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World leaders urged to find seeds of hope [ PAGE 09]

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Kohima | September 25

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Naga MPs from Myanmar clarifies We, the Naga MPs from Myanmar response to the statement published at Morung Express on 13th June, 2014 entitled as “Myanmar Nagas, MPs condemn Niki’s statement and NSCN (K) Move; HlaTun, MP Khamti, MyatKo, MP Naga Self-Administered Zone & Zing Wam, MP Nanyoung” that the statement was sent without our consent. Therefore, we are not responsibleto the said statement and hereby withdraw the statement. Naga MPs from Myanmar: U MyatKo, MP AmyottaHluttaw, Naga Self-Administered Zone U HlaTun, MP PyithuHluttaw, Khamti U ZinWom, MP PyithuHluttaw, Nanyun

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DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 25 (MExN): Responding to the statement of the Karbi Anglong Dimapur Transporters Association (KDTA) resolution “not to pay tax to AK Weigh Bridge, Lahorijan, Dillai Gate;” the Karbi Anglong Truck Owner’s Welfare Association (KATOWA) today stated that its members were not made aware of any resolution of the truck owners. A press note from the KATOWA President, Nungsang Jamir and Secretary, Obed Swu stated that even if there is any resolution to be passed, it has to be done with the consent of the KATOWA and also with the mandate of all truck owners of Karbi Anglong. It clarified that that the KATOWA “does not have any link or connection whatsoever with the KADTA and its resolution. It informed that the KATOWA “does not accept any resolution of the KDTA and hereby urge its members to co-operate with the association for the general interest of the truck owners of Karbi Anglong.” It asserted that KATOWA is a government registered organization of truck owners of Karbi Anglong “functioning purely for the interest of its members.”

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A clarion call: citizens urged ‘Development cannot to manage proper sanitation substitute our rights’ Nagaland launches national sanitation awareness campaign

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The last date for recei uld • For N AGEand INCOME tion Card of s. d. The appli M sho containing accurate • Registra t password photograph be summarily rejecte from 10:A.M to 2: P. date. The applications d. TO TIO 000/ 5 ICA RS. LIF urs d en all QUA • 2 rec plete applications sh erce, during office ho ved after the specifie ll be summarily rejecte BELOW 26 20500/- PER VACANCY TO 10 inforrelevant messages, 6. Incom of Industries & Comm plications shall be recei t without which it wi YEARS 59 MONTH can te o ap GRADUATE OR the Directora shall be 24-04-2014.N and Address of the appli MALE / FEMALE EQUIVALENT Kire) mber mation and knowledge apIn plicationsthis Thekrunietuo& Commerce a woman walks among heaps of rubbish to collect re-salable prodof Contact Nu Morung file Sd/-(Er.photo, tain details con ustries CT TA ectorate of Ind N Dir CO ucts at a waste dumping in Dimapur. Nagaland state on Thursday joined the rest of the content, under various S L I FOR DETA HIMA country by launching the site national sanitation awareness campaign. Photo by Caisii Mao O K L themes such as, personal L I H S ’ OFFICER 9862667159 hygiene, use of toilets,e No.:8safe 178 / approval to the practice be able to sustain future that through the impleon 974998 Ph storage and handling of of some people opening urban development and mentation of the ongoing water, hand washing after their septic tanks during expansion, he said “this Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan defecation, hand wash- the monsoon rain, caus- calls for strong legislation, (Total Sanitation Caming before and after taking ing much discomfort to guidelines and building paign) the state has made food and environmental others. This needs to be ad- codes, which can only be much progress in the area sanitation including man- dressed by the department instituted and monitored of sanitation. agement of waste,” the CM along with district admin- by national and local govPHED minister, Noke said. istration and the municipal ernments.” Wangnao, while addressAffirming that gender council, he said. Informing that the In- ing the gathering, exsensitivity should be adThe CM pointed to the dian Prime Minister Na- pressed optimism that dressed while implement- need of improving the wa- rendra Modi is commit- the target set for the state ing this campaign, he said ter and sanitation problem ted in launching “Swachh would be achieved, pro“this may not be a major in an urban setting is not an Bharat” all over the coun- vided the funds from the issue in our state. How- easy task, as the required try by October 2, 2019, the Government of India and ever, in this country there infrastructure, either new Nagaland CM stated that State Matching share are are many reported cases or upgraded, are restricted the key to achieve suc- released regularly and in of crimes against women by already existing struc- cess in this campaign is to time. He also informed that while out to answer na- tures, such as roads or make it “a people’s sanita- the PHED department has ture’s call.” buildings. tion movement.” Zeliang already worked out an acThe CM expressed disStating that it must also informed the gathering tion plan for the month

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long National Sanitation Awareness Campaign, to be carried out in all 11 districts. PHED Chief Engineer, Er Kevisekho Kruse said “Sanitation and safe drinking water are key requirements for sustainable development and a good life.” Kruse added that sanitation has a strong connection with not only human health but dignity and development. Meanwhile, Er KG Sumi, Director, WSSO PHED requested the Nagaland CM to urge all legislators to monitor the people during this month long campaign in their respective constituencies. The function was chaired by PHED Secretary, Anenla S Longchari.

Calendar of events in Nagaland • 25 Sept: Official launching (State level) • 26-27 Sept: District level advocacy workshop cum public rally in all district HQs • 29 Sept: State & dist level- Swachh Bharat Yatra (Clean India Tour) • 30 Sept- 11 Oct: Cleaning of streets and surrounding in respective villages, cleaning of toilets and compounds in all educational institutions. • 15 Oct: (State & dist) - Observance of Global Handwashing Day • 16-31 Oct: (Dist) - House to house visitation and distribution of pamphlets • 31 Oct: Closing function at Kohima • Sept 29-Oct 31: Telecast on sanitation awareness messages through AIR in all local dialects

KOHIMA, SEPTEMBER 25 (MExN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has once again slammed the Nagaland Legislative Assembly resolution to set up Nagaland Special Development Zones (NSDZ) and stated that it “does not appreciate the modus operandi of the Nagaland state government to pass the buck to others… for its wrong doings or proceed ahead with its camouflaged bourgeois programs under the protection of such platforms at the expense of the indigenous Nagas.” Referring to the consultative meeting on the NSDZ, scheduled today, the NTC termed the meet as “amusing.” “It is amusing indeed because of the fact that the slated consultation will be done to scrutinize the resolution of NLA. Secondly, a set of silly and rudimentary ‘questionnaires’ is being placed before the elected representatives, political parties and few civil organizations which amounts to undermining the caliber of the invitees,” stated the NTC. The NTC stated that the NSDZ resolution includes “high sounding promises such as foothill Super Highway of 4-8 lane roads with parallel Railway lines, employment opportunities for the youth, faster growth and development of state’s economy.” However, it reminded that even the 74km 2 lane NH-29 from Dimapur to Kohima “has been in shambles and when a decade ago, the PM of India promised to convert the said 2 lane road to that of 4 lane road, this Government failed to avail it.” The NTC urged the Nagaland state government to talk with a “sense of reality and practicability.” “The bigger question is who will finance 8 lane roads, and if at all made who will maintain it? We must have dreams on only what are tenable and tangible,” it added. The NTC questioned whether the NSDZ is a developmental project or

a package to “sell out the birth right of Nagas of Nagaland” and whether “indigenous Nagas of Nagaland can exist when we become landless citizens in our own land.” Alleging that the state government is “hell bent to abrogate the protective constitutional provisions for the sake of outsiders,” the NTC queried whether it is “advisable to let the present government open a floodgate to Nagas from other states to have full access to enjoy the indigenous rights at par with sons of the soil.” “What privileges Nagas of Nagaland can enjoy in other neighboring states in reciprocity?” it further asked. Referring to the protective rights granted to the state under Article 371(A), the Nagaland Land and Revenue (Amendment) Act 1978 and the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act 1873 (ILP); the NTC urged Nagas of Nagaland to understand that “infringement of the above mentioned provisions in any manner will reduce us into secondary citizens in our own land.” It further asserted that the NTC would “leave no stone unturned to protect and defend these provisions and to always stand as guardian of the aspirations and wishes of the indigenous people of Nagaland.” While clarifying that the NTC would “never oppose” developments within the framework of the said laws, it however asserted that “development cannot substitute our fundamental rights of existence for the Nagas of Nagaland.” The NTC further urged the Naga Hoho to “lucidly interpret its resolution on NSDZ which states ‘reservations with regard to the land and transfer of ownership which contradicted the age old customary practice of the Nagas’ as appeared in local media on September 11, 2014.” It asserted that “Nagas of Nagaland need clarity and not ambiguity on the crucial issue.”

11 northern Angami ii A/c polls: HPC on illegal taxation to meet on October 13 SEPTEMBER 25 of the terms of reference given by the gov- Lotha region and on September 23, 2014 NPCC not to field any candidate DIMAPUR, (MExN): The Action Committee against ernment would start from the first sitting. signed by Nongothung Lotha and StarUnabated Taxation (ACUAT) Nagaland This has already been intimated to the son, Kilonser Trade & Commerce Chap-

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 25 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPSC) today officially announced that it has “conscientiously decided” not to field a candidate for the ensuing bye-election to 11 Northern Angami II A/C. “Considering the huge electoral mandate given to DAN for 3 terms,” the NPCC through a press note termed the “grooming culture of Bye-Election not only superfluous but absolutely senseless and wastage of public exchequer.” It further noted that “none of the NPF MPs elected during the last two terms completed their full term” and predicted that “there is no guarantee that the present MP will not come back to the state before his term is over.” The NPCC then recalled that almost a dozen bye-elections, “with few exceptional cases necessitating it,” have been held since DAN came to power in 2003. “Considering the emerging crisis within the ruling party more bye-elections can be expected in the days to come,” it added. It further asserted that “abnormal election incurs abnormal monetary involvement because it becomes a gamble in favor of the one who cashes double, multiple times over his counterpart. This way the state has been losing hundreds of crores during by-elections alone just to buy and purchase expensive votes, it said. As such, the NPCC stated that the party has refused “to either endorse or comply with the given situation where bye-election is once more taken by DAN

as a joyride and the electorates too are taken for a ride. “ The NPCC termed the NPF as an “enthusiastic ally of NDA and BJP,” and recalled how as part of the DAN “together fought several state elections and supported same candidate in several national elections with one common agendapolitical solution.” It however lamented that the NPF, “despite its professed regionalism shares the same bed with BJP which propagate Hindu nationalism…” Referring to what it termed as the “contentious disqualification of the 3 MLAs,” the NPCC claimed that “now the electoral confrontation between the two has indicated that their honeymoon has gone sour.” It further stated that in view of the way things are developing, “the ensuing bye-election can become the most expensive and most complicated because either way, win or lose for the NPF or BJP the result will definitely have reflection on the leadership of the day or split of partnership or even consequential threat to the establishment.” In view of the aforementioned circumstances, the NPCC stated that “it is best for the future interest of the party to let the alliance partners of DAN go ahead with their “friendly contest” against each other and demonstrate to the people their sincerity in fulfilling their prior commitment made on the desired political solution.” It stated that the party would “allow the electorate to determine, whichever way they want, the fate of the NPF and BJP.”

has informed that “as per reports received,” the first sitting of the High-Powered Committee (HPC) to probe into illegal taxation will be on October 13. A press note from ACAUT informed that this is “on account of inevitable delay in setting up of office, related logistics and manpower.” The formation of the HPC was announced by the Nagaland Chief Secretary on August 5, 2014. ACAUT added that as decided by the HPC members, the 3 month period given for the completion

government intimated through its nomi- lee.” This was resolved in a meeting of the nee member, the Addl. Secretary of law ACAUT Wokha Unit on September 15 at and Justice Department. the office of the Wokha District Chamber of Commerce & Industries. It inACAUT Wokha asks NSCN (K) to clarify formed that the matter came to ACAUT’s Meanwhile, the Wokha district unit knowledge “after receiving a complaint of the ACAUT unit today “asked the from the Wokha District Chamber NSCN (K) to give a detailed clarification of Commerce & Industries.” ACAUT for its motive in regard to summon let- Wokha unit further “resolved not to alters issued to the Marwari Union on Sep- low any of its members or the business tember, 19,” which the ACAUT alleged community to meet any NPGs relating was “issued by Khyok’s Lotha care taker to taxation matters.”

NPSC decides against conducting fresh exam

KOHIMA, SEPTEMBER 25 (MExN): The Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) has said that the “issue of copy paste in the General Studies Paper-1 of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2014 has been examined without any bias or partiality.” This was stated in a letter to the Naga Students Federation (NSF), who had earlier called for the conduct of fresh exams for the said paper. In the letter dated September 23, 2014, NPSC Secretary, Sarah R Ritse clarified that there are three prescribed papers viz: General English, General Studies Paper-I and II; each carrying 200 marks. On account of the ‘copy paste issue,’ and having nullified 119 questions; the NPSC informed that all the candidates will be awarded equal marks of 119 in the General Studies Paper-I. The capability of the candidates will be determined from the remaining

Assures to act without bias and partiality 481 of the written marks and not from 81 marks as stated, informed the NPSC. It further assured that the decision taken by the NPSC with regard to this issue will apply uniformly to all candidates without any discrimination. “Finally, accepting the responsibility for committing error, appropriate action is being initiated against the company,” stated the NPSC. The NPSC further informed that it held a meeting on September 11 after having noticed the issue relating to the said paper. It disclosed that three options were discussed in order to address the issue. They included to allot equal marks to all candidates on all ‘copy paste questions’ found in Gen-

eral Studies Paper-I; to conduct fresh exams for the said paper or to do away with the said paper and asses the merit of the candidate from the other two papers i.e. General English (200 marks) and General Studies Paper-II (200), both of which are descriptive. After “thorough deliberation,” according to the NPSC, the commission decided to opt for the first option “in the larger interest of the candidates…” This was done, the commission reasoned, because “to have another test/exam at this juncture will not be viable because the same company cannot be entrusted for the same and to have another company will take time…” This, it stated would affect the career of thousands of students.” It further stated that “awarding equal marks on copy pasted questions to all candidates assessing their capability from the remaining marks… is fair enough to all the candidates.”

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Hindi fortnight closing ceremony

Kohima, September 25 (mexN): All the children who have joined U-LINK! program are informed that the last Super-Saturday is scheduled on 27th September, 2014. All the G-g groups will have their activities in their previous respective places and timings except for G-g 2. Those who have registered with G-g 2 Choreography and Dances may kindly come to the Highschool ground instead of Sumi Baptist Church Kohima at 10:00 am. In regardless of how many times one has attended the other Super Saturdays all who have signed up for the program are invited to be a part of this final U-LINK! Super - Saturday. Teens who participated in the TeenGames are also requested to join this last Growth-group meeting so that you can be a part of the U-LINK! SPARKS on October 25, 2014. For any information regarding the program contact 9856185990, 9612035866, 9856776515.

NPF CEC meeting

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Kohima, September 25 (mexN): President of Naga People’s Front (NPF), Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu has convened the Central Executive Council (CEC) meeting on October 9, 11:00 am at the Central Office HQs Kohima. Informing this in a press release, party secretary general, KG Kenye requested all members concerned to attend the meeting positively on time.

NSBS&GA induction ceremony

Kohima, September 25 (Dipr): The Nagaland State Bharat Scouts & Guides Association is organising the induction ceremony of Governor P.B. Acharya and Chief Minister of Nagaland T.R. Zeliang as the Chief Patron and Patrons of the Association respectively, on September 29 at 1100 hours at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Kohima. The award ceremony for Rajya Puraskar Certificates and Governor Award Certificates will also be held immediately after the induction. The Governor of Nagaland as the Chief Patron would give away the Rajya Puraskar Certificates and the Chief Minister as the Patron shall felicitate the 2013 Rastrapati qualified Guides.

Onam celebration in Kohima on Sept 27

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Kohima, September 25 (mexN): Malayali Samajam Kohima (MSK), the apex body of Malayalees residing in Kohima, will celebrate Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala in Kohima on September 27 at 11:00 am in the Nagaland State Dairy Cooperative Federation (Dairy Farm) auditorium, Lerie, Kohima in a traditional manner. Thiruvathira, cultural programmes, Ganamela (Musical Concert) by MSK artists, outdoor games, etc. followed by grand Onam feast (Onasadya) will mark the occasion, informed MSK cultural secretary in a press release, and invited all the members and well-wishers to attend the function on time.

Political parties informed on scrutiny

Kohima, September 25 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer, Kohima, W.Honje Konyak notified that only such persons as are entitled to be present under Section 36 of the Representation of the people Act, 1951, read with Chapter - VI, Para 6.3.1 of Handbook for Returning Officer (2014) namely the candidates, their election agents, one proposer of each candidate and one other person duly authorized in writing by each candidate, and no other person shall be admitted at the scrutiny. In the case of candidates set up by registered unrecognized political parties and independent candidates also, only one of the proposers shall be admitted at the scrutiny. This is for kind information and necessary compliance by all candidates.

SBAK Sunday School Fellowship

Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The Sunday School Department of Sumi Baptist Churches Association (SBAK) would organize the 5th Session Sunday School Fellowship from October 3 to 5 at Naghutomi New Baptist Church, with the theme “Praise to the Lord”. Exhortation would be brought by Rev. Dr. Joshua Rochill, Executive Secretary, while Er. Picuto Shohe, Parliamentary Secretary, Jail & Home Guard, Nagaland would bring greetings message. The fellowship speakers include Kughalu L. Chishi, Children Ministry Supervisor, Hetoli I. Chishi, Women Secretary, Rev. Vitoshe K. Aye, Youth Secretary, Rev. Picuto Yeputhomi, Mission Secretary. The Sunday School department and host church have requested all churches to send children to the program.

ICFAI management festival ‘Biz Horn 2014’ from today

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Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The Department of Management, ICFAI University Nagaland will be organizing a management festival titled “Biz Horn 2014” on September 26 & 27 at university campus, 6 Mile Sovima. A press note from the organizing committee stated that, the Minister of Mechanical & Highway, Soil & Water Conservation, government of Nagaland, Nuklutoshi will be the chief quest at the formal inauguration programme on September 26. Biz Horn 2014 is a two day management festival encompassing various aspects of management and simulated corporate functioning providing students to explore their talents and forte, it added. According to the organizer, the festival will be orchestrated and includes several attractive events and competition such as business plan, debate, Ad campaign, RJ war, product launch, Ice campaign and so on. There will be attractive prizes for the winners and more than 25 colleges are expected to participate at the festival said the organizer.

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Amur Falcons expected to reach Wokha soon WoKha, September 25 (Dipr): Annual migration of Amur Falcon to the district is expected from the last week of September 2014 and that Wokha district has received due recognition and appreciation from both National and International agencies and organisation for the effort put forth especially by the local people for their protection and conservation in the past. In addition, in continuation with good effort put forth in the past by the villagers of Doyang catchment area (the roosting area) a reminder to this effect is hereby issued for undertaking necessary measures by the villages of the Doyang catchment area for the protection and conservation

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Campaign to provide safe passage to Amur Falcons

Kohima, September 25 (mexN): The Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC), Kohima is organizing a Hindi fortnight closing ceremony on September 26 at 1.00 PM. in the State Academy Hall, PR Hill, Kohima. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire, Minister of Forest, Environment & Wildlife will grace the occasion as chief guest while parliamentary secretary for school education Yitachu will be the guest of honour. moN, September 25 (Dipr): The Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer, Mon has informed all the electors of Mon district that during the distribution of EPIC on the eve of the 16th Lok Sabha Election 2014, a sizable numbers of electors had been detected to be dead, shifted, duplicate etc, who are not entitled to be registered in the electoral roll of that part of the constituency. Therefore, a copy of such list of dead, shifted, duplicate, etc, has been made available in the office notice board for public inspection.

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Kohima, September 25 (Dipr): In a campaign to Welcome, Protect and Provide a Safe Passage to the Amur Falcons in the State, the Forest Department of Nagaland has appealed the public, government officials, village councils, GBs, army and paramilitary, NGOs, students and people from different sectors of the society to provide a safe passage to the migratory birds which are expected to arrive very soon during their migration from Mongolia, Siberia Northern China and Japan. The Amur Fal-

cons are expected to stay on till November 2014. The synergetic effort of the people of Nagaland protected and provided safe passage of the visiting Amur Falcons in 2013 in the State and has brought laurels, both nationally and internationally. M/s Silver Back Films Ltd. U.K., an internationally reputed firm has sought permission from the Government of Nagaland through the Government of India for Filming on Amur Falcons and showing efforts of protection of the bird by the people of Naga-

land to the world. The Chief Wildlife Warden of Nagaland, Satya Prakash Tripathi said that India is a signatory of International Convention on Conservation of Migratory Wildlife Species and therefore we are bound to protect and provide safe passage to any migratory bird passing through Nagaland. The Department also states that the Amur Falcon is protected under the Wild Life (Protection) Act. 1972 wherein the trapping, killing and selling of Amur Falcons is a criminal offence pun-

of the migratory birds. The village council chairman, VCMS and GBs of all the villages in the catchment area of the DHEP are directed to take immediate steps/measures (including imposition of fines and reporting to the concerned authority) to prevent hunting, trapping and sale of Amur Falcons within their respective jurisdiction. All the Village Councils of the mentioned area are also directed to conduct general meetings in their respective villages for wide publicity and awareness. Violation of this order by any village council will invite appropriate necessary action from the government including non-release of developmental funds.

ishable with three years rigorous imprisonment or with 25,000/fine or both under Section 51 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. The Government of Nagaland has also decided to divert development funds of village for environment protection, in case of killing of the bird in their respective village. In case of observation of wildlife crime/illegal trade, the following officers may please be informed. 1. Satya Prakash Tripathi, Chief Wildlife Warden, Nagaland –

9402489682. 2. Kocha Meyase, CF (Wildlife & Biodiversity) – 9436002448 3. Kamdi Bhaskar Hemant, Wildlife Warden, Kiphire [Phek, Longleng, Kiphire, Tuensang, Mon Districts] – 9436211735 4. Zhotoho Angami, Wildlife Warden, Dimapur [Kohima, Dimapur, Peren, Wokha, Zunheboto, Mokokchung Districts] – 9436005530 5. Ailong Phom, Officer-incharge, Wildlife Crime Control Branch, Nagaland – 9862128648.

DNSU ‘Common Ground’ interaction

Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): With the objective of providing insights to the younger generation on various issues confronting the Naga society, the Diphupar Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) is organizing an interaction by inviting various organizations to speak on different topics. The interaction, dubbed as “Common Ground” – an interaction for a better perspective, will

be held on September 27 at Agri Expo site, 4th Mile Diphupar at 9 am. Addressing media persons in Dimapur on Thursday, DNSU office bearers said the speakers for the interaction include NBCC to be represented by Rev Z. Keyho, ACAUT represented by Joel Nillo Kath, GPRN/NSCN represented by Moa Walling, Legal topic to be presented by Leonard Aier, social activist Niketu Iralu and NSCN (IM) rep-

resented by Q. Tuccu. DNSU said that by organizing the interaction, they were not seeking for solution to any issues but to encourage the younger generation to listen and share their views on issues to be presented by various organizations. DNSU said that due to time factor it was inviting only the NSCN (IM) and GPRN/NSCN for the interaction and clarified that it was not segregating other factions.

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Interaction on implementation of IWMP

Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The officials of Land Resources Development Dimapur and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) held a day long interaction programme in the conference

hall of Nagaland Regional Office, NABARD here on Monday. The programme initiated and was organized by NABARD Dimapur under the leadership of its General Manager V Chelladurai, to discuss issues relat-

ing to the implementation of Integrated Watershed Management Program (IWMP) in Dimapur district. NABARD is the nodal agency to monitor implementation of IWMP in the state of Nagaland, informed a press release.

A man relaxes from his work while taking a mug of rice beer from one of the hundreds of rice beer joints in Tuensang. As there is heavy demand, liquor is sold abundantly in many places all over Nagaland despite Prohibition. Selling of liquor, both local and spurious IMFL, is considered to be one business where the businessman never gets loss and gets rich quickly. (Photo by Imojen I. Jamir)

Training of trainers on Music and Art therapy underway Our Correspondent

abuse gave a brief idea on what is therapy and the idea of what the workshop will emphasized on. Elana stated that the workshop would impart psychotherapy, which is based on individualism and especially on child’s uniqueness. “Every culture has its own ideas on child development and western ideas are in no way the only way,” said Elana who added that Music and art therapy are

based on psychotherapy which has to do with a person’s thoughts and past memory and that such concepts can be used by parents and educators. At the function, Banuo Z Jamir lauded Enable and ABC for organizing such workshops and said, “It requires people who ‘feel’ to organize this kind of workshops and the name of the organization speaks it all.” Stating that music has healing powers and that humans are the only creatures who can express themselves, Banuo Z Jamir hoped that the training will hone the skills of young trainers. The Chief Secretary further urged the resource persons to share the Israeli- Palestinian conflict to the trainers because we share similar experiences. “The music and art should be honed more professionally for the benefit of Naga society.” concluded the Chief Secretary.

Developing skills for economic sustenance

RPO consultative meeting on Sept 27

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A training of trainers on Music and Art therapy jointly organized by the Awakening Bells Center and Enable is on the runway starting from September 25 to 27. The resource persons for the workshop are from Israel namely Elana Lakh., MA, ATR, an Art therapist and a Jungian Psychotherapist and Tsvia Horesh, MA, CMT, a music therapist. The inaugural function was graced by Banuo Z Jamir, IAS, Chief Secretary, Nagaland as the chief guest. “May this be a new beginning of healing and recovery to our children and society,” said Neidonuo Angami, Chairperson Managing Board, ABC who gave the opening speech on the workshop which she added was relevant and important to Naga society and hoped that such new approach will

Resource person Elana Lakh addressing the training of trainers on Music and Art therapy jointly organized by Awakening Bells Center and Enable on September 25. (Morung Photo)

be promoted in the context and situation of the Nagas. A prayer was invoked by Kedo Peseyie, Pastor, City Church. Avikuo Tepa and friends presented special numbers. Former Chief Secretary Alemtemshi Jamir and Guks Chishi enthralled the participants with the song ‘Teach Your Children’. The resource persons Elana Lakh and Tsvia Horesh gave a brief introduction on the concept of

tueNSaNg, September 25 (Dipr): Certification programme for skill training organized by the District Urban Development agency under Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) was held at Community Kendra, Urban Development Office Complex Tuensang on September 25. Deputy Commissioner of Tuensang Mhabemo Yanthan was the chief guest of the programme. The programme was conducted by the Additional Deputy Commissioner & Chairman DUDA Tuensang Robert Longchari. The meeting was also attended by SDO (C) and the 1st Class Magistrate of the District and the graduated trainees. The main objective of the said scheme is to the trained the trainees in embroidery & tailoring, computer training, dry flower making, driving and food processing etc. to make entrepreneurs ef-

the workshop. While appreciating the idea of how music is related to culture, the church and the people in Nagaland, Tsvia Horesh, Music Therapist stated that the workshop will help in developing training to the trainers on how to use music with children and enabling them to open up through the use of sound, pre-composed music and improvised music in the training. “Sound is one of the first ex-

periences of every human being,” said Horesh who also added that the training would also implement experiential motive learning that is using of hands, voices and manipulating art materials that open up ideas and imagination to let trainers experience themselves. Elana Lakh, a teaching therapist who has worked in Myanmar, Palestine, Bethlehem and specialize in people with sexual

DC Tuensang and officials with trainees during the certification programme for skill training held on September 25. (DIPR Photo)

ficient for self-reliance. The chief guest in his speech said that the skill training opportunity provides by the DUDA Tuensang District is empowering the

women with the skill for the economic sustenance. This will ensure progress and development of the women and the children in the district on the long run. Learning

is continuous process and therefore the six-month course offered today must act like a springboard to achieve high economic goal. In today’s highly competitive world, he also added. It is the fittest who survives but any person who dreams of surviving on a begging bowl has no room for any success in life he told the gathering. Government by itself cannot eradicate unemployment problem, we should rather change attitude of expectation from governments and work for our self-reliance, he also added. He also advised the trainees to keep on working consistently which will help in perfection. The skilled achieved from the training should not die with you rather it is a responsibility to educated more, he added. Later in the day, officials inspected the institutions and interacted to the trainees and the trainers after the programme.

Kohima, September 25 (mexN): The Razeba Public Organisation (RPO) has informed that there will be a consultative meeting on September 27 at the RPO Hall, Razeba at 11:00 am to discuss on the forthcoming Thuni Festival scheduled to be celebrated with the Chakhesang community in 2015. In this regard, it has requested all the present executive members, former RPO presidents, VCCs & VCMs, GBs, VDB Secretaries, invitees, public leaders, gazette officers, presidents and general secretaries of RPO town units, youth organsiations, students unions, women societies, and pastors of various denominations to attend the consultative meeting, positively.

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M'laya flood toll at 39 NPMHR disturbed by militarisation of NE Health Camp

Shillong, September 25 (iAnS): The toll due to the massive floods in Meghalaya has risen to 39, an official said Thursday. Health authorities in the flood-ravaged Garo Hills region of Meghalaya said if precautions are not taken, diseases like diarrhoea, cholera and gastroenteritis may break out once the floodwaters recede. "Water-borne diseases might break out in the floodhit areas once the water starts receding in the next 10-15 days," Director of Health Services E. Dkhar told IANS. The official death toll Thursday rose to 39, while many people were still missing, a government official said. More than a lakh people have been af-

fected after the swollen Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers submerged over 300 villages. The government has set up 85 relief camps in the region. "Low-lying areas like Rajabala, Chibinang, Selsella, Tikrikilla, Charbatapara and Pushkurnipra are still inundated," West Garo Hills district magistrate Pravin Bakshi said. He said the National Disaster Response Force and paramilitary forces have been pressed into the rescue operation. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, who earlier conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas, said financial assistance would be sought from the central government.

DimApUr, September 25 (nnn): The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) has expressed that it is deeply disturbed by the perpetuation of violence through continued militarization of the Northeast and the propensity of the state to rely on militaristic means to address any issue. The NPMHR said the imposition of CrPC 144 and deployment of Manipur police commandos and Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) personnel in Ukhrul for about two months is a recent case in point. The CrPC 144 has been revoked and the state forces with-

drawn but militarization continues with the heavy presence of para-military forces and uneasy calm prevails in the district, it added. "The damage and ramification as crafted by the Government of Manipur has been tremendous and led to a cycle of violence and counter-violence. The killing of two rallyists on August 30, 2014, the ambush by unidentified gunmen on September 9, 2014 which killed one state force personnel, and the bomb explosion on September 17, 2014 which killed two women at Ukhrul district are all manifestations of the culture of violence that

pervades the governance system, which in turn has perversely affected the society and undermined the rule of law and civil administration," the Naga rights body stated. Taking stock of the situation that gripped the district for nearly two months NPMHR, reiterates that the Government of Manipur must take responsibility for the trauma and deaths of not just the civilians but also of the state force personnel. "We condemn any form of violence, be it against civilians or state forces that disrupts peace and tramples upon the rights of the people," it stated.

Bangladesh to restore abandoned railway linkages with India AgArtAlA, September 25 (iAnS): Bangladesh might restore the abandoned railway connectivity that existed before the partition of India to boost trade and peopleto-people contact, Mohammad Mazibul Hoque, the country's railway minister, said here Thursday. "After the partition of India in 1947, many railway connectivities between the two neighbours had snapped. We are considering restoring most of those deserted railway linkages," Hoque told reporters. "With the help of Indian in-

vestment preliminary works have started to lay a 15-km railway track to link Tripura's capital Agartala with Bangladesh's (southeastern city) Akhaurah. The project would be operational at the earliest as the two countries are very serious to execute the plan." A senior official (construction) of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said the total cost of the proposed project is estimated at Rs.252 crore. "The Indian Railway Construction Company (IRCON) would lay the new railway tracks on

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b.E. school (baptist high) ’89 batch 25th Anniversary Celebration on 3rd October 2014 at Chatsa, opposite NPSC office, near Assembly Secretariat, Kohima, at 12:00 noon. All alumni members are requested to keep note and attend without fail. For more info-8730063855(Kevezakie)

both sides of the border," he said. Of the 15 km rail line, five km of tracks fall in the Indian territory and remaining in Bangladesh. The Agartala station came up on the country's rail map in October 2008. Hoque, who came here to attend a function in connection with the centenary of a school, said that with the financial assistance from the Indian government, 12 railway projects are being implemented in Bangladesh. The projects include Dhaka-Tongi and Khulna-Mongla railway line extension and

manufacturing of 120 coaches for Bangladesh railways. "If the old connectivities including the deserted railway linkages were restored, trade, business, people-to-people relationship and tourism between India and Bangladesh would further develop," he said. To a question about to ferry food grains, essentials and heavy machineries from different parts of India and abroad to mountainous northeastern states via Bangladesh, the minister said his country is ready to help India in all aspects.

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To, The President, Naga Students' Federation. Oking: Naga Building Kohima Kind attention to: 1. Vice President, NSF 2. Secretary, Education, NSF Subject: Demand for Fresh Examination of General Studies Paper- I (mCQ) of nCS main Examination-2014 Sir, In inviting a reference to the letter received by the Commission from the esteemed federation vide No. NSF/Rep-26/13-15 dated 22.9.14 on the above cited subject, I am directed to make the following observations and clarification. As we are all aware, the Nagaland Public Service Commission is a body constituted under Article 315 of the Indian Constitution of India to discharge the duties and functions as assigned under 320 of the Constitution with the concept of independency and autonomy. Accordingly, the Commission has been endeavouring to deliver justice to all the sections of our society. While, the issue of 'copy paste' in the General Studies Paper-I of the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2014 has been examined without any bias or partiality, it may be stated that there are 3(Three) prescribed papers viz: General English, General Studies Paper-I and II each carrying 200 marks. Having nullified 119 questions or in other words all the candidates will be awarded equal marks of 119 in the General Studies Paper-I on account of copy paste, and the capability and performance of the candidate will be determined from the remaining 481 of the written marks and not from 81 marks as stated.

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The decision taken by the Commission in connection with the issue of 'copy paste' and as notified vide No.NSCB/CON-35/2009 dated 12th Sept. 2014 will apply uniformly to all candidates without any discrimination.

I, Shri. KAITO jAKhALu, S/O Lt.KHUTOI JAKHALU, resident of East Police Colony, Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:1. That, the full and correct name of me and my father is "KAITO JAKHALU" S/o "KHUTOI JAKHALU". 2. That due to mistake and ignorance, me and my father's name were inadvertently entered and recorded as "KAITO JACKHALU" s/o "KHUTOI JACKHALU" in all my educational certificates and records. 3. That "KAITO JAKHALU" and "KAITO JACKHALU" are the names of one and same person as also "KHUTOI JAKHALU" and KHUTOI JACKHALU" are the names of one and same person. That is my father's name only. 4. That, this affidavit is made to declare the rectification/clarification of my name and father's name. 5. That, the statements made above from Para 1-4 of this affidavit is made by me which is true and correct to the best of knowledge, belief and nothing is concealed therein.

C in CHC Mao A DimApUr, Septem- s ber 25 (mexn): A Community Health Camp along h with Laparoscopic Surgery is going to be conducted at b CHC Mao from September 26 to October 2. A press release from A. Athiko, Di- A rector, Information and Media, Rotary Club of C Mao, informed that the camp is being organised K

The Commission held an emergency meeting on 11th Sept 2014 after having noticed the copy paste questions on General Studies Paper-I (Objective, M.C.Q. OMR Answer Sheet) and the following 3(three) important options were thoroughly discussed. (1) To allot equal marks to all candidates on all the copy pasted questions found in General Studies Paper-I (2) To conduct a fresh exam on General Studies Paper-I and (3) To do away the General Studies Paper-I and assessed the merit of the candidates from the other 2(two) papers i.e. General English (200 marks) and General Studies Paper-II (200 marks) both are descriptive. After thorough deliberation, the 1st option was agreed on the following ground:To have another test/exam at this juncture will not be viable because the same company cannot be entrusted for the same and to have another company it will take time, as a result, the exam will not be conducted in the near future. This will affect the career of thousand of aspiring candidates. The third option is not very viable because one third of the total marks to be done away will not be very fair and justifiable. Therefore, the Commission decided to go for the first option in the larger interest of all the candidates because awarding equal marks on copy-pasted questions to all the candidates and assessing the capability of the candidates from the remaining marks out of 600 marks is fair enough to all the candidates. Meanwhile the Commission is against the copy paste questions set by the company, therefore, all the 119 questions were found copy pasted, accordingly all candidates appeared in the NCS, NPS, NSS & Allied Services Main examination 2014 will be equally awarded 119 marks and the result will be determined from 481 marks. i.e. (1) 81 marks from Gen. Studies paper-I (2) 200 marks from Gen. Studies paper-II and (3) 200 marks from General English.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Mokokchung Arts & Aesthetics Management (MAAM) would like to acknowledge the following individuals and families who have contributed the organization in successfully hosting the Miss Mokokchung 2014: 1. Mrs. Banuo Z Jamir IAS – Chief Secretary, Government of Nagaland 2. Mrs. Watienla Jamir – Director, Horticulture Department 3. Mr. O.P. Phom - Civil Judge/ 1st Class Magistrate 4. Mr. Temsuwati - Addl Development Commissioner, Planning & Coordination 5. Mr. Nuklutoshi – Hon’ble Minister Soil & Water Conservation, NH & Mechanical 6. Mr. Zhaleo Rio – Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary, Urban Development 7. Dr. Benjong Aier – Hon’ble Minister, Agriculture 8. Mr. Khriehu Liezietsu – Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary, YRS & Advisor MTF 9. Dr. Wapang - Hon’ble MLA 10. Mr. S. Chuba - Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary DAN & NHL 11. Mr. Temjen Toy IAS 12. Mr. Mayang Lima – Registrar, Guwahati HC, Kohima Bench 13. Mr. Lalthara IAS – Rtd, Advisor to CM. Govt of Nagaland. 14. Mr. Jemti Mollier – Contractor, Dimapur 15. Er. Yanger Pongen – Executive Engineer PHED, Mokokchung 16. Mr. Limameren - Director, Soil & Water Conservation 17. Mr. N. Tekatushi Ao – Rtd Agri. Director 18. Ms. Aolemla – Jt. Development Commissioner, Planning 19. Mr. T. Yanren Ngullie – Addl. SP, Mokokchung 20. Mr. Hamdok Konyak – BDO, Rural Development 21. Mr. Nukshi - BDO, Rural Development 22. Mr. Theodore Yanthan – SDO (C), Mokokchung 23. Mr. Imokokba – Director IPR, Nagaland 24. Mr. Imtikumzuk Walling – Contractor, Kohima 25. Mrs. Asenla Longkumer – BASN President 26. Mr. Chuba Ozukum – Administrative officer, Kohima 27. Mr & Mrs Toko Tatung Arunachal 28. Mr. Zulu Jamir – Advisor to Nuklutoshi, Minister 29. Er.Subongyanger – Executive Engineer, PHED 30. Ms. Zhobeni – Advocate 31. Mr.Sentitoshi Imsong – Manager Allahabad Bank Mokokchung 32. Mr. Akaba 33. Watsu Mungdang 34. Ladies Club Mokokchung 35. District Administration, Mokokchung Police and Assam Rifles We would also like to express our heartfelt acknowledgement to the different companies that sponsored in cash and kind: 1. Nature o-Tech, Guwahati 2. Symbios 3. Yekutu Surgical 4. Dental Touch & Facial Aesthetics, Midland, Dimapur 5. Hotel Metsuben, Mokokchung 6. Krysti Fruits Pvt Ltd 7. Man Pasand 8. Snickers 9. Oriflame – SPO NST Complex, Mokokchung. 10. Gorilla Marketing 11. Bbraunn RSM 11. Amonar Tea 12. Mobile Rays, Dimapur 13. Keya 14. The Restaurant, Mokokchung 15. Mountain Beat Music School, Mokokchung 16. Tupperware 17. Avon 18. Titan Watches 19. Lovely Centre, Mokokchung 20. Oniijo, MMC Complex, Mokokchung 21. Cosmos Entertainment Hall, Mokokchung 22. Media Houses We would also like to deeply acknowledge the Choreographer & Director of the show, judges, MDACC, Hostesses, Photographer, Videographer, Designer, resource persons, artists, volunteers and well wishers who have sacrificed greatly towards the success of the show. Sd/MAAM

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Friday 26 September 2014

Blame anything on anyone

his article simply expresses my humble opinion on various issues as well as the write ups that I have been witnessing in our local papers recently. I just wanted to display my personal approach on certain issues that are plaguing our Naga community at a very ism pace. Yes it is true our apex organization (s) are also to be blamed for their inactiveness on certain issues, however I am also reminded by the fact that when we have thousands of similar or “wannabe at par” organizations in nagaland, what are other NGO’s doing on their part to reduce the burden of our Naga parent organizations. Like a big Naga family we embrace though demarcated by artificial boundaries, any organizations that want to set a mark should contribute and acknowledge like the relation of a father discharging his duties and a son is doing his smaller assignments without his father rushing and intervening in his sons’ duties. The write ups of certain individuals questioning the whereabouts of Naga Hoho and

Naga students’ Federation simply prompted me to share this opinion of mine. Lots have been heard and talked about border issues and the killings, murders, extortions, rapes, ransoms, stealing, etc. These are the unwanted scenes and happenings that are being condemned by all sane person/ organizations. But if we are to blame only the head of the family that also because of not condemning it forget about preventing it, Nagas as we claim ourselves as stake holders from land to sky, likewise we are also equally responsible for these cursed scenarios in our land. Mukhalimi episode was condemned by all individuals and tribal bodies, however unfortunately, some writers still questioning the presence of Naga Hoho and the likes reminds me that the Naga Hoho was the first organization to condemn it! Last Christmas season was plagued with two unfortunate incidents, that one of Rengma/Karbi and Mukhalimi episode, almost at the same time. How come one Naga’s loss is not equally important as that one of another Naga and that

the apex organization must concentrate only on one? I believe we have witnessed ourselves how our apex civil bodies got engaged themselves in organizing a peace talks and sitting across the table to chalk out outstanding assurances and bring peaceful atmosphere between Nagas and Karbis after several meetings. It will be very untrue and havoc might reign in on us if we are to misinterpret and take advantage of the silence of the doer thinking he is a silent spectator? And it implies the same for the Adivasi/Ralan issue. The killings we witnessed are still lingering between the landlord and the tenant! Yes, apex organizations were there even in Bokajan (Assam) appealing the civil societies in Assam for removal of economic blockade and also requesting both Assam and the Nagaland Government to react and bring about a peaceful atmosphere to these troubled areas, which I believe they are still pursuing the same unless other unheard organization or “wannabe at par” organization is formed for the same cause. Which gener-

ally happens everyday in Nagaland with a new association formed for every issue or rank or characteristics? Debating or discussing on the curse of Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants (IBI) in Nagaland, all Nagas have to be honest and acknowledge that NSF was waging a war against this and still doing so as by even having a commission on this very particular issue. Probably, the impact of social networking was not much then, however thanks to social networking platforms where all of us can share and bring drastic changes as of now. We should give our best contributions to whoever is fighting against this menace. But Alas, the problem is when they all possess Electoral Id’s making them true citizens of India. Whom are we suppose to blame then or how do we rectify it? We all know how the population got inflated in Dimapur District, who even lovingly adopted and named them, gave them a piece of land now turned into a farm! And now we the same Nagas want to eliminate this IBI menace. We should act in action and

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not just in paper! Let us have the courage to say no even during electioneering periods. We can survive on our own without the 60,000 thousand plus bogus voters that have been detected. Let us joined hands and delete these bogus voters, so that we can help in eradicating this issue and bring in more developments equally to the 3 constituencies (comparing 60,000 voters) that is absorbing our money because of IBI’s. Apex bodies like Naga Hoho, NSF are advised to quickly launch a special condemnation cell for rapid press response against extortion, killing, stealing, robbing, and even for those ones uniting to hijack a truck etc or else there will be thousands of Nagas who will be ready to blame you forever with their fingers forever ready to press the send button in a blame game. When the apex body establishes this condemnation cell, let’s see who will come out to say that apex bodies are extra active even in petty issues. Moatemjen Chandmari, Kohima

A personal witness account of Sept 18th 2014

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n order to dispel misunderstanding and not to be misled by various medium of communication and media including face-book or newspaper, I give account of the following personal witness which occurred at Meluri Town on 18th Sept 2014. September 17, 2014 Account: At about 9:00 PM it was alarmed and announced by some people that a child studying in Class 5, age 11, of Christian Mission School Meluri has gone missing by about 5:00 PM when she was sent by her neighbour to a shop to buy a mosquito coil. All the neighbours and volunteers searched for the whole night but without success. September 18, 2014 Account: Searching continued by whole town and village people early morning. At 7:00 AM some people found the victim’s slippers, chocolate, chewing gums and some Rs.10 and Rs.100 notes, which were supposedly used to lure the child, in three locations about 100 metres away from

He professed his eternal love to her in September Drenched by moist cucumber field she giggled shaking her dewy head Taken away to be with another He tenderly waited until she no longer could remember the succulent cucumber he broke for her many Septembers ago Now her widowed tears flow not for him o, not even a tear! Lovisenla

the town. I went to the spot after 9:30 AM. A few minutes later the victim’s body was found about 200 metres away from where chocolate and slippers were found. The scene of the crime location was horrific. As if a wolf had attacked an animal, her body had spot marks of cannibalism, there were marks of biting and nail stretches over her body. She was gagged with rags, her necks strangulated, her limbs were dislocated and fractured, her body lay half-naked. I returned having seen the body and as police and women society were at the scene of the crime. Later it was learnt that the main suspect was fixed after gathering information from different sources according to his activities and incidences the night before and early morning till his arrest - His (culprit’s) absence at that evening at his house, presence of soaked blood in his shirt and long pants observed by search party as well as at pharmacy and in hospital pretending to take care of his child who was

given a sleeping bill by himself after committing the crime, and admitting his child to hospital saying his child vomited blood upon his shirt and took the child away by himself early morning without information to hospital authority pulling off the child’s syringe which was put on drips, his fleeing away from the town early morning along with his two minor children, contradictory statements with the search party towards Akash bridge and also later at Jessami. It was learnt later that search party had nabbed him. At first he denied to the act of crime but when search party checked his body which had blood upon his shirt and under pants, he then started to admit and confess the crime he committed. He was brought back from Jessami in the afternoon. The whole town was fully charged with emotion of anger at the act and nature of the crime committing to an innocent and minor student. There were few of us leaders who were present when the accused was brought to

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the public playground. The intensity and ferocity of anger of the mob could not be measured. Though we were defending the accused and preventing the action of the mob, we were overcome by the sheer number and strength of the mob. Thereafter the accused was taken over by the mob. It was unfortunate that various responsible leaders of the town were out of stationat that moment due to their official engagements and duties. It was also unfortunate that the accuse was nabbed by the angry mob and not by police. I along with public witness-leaders condemn the accused in highest term who committed an unnatural and heinous crime. He came to earn for his livelihood as a labourer. Committing such a crime is a disgrace and an insult to the local community. On the other hand, I consider the action of the mob unfortunate for taking laws in their own hands. Rev. Tivisie Pojar Meluri Town

his brief write up is absolutely outside the spiritual context as I know about myself. The NBCC is hosting the India Mission Summit. Well, we are fond of using superlative degree vocabularies even for insignificant conclaves between ourselves. We tend to call the meeting of two organisations a summit. This time, what NBCC is hosting at Kohima from 2-5 October, 2014 is a real Summit as delegates from few nations are participating. As the Program and the pamphlet are out, the India Mission Summit has immense historical significance. This is the anniversary celebration of 200th year of American Baptist International Mission; the attainment of 200 years since Gospel Mission was carried out to other nations by American missionaries. According to announcement given by our Pastor during Sunday Service, CBCNEI was offered the chance and ultimately NBCC is chosen. NBCC is therefore greatly privileged to host the event. I am confident that NBCC will leave no stone unturned to prepare arrangements which will be-fit the occasion although such preparations seem to be going on in low key without much hype. I also believe each tribal Baptist Council is giving due cooperation as the occasion is an international gathering and the successful celebration depends on their zealous participation. According to program, a number of internationally renowned preachers and theologians are coming to deliver messages. It is also known that more than a thousand foreign delegates would be attending the same. Secondly, Nagas in general are found to be hospitable and normally we treat out guests well despite not being rich. I am confident that the host will extend well-organized and measured treatment to the delegates. This occasion is one which is going to expose Nagaland to outside world. The delegation from outside will be different from those of visitors to Hornbill Festival. My deep concerns are mainly of three aspects. My concern No.1. is the Road. Had Nagaland been still in 1964, our Church leaders could conveniently reply queries like ‘Why your roads are so bad?’ by simply reply-

ing ‘Don’t you know that we got statehood just a year ago’. That logic is understandable as good roads are not made magically. The most difficult answer to questions as ‘What your State Government has been doing about your roads during the last 51 years of Statehood? Is Nagaland the only State not getting sufficient fund from Govt. of India for up keep of its roads? Be it NH-29 or State Capital roads, all are in its worst ever. It will be memorable for our guests to enjoy the most dirty and bumpy roads coinciding with the celebration. What else the common man do when people in authority lack sense of shame as such sense is removed by greed. My No.2 concern is Sanitation. We may be poor and roads may be bad, yet when our town is clean somehow we are saved from further embarrassment. Whereas, as each Naga is dirty including myself, lacking sense of sanitation, and we are all responsible to convert the total area of inhabitation into waste dumping area. Particularly, Dimapur and Kohima towns are very dirty as every space has waste except within the fenced compound of few individuals. The disgusting Kohima sanitation cannot be concealed from the preying eyes of visitors from super clean cities. What will they be thinking of us? My concern No.3 is Traffic. Traffic woes are not faced by Nagas alone but a common phenomenon. Yet, most of the time traffic jumps are caused by disobedient and arrogant vehicle users for wrong parking, lack of courtesy, etc. I wonder whether the organisers will tie up with traffic police to streamline the flow of vehicles during those few days for the sake of the Summit. For the reason of sharing the space, let me conclude that the only message for foreign delegates to take home and share with their Church members and families are that Nagaland has lot of vehicles without roads, vehicles do not run in Kohima but crawl by cow tract as for about 3 km travel 2 hours required, etc; the famous Kohima town is inhabited by most dirty people who speak English fluently with no sense of cleanliness. Will such stories not embarrass India too? Z Lohe

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Friday 26 September 2014

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Beside the elected President there is no other President

he Nagas are proud of as an independent nation even though it has being forcefully occupied by foreign Military power. Since the Nagas are a nation they have their own national Government, Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) and the Naga National Council (NNC). The leaders are elected following the norms and protocol of the world and relentlessly defending their sovereignty under the banner of NNC/FGN since foreign military infiltrated to their land in 1954. Beside Constitutionally formed Government and elected President, no one has the right to claim as Presidents or leaders in the land. However, it is a wonder that many people are claiming as Presidents, Vice President, and general Secretary of the NNC or as the President of FGN etc. Such claim is nothing but unwise and ridiculous in its own. This is written to let the people knows what is legal and illegal. The election of our leaders have been done in the running his-

tory as follow; without which no one can claim as a national leader by himself/herself or by a group as a government. He may claims as a leader of a group but cannot as a national leader without elected by the people and giving him/her plenipotentiary power by the people or by the head of the state. After the death of our leader A.Z. Phizo, NNC President; the Nagas in one accord elected the Acting NNC President Ms. Adinno Phizo to be fullfledged President of NNC on 12th May 1990 in emergency NNC meeting held in Kohima village attended by the Representatives from fifteen Regions of Nagaland. The election was reaffirmed by the Naga people when the NNC General Meeting was held on 14-15th March 1991 at Longmisa village in Ao Region. More than six thousand Naga people from all Regions of Nagaland who attended the meeting, not only reaffirmed the Leadership of NNC President Ms. Adinno Phizo but also empowered Eno Zashei Huire,

Kedahge of the FGN to confer the plenipotentiary power to her to speak on behalf of Naga people and nation. Right after the meeting, Kedahge of the FGN conferred plenipotentiary power to her. Ms. Adinno Phizo is therefore, at present, the only constitutionally elected NNC President and enjoying plenipotentiary power given by the people. Beside her no other NNC President is elected by the Naga people. From the this NNC General Meeting, the Naga people also unanimously elected three NNC Vice Presidents, namely, Eno Yongkong Ao (the then he was in London), Eno B. Pashen Khiamniungan, and Eno Horangse Sangtam respectively. And also adding to existing Joint Secretaries Eno L. Kaiso and Eno W. Shapwon, three other NNC Joint Secretaries were elected. Eno Yongkong did not accept the leadership, and also Eno Horange resigned from the post on his own accord in 1997 after seven years of service. The existing NNC

Vice President is therefore Eno B. Pashen alone. Beside this no one has the right to claim as NNC Vice President without the knowledge of Nagaland people as a whole. The former NNC General Secretary Eno Thuingaleng Muivah defected from the NNC for his own interest in January 1980 and the post was remained vacant till 1982. We have decided to fill the vacancy by electing a new one. But we found no competent NNC authority to summon NNC General Meeting in the Eastern part of Nagaland. NNC President was in London and Vice President was in Western part of Nagaland. At last we decided, in the absence of President and Vice President or General Secretary of the NNC, the President of Khiamniungan Regional Council NNC has the authority to summon the NNC meeting since he is one of the Central Executive Committee Members of the NNC. The President of Khiamniungan Regional Council, NNC,

Eno Lamung thus summoned the NNC General Meeting in Eastern Nagaland and held the meeting at Phalung Tung Village, Khiamniungan Region on 28-29th October 1982. With exception of Tangkhul and Sema Regions, the representatives from all Regions of Nagaland attended the meeting and the members present in the meeting unanimously elected Eno Tubu Kevichusa Angami as General Secretary of the NNC. Yet, who will administer him oath of office became another question. But the people present in the meeting empowered Bampi (Chairman) of the meeting to administer oath of office to the elected NNC General Secretary. Thus, Bampi Eno W. Shapwon (the then finance Minister of FGN) administered oath of office to him. The NNC President Dr. A.Z. Phizo approved his election in 1985 and gave him plenipotentiary power to speak on behalf of Naga nation and people. These are norms and protocols the NNC has been practicing from its in-

ception. No ordinary Naga can be entitled to be a national leader unless he is constitutionally elected or appointed, and to speak on behalf of Naga people no one has authority unless the Naga people has given him plenipotentiary or by the head of state who is a blessed Naga national leader. Also the Federal Government of Nagaland is formed following the Yehzabo (Constitution) of Nagaland and Kedahge (President), Kilonsers (Ministers) of the FGN are elected according to the provisions of Nagaland Yehzabo. After the death of En. Zashei Huire, Kedahge of FGN; the Kedallo (Vice President) Brig. (Retd) S. Singnya became as Acting Kedahge of the FGN in May 1996. He was elected as full-fledged Kedahge of FGN in April 1997 from the Tatar Hoho (Parliament) of FGN held at Chuklangan village in Khiamniungan Region. He was again reelected as Kedahge in April 2000. But in 2005, he decided not to contest Kedahge election again and hence ten-

dered his resignation following the provision Section 23 (a) of Nagaland Yehzabo and gave directive to the Speaker Tatar Hoho to summon the 54th Tatar Hoho of Nagaland and conduct the election of a new Kedahge. Following his directive, the Speaker Tatar Hoho summoned the 54th Tatar Hoho and was held in Kohima on March 10, 2005. From this Tatar Hoho, all Tatars present in the Tatar Hoho in one accord elected Gen. (Retd) Viyalie Metha as new Kedahge of the FGN, and proposed former Kedahge Brig. S. Singnya to be appointed as Chief Justice of Nagaland Supreme Court honoring his service to the Nation. But Singya refused to accept it. Gen. (Retd) Viyalie Metha was again reelected in 2010, and he is the existing Kedahge of the FGN till date. Beside him, no Naga has the right to claim as Kedahge of FGN without constitutionally elected by the people. Even if anyone makes a claim, that will be illegal and unconstitutional. Thomas, NNC Member.

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3rd Nagaland Spelling Bee Championship 2014 underway Our Correspondent

QUALIFIED PARTICIPANTS FOR ROUND OF 32

Kohima | September 25

The 3rd Nagaland Spelling Bee Championship 2014 organised under the aegis of Fountain Club in association with SCERT Nagaland got underway here this morning at the Capital Convention Centre. Altogether, 102 ( 49 boys and 53 girls) participants representing 57 schools from Kohima, Tuensang, Peren, Phek, Zunheboto, Longleng, Wokha and Dimapur district are taking part in the competition. Gracing that event as the chief quest, commissioner & secretary for school education M Patton said education is something which is not fixed but it is a continuous process of learning. He said spelling bee competition aims to indentify the caliber and capability of the youngsters who will be

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M Patton addressing 3rd Nagaland Spelling Bee Championship 2014 in Kohima on September 25. (Morung Photo)

the leaders of tomorrow. He hoped that such type of event will take the children towards larger exposure. Referring to the current literacy rate of the state with 80%, he said that state is targeting to achieve 100%. On the other hand, he said even if the state achieved 100 % literacy, quality of education should be taken into account so as to fit the educated persons into every system of

the country. Government is trying to vocationalize education system in the state, he said, adding that tourism and information technology courses have already been introduced under RMSA while NBSE has introduced financial management course. Khrietuo Mezhiir, additional director SCERT delivered keynote address while welcome address was delivered by organizing committee convenor Neizokho-

• Pranjal Tiwari, Alderville School Kohima • Harsh Garg AR, High School Kohima • Vikhelhou Nagi, Baptist Mission School, Jotsoma • Lamhen Kezevilie Hansing, Chandmari HSS, Kohima(CHSS) • Jungshinungsang Imti, CHSS, Kohima • Uto X. Zhimomi, Christian HSS Dimapur • Elvina K. Rochill, Cornerstone School Zunheboto • Khrieketouzo Khezhie, Corrragio School Kohima • Kerhenuo Kire, Dainty Buds Kohima • Rahu Venuh, G. Rio Kohima • Kuputo Z Kinny, Lampstand School Dmp • Atula Longchar, Libemo Memorial School, (LMS) Wokha • Longesener Longkumer, LMS, Wokha • Meryli Ngullie, Little Flower HSS Kohima • Tosovinu Weo, Loyola HSS, Jakhama • Thejanguzo Chielie, Mewi School Kohima

tuo Belho. Naga Idol 2007 Ruokuovotuo Pfusenuo presented a special number. Adeno Hibo compered the inaugural function. The closing function will take

• Kezevino Kuotsu, Mezhur HSS Kohima • Pekruvikho Chakre, Model HSS Kohima • Washipong Longkumer, Model HSS Kohima • Kuzoto Swuro Modern, Academy Kohima • Vevo Nienu, Pinewood School Kohima • Janet Kez, Pranab Vidyapith Dimapur (PVD) • Chikumla Quinger, PVD • Radetolu Ringa, Kohima Science College (KSC) • Ramu Thapa, KSC • Moakumzuk Jamir, St. John HSS (SJHSS) Dimapur • Wellensangli CA, SJHSS, Dimapur • Z. Kili Chophy, St. Mary Montessori HSS Dimapur • Olivia Dutta St. Paul HSS, (SPHSS) Dimapur • Isabella Chishi,SPHSS Dimapur • Kelezono Kere, St. Paul School, Phesama Kohima • Lovino Mekro, The Vineyard School Kohima

place on September 26 at 4:00 PM with Kesonyii Yhome, additional secretary, health & family welfare as the guest of honour. Vote of thanks will be pro-

posed by Er. Seyievizo Tsiikrii, chairman Fountain Club. Judges for the competition includes Ayo Jajo, Akala Kin, Narola Longkumer and Dr. Theyiesinuo Keditsu.

NMA condemns murders Kohima, September 25 (mexN): The Naga Mothers Association (NMA) today condemned the “gruesome rape and murder” of two minors in two separate incident – one at Amaluma village, Dhansiripar on September 14 and the other at Phokhungri Town, Meluri on September 17. In a press note received here, the NMA stated that, words fails to describe its “sorrow and anger” over the cold-blooded and horrific incidents and conveyed their deepest sympathies and prayers of solace to all the bereaved families. Arguing that the spate of “vicious crimes” against women and children in recent past is needed to be addressed immediately with all seriousness, the NMA urged their male counterpart to take preventive measures to safeguard the children and women and appealed the law enforcing agencies to award maximum punishment to perpetrators of such crimes.

Kohima, September 25 (mexN): The Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) has informed all the shopkeepers, institutions, establishments and agencies within its jurisdiction that, the Royal International Millennium Market, Stall TF (third floor), Dimapur has been authorized to sell and install “Fire Extinguishers” in Kohima. In a press note, the KMC Administrator, Lithrongla Tongpi stated that, the rate of one fire extinguisher of 2 kg is fixed at Rs 1750 and directed all the shops and business establishment to buy and install compulsorily in order to prevent loss of life and properties.

DMC notification Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) has informed all the Supervisors & Enumerators of 2011 Census, who had performed the duty of 1st Phrase Biometric Exercise within the its Jurisdiction, that the honorarium for the duty will be paid from DMC Office Census Cell during office hours. Therefore, all the concerned Supervisors & Enumerators are requested to collect their honorarium from DMC Office by producing their respective Appointment Order, stated a press note from K Tarep Imchen, Administrator, DMC.

Training for BLOs at Tuensang tueNSaNg, September 25 (Dipr): Training for BLOs (Booth Level Officers) was held at DC’s Conference Hall, Tuensang. The main objective of the programme was to train the BLOs in Electoral Roll Management Process/ Legal Provisions, Revision on Electoral rolls, Issues and Challenges, Mock filling of forms, roll revision- Physical verification and other issues. Health analysis, Errors Identification and strategy Formulation were also covered.

KSO condemns ‘threat’ Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The Kyong Students' Union (KSU) has vehemently condemned alleged threat meted out to the bonafide member its community, Er. Chanbemo Ngullie, Chief Engineer, PWD (Housing) by V K Sumi on September 21. In a press note, the Union stated that such "act of coward" should be condemned by one and all and further warned that if any untoward incidents happen to Engineer and his family members, V K Sumi shall be solely held responsible. Nagaland state Chief Minister TR Zeliang and others during the launching programme of National Sanitation Awareness Campaign in Kohima on September 25. (Morung Photo)

DDADU applauds GPRN/NSCN gesture Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The Dimapur District Auto Drivers Union (DDADU) has applauded Col. Kiyehe Yepthomi of GPRN/NSCN for pardoning the members of the union, who assaulted him. In

press note DDADU president, K Hokaito Zhimomi informed that on September 18 at around 2:30 pm near Dhobinala auto parking, a scuffle broke out between auto drivers and Col. Kiyehe, who is also a member

Azo inspects ongoing construction of Phek DC office complex Our Correspondent Kohima|September 25

Minister for PWD (Roads & Bridges) and parliamentary affairs, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu along with CAWD EE, Er. Sungti Amer made an inspection to the ongoing construction of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Office Complex Phek on September 24 last. Phek DC Murohu Chotso, EE R&B Er. Abija Khing and official PS to road & bridge minister Jack Dozo were also present during the inspection. During the inspection, minister Azo stated that quality should not be compromised at any cost and instructed the department to complete the project at the earliest Er. Sungti assured him that he will do his best to complete the work latest by January 26, 2015. He said the

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Minister Azo and others during the inspection on September 24.

progress of the work is almost 90%, which is much more than the amount released. He further stated that, the project could have been completed two year back however due to vigilance case the project was delayed. However, with the clearance of the case, the contractor is all out to complete the project at the ear-

liest, adding that the work is now going on full swing. He expressed satisfaction as far as quality work is concerned. Further, Er. Sungti expressed his appreciation to the contractor who has been carrying forward the work despite less payment and trying his best to complete the project at the earliest.

of the Midland Colony Council, over parking of his vehicle. Subsequently, a group of auto drivers assaulted him physically “causing injury to him as well as mental harassment.” The release acknowledged that “Col.

Kiyehe was kind enough to forgive the guilty party without any conditions.” The DDADU reaffirmed that, “Col. Kiyehe is a generous person with a kind heart with the Christian value of forgiveness.”

FONESA condemns ‘threat’ to engineer Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The Federation of Nagaland State Engineering Services Association (FONSESA) has expressed concern over the “security and safety” of Er Chanbemo Lotha, Chief Engineer PWD (Housing),and a senior member and advisor of FONESA. A press note from FONESA informed that the engineer has been “served with an intimidation letter.” While condemning the act of issuing a “threat”, FONESA stated that “resorting to forceful threat and intimidation has no place in a civil society.”

Ministry of Defence launches clean cantonments drive

Kohima, September 25 (mexN): Responding to the Prime Minister’s clarion call to the people of India to realize Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of “Swachh Bharat” (Clean India) by October 2, 2019, Ministry of Defence (MOD) has decided to undertake an intensive national cleanliness campaign from September 25. To begin with, Ministry of Defence has decided to start a nationwide cleanliness mission called “Clean Cantonments” from September 25. The mission will be a collective and sustained effort to clean homes, workplaces, streets, roads, pavements, schools, hospitals, markets and all other public places within their purview and keeping them clean for all times to come. For this, Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE), Ministry of Defence has directed all Defence Estate Officers and

ACTION PLAN FOR CLEAN INDIA

• Door-to-door garbage collection and its segregation into biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste. • Management of trenching grounds as per the MSW Rules, 2000. • Proper cleaning of public places and introduction of mechanical cleaning devices to keep roads, streets and pavements • Daily clearance of dustbins and cleaning of surrounding areas. • Conversion of surface drainage system into an underground drainage system connected to a Sewerage Treatment Plant. • Establishment of Water Treatment Plant, wherever drinking water is supplied by the Cantonment Board. • Mechanical cleaning of septic tanks, nullahs, underground drainage, pubCantonment Boards to undertake “Swachh Shapath” drive on October 2 involving all officers and staffs in Directorates as well as offices of DEO’s. The DGDE has accord-

lic toilets and urinals so that no safai karamchari has to do such cleaning manually. • Spreading the message of Clean India through school children by incorporating proper reading material in the curriculum.. • Cleanliness Logos and Messages about the importance of keeping their environment clean. • Enhanced emphasis on planting trees and protecting existing trees. • Regular field visits by officers to see that areas are kept clean. • Introduction of incentives, like, cleanest Street/Mohalla/Area to motivate people and to participate in the cleanliness drive competitively. • Effective use of mass media for spreading the Swachh Bharat campaign.

ingly prepared an action plan for each Command Directorate and offices under it for a period of five years where a systemic cleanliness drive will be undertaken by a Corps of Swachh

Bharat Volunteers. Since Clean India-Clean Cantonments campaign cannot be successful without public participation, the action plan for the same has devised a number of steps to

make it happen in a coordinated manner. To manage and monitor the progress, a high level committee under the leadership of Director General Defence Estates has been constituted, added the release. Meanwhile, as of part of the “Swachh Bharat” campaign, it has been decided that on October 2 “Swachh Shapath” (pledge) will be administered to all in government offices and public functions/events and cleanliness drive led by senior officers will be undertaken in all government and public offices. Variety of activities such as public marches, marathons, debates, street plays, music and essay competitions among the students and other community activities will be organized to focus public attention on this campaign and on the need for maintaining cleanliness on a sustained basis.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express FrIDAy 26 SEPTEmbEr 2014 volumE IX ISSuE 265

Dear Matefele Peinam Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner

dear matafele peinam, you are a seven month old sunrise of gummy smiles you are bald as an egg and bald as the buddha you are thunder thighs and lightning shrieks so excited for bananas, hugs and our morning walks past the lagoon dear matafele peinam, i want to tell you about that lagoon that lucid, sleepy lagoon lounging against the sunrise some men say that one day that lagoon will devour you they say it will gnaw at the shoreline chew at the roots of your breadfruit trees gulp down rows of your seawalls and crunch your island’s shattered bones they say you, your daughter and your granddaughter, too will wander rootless with only a passport to call home dear matafele peinam, don’t cry mommy promises you no one will come and devour you no greedy whale of a company sharking through political seas no backwater bullying of businesses with broken morals no blindfolded bureaucracies gonna push this mother ocean over the edge no one’s drowning, baby no one’s moving no one’s losing their homeland no one’s gonna become a climate change refugee or should i say no one else to the carteret islanders of papua new guinea and to the taro islanders of fiji i take this moment to apologize to you we are drawing the line here because baby we are going to fight your mommy daddy bubu jimma your country and president too we will all fight and even though there are those hidden behind platinum titles who like to pretend that we don’t exist that the marshall islands tuvalu kiribati maldives and typhoon haiyan in the philippines and floods of pakistan, algeria, and colombia and all the hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidal waves didn’t exist still there are those who see us hands reaching out fists raising up banners unfurling megaphones booming and we are canoes blocking coal ships we are the radiance of solar villages we are the rich clean soil of the farmer’s past we are petitions blooming from teenage fingertips we are families biking, recycling, reusing, engineers dreaming, designing, building, artists painting, dancing, writing we are spreading the word and there are thousands out on the street marching with signs hand in hand chanting for change NOW they’re marching for you, baby they’re marching for us because we deserve to do more than just survive we deserve to thrive dear matafele peinam, you are eyes heavy with drowsy weight so just close those eyes, baby and sleep in peace because we won’t let you down you’ll see This climate change poem was written and performed by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner during the opening of the UN Climate Summit in New York on September 23, 2014. The poem was written for her daugther

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n many ways the human race hit the skids when we stopped throwing spears and gathering berries. Once we started planting seeds and harvesting the produce, we grew shorter, fatter, sicker, and considerably more overworked. An alien visiting from another planet during that critical transition period to a more settled existence might easily have thought that we were being domesticated by our livestock and not the other way around. Sure, hunting and gathering was hard, what with either hunger or saber-toothed tigers always breathing down our necks. But it was actually the daily grind of agriculture that took a heavy toll on us. More predictable food surpluses allowed for greater concentrations of people and thus more opportunities for microbes to hang out, party, and develop new diseases. Easy-tostore grains could be made into porridge so that babies could be weaned more quickly. “As a result, the sicklier agriculturists were able to outbreed the more robust hunter-gatherers,” writes Elizabeth Kolbert in her recent investigation into the Paleolithic lifestyle. “More farmers then needed even more land, which further reduced the resources available to foragers.” Agriculture allowed for the development of everything we associate with modernity: politics, economics, MTV. But there was a major trade-off: Suddenly we had to work a whole lot harder. As Jared Diamond wrote in his famous 1987 essay “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race,” those early foragers were probably much like today’s modern hunter-gatherers, who “have plenty of leisure time, sleep a good deal, and work less hard than their farming neighbors.” Since those early days of farming, we’ve regained our stature and we live longer, on average. But we’re still overweight and overworked compared to our Paleolithic ancestors. Now that there are more than 7 billion of us on this planet, going up to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century, we don’t have the luxury to choose between agriculture and the Paleo life. There’s not much big game around anymore, and even a modern all-meat diet would soon consume all the world’s resources. We’re stuck with farming. But forget those Arcadian visions of agriculture as a benign activity. Even small-scale farming leads to the clear-cutting of land, the reduction of biodiversity, widespread soil erosion, and the kill-off of otherwise beneficial insects. I hold out great hopes for techniques pioneered at places like the Land Institute to bring back perennial versions of staple crops. But it’s not going to feed 7 billion people any time soon. Here’s the even more troubling part of the story: agriculture is helping to push up global temperatures. Up to one-third of all the carbon emissions responsible for climate change come from farming, from fertilizer production to growing crops to refrigerating and transporting goods to market. Throw in livestock, and things look even worse: a whopping 18 percent of greenhouse gasses, according to one Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report, come from the mass production of cows, pigs, and chickens (and World Watch argues that the FAO undercounted by a factor of three). Climate change in turn is having an impact on agriculture by leading to a projected 10 percent reduction in yields over the same period that food production must nearly double to handle more mouths (and more mouths eating higher up the food chain). Modern agriculture: can’t live with it, can’t live without it. World leaders met in New York this past weekend to deliberate over the coming catastrophes of climate change. Several hundred thousand people marched in the streets to demand that politicians come up with an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions, finance a global shift to clean energy, and make sure that the burden doesn’t fall on the poorest nations. The focus of protest has been on energy, and strategically this makes sense. But at some point, we’re going to have to rethink the much more fundamental structures that have been with us long before we discovered fossil fuels or even harnessed the power of the wind and the water. We desperately need to rethink agriculture. From an organizing point of view, the easiest approach would be to ask “What would Monsanto do?” and then do the opposite. That means standing up

life sentence given to a moderate Chinese scholar on Tuesday shows the ruling Communist Party is cutting off dialogue on ethnic tensions and could end up radicalizing minority groups already resentful of central government rule, scholars and analysts said. A court found economics professor Ilham Tohti, an ethnic Uighur Muslim, guilty of separatism and sentenced him to life in prison. It was the most severe penalty in a decade for illegal political speech in China and eclipsed the 11-year jail sentence given Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo on subversion charges. "Ilham Tohti's situation gives scholars like me who ... work on the issue great concern about our safety and academic freedom," a scholar said after Tuesday's sentencing, requesting anonymity because of fear of punishment from authorities. Ilham Tohti is seen as a moderate voice with ties to both ethnic Uighurs and the Han Chinese majority. A Communist Party member and professor at Beijing's Minzu University, he ran the website Uighur Online that highlighted issues affecting the ethnic group. The sentence of life imprisonment "is a very disturbing message, as the door to dialogue is closed because this scholar promoted dialogue between the Uighurs and the Chinese intellectuals," said Willy Lam, a political analyst at the City University of Hong Kong. "Beijing's message is that they do not look to dialogue with the Uighurs but suppression." China says it faces grave terror threats, particularly in Xinjiang, the ancestral home of Uighurs. Riots in 2009 in the regional capital of Urumqi killed nearly 200 people, and violence over the past year and a half has left more than 300 people

A boy swings a bundle of rice seedlings to get rid of excess mud as he helps his family planting rice in a paddy during the rainy season at Serey Andet village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday, September 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

against industrial agriculture, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and the mass production of substances like high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) that have generated an obesity problem the world over. I have an instinctual preference for family farms, organic produce, and coops that refuse to stock HFCS. But I need to set aside my preferences for a moment to ask a different question: “what kind of agriculture can best sustain the human race in this era of climate change?” This question actually contains two challenges. How can we produce enough food to feed a growing population, and how can we do this without generating the carbon emissions that will overheat the planet and literally take the rug out from under us? The obvious answer would be to immediately implement a “lentil dictatorship.” By forcing people to shift to a mostly legume diet, we would reduce the enormous drain of resources caused by eating meat—up to 16 pounds of grain goes into one pound of steak—and naturally replenish the soil by planting these nitrogen-affixing plants. Given the difficulties that former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg faced when he tried to wean people off sodas larger than 16 ounces, the move to a mostly legume diet would require a seriously strong-arm vegetarian. Hitler aside, vegetarianism and authoritarianism generally don’t go hand in hand. So, if a lentil dictatorship isn’t in the offing, what’s next? The United Nations has come up with its own answer to this problem. It calls its initiative the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture. It involves using the latest technology to maximize yields and minimize the impact on the land. For instance, farmers use lasers to create level fields to reduce water use and consult precise weather forecasts to know when to sow and irrigate. In essence, the UN wants the Global South to take advantage of the technology that has already improved farming in the richer countries. These are useful techniques, but they are largely palliative. They help farmers adjust to rising temperatures and dwindling water resources rather than help to reverse the negative feedback loop pushing up the thermometer. Advocates of organic farming argue that a shift way from energy-intensive industrial agriculture will do the trick. But organic farming faces two challenges. Even if the world’s farmers were willing to shift to organic, it’s not clear that it could produce enough to feed the planet without cultivating what little land remains in the wild (goodbye Amazon rainforest!). And where organic farmers have been able to scale up, they have begun to resemble the very industrial producers they aimed to replace (in what Michael Pollan has called the organic-industrial complex). Moreover, as I’ve pointed out before, traditional farming techniques have failed us in the past, when over-farming precipitated civilization decline in many parts of the pre-modern world.

But on the energy side of the equation, organic farming does represent a reduction, by about 30-50 percent according to another FAO report. That mostly comes from cutting out commercial fertilizer, a petroleum product, and substituting some human labor for machines. When we’re scrambling to cut emissions, that’s nothing to sneeze at. But when it comes to energy consumption, eating locally can be more important than eating organically, since it reduces all the energy used to send grapes from Chile and garlic from California to dinner tables on the East Coast. Another way to go is low-tech. Instead of plowing up the land in order to plant the next crop, many farmers don’t overturn the soil of the entire field. They simply dig narrow trenches. This “no-till” agriculture produces comparable yields but without the considerable erosion caused by conventional farming. The problem is, no-till agriculture uses more herbicides to get rid of all the weeds that aren’t plowed under. And it is traditionally associated with mono-culture farming. Then there’s GMOs. “Between 1996, when genetically engineered crops were first planted, and last year, the area they cover has increased a hundredfold—from 1.7 million hectares to 170 million,” writes Michael Specter in The New Yorker. “Nearly half of the world’s soybeans and a third of its corn are products of biotechnology.” I have my doubts about what GMOs will do to our guts and our biosphere. It’s not necessarily the existing strains that worry me so much as the sheer number of genetic combinations that scientists are developing, any one of which might inexplicably turn our brains to mush after 20 years in the food chain or interact in some unanticipated and devastating way in the wild. On the other hand, what if we discover a new breed of nitrogen-affixing, high-yield wheat that dramatically reduces fertilizer use or a new kind of soybean that allows us to do no-till agriculture without the heavy herbicide application? Biotechnology can’t save us. But we shouldn’t automatically assume that it can’t play a role. After all, there is no perfect agriculture that can both feed 7 billion people and improve the planet. Throw in climate change and the trade-offs become even more challenging. Every technique comes with risks. The danger of industrial farming is precisely its reliance on monocultures: field after field of a single variety of grain that runs the risk of being wiped out by a new kind of blight. The solution is diversity. “No single crop or approach to farming can possibly feed the world,” Specter concludes. “To prevent billions of people from living in hunger, we will need to use every one of them.” To feed the world and save it at the same time, let a thousand wheat stalks bloom.

Life term for Uighur scholar chills ethnic dialogue Didi Tang Associated Press dead, nearly half shot by police in a strikehard campaign by the government to fight what it calls terrorist cells. Beijing has blamed the unrest on foreign-influenced terrorists seeking a separate state. But many Muslim Uighurs bristle under Beijing's heavyhanded restrictions on their religious life and resent the influx of the Han majority into their homeland. For years, Ilham Tohti has been speaking openly about the problems in his home region. "At present in Xinjiang, the exclusion of and discrimination against Uighurs is quite systematic, with the government leading the way," he said in an interview with Voice of America last year, following a deadly attack involving Uighurs in the heart of Beijing. Prosecutors said Ilham Tohti was the ringleader of "a criminal gang seeking to split the country" and "caused severe harm to national security and social stability." His lawyers said the scholar's remarks — on the Internet, in his classrooms or with foreign media — did not advocate separatism and instead sought to resolve the region's ethnic tensions. "The sentencing will clearly have a

chilling effect on other minority scholars, especially those within the Uighur and Tibetan communities, whose voices and opinions are clearly crucial to fixing some of the problems with China's ethnic policies and creating an environment more conducive to interethnic harmony,"said James Leibold, a scholar of ethnic policies at La Trobe University of Melbourne. The verdict drew international condemnation. U.S. President Barack Obama cited Ilham Tohti on Tuesday among others detained around the world for what rights groups consider political reasons. "They deserve to be free," Obama said in New York. "They ought to be released." In a statement, Secretary of State John Kerry described the scholar as a moderate and a voice of tolerance. "Peaceful dissent is not a crime," Kerry said. The European Union called the life sentence "completely unjustified." Nur Bekri, chairman of the Xinjiang regional government, has defended the Communist Party's ethnic policies, calling them earlier this year "the best in the world." "Some people are always pointing

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their fingers at China's ethnic policy. They must have ulterior motives," he said. When Ilham Tohti was arrested in January along with seven of his students, the Global Times newspaper, published by the Communist Party, suggested in an editorial why he was targeted. To isolate terrorist forces, it said, China must not only "strike against front-line terrorists" but also "clean up the opinion front that supports terrorism." Elliot Sperling, professor of central Eurasian studies at Indiana University, said Ilham Tohti became a scapegoat for the Communist Party's failed policies in Xinjiang because the party is ideologically incapable of asking itself what is wrong with its approach. Sperling had tried to bring Ilham Tohti to the university for a one-year residency before he was stopped from leaving China last year. Sperling then helped enroll Ilham Tohti's daughter, Jewher Ilham, when she arrived without her father. "One might say this inability is inscribed in the party's DNA," Sperling said. "So the question becomes not 'What are we doing wrong?' but 'Who is doing this to us?'" Yet, Beijing is making some adjustments. For the first time in four years, it held a high-level conference to discuss the situation in Xinjiang in May. The leadership reaffirmed counterterrorism as its top priority but also promised to improve the life of Uighurs, including providing 12 years of free education to all young people in southern Xinjiang, where most Uighurs live, and guaranteeing employment for at least one member of each household. Only nine years of free education are provided in most areas of China.

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Without means, there are no real rights T

Scottish referendum opens the Pandora's box in Britain

wenty-five years after the fall of the Soviet Union, capitalism appears triumphant. Its effects are everywhere. Although inequality between nation states is in overall decline, inequality within states is increasing. Western economies are returning to levels of inequality not seen since the end of the nineteenth century. Former communist states have paid for increased political freedom with heightened economic insecurity, and the dividends in political freedom have not been as generous as was hoped. New forms of authoritarianism have grown up within institutional arrangements that were formally democratic. In Russia, compliant oligarchs see their economic interests well-looked after. In the US, some form of business interest has captured most of both of the two major political parties. In South Africa, too, inequality has increased since the end of Apartheid, and, if the killings at Marikana are anything to go by, claims for greater equality in pay and conditions can be met with violent repression. Me a n w h i l e, the political left—roughly speaking, those who seek the sort of redistribution of wealth and power that is at odds with authoritarian government, unfettered corporate interests and economic inequality—still struggles to articulate a set of ideas capable of describing what is wrong and what we need to do to fix it. Socialism—even social democracy—is in retreat as a set of economic arrangements. Economic planning, once thought of as necessary for the sake of greater equality, enhanced welfare, and even economic efficiency, has been supplanted by economic “freedom”. All too often, this boils down to the “freedom” of business interests to trample on the weak in the name of greater profits, or, conversely, the “freedom” of a worker to sell his or her labour for less than a subsistence wage. It is in this context that some on the left have turned to human rights as a way of articulating claims for social justice as equality. The promise of rights is that they reclaim neoliberalism’s central insight—that human freedom is perhaps the most important political value. The best account of rights then takes that to its logical conclusion. Freedom from state interference with thought and political action is of course important. But what about other freedoms—freedoms from disease, ignorance and poverty? Freedoms to realise one’s self, and to pursue a healthy, well-informed, comfortable life? The political left’s greatest contribution to the theory of rights is this: if political rights are to be worth anything, they entail recognition of the means necessary to exercise them. Civil and political rights are indivisible from economic and social ones. Of course, adequate education, healthcare, housing and employment are good things in themselves, but it cannot be taken for granted that everybody thinks that everyone else

anitation and safe drinking water are key requirements for sustainable development and a good life. Yet sadly, Sanitation often remains the most neglected area of human development, because it is often found at the bottom of agenda! It is a shameful thing to note that despite 67 years of independence, about 60 % of India’s population still defecate in the open and this constitute about 30 % of the world’s population who defecate in the open ! Being aware of this, the Hon’ble PM had expressed anguish in his independence day speech 2014, commented extensively on the matter and expressed the commitment of the central government to achieve “ Swachh Bharat ” ( ie Clean India ) by 2019 as a tribute on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi . It is a tremendous challenge to achieve this and demands the participation of all in the country. Sanitation has a strong connection with not only human Health but Dignity & Development. Our leaders and thinkers have perceived that India cannot achieve real development if majority of its people live in unhealthy and unclean surroundings due to lack of access to safe water and sanitation. Mahatma Gandhi, while in the thick of leading the national movement for Independence, had once said, “Sanitation is more important than Independence”. He made cleanliness and sanitation an integral part of the Gandhian way of living. Human excreta are one of the most dangerous sources and causes of poor health, environmental pol-

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Socialism—even social democracy—is in retreat as capitalism reigns triumphant. But if we care about political freedom, we have to care about economic freedom too: without means, civil and political rights are empty

is entitled to them. The beauty of indivisibility is its strong central challenge: if you really care about political freedom, then you have to care about economic freedom. But economic freedom in this sense is not just autonomy. It is self-realisation. Economic freedom, understood as a necessary precondition for the exercise of political rights, does not entail the absolute protection of property rights. It instead requires the redistribution of economic goods to the extent necessary to ensure that everyone has more or less equal access to the means of selfrealisation. For without those means, civil and political rights are empty. An account of human rights which emphasises this indivisibility is perhaps the only way the left currently has of persuading liberals and conservatives—or at least those who genuinely care about freedom—that redistribution matters. Economic goods must be extended as of right to those who do not currently possess them. Rights, of course, come with a lot of baggage. They are often understood—especially on the left—as a set of purely legal claims. In other words, rights collapse into laws. Laws rely too heavily on a range of institutions for enforcement that many on the left see, with some justification, as too weak or too compromised to deliver any meaningful form of social change. It is no good asking an elite judge, through elite lawyers, to do something truly egalitarian. His (and it is still usually his) class and other social prejudices will interfere. Even if they don’t, strong traditions of judicial re-

straint will. At best, a transformative political claim will be wrung through the legal system and emerge as a much diminished legal right. That right will then be virtually impossible to enforce, because all the institutions of enforcement are operated by the very interests that the judgment is meant to curb. Rights also require a stable bureaucracy that respects the rule of law, and an independent judiciary. These cannot always be guaranteed. There is obvious force in this argument. But it is too reductive. There are two basic problems. First, even narrow legal victories can help catalyse positive social change under the right conditions. In South Africa, the Grootboom decision did not end homelessness, but it sparked follow-up legal decisions, government policy reform and political action. These reforms and actions have given the poor in South Africa a much larger range of tenure rights and opportunities in urban areas, which may gradually result in the comprehensive provision of public housing. In India, the PUCL case sought to combat deaths from starvation in circumstances where there was more than enough food for everyone. Hunger and starvation have not evaporated, but much needed improvements in food distribution were achieved, including the protection and expansion of school feeding schemes. Hundreds of right to food groups set up in the aftermath of the case continue to press the cause. There are many other examples of socio-economic rights litigation, with varying degrees of success. They show that if legal decisions are not the subject of political mobilisation and follow-up action, they can wither and die. But if they are, they can create opportunities for truly transformative political action. Second, rights claims are not just legal claims. Rights are fundamentally political claims inspired by emancipatory values: human dignity, freedom and equality. The context in which rights emerge provides them with their political content. They need not be legally recognised to have political force. Indeed, leaving rights to lawyers and courts forgoes much of their potential. To make a rights claim is to expand the bounds of the politically possible. It is often also to challenge those in power to make good on their political commitments, or to expose the contradictions in those commitments. It is precisely these qualities that make rightstalk potentially useful in the struggle for social justice. On the left, we can challenge others to say how, if they care so much about political freedom, they can afford not to care about the kind of economic freedom necessary to achieve it. Economic and social rights are no panacea, but they are worth fighting for, including by making the legal system more responsive to the values that underpin them. Until something better comes along, they may be all we have.

anasudhin azeez IANS

hings are very strange in Britain nowadays. People are talking politics. Pubs, supermarkets, hospitals, offices, everywhere people are more engaged in political debate than gossiping, thanks to the Scottish referendum. A record 85 percent of the electorate participated in the referendum to determine Scotland's independence. North, South, East Anglia, Midlands, Wales, other parts of the country are now flooded with the spillover from the highlands. The whole country is politically charged as general elections are due within eight months. Just 17 percent of the electorate participated in the last national election for the police commissioners. The present trend shows over 70 percent will cast their votes in the May 2015 elections. Political parties and the politicians were not expecting the new turn of events. England, which granted home rule for many provinces during the empire era, is now seeking the same privileges as a nation on tax and welfare legislation. The Scottish referendum has triggered fresh debates of English Home Rule; a federal system like the United States; a Constitutional Convention to bring ground-breaking reforms; equality and social justice like proportional budget allocation for Wales and Northern Ireland, besides devolution of power to more city regions. Labour leader Ed Miliband is in a fix as Prime Minister David Cameron begins consultation on English Home Rule. He hosted a meeting of senior Conservative MPs at Chequers to discuss plans to limit the Commons voting rights of Scottish MPs, the majority from the opposition Labour party. The Chequers' summit comes amid disquiet on the Tory backbenches about the promises made to Scotland during the referendum campaign. Among those who attended the meeting were John Redwood, who wants to see an English Parliament, and Bernard Jenkin who has called for the UK to move to a federal system. The prime minister has said a pledge to give Scotland more powers should go hand-in-hand with changing the role of Scottish politicians at Westminster. In the last election, Scotland sent 40 Labour MPs, Liberal Democrats won 11 and Cameron's Conservatives bagged just one. The prime minister's move will limit Labour's say on many of the Westminster debates. The prime minister has asked Commons leader William Hague to draw up plans to restrict votes on English matters to English MPs - and promised a more wide-ranging shake-up of the constitution. Cameron said: "Just as Scotland will vote separately in the Scottish Parliament on their issues, of tax, spending and welfare, so too England, as well as Wales and Northern Ireland should be able to vote on these issues and all this must take place in tandem with, and at the same pace as, the settlement for Scotland." Labour has accused Cameron of "playing the English nationalist card". Miliband said he remained committed to the timetable for new powers for Scotland - but he would not be signing up to Cameron's plan for English MP votes. Instead, the Labour leader announced plans for a national debate on all aspects of Britain's constitution. If Labour wins the general election, this would be followed by a Constitutional Convention, in the autumn of 2015, and then by legislation. Miliband faces the prospect of his party's Scottish MPs being stripped of the power to vote on crucial issues such as health, education and finance under Cameron's proposals, potentially undermining a future Labour government. Liberal Democrat Cabinet Minister Danny Alexander, who is among the party's 11 Scottish MPs, said Conservative "briefings" were "deeply frustrating" and had distracted from the cross-party commitment on devolution. "It has always been the case that the Scottish process must be independent of any other political discussions and must be dealt with according to the timetable we set out," he was quoted as saying. "For wider constitutional changes, it would be preferable to have all-party consensus." The three main parties pledged more devolution during the campaign to encourage Scots to reject independence. Cameron, Miliband and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have pledged "extensive" new powers over tax, welfare and spending to the Scottish Parliament although their three parties differ over how much control Holyrood would have over income tax rates and other economic levers. The leaders have agreed to abide by the principle that the UK exists to "ensure opportunity and security for all by sharing our resources equitably". They have also insisted that the Barnett formula, the method used to determine the distribution of public spending around the UK per head of the population, would stay in place and that the final say on funding for the National Health Service (NHS) would lie with the Scottish government. Clegg, who backs Cameron's timetable for further Scottish devolution and plans for England-only votes at Westminster, has backed calls for decentralisation of tax and spending powers to beefed-up "city regions". City regions will be a nightmare for the Conservatives. Devolution to England would probably mean Conservative majority rule in England but devolution to regions or city-regions would mean more Labour enclaves. For example, in Manchester, all the city councillors -- 101 -- are from the Labour Party and the Conservatives failed to win a single seat. The situation is almost similar in Liverpool, Sheffield and other northern cities. The referendum is over. But the debates it sparked still lingers on. Britain won't be the same as more and more join the debate adding new angles to the complex issue.

Sanitation: towards A Swachh bharat lution, socio-economic burden and affects the overall livelihoods of human beings. The simplest way to protect human beings is to confine away excreta from human contact by constructing a sanitary toilet. Sanitation also has to do with systematic and economic disposal of other human wastes (such as the solid and liquid wastes) such that it creates clean and healthy living environments. Sanitation also has to do with good sanitary and hygiene practices such that we save ourselves from the menace of diseases related to poor sanitation. Let us see one by one the aspects of sanitation – for health, for Dignity and for Development Sanitation for Health Health is, no doubt, the number one reason why sanitation is needed. • Statistics show that 80 % of all our diseases in developing countries are water and poor sanitation related (WHO). • More than 1000 children die every day in India from Diarrhea (Imagine this is equal to one serious rail accident every day!) • 5 of the top 10 killer diseases of children aged under five years are related to water and sanitation. Diseases like Diarrhea, Typhoid, Jaundice, Malaria, Hook Worm, etc. affect the lives of millions of people every day. By having a toilet and keeping

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surroundings clean we keep away harmful Bacteria, Viruses and Helminthes and protects ourselves from many of the afore stated deadly diseases and also protect children from mal nutrition and stunted growth. It may be mentioned that just one gram of excreta can contain: one crore Viruses, 10 lakh Bacteria and 1000 Parasite cysts and eggs. Hand washing with soap is an important thing in sanitation. It reduces transmission of diseases agents and so can help reduce diarrhea and respiratory infections, as well as skin, eye and worm in-

fections. A study has indicated that hand washing with soap can actually reduce diarrheal diseases by over 40 % and respiratory infections by 30 %. According to the Public Health Association, only 53 % of the people of India wash their hands after defecation, 38 % wash hands before eating and only 30 % wash their hands before preparing food. Solid wastes which are also called GARBAGES - Stink due to rotting of organic matter , make Ugly sight ,Pollutes air , soil and drinking water sources , Health Hazards are also caused when the garbage’s get

rotten on the roads which breeds insects , rodents and bacteria which in turn cause and spread diseases. Hence garbage’s must be managed properly , not just to keep one away from diseases but , in ways that are most economically and ecologically beneficial . Sanitation for Dignity The dramatic health improvements, owing to good sanitation, would permit more dignified lifestyles – providing each man, woman and child with more time to work, learn or care for the family. Urinating and defecating are basic human needs just like eating, drinking or sleeping or breathing. Every human being should be able to fulfill that need in dignity. Sanitation provides convenience , privacy and safety , especially to women , which therefore enhances dignity ( especially of women ) . One feels proud and confident, especially when visitors come, to be having one’s own toilet at home and to keep it very clean all the time. Sanitation helps keep the environment very clean and free from bad smell and flies, which makes the life better and decent, thus enhancing one’s dignity and confidence. Sanitation for Development Clean toilets contribute to poverty eradication by protecting one’s health and ability to work. Good School sanitation

help children remain in School for more years, particularly girls during menstruation. Availability of toilets at home saves a lot of time which otherwise is lost in walking to distant, shady and secluded places to defecate. Being free from sanitation related diseases, adults have more time to work and earn more income, besides saving money, which otherwise, could have gone into medicine and health care expenses. Healthy children spend more time in school and help create an educated society. Sanitation protects the drinking water sources and soil from pollution thus create more conducive environment for healthy living. Utilizing human excreta as a resource boost up economic development. Treated urine and faeces are excellent fertilizers. Biogas provides renewable energy. Reuse of treated water, which is part of sanitation, results in water savings. Recycling and Reuse of waste matters through various Waste and Resource management such as paper recycling, dry waste weaving, etc. Reduce quantities of waste matters which otherwise go to dumping sites besides enabling a large number of people to get employment and achieve a higher standard of living. Are you proud of the Sanitation situation in our State today? If not, each of us has to do something today. It will pay rich dividends and help us all achieve the Nagaland and India of our dreams!

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Modi’s clarion call to investors with Corporate world upbeat Make in India campaign on ‘Make in India’ initiative

New Delhi, September 25 (pti): Launching his government’s ambitious project to make India a manufacturing hub, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today promised effective and easy governance to help achieve high growth and creation of jobs. Kicking off the “Make in India” campaign, he said his government’s focus will be on physical infrastructure creation as well as creating a digital network for making India a hub for global manufacturing of goods ranging from cars to softwares, satellites to submarines and paper to power. “I do not only talk about good governance. I talk about effective governance and easy governance,” he said launching the ‘Make in India’ campaign that was attended by a galaxy of industrialists and business leaders, including Cyrus Mistry, Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chanda Kocchar and Y C Deveshwar. Calling upon domestic and international companies to invest in India, the Prime Minister said his government’s focus was not only to ‘Look East’ but also to ‘Link West’. “We want highways. We also want i-ways – information ways for a Digital India,” Modi said, adding “Make in India is not a slogan, not an invitation”. Recalling the scenario of last two-three years where “companies were looking to move out of

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, unveils the logo of ‘Make in India’ initiative in New Delhi on Thursday, September 25. Scores of business leaders from India and abroad attended the launch of the initiative where in the Indian Prime Minister called on manufacturers across the globe to come and make India a manufacturing hub. (AP Photo)

country”, he said three months of the NDA government has reversed the mood with its focus on easing the process of doing business in the country. “Government is committed to development. This is not a political agenda, but an article of faith,” he said while stressing on publicprivate partnership as well as skill development for increasing share of manufacturing in GDP. Modi said the world is ready to come to Asia and India offers best destination as it is a vibrant democracy with demographic dividend and huge demand.

Modi said the ‘Make in India campaign is a Lions Step’ towards making the country a destination for global manufacturing. “We don’t have to tell the world our address, there will be a Vasco da Gama in every nook and corner,” he said. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said series of measures have been taken on ease of doing business and that the government was fully committed to de-licensing, deregulating and taking India to high growth trajectory. Speaking on the occasion, Tata Group Chairman

Cyrus Mistry stressed on the need to reform labour laws. He said the Group was fully committed to investing in India. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said implementation of GST will make India one market and strengthen overall the ‘Make in India’ programme. He also said that Reliance Industries would be creating 1.25 lakh jobs in next 12-15 month period. Wipro chief Azim Premji opined that true success of manufacturing lies in ability to service global market. Stressing on the need to focus on ease of doing busi-

ness, ICICI Bank CEO & MD Chanda Kochhar said strong manufacturing will enhance country’s macroeconomic stability besides creating jobs. Phil Shaw, CEO Lockheed Martin, termed India as “epicentre of innovation” and said his company would be delighted to work with government of India. In his address, ITC Chairman Y C Deveshwar said that problems of inflation and unemployment can be resolved through domestic manufacturing. He said ITC’s next investment destination is Madhya Pradesh.

New Delhi, September 25 (iANS): Industry chambers and individual corporate leaders Thursday reacted in an upbeat manner to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and said the step, having a potential to change India’s economic future, was a concrete step in the right direction. Ajay S Shriram, president, Confederation of Indian Industry: “The Prime Minister’s emphasis on skill development and mapping of skills to industries is an important endeavour that must be pursued. CII has taken many initiatives in this area and trained many workers with specific skills across sectors by adopting ITIs and developing skill gurukuls. Another new idea in the PM’s speech was that India is ideally placed to Look East and Link West. This will help products manufactured in India to enter the global value chain.” Sidharth Birla, president, Fed of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry: “We have embarked on the path for India to become a global manufacturing power. Never before have we seen so much focus and attention on the vital manufacturing sector. This mission is a tribute to millions of entrepreneurs who effortlessly work over years to show that India is a reliable source of high-quality state of the art products that serve demand not only at home but all over the world.” Harsh Pati Singhania, director, JK Organisation: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ endeavour is a ‘lion step’ that has the potential to change India’s economic future. After a long time, the government has put its might behind growing the manufacturing sector. Manufacturing is key not only for expanding the GDP but most vitally for job creation. His vision of FDI - aFirst DevelopIndia’andmakethecountryanattractive business destination for domestic and foreign investors is laudable.” Sharad Jaipuria, president, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry: “The launch of Make in India is ex-

pected to inspire the investors to look at India for their future investments as the government has taken various initiatives such as skill development and launch of Digital India which would improve the ease of doing business and spur manufacturing growth, going ahead.” Sumant Sinha, chairman and chief executive officer, ReNew Power: “The PM said FDI means First Develop India - for Indians, while for foreign investors, it means ‘Foreign Direct Investment’ and that they are parallel tracks. Further, effective governance and skilled manpower will provide the right environment to trigger growth.” Anwar Shirpurwala, executive director, Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology: “The launch of ‘Make in India’ campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a concrete step in the right direction. It was the need of the hour and long overdue. This will also create a positive environment and result in state and center working together to attract investment in the manufacturing sector.” Ashok Chandak, chairman, India Electronics & Semiconductor Association: “We believe Make in India is to create an Orbit Changing Atmosphere which will be conducive for major breakthroughs in the design led manufacturing. The ‘3D composition of Democracy - Demography - Demand’ will have a multiplier effect on the over-contribution of manufacturing in the GDP with potential to take it from 15% to 25% in the future.” Sumit Sawhney, chief executive officer and managing director, Renault India: “What stands out clearly is the intent of easing business processes in India, with further reforms and favourable policy intervention which will attract FDI. I am confident that such pro-business measures will enable the manufacturing sector, led by the auto industry, to bounce back stronger, and deliver on its potential of becoming one of the largest and most efficient in the world.”

‘Journalists must BJP-Sena alliance finally snaps in Maha September there was no suitable propos- options as the Shiv Sena did introspect why mumbAi, 25 (iANS): Three weeks be- al from the Shiv Sena on the not cooperate till the last minthe Maharashtra assem- issue of seat-sharing which ute,” he said. “The deadline Modi shuns them’ fore bly elections, the 25-year-old could honourably accommo- for filing nominations is Sep

pANAji, September 25 (iANS): If journalists feel that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar are keeping away from them, the media persons should introspect on the reasons why, Goa assembly Speaker Rajendra Arlekar said Thursday. “It is not my view that they are staying away. If it is your view that they (Modi and Parrikar) are staying away from journalists, then journalists should introspect why,” Arlekar said at a function held here in the memory of journalist Madhav Gadkari. The speaker, a BJP legislator from Pernem constituency, said this after the editor of a local vernacular daily during a speech at the function said Modi and Parrikar were avoiding the media in New Delhi and Goa, respectively. Arlekar’s comment comes at a time when Parrikar has been scathing in his attack on the media, even asking a business lobbying group to keep the media away from interactions where policy-related issues are deliberated. Modi has also been accused of keeping the media at arm’s length, with the Editors Guild of India Wednesday ruing the lack of interface between the Prime Minister’s Office and journalists.

BJP-Shiv Sena alliance collapsed Thursday, with the BJP deciding to fight the polls with smaller allies. State BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena had “decided to go our independent ways” following the failure of seat-sharing talks. A Shiv Sena leader who did not wish to be identified by name told IANS that the BJP’s “super arrogance” -- following its victory in the Lok Sabha battle -- was to blame for the end of the alliance. The break-up came after days of bickering over which party in the six-party Grand Alliance will contest how many seats and who will be the chief ministerial candidate. “We tried out level best till the very last to save the alliance,” a grim looking Fadnavis told the media. “However,

date all the partners. “Hence we have decided to go our independent ways,” he said. Responding to the development, Shiv Sena MP Anandrao Adsul alleged that the BJP’s decision to dump the Sena followed its “secret understanding” with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Speculation was rife whether the Shiv Sena would now continue to remain with the BJP-led government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There were reports that Anant Geete, the sole Sena minister in the Modi government, had left New Delhi for Mumbai. Fadnavis, however, said that the BJP would continue its “friendship” with the Sena and his party would not attack the Sena during the election campaign. “We regret and feel sad by this (development) but we had no

27, and we were compelled to take this decision reluctantly,” Fadnavis said. BJP’s Eknath Khadse, leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra assembly, said the Sena refused to budge from its stand of contesting 151 seats in the 288-member assembly. This left 137 seats for the BJP, the Republican Party of India (A), the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS), the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP) and the Shiv Sangram. Of these, he said the SSS, RSP and Shiv Sangram had decided to ally with the BJP. Khadse added that the Shiv Sena’s discussions centred more on the post of chief minister. “Our united efforts were to rid Maharashtra of the Congress-NCP combine at any cost. Other things would follow,” Khadse said.

Supreme Court quashes ‘unconstitutional’ tax tribunal act

New Delhi, September 25 (iANS): The Supreme Court Thursday struck down the National Tax Tribunal Act, holding it unconstitutional, violating the constitution’s basic structure and constitutional conventions as the panel was not bestowed with the characteristics, powers and standards of the high court it sought to substitute. A constitution bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice A.K.Sikri, in their majority judgment, said that parliament could not take away the powers of the judiciary and vest them in a tribunal which does not have the characteristic of the court it is seeking to replace. Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, describing the tribunal as unconstitutional and in breach of separation of powers between different organs of the state, said that the substantial question of law can only be decided by the higher judiciary - the Supreme Court and the high courts.

“I would, therefore, hold that the National Tax Tribunals Act is unconstitutional, being the ultimate encroachment on the exclusive domain of the superior courts of record in India,” he held. Justice Khehar said that the constitution’s basic structure would stand violated if parliament, while creating such a tribunal, did not confer on it the “salient characteristics and standards”, of the high court it was seeking to replace for adjudicating tax matters. “The basic structure of the constitution will stand violated, if while enacting legislation pertaining to transfer of judicial power, parliament does not ensure that the newly-created court/tribunal, conforms with the salient characteristics and standards, of the court sought to be substituted,” he said. Besides “constitutional conventions, pertaining to constitutions styled on the Westminster model, will also stand breached, if while enacting legislation, pertaining to transfer of judicial power, con-

ventions and salient characteristics of the court sought to be replaced, are not incorporated in the court/tribunal sought to be created”, the court said. Examined on these touchstones, “sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 13 of the NTT Act”, are held to be unconstitutional, the court said. “Since the aforesaid provisions, constitute the edifice of the NTT Act, and without these provisions, the remaining provisions are rendered ineffective and inconsequential, the entire enactment is declared unconstitutional,” said the majority verdict. These sections form the part of chapter II of the act spelling out the tribunal’s establishment. The majority judgment however made it clear that there was nothing that prevented parliament from enacting a law that would vest the adjudicatory function of high court with an alternative court/tribunal, but exercise of such legislative power should not be violate the basic structure of the constitution and conventions that provide for an independent judiciary.

“The parliament has the power to enact legislation, and to vest adjudicatory functions, earlier vested in the high court, with an alternative court/tribunal. Exercise of such power by the parliament would not per se violate the basic structure of the constitution,” the court said. “Recognized constitutional conventions pertaining to the Westminster model, (too) do not debar the legislating authority from enacting legislation to vest adjudicatory functions, earlier vested in a superior court, with an alternative court/tribunal. Exercise of such power by the parliament would per se not violate any constitutional convention.” The court was ruling on a batch of petitions challenging the act’s constitutional validity and simultaneously the constitutional validity of the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, on grounds that the act violated the constitution’s basic structure by impinging on the power of judicial review - vested in the high court.

An artisan carries an effigy of mythical demon king Ravana that will be burned during Dussehra festival in Jammu on Thursday, September 25. The festival commemorates the victory of Hindu god Rama over demon king Ravana, and a celebration of the victory of good over evil. (AP Photo)

Govt employees to take cleanliness pledge on Oct 2 New Delhi, September 25 (pti): All central government employees have been asked to be present in their offices on October 2 to take cleanliness pledge as part of the Narendra Modi government’s ‘Clean India’ campaign. October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, is otherwise a national holiday. The employees will be administered ‘Swachhata Shapath’ (pledge of cleanliness) in govern-

ment offices, public functions and events on October 2, said a directive issued by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth to all central government secretaries. “Each ministry should participate in this national endeavour and undertake cleanliness and awareness campaign in a befitting manner,” Seth said. The cleanliness drives led by senior officials will be undertaken in all government and public offices, it said. The Prime Min-

ister will on October 2 launch ‘clean India’ campaign, a mass movement aimed at cleaning the country. “There is a need to create massive public awareness and to ensure participation and action for cleaning homes, government offices, schools, hospitals, work places, streets, roads and markets, railway station and bus terminals, statues, monuments, rivers, lakes, ponds and other public places,” it said.

Committed to women’s reservation Bill: Naidu

New Delhi, September 25 (pti): As it seeks consensus amongst political parties on the issue of the women’s reservation Bill, the government on Thursday said it is committed to getting the legislation passed in Parliament. “We have to evolve a consensus on the issue of women’s reservation. We have seen the earlier experience also, but my party is committed to this (the Bill), we will see how it can progress,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said at the Assocham awards function here. Naidu, however, declined to give any time frame for bringing the Bill in Parliament and said the NDA government would move “forward cautiously” on the issue. “I cannot give any time frame because it is not to be decided by one party. It needs broader support and consensus among all political parties. You need an amendment as well,” he said when asked whether the Bill would be introduced in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. “We have to talk to different parties, take them on board and then move

forward. We have had bitter experiences earlier ... on the discussion of the Bill. Keeping that in mind, we have to move forward cautiously,” he said. Regarding the opposition to the Bill, Naidu said without naming anybody that, “Some men have their own way of obstructing the progress of women and are determined to deprive them of opportunities. “The issue of women’s reservation is one such example. For long have we been talking of giving one-third share to women in the Assemblies and in Parliament. Why should anybody grudge giving just one-third seats to women when they are equal in number.” Hoping for the speedy enactment of the law, Naidu said, “I strongly feel that the women’s reservation Bill needs to be taken forward to its logical conclusion. Earlier the better.” About 35 women achievers from across the country were honoured by the Assocham Ladies League at the event. Naidu said that the role of women in society should be recognised and all hurdles towards their empowerment should be removed.

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World leaders urged to find seeds of hope UN for strong laws against foreign extremist fighters UNITED NATIONS, SEpTEmbEr 25 (rEUTErS): The U.N. Security Council demanded that all states make it a serious criminal offense for their citizens to travel abroad to fight with militant groups, or to recruit and fund others to do so, in a move sparked by the rise of Islamic State. At a meeting chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama, the 15-member council unanimously adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution that compels countries to “prevent and suppress” the recruitment and travel of militant fighters to foreign conflicts. The U.N. action reflects mounting international concern over rising numbers of foreign fighters joining the Islamic State militant group and the threat they pose when returning home. Some 12,000 fighters from more than 70 nations have joined extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, experts say. British Prime Minister David Cameron told the Security Council that the beheadings of two American journalists and a British aid worker by a fighter with an apparent British Delegates stand during a moment of silence in honor of victims of terrorism at a meeting of the United Nations Se- accent “underlines the sinister, dicurity Council regarding the threat of foreign terrorist fighters during the 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly rect nature of this threat.” The council at U.N. headquarters on Wednesday, September 24. (AP Photo)

UNITED NATIONS, SEpTEmbEr 25 (Ap): The United Nations chief called for world leaders to join an international campaign to ease the plight of nearly unprecedented numbers of refugees, the displaced and victims of violence in a world wracked by wars and the swift-spreading and deadly Ebola epidemic. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon said leaders must find and nurture “seeds of hope” in the turmoil and despair of a world that may seem like it’s falling apart with people crying

out for protection from greed and inequality. “Not since the end of the Second World War have there been so many refugees, displace people and asylum seekers. Never before has the United Nations been asked to reach so many people with emergency food assistance and other lifesaving supplies,” Ban said in his state of the world address at the opening of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual ministerial meeting. Several leaders including Jordan’s King Abdullah

and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the challenges — financial and social — of hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria. Abdullah, whose country is sheltering nearly 1.4 million Syrians, said the refugee crisis “demands a global solution.” “To date, the response has not kept pace with the real needs,” he said. The global spotlight at the assembly is focused on the rise of radical Islamic extremists, who chose Wednesday to behead a French hiker in Alge-

ria. French President Francois Hollande denounced the militants linked to the Islamic State group who assassinated Herve Gourdel and warned that they pose a global threat that must be stopped. U.S. President Barack Obama urged world leaders to join a global coalition to destroy the Islamic State terrorist group which “has terrorized all who they come across in Iraq and Syria.” He also urged the leaders to address the failure to confront forcefully enough “the intolerance, sectarianism, and

resolution is under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which makes it legally binding for the 193 U.N. member states and gives the Security Council authority to enforce decisions with economic sanctions or force. It targets fighters traveling to conflicts anywhere in the world, but does not mandate military force. Obama is building a global coalition against Islamic State, which has captured swaths of Syria and Iraq and urged its followers to attack citizens of various countries. The United States has led air strikes against the group in Iraq and Syria. “The words spoken here today must be matched and translated into action,” Obama told the Security Council after the adoption of the resolution. “For if there was ever a challenge in our interconnected world that cannot be met by one nation alone, it is this - terrorists crossing borders and threatening to unleash unspeakable violence.” Obama chaired the Security Council because the United States is president of the body for September. The U.N. resolution expresses concern that “foreign terrorist fighters increase the intensity, duration and in-

hopelessness that feeds violent extremism in too many parts of the globe.” And Ban decried the “new depths of barbarity” and called for decisive action to stop “atrocity crimes.” But he also said “we must not let the smoke from today’s fires blind us to longer-term challenges and opportunities” and address “the danger posed by religiously motivated fanatics.” Speaker after speaker addressed a host of other issues from illegal immigration to promoting equality for women and reforming the

tractability of conflicts, and also may pose a serious threat to their states of origin, the states they transit and the states to which they travel.” Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told the council that the passports of more than 60 Australians had been suspended to stop them from joining extremist groups in the Middle East. Both Abbott and Cameron outlined their efforts to strengthen laws. However, some rights groups have raised concerns it could lead to “abusive counterterrorism policies and practices.” “The resolution says nothing about due process protections, yet calls on states to apprehend people at borders. And it encourages states to prosecute terrorism, while permitting broad definitions of the term,” said Andrea Prasow, deputy Washington director for Human Rights Watch. Coinciding with the adoption of the resolution, the U.N. Security Council al Qaeda sanctions committee blacklisted on Tuesday more than a dozen foreign extremist fighters, fundraisers and recruiters tied to militant groups in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia and Yemen.

powerful U.N. Security Council to reflect the 21st century, not the post-World War II world. On a positive note, Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who currently heads the 54-nation African Union, touted the continent’s economic growth, now close to 6 percent on average, and its promotion of agriculture, which now employs close to 60 percent of the work force and represents one-third of the continent’s GDP. “Africa is working relentlessly to change from a consumption space to a pro-

duction zone in order to guarantee employment opportunities for millions of its people,” he said. Abdel Aziz called for “strong action to find efficient and rapid solutions” to the phenomenon of illegal immigration and address the unemployment that leads African youth to seek opportunities elsewhere. “We cannot just count the bodies washed up onto the beaches or undertake rescue operations at sea for thousands of migrants crammed in unsafe boats,” he said.

Snowden honored with ‘alternative Nobel’ North Korean’s prison life: Digging, isolation

STOCKHOLm, SEpTEmbEr 25 (Ap): Edward Snowden was among the winners Wednesday of a Swedish human rights award, sometimes referred to as the “alternative Nobel,” for his disclosures of top secret surveillance programs. The decision to honor the former National Security Agency contractor with the Right Livelihood Award appeared to cause a diplomatic headache for Sweden’s Foreign Ministry, which withdrew the prize jury’s permission to use its media room for the announcement. Snowden split the honorary portion of the award with Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, which has published a series of articles on government surveillance based on documents leaked by Snowden. The 1.5 million kronor ($210,000) cash portion of the award was shared by Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir, Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission and U.S. environmentalist Bill McKibben. Created in 1980, the annual Right Livelihood Award honors efforts that founder Jacob von Uexkull felt were being ignored by the Nobel Prizes. Foundation director Ole von Uexkull — the award creator’s nephew — said all winners have been invited to the Dec. 1 award ceremony in Stockholm, though he added it’s unclear whether

Snowden can attend. “We will start discussions with the Swedish government and his lawyers in due course to discuss the potential arrangements for his participation,” von Uexkull told The Associated Press. Snowden, who has reportedly also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, remains exiled in Russia since leaking top secret NSA documents to journalists last year. He has been charged under the U.S. Espionage Act and could face up to 30 years in prison. Though the honorary award doesn’t include any money, the foundation would offer to help pay Snowden’s legal costs, von Uexkull said. The announcement had been set for Thursday, but it was communicated early after a leak to Swedish broadcaster SVT. Von Uexkull said the foundation was denied access to the Swedish Foreign Ministry’s media room, where it has announced the awards since 1995, after it gave the ministry advance notice of the winners. He provided an email sent Tuesday in which the ministry said it had closed the room to “external events” for security reasons, but said he believed the decision was linked to the fact that Snowden was among the laureates. The ministry referred questions to Foreign Minister Carl Bildt’s spokesman, Erik Zsiga, who said that new security rules that took effect on Sept. 1 mean that government buildings “can-

not in the same way as previously be used for this type of event.” The Foreign Ministry had also sent a note inviting foreign correspondents to attend the news conference in the ministry’s media room. The award foundation cited Snowden’s “courage and skill” in revealing the extent of government surveillance and praised Rusbridger “for building a global media organization dedicated to responsible journalism in the public interest.” In a statement, Rusbridger said he was “delighted” to share the award with Snowden “because I think he was a whistleblower who took considerable risks with his own personal freedom in order to tell society about things that people needed to know.” Jahangir is a human rights lawyer who has defended women, children, religious minorities and the poor in Pakistan, the award citation said. Fernando, originally from Sri Lanka, led the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission for nearly two decades and now serves as its director of policy and programs. McKibben is founder of 350.org, a grass-roots environmental movement aimed at spurring action to fight climate change. The Right Livelihood Award is typically announced just ahead of the Nobel Prize announcements, which this year will begin on October 6.

pYONGYANG, SEpTEmbEr 25 (Ap): An American man recently sentenced by North Korea to six years of hard labor says he is digging in fields eight hours a day and being kept in isolation, but that so far his health isn’t deteriorating. Under close guard and with only enough time to respond to one question, 24-year-old Matthew Miller spoke briefly to an Associated Press Television News journalist at a Pyongyang hotel, where he had been brought to make a phone call to his family. It was his first appearance since he was convicted Sept. 14 of entering the country illegally to commit espionage. “Prison life is eight hours of work per day. Mostly it’s been agriculture, like in the dirt, digging around,” Miller said when asked if he was in prison and if so what conditions were like. “Other than that, it’s isolation, no contact with anyone. But I have been in good health, and no sickness or no hurts,” he said, showing little emotion. Wearing a prison-style gray uniform and cap, Miller was filmed sitting down at a phone booth at the hotel and pressing the buttons on a phone while a North Korean guard stood behind him. Officials said

Miller spoke to his father, but the APTN journalist was not allowed to hear the conversation. Miller does not have routine access to phone calls home. The Bakersfield, California, native showed several letters he had written pleading for help from influential Americans, including first lady Michelle Obama, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Miller then enclosed them in a letter he mailed to his family from the hotel. At Miller’s 90-minute trial, North Korea’s Supreme Court said he tore up his tourist visa at Pyongyang’s airport upon arrival on April 10 and admitted to having the “wild ambition” of experiencing prison life so that he could secretly investigate North Korea’s human rights situation. Miller is one of three Americans detained in North Korea. Jeffrey Fowle, who was arrested in May for leaving a Bible at a sailor’s club, is expected to be tried in court soon. Kenneth Bae was sentenced in 2013 to 15 years of hard labor. Last week, Robert King, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, said Pyongyang has

In this Wednesday, September 24, 2014 photo from a video shot by a North Korean TV crew employed locally by AP Television News, Matthew Miller, an American man recently sentenced by North Korea to six years of hard labor, walks away after making a phone call in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo)

not accepted American offers to send a high-level envoy to seek release of the three men. King said that freeing the detainees could provide a diplomatic opening in ties between the two countries, but that Washington would not give into attempts to “extort” political gain from the detentions. King would not specify whom the Obama administration was willing to send. But Scott Snyder, senior fellow for Korea Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank, said he was told by the administration that it has offered in recent weeks to

send Glyn Davies, who leads U.S. diplomacy on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, and that Pyongyang had not responded favorably. In 2009, North Korea detained two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were later freed after former U.S. President Bill Clinton visited Pyongyang. In 2011, former President Jimmy Carter visited North Korea to win the release of imprisoned American Aijalon Gomes, who had been sentenced to eight years of hard labor for crossing illegally into the North from China.

Algerian militants behead French hostage ALGIErS, SEpTEmbEr 25 (Ap): An Algerian splinter group from alQaida has beheaded a French hostage over France’s airstrikes on the Islamic State group, in a sign of the possible widening of the crisis in Iraq and Syria to the rest of the region. The killing of Herve Gourdel, a mountaineer who was kidnapped while hiking in Algeria, was a “cowardly assassination,” a visibly upset French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday, but he vowed to continue the military operation. “Herve Gourdel is dead because he is the representative of a people — ours — that defends human dignity against barbarity,” Hollande said on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York. “France will never cede to terrorism because it is our duty, and, more than that, because it is our honor.” On Friday, France joined the U.S. in conducting airstrikes on the Islamic State group in Iraq. Two days later, the Islamic State group called on Muslims to attack foreign targets, and the response in Algeria raised the specter of attacks on Westerners elsewhere. Gourdel, a 55-year-old mountaineering guide from Nice, was seized

Sunday night while hiking in the Djura Djura mountains of northern Algeria. His Algerian companions were released. A group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or “Soldiers of the Caliphate,” split from al-Qaida and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group two weeks ago. It seized Gourdel in response to the call to kill the “spiteful and filthy French.” It gave France 24 hours to end its air campaign. A video posted online showed masked gunmen standing over a kneeling Gourdel. They pledged their allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and said they were fighting his enemies. The video showed the captive pushed to the ground and blindfolded before he was beheaded. The videos from the group were similar to those from the Islamic State group, which killed two American journalists and a British aid worker in recent weeks. “It is not the first time France has been affected by terrorist acts,” Hollande told an unusual session of the U.N. Security Council chaired by President Barack Obama. “And we have never given in. Every time, we come out of these things more robust, with greater solidarity.”

In this still image from video published on the Internet on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, by a group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, members of the group stand behind French mountaineer Herve Gourdel just before beheading him. In the video, the men pledge their allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, before killing Gourdel, 55, who they abducted on Sunday, Sept. 21. (AP Photo)

Obama, speaking at the same meeting, said people around the world had been “horrified by another brutal murder.” “These terrorists believe our countries will be unable to

stop them. The safety of our citizens demands that we do,” Obama said at the meeting, which was aimed at combating the threat posed by foreign fighters joining extremist groups.

The Algerian government called the killing of Gourdel “an odious and abject act committed by a group of criminals.” Gourdel, an avid photographer, had expressed excitement on his Facebook page about his planned camping trip in the remote mountainous region. The area, which is riddled with steep valleys and deep caves, is also one of the last strongholds of the Islamist extremists in northern Algeria that have been fighting the government since the 1990s. The Algerian government statement said that since the kidnapping, authorities had been working to try to free him. It said it was determined “to pursue its fight against terrorism in all its forms, while guaranteeing the protection and security of all foreign nationals on its territory.” The Islamic State group claims leadership of all Muslims and has been hoping to incite additional attacks against foreigners around the world. “That was the Islamic State’s intention, for there to be more events like this,” said analyst Geoff Porter of North Africa Risk Consulting. “If there were to be any similar copycat instances, I don’t think they would transpire in Algeria, they are more

likely to occur either in Tunisia or Morocco — it’s certainly a more target-rich environment.” Thousands of Tunisians and Moroccans have joined the Islamic State to fight in Syria and Iraq, and there are fears they will carry out attacks in their home countries upon their return. The killing of a hostage actually represents a departure for radical Islamic groups in Algeria, which in the past decade have made millions from ransoms. France is also known for paying ransoms, although some hostages have been killed by their captors. Islamic extremists have long singled out France as a special target for multiple reasons: the French military campaign against al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali, the French involvement in the NATO force in Afghanistan, and French laws banning the Muslim face veil and headscarves in public. Hours after French warplanes struck targets Friday in Iraq, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the U.N. Security Council: “We are facing throat-cutters. They rape, crucify and decapitate. They use cruelty as a means of propaganda. Their aim is to erase borders and to eradicate the rule of law and civil society.”

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SPORTS

Friday 26 September 2014

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Chelsea edges past Bolton ManChester City routs sheffield

8th Western Angami A/C teams pose for lens.

nPf Kohima div sports meet Our Correspondent

Kohima | September 25

The closing function of the NPF Kohima Division sports meet will take place on September 27 at 1:30 PM at Viswema with minister for social security welfare Kiyanilie Peseyie as the chief guest.

In semi finals of football and volleyball played on September 24, in the men’s football, 8th Western Angami A/C defeated 15th Southern Angami A/C 3-1 while in women’s volleyball, 8th Western Angami A/C won over 15th Southern Angami A/C. In final match, 8th West-

ern Angami A/C will clash with 10th Northern Angami A/C in football, while in women’s volleyball, 8th Western Angami A/C will be playing with 11th Northern Angami A/C. The closing ceremony will be chaired by Theyiekielie Tachü, president Kohima Division. Welcome address

will be delivered by Zasivoto Rota, president 15th Southern Angami II A/C. Short speech will be delivered by Er.Kropol Vitsu, Parliamentary Secretary for Printing & Stationary and Arts & Culture. Vote of thanks will be pronounced by Goneiu Sirie, Working President Kohima Division.

Malaga holds Barca to draw in liga

Chelsea's Oscar, left, competes for the ball with Bolton's Medo Kamara during the English League Cup soccer match between Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, Wednesday, September 24. (AP Photo)

LONDON, September 25 (Ap): Chelsea needed Oscar's first goal of the season to beat Bolton 2-1 in the League Cup on Wednesday, while holder Manchester City routed another second-tier side, Sheffield Wednesday, with seven second-half goals. Oscar secured Chelsea's victory in the second half after 19-year-old Kurt Zouma's debut goal was canceled out by Bolton defender Matt Mills. Chelsea, which leads the Premier League, was immediately drawn to play fourth-tier side Shrewsbury in the fourth round on Oct. 28 or 29. City's trophy defense will continue against Newcastle, which beat Crystal Palace 3-2 after extra time. Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard made it three goals in two games for City with a brace in the 7-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday, which held the Premier League champions throughout the first half. A shock was on the cards at Tottenham when League

Championship leader Nottingham Forest took the lead, but Ryan Mason leveled on his debut before Roberto Soldado and Harry Kane clinched a 3-1 victory. Tottenham will next face Brighton, which won 3-0 at Burton. Gareth McAuley and Saido Berahino scored two late goals inside a minute for West Bromwich Albion to overcome Hull 3-2 and set up a trip to Bournemouth. Liverpool, which beat Middlesbrough 14-13 in a marathon penalty shootout on Tuesday, was drawn Wednesday to face Premier League rival Swansea. The other fourth round fixtures will see Stoke host Southampton, Fulham play Derby and MK Dons take on Sheffield United. At a full Stamford Bridge, Chelsea overpowered Bolton from the start but struggled to score — despite Andre Schuerrle coming close three times — until Zouma stabbed the ball into the net in the 25th minute. "He's waited patiently for a chance to

play," Chelsea first-team coach Steve Holland said. Bolton hadn't been near Petr Cech's goal until equalizing six minutes later when Mills headed in off the post from a free kick. At the start of the second half, Oscar headed a free kick straight at Bolton goalkeeper Andy Lonergan but netted his first Chelsea goal since March in the 55th, striking low inside the post. "It was a really quality strike," Holland said. "That moment of quality has made the difference, it has won the game." At the Etihad Stadium, Sheffield Wednesday held out until halftime but the 1991 cup winners conceded two minutes into the second half when Lampard met James Milner's cutback. Then, the floodgates opened. Edin Dzeko and Jesus Navas scored a minute apart before Yaya Toure netted from the penalty spot on the hour after Kamil Zayatte was sent off for fouling Lampard. Dzeko headed in the fifth, 18-year-old Jose Angel

Pozo was set up by Navas for a debut goal before Lampard completed Wednesday's woes. In north London, Forest stunned Tottenham in the 61st when Jorge Grant turned in Lars Veldwijk's cross on his first start for the club. But, in a competition used to blood youngsters, Tottenham's equalizer — from its first shot on target — came from Mason, sending a strike swerving into the top corner. It took until the 83rd for Tottenham to go in front, with Soldado turning the ball into the net from Andros Townsend's shot before Kane latched onto Erik Lamela's pass in stoppage time. On the south side of the capital at Selhurst Park, Dwight Gayle put Palace ahead with a penalty, but Emmanuel Riviere leveled and then put Newcastle in front with a spot-kick three minutes into the second half. But Palace forced the game into extra time by equalizing in the 90th through Sullay Kaikai, another player on Wednesday with a debut goal.

dev St. Stephen’s School champs Kapil wins lifetime in State Taekwon-Do C’ship achievement award in uK

The victorious St. Stephen Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur, which emerged as the overall champions in the 14th State ITF Taekwon-Do Championship 2014.

DImApur, September 25 (mexN): St. Stephen Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur emerged as the overall champions in the 14th State ITF TaekwonDo Championship 2014 which was held on September 19 and 20 at the State Indoor Stadium, Dimapur. Organised by the Taekwon-Do Association Category

of Dimapur along with Nagaland Taekwon-Do Federation, the tournament saw 224 participants from different age groups and from different schools and clubs of Nagaland participating. St. Stephen’s won 19 Gold, 9 Silver and 16 Bronze medals to win an unprecedented fourth consecutive overall cham-

Winners

St. Stephen Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur Yim’s Signal Taekwon-Do Club, st 1 Runners-Up Dimapur Liz Woodland School, Dimapur 2nd Runners-Up Paul Gangmai, Chumukedima Best Player – Male Taekwon-Do Club, Chumukedima Shingyieh Konyak, Liz Woodland Best Player – Female School, Dimapur Best disciplined team Liz Woodland School, Dimapur Overall Champion

pion title. A press release from Amit Das, Spokesperson, Nagaland Taekwon-Do Federation has informed that the selected participants will participate in the upcoming 29th National ITF Taekwon-Do Championship 2014 to be held from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Gold

Silver

Bronze

LONDON, September 25 (AgeNcIeS): Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony in the House of Lords in London. The award, constituted by the Indo-European Business Forum (IEBF), was presented to the former India World Cup-winning captain on Wednesday evening for his contribution to the sport and for his work in the field of upliftment of poor and destitute communities through the Khushii society. “I am very proud to be Indian. Today India is ready to do business with anybody in the world,” Dev said in his acceptance speech. “I used to hate England because they ruled my country but I am happy they gave us the game of cricket, which they can’t play very well, and the English language, which I can’t speak very well,” he added on a lighter note. Arguably the greatest pacer bowler and allrounder India has produced, Dev led the country to its maiden World Cup triumph in 1983, beating the then formidable West Indies in the title clash at Lord’s. With 434 scalps, the 55-year-old Dev held the record for most number of wickets in Tests for some years before being eclipsed by former West Indies captain Courtney Walsh in 2000.

mADrID, September 25 (Ap): Lionel Messi failed to take his chances as Barcelona was held to a 0-0 draw by a disciplined and defensive Malaga side in the Spanish league on Wednesday. Messi missed two opportunities in the first half and never looked comfortable on the ball after the break. Barcelona leads the standings on 13 points after five matches, with Sevilla second on goal difference after it beat Real Sociedad 1-0. Atletico Madrid is third on 11 points after beating Almeria 1-0 and Valencia, with 10 points, plays on Thursday against Cordoba. In other matches on Wednesday, Rayo Vallecano beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1, Eibar drew 1-1 with Villarreal and Levante beat Granada 1-0. Messi blasted a direct free kick well over Idriss Kameni's crossbar in the 15th and then chested the ball out of play in the 26th as he raced forward to try and latch onto Jordi Alba's inviting cross. Malaga kept Barcelona in check and then came close to scoring in the 68th minute when Nordin Amrabat hit a powerful shot wide. "This result was due to an accumulation of factors, and Malaga also played with great merit," Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said. "It's a

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi from Argentina, left, in action with Malaga's Sergio Sanchez, right, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Malaga and Barcelona at La Rosaleda stadium in Malaga, Spain, Wednesday, September 24. (AP Photo)

point, and we must carry on. It's never easy to play against a defense made up of nine or 10 men." The Andalusian side piled on the pressure after Barcelona right-back Douglas — who made a poor debut for the league leaders — made a clumsy tackle and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo was forced to punch out

Luis Romero's free kick in the 71st. There was a tense moment in the 82nd minute when Wellington pushed Messi to the ground when the ball was not in play — earning the Malaga defender a booking. Barca defender Gerard Pique was shown a yellow card for protesting about the incident. Sevilla closed the points

gap on Barcelona with its victory over Real Sociedad. Gerard Deulofeu found himself in front of an open goal to hit Sevilla's winner in the 18th minute, following a cross by Benoit Tremoulinas. Atletico Madrid stayed close to the pacesetters after a header by Miranda gave the capital club a 1-0 win at Almeria.

DETAILS OF PARTICIPANTS WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE ROUND OF 32 IN THE 3rd NAGALAND SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 Speller No.

Name of participant

Gender

Name of School

District

Pranjal Tiwari

Alderville School

Kohima

Harsh Garg

AR High School

Kohima

Vikhelhou Nagi

Baptist Mission School, Jotsoma

Kohima

Lamhen Kezevilie Hansing

Chandmari HSS

Kohima

Jungshinungsang Imti

Chandmari HSS

Kohima

Uto X. Zhimomi

Christian HSS

Dimapur

Elvina K. Rochill

Cornerstone School

Zunheboto

Khrieketouzo Khezhie

Corrragio School

Kohima

Kerhenuo Kire

Dainty Buds

Kohima

Rahu Venuh

G. Rio

Kohima

Kuputo Z Kinny

Lampstand School

Dimapur

Atula Longchar

Libemo Memorial School

Wokha

Longesener Longkumer

Libemo Memorial School

Wokha

Meryli Ngullie

Little Flower HSS

Kohima

Tosovinu Weo

Loyola HSS, Jakhama

Kohima

Thejanguzo Chielie

Mewi School

Kohima

Kezevino Kuotsu

Mezhur HSS

Kohima

Pekruvikho Chakre

Model HSS

Kohima

Washipong Longkumer

Model HSS

Kohima

Kuzoto Swuro

Modern Academy

Kohima

Vevo Nienu

Pinewood School

Kohima

Janet Kez

Pranab Vidyapith

Dimapur

Chikumla Quinger

Pranab Vidyapith

Dimapur

Radetolu Ringa

Science College

Kohima

Ramu Thapa

Science College

Kohima

Moakumzuk Jamir

St. John HSS

Dimapur

Wellensangli CA

St. John HSS

Dimapur

Z. Kili Chophy

St. Mary Montessori HSS

Dimapur

Olivia Dutta

St. Paul HSS

Dimapur

Isabella Chishi

St. Paul HSS

Dimapur

Kelezono Kere

St. Paul School, Phesama

Kohima

Lovino Mekro

The Vineyard School

Kohima

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FESTIVAL of CHORAL MUSIC

and TRADITIONAL DRUM ENSEMBLE

26 September 2014

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Children’s Film Festival

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eadquarters Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) in collaboration with Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI), an autonomous body under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and Cinedarbaar Welfare Society conducted Children’s Film Festival in Kohima and Dimapur districts from September 15 to 20. According to the PROIGAR (North), the aim was

to promote films that provide healthy and wholesome entertainment for children to broaden their perspective. Separate movies were screened for Primary and Secondary school students. The event was attended by more than 3000 students from G.Rio School, Don Bosco School, Little Flowers School, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Assam Rifles High School, Living Stone school and Holy Cross School at Kohima &

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Dimapur. The Film screenings were followed by interactive sessions and quiz competition, it added. "The rare opportunity created by HQ IGAR (N) to enrich students’ knowledge was widely appreciated by principals, teachers, parents and the students. Such events are essential for overall growth of students and they look forward to see many such events in future also," the PRO-IGAR(North) stated.

ltogether 28 artistes represented Nagaland in the august Festival of Choral Music and Traditional Drum Ensemble jointly organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademy and Dept. of Art n Culture, Govt of Meghalaya from September 22 to 24 in Shillong. The traditional drum ensemble was led by Sangeet Natak Akademy awardee Guru Sangyusang Pongen. The Refiners Worship Team led by Supongsangla Jamir participated in the choral music. Their performances impressed and mesmerised both the audience and the organisers. The two teams were coordinated and led by Yangerlemba.

Battle of the Bands 2014

he Kohima leg of the auditions for the Battle of the Bands rock contest was held at Kohima on September 25. Five bands - The Magic Bean, Legal Language, D-Foe, Stereotype and, Kenny & The Faith Band made it through to the second round. Stereotype turned out to be the judges’ favourite, while The Magic Bean had a wild card entry. The judging panel comprised of Alo wanth, Atsaba (Incipit Guitarist), Manen Jamir and Akok Imsong (Incipit keyboardist). The auditions for the contest will culminate at Dimapur on September 27 where the third and final screening round will be held. The Dimapur leg of the auditions will take place at the Symbios conference hall.

Former Chief Secretary Alemtemshi Jamir and Gugs Chishi presents the ‘Teach Your Children’ during a training of trainers on Music and Art therapy jointly organized by the Awakening Bells Center and Enable, which commenced on September 25. (Morung Photo)

Stereotype

D-Foe

“ChaiberaChi King Chilly” song released

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D-Foe D-Foe (pronounced as The Foe), formed in the autumn of 2014, is an indie-funk/fusion band. D-Foe is attempting to create a unique combination of music. D-Foe counts Muse, Incubus, Arcane Roots, Arctic Monkeys, John Butler, The Killers etc. as the influences behind its sound. This foursome likes to be busy with music and loves to learn different music. Vocals = Martin Guitar = Thano Bassist = Tsukhum Drums = Mhao

The Magic Bean Guitar Bassist Drums

Kenny & The Faith Band = Imlong chingshong = Kezevikkhovisa = Apong Imchen

The Magic Bean The Magic Bean, formed in mid-2014, is a progressive rock band from St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama. Loaded with interesting juvenile music enthusiasts, their talents will never remain hidden from now on as they are gearing up to explore the world of music. Vocal - Nungshitemsu Guitar (Lead) - Tsali I Sangtam Guitar (Rhythm) - Chingmak chang Bassist - Hukiye Drums - Abung Chupa

rock band from Kohima formed in October 2013. A charismatic band noted for their unconventional time signatures and their energetic stage presence. They carry a positive vibe for the society as well. Vocals - Moaren Guitar - Mereseto Bassist - Seyiekul Drums - Hemand

Kenny & The Faith Band Kenny & The Faith Band is a Christian alternative rock band formed in 2012. An enthusiastic band influenced by Christian themes, the foursome love making Christian music. Legal Language Vocals – Kenny Legal Language is a progressive/crunch metGuitar – Kekuo al band formed in mid-2014. Stereotype Bassist – Vikahuto Vocals = Henkup Buchem Stereotype is a four piece alternative/math Drums - Lima

From Right to left: Gregory Thejawelie, Wati Walling, Senti Longchar, K.Francis Zeliang, Amongla, Kuheirang Rangkau and Rosang Pongen

. Francis Zeliang, PS to Chief Minister of Nagaland released a “Chaiberachi King Chilly” song along with official T-Shirt of the song, the first of its kind in the state. Gregory Thejawelie. Joint Secretary, Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Kuheirang Rangkhau, PRO to CM also present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Francis said that most of the Nagas live in rural poor areas and this kind of project would reach the uncovered area of the state through this song. He also urged the farm-

ers to produce more of this crop organically not only for domestic consumption but also for export purpose outside the state profitable for the Nagas. Regarding the song, he said that it was easy to understand since it was in local dialect for the local people. The programme was co-ordinated by Wati Walling, Advocate. The song is titled “Chaiberachi King Chilly”. The word Chaiberachi is derived from Zeliang dialect meaning “King Chilly”. The idea behind the debut song composure was to

reach to the farming community and motivate them through local lyric songs. The song is original, unique, hot and punchy in Hip Hop style. It talks about the origin of the crop and its typical characteristics. The music composure and recording was done by John Pfokrelo, Clef Ensemble Studio, Kohima. Back up vocal by Rosang Pongen. Lyric, singer and produced by Senti Longchar. The release of the song was exhorted by Dr. Moa Walling, Er. Moamanen, Anik and Temsu Longkumer (Bro).

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Bieber may need surgery to fix his eardrum

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inger Justin Bieber has revealed that he may need surgery after "busting" his eardrum. The 20-year-old may require an operation to repair the perforated tissue in his ear after he damaged it by leaping off a cliff, known as "tombstoning". The pop star took to Twitter to share the news Wednesday, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "Busted my eardrum cliff diving. Doc says might need surgery now. Sucks. (sic)," he wrote. The singer's injury may delay the release of his upcoming music, but he is confident it won't cause any long-term issue with his career. "My ear drum might back us up a little but I'm still bringing you this new music. Much love. Damn u cliff diving! (sic)," the singer added.

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Indian women's team win bronze in double trap Medal Tally

RaNK Country 1 China 2 Japan 3 South Korea 4 Kazakhstan 13 India

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Gold 78 28 28 6 1

Silver 42 35 33 8 1

Bronze 34 31 31 16 13

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Saina in Asiad quarters, Sindhu crashes out

Bronze medalist from left to right, Varman Varsha, Shagun Chowdary and Shreyasi Singh pose for photographers during the medal ceremony for the Women's Double Trap Team shooting competition at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, September 25. (AP Photo)

iNcheON, September 25 (iaNS): The Indian women's trio of Shagun Chowdhar y, Shreyasi Singh and Varsha Varman finished third to win the bronze in the double trap team event of the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeonggido Shooting

Range here Thursday. The Indian team shot 279 to claim third place behind China and South Korea, who clinched gold and silver, respectively. Shagun fired 96 with scores of 24, 25, 24, 23 while Shreyasi added 94 points with shots of 24, 22, 22, 26.

Varsha contributed 89 points with scores of 23, 21, 24, 21 which helped India finish ahead of fourthplaced Chinese Taipei, who scored 268 points. The bronze was India's seventh overall medal one gold and six bronze from the shooting range at

the Asiad. The gold went to Chinese team of Yafei Zhang, Yiting Bai and Mei Zhu, who shot a combined 315, one point more than the South Korean team of Mijin Kim, Hyekyoung Son and Bona Lee. However, none of the Indian women managed

to finish on the podium in the individual event with Shagun, Shreyasi and Varsha, taking eighth, 10th and 12th positions, respectively. Korea's Mijin shot a world record score of 110 to win gold. China's Yafei and Yiting won silver and bronze.

India go down 1-2 to Pak iNcheON, September 25 (iaNS): India's two-match winning streak came to an end with a 1-2 loss to arch-rivals Pakistan in a keenly contested Group B match of the men's hockey tournament of the 17th Asian Games at the Soenhak Hockey Stadium here Thursday. After a barren first two quarters, Pakistan took the lead in the eighth

minute of the third quarter when Muhammad Umar Bhutta scored from a rebound. Nikkin Thimmaiah drew level for India in the 53rd minute by tapping home Kothajit Singh's cross from the left flank. Pakistan restored their lead a minute later through Muhammad Waqas and held on to win their third consecutive group match.

iNcheON, September 25 (pti): Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal sailed into the quarterfinals with a comfortable straight-game win after P. Kashyap advanced to the pre-quarters, but there was heartbreak for P.V. Sindhu in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Thursday. World number seven Saina thrashed Iran’s Soraya Aghaeihajiagha (2-0) 21-7 21-6 in a women’s singles round of 16 match at the Gyeyang Gymnasium. Saina will next take on no. 2 seed Wang Yihan of China. However, world number 10 Sindhu suffered a shocking 1-2 reverse to Manuputty Bellaetrix, ranked 34th, despite taking the first game. Sindhu won the first game 22-20 but went down 16-21 20-22 in the next two games, to bring an end to her campaign. Earlier, Parupalli Kashyap made the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals by registering a straight-game win over Afghanistan’s Iqbal Ahmad Shekib. Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kashyap, having received a bye in the opening round, defeated his Afghani opponent 21-6 21-6 to book a place in the next round. In a mixed doubles round of 32 match however, India suffered a reverse with Akshay Dewalkar and Pradnya Gadre losing 20-22 21-17 13-21 to Triyachart Chayut and Yao Lei of Singapore. But Manu Attri and N Sikki Reddy won their mixed doubles round of 32 match against Rasheed Aishath Afnaan and Sharafuddeen Nasheeu 2-0 (21-8 21-4).

Devendro Singh enters quarters, Manoj Kumar loses in boxing

iNcheON, September 25 (pti): Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (49kg) entered the prequarters after getting a walkover but Manoj Kumar (64kg) bowed out with an opening round loss on a mixed day for Indian boxers at the Asian Games on Thursday. Devendro, a 2013 Asian Championships silvermedallist, was declared the winner after his opponent -- Fahad Albathali of Kuwait -- failed to turn up for his bout. Later, Manoj, a 2010 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist besides being an Asian Championships bronze-medallist,

lost 1-2 to Japan's Kawachi Masatsugu. In a bout which hardly had any clean punches, the Indian and his rival were locked in a battle of attrition. Kawachi was slightly tidier of the two in the first two rounds before Manoj made a good comeback in the final three minutes. Even though Kawachi seemed exhausted after the opening round itself, Manoj failed to capitalise in the second round, struggling to connect clean hits on the Japanese, who very tactfully fought from a long range. However, in the final round, Manoj raised his game and came up with

some powerful hooks to unsettle an increasingly battle-weary Kawachi even though the effort came too late. The Indian got unlucky when he was warned by the referee for ducking too much even though both the boxers seemed equally guilty of the offence. Kawachi, in fact, lost his balance on more than one occasion while trying to dodge Manoj. Tomorrow, four Indian boxers will be in action in their respective last-16 round bouts. Shiva Thapa (56kg) will take on Nadir of Pakistan, followed by Kuldeep Singh (81kg) fighting it out against Anavat Thongkrathok.

In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 photo, Chinese tennis player Li Na waves to spectators after a ceremony marking her retirement, at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. The two-time Grand Slam champion from China who took tennis in Asia to a new level, retired due to recurring knee injuries. (AP Photo)

Shastri not to travel with team during WI series

New delhi, September 25 (ageNcieS): Former India captain Ravi Shastri, who was made the team director during recent ODI series in England, may not be available to tour with the Indian team during the home series against West Indies next month. Shastri is likely to oversee the team's activities from outside and not the dressing room. However, sources confirmed that Shastri will travel with MS Dhoni and Co. during the tour of Australia later this year leading to the 2015 World Cup. Sources said a proposal to this affect will be taken up at BCCI's working committee meeting on September 26. "We have to work out several things before appointing Shastri as the full fledged team director for the Australian tour and the World Cup. The board will discuss this issue with the working committee members before announcing Shastri's appointment," a top BCCI official told TOI. The official said Shastri may not be part of the team management during the West Indies series because of prior commitments. "Shastri has several media commitments and he needs time to wrap it up before taking complete charge as the director." the source added.

15th edition of NSF MMT 2014

KOhima, September 25 (mexN): The 15th NSF Martyr’s Memorial Trophy,2014, organizing committee and sub-committees will have a coordination joint meeting on September 26 at 3.00pm at NSF conference hall, Kohima, in the state capital for the successful conduct of the tournament. Informing this, NSF sport secretary, Sikho Thou has requested all the committee members to attend the meeting positively and also bring forth various suggestion for the conduct of the tournament. Later interacting with the media NSF Sports secretary, Sikho Thou and NSF assistant general secretary Kesosul Christopher Ltu said that the last date of forms submission will be on September 26 (Friday) at 3.00pm . “We hope the teams will do the needful and submit the forms at various designated locations” both added. The fixtures will be drawn on September 28. So far various football teams from Kohima, Dimapur, Phek, Peren, Zunheboto districts and Manipur have confirmed their participation. The 15th NSF MM Trophy, organized by NSF is slated from October 1 to 25 at local ground, Kohima. Prize money for the 15th edition of NSF MMT Champion: Rs. 1,60,000/- with running trophy Runners-up: Rs. 80,000/- with running trophy Losing Semi finalist: Rs. 20,000/- each Losing Quarter finalist: Rs. 10,000/- each

Rio holds meeting with DDCA

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Nagaland MLA Neiphiu Rio, Sunil Dev and Abu Metha at the DDCA office in the Ferozshah Kotla complex in New Delhi.

New delhi, September 25 (mexN): Nagaland state’s Lok Sabha Member and President of the Nagaland Cricket Association, Neiphiu Rio along with General Secretary Abu Metha, had a meeting with the Secretary of the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) in New Delhi at the Ferozshah Kotla complex. The meeting was held with Sunil Dev, the Secretary of DDCA and Member of the BCCI. Dev is also part of the National Cricket Academy and was the Team Manager of the Indian team in the recent England tour. The meeting discussed matters relating to development of the game in the North East and in Nagaland. Rio highlighted the available infrastructures in Nagaland and the need to take up cricket development at the grass roots levels by the BCCI. Dev assured all assistance and assured the need to take a more intensive development of the game in the northeast and Nagaland at the BCCI level. Published, Printed and Edited by Aküm Longchari on behalf of Morung for Indigenous Affairs and JustPeace from House No. 4, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur at Themba Printers and Telecommunications, Padum Pukhuri Village, Dimapur, Nagaland. RNI No : NAGENG /2005/15430. House No.4, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur 797112, Nagaland. Phone: Dimapur -(03862) 248854, Fax: (03862) 235194, Kohima - (0370) 2291952

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