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DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 22 (MExN): Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today emphasized on the importance of rail and road connectivity in the North East to boost trade and commerce in the border areas and with the Southeast Asian countries.

He was addressing the Northeast Connectivity Summit this morning at Agartala, Tripura on the theme ‘Connect Northeast, The bridge? Oh...we are 2016,’ which was organized standing on it sir. by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and supported by the Government of Tripura, Ministry of DONER and NEC. Commenting on the topic of ‘Seamless Border DIMAPUR , SEPTEMBER 22 (MExN): Trade with Bangladesh and The Assam Rifles today Southeast Asia,’ Zeliang condemned allegation said the fencing of border that an army jawan had areas in the North East may assaulted a government not find as much logic as it school teacher in Phek does in border areas with district on September Pakistan and parts of Ban16. A press note from gladesh, since in the case the PRO, Assam Rifles, of Nagaland “the internaNagaland informed that tional boundary does not “during a routine check, follow a river or other conthe Assam Rifles troops venient landmarks” but became suspicious of rather, based on the “waWekupe Tsuhah.” It add- tershed principles.”

He pointed out the case ed that “on suspicion, of the house of the Angh in Wekupe Tsuhah was questioned and having Longwa village in Mon disestablished the identity trict where half of it lies in the individual was left in India and the other half in presence of the public. Myanmar.

“In fact, what we need is No physical injury was not barbed wire fencing, but caused whatsoever.” construction of roads along

Assam Rifles refutes allegations that jawan assaulted teacher

tripura and nagaland cMs slam centre for abolishing Plan Panel

Nagaland CM, TR Zeliang and Tripura CM, Manik Sarkar at the North East Connectivity Summit held in Argatala on September 22.

and across the borders so as to “unlock the land-locked areas”, and promote trade and development, Zeliang said. He went on to opine that in the absence of road and communication, it makes “these areas the perfect hiding grounds for insurgents.”

Zeliang was also critical of the restrictions imposed by the Ministry of Defence and Home Affairs on construction of roads and development activities within an aerial distance of 25kms due to security concerns.

“In the hilly terrains of India Myanmar border, an aerial distance of 25 km from the border can mean a lot. Some sub-divisional

and block head quarters are actually located within such distance,” he said and added that many roads constructed under various centrally sponsored schemes are within such distances.

Meanwhile, lamenting that there are still vast gaps to be filled in infrastructure, Zeliang said if border trade and people to people connectivity were to be improved in the region, the first priority should be construction of quality highways and railways connecting the region “with the mainland on the one hand, and with the neighbouring Southeast Asian countries on the other”.

Zeliang opined the geo-

graphical location of the region will become central and strategic in terms of international trade and development, and went to suggest that the Government of India’s Act East Policy should aim to bring this about.

“The most practical and convenient road and rail connectivity between India and the Southeast Asian countries should run through Kohima to Moreh via Imphal,” the Nagaland CM said and reminded that the historic battle of Kohima during WWII was fought for control of this strategic route that would have provided Japanese forces to enter the plains of India.

Zeliang also made a

AgARTAlA, SEPTEMBER 22 (PTI): Chief Ministers of the North Eastern region, T R Zeliang and Manik Sarkar, today criticised the central government for abolishing the Planning Commission and forming NITI Aayog.

“All the North Eastern states are facing problems of money after abolishing of the Planning Commission and forming NITI Aayog,” Zeliang, Chief Minister of Nagaland, said.

“Every state is now losing money because it is not clear how the plans would be finalised and implemented. All the states in the region were facing crisis of funds in implementing projects,” he said.

During the time of the Planning Comstrong plea that the eastwest corridor which presently ends at Silchar in Assam should be extended from Doboka to Moreh via Kohima and Imphal, pointing out that a highway already connects Moreh with Kuala Lampur. He also suggested that the railway line should run more or less with this alignment, and appealed for a re-look by the Government of India into the broad gauge line from Diphu (Dhansiri) to Karong (Manipur), the foundation stone for which was laid by Nitish Kumar in 1998 but “due to some inexplicable political consideration” was abandoned. He pointed out that this route

‘Provide all weather ‘Restrain from cheap political rhetoric’ road from tizit to Mon’

TASU says Nagaland Govt has failed Mon district ‘miserably’

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DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 22 (MExN): The Tizit Area Students’ Union (TASU) has appealed to the Nagaland State Government to provide an all weather road from Tizit to Mon. A press note from the TASU informed that the Namtola to Mon road has never been good despite various organizations crying out for the state government to address it.

“The road condition at present is even more pathetic and terrible thus making life difficult for the people of Mon. With the advent of rainy season the road condition has further worsened,” it informed.

The TASU stated that the so called state highway is turning into a “river like condition.”

The road, it stated is especially affecting light motor vehicle users and especially auto rickshaws in Tizit. “Moreover, it is risky for people travelling with urgent medical needs,” it added.

Lamenting that the state government has failed the district of Mon and its inhabitants miserably, the TASU said that since the past decade the main road connecting Mon district has been left in a pathetic condition, while the government continues with various development claims.

“It makes the right thinking citizen to wonder what the legislators are actually doing. Were not you all elected with the responsibilities to look after public welfare?” the TASU questioned.

The deplorable condition of the roads, it stated has affected the economy in Mon district and various sub-divisions linked to it. “The government has been neglecting the district for far too long,” it stated, while urging the government to “wake up to this and respond positively before the public can no longer bear the step motherly treatment meted out on them.”

It cautioned that the people are slowly losing faith in the competency and responsibility of the state government. “It is also to be noted that the public are not responsible for the current financial status of the State Government,” it added.

The TASU informed that it had made several appeals both verbally and in writing to the concerned authorities. It however said that the response has not been

satisfying. “The state government had previously sanctioned a meagre amount for the same which could only be used for sand gravelling. This has only made it far worse because of rain and lack of maintenance. Therefore, in view of this, the TASU is demanding that all weather roads from Tizit to Mon be constructed according to highway norms and standards,” it demanded.

The TASU particularly called upon the 9 legislators from Mon district to wake up from their “slumber” and immediately take this issue collectively. “There have been enough appeals already on this. This is the final appeal after which no further appeals will be made but ultimatum,” the TASU stated, while also appealing for support on this issue from the Konyak Student’s Union and likeminded societies.

In addition, the TASU asked the contractor of the Inter-State Connectivity (ISC) road from Tizit HQ to Nokzang that the road be completed as per DPR norms, though the stipulated period has already expired. It informed that the union would carry out inspections for the same to validate it’s compliance with the standards.

It further asked the concerned contractor of the North East Council (NEC) road from Tizit to Nokyan be handed over to the PWD for immediate repair and maintenance before the road becomes deplorable beyond repair.

With regard to the Tizit - Nokyan Road (13.00 km) under the PM’s package (20042005), the TASU asked the Public works Department (PWD), Mon why the work was not done after some few meters of earth cutting only.

It informed that the concerned department has already released an amount of Rs. 1,20,42,255.00/- (one core twenty lakhs forty two thousand, two hundred fifty five) as first running bill; Rs. 33,10,748.00 (thirty three lakhs, ten thousand seven hundred forty eight) as second running bill and Rs. 1,50,00000/(0ne core fifty lakhs) approximately as third running bill out of the total approved amount of Rs. 4,72,00000.00/- (four crores seventy two lakhs) to the M/S S. Semp & C0. Contractor under work order No EE/ Mon/TB-5 2004-05/897-906/dated Mon dated 21st March 2006.

Meanwhile, it cautioned that the union would take this matter seriously in collaboration with the apex Konyak Students’ Union against the concerned department in case of non completion of this work as per the DPR norms and standard before December 2016.

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 22 (MExN): The United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) today termed the recent statement by Ram Prasad Sharma an MP (BJP) from Assam; on the AssamNagaland boundary issue as unfortunate and “outlandish.”

A press note from the UNTABA said that “it is not only an embarrassment for the Central as well as Assam Government but also inviting contempt of Court since the issue is under active litigation process and is subjudiced.” It asked that “no individuals from both the states should involve in uttering such unsubstantiated and cheap political rhetoric.”

The UNTABA stated that in as much as the traditional, ancestral

and historical boundary between Assam and Nagaland is concerned, “there is no dispute since it was clearly demarcated by the Kings themselves and maintain as such throughout the centuries and it cannot be challenged by any individual or any group of people.”

Regarding the ongoing IndoNaga political talk, the UNTABA stated that the Naga people are expectantly awaiting the sincerity of commitment on the part of the Government of India to fulfill its past commitments. It further appreciated the “unflinching efforts of the collective leadership of NSCN (IM) in trying to bring about the amalgamation of the Naga people and its lands as its ‘legitimate right’ in the subsequent political settlement.”

mission, there was a scope for discussion between the state government and the Commission for finalising the plan outlay, but this scope has faded away, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said.

“For the last 28 months after NITI Aayog was formed, there has been no discussion between it and Tripura government regarding planning,” Sarkar said, adding Tripura was losing over Rs 1800 crore per year after formation of the Aayog.

Zeliang and Sarkar were addressing a three-day business summit, jointly organised by FICOS and the Tripura government, on connectivity of the NorthEast and opportunities in international trade and commerce.

would be shorter by 125km to connect with Southeast Asian countries.

Zeliang also pointed out the shortage of power supply in the region and underlined the need for not only adequate power generation but efficient transmission and distribution.

Improve internet connectivity Zeliang also emphasized on the need for better internet connectivity in the region to enable the North East people to fully participate as equal partners in building regional value chain.

He urged the government of India to expedite the proposal to bring

broadband internet network to the region through Cox Bazaar in Bangladesh so as not to “deprive the English –speaking and internet-savvy youth of the North East from effectively utilizing the global internet highway for educational and business purposes.”

Delegates from Bangladesh and Bhutan as well as from all the Northeastern States attended the Summit. The fourth edition of the Summit scheduled for September 21-23-2017 is to be held in Nagaland and accordingly Nagaland Chief Minister has extended invitation to all delegates to attend the Nagaland edition of the summit.

Ao legislators urge Ao Senden against taking hasty decision KOHIMA, SEPTEMBER 22 (NEPS): Ao legislators have expressed serious concern on the prevailing situation following the proposed withdrawal of three Tribe Hohos that constitute the CNTC, namely Sumi Hoho, Lotha Hoho and Ao Senden from the Naga Hoho.

In a release issued on Thursday on behalf of the Ao legislators, Minister for National Highways and Mechanical Engineering Nuklutoshi and Adviser SI Jamir made a fervent appeal to the Ao Senden, an apex body of the Aos, to reconsider the proposal and not to take any “hasty decision” of withdrawing from the Naga Hoho, especially at a juncture when the

“Naga political talks with the Government of India is at a crucial stage.” They further said all stakeholders, be it organizations or individuals, “need to stand united and exercise utmost restraint and settle all issues through constructive dialogues in the spirit of give and take.”

The release also stated that the Ao legislators fully appreciated the concerns expressed by the three Tribe Hohos and were of the opinion that “further discussions and deliberations on the pertaining issues is (are) required between all the Civil Society Organizations and the State Government in order to dispel all misgivings and misunderstandings.”

‘naga society should move ahead’ 7th NLSF biennial General Conference held in Kohima Morung Express News Kohima | September 22

The inaugural session of the 7th Biennial General Conference of the Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) was held on September 22, with Dr Neiphrezo Keditsu, MLA & Chairman, NSMDC Ltd as the Chief Guest and Neingulo Krome, Secretary General, NPMHR as the Speaker. Under the theme, ‘Excelsior (Ever Upward)’, the conference was held from September 21 to 22 at Jubilee Memorial Centre (KABA), Lerie and hosted by Kohima Law College Students’ Union.

Speaking on ‘Human Rights in the Naga Context’ Neingulo Krome reminded the law students of the Naga National movement, where Naga elders fought for the rights of the Nagas to protect Naga lands from plunder and destruction. In the process many human rights violations were committed by the Indian Army which made human rights in the Naga context completely irrelevant then, he said.

“Peace was found only in the graves,” reminded Krome. However in recent times, with the ceasefires signed between different po-

NPMHR General Secretary, Neingulo Krome; MLA Dr Neiphrezo Keditsu and others at the 7th biennial general conference in Kohima on September 22.

litical groups and Government of India, along with the efforts of the Naga civil societies, especially the Forum for Naga Reconciliation, he stated that the human rights situation in the Naga society is much better now than before.

In spite of the tremendous efforts of the older generations, Krome also stated, “our failures have been more than the good things we tried to do. The future which can be shaped is in your hands.” He advised that Naga society should move ahead with every little positive developments in every sphere of life, instead of getting stuck with negative elements, and take the present and upcoming generations of Nagaland out of the shadows of the horrors of the past.

“And talking of human rights in the Naga context must also mean talking for the rights of the present and future Naga generations to live their fullest and with full human dignity,” he concluded.

Dr Neiphrezo Keditsu meanwhile pointed out a few similarities between Doctors and lawyers, which are one of the oldest professions in the world. The first is the faith that clients put on the professions. “During our time of practice, the trust that is entrusted on us, we should not abuse it, take advantage or mislead it,” said Dr. Keditsu.

Another factor that builds the career and credibility of both professions is communication which is the bridge of success or failures.

However Dr. Keditsu also said,

“Winning is not everything. The bigger challenge is to give justice; that is something you need to uphold. Once justice is given, whether you lose or win does not matter.

When there is proper justice, everybody wins.”

With the many changes in Nagaland, such as the GST Bill and the 33 percent reservation for women in Urban Local Bodies, Dr. Keditsu exhorted the students that it is their duty to make people aware of the policies that will come and to guide the public on the understanding of Article 371 (A) on customary practices and privileges of constitutional rights. In conclusion, the young MLA encouraged the law students to “be ambitious, dream big but be practical in what you want to be.

This is the time for you all.”

Kohima DC, Rovilatuo Mor appreciated and admired the growing professionalism in different areas with the progress in education, including legal professionals. He further stated that any profession should definitely look forward for government employment, but at the same time be equally prepared to involve in private practice. “It is a waste of human resource and economy if what you have studied is not put into practice. Law should put public interest first as its basic principles,” he added.

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Seminar on responsibilities of VDB and Potentiality of coffee plantation in Kohima

Resources persons with KVGOA officials and others during a seminar on September 22.

(Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | September 22

The Kohima Village Gazetted Officers’ Association (KVGOA) today organized a seminar on the topic “Role and responsibilities of VDB in implementation of various RD schemes and potentiality of coffee plantation in Kohima district” as part of its ongoing silver jubilee celebration at Kohima Village Council (KVC) Hall.

The seminar was sponsored by Department of Rural Development and Department of Land Resources with Vihesanuo Solo, BDO Kohima and Dr. Menuosietuo Tseikha DPO, Land Resources Kohima distict as resource persons.

Talking on roles and responsibilities of VDBs in

the implementation of RD schemes, Solo said the department of Rural Development has been involved in the developmental activities of the rural areas of Nagaland through the implementation of various programmes and schemes.

She said the important role of the VDBs is to identify and select priority based schemes through general body meeting and prepare the village master plan.

While doing this the VDBs must ensure ground implementation, community participation, transparency and proper utilization of funds and maintenance of records. The management Committee formed out of the general body with women and youth representative should oversee the works that are being

carried out. Department of Rural Development is implementing programmes such as Grant-in-aid, PMAY (IAY), MGNREGS, Micro-finance, VDB fixed deposits and VDB welfare funds. This year the department has also set targets for construction of individual household latrines (IHHL) as part of Swachh Bharat Mission.

The achievements of Kohima village VDB during the last five years was presented during the function. VDB Kohima village under RD Block Kohima was awarded the best performing VDB this year and KVGOA president Er. Keviletuo Yiese congratulated the VDB and BDO in his closing remarks at the function.

Talking on potential-

Images of road condition from Seluophe/Sovima area to Doyapur via Dhansiripar sub-division

ity of coffee plantation in Kohima district, Dr. Menuosietuo Tseikha said coffee plant can survive for 100 years. It uplifts the economy of the people, having high demand both in local and international market and marketing assurance. He said the department provides free coffee saplings, conduct capacity building, monitoring and technical Potholes? No, Lake in the making (A section of the road at Road condition at Sovima/Seluophe Area: Only ‘Amphibian support and also build link- Seluophe).

Cars’ can ply. ages between farmers and Coffee Board of India. As far as support from Coffee Board of India is concern, he said, it provides maintenances fee of Rs. 35,000 in two installments, machinery equipment at 75% subsidy rate and transportation subsidy at 20% of the total transportation cost.

He also stated that the department is targeting to provide 5,00, 000 coffee Road at Bade Village.

Road condition near OTS Campus at Bade village. saplings under Kohima district in which 2,50,000 have been distributed till date.

12,500 saplings have been distributed in Kohima village this year.

Maintaining that Coffee is quite potential here on the ground of favourable rainfall and suitable soil condition and reserved forest, he called upon the people to take up the plantation with seriousness to boost their economy.

A half-done/abandoned bridge near Ura Market (Peace camp) area.

A culvert washed away by rain at Bade village.

KVGOA organises awareness ‘BizHorn’ management fest underway campaign on disaster response Morung Express News

Dimapur | September 22

KVGOA and Department of Civil Defence and Home Guards officials and teachers of Government Middle School, Seikhazou after the awareness campaign on disaster response conducted on September 22. (DIPR Photo)

Kohima, September 22 (Dipr): In commemoration of the Kohima Village Gazetted Officers Association (KVGOA) Silver Jubilee celebration, a one day awareness campaign on disaster response was conducted at Government Middle School, Seikhazou, Kohima Village on September 22. The awareness campaign was organized by the KVGOA and sponsored by the Department of Civil Defence and Home Guards (Kohima District).

Deputy Commandant General Home Guards & Civil Defence Nagaland, Kohima, Medozhalie Pienyü, in his brief introductory remark, stated that India is a land of disaster where there has been an experiences of multi disasters in the form of floods, drought etc. across the country.

He highlighted the policy of Government of India on Disaster Management where he emphasized on the awareness and preparedness of disaster management.

He said that the role and mandate of Civil Defence and Home Guards was to create awareness on disaster management and to impart training to stakeholders who would be the first responders when disaster strikes. Stating that Nagaland State being in the seismic zone five in regard to earthquake, he stressed on the need to be aware of the instruction and guidelines during such disaster strikes and further

added that a mock drill on do’s and don’ts would be practically carried out during the campaign.

President KVGOA, Er. Keviletuo Yiese while delivering the vote of thanks informed that KVGOA is celebrating its 25 years of completion on October 13, 2016 and to commemorate the celebrations, series of events have being organizing so far including today’s event. He thanked the Department of CD&HGs for partnering and sponsoring the event and also the School Teachers and students for their participation.

The School Head Teacher, Kikrulhoulie Khezhie also gave a short speech where he thanked the KVGOA for organizing the event and the CD&HGs department for coming forward and imparting such awareness to the teachers and students of the school.

The programme was chaired by District Commandant HGs & CD, Kohima, Mulai Lamniah who also gave a power point presentation on mock drill which was followed by mock drill exercise in the second session. A demonstration cum training on disaster response such as Emergency Method of Rescue (EMR), Basic Life Support (BLS) and Uses of fire extinguisher was also carried out in the third session which was led by Sub Inspector, Vingutuo along with six trained Disaster Response Force personnel.

The third edition of ‘BizHorn’, a ‘management fest’ organized by ICFAI University, Nagaland (IUN), commenced here at ICFAI Campus Sovima, with faculty and students from different colleges in Dimapur attending the management fest.

Dr. Kuhoi Zhimomi, retired State Information Commissioner, who was the chief guest of the inaugural programme in his address said that today we need quality education where the idea of innovation and research development in both applied and conceptual, relevance to

The dilapidated sub-centre building at Sangkor under CHC, Shamator.

tuenSang, September 22 (mexn): The Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA) had detected that “the sub-centre at Sangkor under CHC, Shamator which was established in the year 1971 is left abandoned by the department.”

While stating this in a press release, YAA General Secretary L. Akhang added that the dilapidated sub-centre building at Sangkor, which is actually accessible for both Sangphur and Yakor Village, is left abandoned and had to vacate since decades back and it is temporarily functioning at Sangphur Village Guest House.

The YAA also stated that the sub-centre covers more than 5,000 populations of two villages.

Further, YAA informed that it has learnt of the irregularity of the pharmacist in his duty and further directs to report to the posting place within 15 days from the date of publication of this press release.

Meanwhile, the YAA appeals to the department to take up the matter for development of infrastructure building at the earliest.

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theme “Revive, Recreate, Rejuvenate.”

“The main objective of this management festival is ‘learning by doing’ and keeping in mind the importance of management concepts and leadership skills”, she added.

Earlier, pro-vice chancellor, IUN, Dr. CP Alexander, delivered the welcome address. Assistant professor (Management Studies), Vindya Sagar, chaired the inaugural programme.

The various business events, games and entertainment include ‘Gamester’, ‘Be my eye’, ‘Smash Clash’, ‘Know by sight’, ‘Minute to win’, ‘Catch the beat’, ‘Mad Ad’, ‘Cosplay’, ‘Craft talent’ and others.

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pate and compete in various events with zeal and enthusiasm and to exhibit their talent.

Further, he urged the college to impart quality education to the students so that they can obtain knowledge. He also urged the students to seek true knowledge so that they can give back to self and the so-

ciety.

HoD, Dept of Management Studies, IUN, Wapangsenla Imchen, in a nut-shell presentation of the event said ‘Bizhorn’ is derived from two wordsbusiness and horn-which is translated to “messengers of good business practices.”

She said in the present context of intense completion, management has to combine creative and analytical skills to produce effective goal –oriented results, constant innovation and thinking of new ideas, building good teams and delivering results. Keeping these in mind, Wapangsenla said this year’s edition is being organized under the

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management and its underlying principles and to disseminate knowledge.

“Remember, learning does not stop as long as men live. If the ultimate aim of education is to meet the immediate need of human kind, then one must learn everything possible where one starts learning from home, school, colleges and universities. If our civilization is to survive and have better life then only true education is the answer,” asserted the chief guest.

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Dimapur | September 22

“The State Government has a major problem for creation of workforce for our educated unemployed but at same time it is regrettable that most graduates are considered unemployable in industries or various sectors because of various factors,” stated Er Levi Rengma, Parliamentary Secretary for Housing while addressing the SD Jain Girls’ College, Dimapur 24th freshers' social-cum-annual-day.

Addressing the event held on September 22 at the college premises, Er Levi Rengma said, “The talks of town today is about educated unemployment in the State, but just think of it how can a small State like Nagaland, the Government provide jobs to all educated youth which is more than 70,000 and is increasing ev-

Er Levi Rengma giving away award to topper during the event held SD Jain Girls’ College on September 22.

ery year.”

He observed that “there is no unemployment problem amongst the educated youths if only he/she is employable, like we need a large number of Science and Math teachers but there

are only few locals as you all have seen recently the Government has to de-reserve math and science teacher posts in Education Department.” He added that “we should diversify our field of studies for jobs and also to

build our economy.”

Expressing concern about the lack of popularity of Science streams with Naga students especially Math subject, he said, “it is a matter of concern that today in Nagaland we have 62 Colleges but there are only 7 Colleges which offer Science streams and that too Math subject is least preferred.”

He emphasized on the importance of higher education in today’s world. He said that girls have outshone boys in various fields. He said that one of the important aims of higher education is the training for leadership in profession and public life, so one of the functions of college is to train men and women for wise leadership. “Therefore education should be inculcation of wisdom and knowledge,” he added.

The chief guest also unveiled the college magazine on the occasion.

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Assam urges UK, Australia to rectify travel advisory

Guwahati, September 22 (iaNS): Assam Tourism Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday urged Britain and Australia to rectify their travel advisories on Assam and termed the move to club the state with other disturbed north-eastern states as a "careless oversight".

"Assam is a fine abode of natural beauty while its peace loving people give immense love and affection to all those who come here. Any misrepresentation of the actual situation creates unnecessary fears besides impacting the tourism potential of the state, as this can have a spiralling effect," said the minister.

The British Foreign and

Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued an advisory to its citizens saying, "Although the overall security situation in the North-East of India is improving, some areas within the North-Eastern states, especially in Manipur and Assam, still experience sudden and random outbreaks of violence".

"There have been several incidents of violence in Assam including a shooting in Kokrajhar on August 5, 2016 resulting in 14 deaths, and grenade explosions in Lakhimpur, Karbi Anglong and Guwahati. Review your security arrangements carefully, seek advice from the local authorities and avoid large

crowds."

Similarly, the Australian advisory says "We advise you to reconsider your need to travel to these areas due to the risk of armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion and separatist and insurgent violence, including in rural areas. Insurgent groups have attacked civilians and bombed buildings in these states. On 5 August 2016 terrorists attacked a market at Balajan Tinali in Kokrajhar district in the state of Assam killing at least 14 civilians."

Terming the Kokrajhar incident as a rare occurrence which can unfortunately be experienced by any modern society, the Tourism Minister

said that the law and order situation in Assam is perfect.

"I wish to reassure my distinguished friends in the Governments of Britain and Australia that the diverse ethnic & cultural groups of Assamese society have co-existed with enormous harmony and displayed exemplary bonhomie for decades together. Any representation of minor skirmishes as statewide disturbance amounts to inexplicable exaggeration and causes unnecessary anxiety for our esteemed tourists who wish to visit the state," Sarma said.

"We shall highly appreciate if the two countries immediately withdraw the said advisory," Sarma added.

Mob pelts Mizoram court with stones, judges stranded inside aizawl, September 22 (pti): A mob today pelted a district court in south Mizoram's Lunglei town with stones after they found that a man, accused of murdering a boy of their locality, was not brought there for production, the police said. The group surrounded the court premises and pelted stones smashing window panes of offices of judges who were still inside. Lunglei Sub-Divisional Police Officer D Laldingngheta said two persons were injured when police personnel baton charged them to control the situation. A group of people from Zohnuai area in Lunglei congregated near the court premises to see a man who was recently accused of murdering a boy from that locality, the SDPO said. They got furious after coming to know that a judge was holding a camp court inside the district jail, where the accused was lodged, to hear the case apprehending violence. The mob is still surrounding the court premises while the judges and magistrates were stranded inside either their offices or in court rooms, Laldingngheta said.

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Manipur High Court gets new Chief Justice imphal, September 22 (iaNS): Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prashad was on Thursday sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.

Governor Najma Heptullah administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Prashad.

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and judges and lawyers both from Manipur and other states were present in the function held at the Raj Bhavan here.

Prashad is the third Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court, which became a full fledged high court from March 13, 2013.

Born in Bihar on July 1, 1955, Prashad studied in Patna Law College. In 2001 he became a judge in Jharkhand. He has been the acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court for some time.

The Chief Justice told the media: "Manipur has become my second home. I am happy to be appointed the Chief Justice. My immediate job is to clear the heavy backlog of pending cases. My priority is to ensure justice to the poor."

SC allows extracted coal transportation in Meghalaya

New Delhi, September 22 (pti): The Supreme Court has allowed land owners and coal traders to transport the coal already extracted from the mines in Meghalaya from October 1 to May 31, 2017 on payment of royalty to the state government and other fees fixed by the National Green Tribunal.

A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan also directed that no other extraction shall take place in the meantime and it would later deal with the NGT's finding that coal, a natural resource vested in the state, was being illegally extracted. "It is directed that the petitioners, as well as the respondents, who have mined the coal, are permitted to transport the coal on payment of royalty and other fees as fixed by the National Green Tribunal and other relevant status.

The extracted coal can be transported from October 1, 2016 till May 31, 2017," the bench said.

The bench allowed the NGT to proceed with regard to other aspects of the matter pending before it without any prejudice.

The apex court's direction came on an appeal filed by Ka Hima Nongstoi Land Owners, Coal Traders and Producers Association against the green panel's order banning coal mining in Meghalaya since April 17, 2014.

During the hearing, the coal traders told the apex court that more than 30 lakh metric tonnes of extracted coal was lying in open fields and its transportation would help preserve the environment as well as generate royalty for the state government.

On December 23 last year, the NGT had extended the time for transportation of extracted coal in Meghalaya till May 15 and fixed February 15 as the last date for payment of royalty, after the state government said if the extracted coal was not transported before the rainy reason, it may pollute rivers.

It had also directed the state government to submit mining guidelines to Ministry of Coal within four weeks.

The green bench has prohibited mining in the entire state but allowed transportation of extracted coal kept in the open with due checks and balance.

NAGALAND ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION (NERC) NAGALAND : : : KOHIMA

Old MLA Hostel Complex, Nagaland : Kohima -797001 Tel: (0370) 2292101(O) / 2241592(R) Fax: 2292104 (O); www.nerc.org.in e-mail: nerc_kohima@yahoo.com

PUBLIC NOTICE

Dated Kohima, the 20th Sept.‘16

No.NERC/REGN/2016: The Nagaland Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Kohima hereby notified the Draft NERC (Rooftop Solar Grid Interactive Systems based on Net Metering) Regulations, 2016 for the information of the persons likely to be effected thereby.

Copies of the draft Regulations are available in the Office of the Nagaland Electricity Regulatory Commission, Old MLA Hostel Complex, Kohima. The same can also be accessed from the NERC website: www.nerc.org.in.

Any comments/suggestions/objections may be intimated to this Commission’s Office latest by 21st Oct., 2016 for finalisation of the said Regulations by 24th Oct., 2016.

Sd/- W. Y. YANTHAN, Secretary, Nagaland Electricity Regulatory, Commission (NERC), Kohima.

NAGALAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION KOHIMA

Dated, Kohima, the 22nd September, 2016

NOTIFICATION NO.NPSC/AVDT/NON-TECH/1-2010:: With reference to the Commission’s Advertisement No. NPSC-2/2016 dated 10.08.2016, this is to notify all the candidates that the Preliminary Examination for NCS, NPS, NSS & Allied Services Examination, 2016 will be held on 8th October 2016.

Candidates can download their Admission Certificate from www.e-admitcard.npsc.co.in by submitting the transaction ID of their online application form w.e.f. 1st October 2016 onwards.

Candidates must take a printout of the Admission Certificate without which they shall not be allowed to appear the examination.

Candidates requiring assistance can call up NPSC helpdesk number (+91) 8259977429 on working days from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Sd/- KHRUPI SOTHU, Secretary, Nagaland Public Service Commission, Kohima

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Venue: Multi Purpose Sports Complex, Mokokchung

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Vote of Thanks : Shri. Lakhi Lkr., President, MDVA

Speech from Chief Guest Introduction of Players & Final Match

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL CD & HOME GUARDS NAGALAND:: KOHIMA

No. HG/Esst (A) 94/94(Pt)

Dated Kohima, the Sept’ 2016

ADVERTISEMENT No. HG/Esst(A)94/94(Pt): In continuation to this Department advertisement of even no. dated 15/07/2016 in the local dailies, applications are invited for filling up the undermentioned vacancy under the Department of Civil Defence & Home Guards', Nagaland in the manner prescribed below: Sl. No 1

Name of Post Platoon Commander (S.I.)

No. of Vacancy 01

Educational Qualification Bachelor's Degree

Scale of Pay: Sl. No. 1: P.B. — Rs. 5200-20200/- + G.P. — Rs. 2800/Age Limit as on 01/01/2016: S1.No.1: Minimum - 21yrs Maximum - 35yrs Note: 1. Candidates must submit the following documents along with Application :(i) 1(one) copy of recent passport size copy. (ii) Attested copy of HSLC/Matriculation/Equivalent Admit card for proof of Date of Birth. No other Certificates will be entertained for proof of age. (iii)Mark sheet and pass certificate of HSLC/Matriculation/Equivalent onwards till requisite qualification. (In absence of Pass Certificate, provisional pass certificate must be enclosed).

2. No TA/DA will be admissible to the candidates appearing for physical test/ written test/oral etc.

3. The last date of submission of application to this Office shall be 15/10/2016.

4. The date of examination will be intimated to eligible candidates later on.

Sd/- LUNGRIADING IPS, Director General Civil Defence & Home Guards', Nagaland, Kohima.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ZUNHEBOTO

No:JUD.21/2016-17/52

Dt. Zbto, the 22nd Sept, 2016

Notice calling objection for the issue of Succession Certificate Smti. AKALI SHOHE of Rotomi Village, Zunheboto has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate / Guardianship Certificate declaring that her husband Lt. Mughakhe Shohe has expired on 11-08-2016.

It is hereby notified that if no objection to issue this certificate is received from anyone within a period of 30 (thirty) days w.e.f the date of publication in press, the Certificate shall be issued, and no further complaint will be entertained for issue of the same.

Sd/- Deputy Commissioner, Zunheboto: Nagaland

PUBLIC NOTICE

NO. JIC-WFI/NS/2016/060 Dated: Dimapur, the 21st September, 2016 Whereas, the Government of Nagaland has constituted a One Man Inquiry Commission vide Notification NO.CON/LOR-3/2012 Dated 13th November 2015 called ‘Wuzu Firing Incident Inquiry Commission’ as provisioned under the sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, (60 of 1952) with Shri Veprasa Nyekha, District & Sessions Judge (Retd.) as the single member Chairman.

On 16th July, 2015 while 46 Assam Rifles and 12 Para Commandos returned from Avankhung area under Meluri Sub-Division, Phek District after encounter with NSCN (K) cadres in which 2 (two) NSCN (K) cadres were killed and the dead bodies were being taken to Meluri Police Station for legal formalities and on the way near Wuzu village the village leaders of Wuzu, Old Phor and New Phor. requested the dead body of SS Capt. Puhachu of Wuzu village to be handed over to them to which the Commander of the Security Forces refused after which incident of firing took place resulting in the death of two civilians both Class 7 (Seven) students namely- Tiizali, Son of Siikhaho of Phor village and Miss Aso, daughter of T. Yeteli of Wuzu village and injury to one woman Mrs. Vitsiirho Esther, Wife of Riitu of Wuzu village.

The Commission is to make an inquiry into the causes and source of firing which led to the death of two minor children and injury to one woman, the person/s responsible for firing and whether the incident could have been avoided.

Accordingly, the Inquiry Commission invites Written Statements from the Administrative Officers, Phek and Police Department (DEF), Phek who was/were directly or indirectly concerned with the incident that took place at Wuzu on 16/07/2015. Written Statements should be filed before the Inquiry Commissions, whose office is situated at the Circuit House, Opposite Ancient Rajbari, Dimapur fixing on or before 20th October, 2016 (Thursday).

The Written Statements should be accompanied with affidavits, documents and evidences in any form, in possession of the individuals/authority filing the Written Statements.

(K. NABEN) Secretary to the Wuzu Firing Incident Inquiry Commission Camp: Circuit House, Opposite Ancient Rajbari, Dimapur: Nagaland.

Contact No: 8794509341/ 9862340278 Email: judicialinquiry@gmail.com

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Mark Zuckerberg, wife pledge $3 billion to cure all diseases

San FranciSco, September 22 (ianS): In a bid to help coming generations live disease-free, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $3 billion to fund medical research over the next decade.

Zuckerberg and Chan, unveiled the next phase of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - a new project the couple created in December 2015 to give away billions in dollars for humanitarian cause.

At a press conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, the couple said their ultimate goal was to “cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century”.

“The biggest breakthroughs take many years.

This is about the future we all want for our children. If there’s even a chance that we can help cure all diseases in our children’s lifetime ... then we are going to do our part,” Zuckerberg told the gathering which

In this Tuesday, Sept.

20, 2016, photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and his wife, Priscilla Chan, rehearse for a speech in San Francisco. Zuckerberg and Chan have a new lofty goal: to cure, manage or eradicate all disease by the end of this century. (AP Photo) included Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Russian billionaire investor Yuri Milner.

According to Re/Code, Zuckerberg and Chan started with a $600 million investment for a new research facility called the

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in San Francisco.

Zuckerberg said at present, 50 times more money was spent on treating people who are sick than on curing the diseases that would stop them getting ill in the first place, and

added that this needed to change.

The Biohub will initially work on two projects. The first is the Cell Atlas, a “map” that describes the different types of cells that control the body’s major organs.

The second is the In-

fectious Disease Initiative, which will try to develop new tests and vaccines to tackle HIV, Ebola, Zika and other new diseases, BBC reported.

Zuckerberg predicted that by 2100, the average life expectancy would be beyond 100 years.

But he cautioned that it would take years before the couple’s fund led to the creation of new medical treatments and further time before they could be applied to patients.

Earlier this week, Microsoft said it intended to “solve” cancer by using artificial intelligence tools.

Google’s DeepMind unit is working with the National Health Service (NHS) to find a way to use computers to more accurately diagnose diseases.

IBM and MIT have announced a tie-up to develop AI-based systems that could help clinicians improve the care of elderly and disabled patients.

Mukesh Ambani India’s richest person for 9th year in a row: Forbes mumbai, September 22 (pti): IndustrialistMukesh Ambani was on Thursday named India’s richest person for a ninth year in a row with a sharp increase in networth to US $22.7 billion, while Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi was ranked a distant second with a wealth of US $16.9 billion.

The Hinduja Family moved up to the third position (US $15.2 billion) on the annual Forbes list of India’s 100 Richest People. Wipro’s Azim Premji slipped one place to fourth with a networth of US $15 billion. Patanjali Ayurved’s Acharya Balkrishna, known as a close associate of yoga guru Ramdev, has made a surprise entry at the 48th position with a networth of US #2.5 billion on the list compiled by the American business magazine known for its rich lists.

Forbes said the combined networth of India’s 100 wealthiest is US $381 billion (nearly Rs 25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10% from US $345 billion in 2015. Mukesh Ambani’s wealth rose in the past one year from US $18.9 billion to US $22.7 bil-

Now, Bahamas Papers expose on 475 India-linked names with offshore accounts The release of fresh leaks comes days before the September 30 deadline of the Indian government for individuals and corporates to declare hidden wealth new Delhi, September 22 (ianS): A fresh expose on what is being termed as ‘Bahamas Papers’ has listed 475 Indiarelated people, trusts and companies registered in the tax haven, including Vedanta Group’s Anil Agarwal, erstwhile Baron Group’s Kabir Mulchandani and Fashion TV India promoter Aman Gupta.

This have been revealed

by The Indian Express, which says a new cache of

documents is with German newspaper Suddeutche Zeitung, which has, in turn, shared it with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners, including the Indian paper.

The 475 India-related dossiers are part of over 175,000 global ones, said the paper. The leaks, nonetheless, do not necessarily indicate any illegality on part of the offshore holdings.

Non-resident Indians who are citizens of other countries do not violate Indian laws by holding such companies. Bahamas, a tax haven, is a group of 700 islands in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba.

Probe is on in the case of previous expose, which came to light following the leak of papers belonging to a Panama-based law firm

Oxford ranked as world’s top university lonDon, September 22 (reuterS): The University of Oxford has become the first British university to top the Times Higher Education’s global league table, knocking the California Institute of Technology into second place. Oxford topped the list because it improved across the 4 main indicators that influence the rankings - teaching, research, citations and international outlook, Times Higher Education said.

But Britain’s vote to leave the European Union could threaten the oldest university in the English-speaking world, locking academics out of research projects, said Phil Baty, the editor of the rankings. While Oxford, the University of Cambridge and London’s Imperial College make the top 10 along with ETH Zurich, the list is dominated by U.S. universities. Stanford University is ranked third, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology fifth, Harvard sixth, Princeton seventh and the University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago at tenth equal. Cambridge was ranked fourth, Imperial eighth and ETH Zurich ninth.

More broadly, the rankings showed institutions in Asia had made progress with two new Asian universities now in the 100 and another four joining the top 200.

20 Top Institutions 1. University of Oxford, UK 2. California Institute of Technology, US 3. Stanford University, US 4. University of Cambridge, UK 5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US 6. Harvard University, US 7. Princeton University, US 8. Imperial College London, UK 9. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland 10. University of Chicago, US 11. University of California, Berkeley, US 12. Yale University, US 13. University of Pennsylvania, US 14. University of California, Los Angeles, US 15. University College London, UK 16. Columbia University, US 17. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, US 18. Duke University, Durham, US 19. Cornell University, US 20. Northwestern University, US

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Mossack Fonseca which helped in the setting up of offshore firms.

The release of fresh leaks comes days before the September 30 deadline of the Indian government for individuals and corporates to declare their hidden wealth and come clean by paying a 45% penalty.

Anil Agarwal’s name is linked with a trust in which he is named as a director. “Onclave PTC is a trust company, acting as a trustee of Agarwal’s family trust. This information is disclosed to the income tax authorities,” a spokesman is quoted as having told the newspaper.

Prasad and Prakash Nimmagadda, with interests in realty to pharmaceuticals, is another set of names. Prasad is already being probed by the Cen-

tral Bureau of Investigation in another case, which had also arrested him in May 2012, and got bail 17 months later, the newspaper said.

“I would not like to discuss this issue over phone.

We can meet personally and talk about it. I will tell you everything,” Prasad has been quoted as telling the Express. This was followed by calls by his office later cancelling a total of three appointments that had been fixed, the Express said.

As regards Chandigarhbased Harbhajan Kaur and Gurjit Dhillon, motherdaughter duo linked to one Century Industries registered in the Bahamas, both denied any knowledge.

Aman Gupta, chairman of a Finnish water brand, said he is an NRI and that the

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company in question was inactive.

In Rajan Madhu’s case, -- stated as the brotherin-law of pharma tycoon Gautam Thadani, licence holder for Fashion TV and the ‘F’ brand in India and a director in 15 companies -- the Bahamas link is allegedly with Pollux Corporate Service. Madhu did not respond to Express queries.

Then there are Ganapati Rathinam, Shomik Prasanna Mukherjee, Prabir Harshad Talati and Nitin Vashdev Meran, all of whom declined any wrongdoing. Naresh Kumar Modi of New Delhi is mentioned as sole director of an offshore company, but he was out of station when Express visited him.

Myra Delores Rego of Mumbai and Ashok Chalwa of Delhi are linked with

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The former said the company she is linked with is dormant and that they merely used her name, while Chawla said he was framed, and that he was never a director in any offshore company.

Finally, the names of Sanjiv Kapoor, Jitendra P. Patra and Sadat Rafiq Multani have been interlinked, along with Dubaibased Kabir Mulchandani, who pioneered India’s colour TV movement in the 1990s.

Kapoor said he was holding shares in the Bahamas company in a fiduciary capacity -- corroborated

by Munlchandani, while Multani denied owning any company in the Bahamas. The paper was silent on Patra’s response, if he gave any.

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Shanghvi also retained his second position, though his wealth fell by US $1.1 billion due to plunge in share price of his group firm Sun Pharma, the world’s fifth largest generic drug maker,

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official dates Hepatitis C virus epidemic KUfordeclares post harvest festival ‘expanding’ in Nagaland Infection rate high among Injecting Drug Users Kohima, September 22 (mexN): A State level workshop on ‘Hepatitis B and C virus’ (HBV and HCV) was conducted on September 21 at the conference Hall of the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare with the health officials of the Health Department, Government of Nagaland.

Maongwati Aier, IAS, Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, addressed the workshop as the guest of honour.

Sharing concerns about the alarming rate of HCV infection recorded in some studies conducted in Nagaland, he mentioned that the rate was as high as 30% among Injecting Drug Users.

According to a press note, Regional Medical Research Centre of ICMR located in Dibrugarh, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune and Kripa Foundation was involved in this investigation carried out in 2005.

Also sharing the Integrated Bio-Behavioral Assessment (IBBA) study among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in 2006 and 2009 according to which the

Recommendations made during the workshop • The Health Department, Governburden as well as impact of HCV ment of Nagaland needs to follow treatment on the quality of lives of up with NACO as well as Ministry people living with HCV. of Health, Government of India on • Suggested that NHM propose Hepalaunching of Hepatitis prevention titis Program in their AAP and treatment programme in the • The Dept of Health, Government of State.

Nagaland to have a nodal officer for • The State Government needs to put addressing HBV and HCV issues in up an official correspondence seekthe State. ing the intervention of the Ministry • The pharmaceutical companies of Health, Government of India to need to provide their facilities of testfacilitate operational research with ing, screening, and impart skill and the support from the Department of capacity enhancement programs to Health Research and involvement of the Health Dept officials at the disIndian Council of Medical Research trict level through a memorandum of to generate information on disease agreement. prevalence of HCV among IDUs in Phek stood at 5.4% (2006) to 8.7% (2009) and 16.7%(2006) to 20.8 %(2006) in Wokha, respectively.

“All these data underlined an expanding HCV epidemic in the Sate of Nagaland,” Aier said while lamenting about lack of awareness on the whole issue and suggested that the message has to reach the macro level and for which he urged the participants to become master trainers and conduct Training of Trainers (TOTs) to facilitate dissemination of information as widely as possible. On HBV vaccination, he mentioned that “it has to be made available at

all Health settings and also to population groups who are most at risk.”

The workshop was chaired by Principal Director, Dr L. Watikala while Dr Samiran Panda, from NICED (ICMR) and Dr Saubhik Ghosh from Calcutta Medical College spoke on the transmission, disease burden and clinical aspects of HBV and HCV. Topics such as Viruses – HBV & HCV, difference between HBV & HCV, challenges associated with Diagnosis and Treatment of HBV & HCV were presented by them.

Dr Panda discussed in details about the transmis-

sion dynamics of both the viruses and highlighted that while HBV is a DNA virus, HCV has RNA at its core. He further drove the points home that while HBV vaccine is available, no such vaccine against HCV exist in the market.

Dr Ghosh in his presentation spoke on different Genotypes of both the viruses and its implications with regard to disease course as well as treatment.

During his presentation on ‘Diagnosis and Treatment on HBV & HCV’, he mentioned about the various types of management and treatment modalities that are currently available.

Regarding treatment of HCV, he mentioned that the era of Pegylated Interferon is phasing out with the coming in of new Directly Acting Antivirals (DAAs) like Sofosbuvir in combination with Ledipasvir or Daclatasvir. These combination therapies have shown cure rates ranging from 86% to 100% depending on the HCV genotypes and far greater chance of attaining Sustained Virological Response (SVR) compared to the Pegylated Interferon based therapy.

Representing the pharmaceutical companies, Sanjay Roy from Abbott and Pranab Kumar Sharma from Zydus Heptiza deliberated upon the facilities they would be able to offer under HCV treatment packages in Nagaland.

They also discussed about currently available screening and treatment facilities in the State and how they could join hands with various stakeholders to boost it up. Both shared their enthusiasm to work with the Government of Nagaland to address the disease burden of HCV in the state.

The workshop was organized by Kripa Foundation-Project Sunrise in Collaboration with Health Department, Government of Nagaland, NSACS and FHI 360.

Dimapur, September 22 (mexN): The Konyak Union (KU) has declared the official dates for the celebration of ‘Laoong Mo,’ a post harvest festival of the Konyak Nagas, as September 28 and 29.

The KU, accordingly, is all geared up preparing for its first celebration in Mon Town on September 28, the Union said in a press note issued by its President Manlip Konyak and General Secretary Honang M. Jessuhu.

‘Lao-ong Mo’ has traditionally been observed and adhered by every Konyak household after the completion of the harvest and this festival marks the end of all activities, rituals and norms that were in process since the completion of ‘Aoleang Monyu’ celebration, it said.

The celebration is preceded by various rituals and norms that are being observed in the paddy field and it also seeks to unify the souls and minds of every individual, it added.

It is the time of the year when all granaries are confidently stored from the harvest and undoubtedly “a celebration on the bountiful harvest with utmost sense of goodliness and thanks giving,” the KU maintained.

The Union further said that objective of celebrating the post harvest festival is to revive and preserve the glorious age old cultural &

NSDMA develops module to train community first responder

The Mokokchung- Amguri Road (NH-2) near the Unger Sector has been opened for small vehicles from September 22. A massive landslide on September 16, had completely cut off the road and had restricted vehicular movement for past few days.

No question of threat to tourist in entire Naga inhabited areas, says NNC/PRN

Dimapur, September 22 (mexN): The NNC/PRN today has appealed the Foreign and Commonwealth office (FCO) of the United Kingdom, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Global Affairs Canada to exclude Nagaland from

“threat of insurgency.”

Maintaining that Nagas are friendly, peace loving people and God fearing people, the Ministry of Information & Publicity NNC/ PRN in a press note stated that, “There is no question of threat in entire Nagaland or Naga inhabited to tourist.”

“As per our unique History, we stand for the People by the people,” it said.

In this regard, the NNC/ PRN has appealed the leaders of aforesaid Nations “to understand our unique History, and acknowledge the Naga People as friendly in your eye.”

Dimapur, September 22 (mexN): The Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department today said that it will be conducting ‘Community First Responder’ (CFR) training on disaster management in all the districts in a phase manner from September – November.

The CFR is conducted based on the understanding that while the first response in any disaster comes from well- intentioned but untrained personnel, this at times escalates the “after-effects of a disaster” and further endangers the victims, an NSDMA official informed.

The realization that response will be fastest and most effective if a responder is properly trained, has brought about a need to train and empower the community, NSDMA Secretary Khrienuo Metha said in a press note.

The effective management of any disaster by the communities before actual help arrives will not only save precious lives but also help the local administration, he added.

The community needs to be properly trained and empowered for faster and more effective disaster management, says the agency.

DC Kohima informs Kohima, September 22 (mexN): Deputy Commissioner Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor, IAS has informed the Chairman, Kohima Village Council and the Chairman, Colony Panchayats to furnish a rough sketch map of their respective jurisdiction with house numbering pattern, roads, major footpaths, etc in the state capital on the matter of maintaining correct, accurate and proper addresses and directed them to submit to the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima on or before September 30.

8-10( Senior).

Some post graduate teachers with their proper address are also to be selected to enroll as jury members for the said competition.

The Essay should not exceed 700 words, within one hour, lighter English or Hindi painting for both Junior & Senior used only A 3 size of Art sheet.

Participants should use pencil, pencil colour, crayons, and water colour only.

The date of competition starts from 16-8-2016 to 15-10-2016 before 1500 hrs.

For more details visitwww.pcracompetition. org or web site www.pcra. org competitions, html or email: contact@pcra-competitions.org.

Dimapur, September 22 (mexN): The East Dimapur Business Association (EDBA) today informed that there has been a series of robberies of around 8 shops on Dimapur over the last 5 days. A press note from the EDBA informed businesses under its jurisdiction that the robberies

Dimapur | September 22

A Dimapur based private company, North East Naga Traders Private Limited (NENTPL) today announced that one of its trainee by the name of Katoho S. Achumi has been selected for ARISE, a launch pad for Agri-startups conducted by Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), a Ministry of Agriculture initiative.

This incubation programme identifies young entrepreneurs/ideas at vari-

ous stages of their development and provides mentoring and industry exposure to develop a viable business proposition.

Announcing this at a press conference held at the main office located at Purana Bazaar, Dimapur, NENTPL Managing Director and Nodal Training Officer, Kathi Chishi stated, “I feel extremely happy to announce the news that one of our trainees has been selected. I hope that Katoho’s achievement will also inspire other young Naga entrepreneurs to work hard and focus on

entrepreneurship.”

At the moment, Katoho is yet to return from his training being held at Delhi.

Aged 28 years, he is also one of the youngest candidates at the ARISE launch pad.

His project focuses on “Pine Resin Extraction” and the project cost reportedly amounts to a total of Rs. 6.5 crore.

Kathi also took the opportunity to announce the Green Business Challenge 2016 for budding agriculture entrepreneurs from Eastern and the Northeastern region of India, where

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National Workers’ Fasting & Prayer Day on Sept 24

Dimapur, September 22 (mexN): The Council of Nagalim Churches has reminded National Workers to participate in the Fasting and Prayer Day on September 24. A press release from the CNC appealed to all NSCN members to “repent and return to the Lord”.

Calling for participation in the fasting service, the CNC urged the members to “confess” their sins and “consecrate” their lives to God “for a nobler cause”.

Dimapur, September 14 (mexN): All the government Hindi Teachers have been granted a special leave on September 26 and 27. The two-day leave has been granted to enable them to attend the State Level Hindi Diwas celebration to be held in Jalukie Town, informed a press notification from Additional Director (HOD), DoSE Wonthungo Tsopoe.

Notice to renew SARAIS registration Display of mock drill during the awareness cum training on Civil Defence& District Management for ward members of Mon District held on September 22 at Tompang ward, Mon Town. (DIPR Photo)

The NSDMA Secretary maintained that this would be possible only when wellplanned training courses are imparted in a proper and effective manner.

Based on this concept and also drawing from past experiences NSDMA has also developed a module for training of the CFR, he further informed.

The CFR training is based on a cascading model wherein youth from the sub-divisions will be

trained as District Trainer of Trainees (ToTs), who in turn will train youth in their respective villages.

Resource persons for the CFR will comprise of personnel from the Civil Defence &Home Guards, Health & Family Welfare, Fire & Emergency Service and NSDMA. The NSDMA will also maintain a directory of all these trained youth and utilise them during times of disasters in the State.

were committed by breaking the locks and shutters of the shops and looted of goods and cash worth lakhs of rupees. “Though case has been registered in this regard but no one has been arrested yet,” the EDBA said, while advising shop owners to take preventive measures to protect their

shops from such kind of incidents. The EDBA further requested all concerned citizens to inform the Police or the office bearers of EDBA if they see any untoward incident happening in and around the shops. The EDBA grievance cell can be reached at 9856463538 and 9774348806.

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traditional heritage of the Konyak society.

“Such initiative would definitely help the younger generation in acquiring and disciplining with adequate knowledge on its social and cultural values,” it said.

The Union while taking its pursuit for preservation of culture and tradition and also fostering for promoting of tourism, appealed its entire citizen to carefully harmonise the mode of observation and celebration in accordance to the present context, it added.

“Though, many norms or rituals may not be applicable in accordance to our present biblical context, we can discipline our devotion and celebration in accordance to the will of our Almighty for his manifold blessings and harvest in all walks of our lives.”

Meanwhile, KU further informed that a representation has been submitted to the State Government for recognition and inclusion of ‘Konyak Lao-ong Mo’ in the official festival list of the state.

Further informing that the Union had appealed the State Government for declaration of September 28 as a restricted official holiday for the Konyak, it fervently urged the government to consider the repre-

sentation “on top urgency before the proposed date of celebration.”

With regard to the September 28 celebration, it said that the daylong ‘Laoong Mo declaratory programme’ will consist of three main programmes with Minister Road & Bridges Vikheho Swu and Parliamentary Secretary for Sericulture, Home Guard & Civil Defence E. E. Pangteang Konyak as the Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour respectively for the first session.

Parliamentary Secretary for Sericulture for Art & Culture E. Eshak Konyak will be gracing the ‘Lao-ong Mo Talent harvest night programme while NEZCC Director, Lipokmar Tzudir will be declaring the ‘Laoong Mo exhibition cum competition.’ He is also the ‘special guest’ of the entire celebration.

During the celebration, traditional items and sports will be displayed by all the 17 unions of Mon Town.

The KU has appealed its entire citizen to observe the proposed dates with utmost honour to the age old norms and values.

Extending its invitation, the Union also requested all the Konyak elders, leaders, officers and citizen to be physically present during the auspicious celebration of the Konyak ‘Laoong Mo’ in Mon Town on September 28.

Special leave for Hindi teachers

School Edu informs on essay writing and painting competition Series of robberies in Dimapur: EDBA

Kohima, September 22 (Dipr): The Department of School Education has informed all the schools, both Government, and private to conduct essay writing competition on the topic ‘Save fuel for better environment and heath’ for Class 8-10, painting competition on the topic ‘Clean fuel better life’ for Class 5-7 (Junior) for class

Lao-ong Mo to be celebrated on Sept 28 & 29

NENTPL is the road show partner.

A chance to unleash Agribusiness ideas into reality, he encouraged emerging Agri based entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs to submit their applications to http:/www.greenbusinesschallenge.com The challenge offers a chance to win cash prize, business incubation support, mentoring in essential business skills and lots more.

The road show will be held on September 25 at 1:30 pm at Hotel Saramati,

Dimapur.

This event is a joint initiative of ICCO Corporation and Innovative Change Collaborative Services PVT.LTD (ICCSPL).

It strives to find and foster Agri-preneurs with innovative ideas which addresses the modern day agriculture challenges. Kathi also expressed hope that ‘positive results and ideas will come out from this event’.

He further added that they have tied up as partners with Sartup8, a new platform for startups in Nagaland.

Dimapur, September 22 (mexN): In accordance with SARAIS Act, 1867, all hotels/lodges/inn/resorts etc. are requested to renew their SARAIS registration. Renewal forms will be available from the Office of the Commissioner of Police, Dimapur. This was stated in a press release issued by Addl. Dy Commissioner of Police/PRO, Dimapur.

Dimapur veterinary officer informs Dimapur, September 22 (mexN): The Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services will be observing World Artificial Insemination (A.I) Day on October 2. In this connection, the Dimapur chief veterinary officer Dr. Temsu Ozukum informed that the department will be synchronizing the oestrus of heifers and performing A.I for animals on that day. All interested dairy farmers of Dimapur district are requested to contact the office of the chief veterinary officer Dimapur.

Meetings & AppointMents LBES fellowship The Ordained Ministers under Lotha Baptist Ekhümkho Sanrhyutsü (LBES) are reminded again that the "Ordain Ministers‘ Fellowship" will be held as scheduled at LBES Mission Centre, Vankhosüng on September 25. The prayer fellowship will begin from 7AM till 12 noon and all ordained ministers are requested to attend the program positively.

NSBSG meeting The Nagaland State Bharat Scouts & Guides, State Council meeting will be held on September 28 from 11:00AM at the Life Members Building Conference Hall, NSBSG Headquarters Bayavü Hills, Kohima. All the State Council Members are requested to attend the meeting.

ANAEF informs A combined meeting of SAKH, ABHK, SAH, SAKK, SATH & ANAEF has been fixed on September 25, 10:00 AM at the resident of P Yeghoto Chishi, Daklane Kohima. All Nagaland Aphuyemi Elders Forum (ANAEF) has informed all the presidents and advisors of each organisation to attend the meeting along with two members respectively.

SAVDA meeting postpone The Suruhoto Asuto Village Development Board Association (SAVDBA) general meeting scheduled on September 23 has been postponed to October 14 due to unavoidable circumstances. Meanwhile, SAVDBA has urged the Suruhuto Area Public Organisation, Suruhuto Kukami Hoho, Suruhuto Totimi Hoho, Suruhuto Range Students Union, Church Leaders Fellowship, Tuzu Island Kukami Hoho, and a political party office bearers, chairman of respective 29 villages to attend the meeting positively. The meeting will discuss an important agenda regarding ‘clean election for better development.’

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 262

By Witoubou Newmai

We need genuine effort to complete our journey

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ven though a discussion such as on 'collective spirit' of the Naga people or 'Naga unity' brings down the whole affair to ‘collective monotony,’ we cannot help but to go on with this simple and tediously repetitive comment when it comes to discussion on the Naga situation.

To understand why this is important, one must also understand the importance of the need for the 'collective spirit' of the Naga people. However, it is disappointing to note that for many people such topics are fast becoming irrelevant today.

Even to think of investing efforts to understand it is being ridiculed. This is so because our sense of responsibility has been killed so as to limit our opportunities. This, in fact, is a sure recipe for ruin in this 'death-defying journey'.

If there is any story of progressive measures of the Naga people, there is also ever ready elements intent on upending them. If this is our story today, when can we talk of a 'collective spirit' like the present North Dakota oil protests of the Native Americans?

It is quite an inspiration to learn about the ongoing "resurrected fighting spirit of their forefathers" as the Native Americans "stood in unprecedented unity to contest an oil company’s desecration of their sacred land in North Dakota," in the words of internationally acclaimed columnist and author Ramzy Baroud. "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," Baroud added.

"Methods of extermination differed, from outright murder to disease-infected blankets, to, as of today’s standoff, threatening their most viable resource: water, and 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," he wrote. In fact, the "collective spirit of Native American nations was being vigorously revived."

Coming back to our situation, we are distressed as the everyday business of vested interest, hypocrisy and tribalism is fast draining out our energies and resources. This limited capacity of our society to perceive harmony amid discord over plethora of irrelevant and petty issues has questioned the authenticity of our movement for dignity. When it comes to this area of discussion, Abraham Lotha's comments are noteworthy.

In his recently released book ‘The Hornbill Spirit’ Abraham Lotha notes, "Though different Naga tribes are related to each other ethnically, albeit some closer than others, a narrow tribalism can blind people from looking more closely at their commonalities in the midst of their unique, and possibly more striking, differences, impeding a focus on achieving an awareness of cohesive identity and shared belonging as a nation that is life-giving and fortifying for all."

Abraham further cautions that the "the formation of identity categories...can work counter to recognising the unifying forces, if these groups are not cautious," adding, "Nagas need to be wary and not get so lost in bickering, that they become possible prey for a larger beast". "The challenge for all Naga people is to see beyond the tribe and reinforce their deeper connectedness as a nation," Abraham Lotha concludes.

Today, a genuine effort to clear the impediments littered along the path needs to be appreciated if we are to complete our journey.

lEfT wiNg |

Kathryn Doyle Reuters Health

Smoking leaves chemical traces on DNA

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obacco smoke leaves its mark on DNA by changing a chemical code on the DNA molecule that can sometimes change gene activity, according to a new study.

Some of these molecular changes revert to their original state when a smoker quits, but others persist in the long term, the researchers found.

Experts have known for some time that smoking causes changes of the DNA molecule, but they are now learning more about how widespread the changes are, and what they may mean, said senior author Dr. Stephanie J. London, chief of the Epidemiology Branch at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

“We don’t really know whether it means ‘damage’ to the DNA,” London told Reuters Health. “That requires more study, using data outside what we have here. What we’re saying is that it’s a change to your DNA that can have a downstream effect on what genes are expressed at what levels.”

The researchers combined data from 16 sets of participants in a previous study of aging, totaling more than 15,000 people who had provided blood samples that were analyzed for a type of DNA change known as methylation.

The DNA molecule contains instructions for growth and development in the form of genes, and so-called methyl groups along the molecule's surface - collections of hydrogen and carbon atoms - can determine which genes get activated.

The study team compared 2,433 current smokers - those who said they smoked at least once a day sometime over the last year - to 6,518 former smokers who had stopped at least one year before the blood draw and 6,596 never smokers.

Current smokers had 2,623 different methylated locations on their genes compared to never smokers.

That corresponds to 7,000 potentially affected genes, many of which are implicated in various cancers, high blood pressure and other health outcomes of smoking, said lead study author Roby Joehanes of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston. But future studies will need to complete the chain from DNA changes to gene expression to disease outcome, he said.

Only 185 of the methylated locations were still significantly different between former smokers and never smokers, according to the results reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics.

“Many people think that after five years your health is mostly back to that of a nonsmoker, but that may not be the case,” Joehanes told Reuters Health.

“Stop smoking now because many, many, many of the effects of smoking will go away,” London said.

Since so many genes were involved, the researchers didn’t look at individual changes and their possible health effects, she noted.

In future studies of other environmental influences on health, using methylated DNA as a marker of former smoking may help rule out tobacco as a confounding cause, she said.

There is already an effective test to detect recent smoking, but not one for smoking that happened decades ago.

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Kristian Herbolzheimer

Colombia: the missing actor For the peace-building scenario in Colombia to be complete, an autonomous, meaningful negotiation process, with full respect for the political identity of the “other” guerrilla force, is crucial

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oday, the peace process in Colombia is the world’s main referent in peace-building.

On September, 26, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) concluded the agreements that put an end to 52 years of armed confrontation. If the Colombian citizens endorse these agreements in the October, 2, plebiscite, this will be the main peacebuilding achievement since the end of the war in Nepal in 2007. These, however, will still be lame agreements, because they do not include the other armed movement in Colombia - the insurgent National Liberation Army (ELN). Without the ELN, peace will not be full.

Even though on March, 30, the government and the ELN announced the start of formal negotiations, on the basis of a five-point agenda, so far the talks have stalled over procedural disagreements.

The government has urged the guerrilla force to put an end to kidnappings before proceeding with the peace talks, to which the insurgency has replied with astonishment that it accepts no condition for starting negotiations. This disagreement has resulted in major discredit for the guerrillas before a public that does not understand and does not accept that kidnapping should be something to negotiate. But this has not only meant a media and moral blow to the guerrilla force - the government and the country have also lost out.

To have the ELN on board of the peace process is a priority as a matter of political coherence on the part of the government and also for practical reasons.

If negotiations with the ELN fail, what we are risking is an all-out offensive against the guerrillas. But this option would seriously delegitimize the governmental commitment to resolving the politically-based conflicts through dialogue. How would you explain in Colombia, and to the world at large, that while you are negotiating with one set of guerillas you are fighting the other?

From a practical perspective, the government urgently needs to negotiate a bilateral ceasefire with the ELN to facilitate compliance with the recently agreed ceasefire with the FARC. Such an agreement with the guerrillas would greatly ease the task of the security forces in fighting and controlling the remaining illegal armed groups in the conflicting territories.

Two guerrillas, two processes The ELN has fewer combatants than the FARC and a political-military strategy that tends to put more emphasis on strengthening social movements and underground political opposition than carrying out armed actions. This means less visibility in the media and also, in military terms, it is perceived as a minor guerrilla force.

At the same time, decision making within the guerrilla is more horizontal –“democratic” in elena (from ELN) terminology – than the FARC’s. This entails slower processes, in which internal dissent is more likely to surface, and which sometimes produce confusing results. If to this we add the fact that the different fronts enjoy broad operational autonomy, it is not surprising that the guerrillas are perceived as indecisive and somewhat incoherent.

Finally, an unwavering commitment to social and political change, to which it has devoted as many years as the FARC has, persists in the ELN’s ethos. Clearly inspired by the liberation theology, its interpretation of commitment to the disadvantaged and historically marginalised underclasses leaves little room for compromise. A profound distrust of the country’s ruling class prevents them from committing themselves to disarming if no guarantees of structural transformations are given.

Many do not understand the reasons why the elenos have not jumped on the peace train. They are being criticized for their alleged failure to understand the political situation in the country, for being prisoners of outdated ways of thinking and practices, and for missing an unprecedented window of opportunity.

And yet, from the elena point of view, there are serious objections to the established peace process.

They experience some degree of frustration because their lower military activity as compared to the

A couple from the 51st Front of the FARC pose for the camera at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia. (REUTERS Photo)

FARC’s has placed them in a secondary role. They disagree with the elitist character of the negotiations in Havana, where a small group of people has taken decisions affecting the whole country. And there is much unease at the apparent renouncement by the FARC to ensure greater social, political and economic changes at the negotiating table.

The negotiations scenario Despite the current setbacks, Nicolás Bautista "Gabino", the guerrilla’s top commander, has insisted in a recent interview on the ELN’s commitment to the peace negotiations and expressed his confidence that the dialogues will prosper.

On the premise of a formal start of the peace talks, the most pressing questions are methodological. If the central axis of the process with the ELN is citizen participation, how should it be structured? More specifically, four key questions must be answered: Who calls for participation (who has the necessary power to convene the whole of society)? Who is to systematize information of the participatory process? Who will make the final decisions? And how long will this negotiation process take?

Several social organizations have made proposals about these, and one of the first decisions at the negotiating table will be to answer these questions.

Given the social and political dynamics of the country, three guiding ideas could be suggested for the pending discussion: Drawing upon what has been built up. Social movements have been, for years, structuring agendas for social, economic, political and even cultural change. Moreover, the government and society have undertaken multiple negotiation processes - with the unions, at the Agrarian Summit, regarding indigenous and African descendants’ claims, and citizen resistance to big energy-mining projects. Several of these agendas are clear enough, and there are even government commitments, legislation and court rulings that point to significant changes. However, these changes are slow or they are not seen coming.

The talks should then start with a shared diagnosis about the flaws in the existing participation mechanisms before drafting a new, long "market list".

Recognizing autonomy. The dynamics of citizen mobilization and negotiation with the state are characterized by a high degree of autonomy. The negotiating table can make these initiatives visible and recognize them, and thus increase their impact. It can also promote other processes throughout the country. But a centralized design for the peace process is just not possible, nor desirable. A creative formula must be found for promoting synergies between the different, autonomous social processes and the negotiating tables, and no one should claim to have or

assume representative and binding power. A positive outcome of this exercise would have a major impact on the commitment to strengthen democracy.

Delimiting the timings. Change does not come with the peace agreement, it is rather the peace agreement that should lead to changes. To avoid frustration and possible new violent episodes, it is important to identify clearly the results that can be expected from the peace process in the short, medium and long term. The most significant success in the short term would be to put an end to violence in politics. This is what prompted the armed uprising of the guerrillas in the first place. Other changes will take longer, such as the processes for agreeing and implementing new public policies at the local, regional and national levels. Unfortunately, to do away with structural and cultural violence could take decades.

A confluence framework for the negotiations with the ELN and the FARC. The government must guarantee that the ELN will be able to negotiate in dignity - that is, that it will not offer them to simply join the agreement with the FARC, but that it will conduct an autonomous, meaningful negotiation process, allocating the necessary resources and allowing for the time needed, and with full respect for the political identity of the ELN. At the same time, it is essential that both processes share a common framework. In this sense, it seems appropriate to recall the sequence of the negotiating process agreed by the government and the FACR in 2012: the aim of the negotiations in Havana is "to end the armed conflict", while "peace-building" is a task that must be undertaken by the whole of Colombian society once the negotiations are concluded. This task has just been announced, but the agenda, the actors, the processes and the timings of what is known as Phase 3 of the peace process have yet to be specified.

By emphasizing citizen participation, democracy and transformations for peace, the process between the government and the ELN could fill this gap and thus complete a new global framework for peace-building.

Necessary gestures and decisions Making peace is harder than waging war. It requires vision, courage, leadership and capabilities to replace a polarized, maximalist rhetoric with actions that respond to the diversity of expectations in society.

Having failed to get the support of social majorities, the guerrillas start from a complex situation.

Before a skeptical – or even hostile - public opinion, they need to demonstrate with facts their commitment to peace. So does the government.

Peace-building requires not only restoring confidence between the government and the insurgencies, but also between both of them and the whole of society.

Where the glass ceiling is already smashed monique villa

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

t’s called social entrepreneurship and it’s disrupting the traditional status quo There is a growing sector where women are rising to the top, smashing through the glass ceiling as never before, and transforming the world with big ideas.

It’s called social entrepreneurship and it’s disrupting the traditional status quo, fostering innovation and developing sustainable business ideas to solve the world’s most pressing social problems.

From training rats to detect landmines, to offering micro-lending to Indian farmers, these entrepreneurs see success not just through financial returns, but also in terms of social impact. The ultimate business goal? To set up successful companies that improve the lives of underserved and marginalized communities. It’s not just about the balance sheet, but it’s not charity either.

A Thomson Reuters Foundation poll, conducted in partnership with Deutsche Bank, UnLtd, and the Glob-

al Social Entrepreneurship Network (GSEN) shows that women are embracing social entrepreneurship, especially across Asia.

According to our survey, 68 per cent of those polled across the world’s 44 biggest economies said women were well-represented in management roles within the industry. The Philippines ranked first as the country where women were most active in the sector, while Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand took five of the other top ten slots.

Women like Ajaita Shah, who set up an organization that sells and distributes products like solar lamps and smokeless stoves to households in rural India. Here, endemic poverty has kept investors at bay.

With her company, Frontier Markets, Ajaita has reached 40,000 households in Rajasthan, and is on track to provide over 10 million products to 30 million households in India by 2016.

Ajaita is not a charity worker, she is a business woman. As her business grows, the living standards of hun-

dreds of marginalized low-income communities are lifted.

The rise of female social entrepreneurs is also witnessed across the UK. Here, 40 per cent of social enterprises are led by women, compared with just over nine per cent of FTSE 100 companies. In addition, 84 per cent of social ventures have at least one woman on the leadership team.

Why are women excelling in this field? Those we surveyed pointed out that social entrepreneurship is a level playing field for women: gender bias has almost disappeared when it comes to using enterprise for social good. Others mentioned compassion, a strong desire to impact people’s lives rather than focusing solely on profit.

Statistics seem to support this argument. One in particular motivated me to ensure women’s rights were core to the Foundation’s work. It was when I heard that women reinvest 90 per cent of what they earn back into their families, according to the World Bank.

Women build solid networks with their communities and as a result their fami-

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lies are wealthier and healthier. They are the ultimate economic accelerators, so it’s not surprising that the social enterprise model is so appealing to them.

The sector is clearly gaining momentum: 85 per cent of the experts we polled describe growth as fast, and a recent report by JP Morgan and Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) expects social entrepreneurship worldwide to receive a cash injection of almost $18 billion in 2016.

But there’s a big challenge ahead: funders, governments and the general public still see this fast growing sector as charitable work. In the words of one of the experts we polled: ‘just mentioning the word ‘social’ makes investors deaf, dumb and blind’.

It’s clear that this is an incredible loss of potential. At a time when the world faces unprecedented challenges we can only benefit from the courage and the ideas of these change-makers.

Just imagine what could be achieved if they were encouraged to tackle global issues such as climate change or the refugee crisis. Now more than ever society at large needs a different point of view; social entrepreneurs might just be our best answer.

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Censoring the terrors of war Ian Mahoney openDemocracy

Who decides whether or not an image is fit for human consumption, and on what grounds?

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n the 8th September 2016, Aftenposten, Norway’s largest newspaper, published a front page rebuttal of Facebook’s request to remove an image from its own Facebook page that was written by its editor-in-chief and CEO, Espen Egil Hansen. The rebuttal was written in response to the censorship of Nick Ut’s Pulitzer Prize winning photograph ‘The Terror of War,’ which depicted children fleeing a napalm strike in Vietnam and was posted on Facebook as part of Norwegian author Tom Egeland’s entry about seven images that changed the history of warfare.

Hansen was right to draw attention to the fact that “The napalm-girl is by far the most iconic documentary photography from the Vietnam war. The media played a decisive role in reporting different stories about the war than the men in charge wanted them to publish.

They brought about a change of attitude which played a role in ending the war. They contributed to a more open, more critical debate. This is how a democracy must function.”

The reason given for the censorship was that nine-year old ‘napalm girl’ Kim Phuc was naked, and Facebook stated that “Any photographs of people displaying fully nude genitalia or buttocks, or fully nude female breast, will be removed.” The fact that the content of the image clearly depicts the pain and suffering of a young girl burned alive by the indiscriminate use of the weapons of war appears to have been glossed over.

Apparently there was no understanding or consideration of the role and importance of this image, or of the message which Ut and subsequently Egeland sought to convey—only a generic, blanket response. Facebook later bowed to pressure from media outlets and politicians, stating that it had “listened to the community”, and acknowledging “the

global importance of the photograph.” However this was not before significant questions had been raised regarding the corporation's role as an increasingly influential gatekeeper and censor.

As Hansen identified, Facebook occupies an incredibly powerful position when it comes to the dissemination of information and news, from deciding how its ‘trending now’ algorithm decides what is or is not going to show up at any point in time, to directly censoring imagery. However, it is also apparent that Facebook’s policies and practices are applied inconsistently, and they serve to undermine the ‘responsible guardian’ status it seeks to convey.

In contrast to this latest row over censorship, I used the Facebook reporting tool to flag up a video in November 2015.

The clip in question was hosted on an external site called “menscomedy.com”, and was entitled “Isis Terrorist Gets Blown Up by French Missile As He Records A Video.” Thankfully both the clip and the site have now been taken down.

Sure enough, the footage appeared to show someone dressed in black, speaking in Arabic, and recording a video when he suddenly disappears in a fireball from a missile. I lodged my report on the grounds that the video contained—and glorified—graphic violence, which I assumed would be apparent from the text and contents of the link.

Instead I received the following response from Facebook: “Thank you for taking the time to report something that you feel may violate our Com-

munity Standards. Reports like yours are an important part of making Facebook a safe and welcoming environment. We reviewed the post you reported for containing graphic violence and found it doesn't violate our Community Standards.”

As a result of this exchange, I decided to investigate these ‘Community Standards’ and what they say in relation to the sharing of violent and graphic content. Here’s what I found: “Facebook has long been a place where people share their experiences and raise awareness about important issues.

Sometimes, those experiences and issues involve violence and graphic images of public interest or concern, such as human rights abuses or acts of terrorism. In many instances, when people share this type of content, they are condemning it or raising awareness about it. We remove graphic images when they are shared for sadistic pleasure or to celebrate or glorify violence.

When people share anything on Facebook, we expect that they will share it responsibly, including carefully choosing who will see that content.

We also ask that people warn their audience about what they are about to see if it includes graphic violence.”

Herein lies one of the greatest of contradictions in relation to Facebook’s censorship policies. On the one hand, they have actively sought the removal of some of the world’s most important documentary evidence on the ravages of war and the profound impact war can have, not just on those serving on the front lines but also on the people, families and communities

who are torn apart by years of conflict. Facebook removed the photo of Kim Phuc, not on the grounds of the trauma it depicts and the graphic nature of the experiences of war it shows, but because of fears of child sexual abuse and exploitation. Such abuse should never be trivialized, but the socio-political context in which an image is created must always be understood.

On the other hand, despite claiming to actively remove images which “are shared for sadistic pleasure or to celebrate or glorify violence”, the link I reported—which which provides far more graphic content than anything shown in The Terrors of War and which actively glorified and trivialised the deaths of others—was deemed to be acceptable and left on the site for a considerable amount of time until the external site was taken down.

What emerges from this story is that Facebook’s one-sizefits-all policies fail to consider the impact that images and videos can convey. Indeed, in this example there was a clear lack of consideration of the implications of celebrating the deaths of apparent Jihadi’s, particularly given that the video was posted in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.

As Egeland and Hansen’s responses to Facebook have shown, the corporation has a great deal of responsibility on its shoulders. Whilst it has bowed to pressure this time around, deciding what content should or should not be available to billions of users worldwide who log on at least once a month make it an incredibly influential gatekeeper. The debate which occurred around

this particular example—and over Facebook's censorship of imagery surrounding breastfeeding mothers and whether such a natural interaction should be allowed to be shared publicly or not—helps to reveal the complex nature of the politics of imagery, and draws our attention to the often-hidden nature of censorship.

This is hardly a new phenomenon. Throughout history, and particularly during times of conflict, national governments have repeatedly censored text and images for fear of undermining the war effort.

What has changed, however, is the ever increasing involvement of private companies which have a level of autonomy over and above the state. As Nik Williams has pointed out, the self-censorship of journalists, academics and editors has also grown considerably.

It is increasingly apparent that a much more nuanced and entirely more human system should be employed when considering whether or not an image is ‘fit for human consumption.’ The moral, philosophical and political questions of who has the right to decide what people can or cannot see are too important to be left to an algorithm.

Instead, we need a system which celebrates artistic endeavour regardless of how harrowing the story, one which challenges ingrained cultural assumptions about the ‘us and them’ nature of war and raises awareness of the damage it causes.

Mediatized violence, particularly if that violence is glorified, can desensitize and normalize such phenomena and lead to an increasing disconnect between suffering in one place and our own experiences elsewhere. A more nuanced approach to violent images might help to bring us back to considering the roots of our shared humanity. But such an approach requires that global corporations like Facebook accept the responsibility to tackle hate speech and the glorification of graphic material around death and violence, while eschewing a mechanical system of censorship which excises necessarily-powerful images from the public imagination.

Ian Mahoney is a lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool Hope University. His research interests focus upon unemployment, crime, social exclusion and identity, with a cursory interest in the Criminology of War.

Indiawashing a fractured reality – manufacturing “Indian” freedom fighters

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Garga Chatterjee

aying respect to a freedom fighter is one of the most sacred public relations exercises for the Government of India. The list of Indian nationalist freedom fighters, as compiled by the Government of India, is an ever expanding pantheon. But very often, in such freedom fighter list expansion, when “forgotten heroes” don’t exist, it is necessary to manufacture them.

This was exposed when the Government of India decided to include the legendary Mizo hero Pasaltha Khuangchera as one of the “freedom fighters” from the North-East who were to be honoured posthumously in a public ceremony in Ailawng village, to be attended

by Union Minister of State for Railways, Rajen Gohain. This was part of NDA government’s idea to have Union government ministers visit sites associated with “forgotten heroes” of the Indian nationalist freedom struggle. Mizos were not amused and they protested this immediately by assembling in their thousands and blocking the two roads leading to Ailawng till Gohain cancelled the public “honour” expedition. The “forgotten hero” yatra scheme was botched precisely because Khuangchera is far from forgotten and Mizos remember exactly who he was and who he was not.

The facts are plain and simple. Khuangchera was no “Indian” freedom fighter. There is no evidence that he had any fraternal feelings towards “mainland” brown people or wanted the Zo country to be ruled by a New Delhi based brown administration. The two

of Mizoram, MSU and MZO, comprising of people who have known Khuangchera for ever as opposed to the “mainland” which wants to own him, jointly issued a statement that stated what every Mizo knows – “Khuangchera did not die for India but for the Mizo people.

Pasaltha Khuangchera and all other warriors that fought the British were not Indians and they did not fight for India's freedom. They were the defenders of the Zo country from the invading and occupying force and therefore should not be counted among the freedom fighters for Indian independence. During that time, Khuangchera or any Mizo did not know anything about India, let alone fight for its freedom. Our respected hero is being wrongly portrayed.

Khuangchera fought against British expansion and occupation of Zo country, not for the freedom of India”.

By “all other warriors”, the statement refers to the comrades of Khuangchera, who valiantly defended their Mizo or Zo country against three separate advancing British forces during the Chin-Lushai expedition of 1889-90. White people commandeered the British forces and the rank and file largely comprised of an assorted set of brown people from the subcontinent, who are today known as Indians.

One of the stated goals of this expedition was to extract the “recognition of British power” from the Mizo people whose sovereign homeland the British were invading. The Zo country, which was formally incorporated into the British Empire in 1895, was a part of the greater Zomi homeland,

vided between the Indian Union and Myanmar, due to administrative whims of the British – a phenomenon that has happened in areas occupied by European colonial forces. The Naga country was another such example that was randomly divided in 1937 between India and Burma, two pre-1947 administrative units of the British Empire.

Before the advent of the British, the Mizo people and their country were not ruled from Delhi or Calcutta.

Khuangchera and his comrades were indeed freedom fighters, but fighting against losing their freedom to a political entity that would eventually rule them from Calcutta till 1911 and thereafter from Delhi. On 15th August 1947, the British transfer of power to natives whose capital was at Delhi also meant that the power to rule all lands and peoples whose sovereignty had been destroyed by the British also passed on to the new rulers at Delhi. Having lost their independence to an external entity as recently as 1890, the memories of the erstwhile sovereign Mizo people were probably fresh as they revolted repeatedly even after 1947. The extent of the insurgency can be fathomed by the fact that the Indian Air Force repeatedly air-bombed Aizawl and other parts of the present state of Mizoram in 1966. In short, the Indian Air Force conducted aerial bombardment of human beings that it considered to be its ‘own’ citizens.

In those times, that was not an unheard event among other new native rulers to whom British had transferred power in 1947 as the rulers of Islam-

citizens of Balochistan in 1973.

Khuangchera was among the earliest martyrs against outside invaders of the Zo country. He wasn’t the last.

This is not the only case where tags like “Indian freedom fighter”, dutifully handed down and drilled into Indian citizens by official textbooks, “mainstream” narratives and repeated ad nauseum, fail to capture the complex realities of the past. This is especially the case when fraudulent claims of Indian official history are at odds with the living memory of people and unofficial public knowledge. U Tirot Singh, another “forgotten hero”, was much in the mould of Khuangchera, fighting not for Indian nationalism but to protect the sovereignty of the Khasi country from colonizers during the Anglo-Khasi war, not some Anglo-Indian war.

Much to the Government of India’s displeasure, many peoples have steadfastly held on to facts and memories that have been deliberately twisted, suppressed and airbrushed out of the official Indian version of history that exists to justify the present territorial limits of the Indian Union, among other reasons.

A living freedom fighter who was honoured by the Government of India on 22nd August was Darthawma, a Mizo member of Subhash Bose’s Indian National Army (INA). While he passes the test of being connected to a pansubcontinental liberation vision, the INA itself provides a curious case study. Various reports surfaced earlier in August about Shripatji of Jhansi, an INA veteran who is now a street-beggar. Contrast

Pay (OROP) protests by Indian Army (IA) veterans, who all get five figure pensions.

Why does an INA veteran not get the same pension as an IA veteran? Notwithstanding their freedom fight, INA is not considered a legitimate army by the Government of India, white or brown. What is ironical is that when INA was fighting for India’s freedom, the pre-1947 predecessor of IA was actually fighting for the British against INA’s Indian freedom fighters. After 15th August 1947, those who were fighting loyally for the British and against the Indian freedom fighters of INA became Government of India’s official army, rank and pension protected. To this day, Indian Army cherishes the memory of the exploits of its regiments, in assisting British colonial invasion and suppression of native peoples and their free countries in the subcontinent and beyond.

Uprisings like that of Chuars, Santhals, Kols, Mundas, Palaiyakkarars (Polygars), were as much for freedom from British as they were for freedom from other Indian natives, many of whom constitute the present Indian ruling class. Official history textbooks want to expand the idea of the Indian nationalist movement as far backward in time and stretch it as much in geographical space to suit present political needs. In light of such India-washing of all anti-British freedom fights, one may re-examine the meaning of that famous war-cry raised

by Jhansi’s Laxmi Bai Jhansi – “Mai meri Jhansi nahi dungi”.

Jhansi’s Laxmi Bai probably hadn’t read Sunil Khilnani’s

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Argentina: Risk of Educational System Serving the Market Fabiana Frayssinet

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Inter Press Service

n Argentina, teachers, students and trade unionists are protesting against mass redundancies in education, which they say are part of a process of undermining public education and a move towards a new model based on market needs.

“An educational model is emerging that is no longer focused on social rights for the population as a whole but instead focuses on the creation of a socioeconomic model that follows the logic of the entrepreneur, a logic of the self-made person,” Myriam Feldfeber told IPS. The expert on education from the University of Buenos Aires took part in a “hug” around the Ministry of Education in the Argentine capital on Aug. 31, held to protest a new wave of 200 layoffs, and setbacks with regard to “the construction of free, universal and egalitarian education.”

Most of the people laid off now were temporary or contract workers, and the dismissals came on top of another 1,100 who lost their jobs in education since centre-right Mauricio Macri became president on Dec. 10, 2015.

Since then, 10,662 civil servants have been fired from 23 ministries and government agencies.

“I worked in the Teacher Training Institute for over six years, in an area of policy implementation related to research development in teacher training institutes throughout the country,” Laura Pico told IPS. “On Friday (Aug. 26) I received a call from an unknown number notifying me that I was being dismissed by the ministry and that on Monday I shouldn’t return to work,” she said.

The mass layoffs are part of a broader process of downsizing and the elimination of several education policies, many of them implemented during the administrations of Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007) and Cristina Fernández (2007-2015).

The State Employees’ Association (ATE) complains of an underutilization of the budget for education and the dismantling of areas of teachers’ training, human rights, adult education, statistics, children’s and youth choirs, among others.

We note with great concern that our dismissals – besides being a target of protests by our union – undermine educational policies and reflect a withdrawal of the state from the territories,” ATE delegate Lautaro Pedot told IPS. Fernanda Saforcada, an expert on education and the academic director of the Buenos Aires-based Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), lamented the dismissals, which apart from being a human and social problem, “entail the loss of cumulative experience.”

“We are talking about technical teams that carried out an activity, have ties at work, networks that have been built up. All this represents a major loss. Expertise, history, knowledge and relations are lost,” she said.

This dismantling is more apparent in areas like the National Institute of Teachers’ Training and the National Institute of Technological Education, as well as in programmes on socioeducational matters, digital inclusion, human rights, comprehensive sex education, arts education, and education for young people and adults.

Other programmes that were reduced or eliminated include university scholarships, promotion of gender equality, and provision of computers to students with special needs or as an incentive to finish high school.

“I think that now the intention is to aim for an education system opposed to one of inclusion and of ensuring the right to education,” said Pico.

According to Feldfeber, who is also the coordinator of Red Estrado (Latin American Network of Studies on the Work of Teachers) and of CLACSO research groups, “what basically disappears is the idea of education as a right, on the public policy horizon.”

As an example of the strategy of inclusion that was being implemented, she mentioned the creation of 14 national universities, “especially in places where segments of the population traditionally excluded from the system are starting to have access to education,” which are now being called into question.

“It is a matter of serious concern that some central positions in the Ministry of Education are being held by people who don’t come from the field of education – business executives and people who don’t have any experience in the public sector,” Feldfeber stressed.

“One of the highest-ranking positions is held by a former Philip Morris CEO (Ezequiel Newbery, now assistant secretary for socio-educational programmes) who says he isn’t familiar with education, doesn’t understand what a socio-educational policy is, and that he comes to the ministry to bring order,” she told IPS. “’Bringing order’ means what we are witnessing now: firing workers and dismantling teams,” she said.

The government argues that it is “modernising” the public administration and restructuring the ministries.

Education Minister Esteban Bulrich advocates an “educational revolution”, which he defines as “giving any Argentine, no matter where he was born, the possibility of having the same quality education.”

According to Bulrich, “inclusion by itself, without quality, is no good, it only goes halfway, inclusion by itself is a fraud, and to improve quality you have to begin with the real agents of change: teachers.”

“The idea is to provide (teachers) with more tools, in order for them to have a modern, 21st century perspective of the skills and abilities that the children in our educational system need to become autonomous beings,” he said in a ceremony in June.

Fernanda Saforcada said the private sector is being strengthened “in the context of a process of transforming the role of the state.”

“The state is taking on a new role in search of alliances with NGOs (non-governmental organisations), foundations and business sectors,” she said.

“Many of these NGOs are connected to business sectors, which shows how the public sphere has been undermined, giving a new content to educational management,” she told IPS. “And when we refer to the private sector, beyond the public-private dichotomy, we’re talking about the interests of some sectors prevailing over the common good.”

The ATE complained about an attempt to “privatise” programmes such as Connect Equality, aimed at promoting digital inclusion, inherited from the previous government, which this year “experienced the influx of international companies such as Microsoft and Google.”

ATE would like to replace these operational programmes with locally produced open-source software – such as Huayra – in the laptops distributed for free to students.

The Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2000-2015 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) highlighted progress made in the Argentine educational system in the last decade, following the goals established in the World Education Forum in Dakar in 2000.

The report pointed out that public expenditure on education in this South American country was among the highest in Latin America, representing 6.26 per cent of GDP. Moreover, 99.1 percent of Argentine children are in primary school, which makes it the country with the highest coverage in the region, along with Uruguay.

With regard to secondary school, the net enrolment ratio is one of the highest in Latin America: 89.06 per cent in 2012, although drop-out rates remain a cause for concern.

Argentina, with a population of 43 million, has also reduced

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Suspicious sightings in Raigad: Navy and police on high alert RAIgAd (MAhARAshTRA), sepTeMBeR 22 (IAns): The Navy and police went on high alert after some locals reported that masked persons armed with guns were sighted in the coastal town of Uran near Mumbai on Thursday.

A Navy spokesman said: "The Navy is on a high state of alert after getting this input." The first tip off came from some school children at Karanja in Uran.

Maharashtra DirectorGeneral of Police Satish Mathur said two students had informed the police of sighting some suspicious men in Uran.

"While one student has claimed spotting one person, the other has claimed to have seen five. After this information, multiple agencies are probing it," Mathur said.

A defence spokesperson said that according to a report they received, early this morning, five-six persons in Pathani suits were sighted and appeared to be carrying weapons and

Security has been increased near Gateway of India. (Express photo)

backpacks.

The Western Naval Command reacted promptly by first sounding an alert and informing all coastal security agencies which are now on high alert in Raigad and the country's commercial capital, Mumbai.

"Searches and others actions as per procedures have been initiated. The situation is being closely monitored in liaison with the police. No person

has been located or apprehended till now," the spokesperson said.

The news spread like wildfire in Uran and nearby areas, resulting in the closure of schools and colleges for the rest of the day.

The entire town of Uran went on a spontaneous shutdown as a precaution even as Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner, district police and Navy officers went to the spot to verify

the students' claims.

A similar high alert was sounded in Mumbai with armed police taking positions at various points in south Mumbai, including near the Gateway of India and Girgaum Chowpatty.

All agencies concerned agencies are not taking the tip-off by the students lightly in view of last Sunday's terror strike in Jammu & Kashmir's Uri town, especially since the suspicious

sightings have taken place near a naval training base in Uran on the mainland.

Besides, the entire region is highly sensitive in view of the close proximity of the Western Naval Command headquarters just across the harbour in Mumbai, the naval harbour, the Mumbai Port Trust, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, several critical installations like BARC and oil terminals, offices of important central and state government in a small radius.

The development brought back memories of November 26, 2008 when a group of 10 Pakistani terrorists had sneaked into Mumbai through the Arabian Sea route at Colaba and then created mayhem for 60 hours.

Much earlier, the sea route was taken for landing large quantities of arms and ammunition at various points on the Maharashtra coast which were used for carrying out the serial bomb attacks in Mumbai on March 12, 1993.

Welfare cuts led to deaths of 600 children from malnutrition: activist "We are not even 100 who are largely dependent MUMBAI (ThoMson ReUTeRs FoUndA- km from Mumbai, the big on the government's welTIon): Funding cuts for financial hub, yet we have fare schemes, Pandit said. welfare schemes by India's children dying of hunger," Medical and healthcare fagovernment have contrib- he told the Thomson Re- cilities are also inadequate uted to child malnutrition uters Foundation. "It is and hard to access, he said.

The situation has been in Palghar district in Maha- such a shame." exacerbated by funding rashtra, where 600 children cuts for welfare are said to have schemes by Prime died of starvation this year, accord- These children died because Minister Narendra governing to activists. central govt funding for wel- Modi's ment.

The NaIn a marked fare schemes was cut, and tional Human break with InRights Commisthe state did not direct ad- dia's socialist past, sion (NHRC) isslashe d sued a notice to equate funds for its scheme Modi funding for a the government scheme that gives of Maharashtra GROWING PROBLEM millions of poor children on Wednesday, asking for Despite being one of free food, pumping money a detailed report on the deaths within four weeks. the fastest growing econo- instead into building more The NHRC's notice came mies in the world, malnu- roads and ports, in his first as State Women and Child trition is rampant in India. full-year budget last year.

The deaths of so many Development Minister Pan- Four out of 10 stunted chilkaja Munde visited the af- dren globally are Indian, children amount to rights fected villages in Palghar more than in sub-Saharan violations, NHRC said in its note. State authorities must and pledged to implement a Africa.

Almost half of children be conscious of the plight of child welfare scheme.

"These children died younger than five years residents, especially chilbecause central govern- - or about 54 million chil- dren, it said. "We have to ment funding for welfare dren - are stunted in India, provide jobs, address povschemes was cut, and the a "manifestation of chronic erty and make sure the chilstate did not direct ade- under nutrition", accord- dren have adequate food," quate funds for its scheme," ing to the United Nations Pandit said.

"We have the means, said Vivek Pandit, founder children's agency, UNICEF. The residents of Pal- but there is no sympathy for of Shramjivi Sanghatana, which works with vulnera- ghar district are mostly the plight of these people, ble people in Maharashtra. poor indigenous people so little gets done," he said.

HC refuses to ban pellet guns, India to renew labour law overhaul drive to boost jobs A rule requiring firms risk and make it tougher for service sector-led model delhI, sepTeM- uters that the government cites mob violence in Valley new BeR 22 (ReUTeRs): felt the time was right to to seek rarely granted gov- employees to form unions has been capital rather

sRInAgAR, sepTeMBeR 22 (pTI): Rejecting a plea seeking ban on use of pellet guns in controlling street protests in Kashmir Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has cited the ground situation and observed that as long as there is violence by unruly mobs, use of force is inevitable.

A bench comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey also declined the plea to prosecute the officers who ordered use of pellet guns or fired them even as it directed the authorities to provide adequate medical treatment to the injured by specialists in or outside the state.

"Having regard to the ground situation prevailing as of now and the fact that Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs has already constituted a Committee of Experts through its Memorandum dated July 26, 2016 for exploring other alternative to pellet guns....

"Before filing of the report by the Expert Committee and a decision taken at the government level, we are not inclined to prohibit the use of pellet guns in rare and extreme situations," the court said in its order here yesterday.

The bench was hearing a petition filed

by Kashmir High Court Bar Association seeking ban on use of pellet guns for crowd control.

The court said "it is manifest that so long as there is violence by unruly mobs, use of force is inevitable".

What kind of force has to be used at the relevant point of time or in a given situation or place, has to be decided by the persons in-charge of the place where the attack is happening, it said.

"This court in the writ jurisdiction without any finding rendered by the competent forum/ authority cannot decide as to whether the use of force in particular incident is excessive or not," the court said.

Two killed as heavy rains lash AP VIjAyAwAdA, sepTeMBeR 22 (IAns): Two persons were killed and four others went missing as heavy rains lashed Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, throwing rail and road transport and bringing the normal life to standstill. The incessant rains for a second consecutive day inundated low-lying areas. Rivulets, streams and tanks were overflowing in south and north coastal districts of the state.

Guntur was the worst-hit with flood water submerging residential areas in towns and villages. Both the deaths were reported from Guntur.

A bus with 40 passengers was caught in flood waters at Vutukuru village in Guntur.

Police with the help of locals rescued the passengers.

Though the district administration was trying to arrange a helicopter to save the passengers, the local police swung into action and launched rescue operation.

Initial reports had put the number of

passengers at 47.

Several residential areas in Sattenapalli town of Guntur district were inundated. Highways and railway tracks were inundated, disrupting road and rail traffic. Several trains passing through Guntur district were either cancelled or diverted as railway track was submerged between Guntur and Nadikudi. Authorities opened control rooms in Guntur and Vijayawada.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who reviewed the situation with top officials, said all efforts were being made to prevent loss of life.

He said the rescue teams of National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force were deployed for rescue operations. Two helicopters of Indian Navy were also kept ready. With met office forecasting more rains over next 48 hours under the impact of low pressure over Bay of Bengal, the authorities were evacuating people from low-lying areas.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is to make a renewed drive to overhaul labour laws, hoping to create millions of new jobs by making it easier to hire and fire, the labour ministry's top bureaucrat said on Thursday.

Modi made a shake-up of India's labour market a part of his reform agenda after coming into office in 2014, but opposition from unions and a bruising battle to pass other crucial pieces of economic legislation have stalled those efforts.

Shankar Aggarwal, the ministry secretary, told Re-

prioritise labour reform again after parliament in August passed India's biggest overhaul of indirect taxes, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), a victory for Modi's bid to boost the economy.

"We have to tweak the law. Employers want flexibility in hiring," Aggarwal said in an interview.

Two key bills, covering industrial relations and wages, would be sent to the cabinet this month, he said. Subject to cabinet approval, the bills would be presented in parliament's next session, beginning in November.

ernment permission for laying off large numbers of workers, which employers say has discouraged permanent hiring and kept factories small, are among restrictions to be loosened.

"It is a question of priority. We thought that it will be a good idea to put GST first so that we don't fritter away our energy," Aggarwal said.

The government says freeing up labour markets will boost employment, lure foreign investment and encourage firms to expand.

Trade unions argue that the reforms will put jobs at

or strike. More than a million workers went on strike on Sept. 2 to protest against the policies.

Under the reforms, 44 labour laws, some of them dating back to the end of British rule and as anachronistic as providing spittoons in the work place, will be grouped into four new labour codes.

Bills on social security and working conditions remain under discussion with states and trade unions.

India's two-decade streak of fast economic expansion is often derided as "jobless growth" since the

than labour intensive.

More than 200 million Indians will reach working age over the next two decades, and creating sufficient jobs for perhaps the largest youth bulge the world has ever seen is among the toughest challenges for the country.

In 2009, 84 percent of India's manufacturers employed fewer than 50 workers, compared to 25 percent in China, according to a study by consultancy firm McKinsey.

Nine out of 10 Indians are employed in the informal sector, where labour laws are rarely enforced.

2 AAP MLAs get bail, Kejriwal targets Modi Need to destroy 550 tonnes new delhI, sepTeMBeR 22 (IAns): AAP legislators Somnath Bharti and Amanatullah Khan on Thursday got bail from two different courts here, sparking another attack by Delhi's ruling party on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed surprise that at a time when the Prime Minister should be focussing on the Uri terror attack, his machinery was still targeting the AAP. "I am amazed at a time when PM should be working on Uri, his machinery is working overtime to get AAP MLAs arrested or me implicated in false cases," the Aam Aadmi Party leader tweeted, referring to the terror attack on an army camp in Uri in Kashmir that left 18

soldiers dead.

Kejriwal's reaction came a day after he alleged that police had named him in an FIR related to alleged illegalities in the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and shortly after courts in Delhi gave bail to two AAP MLAs. Bharti was granted bail on a personal security bond of Rs 30,000, only hours after his arrest for allegedly damaging a fence at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and misbehaving with its security guards.

Bharti was taken into custody from his residence earlier in the day. The former Delhi law minister has denied the allegations. Police registered an FIR against Bharti and his supporters on September 11 on charges of ri-

oting with deadly weapons, obstructing public servants as well as assaulting or using criminal force against public servants following a complaint from the AIIMS Chief Security Officer R.S. Rawat.

Another AAP legislator, Amanatullah Khan, was also granted bail by another court. He was arrested a day earlier for allegedly sexually harassing a relative. Khan, who represents Okhla constituency in south Delhi, was arrested on Wednesday after being called for questioning. He was sent to a day's judicial custody by the court.The complainant accused Khan of pressurising her to establish physical relations. Khan has denied the charge, saying he has not met the woman for years.

of Maggi stocks: Nestle to SC

new delhI, sepTeMBeR 22 (IAns): Nestle India on Thursday sought the Supreme Court's nod for destroying 550 tonnes of Maggi noodle stocks that have outlived their shelf life. As senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for the company, moved the plea before a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice C. Nagappan, the counsel for the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) told the bench that he needs to take instructions on Nestle's plea.

As the FSSAI counsel raised an earlier issue of destruction of evidence by Nestle, Salve told the court this was an old allegation that was raised before the Bombay High Court. He told the bench that Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had in the early hearing said that he was not interested in these issues and was only interested in the declarations of law. As lawyer for the FSSAI reiterated that he had to take instructions and Rohatgi led the FSSAI before the court, the bench adjourned the hearing to September 30. As the FSSAI told the bench that it has moved an application seeking court's approval for the transportation of its stocks from its Lucknow office, which it was closing down, to Delhi, the court said that it too will be taken up on Sept 30.

As population rises, UP's healthcare system collapses Sushree Panigrahi and Jeet Singh IANS/IndiaSpend

In Uttar Pradesh, the number of public health centres (PHCs), the frontline of the government's healthcare system, decreased 8 per cent over the last 15 years to 2015, a period when the state's population increased by more than 25 per cent. Smaller sub-centres, the first point of public contact, increased by no more than 2 per cent over the 25 years to 2015, a period when the population grew by more than 51 per cent.

These data, from the 2015 Rural Health Statistics (RHS), indicate how successive UP governments have neglected affordable, accessible and quality healthcare for the 200 million people -- only five countries have larger populations -- of India's most

populous state, home to nearly a fifth of all Indians.

The result of this neglect is manifest in the major indicators of UP's health deprivation, according to various government data sets that we studied: * A new-born in UP is expected to live four years fewer than in the neighbouring state of Bihar, five years fewer than in Haryana and seven years fewer than in Himachal Pradesh. * UP contributed to the largest share of almost all communicable and non-communicable disease deaths, including: 48 per cent of all typhoid deaths (2014); 17 per cent of cancer deaths and 18 per cent of tuberculosis deaths (2015). * After Assam, UP has India's second-highest maternal mortality rate (MMR); 285 maternal deaths for every 100,000

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live births (2013), with 62 per cent of pregnant women unable to access minimum ante-natal care.

The inaccessibility of institutional care is evident from the fact that around 42 per cent pregnant women, more than 1.5 million, deliver babies at home.

About two thirds (61 percent) of home deliveries in UP are unsafe.

UP has the highest child mortality indicators, from the neonatal mortality rate (NNMR) to the under-five mortality rate. Of 64 children who die per 1,000 live births before five years of age, 35 die within a month of birth, and 50 do not complete a year of life.

Universal immunisation plays a key role in decreasing child mortality: About half of UP's children are not vaccinated (2013).

* Of those who survive, more than half of children (50.4 per cent) younger than five have recorded stunted growth (national average: 38.7 per cent), the highest stunting rate in India. * Between 2006 and 2014, on average, the proportion of stunted children below five in India fell from 48 per cent to 38.7 per cent. The comparable data for UP was 56.8 per cent to 50.4 per cent.

Over the last decade, several surveys, reporting and independent studies have revealed wide healthcare disparities across India and the situation in social-economically backward states, such as UP, which is not alone.

It is one of eight states that comprise the empowered action group (EAG) of backward states (formerly called the BIMARU states) - UP, Madhya Pradesh, Odi-

sha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand - identified in 2005 for special attention.

But over the last decade, that attention has not resulted in any significant progress in UP, one of the poorest-performing of the eight EAG states.

Why a decade of progress across India escaped UP Healthcare has been low on the priorities of successive UP governments.

The per capita expenditure on health in UP increased from Rs 260 to Rs 372 over four years to 2010, according to a 2012 National Institute of Public Finance and Policy report, compared to Rs 356 to Rs 580 in Kerala and from Rs 299 to Rs 579 in Tamil Nadu over the same same period.

Among the major states of India, UP, Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha account for the lowest life

expectancy at birth, in contrast to the decade-long progress evident in most southern, western and eastern states.

What are the reasons for UP's poor healthcare record? A combination of several factors, such as a shortage of healthcare professionals, increasing cost of healthcare, the mushrooming of private healthcare and a lack of planning.

A third of the rural population in UP has been deprived of primary healthcare infrastructure, according to the norms of the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS).

The state requires 31,037 sub centres, 5,172 PHCs and 1,293 community health centres (CHCs) to meet the healthcare demands of its population.

But UP is 33 per cent short of sub-centres and PHCs and 40 per cent short of CHCs, according to RHS-

2015 data.

This further impacts the implementation of centrally-sponsored health programmes, which in turn require an effective network of public health institutions.

There has also been no expansion of public healthcare institutions over the last 15 years. Thus, lowquality private healthcare services thrive in UP. In India, the private healthcare system now provides two-thirds of medical treatment, according to this April 2016 Health in India report from the ministry of statistics.

In UP, private health providers - including unrecognised doctors and quacks - meet 85 per cent of medical needs, according to the report.

It appears that the people of UP have two choices: an inadequate, inefficient public healthcare system

and a private healthcare system offering low quality and expensive services.

UP patients incur highest medical costs among poor states, double national average With few other options, UP's people must frequent the private healthcare system, where the average per person cost of treatment of one ailment is highest amongst most poor (EAG) states.

The average cost of treatment at sub-centres and PHCs in UP is Rs 660 per person, more than double the national average of Rs 312 per person, according to the ministry of statistics report.

Currently, UP relies on a public healthcare infrastructure that is two decades old. A fifth of the population deprived of healthcare cannot contribute to the social or economic growth of the country.

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Trump vs Clinton: Debate to mark biggest election moment WASHINGTON, SepTember 22 (re uTerS): Democrat Hillary Clinton, suddenly vulnerable in the presidential race, is under pressure to deliver a strong performance against Republican Donald Trump in their first debate on Monday, a moment that could be the most consequential yet of the 2016 election.

Political veterans involved in preparing for past presidential debates said Clinton should drive home how she would run the country during uncertain times and draw a contrast as the steady, experienced alternative to the untested Trump. For his part, Trump needed to show enough gravitas to convince skeptics that he is ready to be commander in chief, they said.

The 90-minute faceoff at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, the first of three debates, takes place at a time when Clinton’s once-comfortable lead in opinion polls over the former reality TV star has evaporated.

History shows that a single bad debate performance can alter the trajectory of a U.S. presidential race. Reuters/Ipsos polling shows about 20 percent of the electorate remains undecided, far higher at this stage in the campaign than the 12 percent undecided four years ago.

“I am going to do my

was not very good. She didn’t come off as likable.

She came off as sour and defensive,” O’Donnell said.

A combination photo shows U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump (R). (REUTER File Photo)

very best to communicate as clearly and fearlessly as I can in the face of the insults and the attacks and the bullying and the bigotry that we have seen coming from my opponent,” Clinton said on Tuesday on the Steve Harvey Radio show.

Anita Dunn, who helped President Barack Obama prepare for debates against Republican nominee John McCain in 2008, said Obama succeeded at their first debate by steering the conversation repeatedly back to the struggling U.S. economy even though the event was supposed to be about foreign policy.

She said she expected Clinton to try to exploit Trump’s weaknesses and

emphasize her strengths.

“The contrast between them is what you want to hone,” she said.

The debate will be the best opportunity for two candidates, both widely seen by voters as untrustworthy, to put to rest questions about their fitness for the White House with the Nov. 8 election fast approaching.

Even the candidates’ body language will be closely scrutinized, just as it has been in past elections.

Brett O’Donnell, a debate coach who helped President George W. Bush in his 2004 debates and McCain in 2008, said Bush did not put in the necessary work for his first debate

In first UN address as leader, Suu Kyi defends efforts on Rohingyas

Myanmar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York on September 21. (REUTERS Photo)

uNITeD NATIONS, SepTember 22 (reuTerS): In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly as national leader, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi defended her government’s efforts to resolve a crisis over treatment of the country’s Muslim minority.

Suu Kyi, a former political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize winner who has been criticized for doing too little to address the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said the government did not fear international scrutiny, but asked “for the understanding and the constructive contribution of the international community.”

“We are committed to a sustainable solution that will lead to peace, stability and development for all communities within” Myanmar, she said.

“Our government is taking a holistic approach that makes development central to both shortand long-term programs aimed at promoting understanding and trust.”

Suu Kyi pointed to the establishment of an advisory commission for Rakhine state chaired by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, with a mandate covering basic rights and security issues.

Suu Kyi said there had been “persistent opposition from some quarters” to the establishment of the commission, but the government would persevere in its efforts to achieve peace in Rakhine.

“By standing firm against the forces of prejudice and intolerance, we are reaffirming our faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person.”

Suu Kyi told a subsequent event at the Asia Society in New

York that Myanmar was only at the start of its road to democracy, given that 25 percent of parliamentary seats were still held by the unelected members of the military and peace needed to be affirmed with all armed groups.

She said the main priority was to create jobs and the government would have to ensure investment was attracted to lessdeveloped ethnic minority areas.

Suu Kyi said the government was trying to bring progress as well as peace to Rakhine state.

“The Rakhines are poor, the Muslims, they are poor, and we want everybody there to be safe and secure. What we have been trying to do is to find a way of relieving communal tension and putting and end to communal strife,” she said.

Increased freedom of speech since the military stepped back from direct rule in 2011 has allowed for the unleashing of long-held anti-Muslim sentiment in Myanmar.

Around 125,000 Rohingya remain confined in temporary camps after waves of deadly violence in 2012 between Buddhists and Muslims, when more than 100 people were killed.

The Rohingya have long been persecuted, being seen by much of the majority Buddhist population as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, even though many have lived in Myanmar for generations. Most were stripped of their ability to vote in last year’s election, which brought Suu Kyi to power as de facto leader.

In Washington last week, Suu Kyi urged businesses to invest in Myanmar as a way to advance its democratic transition.

U.S. President Barack Obama also pledged to lift longstanding sanctions on the Southeast Asian country.

against Democrat John Kerry that year and it showed.

Quickly put on the defensive, Bush blinked rapidly and slouched behind the lectern. Kerry was judged the winner. Bush got more serious about the debates after that, O’Donnell said.

Clinton had a shaky performance at a Sept.

7 NBC “Commander in Chief” forum where she became prickly in response to questions about her handling of classified emails while serving as U.S. secretary of state.

“Presentation is very important and Hillary has to work on that. Her presentation at the Commander in Chief forum

TWO TRUMPS Clinton is spending most of this week in debate preparations with a small circle of top aides at her home in New York. Clinton aides said she is preparing for two scenarios: One in which Trump is measured and serious, and another in which he is freewheeling and makes inflammatory personal attacks.

Trump relied on his famed spontaneity to fire off one-line zingers to dismantle 16 Republican rivals during the primaries, dispatching “low-energy” Jeb Bush or “lying Ted” Cruz and “little Marco” Rubio. He has repeatedly called Clinton “Crooked Hillary” at rallies.

“You’re just not sure who is going to show up,” said Jennifer Palmieri, a senior adviser to Clinton. “He may be aggressive or he may lay back. That’s hard to game out necessarily so I would say most of the focus is on what points does she want to make.” Rick Lazio, a Republican former congressman from New York, found Clinton a tough opponent when he faced her in a U.S. Senate debate in New York in 2000.

He was seen as bullying, lost the debate and the election, and now says

Trump will need to treat Clinton carefully. “What he has to avoid is a sense that he is name calling, highly disrespectful, badgering, anything like that,” he said.

ROLE-PLAYING Former Republican Senator Judd Gregg, who played Democrats Al Gore and John Kerry in George W. Bush’s mock debate sessions in 2000 and 2004, said Bush began preparing in early June unbeknownst to the press and for a while did two practice sessions a day. For that reason, he said, he suspects Trump is doing more preparation work than he lets on.

“I have to believe he is doing something because it would be foolish to go in there and not practice at hearing lines,” he said.

A Republican source close to the campaign said former Fox News chief executive Roger Ailes has been coaching Trump but that the former reality TV star does not want to be over-prepared. Trump spokesman Jason Miller said Trump is preparing for the debate but “there’s nobody who’s playing the role of Hillary Clinton.” “Trump prepares for everything that he does and one of the things to keep in mind going back to the primaries was that everybody said it was the professional politicians who would run the table and it was Trump who did very well,” he said.

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China jails prominent rights lawyer for 12 yrs beIJING, SepTember 22 (reuTerS): A Chinese court on Thursday jailed a prominent civil rights lawyer for 12 years on fraud charges, his lawyer said, a punishment rights advocates called retaliation for his defence of high-profile clients who had challenged the government.

Xia Lin, detained by Beijing police in November 2014, is the latest in a series of activists and lawyers to be sentenced as President Xi Jinping’s administration tightens control over civil society, citing a need to boost security and stability. “Our defence maintained his innocence.

We believe this sort of sentence goes against our own views,” Xia’s lawyer Ding Xikui told reporters outside the Beijing Number 2 intermediate court.

Xia’s wife, Lin Ru, said they planned to appeal the sentence. Security outside the court, where a handful of supporters and family members waited for the ruling, was heavy. Transcripts of defence documents that his lawyers released earlier showed prosecutors charged Xia had defrauded several people out of at least 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) to pay off gambling debts.

But Ding argued that the money was in private loans and was being repaid, that there was no evidence of a gambling debt, and that the loans were personal or civil matters. Ding told Reuters the court convicted Xia for an unpaid amount of 4.8 million yuan.

Under China’s Criminal Law, fraud crimes involving “especially large” sums such as those alleged in Xia’s case, are punishable by 10 years to life in prison, though official guidelines recommend 10 to 12 years. Calls to the court were not answered. Its website and official microblog made no mention of the case, and the extent of the evidence against Xia used in his conviction was not clear.

Xia had worked with Pu Zhiqiang, one of China’s bestknown human rights lawyers, who was handed a threeyear suspended sentence last year for writing internet posts the government said incited ethnic hatred. He had also represented prominent artist and dissident Ai Weiwei and other critics of the government.

China consistently rejects any criticism of its human rights record. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters at a regular briefing the case was a domestic matter and it would be handled according to the law.

A court in August jailed several activists and lawyers who had been swept up in Xi’s campaign against dissent.

International rights groups have criticised their trials as politically motivated, and the United States has called for their release.

Frances Eve, a Hong Kong-based researcher with Chinese Human Rights Defenders, said Xia’s sentence was “very harsh”.

“This case is severe retaliation against a human rights advocate who defended the rule of law and challenged the government,” Eve said.

Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft to end epic trek FrANKFurT/berLIN, SepTember 22 (reuTerS): After 12 years chasing a comet across more 6 billion km of space, European scientists will end the historic Rosetta mission by crash landing the spacecraft on the surface of the dusty, icy body at the end of the month.

Data collected by Rosetta, which has captured the public’s imagination thanks in part to the European Space Agency’s cartoon depictions of it and lander Philae, is helping scientists better understand how the Earth and other planets formed.

The spacecraft has managed several historic firsts, including the first time a spacecraft has orbited a comet rather than just whizzing past to snap some fly-by pictures, and the first time a probe has landed on a comet’s surface.

It was also the first mission to venture beyond the main asteroid belt relying solely on solar cells for power.

After more than two years of circling comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, collecting a treasure trove of data that will keep scientists busy for years to come, the comet’s distance from the sun is nearing the point where solar power becomes too weak to operate the spacecraft and download data from its computers.

In the final hours of its controlled descent on Sept. 30, Rosetta will be able

to take close-up pictures of the comet and collect data on gases closer to the surface before joining Philae and shutting down forever.

“We haven’t been in those last two kilometres (to the surface) with Rosetta and we believe it’s fundamental in understanding how gases and dust get from the surface out to the outer atmosphere,” Matt Taylor, ESA’s Rosetta project scientist, told Reuters ahead of Rosetta’s end-of-mission event at ESA’s Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.

“COOL SCIENCE” Those who have worked on Rosetta say it by far exceeded their expectations by surviving the trip for as long as it did.

It successfully sent its 100 kg (220 lb) washing-machine sized lander down to the surface in November 2014 in what was considered a remarkable feat of precision space travel, even if the lander ended up bouncing and coming to rest in the shade where it could not be recharged.

“We were going into the unknown,” Paolo Ferri, head of mission operations at ESA, told Reuters. “The spacecraft really surprised us.”

Rosetta has detected key organic compounds in the comet, bolstering the notion that comets delivered the chemical building blocks for life long ago to

Rosetta, the European Space Agency’s cometary probe with NASA contributions, is seen in an undated artist’s rendering. (REUTERS Photo)

Earth and throughout the solar system.

The Rosetta mission has inspired artists as well as scientists. Electronic music composer Vangelis has produced a new album called Rosetta, with the release timed for the end of the mission.

“We knew Rosetta was going to have

a big impact but didn’t know it was going to be this big and that people would be that interested in it. It had all the components - a long journey, adventure, technological challenges and danger and of course, the reason we are there for: cool science!” Taylor said.

Philippines Prez invites ‘devil’ UN chief, EU to debate rights

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raises a middle finger thrust out in an obscene gesture as he speaks before local government officials in Davao city, in southern Philippines on September 20. (REUTERS Photo)

mANILA, SepTember 22 (reuTerS): Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday invited U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the European Union to investigate his deadly anti-drugs crackdown, after hurling insults at them for interfering in it.

Duterte has taken aim at just about anyone critical of his 11-week-old war on drugs, in which nearly 3,000 people have been killed, according to police, who have adjusted their figure from 3,800 cited last week.

He last month called the United Nations “inutile” and

threatened to withdraw the Philippines from it. He gave a middle-finger gesture on Tuesday to the EU, to which he said “fuck you”, twice.

“I am inviting the United Nations’ Ban Ki ... what’s the name of that devil? ... Ban Kimoon,” Duterte said at the opening of a new power plant.

“I am inviting the EU, send the best lawyers of your own, also the rapporteurs, to come to the Philippines. I will write them a letter to invite them for an investigation.”

He later added, without elaborating: “Investigate me ... this will not be a one-way affair”.

Duterte’s defiance of highprofile organisations and his insults of anyone from U.S. President Barack Obama to Pope Francis has been a source of amusement for Filipinos but of concern to diplomats.

Treaty ally the United States has borne the brunt of many of his tirades, with some analysts predicting Duterte would seek to diversify foreign relations beyond Washington, including by seeking better ties with erstwhile maritime foe China.

He gave a hint of that in his

speech, telling Chinese businessmen: “You will see me often in China”.

He did not elaborate, but said he planned to visit China some time this year and would press his case for it to let Filipinos fish unimpeded at the disputed Scarborough Shoal.

‘SCARY SCENARIO’ He also said he would debate Ban and the EU on human rights, and denied that police were involved in vigilante killings. Police say about two thirds of the deaths in the drug campaign were caused by unknown assailants and the rest in police operations.

“These were the handiworks of their co-conspirators in drugs,” he said. “That’s not the work of government.”

Duterte resumed attacks on his biggest critic, Leila de Lima, a senator whose investigation into his drugs war appears all but over after she was unseated as head of a Senate probe.

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday told a radio station De Lima would be charged with involvement in the drugs trade herself. A conviction could see her spend 30

years in jail.

Duterte has attacked the credibility of De Lima repeatedly, accusing her of having an affair with her staff and making money from bribes and drugs deals in one of the country’s biggest prisons.

De Lima denied allegations she colluded with drugs gangs, calling them “very outlandish, very outrageous” and “laughable”.

She said she no longer felt safe and was receiving hundreds of threats and hate messages.

There are also several complaints about her lodged with a house ethics committee and De Lima is facing a possible expulsion from the Senate.

Political analyst Earl Parreno said there was a danger that De Lima’s ostracism after taking on Duterte would discourage others and threaten the system of checks and balances.

“It’s a scary scenario,” Parreno said of the possible case against her.

“It will set a precedent. It will be a clear tyranny of the majority and will eliminate all opposition to Duterte.”

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NSF Martyrs' Memorial Trophy from Sept 24 66 teams register for 17th edition Our Correspondent Kohima | September 22

Altogether, 66 teams will compete in the 17th edition of the NSF Martyrs' Memorial Trophy 2016 (Late Kekuojalie Sachii & late Vikhozo Yhoshii) starting from Saturday, September 24 at the Kohima Local Ground under the theme "Goal for Peace."

Out of the 66 teams, 49 teams are from Kohima, 6 from Dimapur, 3 from Peren, 4 from Phek and 4 from Manipur state. The month long tournament is organised by the Angami Students’ Union (ASU) and carries a total cash prize of Rs. 3,95,000. This was announced today by Convenor, Organizing Committee, Neinguvotuo Krose, in a press conference at KPC Conference Hall in the presence of ASU President Dievi Yano and other officials. The tournament fixture was also released at the press conference.

Krose sought the support and cooperation from each and every individual towards the success of the tournament. He also called upon the public to put a collective effort to bring peace and friendship through this tournament. The champions will be awarded Rs. 1,60,000 while the runners-up will win Rs. 1 lakh. The third and fourth prize carries Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 30,000 respectively. Losing quarter finalists will each get Rs. 10,000. The player of the tournament will receive a scooter while there are also other individual prizes for best goalkeeper, best defender, best midfielder, and highest scorer. Gallery tickets till the quarterfinals have been at fixed at Rs. 30; from semifinals to the final, tickets will cost Rs. 50. The inaugural day on Saturday will witness a match between Meriema YO and Dejavu FC at 1:30 pm. The tournament will conclude on October 22.

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Higuain back as Juve reclaim top spot from Napoli

M i l a n, S e p t e M ber 22 (aFp): Gonzalo Higuain returned to scoring ways as champions Juventus regained top spot from misfiring Napoli thanks to a 4-0 rout of outclassed Genoa in Turin on Wednesday.

Higuain, signed from Napoli for an Italian record 90m euros, had failed to find the net in Juve's past two outings -- a scoreless draw with Sevilla in the Champions League and a 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan on Sunday.

But the Argentine striker quashed any emerging doubts about his talents with his fourth goal of the season just after the half hour after defender Daniele Rugani had given Juve a 14th minute lead.

Juventus were dominant throughout and their visitors from Sardinia were lucky not to escape with more punishment.

Dani Alves, signed during the close season from Barcelona, hit Juve's third minutes before the inter-

Perfect Bayern reclaim top spot in Germany

berlin, SepteMber 22 (aFp): on Tuesday, but dropped to third. Cologne Leaders Bayern Munich are now the only are a surprise second after their 3-1 win team in Germany's top flight still with at Schalke 04, who remain second from a perfect 100 percent record following bottom after four straight defeats to inWednesday's 3-0 Bundesliga win at home crease the pressure on new coach Markus to Hertha Berlin. Midfield stars Franck Ri- Weinzierl. Werder Bremen, who sacked bery, Thiago Alcantara and Arjen Robben coach Viktor Skripnik on Monday after netted at the Allianz Arena in a workman- three defeats, remain bottom after a heartlike display from Carlo Ancelotti's side to breaking 2-1 loss at Mainz, who scored make it four wins from four league games. both of their goals in the final five minutes.

Hertha are fifth after dropping their first Bayer Leverkusen were held to a goalless points of the season in Munich following draw at home to Augsburg. Promoted RB three previous straight wins. The victory Leipzig protected their unbeaten record in Juventus' Argentinian forward Gonzalo Higuain (L) vies with saw Bayern regain top spot from Borussia a 1-1 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach, Cagliari's midfielder Simone Padoin during the Italian Serie Dortmund, who temporarily claimed first who host Barcelona in a plum Champions football match on September 21. (AFP Photo) place after their 5-1 drubbing of Wolfsburg League clash next Wednesday. val and Mario Lemina saw goals difference. his drive turned into the Inter eclipsed their Cagliari net by Luca Cepp- poor start to the season unitelli in the closing minutes. der new coach Frank De Massimiliano Allegri's Boer with an emphatic 1-0 pariS, SepteMber 22 Paris Saint-Germain at the brace each in a 5-1 thrashing of Montpellier, who men lead Napoli by one win over Juventus on Sun- (aFp): Controversial star top of the table.

The defeat dropped were leading 1-0 through point, with Roma moving day when Argentine striker Mario Balotelli continued up to third after a 4-0 rout Mauro Icardi hit the win- his fine start to life on the Monaco to third, level on Morgan Sanson's fourth of league newcomers Cro- ner. Elsewhere, Palermo French Riviera by helping points with PSG and a point minute strike before they tone which included Edin had Ilija Nestorovski's 89th fire Nice to the top of Ligue behind Nice. Bordeaux are had Morgan Poaty sent off fourth after romping to a on eight minutes.

Dzeko's first brace of the minute winner to thank for 1 on Wednesday.

Late goals from Kamil The Italy international 3-0 win at Metz with goals season. A precious 2-1 win a precious 1-0 win at Ataover Europa League debu- lanta, Fiorentina held Udi- scored his second brace in from Malcolm, Gaetan Grosicki, from the penalty tants Sassuolo kept Chievo nese to a 2-2 draw in Udine as many league appearanc- Laborde and Isaac Kiese spot, and Adrien Hunou among the top four but the and nine-man Torino did es for Nice in a 4-0 thump- Thelin. Lyon climbed to gave Rennes a come-fromVerona-based side are only well to secure a scoreless ing of local rivals Monaco seventh as Nabil Fekir and behind 3-2 win over Marto leap-frog champions Corentin Tolisso scored a seille. ahead of Inter Milan on draw at Pescara.

Balotelli brace helps send Nice top of Ligue 1

Manchester City reported to FIFA over transfer

buenoS aireS, SepteMber 22 (reuterS): Argentine club Velez Sarsfield has lodged a formal complaint with FIFA over Manchester City's signing of teenaged midfielder Benjamin Garre. Velez said City tried to sign Garre from them when he was still a 15-year-old, which it alleges breached FIFA's rules on the transfer of minors. FIFA has clamped down on the transfer of minors in the last few seasons with Spanish clubs Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid all hit by lengthy bans for breaching rules.

"Never have I experienced such an immoral act... We don't know what they offered the father and the child in order to convince them," Raul Gamez, Velez's president, was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph. "In Velez, we defend values and we act in good faith. We are not interested in collecting 50,000 euros or 1,000,000 euros if said action is prohibited and may affect the player." City denied any wrongdoing in their recruitment of the Argentine, who the English Premier League club says holds an Italian passport, allowing him to join Pep Guardiola's side on his 16th birthday, the report added.

ICC tweaks Code of Conduct, DRS Dubai, SepteMber 22 (ianS): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday introduced changes to its Code of Conduct for Players, Player Support Personnel, and the Decision Review System (DRS) Umpires Call interpretation. There has been no change to the list of offences in the Code of Conduct, or the current penalty regime of warnings/fines/suspensions applicable to each offence, but players who have breached the code will now also accumulate Demerit Points, which can see repeat offenders suspended, an ICC statement said. Demerit Points will remain with a player for two years, and all players will start with a zero balance from September 22 to coincide with the introduction of these changes. The new DRS playing conditions relating to the Leg Before Wicket "Umpire's Call" will also come into effect from September 22. The first match to be played under these regulations will be the One-Day INternational between South Africa and Ireland in Benoni, South Africa, on Sunday.

Turkey detains ex Galatasaray football star in coup probe iStanbul, SepteMber 22 (aFp): Turkish police on Thursday detained a former prominent footballer from the Istanbul giants Galatasaray on suspicion of links to the group blamed for the July 15 failed coup.

Ismail Demiriz, who played for Galatasaray from 1984-1993 as well as 27 times for the Turkish national side, was detained in the Istanbul district of Bakirkoy, the Dogan news agency reported. He is suspected of links to the group of the USbased preacher Fethullah Gulen which Ankara blames for the botched putsch aimed at overthrowing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Gulen denies the charges.

Demiriz had already been briefly detained earlier this month along with another former Galatasaray player Ugur Tutuneker.

Both were later released but the CNN-Turk channel said prosecutors had appealed against Demiriz's release and a new arrest warrant was issued for him.

Over 20,000 people are still believed to be held under arrest in the wake of the coup in a crackdown that has caused international controversy.

The crackdown had also touched sport last month with the authorities issuing an arrest warrant for former star footballer Hakan Sukur who played a key role in Turkey's glorious run to third place in the 2002 World Cup. Sukur, also a former a stalwart for Galatasaray, is now based in the United States.

The family of Enes Kanter, one of the most prominent Turkish basketball players in the NBA, disowned him after he openly supported Gulen following the coup.

Galatasaray had said late Wednesday they were expelling from the club's membership Sukur, Demiriz and another former national player Arif Erdem over their alleged links to the Gulen movement.

Demiriz, 54, was a defender seen as a backbone of the tough Galatasaray side in his playing days.

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Pitt under investigation for child abuse

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The family is said to have been on a flight when he allegedly became 'wasted' and started 'screaming' before continuing the 'rant' on the tarmac when the plane landed, trying to leave the scene in a fuel truck.

TMZ reports that the alleged episode, last Wednesday, prompted Angelina Jolie to split from the 52-year-old the next day and then file for divorce.

Pitt is believed to be under investigation by the LAPD and LA County Department of Children and Family Services. He and Jolie are said to have been interviewed as part of the probe, and there are plans for authorities to speak to the children.

A source close to Pitt said: 'He takes the matter

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he fifth edition of filmmaker Karan Johar's popular chat show "Koffee With Karan" is set to be back, and channel officials are pulling out all stops to ensure it's a "cracker" of a season packed with surprises.

While Karan had previously announced on social media that he will be back on small screen as a host of a new season of the show, he had also asked his fans to wait before playing the guessing game on the line-up.

"We are working hard to ensure that we live up to the

hype and are confident that with the guest-list and all the new surprises planned, it's going to be yet another cracker of a season," a Star India spokesperson said in a statement.

The official said the fact that "viewers can't get enough of" the show, is "pretty evident from all the excitement, buzz and conversations around the season even before we've officially announced it".

In its past seasons, the show has been graced by a string of A-list actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan,

Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Gurinder Chadha, Farah Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Alia Bhatt and more at their candid best.

Earlier, it was speculated that Pakistani actor Fawad Khan would be the first guest on the chat show.

But Karan has asked all the eager fans to "wait for a formal announcement".

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very seriously and says he did not commit any abuse of his children.

'It's unfortunate that people involved are continuing to present him in the worst possible light.'

A colleague of the couple meanwhile tells Access

Hollywood that while Jolie wants the children to have a relationship with Pitt, there are no plans for visitation between the six kids and their father at this time.

And while the divorce did not come as a surprise to Pitt, he was thrown off by

the time according to those close to the actor.

'He was appealing to her to do this quietly – not to save the marriage but to consider the well-being of the children – and it was ignored,' a source close to the actor told People.

Ellie Goulding reveals Marion Cotillard slams all rumours of being 'Allies' with Brad Pitt rench actress Mar- 24 hours ago and that I was Cotillard's name was her body 'gave up' after ion Cotillard on swept up into." mentioned in some reports Wednesday de"As this situation is spi- as media outlets and fans exhaustion diagnosis nied any involve- raling and affecting people tried to understand what

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ment in the sudden split between Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, wishing that the two will "find peace," and confirming her pregnancy with her long-time partner.

Cotillard, 40, posted a statement on her verified Instagram page a day after Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt, amid some media reports that Cotillard and Pitt may have been romantically involved.

The Oscar-winning French actress said the statement would be her only comment on the "whirlwind news that broke

I love, I have to speak up.

Firstly, many years ago, I met the man of my life, father of our son and of the baby we are expecting. He is my love, my best friend, the only one that I need," Cotillard said, referring to French actor Guillaume Canet.

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, divorce, Mr and Mrs Smith, By the Sea, Hollywood She signed off by saying: "I do very much wish that Angelina and Brad, both whom I deeply respect, will find peace in this very tumultuous moment."

led to the sudden divorce of one of Hollywood's most visible couples, known for their good looks, successful films and activism.

Jolie, 41 and Pitt, 52, known collectively by the tabloid press and gossip sites as "Brangelina," married in 2014 after a decade together and have six children.

They were steady fodder for tabloids with reports focusing on what role Jolie played in the breakup of Pitt's marriage to actress Jennifer Aniston and, more recently, possible trouble in the marriage.

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dangerous the situation actually was for her health.

She added: 'When I think back to my tiredness, my slump, not wanting to exercise and not being interested in anything. It wasn't depression, it was just my body giving up.'

Speaking about her health woes, Ellie insisted it's important that she and other celebrities are honest about their anxiety issues.

Following in the footsteps of musician Zayn Malik to discuss her mental health battles in the public arena, the blonde songstress insisted anxiety can be a 'lonely' thing.

Ellie told Stylist: 'Too many people are quiet about mental health. When you feel anxiety, it's a very lonely feeling. It makes you feel like you're the only person in the world feeling that way.' Ellie was signed off her Delerium World Tour with exhaustion in July after months of globe-trotting.

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Ellie explained: 'I'd have panic attacks and, to me, they felt like I was dying of a heart attack. It's a very hot, burning feeling, like your heart is racing uncontrollably which is extra scary for me because I actually have a heart defect.'

The jet-setting star admitted her body completely 'gave up' on her shortly before she was diagnosed with the condition, and it's only now she realises how

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11th Imchaba Memorial Volleyball Tourney

The fourth quarter-final match between Lakhuni Sporting Club ‘B’ (yellow jersey) Vs Lakhuni Sporting Club ‘B’ (maroon jersey). (Photo: Sanen Jamir)

moKoKChUng, September 22 (mexn): In the penultimate day of the ongoing 11th Imchaba Master Memorial Open Volleyball Tournament played here at Multi Sports Hall, Imkongmeren Sports Complex, teams from Longsa, Chakpa, Mangkolemba and Lakhuni defeated their respective opponents to move on to the semi-final stages.

Volleyball powerhouse Longsa Sports Association will face Friends United Chakpa in the first semi-

final while Sporting Club Mangkolemba will play Lakhuni Sporting Club ‘B’ in the other semi-final.

Longsa Sports Association beat Volleyball for Peace Nagaland 27-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-18 while Friends United Chakpa beat Kumlong Sporting Association 26-28, 25-12, 25-23, 26-24 in the first two quarter-final matches.

Defending champions Adventure Club Changtongya were defeated by strong title contenders Sporting Club Mon-

gkolemba 25-22, 25-22, 25-16 in the third quarterfinal match while Lakhuni Sporting Club ‘B’ beat Lakhuni Sporting Club ‘A’ 2513, 25-22, 25-12 to book their berth in the last four.

The semi-final matches will be played on September 23 from 9:00 am and final match will be played the same day from 5:00 pm onwards followed by the closing ceremony with Nagaland Minister for NH & Mechanical Engineering & Elections, Nuklutoshi as chief guest.

Messi goes off injured as Barca held by Atletico C M Y K

Barcelona's Lionel Messi sits on the ground injured. (AFP Photo)

bArCeLonA, September 22 (reUterS): Barcelona failed to capitalise on Real Madrid dropping points against Villarreal as the La Liga champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, while talisman Lionel Messi limped off with a groin injury.

Ivan Rakitic nodded Barca ahead in the 41st minute but the home side lost control after the break following an injury to midfield lynchpin Sergio Busquets and Angel Corrrea fired in the equaliser in the 61st, shortly after Messi had come off.

"Leo Messi has torn the groin muscle in his right leg. He will be out of action for approximately three weeks," Barcelona officials said in a statement.

Earlier on Wednesday, Real's 100 percent start to the season came to an end as they drew 1-1 at home to Villarreal, also halting their joint record run of 16 straight league wins.

Captain Bruno Soriano gave Villarreal the lead on the stroke of halftime with a boldly chipped penalty after Sergio Ramos had handled in the area, although the Real captain made amends by heading in the equaliser

in the 48th minute.

Real remain top of La Liga on 13 points but failed to seal a new record of consecutive wins, having equalled the 16 straight victories set by Pep Guardiola's Barcelona in 2010/11 on Sunday.

"We were the much better side in the second half but you can't always win every game in the last minute," Zidane told a news conference on Wednesday.

"It's difficult, it was a tough game and we gave a lot but sometimes these results happen. It happened today but it's not going to change how we want to play."

Cristiano Ronaldo spurned two early chances in a lacklustre half by Real, who allowed Villarreal opportunities at the other end.

Zidane's side suffered a setback when Marcelo was forced off injured shortly before halftime but that was not the end of their woes.

Villarreal found their way through when Ramos gave away a penalty by halting a Manu Trigueros shot with his hand, and tried to hide his guilt by burying his face in his hands.

Soriano, who had missed from the spot against Malaga earlier in the season, opened the scoring with an audacious chip.

The Spain captain, however, redeemed himself by heading in Toni Kroos' corner early in the second half.

United, City set up League Cup showdown

London, September 22 (AFp): Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and his Manchester City rival Pep Guardiola were dealt an English Football League Cup rendezvous after both teams came through their thirdround ties on Wednesday.

United won 3-1 at thirdtier Northampton Town to ease some of the pressure building on Mourinho following three consecutive defeats, while holders City prevailed 2-1 at Swansea City.

Tottenham Hotspur were rewarded with a trip to Liverpool after crushing Gillingham 5-0 and West Ham United will face Chelsea after scraping past fourth-tier Accrington Stanley.

"We deserved to win," Mourinho told Sky Sports after goals from Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera and substitute Marcus Rashford took his side into the fourth round.

Mourinho, speaking before the draw had been made, added: "It was a difficult match, but overall a positive performance."

Mourinho, who felt that Northampton's Jak McCourt should have been sent off for a rash challenge on Memphis Depay, did not attend his post-match press conference.

United's victory was a welcome tonic for

Marcus Rashford goes past the Northampton goalkeeper Adam Smith before scoring Manchester United’s third goal. (Getty Images)

Mourinho and his team following consecutive losses to Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford.

United went ahead in the 17th minute after Northampton goalkeeper Adam Smith was penalised for picking up a back-pass.

Rooney's shot from the ensuing free-kick hit the wall, but Carrick swept the rebound into the topleft corner from the edge of the box. Rooney then saw a goal ruled out for offside, but Northampton gave United a scare when

Kenji Gorre clipped the bar in the 38th minute and within four minutes the home side were level. After Marcos Rojo, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Morgan Schneiderlin all spurned chances to clear, Daley Blind tripped Sam Hoskins and Alex Revell stroked the resulting penalty past Sergio Romero.

Mourinho waited only 10 minutes in the second half before turning to the bench, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Rashford replacing Fosu-Mensah and

Depay.

Herrera gave Northampton a warning with a left-foot shot that struck the post and in the 68th minute he restored United's lead, slamming home right-footed from Rashford's lay-off.

Another Smith error allowed United to seal victory, the goalkeeper hesitating as a long ball bounced towards him, which allowed Rashford to steal in and lash the ball into the vacant goal.

Premier League pace-

setters Manchester City made it nine wins from nine games under Guardiola with victory at Swansea.

City enjoyed the best of the first half, but it took until four minutes into the second half for Gael Clichy to put them ahead with a deflected shot.

Aleix Garcia made the most of a rare start by netting the second from Jesus Navas's cut-back in the 67th minute before Gylfi Sigurdsson stabbed in a stoppage-time consolation for Swansea.

Guardiola gave a first start of the season to captain Vincent Kompany, who underwent thigh surgery in May, but the Belgium centre-back had to go off late on after appearing to injure himself.

Tottenham cruised through after crushing League One Gillingham, with Christian Eriksen scoring twice and Vincent Janssen and Josh Onomah scoring their first goals for the club. Erik Lamela was also on target.

West Ham, struggling for form in the Premier League, needed a 96thminute Dimitri Payet freekick to edge fourth-tier Accrington Stanley 1-0 at London Stadium.

Southampton, Sunderland and Hull City also secured places in the last 16.

Santner, Boult share six wickets to restrict India

KAnpUr, September 22 (reUterS): New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner and paceman Trent Boult combined to lead a fightback and restrict India to 291 for nine on the opening day of the first test on Thursday.

At 154 for one, India were set for a big first innings total but, after Santner grabbed three top and middle-order wickets, Boult (3-57) claimed three in nine deliveries with the second new ball to peg back the hosts at Kanpur's Green Park Stadium.

Unsurprisingly, New Zealand's three spinners bowled the bulk of the overs to share five wickets on a typical sub-continental track which had little to offer the pacemen.

Ravindra Jadeja (16) and Umesh Yadav (eight) will return on Friday looking to take India, who went into the match with four bowlers to accommodate an extra batsman, past the 300-run mark.

"After losing the toss, I think we are reasonably

positioned," Santner told reporters.

"We didn't try anything different. We tried bowling in the good areas to build pressure and tried getting wickets. It didn't spin early on but 291-9, not too bad."

Lokesh Rahul and Murali Vijay gave the hosts a decent start after skipper Virat Kohli opted to bat in India's 500th test.

Rahul's last four innings in all formats had yielded two centuries and a fifty and the right-hander, chosen ahead of Shikhar Dhawan, dominated his 42-run stand with fellow opener Vijay.

The 24-year-old hit four boundaries, and a six off Mitchell Santner, before getting a faint edge to wicketkeeper BJ Watling in the left-arm spinner's second over.

NO DISCOMFORT Cheteshwar Pujara (62) then joined forces with Vijay (65) to prop up the innings, the duo adding 112 runs for the second wicket and rarely looking in any discomfort.

They brought up their individual fifties in successive overs before Santner had Pujara popping a simple return catch.

After 11 overs of toiling on an unresponsive pitch, Neil Wagner struck a body blow when he banged it short and enticed Kohli (nine) to attempt a pull shot early in his innings, only for the right-hander to top edge a catch to Ish Sodhi.

India-born Sodhi dismissed Vijay just before tea with Watling holding on to another faint edge as New Zealand claimed three important wickets for 80 runs in the second session to halt India's progress.

Batting at six, Rohit Sharma made a fluent 35 but has not fully shown that he can replicate his limitedovers success in the longest format.

Ravichandran Ashwin made 40 but will be expected to make a greater impact with his off-spin bowling in conditions that should suit him.

Vijay was confident a score in the region of 300

New Zealand's Mitchell Santner celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India's Lokesh Rahul. (REUTERS)

would be enough for his team.

"I think we are in a good position," the right-hander said. "We have put the runs

on the board. So all we've got to do now is go out there and put pressure on them while bowling. It's a good total to play around with."

KDFRA annual meeting on September 24

KohimA, September 22 (mexn): The Kohima Distort Football Referee Association will hold its Annual Meeting cum Get Together on September 24, 9:00 am at the Local Ground Kohima. A press release from the association informing that important matters will be discussed requested all members to be present without fail. For any information, one may contact 9436005498/9856500935.

Leo Inter School TT tournament

dimApUr, September 22 (mexn): Leo Club of Dimapur is organising the 29th Leo Inter School Table Tennis Tournamenrt on October 15 and 16.

According to a press release from the Club, this year will witness the entry of girls in the competition.

Forms are available and can also be submitted at Dimapur Stationery, Near NIIT Jain Temple Road; K. Awomi Trading, G.S.Road, Opp Yes Bank; Lions Club, Midland; and Front Door Dry Clean, Kalibari Road, Dimapur. The last date of form submission is October 5. For more information, one can contact Leo Sital Sethi Chairman at 7308917468/9863221221 or Leo Sanjay Jaiswal Co-Chairman at 9615193320.

SON bags medals in National Championship

dimApUr, September 22 (mexn): Special Olympics Nagaland won two medals – one gold and one silver – in the National Championship Bocce which was held from August 23 to 28 at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna, Bihar. The SON team comprising Chumremo Kikon, Mhachio Ngullie, Chiiluzhii-O Chache and Rongsen Jamir bagged gold in the team event while Sanglikhum Chang and Imlisunep Jamir bagged silver in the Doubles event. The team comprising 6 special athletes was led by Coaches Yanrenthung Ovung and Sungchetri Amri.

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