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By Sandemo Ngullie
i never promised you any Hospital, road, bus service, electricity, water! i only promised you ‘better living conditions!!
The Morung Express Poll QuEsTion
Vote on www.morungexpress.com SMS your anSwer to 9862574165 Is “tribalism” the main reason for the present divisions and lack of political cohesion in Naga society? Yes
no
others
Has Naga civil society organizations been co-opted by the government rather than standing up for people’s rights and aspirations? Yes
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Kashmir attack leaves 21 dead, india blames Pak SRINAGAR, SeptembeR 18 (ReuteRS): India directly accused Pakistan of being behind Sunday’s separatist attack on an army base near their disputed frontier that killed 17 soldiers, in one of the most deadly attacks in Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency. Four “fidayeen” - or commando-style gunmen willing to fight to the death - were confirmed killed after penetrating the base in Uri near the Line of Control with Pakistan, an Indian army spokesman said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned what he called the “cowardly terror attack”. “I assure the nation that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished,” Modi said in a series of Twitter posts. There has been no claim of responsibility. The raid comes amid heightened tension in India’s only Muslim-majority region, which has faced more than two months of protests following the July 8 killing of a popular separatist commander whose Hizbul Mujahideen group
is based in Pakistan. At least 78 civilians have been killed and thousands injured in street clashes with Indian security forces, who have been criticised by human rights groups for using excessive force. In an even stronger response, Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted: “Pakistan is a terrorist state and should be identified and isolated as such.” Pakistan rejected allegations that it was involved. “India immediately puts blame on Pakistan without doing any investigation. We reject this,” foreign ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria told Reuters. India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars since independence over Kashmir. Both claim the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in full but rule it only in part. CHOPPERS FLY IN, SMOKE RISES Local television reporters at the scene said the dawn raid had surprised soldiers at the Uri brigade headquarters in their sleep. The attackers torched a building and several tents
Army personnel in action inside the Army Brigade camp during a terror attack in uri, Jammu and Kashmir on sunday. (PTi Photo)
before the four were killed in a gunfight that lasted several hours. An army spokesman confirmed that the number of soldiers killed in the attack had risen to 17, making the toll far worse than a similar raid on an air force base in Punjab in January that India blamed on Pakistan-based militants. Reuters television footage showed helicopters flying in to evacuate the injured as an operation continued to secure the area. Smoke rose from the com-
pound, set in mountainous terrain. The Defence Ministry put the number of wounded at 35. Singh, the home minister, chaired a crisis meeting in New Delhi and cancelled trips to Russia and the United States. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and the army chief of staff were on their way to Uri to oversee the operation to secure the area and investigate the attack. “There are definite and conclusive indications that the perpetrators of Uri at-
tack were highly trained, heavily armed and specially equipped,” Singh said in a series of strongly-worded tweets that were confirmed as genuine by his office. U.S. ambassador to India Richard Verma also “strongly condemned” the Uri attack, which weeks after Secretary of State John Kerry visited New Delhi for strategic talks. After that meeting Kerry urged Pakistan to do more to combat terrorism, while also announcing the resumption of tri-
lateral talks with India and Indian security forces in Afghanistan this month in Kashmir. New York, leaving IslamThe United Nations is abad looking isolated. holding its annual general assembly in New York, WORST BODY where Kashmir is likely COUNT IN YEARS to come onto the agenda, The military death toll amid concerns that India’s was the worst in Indian- tough rhetoric could herruled Kashmir since a raid ald a military escalation in December 2014, also between the South Asian near Uri which is to the neighbours. west of the region’s main Senior Indian journalcity of Srinagar, in which ist and commentator Shekeight soldiers and three po- har Gupta said Pakistan lice were killed. would be “delusional” to Before this attack, 102 think that India would not people had been killed in respond. “This India has separatist attacks in India’s moved on from old stratepart of the Himalayan re- gic restraint,” he said. gion this year. Among them Relations between Inwere 30 security personnel, dia and Pakistan have been 71 militants and one civil- on edge since the New-Year ian, according to a tally by attack on anIndian air force the New Delhi-based South base in Punjab, near the borAsia Terrorism Portal. der with Pakistan, that killed Modi recently raised seven uniformed men. the stakes in the nuclearIndia has blamed a Pakarmed neighbours’ de- istan-based militant group cades-old feud by express- for that and a string of othing support for separatists er attacks - including one in Pakistan’s resource-rich on Mumbai in 2008 that Baluchistan province. killed 166 people. After iniPakistan has, mean- tial progress, an attempt to while, called on the United conduct a joint investigaNations and the interna- tion into the airbase attack tional community to inves- lost momentum. The two tigate atrocities it alleges sides have frozen a tentahave been committed by tive peace dialogue.
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3 held for murder of 70 year old DImApuR, SeptembeR 18 (mexN): Three persons were arrested in connection with the September 11 murder of a 70 year-old man near Longphayimsen village, Mokokchung. The arrest occurred on September 15. According to the Mokokchung police, the three – identified as Imnawati Aier, Takusunep Longkumer and Lichemba Longkumer, all in their 20’s - were arrested from Longphayimsen village. While stating that the accused are in judicial custody, the police said that investigation was on to get to the bottom of the crime. The victim, identified as Tekachang was found dead on September 12 after he was reportedly called out of his home located at a paddy field near Longphayimsen by unidentified persons and taken away.
Naga man found dead in Chennai laid to rest
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DImApuR, SeptembeR 18 (mexN): The Naga Christian Fellowship (NCF) Chennai today informed that the dead body of a Naga man in Chennai has been identified by the Naga Students Union Chennai and NCF Chennai after receiving the information from the Sriperumbudur police and the hospital authority. A press note from the NCF Chennai informed that the deceased was identified as one Yimto Yimchunger (34). “After all the necessary formalities his funeral was conducted and laid to rest on Sunday in Chennai,” it informed. On behalf of the Naga community in Chennai, the NCF Chennai thanked the police and hospital authorities as well as the well wishers for their cooperation and prayer support. It further urged Nagas in and around Chennai to register themselves in NSUC and NCF Chennai for better coordination during emergency situations. It further urged that “everyone should restrain from making any official and important statements about the Nagas in Chennai without their knowledge to avoid confusion in any situation.”
Easy access to online info has reduced voter turnout
LoNDoN, SeptembeR 18 (IANS): Easy accessibility of political information through the internet medium has affected voter turnout, a study has found. The internet has allowed politicians to directly communicate their message to voters, circumventing the mainstream media which would traditionally filter information. The researchers have presented studies from a number of countries, comparing voter behaviour of municipalities with internet access to the ones without.It showed that municipalities with internet access faced a decrease in voter turnout, due to voters suddenly facing an overwhelmingly large pool of information and not knowing how to filter relevant knowledge efficiently.
“Similarly, the internet seemed to have reduced the importance of other media. However, the introduction of interactive social media helped voters to collect information more efficiently,” said Stephan Heblich, researcher at the University of Bristol. But the researcher stated there is a downside as voters can now be personally identified and strategically influenced by targeted information. The research showed that there is a thin line between desirable benefits of more efficient information dissemination and undesirable possibilities of voter manipulation. Therefore, policymakers need to consider introducing measures to educate voters to become more discriminating in their use of the internet.
Nagaland govt spent 900 Crore for Edu Dept salary our Correspondent Pfutsero | September 18
Parliamentary Secretary for Planning & Coordination, Evaluation & Monitoring Cell and Taxes, Neiba Kronu has informed that the state government spent more than Rs 900 crore last year, for payment of salaries to employees of the Education Department. He said this while inaugurating the new building of Government Middle School (GMS) Pfutsero town under Phek district on September 17. While maintaining that no society can progress and develop without human resource development, he lamented that it was unfortunate that somewhere something has gone wrong with the education system in Nagaland. He said in some place it serves the purpose but in some place nothing much happens. Kronu stated that the performance of government schools in the state cannot be compared with private players. However, he expressed happiness that GMS and GHS Pfutsero are doing well and lauded the concerned authority and the teaching staff for an excellent performance. Kronu further called for a joint effort on human resource development to build a progressive society.
fast food chains largest contributors of carbon emissions, reveals study
New DeLhI, SeptembeR 18 (IANS): Rapidly growing multinational fast food chains in India are the largest contributors to hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) emissions and could add the equivalent of nearly one million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2020, says a new international study. US-based McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway and Dunkin Donuts as well as India-based company Cafe Coffee Day and Britain-based Hindustan Unilever are among the eight fast food chains that could add the equivalent of nearly one million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2020, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said in its report “Transitioning HFCs in India: The opportunity for climate-friendly cooling in the fast food industry” released on Friday. “Developing countries like India are expected to join a global HFC phase down, and it
behoves multinational corporations to do their part for the climate,” an official statement quoting EIA Global Climate Campaign Director Avipsa Mahapatra said. “With climate friendly, cost effective technologies already available, these companies have no excuse to rely on super greenhouse gases.” “We call on these companies to recognise the enormous potential for emissions reductions in India by reducing their refrigeration footprint and publicly commit to not install HFC-based equipment in their new stores from 2019,” Mahapatra said. The Indian fast food industry is expected to grow from $15 billion in size to more than $50 billion over the next five years. McDonald’s, with more than 350 stores in India and growing, has not transitioned to climate friendly alternatives in India, but in its Europe facilities, has
installed over 13,500 pieces of HFC-free equipment since 2010 and has piloted an entirely HFCfree store, says the EIA. Subway, the largest fast food chain by store count in the world, uses hydrocarbons in back counter chillers in the Britain and Ireland, but has no stated intent of going HFC-free in India. The EIA calls on the Indian government to ban the use of HFCs with a global warming potential higher than 1,000 in new food and beverage refrigeration equipment beginning January 1, 2018 in multinational food and beverage retailers. The Parties to the Montreal Protocol will meet in October to reach an agreement on the global phase down of HFCs. According to the EIA, a successful agreement has the potential to mitigate 100 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2050.
lotha Hoho urged to ‘We need women to bring diversity to the table’ reconsider Pil on oil issue Vishu Rita Krocha
mokokchuNG, SeptembeR 18 (mexN): Parliamentary Secretary for Geology & Mining, Dr Imtiwapang Aier today made a fervent appeal to the Lotha Hoho to reconsider their ‘2nd PIL’ about the Nagaland Gas & Petroleum Act (NGPA) as it infringes on Article 371 (A) of the Indian Constitution. The Parliamentary Secretary, Dr Imtiwapang, while speaking with media persons on the sidelines of the inauguration of the designated coal depot at Tuli on last Friday, asserted that coal and oil are those blessed by God and that the Nagas must utilize it to the best of their abilities for their economic growth and sustainability. He also reminded, and reiterated about the ‘16 Point Agreement where it is stated that the land and its resources belongs to the people’. However, he regretted that the action of the Lotha Hoho in filing the PIL has threatened the ownership of the Naga people over its land and its resources by infringing on Article 371 (A) of the Indian Constitution. “There are other approaches,” said the Parliamentary Secretary for G&M. “Why not negotiate; the Nagaland state government is ever willing to listen. We are for the Naga people only.” The Parliamentary Secretary pointed that under the 16 Point agreement Nagaland was placed from being under ‘External Ministry’ to being under the Home Ministry. He further pointed out that the clause in Article 371 (A) where
it is stated that the development of Nagaland will be provided from the Consolidated Fund of India has also been has been taken away. In this connection, the Parliamentary Secretary cautioned that if the Naga people are not careful, the Government of India will surely dilute other provisions in Article 371 (A) especially, regarding the land and its resources. He said that if the Lotha Hoho takes the PIL to the Supreme Court, there is a very big chance that the Supreme Court may give the ruling in favor of the Indian Government, which will ultimately lead to the Naga people losing their ownership of the mineral resources in the land, especially petroleum and coal. He therefore earnestly urged the Naga people to seriously ponder upon the issue and take corrective steps. He maintained that coal and oil in Naga areas is a subject of the Naga people as empowered by Article 371 (A) and therefore the Naga people should instead discuss among themselves and do whatever is good for the people themselves. He therefore strongly urged the Lotha Hoho to negotiate with the state government instead of approaching the court. He said that the elected members of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly are there for the greater interest of the whole Naga people only and added that any problem can be solved through negotiations.
Dimapur | September 18
The subject of contention that women are treated at par with men in Naga society has been a farfetched concept in many aspects. Girls had to seek permission not only from their parents but also the concerned village youth society if they were to journey to another town. Boys however were exempted from doing so. This was rigidly imposed in a couple of villages for several years until it was revoked in recent times and replaced with a rule that equally applies to both genders. The functioning of several organizations is also reflective of the role that women are given to play. Pointing to the post of “women coordinator” or “girls’ welfare secretary” that many organisations have, Entrepreneur Rekha Rose Dukru, while speaking to The Morung Express, said these posts are just for the sake of accommodat-
ing women. “When you are appointed to this post, you are expected to look after the presentation during programmes, take care of the decorations, refreshments etc. but you are not part of the decision making”, she lamented. With the society unfamiliar with women in decision making roles over the last many years, Hekani Jakhalu, one of the founders of YouthNet asserted that “it is important that we start seeing women in position, and tomorrow, after 5-10 years, our younger generation (our younger men) will accept it because they have grown up seeing women in decision making bodies.” Director of YouthNet, Lezo Putsure is of the firm belief that women should be represented because “when there is no voice in decision making, the whole reason of existence is not there.” “I think women are important because they bring diversity to the table,” he said while indicating
that over the last fifty years, we have been talking about bad roads and electricity whereas for a guy who is disabled, the bad road is not a concern but the need for access to at least move around. He reiterated that women bring issues which men don’t talk about such as drinking water, toilets, etc while stressing that these are voices that need to be heard across society. In this regard, he opined that ‘in the last fifty years, the conversations have been based on the same pattern with legislators talking about the same issues, same ideas and same strategies. “And look where we have come,” he added. Further stating that “women bring a new aspect to look at things differently”, he emphasized that “we need to evolve and adapt and redesign the way we progress in society. We need a new thinking process and we need perspectives from voices that have never been heard. We need
to talk about larger issues that affect the whole generation.” Reiterating the importance of the 33% reservation for women, he however said: “what I fear is reservation can also be tokenism. I just hope that the system is not exploited when women get in because what also happens is a lot of men lose out. A lot of capable man who might have stronger voices but not as much as power because women have the power, men might also lose out. So, these are issues that we have to be careful about.” But clearly advocating the need for diversity on the table, he maintained that when there is a woman who understands issues related to women for instance, she would be representing a lot of women and would, as well change the total aspect. “We tend to justify saying that we treat our women equal, but equality comes from having the power to decide”, he emphasized.
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Neiba Kronu inaugurates new building of GMS Pfutsero Town Our Correspondent Pfutsero | September 18
Parliamentary Secretary for Planning & Coordination, Evaluation & Monitoring Cell and Taxes, Neiba Kronu on Saturday maintained that no society can progress and develop without human resource development. Inaugurating the new building of Government Middle School Pfutsero Town in Phek district, Kronu expressed the need to put a collective effort on human resource development to help build a pleasant and progressive society. The Parliamentary Secretary informed that the proposal for establishment of Science College in Pfutsero has already been ap-
Parliamentary Secretary Neiba Kronu and others during the inauguration of GMS Pfutsero Town building on September 17. (Morung Photo)
proved by the State Level Education Committee and the process will start soon. A multipurpose hall in Pfutsero is also on the verge of completion, he said, adding that once it is completed it will host all kinds of events/activities. Kronu also expressed his ambitious plan to transform Pfutsero Town, pointing out that the town has
potential to become the next city of Nagaland. “We want to turn Pfutsero Town into a world tourist attraction centre,” he said and sought the cooperation and active participation of the public to make it a reality. He maintained that proper drainage and good sanitary system are required apart from good
roads, financial institutions, and healthcare etc. “Tourists will not come if there is no good road connectivity,” he stated. He also informed that the process for adventure tourism activities have already been worked out and likely to be operational by next year. Further, Kronu expressed deep concern over
the deplorable road condition of NH-29, especially Kohima- Pfutsero- Jessami. He said that he had pressured Director General of BRO on the issue and also recalled the memorandum submitted to Nagaland’s Governor PB Acharya by the public during his recent visit to Pfutsero. He called upon the people to join hands together and col-
lectively pursue the matter. Kronu also asserted that the public will not remain a silent spectator if the BRO continues to neglect the said road. Meanwhile, he said GMS Pfutsero Town was established in 1945 and is one of the oldest schools in the town with huge number of enrolment. He lauded the school authority and the teaching staff for their dedication and producing an excellent result over the years. “This school is one of the best performing schools in the state,” he acknowledged. Earlier, dedicatory prayer was proposed by Keduwepe Mero, pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Pfutsero. The formal programme was chaired by Wemhie-ii Mero, while invocation was pronounced by Rev. Dr. N Chiero, pastor, Pfutsero Town Baptist Church. GMS head teacher Wepekha Wetsah delivered welcome address. Special numbers were presented by students of GMS Pfutsero Town and mothers' group.
NVCO questions outof-court settlement
Kohima, September 18 (mexN): Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) has expressed shock over the out-of-court settlement of a case concerning sale of expired medicine to a patient by a pharmacy in Kohima. NVCO in a press release recollected that a salesperson of ‘Save A Life Pharmacy’ of Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) was arrested for selling expired medicine to a patient on September 13. It was alleged that a victim, a minor outdoor patient had bought medicine for dysentery from the pharmacy and after consuming it, the victim suffered severe vomiting. The release issued by Press & Media Cell, NVCO accused that the district administration instead of checking pharmacies within its jurisdiction has gone ahead in settling the issue “which is already admitted and proved to be wrong.” It wondered how the case already registered in a criminal court could be settled in the presence of district administration, hospital authority, and Angami Youth Organisation. The NVCO further questioned whether this is a case to be settled by the district administration or the court. The NVCO also expressed displeasure at the manner in which NHAK apologized to the victim’s family and public stating that the “commission of the wrong act was unintentional.” NVCO pointed out that it had extended support and appreciation to the victim’s family for boldly initiating a criminal case by filing an FIR (First Information Report) upon realizing that the medicine was expired. The organisation had also extended its appreciation to the Police personnel and drug inspector for the prompt action in sealing the said pharmacy after inspection. “Selling expired goods is a serious violation of consumer rights under the Consumer Protection Act 1986 and selling expired medicine is more serious which is almost playing life where there are cases in the country that a consumer seriously fell ill or even die after consuming expired medicine,” NVCO asserted.
Yitachu calls for quality teachers
Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): Minister of School Education and SCERT, Yitachu has asserted that the society needs not quantity, but quality of teachers. In this context, he lamented that there are more than one lakh teachers employed in Nagaland with no improvement in the education system. Speaking at the 42nd Annual Social of Patkai Christian College (PCC) on September 17 as chief guest, Yitachu added that 50,000 “dedicated and genuine” teachers are enough to shape and nurture the children and to build a favourable society, according to a press release. He further lamented that “out of sheer ignorance” more than half of the citizens, lay people, students and almost any
Students of Patkai Christian College welcome Minister of School Education, Yitachu to the college 42nd Annual Social on September 17.
employed person in the State has a notion that politicians are corrupt and not efficient, the release said. “We are not aware of the fact that we have liberty to choose the representatives who we deem to be efficient, deserving and who we feel can serve the soci-
ety,” he stated. “We are all responsible for the affluence as well as degeneration of our State.” The Minister also urged the students to be good and responsible citizens as they are the future of the society. He encouraged them to work hard to achieve
their goals, but most of all, to forge ahead with integrity to create a just and corruption free society. He advised the students to profess what they speak. The chief guest, who is an alumnus of Patkai Christian College, termed his admittance to the college as a
great experience he would always cherish and hold dear. He also mentioned about God's love in his life and his encounter with God through the Evangelistic Summer Camp during his stay in the college, which he said, is still a motivating force in his endeavors. The programme held under the theme ‘Harbingers' Expedition’ was chaired by Suchila Chang. It started with a prelude by Bachelor of Music (V semester). Speech on behalf of the freshers was presented by Marahang Rongnamei. There was also a special performance by Mizo Students’ Union PCC. An informal session was also held in the evening, where many talented shows were presented by various performers, the press release added.
Illegal timber seized: Forest Protection Force of Intangki National Park seized 5 illegal timbers which were transported as a raft through Dhansiri River on September 11. However, the accused absconded, informed Field Director, Intangki National Park in a press release. The seized logs were brought to the Forest Protection Camp, Intangki. The Field Director has informed all the public that any person or group found/caught involving in logging, poaching, hunting and fishing inside the National Park “will not be compromised at any cost.”
Literary competition at St. Joseph School, Longleng
Nagaland celebrates World Bamboo Day
Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) today observed World Bamboo Day with an objective of bringing the potential of bamboo to a more elevated exposure – to protect natural resources and the environment, to ensure sustainable utilization, to promote new cultivation of bamboo for new industries in regions around the world, as well as promote traditional uses locally for community economic development. This year’s celebration put special emphasis on acknowledging bamboo farmers, artisans, craftsmen and bamboo Self Help Groups in the State, according to a press release from Dr. Tolto Metha, Team Member, NBDA.
The main function of the celebration was chaired by T. Imkonglemba Ao, IAS, APC and Mission Director, NBDA. The programme saw a special performance by Moa and Aren of Abiogenesis with their ingeniously developed bamboo musical instruments ‘Bamhum’ and ‘Tikzik’. Various awards were given to the best VBDC, best performing SHG, most promising entrepreneur, artisan and progressive farmer of the year. Naiba Konyak in his speech stressed on the need to be more progressive in words and action, and requested special prayer from all quarters for the NBDA in implementing its activities. The Team Leader of NBDA, Peter Lichamo (NCS) pronounced the vote of thanks.
Students of St. Joseph School, Longleng participate in group song competition during the two-day literary contest held on September 16-17.
LoNgLeNg, September 18 (mexN): St. Joseph School, Longleng organised two-day literary competition on September 16 and 17 with Temsusenla Jamir, SDEO Longleng as the chief guest. Speaking to the students, Temsusenla stressed on the need to be in the first place and be aware of themselves. The school provides an ample opportunity for developing the God’s given gifts and
talents, she stated. She further emphasised on the need to be aware and be educated on the “social evil” of the 21st century like cell phone, Facebook, internet etc. She also reminded the students to fear God because “God is the beginning of knowledge.” The SDEO further encouraged the students to work hard and be a beacon of light in Longleng district as the school has the highest enrolment in the
district. She also exhorted the teachers to rededicate as they impart knowledge to the students who are the future of tomorrow. The day began with a prayer led by Sr. Melody and words of welcome by Fr. Charles Phom. The competitions comprised of group song, solo, debate, drawing, essay writing, dance, extempore speech, multiplication table, poem recitation, talent show etc.
RBCK FatheR’s sChool ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Boon to Bane’ Lecture organized at SASRD, Nagaland University
Meetings & Appointments
Naga artists during the celebration of World Bamboo Day at Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre, Dimapur on September 18.
The celebration was held at the Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre (NBRC), 6th Mile (Sovima), Dimapur attended by people from various walks of life, including technocrats,
farmers, entrepreneurs, and artisans. The inaugural segment featured an invocation prayer by N. Savino and unfurling of the official ‘World Bamboo Day’ flag by the
A five day “Father’s School” programme was held at Rengma Baptist Church Kohima (RBCK) from 14th to 18th Sept 2016. Altogether 44 fathers graduated from this programme. It was jointly organized by RBCK and Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo (KABA). Meanwhile, the Father’s Fellowship of RBCK express its profound gratitude to KABA for reaching out its mission to other tribal churches at state capital to bring lost soul to God. We deeply indebted to KABA especially Rev. Yanpang pastor KABA, Temjen Associate Pastor and his team for challenging the fathers to God’s Ministry. Moreover, RBCK deeply appreciated KABA for taken up beautification of state capital which is an eye opener for Nagas in general for which other churches should also follow their footstep. Church mission should not confine to soul winning alone but for the service and upliftment of humanity. Dr. Kenny Tsela Pastor RBCK
John Kath Convenor Father’s Fellowship RBCK
chief guest Naiba Konyak, Advisor of NBDA, which was followed by the bamboo anthem performed by students of the Margaret Shishak School of Music, Patkai Christian College.
Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): A lecture on the topic “Insecticides and Pesticides – Boon to Bane” was held at School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD), Nagaland University, Medziphema Campus on September 17. The programme was organised by National Council for Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi and Nagaland Science and Technology Council, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Nagaland. The lecture was delivered by INSA Emeritus Scientist, Prof. ES Raja Gopal, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He stressed on the use of everything that nature has given in ‘moderation’. DDT once hailed as the ‘miracle spray’ for controlling mosquitoes and other
Prof. ES Raja Gopal from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore delivering the lecture at SASRD, Nagaland University on September 17.
insects during World War II has now been banned since the 1970s in most countries due to its carcinogenic effect on humans, he said. Prof. ES Raja further maintained that organic production of food crops is the best and most safe; however, the question is whether this will be sufficiently produced to feed the world population. Control of pest and diseases in crops using biological enemies may help up to some extent, but he cited exam-
ples of failures in the past. The lecture also pointed out that the success of using GM crops like BT cotton was short lived as the cotton bollworm started developing resistance to the insecticide. “There is hope that in future some solutions would be found for sustainable production of crops with advancement of science.” He encouraged the students to earnestly do research to find solutions for the many problems faced by farmers in the country.
“However, man has to realize that we need to live in harmony ‘symbiotically’ with all living things in nature in order to bring about sustainability and maintain ecological balance in the world,” he added. The programme was chaired by Prof. RC Gupta, Dean SASRD, who welcomed the initiative taken by Nagaland Science and Technology Council in conducting such inspiring programme for agricultural professional students.
VDB Secretaries in Chumukedima informed
All the VDB Secretaries under RD Chumukedima block have been informed that there will be an important meeting on September 20, 2:00 pm onwards at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur. A press release from Medovie Koza, President, Chumukedima Block VDB Secretary Association has requested all the VDB Secretaries concerned to attend the meeting positively.
CPO executive meeting
The Chakhesang Public Organization (CPO) has convened its executive council meeting on September 26, 10:00 am at Mini Tourist Lodge, Pfutsero. Area presidents, executive council members, all frontal organizations head and former CPO presidents have been requested to attend the meeting positively.
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HigHway across nations: india BJP to provide outside support to government approves $1 bn connectivity project arunachal Pradesh Arunachal CM appoints 26 MLAs
New Delhi, September 18 (iANS): India has approved an ambitious $1.04-billion project for constructing and upgrading 558 km of roads to link it with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal and ease the movement of passengers and cargo, as part of the larger effort to increase intra-regional trade by 60 per cent. The new project has been given an official nod by India's Department of Economic Affairs with 50 per cent funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), officials told IANS, adding that the road project will cover West Bengal and Manipur on the Indian side, as of now. "The mandate is for completing the project within the next two years," a senior official said. "The primary idea behind the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) road initiative is to improve
ground connectivity in the region," said Leena Nandan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. "We have taken up five highway stretches in the country, which are very important for such a connectivity to succeed. This project is entirely different and new -and about to be rolled out," Nandan told IANS. The project -- as per a list accessed by IANS -- includes, among others, an upgrade of the 122-km Siliguri-Mirik-Darjeeling ($15 million) and the widening of the 60-km National Highway-35 (Kolkata-Bangaon) on the border with Bangladesh ($130 million). It also includes a new 123-km road to connect with Diamond harbour, on the outskirts of Kolkata, at a cost of $250 million. All these are in West Bengal and will be entrusted to the state's Public Works De-
partment for execution, officials said. "This apart, two highways are going to come up in Manipur -- 115-km Ukhrul-Tolloi-Tadubi ($230 million) and a 138-km split, four-lane road between the Kohima-Kedima KringImphal section of National Highway-39 ($280 million)," said A.D. James, Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. "These two roads are to be executed by the National Highway Infrastructure Development Corp. They are currently in the DPR (detailed project report) stage," James told IANS. Officials are also looking at the possibility of shorter routes. Apart from the works under the $1 billion project, a 600 metre bridge and a 110 km-road in the ImpalMoreh stretch of Manipur are also being planned under the broader BBIN
road initiative. The Manilabased bank has agreed to fund up to 50 per cent of this project as well, officials said. The DPR for this is ready. Clearances are awaited from Nepal. "This bridge will connect Kakarbhitta in Nepal with Panitanki in West Bengal. Once we receive the necessary approvals, we would like to bid for the projects as early as possible, say by November-end," said Anand Kumar, Managing Director, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corp. The four South Asian nations, led by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari from the Indian side, had signed a landmark Motor Vehicles Agreement in June last year in the Bhutan capital Thimpu to regulate passenger, personnel and cargo vehicular traffic among the South Asian neighbours.
"This agreement between sub-grouping of four South Asian nations -- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal -- will pave the way for seamless movement of people and goods across their borders for the benefit and integration of the region and its economic development," Gadkari had said. A joint statement later said: "Taking note of the finding that transforming transport corridors into economic corridors could potentially increase intraregional trade within South Asia by almost 60 per cent, and with the rest of the world by over 30 per cent." As regards the funding, James said talks were simultaneously on with ADB to look beyond the committed 50 per cent. "There are chances that the bank may even fund up to 72 per cent of the total cost for the project. Then we will get around $700 million."
Rally staged in Imphal to demand ST status for Meiteis Newmai News Network Imphal | September 18
A mammoth rally was carried out in Imphal today to demand Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the Meiteis, the majority group of Manipur, under the banner of the Coordinating Body on Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee Manipur. Thousands of people congregated at Thau Ground of Imphal West district in the early morning before taking out the demonstration. The police took up precautionary measures to thwart any un-
All four Trinamool MLAs join Cong in Manipur imphAl, September 18 (iANS): All four MLAs of the Trinamool Congress, including TMC state President Thounaojam Shyamkumar, joined the ruling Congress in Manipur on Sunday. Shyamkumar said: "We took the decision to leave the TMC as the national leaders have neglected us. We have to consolidate our position since we are accountable to the people." "The demand for implementation of the Inner Line Permit has been disrupting normal life in Manipur. Ten persons have been killed... Despite our requests, TMC MPs refused to take up the issue in Parliament. It shows the party has no concern for the people of Manipur," he said. In 2012, six Trinamool candidates were elected to the Manipur assembly. Three of them were disqualified by Speaker Thokchom Lokeshwar Singh in 2015. But one was allowed to attend the house. The decision of the four MLAs to join the Congress comes as a morale booster to the party after a Congress MLA, Yumkham Erabot, joined the BJP on September 12.
Man kills wife, then consumes poison AizAwl, September 18 (pti): A man belonging to Gorkha community allegedly killed his Mizo wife by burning her and later tried to commit suicide by consuming poison near Serkhan village in Kolasib district bordering Assam, police said. The Gorkha, known to the villagers as Limbu, confessed to have torched his wife Zovi on Friday night and keeping her body inside the hut near a barn where the couple was living. Limbu reportedly consumed poison late last night, the police said, adding that he was admitted and treated at a rural hospital in nearby Lungdai village where his condition was stated to be stable. Further investigation was on.
wanted incidents during the rally. The demonstrators marched through different roads of Imphal city waving placards and shouting slogans like “Include Meitei/ Meetei in the ST list of the Constitution”. Traffic movement in the city was halted during the rush hour due to the rally. They then gathered at Hapta Kangjeibung in Palace Compound where a public meeting was held. Representatives of various social organisations and the Coordinating Body spoke at the meet pitching for demand of protection of
the Meitei community under the Constitution by enlisting it in the ST category under Article 341 (2). “The Meitei indigenous group has been left unprotected for a long time. We need constitutional safeguard by recognising the Meitei as one of the indigenous communities,” a speaker demanded. The Coordinating Committee has been spearheading the campaign for inclusion of Meitei in the ST list. It maintains that the identity, culture and language of the Meitei group can be protected only by enjoying the ST status.
The hills people of Manipur have come to believe that tribals are given no stake in their own state. The tribal people believe granting ST tag to the Meiteis, general category, could disrupt their community in many ways. A few Meitei based organisations have shown opposition to the demand of ST status for the Meitei group which is made of one language. They said Manipur existed as a princely state under the Meitei kings and therefore the campaign on inclusion of the Meiteis in the ST category should be stopped.
itANAgAr, September 18 (iANS): The BJP will support the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) government in Arunachal Pradesh from outside as of now and the decision on joining the government will be taken in near future, a senior leader said on Sunday. "As of now, the BJP is going to support Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu-led PPA government from outside. However, the party leadership will take the decision whether the BJP will join the government or not," said Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sarma, who is the convener of the BJP-led antiCongress alliance, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), was addressing a press conference in Itanagar, Arunchal Pradesh capital city. The BJP has 11 legislators in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh assembly. "The PPA is a constituent of NEDA and so, the government in Arunachal Pradesh will be known as NEDA government," Sarma said. He also hinted that the issue of the BJP joining the government in Arunachal Pradesh may be taken up for discussion at the forthcoming national executive of the party in Kerala later this week. Sarma reiterated that the BJP has no role in the decision of the Congress legislators to merge with the PPA on Friday. "The BJP or the NEDA came to know about this
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itANAgAr, September 18 (pti): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu today appointed 26 MLAs as parliamentary secretary to assist in the smooth functioning of his government. Khandu administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new parliamentary secretaries, including two women, in a simple function here in the presence of North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) Convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma. This is the first time that a large number of MLAs were appointed as parliamentary secretaries in the state. Of the newly appointed parliamentary secretaries, six are former ministers -- Phosum Khimhum, Gojen Gadi, Jarkar Gamlin, Phurpa Tsering, Thangwang Wangham and Thirong Aboh. The others are C T Mein, Punji Mara, Jambey Tashi, P D Sona, Bamang Felix, Likha Saaya, Markio Tado, Gum Tayeng, Karya Bagang, Tapuk Taku, Kumsi Sidisow, Nikh Kamin, Techi Kaso, Mutchu Mithi, Pani Taram, Tatung Jamoh, Mama Natung, Nyamar Karbak, Zingnu Namchoom and Dikto Yekar. The portfolios of the parliamentary secretaries would be allocated soon. only after the merger took place. I got a call from Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday evening and informed this to my national (BJP) president Amit Shah," Sarma said. "PPA is already a member of the NEDA and Chief Minister Khandu also expressed his desire to be a member of the NEDA," he added. "NEDA was formed in May this year for the sake of development in the northeastern region. Now with a stable government in place in Arunachal Pradesh under the leadership of Chief Minister Pema Khandu, I hope the NEDA government will usher in a new dimension of development in Arunachal Pradesh," he
added. Pema Khandu, who was also present in the press conference, said that the decision of the Congress legislators to merge with the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) was taken considering the demand of the people for a regional party-led government in the state. "There has been a demand from the grassroots people for a regional party-led government in Arunachal Pradesh for the sake of development. The people here have seen the development works initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, particularly in the region, and so we unanimously decided to merge with the PPA," Khandu said.
block ‘Design defects in NE rail projects pose threat to passenger lives’ Landslides roads, disrupt power New Delhi, September 18 (ht): “The 210 kilometre Lumding-Silchar line in Assam – as also five other lines under construction as ‘national projects’ in the weak and unstable mountainous terrain in North-eastern India – suffer from alignment and design defects. This poses threats to passenger lives and could even lead to a major catastrophe”. These concerns were flagged both by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) and the Chief Bridge Engineer (CBE) of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in reports to the Railway Board in the last two years, according to documents accessed by HT. Railway Board Member Engineering, A K Mittal said the designs were finalized on the basis of recommendations of various committees and experts. “However, some issues might be there, as the Northeast is a challenging terrain,” he told HT. Six projects costing about Rs 50,000 crore for the construction of 403 kilometres of rail tracks in the seven north-eastern states have been under various stages of survey and construction since 1993-94. A month ahead of the assembly elections of Assam in April, the Lumding-Sil-
char line – which links Assam to the adjoining states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur – was hurriedly opened. “The arbitrary decision of the Railway Board to start commercial operations on the line violates the Railways Act as the observations of the CRS were ignored,” then CBE, Alok Kumar Verma said. Within months of its inauguration,
about 20 major landslides have happened along the route leading to two derailments and several instances of suspension of train services, including one for two months. Since July 2015, trains have been running at an average speed of 10 to 20 kmph against the design speed of 70 kmph in the critical 52 km long mountainous section. The then safety commission-
er, S. Nayak, said in his report of July 2015 that he was “not satisfied that the newly opened line could be opened for passenger traffic without danger to the travelling public, as the stability of formation and structures were suspect”. Nine months before the start of operations of the Lumding-Silchar line, Verma informed the Railway Board that three-fourth of the alignment was on “Talus slopes” of shale, which are among the most unfavourable rock formations for building railway lines. Heavy rainfall and high seismicity of the region aggravate the conditions for stability of tunnels and bridges. He said that vital geological risk factors have been ignored both at the time of survey and detailed design and that the other new rail line projects in the Northeast were also facing similar challenges. Mega high bridges were being built on pile foundations as on the lines to Imphal and Aizawl. “Some railway engineers have ignored the geological risks and have handled these projects like a surgeon performing a complex surgery under the influence of a hallucinatory drug,” Verma said in his July 20 letter to the Railway Board Member Engineering.
Peace talks with HPC (D) deferred Children's film festival to open in M'laya day next would take a decision on the
AizAwl, September 18 (pti): The proposed second round of peace talks, scheduled to be held in the middle of this month, between the Mizoram government and the Manipur-based Hmar People's Convention (Democratic) was deferred, an official today said. The postponement was not due to any problem between the two sides, but due to heavy engagement of the government delegation on the proposed Bru repatriation and other pressing matters, the official said. The meeting of senior home department officials chaired by the state Home Minister R Lalzirliana on Tues-
date for the proposed second round of talks which would likely to be resumed next week or last week of the month, he said. The first round of negotiations was held in Aizawl on August 10 under cordial atmosphere and mutual trust on both the sides, the official said. The Mizoram government and the HPC (D) militants had made several efforts to find amicable solution to the Hmar imbroglio and the last talks held in 2013 fizzled out over the period of extension of the Suspension of Operation (SoO).
mUmbAi, September 18 (pti): A four-day festival of children's films, organised by Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) is set to begin in Meghalaya tomorrow. For the first time, children from various schools in the remote centres in the northeastern state will get to see four select films - "Kima's Lode Beyond the class", "Mother I Love you", "Krish, Trish & Baltiboy" and "The Goal". The films will be screened at select auditoriums in the
continued alienation of nE is bad, says governor mANgAlUrU, September 18 (tNN): Northeast India is known as a 'Paradise Unexplored'. Despite the rich tradition and culture, people of this region feel a sense of discomfort, apprehension, and disconnect with rest of the country. The need of the hour is to develop a sense of belongingness and oneness, said P B Acharya, governor of Nagaland. Delivering the convocation address at the sixth annual convocation of Nitte University here on Saturday, Acharya said that people from other parts of India
alienate people from NE because of their ethnicity, languages, traditions, customs. "Let us not forget that the northeast India constitutes almost eight per cent of our country's size and with a population of about 40 million. It constitutes about 3.8 per cent of the total population of India. This might look insignificant, but the people of this region have made significant contributions to political, economic, social and cultural development," he pointed out. “Today, there are about 44 universities in NE with
atleast one central university and one NIT in each state. There are also 15 medical colleges, several engineering and law colleges. It is high time that the rest of India adopted policies that focus on emotional integration and took concrete measures towards bringing the people of the mainland and the NE closer. It should begin with the Indian universities and Nittevarsity already taken a bold step in this regard," Acharya stressed. Eight students were awarded with gold medal on the occasion.
state, according to a release issued by CFSI here today. "Meghalaya is extremely rich in cultural heritage and tradition and this needs to be ingrained in children though the powerful medium of films. With this objective, CFSI has been conducting films screenings for children in Meghalaya," said CEO of CFSI, Shravan Kumar. "The films being shown like 'Mother I love you' reflect the customs and lineage of this land. We believe that our initiatives will not only strength-
en the cultural roots of the children from Meghalaya but also join them with the mainstream," Kumar said. In August, CFSI held a similar festival in Tripura and Nagaland where thousands of children from remote areas of the north-east thronged the theatres. Earlier this year, CFSI had presented the second leg of 19th International Children's Film Festival in Gangtok, Sikkim, which also covered West Sikkim.
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AizAwl, September 18 (pti): A massive landslide triggered by heavy rains since Friday last has blocked roads in at least 20 spots, disrupted power supply and damaged cemeteries in the city, Aizawl District Disaster Management Authority officials said today. The landslides had blocked roads in at least 20 places within the state capital and work was on to unclog them, the officials said. A number of electric poles were damaged causing power supply disruption, telecommunication lines were snapped in some places while mobile network also was disrupted in the state capital, the officials said. The landslide also damaged two cemeteries and exposed more than 80 graves in Bungkawn and Khatla areas of the state capital. Ten houses in Aizawl district were completely destroyed, six houses had to be dismantled and 17 families evacuated, the officials said. Five persons, including a four-year-old girl, belonging to two families were killed when the landslide triggered by very heavy rains mowed down their houses in Tlungvel village yesterday.
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New Delhi, September 18 (pti): Continuing their war of words, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio today accused Bharti Airtel of providing less than one-fourth of the necessary interconnect points to complete calls between the two networks, a charge vehemently denied by the Sunil Mittal-led firm. Reliance Jio, the newest player in telecom arena, alleged that Airtel was abusing its market dominance and was indulging in "anticompetitive behaviour", as it put the blame for over two crore call failures everyday squarely on the older rival. "It is apparent that Airtel continues to abuse its market dominance by imposing onerous conditions which
will imminently hinder RJIL's ability to efficiently utilise the additional E1s," it said in a statement. "It appears that the QoS (Quality of Service) will continue to suffer and Indian customers will be denied the benefits of superior and free voice services as a result of such anti-competitive behaviour," it added. The comments come a day after Airtel said it will work towards releasing the points of interconnect or PoIs "well ahead" of the contractual obligation. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) said the PoIs provided to enable its users to complete calls on existing operators' network were "substantially less". It said two crore calls fail
daily as the largest telecom operator dilly dallies on adequate PoIs. "Based on the current traffic flow between the two networks, the proposed augmentation by Airtel would still only suffice for less than one-fourth of the required interconnection capacity," it said. Responding to the charge, Bharti Airtel categorically denied what it called was "the rhetorical statements made by Reliance Jio with regard to the release of additional PoIs from Airtel to Jio and mobile number portability (MNP) requests." "Following the bilateral discussions on September 13, 2016, Airtel agreed to release the additional PoIs to
Airtel to deploy e-KYC solution in 5,00,000 stores New Delhi, September 18 (pti): Mobile operator Bharti Airtel today said it has rolled out over 20,000 units of Aadhaar based eKYC solution across India, and plans to have the facility deployed in over 500,000 retail outlets, including in rural pockets, in the coming months. On a daily basis, over 50,000 subscribers, including those in rural India, are activating their Airtel mobile SIMs using Aadhaar-based digital verification or Aadhaar eKYC, the company said in a statement. "The initiative has received posiJio on the same day itself and raised the demand notes on September 14, 2016. "With the latest augmentation, the total num-
ber of PoIs provided will become three times the present number of PoIs. This capacity will be sufficient to serve over 15 million
tive response from customers as it enables instant activation of Airtel mobile SIMs. The digital verification, which is fully secure, also eliminates paperwork and benefits the environment," the statement said. Airtel expects the number of customers getting digitally on-boarded using Aadhaar based e-KYC to grow multifold as it ramps up its rollout. Under the Aadhaar based instant verification process, customers purchasing a new prepaid or postpaid mobile connection are required to submit their biometrics (iris scan / fingerprints) at the Point
customers, which is much more than their present subscriber base and their demand for 10 million projected customers," Airtel said.
to auction Kingfisher Villa; reserve price Rs 85.3 crore ICICI Pru’s Rs 16.35 Banks ters, the Kingfisher House mumbai, Septem- ing,” says a public notice is- among others. The lenders took pos- near the Mumbai airport, 18 (pti): The sued by SBICap Trustee. billion IPO to open today ber The notice, however, session of the villa only on 13 cars, Mallya’s plush per17-lender consortium led says all movable assets inside the premises of the villa are not included in the e-auction and that the bidders can inspect the villa on 26-27 September and 5-6 October. The property owned by Mallya, who is now abroad and facing a slew of criminal charges for defaulting over Rs6,000 crore loans, has an aggregate 12,350 sq metres. Along with interest and penalties, he owes over Rs9,000 crore to lenders like SBI, PNB, IDBI Bank, BoB, Allahabad Bank, Federal Bank and Axis Bank,
by State Bank of India has put on sale embattled businessman Vijay Mallya’s prime Goa property, the Kingfisher Villa, at a reserve price of Rs85.29 crore. The auction of the property located at Condolim in North Goa, which was once used by Mallya to host lavish parties, will be conducted on 19 October. “The e-auction will be of the immovable property of the A vehicle passes a life insurance bill board of Prudential- villa with structures and ICICI, in Mumbai. (REUTERS/Stringer File Photo) buildings and will include mumbai, Septem- Monday and will continue pumping systems of swimming pools, AC ductings, ber 18 (reuterS): until Wednesday. The anchor investors electrical wiring and pipICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd, which is due to led by the government of launch on Monday India's Singapore and Nomura Inbiggest initial public offer- dia Investment Fund Mothing of shares in six years, is er fund and the Monetary raising 16.35 billion rupees Authority of Singapore are New Delhi, Septem($243.7 million) by selling buying about 48.96 million ber 18 (pti): Governshares to 38 anchor inves- shares at 334 rupees apiece, ment has extended the according to a regulatory fil- time frame for voluntary tors as part of the IPO. uniform code for pharThe IPO, which will see ing late on Friday. ma marketing practices ICICI Bank is selling the insurer's parent ICICI Bank selling an about a total of up to 181.34 mil- (UCPMP) that prevents 12.63 percent stake, aims to lion shares in the insurance unethical operations such raise as much as 60.57 bil- arm's IPO. It has set a price as drug makers offering lion rupees. The sale opens range of 300 rupees to 334 favours to doctors to prescribe their medicines in for public subscription on rupees for the sale. return. "It has been decided that the UCPMP also cov-
May this year after a long legal battle with United Spirits, which had claimed tenancy rights over the property. The villa, owned by United Breweries Holdings, was mortgaged by the now-grounded Kingfisher Airlines to SBIled 17-bank consortium to obtain loans in 2010. Last month, the lenders and tax authorities had put under the hammer various movable and immovable assets of the airline for the second time, but failed to get any buyers. The assets put on sale included the airline’s erstwhile headquar-
sonal jet, numerous brands and trademarks, including the famed ‘Fly with Good Times’. Most of these assets were put on the auction route for the second time with a lower reserve price. Similarly, the reserve price of the airline’s trademarks, including Kingfisher logo and the tagline Fly the Good Times, for the last month’s auction was slashed to Rs330.33 crore, from Rs366.70 crore. All the auctions turned out to be a damp squib as bidders found the reserve prices too high.
Govt extends time frame of voluntary pharma marketing code
Rajan returns to academia New YOrK, September 18 (pti): Having returned to his "ultimate home", former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has resumed his role as 'Distinguished Service Professor of Finance' at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and would teach international corporate finance there in winter of 2017. Giving details of Rajan's 'course schedule' for 201617, Chicago Booth School said this course will explore the challenges of corporate finance and investment in a more integrated global economy. Rajan, who was hailed as a 'rockstar central banker' soon after assuming charge at Reserve Bank of India in September 2013 but often landed in controversies duringthethree-yeartenurewith hisoutspokenviews,hadear-
lier said he would return to academia after leaving RBI. He was 'on leave' from Chicago University, with which he has been associated since 1991, during his tenureatRBI.Whileannouncing his decision to return to academia on end of his tenure at RBI, Rajan had said his "ultimate home is in the realm of ideas". As per Chicago Booth School, Rajan's research interests are in banking, corporate finance, and economic development, especially the role finance plays in it. Rajan, who is credited to have predicted the global financial crisis of 2008, is also a member of theGroup of Thirty and was the President of the American Finance Association in 2011 and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
ering the medical devices industry which was implemented with effect from January 1, 2015 for a period of six months and which was last extended up to June 30, 2016 is hereby extended till further orders," Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) said in a notification. The government had earlier this year said it was considering making the
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voluntary UCPMP compulsory. In July, Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Ananth Kumar had admitted that voluntary UCPMP was not yielding the desired results. "We are contemplating of making it compulsory," Kumar had said. UCPMP aims to check unethical practice of many doctors who often prescribe a particular brand
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70k jobs lost in Q2 2015-16 on dip in exports: Report
New Delhi, September 18 (pti): Nearly70,000 workers were retrenched during the second quarter of 2015-16 due to sharp fall in merchandise exports, a report says. The joint study by Assocham and Thought Arbitrage noted that "sharp drop in merchandise exports mainly contributed to a loss of 70,000 jobs during the second quarter of 2015-16," reinforcing a crucialpointthattheemploymentgenerationhastobeled by the domestic demand. Decrease in livelihood opportunities in export units caused the retrenchment of around 70,000 workers during the said period, the report added. The textiles sector was most affected witnessing a massive drop in contractual employment as outward shipments shrank, it said. Besides, slowdown in global demand also com-
pelled some of the units to retrenchpeoplefrompayroll. The study propagates that Indian economy has to look internally at its domestic scene to restart the growth story, which is only possible if there is extra demand generation within the economy. India's exports declined for the second consecutive month in August by 0.3 per cent to $21.51 billion due to dip in shipments of products like petroleum and leather. The outward shipments stood at $21.58 billion in August 2015. Since December 2014, exports fell for the straight 18th month till May 2016 due to weak global demand and slide in oil prices. Shipments witnessed growth only in June this year only to again enter the negative zone in July.In the net offer, 57,122,434 shares will be available for subscription by retail investors.
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MEx FILE Ao Senden condemns, demands mokokchuNg, September 18 (mexN): The Ao Senden has strongly condemned the inhuman killing of one of its senior citizen, late Tekachang, aged 77, of Mangmetong village, who it alleged was “brutally murdered” on September 11 at Longphayimsen village jurisdiction. Mourning the death, the Ao Senden demanded the concerned law enforcing agency to award befitting punishment as permissible by law to the arrested culprits.
Hindi Diploma holders informed Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): All in-service Hindi Teachers who have completed Hindi Diploma from CIH Agra but are yet to complete TTC (Praveen) and B.Ed (Parangat) or any other training, are informed that there will be a meeting on September 24 at Government Hindi Institute at Oriental Colony Dimapur at 11:00 am. A press release in this regard has requested all concerned to attend the meeting without fail. For more information regarding the meeting’s agenda, one can contact Abovi Chishi @ 9856435083 or Micheal @ 9402023001.
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BJP Pughoboto questions 3rd IEM-NEI Women Convention concludes silence of nPF Youth Wing
Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): The BJP Mandal Pughoboto has stated that it is “disheartened and dejected” at the silence of NPF Central Youth Wing on the termination of appointments in the department of Health & Family Welfare (H&FW). The NPF Youth Wing had issued a statement clarifying their stand on the issue which was published in local dailies. “Unfortunately they failed to answer the questions raised by the BJP Mandal Pughoboto,” a press release from the Media Cell, BJP Mandal
Pughoboto, stated insisting that it was compelled to seek clarification from them. “But they chose to remain silent for the reason(s) best known to them,” the Pughoboto BJP added. Asserting that it will not remain silent, the BJP Mandal Pughoboto yet again sought answers and clarifications on the “numerous applicants” who made “various complaints” which compelled the NPF Youth Wing to issue termination of appointments made specifically during November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016 only.
It cited the meeting with the NPF Central Youth Wing President on the termination of appointments, during which the President had mentioned that there was pressure from “high command”. “Who was/ were the high command(s) he was talking about?” the BJP Pughoboto asked. The BJP Pughoboto further demanded that the NPF Central Youth Wing specify at least one department, apart from H&FW, where it was taking measure(s) or have taken up this kind of issue, so as to curb the corruption of illegal appointments.
NLSF 7th Biennial Conference kohima, September 18 (mexN): The Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) would be organizing its 7th Biennial General Conference on September 21 and 22 at Jubilee Memorial Centre, Lerie Colony, Kohima, under the Theme: “Excelsior” (Ever Upward). Dr. Neiphrezo Keditsu, MLA & Chairman NSMDC Ltd., will be the Chief Guest on the occasion while Y. Longkumer, Registrar Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench and Dr. Temsuwati, Retd. Additional Development Commissioner Dept. of Planning &Co-ordination will be the Introductory and Valedictory Guests respectively. The conference is being hosted by the Kohima Law College Students’ Union. During the conference there shall be Federal Assembly, Debate and Seminar besides many other sessions, a press release informed. All the alumni and well-wishers are cordially invited to attend the program.
Yitachu visits Senayangba GHSS mokokchuNg, September 18 (mexN): Minister for School Education & SCERT, Yitachu, paid a visit to Senayangba GHSS, Ungma, Mokokchung, on the evening of September 15 during which he inspected the nearly completed new administrative cum science block built under NEC scheme since 2014. He was accompanied by the Director of School Education, Wonthungo Tsopoe. Yitachu took time to interact with the DEO, DDEO, SDEO Mokokchung and other officials who were present during the visit. He also interacted with members of the Ungma Village Council and the teaching staff of the school for over an hour during which many topics relating to education were discussed and grievances and requests addressed, a press release stated.
Mezoma Catholic Youth Association (MCYA) undertook a gospel tour to St Francis Xavier's Church Kidima on Sunday, September 18 with Reverend Father Raymond D'Souza SJ, Director of Eden Garden, Khuzama as the main celebrant. The tour is part of their plan for the year 2016 under the banner of "Year of Mercy".
First Rovers and Rangers Unit in Nagaland kohima, September 18 (mexN): Oriental College Kohima (OCK) has added another feather to its cap by becoming the first college to have the Rover and Ranger (Adult/ Senior Scouts) Unit in Nagaland. 20 students - 9 Rovers and 13 Rangers - swore their Scout Promises in a solemn Investiture Cer-
emony, a first of its kind in Nagaland, on September 17 at Oriental College in the presence of the college Principal, District Organiser (Scout), official from State Head Quarter, Bharat Scouts and Guides Nagaland, Guide Master from different schools, and their parents, informed a press release received here. The Rovers and Rang-
ers will now be a part of the world Brotherhood and Sisterhood Scout movement, and have committed themselves to serve God, the people and the country with honour, the release stated. The Investiture or the formal admission ceremony was administered by Kekhrieselhou Theünuo, Rovers Scout Leader (AQM).
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meDziphema, September 18 (mexN): The three-day 3rd Indian Evangelical Mission (IEM) North East India, Women Convention held under the Theme “Strengthen to stretch out” (Isaiah 54:2), hosted by the Medziphema Town Ao Baptist Church concluded tonight.
The Speakers for the convention were Rev. Mang Yang Chang, Asso. State Secy. IEM Nagaland, and Rev. Lalchawl Thang Theik, Secy. Church Ministry NE Guwahati. The Speakers spoke on the topics “Open your door wide”; “Women as the Missionary”; “Strengthen to
CondolenCe messages KPC
The Kohima Press Club (KPC) has mourned the demise of Visasio Linyu, father of KPC member Menguzotuonuo, who breathed his last at 9:30 pm on Saturday at the Naga Hospital, Kohima. Late Linyu retired from the All India Radio as Senior Accounts Officer in 2015. Offering deep condolences, KPC prayed that the Almighty give strength and solace to the bereaved family.
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The Khukishe Baptist Akukuhou, Aghunato, Zunheboto (Nito Mount) has expressed sorrow over the demise of late Vikugha Yeputhomi of Khukishe Village who passed away on September 13 after prolonged illness. Extending condolences, the KBA prayed that the Lord comfort and guide the bereaved family and for the departed soul to rest in peace.
Assam Rifles apprehend NSCN (K) cadre kohima, September 18 (mexN): Personnel of the 9 Assam Rifles apprehended one NSCN (K) cadre during an operation at PR Hill Kohima in the wee hours of September 18 morning, a press release from the AR informed. The cadre was identified
as one Lance Corporal Imkongakum Ao, aged 27 yrs. “The individual when apprehended was in a highly intoxicated state having consumed some drugs,” the AR claimed in its press release and added that several commonly used drugs – Altoprex-CT Cough syrup,
Injection Dexona, and Tablet Alprazolam – were recovered from him. The AR claimed that it had received information of an NSCN (K) cadre involving in extortion/tax collection activities from local shopkeepers at gunpoint in Kohima Town on
September 15. A specially constituted team tracked the cadre and caught him in the house at PR Hill, Kohima at 1:45 am on Sunday morning along with “extortion slips” from the Ministry of Chaplee (Finanace Affairs), NSCN (K), the AR release claimed.
give”; “Giving should begin from inner heart”; “Show the world that Jesus Christ is you Saviour”. Altogether 97 women delegates from North East India and Churches in and around Medziphema attended the convention which got underway on September 16, a press release stated.
BJP Clean Election Committee Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): In pursuance of the earlier notification issued by BJP Nagaland State unit, the Convener of Clean Election Committee of the party, Dr. M. Chuba Ao has constituted the following workers as members in the said committee: K. James Vizo - Member Secretary; C. Manpon Konyak - Member; Yanghose Sangtam - Member; Vizopal Chaya - Member. A press release from Dr. Chuba informed that the committee will be meeting various sections of the society, including the NBCC. “Past election experiences in the State has witnessed untold stories which has adversely affected families and societies irrespective of age or sex in general. It is of the view that all sections of people should come in line and participate in order to curtail unfair means which can bring positive changes in our system,” the release stated.
Medziphema Town Ao Baptist Church Youth Ministry conducted a programme on ‘mentoring the leaders of Generation iY’ with Toshi Longkumer, associate pastor, Dimapur Ao Baptist Church as the resource person.
Cornerstone Higher Secondary School, Dimapur’s travel and tourism students of Classes 9 and 10 went on a two day study tour to Meghalaya. A total of 68 students accompanied by three teachers undertook the tour.
DB Tech 18th Batch Graduation Day held DGAR visits ARTC&S Shokhuvi
Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): Don Bosco Tech (DB Tech) conducted the Graduation Day for its 18th Batch on September 16. Amidst delighted staff and parents, 72 students graduated from the institute and got job placements in reputed companies. A press note informed that Don Bosco Tech (DB Some alumni of Mayangnokcha Government Higher Secondary School Mokokchung attended the school Platinum Jubilee celebration wearing their old school waist coat uniform recently. (Photo Courtesy: Toshi Kichu)
Tech) conducts three months course programme to provide skill training in various domains among the youths. Over the last 6 years DB Tech has started 400 centres across India to train more than 23,000 students of which 80% of them are given job placement. Fr. A.M Jose Sdb, Executive Director of DBTech,
who was also the chief guest emphasized that DB Tech family is earnest in providing ample opportunities to the marginalized youth. Br. Sunny Joseph Sdb, the Director of DB Tech Dimapur also congratulated the graduated students for their perseverance to complete the training successfully.
Lipok Thong wins Johnian Spelling C’ship 2016
Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): Lipok Thong of Class VII emerged as the winner of the Annual Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti (MUSS) Chandmari, Kohima, under the guidance of Satpal Johnian Spelling ChampiJi Maharaj and led by Mahatma Bedha Baijee, distributed stationery items to Govern- onship of St. John's School ment Primary School, AG Kohima on September 9 with the theme “Mission Education”. Kohima which was held on
Saturday under the theme "Quest for Excellence". He was awarded the Reiphinyü Sekhose Ever Rolling Memorial Trophy which also carries a citation of Johnian Spelling Master and schol-
arship for the year 2017. This intellectual pursuit was held under the aegis of English Department and was witnessed by parents, invitees, students and teachers, a press release informed.
Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): Lt Gen H J S Sachdeva, PVSM, AVSM, SM, ADC, Director General Assam Rifles (DGAR) visited Assam Rifles Training Centre & School, Shokhuvi on September 14. According to a press release from the AR, a guard of honour welcomed the General to Shokhuvi Garrison. He was later briefed about the Training and Administrative aspects of the Centre by Brigadier Gurjap Singh, Commandant ARTC & S. The General addressing the jawans and recruits, assured his full sup-
port towards improving the training infrastructure. He honored the Jawans by presenting the DGAR Commendation Cards to the meritorious and deserving personnel and promoted Rifleman Wangtham Lammaty of DGAR Equestrian Team to the rank of Havildar for winning prestigious medals at international events and bringing fame to AR. He also presented a three wheeler Scooter to Warrant Officer Mani Tomba Singh of 37 AR who lost his leg in an IED blast while he was on duty in Manipur.
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The Native American, the Palestinian: Saying less, doing more A SPIRITED FIGHT FOR JUSTICE volume Xi issue 258
By moa Jamir
The mantra Nagaland State should immediately undertake to tackle the dual crisis of unemployment and quality education
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ometh the hour, cometh the man goes a popular saying. In case of Nagaland State, it could be written as ‘Cometh the crisis, cometh the blame.’ Consequently, top echelons of the State Government were firing salvos attacking inter-related ‘crises’ of unemployment and education in Nagaland, by exactly blaming the system they lord over. One referred to the “wrong or inadequate in our education system” and suggested that high literacy can “become a burden” while the other chose to bust the “myth” of unemployment by statistically implying that the people are “lazy.” The former, Chief Minister TR Zeliang, noted that “true education should equip the students with the right skill, relevant for the present situation, and with the right attitude or mindset towards work.” Over “50,000 non Nagas” in Nagaland – almost 3% of Nagaland’s population, had a total income of approximately Rs. 475 crore, informed the latter, Parliamentary Secretary PWD (H), Er. Levi Rengma, citing a 2013 survey report. “For the lazy, dishonest and in-disciplined, this world is going to be cruel and you will find your life very frustrating,” he sermonised. As a corollary, inadvertently or otherwise, the Parliamentary Secretary PWD (H) hinted at the issue of ‘migration,’ a subject that has elicited much bigotry and chauvinism in Nagaland State. Migration, in essence, can be considered as an opportunity and a challenge. An opportunity as it offers to make labour cheaper thereby enabling robust economic growth but also a challenge for societal governance. In their grand homilies, both conveniently forgot to introspect whether the policies and implementation of the incumbent government may be contributing to such crises. No doubt, provision of appropriate education and rising unemployment are big challenges for any government. But the bigger question is whether the government is undertaking any corrective measures to confront these challenges? Statistically, if we go according to The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) 68th round of the Employment Unemployment Surveys (July 2011-June 2012), with reference to a period of 365 days, Nagaland had 700 out of every 1000 persons in the working age group, much higher than the AllIndia average of 613. This is a human resource that can be tapped into for future growth, Vyasan R IAS argued in a policy paper recently. “However, for such a high proportion of people in the working age to be meaningful, they should be engaged in economic activities,” he added. In absolute terms, Nagaland had a total labour force (which includes both employed and the unemployed) of over 8.83 lakhs, out of which 7.28 lakhs are in the workforce. It roughly translates to 1.55 lakhs unemployed employable persons. If the Chief Minister is able to see why this statistic remains so (lack of skill training in education), what is stopping his government from searching for a solution? A “silver bullet” policy or speech highlighting maladies without any groundwork once out of public gaze or stage would only aggravate the crises. Tackling the issues, particularly contentious ones like migration, requires comprehensive structural actions that go beyond vigilantism - a policy and legal framework that organizes economic migration flows in a controlled manner. Once mistakes are identified, the foremast task is to correct them. In this regard, the government needs to develop an integrated set of responses and pursue them with rigor instead of mere lip service. If the government does not have the tenacity to see this through, it will prove detrimental to the healthy progress of society. For any comment, drop a line to moajamir@live.com
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Realising their potential: how women became leaders in China
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iao Bin, from the Hunan province in China, was elected as the head of her Village Committee at 27. Her average day looks like this: hours spent in efforts to boost the economy of the village, caring for the left-behind children of migrant workers, and then whatever is left of the day she spends visiting village residents to hear about their concerns, and organising various skills training programmes for the villagers. “Chinese women are as capable to govern and lead as men, and must be given equal opportunities to do so,” she says. Three years ago, Bin decided to pursue a career in local governance after participating in trainings on leadership and political participation for women under the ‘Enhancing Chinese Women’s Political Participation’ programme, run by AllChina Women’s Federation, which is funded by UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality. Although it was an early champion of adopting temporary special measures and electoral quotas, China ranked 54 in 2015 in terms women’s parliamentary representation, with only 23.6% parliamentarians being women. From 2011 to 2015, the All-China Women’s Federation programme aimed at improving laws and policies, increasing women’s influence in local government and strengthening the capacity of government, women’s groups and civil society to monitor women’s political participation and rights in the provinces of Shanxi, Heilongjiang and Hunan. It contributed towards the adoption of many progressive policies — in Hunan, the updated election guidelines stipulated 30% representation of women in the village committees; in Heilongjiang the proportion was set to be more than 25%; and in Shanxi, at least 15%. Through advocacy and leadership trainings, where women learned campaigning and management skills, and by working with both men and women in leadership positions, the programme led to a significant rise in the number of women active in politics and public life, exceeding the quotas. In Shanxi, women’s representation went up to 25.52% in 2014 from 8.61% in 2008; in Heilongjiang, it reached 25.35% in 2014, an increase of 4.05% from 2011. The programme engaged more than 1,800 policy-makers, 1,000 administrative and party school teachers and students, as well as 8,000 men and women at the village level. Chu Lijuan, 41, had some experience in running for local elections when she heard about the training workshops in 2013. “I joined the workshop to gain campaigning skills so that I could prepare a better campaign for the next election,” she says. In 2014, Lijuan’s efforts paid off, and she became the head of the party committee in her village in the Heilongjiang province. Along with setting up temporary special measures and quotas, the programme also engaged the media in advocacy for gender equality, highlighting positive role models and helping amend discriminatory village rules that hindered women’s political participation.
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housands of Native Americans resurrected the fighting spirit of their forefathers as they stood in unprecedented unity to contest an oil company’s desecration of their sacred land in North Dakota. Considering its burdened historical context, this has been one of the most moving events in recent memory. The standoff, involving 5,000-strong Native American protesters, including representatives of 200 tribes and environmental groups, has been largely reduced in news reports as being a matter of technical detail – concerning issues of permits and legal proceedings. At best, both the tribes and the oil company are treated as if they are equal parties in a purportedly proportionate tussle. “'Dakota' means 'friendly' and yet, it seems, neither side has been too friendly to each other,” wrote Mark Albert in the website of the American broadcasting television network, CBS. The Dakota Nation is justifiably alarmed by the prospect that its water supplies will be polluted by the massive pipeline, which will extend across four states and stretching over 1,100 miles. The ‘other side’ is the company, Energy Transfer Partners, whose construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline at the cost of $3.7 billion is infringing upon the territorial rights of Native American tribes, destroying sacred burial grounds and threatening to pollute the main water sources of large communities of Native Americans. Fear over future spills under the Missouri River is hardly a hype. The US is struggling with ongoing water crises, partly because of dilapidating infrastructure, but also because of numerous oil spills and natural gas leaks. The recent water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and the BP oil spill earlier in the Gulf of Mexico – both resulting in massive humanitarian and environmental crises – are only two recent cases in point. But the problem is far deeper and constantly worsening. Data obtained by the news network, CNBC from the government’s Environmental Protection Agency showed that “only nine U.S. states are reporting safe levels of lead in their water supply. These include Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota and Tennessee.” As if that is not worrying enough, the massive crude oil pipeline will be going across several of these states, likely shortening the list of these states even further. Discussion about the potential risks of the construction of the pipeline has been rife for years. The issue, however, received national and international coverage when Native American tribes mobilized to protect their land and water resources. The mobilization of the tribes has been met with state violence. Instead of appreciating the serious grievances of the tribes, particularly those in the Standing Rock Reservation – which is located only one mile away, south of the pipeline - the state governor summoned all law enforcement agencies and activated the National Guard. Mace was used on protesters; they were beaten, arrested and chased out by armed men in uniform. In the United States, when the people stand up to corporations, it seems that, more often than not, state violence is galvanized against unarmed people to protect the big businesses. But missing from this story is an essential component: the mobilization and unity among Native American tribes has been the most awe-inspiring in many decades. As chiefs and representatives of tribes from all across the United States kept arriving at the encampment grounds, the collective spirit of Native American nations was being vigorously revived.
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hen Joyce Banda became the first female president of Malawi and the second woman to ever lead an African country (after Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia) many commentators — including Banda herself — saw her appointment as a tipping point for women in the region. In an interview Banda said: “You ask how I feel to be the first female president in southern Africa? It's heavy for me. I feel that I'm carrying this heavy load on behalf of all women.” Banda, a recognised women’s rights champion, was justified to feel under pressure. According to the Gender Index, “women in Malawi generally fare worse than their male counterparts on most social and economic indicators including wage equality, political participation, secondary and tertiary education enrolment and literacy.” The veteran politician was aware that her leadership was expected to change the lives of women. Of that expectation, she said: “If I fail, I will have failed all the women of the region.” But the logic that just having women in politics will itself serve to challenge patriarchy and negative social norms is flawed. Firstly, being a woman doesn’t make you a feminist. In fact, as women are in most societies the custodians of culture, it is usually them who seek to protect the norms that are detrimental to women. Secondly, as Dr Aisha Abdullahi, AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, puts it: “Women’s participation is not simply about a certain number of female representatives, but about the ability of this participation to affect meaningful policy change and improve the lives of all women and
In fact, the ongoing mobilization of Native American tribes is far greater than the struggle against a money-hungry Corporation, backed by an aggressive state apparatus. It is about the spirit of the Native people of this land, who have suffered a prolonged genocide aimed at their complete eradication. To see them standing once more, along with their families, riding their feather-draped horses and fighting for their very identity is a cause for celebration. It brings hope to oppressed people all across the world that the human spirit will never be destroyed. The genocide of the Native Americans, similar to the ongoing destruction of the Palestinian Nation, is one of the lowest points of human morality. It is particularly disheartening that there are yet to be serious attempts at addressing that grave injustice. For 500 years, Native Americans witnessed every attempt at erasing them from the face of the planet. Their numbers dwindled from ten million prior to the arrival of Europeans to North America to less than three hundred thousand at the turn of the 20th century. They were exterminated by colonial wars and ravaged by foreign diseases. Calls to destroy Native Americans were hardly implicit but, rather, clearly-articulated. For example, Spencer Phips, Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province issued this statement in 1755 on behalf of King George II: "His Majesty's subjects to embrace all opportunities of pursuing, captivating, killing and destroying all and every of the aforesaid Indians." The price list for the scalp of murdered Natives were as follows: “50 pounds for adult male scalps; 25 for adult female scalps; and 20 for scalps of boys and girls under age 12.” The genocidal approach to Native Americans continued, unabated. A century later, in 1851, California Governor Peter H. Burnett made this declaration: “A war of extermination will continue to be waged between the two races until the Indian race becomes extinct.” Methods of extermination differed, from outright murder to disease-infected blankets, to, as of today’s
standoff, threatening their most viable resource: water. Yet, somehow, the spirit of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse and numerous brave chiefs and warriors still roam the plains, urging their people to stand up and carry on with an overdue fight for justice and rights. Palestinians have always felt that the legacy of the Native Americans is similar to their own. “Our names: branching leaves of divine speech; birds that soar higher than a gun. You who come from beyond the sea, bent on war; don't cut down the tree of our names; don't gallop your flaming horses across the open plains.” These were a few of the verses in Palestinian poet’s Mahmoud Darwish’s seminal poem “Speech of the Red Indian.” I recall the day that magnificent piece of Arabic literature was first published in full in Palestine’s ‘AlQuds’ newspaper. At the time, I was a teenager in a refugee camp in Gaza. I read it with much trepidation and giddiness - carefully, slowly, and repeatedly. Those who could read, recited it out loud to those who could not. Many tears were shed on that day, mostly because we all knew too well that we, in fact, were the ‘Red Indians.’ They were us. Long before feminist critical theory coined the term ‘intersectionality’ – which contends that oppression is interconnected and one oppressive institution cannot be examined in isolation from others, Palestinians – as other victims of genocidal colonization – fully comprehended and held such a belief. Palestinians are losing their lives, land and olive trees as they stand up to Israeli tanks and bulldozers. Their reality is a replay of similar experiences faced - and still being confronted - by Native Americans. Well into the 21st century, the Native American-Palestinian struggle remains one and the same. “Our pastures are sacred, our spirits inspired, The stars are luminous words where our fable is legible from beginning to end..”
Is it enough to give women political power? eliza Anyangwe
Women have been trailblazers in Africa, but who knows about it? We must recognise that storytelling is just as important a weapon in the fight for gender parity as political representation girls around the continent.” Today there are three African women heads of state — small but still impressive if you consider that the United States, which prides itself on being one of the oldest democracies in the world, has yet to elect a female leader. Added to that, of the top ten countries with the highest percentage of female representatives in parliament, four are in Africa. The number of women in politics is growing, slowly but steadily, but precious little headway has been made in terms of women’s economic, social and cultural parity. A girl born most anywhere on the African continent is likely to be considered less ‘valuable’ than a son. As a result, she will be less educated than her brother. If part of the labour force, she is far less likely to reach a senior managerial position than her male counterpart (1 in 26 for women compared to 1 in 6 men according to the World Bank’s 2010 enterprise survey). She will be exposed to high levels of violence (be it ritual harm like FGM, domestic abuse or cor-
rective rape), and be expected to marry and maintain the household — African women and girls spend 40 billion hours a year collecting water. Faced with such challenges, women’s political engagement is an insufficient change agent, and there’s evidence to prove it. Research conducted by the Overseas Development Institute in Malawi found that “in a patronagebased political and electoral system women are at a distinct disadvantage, with fewer economic resources and less access to maledominated clientelist networks. Together, electoral rules (firstpast-the-post, no quota), party systems (weakly institutionalised and fragmented) and prejudice against women’s leadership significantly influence whether parties nominated women and do so in seats they are able to win.” Efforts to increase representation through quotas (as has been achieved in all the African countries that feature on the list put together by the Inter-Parliamentary Union) needs to be matched with context-specific training
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Wrote Mahmoud Darwish, of the Native Americans. Of the Palestinians.
and financial support. As Banda put it in her keynote address during the Sheroes Forum in May: “When you don't have the money, you can't stand for elective power, not in Africa." Training and financing will only go so far if public perceptions of the role of women do not also begin to change — this is the work of deconstructing narratives and building new ones. It is work that organisations like the Graca Machel Trust have taken up with the introduction of their new initiative, Women Advancing Africa, but it is also work that a new generation, including myself, has taken on. This year I left my job at the Guardian to set up a digital publication and event called The Nzinga Effect. Named after the formidable Nzinga Mbandi, the 17th-century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms (in modernday Angola), our ambition is to change the narrative about Africa by changing the narrative about African women. It is about recognising that storytelling is just as important a weapon in the fight for gender parity as political representation is. When the site launches this month it will plug the gap in the stories of Africa’s many female innovators, thinkers, doers and leaders, past and present. The point is obvious, but one that bears repeating. As UN Women’s representative to Ethiopia, the African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa, Letty Chiwara, put it: “The women have been trailblazers in Africa but who knows about it? Who’s talking about it? Not many people. Now is the time that we take centre stage as women and we make the world know our contribution to Africa and to development.”
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Who will speak for indigenous peoples at the uNga?
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ver the next two weeks, these three concerns will be discussed as agenda items at the United Nations’ annual gathering. And yet, indigenous peoples, who suffer at disproportionately high rates from these issue, will not be invited to participate in the meetings, nor any other general assembly sessions. There are more than 400 million indigenous peoples globally, belonging to 5,000 distinct tribes. This accounts for five percent of the world’s population, and unjustifiably 15 percent of the world’s poorest. Despite this, indigenous peoples do not have a seat at General Assembly sessions, and are therefore unable to participate in meetings that have a massive impact on their lives. As John B. Henriksen, international representative of the indigenous Sami parliament of Norway explained to me, only representatives from member states, like Canada, the United States, or Australia, can participate in General Assembly discussions. Indigenous peoples may only speak vicariously by arranging for member states to bring forth agenda items on their behalf. “Currently, this is the only way for indigenous peoples to participate,” said Henriksen, “there are no specific or permanent participatory arrangements for indigenous peoples in the UN General Assembly.” This may not be the case for long. Last year, President of the General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft appointed four advisers to resolve the exclusion of indigenous peoples from the UN. Unpaid, they spent the last seven months compiling 16 pages of recommendations to be presented at the upcoming session. And yet, as an flood of diplomats arrives in preparation for this threemonth event, the indigenous advisers remain in their homes, halfway across the world. “The work is finished in regards to the compilation of recommendations,” one of the four advisers, Claire Winfield Ngamihi Charters, told me. Charters belongs to Māori indigenous groups of New Zealand and is an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland. She explained: “We can’t really do anything until we are reappointed by the new president of the general assembly.” She does not expect to receive an invitation to the session until at least December. The advisers collected a list of recommendations during the spring of 2016, through both electronic and face-to-face consultations. At a bare minimum, they suggest enhanced participation in UN bodies that affect these populations. This includes a suggestion to create a separate category for indigenous peoples in the assembly, which would allow these groups to participate without defining themselves as member-states. The final draft of the recommendations was published in July, and includes the stipulation that this report will form the basis for a text to be adopted by the General Assembly in the fall. Despite this, the calendar of the 71st session is noticeably void of any meetings regarding indigenous participation, or any uniquely indigenous items at all. The advisers are not permitted to present their findings without formal invitation from the next president of
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As diplomats arrive in New York for this three-month event, representatives for the more than 400 million indigenous peoples globally will not be among them
poverty, displacement, malnutrition.
A woman dressed in traditional Norwegian Sami attire in Alta, northern Norway, on Sami people national day on February 6 2016.
the General Assembly, who is yet to be appointed. “We certainly hope that the new president will reappoint the previous’ team of advisers, in order to secure a smooth continuation of the process,” Henriksen told me. The reappointment is not guaranteed. I spoke to Dalee Sambo Dorough, Alaska native and the previous Chairperson for the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, who said of the advisers: “You know, they might not be invited at all.” If the advisers are re-appointed, Henriksen predicts the recommendations will resurface in a few months. “I would expect that the president’s office will organise a number of informal consultation meetings in New York during the 71st session,” he said, “but nothing much will happen in this process until mid-December 2016, at the earliest.” While indigenous leaders like Henriksen await
the potential presentation of the report in December, Dorough stresses great concern over the content of the recommendations. She said, “the report requires more time, more careful consideration. Especially to ensure that whatever is done is fair and inclusive, and representative of indigenous views and perspectives, universally.” Charters voiced a similar sentiment. “It was all done very quickly, and I think it’s flawed as a result,” she told me. Appointed in February, Charters and the other advisers published their final draft only five months later. The report contains a varying range of recommendations, and refrains from using any definitive language. For example, it states “there was considerable (but not uniform) support expressed for a separate category of participation in the United Nations, including the General Assembly, for indigenous peoples.”
Other recommendations in the report read similarly; proposing an idea but also affirming that said idea does not generate a consensus among those consulted. The report does not provide a final answer to the question of indigenous participation. Dorough said: “I think the four advisers to the President of the General Assembly really had a difficult time trying to balance state interests and indigenous peoples; rights and interests.” Dorough is apprehensive of the potential creation of a separate category of indigenous participation in the General Assembly. Defining which indigenous groups can participate means defining which indigenous groups can not. Given that indigenous peoples worldwide belong to more than 5,000 distinct tribes, each tribe could not feasibly have their own presentation in the General Assembly, which currently consists of 193 member states. Representation would therefore need to be narrowed down. Defining who gets to have this representation, according to Dorough, could be a dangerous undertaking. A possible option, would be to select one delegate to represent all indigenous peoples across a given geopolitical area, for example, North America. In the United States alone, however, there are more than 2.9 million Native Americans, belonging to 562 federally recognised tribes. “For indigenous peoples in all of their diversity to distill themselves down to seven geopolitical regions and one representative from each, it’s a bit unfair,” Dorough told me. Another potential solution, then, would be to give representation to those groups who fulfil certain requirements, for example those who inhabit a given amount of land, or those who have a clearly defined governance structure. But to do so, according to Dorough, would benefit only a select few. “To make some distinctions between those who have parliaments or governments that are recognised by other memberstates, this could get onto thin ice,” she explained, “it threatens to create different classes of indigenous peoples. And I think that’s abhorrent.” Although Dorough has reservations against the implications of the report, she still states that the question of indigenous participation needs to be resolved. “Frankly, I don’t know what the answer is, as far as a place for indigenous peoples within the General Assembly. But I really do fear a creation of different classes of indigenous peoples,” she said. The short timeline given to create the report, combined with the varying concerns about what indigenous participation would look like, lends to a report that does not come to any firm conclusions. Whether the recommendations are given any light at the upcoming session, remains to be seen. What is clear however, is that there is plea to increase indigenous peoples’ voices in UN mechanisms, especially given the overwhelming number of agenda items that intersect with indigenous issues. The case for how to enhance indigenous participation, however, is far from closed.
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Has Naga civil society orgaNizatioNs beeN co-opted by tHe goverNmeNt ratHer tHaN staNdiNg up for people’s rigHts aNd aspiratioNs? Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes, The Naga Hoho cannot be considered an unbiased civil body anymore. Its present leadership has corrupted it make a tribal and factional subset. Take out its unfit leaders, then its legitimacy can be restored. • Yes. Unholy nexus do exist between the civil society and the government. Most civil society orgs appears to have given up their real agenda of public service for greed and power. They are no longer the mouthpiece of the masses but an (un)official extension of the government's corrupted long arm. They actively and shamelessly participate in perpetrating large-scale corruption. Lobbying for contract works, job-shopping for their near and dear ones, or receiving bribes to hush up government's malpractices are some examples. Instead of ensuring social accountability and proscribing corrupt practices by the government, our civil society orgs are more concerned about pushing through their short sighted agenda that seek to benefit them instead of the people they represent. • Yes. Whether it is Naga Hoho, NTC, CNTC or any of the tribe organisations, they have all been co-opted by the government. Like the black pot, they keep accusing each other. But they all have their own affiliation or understanding with one group or the other. Our land needs revival and that revival is not going to come through anyone of these bodies. These organisations will only keep dividing the people more and more because they have their own agenda. • Yes Naga Hoho and NSF. Its time we need to support NTC for the survival of Nagaland and its indigenous People. Maybe its time to disband, re-organise and revamp if it is to continue as an apex organization. However I wish to opt for NTC and UNC of Manipur system and not the system of one Pan People's Organization for two, three different State's. • Yes. No doubt about it. Where are the voices to challenge the govt? forget about the so called opposition party . Where are the people who talk about bringing equality during election season? Where are the church leaders who talk about clean election? where are the ordinary citizens who fights for corruption? It seems like every one wait for the 5 years to end so that they can voice these issues rather than checking the govt on keeping their promises. We become a boot kissers of the govt. The voice become a whimper which fades away. Too many society, too many so call leaders that they fight among themselves to gain the favour of the govt. Does the so call civil society really knows/understand what the people really wants from the govt?? • Yes. In the present scenario every organization seems to be affiliated to one or the other. Even organizations like NTC and CNTC which are the most new ones seem to have vested political agenda. • Yes. They look for nexus with political parties in order to
serve their own self-interests. • Yes. after all the government gives the money to run, so what else can they do but to obey their masters Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • No. There seem to be a BIG CONFUSION about the role of the elected legislators and Pressure Groups. For instance, the tribal councils, the Naga Hoho, Naga Mothers' Association, NSF, NPMHR are Pressure Groups. They are not the decision making bodies of the State Government. The Pressure Groups, though they may be from influential civil societies representing women, youth, tribe or a region only give proposals and suggestions to the Government. Unless this is clearly understood, there will be outburst of emotions, sentiments and undesirable tensions. Many
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tribal and public leaders today are college and university educated, so they should at least try to recollect what they studied in their text books (when they were younger) to ensure proper conduct in a democratic set up! • Oh almost all civil society are affiliated to political parties, so no. • It’s a complicated question because one cannot generalize it. There are some genuine organizations and so I opt for no. Those organizations that have strong foundation have not been copted by the government. • No. Its not the civil society organizations that have fallen prey to the government. It’s the people leading the civil society organizations that have failed. Whether it is tribal hohos or student organizations, it is the leaders of these
groups that have been co-opted in the name of the organization. We need morally strong leaders to lead the organizations. • No. Its not Naga civil society that has been co-opted. Rather the Government of India and its puppet, Nagaland government have been all out to destroy the Nagas. Unfortunately the tribal organisations have allowed their weaknesses to be exploited and with some political parties and groups patronising some recently formed tribal bodies this has allowed the center to divide us further. I say No, because it is the policy of the government to divide and rule and unfortunately some organisations have allowed it to happen. • No. First, who is be to co-oped by whom? NGOs and civil societies do not dictate terms. They can only punish the legislators by not voting for them in the next elections if their opinions are not heeded. Whether the issue is reservation of women, tribal affiliation or Naga integration, the different roles of the elected government and the civil societies should be understood crystal clear to avoid misunderstanding. The law of the land is supreme, not raw tribal emotions. Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say: • The government of India has been trying to divide the Naga people, and now they have found a weak spot through the Naga Hoho. Everyone knows that the Naga Hoho has not been strong, it has succumbed to political pressures and this has made it vulnerable. At the same time this situation is also being exploited by vested individuals. The recent formation of new tribal bodies goes back to how a political party is cropping up one of these tribal bodies. The division within tribal bodies is creating lot of havoc among the public. • Many have succumbed to lucre and boleros and lost credibility, including some well meaning orgs. In Tenyidie we say tied or restrained by Bole – Ro (ro means rope). • Depends on the organisations' relationship with government...Its obvious that org like NH and NSF are closely linked with government while others like NTC is working independently without government support at the moment. I think...ACAUT, NPMHR and Survival Nagaland is doing great so far. • Not all but leaders from some organisation have become blind in your their core principle and duty. Their visions are blurry which confused the masses. There is no harm working and strategizing things along with government to Archive the common goal but the tie up should clean and healthy. But today our future is bleak. • There is no black or white answer. Everything is very murky now because the water is not clear anymore.
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India won't be cowed down by such attacks: Pranab President, PM, others condemn Kashmir attack New Delhi, September 18 (iaNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday condemned the terror attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir and said India will never be cowed down by such attacks. "India will not be cowed down by such attacks. We will thwart the evil designs of terrorists and their backers," the President tweeted. The President strongly condemned the "outrageous terrorist attack" at Uri which left 17 soldiers dead and many others injured. Paying tributes "to the brave soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice", he said: "Heartfelt condolences to families of those bereaved in Uri. Prayers for
Opposition flays government for 'security lapse' in Uri
New Delhi/patNa, Sep 18 (iaNS): Several opposition leaders on Sunday sought to blame the Narendra Modi government for the terror attack on an army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir and attributed the assault to "lapses" in stalling the infiltration of militants. Congress leader and former Defence Minister A.K. Antony said the attack that left 17 soldiers dead was "a serious security lapse". Antony told media persons here that the Kashmir issue was "drifting and reaching dangerous propositions".
"This incident comes close on the heels of what happened in Pathankot. At both these places, the militants managed to enter military camps and this is a huge security lapse," he said. In a tweet, former Home Minister P. Chidambaram said: "Government must mobilise all resources, manpower and material, to strengthen border defence to prevent infiltration of terrorists." Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad went on to take a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said: "Soldiers are dying due to
speedy recovery of the in- demn the cowardly terror jured.” attack in Uri. I assure the nation that those behind those responsible this despicable attack for uri attack will be will not go unpunished," punished: pm Modi tweeted. Prime Minister Nar"We salute all those endra Modi on Sunday martyred in Uri. Their condemned the killing of service to the nation will 17 soldiers in Jammu and always be remembered. Kashmir and said those My thoughts are with the responsible for it will not bereaved families," he go unpunished. said. "We strongly conModi said he had
the failure and negligence of Modi; where is his 56-inch chest now." He said Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India but the situation there is going out of control, thanks to "only big talk and no action" on the ground. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) also condemned the killing of 17 Indian army personnel and maintained that Pakistan "must stop aiding and abetting the extremist forces". "Despite the deployment of a large number of security personnel, the government has failed to stop the
talked to both Home dead. Minister Rajnath Singh Gandhi deplored "the and Defence Minister affront on our national Manohar Parrikar. conscience" and hoped that "the forces behind attack on army camp (the attackers) will be cowardly act: Sonia severely dealt with and Congress President brought to book". Sonia Gandhi on SunCongress Vice Presiday described as "cow- dent Rahul Gandhi also ardly" the terrorist attack condemned the attack on an army camp near on the Uri army camp. Uri in Jammu and Kash"Strongly condemn mir which left 17 soldiers the militant attack on
continuing infiltration of militants," the party said in a statement. The CPI-M, which began its twoday Central Committee meet on Sunday in New Delhi, maintained that "for a longstanding solution of the Kashmir problem, political dialogue with all stakeholders as advocated by the all-Party delegation should be initiated without any further delay". In a tweet, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi "condemned" the militant attack and said: "My heartfelt condolences to the families of the bravehearts martyred in the attack.
Army base in Uri. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the bravehearts martyred in the attack," he said in a tweet. uS condemns attack Meanwhile, the US on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir that left 17 soldiers dead. “We strongly con-
demn the terror attack in Uri. Our thoughts are with the families of the brave soldiers who lost their lives," US Ambassador to India Richard Verma said in a tweet. Terrorists sneaked into the army camp at Uri early on Sunday and in the worst attack on a military centre in the state in a decade killed 17 soldiers.
Parrikar in Srinagar, briefed by army chief
SriNagar, September 18 (iaNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar reached here on Sunday evening to take stock of the situation in Jammu and Kashmi in wake of the terrorist strike on an army camp in Uri in which 17 soldiers were killed and 30 others injured. The army chief, Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, who reached here earlier on Sunday and other top army officers briefed him on the terror attack. Gen Singh earlier visited the site of the militant strike and interacted with the field commanders there. Parrikar later visited the 92 Base Hospital at the Badami Bagh cantonment here and interacted with the injured soldiers. All the four heavily armed terrorists who mounted the suicide attack were killed in the ensuing gunfight inside the army camp, but the mopping operation is still going on. Defence sources said the four 'fidayeen' were foreigners belonging to the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit. They also said 13 to 14 soldiers among the 17 killed had died because of fire in the tents where the soldiers were asleep when the attack took place. The army said four AK-47 rifles and four under-barrel grenade launchers (UBGLs) were recovered from the slain guerrilla.
Recognize all the languages in the 8th Drama in SP enacted by Mulayam to establish schedule as official languages: CLEAR Akhilesh Yadav's supremacy, says Mayawati Dimapur, September 18 (mexN): Stating that democracy will succeed only when the distance between the people and the administration is reduced as much as possible, CLEAR, a linguistic trust, has reiterated its demand to declare all the languages in the 8th schedule as official languages of the Union of India. “If the language of administration is different than the language of the people, it increases the distance between the two,” Garga Chatterje, Convener, Campaign for Language Equality and Rights (aka CLEAR), West Bengal section said in a press
note received here. CLEAR is a trust with members from different linguistic communities of India. Arguing that while the current political setup of India, though often called as federal in nature, majority of services are all provided by the institutions affiliated to the Union Government of India, CLEAR said it is only natural for the native language of the respective states to be used primarily in all such services. Services like Postal Department, PSU Banks, Insurance Companies, Railways, Air Services, Taxes
and many such services touch the life of the common man every single day in one way or another, however, the Union Government has declared only Hindi and English as the official languages, it said. All the administration of Union Government and its affiliate institutions are carried out in Hindi and English only even even if the offices are located in nonHindi states, the respective language of the states is not made use of, CLEAR further maintained. In this regard, it asserted that the only remedy for this “undemocratic practice”
is to declare all the 22 languages in the 8th schedule as the official languages of the Union Government. “22 official languages would render redundant the articles 343-351 of the constitution of India that mandates preferential treatment to only Hindi among several languages of India,” it said. “It is our firm belief that linguistic equality is the bedrock upon which a thriving union can be built.” “We want to reiterate our demand to declare all the languages in the 8th schedule as official languages of the Union of India,” CLEAR stated.
Modi govt launched 'Fair and Lovely' scheme for industrialist: Rahul Gandhi JhaNSi (up), September 18 (pti): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Income Declaration Scheme, saying he has launched the 'fair and lovely' scheme to enable industrialists to convert their black money into white. "Modi has brought a fair
and lovely scheme to wash off the sins of his industrialist friends," he said, during a road show organised in Bundelkhand as part of his 'Deoria to Dilli Kisan Yatra'. The Congress vice president said there should have been a scheme for the benefit of the poor and the farmers. "Some needy farmers
took away charpoys from my 'Khaat Sabha'. They are being dubbed as thieves. But, those who have swindled thousands of crores of rupees, they are treated as defaulters," he said. Rahul said Modi would have done better had he taken selfie with the poor back home rather than tak-
Woman Raped, Thrown Out of Moving Train in Uttar Pradesh mau (up), September 18 (pti): In a shocking incident, a 35-yearold woman was allegedly raped in a moving train and pushed out of it resulting in loss of her right leg in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh, which has earned the dubious distinction of recording the second highest number of crimes in railways after Maharashtra. Though the rape was yet to be confirmed, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said the woman fell from the running train and lost her right leg in the mishap. "We are looking into the matter and the guilty will not be spared," GRP official Sudhir Singh said today. The woman, who was screaming in pain, was noticed by villagers this morning near Khazakhurd railway station under Sarai Lakhansi police station. She was lying without clothes, indicating that she might have been raped before being tossed out of the compartment, they said. The woman alleged that she was going home in Shahganj area in adjoining Jaunpur district by Tamsa passenger train last night when two men outraged
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her modesty and threw her out of the moving train. The villagers brought her to Khurhat railway station for treatment at the district hospital here, but since her condition was serious she was referred to Varanasi. Photographs of the woman went viral on news channels and social media. Earlier this month, a college girl received serious head injuries after being pushed out of a moving train by a man attempting to snatch her purse in Bareilly. The incident occurred near Abhaypura railway station on the LucknowLalkuan section when the girl was going to college with her sister. Another woman passenger was robbed and thrown off a Lucknow-bound express train by unidentified
persons near Chitbaragaon railway station on ChappraVaranasi section in Ballia district last month. As per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, there has been a 52 per cent rise in registered crimes on railways from 25,737 in 2011 to 39,239 in 2015. State-wise, the highest number of crimes in railways has been registered in Maharashtra followed by Uttar Pradesh. Prevention of crime, registration of cases and maintenance of law and order over station premises and trains is the statutory responsibility of states, which is being discharged by them through Government Railway Police (GRP). On an average, 2,000 trains are escorted by RPF personnel daily.
ing such snaps abroad. Attacking NDA government over petroleum prices, he said when the UPA was in power, the price of crude oil in the international market was USD 140 whereas now it is USD 40. "A lot of surplus money is now lying with the exchequer..."
luCKNOw, September 18 (pti): BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday sought to drive a wedge in Uttar Pradesh's first family saying Shivpal Yadav was made SP state chief by Mulayam Singh Yadav to save son Akhliesh's image in view of the party's "imminent defeat" in 2017. "Shivpal has been made SP state president by (SP supremo) Mulayam to save son Akhliesh's image after 2017 defeat, which is certain due to poor law and order situation in the state. This is a well-planned strategy of Mulayam to divert attention of people from his 'putra moh' (love for son)," Mayawati said. "Now Shivpal has been made a sacrificial goat by brother Mulayam+ to establish Akhilesh's supremacy in the party before the assembly polls," she said, adding this is evident from the fact that Akhilesh has been given the right to distribute party tickets. "The entire family drama ended in such a way that it appeared it was scripted. The drama was enacted by Mulayam to show upper hand of Akhilesh. Meanwhile, a communal clash
A file photo of Mulayam Singh Yadav with brother Shivpal (middle) and son Akhilesh.
erupted in Bijnore but no one paid attention to it," she said. She alleged that the SP government has failed on all fronts and since "its defeat is imminent in the assembly elections" due early next year. On the reinduction of Gayatri Prajapati in the cabinet, Mayawati said a person who was mired in controversy due to corruption in the mining department will be taken back in the cabinet. This shows there is something fishy and "the deal" should be exposed. The CM keeping PWD department+ with him and not giving it to Shivpal also
shows that something is wrong, she said. Attacking BJP, Mayawati said the party's silence on the lawlessness prevailing in the state was shocking. "How can the party be silent on the anarchy and chaos prevailing in the state under the SP rule? Is it an indication of a tacit understanding between the SP and the BJP. Besides SP, the Centre is responsible for the present state of UP," she alleged. The feud in the ruling family ended on Saturday night with Chief Minister Akhilesh restoring all but one portfolios of Shivpal and promising to support him as SP's state unit presi-
dent, a post from which he was himself removed three days back triggering the power tussle with his uncle. Referring to the episode of Quami Ekta Dal's merger with SP, Mayawati said, "Initially, the parties merged and later the merger was cancelled and Ansari brothers were humiliated at the behest of Akhilesh." QED, an eastern UPbased political party, is headed by former SP MP Afzal Ansari, who is elder brother of Mukhtar, now in jail in connection with the murder of a BJP MLA. Shivpal was said to have shepherded the merger of QED with SP. When Akhilesh nixed the merger, Shivpal reportedly felt that he was publicly humiliated by his nephew. Akhilesh was adamant that the merger be called off as he wanted to maintain the clean image he had once sought to establish by opposing former MP DP Yadav in the party before the 2012 state assembly polls. His stand had won the party political mileage after it had lost power in 2007 over law and order which is a major poll issue this time as well.
Singur men happy to get back lands, uncertain about future SiNgur, September 18 (iaNS): After the initial euphoria over the Supreme Court judgment, Singur residents now seem uncertain about what the future holds for them after the land acquired earlier for Tata Motors' Nano project is returned to them. Dwellers of this rural hamlet in Hooghly district of West Bengal are experiencing both jubilation and despondency over the judicial verdict that struck down the acquisition of land effected by the erstwhile Left Front government for the project and ordered its return to the cultivators. At the same time there is hectic activity centred on the return of land records to farmers. A little over eight years back too, the area had seen hectic activities, but of a different kind. Then, as the auto major geared up to roll out the world's lowest priced car Nano from its blue-andwhite factory shed here, the stretch buzzed with anticipation and bustled with enthusiasm. Engineers were flown in from Pune to groom profes-
sionals at the plant, while the company also brought around four-five model cars for demonstration and training of local technicians. The engine and paint shops, assembly unit and press shop were nearing completion, as the company eyed an October 2008 Nano rollout. But ironically, the same month signalled the 'death' of the plant, as the then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata announced shifting of the project out of Singur following an intense and often violent peasant movement led by the Trinamool Congress of Mamata Banerjee. Months later, Nano got its home in Gujarat's Sanand. But the factory here has since stood forlorn, enveloped in darkness, and the epicentre of political and legal battles over the years that changed the course of Bengal's history. On September 14, as Banerjee -- now the state Chief Minister -- presided over the 'Singur Divas' celebrations attended by over eight lakh people, the factory colours were surrounded by a long stretch of green paddy dotted with 'kash' flowers, a grass species that heralds the au-
tumnal Durga Puja festival. But the prim periphery of the plant, as seen in early 2008, has now given way to an unwieldy growth of shrubs, slush and filth, inhabited by venomous snakes. In fact, a snake catcher was kept at the site to tackle any exigency. The mood, however, is sanguine in villages like Beraberi, Bajemelia, Khaserberi, Ghaserberi and Gopalnagar, from where the anti-land acquisition movement had started. Durga Puja is set to return to Singur after 10 years, with some villagers having earlier declared they would take part in the festival only after getting back their land. "It was a hard-fought victory and the judgment is a vindication. Now, we are gearing up for the pujas," Mahadeb Das, a local Trinamool activist whose 1.3 acres were acquired despite his unwillingness, told IANS, proudly showing his land record and compensation cheque. Interestingly, many of the songs sung at the programme were those which one would associate with the leftists. A major gainer on the issue is Banerjee, her popularity now seemingly at an all-time high.
She had staked her all during the Singur movement, spearheading the protests from 2006-08 as the main opposition leader in Bengal. Banerjee had undertaken a 26-day hunger strike and a 16-day sit-in to demand return of 400 of the 997.11 acres acquired for the project. Interestingly, the September 14 celebrations were held at the same spot on the Durgapur Expressway where she held the sit-in eight years ago. The Chief Minister was, however, careful not to sound anti-industry in a state that is high on unemployment and short on investment. Reiterating her government's hands-off policy on land acquisition, Banerjee reached out to the Tatas and invited them to set up an auto hub in Goaltore in West Midnapore district on a 1,000 acre plot owned by the state. In villages, there are still many of those who feel the Tatas' exit has badly hit Singur. Small businessmen are hoping against hope that industries in some form would eventually be set up here and, in turn, improve their fortunes. "Cultivation will neither be profitable nor fea-
sible. Had there been industries, people's purchasing power would have increased. With the return of Singur land, we'll have to cater to a market where these farmers will come with a paltry budget," said jewellery shop owner Sukumar Bhar. Grocery shop owner Tarapada Hazra -- whose family had accepted compensation cheques earlier -- echoed Bhar. Tapan Das of Bajemelia village agreed. "Many youths who joined the training programme under the Tatas in 2006 have moved to nearby cities like Kolkata and Durgapur for jobs and some are working in showrooms and authorised car service centres." Similarly, many farmers are uncertain about the land yield, as agricultural scientists have voiced concerns over economic and ecological viability of restoring the Singur land, that Banerjee has promised. "We are happy for getting back our land, but we do not know how much we can earn from small holdings even though the administration has promised to make the land cultivable," farmer Dwijen Kharar of Gopalnagar area told IANS.
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US-led forces strike Syrian troops, prompting emergency UN meeting B E I R U T / M O S C O W, SEpTEMBER 18 (REUTERS): U.S.-led coalition air strikes reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting as tensions between Moscow and Washington escalated. The United States military said the coalition stopped the attacks against what it had believed to be Islamic State positions in northeast Syria after Russia informed it that Syrian military personnel and vehicles may have been hit. The United States relayed its "regret" through the Russian government for what it described as the unintentional loss of life of Syrian forces in the strike, a senior Obama administration official said in an emailed statement. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in an emailed statement that Russian officials did not voice concerns earlier on Saturday when informed that coalition aircraft would be operating in the strike area. The 15-member Security Council met on Saturday night after Russia demanded an emergency session to discuss the incident and accused the United States of jeopardizing the Syria deal. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, chastised Russia for the move. "Russia really needs to stop the cheap point scoring and the grandstanding and the stunts and focus on what matters, which is implementation of something we negotiated in good faith with them," Power told reporters.
She said the United States was investigating the air strikes and "if we determine that we did indeed strike Syrian military personnel, that was not our intention and we of course regret the loss of life." When asked if the incident spelled the end of the Syria deal between Moscow and Washington, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said: "This is a very big question mark." "I would be very interested to see how Washington is going to react. If what Ambassador Power has done today is any indication of their possible reaction then we are in serious trouble," Churkin told reporters. Moscow cited the strikes, which allowed Islamic State fighters to briefly overrun a Syrian army position near Deir al-Zor airport, as evidence that the United States was helping the jihadist militants. "We are reaching a really terrifying conclusion for the whole world: That the White House is defending Islamic State. Now there can be no doubts about that," the RIA Novosti news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying. Power said Zakharova should be embarassed by that claim. Churkin said Russia had no "specific evidence" of the United States colluding with Islamic State militants. Zakharova said the strikes threatened to undermine the ceasefire in Syria brokered by Russia, which has been aiding Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war, and the United States, which has backed some rebel groups.
A rebel fighter walks by damaged buildings near Castello road in Aleppo, Syria September 16. (REUTERS)
The Russian Defence Ministry said U.S. jets had killed more than 60 Syrian soldiers in four air strikes by two F-16s and two A-10s coming from the direction of Iraq. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britishbased monitoring group with contacts across Syria, cited a military source at Deir al-Zor airport as saying at least 80 Syrian soldiers had been killed. The ceasefire, which took effect on Monday, is the most significant peacemaking effort in Syria for months, but has been undermined by repeated accusations of violations on both sides and by a failure to bring humanitarian aid to besieged areas. Apart from the U.S. and Russian involvement, Assad
Somali Islamist insurgents kill general MOGADISHU, SEpTEMBER 18 (RE UTERS): A Somali general and at least seven of his bodyguards were killed on Sunday when their vehicle was rammed by a car bomb driven by an al Shabaab suicide attacker in the capital, police and the Islamist group said. Al Shabaab, which frequently launches attacks on officials in Mogadishu, staged this attack in the build-up to a vote for a new parliament and president, part of efforts to rebuild a nation that has been shattered by
two decades of war and chaos. "Military General Mohamed Roble Jimale and at least seven of his bodyguards died," police colonel Abdikadir Farah told Reuters. The general was known by the name Goobaanle. Somalis often have a nickname that is as commonly used as their proper name. Al Shabaab, which once ruled much of Somalia, wants to topple the Western-backed government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is seeking re-election in the
upcoming vote. Voting for the 275-seat parliament is scheduled to start on Sept. 25 and end on Oct. 10, with new lawmakers sworn in on Oct. 30. Those lawmakers will, in turn, pick a president on Oct. 30. Due to security concerns, including the continuing al Shabaab insurgency, voting will not be based on one-personone-vote but instead about 14,000 people representing federal states across the nation will choose members of the legislative assembly.
At least 12 dead in Thailand as boat capsizes
BANGkOk, SEpTEMBER 18 (REUTERS): At least 12 people have died and dozens are missing in Thailand after a boat carrying 150 Thai Muslims capsized in the ancient tourist city of Ayutthaya, officials said on Sunday. The accident took place on the Chao Phraya river in Ayutthaya, a UNESCO World Heritage site locat-
ed some 80 kms (43 miles) north of the Thai capital Bangkok. At least 37 were injured and many are still missing as rescue workers continue to search for survivors into the night. The dead include seven women, four men and one boy, Rewat Prasong, deputy governor of Ayutthaya province, told Reuters.
The passengers were on their way back from a religious activity when the double-decker boat hit the bank of the river before sinking, district chief Suchon Phaitirat told Reuters. The accident on Sunday comes as Thailand expects to welcome some 33 million visitors this year, a record.
Prop up immune system to prevent cancer
NEW YORk, SEpTEMBER 18 (IANS): Greater emphasis on immune system-based prevention should be central to new efforts to prevent cancer, researchers say. "The body's immune system is capable of intercepting pre-malignancies and preventing cancer. It does so countless times every day in all of us. That natural ability is what we want to leverage," said Elizabeth M. Jaffee from the Johns Hopkins University in the US. "Building upon our innate defenses against cancer is the foundation of new immunotherapies, which have shown great promise
in a very short time," Jaffee added. New research tools and other developments now make it possible to decipher in detail how different cancers begin, how benign or precancerous tissues turn malignant and deadly, the researchers said. However, "if we are ever to eradicate this scourge, we must work to prevent it from occurring altogether," noted Scott M. Lippman, Director of Moores Cancer Center at the University of California - San Diego. Prevention research has made strides, but progress has been anecdotal and isolated.
"If the goal is eradication of cancer, we need a radically new focus, investment and approach to premalignant diseases and cancer prevention, one that is supported and sustained by broad, deep efforts like the Cancer Moonshot and Human Vaccines Project," Lippman added. Continued and new development of cancer vaccines like the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine which provides almost 100 per cent protection against strains linked to several types of cancer, will be critical he said, in the paper published in the journal PNAS.
is supported by Iran and Arab Shi'ite militias, while Sunni rebels seeking to unseat him are backed by Turkey and Gulf Arab states. All the warring parties are also sworn enemies of Islamic State, whose territory extends along the Euphrates valley from the Iraqi border, including around Deir al-Zor, up to land near Syria's frontier with Turkey. In its sixth year, the conflict has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, displaced half of Syria's prewar population, prompted a refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe and inspired a wave of jihadist attacks across the world. Syria's army said the U.S.-led strikes, which took place at around 5 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) were
"conclusive evidence" of U.S. support for Islamic State, calling them "dangerous and blatant aggression". The U.S. military said in its statement that Syria was a "complex situation" but that "coalition forces would not intentionally strike a known Syrian military unit". Islamic State said via its Amaq news channel it had taken complete control of Jebel Tharda, where the bombed position was located, which would have allowed it to overlook government-held areas of Deir al-Zor. The city's airport and some districts have been entirely surrounded by Islamic State since last year, with the airport providing their only external access. However, Russia and
Syrian state media said the Syrian army later recaptured positions it had lost. The Observatory monitoring group said at least 20 Islamic State fighters were killed in heavy Russian air strikes during that fighting. The incident also threatens to undermine proposed joint targeting by the United States and Russia of Islamic State and some other jihadist groups across Syria. SHAKY TRUCE Earlier on Saturday, Russia and Syrian rebels cast doubt over the prospects for the increasingly shaky ceasefire, with Moscow saying the situation was worsening and a senior insurgent warning that the truce "will not hold out". While the ceasefire has
reduced fighting, some violence has persisted across Syria. Meanwhile, there has been little movement on promised aid deliveries to besieged areas and both sides have accused the other of bad faith. Russia's Defence Ministry said conditions in Syria were deteriorating, adding that it believed the ceasefire had been breached 199 times by rebels and saying the United States would be responsible if it were to collapse. After the Deir al-Zor attack, it said Moscow had told the United States to rein in the Syrian opposition and make sure it did not launch a new offensive, adding that it had informed Washington about a concentration of rebels north of Hama. Insurgents say they only reluctantly accepted the initial deal, which they believe is skewed against them, because it could relieve the dire humanitarian situation in besieged areas they control, and blamed Russia for undermining the truce. "The truce, as we have warned, and we told the (U.S.) State Department will not hold out," a senior rebel official in Aleppo said, pointing to the continued presence of a U.N. aid convoy at the Turkish border awaiting permission to enter. Rebels have also accused Russia of using the ceasefire to give the Syrian army and allied Shi'ite militias a chance to regroup and deploy forces ready for their own offensives. OVERNIGHT SHELLING Both sides have accused the other of being responsible for aid deliveries being stuck far from
Aleppo, where army and rebel forces were supposed to pull back from the Castello Road which leads into besieged, insurgent-held eastern districts. Russia on Friday said the Syrian army had initially withdrawn but returned to its positions after being fired on by rebels, who in turn say they saw no sign of government forces ever leaving their positions. "There is no change," Zakariya Malahifji, an official for a rebel group in Aleppo, said on Saturday when asked whether there had been any move by the army to withdraw from positions along the road. Syria's government said it was doing all that was necessary for the arrival of aid to those in need in all parts of the country, particularly eastern Aleppo. "All the permissions the Syrian government was supposed to give have been given for humanitarian supplies to reach people in need in various parts of Syria and that the humanitarian convoy to eastern Aleppo is supposed to leave tomorrow morning," Churkin said. Two convoys of aid for Aleppo have been waiting at the Turkish border for days. The U.N. has said both sides in the war are to blame for the delay of aid to Aleppo, where neither has yet withdrawn from the Castello Road. The government said the road was being fired on by rebels, so it could not give convoys a guarantee of safety. The rebels deny the accusation. Senior U.N. officials have accused the government of failing to provide letters to allow convoys to reach other besieged areas in Syria.
New York City shaken by ‘intentional’ explosion NEW YORk, SEpTEMBER 18 (REUTERS): An explosion rocked the bustling Chelsea district of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people in what authorities described as a deliberate, criminal act, while saying investigators had turned up no evidence of a "terror connection." New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials said investigators had ruled out a gas leak as the cause of the blast, but they stopped short of calling it a bombing and declined to specify precisely what they believed may have triggered the explosion. Neha Jain, 24, who lives in the neighborhood, said she was sitting at home watching a movie when she heard a huge boom and everything shook. "Pictures on my wall fell, the window curtain came flying as if there was a big gush of wind," she told Reuters. "Then we could smell smoke. We went downstairs to see what happened, and firemen immediately told us to go back." Police said a sweep of the neighborhood following the blast had turned up a possible "secondary device" four blocks away consisting of a pressure cooker with wires attached to it and connected to a cell phone. CNN, citing law enforcement sources, reported that a piece of paper with writing on it was found nearby. Residents living nearby were advised to stay away from windows facing the street as a precaution, and the item was later safely moved to a police firing range for further examination, officer Christopher Pisano said. Pressure cookers
New York City firefighters use a wheeled stretcher to carry supplies near the site of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York onSeptember 17. (REUTERS)
packed with explosives and detonated with timing devices were used by two Massachusetts brothers in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260. The latest blast came less than a week after law enforcement agencies around the country were on heightened alert for the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, airline-hijacking attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Remaining circumspect about the exact nature of the explosion in Chelsea, De Blasio said early indications were that it was "an intentional act." He added that the site of the blast, outside on a major thoroughfare in the fashionable lower West Side Manhattan neighborhood, was being treated as a crime scene. "There is no evidence at this point of a terror connection," the mayor said at a news conference about three hours after the blast. "There is no specific and credible threat against New York City at this point
in time from any terror organization." The mayor also said investigators did not believe there was any link to a pipe bomb that exploded earlier on Saturday in the New Jersey beach town of Seaside Park. No injuries were reported in that blast, from a device planted in a plastic trash can along the route of a charity foot race. But a U.S. official said that a Joint Terrorism Task Force, an interagency group of federal, state and local officials, was called to investigate the Chelsea blast, suggesting authorities have not ruled out the possibility of a terror connection. A joint task force also took the lead in investigating the New Jersey incident. One Person Seriously Injured A law enforcement official told Reuters an initial investigation suggested the Chelsea explosion occurred in a dumpster. CNN cited law enforcement sources as saying they believed an improvised explosive device caused the blast. President Barack Obama, attending a con-
gressional dinner in Washington, "has been apprised of the explosion in New York City, the cause of which remains under investigation," a White House official said. New York City Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said 29 people were hurt in the blast, and 24 of them had been taken to hospitals, including one he described as seriously injured. The rest suffered various cuts, scrapes and other minor injuries, Nigro said. The explosion, described by one neighbor as "deafening," happened outside the Associated Blind Housing facility at 135 W. 23rd Street. The facility provides housing, training and other services for the blind. Hundreds of people were seen fleeing down the block as police rushed to cordon off the area. Tsi Tsi Mallett, who was driving along 23rd Street when the explosion took place, told Reuters the blast blew out her vehicle's rear window. Her 10-year-old son in the back seat was unhurt, she said. "It was really loud, it
hurt my eardrums," she said. Even before the explosion, New York was tightening security for the start of this week's U.N. General Assembly session, which is expected to bring 135 world leaders and dozens of foreign government ministers to the city. The explosion quickly became an issue in the presidential race, with Republican candidate Donald Trump remarking about the explosion when he appeared at a Colorado rally. "Just before I got off the plane, a bomb went off in New York, and nobody knows exactly what’s going on," Trump said a hours before New York officials spoke publicly about the blast. "We better get very tough, folks." Democratic rival Hillary Clinton made a statement on her campaign plane on the ground in New York, saying she had been briefed on "the bombings in New York and New Jersey." But she said she would wait until she had more information before commenting further.
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Ancelotti happy to win ugly after record start
Berlin, SeptemBer 18 (AFp): Carlo Ancelotti was happy for illness-hit Bayern Munich to win ugly in a 3-1 comeback against Ingolstadt as the Bundesliga giants finally conceded a goal this season. Ancelotti replaced Pep Guardiola as Bayern's head coach at the start of the season and the Bavarians scored 20 goals without reply in winning their first five competitive games. Their 5-0 Champions League drubbing of Rostov on Tuesday meant Bayern enjoyed the best start to a season in the club's history -- bettering the start to each of Guardiola's three seasons in Bavaria. But a stomach bug to defenders Philipp Lahm, David Alaba and forward Thomas Mueller forced Ancelotti into some lastminute changes against Ingolstadt on Saturday. The visitors took advantage of Bayern's misfortune in the Bavarian derby by becoming the first team to score against Ancelotti's team. Paraguay striker Dario Lezcano scored after just eight minutes to silence the 75,000-strong crowd in Munich. But a superb display
Falcao header fires Monaco top
pAriS, SeptemBer 18 (AFp): A towering Radamel Falcao header helped send Monaco top in France on Saturday as a 3-0 home win over Rennes saw them leapfrog Paris Saint Germain. The win means Leonardo Jardim's Monaco have 13 points from five games ahead of PSG on ten, while Nice can join Monaco at the top with a win at Montpellier Sunday. This was Monaco's seventh consecutive win and follows a slick 2-1 triumph over Tottenham at Wembley in the Champions League in midweek. Falcao's career has hit the buffers since quitting Atletico Madrid Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was in good form on Saturday. Here he shows saw him endure unsuccessful injuryexcellent reflex to save a shot on goal from Mathew Leckie.
from goalkeeper Manuel Neuer protected Bayern's lead after Robert Lewandowski, Xabi Alonso and Rafinha netted to keep Munich top in Germany. "Sometimes our defence shows that we have the best goalkeeper in the world. He was really good," said Ancelotti with a grin. "It was a difficult game, after the drop-outs I had to reorganise the back four," he added, having fielded a new-look defence of Rafinha, Germany's Joshua Kimmich, Javi Martinez
and Juan Bernat. "It is not always possible to play well, but we showed character." Despite having enjoyed nearly 70 percent possession, Ingolstadt had the better goal chances, creating 13 to Bayern's ten. Australia for ward Mathew Leckie was twice denied only by superb saves from Neuer. Ingolstadt's captain, Cameroon international Marvin Matip, said his side had wasted a rare golden chance to win in Munich.
"There aren't many days when you can beat Bayern at the Allianz Arena," said Matip. "At the back you could really see the quality of Bayern Munich," he added after Neuer's superb display. Bayern are now the only team in Germany's top flight with three wins from their opening three league games. Hertha Berlin -- Bayern's next opponents in the Bundesliga on Wednesday -- can join them with three wins from three if they beat Schalke in Germany's capital on Sunday.
blighted loan stints at Manchester United and Chelsea. But on Saturday, the 30-year-old Colombian leapt high at the back post and powered in a header in the 42nd minute to score his first goal for Monaco since August 2014 -- 755 days ago. Meanwhile, Bordeaux's fungusinfected pitch at their new stadium was described as a "potato field" by disgruntled fans. Adding to their problems, the home team also missed the chance to go second, suffering a 1-0 defeat as a Karl Otoko Kembi strike in the 38th minute gave Angers a narrow win. The second and third bottom sides Nancy and Nantes drew 1-1,
but rock bottom Lorient celebrated their first points of the season after Benjamin Moukandjo slammed home a penalty on 76 minutes to seal a 1-0 win over Lille. Lorient remain 20th, a point behind five clubs on four points. High-flying northerners Metz, now fourth on ten points, drew 0-0 with Dijon in a match between two newly-promoted sides and where both missed a penalty each. Toulouse came from behind for a 2-1 home win over Guingamp thanks to a penalty from Denmark's Martin Braithewaite on 63 minutes and the winner from Jimmy Durmaz two minutes later.
Milik brace sends Napoli top in Italy
milAn, SeptemBer 18 (AFp): Free-scoring Napoli went provisionally top of the Italian league on Saturday after a 3-1 win over Bologna thanks largely to a brace from newly signed Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik. Napoli fans were horrified to lose Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain who transferred to Juventus in the summer after he scored 36 goals last season, but freshly signed from Ajax, Milik is on fire. The 22-year-old international has now grabbed four goals in four league
games and scored a brace as Napoli came from behind to beat Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League in midweek. Napoli have ten points from four games while Juventus, now boasting Higuain in attack, on nine travel to Inter Milan on Sunday and third placed Roma have seven points ahead of their game at Fiorentina. Napoli's Spanish striker Jose Maria Callejon opened the scoring on 14 minutes taking his own league tally to five so far, but Bologna drew level
with a Simone Verdi lob on 56. Milik's first was also a lob giving Napoli a 2-1 lead on 67 minutes before his fierce left-foot drive on 78 sealed a 3-1 win and sent his side provisionally top. Lazio thumped Pescara 3-0 to climb fourth on seven points with goals from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic with a superb header on 67 minutes, Stefan Radu then nodded home a corner and finally Ciro Immobile scored with a tap in 14 minutes from time.
over eighty register for 2nd Kalos peace Marathon Our Correspondent
Kohima | September 18
Over 80 participants have so far registered for the forthcoming 2nd Kalos Peace Marathon (Men 21 km & Women 15 km) scheduled for September 24. The event is being organised by Kalos in collaboration with 9th Assam Rifles with the theme “Run for peace and unity”. According to the organizers, interested persons from outside Pfutsero can register for the event even after September 20. The route of the event for men will Baraka FC on Sunday at Railway station Dimapur to participate at 64th Bharat Ratna be Chida Post Junction while route Gopinath Bordoloi tournament football tournament from 18th - 30th September at Ne- for women will be Lasumi Village Marketing Shed. The finishing point hru Stadium Guwahati, Assam.
will be Pfutsero Sports Complex. A cash prize of Rs. 10,000, Rs. 7000 and Rs. 5000 will be awarded to first, second and third winners under men category. There will also be consolation prizes - 1st – 3 consolation at Rs. 1000 each, 2nd – 3 consolation at Rs. 700 each and 3rd – 3 consolation at Rs. 500 each. A cash prize of Rs. 8000, Rs. 6000 and Rs. 4000 set for first, second and third winners under women category. There will also be consolation prize – 1st – 3 consolation at Rs. 800 each, 2nd – 3 consolation at Rs. 600 each and 3rd – 3 consolation at Rs. 400 each. This event is open for all. Interest- Nagaland Sepaktakraw Junior Boys & Girls teams participated in the 20th Junior ed persons can contact the Kalos of- National Championship from September 9 to 13 at Davengere, Karnataka and won fice or call 8974248840/9615101234. two bronze medals – one in the girls team and another in the boys regu event.
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oday, the Nagas are standing at a very volatile crossroad mired in an extremely complex political confusion. Instead of taking a clear headed honourable decision, the Apex Organizations are being influenced and swayed by self-perpetuating priorities and inclination rather than common interest. We need to pause awhile and honestly revaluate our circumstance for the good of all with malice towards none. Since the time of the formation of NTC this author had been advocating the revival of Naga Hoho for the Nagas of Nagaland rather than form a new entity which can only lead to multiplying our problems than solving them. The Naga Hoho was originally constituted with the affiliation of all the 16 Tribal Hohos of Nagaland to effectively address various internal issues involving the Nagas of Nagaland. Diluting this original objective and expanding beyond that geographical boundary to include Nagas belonging to other States was an unwise departure. At the face value it may sound uncharitable when sentiment of exclusivity is expressed...but it is incumbent
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upon the Nagas of Nagaland to make a logical distinction between the need to tackle our own internal kitchen problems by our own federated Tribal apex body rather than pass that responsibility to an 'out of place' ineffective Pan Naga infrastructure wrongly referred to as Naga Hoho. By circumstantial destiny the Nagas are presently dispersed widely in various States. Be that as it may, there is no denying the need for a common platform for nurturing cultural and emotional integration and where our common interest such as 'integration of all the Naga inhabited areas under one administrative umbrella' can effectively be expressed and collective momentum generated. However, the present Naga Hoho must necessarily be renamed more appropriately as a "Pan Naga Hoho" rather than usurp the nomenclature of 'Naga Hoho', resulting in silencing the much needed distinctive voice of the Nagas of Nagaland to the advantage of vested interests. This simple change of correctly defined nomenclature (Pan Naga Hoho) does not destabilise the existing organisation in any way.
Everything will remain the same in terms of representation and defined responsibility within the Pan Naga Hoho. Take the example of our brothers in the South: they rightly have a strong apex organization known as the UNC which independently voices and addresses their common interests ferociously even as an affiliate of the present 'Naga Hoho'. One fails to understand the lack of honourable pride or wisdom within the Nagas of Nagaland in not being able to perceive the simple logic of salvaging "Naga Hoho", which originally belonged to us anyway and in the like manner of UNC in the South be empowered to address our own internal issues independently. The present existing status of the Nagas of Nagaland within Naga Hoho is that of a 'minority subject' reduced to the will of the Tribal majority from other States...needing their endorsement even for a mundane matter of how much salt, axone and chilli can be put into our cooking pot within our own kitchen. It only generates a counterproductive purpose when it comes to local issues and should therefore be overhauled. Take the
events that transpired in the unfortunate Mukalimi incident. The Naga Hoho in its present form was a helpless spectator devoid of any practical influence over the highly agitated Sumis community. The Sumis took this event strictly as a local matter concerning their collective Tribal honour. The constituent majority of Nagas Hoho from Manipur, Arunachal or Assam, no matter how well-meaning their intent, would have commanded no respect from the Sumi community in a high voltage atmosphere and would have been shown the door if they had interfered it the proceeding. On the other hand, the outcome might have been entirely different had the Naga Hoho been an exclusive Apex body of the Nagas of Nagaland. The Sumi community would have respected and listened to the reconciliatory words of wisdom from our own home grown Naga Hoho, no matter how charged the emotion, for a simple reason that the Sumis knows that they have to continue to live side by side with their counterpart brothers from Nagaland long after the incident blows over. That is the gigantic difference between the present
NPF may not do well this time in coming Manipur’s most complicated electoral war
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s I fairly analyze the ongoing electioneering scenario in Manipur’s most unpredictable political games, the regional Naga People’s Front (NPF) may likely to suffer this time. The complication of the NPF is their allying with the BJP, which is fighting with whatever available means to dethrone the strong Congress Government headed by O Ibobi Singh in Manipur. One should know the political dynamics that for Narendra Modi, the ousting of O Ibobi Singh Government is more important than solving the longstanding Naga political issue. In doing this, Modi or for that matter any BJP leaders from the Center including their Union Ministers will do anything to please the Valley people. O Ibobi Singh, who has been running Manipur for 15 years by exploiting the sentiments of the people particularly the valley people, has come to know that he can no longer play with the “Manipur territorial integrity card” to win the elections for the fourth term. He has been waiting to hit the political jackpot as and when any Central BJP leaders start opening the “sensitive Naga political issue.” But the Central BJP leaders and even Naga political leaders in Manipur and Nagaland have come to realize that by opening the
sensitive Naga issue will be giving only “political oxygen” to the Manipuri strongman. The recent acceptance of four NPF MLAs' resignation by the Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly has made a great disadvantage to four of them and also their party as well. Had the Speaker accepted their resignation within a month or two, the political fortune of the four would have been different. But now, due to the fast changing political scenario in Manipur, the BJP started playing critical role in the Hill areas holding crucial meetings. The four Manipur NPF lawmakers had tendered their resignation from the Memberships of the Manipur Assembly with effect from September 4 last year and the Assembly Speaker has accepted their resignation after one year. They tendered their resignation in protest against the three Bills - the Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015, the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (7th Amendment) Bill, 2015, and the Manipur Shops and Establishments (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2015. Saying that their tendering resignation "as a supreme sacrifice for the protection of the short and long term interests of all the tribal people including Nagas inhabiting the hill districts of Manipur," they asserted that the resignation from the Assembly was a
"serious and severe protest against the consistent, cruel, crude and unpardonable antitribal and anti-Naga attitude, approach and actions of the Ibobi Singh Government” as evident from its three Bills and the Resolution on the Indo-Naga Peace Accord. Although NPF President Dr. Shurhozelie, while talking to press in May this year at Kohima, said his NPF Party would win around 14 seats in the Hills of Manipur and the BJP would also win a sizeable number of seats from the Valley areas in the coming Manipur General elections due early next year, there appears to be a tacit political understanding between the BJP at the Center and the NPF not to open up the sensitive “Naga political issue” in the run up of the Manipur Assembly elections this time. The President, however, said his NPF Party did not have any alliance with the BJP in Manipur, though it (BJP) was an ally in Nagaland under the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) banner. “I think the BJP alliance with NPF in Nagaland will have some impact on Manipur too in the coming elections,” he said. “But as of now, we do not have such an alliance with the BJP in Manipur.” As seen from the strange political development that has been going on for quite some
time in Manipur, it appears that the priority of the Central BJP and the NPF is to defeat O Ibobi Singh’s 15-year Congress regime in Manipur, and not talking about the solution of the “longstanding Naga political issue” at least this time. There is possibility of BJP requesting the NPF to see that the BJP candidates are set up in almost all the Naga areas with the assurance that they will be forming the next non-Congress Government headed by the BJP in Manipur. It is yet to be seen as to how NPF will face the coming Assembly elections in Manipur, though Dr Shurhozelie said his party with the BJP would be forming the next Government in Manipur. “Okram Ibobi Singh Government will not come back in Manipur,” he said. If NPF refuses for seat adjustment, then there is likely to be friendly contests in Naga areas in Manipur. In that case, there is possibility of BJP eating into NPF votes in Naga areas in Manipur and the greatest loser is likely to be NPF this time. Yet, O Ibobi Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur, cannot be written off as of now. There is still six months to go to the Manipur Assembly elections. Let us watch the greatest political drama and games of the 21st Century.
Naga Hoho and our home grown Naga Hoho that is being advocated. This brings us to the event of a recent past. CNTC has made its stand of withdrawal from the Naga Hoho amply clear. The Sumi Hoho has rightly taken a bolder step to officially announce its dissociation with the Naga Hoho in its present form. This is an opportune time for APO, Lotha Hoho, Ao Senden and Sumi Hoho to collectively initiate a brainstorming session with all the other Tribal Hohos of Nagaland including all the constituent members of ENPO and see how each Tribal Hoho react to the proposition of initiating a change of nomenclature of the present Naga Hoho to that of "Pan Naga Hoho" and reclaiming Naga Hoho that rightly belongs to the Nagas of Nagaland to re-establish the much needed voice of our own...that we do not have at this critical time of History. NTC may also not be too averse to such an exercise being had and should perhaps be coordinated with seriously if the above suggested initiative finds favour. Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd); Upper Forest Colony, Kohima
Online Scholarship Problem for Postmatric (ST) 2016-17
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he online Scholarship for Post-matric for ST for the year 2016-17 has created lots of problem for all the students and the institutions. This year being a new online scholarship system in our state, there has been lots of technical problems. The Department should have given some technical training on how to handle such situation. The registration and submission process is not smooth at all, especially with regard to the choice for present course of study for class-12 course has created lots of confusion as it is still not working and the question is who is going to take the responsibility if the applicants are rejected due to the website problem, when the last date of submission is on 30th September. As many institutions in remote areas with poor network connectivity have to bear all those hardship without having sound technical knowledge and proper information on time, it is our humble request that verification process should be open to all case for corrective measure with the last date of submission be extended on account of website failure.
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Kangana Ranaut takes dig at Hrithik Roshan? Kangana Ranaut apparently targeted Hrithik Roshan yet again, however, this time without taking his name.
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fter undergoing one of the ugliest spat in B-town with Hrithik Roshan and facing serious legal battle, Kangana Ranaut apparently targeted the actor yet again, however, this time without taking his name. The 30-year-old actress in a recent media interaction said, “This incident is very different from the incident I faced in the past. There were no legal proceedings ever initiated against me. There was a lot of media drama, there were a lot of threats and there was a lot slut-shaming.” Adding, “There was no case filed against me. There was no question of fighting a legal battle.” Sharing the pressure that she went through, the ‘Gangster’ actress said, “There were media trials and there was a lot of pressure. There was a certain feminist pressure on me to fight and tell the world the sob story that I have. But, I didn’t have any.” She said, “I was in a consensual equation with an individual and I felt perfectly capable of dealing with the
stuff that was coming my way as an adult. I was pressurized to a point where I felt questioning what exactly is feminism.” Adding, “Is it fighting for an individual’s acceptance? Or begging for his acknowledgment publicly? Then I’m not a feminist. Is it feminism that we as woman, it’s essential for us to save the memories of our love affairs. Whether it is sperm panties or a gift bag that is given to us by a lover for potential evidence for the future when he is trying to escape or say no.” She further asserted, “If that is feminism, then I’m not a feminist. If it is feminism to not allow a prerogative to say no to a man and making it just a prerogative of a woman, then I’m not a feminist. No means no. If anybody, any individual wants nothing to do with me and feels ashamed of me, to get rid of me, the only thing I will say to that individual is goodbye”. The tiff between the duo began when Kangana called the ‘Krrish’ actor her silly ex. Following the statement, he slapped a legal notice on her and demanded an apology. Ever since then there has been an array of heated arguments and counter-arguments between them amid a lot of media attention. On the professional front while Kangana will next be seen in Vishal Bhardwaj directorial ‘Rangoon’ along with Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, the ‘Mohenjo Daro’ actor has ‘Kaabil’ and ‘Fighter’ in his kitty. Source: ANI
Nick Gordon held legally responsible for Kristina’s death
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ick Gordon has been declared legally responsible for the death of singer Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown after he failed to show up at two hearings. Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away in July last year, six months after she was found unresponsive in a bath tub. Her father Bobby Brown is glad to have some answers after a judge found her former fiancé legally responsible for her death on Friday, reports people. com. “I am pleased with the outcome of today’s court proceedings. All I ever wanted was answers relating to who and what caused my daughter’s death. Today’s judgment tells me it was Nick Gordon. Now I need to process all the emotions I have and lean on god to get me and my family through this,” Bobby said. The decision by the judge was made after Gordon failed to show up at two civil wrongful death hearings. R. David Ware, a lawyer for the conservator of Bobbi Kristina’s estate, said: “In court today, we finally finished a long journey for justice for Bobbi Kristina Brown. The court agrees with us, by striking Mr. Gordon’s answer that he is legally responsible for her death. “The only thing left to prove is the value of her life. We intend to do that... It’s not a criminal case but it doesn’t have to be. We want to legally establish he was responsible for her injuries the proceeded her death and we’ve done that today,” Ware added. Source: IANS
Kate Moss ‘kicks Count Nikolai von Bismarck out’ Vidya Balan down with dengue, BMC
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ate Moss’ relationship with Count Nikolai von Bismarck is reportedly on the rocks. The 42-year-old model has apparently kicked her boyfriend out of her home in North London because of his party lifestyle, after he and his pals trashed the basement on a boozy night. A source said: “Kate is furious as she really thought he had got his act together recently. “They’d both gone a few months without drinking but he’s been as bad as ever over the past few weeks.” Kate is reportedly keen to repair her relationship and sees her latest measure
as a means of encouraging Nikolai to get his act together. The source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “Nikolai left with just a bag.
Kate is trying to give him some tough love. “She hopes it will work as she doesn’t want to split with him ... but he might
leave her with no other choice.” Kate attended Dave Gardner’s star-studded birthday bash in London on Friday (16.09.16) on her own. The party also attracted the likes of Noel Gallagher, Liv Tyler and David and Victoria Beckham - and Kate was reportedly in good spirits. A source said: “Kate didn’t seem too down at the party and didn’t let slip any sadness about her love life. “But Nikolai is normally permanently attached to her side so it was obvious there was something going on.” Source: femalefirst.co.uk
Wanted to be a part of ‘Rock On’ 8 years ago, says Shraddha
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ctress Shraddha Kapoor, who will be seen in ‘Rock On 2’ on Saturday confessed her craze and love for the first film ‘Rock On’, saying that she wanted to be a part of it 8 years ago. “I am a big fan of ‘Rock On’ film and songs. Eight years back I had gone to watch ‘Rock On’ with my brother and parents. I loved the film. “I had told there only that whenever a sequel of this movie will be made, then definitely I will act in the film,” she said at a press conference prior to the concert for ‘Rock On 2’s music launch. “This is a very different film of mine. I am nervous and excited to perform on stage.” The upcoming musical drama film is directed by Shujaat Saudagar, produced by Farhan and Ritesh Sidhwani, and has music by ShankarEhsaan-Loy. Source: IANS
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Marc Jacobs defends models’ dreadlocks
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ashion designer Marc Jacobs has defended himself for using dreadlocks in his show during a fashion week, after being widely criticised for “cultural appropriation”. The 53-year-old was criticised for cultural appropriation after celebrities like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid wore fake rainbow-hued wigs during his show at New York Fashion Week (NYFW) show, but Jacobs has now hit back at the accusation, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “All who cry ‘cultural appropriation’ or whatever nonsense about any race or skin colour wearing their hair in any par-
ticular style or manner - funny how you don’t criticize women of color for straightening their hair,” Jacobs posted on his Instagram account. “I respect and am inspired by people and how they look. I don’t see co-
lour or race - I see people. I’m sorry to read that so many people are so narrow minded... Love is the answer. Appreciation of all and inspiration from anywhere is a beautiful thing,” he added. Jacobs explained that
the controversial designs were inspired by rave culture, London 1980s’ fashion and Japanese Harajuku girls. Jacob’s NYFW show used as many as 12,500 hand-dyed woolen dreadlocks. Source: IANS
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Bollywood actor Vidya Balan is down with dengue and is taking rest at her house. Now, the BMC has served notice to neighbours, actor Shahid Kapoor and Meera Patel for failing to prevent breeding of mosquito inside their apartments in Juhu.
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here are more than 1500 suspected cases of dengue this month in Mumbai and one such dengue patient is Bollywood actor Vidya Balan, who has been diagnosed with dengue and advised bed rest. The actor is not in a serious condition but doctors are monitoring her health at home. Praneta Apartments, the ground plus four building cut a lonely picture even as the waves hit its walls during high tide. As soon as the news of Balan being infected with dengue broke, BMC officials swooped down and checked not just Balan’s apartment but also her neighbours. The officials did not find any mosquito larvae in Balan’s residence but found more than a couple of spots in her neighbour’s residence. One of Balan’s neighbour who was infected is none other than Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor. Balan has worked with Shahid Kapoor in Kismat Konnection. Kapoor, who lives on the ground floor, has a swimming pool which was not used much. During the heavy monsoon, the pool had collected rain water which became the breeding ground for the larvae. BMC also noticed flower pots in Meera
Patel’s residence, who is another neighbour of Balan and the BMC officials prosecuted Meera Patel for the same. BMC’s insecticide inspector, Rajan Naringrekar, said, “We are surprised that in spite of repeated awareness programmes, people are negligent about the breeding spots for mosquitoes.” BMC has conducted searches inside the residences of Bollywood stars like Salman Khan, Waheeda Rehman and Amitabh Bachchan but nothing was found. According to Naringrekar, Shahid Kapoor and Meera Patel have been prosecuted under section 381 (B) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act. As per Section 381 (B) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, a person can be prosecuted for creating a situation that will create trouble for others by not taking preventive measures. A person can be prosecuted before a metropolitan magistrate, who can be imposed with a penalty of Rs2,000-Rs 5,000. Meanwhile, Shahid Kapoor whose wife recently delivered a baby has expressed concern over dengue larvae being found at his house. Kapoor’s spokesperson said, “Shahid is concerned about the findings of BMC in his building and the locality. Especially so with the presence of a newborn baby in the house. He is also thankful to BMC for the check up that they conducted in the locality which is vulnerable during the rainy season and due to its proximity to the beach.” It was only in 2012 that ace filmmaker Yash Chopra died due to dengue and it was only when he was hospitalised that BMC had done similar checks to find out that dengue larvae were found breeding inside chopra’s own office.
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Watford condemns United to 3rd successive loss
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W A T F O R D, SepTembeR 18 (Ap): Jose Mourinho's Manchester United reign is quickly unravelling, with his new team condemned to a third successive loss by Watford on Sunday. Watford's 3-1 victory exposed the brittleness of Mourinho's expensively assembled team as it tasted success over the record 20time English champions for the first time in 30 years. The United job was a chance for Mourinho to rehabilitate his career after being fired last year for a second time by Chelsea. But after a bright start to the campaign in August, Mourinho's United has lost to Manchester City, the Europa League opener at Feyenoord and now Watford within nine days. Although 18-year-old Marcus Rashford marked his first start of the season for Mourinho by canceling out Etienne Capoue's opener, Watford surged back in front in the final seven minutes at Vicarage Road. Substitute Camilo Zuniga scored from his first touch and Troy Deeney netted a penalty in the fifth minute of stoppage time. It's only five games into the Premier League season but United is already six points behind leader
Manchester City. Watford is two points behind United in eighth place in the early standings. “If you analyze our three defeats in the last week we were always the best team in the second half,” Mourinho said. United's abject state was clear early in the game. Only Odion Ighalo's miss spared United from an early setback. David de Gea dropped a high catch as both the United goalkeeper and defender Chris Smalling went for the ball. Ighalo was presented with an open goal but rather than control the ball, he missed the target as De Gea watching in astonishment. The closest United came to the Watford goal before conceding was Zlatan Ibrahimovic hitting the sidenetting and Paul Pogba, the world's most expensive player, hitting the crossbar with a dipping shot. A key intervention by Miguel Britos created Watford's goal. The Uruguay defender's challenge on Martial on the right flank, tripping the winger, was deemed permissible by referee Michael Oliver. Daryl Janmaat seized possession and cut the ball back to Coupe on the edge of the penalty area. Hav-
Football coaches general meeting
DImApuR, SepTembeR 18 (mexN): The Nagaland Football Coaches Association (NFCA) has informed all football coaches (All India Football Federation & National Sports Institute) that there will be a general meeting on Wednesday, September 21, 1:00 pm at Hotel Ura, Kohima. All coaches are requested o attend the same without fail.
Naga FC takes on Liangmai FC in final of Capt Kenguruse Memorial tourney today Our Correspondent Kohima | September 18
Defending champion Naga FC will clash with Liangmai FC in the final of the 2nd Captain Kenguruse All Nagaland Memorial Football Tournament 2016 on September 19 at 1:30 pm at the Kohima Local Ground. For the football fans, entry for the match is free.
Bremen fires coach after losing start
bRemeN, SepTembeR 18 (Ap): Werder Bremen sacked Viktor Skripnik as coach on Sunday after the team started the season with four straight defeats, ending his 20-year association with the club. Under-23 coach Alexander Nouri was to take over Monday on an interim basis for the home league games against Mainz and Wolfsburg, assisted by Florian Bruns. The Bundesliga club also dismissed Skripnik's assistants Florian Kohfeldt and Torsten Frings with immediate effect. Bremen lost 4-1 at Borussia Moenchengladbach to start the league season with three straight defeats on Saturday, while it was also knocked out in the first round of the German Cup by third-division side Sportfreunde Lotte. Skripnik, a former Ukraine defender, joined Bremen as a player in 1996, won the double in 2004 when he retired and began coaching in the club's youth setup. He took over the top job in October 2014.
Palace thrash struggling Stoke as Saints get first win
Watford's Odion Ighalo (right) misses an open goal by Manchester United's David de Gea during the Premier League match at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford on September 18, 2016. (AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)
ing scored just once in his previous 57 games, Capoue sidefooted in his fourth in five games to start the league campaign. But as the goal was scored in the 34th minute, Martial remained on the turf, awaiting treatment. The Frenchman couldn't continue, hobbling off with Ashley Young taking his place. Seven minutes earlier, Martial clashed heads with Janmaat as they went for a loose ball. Both players received treatment but they
continued. The English Football Association states in its concussion guidelines that: “Anyone exhibiting symptoms must immediately be removed from playing ... there must be no return to play on the day of any suspected concussion.” Asked whether Martial was concussed, Mourinho responded: “I don't know. I really don't know.” United's first shot on target only came in the 62nd minute and with it Rashford justified
Mourinho's decision to entrust the academy graduate with a starting place. Rashford's header from Ibrahimovic's cross came off Valon Behrami's shoulder and the England forward got a second attempt to beat Heurelho Gomes and strike under the goalkeeper. It was Rashford's tenth goal for United since making his debut in February, a team high. “Marcus was playing with freedom and we were in control,” Mourinho said. “The game was there to win
and never to lose.” But that's what happened, after Ibrahimovic's header was kept out of the net by Gomes. Nordin Amrabat cut past United defender Luke Shaw and released Roberto Pereyra, who fed Zuniga with a cutback, allowing Capoue's replacement to restore Watford's lead. And after Zuniga was fouled by Marouane Fellaini in the penalty area, Deeney completed United's misery from the penalty spot.
LONDON, SepTembeR 18 (ReuTeRS): Crystal Palace beat struggling Stoke City 4-1 on Sunday with defenders James Tomkins and Scott Dann both scoring from set pieces in a three-minute first half spell. James McArthur and Andros Townsend also scored for the Londoners before Marko Arnautovic grabbed a consolation goal for the Premier League's bottom team in the dying seconds. Charlie Austin scored his third goal in four days to deliver Southampton's first Premier League win of the season under manager Claude Puel. Tomkins opened the scoring in the ninth minute when he stole in behind Jonathan Walters to toe-poke home Townsend's free kick, and three minutes later Dann made it 2-0 as he headed Jason Puncheon's corner into the back of the net. McArthur fired the third in the second half, his shot deflecting off Geoff Cameron before flying into the net in the 72nd minute, and Townsend completed the rout by curling a bouncing shot home three minutes later. Arnautovic netted Stoke's third league goal of the season just before the final whistle but Mark Hughes' side have now lost four straight Premier League games and conceded four goals on three occasions. After four league games without a victory, the Saints were seeking to avoid their worst start to a season since 2000-01 and got the break on 63 minutes when Austin chested down a deflected cross and fired an unstoppable shot into the top-right corner. Southampton dominated the game and Shane Long, Nathan Redmond and Cedric all missed good chances to give them an earlier lead. Austin, who had scored twice against Sparta Prague in the Europa League on Thursday, could have grabbed a second after good work by the influential Dusan Tadic but his shot was well-saved by Lukasz Fabianski. The win moved Southampton up to 14th place, one ahead of Swansea.
Kohima Open TT Rosberg back on top after Singapore thriller tournament ends
SINGApORe, SepTembeR 18 (ReuTeRS): Germany's Nico Rosberg celebrated his 200th Formula One race by retaking the championship lead from Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton after a pole to flag win in Singapore on Sunday. After a chaotic start that brought out a safety car on the opening lap, Rosberg stayed clear of Red Bull's late charging Australian Daniel Ricciardo at the floodlit Marina Bay Street Circuit. Triple world champion Hamilton completed the podium in third place. The German's third victory in a row, and 22nd of his career, lifted Rosberg on to 273 points, eight clear of Hamilton, with six rounds remaining and Ricciardo a distant third on 179 in the title race. Rosberg's win was his eighth of the season and first in Singapore, a grand prix that has only been won by world champions until now. The German had started two points behind Hamilton and, despite leading comfortably halfway though the race, crossed the line just 0.488 seconds ahead of Ricciardo after having to complete the last 28 laps on the same soft tyres. Red Bull opted for a bold tyre strategy to put pressure on Rosberg late on and Ricciardo was closing at roughly three seconds a lap in the closing stages but ran out of road before the chequered flag. Hamilton had his own private battle with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen behind the leading duo, the Briton losing third place
Our Correspondent Kohima | September 18
The two day 8th Kohima District Open Table Tennis Tournament 2016 organised by the Kohima District Table Tennis Association (KDTTA) concluded on Saturday at Indoor TT Stadium, Kohima. Swelul Pucho Maz, General Secretary Nagaland Table Tennis Association (NTTA) graced the closing ceremony as the guest of honour and gave away prizes along with citation to the winners. Cash prizes of Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2000 were awarded to the champion and runner-up respectively in each category. WINNERS
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates winning the race as Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton of Britain and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo of Australia look on. (Reuters Photo/Jeremy Lee) Women’s Single
to the Finn after a mistake on lap 34 but reclaiming the position with a timely pit stop to hold on to the finish. Last year's race winner Sebastian Vettel drove brilliantly from last place on the starting grid to claim fifth place in the other Ferrari, the German coming home ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso in a McLaren. The safety car was deployed immediately after the start when Nico Hulkenberg's Force India, eighth on the grid, suffered a heavy crash after making contact with Carlos Sainz's Toro Rosso. Rosberg got away cleanly to lead from
Ricciardo, with Hamilton in third and Raikkonen behind him after Verstappen suffered a woeful start to slip back to eighth from fourth on the grid. The race restarted and Rosberg would have been startled to see a marshal at the end of the start-finish straight picking up debris, the man just managing to get off the circuit before the Mercedes reached him. There were no more safety cars, throughout a 61-lap race that has yet to be completed without one, but the different tyre strategies of the leading cars made for a tactical and exciting race on a circuit that offers very few overtaking opportunities.
Champion: Thejavinuo Runners-up: Avitoli Youth Single Champion: Kevichatuo Liezietsu Runners-up: Thineuh Imchen Men’s Single Champion: Tepuruku Sothu Runners-up: Zichumthung Ngullie Men’s Doubles Champions: Tepuruku Sothu & Hekito Runners-up: Vikuo Metha & Kerihosa Veteran Single Champion: Tepuruku Sothu Runners-up: Vikuo Metha
Rio Paralympics stages final show in shadow of tragedy RIO De JANeIRO, SepTembeR 18 (AFp): Rio on Sunday closes a Paralympic Games that many feared would be a fiasco but which turned into a triumph, though marred in the final hours by the death of an Iranian cyclist. Eleven days of competition where China dominated the medals table, followed by Britain, Ukraine and the United States, were ending Sunday with the last few events, including marathons and wheelchair rugby. At the closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana football stadium Brazilian officials were officially to hand over to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The upbeat mood in Rio however was darkened late Saturday by the death of Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48. The athlete, who wore a prosthesis on his left leg, fell during a mountainous descent in the road race and died before he could be treated in hospital. Philip Craven, the International Paralympic Committee president, called the tragedy "truly heart-breaking." The Iranian flag flew at
(LEFT): Sarafraz Bahman Golbarnezhad (IRI) of Iran competes. (Reuters Photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins). (RIGHT): Leo Pekka Tahti of Finland (L) celebrates after winning the Men's 100m - T54 - at Engenhao Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. (AFP Photo/Tasso Marcelo)
half mast in the Athletes' Village and a minute's silence was planned at the closing ceremony. Nevertheless, Rio was expected to put on a dazzling show at the Maracana, featuring Brazil's rich music and dance culture to celebrate a far better Paralympics than many had believed possible. "This will be a time for celebration..., a final act," said the ceremony's pro-
ducer Flavio Machado, 2020 Organizing Commitwho promised "many Bra- tee, referring to Rio resizilian musicians on stage." dents by their nickname. There had been fears Defying expectations that this wouldn't be at all The Japanese say that the how the Rio Games ended. Rio Games have set a high Even before they startstandard for them to follow. ed, the Rio organizers' woe"We have been im- ful finances in the wake of pressed by our experience the August Olympics and a across both the Olympic stunning lack of interest in and Paralympic Games tickets raised fears of failand inspired by the passion ure. of the Carioca," said ToshiThen on the eve of the ro Muto, CEO of the Tokyo Paralympics, the Brazilian
Senate pushed president Dilma Rousseff out of office in a bitter impeachment battle that left the country more distracted than ever. Her replacement and fierce enemy Michel Temer came to the opening ceremony on September 7 and was booed by the crowd. There were also international tensions over a ban imposed by the International Paralympic Committee on the entire
Russian team because of alleged state doping. But then things got better. The opening ceremony moved viewers with its exuberant set design and the unrestrained joy of the parading athletes. And while the stadiums and arenas were initially empty, the rhythm soon picked up, with noisy and passionate Brazilian fans providing world class atmosphere.
By the end, officials said Saturday, they had sold 2.1 million tickets -- less than London in 2012 but more than Beijing four years earlier. Part of that success, however, was due to many tickets being sold for as little as three dollars -- or given to school children in an international fill the seats campaign. Hot performances The gap between the Olympic and Paralympic
performances is gradually blurring with disabled athletes breaking records after records in Rio. Among the stars were Brazil's swimmer Daniel Dias who added four golds, three silvers and two bronzes to his existing medal haul from Beijing and London which has won him descriptions as the Michael Phelps of the Paralympics. There was amazement in the 1,500m track race when Algeria's Abdellatif Baka set a new record that was actually faster than the winning time by Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz in the same stadium a month earlier. However, Centrowitz won in what was by Olympic standards a near record slow race, meaning Baka's outstanding time was of mostly symbolic significance. Once more it was China that dominated overall, with almost 100 medals more than its nearest rival, Britain, which held a comfortable second place. The big country missing in the top section of the standings, however, was Russia which during the London Games won 102 medals, including 36 golds.
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