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‘Mon district is a land of opportunity’ only 8 sq kms of dense forest Lao-ong Mo festival marks abundant harvest and thanksgiving

Mon, SepteMber 28 (DIpr): Lao-ong Mo, also known as the post-harvest festival or the annual harvest festival was celebrated on September 28 with the Minister for Road & Bridges, Vikheho Swu as the chief guest and Parliamentary Secretary Art & Culture, EE Pangteang Konyak as the guest of honour, at the Local ground Mon town.

Asserting that customs and cultures of the Nagas are closely associated with nature, the chief guest said, “When we look into our age old cultural practices, we find that our forefathers had befriended, adapted to nature and respected it.”

Lamenting that with the progress of modernity, cultural and traditional practices are being neglected and forgotten, he urged the youth to learn and preserve the great artistic works and God given talents, inherited from their forefathers.

He suggested that the festival needs to be celebrated not only to mark its occasion, but also to promote social and economic development of the people by way of displaying healthy products from the field.

“Observing festivals also brings peace, unity and love in the community which would strengthen the Konyak society in particular and the Nagas in general,” he added.

Meanwhile, referring to the financial position of the state, he said the changing policy of the central government has affected the funding pattern. He said that based on the policies of the central government, the state government is initiating and focus-

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Minister Vikheho Swu being felicitated during the Lao-ong Mo Festival at the Local Ground in Mon town on September 28. (DIPR Photo)

ing on revenue earning projects.

He was optimistic that with such initiatives, the financial position of the state would be resolved.

Acknowledging that Mon district lacks interstate connectivity even after more than 50 years of statehood, he stated that the district would have been connected had the Foothill Road project successfully completed. But unfortunately, due to the change in the funding pattern from the central government, it has not been completed, the Minister said.

Citing that Mon district is a land of opportunity blessed with suitable geographical locations to cultivate for commercial production, he urged the people to take it as a challenge and start utilizing the land for commer-

cial purpose. According to him, the district has prospective opportunity in business sector as the district shares border with two states viz Assam, Arunachal and Myanmar.

The chief guest also inaugurated the exhibition stalls of traditional artistic products.

The Minister was accompanied by YM Yollow, Parliamentary Secretary CAWD; E. Eshak Konyak, Parliamentary Secretary Art and Culture; NPF party workers from both central and Pughoboto AC and GBs from his constituency. Other dignitaries who attended the fest were DC Mon, SP Mon, 2 ic 33 AR, President ENPO. The highlights of the daylong celebration were Log drumming by Leangha Union

Mon Town, Nyawong Wunglak, traditional music presentation called Vivo and Tokkok by Wakching Area Union Mon Town, Wah-la Kongkih by Totok Union Mon Town, Elleet display by Aboi Area Union Mon Town and Lao-ong Mo Loak by Angphang Village, traditional games competition and exhibition.

Lao-ong Mo signifies the winding up of all harvest activities, norms and rituals practiced by every Konyak household. It marks the culmination of all activities carried out after the Aoleang Monyu celebration. This festival is celebrated to mark abundant harvest and thanksgiving.

Lao-ong mo is now officially a community fest, recognize by the Government of Nagaland.

The dense forest in Kohima district has been reduced to 0.63 per cent (8 sq km) out of its total area of 1290 sq.km, informed Dr. Kenei Miachieo, IFS during the final seminar of the Angami Youth Organisation held on September 28 at Kisama, Bamboo Hall on the topic ‘Environment’.

The stark reality of the deteriorating ecosystem in Kohima was discussed and solutions suggested during the seminar, with Dr. Kethoser Kevichüsa, Trainer, RZIM and Dr. Kenei Miachieo, IFS as the resource persons and Kezhokhoto Savi, Advocate; Dr. Tolto Metha, Team leader, NBDA, and Zeu Tsikha, DPO, Land Resources as panelists.

When you are not able to protect your land, you lose your identity and your culture, stated Dr. Kenei Miachieo who viewed that the Naga existence in economic and political fields would have been more turbulent had it not been for 371 A. Kohima has an area of 1290 sq.km out of which only 0.63% consists of dense forests (8 sq.km), 28 percent (370 sq.km) consists of moderately dense forest and open forest consists of 57% (733 sq km) in the district. Pointing out the decrease in the area of dense forests, Dr. Miachieo said targets should be made to convert moderate dense forest to dense forests, and open forests to moderately dense forests. “It is totally achievable. In fifty years, we can have rich dense forests if we start acting now. Ours is a responsible society. Our land is productive. We are endowed with naturally growing seasons which lasts for more than 8 months,” he said while citing examples of community reserved areas and wildlife sanctuaries like Khonoma, Jotsoma, and Sendenyu.

Suggestions were given to APO and AYO to lead villages in preserving the forests. “Long term benefits must be preferred over short term benefits of the few,” said Dr. Miachieo specifically pointing to the issue of mining. He stated that natural regeneration should be preferred over artificial plantation by planting existing indigenous species, ban hunting during breeding season, and inter-village coordination in pre-

nPcc says it will ‘give people CM & NPF Prez ask social media users to act responsibly choice of peace and progress’ Our Correspondent

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(LEFT) Dr K Jayakumar and (RIGHT) K Therie speaking at the NPCC general session in Kohima on September 28.

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KohIMa, SepteMber 28 (Mexn): Neichute Doulo of Entrepreneurs Associate, Kohima has been shortlisted as one of the five finalists for the ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) - India 2016 Award.’

The winner will be chosen by a distinguished jury and will be presented by Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping, at an event in New Delhi on October 6, 2016.

The finalists were evaluated on key parameters of innovation, sustainability, scalability, reach and social impact. The India Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award is a joint initiative that has been introduced through a collaboration between Jubilant Bhartia Foundation and Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship (a sister organization of the World Economic Forum).

The award is given with an objective of recognizing promising and successful social entrepreneurs, with excellence in large-scale, system change models.

serving forests. Environment conservation or Natural heritage committee, think-tank groups must be created for discussions and formulating plans, he suggested.

Dr. Kethoser meanwhile provided a Biblical perspective on environmental protection.

He said Christians must understand what the Bible says about nature and environment, and pointed out that it is the responsibility of every one to take care of it. Whatever has been borrowed and used must be taken great care of, said Dr. Kevichüsa, while stating that humans do not own the lands, rather they are “called upon by the Creator to be stewards of the land.” Nature is what God gives us and culture is what we make with what God has given us, he stated.

Tolto Metha spoke on climate change and pointed to the landslides, flooding and incessant rainfall in the state as well. Metha pointed out that these are results of manmade actions, and said that in Nagaland forests are disappearing with timber being exported every day.

“A natural tree can support two human lives, each time a tree is cut down, we are killing two human lives,” said Dr Metha, while suggesting efforts towards bamboo plantations, sustainable development and eco-tourism.

The importance of bamboo plantation was emphasized because of its feasibility in Nagaland, as it takes only three years for a bamboo to mature. Dr Metha informed that Nagaland has the highest number of bamboo species in India (46).

Kezhokhoto Savi spoke on the legal perspective of environmental protection. “Every citizen has a moral duty toward environment protection. We are failing on our part in replacing the trees that we have cut or cleared the thick forest/jungle around us either for development or construction of roads and in order to fight for the menace of global warming, vigorous efforts should be made such as to discourage activities or development or business such as stone quarry, stone crusher which causes damages to environment,” stated Savi.

He further cited the Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo’s (KABA) community service project and said such activities are steps towards protecting, spreading awareness, and cleaning the environment.

KohIMa, SepteMber 28 (Mexn): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee held its general session today at Congress Bhavan, Kohima with Dr K Jayakumar, Secretary, AICC, I/C Nagaland.

A press note from the NPCC reported Dr Jayakumar as stating that removal of the Planning Commission will “negate the special provisions enshrined under Article 371 affecting Nagaland among others as the funding under such provisions was being met by allocations as decided by the Planning Commission.”

He added that the Niti Ayog is a mere instrument of PM Modi’s “economic dictatorship...” Dr. Jayakumar said this was the reason Congress lost the Government in Arunachal Pradesh, and said other Chief Ministers would be facing the same difficulties and thus it is imperative that Congress returns to power at the centre to safeguard the special provisions of the Constitution for the North East and for minorities. “Without Congress, liberty, equality and fraternity will die”, he said.

Dr. Jayakumar further stated that the Congress party in the state is streamlined and has been made a party with a realistic approach. He highlighted the need for the right strategy to fight the elections, and assured that he would appraise the AICC for all round support.

NPCC President K. Therie meanwhile said that the NPCC stands stronger and united. He touched on the NPCC Road-

map and urged the rank and file of the party, particularly the DCCs to reach the vision of the Congress to the people. He said Congress would give the people the choice of peace, progress and development over ruin, corruption and bribe.

Speaking on the topic, ‘Special provisions with respect to Nagaland’, Khriedi Theünuo, Vice President, NPCC said that while many talk of the provisions of Art 371A and the 16-Point Agreement, the clauses therein are often not addressed.

Maintaining that many clauses within such special provisions have been fulfilled, Theünuo said that there are some clauses which have also not been fulfilled.

On a similar note, he said that while NPCC enjoys functional autonomy as assured in the 10-Point Modalities signed with the INC, he urged the leaders of AICC to honour and respect the fulfilment of the other special provisions therein.

He stated that the unfulfilled clauses needed to be taken up and urged the gathering to join hands in the endeavour.

Also addressing the programme, Jarjum Ete, Gen Secy, AIMCC I/c NE said she joined the INC despite being a women activist as it was the Congress which had initiated the inclusion of all walks of society including women, through the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments. Ete appealed to all rank and file of the party to gear up for the forthcoming elections by identifying women candidates and to ensure the optimal use of women reservation.

Loitongbam Tilottama, President, Manipur Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee also appreciated the implementation of women reservation and challenged the womenfolk to participate positively in the electoral process.

Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today said that he has noticed some people, who seem to spend all their time and energy on social media with negative comments against the NPF and the government.

“Each and every one of you should make it a point to intervene, and point out the positive aspects of our party and government. As and when you log into the internet groups, and find issues worth commenting on, you should come out in support of our party and the government, and our leaders,” he urged the NPF party press secretaries during a workshop organized for them at NPF central office Kohima.

The CM said those who use social

media should be responsible users and avoid “unwanted clips and images.”

“We have to consider what effects such postings and uploads could have on the minds of those seeing it,” he said.

Zeliang meanwhile stated that when he `took over as Chief Minister on May 24, 2014, the state had a deficit of Rs. 1500 crores. “Inability to pay salaries of employees appointed under centrally sponsored schemes is being made out by vested interests as failure on the part of the state government. But when the Centre does not release the funds, the state government is helpless,” he said. He however stated that despite this, the state government has, on many occasions, advanced precious resources to pay such salaries.

Expressing optimistic that the NPF will again form the government

after the assembly elections in 2018, he urged everyone to remain steadfast, and continue to serve the people in their own capacity.

Later NPF president Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu said “our party and our government are often attacked and criticized with unfounded allegations continuously by some organizations.

Your job is to defend the party wherever you find the party is not wrong.”

He cautioned that if wrong allegations are not refuted, those allegations may form negative public opinion.

He urged the NPF press secretaries to defend the party when allegations are unfounded. “But in doing so, you should not do anything emotionally but do it cool headed. Do not be vindictive in your defence,” he added Related news on page 2

NH asks Cabinet Subcommittee to take all stakeholders on board Resolves to set up ‘Empowered Committee on Goodwill Mission’ to meet with three hohos DIMapUr, SepteMber 28 (Mexn): The Federal Assembly of the Naga Hoho was held today in Kohima, with 19 of its 22 units attending the assembly.

The three units which did not attend the assembly were the Ao Senden, Lotha Hoho and the Sumi Hoho.

The three apex tribe bodies had recently disassociated themselves from the Naga Hoho with regard to the Rongmei tribe recognition issue.

A press note from the Naga Hoho informed that the assembly termed the Nagaland State Government’s decision dated September 26, 2016 to constitute a Cabinet Sub-Committee to study all aspects

Attendees of the Naga Hoho Federal Assembly which was held in Kohima on September 28.

of the Rongmei recognition issue as “a welcome development.”

The Naga Hoho stated that the State Government has arrived at this decision “fully recognising the recent discontentment expressed by certain Naga tribes on the decision of the State Government to grant Indigenous Naga Tribe status to Rongmei Community.”

It appealed to the Cabinet Sub-Committee to take all stakeholders on board and make all out effort to arrive at a consensus

amongst the Naga society and also review the status of the other Indigenous inhabitants of the state.

It also asked the Ao Senden, Sumi Hoho and Lotha Hoho to reconsider its decision to withdraw from Naga Hoho and urged them to instead “actively participate in all the activities of the Hoho in the larger interest of the Naga Society.”

The Federal Assembly meanwhile resolved to set up an ‘Empowered Committee on Goodwill Mission’ to pursue the matter with the Ao Senden, Sumi

Hoho and Lotha Hoho. The committee will comprise of eleven members.

Regarding the Municipal Act 2001, the Federal Assembly viewed that the act is “defective” and called for amendment at the earliest.

The matter was endorsed to the Executive Council for further decision.

The Federal Assembly also pledged to “commit and rededicate ourselves to strengthen the sanctity of Naga Hoho against all forms of internal and external elements.”

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Residential hostel for CM launches Naga People Front website underprivileged children NPF press secretaries sensitize on media affairs

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Chief Minister TR Zeliang addressing workshop of NPF party press secretaries in Kohima held on September 28. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | September 28

Chief Minister TR Zeliang today launched Naga People Front (NPF) website during one day seminarcum- workshop for press secretaries of the party here at the NPF Central Office.

One can now access the party activities and history by visiting www.npfweb.org Chief Minister termed the party website as a big one step forward in the history of the NPF party. He said that NPF has entered into global map and the whole world will be now able to watch the party activities and its function in every level.

Addressing the workshop, he said the role of press secretaries and me-

dia cell, who were tasked to handle media affairs, is very important in the function of the party. In this, the Chief Minister called upon the party press secretaries to be more cautious and careful in their expression and writing and carry the right message to the people. “You also need to bear in mind that your reports should always be fair, balanced and honest and should not be too hard hitting of the other parties/ personnel as far as possible,” he said.

Chief Minister urged the NPF party press secretaries to maintain good public relations. He said as functionaries of a political party which is running the government, it will largely

depend on those press secretaries as to how the party is projected to the reading public. “You will have to be the ears and eyes of the party in your respective areas,” he said.

MP Rajya Sabha K.G. Kenye also urged the party press secretaries to be very careful in filling reports and also press releases. NPF Central Press Secretary TL Merry said effective communication foster understanding of one another and brings people closer together, while lack of communication or communication gap brings misunderstanding and conflicts.

In this, he said sending clear message and receiving accurate feedback are essential for effective com-

Calling aspiring entrepreneurs to “The Green business Challenge 2016”

Participants during the road Show for “The Green Business Challenge 2016” held at Hotel Saramati Dimapur on September 28.

Morung Express News Dimapur | September 28

The Road Show for “The Green Business Challenge 2016” reached Dimapur today and was held at Hotel Saramati. A contest intended for entrepreneurs of North East region, it is designed to unleash Agribusiness ideas into reality.

This is a joint initiative of ICCO Cooperation and Innovative Change Collaborative Services. Pvt. Ltd. (ICCSPL) with a mission to find and foster Agriprenurs with innovative ideas that address the modern day agriculture challenges. The Challenge is open to Start-up/ students/ entrepreneurs with business ideas on Agri and Agri-allied sectors and also emerging Agri based entrepreneurs/enterprises focusing on the Eastern & the North Eastern region of India.

The Focus Sectors are Post-harvest and food harvesting, Agri-Inputs, Agri Implements & Farm machineries, Cold Chain, Retailing & E-tailing, Organic farming, Dairying & Milk processing, Bio-Agriculture, Animal Feed, Fisheries, Supply chain management, animal Husbandry. Applicants can submit their proposals to http:// www.greenbusinesschallenge.com Representatives from the Challenge,

Jyoti Bikash Nath, Agri Business Incubation Expert and Rimi Phukan in an interaction with media personnel stated that the Green Business Challenge aims to connect as many North East entrepreneurs as possible in one common platform.

They stated that Agriculture in the North East region is a much neglected sector which has lots of potential for growing a business environment. “There has been great negligence from respective state governments, hence ICCO felt the need to build a common platform. We are looking at the NE to integrate and develop Agri business, invest and encourage entrepreneurs. People have business ideas but they don’t know how to go about it, so we feel this is the need of the hour. We are looking for dynamic people who want to take their visions to the next level,” they stated.

Once the application process is complete, the organizers would select ten finalists, out from which 3 winners would be chosen as the winners of the Green Business Challenge 2016. The challenge offers mentoring in essential business skills, networking with Corporates, Entrepreneurs, Government agencies, and Investors. It also offers a chance to win cash prize, business incubation support with feedback on business ideas from top industry ideas.

munication.

He also informed that the NPF media & press bureau shall steadfastly uphold the onus of providing timely, transparent and authentic information in the light of which citizens can make an informed choice vis-à-vis the issues affecting them.

The discussion panelists included NPF working president Apong Pongener, Ramietech IT Solution CEO Kedousietuo Nagi, KPC president Xavier Rutsa along with two KPC members Emilo Konyak and H. Chishi. Sebastian Zumvu, associate press secretary NPF Central chaired the function while Pushika Awomi acted as moderator of the interactive session.

while DDEO said the welcome and keynote address.

ADC (SSA) P. Zubenthung Humtsoe gave the introduction of the school student and four staffs appointed in the residential hostel.

Abemo Jungio Associate Pastor WTBC invoked blessing upon the students and employees of residential hostel while Khonbemo P. Kikon, Associate Pastor said the invocation prayer. Special song, reciprocal and Bible recitation were presented by the students of GMS Wokha Town ‘B’ and ‘C’ respectively.

Chonpenthung Odyuo, SDEO Wokha pronounced the vote of thanks.

Shillong | September 28

Secretary, Land Resources, Government of Nagaland, Y. Kikheto Sema IAS has urged upon Naga students and communities in Shillong to live in harmony with the local people to foster brotherhood and oneness.

“People of northeast needs to come together and live in harmony with each other and Nagas staying in other states should be a living example for other communities,” Kikheto said at the 56th Freshers’ Social Meet of Naga Students’ Union Shillong at Naga Community Hall, Shillong on Wednesday.

Speaking as the chief guest, Kikheto noted that the relationship between Khasis and Nagas were go-

Older Persons Day in Mkg mokokchuNg, September 28 (DIpr): District Welfare Officer, Mokokchung has informed that the International Day for Older Persons will be observed on October 1 at Ongpangkong Salang, Mokokchung under the theme ‘Take a stand against ageism.’ All the senior citizens of Mokokchung Town have been requested to attend the programme.

(President, Catholic Association of Nagaland)

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Wokha, September 28 (mexN): Under the flagship programme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the District Mission Authority Wokha has launched residential hostel for the underprivileged children for the age group of 6- 14 years.

A press release stated that Wepoze Kenye, Deputy Commissioner and Mhao Humtsoe, Chairman, Lotha Hoho graced the function as chief guest and guest of honour respectively on September 27.

N. Pichamo Jungio, Project Assistant and incharge for residential hostel chaired the function,

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(Third from left): DC Wokha Wepoze Kenye and Lotha Hoho Chairman Mhao Humtsoe with others during the inauguration of the residential hostel for the underprivileged children at Wokha.

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lso addressing the workshop, NPF president Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu said the country is giving importance to the press to the extent that mass communication has become a discipline in the university today. “Sense of social responsibility of journalism to bring facts to the public in impartial manner prevails,” he said.

He said today, even in Nagaland “we find that some newspapers are not totally free from this bondage which may be due to some other obligations, but otherwise on the whole our papers have been doing well.” He was optimistic that journalism in Nagaland can do better in future, because Nagas are democratic by nature. “We have inherited it from our cultural system and, therefore, it is a nature’s gift and that gift should influence your profession towards a better world,” he said.

NPF chief also stated that sometime he convinced that press has its right and freedom of choice either to publish an article if such article is likely to jeopardize peace and harmony in the society or if that writing goes against the interest of the public. He said we cannot deny that Naga people are divided in too many forms, adding that there are few divisive forces working hard to divide the people, to create enmity among the people.

“Some of these forces have been working ceaselessly creating communal feeling,” he said. He urged upon the party men to always remember to play the role of the peace makers.

Dr. Liezietsu also wanted to see that Nagaland newspapers to appear more positive with more good news hitting the headlines in the front page. “I want our papers to carry the positive news more to project the good image of Nagaland to the outside world,” he said adding that the younger generation have been doing very well now bringing laurels and good name to the state in different ways. “Yes, we cannot rule out wrongs in any given society, but those few wrongs should not overshadow the better side of the coin,” he said.

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Secretary, Land Resources, Government of Nagaland, Y. Kikheto Sema IAS addressing students in Shillong on Wednesday.

St. Mary's Bags Choir presenting welcome song. (Morung Photo)

ing on smoothly and also appealed the local people in Shillong to treat Naga people as their own brothers and sisters. He urged upon different Naga communities residing in Shillong to understand that the need of the hour was to unite the odds and bridge the gaps.

He encouraged the students to continue remaining emotionally integrated and play their part in fostering unity

among Naga people.

Pointing out that there more than 11, 000 Naga students studying in Shillong, Kikheto also remarked on the financial side and said that Naga people were spending around Rs 132 crores annually if Rs 10, 000 was to be taken as an average expenditure per student annually.

He lauded the Naga students in Shillong for remain-

ing united at all times and urged them to give back to society what is due. Kikheto encouraged the students to approach things differently and avoid the traps of poor performers.

Assistant Resident Commissioner, Nagaland House, Shillong, Pakon Phom encouraged the students to live upto the expectations of their parents and people back home

since a lot of expenditure was being incurred in facilitating their education.

“You are choosing your path and creating your own destiny and you have to approach your goals under the fear of the Lord,” he advised the students.

During the programme, Chijangthung Yanthan and Sungjemtula Imchen were crowned Mr and Miss Freshers’ respectively.

Scientific attitude should be for societal benefit: Dr. Aier

National seminar on Interdisciplinary Research in Chemical Sciences Our Correspondent Jotsoma | September 28

A UGC sponsored national seminar on ‘Interdisciplinary research in chemical sciences,’ NSIRCS- 2016 under the aegis of the Department of Chemistry, Kohima Science College (Autonomous), Jotsoma in collaboration with the Directorate of Higher Education took place here today at the conference hall of Kohima Science College, Jotsoma.

Addressing the seminar as the chief guest, Parliamentary Secretary for Geology & Mining Dr. Imtiwabang Aier said the rapid inputs from S&T in the twentieth century too have severe repercussions for human societies, citing instances of Bhopal Gas tragedy and the Chernobyl accidents in Soviet Union.

“As technology advances, the regulating system should keep pace with the applications of chemistry,” he said adding that to do that our chemical management law must be updated to adapt to scientific advancements and to promote that chemical products are safe for intended users.

He also stressed on the

Dr. Imtiwabang Aier addressing national seminar on ‘Interdisciplinary research in chemical sciences’ held on September 28. (Morung Photo)

need to learn more about policies, then only, can help research and development of the Nation, to continue innovating, enhancing more safety of life and creating more jobs to younger generations.

This includes environmental safety to combat global; warming etc. Keeping in mind the interdisciplinary research growth should not be left behind on the health aspects as we march towards 21st century, he added. Dr. Aier said that much of the progress that human kind has made till now is associated with science, adding that science has help humans to progress both materially and mentally.

Stating that the world has become a global village due to advancement in science, Dr. Aier said “This interdisciplinary approach

aims to conglomerate different streams into a single block, that will be useful for the development and management of mankind, with a vision for the nation and for the NE people in particular, that will bring inclusive growth in the region.”

He said the scientific attitude should be for societal benefit rather than science which deal only with research oriented/ academic purpose.

This seminar is an endeavor to provide a platform for faculty, research scholars and students particularly to the state and north eastern region to interact with some of the most prominent researchers of the country who are actively involved in interdisciplinary research such as synthetic organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, inorganic and bioinor-

ganic chemistry, physical chemistry, geochemistry, biochemistry, plant chemistry, environmental chemistry, drug chemistry, food chemistry and its related area. “This will keep them abreast of the recent advances in the basic and applied aspects of chemical sciences and also to generate new ideas and apply these ideas to their research woks in this area,” a concept note stated.

Keynote address was delivered by Prof. R.H. Duncan Lyngdoh, NEHU Shillong. KSCJ principal Dr. I. Anungla Aier also spoke at the inaugural function.

The inaugural function was chaired by Kenneth Punyu, Asst. Professor (Chemistry) while Shiv Kumar Mishra delivered welcome address. Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. T. Tiakaba Jamir.

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MNF to writes to Prez, PM demanding PR in Mizoram

AizAwl, September 28 (pti): Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) will write to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting the Congress government's "complete failure" in maintaining law and order in Mizoram and urging them to impose President's rule in the state.

Former Chief Minister Zoramthanga told reporters yesterday that Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court Ajit Singh had in a letter to Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla clearly pointed out that there was a "complete breakdown" of law and order in Lunglei district of Mizoram. "In a democracy, the three pillars should work together," Zoramthanga said, pointing out that "there is no judiciary in Lunglei

district as the Gauhati High Court withdrew the whole judiciary from the district due to security reasons".

He said if one of the pillars of democracy could not function, the only alternative was to place the state under President's rule.

If the same situation arose during the MNF rule, when the Congress was in power at the Centre, Mizoram would be placed under President's rule immediately, the MNF chief claimed.

A mob belonging to Zohnuai locality of Lunglei had attacked district court buildings with stones and bricks and ransacked the official residence of the Civil Judge on Thursday last.

A crowd had gathered in front of the district court demanding to

NE girl dies after Uber crash in Noida

NoidA, September 28 (Ht): Miranda House student Kaayum Pegu on Wednesday succumbed to severe injuries sustained five days ago when her cab rammed into a truck in Noida. The 20-year-old was admitted to the intensive care unit of Kailash Hospital in Noida with fractures in head and ribs.

“She was declared dead at 7.56 am. Her body was sent for post-mortem,” said a hospital spokesperson.

Kaayum, a second-year student of BA English honours, was from Guwahati, Assam. Her father works with the transport department.

Kaayum and three of her friends, Tanuz Kalita, 19, of SGBT college, Siddharth Pathak, 20, of Swami Shraddhanand College and Akshara Badola, 20, of Mata Sundari College were returning from Greater Noida on September 23 after celebrating a birthday party. They had booked an Uber, which hit a truck.

The survivors alleged the driver was speeding and did not slow down despite repeated requests.

“Kaayum is no longer with us. She fought bravely and we are sure she

Kaayum Pegu (Courtesy Facebook)

is in a better place. We all knew that she was a wonderful human being and we pray that her soul rests in peace. The family requests for privacy at the moment. Thank you all for your prayers, love and support,” said Farjad Hazarika, a friend of Kaayum.

“The driver was smoking in the cab and was speeding. He crashed into a stationary truck.

He abandoned the cab and fled from the spot. The police arrested him on the same day,” said Tanuz, who was discharged after primary treatment.

Akshara and Siddharth are still being treated at the hospital.

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT: NAGALAND

Dt. Dimapur, the 27/09/2016

NOTICE

NO.REV-1/90-D/8351-52/ Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti Dr. Daili Athikho, resident of Dimapur who has apply for issue of mortgage clearance concerning to Patta No. 195, Dag No. 290/409 measuring area 00-0101 located at Block No./Village Nagarjan Mouza No.03 which has been mortgage in the NIDC Bank/Society.

Claims & Objection if any on the aforesaid land may be submitted in written in the court of the undersigned on or before 04/10/2016.

Sd/- Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur: Nagaland

see Stephen Lalchawiliana (26) who was to be produced before the court for allegedly killing C Lalsawmliana (33) of Zohnuai locality of Lunglei on August 27 night.

The crowd turned unruly after learning that the accused was already remanded to judicial custody by holding a camp court inside the district jail. The incident resulted in the Gauhati High Court withdrawing all the three judges from Aizawl, including the District and Sessions Judge R. Thanga and attaching them to Aizawl on Thursday itself.

The High Court also directed the judicial officer of neihbouring Lawngtlai district who used to hold circuit court in Lunglei district not to continue holding circuit court in Lunglei district till further orders.

Gauhati High Court Chief then sent a strongly-worded letter to Mizoram Chief Minister in which he described the incident as a "slur on the administration and immense failure of the law enforcement mechanism".

Justice Singh had said that unless a stern action was taken immediately, the incident would similar adversities in the future.

The state government on Monday decided to institute a magisterial inquiry and appointed Aizawl district deputy commissioner Kanan Gopinathan to conduct a inquiry into the matter. Suspension of Lunglei district Deputy Commissioner Abhijit Vijay Choudhuri was also recommended to the Union Home Ministry.

Man jailed for 10 years for rape in Meghalaya SHilloNg, September 28 (iANS): A Meghalaya court has sentenced a man convicted of raping a minor school girl to 10 years rigorous imprisonment after a Fast Track Court had acquitted him.

On November 30, 2011, Small Phawa raped the 14-year-old in a forested area after abducting her. The minor was staying as a tenant along with her parents in Phawa's house at Riatsiatsim in West Jaintia Hills district. In a judgment pronounced on Tuesday, District and Sessions Court in West Jaintia Hills Judge B. Giri said: "Taking into consideration the nature of the offence, ends of justice will be met if the accused is sentenced to a period of 10 years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 5,000 and in default of payment of fine the accused is to serve another one year simple imprisonment."

In 2015, the Fast Track Court in Jowai acquitted Phawa after the prosecution failed to establish or prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.

However, the victim's mother approached the Meghalaya High Court, which transferred the case to the district session court of West Jaintia Hills and ordered retrial. The court said the victim should be given compensation under the Meghalaya Victim Compensation Scheme, 2014. "The victim in this case is to be given compensation of Rs one lakh to be paid by the District Legal Service Authority of West Jaintia hills district within 90 days," the court said.

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Engagement of Light Vehicle on Annual Rate Contract Basis

The Director, ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Medziphema, Nagaland invites sealed quotation/bid for hiring a vehicle (preferably Bolero or any similar types of vehicles), for a period of 12 months from the date of the engagement.

Interested agencies may download the Format, Terms & Conditions and other relevant documents from the official website www.nrcmithun.res.in.

The last date of receipt of tender is 25th October 2016 upto 2.00 PM. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR DIRECTOR

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

NAGALAND : KOHIMA

NAGALAND STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY HOME DEPARTMENT

Dt. Kohima, the 28th September 2016.

NOTIFICATION

NAGALAND: KOHIMA

NO.NSDMA/MDA RLTD/2013,

Dated Kohima the 22 Sept. 2016. nd

ENTRIES SOLICITED FOR PAINTING COMPETITION The Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) is going to be held from 2nd-5th November 2016 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. As part of its activities under AMCDRR 2016, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is organising a nationwide painting competition for school children to give them exposure in Disaster Management.

The competition will be organised in two phases:(i)State/UT Level and (ii)National Level In this regard, the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) invites entries from students aged between 10-14 years under NBSE, ICSE or CBSE. Students may submit entries on either themes - 1) Disaster Vs Collective Strength or 2) Disaster Risk Management begins at home/school in A3 sheet paper size. The paintings submitted to NSDMA shall be screened by a committee and the best three paintings will be forwarded to NDMA for National level screening and competition. All the winning participants will be rewarded cash prizes, a certificate and a Memento at the National level during the AMCDRR, 2016. Cash prizes will be as below:1. First prize Rs 25,000/2. Second prize Rs 20,000/3. Third prize Rs 15,000/4. Three Consolation prizes Rs 10,000/All such paintings must reach the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) Home Department, Nagaland Civil Secretariat by 12th Oct.2016 for onward submission to NDMA. For further details, interested students may log on to www.nsdma.gov.in Sd/- KHRIENUO METHA, Secretary to the Government of Nagaland

NO. DTE/ ESTT-2/ 12/ 2016-17: This is for general information of all concern that the State has received 1 (one) seat of MBBS and 1 (one) seat of BDS of All India Quota through Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) Imphal during 201617 session on the 28th September 2016. As per the directive of the Government, the above seats will be filled up through SPOT ROUND COUNSELING on 29th September 2016 in the conference hall of the Directorate of Technical Education Nagaland from candidates qualified in NEET 2016.

The above mentioned MBBS seat is reserved to BT candidates based on the merit of NEET 2016 result.

Therefore, all interested candidates who have qualified NEET 2016 are invited to submit application in plain paper and attached the NEET 2016 score card/result to the office of the undersigned on or before 12:00 Noon, on 29th September 2016. Counseling will be held on the same day at 1:00 p.m. If for some genuine reason a candidate cannot attend the counseling in person he/she must give in written under his/her signature an application explaining the reason and authorizing some other person to represent him/her for the counseling. Candidates are advised to bring along 2 (two) recent passport sized Photographs during counseling.

The last date of admission in the college is 30th September 2016.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

(ER. ARJUN SINGH) Director

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR; ELECTRICAL INSPECTORATE

Issued by: DIPR

NAGALAND, KOHIMA

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

NOTIFICATION Dated,Kohima, the th Sept’ 2016.

On recommendation of Nagaland Electrical Licensing Board (NELB), after conduct of examination/ interview following candidates are hereby declared successful for awarding Electrical Workmen Permit under different Voltage level as under:Category III (650V):Roll No;-

St. Peter’s School (NIOS)

Purana Bazar : Dimapur The following students are informed to collect their Exam.

Intimation Letter/Admit Card on or before 30th Sept. 2016 during the school hour i.e, 8:00AM to 1:30PM. 1. Kaito Awomi 23. Tunali Y Sumi 2. V Simon Yepthomi 24. Noktah Konyak 3. KP Vikuo Chaya 25. Nenlo Kath 4. Dikho Welfred 26 KH Ngamba 5. V Helis Chishi 27. Yentsao Y Jami 6. L Pomei Konyak 28. Kaguigairu 7. Kikatenla 29. Kudeto Venuh 8. Tunali Y Sumi 30. D Naina Zeme 9. K Tokali Yeptho 31. Ivito V Atemi 10. Akato H Awomi 32. Bosheto Zhimo 11. S Vikhozo Tsukru 33. I Lokali H Yeptho 12. Aloto Sema 34. S Pangying Konyak 13. Sentimenla 35. Tepunosa Kihra 14. Jimkui 36. Marjatemjen 15. W Shanchobemo 37. Hriiyini 16. Temsukumla Aier 38. Hamthar Khemprai 17.L Hoinu Khongsai 39. Sunderto Chophy 18. Vinosa Kirha 40. Hito K Shohe 19. Mariam Konyak 41. Ngamminlal Dongel 20. Khrielavonuo 42. Kehoto 21. Ghokuto Sheqi 43. Kiviholi Kiba 22. E Rembemo Ngullie Coordinator

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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR; ELECTRICAL INSPECTORATE NAGALAND, KOHIMA

NOTIFICATION Dated,Kohima, the th Sept’ 2016.

On recommendation of Nagaland Electrical Licensing Board (NELB), after conduct of examination/ interview following candidates are hereby declared successful for awarding Electrical Supervisor Certificate under different Voltage level as under:-

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Category –IV;- (250 V) Roll No:-

Date: 26.09.2016

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W05B010 W05B032 W04C044 W04C058 W04C078 W04C098 W05A117 W05B132 W04B146 W04C165 W04C183

W05B011 W05B033 W04C048 W04C063 W04C079 W05B103 W05B119 W04C133 W04C148 W05B166 W04C185

W05C018 W04C034 W04C049 W04C064 W05B083 W05B104 W05B124 W04B134 W05B150 W05B168 W04C186

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W04C028 W05C040 W04C052 W05B073 W04C090 W05B108 W05B128 W05C139 W05B157 W04C178 W05B194

Candidates are directed to submit the following particulars with in 15.10.2016 to obtain their respective license:1. Initial Fees-Rs,150/2. Registration Fees-Rs, 500/-(in the form of Treasury Challan under head of Account-“0043”--Taxes & Duties on Electricity.

3. Candidates who have up-Graded should submit their existing License.

4. Photo (Colour)- (a) Passport Size-1(one) No. (b) Stamp Size-1(one) No. along with the Admit Card issued by this office.

Candidates are requested to collect their License with in 30.10.2016, after which No License shall be issued in any case.

N.B: While every care has been taken in preparing the above result. NELB, Kohima reserves the right to rectify any inadvertent error or typographical error later. NELB, Kohima regrets inability to entertain any correspondence from unsuccessful candidates.

(Er. I. V. CHISHI) Chairman Nagaland Electrical Licensing Board, Nagaland, Kohima

Category-II (11 KV Volt) :Roll No;2S04C58

Category III (650V) :Roll No:-

2S05B02 DS04C13 DS04C14 DS04C20 DS04C26 DS04C33 DS04C34 DS05C35 DS05C36 DS04C39 DS04C42 DS04C44 DS05C45 DS04C51 DS05C53 DS04C59 DS04C61 DS05A62 DS04C64

Category –IV;-(250 V) Roll No:-

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Candidates are directed to submit the following particulars with in 15.10.2016 to obtain their respective License:1. Initial Fees-Rs,200/2. Registration Fees-Rs,2000/-( in the form of Treasury Challan under head of Account-“0043”--Taxes & Duties on Electricity.

3. Candidates who have up-Graded should submit their existing License.

4. Photo (Colour)- (a) Passport Size-1(one) No. (b) Stamp Size-1(one) No. along with the Admit Card issued by this office.

Candidates are requested to collect their License with in 30.10.2016, after which No License shall be issued in any case.

N.B: While every care has been taken in preparing the above result. NELB, Kohima reserves the right to rectify any inadvertent error or typographical error later. NELB, Kohima regrets inability to entertain any correspondence from unsuccessful candidate (Er. I. V. CHISHI) Chairman Nagaland Electrical Licensing Board, Nagaland, Kohima

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Orientation on peace building activities for students held mokokchuNg, september 28 (mexN): Peace Channel organized an orientation programme for students on peace building activities at Queen Mary Higher Secondary School, Mokokchung Town on September 23 last.

Rev. Fr Paul, Principal of the school, exhorted students to be aware of new initiatives of peace activities in order to enhance their growth through learning and meaningful living in the days to come. “Living in peace, and making peace as a way of life will make the youth and young adults aim high in life and be free from the clutches of violence and self bondage,” he stated, informed a press release from Peace Channel Desk.

Meanwhile, Supongtula Aier, Programme Coordinator, Peace Channel, spoke about the origin, major activities and the crux of Peace Channel activities and various peace building initiatives. She enlightened the students with an exhaustive presentation, in which, she said building peace is possible through peace activities and through the collaborated efforts of many people of goodwill. “This can be achieved through youth peace movement, training the youth in peace building, conflict management and human rights through the methodology of information, formation, transformation and evaluation,” she stressed.

Akumnaro Longchar, a post graduate social work student from NEISSR, presented a documentary on Conflict Management. Interacting with the participants, she threw a challenge to the students to live at peace in their own inner self and take initiatives to contribute and build the society into a better place.

Nearly 250 students and good number of teachers attended the programme.

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St. Andrew School Jotsoma gets new building Jotsoma, september 28 (mexN): A new building of St. Andrew School, Jotsoma was inaugurated on September 26

by Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire, Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Changes. Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima, blessed the new building.

Neikiesalie Kire appreciated the diocese of Kohima under the leadership of Bishop James Thoppil for the many ventures in the field of education and social empowerment. Citing the famous adage, “A house is built by hands and a home is built by hearts,” he urged the students and parents to create an environment where the school does not become merely a centre for acquiring knowledge but a place of love and service, a place of interactive learning, informed a press release from Fr. Thomas Toret-

kiu, Secretary to Bishop, Kohima. The Minister further urged the students to be smart in clarifying their doubts and use all the available facilities to its full for developing one’s talents. He encouraged the parents to collaborate actively in helping the children in their studies and not depend solely on the school for the overall development of their children.

Bishop James Thoppil thanked the school management, school staff, and Catholic community of St. Andrew Church for their hard work and completing the school building within a record time of 18 months.

Bishop reiterated that the real wealth of the Church is the great sacrifices made by the Priests and Religious and assured that the Catholic Church would serve the people of Nagaland in all possible ways, especially by providing

qualitative and affordable education at the door step of the people even in the interior and remote parts of Nagaland. Looking back, he expressed regret that “often time our educational system has focused on imparting result oriented ‘education for a living’ rather than ‘education for life’.” He hoped and prayed that “we make a u turn and begin to impart education based on the values of the gospel, capacitating the students to make decision that are morally correct and socially helpful and thus being a catalyst for change and transformation of the social scenario of Nagaland.”

Rev. Solomon Vizo, Chairman of St. Andrew School, welcomed the attendees, John Lhuphrevilie gave a short history of the school, and Fr. Abraham Ashiko gave the academic report of last three years of the school.

ATMA Peren, Jalukie block conducted training cum demonstration programme on winter vegetables at Lilen village on September 21 in collaboration with North East Rural livelihood project (NERLP). Resource person Akam Zeliang, DPD ATMA, trained the farmers on the cultivation of various winter vegetables. Altogether 50 farmers attended the programme.

ATMA Mon conducted training and demonstration programme on September 22 at Neitong village Tizit block with BTM Moanukshi (Tizit block) as resource person. Training on Importance of Bio-control agents and uses of biofertilizers, vermicompost and azolla were imparted to the farmers. At Yamnyu village demonstration on cultivation practises of various winter crops and importance of neem oil were demonstrated to the farmers.

ACYA organises free medical camps kohima, september 28 (mexN): Angami Catholic Youth Association (ACYA) organized free medical camps in three different villages - Zhadima, Razaphe and Kigwema - on September 11, 18 and 25 respectively.

The medical camp was part of the ACYA’s Annual

Plan for the Year 2016-17 under the theme ‘Year of Mercy.’ Also, the camp was conducted with a motive to reach to children and old people and needy people having constraints in accessing essential medical treatments.

Around 900 patients enrolled for free health

lic doctors, nurses, pharmacists, technicians, well wishers, hosting parishes, ACYA youths etc, the association stated in a press release.

“ACYA envisages in organizing such camps for the welfare of the underprivileged sections even in the coming years,” it added.

check-up. Further, blood grouping tests and various medical services were delivered to the patients and accordingly free medicines were distributed to all the patients.

The successful implementation of the camp was because of the voluntary and joint efforts of Catho-

Workshop on ‘office procedure & management’ kohima, september 28 (mexN): One day workshop on ‘office procedure & management’ was held at the Directorate of Higher Education on September 21 at the Directorate conference hall. The chief guest for the workshop was Abhijit Sinha (IAS), Home Commissioner and the resource persons were Renchamo Lotha, Retd Addl Secretary and Ashok Jain, HA, Dimapur Government College.

The workshop was attended by Clerical staff from all the Government Colleges of Nagaland along

with the Officers and Ministerial staff of the Directorate of Higher Education. The programme was chaired by the Joint Director Menuokholie Kire and the welcome address by the Director I. Alempokba.

The Chief Guest in his speech stressed the need to learn and be equipped with the office procedures in order to remain competent and effective at the workplace. He also stressed on the crucial role played by office assistants in right decision making and advised the workshop participants to

DMHSS holds annual literary event

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Dimapur, september 28 (mexN): The Annual Literary Event of Dimapur Mission Higher Secondary School (DMHSS) was conducted on September 26 and 27 at DABA Town Fellowship, Dimapur. On the first day, Spelling Bee, Solo, Quartet, Duet and Prepared Speech were conducted. The topics for prepared speech were – Self employment is better than Government jobs; and Social networking and youth.

Events like Quiz, Flower Arrangement, Choreography, Fancy Dress and Painting were held on the second day. The competition for fancy dress was based on three rounds, namely Flowers, Super Hero characters, and 70’s Fashion.

For the painting competition, the themes were “Save the Girl Child”,“Mr Dream for Better Nagaland” & “Information Technology (Cyber Security Awareness)”. The competition was held among the four houses – Red, Blue, Yellow and Green, which was further categorized into Senior and Intermediate. Blue House emerged as the overall champion.

ICIT Mkg students donate blood mokokchuNg, september 28 (mexN): A voluntary blood donation camp was held at Institute of Communication and Information Technology (ICIT), Mokokchung on September 26 in collaboration with Mokokchung Voluntary Blood Donors Association.

The resource person, Dr Chubala, Pathologist/Medical Officer, Blood Bank, IMDH Mokokchung addressed the participants on topics such as haematology; importance of blood donation, and the presence of a Blood Bank in the district. The Blood Bank in Mokokchung district requires 1000 units of blood, which is yet to be achieved, she stated.

Makshi Jamir, DPO DAPCU, Mokokchung district motivated the students to come forward and donate blood. He also encouraged the students to start Red Ribbon Club in the college. A press release stated that a total of 15 students came forward to donate blood on the day.

U-DISE Day cum training in Tsg tueNsaNg, september 28 (Dipr): U-DISE Day cum training on ‘Students Data Collection In-sync with U-DISE 2016’ was held at CKS Hall, Tuensang on September 27, organised by the District Education Officer’s office, Tuensang in collaboration with RMSA Nagaland.

The programme, attended by DDEO Tuensang and his staff, Rokozeho, Assistant Mission Director, RMSA, teacher representatives from all the schools (private and government) of the district, had Jt. Mission Director, RMSA Nagaland, Dr. Kevi Rio as the resource person. Dr. Kevi stressed on the importance of correct data entry and its usefulness. Aadhaar has become mandatory for every student to be enrolled within UDISE, which will give correct and genuine students’ statistics data of the State, he said. Based on the updated data based records, all the government aids and funding shall be dispatched in the coming future so it should be accurate, he emphasized.

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ThursdAY 29•09•2016

NAGALAND

Organizations endorse ultimatum on fuel adulteration

Dimapur, September 28 (mexN): Various organizations have endorsed the ultimatum given to the Government of Nagaland by the Coordination Committee on Fuel Adulteration to bring in CBI to probe the fuel adulteration racket, which was busted on June 27.

CCCTA The Chumukedima Chamber of Commerce and Trade Association (CCCTA) expressed disappointment over the manner in which the follow up investigation is being carried out in the fuel adulteration racket. In a press release issued by its General Secretary, James Kin and President, Avi Chase, CCCTA questioned why even after three months, “justice is not delivered, though everything was caught red handed in presence of the public, ACAUT, administration and the police.” It maintained that the public is being denied

justice, adding “Justice delayed is justice denied”. Affirming its endorsement, CCCTA warned the authority concerned that it “will not remain as a mere silent spectator if the Govt. of Nagaland fails to meet the demand submitted on September 23, 2016 representing all frontal organizations in Dimapur.”

Chumukedima Town Youth Organisation Chumukedima Town You t h O rga ni sat ion (CTYO) also endorsed the ultimatum and re-affirmed to leave no stone unturned until justice is delivered.

A press release issued by CTYO General Secretary, Sekho Thakro and President, Vibu Doze stated, “It is legitimate public interest…as fuel is used directly or indirectly by everyone.

So it is our legal rights to fight against the people who are robbing the general public every day.” The organization also assured to give all its effort to fight

against corruption and at the same time appealed to the general public to come out voluntarily and support the fight against corruption.

Nagaland Hotel & Restaurant Association In a separate press release, Nagaland Hotel & Restaurant Association (NHRA) also reaffirmed to stand by the Coordination Committee on Fuel Adulteration (CCoFA) in its demand for CBI investigation in the fuel adulteration scam and to re-arrest all the alleged fuel adulteration kingpins. The NHRA stated that the “fuel adulteration scam is nothing, but a parasitic blood sucking networks to our nascent Nagas economy...” Should the State Government fail to implement the public resolution which was adopted on September 10, the NHRA asserted it will fully support the CCoFA in enforcing bandh on National Highways within the state.

Hindi Fortnight closing ceremony Kohima, September 28 (mexN): In compliance with Government of India's instructions, Hindi Fortnight (Pakhwada) is being organized from September 16 to 30 at various Central Government offices under the aegis of Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC), Kohima. During this period, various Hindi

competitions for both Hindi and non-Hindi speaking categories are being organized separately, informed a press release from Kahoto J. Vepthomi, Secretary, TOLIC, Kohima and Dy. Accountant General (A&E). The closing ceremony will be held on September 30 at 1:00 pm in the premises of Accountant General Office, Naga-

RJD Nagaland meeting

land, Kohima, where there will be prize distributions for the winners of various Hindi competitions. The event will be attended by all the Heads of Central Government offices, nationalized banks, Public Sector Undertakings, and paramilitary forces along with staff of all TOLIC member offices stationed in Kohima, it added.

DDTDWTu and DDTOa oppose leasing out tolls

Dimapur, September 28 (mexN): The coordination committee of the Dimapur District Truck Drivers Welfare Trade Union (DDTDWTU) and Dimapur District Truck Owners Association (DDTOA) has appealed to the Municipal Affairs Department to reconsider its move to lease out collection of toll taxes and fees for commercial vehicles to private individuals/ firms etc in Dimapur municipality from the month of October 2016. The committee made the appeal “in the interest and welfare of its members and the general consumers and public.”

A press release issued

by DDTDWTU President, H

pughoboto, September 28 (mexN): BJP Mandal, Pughoboto today stated that it had not asked the NPF Central Youth Wing to answer to them, but had just asked whether the Youth Wing was applying the same yardsticks to other departments apart from Health & Family Welfare (H&FW) Department, where the latter had asked for termination of appointments made by one particular officer.

Reacting to NPF Central Youth Wing’s statement published on September 28, where the Youth Wing stated “there were various instances

day included opening song and folk dance by Heraka Vidya Bharti School B Jalukie, dance by students of GHSS Jalukie, welcome speech by President, ANHTU Peren unit, Rangwam Zeliang, and speech on the importance of Hindi Day

by Thunbui Zeliang.

As part of the celebration, a debate and essay competition was held at GHSS Jalukie on September 26. The topic for the debate was ‘Advantages and disadvantages of internet’. The winners were Amos Pradhan, GHSS Jalukie (First); Keyirenialule, Christian School, Jalukie (Second); Keyizaisaple and Jeevan Prathan from Christian School and GHSS Jalukie respectively (Third). The winners of the essay competition held on the topic ‘Pollution’ were Rupkia, GHSS Jalukie (First); Nadir Uddin, GHSS Jalukie (Second); and Ashia Parmeen, GHSS Jalukie (Third).

Public SPace

An abstract of the Naga Hoho Assembly Resolution I. Recognition of Indigenous Status of RongmeiTribe: Consequent upon the disassociation of three Naga Tribes, namely Ao Senden, Sumi Hoho and Lotha Hoho from Naga Hoho on the issue of granting of Indigenous Naga Tribe status to Rongmei Community by the Government of Nagaland, the Federal Assembly of Naga Hoho held on 28.09.2016 resolved to clarify its position as follows: (a) On being approached by the Government of Nagaland seeking the opinion of the Naga Hoho on the above matter vide its letter No.GAB-10/1/77 (Pt) dated-25th July, 2008 , the Naga Hoho vide its letter No. NH/Corr/2008-11, dated, 22.9.08 conveyed the unanimous and unambiguous views of its Presidential Council held on 05.09.2008 in favour of granting of Indigenous Inhabitant status to Rongmei Community as per Government Notification No. AR-8/76 Dated Kohima the 28th April1977. (b) The Naga Hoho also opined in the same letter that the State Government may exercise utmost care and deal with the matter with all seriousness so as to avoid any communal misgivings. (c) Subsequently, on the decision

of the State Government to grant Indigenous Tribe status to the Rongmei Community in 2012, complaints were raised from Zeliang Peoples’ Organization (ZPO), who eventually took the matter to the court and the matter remained sub-judice. (d) The Naga Hoho is of the view that the 26th Sept. 2016 decision of the State Government, which is the only competent authority to take decisions on the matter to constitute a Cabinet Sub-Committee to study all aspects of the issue, is a welcome development. The Naga Hoho believes that the State Government has arrived at this decision fully recognising the recent discontentment expressed by certain Naga tribes on the decision of the State Government to grant Indigenous Naga Tribe status to Rongmei Community. (e) The Naga Hoho appeals to the Cabinet Sub-Committee to take all stakeholders on board and make all out effort to arrive at a consensus amongst the Naga society and also review the status of the other Indigenous inhabitants of the state. (f) The Naga Hoho further appeals to the three Naga Tribes, namely Ao Senden, Sumi Hoho and Lotha Hoho to reconsider its decision to withdraw

whose primary objective is to make maximum profit within a given period where undeniably the general consumer and public are at the receiving end.”

Therefore, DDTDWTU and DDTOA have appealed to the authority concerned to heed to the voice of the tax payers on practical grounds.

“However, should the department concerned decide to adamantly go without taking into consideration the welfare and interest of its tax payers, the members of the two unions should not be held accountable for any untoward incident arising owing to refusal of nonpayment of such tax,” they added.

BJP Pughoboto reacts to NPF Youth Wing

Hindi teachers urged to promote Hindi in Nagaland

The Rashtriya Janata Dal Nagaland has convened a meeting of its office bearers and members on October 1, 9:00 am at the residence of party State president, Khetovi Kinnimi at Purana Bazaar, Dimapur. All office bearers and members concerned have been informed to attend the meeting. JaluKie, September 28 (Dipr): Additional Secretary, School Education MWF 28th general conference Department, G. Kivishe The Mezoma Welfare Forum (MWF) will hold its 28th gen- Phuchu has urged the Hineral conference on October 1 at Baptist High Auditorium, di teachers in Nagaland to Mission Compound from 10:00 am onwards. Kepelhou- promote Hindi in the State. tuo Chüsi, Headmaster, Rüzhükhrie Government Higher Stressing on the importance Secondary school, Kohima will speak on the topic ‘Career of Hindi, he stated that “we” Motivation’ and Vilelie Khamo, Super Class 1 Contractor, all should learn Hindi.

Nagaland will speak on the topic ‘Entrepreneurship.’ MWF He was speaking at the Statistical Secretary, Kedoroko Casavi in a press release has 23rd State level Hindi Direquested all the delegates to reach the venue at 9:30 am was (Hindi Day), which as there will be registration of annual membership fee of was organized by All NagaRs. 100 for those who have not subscribed for life member. land Hindi Teachers Union Meanwhile, an amount of Rs. 1000 will be realized for life (ANHTU), Peren unit on membership fee from each member.

September 27 at St. Xavier Higher Secondary School’s Ao Senden Literature Board seminar auditorium in Jalukie.

Guest of honour, DisThe Ao Senden Literature Board (ASLB) is organizing a semitrict Education Officer of nar on the theme “Foundation and Development of Ao Language” on October 1, 10:00 am at MMC Conference Hall, Mo- Peren, Toshimenla Imchen kokchung. All the Ao Senden Presidential Executive Council said that teachers play an members, office bearers of Watsü Mungdang, Ao Students’ important role and asked Confrence, Press Club Mokokchung, and Editor of Ao Milen, the teachers present to let and all the members of ABAM Literature & Education Board the students realize the imand ASLB have been requested to attend the program posi- portance of Hindi.

Short speeches were tively. Following are the resource persons: Dr. Chubatola Aier, Principal, C-Edge College, Dimapur; Dr. Pangersenla, Asst. also delivered by Rometo, Prof., Dept. of Linguistics, NU, Kohima campus; Dr. Temsu- President ANHTU and nungsang, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Linguistics, English and For- SDEO Peren.

Other highlights of the eign Languages University (EFLU), Shillong.

Kaiho Zhimo and DDTOA President, Hokheto Kiba stated that the members of the two unions form majority of the payers of such toll fees and taxes, and “as such the voice and practical problems faced by truckers when such a move is made should also be heard.”

The two unions also maintained that prior to the tolls collected by Dimapur Municipal Council staff, “innumerable harassment by way of collecting tolls fees above the prescribed amount was shouldered upon the truckers and other allied commercial vehicles by the collector of the lessee who enjoy close proximity with the authority and

from Naga Hoho and actively participate in all the activities of the Hoho in the larger interest of the Naga Society.

II. Empowered Committee on Goodwill Mission: Keeping in view the seriousness of the issue and the dissociation of some Federating Units from Naga Hoho, the Federal Assembly resolved to set up an Empowered Committee to pursue the matter with the three tribes namely, Ao Senden, Sumi Hoho and Lotha Hoho. The Committee shall comprise of eleven members; III. Municipal Act 2001: The house viewed that the Municipal Act 2001 is defective and therefore, the house resolved that, the Act must be amended at the earliest. Further, the matter has been endorsed to the Executive Council for further decision.

IV. Strengthening of Naga Hoho: the Federal Assembly on this day the 28th September 2016 hereby solemnly pledge to commit and rededicate ourselves to strengthen the sanctity of Naga Hoho against all forms of internal and external elements.

Kenysung Tep Speaker F/A, Naga Hoho K.Elu Ndang Assembly Secretary, Naga Hoho.

The Morung Express “Public Space” is to provide space for diverse opinions to be expressed and heard. The opinions in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper nor the editor.

where officers make illegal and unauthorized appointments when they are on the verge of retirement,” the BJP questioned why the NPF Central Youth Wing had only sought for the termination of the appointment made by one officer only “when they have clearly stated various officers.”

Further, it refuted the “false allegation leveled against us that we are interested in protecting the illegal and corrupt means committed by the officers.” In this, the rejoinder asked the NPF Central Youth Wing to properly go through the BJP Man-

dal, Pughoboto’s previous writes-up where “we have clearly stated that we are also in support of their (NPF Youth Wing) initiative to check the illegal and corruption, but have asked why they were so interested to check only one particular period of one officer.”

With regard to NPF Youth Wing’s affirmation to continue to check illegal appointments made without the Government’s approval, the BJP Pughoboto lent its support and also requested them to specify at least one department where the Youth Wing has taken up the same issue.

MEx FILE

CEO Nagaland notifies

Kohima, September 28 (Dipr): Nagaland’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has informed that the Election Commission of India has directed to immediately fill up all vacant posts related to Revision of Rolls.

In this regard, he stated that transfer of any officer engaged in Electoral Rolls during the period of Revision should be avoided. In a press release, he further said that the Commission has reiterated its existing direction that officials connected with the exercise of Revision of Electoral Rolls like District Election Officers, Electoral Registration Officers and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers etc. should not be transferred from their places of posting without the prior concurrence of the Election Commission during the period of Special Summary Revision in the state.

Primary Teachers in Zbto informed ZuNheboto, September 28 (mexN): The All Nagaland Government Primary Teachers' Association, Zunheboto unit (ANGPTA (Z)) has informed all the Primary Teachers (regular, ad-hoc, contract, SSA etc.) that the collection of documents (photo copy of first appointment order, regularization order) for seniority list has been extended till October 4, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at SKK Jubilee Memorial Hall, Project Colony, Zunheboto. The Primary Teachers serving in Government High Schools and all others whose membership fee of Rs. 200/- has not been deducted should bring the amount along with photo copy of their appointment order, stated a press release issued by ANGPTA (Z) President, Hekuto Yeptho. For more information, one may contact 8974242299/ 9402845519/ 9774882707.

State level painting contest deadline extended Kohima, September 28 (mexN): All Nagaland Fine Arts Teachers Association (ANFATA) President, V Hetoi Swu has informed all those participating in the State level painting competition organized by Ministry of Power, Government of India and BEE in collaboration with ANFATA that the deadline for submission of paintings has been extended till October 24. For further enquiry, one can contact NEEPCO Ltd. Doyang DGM, JN Singh at 9435712771/ 8132954087 and ANFATA President V Hetoi Swu at 9402003063/ 8575724966.

St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama’s 7th Convergence Fest concludes

Students celebrate after the 7th Convergence Fest held at St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama on September 22 and 23.

Kohima, September 28 (mexN): The Department of Business Administration, St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama organized the 7th Convergence Fest on September 22 and 23 with the theme ‘Innovate, Integrate, Inspire.’

A press release issued by the Publicity Committee, Department of Business Administration, SJC stated that the main objective of the Convergence Fest was to provide opportunities to the zealous students in the State and to showcase their talents

and skills in order to realize their hidden potentials.

Recognizing the State’s need for more self-reliant and independent students, the Convergence Fest was organized to prepare and promote the students, it stated.

Colo Mero, Director of Life Sports and Social Entrepreneur, graced the opening ceremony as the chief guest. He encouraged the young students to get enlightened from others’ achievement. “The size of the job doesn’t matter as long as a person loves what

he/she does,” he added. He asserted that to be successful one should believe in oneself and be diligent in their duties.

Six colleges and eight departments from the host college participated in the Fest. The participating colleges were Kohima Science College (Autonomous), Dimapur Government College, Japfü Christian College, Don Bosco College Kohima, Sazolie College and Capital College.

The participants competed in Business Plan, Mad Advertisement, De-

bate, Business Quiz, Extempore, etc. The Kohima Science College (Autonomous) was adjudged the overall champion and Dimapur Government College was awarded the Best Discipline Team.

The special guests and panel of judges included Akho Yeptho, Zack Swuro, and Anung Mocha from Elemenz, Modouvina Mocha, K. Cynthia Kolakhe, Ameu Usou Zao, Akhrieno Zao, Iris Odyuo, Anini (YouthNet), Medo Kense (YouthNet), Jonny D’ascolie (Grooming Partner).

World Rabies Day observed

Kohima, September 28 (Dipr): The State Animal Welfare Advisory Board (SAWAB), Nagaland Municipal Council (NMC), and Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services observed the 10th World Rabies Day on September 28 at Zonal Council Hall, Kohima with the theme ‘Educate, Vaccinate, Eliminate.’ Chairperson of SAWAB-N & Parliamentary Secretary for Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, S. Chuba Longkumer was the chief guest.

In his keynote address, Member Secretary, SAWAB and Director, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Dr. IP Khala informed that Nagaland is yet to reach 70% of elimination of rabies virus. Lack of coordination among or-

ganizations, limited funding, inadequate planning, and lack of general awareness etc. have been major obstacles in solving rabies problem, he added. He also pointed out that more than 55,000 people around the world die every year due to rabies virus and India holds a record of 33,000 deaths per year. Nagaland state, with the help of SAWAB, Kohima Municipal Council, and Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, is trying its level best to eliminate rabies, he stated.

Senior Specialist, Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima, Dr. Pewezo Khalo gave a talk on the status of rabies in Nagaland, where he mentioned that rabies is a zoonotic disease that is always fatal. He said that

Nagaland still lacks proper documentation on deaths caused by rabies. Nagaland Rabies Control Programme (NRCP) was launched in 2016.

Khalo further explained the strategies for control and eradication of rabies.

He said that mandatory registration and vaccination of all domestic pets is necessary and that there should be legislation on control of trade of dogs. All villages and towns should have a formation of Animal Welfare Committee, he stated, adding establishment of common animal cemetery would also play a vital role in rabies issue.

Maintaining that public awareness and health education is compulsory, he said if the State government could help in making

a proposal for developing a State Rabies Diagnostic Laboratory for proper documentation of rabies cases, it would be a vital strategy in maintaining the spread of the virus since rabies cannot be properly diagnosed without a lab.

He also said that the State government should ask the Government of India for a human component of AntiRabies Vaccine (ARV) since most of the people who get bitten are usually poor and are unable to pay for such vaccines.

Joint Director AH&VS, Dr. Simon Ao said that future collaboration between the organizations and the public is necessary and that they should introduce formation of a certain committee to create awareness programmes.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 268

By Aheli moitra

Dimapur – fixing the lines in ‘us’ and ‘them’

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ll great cities have their boons and banes. So does Dimapur.

In its making, Dimapur may have borrowed much from the neighbouring Sibsagar, a town where the Ahom Kings had accommodated a cosmopolitan population of varied ethnic representatives from the region.

Dimapur developed since the 19th century with a peculiar sense of urbanism. Without fixed lines of indigeneity, Dimapur continued to welcome all shades of “outsiders” without prejudice of community, class, caste, creed or criminal background.

It has its pouches of facelessness. It has its secluded pockets and villages (colonies) of ethnicities with their own set of customary or religious laws, while others mingle, held together by the modern State (legality) as well as by Trade (capital). Naga journalist Y Merina Chishi had once aptly termed Dimapur as “a city of villages.”

It is here that the Naga people amalgamate, without becoming marginal objects, with the idea and people of India.

It is here that the contemporary lingua franca of the Naga people, Nagamese, sounds right in its place—in its ease of the spoken word, it connects not just the various communities among the Nagas but also the Nagas with the non Nagas participating in Dimapur’s daily life.

As one of the most militarised cities in the sub-continent, Dimapur becomes an odd site of militarisation—its experience felt by Naga and non Naga people alike.

Dimapur is also a site for accumulation of money, power and status. Illegality here is just another word. This is where “modernity” truly drives the hammer home. Social life is not driven by moral ethics. Arbitrary lines of cosmopolitanism take the place of community ethics—clan, khel, village, community/tribe affiliations dilute as zones of loyalty. Individual choice rules. No contradiction is felt while walking into a bar to discuss a subject right after the evening prayer session.

Decision making has shifted from Morungs and customary courts to these cosmopolitan spaces, rendering decisions and ways of moving forward completely arbitrary, leading to various problems of divisions, discord and disunity.

Ashis Nandy, Indian social theorist and critic, explains this arbitrary attitude. Asian Cosmopolitanism, he notes, means that people living in diverse communities learn to accept "the otherness of others," instead of striving to become global citizens who shed all prejudices and perceived differences. Segregated colonies or even churches are apt examples of this maintained “otherness” in Dimapur. Naga polity is increasingly influenced by this lived discourse of Dimapur—its crumbling institutions exemplify how.

Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish moral and political philosopher, resolves the dilemma theoretically by offering that morals and virtues can only be comprehended through a relation to the community in which people come from. To go by MacIntyre’s words would mean giving power back to people who continue to remain loyal to their immediate communities as the Naga polity once imagined—those who are in the villages, cultivating land or weaving shawls, living in the context binding them to central Naga virtues. However, these people today consist of the most powerless, poor and downtrodden in Naga society, their voices nullified. Leszek Kolakowski, Polish philosopher and historian, underlined the role of religious commitment as participation in community to keep it together as an integrated whole. But has the church succeeded in doing this in the pan Naga context—escaping the divisive fallout of modernity?

Modernity cannot be discarded in today’s world with its new founds freedoms closely tied to the trinity of money-power-status. Thus, given the unique ways in which communality interplays with modernity in Dimapur, it is here that we may find a method. This will need some radical change in our perception and interaction with not just ourselves but, particularly, with “others.”

Ashis Nandy bats for a “cultural conversation of equals” by overthrowing the invisible eye of the West from which all such conversations have come to be conducted (X community is oppressive of its women, Y is a stingy race, Z is attracted to violence—all inferior as opposed to the superior W, that is ‘us’).

A dialogue of equals, Nandy writes, brings new modes of “selfreflexivity and self-criticism.”

Dimapur, today, provides this space to explore new dimensions of dialogue between different communities of the Naga people, but, more radically, with those other communities that continue near-hidden cultural existence. Perhaps in unlocking and understanding the potential in the ‘other’, each of us can begin to engage within, thereby guiding modernity to where we can comfortably engage with it.

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'The otherness of others'

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osmopolitanism exists in Asia, and may spread further as people living in diverse communities learn to accept "the otherness of others," instead of striving to become idealized global citizens who shed all prejudices and perceived differences.

This was the main idea presented by Ashis Nandy about half a decade ago. He was Senior Fellow and Director of New Delhi's Center for the Study of Developing Societies, later Chairperson of the Committee for Cultural Choices and Global Futures, and Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies, Melbourne, and a member of the Global Scientific Committee for Higher Education (UNESCO).

Nandy explained that at the beginning of the 20th century, Asia was perceived by Westerners as a land of savages and that it was consequently the "white man's burden" to bring civilization through colonialism. That image of Asia was shaken partly because of Japan's success at Westernstyle development, which in turn started to seem more approachable to other Asian societies. As other countries followed suit, trying to climb "the inclined plane of history," less developed countries were seen as lying further behind on a linear trajectory of progress.

However, acknowledging and debating the past, according to Nandy, is a way of criticizing a theory of progress that developed countries used to justify atrocities committed in more “backward” countries. Rather than following the same path of development as the West, Nandy argued for the possibility of "another Asia," where there is increasing room for people to exist within distinct communities while accepting mutual differences.

The challenge Asia faces, then, is to have the capacity to host a range of populations — "radical diversities," in Nandy's words — who can also live and work together. As Nandy sees it, that presents a different concept of dissent, wherein borders must be crossed not only outside, but also within.

C O M M E N T A R Y

Yuen Ying Chan NYT

Hong Kong faced with the realities of China’s Rise

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returned to my native Hong Kong in 1998 after more than two decades of working as a reporter in New York City. I was hired to start a journalism program at the University of Hong Kong, my alma mater, and train a new generation of reporters to tell the stories of Hong Kong, China and Asia. It was a big and timely beat.

Hong Kong was handed over to China after 156 years of British rule 10 months before I returned. In an ingenious stroke designed to reassure the international community and Hong Kong people, China’s paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping, devised the “one country, two systems” arrangement: Beijing would assume sovereignty, but Hong Kong would keep its rule of law and capitalist ways for 50 years.

The political rules were written to ensure that pro-Beijing forces would control the local legislature, known as LegCo, and Hong Kongers were willing to accept an imperfect system in the hope that a more accountable government would evolve. Many were heartened in 1998 when, in the first post-handover LegCo election, the Democratic Party won 13 of the 50 seats and became the dominant opposition.

As I caught up with friends from my college days, I shared their excitement about the city’s future.

Many veteran activists cherished the idea that cosmopolitan Hong Kong, where people enjoyed freedom of expression, could inspire democratic change in mainland China.

Fast forward to 2016. Another LegCo election took place earlier this month, four days after I retired as director of the Journalism and Media Studies Center at the University of Hong Kong. In a rebuke of Beijing, voters elected six candidates who ran on platforms calling for self-determination. The new legislators, all under age 40, see “one country, two systems” as a sham. They are taunting Beijing, which regards such talk as treasonous.

The election results portend greater political stasis and polarization in Hong Kong. The calls for independence, as unlikely and impractical as that is, reflect growing resentment for how Beijing and its

“A

mong the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle” by Robert Lyman is a well written narrative and highlights two completely different worlds coming into contact with each other. It describes the encounter of the Nagas with the Westerners who survived a plane crash in the Eastern Naga Hills during World War II in 1943. The Nagas at that time were barely clothed, lived in a world of head-hunting and regarded an aeroplane as a big alien bird. It is this encounter between the Westerners and the Nagas that constitutes the basis of Lyman’s narrative.

This flight, carrying mostly American personnel and a few Chinese Army officers, had taken off from the Allied air base at Chabua, Assam, in Northeastern India, and was intended to fly to China, over the Hump, when it crashed into the Naga Hills. The survivors were rescued by the Pangsha villagers who were hospitable, treated them well and helped them return to the British camp in Mokokchung. The Nagas were in awe of those who survived the ordeal as they believed they came from the sky and this probably was one of the reasons for their hospitality. Lyman brings to light the interaction that took place between the Nagas and the Americans and their experience of staying with the Panghsa villagers.

This book does not view this airborne disaster in isolation but situates the epi-

local representatives have governed the city and intervened in its affairs. Discontent is especially high among the youth.

People are also angry about skyrocketing rents, a sharp disparity between rich and poor, and naked cronyism. Hong Kong’s inequality rating is among the worst in the world. In 2014, The Economist put the city at the top of a global index of cronyism.

The repression on the mainland, particularly since President Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, is another source of worry for Hong Kongers. Lawyers, journalists, activists and other dissidents have been arrested and paraded on state television to confess their “crimes.” And the long arm of Beijing seems to have extended to Hong Kong: Local booksellers were kidnapped and interrogated on the mainland about publications that Beijing found offensive. Beijing is also gaining more control over city institutions like the news media.

To many Hong Kongers, the result of the Umbrella Movement two years ago was the last straw. For 79 days, thousands of people camped out in the streets asking for broader representation and genuine universal suffrage. They received no concessions from Beijing.

But the LegCo insurgents and their supporters in the general public are increasingly fighting a lonely battle as powerful forces around the world are scrambling to appease Beijing. In recent decades, the fortunes of the mainland and Hong Kong have turned.

China, once Hong Kong’s poor cousin, has become the world’s second largest economy. Multinationals bend over backward to please Beijing and gain access to the world’s largest consumer market.

When China’s top internet regulator visited Mark Zuckerberg in Silicon Valley, the Facebook chief made sure to display on his desk a book of President Xi Jinping’s collected speeches. Bloomberg selfcensored an exposé of one of China’s richest men in order to protect its data terminal business in China.

Harvard University later set up a research center in Shanghai with major funding from the same tycoon.

China has become an indispensable player in

world politics, and sometimes throws its weight around, as in the South China Sea. It is also building an alternative world order: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the One Belt, One Road plan to network more than 60 countries spanning vast stretches of Asia, the Middle East and Europe are China-led efforts to offer balance to the United States.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong has lost some of its luster. Once the gateway to China, it now contends with Shanghai as the mainland’s top financial center.

Its container port is losing ground to Shenzhen. Its economy is more dependent on the mainland.

Although it’s the young rebels who caught international attention in recent years, many Hong Kongers believe the city needs to seek accommodation with Beijing. These include people who appreciate how China has lifted hundreds of millions from poverty, while modernizing the country. There are also many Hong Kongers who enjoy growing personal, professional and business ties with China. In a recent poll, more than half of Hong Kong residents felt somewhat or strongly against the calls for independence.

The fact is that the fate of Hong Kong has always been linked to China, an integral part of its destiny because of history, culture and geography.

Independence is not an option for Hong Kong.

Like the rest of the world, Hong Kong people will have to cope with the reality of a rising and more powerful China.

My students will have to be prepared to tell stories of Hong Kong that have become darker and more complicated. They will have to navigate the tangled relations among Hong Kong, mainland China and the rest of the world. As citizens, they will have to struggle with the fact that Hong Kong might just be a pawn in the big global game among corporate interests and the great powers.

Yuen Ying Chan is an honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong and a distinguished fellow at Civic Exchange, an independent public policy think tank in Hong Kong.

Among the HeadHunters Khrienuo ltu

Book Review Book Review: Lyman, Robert. Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle, Boston: Da Capo Press, 2016. sode in space and time giving due attention to all the actors who either participated or evenly remotely contributed to its making – (i) the Americans, their role in the war and their relations with the Chinese in the period, (ii) the Japanese, their attack on Pearl Harbour, their invasion of Southeast Asia and their victory over the British in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya and Burma, (iii) British colonization of the Naga Hills. Lyman as a result builds a larger picture of the turbulent decade of the 1940s. When reflecting on the World War and events shortly preceding it, he highlights the impact of this phenomenon on the Naga Hills. He details the topography, climatic conditions

and the geography of the northeast India and emphasizes the challenges faced by airmen flying over this dangerous terrain. When Lyman deliberates on the nature of British colonization, he speaks of how they came into contact with the Nagas and eventually began to colonize their territories through a series of expeditions and battles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. According to Lyman, Naga perception of the white man and their interaction with the British changed over time. From being adversaries, they soon developed cordial and friendly relations with their colonizers. In detailing the history of the Pangsha village (Khiamniungan village

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in Eastern Naga hills) where the American plane had crashed), Lyman notes that it was home to the fiercest warrior tribe which inflicted terror on neighbouring villages and was feared in the region. The British were forced to lead a punitive expedition against this village in 1936. The British in the venture had the support of other Naga villages. Pangsha villagers were defeated as their traditional weapons were no match for the modern firearms of the British and they were forced to sue for peace.

To conclude, this book is an important contribution to the history of the Nagas, especially with regard to the history of British colonial rule in the Naga Hills. Lyman has made a commendable effort to include a glossary and a list of individuals and place names to help readers (especially those unfamiliar with the region or the period) to navigate through the book. The book also makes a significant observation about the practice of slavery by the Pangsha village which although brief might be interesting for many. “Among the Headhunters” also gives useful information about the involvement of the Panghsa villagers in World War II. This is significant because Pangsha’s role in the conflict is completely absent in history writing about Nagas in World War II. Apart from the apparent importance of the work for individuals studying Naga History, the book will also be useful for those interested in the history of encounter in the colonial period.

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The Chinese Democratic Why Did Sanctions Fail Against North Korea?

Experiment that Never Was

Zhang Bincha, a 44-year old resident of Wukan, cheers after voting in village elections on March 3, 2012. Residents of a small village in China went to the polls in a leadership election being hailed as a milestone for those demanding more say in the running of the one-party state. (AFP Photo)

Hong Kong protesters get most of the press, but the latest conflict in Wukan means more to mainlanders David Wertime

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rotesters in southern China are up in arms. They feel that Beijing’s promises that they’d be able to vote for their own local leaders have been honored in the breach. They’re outraged at the show of force in the face of peaceful protest, and confronted with superior government might, they are using the power of numbers and the reach of social media to make their voices heard.

Readers would be forgiven for thinking the above to be a description of Hong Kong, where pro-democracy protests in October 2014 and a subsequent independence movement have captured global attention. But it also depicts Wukan, a small mainland Chinese village about a three anda-half-hour drive east of the former British colony.

In December 2011, it became a global symbol for a new style of Chinese governance when a citizen uprising against illegal land seizures and a brief exercise in self-rule during a police blockade elicited promises of village-level democratization from Beijing. Now citizen unrest is making headlines once again.

The latest round of unrest began after erstwhile protest leader Lin Zulian, who had governed as popularly elected village secretary since 2012, was detained on a June evening. Shortly before, Lin had pledged renewed demonstrations calling for restitution for improper land grabs. Western media described “tensions” growing thereafter; on June 18, public security in Lufeng, the municipality that contains Wukan, issued an official or-

der calling on villagers not to let “illegal elements” imperil the village’s “hard-won stability.” On Sept.

8, the verdict came down: Lin was sentenced to 37 months in prison and a fine of about $30,000 for bribery and kickbacks totaling about $88,000; he has pledged not to appeal. (Although Lin confessed to receiving kickbacks, many Wukan residents told NPR they thought it was staged.)

On Sept. 13, after what appear to have been days of street-level protests in Wukan, riot police descended on the village of about 13,000, arresting 13 on suspicions of disturbing public order, a charge commonly used against protesters in China. Photos circulated on social media also claim to show villagers injured by police; one widelyshared video depicts armored forces retreating under a hail of debris from angry citizens.

Wukan’s villagers may be heartened to know their concerns have become international news, but their likely aim is China’s domestic audience, which is far better positioned to put lasting pressure on Beijing. Predictably, China’s government has reacted with an information blockade. State media mentions of the septuagenarian Lin have been brief; stripped of context that might help viewers understood what he originally stood for, they sound like just another news item about a corrupt local cadre. Social media dispatches from the village have been censored for months. And police have threatened to investigate and punish internet users who spread “false information” about Wukan.

That means that most mainland Chinese have likely not heard much, or any, recent scuttlebutt about Wukan, leaving it to social media users to hunt for anything they can find. “The watermelon seed-eating masses probably really don’t know” the full story, quipped one user on Weibo. “Not many people understand what’s really going on,” wrote another, “but everyone can feel what the authorities are doing in the pit of their stomachs.”

Weibo commenters on Wukan have been largely unsparing toward their central government. “Truly, the wisdom of the leaders isn’t something the grassroots can understand. It’s easier and more efficient to arrest the person who

pointed out the problem than to solve the problem,” wrote one. Another fumed that “the biggest landlords are the Chinese Communist Party and corrupt businesspeople like Wang Jianlin,” a billionaire developer who has been an outspoken advocate for Beijing’s policies.

Others took issue with the legal process itself.

One Weibo user wrote, “When I read those words, ‘according to law,’ it makes me want to laugh.” Another noted the absurdity of sending Lin to prison for 37 months for $88,000 in bribes and kickbacks when high officials have been caught with millions or even hundreds of millions in ill-gotten gains.

The volume of Wukan chatter on Chinese media is surely lower than what its residents might want. Yet they may currently rank among some of the most prominent activists in the country. Erstwhile opinion leaders on social media have gone silent; rights lawyers who blogged to raise awareness for their clients have been punished harshly. And while Hong Kong’s youth-driven pro-democracy protests in late 2014 won widespread admiration in the west, mainland netizens have been far less sympathetic. Many mainlanders resent Hong Kong activists’ call for independence from the mainland, and think Hong Kongers, who live better than most mainlanders, to be spoiled.

For their part, Hong Kongers decry both Beijing’s meddling and the large influx of mainland tourists. Some city residents have even taken to calling mainlanders “locusts.”

None of these long-simmering issues afflict the image of Wukan, a modest fishing village of about 20,000. Its citizen complaints are easier for mainland Chinese to understand. The core of Hong Kongers’ complaint is Beijing’s increasing meddling in an (admittedly imperfect) democratic process that Hong Kong already enjoyed; in Wukan, the bugbear is uncompensated land grabs by the local government, a widespread revenue-raising tactic that has become a neuralgic complaint among villagers across China. Unlike Hong Kong demonstrators, Wukan activists from the start stressed their loyalty to the Communist Party, insisting their protest was patriotic.

Those bullish on the prospects for Chinese democratic reform have long viewed its villagelevel experiments as a hopeful harbinger — in 1997, the non-profit Carter Center called them a “serious and positive development in empowering China’s 900 million villagers.” (Many have since moved to cities.) Wukan’s own democratic experiment was initially hailed as an exciting “new start” by many Chinese observers. The 2012 vote proceeded smoothly (one happy participant is pictured above). But Wukan villagers never got back the land, or the cash equivalents, that they’d sought. More generally, because the ruling Communist party prescreens village candidates, their change-making potential is limited, and “corrupt incumbents representing entrenched interests often stay in office,” according to an Oct. 2015 article in Foreign Affairs.

Chinese authorities’ evident deployment of riot police looks both brutal and clumsy, especially when wielded against villagers who showed in 2011 that they know how to use social media to court national and international attention. But the messy and visible failure of Wukan’s truncated democratic experiment may be something China’s leadership can countenance, squaring as it does with Beijing’s insistence that democracy foments chaos and disorder. This latest strike may also deter uprisings in villages elsewhere.

On June 20, the reliably nationalist Global Times ran an editorial in its digital and print editions opining that “unfortunately, the Wukan question may ultimately require a solution in accordance with law.” Netizens noted the curious phrasing; it sounded like a legal solution was being held out as a threat. Now Wukan’s villagers are seeing what that means. Perhaps, some mused, the crackdown was inevitable. “When [Wukan’s protests] happened a few years ago,” wrote one Weibo’er, “we knew this day would come.”

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hey were hailed as the most “comprehensive,” “robust” and “unyielding” sanctions to date against North Korea’s pariah government. Yet just six months after the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose tougher penalties on Pyongyang for testing ballistic and nuclear weapons, the isolated regime has carried out its fifth and possibly most powerful nuclear test to date, creating a 5.3 magnitude tremor at the Punggye-ri test site.

In response to North Korea’s illicit blast, President Barack Obama vowed Friday to work with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts to impose “new sanctions” to show Pyongyang that there are “consequences to its unlawful and dangerous actions.” But because the previous round of sanctions failed to curb North Korea’s drive to advance its nuclear weapons program, doubts remain about the effectiveness of punitive economic measures on the world’s most isolated regime.

The isolated regime The device that was tested on Friconducted its fifth day (September 9) reportedly yielded 20 to 30 kilotons, a much more and most powerful powerful blast than North Korea’s nuclear test on seven to nine kiloton detonation in January. Responding to that exploSeptember 9 just sion, world diplomats agreed to a months after the resolution in March calling for inspecting all cargo going to and from U.N. imposed new the country, a ban on all weapons trading with Pyongyang, and an ex- economic penalties. pansion of specific Korean officials subject to sanctions. U.N. diplomats Are sanctions good touted the measures as the most for anything? punishing to date, and a sign of closer cooperation between the United States and China, North Korea’s longtime patron.

But its failure to stop Pyongyang’s latest provocations is renewing skepticism that Washington’s favorite tool for penalizing Kim Jong Un’s regime will ever have any measurable impact.

“No amount of sanctions will stop North Korea,” Jae Ku, the director of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, told Foreign Policy. “Nuclear weapons are their sole survival strategy.”

Ku said as long as North Korea believes a nuclear arsenal is the only thing protecting it from Western efforts toward regime change, sanctions will have a limited impact.

Other critics agree that sanctions are largely useless, but for different reasons.

William Brown, a Korea expert at Georgetown University, said the regime has long understood how to maintain control of an isolated and blacklisted economy.

“Sanctions don’t have much impact on an economy that has been essentially bankrupt for a generation and which long ago lost its most important benefactors,” he said. “Sanctions may even help Kim control the flow of money to individuals that increasingly are seen as rivals to the state’s authoritarian controls, and even to Kim’s rule.”

But others are still holding out hope for sanctions to work — and say the reason the measures have yet to produce the desired effect has to do with time and enforcement.

“Expectations were that it would take about six months for sanctions impact to kick in — and that’s if China aggressively implemented them,” said Scott Snyder, a Korea expert at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Beijing was long thought to be a potential check on Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. But since Kim Jong Un took power, relations between the two capitals have soured. The North Korean dictator has never visited China as leader, nor has he met President Xi Jinping. Since taking power, Kim has purged many government officials with strong ties to China. This includes his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, whom he had executed.

Some experts accuse China of failing to enforce the March sanctions and point to the relative stability of North Korea’s economy as evidence.

Troy Stangarone, senior director for congressional affairs and trade at the Korea Economic Institute of America, said North Korea’s exports to China last spring dropped only 4 percent compared to the winter, and 14 percent from a year ago.

“This likely reflects a decline in the export price of coal rather than the effect of sanctions,” Stangarone said.

On Friday, Beijing and its state controlled media condemned the latest nuclear test, with China’s Xinhua news agency calling the detonation “unwise.”

“All parties, including North Korea, should recognize that tumult on the peninsular, war, and instability in Northeast Asia will benefit nobody,” the commentary said.

At the same time, China suggested that South Korea’s decision to move forward on its plans to host the Thermal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system played a role in North Korea’s decision to conduct the test.

Stangarone dismissed Beijing’s claim, saying “the most significant driving factor” for Pyongyang was likely that it “reached a point where its technical research required a test to determine if a real breakthrough had been made in its weapons development process.”

He added that the reclusive regime appears to have made the “strategic decision that the cost of sanctions does not outweigh the strategic benefits of a verifiably workable nuclear weapon.”

India must Honor Her Word to the Naga People Mazie Nakhro

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ndia would claim that the Naga lands--as part of the Lieutenant Governorship of Bengal, and thereafter, of the Chief Commissionership of Assam, and finally, of the province of Assam---was part and parcel of British India, and therefore became part of the Dominion of India by virtue of the Indian Independence Act of 1947 (Y.D. Gundevia, War and Peace in Nagaland, 1975, p. 50).

This above argument or claim by India is grossly misleading. Historically, the Naga people had never given up the ownership rights of their homeland to the British (refer to my previous three articles on Urra Uvie).

In this sense, the British had no legal right to hand over the Naga homeland to India.

Also, to argue that the Naga Hills District became a part of British India as any other state in India is to ignore some very important historical facts: First, the British’s introduction of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Naga Hills on November 1, 1873 is a testament to the fact that the Naga country was treated very differently from mainland India. That small travel-pass was more or less like a visa, which everyone from mainland India was required to obtain if he or she wanted to enter the Naga country.

Second, the Naga Club submitted a memorandum to the Indian Statutory Commission led

by Sir John Simon on October 10, 1929 at Kohima, asking the British government to continue safeguarding the rights of the Nagas “against all encroachment from other people.” Consequently, the British Parliament recognized the Naga Hills District on March 3, 1935 as “Ex-

cluded Area” from the British India administrative jurisdiction. Third, the Naga Hills District was administered directly by the Governor of Assam instead of the Assam Legislature.

Prior to granting independence to India, the British proposed to turn most of NorthEast India into a Crown colony. But this proposal was met with opposition from the Nagas. (Had the Nagas accepted it, India would have lost most of North-East India.) In connection with this proposed British colony, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru also acknowledged that the Naga-inhabited areas did not belong to any anyone else. On August 19, 1946, he said: “The Tribal Areas are defined as being those long Frontiers of India which are neither part of India nor Burma, nor of Indian States nor of any foreign power.” Interestingly, this was what he said as a freedom-fighter a year before India became independent.

As for the position of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, on the rights of the Naga people, he made it crystal clear when he met with the leaders of the Naga National Council (NNC) at his Bhangi Colony, New Delhi, on July 19, 1947. Among other things, Gandhi said: “If you say that you are not Indians and your country does not belong to India, then the matter ends there. Nobody will force you to join the Indian Union.”

Also, he added: “The Nagas have every right to be independent. We do not want to live under the domination of the British and now they are leaving us.” Obviously, Mr. Gandhi’s statements were not his own personal opinion but a reiteration of the Constituent Assembly’s resolution no. 2, out of

the 8 resolutions adopted on 22nd January, 1947, which states: “Wherein the territories that now comprise British India, the territories that now form the Indian States, and such other parts of India as are outside British India and the states as well as such other territories as are willing to be constituted into the Independent Sovereign India shall be a Union of them all”. Put it another way, Gandhi’s position was that the Nagas have every right to be on their own if they are unwilling to join the Indian Union.

On the basis of a very different Naga political history, the pre-independence attitude of the Indian leaders towards the Nagas was very clear: that the Nagas’ political right was unique. That was why the NinePoint Agreement was reached between the Government of India (GoI) and the NNC on 28th June, 1947. Under this Agreement, the GoI agreed: “(1) to bring back into the Naga Hills District all the forests transferred to Sibsagar and Nowgong Districts in the past, and (2) to bring under one administrative unit as far as possible all Nagas …” (No. 6).

In other words, the early Indian leaders had already offered an honorable settlement to the NNC by promising to return all the Naga ancestral territories and to amalgamate all the Naga-inhabited areas under one administrative unit. This Agreement was signed by Sir Akbar Hydari, the then Governor of Assam as the central agent and Mr. Gopinath Bordoloi, the then Prime Minister of undivided Assam, on behalf of his people.

When the NNC leaders of that time wanted a further official confirmation of

India’s sincerity, both the previously mentioned Indian emissaries reassured the Nagas in no uncertain terms “that the agreement reached between His Excellency and the Naga leaders in June, 1947, will be implemented” (Memo No. 88-C/47-570-72, the 22nd June, 1948; also Memo No. 490/C, the 11th June, 1948). This was certainly the position of both the parties at that point of time, although they later interpreted Point No. 9 in the Agreement differently. But as far as the other 8 points in the Agreement were concerned, there was no disagreement.

Unfortunately, both Sir Hydari and Mr. Bordoloi died shortly after the Agreement was signed. Now, the question is this: Is this Agreement to be regarded as already dead? From the perspective of some later Indian leaders, the Nine-Point Agreement was never ratified and therefore not valid. At least, the first Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, did acknowledge that there was an agreement with NNC, “but for obvious reasons it could not be implemented.” This raises the question, what could be behind the “obvious reasons”? Was it the fear that this Agreement could jeopardize the national security of the Indian State?

What has been missing from the NinePoint Agreement is only the implementation part. Contrary to some opinions, the document as such must still be considered legally binding for the following reasons: First, it has never been officially abrogated, so no one can just wish it away by simply ignoring it. Nor can it be said that it has been superseded by the granting of the Statehood in 1963, which was an arrangement done

with a different group. Second, this was a pre-independence Agreement between the Indian representatives and the Naga national leaders at the highest level, which happened even before Mr. Nehru became the first Prime Minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India. In other words, this was a pre-independence treaty duly signed between two emerging nations.

Because of this reason, the need for ratification does not arise. Third, the fact that this Agreement is still legally valid can be supported by the Indian Constitution which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949. For example, Article 363 of the Constitution of India clearly states: “Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution but subject to the provisions of article 143, neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall have jurisdiction in any dispute arising out of any provision of a treaty, agreement, covenant, engagement, sanad or other similar instrument which was entered into and executed before the commencement of this Constitution by any ruler of an Indian State and to which the Governor of the Dominion of India or any of his predecessor Governments was a party and which has or has been continued in operation after such commencement …” (see also Article 131).

In short, India is, in my opinion, still constitutionally boundto fulfill her commitment made to the Naga people in the Nine-Point Agreement of 1947, as much as the Naga people are also under obligation to live by the same Agreement made to the Indian people.

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NATION Briefs 'Possession or sale of imported fireworks illegal' NEW dElHI, SEptEMBER 28 (IANS): In view of Chinese fireworks flooding the markets during the festive season, the government on Wednesday said that the possession or sale of firecrackers of foreign origin was illegal and punishable by law. "Possession and sale of fireworks of foreign origin in India is illegal and punishable under the law. Information about possession or sale of such fireworks may be reported to the nearest police station for suitable action," the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement. The fireworks market size in India has crossed Rs 6,000 crore mark. Till date, no license for import of fireworks has been granted under the Explosives Rules, 2008. Fireworks in India have been declared a restricted item in respect of import by the Director General of Foreign Trade. The manufacture, possession, use, sale, etc., of any explosive containing sulphur or sulphurate in admixture with any chlorate is banned in the country. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) receives a number of complaints regarding clandestine import of fireworks of foreign origin under false declarations. Various fireworks associations have time and again raised the issue and informed the authorities these smuggled items include the chemical "Potassium Chlorate" which is a dangerous and hazardous chemical and can ignite or explode spontaneously.

Tropper killed in Maoist blast NARAyANpUR, SEptEMBER 28 (IANS): A District Reserve Guard (DRG) trooper was killed and two others were injured on Wednesday in an IED blast triggered by Maoists in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, a police official said. The blast triggered by Maoists occurred in Karel valley in Narayanpur where security personnel were deployed to supervise a public grievances redressal camp and a road survey, a police official told IANS. Following the blast, an intense combing operation has been launched in the region to trace the Maoists.

CBDT extends working hrs for IT Declaration Scheme counters NEW dElHI, SEptEMBER 28 (IANS): With two more days left for the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) to come to a close on September 30, the government has extended the working hours for receiving such declarations, an official said. "In order to further facilitate the filing of declarations under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended working hours for receiving such declarations till 8 p.m. on Thursday," the Finance Ministry said in a statement here on Wednesday. The IDS counters also remained open till 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Besides, the CBDT earlier issued instructions to all Principal Chief Commissioners of the Income Tax Department across India to ensure that arrangements are made for receiving such declarations till midnight of September 30. Declarations can be made online as well as in printed copies of the prescribed form up to midnight on September 30. The statement, however, advised the declarants to avoid last-minute inconvenience and to file their applications in good time. The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016, came into effect from June 1, 2016. It provides an opportunity to persons who have not paid full taxes in the past to come forward and declare their undisclosed income and assets.

Union Cabinet decides to ratify Paris Agreement NEW dElHI, SEptEMBER 28 (IANS): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change.

The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting here presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Today the Cabinet decided to ratify the Paris Agreement," Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar later told reporters. Modi had announced during the BJP National Council meeting on Sunday that India would ratify the 21st Conference of Parties (CoP) protocol on combating climate change on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on October 2. The Paris Agreement was adopted by 185 nations on December 12 last year and India signed it in New York on April 22 this year. A total of 191 countries have signed the Paris Agreement so far.

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Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan join India in boycotting Islamabad SAArc Summit NEW dElHI, SEptEMBER 28 (IANS): Following the diplomatic blitzkrieg launched by New Delhi, Pakistan is virtually getting isolated in the region with Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan joining India in boycotting the annual SAARC Summit scheduled to be hosted by Islamabad in November.

"Due to increased level of violence and fighting as a result of imposed terrorism on Afghanistan, President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani with his responsibilities as the Commander in Chief will be fully engaged, and will not be able to attend the summit," sources quoted Kabul as saying in a message to SAARC chair Nepal on Tuesday.

In a similar message to Nepal, Bangladesh on Tuesday said: "The growing interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh by one country has created an environment which is not conducive to the successful hosting of the 19th SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation) Summit in Islamabad in November 2016."

"Bangladesh, as the initiator of the SAARC process, remains steadfast in its commitment to regional cooperation, connectivity and contacts but believes that these can only go forward in a more congenial

19th SAARC summit in Islamabad postponed What is SAARC? KAtHMANdU, SEptEMBER 28 (IANS): The 19th SAARC Summit to be held in Pakistan in November has been postponed.

With India's decision to pull out from the summit on Tuesday followed by Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan, the November 9-10 summit automatically stands postponed or cancelled.

The formal announcement of the postponement will be made later by the Kathmandu-based SAARC atmosphere," the message said.

"In view of the above, Bangladesh is unable to participate in the proposed summit in Islamabad."

In its message to Nepal, Bhutan, while reaffirming its strong commitment to the SAARC process and strengthening of regional cooperation, noted that "the concern of the Royal Government of Bhutan on the recent escalation of terrorism in the region, which has seriously compromised the environment for the successful holding of the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad in November 2016", it is learned.

"Further, the Royal Government of Bhutan shares the concerns of some of the member countries of SAARC on the deterioration of regional peace and security due to terrorism and joins

Secretariat, in accordance with and suggestions from Nepal, the current chair of the regional grouping.

Nepal, as current chair of SAARC, has received letters from India, Bhutan and Bangladesh where they have categorically expressed their inability to participate in the summit due to tension in a part of the region.

Diplomatic sources told IANS that another member, Afghanistan, has also expressed its inability to attend the summit but Nepal has not

them in conveying our inability to participate in the SAARC Summit, under the current circumstances," the message from Thimpu on Tuesday said.

Sri Lanka, it is learned, has said that the event would not be possible without India's participation.

India on Tuesday announced that it was pulling out of the Islamabad summit after the September 18 cross-border terror attack on an Indian Army base in Uri town of Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 18 soldiers.

The attack came amid large-scale violence in Kashmir Valley that left around 90 people dead in the wake of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani on July 8.

In a statement on Tuesday, India said increasing cross-border terrorist

received a formal letter in this respect yet.

"We will make our position public soon," said a senior Nepal foreign ministry official, adding that as the Foreign Minister is travelling to the US to attend the UNGA, it will take some days for Nepal to come up with its position.

After India decided not to attend the summit in Pakistan, it is now Sri Lanka that is likely to host the summit.

attacks in the region and growing interference in the internal affairs of SAARC member-states "by one country" have created an environment that was not conducive to the successful holding of the 19th SAARC summit.

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that India has conveyed to current SAARC chair Nepal its decision not to attend the summit, for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to go.

"India remains steadfast in its commitment to regional cooperation, connectivity and contacts but believes that these can only go forward in an atmosphere free of terror.

"In the prevailing circumstances, the Government of India is unable to participate in the proposed

JNU videos doctored: Forensic report; Irani’s aide under lens NEW dElHI, SEptEMBER 28 (Et): The role of Shilpi Tewari, who is said to be a close aide of HRD Minister Smriti Irani, has come under sharp focus in the JNU video controversy after a Delhi governmentcommissioned forensic report found that her twitter account hosted one of the allegedly 'doctored' JNU videos. The report, which found at least three videos suspect, has labeled the one linked to Tewari as Q 2. The report, accessed by ET, states: "Discrepancies in the lip sync seen in the recordings Q1 and Q2 indicate that the audio stream is not a part of the originally recorded video and hence the conversations heard are not authentic and do not represent true speech by the speakers."

Elsewhere, the report states: "The recording Q2 was found to be associated with the user account 'Shilpi Tewari' in the social media www. twitter.com." It eventually concludes with the opinion: "Hence, it is concluded that the recordings Q1and Q2 are not authentic as the audio and video streams are from different sources, merged with an intention to make these recordings appear as representation of true events."

TruthLabs carried out a forensic audiovideo authentication study after the Delhi government, as part of its ongoing District Magistrate led inquiry, submitted five videos on February 18 and two more on February 22.

The HRD ministry, responding to queries, distanced itself from Tewari

but said that she may be "assisting" Irani on a private basis. "In her private capacity, she may be assisting the HRD minister but she is not on any official assignment. The ministry did offer her a position earlier but she never accepted the position/ appointment offered", Ghanshyam Goel, HRD Ministry Spokesperson told ET. Tewari, on her part, did not respond to queries sent by ET. Q1, a 38 second Youtube video, claims to show "exclusive" footage of Kanhaiya "caught shouting antinational slogans". The content of the 23¬second long video Q2 is unclear due to repeaed disturbances but the lab report observes that the audio and video streams were "merged together using media manipulation tools".

In a first, EC indicts Haryana Assembly official NEW dElHI, SEptEMBER 28 (ptI): Indicting Haryana Assembly secretary in the ink row during Rajya Sabha poll, Election Commission today recommended disciplinary action against him for concealment of facts and negligence while ordering lodging of an FIR against "unknown persons".

The EC's "unprecedented" action against a senior poll official will, however, not affect the election result

which saw BJP-supported independent candidate Subhash Chandra defeating Congress-backed R K Anand. After EC action against R K Nandal, who was the Returning Officer for the poll, sources said the election issue can be settled through an election petition as the poll body has no role once the election is over.

A row had erupted after votes of 12 MLAs of Congress and allies were declared invalid for marking

their preferences with a pen other than the one officially supplied, prompting the Congress to allege foul play.

The Commission held Nandal, the Secretary, Haryana Legislative Assembly, guilty of "concealment of material facts" from EC and "wilful noncompliance" of its lawful directions and said the proceedings against him should be completed within a period of 6 months. "...In the Commission's

view, this is a serious case of lack of supervisory control and negligence in performance of duty that an unauthorized pen was found inside the voting compartment and another unauthorised pen was surreptitiously used for marking ballot papers which led to rejection of 12 ballot papers on that count," the EC said. The EC has written to the Haryana Chief Secretary recommending strong disciplinary action against Nandal.

summit in Islamabad," he said in the statement.

Pakistan has termed the boycott decision as "unfortunate".

The US has also said that it was pressurising Pakistan to act against terror safe havens within its borders. The US is one of the nine observer members of SAARC, the others being Australia, China, the European Union, Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar and South Korea.

New Delhi has blamed the Pakistan-based Jaishe-Mohammed terror outfit for the Uri as well as January 2 Pathankot air base attack.

On Tuesday, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar summoned Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit and made a demarche that proved Islamabad's links to the attack.

South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC), organization of South Asian nations, founded in 1985 and dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasizing collective self-reliance.

Its seven founding members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined the organization in 2007. Meetings of heads of state are usually scheduled annually; meetings of foreign secretaries, twice annually. Headquarters are in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The 11 stated areas of cooperation are agriculture; education, culture, and sports; health, population, and child welfare; the environment and meteorology; rural development (including the SAARC Youth Volunteers Program); tourism; transport; science and technology; communications; women in development; and the prevention of drug trafficking and drug abuse.

The charter stipulates that decisions are to be unanimous and that “bilateral and contentious issues” are to be avoided.

(Encyclopedia Britannica)

CBI probes officers after Bureaucrat’s family suicide NEW dElHI, SEptEMBER 28 (IANS): The CBI on Wednesday said it had launched an inquiry against its officers who probed corruption charges hurled against former Corporate Affairs Ministry officer B.K. Bansal who, along with his 31-year-old son, was found hanging at his apartment here on Tuesday. The agency took the step after Bansal and son Yogesh left behind hand written suicide notes alleging that some CBI officials had tortured them. Bansal's wife and daughter had earlier killed themselves.

"We have today received communication from Delhi Police enclosing therewith the purported hand written notes of B.K. Bansal... and Yogesh. It contains allegations against certain CBI officials in connection with the ongoing bribery investigation against Bansal and others," a Central Bureau of Investigation statement said.

Bansal was arrested on July 16 on charges of taking a bribe of Rs 9 lakh for extending favours to a corporate firm. He was dealing with matters related to alleged violations by a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company. A Delhi court had granted bail to Bansal on August 30.

The CBI statement said: "We have examined the matter and decided to probe the allegations.

"CBI is fully committed to conduct investigation in a fair and professional manner without harassment to anyone and strictly within the parameters of law. "If any violation is established during the probe, strict action will be taken against the CBI officials concerned. Bansal and his son were found hanging from ceiling fans by their maid when she entered their flat on the first floor of Neelkanth Apartments in east Delhi's Patparganj area around 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday. Bansal's body was found in the drawing room and his son's body in one of the bedrooms. The twin suicides came two months after Bansal's wife and daughter ended their lives in a similar manner.

Bansal's wife Satyabala, 57, and daughter Neha, 27, committed suicide by hanging themselves on July 19 after Bansal was questioned by the CBI.

Slum dwellers squeezed out of ambitious ‘Smart Cities’ plan BHUB ANESWAR/ MUMBAI, SEptEMBER 28 (tHoMSoN REUtERS FoUNdAtIoN): Once known as Temple City for its ancient Hindu temples, Bhubaneswar aims to reposition itself as a hub for technology and healthcare with funding from a government programme to modernise cities.

It is one of 100 Smart Cities Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to create by 2022 that will have internet connectivity, uninterrupted power and water supply, efficient public transport and living standards comparable to Europe.

But India's drive to overhaul its cities to accommodate a growing population of migrants will force tens of thousands of people from their slum homes as city planners spruce up central business districts and build metro train lines, activists say.

in urban areas.

Many migrants end up in overcrowded slums, lacking basic facilities. Activists say the Smart Cities Mission is neglecting the needs of millions of people like them. "(The plan) will only benefit a few and exclude the most vulnerable from the resources they so badly need," Rajendra Ravi of the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), an umbrella organisation of rights groups, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

A girl lies in a hammock at a slum area in New Delhi on April 12, 2015. (REUTERS File Photo)

"We have no choice. If we stay, the government will forcefully evict us," said Ananda Chandra Parida, who has lived since 2007 in Bhubaneswar's Kargil slum, home to 2,000 families.

"The houses they are building for us are small,

and many of us cannot afford them," said Parida, 40, who lives in a two-room brick house with his wife and two children.

Government officials say India's cities - 13 of which are among the 20 most polluted in the world

- desperately need the $7.5 billion makeover.

About a third of the country's 1.25 billion population lives in cities with numbers growing every year as tens of thousands of migrants leave their villages to seek better prospects

FANCY ENCLAVES About 65 million people live in India's slums, according to 2011 census data, which activists say is a low estimate.

Most cities that have submitted development proposals in order to be picked as a Smart City, plan on spending more than 70 percent of funds on developing an area for the bene-

fit of only about 4 percent of the city's population, said Bhanu Joshi, a researcher at the Centre for Policy Research in Delhi.

"It's a very exclusionary plan that doesn't take into account everyone who makes up an urban space," Joshi said.

"Simply monetising the land and building fancy enclaves does not make a city inclusive or sustainable or smart."

Government officials, who have unveiled 60 Smart Cities so far, say the project will boost investment and create millions of jobs.

In Bhubaneswar, campaigners say about 50,000 slum dwellers will be evicted, many of whom will also lose their livelihoods.

There have also been demolitions and evictions in slums in the cities of Indore and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, which were named as Smart Cities.

About 1,200 families were evicted in Indore, according to NAPM. City officials in Bhubaneswar defended the plan. "Our plan is very inclusive," said Krishan Kumar, vice chairman of Bhubaneswar Development Authority.

"We are planning 6,000 units of affordable housing which would be allotted to them near their locality at a highly subsidised rate," he said, without specifying how slum dwellers will pay 150,000 rupees ($2,256) for each of these homes.

RANDOM SPOTS In the hill city of Dharamsala, which was also picked as a Smart City, about 300 families were evicted from the Charan Khad settlement in June. Most were lowcaste Dalits and indigenous people who had lived there for 30 years.

"In a smart city, the

poor have no role," said Bipin Bharadwaj, an activist with Lok Raj Sangathan in Dharamsala.

The city's mayor told reporters there was no option but to relocate residents, that due process was followed, and that they had been given enough time to make alternative arrangements.

Even when slum dwellers are offered accommodation, officials are applying an eligibility criteria based on the number of years spent there, thus excluding many, NAPM's Ravi said.

"They just want us to go far away. They don't want huts in the city area," said Ramesh Kumar, a cobbler who had lived in Charan Khad and now rents a tiny room in town.

"You want to make a smart city and you think we look poor and are dirty; where should we go?" he said.

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Israel’s elder statesman, Peres dies JERUSALEM, SEptEMbER 28 (REUtERS): Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, died in hospital on Wednesday at 93, two weeks after suffering a massive stroke.

A campaigner for Middle East peace who played a seminal role in Israeli politics for nearly 70 years, Peres was mourned by world leaders and praised for his tireless engagement.

U.S. President Barack Obama said: “A light has gone out”.

“There are few people who we share this world with who change the course of human history, not just through their role in human events, but because they expand our moral imagination and force us to expect more of ourselves, Obama said in a statement. “My friend Shimon was one of those people.”

Despite many decades of rivalry with Peres, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a right-winger who defeated the then-Labour Party leader in a 1996 election, praised him as a stalwart of the centre-left and a visionary.

“There were many things we agreed upon, and the number grew as the years passed. But we had disagreements, a natural part of democratic life,” Netanyahu said after holding a minute’s silence at a specially convened cabinet meeting.

“Shimon won international recognition that spanned the globe. World leaders wanted to be in his proximity and respected him. Along with us, many of them will accompany him on his last journey to eternal rest in the soil of Jerusalem.”

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a statement calling Peres’s death “a great loss to humanity and peace in the region”.

It was not clear if he would attend the funeral, which will take place on

Friday at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery, in a section dedicated to “Great Leaders of the Nation”.

Obama, Britain’s Prince Charles and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, are among those expected to attend, Israeli radio reported, although Israel’s Foreign Ministry could not immediately confirm the attendance list.

French President Francois Hollande confirmed that he would attend, alongside his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy.

POLITICAL LIFE The announcement of the death was made at the Tel Hashomer hospital by his son Chemi and son-in-law Rafi Walden.

“His life ended abruptly when he was still working on his great passion, strengthening the country and striving for peace. His legacy will remain with us all,” Walden,

who was also Peres’s personal physician, said.

Peres was part of almost every major political development in Israel since its founding in 1948. In a 70-year career, he served in a dozen cabinets and was twice prime minister. He was first elected to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in 1959 and barring a brief interlude in early 2006, held his seat for 48 years, until he became president in 2007. In every role he undertook - from forging Israel’s defence strategy in the 1950s to running his eponymous peace foundation - Peres was known for his energy and enthusiasm, even recording jokey YouTube videos into his 90s.

“Optimists and pessimists die the same way,” he said. “They just live differently. I prefer to live as an optimist.”

He shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with the late former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and late Palestinian leader Yasser Ara-

pESHAWAR, SEptEMbER 28 (REUtERS): Taliban leaders followed the U.S. presidential debate closely but heard nothing on Afghanistan, a spokesman said on Wednesday, adding that they were not impressed by Republican candidate Donald Trump, whom they considered “non-serious”.

The leaders watched Monday’s televised debate from a secret location in Afghanistan, but neither Trump nor Democratic Party candidate Hillary

Clinton talked about their intentions for the country, the spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said by telephone.

“The main thing that we would like the next U.S. president to do is to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors,” he said.

“Why are they hated worldwide? It’s because of their aggressive polices.

They invade other people’s countries and kill innocent human beings for their vested interests.”

The election winner will

have to decide future policy for what has been America’s longest war, started after the attacks of Sept.

11, 2001 triggered a U.S.led campaign that toppled the Taliban government in Kabul.

President Barack Obama this year shelved plans to halve the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and instead has kept 8,400 troops there until the end of his presidency, leaving further decisions to his successor.

Zabihullah also had

harsh words for Trump, a political newcomer who has attacked what he calls the failed policies of the Washington political classes.

Taliban leaders considered Trump a “non-serious” candidate who said “anything that comes to his tongue,” the spokesman said.

Both Obama, in whose administration Clinton served as Secretary of State, and former President George W. Bush had wasted 15 years and billions of

dollars without being able to defeat the Taliban, he added.

“There is a choice for the upcoming president, whether he or she would like to suffer human and financial losses to continue their invasion of Afghanistan or they want to let the people of Afghanistan decide their affairs,” Zabihullah said. “If the new president doesn’t change policy, the Taliban will continue their armed struggle until they are expelled from Afghanistan.”

World’s first baby born using DNA of three people London, SEptEMbER 28 (IAnS): In a first, a baby was born using a new “three person” fertility technique in Mexico, the media reported. Using the new and controversial technology, called mitochondrial donation, which incorporates DNA from three persons, the baby was born on April 6, 2016, newscientist.com reported in a statement on Tuesday.

The five-month-old boy, born to a Jordanian couple, has the usual DNA from his parents, and a small amount of genetic code from a donor. The boy’s mother carried genes for the fatal Leigh syndrome -- which harms the developing nervous system.

The Leigh syndrome affect the

DNA in mitochondria, the tiny battery-like structures that provide cells with energy, and are passed down from mother to child, and thus were responsible for the death of two of her children. Assisting the couple were a team of doctors led

by John Zhang, medical director at the New Hope Fertility Center in New York, US, who used a method called spindle nuclear transfer, and removed the nucleus from one of the eggs of the mother and inserted it into a donor egg that had its own nucleus removed.

The resulting egg -- with nuclear DNA from the mother and mitochondrial DNA from a donor -- was then fertilised with the father’s sperm. Using this approach,

they created five embryos, out of which one developed normally.

This embryo was then implanted in the mother and the child was born nine months later.

As the method has not been approved in the US, Zhang went to Mexico instead, where he says “there are no rules” and insisted that doing so was right. “To save lives is the ethical thing to do,” Zhang said.

The method, which was legally approved in Britain in February 2015, ensures that the baby boy would be free of a genetic disease his mother carries. “This study heralds a new era in pre-implantation genetics and represents a novel means for the treatment of fami-

lies at risk of transmitting genetic disease,” Darren Griffin, Professor at the University of Kent in Britain was quoted as saying to bbc.com.

However, fertility experts say it is important to push ahead, but cautiously. “The translation of mitochondrial donation to a clinical procedure is not a race but a goal to be achieved with caution to ensure both safety and reproducibility,” Alison Murdoch, Professor at Newcastle University in Britain, was quoted as saying to bbc.com.

Details of the new birth technique will be presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine meeting in Salt Lake City in October.

Thai junta allows ‘culture of torture’ to flourish bAngkok, SEptEMbER 28 (REUtERS): International human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Thailand’s military government of allowing a “culture of torture” to flourish since the army seized power in a 2014 coup. The military took power in Southeast Asia’s second-biggest economy after months of street protests against a populist government, saying it had to step in to prevent violence and restore order. It rejects accusations of rights violations and a government spokesman said on Wednesday investigations into allegations of torture had found no evidence of any such abuse.

Since the coup, dozens of government critics have

been held in military detention, although the exact number has not been released. Amnesty International said in a report it had documented 74 cases of alleged torture at the hands of soldiers and police, and post-coup decrees had allowed authorities to detain people incommunicado.

The group cited allegations of beatings, smothering with plastic bags, waterboarding and electric shocks on detainees by authorities.

“Empowered by laws of their own making, Thailand’s military rulers have allowed a culture of torture to flourish, where there is no accountability for the perpetrators and no justice for the victims,” said Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty International’s director for South-

east Asia and the Pacific.

The government denied accusations of torture, said General Sansern Kaewkamnerd, spokesman in the Prime Minister’s Office. “Our investigations into such allegations have shown no indication of torture, I have seen no indication of torture and the Thai people have seen no indication of torture,” Sansern told Reuters.

LAUNCH CALLED OFF Amnesty International was due to hold a news conference at a Bangkok hotel to release the report. But minutes before the event, men wearing jackets with tags identifying them as Ministry of Labour officials, accompanied by police, said the speakers could face arrest under labour laws.

‘MH17 was shot down by Russian made missile fired from rebel-held area’

nIEUWEgEIn, nEtHERLAndS, SEptEMbER 28 (REUtERS): A Malaysian airliner shot down in eastern Ukraine was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile launched from a village held by rebels fighting Ukrainian government forces, international prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The findings challenge Moscow’s suggestion that Malaysia Airlines flight 17, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in July 2014, was brought down by the Ukrainian military. All 298 people on board, most of them Dutch citizens, were killed.

The prosecutors cannot file charges but victims’ relatives have been seeking details of who shot the plane down in the A photograph of former Israeli President hope that it might lead eventually to prosShimon Peres is dis- ecutions over an incident which led to a played before the start sharp rise in East-West tensions. of a special cabinet The Buk missile system used to shoot meeting to mourn the down the plane fired one missile from death of Peres, in Je- the village of Pervomaysk and was later rusalem on September returned to Russia, said the prosecutors, 28. (REUTERS Photo) from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, fat for reaching an interim peace Malaysia and Ukraine. deal in 1993, the Oslo Accords, which never turned into a lasting treaty.

Rabin was assassinated in 1995 by an Israeli ultra-nationalist who opposed the interim accords, and it was Peres who took over as prime minister after Rabin’s death. Peres is widely seen as having gained nuclear capabilities for Israel by procuring the Dimona reactor from France while defence ministry director-general in the 1950s.

As defence minister, he oversaw the 1976 Israeli rescue of hijacked Israelis at Entebbe airport in Uganda. In the Arab world, his legacy is tainted by the 1996 shelling of a United Nations compound in the village of Qana in southern Lebanon during an Israeli offensive. More than 100 civilians sheltering there were killed. Peres was prime minister at the time, and Israel said its forces had been aiming at militants firing rockets nearby.

Taliban leaders blast “non-serious” Trump

In response, organisers cancelled the launch, Omar Waraich, media manager for Amnesty International in Asia, told Reuters. “We are here on business visas, we have an office in Thailand, we are not singling out the Thai government,” Waraich, said, adding that Amnesty had received no communication from the government on the report or the launch.

In March, the government gave soldiers powers of arrest and detention saying there were not enough police to tackle crime. Rights groups said the powers would only help strengthen a crackdown on critics. Thailand came under fire in May at a UN review of its rights record with some member states expressing concern over the rights situation.

Amnesty said torture tactics were encouraged by “legal incentives”, including martial law, which the military ditched in 2015 and replaced with Article 44 of an interim constitution which gives the military similar powers to those it had during martial law, and which critics have dubbed a “dictator law”. A junta order issued in April 2015 allows the military to detain people for up to seven days without charge.

Junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha, who is also prime minister, has frequently defended the 2014 coup saying it was necessary to bring order back after years of on-off political unrest. He has promised an election will be held next year.

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They told a news conference in the central Dutch city of Nieuwegein that the investigative team had identified 100 people who were described as being of interest to them but had not yet been formally identified individual suspects.

It was not clear whether an order had been given for fighters to launch the missile or whether they had acted independently, the prosecutors said.

A civilian investigation by the Dutch Safety Board also concluded last year that MH17 was hit by a Buk missile fired from eastern Ukraine, but Moscow denied that pro-Russian rebels were responsible.

Repeating those denials on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “First-hand radar data identified all flying objects which could have been launched or were in the air over the territory controlled by rebels at that moment.”

“The data are clear-cut...there is no rocket. If there was a rocket, it could only have been fired from elsewhere,” he said.

The investigators said they had not had access to the new radar images on which Moscow was basing its latest statements.

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poised for title Tibet's first football club aims at Klitschko bout against Joshua unity, struggles for Chinese players

(LEFT): Lhasa FC currently play in China's amateur league, the country's fourth-tier football competition and a world away from the moneyed Chinese Super League with its millionaire players and tycoon owners. (RIGHT): Only 10 percent of Lhasa FC's squad are Han Chinese, many of whom find altitude sickness a constant hazard (AFP Photos)

Lhasa, september 28 (aFp): Green jersey soaked with sweat, midfielder Luosang Sanzhu practises his passing on the manicured pitch of Lhasa FC, Tibet's first football club -- the latest gambit to soothe lingering tensions between Tibetans and Han Chinese.

Officials hope the highest club in China, which was established last year, can break down barriers in the mountainous region, where relations with Beijing have sometimes been strained since its "peaceful liberation" in 1951.

"In the club today, there's no discrimination.

The atmosphere is great," said Tibetan player Luosang, a former gym teacher who has emerged as one of the team's leading lights.

One problem: at 3,700 metres (12,140 feet) above sea-level, altitude sickness is a constant hazard for

non-Tibetans -- and is deterring Han Chinese players.

"Recruiting them is difficult," admitted club president Cidan Duoji, an ethnic Tibetan. "They think that it's dangerous to play football here because of altitude sickness."

Native Tibetans have adapted over generations to the lack of oxygen at high altitudes, which can cause headaches, vomiting, insomnia, or fatigue, and makes playing sports difficult for outsiders.

Consequently, only 10 percent of Lhasa FC's squad are Han Chinese, although members of the ethnic group are numerous elsewhere in the regional capital, which sits on the Tibetan Plateau.

"Lhasa FC... is a place of cultural exchange for the two communities," said Cidan, surrounded by the

club's red mascots. "We Hans before being quelled. want to show that Tibet can Many Tibetans accuse also be a place for sports," Beijing of exerting heavy he added. control over their Buddhist religion, diluting their culTroubled past ture, and exploiting natural The club's stadium resources at the expense of may be one of the most re- the environment. mote in China but it is also Although Lhasa FC lacks among the most pictur- diversity on the pitch, the esque, with its main stand hope is that having a team in facing the snowy peaks of a national league will make the Himalayas.

Tibetans feel more integratThe tranquil setting be- ed into China. lies a troubled past.

Lhasa FC currently play Beijing reaffirmed con- in China's amateur league, trol over Tibet in 1951 after the country's fourth-tier four decades of de facto in- football competition and dependence for the Hima- a world away from the layan territory. moneyed Chinese Super Since then, many eth- League with its millionaire nically Han Chinese im- players and tycoon owners. migrants -- the country's While Luosang, 29, largest group by far -- have earns 5,000 yuan ($750) a moved to Tibet, where they month for his role in the remain a minority. team, a good salary in Tibet, In 2008, demonstra- Super League clubs have tions by Tibetan monks in spent a collective $400 milLhasa degenerated into lion euros ($450 million) deadly violence targeting buying players this year.

Nevertheless, Cidan is bullish -- perhaps hoping that Lhasa's altitude will give his team an advantage in home games.

"We hope to reach the Chinese Super League and even beat Guangzhou Evergrande!" he said, referring to the five-time defending champions and double Asian title-holders.

Political football Football arrived in Tibet at the beginning of the 20th century with the British army, but before Lhasa FC's founding the vast region was bereft of clubs.

"Football is booming now, with a growing number of competitions organised every year," says Luosang.

China has previously used sport as a political tool, including the "ping pong diplomacy" of the 1970s and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where China

showcased its newfound economic might.

China is also embracing football like never before, with President Xi Jinping heading a drive to host and even win the World Cup -- a tall order for a country which is now just 78th in the FIFA rankings, sandwiched between Saint Kitts and Nevis and Guatemala.

Overseas or exiled Tibetans have also looked to the sport as a way to promote their cause. Last year, a women's team of Indiabased Tibetans played Chinese university students at a tournament in Berlin.

And a 'Tibet national team' not affiliated with FIFA and supported by the self-declared Tibetan government in exile -- which resides in India and opposes Beijing's rule -- has played dozens of matches against other non-recognised teams since 2001.

Their results have been mixed, with losses to Greenland (1-4), Provence (0-22), and Gibraltar (0-5), but a win over Western Sahara (12-2).

Just like China's top clubs, such as Guangzhou Evergrande and Jiangsu Suning, Lhasa FC has a corporate founder: the Tibet-based state-owned enterprise Pureland, which sells local specialities including traditional medicines and mineral water.

"But running a club in Tibet is economically risky," notes Jin Shan, a sports columnist. "The region has few developed cities, and the football market is still small." "In short, the return on investment is far from guaranteed."

Wladimir Klitschko (left) could face Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight title clash in Manchester later this year. (AFP Photo)

berLin, september 28 (aFp): After his world title rematch with Tyson Fury was again postponed, ex-champion Wladimir Klitschko is on the verge of sealing a new heavyweight bout against IBF belt-holder, Britain's Anthony Joshua.

"Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn and I have actually agreed things financially," Klitschko manager Bernd Boente told SID, an AFP subsidiary.

"It now depends a bit on the world organisations, but we would like to see the fight go ahead."

The pairs' broadcast partners, Britain's Sky Sports (Joshua) and RTL in Germany (Klitschko), are said to be "very interested" in the fight, which would most likely take place in Manchester.

Joshua's camp has already booked the Manchester Arena for November 26 with the British fighter's International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt on the line.

Last Friday, Fury pulled out of a planned bout against Klitschko for the second time.

Fury's camp says he is medically unfit to fight Klitschko on October 29 -which was also due to be held in Manchester -- having pulled out of their July 9 bout with an ankle injury.

The British fighter is reportedly seeking professional help.

Boxing's respective governing bodies could strip Fury of the WBA and WBO belts he won when he beat Hamburg-based Klitschko on points in Duesseldorf last November.

"From our side, when Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua could box for the WBA and IBF belts on November 26, we would like to take the fight," said Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn.

The 26-year-old Joshua, the super heavyweight champion at the 2012 London Olympic Games, has won all 17 of his fights by knock-out since turning pro in July 2013.

The British fighter was a sparring partner for Klitschko two years ago.

The 40-year-old Ukrainian has won 64 of his 68 fights and his defeat to Fury was his first for a decade.

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Congress collapsed in Arunachal Pradesh

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ongress lost its Government in Arunachal Pradesh when 43 of its MLAs led by Chief Minister Pema Khandu defected wholesale on 16th September 2016 and merged with People’s Party of Arunachal Pradesh (PPA) just two months after it had gained power. The PPA is an ally of BJP. Khandu who had replaced Nabam Tuki following a dissident campaign in July this year, paraded 42 MLAs before Assembly Speaker Tenzing Norbu Thongdok who accepted their joining the PPA. The merger would be notified in the Assembly bulletin formalising the political development that leaves Congress with Governments only in Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram in Northeast.

Earlier, the people of Assam threw away most corrupt Congress rule under Tarun Gogoi in May 2016 with thumping majority of 85 seats to BJP alliance in the house of 120. This time, it is Arunachal Pradesh where Congress has been ditched. Next time it will be Manipur where Congress under O.Ibobi Singh will be wiped out and BJP will come in March 2017 to rule this tiny state bordering Myanmar and close to Bangladesh. Manipur famous for its rich culture and unflinching devotion to the country is suffocating under corrupt Congress rule. Next comes Nagaland where Nagas are looking towards BJP with high hope to deliver the good in forthcoming assembly election in early 2018. Slowly and gradually, Northeast will be freed from yolk of Congress misrule. Sooner the better because Congress has become the embodiment of corruption and patron and promoter of anti-national forces in most strategically placed NE Bharatvarsh. Every passing day is heavily costing the country and anti –national forces are getting stronger and stronger in Congress ruled states. Rather, Congress leaders are allegedly aligning with hostile and subversive forces to prevent BJP from coming to power so that their throne is safe. It is apprehended that Congress under Okram Ibobi Singh in Manipur will use the services of Manipur Rifles (State Police).

So also the terrorist organisations to hijack the electionprocess and capture the election booths for retaining the power.

Coming back to Arunachal Pradesh, the dramatic development in this Himalyan state bordering Tibet and China brought back memories of famous ‘Aya Ram Gaya Ram’ episode involving Bhajanlal who was heading a Janata Party Government in Haryana and defected lock, stock and barrel with all the party MLAs to the Congress after Indira Gandhi regained the power in 1980.

Nabam Tuki was the only Congress MLA who did not join PPA, a constituent of North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) formed by BJP on May 24, 2016 at Guwahati immediately after coming to power in Assam to accommodate genuine regional parties. Himanta

Bishwa Sarma is its convenor.

Prema Khandu on July 16 had become the Chief Minister after months of political upheaval that dethroned Tuki who himself was reinstated as Chief Minister by the Supreme Court on July 13, only two days before. That was done to stem a rebellion in the Congress ranks.

In a house of 60, Congress had until this development 47 MLAs with one seat falling vacant after former Chief Minister Kalikho Pul committed suicide on August 9 at his residence by hanging himself in a ceiling fan while BJP has 11 members including two independents.

The status of two Congress MLAs is yet to be decided as they put in their papers before the recent series of political developments that led to first Tuki Government falling in January this year, imposition of President’s rule and installation of the Late Kalikho Pul Government on January 19 for a short span.

The political turmoil forced Pul to resign on July 13 following a Supreme Court Judgement. Earlier, on March 3 last, Pul had joined PPA along with 29 Congress MLAs which had ruled the state for a brief period from March 3 to July 13 this year under Late Pul. Earlier,the PPA had formed the Government in 1979 when Tomo Riba was the Chief Minister.

Tomo Riba took the oath on September 18, 1979, ruled the state for 46 days before being deposed on November 3 the same year.

State BJP President Tapir Gao, meanwhile stated that the decision should have been taken earlier. “We are happy that Prime Minister Modi’s dream of ‘Congress Mukt Bharat’ is becoming a reality now” said Tapir Gao. The Arunachal’s roller coaster ride started this year with the fall of the Congress government led by Nabam Tuki after party rebels colluded with the BJP and voted out Tuki in a special session held at a make shift venue.

Kiran Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, who is from Arunachal Pradesh said BJP had no role in the latest political developments.

“Congress MLAs including the Chief Minister Nabam Tuki of Arunachal Pradesh are angry with their central leadership. They have to wait in Delhi for 4-5 days each time to meet their leaders. This has eventually led to the MLAs joining a regional party.”Rijiju told reporters.

Pema Khandu: A rising star of Northeast Pema Khandu is the son of Late Dorji Khandu, former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who was killed in a chopper clash in 2011. His father was a follower of Budha Dharm and a patriotic politician. So is his son – Pema Khandu. Khandu is a graduate from Delhi’s Hindu College and had an early entry into governance after his father’s demise. And in five years - 2011 to 2016, he has emerged as the Chief Ministerial prospect after Supreme Court’s judgement on July 13 that changed

the course of politics with dissidents returning to Congress in the strategically placed state of Arunachal Pradesh adjacent to Tibet and China borders, unfenced and open for terrorists and anti- nationals to cross over to China and sneak back into Bharatiya territory after getting arms training to cause terrorist acts in league with terrorists organisations.

Khandu has emerged as the new star on the north-eastern horizon when he was elected leader of Congress in Arunachal Pradesh in a dramatic but calculated turn of political events.

He hails from Tawang bordering Tibet first entered the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly from Mukto (ST) constituency to fill the vacancy caused by his father’s death. He was re-elected unopposed in 2014 elections.

Khandu has served as Minister for Water Resource Development and Tourism. He had joined the Congress in 2000 and became Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee in 2010.

On September 18, Pema Khandu appointed 26 MLAs as Parliamentary Secretary to assist in smooth functioning of his government. He administered the oath of office and secrecy to them including two women in a simple function in the presence of North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor Himant Biswa Sarma. Of newly appointed Parliamentary Secretaries, six are former ministers -1. Phosum Khimhun 2. Gojen Gadi 3.

Jarkar Gamlin 4. Phurpa Tsering 5. Thangwang Wangham and 6. Thirong Aboh. The portfolios of Parliamentary Secretaries would be allocated soon.

“The BJP will support the PPA government in Arunachal Pradesh from outside as of now and the decision on joining the government will be taken in near future.” Said Himant Biswa Sarma – the convenor of NEDA and an Assam Minister. “The PPA is a constituent of NEDA and so, the government in AP will be known as NEDA government.” said Sarma.

NEDA was formed on May 24 this year immediately after Congress faced a debacle in electoral fight in Assam and Himanta Biswa Sarma was made its convenor. It was formed for providing a common platform for genuine regional parties of NE region.

Kalikho Pul: Hailing from Walla Mishmi village in Anjaw district of East Arunachal Pradesh, Kalikho Pul was a Mishmi by community and the follower of Sanatan Hindu Dharm of Mishmi Janjati known as Amik Matai – an Integral part of greater Vedic Hindu Dharm. Nabam Tuki government of Congress collapsed in January 2016 and the state was placed under President’s rule till February 18, 2016. Kalikho Pul took over as Congress Chief Minister on February 19 and he ruled upto July 13until Supreme Court passed the judgement. Pul had formed the government with the support of 11 BJP MLAs But Kalikho Pul had to resign due to Apex Court’s order on July 13. This

time Pema Khandu formed the Congress government pushing back Kalikho Pul. The dethroning of Pul from place of power caused an unbearable shock to him. It is said that he had borrowed crores of money from his moneyed men for topple Nabam Tuki government thinking that it would be returned silently during his term as Chief Minister. But Supreme Court spoiled the game and Pul could not complete even 5 months as Chief Minister. Because of this he was in immense anxiety and mental agony. He remained confined in his room refusing to meet even his well-wishers and sympathisers. And thus, the fateful day of August 9 came when his anxiety (chinta) turned into funeral pyre (chita). He committed suicide by hanging himself with ceiling fan.

Kalikho Pul had gone through many ups and downs in his life. He was orphaned at the age of 6. He earned his expenditure for study by way of working as carpenter, night watchman and paan –bidi sales hawker. During college life he became the general secretary of students’ union. He entered into active politics from here onwards. In the year 1995, he became the first time Congress MLA and thereafter he rose from step to step on political ladder. But he never forgot his past that made him humble, compassionate and ever ready to help poor, students, sick persons and olds. He sometimes narrated his past.

During 1980s he developed acute stomach problem but there was no money for treatment. He then decided to commit suicide.

He narrated in an interview-“I had decided to end my life and had gone to bridge over Lohit River. I stood there for 36 minutes but due to continuous movement of passers-by and presence of some people over bridge I could not take that extreme step”. Kalikho Pul was an over ambitious politician who wanted to become Chief Minister at the earliest by any means. That aspiration led Pul to clash with Nabam Tuki. Because of dissent, Nabam Tuki has expelled him from cabinet in 2014. When he got opportunity Pul pushed out Nabam Tuki and occupied the throne – the place of Chief Minister. But the fate had reserved something else for him that led him to end his life. However, he is remembered for what he could do in short span of less than 5 months for elimination of poverty in the rural areas of the state. After Geogang Apang till 1999, what political game of musical chairs started, that continues till now.

With the ascent of Kalikho Pul on the place of Chief Minister, a high hope emerged that he would provide a lasting government in one of the most backward states of the country.

But all hopes of people were belied with the death of him. He had left an 80 page note – “My thought” before committing suicide. But nothing about the content is known because it is under government custody. Kalikho Pul will remain in the memory of people for what he did for them but he will be remembered

more for what he could do for the state and the country if he could live longer.

Governor J. P. Rajkhowa: The fall from Grace of committed Governor The outgoing governor will go down in history for over stepping his power to such an extent that he even directed assembly sessions be held in a community hall and a hotel. Now that the Arunachal Pradesh governor has lost “the pleasure of the president” the Northeastern state is all set to get its 21st Governor in its 29th years of statehood.

On December 16, 2015, with Rajkhowa’s consent, 22 rebel Congress MLAs and 11 BJP members met at community hall in Naharlagun, 10kms from Itanagar since the Nabam Tuki, the Chief Minister had locked the assembly premises. For the first time in the legislative history of the country a set of elected members officially met outside the assembly premises for a session and passed a no confidence motion against speaker Nabam Rebia.

A day later they met at a hotel to pass yet another no confidence motion this time against the state government and to elect Kalikho Pul, a rebel Congress MLA then, as the new Chief Minister. Nabam Tuki blamed Rajkhowa of bypassing the constitutional provisions. Rajkhowa asserted that he took every decision based on the constitution. He pointed to Article -174 to argue that it empowers a governor to summon and also to pro-rogue the assembly including cancelling a session or re-scheduling it. On July 13, Supreme Court ruled that Rajkhowa’s decisions were “Illegal and Un-constitutional.”

Just a few days before the Supreme Court was to deliver judgement re-instating the Congress government in the state, Rajkhowa went on sick leave. Tripura governor Tathagata Roy was brought in as the acting governor.

Roy conducted the oath of office of the current Chief Minister Pema Khandu on July 17.

Rajkhowa returned to Raj Bhawan on August 13. However, because of embarrassment faced

by BJP government at Centre due to Apex Court’s order, he was adviced to step down voluntarily on “health ground”. He, however, refused to do so. Rajkhowa was angry that he was being given all the blame for the fiasco. He asked what wrong he had done. He said further-“I do not have a single blot in my long career. The government must have appointed me as governor on the basis of my spotless track record.”

Many in Assam agree until Arunachal episode, Rajkhowa had the reputation of a clean, most punctual and discipline senior IAS officer who retired as the Chief Secretary of Assam. During his long service, Rajkhowa has also faced humiliations and insults by the way of a number of undue postings and transfer and postings at difficult places and marginalised departments because he has always been honest and committed to his work. He has never succumbed to any pressure either from his seniors or Ministers.

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Eight young enthusiastic models will represent Nagaland at the upcoming Mr & Miss India Allied Northeast 2016.

The contest will be held on October 1 at Dibrugarh (Assam). Director Moathy Longchar will accompany them.

Adele's '25' wins Diamond Certification for 10 Million Sales in under a year

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dele's third album has sold an astonishing 10 million copies since it was released in November 2015. Although her massive world tour is heading into its final run, nothing seems to be stopping Adele’s current album 25 from continuing to smash chart milestones to smithereens, with the news that her third album has already been certified diamond in the United States in under 12 months.

The 27 year old megastar released the album on November 20th last year, but Entertainment Weekly reported on Tuesday that it has already shifted more than 10 million copies in the States, enough to award it a diamond certification from the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of

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Impressively, this achievement has been reached even faster than her previous album 21, the record that made the British singer into a worldwide household name.

21 passed the ten-million mark in November 2012, 22 months after its release in January of 2011.

With current sales of 21 standing at 11.5 million, it’s entirely likely that Adele will be able to surpass that mark with 25 – something that even the most optimistic executives at her label XL thought would be highly unlikely.

However, the album has proved consistently popular since it obliterated all-time records for the highest first-week sales in Billboard history, when

‘Free at last’ Z ayn Malik has slammed the celebrity culture that made him a star – and stated that he feels it is “dangerous” to refer to himself as one.

The 23-year-old popstar has revealed that he hates the term and believes that some use the status to act and feel as though they are superior to those around them.

He also revealed it has left him susceptible to having people befriend him in order to get close to the spotlight.

Speaking with HighSnobriety magazine, he said: “I hate the word celebrity. I think it’s a dangerous road to go down, thinking of yourself as a celebrity, because then you somehow automatically think that label makes you superior to other people.

“Some people just want to hang around you because they know your name … I can see through that bulls**t a mile off.”

The former One Direction star has been forced to cancel a string of solo gigs due to his extreme anxiety – which can sometimes strike him moments before going onstage.

But he also revealed in the interview he finally “felt free” following his split from One Direction in July last year.

He explained: “I know that musicians are seen as one-sided people a lot of the time. But we do have other elements to us as well. I didn’t feel good. Do you know what I mean?

it shifted 3.38 million copies in seven days. It had already passed eight million sales by the end of 2015.

In the age of streaming and declining physical sales, very few albums come even vaguely close to selling 10 million copies any more – indeed, only five or six dozen records have ever done so.

She has been hailed by some parts of the industry as a saviour, having more or less single-handedly kept up physical sales of records.

Executives must therefore have been worried by recent reports that Adele plans to take anything from five to ten years off from music when she’s wrapped her Adele Live 2016 tour on November 21st.

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Zayn Malik opens up about why he left One Direction – and slams the celebrity culture

And if you don’t feel good … You need to be able to express what it is that you are.

I’m free at last.”

Zayn found it difficult going solo at first and admitted there was a “lot of built-up anxiety” ahead of the release of his first single, Pillowtalk.

He said: “There was a lot of built-up anxiety to create this thing. You don’t really know what’s going to happen. So when that song went out, and I saw the reaction from the fans, that took a little weight off me for a bit.

“Obviously, there’s still a lot of pressure. I don’t want to be a one-hit wonder, so I’ve got a lot of work to do.”

It was revealed last month that he would be revealing all about his past

in the band and his life as a solo artist in a memoir set to be released by the end of the year.

Publisher Penguin Random House confirmed hearthrob Zayn, 23, will unveil his memories to the world on November 1, with the hardback also set to include his own personal drawings and intimate photographs.

Talking of his reported life story, a source said: “This book is going to be explosive and Simon will be furious with Zayn and may even try to stop it coming out. But Zayn is determined to reveal the secrets behind the clean image that was always so fiercely protected by the band’s publicity machine.”

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Dortmund frustrate Madrid 17TH NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy as Leicester City win again Forest Colony, Nagabazar, Tyrants, Country Boys into 2nd round

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Paris, sePtember 28 (aFP): Andre Schuerrle smashed in a late equaliser as Borussia Dortmund held Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Leicester City claimed another famous European victory.

Premier League champions Leicester made it two wins from two in their debut Champions League campaign as Islam Slimani's first-half goal secured a 1-0 win against FC Porto, and it was a good night all round for English clubs as Tottenham Hotspur beat CSKA Moscow in Russia.

Reigning champions Real twice surrendered the lead as they settled for a 2-2 draw against Dortmund to extend their poor record on German soil.

In a tremendous Group F game played at breathless pace, Zinedine Zidane's side went in front in the 17th minute when Gareth Bale's back-heel came off Matthias Ginter and fell for Cristiano Ronaldo to fire home.

It was the Portuguese superstar's 98th European goal but Dortmund had been in fearsome form ahead of this showdown and they drew level just before the interval.

Making his first appearance of the season after injury, Real goalkeeper Keylor Navas opted to punch a Raphael Guerreiro freekick and the ball struck the face of his team-mate Raphael Varane before rebounding into the net.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was standing in close quarters, and he was officially credited with the goal by UEFA. However, French centre-back Varane made up for that by restoring Real's

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Cristiano Ronaldo scores Real Madrid’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League Group F match against Borussia Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park on September 27 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. (Getty Images)

advantage midway through the second half, following in to score after Karim Benzema's attempt had hit both the post and bar.

But there was to be no first win in Dortmund for Real as substitute Schuerrle rifled a shot into the roof of the net after a Christian Pulisic cross fell to him on the edge of the box.

"I am gutted for the players, we didn't deserve that. In the end it's not a bad result but, playing like that, gutted," said Zidane.

Madrid have won just four times in 30 away games against German clubs but this result still leaves them in control of Group F. In the other game in the section, first-half goals by Bryan Ruiz and Bas Dost gave Sporting a 2-0 victory against Legia Warsaw in Portugal.

Leicester have maximum points after two matches in Group G after

MDFA Trophy 2016 from Oct 4 mokokChuNg, sePtember 28 (mexN): The Mokokchung District Football Association’s (MDFA) Trophy 2016 will commence from October 4, Tuesday, at Imkongmeren Sports Complex. Nagaland Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, C. Apok Jamir, will be the Chief Guest at the inaugural.

According to a press release from the MDFA, altogether 21 teams will compete in the tournament.

Drawing of fixture for the MDFA Trophy 2016 will take place on September 29 at the residence of MDFA Treasure A. Bendang Jamir at Arkong Ward from 1:00 pm onward.

Meanwhile, the MDFA has informed candidates interested in applying for Grade III Football Referee examination to submit their bio data to the MDFA office by October 5.

The MDFA has also informed all the registered clubs that this year’s entry ticket selling contract has been awarded to Ungma Village Council.

Peren Referees’ Assn meeting PereN, sePtember 28 (mexN): In view of the 10th Peren District Legislators Football Trophy, a meeting of the Peren District Referees’ Association has been convened on October 3 at 10:00 am at the Administrative Rest House, Peren. A press release from the PDRA informing this has requested all its members and members of the Tournament Committee to attend the meeting positively. Issues regarding tournament venue and matters relating to the tournament will be deliberated, the release informed.

edging out two-time European champions Porto at the King Power Stadium.

Algerian striker Slimani, a club record £28 million ($36.3 million, 32.3 million euros) summer signing from Sporting, struck on 25 minutes, heading past Iker Casillas from a Riyad Mahrez cross.

"I spoke with Riyad (Mahrez) and Islam and said, 'Come on guys, make something good tonight.'

And they made a pass, assist, goal. It was good," said Foxes manager Claudio Ranieri.

Next up for Leicester will be FC Copenhagen, who were impressive 4-0 winners at home to Club Brugge in the Danish capital.

All the goals came in the second half, with a Stefano Denswil own-goal setting the home side on their way before Ludwig Augustinsson had a penalty saved, but further counters came from captain Thomas Del-

aney, Federico Santander and Mathias Jørgensen.

Tottenham bounced back from a 2-1 defeat to Monaco in their Group E opener by beating CSKA 1-0 in Moscow to claim three points from an awkward trip to the Russian capital.

Mauricio Pochettino's side were without Harry Kane, Mousa Dembele, Eric Dier, Danny Rose and Moussa Sissoko against the Russian champions but the in-form Son Heung-min was there and he made the difference.

The South Korean winger, scorer of a brace in a 2-1 Premier League win at Middlesbrough at the weekend, netted the only goal of the game on 71 minutes at the Arena CSKA, his shot squirming under 'keeper Igor Akinfeev and in.

It is Monaco who top the section, though, after Kamil Glik volleyed home

in injury time to cancel out Javier Hernandez's opener and secure a 1-1 home draw with Bayer Leverkusen.

Meanwhile, 2015 runners-up Juventus notched their first win in Group H, ruthlessly dispatching Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 in Croatia.

Summer signings Miralem Pjanic and Gonzalo Higuain scored in the first half for the Italian champions before a searing Paulo Dybala strike and a deflected Dani Alves free-kick embellished their lead after the break.

Sevilla, who had held Juve in Turin last time out, beat Lyon 1-0 in Spain as French striker Wissam Ben Yedder headed in the only goal of the game in the second half.

Luciano Vietto later blazed a penalty over, although Nabil Fekir and Corentin Tolisso both hit the bar for the visitors.

Premier League managers accused of taking kick-backs loNDoN, sePtember 28 (aFP): Eight current or former Premier League football managers were on Tuesday accused of taking kick-backs for player transfers, as part of a broader newspaper sting which led to England manager Sam Allardyce being axed.

Three agents were filmed discussing corruption in football and the use of illegal "bung" payments to sign players, which the Daily Telegraph said involved eight current or former Premier League managers and two second-tier Championship bosses. Italian agent Giuseppe Pagliara said he opened Swiss bank accounts for managers and worked through intermediaries to cover the illegal payments.

"There's one thing that I've always been able to rely on, and that is the greed of general managers," he told an undercover reporter. The journalist met Pagliara over lunch at Manchester's San Carlo restaurant, the newspaper said.

The Italian claimed one manager who had worked in the Premier League would use a code to ask if he would receive a cash injection: "Is there a little coffee for me, Pino?" Football agent Dax Price claimed one manager would increase players' wages and arrange for each of them to pay him a 4,000-pound ($5,200, 4,640 euros) monthly

cut. "It's almost like corruption is just staring you in the face," he was recorded saying.

A third agent, former Manchester United player Scott McGarvey, said he gave an associate 30,000 pounds to secure a player transfer. He explained he would arrange payments through an account in Monaco.

The Daily Telegraph did not name the managers allegedly involved, while it stated the three agents repeated many of the same names. The newspaper said it has passed transcripts of the conversations to the English Football Association and the police.

Pagliara denied making payments to managers and a spokesman for McGarvey denied any wrongdoing, while Price said he would not respond to the investigation without further detail, the newspaper reported.

The allegations follow the departure on Tuesday of Allardyce as England manager, a day after the Daily Telegraph published footage of him discussing the banned system of third-party ownership of players.

Allardyce was also filmed negotiating lucrative speaking engagements in Asia and making damaging remarks about the FA and his predecessor Roy Hodgson.

The 61-year-old was axed just 67 days into the job as England manager, after he and the FA agreed his position had become untenable.

The 17th NSF Martyrs' Memorial Trophy 2016 (Lt. Kekuojalie Sachii & Lt. Vikhozo Yhoshii) witnessed a goal fest on Wednesday with 24 goals being scored in the four matches held here at the Kohima Local Ground.

Forest Colony, Nagabazar Youth Organisation, Tyrants Football Club, and Country Boys Peren, all moved into the second round after registering wins in their respective matches.

Playing the first match of the day, Forest Colony beat Haworthia FC 3-1. D. Paul Gangmei scored twice for Forest Colony in the 17th and 57th minute, Gaidun added the third in the 70th minute. Bokito Yeptho scored the lone goal for Howarthia FC in 67th minute. Three players – Khamchui and Justin Kamei of Forest Colony and Ellis Konyak of Haworthia FC – received yellow cards during the match.

In the second match, Nagabazar Youth Organisation humiliated XII Tribes United FC 9-0, with Rajulhoulie scoring six goals to claim the third and fourth hat-trick of the tournament. Atho opened the floodgates in the 15th minute, before Rajulhoulie followed with four goals in 33rd, 35th, 41st and 43rd minutes. He added two more in the 56th and 69th minutes of play.

Khekito netted the sixth in 50th minute while the seventh was scored by Medovi-

Allardyce decries entrapment as England job ends in disgrace

Former England soccer team manager Sam Allardyce leaves his home in Bolton, England on Wednesday September 28. (AP Photo)

maNChester, sePtember 28 (aP): Sam Allardyce flew out of England on Wednesday after expressing regret over “silly” unguarded comments to undercover journalists that cost him the England manager's job.

While apologizing for his indiscretions, Allardyce complained about “entrapment” by the Daily Telegraph that made his England job untenable after only 67 days and one match in charge.

A covert video showed Allardyce appearing to offer advice to fictitious businessmen on how to sidestep an outlawed player transfer practice and also to negotiate a 400,000-pound ($519,000) public-speaking contract to top up an annual England salary of 3 million pounds ($4 million).

A further video showed Allardyce mocking predecessor Roy Hodgson, who was fired after England's

Lodha panel moves SC against BCCI over non-compliance

New Delhi, sePtember 28 (iaNs): The Justice Lodha Committee on Wednesday sought the removal of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) office-bearers, telling the Supreme Court that the country's apex cricketing body was not complying with its recommendations on organisational reforms.

As the Lodha Committee's counsel Gopal Shankarnarayan handed over the panel's report to the apex court, the bench headed by Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur observed, "If the BCCI thinks that they can defy the court's order and take the law into their own hands, they are mistaken."

Having observed this, the bench said it will hold a hearing on October 6 regarding the Lodha panel's report and the suggestion that the BCCI office-bearers should be removed en bloc.

The report by the Lodha panel had accused the BCCI of stalling

reforms at every stage and violating the directions issued by the apex court.

Complaining that the BCCI had ignored orders of the court and its recommendations on several issues, the Lodha panel sought action against the board's top brass, including BCCI President Anurag Thakur, for violating the apex court's orders. "The BCCI thinks it is law unto itself. We know how to get our orders implemented. BCCI thinks it is the lord. You (BCCI) better fall in line or we will make you fall in line. The conduct of the BCCI is in poor taste," Chief Justice Thakur asserted.

The Lodha Committee, which was appointed by the Supreme Court to clean up cricket administration in India following corruption and match-fixing scandals, had earlier submitted its report advising far-reaching changes in the way the game is run in the country.

The recommendations by the

panel sought to define stringent eligibility criteria for BCCI officebearers and set limits to their tenure. Ministers and bureaucrats currently holding office will not to be allowed to hold BCCI positions, neither would those officials holding office in their state associations or those above 70 years of age.

The Lodha Committee also advised that there should be five elected office-bearers -- president, secretary and one vice-president instead of the current five, treasurer and joint-secretary. The panel also proposed that these officials should serve no more than three three-year terms and that there must be a "cooling-off" period between terms.

The Lodha panel's report had also recommended that the BCCI Working Committee should be replaced with a nine-member apex council which will include representatives from the players' community, including one wom-

an. There was also a proposal that a nominee of the Comptroller and Auditor General should be included in the apex council to keep an eye on how the BCCI was utilising its financial resources.

The Supreme Court had accepted all these recommendations and had asked the BCCI to implement them. In its jugement on July 18, the apex court stated that no minister or government official can be an office-bearer of the national cricketing body. The Supreme Court also accepted the Lodha Committee recommendation of one state-one vote for representation at the BCCI. In its 79-page staus report submitted before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the Lodha panel alleged that the BCCI has tried to stall the implementation of the its recommendations.

The panel also alleged that the minutes of the BCCI's Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Mumbai on September 21 was

tuo in 57th minute. With the six goals, Rajulhoulie is the leading scorer so far.

In the third match, Tyrants FC Khuzama defeated Peraciezie Royals 5-3.

Tyrants opened their account through Vilhouvotuo Sale in the 7th minute and went on to double the margin within the next two minutes. Kedahulo pulled one back for Peraciezie Royals in the 25th minute. However, Vilhouvoto scored again in the 33rd minute to claim the fourth hattrick of the tournament and also maintain the two goal lead. He scored his fourth goal in the 43rd minute before Kapzie Konyak netted one more for the Tyrants in the 52nd minute. For Peraciezie, Shalo Kemp scored two goals in the 46th and 65th minute.

Khrievi Thaprü of Tyrants and Lanu of Peraciezie were cautioned in 8th and 39th minutes of play.

In the last match of the day, Country Boys Peren blanked Striking X, Zhadima 3-0.

Kavi, Kisan and Mansak scored the goals in 28th, 44th and 60th minute of play.

Mezü and Seyiekhrielie of Striking X were penalised with yellow card each in the 21st and 62nd minute of play while Kisan and Kavi of Country Boys were cautioned in the 65th and 68th minutes.

September 29 Matches 1st Match: Vanguard FC vs Billy Graham FC @ 9:30 am 2nd Match: Red Hawks FC Dihoma vs Kuki United FC @ 11: 00 am 3rd Match: Senapati FC vs Upper Bayavu YO @ 12:30 pm 4th Match: Lamkang SC vs Forerunners FC 4th NAP @ 2:00 pm

not handed over to them.

The committee also criticised several decisions taken at the AGM, including the unanimous election of Ajay Shirke as secretary of the BCCI for the remaining term; the appointment of the all India senior selection committee (men and women) asserting that they were in violation of its reccomendations.

The Lodha Committee also opposed the AGM's decision to let Thakur represent the BCCI in the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Asian Cricket Council and the nomination of Mahashtra politician Sharad Pawar as alternate director in ICC meetings.

The panel noted that the BCCI has reneged on its promise to formally adopt the new memorandum ushering in transparency on September 28, adding that the coutry's apex cricketing body has not even issued directives to the state associations despite express directions from the committee.

humiliating loss to tiny Iceland at the European Championship in June, questioning the FA's financial strategy, and talking dismissively about the organization's president, Prince William.

The 61-year-old Allardyce was filmed in a London hotel in August and a Manchester restaurant talking to the undercover reporters.

“On reflection it was a silly thing to do, but just to let everyone know I'd sort of helped out what was somebody I'd known for 30 years,” Allardyce said, referring to football agent Scott McGarvey. “Unfortunately, it was an error of judgment on my behalf and I've paid the consequences.

“Entrapment has won on this occasion and I have to accept that. The agreement was done very amicably with the FA. I apologize to those and all concerned in this unfortunate situa-

tion I've put myself in.”

Allardyce never even got a chance to manage England at the national stadium, Wembley, with his only game in charge a World Cup qualifying win in Slovakia earlier this month.

Speaking outside his home near the northern English city of Manchester, the former West Ham, Sunderland and Bolton manager said: “I am off abroad, just to chill out and reflect.”

England is not rushing to replace Allardyce.

Gareth Southgate, the manager of England Under-21e, will take charge of the senior team's next four matches - against Malta, Slovenia, Scotland, and Spain - across October and November. That means there is less urgency for the FA to hire a new manager with the following game not until March 2017 when England hosts Lithuania in its fifth World Cup qualifier.

Gambhir recalled as Rahul ruled out of NZ series

New Delhi, sePtember 28 (aFP): Veteran opener Gautam Gambhir was Tuesday recalled to the Indian Test squad after two years in place of the injured Lokesh Rahul for the remainder of the Test series against New Zealand.

The 34-year-old Gambhir, who last played a Test in 2014 against England, has been picked in the 15-member squad after a good showing on India's domestic circuit.

Rahul suffered a hamstring strain in the first Test and will not be available for the next two matches, said a statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

"The All-India Senior Selection Committee has

named Gautam Gambhir as Rahul's replacement for the next two Test matches," the BCCI said. The left-handed Gambhir, who recorded 356 runs in the recent Duleep Trophy domestic championship, has played 56 Test matches for India since making his debut in 2004 against Australia.

Meanwhile pacer Ishant Sharma, who missed the first game due to the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya, was also ruled out of the second Test starting Friday in Kolkata.

Off-spinner Jayant Yadav has been named as Sharma's replacement.

India lead the threematch series 1-0 after a 197run triumph against New Zealand in Kanpur.

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