the executive members to attend the meeting.

the Diphupar Village Council Hall in the presence of Diphupar Naga Youth Organisation (DNYO), GBs and the public.

According to a press release, DNWO with the

A hOLIStIc cAre FOr YOur chILD EarthCare Children Crèche inaugurated in Dimapur Morung Express News

Officials during the inauguration of Forest Beat Office, Piphema Beat under Dimapur Forest Division, Department of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.

Dimapur, September 17 (mexN): Forest Beat Office, Piphema Beat under Dimapur Forest Division, Department of Environment, Forest & Climate Change was inaugurated by K Ihevi Aomi, IFS Divisional Forest Officer, Dimapur.

The DFO in his inaugural speech thanked the Forest Minister Dr. Nicky Kire and PCCF I. Panger Jamir, IFS, for their support and release of funds to enable purchase of land and construction of office. He appealed to the public of Piphema to cooperate with the department and make the best use of the Office. He also encouraged the staffs to continue to work with sincerity and dedication.

Keneiwhelie VCC Piphema-A in his welcome speech thanked the Department and officials at the same time requested to upgrade the Beat Office to Range Office. The invocation prayer was led by Pastor CRC Piphema.

NSCD Departmental Officers Review meeting The Nagaland State Cooperative Department has convened a Departmental Officers Review meeting with Lithrongla G Chishi, Secretary, Cooperation Department, Government of Nagaland, on September 20 at Hotel Metsuben, Mokokchung from 9:00 am. A press release in this regard requested the concerned Secretariat, Directorate and Districts to send their representatives positively.

Dimapur | September 17

With a mission to provide social, emotional, physical and cognitive development to children, the EarthCare Children Crèche was inaugurated here today at Indisen Village, Dimapur.

The brainchild of Susan Lotha, a social worker and counselor for juveniles under the Juvenile Justice Board, the Crèche was penned with a commandment to serve and to work collaboratively with community organization and stakeholders.

Talking about the initiative, Susan, a single working mother herself, said that the crèche was opened with an earnest objective to help working parents, especially single mothers, who often face difficulties to juggle between tasks.

We are committed to give special privilege and concession for single mothers, she added.

It was also started to give the children holistic care, which so far is found missing in most of the present offering, Susan maintained.

For starters, a trained nurse and caregiver with 10 years of experience in taking care of infants and children aptly assists Susan. A mother is also working in a part-time process.

Shansha Waknyu declared as ‘biodiversity area’

Peren DPDB ‘Special’ meeting Presently, the crèche provides infant rooms for toddlers between 7 months to 18 months, including skills training as well as balanced dietary provision. For children between 18 to 30 months, apart from care, it provides life skills and learning through games, songs, puzzles and other interactive learning.

The fee is structured according to choice and convenience of the clients – monthly, hourly or daily basis.

As a philanthropist and someone concerned with social issue, Susan said that the crèche takes it as an ethical issue to take required permission such as the No Objection Certificate from the Social Welfare Department and other concerned authorities.

It must be mentioned here that while many such facilities exist, a

number of them are running without proper requirements and provisions intact.

The crèche has fully built in safeguards, including a fire escape – something unseen in this part of the world.

Earlier, the programme started with a special prayer by Rev. Dr. Alemmeren, the pioneering Naga missionary at large, while three children formally opened the crèche by cutting the ribbons.

In a short speech, he said that children are gifts of God and they must find a place in our heart as human beings. The crèche is good step towards that, he added.

The dedication message and prayer were given by Pastor Kevi and Pastor Atse, of Kingdom Culture Church.

A “Special” meeting of the District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) Peren is scheduled on September 21 at 11:00 am in the Conference Hall of Deputy Commissioner, New District Headquarters, Peren. A press release from the Deputy Commissioner and Vice Chairman of DPDB, Peren, Zarenthung Ezung, has informed all members to take note and make it convenient to attend the same.

NPF Wokha consultative meeting The Naga People’s Front (NPF) Wokha division will hold a consultative meeting on September 23, 10:00 am at the Conference Hall of NPF Wokha division office. Y. Patton, Home Minister will address the meeting. All NPF central party workers representing Wokha division, office bearers of NPF Wokha division, frontal wings of NPF Wokha division, presidents and general secretaries of four assembly constituencies under Wokha have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

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_____________________________ Because Children Matters

The Hermit and the Bear

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here was an old Hermit who lived in the forest. One day, a Bear came to him and said, “Hermit, please pull the thorn out from my paw! I am in much pain!”

The kind Hermit readily agreed and pulled out the thorn from the Bear’s paw. The Bear was so grateful that he offered to work as servant for the Hermit.

The Hermit accepted the Bear as his companion. They stayed together in the same cell, ate together and worked together. One very hot day, the Hermit lay down on his mat

to sleep. The loyal Bear sat next to the Hermit, driving away all the files from his face.

But, there was one mischievous one, which sat on the Hermit’s nose. The Bear said to himself, ‘I will definitely get hold of you now’ Saying this, the Bear slapped the Hermit’s nose with the intention of killing the fly. But, by mistake, he bruised the Hermit’s face, too.

The Hermit woke up, terrified. Then, he drove the Bear away in anger.

Kelly Re inhart

(Age 6) – T-Pak

A foolish friend can cause more harm than an enemy

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hilst stuck indoors one rainy afternoon, six-year-old Kelly Reinhart’s parents challenged their daughter and her siblings to draw a picture of an invention. The prize for

coming up with the best idea was getting a prototype made. Inspired by cowboy gun holsters, Reinhart drew a thigh pack that would allow kids to carry their video games around.

After getting feedback from other children, Reinhart and her parents made improvements to the design and obtained a patent in 1998. They started out selling the packs at flea markets and trade shows, but interest grew, and pretty soon they had an investor for their company T-Pak International. Reinhart’s father even became his daughter’s full-time employee.

The company’s earnings were invested in other companies, he explained, adding that if they had kept the profits, “we would have made millions.” In 2001, his industrious daughter sold the firm, at the age of nine. Then in 2002, Reinhart started her own nonprofit organization to teach other kids how to become inventors.

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Gravity Facts Write the missing vowels gravity on Earth is around 9.8 m/s2. njoy our range of interestIf you ignore air resistance (drag) then ing gravity facts that help exthe speed of an object falling to Earth plain how gravity relates to both increases by around 9.8 metres per life on Earth and other objects second every second. in our solar system. Learn about important concepts such as acceleration, mass, tides • The force of gravity 100 kilometres (62 miles) above Earth is just 3% less than and orbits as well as some useful formulas, at the Earth’s surface. strange trivia and other fun information • The human body can handle increased grelating to the topic of gravity. forces as seen in activities such as dragster races, airplane acrobatics and space • Objects with mass are attracted to training. The highest known acceleration each other, this is known as gravity. voluntarily experienced by a human is • Gravity keeps Earth and the other 46.2 g by g-force pioneer John Stapp. planets in our solar system in orbit around the Sun. It also keeps the • While formula one racing drivers may feel around 5 g’s under heavy braking, Moon in orbit around Earth. they can experience over 100 g’s if a • Tides are caused by the rotation of the crash causes them to decelerate extremely Earth and the gravitational effects of quickly over a very short distance. the Moon and Sun. • Because Mars has a lower gravity than • Some roller coasters have been known to include g-forces of around 4 to 6 g.

Earth, a person weighing 200 pounds on Earth would only weigh 76 pounds • The higher something is, the greater its gravitational potential energy. Back in on Mars. the Middle Ages, weapons called tre• It is thought that Isaac Newton’s theobuchets were used to take advantage ries on gravity were inspired by seeing of this principle, using mechanical adan apple fall from a tree. vantage and the gravitational potential • While Newton’s older law of universal energy of a counterweight to hurl rocks gravitation is accurate in most scenarand other projectiles at or over walls. ios, modern physics uses Albert EinIn modern times we use the gravitastein’s general theory of relativity to tional potential of water to create hydescribe gravity. droelectricity.

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POEM Race

Spot the difference

(A poem by an African child) Nominated best poem of 2006 by the UN

There are 10 differences to be found in the bee pictures

When I born, I black When I grow up, I black When I go in Sun, I black When I scared, I black When I sick, I black And when I die, I still black And you white fellow When you born, you pink When you grow up, you white When you go in sun, you red When you cold, you blue When you scared, you yellow When you sick, you green And when you die, you gray And you calling me colored??

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The shared hope of reconciliation and restoration in the end times T Ariel Blumenthal

urrection from the dead?

Actually, there is one place in Scripture he Bible has a lot to say about the where such a comparison is made, as it deresurrection from the dead—both Yeshua's and ours—at the end of scribes the restoration of gospel faith among the Jewish people. the age.

To bring the dead to life in full glory is something the whole creation is yearning for Life From the Dead In Romans 11:12 and 11:15, the apostle (Rom. 8:18-23). We will be raised in a resurrection body that is as different from this one Paul essentially says the same thing two difas the fully mature wheat plant is so much ferent ways. The majority rejection of Yeshmore "glorious" than a simple grain of wheat. ua by the Jewish people in the first century This new, heavenly body is imperish- is described as "transgression," "failure" and able, glorious, powerful and spiritual. Ye- "rejection." But in the mystery of God's plan, shua Himself is the resurrection. He is God's because of His covenant faithfulness, even "firstfruits of the harvest from the dead" this terrible hardening and judgment of Israel results in amazing "riches" and "recon(John 11:25; 1 Cor. 15:23-44).

What could possibly be compared to this ciliation" for the nations (Gentiles).

Then, as Paul looks into a prophetic time incredible hope, this awesome power that is at the core of our faith? What would it mean tunnel toward the end of the age, foreseeing to say that something is actually like the res- the time of Israel's restoration and "accep-

tance," he declares that this can only signal a "how much more" period of riches and reconciliation for the world that is–in its awesome power and drama—akin to "life from the dead," a kind of resurrection!

Beloved, this is exactly what we have been experiencing. As Israel—the Jewish nation—has been gradually restored over the last 130 years, both physically and spiritually through the gospel of Yeshua, we have witnessed the greatest expansion of worldwide Christianity since the first century.

Missions, church growth, Bible translations and various prayer movements have been expanding at an exponential rate. All of this is the how much more of verses 12 and 15.

ering movement, we have been experiencing this special grace for "the reconciliation of the world." As Asher Intrater has written over the last two weeks (Part 1, Part 2), this has even come to touch very deep issues in the 4,000-year-old relational dynamics within the Abrahamic family in the Middle East. Last week, he and I and several others from Israel went to London to spend three days in worship, prayer and fellowship with many leaders, especially from Egypt. Our focus was not on reconciliation, but on coming together to worship the King. But as we did so, the Spirit moved powerfully, especially among the youth, to bring us to yet a deeper place of reconciliation, unity and a sense of shared destiny (Eph. 3:6).

We Live in an Amazing Only a few years ago, if you had told Time of Restoration me that we would have such meetings Over the last several years in the Gath- with so many Egyptian leaders, and that

Grace Beyond Perimeters

VIKHRIEZONUO YORE is one of the loveliest seniors I remember from school.

She was loved by her juniors and her house members, captained the entire Red House army at Little Flower Higher Secondary School. She’s a very kind hearted person, sensible, not loud at all unlike the likes of me and filled with wisdom! This girl is one strong believer and lover of Christ! She has a very brave story to tell. Trust me. It’s not easy to come up with stories like this.

~My Story~

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never had the opportunity to sit or stand behind people and that made me see things clear and people see me clear for the same. But eventually that opportunity made me realise I was never crossing 5 Feet. Now that’s a real bummer!! We are all born with complexities and for a long time I never loved myself for who I was and what I looked like. I thought I was half created. And for the same I was

always behind the curtains only wishing I was a bit better. This creepy complexity shut me from shining.

I was supposed to shine somewhere but the breakthrough never came because I never allowed myself to listen to the voice of God in the language of Grace and Trust.

I remember I used to be the brightest in the Church Sunday school but the dumbest at school.

I memorised Philippians 4:13 because this was my vitamin since time immemorial. Born with health complications, I was the unhappy kid; I never brought home good grades from school, but it didn’t affect me. Now that made me more complacent in my life. Let me tell you I must have had the whole pharmacy by now because I have been under medications since the day I was born. To cut the story short, I am the sickly little baby of the family. When I got sick, the whole family is at panic mode. Once upon a time I had so many wishes and dreams to fulfill, but this tag ‘the sickly girl’ stopped me from doing things that a normal human being is supposed to carry on. Unhealthy child gave birth to unhealthy complexities and for the same I became the cancer stricken inferiority temperament (if that is the right word to use).

As I grew up, I started complaining to God that He was not fair. I took compliments as sarcasm and everything was negative to me. I didn’t know that the old ‘me’ was so arrogant and stupid. I was suffocated with what I was becoming though I was blessed with the best family, made good friends, fell in love along the way but I was never at peace. I tried to learn the music since I was a kid because that was the only joy I had, and when I was doing well, another frustra-

tion came; I had to give up playing the keys because my right thumb got into a severe infection because of some medical reaction which got my hand almost paralysed. So I gave up my dream to become a musician too. And I stopped dreaming of myself being someone in future.

It was only in the year 2014 after my Theological studies, I involved myself into the children ministry in full time because I thought that was the mildest and safest place for a fragile person like me. But God started to show some realities through this ministry which I ignored for a long time. I thought my theological knowledge would take me far, but it only became worst. I was falling apart and lost my focus. The children were hungry for more and more. I didn’t know what they need; I didn’t know what to teach them apart from the fancy Bible stories. One night I randomly took my keyboard and started to sing the simple hymn “ I must tell Jesus”. Things changed from that night. I was too afraid to confess my weakness to God but He kept breaking me and I was literally drowning in my own tears. I trusted my studies, I ignored my weakness, and I was only running away from what God wanted me to be. I found peace that night and I realised something; I need to reach out to the kids and help them in any way possible – I saw my unhappy childhood all flashing back at me and that was the story God was writing all these years.

With the songs I sing, the keys I play and the bible knowledge I gained, I am supposed to mould these innocent souls to Christ; and mostly, those ignored, belittled children who have complexities and being shut from shining just like me once upon a time.

Everybody deserves to be happy but I was not happy for a long time, all because I was not honest to Him. Being shut up and down with complexities will only make you worst. You will lose your focus, worst you lose your identity in Christ. If only I knew who I was in Christ earlier, my story would have been different and a better fruit bearing one.

Today I am in this ministry sharing my humble share of music ( by the way, I took up my music interest again and met the most amazing teachers to guide me forever) to the younger ones and I will tell you, I have just begun a new life. A life I have always dreamt off. Don’t let your weakness and your complexities fool you from becoming the person God wants you to be. But keep in mind, it is always best to keep in touch with God at all times; He is always there- Tell Him!! As I write this, I am telling God to break me more because I know I have so much to do still.

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Selie Visa

bomination has three distinct Hebrew words (piggul, to`ebhah, sheqets) are rendered in the KJV by "abomination," or "abominable thing," referring (except in Genesis 43:32; Genesis 46:34) to things or practices abhorrent to God, and opposed to the ritual or moral requirements of His religion. The New Testament equivalent of the noun is bdel-ug-ma, "detestable" or "idolatrous."

The word most used for this idea by the Hebrews and indicating the highest degree of abomination is to`ebhah, meaning primarily that which offends the religious sense of a people. When it is said, "They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians" (Genesis 43:32) this is the word used. The significance being that the Hebrews were repugnant to the Egyptians as foreigners, as of an inferior caste, and especially as shepherds.

The feeling of the Egyptians for the Greeks was likewise one of repugnance. Herodotus says the Egyptians would not use the dish of a Greek, or taste meat cut with the knife of a Greek.

Among the objects described in the Old Testament as "abominations" or "detestable" in this sense are heathen gods, such as Ashtoreth (Astarte), Chemosh, Milcom, the "abominations" of the Zidonians (Phoenicians), Moabites, and Ammonites, respectively and everything connected with the worship of such gods.

"The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption--the ones Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the people of Ammon" (2 kings 23:13).

When Pharaoh, remonstrating against the departure of the children of Israel, exhorted them to offer sacrifices to their God in Egypt, Moses said, "That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes,

will they not stone us?" (Exodus 8:26).

It is to be noted that, not only the heathen idol itself, but anything offered to or associated with the idol, all the paraphernalia of the forbidden cult, was called an "abomination."

"The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire.

Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the LORD your God. Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Utterly abhor and detest it, for it is set apart for destruction" (Deuteronomy 7:25-26).

The Deuteronomy writer in clear terms explained the spirit of the whole law. To`ebhah is even used as synonymous with "idol" or heathen deity. Deuteronomy 32:16 says that foreign gods and idols are detestable to God. Everything akin to magic or divination is likewise an abomination to`ebhah; as are sexual transgressions especially incest and other unnatural offenses: "For for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled" (Leviticus 18:27).

"No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute. You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both" (Deuteronomy 23:17-18).

Leviticus 20 gives a comprehensive accounts of moral behaviors which are detestable to God. These includes adultery with another man's wife, sleeping with father's wife, sleeping with daughter-in-law, sex between the same gender, marrying both a woman and her mother, sexual relations with an animal by a man or a woman and marriage with own own sister.

In later usage, the word took a higher ethical and spiritual meaning encompassing the forbidden.

Deuteronomy 25:14-16 prohibits dishonest weights and measures Do not have two differing measures. Our God detests anyone who deals dishonestly.

In the Book of Proverbs, lying lips, the proud in heart, the way of the wicked, evil devices, whoever

You Can’t Claim a Promise Barnabas Piper

Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.

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n 1964 my grandfather shared this verse with my father as he was preparing to move away to college. Throughout my growing up years my father shared it with me often—when I started at a new junior high, when I left for missions trips and when I too left for college. Recently I helped my daughter memorize this legacy promise. Isaiah 41:10 holds special significance to me because of how it has blessed my family for decades. I look to it, I hold on to it, I am encouraged by it. But I don’t claim it.

To claim something is to take ownership, to say “it’s mine.”

When we lay claim to property we gain certain rights and privileges. Litigants are awarded claims or denied them, claims of monetary value. Promises don’t work like that.

Often people “claim” a promise when life is hard or they’re afraid. They might even claim a promise for someone else, a child who has walked away from the Lord perhaps. When people do this, though, they are taking the Word of God and attempting to “own” it a talisman or mantra. They’re treating an utterance breathed out by God as a silver bullet or a security blanket, a quick solution or a comfort to carry around. Some preachers even express these ideas from the pulpit.

This misses the very nature of a promise, though. A promise isn’t a thing; it’s an expression of something greater. When God uttered promises in scripture He wasn’t giving us a buffet of blankies, Band-Aids and silver bullets. He was showing us His character. A promise tells a little of who God is and what He will do. It is anchored in His holiness, goodness, power and sovereignty. It is based on his omnipotence and omniscience. And it will come to pass in a way only God knows and ordains.

When we claim a promise we are attempting to take control of it. We come to it with a presupposed notion of how it should play out. But when we realize that a promise is not a thing for us to have and use, only then do we realize it is bigger and better than we imagined. It may not come to pass as we imagined, but it will come to pass. We know this because it’s from God. When I remember Isaiah 41:10, I am remembering big things about God, too big for me to claim as my own. Too big for me to completely understand and definitely too big for me to dictate or apply to my own life. Instead these things are so big that I can rest on them and find peace. It is a promise from the mouth of God, and He has claimed me. That is why I believe it.

Barnabas works in social media and content marketing for Lifeway Christian Resources.

God is amazing, He doesn’t ignore your weakness or your strength, He keeps track of you all the time.

This Fellow does things beyond our perimeter!!

Things and practices that is detestable to God justify the wicked, and he that condemned the righteous are an abomination in God's sight. The word of God also declared that any sacrifice, however free from physical blemish, if offered without purity of motive, is an abomination.

Isaiah 1:13-17 says that God detest meaningless offerings and celebrations. Such things are a burden to him. He will not listen to prayers of those whose hands are sullied with blood. Our deeds are deeds are evil in his sight. All he wants from us is to--- "Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow."

Another word rendered "abomination" in the KJV is sheqets or shiqquts. It expresses generally a somewhat less degree of horror or religious aversion than [to`ebhah], but sometimes seems to stand about on a level with it in meaning. In Deuteronomy 14:3, for example, as introductory to the laws prohibiting the use of the unclean animals and the word there used is to`ebhah. Sheqets is the word often used and applied to the prohibited animals.

The other word used to express a somewhat kindred idea of abhorrence and translated "abomination" in the KJV is piggul; but it is used in the Hebrew Bible only of sacrificial flesh that has become stale, putrid and tainted. It is a technical term for such state sacrificial flesh as has not been eaten within the prescribed time.

There are people who say that we are living under the New Covenant and therefore we no longer need the Old Testament. Christianity is not a new idea but a continuation of the religion of the Jews, Judaism.

The Old Testament, which literally is Jewish history but a "preparation for the Gospel" (preparatio evangelica) followed by the "manifestation of the Gospel" (demonstratio evangelica) as revealed by Christ.

Under the New Covenant of the blood of Jesus, rituals like animal sacrifices are no longer required.

There are rules of dress code, dietary laws, cultural and traditional things which are no longer relevant to us. Search this message for moral laws and Christian virtues. Mere knowledge only puff up. Make it a point to practically apply in your life.

together the Holy Spirit would lead us into prophetically removing strongholds that have plagued our peoples and region for thousands of years, even from the time of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac, I would have said you were crazy! But it is happening!

We are living in this amazing time of the restoration (and reconciliation!) of all things spoken about by the holy prophets (Acts 3:21), like Isaiah's promise for Egypt, Assyria and Israel, as it begins to be fulfilled through a remnant from each nation (Is. 19:23-25).

All of this is a kind of "warm up" for the next Global Gathering that will take place in Jerusalem Nov. 7-11. We expect to see several thousand from the Far East, many hundreds from the Middle East, and many more from around the world as we gather at the Jerusalem Arena.

Peace often comes through obedience

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Ron Edmondson

re you struggling with a “word from God”?

Do you feel there is something you need to do, but you aren’t quite certain about it yet?

Do you wish you had greater “peace” before you struck out to follow a dream—a dream you feel is God-given?

Are you sensing a desire to plant a church, revitalize a church, launch a new ministry effort or surrender to vocational ministry?

If any of those or a similar scenario is your current story I may have a word of encouragement for you—or perhaps a word of challenge.

In my experience, peace often doesn’t come until obedience begins.

Seldom do I have complete peace prior to beginning to obey what I sense God is calling me to do.

Many times the direction God appears to be leading me in doesn’t make sense. I’m restless. I don’t sleep well. I may even question myself and what I’m sensing. I’ve previously written steps I take to discern God’s will (you can read that HERE and HERE), but after I’ve done those processes, and I’m still sensing God’s leading, the next place for me hasn’t always been an overwhelming sense of peace. The next place for me is one of obedience.

I’ve learned I may have to get my feet wet (Read Joshua 3) before the waters begin to part and peace begins to fill my heart.

When we agreed with God (and the search committee) He was calling us to leave an enormously successful church plant to go to an established 100-plus-year-old church almost a third of the size— where budgets were stretched and I was expected to preach three times as much and visit far more hospital beds—and to wear a tie on Sunday—it was difficult to get peace about any of those things.

It wasn’t until we agreed, and I showed up to tell the leadership of our church plant we were leaving, that God gave me an overwhelming sense of peace. I had to obey first though.

To finish the story, we are a different church in many ways today. I preach once a week and very rarely have on a tie. And, the church has grown beyond our imaginations and the budget is healthy. But, we couldn’t see all this going into the process.

Are you in one of those times of discernment? Do you sense God’s leading? Do you believe God is calling you to a new level of faith and dependence on Him? The next step may be to get your feet wet.

Improve this post. Share your stories of where peace came in obedience.

Ron Edmondson is a pastor and church leader passionate about planting churches, helping established churches thrive, and assisting pastors and those in ministry think through leadership, strategy and life.

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

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cancer rising by 2.5% 'Mormugao' - second aProstate year in India: Experts inform destroyer ship launched

MuMbai, SepteMber 17 (iaNS): The Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL)'s second Visakhapatnam Classdestroyer, with more than 60 per cent indigenization and increased stealth power, was launched ahead of its schedule here on Saturday, officials said.

The Guided Missile Destroyer ship of Project 15B was launched by chief guest Reena Lanba, wife of Admiral Sunil Lanba, the Chief of Naval Staff. The momentous event was attended by a large number of naval officers, sailors and MDL staff and workers.

Loud cheers and thunderous claps marked the launch as the warship smoothly slid into the Arabian Sea waters for the first time.

Named 'Mormugao', the hull of the 7,300-tonne, 163.2 metres long guided missile destroyer, which was constructed on dry area, floated on water for the first time - which is a milestone event for any vessel.

The Project 15B missile destroyers are modern warships equipped with the latest weapons package, in continuation of the

Designed for the Indian Navy, Mormugao was built by the Mazgaon Shipyard which is also constructing six Scorpene class submarines for the Indian Navy. (Source: ANI News/Twitter)

lineage of the highly successful Delhi and Kolkata Class ships.

Under the Project 15B, MDL will build a total of four destroyers, the first of which was Visakhapatnam, launched on April 20, 2015, followed by Mormugao.

Other deliveries are scheduled between 2020-2024, said an official.

The warships can achieve a maximum speed

of 31-32 knots and are equipped with surface-tosurface missiles, surfaceto-air missiles, anti-submarine launchers, multi mission radar for surveillance along with medium range air/surface surveillance radar and other advanced electronic warfare and decoys.

Fitted also with the Barak-8 long-range missiles, Mormugao has been

named after the picturesque port in Goa, the home state of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.

After Visakhapatnam and Mormugao, the next in the queue is 'Paradip' followed by another warship expected to be named after a coastal city of Gujarat.

Since 2010, MDL has delivered one major warship to the Indian Navy almost every year, starting

with the high-end stealth frigate, INS Shivalik, and later INS Satpura and INS Sahyadri in the same class.

Then came the stealth destroyer INS Kolkata sporting a unique silhouette, followed by INS Kochi.

The third and last destroyer in that series, Chennai, was delivered in August this year and will be commissioned shortly.

During the same period two highly sophisticated MSVs were constructed and delivered to foreign clients as high value export orders.

MDL is also building six Scorpene Class submarines under transfer of technology from France's DCNS. The first in this class, Kalvari, is due for commissioning shortly, followed by a second launch later this year.

Detailed design of the futuristic stealth frigates, P17A, is currently in progress and work on it is expected to start early 2017.

This will be the first time MDL will use the integrated construction methodology by leveraging the new infrastructure created in the yard, marking a paradigm shift in the way warships will be built in India in the future.

MuMbai, SepteMber 17 (iaNS): Prostate cancer -- the second most common cancer among the residents of Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata and Pune -- is increasing at the rate of 2.5 per cent per year, health experts said on Saturday.

According to the doctors, late detection and unawareness of the disease is the sole reason that prostrate cancer has affected a total of 1.7 million people around the globe, with 2,88,000 cases in India alone.

Also, citing the rise of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), another serious prostrate problem, the doctors have urged persons above 40 to undergo monthly checkups.

"In Mumbai the incidence of prostate cancer is rising as seen in last three decades with the result that it has become one of the most common cause of cancer deaths in males.

Every year around 300 new cases of prostate cancer are reported and of them 2530 per cent cases belong to early stage," Jagdeesh N. Kulkarni, Professor of UroOncology at the Asian Cancer Institute, told IANS. Emphasising the fact that the early stage of prostate cancer has high po-

tential for cure either by radical prostatectomy or non-surgical treatment like radiation therapy, Kulkarni said: "Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is the latest advancement to remove cancerous prostate in the field of urology and it brings several advantages as compared to the traditional open surgery."

"Moreover, minimally invasive technique is less traumatic and enhances outcomes and patient recovery. Importantly, minimal invasive technique helps patients with early post-operative recovery and early resumption of duties," said Kulkarni.

The prostate is a small but an important gland (organ) in the male reproductive system. It surrounds the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside.

As the prostate gland enlarges it tightens around the urethra, almost squeezing it like pinching a straw.

This in turn may cause urinary symptoms. This condition is known as benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH. Health experts have also emphasised on the rising cases of BPH and said that while prostrate cancer can be treated with surgery

and radiation therapy, depending on the stage of the disease, BPH can be treated with medicines. However, in case of complications surgery may be needed.

V.Srinivas, a city based expert on prostrate cancer, said men above the age of 50 should be encouraged and counselled to undergo digital rectal examination (DRE) and prostate specific antigen study (PSA) to detect prostate cancer in its early stage.

"It is also very important for the patient to develop an extensive communication with the doctors and the patient's PSA screening. Organising BPH camps may facilitate in early detection and should be encouraged," said Ramesh Mahajan, Consultant Urologist at Fortis Hospital.

"The incidence of BPH rises with aging. By 60 years of age, more than 50 per cent of men develop BPH and by age of 85 years, nearly 90 per cent of men will have BPH," said Mahajan.

According to Mahajan, a simple blood test and medical check up will diagnose BPH and to detect PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) level, which is an enzyme secreted by the prostate, may help to distinguish between BPH and prostate cancer.

Kashmir valley shut for 71st Conflicting signals in UP even as Akhilesh, Shivpal say all sorted out consecutive day; toll touches 89

SriNagar, SepteMber 17 (iaNS): Kashmir Valley remained shut for the 71st consecutive day on Saturday amid sporadic clashes at half a dozen places across the valley, police said.

A 14-year-old-boy identified as Momin Iqbal Ginai who was injured in the clashes between the security forces and protesters in Harwan area of Srinagar district died on Friday night, taking the toll to 89.

Giani was buried amid protests on Saturday.

Clashes broke out after Ginai's burial following which around one dozen protesters and policemen were injured. No one, however, sustained any serious injury, police said.

A Sub Inspector of Indo-Tibetan Border Police

(ITBP) was injured when a mob pelted stones on the Srinagar-Leh highway at Wussan, 32 km from the state's summer capital.

The ITBP personnel dispersed the protesters and during the clashes, one person sustained a gunshot wound in his arm.

Clashes also erupted in south Kashmir's Anantnag town where police used tear smoke shells and pellets to disperse the protesters. Among the injured was a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) level officer.

Around a dozen civilians and security forces were injured in these clashes.

So far, 89 people, including 86 civilians and three policemen have died in the ongoing cycle of violence that started on July 9

Fresh row as Lt. Governor 'refuses' to meet Delhi ministers New Delhi, SepteMber 17 (iaNS): A fresh squabble broke out between the Delhi government and the LG office on Saturday as Water Minister Kapil Mishra alleged that Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung had "refused" to meet him and Health Minister Satyendar Jain -- which was promptly denied by the LG office. Mishra said that he along with Jain had gone to meet the LG after Jung on Friday night asked Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to immediately return to Delhi from Finland in the wake of rising cases of vector-borne diseases.

"We thought there must be some urgency that is why LG sent a fax to Manishji yesterday (Friday) asking him to return immediately. So we went to meet him to know about the issue. But when we reached his office, we were apprised that he won't be coming to office as today (Saturday) being a weekend day. "When we contacted him on phone, Jung told Satyendar Jain that he was not at home and could not meet us. Today (Saturday) LG doesn't want to discuss work," Mishra alleged.

The Lt. Governor's Office swiftly denied Mishra's charge that Jung had refused to meet the two ministers.

In a statement, the Lt. Governor Office said both the ministers had come without "either seeking prior appointment" from Jung or intimating him of their visit, to discuss the vector-borne disease situation.

"The Lt. Governor's office came to know of their visit only through the media gathered outside, who had prior information that they were going to visit the LG office," the statement said. Lt. Governor's office stated that Jung's secretary met the ministers since the Lt. Governor's office is operational all days of the week.

"However, they neither submitted any letter nor gave any representation to the Lt. Governor," it said. Asked if he had taken a prior appointment, Mishra said: "We cannot wait for the appointment when such an outbreak of vector-borne disease is on in Delhi."

He alleged that the Lt. Governor had "blocked" his number and was not taking his calls.

The LG office also accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of politicising the issue. "It is regrettable that at a time when Delhi is facing such a serious public health crisis, the elected government is choosing to politicise the issue instead of providing succour to the public," the statement said.

Sisodia is in Finland on a tour to study the education framework there to improve the standard of education in Delhi government schools. Sisodia on Friday denied he was holidaying in Finland, saying India needed to learn a "lot from their education system, the best in the world".

after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was gunned down by the security forces on July 8.

The separatists have issued a fresh protest calendar, which is harsher than the previous one as there are no periods of relaxation in the new calendar.

The separatists have said no pedestrian or vehicular movement should take place in the valley in the next seven days except in cases of emergency.

All education institutions, main market and public transport has remained shut in the valley for the last 71 days.

Train services between the valley and Banihal town in Jammu region have remained suspended during this period.

luckNow, SepteMber 17 (iaNS): Conflicting signals continued to emerge from Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday amid efforts by party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to douse the raging fire of dissent between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and state party president Shivpal Yadav.

In the morning, as supporters of both leaders came face to face and protested on the streets in favour of their respective leaders, party chief Mulayam Singh swung into action and stuck to his ground on his decision to appoint his brother Shivpal Yadav as state unit chief.

Mulayam Singh, however, accommodated son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the candidate selection process of the state parliamentary board.

Akhilesh Yadav, who reallocated the portfolios he stripped Shivpal Yadav of, additionally gave him medical education and minor irrigation. He however left an irritant

-- as he retained the most important portfolio of PWD with himself and did not return it to his uncle.

Angry at the supporters of Akhilesh Yadav for almost laying siege to his house, Mulayam Singh is reported to have rung up the chief minister and asked him to tell his supporters to retreat immediately. Supporters of Akhilesh Yadav also tried to stop the car of Shivpal Yadav who was headed to the residence of Mulayam Singh, giving his security men a tough time in clearing the road for the cavalcade.

Later addressing party workers at the party headquarters in Vikramaditya Marg, Mulayam Singh chided the youth workers and asked them to remain within limits. He asked them what they were doing in Lucknow when all the decisions had been made for elections for the state assembly.

"While BJP leaders are working overtime to strengthen booths for elections you are engaged in tamasha (drama) here," he said angrily.

He once again reiterated his support for younger brother Shivpal Yadav and said he too had done immense work for the party, and mused that he would not allow all this to happen in the party to which he has given his sweat and blood.

Mulayam Singh also said that during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he had given everything that was asked of him by the Chief Minister and his team but the disastrous results were for all to see.

The SP won just five of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state while the BJP won 73 with its alliance partner Apna Dal, the Congress won two seats and Bahujan Samaj Party drew a blank.

Akhilesh Yadav later appealed through the media that banners, hoardings and posters along with sloganeering should be stopped with immediate effect. He also informed that he had lunch with uncle at his home and wished him on his becoming the state unit chief.

"We have done a lot of work

with regards to infrastructure, development, roads, dairy, electricity, and in the social sector, and we will go to the people with our good work, seeking a second term," he told reporters.

The situation continued to be fluid however as tensions continued in both camps.

While Shivpal Yadav supporters are angry that he has not been given the PWD portfolio, they also fear a parallel centre of power - chairman of the state parliamentary board - has been created which, they say, will create problems in the future during the distribution of tickets for the forthcoming state assembly elections.

Akhilesh Yadav supporters are sullen that the decisions of their leader had been reversed and the re-induction of ministers like Gayatri Prajapati in the cabinet would taint his clean image. Sensing that some knots still continued, Mulayam Singh has called a meeting between Shivpal Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav again.

Activists welcome SC ban on "sterilisation camps" after women's deaths

New Delhi, SepteMber 17 (thoMSoN reuterS FouNDatioN): Women's health activists on Friday cheered a ruling by Supreme Court ordering the government to shut down "sterilisation camps" within three years following the deaths of hundreds of largely poor rural women across the country.

In a judgment on Wednesday, the Supreme Court said 363 women died between 2010 and 2013 during or after surgery in sterilisation camps due to poor management by local authorities which included doctors using dirty equipment and expired drugs.

It called on the federal government to ensure the country's 29 states and seven union territories halt the camps, provide adequate compensation for victims and their families, and hold negligent doctors accountable.

Activists have long campaigned for better regulation of sterilisation camps - where women are gathered for mass surgeries to sever or seal their fallopian tubes - and more investment in alternative forms of contraception.

"We welcome the Supreme Court judgment which we consider a landmark one. Providing quality services to and upholding the dignity of women will now be

placed strongly on the national agenda," said Poonam Muttreja, executive director of the Population Foundation of India (PFI).

"This judgment has the potential to shape India's family planning program into a program of national significance."

India's efforts to rein in population growth have been described as the most draconian after China. Birth rates have fallen in recent decades, but population growth is still among the world's fastest.

According to a study by PFI, 85 percent of the country's family planning budget for 2013/14 was spent on promoting and con-

ducting sterilisations on women.

Only 1.5 percent was spent on other forms of contraception.

The world's top steriliser of women, India came under global scrutiny for its sterilisation drive in November 2014 when 15 women died and scores of others were hospitalised after surgery at a sterilisation camp in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh.

Investigations found the deaths in Bilaspur district were due to unhygienic conditions, dirty medical instruments and equipment and an overall lack of care for the patients who were poor tribal and low-caste women.

Authorities have put in place

guidelines and are training health workers on conducting safe and sanitary surgeries, but incentivised, target-driven sterilisation continue.

Doctors, nurses and health workers receive cash incentives for promoting and carrying out sterilisations. Patients are also given compensation - ranging from 600 rupees ($10) to 1,100 rupees ($17) for tubectomies and vasectomies respectively.

The Supreme Court ruling was in response to a civil petition filed by women's health activist Devika Biswas alleged widespread mismanagement at camps in various states.

India loses WTO appeal in US solar dispute Tom Miles Reuters

India lost its appeal at the World Trade Organization in a dispute over solar power on Friday, failing to overturn a U.S. complaint that New Delhi had discriminated against importers in the Indian solar power sector.

The WTO's appeals judges upheld an earlier ruling that found India had broken WTO rules by requiring solar power developers to use Indian-made cells and modules. The appeal ruling is final and India will be expected to bring its laws into compliance with the WTO rules. “This report is a clear victory for American solar manufacturers and workers, and another step forward in the fight against climate change,” U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement. Indian officials made no immediate comment on the appeal outcome.

U.S. solar exports to India have fallen by more than 90 percent since India brought in the rules, the statement said.

As in the earlier ruling, which was issued in February this year, the judges said India

Security personnel sit in a boat as they patrol the premises of a newly inaugurated solar farm at Gunthawada village in Banaskantha district in Gujarat October 14, 2011. (REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files)

could not claim exemptions on the basis of the basis that solar goods were in short supthat its national solar power sector was in- ply. There was also no justification on the cluded in government procurement, nor on grounds of ensuring ecologically sustainable

growth or combatting climate change.

The dispute, which the United States first launched in February 2013, involved an increasingly common target of trade disputes - solar power, with an increasingly common complaint - local content requirements. The appeal ruling came just days after India launched a WTO complaint against subsidies for the solar industry in eight U.S. states.

Under WTO rules, countries are not allowed to discriminate against imports and favour local producers, but in the past five years countries keen to support their own manufacturers have frequently resorted to local content requirements, while keeping a sharp eye out for their use by others. "We strongly support the rapid deployment of solar energy worldwide, including in India," Froman said. "But local content requirements are not only contrary to WTO rules, but actually undermine our efforts to promote clean energy by requiring the use of more expensive and less efficient equipment, making it more difficult for clean energy sources to be cost-competitive.”

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Between reckless ally & old rival, China in a bind over North Korea BEIJING/UNITED NATIONS, SEpTEmBEr 17 (rEUTErS): China is in a bind over what to do about North Korea's stepped-up nuclear and missile tests, even though it is annoyed with its ally and has started talks with other U.N. Security Council members on a new sanctions resolution against Pyongyang.

China shares a long land border with North Korea and is seen as the only country with real power to bring about change in the isolated and belligerent nation. However, Beijing fears strengthening sanctions could lead to collapse in North Korea, and it also believes the United States and its ally South Korea share responsibility for growing tensions in the region.

China is in a difficult spot, a source close to the Chinese leadership told Reuters when asked if Beijing's attitude to North Korea had changed after its fifth nuclear test last week.

"On the one hand, China is resolutely opposed to North Korea developing nuclear weapons for fear of triggering a nuclear arms race in the region," the source said, referring to Japan and South Korea following in Pyongyang's footsteps.

"On the other hand,

Barack Obama and other world leaders were gathered for the G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou this month.

"The tone of the whole discussion was much more consensual, it didn't feel like there was two camps fighting arguing with each other," said the diplomat. "Of course there continue to be different views about sanctions."

The United States has called on Beijing to use its influence to get North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions, and to close sanctions "loopholes", since the existing ones had done little to prevent Pyongyang from pursuing its nuclear and missile programmes.

Shen Wenhui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told influential staterun newspaper the Global Times last week that crippling sanctions would cause a "humanitarian disaster" in North Korea.

"In putting sanctions on North Korea, the international community must reduce the effect on ordinary people to the greatest possible extent," Shen wrote.

China's concerns also include the larger issue of what Beijing sees as Washington's attempts to surround it under Obama's

strategic "rebalance" towards Asia. Besides THAAD, the dispute in the South China Sea, cybersecurity and human rights have marred ties between the world's two biggest economies.

Chinese officials also say that the West over-estimates its influence with North Korea.

"I think any idea to ask North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons would fail, and any idea to ask South Korea to abandon THAAD would fail," said Shen Dingli, a professor at Shanghai's elite Fudan University and director of the school's Programme on Arms Control and Regional Security.

North Korea is useful for China, Shen added.

"China needs North Korea to counter the United States."

In Seoul, some are already accepting that China will not do much more to punish North Korea.

"The sanctions that North Korea will not be able to endure will be all blocked by China even without being asked by the North," Chun Yung-woo, a former South Korean national security adviser, told Reuters. "So the North is hiding behind that and comfortably pursuing the nuclear programme."

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North Korea is a big headache but regime change is not an option," the source added. "Collapse of the regime would lead to chaos in (China's) northeast" bordering North Korea, the source said, requesting anonymity.

The prospect of a unified Korea under Seoul's leadership and the possibility of U.S. troops on China's borders has long been a nightmare for Beijing.

A collapse in North Korea, sending a flood of refugees across the relatively porous border into China's rustbelt northeastern provinces, would also be deeply destabilising to Beijing's rule as well as a huge economic cost.

Those concerns have been around for years, but now Beijing is also deeply angered by a U.S. decision to deploy an advanced anti-missile system in South Korea, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system. It has said its own security has been compromised and that North Korea's recent belligerence is due to this deployment.

Publicly, China has not linked the THAAD deployment with whether it will support sanctions on North Korea. It condemned the latest missile and nuclear

SAN FrANCISCO, SEpTEmBEr 17 (ThOmSON rEUTErS FOUNDATION): Efforts to help women build small businesses in developing countries risk failure unless husbands, fathers and other men are convinced to be supportive and involved, activists said.

Without the backing of men, women entrepreneurs are likely to quit, receive threats and even suffer violence, groups working in Asia, Africa and Central America said on Wednesday at SOCAP, an annual conference of social entrepreneurs and investors.

The groups included the Britishbased Value for Women, which promotes women's economic participation, and Oxfam America, which launched an initiative called Women in Small Enterprise (WISE) to support women entrepreneurs.

"Without men's involvement, you definitely see a lot higher drop out rates," said Alicia Robinson, chief investment officer for WISE, based in Guatemala.

Women entrepreneurs there often need their husband's permission to launch a business, Robinson said.

"Men need to feel like they are allowing their wives to participate," she said. "Men need to feel like they are deriving some kind of benefit from it."

Value for Women appeals to men's attitude of "what's in it for me?" said Rebecca Fries, the group's global

Flags of China and North Korea are seen outside the closed Ryugyong Korean Restaurant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, April 12, 2016. (Reuters Photo/File)

tests but said sanctions alone could not resolve the issue and has called for a resumption of talks with Pyongyang.

Beijing has also said it will work within the United Nations to formulate a nec-

managing director.

"Our programs are more effective and the impact is more effective if I'm engaging male family members," she said.

Women entrepreneurs need to be trained not only in solid business skills but also soft skills of communication and negotiation, the activists said.

The soft skills help women navigate resistance by husbands or fathers as they defy traditional roles or become breadwinners, they said.

The need for those soft skills became apparent when Agora Partnerships, which supports entrepreneurs in Latin America, started making plans to distribute $1 million among women running businesses, some with their husbands, said Maria Denise Duarte, program development manager.

It is still accepting applications from women seeking support.

"One woman came to me and she said, 'How do I explain to my husband that we need to pay each other a salary? We have to decide how much to pay each other,'" she said.

"That's a negotiation that's really, really hard," she said. "You cannot just teach hard skills. You must complement it with soft skills."

Resistance to female entrepreneurship can come from husbands, fathers, brothers, sons and even other women, said Fries.

"That backlash is sometimes tak-

essary response to its fifth nuclear test.

"We're in negotiations on a U.N. Security Council resolution," Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said on Thursday.

ing the form of violence," she said.

Such violence is a very real concern in Guatemala, which has one of the highest rates of femicide in Central America, Robinson said.

At least two women are killed violently each day in Guatemala, according to the United Nations.

As women in Guatemala challenge the traditions of a patriarchal society, "it's really important that we understand the environments that they're operating in," Robinson said.

Girls in East Africa and South Asia who benefit from Spring Accelerator, a project aimed at improving the lives of girls in developing countries, can find themselves facing trouble from men, said Spring investment director Suzanne Biegel.

"Now this girl is empowered and she breaks up with her boyfriend, or now she's starting to make money and now she's more of a target," Biegel said.

Spring is funded by Britain's Department for International Development (DFID), the Nike Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

SOCAP's annual conference is aimed at bringing together investors and entrepreneurs to address issues such as poverty, climate change, job creation and food supplies.

Some 2,500 people attended SOCAP that ran this week in San Francisco.

Diplomats said the talks were at an early stage and negotiations were likely to be long and tough.

mat said Beijing made displeasure with Pyongyang clear at an earlier Security Council meeting called after North Korea tested IRRITATION AND three medium range misCONSENSUS siles at an embarassing One senior U.N. diplo- time - when U.S. President

NEw YOrk, SEpTEmBEr 17 (rEUTErS): An election analysis conducted in the Reuters/ Ipsos States of the Nation project shows that the race has tightened considerably over the past few weeks, with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump projected to win Florida, an essential battleground state, if the election were held today.

The project, which is based on a weekly tracking poll of more than 15,000 Americans, shows that the 2016 presidential race could end in a photo finish on Nov. 8, with the majorparty candidates running nearly even in the Electoral College, the body that ultimately selects the president.

The States of the Nation project, which delivers a weekly tally of support for the candidates in every state, shows that the race has tightened in several traditional battlegrounds. Pennsylvania has been moved from a likely win for Democratic presidential nominee

Hillary Clinton to a tossup; Ohio has been moved from a tossup to a likely win for Clinton. And Florida is now considered a likely win for the Republican nominee, with 50 percent support for Trump to 46 percent support for Clinton.

If the election were held today, the project estimates that Clinton has a 60 percent chance of winning by 18 electoral votes. Last week, the project estimated that Clinton had a 83 percent chance of winning the election.

In a separate national Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll, Clinton continues to lead Trump by 4 percentage points, and her recent bout with pneumonia doesn't appear to have scared away her supporters.

The national Sept. 9-15 tracking poll showed that 42 percent of likely voters supported Clinton while 38 percent backed Trump.

Clinton, who has mostly led Trump in the poll since the Democratic and Republican national conventions ended in July, regained the advantage this

week after her lead briefly faded in late August.

Clinton has an advantage among minorities, women, people who make more than $75,000 a year, and those with moderate political leanings. Trump has an advantage with whites, men, avid churchgoers, and people who are nearing retirement age.

Overall, Americans appear to be relatively uninspired by their choices for president with less than eight weeks to go before the election. One out of every five likely voters said they do not support Clinton or Trump for president.

Respondents took the survey after video surfaced of Clinton nearly collapsing at a Sept. 11 memorial in New York on Sunday. Her campaign later said she had a non-contagious, bacterial form of pneumonia.

The video sparked a renewed discussion about the health of both candidates. Trump, 70, would be the oldest president to take office, while Clinton, 68, would be the second oldest.

Spotlight on Syria: World leaders to gather at the UN UNITED NATIONS, SEpTEmBEr 17 (rEUTErS): The spotlight will be on Syria when world leaders gather at the United Nations next week as the United States and Russia try to shore up a fragile truce deal and President Barack Obama pushes for a boost in global refugee aid.

Some 135 heads of state and government and dozens of ministers will attend the 71st General Assembly, the last for both Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who will step down at the end of 2016 after a decade in the job.

"While many conflicts are causing enormous pain, none is causing so much death, destruction and widespread instability as the worsening war in Syria," Ban told reporters on Wednesday. "Major countries with influence have a duty to use their influence and seize this latest opportunity to pursue a po-

litical solution."

Members of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), which includes Russia and the United States, are likely to meet on the sidelines at the United Nations on Tuesday, diplomats said, while the U.N. Security Council is due to hold a highlevel meeting on Syria on Wednesday.

Russia had wanted the council to endorse its Syria truce deal with the United States during the meeting, but on Friday said a resolution was unlikely because Washington did not want to share the documents detailing the agreement with the 15-member body.

White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said on Friday he anticipated many of the U.S. discussions at the United Nations "will focus on the situation in Syria, the response to North Korea's latest nuclear test, our

Children play with a bicycle near the rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel-held Bab al-Hadid neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria, September 14, 2016. (Reuters Photo)

shared efforts to combat (Islamic State) with many U.N. member states."

Nearly 5 million Syrians have fled the country, and some 6.5 million have been internally displaced during the more than fiveyear conflict, contributing to the record 65.3 million people who were uprooted worldwide last year.

REFUGEE CRISIS Before the world leaders begin their traditional speeches on Tuesday, the 193-member General Assembly will meet on Monday to adopt a political declaration on migrants and refugees. It is not legal binding, does not include a call by Ban for 10 percent of refugees to be resettled

annually and has been dismissed by human rights groups as insufficient.

The next day, Obama will host a summit that aims to boost humanitarian funds by a third and double the number of refugees being resettled annually. Countries are allowed to participate only if they are making pledges.

"We are not going to solve the refugee crisis on Tuesday, but I think you will see an important show of political will from leaders around the world," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power told reporters on Thursday.

On the sidelines of the week-long U.N. gathering, meetings are planned on other crises such as South Sudan, Yemen, Iraq and Libya. World powers also will meet to discuss the implementation of a deal to curb Iran's nuclear capabilities and the stalled IsraeliPalestinian peace process.

Ban is hoping to bring the Paris climate change deal closer to reality with an event for states to deposit their instruments of ratification or approval.

The United Nations said some 20 countries have indicated they will do so. The deal needs ratification by at least 55 countries representing 55 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions

to take effect. So far, 27 nations that produce 39 percent of emissions have ratified it, including the United States and China, the biggest emitters.

Diplomats said there is also likely to be gossip in the halls about the race to replace Ban as secretarygeneral ahead of the fourth secret ballot by the Security Council on Sept. 26.

FormerPortuguesePrime MinisterAntonioGuterresfinished on top in the first three polls. When the 15-member council reaches a consensus, it will recommend a candidate to the General Assembly for election.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said there would more than 1,100 bilateral meetings between leaders at the United Nations during the next week.

He summed up the annual gathering: "It's the World Cup of diplomacy.

It's the Oscars of diplomacy. It's also an interesting fashion week."

NEw YOrk, SEpTEmBEr 17 (IANS): Medication-resistant bacteria are making it more difficult to treat a common but severe kidney infection, a study has found.

Pyelonephritis -- infection of the kidney usually caused by E. coli bacteria and which can start as a urinary tract infection -causes fever, back pain and vomiting.

About half of people infected with the bacteria require hospitalisation and if not treated with effective antibiotics, it can cause sepsis and lead to death.

In the study, almost 12 per cent of people diagnosed with pyelonephritis had infections resistant to the standard class of antibiotic used in treatment -fluoroquinolone.

The emergence of infections caused by a specific strain of E. coli that is resistant to additional types of antibiotics, severely limiting treatment options has also been found.

The strain is dubbed as ESBL (extended-spectrum beta-lactamases) for the antibiotic-destroying enzymes it produces.

Currently, there are only a few intravenous antibiotic options to treat ESBL-related infections, and no oral antibiotics that are consistently effective, the researchers said.

"This is a very real example of the threat posed by the emergence of new antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, which greatly complicates treatment of infection," said lead author David Talan, Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

For the study, the team included 453 persons diagnosed with kidney infection.

The participants were diagnosed between July 2013 and December 2014 in 10 emergency departments at large hospitals in the US. Further, the study found that the rates of ESBL-related infections varied from 0 per cent to more than 20 per cent, depending on the location of the emergency room and patient risk factors.

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Edinson Cavani hits paralympians, poor rio kids teach quadruple in PSG romp each other about overcoming limits Rio de JaneiRo, SeptembeR 17 (aFp): French Paralympians got a taste of Rio's tough realities in a visit to a favela Friday but the impoverished children greeting the disabled athletes got an eye opener of their own.

Foreign celebrities and sports stars often follow a well-beaten track from Rio's glamorous touristfriendly districts to make brief morale-boosting visits in the poor, sometimes deeply violent favela communities.

But the trip by a dozen French judokas and other Paralympians to Rocinha, the biggest favela of all, had a difference. Rather than just coming to witness the locals' difficulties, these visitors brought their own stories of overcoming terrible odds.

After leaving the bubble of the athlete's village in the posh Barra district, meeting about 30 young judo students in rough-edged Rocinha was a distinct reality check for the French.

"We are very lucky to be

French Paralympian Cyril Jonard, who is deaf and has impaired French Paralympian Lilian Halouin teaches children some vision, grapples with a child wearing a blindfold. (AFP Photo) skills at a judo centre in Rio's Rocinha favela. (AFP Photo)

with them. Not all the children here have what they deserve: access to schooling, health, a roof over their heads. It's extremely important that we give them a little moment of happiness," said Sandrine Martinet, who won gold in the under 52kg category and has had poor sight since birth.

She and other French athletes were welcomed to the Instituto Reacao

NGO by its founder, 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Flavio Canto.

"It's a great day because the champions are here," announced Canto, whose institute promotes access to sport and education for Rio's poor and has trained top judokas, including gold medalist at the Olympics this August, Rafaela Silva.

For about an hour, judokas, athletics team members and swimmers

took part in the training, talked with the children and gave demonstrations.

Each had a separate story of being blind or deaf or partly paralyzed or amputated.

They wanted to show that sport "doesn't have limits," Martinet said.

- Mutual admiration If the visitors were impressed by the obstacles Rocinha's young face in their attempt to build lives, the admiration was mu-

tual.

Young judokas had their eyes blindfolded so that they could experience judo without being able to see. "I did it and it was really, really difficult," said 15-year-old Julia.

"They are incredible to be able to do judo without seeing," she said.

Renan, 11, was ecstatic after having been able to compete against Frenchman Cyril Jonard, who is

deaf and has impaired vision.

"They don't have our advantages," Renan said, "but I don't feel sorry for them because they made us feel proud and they win even with handicaps."

It was a view mirrored by the French Paralympians when they looked at the young, hopeful residents of the favela.

Martinent praised the blindfolded children for "going at it full tilt" and said she was touched how afterward "they came for a hug."

"This favela is very big, very crowded and all these children don't have the same things as us in France.

We need to show them that world of sport is interested in them," said Paralympic swimmer Elodie Lorandi, who won bronze for France in the 100m and 400m freestyle, and has a paralyzed leg.

Then she said: "We should do this more often in France because it's important to explain early to children what being handicapped means."

F1 teams say new owners need time to develop strategy

SinGapoRe, SeptembeR 17 (ap): Formula One teams have welcomed the commercial takeover of the sport by American company Liberty Media and the prospects of improving the product on and off the track, while cautioning that such changes won't come any time soon.

This weekend's Singapore Grand Prix is the first since Liberty struck an agreement for an $8 billion staged takeover of the sport, with controlling shareholder CVC Capital selling out and minority shareholders to follow.

The new Liberty-installed chairman of Formula One is Chase Carey, an American who formerly ran 21st Century Fox. Accompanied by long-term F1 commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone - who will stay on for the short term under the new owners Carey visited the race paddock at Marina Bay on the weekend and had an opportunity to meet team bosses.

Red Bull team principal Christian

Horner welcomed a return to hands-on ownership and said Liberty's media expertise should boost F1's presence in new media, an area where it is viewed as being slow to capitalize. “Rather than having a venture capitalist or a financial institution buying into the sport, it's far better that a company like Liberty has bought in and hopefully that will address some of the areas we have been weak in previously,” Horner said. “Hopefully for the US market it could be a great thing and some of the other platforms like the digital and social platforms could also be very interesting.”

Liberty does have the capacity to make some changes in the near term - such as to the season calendar, promotion and media coverage - but the fundamental changes to the sport that many are urging will need more patient negotiation. Changes to the program of race weekends, rules governing car design and fairer distribution of revenue to teams are governed by the secre-

tive Concorde Agreement - between the owners, the teams and the FIA, the sport's governing body. The latest iteration of that agreement runs through the end of 2020 so big changes to the sport are some way off.

“It's not so much what's going to happen in 2017 or 18, it's what does the future beyond 2020 hold in store,” Horner said.

“It's great they've come to agreement with Bernie for him to be around for a few years to come, because that intervening period is going to be crucial.”

Maurizio Arrivabene, the team principal of the sport's perennial power Ferrari, said Liberty clearly sees potential to grow the sport, given the amount of money invested, but also said it will take time for them to develop and enact a strategy.

“Normally what you do when you buy something, you are listening, learning, sharing and acting,” Arrivabene said. “All these phases are going to happen, and they request good time to make sure that

the sport is growing.”

Cyril Abiteboul, team principal of Renault, hopes the new owners can forge agreement on a better balance between no-holds-barred technological development on the one hand, and close and entertaining racing on the other. “A number of partners want to showcase technology, which sometimes goes against the interests of entertainment and the show,” Abiteboul said. “So it will be interesting to see, with the arrival of a pure player on entertainment and show, how it can impact the product.”

Guenther Steiner, operational chief of the U.S.-owned Haas team, believes the arrival of a U.S. company should not only boost the sport's presence in that key market, but might bring about some blue-sky thinking.

“There is big potential in the States, so we being an American team, we hope they bring that to fruition,” Steiner said. “We are more than happy to help them to do anything they need to do in the United States.”

Paris Saint-Germain's Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani shoots and scores a goal during the French L1 football match between Caen and Paris Saint-Germain on September 16, 2016. (AFP Photo/Charly Triballeau)

paRiS, SeptembeR 17 (aFp): Edinson Cavani shrugged off his Champions League woes to score four goals in the first half as Paris Saint-Germain romped to a one-sided 6-0 win at Caen in Ligue 1 on Friday.

The Uruguayan, charged with filling Zlatan Ibrahimovic's sizeable boots this season, was criticised for missing several gilt-edged chances in PSG's 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Tuesday, despite scoring the opener against the Premier League club inside 42 seconds.

But he hit back by scoring four times in the space of 35 first-half minutes at the Stade Michel-d'Ornano

as PSG claimed their most convincing win so far under new coach Unai Emery.

Lucas Moura and JeanKevin Augustin added further goals after the break as PSG ended a run of three games without a win in all competitions and went top of the table on goal difference from Monaco and Nice ahead of the rest of the weekend's games.

"We have confidence in Edinson. When he has five chances and only scores one, like on Tuesday, I tell him to be calm," said Emery.

"For me, the most important thing is that he creates chances. On Tuesday they didn't go in, today they did, but he played the same game."

Milan sink Sampdoria

milan, SeptembeR 17 (aFp): AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca came off the bench to win the 'Battle of the Colombians' with a late strike in a 1-0 win at Sampdoria on Friday.

Bacca started on the bench amid reports of a midweek spat with Rossoneri coach Vincenzo Montella.

But amid the ever-present danger of a Sampdoria goal from friend and compatriot Luis Muriel, Montella introduced the Colombian on the hour -- and Bacca didn't disappoint.

Samp striker Muriel was a threat throughout the first

half and emulated his Colombian compatriot by almost breaking the deadlock with a second-half strike that hit the woodwork. But five minutes from the end Bacca produced great skill to flick the ball past Emiliano Viviano in the Samp goal after collecting Suso's perfectlyweighted pass following a Milan Skriniar error.

Montella confirmed the reports on his spat but said: "I have clashes all the time with the players, but everything's under control." Milan's second win in four outings moved them up to three points off Juventus at the top.

public discourse

From Invisible to Invincible: On the other side of the wall The article is an inspiration drawn from the woman living behind the WALL

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ehind the dark tainted wall, she was born and raised. The day she was born was less important than the expression of the wall, which stood almost immovable. The wall reluctantly placed its eyes on her and sternly fixed her in a corner and made the bitter voices her rulers. The wall patterned her innocence and confusion. She was made to believe everything as identical and powerless except the wall.

The wall created her world with the conviction that it was the safest place for her and there was no better world for her. The wall introduced her to silence and fear which were to become a part of her. She was to talk, think and act only in the realm of ‘no existence’ and to live as desired and favored by the Wall. Everything the wall said she accepted and believed.

She was invisible both to herself and to her world.

One night, she kept staring at the dark gigantic wall, thinking what

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could be on the other side of the wall.

Suddenly overpowered by an inquisitive spirit she stood up and ran towards the wall and drew herself into the wall. It was then she heard the voices. Voices that were not like the bitter voices in her world, voices that were hopeful and promising.

She then decided to listen to them regularly. Every day she would run towards the wall and listened to the voices. She loved listening to them not because they were pleasing to her ears but because they made her to be herself, true to her heart. They made her realized that she could be no longer invisible if she wanted to.

They made her think what she could be more than she was meant to be.

The voices started building a spirit in her which became more convincing and optimistic to explore the world on the other side of the wall. The voices made her realized who she was and what she wanted to be. It was a rediscovery of ‘her.’

Her spirit on realizing that the wall was making her weak became restless and she decided to leave her world for the other side of the Wall.

But this was not an easy task. When it learned about her leaving the wall felt insecure and made it hard for her

to leave. The wall became stronger and tormented her soul, she could neither climb nor jump over it yet her restless spirit did not give up.

Determined and hopeful to see the world on the other side of the wall, she decided to break through the wall. Though fearful, she took courage in her hand, placed shame and humiliation on her back, sealed her voices in her heart and tightened her feet with her aspirations. Then like the invisible spirit she ran through the walls and breakthrough it. The wall was strong but her spirit was stronger.

The voices on the other side of the wall did not deceive her; she was no longer invisible but invincible because she was freed from the wall.

She could finally become HERSELF and what she always wanted to be.

The voices and all the vibrant colors along with Hope and Promise greeted her and said ‘welcome Home.’

The woman is you, the woman is me, and the woman is us. We have all lived and some still continues to live behind the wall in either identical or different ways. Often we are silenced by the wall and our spirits being tamed we tend to forget that we are women within whom the power

of exception and extraordinary lies.

We are women created by the Divine with the spirit to aspire, to laugh, to teach, to lead and to control. Then how can we allow the gender theory and other superficially constructed human theories to define our being.

Certainly, we do not live in a magical world where at the spin of the wand our world changes.

But we surely do live in a world where at the raise of our voices on the realities of our daily experiences in shame, subjugation and humiliation, our world will become conscious and take the chance to change. The world behind the wall awaits and the voices behind the wall are still talking about hope and promise. We need no ladders to climb the walls, we need no hands to break it down, but we only need the heart and the voices to convince ourselves that we are INVINCIBLE. We cannot be simply ‘women with feelings.’ We must be women with voices and visions that will breakthrough the wall and make us to have a relationship to ourselves and live in our intentionality, pursuit of purposes, willing and knowing.

Zavi-i Nisa, United Theological College (UTC), Bangalore

The roads of Dimapur

imapur is said to be the business hub of Nagaland. It is said to be gateway to Nagaland. But one of the striking underlying facts is the condition of the roads. Since roads indirectly contribute to the economic growth it is extremely essential that the roads are well laid out and strong. Dimapur is home to several bad roads be it the main town or the villages. Bad road conditions are nothing new to the Dimapurians.

Since Dimapur is a developing very fast there is a constant demand for good quality infrastructure, transportation and services.

The responsibilities for road building and maintenance lies with the Central and state government. The administration of the national highway system is vested with the Ministry of State for Surface Transport in India and other state roads are preserved by the state public works departments.

As far as the minor roads are concerned they are

up kept by the various municipalities, and villages.

The design of the highways is a matter of great importance since only properly designed highways can withstand the pressure created by heavy vehicles. Apart from being narrow they are also highly congested since quite a large part of the State's freight is carried on these roads. Dimapur is home to quite a large rural population. Most of the rural areas in Dimapur do not have access to all weather roads and hence have a tough time during the monsoons.

Traffic is one common problem and is extremely congested during office hours. This is mainly because of industrialization and the sudden rise in vehicle ownership over the last few years. If Dimapur wants to be relaxed with the growing traffic, the government will need to construct around some more flyovers and bridges.

The potholes found on the roads of Dimapur gives a feeling of going for MELA and riding all

those roller coaster rides. Sometimes even feels like if I could fly .... and just glide away. The rainy days make the people think twice for going out.......

What dress to wear? Which way will be easier???

How will be the road conditions???

In order to improve the conditions of roads many efforts are taken but to no positiveness. It is during this time that roads were built to expand the width of existing roads and to construct drains but failed every time.

Now let's all give a deep thinking and answer ourselves........

Why is our roads so bad?????? Whose fault????

Where is the problem????

Is it poor geometrics??? Is it for insufficient pavement thickness???

Is it the government???? Or is it the public???

DD Sonowal Dimapur

I

Motor of Church

was listening to a Q &A session

by RZIM ministries where a young guy came up on the microphone with this question, “Why is the Church not impacting the society as it was in the days of the early church?” I was anticipating for the answer. The answer pointed to the direction of church being affluent, financially rich and comfortable in its state. The Church is increasingly on the decline in the wealthiest socalled Christian nations. The situation looks bleak. Even the Western Christians are uncertain of its Churches in the near future.

As I was conversing with a Pakistani pastor, heasked me this, “What would be the most important duty of Christians according to Jesus specifically pointing out from the book of Matthew? He stated it would be the Great Commission. I agreed.

The Church exists to worship God, secondly to look after the wellbeing of the Church and thirdly, to evangelise. All these three ought to be in balance. But 90% of the Church resources are invested in two first categories and evangelism to outside world is scantily done. “There will be worship in heaven but not evangelism,” says Pastor J. John. The Church is called for evangelism and to spread the fame of Jesus Christ.

The Church seems to havemoved away from this main crux of existing as a Church. The pouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts 1:8 were to empower the disciples to be witnessesin Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. It was not for the Church to enjoy the benefits of salvation in Jerusalem. But they were given the task of proclaiming the glorious gospel to outside of their circles. Christians became complacent in Jerusalem, so Acts 8:1 is a place where God finally broke loose the persecution against the Church in Jerusalem and except the apostles, all scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

If the Church takes Jesus’ teaching to heart, evangelism would be on the top list of Church agenda. If the Churches could take more re-

sponsibility in caring for the sick, the lost, the orphans and the rejected, there would be less corruption and hostility within Christendom. Denominational clashes will be a non-issue once the church focuses on saving the lost instead of focusing on the 99 which are already comfortable enough to reach celestial gate. The church apathy towards evangelism shows that it is not praying and caring enough.

The responsibility of souls is shouldered upon the church to proclaim the saving message of the gospel of Christ. If the Churches today takes off its religious mask and starts involving in evangelistic mission, then there would be less people in hospitals, orphanage homes, old age homes, rehabilitation centres, prisons, and the like.

Worship is central and the Church needs to be built until the body of Christ attain its maturity.

Yet the motor of the Church is to run into the world and rescue the lost. In simple words, the motor of the Church is mission. Addressing the Church for mission and evangelism will release the Church from its stagnancy and decay. Narcissist Christians can never accomplish the task of God’s command. Jesus greatest command points vertical yet horizontal at the same. The point of worshipping in Church is the fuel for igniting the passion in reaching out to the world for the lost sons and daughters of God. “Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter,” says Charles Spurgeon. He sustained, “If there be any one point in which the Christian church ought to keep its fervour at a white heat, it is concerning missions. If there be anything about which we cannot tolerate lukewarmness, it is the matter of sending the gospel to a dying world.” It is also not so much in sending a missionary outside of our boundaries; it is to step out of our Church premises and touching the sick and needy with Christ love.

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

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People calling India land of rapes embarrassing: Bachchan M

egastar Amitabh Bachchan says he feels embarrassed when he goes abroad and people there call India, the land of rapes.

The actor, who is essaying the role of a lawyer in his latest release “Pink,” said Indians should work together to make the country a first world nation.

“It’s very embarrassing when we visit abroad and people there say, ‘You are from India, the land of rapes’. I want that to go. I don’t like it when people call us a third world country or developing country. “We all must work to make India a first world nation, a developed country,” Bachchan said at a press conference of the film.

The “Piku” star said each part of the country should be safe for women. “We should not say that Mumbai is safer than Delhi or vice versa.

We are a country and women should be safe in every part. If an incident occurs in Delhi the whole nation feels bad and gets worried. The issue is about the whole nation or universal.”

Produced by Shoojit Sircar and directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, “Pink” also stars Taapsee Pannu, Kriti Kulhari, Angad Bedi, Andrea Tariang and Piyush Mishra.

One of the most prominent scenes in the

movie has Bachchan asking Taapsee’s character if she is a virgin or not?

Asked about the discrimination girls face about their sexuality, Bachchan said, “If girls are asked about their virginity, then boys should also be questioned. There should be no discrimination. “If a girl is asked there is always a question mark, as if it is something very wrong, but when it comes to boys, there is an exclamation mark denoting that they have done something great.”

“What the film is saying has been a point of discussion for the longest time in our society. We all think about it and the makers have presented it in the form of cinema. We make our films depending on the changes and developments in the society. And the topic raised in the film is already a part of discussion in society,” he said.

Bachchan has some hard-hitting dialogues in the film and he is proud of the way the writers worked on his lines. “I am really proud to be a part of the film. And every dialogue I have said in the film, if asked to say off camera I will say the same words without even thinking once. I mean them.”

Source: PTI

The Nagaland Chamber Choir presents Harmonic Surge 2 C

ome October, a wonderful opportunity for music enthusiasts to look forward to, is Harmonic Surge 2- a choral fiesta, an upgrade of Harmonic Surge 1st edition held in 2014. It is an inclusive choral festival which is being organised by The Nagaland Chamber Choir (TNCC) with the aim to encourage interaction and unity amongst churches/ groups, to promote church music and professionalism in choral singing, and to provide a platform for musicians where talents are sustained for effective ministry.

The festival holds promises for churches, musicians, choirs to come together and inspire, encourage, and learn from one another. In celebration of the beautiful tradition of music – Let harmony Surge.

Date: October 14-16, 2013 Venue: Dimapur Sumi Baptist Church Resource Persons: Asin Shurhozelie: Voice and Performance Louise Shishak: Violin Mhathung Odyuo: Cello and wind instruments Noel De la Rosa: Piano and choir conducting

Highlights: i) Workshops & Master class ii) Interactions with the resource persons (Open for all with a nominal registration of Rs.200/only per individual)

and the Choral competitions will be held in the evenings on October 15 and 16 respectively. Participation forms for competition available @Live Sound Music Store near Christian Higher Secondary School.)

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IWSN offers free Fashion Design Certificate Course The training centre was inaugurated by Pastor Ariba of DABA Half Nagarjan, welcome speech was given by Azungla Imsong, President of the society.

DGM, NHHDC and advisor of the society encouraged the students to attend the training with full determination and sincerity.

The faculty members for the fashion designing IWSN officials with others during the inauguration of its training centre for free Fashion course will be Designer Design Certificate Course on September 15 at Half Nagarjan, Kuda Village ‘C’ Khel.

Visheli Sumi and Designer ncessant Welfare Soci- ing centre for free Fashion located at Half Nagarjan, Theja Sekhose. 60 students The Photography Club Dimapur (PCD) in Collaboration with Tetso College, Dimapur orety Nagaland (IWSN) Design Certificate Course Kuda Village ‘C’ Khel. The for the batch 2016-17 will ganised a ‘Photo Talk’ on September 16, where students interacted with the Photograbe trained. inaugurated its train- (FDCC) on September 15 course is for six months. phers and the basic Photography was taught.

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Management fest Cruise to return with MI-6 Inspired by PM, Vivek Oberoi’s firm ctor Tom Cruise is set to return to the film “Mis- to build 5 lakh low-cost housing units ‘BizHorn’ from Sep 22 sion: Impossible 6”, following reports of dispute

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he Department of Management Studies, ICFAI University Nagaland is organising its annual management festival ‘BizHorn 2016’ on September 22 and 23. The two day event will witness students from various colleges, institutions and universities in Nagaland participate and compete. BizHorn 2016 is schedule to be held at ICFAI University Nagaland Campus, 6th Mile Sovima with the theme ‘Revive, Recreate, Rejuvenate’ and motto ‘Brilliant Minds in Action.’

The inaugural function will be graced by Dr. Kuhoi Zhimomi, Retd State Information Commissioner, RTI Government of Nagaland, as the chief guest. Special Performances by Note Grid School of Music and the upcoming Schizoid Pop genre based band, ‘The Gluttones.’

Management Fest Coordinator, Wapangsengla Imchen has informed in a press release that around 15 colleges and institutions are expected to participate. Registration is open till September 21. For further details, one may contact Student Convener Khekuto V. Sumi @8415834696 or Student Secretary Aloto T Acumi @9089953600.

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over the deal-making that halted pre-production earlier this year. The 54-year-old will be sealing the deal with production house Paramount Pictures to reprise his role as Ethan Hunt in the action thriller, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

The pre-production was reportedly halted last month due to an alleged dispute between Cruise and the studio over his salary. Previously, the project, which was originally planned to kick off production in November, was delayed due to script issues. Now the production is expected to begin in January next year.

Christopher McQuarrie, who provided the screenplay of and helmed “Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation”, is once again on board to direct the sixth “Mission: Impossible” film and help with the script. Actress Rebecca Ferguson is set to reprise her role as Ilsa Faust. Cruise has other projects in development, including “Top Gun 2” and “Luna Park”. He will also feature in “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back”, which is set to release in October.

Source: IANS

‘Furious 7’ helped Paul Walker’s family to deal with his death

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ate actor Paul Walker’s brothers say filming scenes for “Furious 7” helped them come to terms with his death.

The actor tragically passed away in a car crash in November 2013 at the age of 40. His brothers Caleb and Cody feel they were able to use the experience of shooting the scenes for the film to remember the late star, reports etonline.com.

“We got to understand more about Paul, and what he was all about.

We had to share Paul with a lot of people, in a weird way. He was gone a lot, he was filming, so we missed him.

Sometimes at the holidays he wasn’t always there, you know? He tried.

“We’d see him on set, we visited a few times, but to kind of get that closure, and understanding of Paul was really special,” Caleb said.

Walker was associated closely with The Fast and the Furious film franchise. “Furious 7” featured him in his final role.

His brothers connected to actor Vin Diesel, who was close to Walker.

“We had a really good talk with Vin Diesel. Vin is like the godfather, he really is, and he kind of became our godfather in a weird way. He obviously knew Paul so well, he shared things with us that Cody and I didn’t know.

“Paul kept a lot of things about work kind of quiet with his family and friends, and so we were able to learn some things through his co-stars, “ Caleb added.

Source: IANS

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ollywood actor Vivek Oberoi is on a mission to give homes to 500,000 people by the end of this year with his real estate project and says he was impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Housing for All by 2022’ vision. “Well, I think the roots of the venture and vision is taken from two places. One, I think my personal experience during the (Indian Ocean) tsunami in 2004. I reached there in a few hours after the incident happened,” Vivek told IANS in an interview. “I was in Kurnool district of Devanampattinam village, where we started rehabilitation work.

There, I realised that you can add so much quality to people’s lives by just planning a little better and giving them good facilities. That project taught me a lot.” “With Prime Minister’s ‘Housing for All’ vision, where he envisioned a house for every Indian by 2022... That inspired us in very big way. Also, the Maharashtra government has been extremely supportive with this vision, so we decided to plunge into it in a big way,” Vivek added. The “Saathiya” actor says his idea is to give facilities to low income people and thereby contribute to Modi’s vision in the best way possible.

“Karrm Infrastructure has already created a big mark by developing more than 15,000 apartments. So, at a time when people generally feel that infrastructure, especially construction and real estate, is not doing well and companies are shutting down, we had an absolute reversal of fortune. “We are launching Mission 360, under which 360 locations across Maharashtra will have our project. We want to change low income people’s lives. Why shouldn’t the child of a rickshaw driver have access to a swimming pool? That’s the vision. “We are doing it at a truly affordable price, which is Rs 790,000 only,” said the son of veteran actor Suresh Oberoi. Vivek, who is married to late Karnataka leader Jeevaraj

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Alva’s daughter Priyanka, also shared that profit-earning is not the motive behind this project. “Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, there is a prescribed norm of 30 sq metres, so we are providing them everything in this affordable project. This means we have to lower our margins and reduce our profits, but I think the volume makes it viable because of the kind of tight discipline that we keep,” he said. Is there any support from the government? “Yes, of course. We have approached the National Skill Development Corporation as it is doing some great work under the stewardship of Rajiv Pratap Rudy. It is very positive in terms of helping us. The MSME ministry under Kalraj Mishra is also very proactive,” Vivek said. Is he planning to take the project to other states as well? “The current aim is Maharashtra, but we are getting queries from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat...

First we want to execute 500,000 homes in Maharashtra and we are not taking government land... Only support,” he said.

Source: IANS

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Capt Kenguruse Memorial Stunning Henderson strike helps Liverpool beat Chelsea 2nd Football Tournament

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LONDON, September 17 (reuterS): A stunning strike from Jordan Henderson helped Liverpool secure a comfortable 2-1 win at Chelsea on Friday that ended the London club's unbeaten start to the season and underlined the growing potential of Juergen Klopp's side.

Liverpool largely dominated the encounter and took a 2-0 lead after Dejan Lovren was left unmarked to steer home the opener and Henderson bent the ball into the top corner from 30 metres to put the visitors in command at halftime.

Chelsea fought back after the break when Diego Costa sidefooted home from close range after 61 minutes but there was little further goalmouth action as Liverpool comfortably held on.

The win moved Liverpool level with Chelsea on 10 points after five games and prevented the Londoners from going top of the table.

"We played football like hell," said Klopp, whose side have now played Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea away from home in their opening fixtures.

"It was really nice to watch. In the second half it was a bit more difficult. After their goal, we managed it well."

Naga FC, Liangmai face off in final KOhima, September 17 (mexN): Naga FC and Liangmai FC today registered wins in their respective matches and moved to the final of the 2nd Captain Kenguruse Memorial Football Tournament here at Kohima Local Ground. In the first semi final, Naga FC defeated Aboi FC 4-0 while Liangmai FC defeated HQ IGAR (N) 6-4 in the second semi final via penalty shootout after both teams were locked in a 1-1 draw after extra time. The final will take place on September 19 at 1:30 pm at Kohima Local Ground.

Kiwi paceman Southee ruled out of India tests

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois dives but fails to save a long-range shot from Liverpool's Jordan Henderson. (AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)

Liverpool were sharper from the start than Antonio Conte's Chelsea, who seemed content to sit deep and invite pressure from the visitors, who happily set up camp in the hosts' half in the opening stages.

Daniel Sturridge threatened after only two minutes, curling a shot from the edge of the area that slipped from keeper Thibaut Courtois's grasp and almost trickled over

the line, but it was not long before Liverpool grabbed the lead.

Typically of a sluggish Chelsea performance, Liverpool opened the scoring by catching the hosts napping at the back.

A free kick found its way to Philippe Coutinho and his deep cross found four Liverpool players unmarked at the far post, with Lovren applying a cool side-footed finish past

Rosberg storms to pole in Singapore

Nico Rosberg (AFP Photo)

SiNGapOre, September 17 (reuterS): Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg took pole position for his 200th Formula One race after a stunning qualifying lap around Singapore's Marina Bay street circuit on Saturday.

The German's best lap of one minute 42.584 seconds left him perfectly placed to retake the championship lead from British team mate Lewis Hamilton under the floodlights on Sunday.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo split the Mercedes pair to claim second spot in 1:43.115, the Australian edging out triple world champion Hamilton, a

two times winner in Singapore who will start in third place.

Dutch teenager Max Verstappen will start alongside Hamilton after setting the fourth fastest time for Red Bull, with the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen rounding out the top five.

Last year's winner Sebastian Vettel will start from the back of the grid, the German complaining over the radio of an anti-rollbar issue in the first qualifying session with his Ferrari team unable to repair the car in time to set a fast lap.

Hamilton leads Rosberg by two points in the championship.

Courtois.

Rather than prompt a Chelsea response, the hosts seemed to retreat further into their shell, making sporadic forays upfield but rarely threatening Liverpool's goal.

Henderson's stunning second arrived after 36 minutes and was a fully deserved reflection of Liverpool's first-half dominance.

Gary Cahill cleared the

ball to Henderson 30 metres from goal and he took aim before curling beautifully into the top corner.

Having been completely outplayed in the first half, Chelsea briefly came out fighting after the break and pulled themselves back into the game on 61 minutes when Costa grabbed his fifth Premier League goal of the season.

Nemanja Matic, anonymous in the first half, did

Man City pull clear, Slimani lifts Leicester

LONDON, September 17 (aFp): Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Kelechi Iheanacho shone as Manchester City crushed Bournemouth 4-0 on Saturday to provisionally go five points clear in the Premier League.

League debutant Ilkay Gundogan also found the net for Pep Guardiola's City, who have made their best ever start to a season with eight consecutive wins in all competitions.

Full debutant Islam Slimani scored twice as champions Leicester City won 3-0 at home to Burnley and there were also wins for Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion.

At the Etihad Stadium, Guardiola made four changes to the team that had outclassed Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Champions League, with Bacary Sagna, Gael Clichy, Nolito and Iheanacho coming in.

Jack Wilshere, on loan from Arsenal, made his first Bournemouth start, but it was to prove an afternoon to forget for the England international.

He gave away the free-kick that led to City's 15th-minute opener, De Bruyne cleverly stroking the set-piece beneath the jumping wall and into the bottom corner.

The Belgian was involved in the hosts' second goal 10 minutes later, moving Nolito's pass on to Sterling,

who unselfishly teed up Iheanacho -- deputising for the suspended Sergio Aguero -- to score.

Sterling added a third early in the second half, squeezing a shot over the line after Iheanacho had returned the favour, before De Bruyne set up Gundogan for City's fourth.

The only disappointment for Guardiola was the late dismissal of Nolito for leaning his head towards Adam Smith.

Everton can trim City's lead back to two points if they win at home to Middlesbrough in Saturday's late game.

Liverpool and Chelsea also trail City by five points following the Merseyside club's impressive 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge on Friday.

Arsenal are also on 10 points after winning 4-1 at Hull City to register a third consecutive league win for the first time since last December.

Alexis Sanchez claimed his first goal of the afternoon when Alex Iwobi's shot flicked off him and into the net in the 17th minute.

After Theo Walcott had chipped in to make it 2-0, Robert Snodgrass reduced the arrears with a 79thminute penalty following a foul on Hull debutant Dieumerci Mbokani by visiting goalkeeper Petr Cech.

But Sanchez made the game safe six minutes later by lashing home after Hull goalkeeper Eldin

Jakupovic had saved from Walcott and substitute Granit Xhaka added a stunning late goal from long range.

Leicester are three points back in ninth place after Slimani put paid to Burnley at the King Power Stadium.

Algeria international Slimani was making his league debut after his 28 million pounds ($36.4 million, 32.6 million euros) transfer from Sporting Lisbon.

He scored a pair of headers either side of half-time, nodding in a Christian Fuchs free-kick in firsthalf stoppage time and then heading home from strike partner Jamie Vardy's flick.

Ben Mee's own goal from Riyad Mahrez's cross completed the scoring in the 78th minute.

In the day's remaining game, West Brom withstood a late West Ham United fightback to claim an entertaining 4-2 win at The Hawthorns.

Nacer Chadli scored twice and helped create goals for Salomon Rondon and James McClean as the hosts raced into a 4-0 lead by the 56th minute.

West Ham replied through a header from Michail Antonio -his fifth goal in four games -- and a Manuel Lanzini penalty, but West Brom saw out the rest of the game in relative serenity.

Barcelona cruise to easy win, Atletico thrash Sporting

b arCeLONa, September 17 (reuterS): Barcelona's attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were all on target as the champions roared back into life in La Liga with a dominant 5-1 victory at promoted Leganes on Saturday.

Atletico Madrid strikers Antoine Griezmann, Fernando Torres and Kevin Gameiro also all scored in a 5-0 thrashing of Sporting Gijon to warm up for next Wednesday's visit to the Nou Camp.

Messi sidefooted in a simple cross from Suarez to strike the opening goal for Barca after 15 minutes and returned the favour for the Uruguayan to nudge in the second in the 31st.

Neymar stretched Barca's lead to three goals on the stroke of half-time, tapping in another lay off from Suarez, before Messi got his second from the penalty spot 10 minutes into the second half.

Rafinha rounded off the

Lionel Messi scores (AP Photo)

most comfortable of Barca victories with a curled finish in the 64th, although Gabriel Appelt salvaged a goal for the Madrid minnows in the 80th with a free-kick whipped into the top corner.

Barcelona, beaten 2-1 by newcomers Alaves last weekend in their first loss at the Nou Camp since April

brilliantly to carry the ball to the byline and pull back for Costa to sidefoot past Simon Mignolet and wake the home crowd.

The striker then had a great chance to level four minutes later, swivelling on the ball before shooting straight at Mignolet from 15 metres, but if Chelsea were hoping to lay siege to the Liverpool goal in the closing stages, it never materialised.

17, now have nine points from their first four La Liga games.

They join Real, who can go clear again when they play at Espanyol on Sunday, at the league's summit, while Atletico are one point behind.

"This is an important victory against a team that we knew would cause us

problems in bringing the ball out. We exploited the space well and we were very active from the start," said Luis Enrique.

After squad rotations backfired against Alaves, Luis Enrique picked a similar team to the one that battered Celtic 7-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday in Barca's biggest

ever win in European soccer's top competition.

Barca played with a back three when in possession, switching to a 4-4-2 shape without the ball.

"Our tactics brought risks but we deployed them well and I'm proud of the players for that," added Luis Enrique.

"With a three man defence they could press us very high, but we're Barca and we assume these risks."

Atletico kickstarted their league campaign last week with a 4-0 win at Celta Vigo and raced out of the traps against Sporting, Gameiro feeding Griezmann to tap in the opener in the second minute before curling in another in the fifth.

Griezmann then cut inside to lash in the third goal in the 31st before being replaced by Torres, and the homegrown Atletico hero further delighted the Vicente Calderon by rounding off the victory with two late strikes, including an injury time penalty.

WeLLiNGtON, September 17 (reuterS): New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee has been ruled out of the three-match test series in India with an ankle injury and will be replaced by paceman Matt Henry.

Southee felt pain in his front foot while bowling in training and a scan had shown a ligament strain in his left ankle, New Zealand's cricket board said. The 27-year-old, New Zealand's most experienced test bowler with 52 matches and 177 wickets, will return home for rest and rehab but was expected to be available for the one-day internationals starting mid-October. "Tim has been working hard in preparation for this tour, so he's understandably very disappointed to be ruled out of all three tests," New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said. "The focus now is for Tim to give his ankle seven to 10 days rest, before slowly building his bowling loads back up ahead of the ODI series. "We've got a replacement who is ready to go in Matt Henry and he'll join the team before the start of the first test." The 24-year-old Henry has played just three more tests since his debut against England at Lord's last year, his last match against Australia in Christchurch in February. The series opener starts in Kanpur on Sept. 22 before further matches in Kolkata and Indore. New Zealand are bidding to win their first test series in India.

PSG's Verratti has Champions League red card rescinded pariS, September 17 (aFp): Paris Saint-Germain have successfully appealed against the red card picked up by Italian midfielder Marco Verratti towards the end of Tuesday's Champions League draw with Arsenal, the French champions confirmed. Verratti was shown a second yellow card along with Arsenal's Olivier Giroud after the pair clashed off the ball in injury time in Tuesday's 1-1 draw at the Parc des Princes in Group A. PSG had said they would appeal and their success means the 23-year-old will now be available for the trip to Bulgaria to play Ludogorets on September 28.

UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Legia, Borussia Dortmund NyON, September 17 (iaNS): Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has opened disciplinary proceedings against Legia Warsaw and Borussia Dortmund for incidents during the match both clubs played in the Polish capital in the group stage of the Champions League. The charges apply to a match played Wednesday and Legia allegedly were involved in public disturbances, the lighting of flares, throwing objects, racist behaviour, poor organisation and blocking stairs, reports Efe. Dortmund were charged with also igniting flares and throwing objects. UEFA's Control, Ethics and Disciplinary body will be responsible for analysing the charges and will issue its ruling on September 28, it was announced on Friday. Dortmund won 6-0 at Warsaw and Legia issued a statement the next day in which they denied that their devoted fans shouted 'racist chants' at players and fans of the German team.

16th Nagaland State ITF Taekwon-Do C’ship concludes

Dimapur,September 17 (mexN): The 16th Nagaland State ITF Taekwon-Do Championship, 2016 concluded here today at the State Indoor Stadium, Dimapur with St. Stephen Higher Sec. School, Dimapur emerging as overall champions.

Burma Camp TaekwonDo Club emerged as runners-up while Dimapur Club finished second runners-up in the two day event which saw a total of 311 participants from 22 different schools and clubs from all over Nagaland,

a press release informed.

The main attraction of today’s event was black belt individual sparring, individual patterns, group sparring, group patterns and special technique.

The Best Male Player trophy was shared between Tokato Aye from St. Stephen Higher Sec, Dimapur and Paul Zeliang from Burma Camp Taekwon-Do Club, with both winning 3 gold medals each.

The Best Female Player trophy also saw joint

winners with Shingyieh Konyak of Liz Woodland School and Usha Kumari of Dimapur Club sharing the prize.

Best Discipline team was bagged by Pilgrim School, Dimapur. During the closing ceremony, it was announced that a total of 60 participants will be participating for the upcoming 31st National ITF TaekwonDo Championship, 2016 to be held in Ahmadabad, Gujarat from December 27 to 30 later this year.

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