September 2nd, 2016

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To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity Defiant to the end, Rousseff vows to fight on pAGe 09

KU takes steps to ‘preserve and protect’ health, environment

Living up his passion: Another Naga debut in National arena pAGe 12

Uphold political realities and naga aspirations

By Sandemo Ngullie

Naga Scholars assert basic framework for IndoNaga settlement and for negotiations to be inclusive

For condemnation letter, these words are too soft. It needs raw, hard and fearful words and quotes from the Bible!

YAA decides to shut down GHS Chessore

New gene identified as diabetes culprit

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NEw YoRk, SEPTEMBER 1 (IANS): Using the gene editing technology called CRISPR and other sophisticated scientific tools, researchers have identified a new culprit Type-2 diabetes gene. The researchers believe that because this gene, ACSL5, codes for a protein that regulates how the body recognises insulin, that protein may represent an important target for future treatments for the disease. “Type-2 diabetes is increasingly common, with an impact on millions of people,” said study leader Struan Grant from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in the US. “But it has complex causes, involving multiple genes and environmental influences, and we are still learning the details of its complicated biology.

Our goal in investigating these biological functions is to develop more effective therapies,” Grant said.

The study published in the journal Diabetologia.

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— Nelson Mandela

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reflections

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 1 (MExN): The Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA) has decided to shut down the GHS Chessore under DEO, Tuensang due to the failure of the School Education Department to deploy Math and Science teachers at the school. This was decided in a meeting on September 1. A press note from the YAA informed that it had submitted a representation to the Director of School Education for immediate posting of Science and Math Teachers at GHS Chessore. The government had forwarded the matter to the department to submit a proposal for posting of the said teachers to GHS Chessore before July, 2016. “Even after a month the demanded subject teachers were not posted in the school. Thus, the YAA served again another reminder to YAA Representation dated 22nd August 2016 addressed to the Commissioner & Secretary,” the YAA reminded. It however lamented that no action has been taken so far. As such, the YAA endorsed its federating units of Chessore Town Students Union and Chessore Village Students Union to shut down the school till further notice from its office.” “The Department shall be held solely responsible for any consequences.

Further, it would even boycott the Teachers Day Celebration at Chessore,” the YAA cautioned.

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A man steers a wooden boat through dead fish in a breeding pond at the Maninjau Lake in Agam regency, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, August 31, 2016. Thousands of fish at the fish farm of the Maninjau Lake died suddenly due to lack of oxygen caused by a sudden change in water conditions. (REUTERS)

impounded oil tankers released

Morung Express News trucks were kept. There were a total of 11 trucks Dimapur | September 1 within the premises when Eight trucks (oil tankers) the raid and subsequent which were impounded sealing of the place ocfollowing the ACAUT fuel curred on June 27.

As regards the conadulteration exposé have been released. The trucks troversy surrounding the were released on the eve- number of trucks, the poning of August 31 after lice maintained that the an initial attempt by the court order to release the police on August 30 to re- trucks was based on a “release the truck faced op- verification” of the origiposition from the public. nal police seizure memo.

The trucks were released The “re-verification” was by executing “zimma conducted following the bond” of Rs. 2 lakh per ve- sealing of the place on June 27. On the day the hicle.

The police main- place was sealed, during tained that it was execut- the quantification process ing a magisterial directive 4 trucks out of the 11 were to release 8 trucks from reportedly found filled.

The quantification was Nagame Petrol Pump, Chumukedima, where the done manually, which

Postal strike on September 2 DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 1 (MExN): The Postal Employee’s Union, Nagaland Division along with the rest of the country will be participating in the one-day nation-wide strike on September 2 called by the All India Trade Union. The strike is being held against the “anti-worker and anti-people policies of the government,” said a press note from the Nagaland division of the All India Postal Employees Union. “All public transaction in the post offices across Nagaland will remain closed on this day,” it further informed.

Adopt own system to accommodate women in governance: Naga Council DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 1 (MExN): The Naga Council today reaffirmed its stand on implementation of 33% women reservation in municipal bodies and said that it stands by the public resolution No 3 adopted on October 6, 2010 which was submitted to the Government of Nagaland on October 8, 2010.

“The issue of women reservation will remain a point of controversy for a long time to come for various reasons. However, the very fact that, it has caught public attention reflects the recognition of women folk and their special abilities to deliver the good,” the Naga Council said in a press note.

“In whatever form we deem suitable to our context, Nagas must be ready to adopt their own system to accommodate women in governance till such time women reservation becomes an enforceable law with its own regulation. Pending such laws, women reservation in the

municipal and town council should be on the basis of nominating by certain percentage in all the administrative set up in Nagaland state,” it stated.

The Naga Council further said that “accordingly, in recent time Chief Minister, TR Zeliang proposed 25% reservation with voting right should be implemented in true spirit, otherwise recent 33% reservation for women passed by state cabinet was pre-matured and not at the right time.”

“As section 23A of municipal Act Contradict with the Naga customary law and practices, which supremacy has been granted by the article 371A of India constitution,” it added.

The Naga Council added that section 23A should be repealed first in Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

“The amendment is necessitated in accordance to stand state Government to preserve the constitutional implementation referred to Article 371A,” it said.

called for a second verification, the police said.

The “re-verification” was subsequently done on the orders of the court with an official from the Dimapur district administration as witness. As per the police, it was discovered during the “re-verification” that only 3 trucks were found filled. Based on the finding, a fresh seizure memo was prepared, which eventually landed up in court when the petition to release the “empty” trucks was filed.

While the first quantification was done in the presence of independent witnesses, it was not applied when the “re-verification” occurred.

Queried on the impact the release of the trucks would have on the ongoing investigation into the fuel adulteration exposé, one police official pointed to the condition mentioned in the magisterial order wherein the petitioner will be bound to produce the trucks when required by the police or called by the court.

It was further maintained that the SIT could not object to the release order as it was not aware of the petition for release.

Normally, in such cases, the prosecution is notified to respond to raise objections, if any, but no such notice was received, it was added.

NEw DElhI, SEPTEMBER 1 (MExN): The Naga Scholars’ Association (NSA) has adopted a ‘Communiqué’ on the ‘Naga-India Framework Agreement’ that maintained that the “ongoing initiative” for Naga-India political settlement between the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) and the Government of India (GoI) should “take cognizance of the political realities and aspiration of the Nagas for self-determination” and be within a “timeframe.”

The NSA had organized a three-day ‘in-house’ workshop on the ‘Naga-India Framework Agreement’ at the University of Delhi from August 13 to 15, 2016.

In the time that a comprehensive document of the workshop deliberations and findings is being developed, a ‘Communiqué’ was adopted by the 20 participants as an outcome of the workshop, informed a press release from NSA President Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan and General Secretary Dr. Gideon Shadang.

While acknowledging the ‘Framework Agreement’ signed by the Naga Collective Leadership and the GoI, the participants noted that the Naga-India conflict is “quintessentially a geo-political issue between the two entities.” Therefore, settlement to the Naga-India issue must be “political, based on the rights and aspirations of the Nagas.”

The ‘Communiqué’ reiterated that solution to the Naga-India political issue must be based on “the unique history and situation of the Nagas,” which, it acknowledged, has also been recognised by the Government of India.

It reminded that the ideology of “modern sovereign Naga nation rooted in shared socio-cultural experience, political aspiration and self-determination” was first made known to the world through the Memorandum of the Naga Club to the Simon Commission in 1929.

Further, in pursuance of the conviction for self-determination, the Nagas, under the aegis of Naga National Council de-

clared Independence on 14 August 1947, a day before the declaration of India’s Independence. The Naga declaration of independence was reaffirmed in the Naga Plebiscite of 1951 to dispel the manoeuvres and undermining elements of the Government of India and Government of Burma (Myanmar) on the legitimacy of the declaration of Naga independence in 1947.

The ‘Communiqué’ also noted that the Nagas have never entered into a treaty for merger with or annexation to any state, be it India or Burma (Myanmar). “Nagas were divided through different divisive instruments - Treaty of Yandabo (1826) signed between British-India and the King of Burma; 16-Point Agreement (1960) and Shillong Accord (1975),” it maintained.

In this context, it called for the two negotiating parties to take cognizance of the “political realities and aspiration of the Nagas for self-determination.”

The document asserted that “territorial integration of the contiguous Naga areas should be part of the settlement,” as this is a political right.

“Any agreement that would be signed should accord Nagalim with legislative, executive, judiciary and financial powers outside the purview of the Union of India,” it stated while affirming that the political structure of Nagalim should be “democratic and representative.”

The ‘Communiqué’ maintained that the GoI should not “disrupt the unity” of Nagas in the process of negotiation, which will only “delay and derail” the political settlement of fulfilling Naga aspirations.

In this regard, the participants remained concerned that the ongoing negotiation between Nagas and India for the last 19 years has “created space of suspicion on the sincerity and political will of the Government of India.” Therefore, solution to the Naga-India problem “must be sought within specific timeframe.”

A strong point asserted that the solution to the Naga issue “should not be diluted and sabotaged on the pretext of protecting territorial integrity of neighbouring states.”

“The Nagas have suffered and sacrificed too long in their conviction and struggle for self-determination. So the process of negotiation should be inclusive of the rights and aspirations of the Nagas,” it stated.

NPSC Aspirants tie up with ACAUT to fight backdoor appointments DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 1 (MExN): An organization called the NPSC Aspirants today informed that it will tie up with ACAUT Nagaland to fight against the State Government’s P&AR Office Memorandum (OM), dated August 11, 2016, which had moved to regularize all contract appointees on completion of three (3) years of continuous service.

A press note from the media cell of the NPSC Aspirants informed that it would tie up with ACAUT to fight this OM “in the court of law for all those posts which are within the preview of NPSC i.e., Class-I, Class-ll and Class-lll (Grade pay of Rs.2,800 and above). The aspirants will give every possible support in whatever form required by ACAUT.” This was decided in an

executive meeting on August 30 to discuss the latest government policy on contract appointment.

While it appreciated the earlier Office Memorandum, dated June 6, 2016 to ban all contract appointments with effect from; it however expressed concern at the latest OM. The NPSC Aspirants stated that the latest OM will “deprive many hard

working aspirants of job opportunities as many high posts have been filled through backdoor appointments instead of open recruitment by NPSC.” “It is really surprising that only three departments requisitioned posts for the NPSC (NCS,NPS,NSS and other allied services) Exam, 2016.This is because many posts which are meant to be recruited through NPSC are

all filled up by the candidates (mostly non-deserving and non-competent) of top government functionaries and politicians through back door appointment,” it said.

The NPSC Aspirants further reiterated their earlier demand submitted to the Chief Secretary that all high posts in all government departments in Nagaland should be recruited through NPSC.

revamp health centres, urges YAA

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 1 (MExN): The Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA) has written to the Principal Director, Health and Family Welfare expressing concern at the negligence towards health facilities in remote areas.

It demanded the revamping of several health centres and provision of equal medical facilities to the entire Yimchunger jurisdiction.

The YAA asked that required medical facilities be given to the CHC Pungro in Pungro Sub- Division and other Health Sub- Centres that fall under its jurisdiction. Further, the YAA informed of the absence of Medical Officer (MO) at CHC Pungro and urged that the erring officer report to the posting place within 15 days. It also reminded the other doctors

and nursing staff to be stationed at their designated posting place.

Regarding CHC Shamator, the YAA acknowledged the department’s approval of up- gradation for the centre and further urged for inauguration of the recently up- graded Community Health Centre (CHC) at the earliest so as to cater to the needs of Shamator area covering more than 30 villages.

The YAA then informed that PHC Phuvkiu is running without a doctor and asked the department to post a doctor in the centre.

Meanwhile, it expressed dismay that the department has “turned deaf ear” to its previous demand for posting of Medical Officer at PHC Chessore. The said Health Centre has been functioning without a doctor for the past 4 years,

it informed and reminded that PHC, Chessore is located in a remote place and does not have proper road connectivity to other districts hospitals and therefore posting of a doctor is urgently required for providing early treatment and medication.

The YAA also informed that the Health Sub- Centre at Sangphur has been left abandoned by the department. It appealed that the department look into the matter and consider construction of a new building.

It further revealed that the Health Sub- Centre at Sotokur EAC Hq is currently functioning only with one nursing staff causing “untold suffering to the people of these areas.” “We earnestly urge for posting of Pharmacist and other nursing staff at the earliest,” it asked.

Create more staff nurse posts: UTNA

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 1 (MExN): The Unemployed Trained Nurses Association (UTNA) has written to the Principal Director, Health and Family Welfare Department expressing several of their grievances.

These included the shortage of staff nurses, non creation of posts, upgrading of health units etc. The UTNA, in its letter also sought remedial measures through policy decision and implementation.

It informed that the UTNA conducted a survey, wherein it found that the 151 health units require staff nurses. It informed that 335 staff nurses are working at the 151 Health units. According to the INC & IPHS, it said that units are shorthanded by 310 and 789 staff nurses respectively.

The UTNA further said that the “sanctioned post of staffnurse is 253 only.” It also expressed shock that from 1989 till date “only 17 posts for staff-nurses have been created by the department whereas; the health units have increased/increasing and the strength of health units have been up-graded/upgrading.” The UTNA said that nurses training institutes are producing an increasing number of trained nurses, resulting in more than 1000 unemployed trained nurses.

It asked that posts for the requisite number of staff nurses be created in all the new and up-graded health units and fill the shortfall in the old ones. It further suggested that “some of the present training institutes be closed down.”

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FriDAY 02•09•2016

NAGALAND

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LIC celebrates 60 years Training of ‘PREPAKS’ on legal anniversary in Kohima literacy for Nagaland State

MLA Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu speaks at the 60 years anniversary of LIC of India on September 1 at its office in Kohima. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Kohima | September 1

The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Kohima Branch office celebrated the 60 years anniversary of LIC of India on September 1 at its office in Kohima with MLA Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu as the chief guest.

The welcome address was delivered by Shelphomran Khaling, Branch Manager, LICI, Kohima Branch who mentioned that LIC is India’s premier financial institution in true spirit of serving the people and nation, and mobilization of people’s money for people’s welfare.

“Our 60 years of journey since September 1, 1956 has been a great achievement towards providing financial and emo-

tional security to the people of India. LIC has also been making pioneering strides, since inception in 1956 in mobilizing precious small savings of the people for the overall development of the country. The total funds invested is Rs. 21,09, 253 crores as on March 2016 and Rs. 2,43,269 crores in Social sector where Nagaland is also a beneficiary,” added Khaling.

While congratulating the LICI Nagaland Branch, Azo Nienu also lauded the efforts of the employees at LIC who walked the extra mile to make people’s lives better and helping them invest and save.

“When you are going all out to make people’s lives better, people who are strangers to you, it is a wonderful thing,” said Nienu. Though you are doing well, I believe there is still room for improvement, added Nienu while also requesting the employees and workers to reach out to the remotest areas in Nagaland, to conduct seminars and awareness on the benefits of insurance and investment. “Life is so uncertain. Life is all about preparation. Life is not about where you are, how rich you are or how famous you are but life is all about being secure and that security comes from insurance,” concluded Nienu.

The LIC today has 8 zonal offices, 113 divisional offices, 20148 branch offices, 1401 satellite offices, 1240 mini offices and foreign and international offices with a total employee strength of 1,14,773 and total agency force of 10, 61,560 and 30 crores policy holders with a total life fund of Rs. 20,57,625.38 crores set aside for policy holders payment.

Morung Express News Dimapur | September 1

A three-day training of ‘PREPAKS’ on legal literacy for Nagaland State under the MoU between National Literacy Mission Authority, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, GoI, got here underway at Hotel Saramati, on Thursday.

The ‘Saakshar Bharat’ (Adult Education) training is organized by the State Resource Centre (SRC), NEHU, Shillong, in collaboration with State Literacy Mission Authority (SLMA) Nagaland.

Director, SRC, NEHU, B Laltanpuia, in his keynote address said the programme on legal literacy under Adult Education has been incorporated in order to make the programme more useful and relevant to the learners.

Laltanpuia informed that the ‘Saakshar Bharat’ programme is being implemented especially for female literacy in the four backward districts of Nagaland.

Organizers, officials and participants of the training of ‘PREPAKS’ on legal literacy for Nagaland State at the inaugural function at Hotel Saramati, Thursday. (Morung Photo)

He further informed that the topics to be covered during the 3-day training will include RTI, RTE, free legal aids, National Food Security Act, various schemes of GoI, protection of women from domestic violence, ST/SC prevention of atrocities and sexual harassment of women.

Additional director, School Education Nagaland, Pollem Tep, in his address said the training programme came at a right time in the backdrop of the debate on 33% reservation

for women in local municipal bodies. Tep also said that the state of Nagaland seems to be going through a phase of “lawlessness” as apparent in the application of two law systems-Naga customary laws and the India judicial system.

Representative from Department of Justice, GoI, Limasenla Longkumer, said the ‘access to justice’ project has been in operation in the two districts of Mon and Tuensang, which have no courts or lawyers, for the last two years and that 46 legal aid clin-

Advocacy prog on HIV AIDS at CBCC

Job card (MGNERGA) holders of Chekiye village plant trees at national highway and village circular roads under Road Site Plantation Project on September 1. The work was supervised by VDB members of Chekiye Village Council.

FUNERAL SERVICE OF Lt. MAHUIRI KASAR

At 10:00 AM, 2nd September 2016 Tangkhul Baptist Church Diphupar ‘A’, 4th Mile Dimapur: Nagaland

pfütSero, SepteMber 1 (MexN): The Chakhesang Baptist Church Council and Lightway Society, Pfütsero in collaboration with the Legislators’ Forum on AIDS (LFA Nagaland) jointly organized an advocacy programme on HIV AIDS at CBCC Conference Hall T. Chikri Pfütsero on August 30.

Dr. Vinito L. Chishi, State Consultant, LFA Nagaland, Dr. Rupfühu Rose, Public Health Consultant, Nagaland Health Project (World Bank), Hukatoli, Administrator, LFA Nagaland, Kuduvo Kezo, District Program Officer, DAPCU Phek and Rev. Dr. Vezopa

Participants with resource persons during the advocacy programme on HIV AIDS at CBCC Conference Hall T. Chikri Pfütsero on August 30.

Tetseo, Executive Secretary, CBCC were the resource persons. CBCC, Executive Secretary, Rev. Dr. Vezopa Tetseo in a press release said that the seminar was specifically conducted

for the church workers under CBCC to create awareness about the threat of HIV AIDs in society. In response to the challenge of such threat, members attended have resolved to address

appropriately by educating members of our churches and taking care of those who have special needs.

A total of 96 church leaders attended the programme.

ics have been opened in the two districts. She said these legal aid centres not only address to domestic violence but also give advice on other services like filling up of affidavits and bank loans.

Earlier, deputy district education officer, Dimapur, R Amongla, delivered the welcome address and nodal officer, SLMA Nagaland, R Ekonthung Lotha, proposed vote of thanks.

Programme coordinator, SRC NEHU, Barikor Syiem, chaired the inaugural function.

Zbto District Level Science Seminar held

zuNheboto, SepteMber 1 (MexN): Zunheboto District Level Science Seminar was held on August 30 at Cornerstone Hr Sec School Zunheboto with Shanavas IAS, SDO (Civil) as chief guest. The panel of judge was Zhekheto Awomi DSCO, Sunep Ozukum Lecturer, Government College Zunheboto and Apele PGT, GHSS Zunheboto. The first Prize was bagged by Liuka Jakha of Olympic Hr Sec School and the second Prize was bagged by Iliholi K. Yeptho of Cornerstone Hr Sec School. This was informed in a press release issued by H. Nitoli Khulu, SDEO cum District Education Officer Zunheboto.

Awareness cum training on pulses at Nyang LoNgLeNg, SepteMber 1 (MexN): Awareness cum training programme on pulses was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Longleng on August 30 at Nyang village of Longleng District.

Dr. Manoj Kumar, SMS (Agronomy) spoke on importance of pulses for nutritional security. He encouraged the farmer community to go for pulse cultivation in rice field without keeping fallow for increasing the cropping intensity and additional income and also for improving the soil fertility which helps the next crop. He also emphasized on improved production technology of green gram, black gram, lentil and chickpea.

K. Lily Rangnamei, SMS (Horticulture) deliberate on cultivation

The Morung Express Condolence Message The Morung Express is very saddened to learn about the passing of our dear friend and former colleague Ajung Longkumer on September 1, 2016.

Ajung was part of The Morung Express from March 2006 until May 2010. She was the Office Administrator of The Morung Express and made profound contributions to the newspaper's organizational structure during the early years.

On this day we are reminded of her humble and vibrant personality, sincere commitment to her work, her enduring faith and radiant smile. The death of our friend is a loss for all of us.

We take this time to extend our heartfelt condolences to her family.

May she rest in peace!

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practices of pea for vegetable as green pea and also encourages the farmer’s to go for pea seed production.

E. Lireni Kikon, SMS (Plant Protection) give detail lecture on insect pest and disease management of pulses. Major insect pest of pulses, their nature of damage and management practices were taught for higher productivity as plant protection measures are the most important for giving higher yield in pulses. Farmers show keen interest to take up pulse cultivation in rice fallow by this year itself. About 40 kg of green gram and black gram seed were distributed to the farmers.

All together 50 farmers were Participants with others during the Awareness cum training programme on participated during the pro- pulses conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Longleng on August 30 gramme. at Nyang village.

Horti officials equipped to become master trainers

MedzipheMa, SepteMber 1 (MexN): Three days trainer’s training on ‘production technology of underexploited horticulture crops of NER’ under the theme ‘Crops for the future’ was organized

by Central Institute of Horticulture, DAC & FW, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, Medziphema at Training centre, CIH, Medziphema from August 29 to 31, for the State Government officials of Horticulture Department.

The objective of the training was to equip the horticulture officials to become master trainers in their respective district on underexploited horticulture crops.

Addressing the programme, Dr. Lallan Ram, Director, CIH stated the importance of underexploited crops in NER and the need of such kind of training to popularize these crops in the region which has a huge potential. He also deliberated that inspite of these crops having wide diversity in NER it is still being underutilized and underexploited. Therefore, it is the role of each individual trainee to be well equipped with the production tech-

ANGPTA Dimapur Unit informs diMapur, SepteMber 1 (MexN): The ANGPTA Dimapur Unit (including Nuiland) directs all the primary teachers (regular, SSA, ad hoc and fixed) to submit their appointment, regularization and extension order for preparation of seniority list along with membership fee of Rs 200 from September 6 to 10 at ISBT (Purana Bazaar) from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

For further information contact, @ 9862927267, 8974016853 or 9436602617.

Global Adult Tobacco Survey from Sept diMapur, SepteMber 1 (MexN): The Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2016 (GATS -2 India 2016) is starting from September.

According to a press release from the Chief Medical Officer Dimapur, the survey will cover all 11 districts of Nagaland. Tobacco prevalence in Dimapur is abnormally high and good data from this survey is going to be crucial for future planning and will benefit Dimapur District. In this regard, the CMO has requested all village councils, schools, health personnel and responsible citizens in Dimapur to cooperate with the survey team.

MGHSS Platinum Jubilee planning committee informs MokokchuNg, SepteMber 1 (MexN): The Platinum Jubilee celebration of Mayangnokcha Government Higher Secondary School (MGHSS), one of the oldest schools in Naga soil established in the year 1941 is slated to be held on September 16 from 10:00 am onwards at the school premises. Any out-station alumnus who would be needing assistance in arranging accommodation in Mokokchung may contact 9862903425/9856663548

by September 10. The committee further extends invitation to all the former teachers, staffs and alumni and all well wishers to come and be a part of the historic occasion. This was informed in a press release issued by Bendanglila, ADC Mokokchung & Convener jubilee planning committee.

Phek Govt College organised talk on RTI phek, SepteMber 1 (MexN): The Seminar and Research Cell of Phek Govt.

College, Phek, as part of its monthly inter-departmental seminar, conducted a talk on Right to Information (RTI) on August 26 at the college to sensitise the students and well as teaching staff towards the same.

Asst. Prof. in the Dept. of Education, Meyetsolo-o Ritse, was the resource person while Dr. Atoholi Sema, Asst. Prof. acted as the moderator where a lively discussion and interaction was held after the talk.

Wokha District Level Science Seminar held Participants with resource persons and officials during the trainer’s training on ‘production Wokha, SepteMber technology of underexploited horticulture crops of NER’ at Training centre, CIH, Medziphema. 1 (MexN): District Level

nology of underexploited horticulture crops so that the information can be disseminated to the farming community.

Resource persons were Dr. K.K. Jindal, UGC Emeritus Fellow, Retd ADG Horticulture ICAR & Ex-Director of Research, UHF Solan, Himachal Pradesh & CAU, Imphal, Manipur, Dr. V.K. Verma & Dr. H. Rymbai, Scientist, ICAR Research Complex for Northeast Region, Umiam, Meghalaya. They presented on various topics like prospects and strategies for production of higher quality underexploited temperate fruits, diversification of underutilized temperate fruits in sub-temperate and sub-tropical zones of NEHR, underutilized

crops, trends, challenges and opportunities in the 21st century, constraints and strategies for the development of underexploited horticulture crops, underutilized vegetable and spice crops, root and tuber crops and underexploited flowers of NER. The valedictory function started off with an opening song by DKs Entertainment group incharge, Sentinungba Longchar, HO, Peren.

Speeches on behalf of the participants were delivered by Mr. Meyasashi, DHO, Mokokchung and Dr. Temjenmenla, AHO, Zunheboto. Dr. Lallan Ram, Director, CIH also exhorted the participants to work as an ambassador for transfer

of technology at the farmer’s field and expressed hope that the information gathered and knowledge gained during the training will go a long way in helping the farmers of the state.

Feedback forms were evaluated and the participants expressed their gratitude to the institute for conducting training which is very important and relevant topic for the region. Certificates along with reading materials were distributed to all the participants.

Altogether 27 participants from 10 districts attended the training programme. The training programme was coordinated by Shisarenla Aier, Training In-Charge, CIH, Medziphema.

Science Seminar on the topic “Pulse for sustainable food security prospects and challenges” was held on August 24 at Govt.

Higher Secondary School, Wokha. Zanathung R Khuvung and Tumchobeni C. Shitiri, both students of Class 9 from Cistus High School Wokha were adjudged first and second respectively and will represent Wokha district in the forthcoming state level science seminar scheduled to be held on September 14 at Ruzhukherie Govt Higher Secondary School Kohima, a press release informed from the Deputy District Education Officer Wokha informed.

FriDAY 02•09•2016

NORTH-EAST

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assam govt urges Centre to seal Indo-Bangladesh border Guwahati, September 1 (pti): Assam government has urged the Centre to seal Indo-Bangladesh border under the supervision of the Army, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said.

"Our honest aim is to seal the Indo-Bangla border as soon as possible. We have spoken many times to the Centre.

"We want that the work is done under the supervision and guidance of the Indian Army," Sonowal said at a press conference.

Also the quality of current fencing is not good and to prevent illegal immigration completely better quality of fencing should be done, he said.

Addressing the media on completion of his government's 100 days in office, Sonowal said he and his ministerial colleagues have been working with the motto of "zero tolerance to corruption". "People's lives were crippled under corruption during the last

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guard at a checkpoint separating India and Bangladesh in the state of Assam verifies the name of a girl who went to graze her goats on the other side of the border. (Reuter Photo/File)

government. Our thrust has been to give people relief from it. Our ministers are not only talking against corruption but are acting against this menace," he said adding, they are working to make the administrative system efficient and corruption-free so that its regains people's faith.

"We are also constantly monitoring the progress of the NRC update exercise.

Our target is to update the document by 2017," he said. The BJP-led govern-

North east Briefs 2 bodies found, 2 others missing after landslide, flood Silchar, September 1 (pti): Bodies of two women were found while as many members of the same family were still missing after being washed away in landslide and floods in Assam’s Cachar district, police said today.

Four members of the family of Dipesh Lemrong - his wife, a daughter and two sons - were last night washed away when their house was damaged in a landslide following heavy rains in Kashiyapunji area of Bhubanpahar, about 35 km from here, a police officer said. The bodies of Lemrong’s wife and daughter were later found while those of his sons were still missing, the officer said adding seven houses were also washed away by heavy rains in nearby Bhubangram village.

The NDRF has launched a rescue operation for the affected people. Police and civil officials were involved in rescue and relief operation at the spot, police added.

Assam Rifles reviews security situation in Mizoram aizawl, September 1 (nnn): Lieutenant General HJS Sachdev, PVSM, AVSM, SM, ADC, Director General Assam Rifles accompanied by Mrs Vandana Sachdev and Major General MV Chandran, YSM, SM, Inspector General Assam Rifles (East) visited Aizawl from 31 Aug to 01 Sep 16 to review the security situation along the international border with Myanmar. The Director General interacted with HE Lieutenant General Nirbhay Sharma (Retd) PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, Governor of Mizoram at Rajbhawan.During his visit to Rajbhawan, the General Officer discussed the security, development projects in the border areas and youth empowerment related issues concerning Mizoram with the Governor. The General officer has sanctioned 500 solar lamps for the village of Parva in Lawngtlai district. He also announced the installation of a 5 KVA Solar Power Plant project for Parva village. His visit clearly defines the concerns of Assam Rifles towards the State and in particular towards the “People of Mizoram” in tune with the Assam Rifles being “Friends of the Hill People”.

One PLA cadre arrested In Manipur imphal, September 1 (pti): One militant belonging to outlawed People Liberation Army (PLA) was arrested in Manipur’s Thoubal district by a combined team of police commandos and AssamRifles jawans, a police official said. The militant who was arrested last evening from Khabakkhong near Wangjing, has been identified as Asem Lemba alias Indrajit (48) of Athokpam Mayai Leikai of Thoubal district, the offical said.

Earlier he was arrested by police in 2010 while he was an active cadre of Kangleipak Communist Party(KCP) but was bailed out and he joined PLA recently. At present he is working under one Ibomcha of PLA and is involved in distributing demand letters to elected Pradhans of nearby areas in Thoubal district, the official source said.

Some incriminating documents along with a mobile handset used by him were seized from his possession.

Village council laments deplorable road in Senapati Senapati, September 1 (mexn): Shajouba Village Council has in a letter to the Executive Engineer, PWD Senapati division highlighted that the road stretch from Tadubi 0 km to 3 kms of Shajouba and beyond has been in deplorable condition due to the monsoon rain.

The condition was made worse by the blockage of culvert and side drains. The letter issued by P. Hesho, Chairman, Shajouba Village Council, Senapati district stated that at the stretch before the approach road to Upper Shajouba and at the approach road, a huge chunk at the downhill side has slide with cracks which will cause further damages due to overflow of the drains and the trench cutting by BSNL for laying of cables. Meanwhile, the road below Lower Shajouba at 2 km is depressed due to accumulation of water, it added. It lamented that no PWD official has surveyed the deplorable inter-district Senapati and Ukhrul road and called upon the Executive Engineer to investigate the road and take most immediate action for the Mao and Paomai public.

ment, Sonowal said, has always rushed help to people in all types of disasters like floods or terrorist attack in Kokrajhar or the blast in Tinsukia.It is also working on controlling spiralling prices of food items, he said and claimed that the rates were lower in Assam than in Delhi. Hitting out at the erstwhile Congress government on the economic front, Sonowal said his government has inherited a committed liability of around Rs 17,000 crore.

arunachal records spurt in crime rates itanaGar, September 1 (pti): Arunachal Pradesh recorded a spurt in crime rate during 2015 with a total 2968 cases reported in the state under IPC cognizable crimes and 181 cognizable crime cases under Special & Local Laws (SLL).

The rate of total cognizable crime recorded in the state during the year was 227.8 while that under Special & Local Laws was 13.9 per one lakh population, according to a recent report released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under union Home Ministry.

The report with the title 'Crime in India' which was released by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on August 29 last revealed that crime against women was on the rise during the year in comparison to 2014.

As per the report, crime against women in the state during the year was recorded at 14.3 per cent which amounted to 7.3 per cent of total IPC cognizable crime recorded in the

Ramteke said the inquiry had been ordered by the Tripura government to ascertain the facts on the violent attacks and clashes of August 23.

Meanwhile, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy, addressing a function here, urged tribal youths and students to return to Agartala without any fear.

After the August 23 incidents, a large number of tribal students and youths who had been staying in Agartala have gone back to their homes in different districts.

"The government will give full security to the stu-

people can get their needs fulfilled without having to travel tobiggercitiesandtowns,"Sonowalsaidinhisaddressatthe Northeast Information and Communication Technology (NICT) Conference 2016. He said the best way to connect with youths is through digital mediumandthisgovernment is going to fulfil their hopes

dents and youths and they can return to Agartala without any fear," the governor added.

The opposition, specially the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Agarala incident. The Trinamool Congress has demanded a judicial inquiry by a High Court judge.

At least 24 people, including five policemen, were injured after activists of a tribal party -- Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) - took out a rally demanding a separate state.

MNF demands CBI probe into controversial Mizoram Carbon Product scam aizawl, September 1 (nnn): The main Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) has demanded that the state government initiates a CBI probe into the controversial Mizo Carbon Product scam in which it was alleged that the firm illegally received subsidies amounting to over Rs 3.41 crore.

One year after its establishment, the Mizo Carbon Product, a firm which claimed to have processed charcoal at its unit in the Industrial Growth Centre at Luangmual in Aizawl as per its record has asked Central Transport Subsidy (CTS) and Central Capital Investment Subsidy (CCIS) claiming that it has purchased 3690 MT of coal from Meghalaya and transported to Mizoram. Coal was transported at the cost of Rs 116,84,250 by Zoram Tranport Company located at Zemabawk and 321.26 MT of carbon produced from the purchased coal was sold to Central Lime Industry, Lengpui at Rs 26,23,023. However, there are no companies by the name Zoram Transport Company and Central Lime Industry to be seen in real, MNF vice president R. Tlanghmingthanga told reporters during a press conference today.

He alleged that the industry has illegal-

ly received CTS and CCIS amounting to Rs. 341,65,086 since its inception in 2011.

R. Tlanghmingthanga said the owner of Mizo Carbon product seems somewhat controversial as according to MVAT certificate, the proprietor of the industry was stated as Dr. Margaret, while according to Firm and Societies registration it is owned by two persons namely Dr. Margaret and a non-tribal Ravi Gulgulia. He said that Industry minister H. Rohluna in his replay during the fourth session of assembly held in November, 2014 told the house that the proprietor of Mizo Carbon Product are two persons and a private firm namely Dr. Margaret, Ravi Gulgulia and M/S Yash Infrastructural Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Tlanghmingthanga said that as per deed of agreement, Dr. Margaret has 1 per cent share in the industry and the rest 99 per cent percent goes to Ravi Gulgulia.

“From the sharing pattern it appears that the industry was established with the help of non-tribal for allegedly making money,” R. Tlanghmingthanga alleged.

He also alleged that the industry submitted "fake way bill" at Taxation department as transporting 2371 trips of coal by trucks.

Charity half marathons in North East

Guwahati, September 1 (mexn): Nigel Eastwood, a renowned telecom media and technology investor, will raise funds to support and inspire entrepreneurs and flood relief activities in the North East, India this September.

Nigel, a successful entrepreneur from the UK, has been operating businesses in India for over a decade; his wife Vijaya is from Imphal, Manipur. Starting September 4, Nigel plans to complete four charity half marathons in the cities of Guwahati (September 4), Shillong (September 6),

Kohima (September 8) and Imphal (September 10) to raise funds.

A number of celebrities and industrialist have agreed to join him in the ‘Run Raise Respond North East’, including John Abraham, Mary Kom, Tetseo Sisters and the Chief Ministers of Assam and Manipur, informed a press release from M-Net, which is the main sponsor of the event.

During the evening post each event, there will be a networking supper allowing local entrepreneurs and interested parties to get together and socialise.

Digital highway to connect every village in Assam

Guwahati, September 1 (pti): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday asserted that his government's utmost priority is to build a Digital Highway so that every village ofthestateisdigitallyconnected within the next five years.

"Each rural household will be digitally connected so that

state during the year.

A total of 71 rape cases were recorded along with 12 cases of attempt to rape in the state during the year.

Moreover, 102 cases were reported during the year against assault on women, two cases of insult to modesty of women, 181 cases of sexual offences along with a single case of voyeurism and 66 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives.

However, not a single case of dowry death was reported in the state during the year.

In IPC cognizable crime related incidents, a total of 57 cases of murder were reported during the year along with 58 cases of attempt to murder, kidnapping and abduction (175 cases), grievous hurt (283) and 119 cases of death caused due to negligence were reported in the state during the year.

A total of 913 IPC crimes against property were recorded including 12 dacoity cases, 75 robbery incidents and 265 criminal

Magisterial probe begins into Agartala violence aGartala, September 1 (ianS): A magisterial probe into the ethnic violence in Agartala in which 24 persons were injured and 17 vehicles badly damaged on August 23 has begun, officials said on Thursday.

"It would be completed in one month," West Tripura District Magistrate and Collector Milind Ramteke told IANS. "I have sought a detailed report from the Superintendent of Police of West Tripura district... I may call some persons individually in connection with this inquiry."

and aspirations through sincere and dedicated work.

Calling on all IT players of the country to be part of this revolution, the Chief Minister said better Information Technology infrastructure will be put in place in partnership with private players to make Digital Assam a reality.

Speaking on the occa-

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sion, state Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Digital Clubs will be set up in every village where people can directly avail government services. It will facilitate services like air and rail ticket booking, digital books apart from essential government services making the dream of e-Governance a reality.

It is at these events that Nigel and his team hope to identify the “rising stars” of entrepreneurship in each of the cities, the release added.

The funds raised will go directly to a number of lucky entrepreneurs that will also receive mentoring from Nigel for 12 months.

A proportion of the funds raised will also go to support Assam flood relief initiatives.

One can write their donation cheques to ‘North East Development Foundation’, a not-for-profit organisation.

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trespass and burglary cases with crime rate of 70.1 per cent.

In IPC crimes related to public order, a total number of 63 cases were recorded in the state including 28 riot incidents, 32 arson cases and three cases of unlawful assembly were reported with recorded crime rate of 4.8 per cent.

The report further revealed that a total of 188 cases of economic crime were reported in the state including 42 incidents of criminal breach of trust, 123 cases of cheating, 19

cases of forgery and four cases of counterfeiting with a total crime rate of 14.4 per cent.

The statistical data covered in the report have been obtained from states and union territories police data of recorded cognizable crimes through a set of 34 proforma from 36 states and union territories besides 53 mega cities.

In the report, the NCRB calculated the crime rate on the basis of total cases reported in comparison to total population.

However crime rate un-

der crimes against women, children, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Senior Citizens have been calculated on the basis of popultion of that particular segment.

The population used for calculation of crime rate for total crimes, crimes against Women and Children were projected population as on July 1, 2015, while rate under crimes against Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Senior Citizens has been calculated using population figures of the Population Census of 2011.

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Nagaland hereby declare that the names Ilungdaisibe Rao and Ilungdaisibe is of same person. I hereby declare that my correct name is Ilungdaisibe Rao and shall be used for all official purposes in the future.

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127 Medical Officer & Other Posts, Apply before 15 September 2016 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) invited applications for recruitment to 127 Medical Officer & Other posts. The candidates eligible for the post can apply through prescribed format on or before 15 September MUMBAI, SepteM2016.

Ber 1 (reUterS): India’s Reliance Industries Eligibility Criteria for all Posts unveiled its new telecom Eligibility for Assistant Registrar (Gr.’A’) in Central network on Thursday, toutHerd Registration Scheme, Ministry of Agriculture ing free calls and rock-botand Farmers Welfare, Department of Animal Hus- tom data prices that sent bandry, Dairying & Fishries: Degree in Animal Hus- shares of established telebandry, Veterinary Science, Dairying or Agriculture from com players into a nosea recognized University or equivalent with three years ex- dive on fears of an all-out perience or Indian Dairy Diploma with five years’ experiprice war. ence of Cattle breeding, preferably of Herd Registration Reliance’s Chairman Programme with important breeds of cattle.

Mukesh Ambani, India’s Eligibility for Assistant Directors of Air Safety in Di- richest man, told sharerectorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Avi- holders at the energy giation: Degree in Aeronautical Engineering of a recognized ant’s annual shareholder University OR A Pass in associate membership examina- meet that services on the tion parts II & III/ Sections A & B of the Aeronautical Soci- new network, dubbed Jio, ety of India. Five (05) Years’ experience in airframe, aircraft would be available for free structure system/designs or engines/power plants or elec- until Dec. 31 as it contintrical/ instruments/avionics in a reputed manufacturing/ ues network tests. He did overhauling/maintenance establishment. not say when the services Eligibility for Assistant Keepers in Anthropologi- would be launched comcal Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Department mercially.

Reliance, one of India’s of Culture: Master’s degree in Anthropology of a recognized University or equivalent. (ii) Diploma in Museol- biggest business houses mukesh Ambani (R), chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, poses with his wife Nita (C) and ogy with about one year practical experience in running which gets most of its rev- son Akash before addressing the company’s annual general meeting in mumbai, India a Museum or about Three years practical experience in enue from its sprawling oil September 1. (REUTERS Photo) and gas business, has in the fering and more, vowed said. Data charges will fall named, said Jio would face running a Museum recent years expanded into to “transform India from even further for heavier us- challenges in luring lowEligibility for Translator (Burmese/ Dari/Persian) more consumer-facing a high-priced data market ers, he said. spending phone users to its in Signal Intelligence Directorate, Army Headquar- markets such as retail and Ambani set a target of network. ters, Ministry of Defence: Bachelor’ degree in the For- telecom as growth in its to one with the lowest data rates anywhere in the world.” 100 million customers for Jio’s cheapest plan eign Language concerned (Burmese/ Dari/Persian) with core business slows.

Jio could make ReliReliance Jio “in the shortstarts at 149 rupees and English as compulsory/elective subject at degree level The company, which ance a big provider of tele- est possible time”, without offers just 0.3 gigabytes of or equivalent from a recognized University or equivalent secured telecom airwaves coms and internet services specifying. data and the company’s OR (a) Bachelor’s degree with English as compulsory/ Shares in India’s No. 1 next plan up costs 499 ruelective subject from a recognized University or equiva- in 2010, has so far invested across India - a nation of lent, and (b) Diploma equivalent to Interpreter ship stan- more than $20 billion on one billion mobile phone wireless carrier Bharti Air- pees, while a majority of dard in the foreign language concerned (Burmese) from building a nationwide net- subscribers - and is a key tel Ltd dropped 6.3 percent India’s phone users who work, and has pledged to plank of Ambani’s future on Thursday, while smaller still have basic phones a recognized University/Institution or equivalent. offer affordable services strategy even though the rival Idea Cellular fell 10.5 spend less than 200 rupees Eligibility for Legal Officers (Grade-II) in Legal and to price-conscious Indian business is unlikely to add percent, on fears that Jio’s a month on telecommuniTreaties Division, Ministry of External Affairs: Master’s customers. significantly to consolidat- aggressive rates will trigger cations services. degree in Law with specialization in the field of InternaAmbani, who was inter- ed profit any time soon. a price war in the sector.

“It is definitely aggrestional Law and/or International Relations or International rupted by repeated rounds Jio will effectively price The incumbents have sive and will hurt the inOrganizations from a recognized University. Candidates of applause as he took share- one gigabyte of data at already started lowering cumbents,” he said. “But having specialization in International Law in M.Phil or holders through Jio’s am- about 50 rupees for some data prices ahead of Jio’s it’s not like it’s going to Ph.D level but not at Master’s level will also be eligible. bitious rollout plans, free users, about one-fifth of entry. Still, a telecom ana- push everyone else out of Eligibility for Specialists Grade-III Assistant Pro- countrywide roaming of- what rivals charge, Ambani lyst, who declined to be the market.” fessors {Cardio Thoracic & Vascular Surgery (CTVS)/ Cardiology / Nephrology/ Neuro Surgery/ Neurology/ Radio-Diagnosis }, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare: MBBS degree qualification. At least three years’ Teaching experience as Sr. Resident or Tutor or Demonstrator or Registrar in the concerned Speciality or Super- New DelhI, SepteMBer 1 14.2 -kg cylinder on July 1. The govern- month for 10 months. The third hike in speciality in a recognized teaching institution after ob- (ptI): The price of subsidised cook- ment had recently decided to take the kerosene was effected today. taining the first Post graduate degree.

Simultaneously, oil firms cut prices ing gas (LPG) was today hiked by diesel route for eliminating subsidies Eligibility for Assistant Directors (Handicrafts) Of- about Rs 2 per cylinder, third increase on LPG and kerosene. Diesel price ofnon-subsidisedLPG,whichconsumfice of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), since July, while the jet fuel price was was deregulated in November 2014 ers buy after exhausting their quota of Ministry of Textiles: Masters degree in any subject from cut by 3.8%. This is the third straight after the previous UPA government 12, by Rs 20.5 per 14.2-kg cylinder. Also, a recognised University or equivalent. Three years expe- increase in subsidised cooking gas effected 50 paise hikes every month to the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was rience in the field of Handicrafts, Cottage, Industry and since July when the government de- eliminate subsidies. The near Rs 2 per cut by 3.8 %, second straight cut. The cided to go in for a small hike in rates cylinder hike in LPG every month is reduction comes on the back of a 4.2% Small Scale Industry. every month to cut down subsidies. also aimed at doing the same thing. In cut in rates on August 1. Oil firms revise Eligibility for Junior Lecturer (Textile Processing) in LPG rates were last hiked by Rs case of kerosene, the government has rates of ATF and cooking gas on 1st of evIndian Institute of Handloom Technology, Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry 1.93 per cylinder on August 16. Prior allowed state-owned oil companies to erymonthbasedonoilpriceandforeign of Textiles: Degree in Textile Chemistry or Textile Process- to that rates were hiked by Rs 1.98 per raise the price by 25 paise a litre each exchange rate in the preceding month. ing or Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Technology with specialisation in Textile Processing or Textile Chemistry from a recognised University or Institute or Post Diploma in Textile Chemistry or Textile Processing from a recognised University or Institute. Two years experience ACROSS 9. Rescue as a Lecturer in Textile Chemistry/Bleaching/Dyeing/ CROSSWORD # 3701 1. Ale 10. Noodles Printing/Finishing in a recognised Institution or as a shift5. Verse writers 11. Extraterrestrial 10. overtake 12. It delivers babies? in-charge in a dye house/textile mill handling wet process14. Rant 13. Lad ing/finishing/bleaching of textiles.

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NAGALAND

TAJCF agitation temporarily suspended KU takes steps to ‘preserve and protect’ health, environment Bans plastics, bleaching powder, pesticides and non-iodized salt

moN, September 1 (mexN): Taking steps to ‘preserve and protect’ health and environment, the Konyak Union (KU) today banned/ restricted the use of four “harmful substances” affecting health and environment “within its traditional jurisdiction”.

The four substances include: non bio-degradable polythene bags, bleaching powder, pesticides and non-iodized salt.

The banning of the four substances was made during the “Declaration Day” event held at Mon Town on Thursday, September 1. “The date of Declaration shall henceforth be marked as historic where law of the Konyak Union (KU) in banning all those substances shall be made enforceable within its traditional jurisdiction,” a press release from the KU stated.

The ‘Declaration’ event was attended by the District Administration headed by the Deputy Commissioner, District law enforcing authority headed by the Addl SP Mon, Konyak Students’ Union

(KSU), Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Ukhong (KNSK), Konyak Baptist Bumeinok Bangjum (KBBB), Chamber of Commerce Mon Town, Ward leaders, Konyak Public leaders and the public of Mon Town.

During the event, DC Mon urged the KU “to seriously implement” the declarations right down to the grassroots. The Addl. SP Mon also expressed hope that the initiative would be successful.

Chamber of Commerce Mon President assured to immediately stop the use of non-biodegradable polythene bags and informed that the chamber would opt for use of substances/products that are environmentally friendly.

Presidents of the frontal organisations, KNSK and KSU committed to extend full cooperation towards the initiative.

Ill-effects & Hazards Citing the “ill effect” of non-iodized salt, KU placed a complete ban of its import or sale within its jurisdiction. In this regard, KU directed all commercial establish-

ment/shops to comply with the order, failing which the union will take stern action “for noncompliance”, it warned.

Also banning the use of pesticides, KU pointed out that over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their intended target. Pesticides cause drastic change in the soil health which lowers the nutritional value of the food ultimately affecting human health, the KU highlighted and mentioned studies on nonHodgkin lymphoma and leukemia which showed positive association with pesticide exposure.

Placing a “restriction” on Bleaching Powder, KU stated that the usage of bleaching powder or calcium hypochlorite causes “great hazard” not only to the aquatic species but even to those who consume the fishes killed by the bleaching powder. Informing that it had outright declared the use of bleaching powder as “illegal”, the KU asserted that the declaration needs to be adhered to by all.

The complete ban on plastic or polythene bags, the KU stated, was necessitated considering the excess waste materials “caused by ignorant and random usage” of plastic or polythene bags resulting in “immense environmental pollution”. Polythene bags being non-biodegradable substances adversely affect the soil and hence, the whole of food chain in the ecosystem directly or indirectly.

In this regard, the KU has made an appeal to all the 11 units of the Union to strictly comply with its directives. The KU has also empowered all the Village Councils, Konyak Loung and Anghs to pursue its directive within its respective village jurisdiction by disciplining its citizens “with responsibility and understanding”.

The Union also made a fervent appeal to all its citizens to “completely abstain/refrain” from indulging or resorting to the use of the restricted substances. “The Law of the Konyaks shall be final and binding,” the KU statement concluded.

tuli, September 1 (Dipr): A joint meeting of the District Administration of Tuli Sub-Division, police and Tuli Area Joint Council Forum (TAJCF) was held at ADC Tuli residence on August 31 in view of the proposed agitation by the TAJCF. The meeting was chaired by ADC Tuli.

During the meeting, the TAJCF communicated to the District Administration that in view of the joint meeting held between the Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Senior Superintendent of police Mokokchung

TMLAJC calls on State PWD Minister moN, September 1 (mexN): The Tobu-Mopong-Longching Area Joint Committee (TMLAJC) for NH 702 and 702B and elders called on the Minister NPWD (National Highways) Nuklutoshi and engineers to share the grievances of the people and address the need to construct the proposed two National Highways in the area.

The team met the authorities concerned with requests to denounce all forms of obstacles to the attempts to introduce national projects to Mon district by certain elements.

The Convener Aknyu Konyak, CoConvener AM Kaiba Konyak and Secretary Hongnaw HA Konyak in a press release said, “The Minister has in principle assured us in a joint sitting on August 31 at his official resident in the presence of engineers to go ahead with the work as per the report of the agencies studying feasibility

Immunisation coverage is very low when compared to other states and called upon health workers to deliver health services to the people, especially the ones in hard to reach areas.

Dr. Pravin Kumar, Regional Consultant, SBCC, while sharing the objective of the workshop, stressed that it aims to identify barriers in people failing to fully immunise their children, and find ways to create health services for people, especially at the grassroots. With this initiative an increase in the demand and coverage is expected in due course of time.

Dr. Pravin was accompanied by Dr. Subhash, Regional Consultant RI and Marykali Yepthomi, Consultant SBCC system strengthening RI and Child Health Nagaland and Manipur, who will be facilitating the three day workshop.

Dimapur, September 1 (mexN): The Sub-Divisional Officer, Electrical Sub-division No. 1, Dimapur has informed that New Market area and parts of Church Road Dimapur will continue to face issues with power supply for some days. It may be mentioned here that a 500 KVA 11/0.4 KV located inside New Market caught fire on August 30. In a press release, the SDO informed that the location of the said Sub-station is not viable as there is no vehicle approach road for transportation and maintenance work. “In the event of relocating and re-constructing new sub-station, the restoration of power will take some days,” the SDO informed and requested consumers to bear the inconveniences.

Meetings & AppointMents A souvenir product of the trainees of capacity Building Training Programme organized by department of Underdeveloped Areas (dUdA) in association with Zynorique Initiatives Society, put into display at the newly opened Anghya outlet Stall (enPo coffee Shop & Retail outlet) at Midway Resort, Tsiepama along nH 29. (Morung Photo)

Legal protection for people affected/living with HIV AIDS Kohima, September 1 (mexN): A state consultation on legal protection for People Living with HIV (PLHIV), Children Affected by AIDS (CABA), and Most at Risk Populations (MARPs) was held on August 30 at the Conference Hall of Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA), Kohima. The consultation was jointly organized

by Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) and NSLSA. In his keynote address, Dr. P. Tia Jamir, Joint Director NSACS, said that access to legal services is an important part of guaranteeing protection from discrimination, getting redress for human rights violations and expanding access to HIV prevention and treatment. He further stated that the state consultation is a good step towards strengthening the service mechanism and improving linkPedestrians walk through a newly laid slab constructed by dimapur Municipal council at new Flyover junction near Tourist lodge, dima- ages between NSACS and NSLSA. Giving an overview of NSLSA pur. (Morung photo)

condolence Yitachu Minister for School Education and SCERT, Yitachu, has mourned the demise of Senthang, Retired Director of School Education, who passed away on August 30 after a prolonged illness in Dimapur.

Promoted to Director on September 29, 2015, Yitachu in a condolence message stated that he had the pleasure of working with late Senthang till he retired as Director of School Education on April 30, 2016.

“During my short period of working together I have noticed him as a brilliant officer, straight forward, honest and clean heart,” Yitachu’s message read, adding that late Senthang was an officer who stood “firm and committed to his assignment”.

“His rich and long service experiences would have been a guiding force for many in the State,” Yitachu stated viewing that with his demise, the Rengma community in particular have lost a guiding force.

Extending condolences, Yitachu prayed that the Almighty comfort the wife and children and that the departed soul “rest in Heavenly abode”.

CPO ‘consultative meeting’ held pheK, September 1 (mexN): A two-day Consultative Meeting of the Chakhesang Public Organization (CPO) was held at Phek on August 31 and September 1 at the Conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Phek.

According to a press release, on the opening day, a special meeting with all the Chakhesang gazetted officers posted under Phek district was convened where the CPO sought their unflinching support and cooperation by rendering their best services towards the building of the community.

On the second day, the CPO held a joint meeting with the Phek Area Public Organization (PAPO) Officials along with the entire neighbouring Village Council Chairmen, VCMs, Pastors, village frontal organizations, and elders of Phek Town and dwelt on various important issues confronting the community.

Addressing the gathering, CPO President, Kekhwengulo Lea, urged upon the village authorities to firmly uphold

and also preparing the Detail Project Report (DPR).”

The government also announced the errors made in the item notification inviting tenders (NIT) where NH 702D was wrongly recorded as NH 702B and assured us to make hard copies public with corrected notes, the release added.

The TMLAJC and its people also assured all possible help and cooperation with the state government and implementing agencies as and when the consultancy firms begins studying feasibility and preparing DPR against the said projects.

The TMLAJC for NH 702 & 702B therefore, fervently appealed the Konyak Union, intellectuals and all stakeholders to stand by the Minister and the department with unconditional support and cooperation and work hand in hand while executing the project that benefits the people.

New Market, parts of Church Road to continue facing power issues

Workshop on Social and Behaviour Change Communication underway Kohima, September 1 (Dipr): In the ongoing efforts to improve the health of the children, Nagaland State Government in partnership with UNICEF has taken new initiative of Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) to increase the demand for immunisation. In this context, a three day residential state level participatory workshop on developing district SBCC strategies on routine immunization has been organised from August 31 to September 2 at Hotel Vivor, Kohima.

Addressing the participants from the District, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Nagaland, Dr. Yankho Lotha requested the participants to take full advantage of the workshop and identify the core problem in their respective Districts and seek for solution during the workshop. He also mentioned that Nagaland’s

and TAJCF on August 30 at Tuli and subsequent letter received from the Secretary Industries and Commerce, Nagaland Ref NO. IDB/PPC/11-1/2007 (vol-1) dated August 31, 2016, the TAJCF has decided to temporarily suspend the proposed agitation.

However, the TAJCF decided that the State Government should wholeheartedly take up the revival of Nagaland Paper and Pulp Corporation (NPPC) at the earliest with the Central Govt. for the benefit of the people.

in preserving the moral values and ethics of the pioneers by being honest and straight forward.

Keeping in mind the necessity of preserving the bio-diversity, CPO President highlighted the standing resolution of the CPO and in a strong message, directed the PAPO officials and the village authorities to fervently uphold the ban on burning of jungles, hunting, extraction of flora and fauna.

As part of upholding its resolution on non-import of poultry in to the jurisdiction of the Chakhesang areas, the CPO team along with the leaders visited the State Pig Breeding Centre, Phek located some 6 km away from Phek Town and interacted with the officials of the centre.

Observing that the centre is in need of an upgrade for better breeding seeds and sheds for shelter, the CPO appealed to the concerned department to pay attention to the centre for its basic requirement. CPO also urged the people of the area to give constant support to the officials of the centre.

activities, Nino Iralu, Member Secretary, NSLSA informed that the State Legal Services Authority was established in 1998 in Nagaland by an Act of the State Assembly following which, District Legal Services Authorities were set up in all 11 districts in 2000.

Informing that a total of 681 trained Para-Legal Volunteers (PLVs) are there in the state, Nino said, among the many activities implemented by NSLSA, few core activities include creating awareness on various laws and legislations existing in various departments, creating awareness on welfare schemes made for the common men and setting up of People’s Court or Lok Adalat every month.

The technical sessions during the consultation included overview of National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) implementation in the state and enabling environment, Legal Protection

for People infected and affected

by HIV & AIDS, experience sharing & challenges of working with PLHIV community (Legal perspective), and experience sharing of working with children infected & affected by HIV & AIDS. The resource persons were Dr. Bernice D. Thapru, Joint Director (TI), NSACS, Tongpang L. Jamir, Master Trainer, NSLSA, Ashu Theyo, Retainer Lawyer, Guwahati High Court, Kohima Bench and Bazo Kire, Treasurer, CABA. During the discussion hour, the meeting deliberated on how to improve linkage between NSACS & NSLSA, Action plan for district consultation/followup meeting in priority districts, training of districts staff under NSACS on legal awareness.

Altogether, 29 participants comprising of NSLSA officials, representative from CABA and officials from NSACS attended the meeting.

Drugs worth Rs 8 lacs seized Kohima, September 1 (mexN): Kohima Police personnel manning the Peducha check gate while conducting routine checking and frisking of vehicles on Thursday morning intercepted one Manipur bound passenger bus and recovered 72,440 capsules of banned Spasmo proxyvon drug and 8,000 tablets of Nitrosun from the possession of four individuals. According to a press release from the PRO Kohima Police, the seized drugs is believed to be worth Rs. 8,04,400.

Police identified the four as Ibem (30 yrs), Md. Akthar Khan (24 yrs), Ziaor Rahman (33 yrs) and Md. Hashim Khan (29 yrs). The four have been taken into police custody for the possession and transportation of banned drugs. In this connection, a regular case vide Sechü(Zubza) P.S Case No. 0022/2016 U/S 13 (b) DC Act is registered against the four accused and remanded to judicial custody.

Ward-2 Council Dmp executive meet held Dimapur, September 1 (mexN): An executive meeting of Ward2 Council was held at Council Office of Ward-2 Dimapur on August 25.

At the executive meeting, Kevi Zakiesato, Chairman of Ward-2 Council took official charge following the completion of his leave. All the executive members and office bearers were present at the meeting during which the recent exposure of the kingpins of oil adulterators by ACAUT was discussed. In this regard, the Council of Ward-2 Dimapur resolved to take stern action after the completion of administrative and judicial proceedings, by vacating those involved from the jurisdiction of the Council. The Chairman has also instructed all the members and office bearers of the Council to remain alert stating that it will not permit any individual or group to infiltrate within the jurisdiction of the Council. The Ward-2 Council lauded the police department for their strict vigil on the movement of the adulterators. Furthermore, the Council appreciates and extends full support to DNSU, NSF and NGOs for their firm stand to revoke AFSPA from Nagaland. The Council Chairman expressed that it was “high time” we all stand up and fight together for our rights.

NPF Youth Wing consultative meeting The NPF Central Youth Wing has proposed to organise a Consultative meeting in the month of September 2016 along with all NPF Division Youth Wings from Nagaland and Manipur state. In this regard, a press release from the Media Cell, NPF Central Youth Wing, has directed Youth Wings in all divisions both from Nagaland and Manipur to submit their progress report of their activities before September 10.

Pertinent to the matter, the respective divisions are requested to coordinate with the official in-charge of the Central Youth Wing for necessary redressal. For further information and clarification, one may contact the President at +91-9436657111 or the Working President at +91-9856312622. Further, there shall be a general meeting of the NPF Central Youth Wing on September 7 at 12 noon at the NPF Headquarter, for which, all the committees and other officials assigned with various works are requested to attend the said meeting.

Energy Efficient Kohima A meeting has been convened to discuss and propagate ‘Energy Efficient Kohima’ on September 6 at 1 pm in the Conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima. A press release in this regard has requested the Administrator Kohima Municipal Council, all Colony Chairmen under KMC and Kohima Village Council Chairman and colleagues to attend the meeting.

DDADU to induct new office bearers The Dimapur District Auto Rickshaw Drivers’ Union (DDADU) has informed that it will be inducting its new officer bearers for the tenure 2016-19 on September 3 at 10 am at the union’s Head Office. In this regard, a press release from the union has informed parking lots to send two representatives each. It also informed vice presidents and secretaries of branch offices to do the same.

DLCC meeting on tobacco control The Deputy Commissioner and Chairman, District Level Coordination Committee (DLCC) Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor, IAS, has informed all the members of DLCC on Tobacco Control that the quarterly meeting in connection with the violation of the main provision of COTPA 2003 (section 4 and 6) would be held on September 14 at 2 pm at the Conference Hall, Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Kohima. The DC has requested all concerned members to attend the meeting positively.

KKGK Emergency meeting The Kulolawu Khukishe Ghami Kuqhakulu (KKGK) Dimapur has convened an emergency meeting at its banker’s residence in Naharbari on September 3 at 10 am. In this regard, a press release from the KKGK directed all its office bearers and area executive members to attend the meeting.

ANHTU Dimapur meeting The All Nagaland Hindi Teachers Union (ANHTU) Dimapur Unit has called a meeting of Officer Bearers, Executive Body and Advisory Board on September 3 at 10:30 am at Burma Camp Banker House. A press release from the unit has requested all to attend the meeting.

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Friday 02•09•2016

IN FOCUS The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 241

By Witoubou Newmai

Journalism needs to grow with time

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n an honest retrospection on journalism in Nagaland, it is not only illuminating and entertaining but also useful to find out where we stood in the 1990s. The situation created by the infancy of the profession and public ignorance, as was in other states of the Northeast then, was hilarious.

But today, journalists in Nagaland have risen to meet the challenges of social intricacies even though the "crown still goes to those who get the scoops,” in the words of veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar.

You can get the real state of yester-years’ journalism if you come to know that the dead body of a drug addict or two quarrelsome rickshaw wallas could find a secure spot on the front page of local newspapers. The extreme ignorance of the public was also indicated when an announcer in a programme expressed the gratitude of their village to the "Press Releases (the announcer meant press people) who have come all the way from Dimapur to our village to join us".

The media card of the village programme printed in bold "PRESS RELEASES" confirmed that it was not just a case of slip of tongue of the programme announcer. Innocence also reared its head when a reader is said to have paid Rs 100 for a copy of a newspaper to a hawker. The reader was elated on seeing his write-up in the newspaper, according to the hawker, who later informed us about the incident.

Amid the celebrations of innocence and ignorance, the situation was a living hell for journalists. For instance, the media remained silent when a politician threatened to bring a dozen bulldozers to bulldoze a media house for not front-paging the photograph of a shop inauguration where he did the ribbon cutting. Around the same time, a junior police officer on frisking duty examining press ID cards found it hard to differentiate the press/media from the printing press.

Those were the days where a field reporter was also a subeditor and a receptionist dealing with advertisements and press releases. Events of sports and issues of environment were given the cold shoulder then.

Today, things have changed tremendously. The raging pursuit of journalists in Nagaland, both in terms of specific and broad reach, deserves celebration and support. Journalists in the state have produced much admired impact on society. However, this is not to suggest that maturity of the profession in the state has reached its desired mark. Our slow growing society has also been one of the impediments to the growth of the profession.

10 years from now, we will relish looking back and find today's situation quite entertaining where press releases from various organisations govern newspaper pages. What would amuse us more after 10 years would be these usual group photos of programme organisers, shop inauguration, little known outfits/unions desperately in need of publicity making the most out of somebody's demise with condolence messages or condemnations.

An important argument advanced here is whether our society will understand us if we do not wait for another 10 years for this foreseen entertainment. Our society, and journalism, needs to grow with time.

Vikas Datta lEfT wiNg | IANS A dark World War II secret and its threat to Gorbachev's USSR

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s 1985 ends in Moscow, Mikhail Gorbachev, who has just been in power for a few months now, is still far from secure in his post. And when the naked body of a child is found near the Kremlin, it sets in motion one of the biggest challenges to his authority, with one of his adversaries, threatened by old secrets, capable of going to Book Review: Moskva; Author: Jack any length to save Grimwood; Publisher: Michael Joseph/Penguin himself - includRandom House; Pages: 477; Price: Rs 599 ing threatening the British envoy's step-daughter.

It is this plot and setting that British writer Jack Grimwood, a pen name adopted by literary and historical fiction writer Jon Courtenay Grimwood, for his first, but most atmospheric and grimly ominous, thriller. And he unforgettably portrays the Soviet Union, bleak, brutal, difficult to comprehend or deal with, even as it begins its long walk out of the cold.

His protagonist is a British soldier, who has been posted to Moscow to prevent his appearance before a parliamentary committee in connection with a scandalous operation - hinted at being an assassination of terrorists in a friendly country.

But Army Intelligence Officer Tom Fox, who is put on the trail of the missing girl, is himself battling his disintegrating marriage and his own demons, and barely trusted by the parents for giving the headstrong teenager practical instructions in committing suicide, after noticing the barely-healed cuts on her wrists.

Taking up the mission, he soon picks up an eclectic collection of allies. Apart from Ivan Denisov, a crippled Afghan War veteran who now runs a bar and his surly sister who markedly disapproves of Fox, there is a top gangster, whose two young sons are missing - one of whom is the boy dead in the beginning, a mysterious old woman beggar, with a penchant for appearing at most trouble spots where Fox is, and the attractive but tough Major Svetlana Milova of the Vnutrenniye Voiska (the elite paramilitary unit of the Internal Affairs Ministry), who is more than what she seems.

She also has a grandfather, who is a war hero and a Politburo member to boot, and like his country, most oblique.

And playing an unknown role are two other politburo members - one with a son accustomed to power and privilege and supposedly chasing the missing girl while the other turns out to be the estranged father of Fox's bartender friend.

Further complicating the matter is an unknown sadistic killer who announces his presence by visiting Fox's apartment and leaving an umistakable 'calling card'.

What do her kidnappers want for the girl, how far can Fox trust his friends and what are their real motives are some of the questions he will grapple with for long as bodies keep popping up, a raid goes tragically wrong, he faces multiple threats to his life, which is anyway unravelling, and his own side have considerable misgivings about him and at one point, order him home.

And the most puzzling issue of how the experiences of some of the characters, including the envoy, Milova's grandfather, the other Soviet leaders and the gangster, in the Second World War overshadow in the present day sequence of events is chillingly brought out as the story builds up to a tense climax in an abandoned abattoir in the Crimea.

Grimwood, whose work is also a historical novel and a story of redemption and second chances - for a lot of characters, provides a remarkable picture of the Soviet Union moving from the depressing stagnation of the Brezhnev era and his two short-lived successors - Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko (who, unlike his predecessor, did not have a KGB background, as a character mistakenly tells Fox) to some hope under Gorbachev.

But, his main but uncomfortable motif is the impact of the savage Russian-German conflict in World War II in imposing its own standards of brutality on some men who fought them and which can never be eradicated even when peace returned.

It may upset the squeamish - or the jingoistic but that is what wars can do.

Book Review

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

C O M M E N T A R Y

Garga Chatterjee

How central schemes are being used to weaken Indian federalism

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ven after a huge amount of pressure being applied to West Bengal by the Union government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has firmly stood up for the interests of her state and in defence of federalism and state rights by still refusing to join the UDAY scheme that is being strongly pushed by Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines. And this issue assumed greater significance in the light of the series of steps that have been taken by the present BJP-led Union government to encroach into state rights by anti-federal policies and the initiatives by Mamata Banerjee to create a federal front to lead the political charge against such incursions.

UDAY is a Union government idea called Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana. On paper, it is a financial restructuring package for debt-ridden power distribution companies, most of which belong to state governments. While it sets out a series of measures of restructuring debt, the problem lies in the fact that it takes away independence of state government power companies and hence of the state governments themselves by preferential treatment of those states which agree to this scheme. And the states that don’t agree to join the UDAY scheme are pressurised and bullied through other tactics. Let us look at some of these aspects.

When the scheme was launched by Piyush Goyal in November 2015, it was stated very clearly that joining by states is optional. This optional bit is not some great magnanimity by the Union government by a requirement of constitution since electricity is not (yet) in the Union list but in the concurrent list.

Ever since the constitution was promulgated, electricity has a concurrent subject at Entry 38 in List III of the seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.

However, the proposals of the UDAY scheme clearly show that it plans to discriminate against states that don’t join the UDAY scheme. States accepting UDAY and performing as per operational milestones will be given additional / priority funding through Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Power Sector Development Fund (PSDF) or other such schemes of Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Additionally, such States (that join the UDAY scheme) shall also be supported with additional coal at notified prices and, in case of availability through higher capacity utilization, low cost power from NTPC and other Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs). Finally, states not meeting operational milestones (and hence, also the states that don’t join the UDAY scheme) will be liable to forfeit their claim on IPDS and DDUGJY grants.

Let us unpack what this means. It means, the Union government will start a carrot and stick policy for disbursing funds. Money if you join and agree to go by our rules. No funds if you don’t. Given that Union government draws resources from states, the Union wielding its revenue power to discriminate between states due to its whims and schemes means that it discriminates between states and that it discriminates between independent political choices made by the people of the states in electing people who might not agree with UDAY. Are people of states of the Indian Union less citizens than others, that they are only useful for extracting revenue without pre-conditions while fund allocation is conditional upon the policy of their state governments political choice? If this is not a direct blow on the concept of federalism where Union government and State government, fundamentally equal and sovereign, differing just in distribution of tasks, what is? And Mamata Banerjee, by standing upto UDAY has championed federalism at a time when it is under threat from every scheme announced by the Union government. The UDAY scheme is not an ex-

T

he UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) don’t just define development in terms of economic growth, they also call for sustainable use of the world’s limited natural resources.

For the government of Thailand, one way to achieve the balance between people, planet and prosperity embodied in the SDGs, is by following a development model based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

“The King’s notion of Sufficiency Economy is more a practice – a model for sustainable development that focuses on transforming the economics of exploitation into the economics of moderation and resilience,” Thailand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai explained during a speech at UN headquarters in January 2016.

The approach seeks to “harmonise the economic, social and environmental aspects of development,” he added.

“In this way, our development will not be at the cost of future generations.”

The philosophy is an approach which the government of Thailand has been keen to share with other developing countries, both through SouthSouth cooperation and through its current role as chair of the Group of 77 for the year 2016. In this role, Thailand represents 134 countries, including China, at UN meetings in New York and beyond.

The philosophy recommends that “our decisions and action, at the individual, community and national levels,

ception. From HRD ministry's RUSA scheme to various schemes of other Union ministries, funds and resources are being made available to those who agree to Union government policies. For those who don’t but are still as much stakeholders in the Union of India, there is the stick. This is a grave threat to the idea of representative federal democracy which should have no place for punishing people for their political choices.

But the threat contained in the UDAY scheme is even more dangerous. For states joining UDAY, the scheme provides for “additional coal at notified prices and, in case of availability through higher capacity utilization, low cost power from NTPC and other Central Public Sector Undertakings”. So, we can envisage this scenario. West Bengal doesn’t join UDAY. Coal from the coal fields of West Bengal will be preferentially given to other UDAY-compliant states and not the very land and the people from whose natural homeland that coal is being extracted. It is a matter of shame that centralization has driven the Indian Union to this end where the states themselves are being removed from the resources of their own land.

It is a matter of rights and a matter of dignity and also a matter of independent economic and fiscal policy.

Concomitant with such Union government schemes comes the elaborate ways by which decision making about economic policies, rates, and various other things are being taken away from state legislatures and hence from direct control of the people to unelected bodies of “experts” who are not unaccountable to the people. This is an old -trick to serve

the interests of the rich and the powerful, especially those groups whose interests are harmed by democratic decision-making. In short, those whose interests are opposed to the interests of the people. By turning decision making increasingly technocratic and taking them out of the influence of the people, it makes it more open to abuse by those with links to power and those who can buy power and influence by money. This specifically includes big corporates and those in the good books of the Union government. Such moves undermine federalism and democracy. It’s a shame.

While Mamata Banerjee slowly tries to build consensus around the idea of a federal front, it is important that policy alternatives are also put forward that counter the present centralizing, anti-people policies of the Union government. Such policy alternatives have to include greater power to the states, putting an end to the Union government schemes that discriminate between states on the basis of compliance with Union government guidelines and reversal of policies of issuing guidelines and laws for subjects in the concurrent and state list. The division of power between the Union’s centre and states have to be fundamentally renegotiated in favour of the latter, given the nearly 70 years of constant usurpation of state government power by the Union centre. Certain Union list subjects need to move to the concurrent list. Most concurrent list subjects need to move to the state list. A politics of unity with dignity and diversity best captures the spirit behind a front united under the banner of federalism.

Thailand’s Sufficiency economy Philosophy inter Press service be based upon reasonableness, moderation and prudence with clear virtues and knowledge,” Virachai Plasai, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the UN told IPS in a recent interview.

Thailand’s approach guided by SEP fits closely with many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns and Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

“Goal 12 stipulates that we should strive to sustainably use and manage our natural resources while putting our efforts towards achieving economic growth and social equality,” said Plasai.

“This is the same essence as the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP), which recommends that our decisions and action, at the individual, community and national levels, be based upon reasonableness, moderation and prudence with clear virtues and knowledge,” he added.

SDG 12 includes targets of substantially reducing waste and ensuring that people know how to live lifestyles in harmony with nature.

According to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, “each year, an estimated one third of all food produced – equivalent to 1.3 billion tonnes worth around $1 trillion – ends up rotting in the bins of consumers and retailers, or spoiling due to poor transportation and harvesting practices.”

The goal reflects a broader overall theme within the UN’s Post-2030 Sustainable Development Agenda of achieving “inclusive and sustainable economic growth” in “a world in which consumption and production patterns and use of all natural resources – from air to land, from r i v e r s, l a k e s and aquifers to oceans and seas – are sustainable.”

By sharing it’s Sufficiency Economy Philosophy approach to achieving sustainable development Thailand can help contribute to the different types of cooperation needed to achieve the 17 SDGs, which all 193 UN member states have agreed to work towards achieving by the year 2030.

For example by sharing Sufficiency Economy Philosophy with countries like Bhutan, Lesotho, Lao PDR, TimorLeste, Tonga, Cambodia and Myanmar, Thailand is participating in what is known as South-South cooperation

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– where two or more countries of the Global South work together to achieve development.

“Under South-South cooperation framework, Thailand, through our development arm, the Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), has been working closely with other developing countries, near and far, to provide technical assistance and share know-how on the application of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP),” said Plasai.

This includes providing assistance in applying the philosophy in areas such as agriculture capacity building and community development, he added.

The philosophy is also relevant to other areas of sustainable development, such as management of the world’s oceans.

“The challenge before us is how to use the oceans and their resources without compromising the opportunities for future generations to rely on the same oceans for their development,” said Plasai.

“In this regard, the SEP can come into play as a guiding approach for our action to ensure equitable benefits for all: reasonableness in policy-making, moderation in our ways to use the ocean and its resource, and prudence in balancing our different priorities and needs.”

For example, he says, when it comes to managing the world’s limited fish stocks the precautionary approach of “exercising informed prudence in the context of uncertainty” reflected in the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement is also similar to the SEP.

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INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OF FRUIT JUICES Vinika. K. Aomi

• Sorting, grading and cleaning of fruits.

Select only fresh, firm, fully developed, evenly matures and ripe fruits JRF (DBT) having uniform colour. If overripe and immature fruits are selected, it deICAR teriorates the quality of the final product. Selected fruits should be washed thoroughly in water, preferably in running water to remove dust, pesticide I. Introduction It could be said that freshly pressed fruit juice provides the truly natural spray residues etc. sometimes gentle rubbing with hands may be necessary answer to all the requirements of a soft drink: thirst quenching, fresh, healthy, to remove dust. flavoursome, nutritional and, of course, natural. So why should it have been necessary to look any further towards the creation of different flavour types • Juice extraction Most of the fruits are first crushed to help in the extraction of juice beand the myriad of drink varieties that has appeared over the years in bever- fore pressing or introducing them to a juice extractor. In case of citrus fruits, age markets around the world? Necessity, being the mother of invention, has the fruits should be cut into halves, and their skin portion removed combeen the driving force in all this. A freshly squeezed orange or fresh pulped pletely before extraction of juice; otherwise it makes the juice bitter. and strained apple would supply a fruit juice drink for immediate consumption, but to expect it to maintain its quality for even a day or two was tempt- • Centrifuge ing providence. Nowadays, with the benefit of ultra-high temperature (UHT) Fruit juices especially of citrus fruits should be centrifuged at 2500-3000 pasteurisation, aseptic packaging techniques and systems, pressed juices rpm for 5 to 10 minutes. Centrifugation of juices is an important factor in can be stored for extended periods with very little deterioration in quality clarification and stabilization of many fruit juices.

Now-a – days many new fruit juice processing units have come up in our country, which aims at curbing the challenges of providing healthy and top quality fruit juices. • Syrup preparation The secret of a well planned fruit and vegetable processing centre is that it must be deAll fruits contain sugar, usually around 8-10%. Actual levels vary from signed to operate for as many months of the year as possible. This means the facilities, fruit to fruit and with the stage of ripeness of the fruit. The addition of sugar the buildings, the material handling and the equipment itself must be inter-linked to the fruit pulp to achieve the recommended levels for preservation must and coordinated properly to allow as many products as possible to be handled at take into account the amount of sugar already present in the juice. It is imthe same time, and yet the equipment must be versatile enough to be able to han- portant to achieve the minimum level that will prevent the growth of bacdle many products without major alterations. A typical processing centre or factory teria, however, once that level has been achieved; it is possible to add more should process four or five types of fruits harvested at different times of the year and if the consumers require a sweeter product. In all cases, sugar should be two or three vegetables. This processing unit must also be capable of handling dried/ added to the fruit juice as sugar syrup. The syrup should be filtered through dehydrated finished products, juices, pickles, tomato juice, ketchup and paste, jams, a muslin cloth prior to mixing to remove particles of dirt which are always present. This gives a clearer, higher quality product. jellies and marmalades, semi-processed fruit products.

Advanced planning is necessary to process a large range of products in varied weather and temperature conditions, each requiring a special set of manufactur- • Mixing The fruit juice, the required sugar syrup and preservatives should be ing and packaging formulae. The end result of the efforts should be a well-managed processing unit with lower initial investment. A unit which is sensibly laid thoroughly mixed. This is usually achieved by use of motor generated roout and where one requirement co-relates to another, with a sound costing anal- tary blades in a stainless steel tank. ysis, leads to an integrated operation. Instead of over-sophisticated machinery, a sensible simple processing unit may be required when planned production is • Pasteurization All the juices need to be pasteurised at 80-95°C for 1-10 minutes prior not very large and is geared mainly to meet the demand of the domestic market. to hot-filling into bottles. At the simplest level, this may be carried out in a stainless steel, enamelled or aluminium saucepan over a gas flame, but this II. Fruit juice processing Various types of fruit, because of their nature, shape, size, harvesting char- can result in localised overheating at the base of the pan, with consequent acteristics and so on, may require specialised treatment during processing. flavour changes. Care is needed when producing pineapple juice due to In all instances, however, the operation involves a number of stages: obtain- a heat resistant enzyme in the juice. The juice must be heated to a higher ing the fruit supply in a correct state of maturity, expressing the juice in the temperature for a longer time to destroy the enzyme (eg boiling for 20 minmost efficient manner possible, and then, if required, treating the juice with utes). It is best to use stainless steel pans to heat fruit juice as the acidity of enzymes (e.g. pectolases and cellulases) for clarification, followed by a suit- the juice can react with aluminium in aluminium pans during prolonged able filtration stage before concentration and eventual packaging or storage. heating.

Flow diagram for preparation of fruit juices Wash fruits thoroughly let them dry and cut into pieces ↓ Extraction of juice ↓ Centrifuge ↓ Syrup preparation

↓ Mixing ↓ Addition of preservative and salt (if required) ↓ Pasteurization ↓ Bottling ↓ Labelling ↓ Packaging and storage

• Filling and bottling In all cases, the products should be hot-filled into clean, sterilised bottles. After filling hot, the bottles are capped and laid on their sides to cool prior to labelling.

III. Quality control The freshness and quality of the expressed fruit juice is central to the quality of the final product. As soon as the juice is expressed from the fruit it starts to deteriorate, both as a result of chemical activity (enzyme action) and bacterial spoilage. It is important to move from the juice extraction stage to pasteurisation as quickly as possible to minimise any spoilage. Extracted fruit juice that is left to stand for long periods in the heat will start to ferment and may start to discolour due to enzyme activity. The juice should be stored in a refrigerator (if one is available) or in a cool place and away from the direct sunlight. It should be collected into a clean, sterile container (food grade plastic buckets is the best option) and covered to keep out dirt, dust and insects. For the best quality product, it is essential to work quickly between the extraction of the juice and the bottling stage. The longer the juice is out of the bottles, the more chance there is of contamination. As in all food processing units it is necessary to ensure that the fruit products are correctly formulated and priced to meet the customer's requirements, and that production costs are minimised to ensure that a profit is made. In par-

Vegetables production in poly house Dr. (Mrs.) Anamika Sharma ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region Jharnapani, Nagaland

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oly house or plastic house is a greenhouse covered with polythene sheet.

Being light in weight, easy to handle, resistant to hail and cheaper in cost, the polythene is now most preferred material for covering a greenhouse.

Poly house cultivation is possibly the most intensive method of crop production. It is highly productive and protective of environment. Since vegetables are treated as high value crops and their regular supply in the market in fresh condition is an essentiality, the utility of poly house has been found to be maximum with respect to these crops.

Depending upon the surface area to be covered, prevalent weather conditions, availability of the construction material, flexibility required, cost and the aesthetic appearance, shape and style of a poly house may be chosen. For small farmers’ single span greenhouse are good, but for a large-scale commercial production of a single crop or more crops requiring similar growing environment, gutter connected multispan greenhouses are economical. Woods, bamboo, GI pipe, angle iron, and aluminum are common materials used for the frame work of a poly house. Durability of the structure depends on the type of materials used. Ultraviolet treated transparent plastic film of 150-200micron thickness is commonly used covering material. Such films have 4-5 years life. For efficient round the year utilization of a poly house, some seasonal control is exerted over the environmental factors like air, light, temperature and humidity.

Low-cost poly house In low -cost poly house, no equipment is installed to control the environment artificially.

In subtropics during winters poly house is kept completely closed in night, while in day times, depending upon the light intensity, doors and / or windows are kept open to allow ventilation.

Depending upon ventilation, the temperature inside the poly house is 50-120 C higher than outside air temperature. During summer, over heating of the poly house is a problem which could be avoided by opening the side walls also in addi-

ticular the following points should be observed: • Only fresh, fully ripe fruit should be used; mouldy or insect damaged fruit should be thrown away. All unwanted parts (dirt, skins, stones etc) should be removed.

• All equipment, surfaces and floors should be thoroughly cleaned after each day's production.

• Water quality is critical. If in doubt use boiled water or add one tablespoon of bleach to 5 litres of water to sterilise it. If water is cloudy, a water filtration system should be used.

• The concentration of preservative should be carefully controlled for correct preservation of squashes and cordials, and may be subject to local laws. Check first and use accurate scales to measure the preservative.

• The temperature and time of heating are critical for achieving both the correct shelf life of the drink and retaining a good colour and flavour.

• The correct weight should be filled into the bottles each time. These factors are important because a customer will stop buying the products if the quality varies with each purchase.

IV. The use of chemical preservatives in fruit juices and fruit drinks As the name suggests, pure fruit juice is solely the extracted juice of fruit and should not have any preservative, or any other ingredients (such as sugar) added. Fruit drinks that are not consumed in one go can have preservatives added to help prolong the shelf life once they have been opened. There are several chemical preservatives that can be added to fruit juices. Processors need to check with local authorities or standards agencies to find the maximum permitted levels.

Permitted preservatives used in fruit juices and beverages Compound

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Commonly used levels

Sulphites and sulphur dioxide

Sulphur dioxide gas and the 0.005-0.2% sodium or potassium salts of sulphite, bisulphite or metabisulphite are the most commonly used forms. Sulphurous acid inhibits yeasts, moulds and bacteria. Sulphur dioxide is mainly used to preserve the colour of fruits during drying.

Sorbic acid

Sorbic acid and sodium and 0.05-0.2 potassium sorbate are widely used to inhibit the growth of moulds and yeasts. The activity of sorbic acid increases as the pH decreases. Sorbic acid and its salts are practically tasteless and odourless in foods when used at levels less than 0.3%.

Benzoic acid

Benzoic acid, in the form of so- 0.03-0.2% dium benzoate is a widely used preservative. It occurs naturally in cranberries, cinnamon and cloves and is well suited for used in acid foods. It is often used in combination with sorbic acid at levels from 0.05-0.1% b y weight

Citric acid

Citric acid is the main acid found No limit naturally in citrus fruits. It is widely used in carbonated beverages and as an acidifier of foods. It is a less effective anti-microbial agent than other acids.

Weather based integrated agro advisory for the month of September Total rainfall received in Dimapur district during August month was 398.9 mm which was 39% more than the normal with the highest amount of 60.4mm recorded on 13th August. Total number of rainy day was 16.

Advisories Provide adequate drainage in standing crops to remove excess water from the field.

Daily monitoring of the field should be done and assess changes in plant health, pest status and crop damage.

Through frequent field inspections, pest problems can be identified in time and act quickly to prevent pest from spreading and causing further damage to crops.

During the month of September, Bordeaux paste should be applied on tree trunk of citrus up to 60cm height from ground level. To kill the trunk borer grubs, clean the bored holes of the infested trunk with iron wire and insert a cotton swab soaked in petrol or kerosene and plug with mud.

Harvest rain water by making storage ponds which will help to provide two to three life saving irrigations in the period of prolonged dry spell.

For rice blast management, destroy the infested residue, stubbles, grass and weeds present in the bunds of the field as they act as a source for the infection. Avoid excess use of nitrogen fertilizer.

In most of the hybrid and composite maize variety for harvesting do not wait for stalks and leaves to dry because mostly they remain green.

Livestock tion to doors and windows. Besides use of shad- tomated. ing nets and frequent watering are also helpful.

Poly house cultivation is beneficial only when off season vegetables are grown. It is useful in proMedium-cost poly house duction of vegetable nursery under adverse weathIn medium cost poly house, sidewalls are er conditions. Choice of crops depends upon the need not to be flexible. Usually fan-pad cooling size of poly house structure, market demand as well system is adopted during summer to keep a check as expected market price. While it is convenient to over the temperature rise, besides using shading raise any vegetable crop in environmentally- connets and applying frequent watering through mi- trolled poly house during any part of the year, the cro-sprinkler. During winter, hot air blowers may selection of crops are more critical in case of ordibe used to maintain higher temperature. nary low- cost poly houses. In subtropics, cucumber, bottle gourd, capsicum and tomato give quite High-cost poly house remunerative yields during winter in low cost poly In high-cost poly house, there is complete houses. With proper ventilation cabbage, early vacontrol over the environment. For uniform heat- rieties of tropical cauliflower and coriander can be ing, usually propane or electric heater is used. successfully grown during summer/ rainy season.

Heat generated is passed through perforated tubIt is well established that if seeds of cucuring. Heating may also be done by circulating hot bits are sown in small plastic bags during winter water/steam through pipes. Irrigation is applied and the seedlings are reared in poly house, they through micro-sprinkler /micro-sprayer / drip ir- remain safe from injury and become ready for rigation system. All the operations in high-cost transplanting early in February to give early and poly greenhouse may be controlled and fully au- remunerative harvest.

Avoid vaccinating animals during extreme heat conditions. Plan to vaccinate in the early morning hours when temperatures are low to moderate. Always read label instructions as this will give you plenty of information on the type of animal to vaccinate, the dose, and route of administration.

• Poultry: High humidity is favourable for occurrence of coccidiodial disease in poultry, provide anti-coccidial drugs • Piggery: Precaution should be taken against Japanese encephalitis, a mosquito borne disease. Avoid stagnant water in and around the sty, maintain proper hygienic condition. The sty should be kept dry and avoid dampness • Fishery Due to heavy rainfall and muddy water influx from the surrounding areas, the ponds may result in reduction of dissolved oxygen. Stir the water with a bamboo pole as it will help in increasing the oxygen and protect the fishes from suffocation.

The Morung Express in collaboration with the ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hill Region, Nagaland Centre will be publishing articles with regard to Agriculture and the farming community on the first Friday of every month.

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

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Will return land within stipulated time: Mamata KolKAtA, September 1 (iANS): The West Bengal government will start land survey from Friday and complete within the Supreme Court stipulated time the process of returning land taken from the peasants of Singur for the Tata Motors Nano project, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Thursday. A day after the Supreme Court quashed the land acquisition, Banerjee chaired a high level emergency meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna to decide on follow-up actions for implementing the judicial order. Briefing mediapersons later, she said all land-losers will get the same plot of land which they owned before the acquisition in 2006. Banerjee said the state government has already given instruction for a survey of the land which would begin from Friday. vBanerjee said those who have not taken the compensation for the land acquired by the erstwhile Left Front government, will now get both the compensation and their land. "The compensation amount is deposited either with the Land Acquisition Collector or the Court." Those who had accepted compensation cheques, will now get their land back. "The agricultural labourers will also be benefitted. The sharecroppers will get the benefits exactly as per the position recorded before the acquisition". "Whatever and whichever land one had before the acquisition, exactly that will be returned as per record. There will be no discrimination," she said. The survey is to be completed within ten weeks.

PM Modi leaves for tour of Vietnam, China today New Delhi September 1 (pti): Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets off on Friday on a bilateral visit to Vietnam and to attend the annual summit of powerful G-20 grouping in China’s Hangzhou where India is likely to seek concrete measures to check terror financing and crackdown on tax evasion. Modi’s first destination will be Vietnam from where he will leave for Hangzhou on August 3 to attend the G-20 summit on September 4 and 5. The Prime Minister will return to India on September 5 and will again leave for Laos on a two-day visit to attend the annual IndiaASEAN and East Asia Summits. In Vietnam, Modi will hold wide-ranging talks with top leadership of the resource-rich country to deepen ties in key areas of defence, security and trade, and ramping up India’s engagement in oil exploration. At the G-20 Summit, India is likely to raise a host of issues ranging from choking terror funding and checking tax evasion to cutting cost of remittances and market access for key drugs. On the sidelines of the Summit, Modi will have bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and attend a BRICS leaders’ meet. Niti Ayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya is India’s sherpa for the G-20 and some of the issues were already discussed in the run up to the summit.

Raghuram Rajan says was willing to stay as RBI governor mUmbAi, September 1 (reUterS): Outgoing Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday he would have been willing to remain at the central bank to finish pending tasks, but was unable to reach a deal with the government. Rajan, in an interview with TV channel India Today, said among the remaining tasks had been a clean-up of soured loans at state-owned banks and the establishment of a monetary policy committee to set interest rates, which has yet to be formed. "Because of these unfinished tasks, I was willing to stay, provided we could reach the right kind of agreement," said Rajan."He declined to specify which type of agreement he had sought.

PAHAL scheme saved Rs 21,000 crore in India: Pradhan bhUbANeSwAr, September 1 (iANS): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said successful implementation of PAHAL, effecting elimination of duplicate and ghost consumers, has resulted in estimated savings of more than Rs 21,000 crore. "Today, we are having more than 160 million consumers registered under PAHAL, who are getting subsidy directly into their bank account. Successful implementation of PAHAL has resulted in estimated savings of more than Rs 21,000 crore through the elimination of duplicate/fake/ghost consumers," said Pradhan. He disclosed this while addressing the International Conference on LPG cooking gas here. Pradhan said more than 10 million consumers have voluntarily given up LPG subsidy and 17.4 crore households, out of total 28 crore households in the country, have access to LPG.

Rahul says RSS people killed Mahatma, ready to face trial New Delhi, September 1 (iANS): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told the Supreme Court that he stood by his remarks blaming the RSS people for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and said he was ready to face trial for alleged criminal defamation of the outfit.

Gandhi's lawyer Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court that the Congress Vice-President stood by what he had said about the people associated with RSS. While allowing Gandhi to withdraw his petition, the bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman declined his plea for exemption from appearing before the trial court in defamation case.

The Congress VicePresident had moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order refusing to interfere with the criminal defamation case instituted by an RSS activist Rajesh Mahadev Kunte before a Bhiwandi court in Thane district of Maharashtra.

Kunte is the secretary of the Bhiwandi unit of RSS. During the last hearing the apex court bench took note of Gandhi's statement before the Bombay High Court that he had not blamed the RSS as an insti-

Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi gestures during an address at a farmers' rally. (REUTERS File Photo)

tution for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi but the people associated with it. However, on Thursday the matter took a different turn when senior counsel Umesh R. Lalit said that to prove his bonafides, Rahul Gandhi should say that he did not intend to involve RSS for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

At this, senior counsel Sibal appearing for Gandhi told the bench that he (Rahul Gandhi) stands by every word he had said before the High Court. "RSS ke logon ne goli mari. (RSS people shot at Mahatma Gandhi) I stand by my every word. I am ready to go

to trial," he said.

Sibal urged the court to record his statement in its order that Rahul Gandhi is ready to face trial. The bench refused to record it and said the trial court will decide the matter uninfluenced by the observation in the high court order.

The Congress Vice-President in his affidavit before the High court had said: "The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi was a result of the destructive philosophy of the persons associated with the RSS. It was also clearly suggested that the assassins were associated or affiliated with RSS. He never accused RSSA as an institu-

tion of the crime."

The senior counsel said what Rahul Gandhi has said is the statement made

by Gopal Godse -- the younger brother of Nathu Ram Godse who killed Mahatma Gandhi.

Lalit said that if "He (Rahul Gandhi) makes a statement that he did not intend to say that RSS as an organisation was responsible for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi then the matter could rest."

At this Justice Nariman asked: "What is the problem if the page (of the Rahul Gandhi's affidavit before the High Court) exists as it is?"

"It is a statement made for the convenience of litigation," said Lalit.

Pointing to the sequence, Lalit said: "He (Rahul Gandhi) intended to involve RSS. No body is interested in Nathu Ram Godse. The target was RSS. You have done repeatedly (blamed the RSS) in Assam and even after the last hearing of the matter."

Congress had in the last 60 years blamed RSS for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Lalit told the Supreme Court bench. In every election, in the areas where people from minority community are present, they have repeated their charge against the RSS, Lalit added.

Sibal countered Lalit and said: "Don't make political statement."

Kunte had initiated the criminal defamation case against the Congress VicePresident objecting to his election speech at Sonale where Rahul Gandhi had reportedly blamed RSS people for Mahatma Gandhi's assassination.

Congress stands by Rahul, says battle will decide who is a true Hindu Meanwhile, defending party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on his comments on the RSS, the Congress said on Thursday this was a

"battle of principles" for him that would eventually decide "who is a true Hindu".

"We believe this is not a battle of courts, this battle will decide who is a true Hindu. RSS will have to give a statement with regard to this because a true Hindu could never have killed Mahatma Gandhiji," said Congress leader Kapil Sibal, briefing reporters.

"We want to ask them (RSS) whether Nathu Ram Godse was a true Hindu?

Can they say that any Hindu could not have killed Gandhiji? Can they say because of this Godse was not a Hindu? So, the battle lies here. Who is a true Hindu?

The fight is against divisive agenda, against identity politics, against caste-based and religion-based politics.

"We believe that Hinduism is a way of life. It is fight for humanity. We want to prove that we stand by humanity. It is a political battle. RSS is doing this because they want to make it a political agenda before the Uttar Pradesh elections," said Sibal, who is also the lawyer in the case for Rahul Gandhi.

Gandhi's lawyer Sibal told the Supreme Court that the Congress Vice President stood by what he had said about the RSS and the 1948 assassination of the Mahatma.

'PoK would have been ours if we opted for military solution' Services to be hit as workers set for nationwide strike

New Delhi, September 1 (pti): Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha today rued that air power had not been fully utilised by the Indian government till the 1971 war and indicated that PoK would have been India's had the country gone for a military solution rather than taking a "moral high ground". In unusually candid remarks, the Air Force chief termed Pakistani-occupied Kashmir as a "thorn in our flesh" and said India did not follow a "pragmatic approach" to security needs. He said India's security environment is vitiated and aerospace power, as part of the military power, would be required to deter a

conflict in the region and also ensure peace and tranquillity.

"Our foreign policy was enshrined in the charter of the UN, charter of the Non-Alignment Movement as well as Pancsheel doctrine.

"We have been governed by high ideals and we really did not follow a very pragmatic approach, to my mind, to security needs. To that extent, we did ignore the role of the military power to maintain conducive environment," Raha said at an aerospace seminar here.

He said India as a country was "reluctant" to use military power, especially air power, in deterring ad-

versaries, in deterring a conflict and when involved in conflict the country has been drawn into several times in the past.

"And when a military solution was in sight, taking moral high ground, I think we went to UN for a peaceful solution to this problem. The problem still continues. PoK remains a thorn in our flesh today," he said. The IAF chief said the only time when air power was fully utilised was in 1971 war and the three forces blended completely resulting in the creation of Bangladesh.

"But the situation has changed. We are ready to use air power to defend ourselves and deter a conflict," he said.

Jayalalithaa announces 9-month maternity leave for women CheNNAi, September 1 (pti):Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said maternity leave for women government employees will be increased from the present six months to nine, fulfilling her party’s electoral promise. Unveiling healthcare initiatives worth over Rs 1,400 crore, Jayalalithaa recalled that she had increased the maternity leave to six months after she assumed office as Chief Minister in 2011 from the then previous three months.

From 1980 to 2011, women employees were entitled for only 90 days maternity leave, she said in the Assembly. “Fulfilling our (AIADMK) electoral promise of increasing maternity leave

to nine months for women government employees, I would like to announce that the maternity leave will be increased to nine months,” she told the House in a suo motu statement.

She unveiled a slew of healthcare initiatives which include extension of ongoing schemes, procurement of diagnostic devices like PET Scan, dialysis equipment, setting up of additional infrastructure like Cathlab and construction of buildings, all together worth over Rs 1,400 crore. She said ongoing healthcare schemes of “Amma Arogya Plan,” “Amma Master Health CheckUp,” and “Amma Master Health CheckUp Plan for Women,” will be extended to Coimbatore, Tirunelveli and Madu-

rai Government Medical College hospitals at a cost of Rs 30 crore.

She announced Integrated Primary Healthcare Services on a pilot basis in three districts at a cost of Rs 5.93 crore. Jayalalithaa said cathlab facility would be set up in 6 hospitals at a cost of Rs 42.20 crore and dialysis equipment for 51 hospitals at a cost of Rs.5.76 crore. Old ambulances would be replaced with new ones at a cost of Rs 4 crore while a PET Scan equipment will be put up at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi-Super Speciality Hospital at a cost of Rs 15 crore.

She also announced over Rs 30 crore worth initiatives in promotion of Indian Medicine in the state.

New Delhi, September 1 (iANS): Millions of workers in industrial units, banks, transport, power, and government services across India will take part in a day's strike on Friday to oppose the NDA government's "antilabour" policies and demand better wages, central trade unions said.

They said the strike will also flag price rise and growing unemployment, and underline workers' opposition to disinvestment in the public sector and FDI in Railways, Defence and Insurance sectors. The trade unions are demanding that price rise be checked through a pan-India public distribution system, labour laws be enforced, and all workers get universal social security.

Also on their charter of demands is revocation of ceilings on payment of bonus and provident fund and increase in the quantum of gratuity.

The agitation has been announced despite Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announcing on Tuesday that the government would release state employees' bonuses for the last two years, and increase minimum wages for unskilled workers.

The unions that will participate in the strike are INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, UTUC, and LPF. However, the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), affiliated to the ruling BJP and the Rashtriya Sawemsewak Sangh (RSS), has decided to stay away from the agitation.

According to trade union sources, banking and insurance sector will be affected the most besides public sector undertakings (PSUs).

Banking operations are likely to be hit across the country as six major unions of bank employees including All India Bank Employees Association and All India Bank Officers' Association have given the call for the strike.

Bank unions are opposing privatisation of banks and merger of the State Bank of India (SBI) with its associate banks.

India short of 500,000 doctors, bodies on shoulders reminders of health crisis New Delhi, September 1 (iNDiASpeND/iANS): In Odisha, a man slung his wife's body over his shoulder and carried it 10 km after being denied an ambulance on August 24, 2016.

In Kanpur, a man's sick son died on his shoulder after being denied admission to a hospital on August 29, 2016.

Such cases become visible when they get social media and television attention, but millions cannot access India's overburdened hospitals and inadequate medical facilities, a crisis illustrated by the fact that India is short of nearly 500,000 doctors, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) norm of 1:1,000 population, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of government data.

With more than 740,000 active doctors at the end of 2014 -a claimed doctor-patient population ratio of 1:1,674, worse than Vietnam, Algeria and Pakistan -- the doctor shortage was one of the health-management failures cited by the report of a parliamentary committee on health and family welfare,

In Odisha, a man slung his wife's body over his shoulder and carried it 10 km after being denied an ambulance on August 24, 2016.

which presented its findings on March 8, 2016.

Illegal capitation fees in private medical colleges, a healthservices inequality between urban and rural India and a disconnect between the publichealth and medical-education systems were among the issues the committee investigated while probing the Medical

Council of India, the 82-yearold organisation responsible for medical-education standards.

Up to 55 per cent of India's 55,000 doctors graduate every year from private colleges, many of which charge illegal donations, or "capitation fees"; in Tamil Nadu, it now costs a medical student from such a college Rs 2 crore to get a MBBS

degree, the Times Of India reported on August 26, 2016.The imbalances begin with access to medical education.

States with nearly half the population have only a fifth of MBBS seats "Six states, which represent 31 per cent of India's population, have 58 per cent MBBS seats; on the other hand, eight states, which comprise 46 per cent of India's population, have only 21 per cent MBBS seats," said an unnamed expert who deposed before the parliamentary committee.

These medical-education imbalances reflect larger public-healthcare issues. In general, poverty is correlated with the lack of healthcare. For instance, among states with the highest proportion of undernourished children, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have the worst infrastructure for institutional deliveries.

India's poorer states have health indicators that are worse than many nations poorer than them, and India's healthcare spending is the lowest among BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,

China, South Africa) nations, as are its health indicators.

Every year, 55,000 doctors complete their MBBS and 25,000 post-graduation nationwide, said another unnamed expert. At this rate of growth, he told the committee, India should have a doctor (allopathic) for every 1,250 people for a population of 1.3 billion by 2020, and one for every 1,075 by 2022 (population: 1.36 billion).

"However, the committee has been informed… that doctors cannot be produced overnight, and if we add 100 medical colleges every year for the next five years, only by the year 2029 will the country have adequate number of doctors," the second expert said.

The shortage of doctors, the report said, is despite the increase in medical colleges, from 23 in 1947 to 398 at the end of 2014. India, the report noted, has more medical colleges than any country, and 49,930 admissions were available in 2014.

"An expert who appeared before the committee submitted that India was very very short of doctors and to meet

this shortfall, India needs to have not four hundred, but one thousand medical colleges," the report said.

The central government has approved 22 medical colleges with 1,765 seats in the last two years, according to an e-book published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The NITI Aayog, the government's think-tank, has prepared the draft National Education Commission Bill, 2016, to reassess India's healthcare and medical-education infrastructure.

While 11 new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have been added with 1,100 seats, the government has proposed an additional 4,700 MBBS seats.

As many as 5,540 MBBS seats and 1,004 PG seats have been added in the last two academic sessions, the e-book said.

Medical-education shortages manifest themselves in under-staffed public-health services nationwide: There is an 83 per cent shortage of specialist medical professionals in community health centres

(CHCs), as IndiaSpend reported in September 2015.

Public-health centres across India's rural areas -- 25,308 in 29 states and seven union territories -- are short of more than 3,000 doctors, the scarcity rising 200 per cent (or tripling) over 10 years, IndiaSpend reported in February 2016. The committee was, thus, sceptical of the government's claims of the doctorpopulation ratio.

"Given the fact that the Indian Medical Register is not a live database and contains names of doctors who may have passed away or retired from active practice, by now, as well as those with a permanent address outside India and that there is no mechanism in place for filtering out such cases, the Committee is highly sceptical of the ministry's claim of having one doctor per 1,674 population," the parliamentary report said. "In view of the above, the Committee feels that the total universe of doctors in India is much smaller than the official figure, and we may have one doctor per 2,000 population, if not more."

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Defiant to the end, Rousseff vows to fight on RIO DE JANEIRO, SEptEmbER 1 (REutERS): Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla who rose to become her country’s first female president, went out as she always said she would: fighting.

There was no regret, no submission and no compromise as she responded to the Senate vote that stripped her of the presidency on Wednesday.

“They think they’ve defeated us, but they’re wrong,” she said from her official residency, her voice cracking and eyes moist with emotion. “I know we will all fight.”

Such defiance is characteristic of the 68-yearold leftist, who was imprisoned and tortured in the early 1970s under Brazil’s military dictatorship. For many, it was also the root of her downfall.

Removed from office for breaking budget laws, Rousseff denied any wrongdoing to the very end, vowing to appeal to the Supreme Court to reverse an impeachment she has described as a coup.

But for critics, her economic mismanagement, some of it masked by the accounting tricks for which she was impeached, helped drive Brazil into its worst recession in nearly a century.

Though Rousseff’s budgetary misdemeanors pale in comparison to the corruption charges against many members of Con-

Brazil impeachment opens diplomatic rift

Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff attends the final session of debate and voting on Rousseff’s impeachment trial in Brasilia, Brazil, August 29, 2016. REUTERS

gress, her political isolation and approval ratings in the single digits ultimately made her government untenable.

Her dogmatic approach, reflected in an inability or unwillingness to cut deals and maintain allegiances, played into the opposition’s hands, while a corruption scandal at Petrobras, centered on the period when she chaired the state-run oil company, eroded her reputation for honesty.

“She does not have a high tolerance for dissent,” said one colleague who

worked with her for nearly a decade in government, adding that she had rarely demonstrated flexibility in negotiations.

Her ouster marks the end of 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule. Once heralded for a sustained economic boom that helped more than 30 million people out of poverty, it finished in the midst of deep recession and with government finances in tatters.

plucked from relative obscurity by her mentor and predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Rousseff won her first presidential election easily.

It was 2010 and Brazil was still flying high on the back of a commodity boom, as exports of soy, iron ore and oil soared.

Lula left office with an approval rating of 83 percent and his success rubbed off on Rousseff, whom he marketed as a nononsense technocrat.

EARLY SIGNS But she lacked Lula’s For someone who had charisma and negotiating never held elected office, skills, a fatal flaw in rough-

bRASILIA, SEptEmbER 1 (REutERS): The dismissal of Brazil’s president upset relations with leftist Latin American governments on Wednesday as Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia recalled their ambassadors to protest what they called a “coup” and Brasilia responded in kind. The Brazilian Senate voted 61-20 to convict the country’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff, of illegally using money from state banks to bankroll public spending.

The vote ended 13 years of progressive Workers Party rule and brought to power her conservative former vice president, Michel Temer.

Leftist leaders in Caracas, Quito, La Paz and San Salvador have been consistent allies of Rousseff and her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, including Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who said the United States was behind the impeachment push.

“This coup d’etat isn’t just against Dilma. It is against Latin America and the Caribbean. It is against us,” Maduro said in a televised speech.

“This is an attack against the popular, progressive, leftist movement.” Brazilian Foreign Minister Jose Serra defended the constitutionality of Rousseff’s impeachment and questioned the

and-tumble Brazilian politics.

Warning signs appeared early on. Economic growth halved in her first year in office to 3.9 percent as commodity prices fell and debt-laden consumers curbed spending.

By 2012 growth had fallen to 1.9 percent. In an increasingly desperate bid to restore growth, Rousseff abandoned economic principles such as inflation targeting and balanced budgets that for two decades had kept boom-bust cycles at bay.

She also ignored busi-

ness leaders’ pleas to pursue tax, labor and pension reforms to make Brazil more competitive.

Despite falling tax revenues, Rousseff increased spending, hoping that public works would encourage investment. To curb inflation, she froze fuel prices and gave electricity companies tax breaks to keep power rates low.

The policies held off recession just long enough to win re-election in 2014. But almost immediately the gravity of Brazil’s problems began to take a toll.

The economy went into

legitimacy of Maduro’s government.

“The Venezuelan government has no moral standing to talk about democracy, since they don’t have a democratic regime,” he said in comments posted to a government website, in which he accused Venezuela of holding political prisoners. A political crisis in Venezuela has already heightened tensions with the Temer government, which took over on an interim basis when Rousseff was suspended in May to face trial.

Earlier this month, diplomats from Brazil and Uruguay traded barbs over the latter’s accusation that Brasilia was trying to “buy” its vote to block Venezuela from taking the rotating presidency of the region’s Mercosur trade bloc. Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay have refused to allow Venezuela to take the Mercosur presidency, arguing that it has not complied with the minimum requirements to belong to the common market. Adding its voice to the criticisms, the leftist government of El Salvador said in a statement that Rousseff’s removal “represented a serious threat for Latin America’s democracy, peace, justice, development and integration.” However, it did not say it would recall its ambassador.

freefall, contracting 3.85 percent in 2015, while the Petrobras scandal swept through congress, heightening suspicion and fracturing allegiances.

When Rousseff finally tried to pass austerity measures, she largely failed, having lost the support of congress. Her main ally, the PMDB party led by Michel Temer who succeeds her as president, split in December and momentum for her impeachment grew.

Many Brazilians hope Rousseff ’s removal will help to end a political crisis that has obstructed at-

tempts to salvage the economy.

But there is a large section of society that will grieve the departure of Rousseff’s Workers Party, which promised a new type of inclusive politics combining economic growth with the reduction of inequality.

To her supporters, Rousseff promised this was not the end.

“This story does not finish like this ... We will return to continue our journey toward a Brazil in which the people are sovereign,” she said.

‘Australia must choose between United States and China’ Wa army storms out of Myanmar peace talks

SyDNEy, SEptEmbER 1 (REutERS): A senior U.S. soldier said on Thursday Australia must choose between a stronger U.S. alliance or closer ties with China, and urged Canberra to take a tougher stance against Chinese claims in the South China Sea. “I think the Australians need to make a choice ... it’s very difficult to walk this fine line between balancing the alliance with the United States and the economic engagement with China,” U.S. Army Assistant Chief of Staff Colonel

Tom Hanson said on Australian Broadcasting Corp. Radio.

“There’s going to have to be a decision as to which one is more of a vital national interest for Australia,” he said. Hanson said the comments reflected his personal view and were not necessarily that of the U.S. government.

The comments follow the publication of a parliamentary booklet warning Australian lawmakers to treat Chinese motives in the region with caution. Australia, a staunch U.S. ally, has previously

drawn criticism from China for running surveillance flights over disputed islands in the South China Sea, and supporting U.S. freedom of navigation exercises there.

However, Australia has not conducted a unilateral freedom of navigation voyage of its own.

“Clearly China believes that they have an opportunity and they feel empowered to flout that, and a demonstration by Australia would be welcome,” Hanson said.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in response to Han-

son’s comments that the U.S. role in the Indo-Pacific region was as important now as it had ever been.

“We are balancing relationships between our largest strategic ally and our largest trading partner with deft diplomacy, consistency and pragmatism,” Bishop said in a statement. China is Australia’s biggest trading partner and a large source of foreign investment, spending $11.1 billion on Australian assets, mostly property, in 2015, accounting and advisory firm KPMG and the University of Sydney have said.

Mistaken for dengue, Zika cases may be underestimated NEW yORk, SEptEmbER 1 (IANS): Official statistics may underestimate the size of the epidemic caused by Zika virus as some Zika cases may be misreported as dengue, say Brazilian researchers.

The methodologies currently available to the public health system and private labs and hospitals may also produce false positives for dengue in patients with Zika because the two viruses are so similar, said lead researcher Mauricio Lacerda Nogueira from Sao Jose do Rio Preto Medical School (FAMERP) in Sao

Paulo, Brazil.

The team performed molecular tests on blood samples from 800 people treated as suspected dengue patients at the emergency facility of Hospital de Base, Sao Jose do Rio Preto’s reference hospital, between January and August 2016.

The initial diagnosis, based on clinical symptoms and serological tests, was confirmed in only 400 samples. More than 100 of the cases analysed were positive for Zika virus, and the virus that causes chikungunya fever was identified in one of the samples.

“These results suggest the classic division usually made between symptoms -- associating conjunctivitis with Zika and joint pain with chikungunya, for example -- is only for classroom use. In practice, the symptoms can’t be separated like that,” Nogueira said.

“It’s also practically impossible to distinguish between the three arboviruses with the serological tests currently used on a routine basis by laboratories and emergency services,” Nogueira noted.

Although new serological methods capable

of distinguishing accurately between Zika and dengue antibodies have been developed, so far they are used only in academic research, he added in the study published in the Journal of Clinical Virology.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that all cases with an uncertain diagnosis should be treated as dengue because the risk of death from dengue is higher than from Zika and chikungunya.

False-positive results for dengue do not jeop-

Thai government to resume peace talks with insurgents bANgkOk, SEptEmbER 1 (REutERS): Thailand’s military government said on Thursday peace talks with Muslim separatists operating in the far south of the country would resume in Malaysia, but no agreement would be signed unless the insurgents observed a ceasefire.

The separatists from the farsouth Muslim-majority provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat have been blamed for an unprecedented string of bombings last month in several tourist towns that killed four people and wounded dozens.

A decades-old insurgency in the deep south of predominately Buddhist Thailand flared in 2004 and more than 6,500 people have been killed since then, according to the independent monitoring group Deep South Watch.

Talks between the government and insurgents began in 2013 under the civilian government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra but have stalled

since the military overthrew her government in 2014.

Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said negotiations would restart on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia which has been trying to broker negotiations.

General Aksara Kerdphol, the Thai government’s lead negotiator, told Reuters the rebels had to show good faith by ending violence.

“I have been instructed to tell the groups that there must be a peaceful situation on the ground before we are willing to sign any document,” he said.

Malaysia’s Bernama state news agency said Thai officials would meet representatives of the MARA Pattani “separatist umbrella group”.

Bangkok-based analyst Anthony Davis, at security consulting firm IHS-Jane’s, told Reuters a ceasefire was unlikely as the main group behind the violence, Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), had been left out of the talks.

“BRN has made it entirely clear that they reject the current process of peace talks between Bangkok and the group of small factions-in-exile in Malaysia called MARA Pattani,” he said.

The three ethnic-Malay majority provinces were part of a Malay Sultanate before being annexed by Thailand more than a century ago.

The Aug. 11-12 bombings in several towns including Hua Hin, Surat Thai and on Phuket island spread alarm in a tourist industry that had been largely spared a spill-over of violence from the insurgency.

Authorities at first dismissed any connection between the bombs and the separatists and instead blamed the military government’s mainstream political opponents.

The attacks came days after voters approved a militarydrafted constitution in a national referendum. The charter was roundly opposed in the far south.

ardise treatment of patients but generate unnecessary costs for the health service, according to Nogueira.

“Rest and oral rehydration at home is usually sufficient for people with Zika, except pregnant women,” he said.

“A dengue patient, however, must return to the health service for intravenous rehydration and undergo more complex tests. In particular, platelet levels have to be monitored owing to the risk of hemorrhage,” Nogueira said.

NAypyIDAW, SEptEmbER 1 (AFp): Delegates from one of Myanmar’s most heavily armed ethnic groups stormed out of peace talks on Thursday in an early blow to a landmark gathering aimed at ushering in a new era of peace.

The five-day conference in the capital Naypyidaw has been hailed as the best chance in a generation for Myanmar to end wars that have raged for up to 70-years, claiming thousands of lives and keeping the country mired in poverty.

Among the militias attending is the powerful 20,000-strong United Wa State Army.

They stopped fighting the government years back in exchange for control of a remote portion of territory bordering China which is now a notorious drug manufacturing hub.

They had originally refused to make this week’s talks, arguing they signed their own ceasefire with the previous military government back in 1989.

But they eventually agreed to attend following discussions last month

with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and after pressure was applied by China, which retains significant influence over the group.

Yet on day two of the talks four USWA delegates walked out, officials said, reportedly after being told they could not address the gathering.

Government peace negotiator Khin Zaw Oo told reporters the Wa had been given observer badges, instead of ones allowing them to speak, angering their delegation.

But he played down their departure, saying it was a “misunderstanding” that could be solved. “This is a misunderstanding,” he said. “Our committee will go and meet them if they are here (in Naypyidaw). We will negotiate.”

DIScRImINAtIoN A spokesman for the militia told the Democratic Voice of Burma they had left after being told they were only accredited as observers, calling it discrimination.

But Lian Hmung Sahkong, from the Chin National Front, another ethnic

group at the talks, denied the Wa faced discrimination.

“We give equal rights to them and gave them a front row seat. I would like to confirm again that we did what they demanded,” he said.

Several complex ethic conflicts are rumbling across Myanmar’s borderlands, hampering efforts to build the country’s economy after the end of junta rule.

Many militias have grown rich from trafficking drugs, illegal gems and timber while deep seated distrust remains among ethnic minorities of the country’s notorious military which ruled for decades with an iron fist.

Suu Kyi wants to convene a meeting to thrash out the precepts of greater federal autonomy for ethnic groups in exchange for peace.

While they have not fought against the military for years, the Wa are accused of producing and trafficking huge amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from their secretive holdout and buying weapons with the proceeds.

Trump vows “no amnesty” for illegal immigrants WAShINgtON, SEptEmbER 1 (ptI): Sticking to his harsh immigration rhetoric, Donald Trump today vowed “no amnesty” for millions of undocumented migrants living in the US and warned that those living in the country illegally would be deported if he becomes president.

Delivering his eagerly awaited immigration policy, hours after meeting Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City, Trump, articulated a strong and tough immigration policy, which is quite opposite to that of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, which is based on compassion and providing a pathway to nearly 11 million illegal immigrants.

Constructing a strong wall along its southern border, immediate deportation of criminal aliens, no amnesty for undocumented immigrants, extreme vetting along with ideological certifications for those seeking into the country and a merit-based legal entry system were some of the key

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reads from a t teleprompter as he speaks during a campaign rally in Everett, Washington on August 30. (REUTERS Photo)

parts of the 10-point immigration policy announced by Trump.

“Anyone who has entered the United States illegally is subject to deportation,” Trump said in the highly anticipated speech in Phoenix in Arizona.

He said any person living in the country illegally who is arrested for any crime whatsoever will immediately be placed

into deportation proceedings.

“We will break the cycle of amnesty and illegal immigration. There will be no amnesty. Our message to the world will be this: you cannot obtain legal status, or become a citizen of the United States, by illegally entering our country. This declaration alone will help stop the crisis of illegal crossings and illegal

overstays,” Trump said.

Asserting that he will reform legal immigration to serve the best interests of America and its workers, Trump said the “time has come for a new immigration commission to develop a new set of reforms to our legal immigration system in order to achieve the goals to keep immigration levels, measured by population share, within historical norms.”

“The goal would be to select immigrants based on their likelihood of success in US society, and their ability to be financially self-sufficient,” he said.

“We need a system that serves our needs, remember, it’s America First, to choose immigrants based on merit, skill and proficiency and to establish new immigration controls to boost wages and to ensure that open jobs are offered to American workers first. “We want people to come into our country, but they have to come in legally and properly-vetted, and in a manner that serves the national interest,” he said.

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Complete polls by December 30: Lodha panel directs BCCI New Delhi, September 1 (iANS): The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Committee has directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to hold its elections for the apex council and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) by December 15.

The decision was taken during a Lodha Committee meeting on Sunday.

The panel also set a second set of timeframes for the cricket board to form a fresh Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council by December 30 while asking the various state associations to wrap up their own elections by November 15. The board had already decided to convene its AGM on September 21.

"It was decided to direct the BCCI that the AGM to be called on 21.9.2016 be limited only to routine business concerning the past year (2015-16), and deal with any business or matters relating to the next year (2016-17) only after the adoption of the MoA and Rules as per the recommendations of the Committee in accordance with the same," the Lodha Committee said according to the minutes of its Sunday meeting.

The committee also released minutes of all its meetings in the last month from which it was learnt that on August 25, BCCI Secretary Ajay Shirke had submitted a "First Compliance Report", detailing the extent to which the board and the state associations have implemented the reforms recommended by the Lodha Committee.

TEN Sports deal to make Sony major cricket broadcaster

mUmbAi, September 1 (reUterS): The $385 million acquisition of TEN Sports is set to make Sony Pictures Networks a major cricket broadcaster in Asia as it seeks to expand its Twenty20-dominated portfolio.

Sony Corp-owned SPN holds broadcast rights for the annual cashrich Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament while also having the rights for the domestic leagues in South Africa and the West Indies.

TEN sports will now add all three formats of international cricket to the network with the broadcast rights of boards in South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.

SPN's biggest competitor Star Sports, a unit of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, owns rights to cricket giants India's home matches, Australia, England and also the International Cricket Council-organised World Cups.

"We have IPL which is the biggest cricket property. That will now be complemented by the rights of five cricket boards that TEN Sports has rights to," SPN Chief Executive N.P.

Singh told Reuters in an interview.

"We are already the home of international football. We will now get the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League."

Besides broadcasting the NBA and the NFL in India, SPN also holds rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the under-17 World Cup, and soccer leagues such as Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A and the English FA Cup. With TEN also holding rights for football's UEFA Champions League, Europa League, French League and English Football League Cup among other sports, it will be a strong mix.

STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE TEN Sports also operates in several countries in South Asia, as well as the Maldives, Singapore, Hong Kong, Middle East and Caribbean, and will help SPN become a household name in those regions. "It's a deal of strategic importance for Sony. It's a step in the direction of consolidating our position in sports broadcasting," Singh said by phone.

"TEN comes with a very strong

brand and has been in the market for over a decade now and has been successful. The network of channels also has a very strong portfolio of rights which complement our existing sports channels.

"They have a strong footprint outside India as well. All this put together, it made perfect sense for us to make the acquisition."

SPN, which last year struck a deal with sports broadcaster ESPN to launch new channels and foray into digital market, a Walt Disney unit, will continue to retain all the three brands -- Sony SIX, Sony ESPN and TEN -- as of now.

Singh said growth in advertising revenue in India was dependent on events and an event like the IPL has seen a year-on-year growth of upwards of 15 percent. They are also focusing their efforts on growing their digital platform Sony LIV. "If there are big events like the FIFA or the cricket World Cup during the year you will see a surge in ad revenues," he said. "We are looking at upping our ante on original content creation exclusive for our digital platform."

State team bags medals at Nat’l Martial Arts Games

KohimA, September 1 (mexN): The Nagaland Mansuria Kung-Fu team bagged 2 Gold and 1 Silver medal at the 1st Manipur National Martial Arts Games and Festival 2016 which was held from August 29 to 31 at the Khuman Lampak Indoor Stadium, Imphal. Keyisuiding Lungalang and Bharat Kumar bagged gold medals while Krishna Kumar bagged the lone silver medal. The team was led by Coach Kangkang Lungalang and manager Shering Sherpa.

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his article is not intended to teach anybody, but I am prompted by the way an anonymous NPF MLA who lodged complaint in the public domain that his party used to whip and muzzle therefore not free from putting questions pertaining to developments as though either he is imprisoned or as there are no facilities for him within his sphere.

No doubt good governance much depends on the leadership of the government. Much can be achieved under a leader who is God fearing, and much more can be achieved if that leader is proactive in promoting the genuine Gospel missions in cooperation with the Churches for we are Christians. However, to have a delivering, transparent and effective government in our democracy, the ability, the integrity and the sense of accountability of the treasury bench to public will still be found wanting and it cannot fetch the desired result. Indeed, a robust and hardworking Opposition bench plays vital and indispensable role in good governance. To always keep the government alert and on tender hoof for any issue concerning the interest of Nagaland is the primary duty of the Opposition.

The absence of opposition has indeed impaired a government. It can therefore be compared to that of a man having only one eye or partially deaf or to a man who has a single arm or leg.

Yet, he is also a man as good as any other person who has no deformity. The sole difference will be the performances between the two.

In order to let a government perform, the parliamentary democratic rights and opportunities are provided to elected members in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Nagaland Legislative Assembly which was adopted on 17th August, 1964 and edited from time to time. Under the Rules, an MLA has the following opportunities to participate and seek for answers both verbal and written, raise issues and submit suggestions.

1. An MLA can put up any question to any department in written to Secretary, Assembly with 10 days in advance to the date of commencement of Assembly session either as Starred or Un-starred as per Rule 31 read with Rule 37. The first one hour of every sitting from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. is exclusively reserved for Question and Answer. It begins with starred Questions and answers with instant supplementary questions. This one hour is the gruelling session particularly for the corrupt and non-performing ministers. When all the set questions for the day are covered within less than one hour, the UnStarred questions to which written replies are laid can be covered with supplementary questions, if any, for the remaining minutes.

2. Zero Hour: When the House resumes after tea break or lunch break, an MLA can raise an issue which is of urgent public importance without prior notice to Speaker under Zero Hour.

When Speaker allows, the Leader of the House or any concerned Minister may be required to respond.

3. The Governor’s address and the Motion of Thanks: In the first Session of every year, it is mandatory for the Governor to address the House. Following which the government moves for thanks to Governor for having addressed the House. This is the opportunity for the Opposition to move for amendments in written to any point or issue so raised by Governor in his address as per Rules 15. Lengthy debates are elicited as MLAs are free to speak anything under heaven though the Speaker has the power to expunge the words in the speeches when found un-parliamentary.

4. The Budget Presentation: The second major debate is on the Budget Speech by Finance Minister. This is the opportunity for MLAs to question, point out the anomalies, expose the corrupt activities and add suggestions to government. The nature of debate is same with the debate on Governor’s address.

5. Cut Motions: When the Demands for Grants are placed, the Opposition is given the opportunity to move for Cut Motions as Policy Cut, Economy Cut or Token Cut in written against each grant as per Rules 151. While voting for each Demand, the MLAs have the liberty to question specific issues to which the Minister concerned is required to reply instantly to satisfy the questioner before voting.

6. A matter of Public Importance: An MLA can move for discussion on a matter of public interest with the approval of the Speaker. Normally brief debate takes place when admitted by the

Speaker. Besides, there are other opportunities as Calling Attention to Matters of Urgent Public Interest under Rules 54, Motion for adjournment on a matter of Public Importance under Rules 56, etc. are the opportunities for the MLAs to give wakeup call to government.

Meanwhile, in the 53rd year of Nagaland Statehood, a new legislative procedure is found practiced as exposed by the recent disclosure of an anonymous NPF MLA that he is not free to put questions in the Assembly sessions and the subsequent denial by Parliamentary Minister the next day. Both the assertions are contentious and therefore one may be right, the other may be wrong.

The Nagaland Legislative Assembly had created parliamentary history in the second last Session when the Speaker adjourned the House after 15 minutes sitting. I can imagine those members who came late and failed to take seat immediately after hearing the calling bell ringing had to leave the house when just took seat. Few individuals instantly reacted to the incident of the degree of concern the present day members have for the people of Nagaland. This episode may not die easily, rather it may become one of the talking points in 2018. The result of silence of MLAs in the Assembly is the pin drop silence of developmental activities in their constituencies. The MLAs are not elected to be dragged around by their nose ring by their bosses or to waste time sitting like owl in Assembly while their constituency people are reeling under erratic power supply, lack of medical facilities, namesake running schools, vehicles without roads, non-payment of salaries, non-release of funds against Village developments, and so on.

The MLAs are not elected to remain mute, and remain as helpless as prisoner in the name of party discipline for 5 years.

To question any Minister/Parliamentary Secretary on any issue pertaining to the interest of a constituency or the State either in the form of written question as Starred or Un-starred or putting question to anyone of those manning departments during the said debates is the constitutional right of any MLA irrespective of being in ruling party or in opposition. An MLA wanting to hear reply from anyone holding a portfolio either on the floor of the House or in legislature meeting is never anti-party. Rather, if an MLA fails to inquire about what the government is doing for his constituency and his State, he becomes a misfit and a betrayal to his voters.

In the contemporary Nagaland politics, it is reportedly known that MLAs do business with Assembly questions. For instance, when an MLA puts up a question on sensitive issue, he is approached for withdrawal. In order to get the question in question withdrawn, change of hands used to take place between the questioner and the questioned. The other failure of the MLAs is the lack of gut and determination to put questions on the matters of public importance and sensitive issues. Today, the timidity syndrome seems to be the guideline for MLAs and due to which the anonymous NPF MLA failed to react to Parliamentary Minister or the MLA in question was caught wrong. Perhaps he thinks that it is too risky for him to have street fight for the sake of his electorate. This is one of the major factors whereby corruption is encouraged by nobody else but by elected representatives. This is how the honest lobby is weakened and disappointed. This is how transparency in governance is overshadowed by nonsensical and shoddy governance.

With regards to the complaint of the anonymous NPF MLA, in case what clarification given by Parliamentary Minister is correct, the complainant may be feeling sandwiched between his electorate and the unavoidable witch hunt during the storm of anti-incumbency monsoon.

Secondly, despite of the clarification and denial of Parliamentary Minister of NPF and that the democratic practices are in operation, there is a room for doubt as I read between the lines of his press statement. The Minister gave much importance to pre-Assembly session exclusive party legislature meetings. In such meetings MLAs are given chance to question anyone on any issue, and it should be enough. Therefore, there is possibility that NPF MLAs are sternly warned not to embarrass the government on the floor of the House. A ruling MLA being bullied and deprived of his freedom of speech by his party’ Whip and an NPF MLA reeling under phobia can be the benchmark of Neo-democracy in the contemporary Nagaland politics. Its a mockery and yet hardly very few are serious.

Z. Lohe

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ome practices in Nagaland are quite evil. There are some areas inwhich the government over does somethings unhealthy for the people and undoes somethings that may promote overall development of all the people of the state.

We call ourselves Christians and invented the slogan, “Nagaland for Christ”which signifies that Nagas have committed to live as per the words of God and the teaching of Jesus Christ in the Bible. We became Christians due to the unceasing effort of the western missionaries who taught us english alphabets and the Bible and baptised us decades ago. Thus the Nagas acquired education and transited from ancient and medieval eras of animism and head hunting to modern period of christianity and democracy.

There is an adage that Nagas were known for their honesty.Corruption was unknown in the government during the initial stage of Nagaland statehood and it is said that even 10 paise of the government fund was accounted for in the legislative assembly and all the unused money was refunded to the central government.

However, disproportionate peoples representation in the legislative assembly and government sector among variousNaga tribes is ironic. Assembly constituency is a division of state on the basis of proportionate population butit is grossly disproportionate in Nagaland.It would be delightful for beneficiaries to enjoy extra facilities and privileges but for victims it is unfortunate to miss the due share of avenues to progress alongside.The 33 % reservation quota for backward tribes is a mockery in Nagaland and it is reserved for governmentrunners to dispose off through the backdoor. As a resultgenuinely deserving people are deprived of the opportunities to rise in life and compelled to suffer economic inequality.Even the head of department fills up all the vacancies without taking prior approval from the government on the eve of retirement.

The more astonishing is that each successive state government would never bother to implement its decision in toto and spirit. There is no binding for the government to break its decision any time.

There is no systematic price control in Nagaland and it is a nonissue for the

government. So the price of commodities, goods and itemsare exorbitant and imbalanced. But it is a serious issue as it affects the income of every individual low or high and the most negatively affected are the cultivators and low wage earners. Government has ever allowed business units to charge maximum price without assessing and verifying the quality and quantity of items being sold, served, the toilets and cleanliness.Uncontrolled tax collection at check posts has been under practice.

Many private companies have duped our people on the pretext of providing multiple returns but the government has not bothered to create solution to prevent deception. How can a welfare government be silent when some are easily taking away the hard earned money on the pretext of business.

Government talks big of industrialising the state as part of agenda but how can industries be established when there is maximum load shedding of electricity.

Nagaland can not runeven a cold storage due to irregular electricity and sometimes even for a number of days. Who will run industries or factory on fuel /batteries using generators/inverters. Many small units are incurring loss and closing down due to electricity failure. Old electrical transformers are always burnt and under reparation. Say it is because the government has no fund to purchase new machines for replacement and due to electricity theft. But the power consumers are payingmaximum and not minimum fees and so is it not true that the theft amount is recovered from the genuine subscribers.

Looking around the miserable road condition, don’t we feel that people and costly vehicles deserve to ply on black topped roads. Lots of expenditure is incurred on vehicle repairing due to bumpy jumpy roads.

Does not it reflect the wisdom of government? Is it not ashame when tourists visit the so called switzerland of the east and a land of festivals to view the mirror of Nagaland? Where is the sense of reaponsibility gone to.This is how we are intending to transform Nagaland into smart cities.

Corruption coupled with tribalism has negatively affected the Nagas. The richer are becoming richer and the poor poorer.

Christianity has contributed a lot to the

Naga society but corruption and tribalism have demoralised and degraded our society. Backdoor appointment is the easiest way to get white collared jobs for people who lack the courage and confidence for competition. Backdoor appointment leads to incompetence, irresponsibility, demoralization, dishonesty and gross corruption which are signs of weak government and so is the government of Nagaland.There are backdoor contracts/ schemes/funds allocations which are less talked about but are equally disadvantageous to the Naga society. It shows that the state government does not hesitate to promote mediocrity in the highest level of service or provide quality service.Naga society has become stagnant due to moral degradation. People just want to occupy high position without earning it with big sacrifice and high intelligence.All theseunfair practices are the indication that corruption in Nagaland is at its zenith.

Will it be called achievement of an individual or society when jobs, white collared jobs, money, wealth, and status are obtained by losing competitive spirit. Can there be any real development and progress in absence of competition?

It is commendable that the church bodies have succeeded in declaring Nagaland as dry state and now it is turning attention towards electoral reform to remove evils of purchasing and selling votes, bogus electorates and riggings. But, who will preach the people and elected representatives to give others what is theirs and not to cheat and snatch others and why christian churches are silent. Naga people badly need good and talented leaders but they prefer financially more powerful candidates because they have become so weak. Are our churches strong enough to be not politicised and to bring about true social and spiritual transformation in Nagaland? Taking huge step to remove a big evil without taking care of every little evil will never lead to a fruitful social and spiritual transformation. Because every uncared little evil thing can grow up and become a big evil and destroy the society.

Thus every little evil needs to be refined indeed is a task of bigger sacrifice of a local church in order to eradicatethe evils in the Naga society.

K.Thong (Achilo)

33% woman reservation in Nagaland

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here has already been a lot of talk on Woman Reservation in Nagaland. I also have something to tell, and if anyone has any Time he or she could discard, this is what I want to say: It is Human to fill happy when someone gives us Special Treatments. Understandably all Women will feel glad to have the special Woman Reservation. Any Special Treatment given out of love is divine but favorable Treatment given outside of a gracious heart is Partiality and Partiality in the Human Society is Evil.

Any Special public Rights given to any section of the Public is Inequity and devoid of Justice and any Public Right given to Woman in general to compensate her mistreatment in the Society is fundamentally unethical. Any special grant outside of a gracious heart is Partiality.

Instead of granting of subsequent compensatory Reservation Right, the initial fundamental malady of mistreatment in the Society should better first be removed; then, the need for granting of the special compensation would not arise.

The worst curse of Caste System and its mentality in the Hindu Society is the malaise of the discriminatory treatment the Untouchables and the woman is subjected in the Hindu Social norms. Once this fundamental discrimination is removed, the need for compensatory special Reservation of Public Rights to be given to the Woman would not arise. The removal of

the fundamental initial malady first would remove the subsequent need of compensation.

To illustrate the case: There is Church in Nagaland often organizes Church Sales, of the Free Gifts received from its Members. On such Occasions, the Articles are sold at reasonably low Price so that the Common uncommon-Members could also have a chance to buy the Goods.

But before the Opening of the Sales, some Members of the Church Committee select and separately keep aside as ‘Reserved’ the choicest Articles for themselves; this is anathema to the Gospel of Christ, the Doctrine the Church preaches with zeal.

Similarly, to keep 33 % Seats of all elective public Posts of the Society as ‘RESERVED’ for one specific section of the People alone would be unethical partiality in an open evenhanded practice of the Society.

To give the Way in the Traffic to an emergency Ambulance, Siren ringing its way to the hospital with the injured; to give way to Fire fighting Truck rushing to put down a Fire somewhere in the City, to vacate a Seat to an Old man or an elderly Women on a running Bus, are all acts of good sense of a civilized Society. These Acts are not Partiality to some specific Individuals in the Public.

It is very true; the woman is very often ‘sidelined, neglected and even discriminated in life’ by an uncaring Society and

husbands bashing their wife are more in number than there are wives who bash their husbands. Each specific Case needs specific treatment equally according to the Law. It is also true in very many cases, women are no less Intelligent than Men; in fact some Posts in the society are more suited to the woman than man, but all Public Posts in the Land must be open equally to every male or female. Even the Post of the President a Nation is open to Male and Female equally.

Keeping 33 % of all elective Posts in the Land Reserved for Woman alone by Law is, fundamentally Inequity. Public Distribution of Public Rights must be open to everybody Female and Male equally. Every elective Seats need to be open to every Citizen of the land male or female above 18 years and above Age, rich or poor, great or small, degree holders or not, even the Blind or the Deaf, except Liars or Criminals must be equally treated.

Some Nagas say ancestral Land is never given to the Woman; this is not true. It depends on the Giver; Landed Property when in abundance is given to the daughters also.

The Christian Naga will adjust to the Ethical values and good conscience of every Generation. Traditions and Customs of the Naga would never hinder the Naga to Prosperity and Progress of Civilization.

Thepfulhouvi Solo, IFS Retd (RR-68) Principal Secretary, Retd Nagaland

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

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JacquelINe FerNaNDez I am single, have no time for love

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wing to her hectic schedule which include films, promotions and endorsements, actor Jacqueline Fernandez says she has no time for love.

“I am very much single. Right now, if you have been following my Instagram or Snapchat, you would see that there is no time or space for anything. It’s been waking up in the morning, going to work, coming back and sleeping,” says Jacqueline, who recently featured in the film The Flying Jatt alongside actor Tiger Shroff and is also judging the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Owing to her hectic schedule which include films, promotions and endorsements, actor Jacqueline Fernandez says she has no time for love. “I am very much single. Right now, if you have been following my Instagram or Snapchat, you would see that there is no time or space for anything. It’s been waking up in the morning, going to work, coming back and sleeping,” says Jacqueline, who recently featured in the film The Flying Jatt alongside actor Tiger Shroff and is also judging the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. The actor says she is not sure if she would be comfortable talking about her love life even if she has someone special. “I don’t know how I would react if I was in a relationship. Whether I would be open or not to talk about it. I think it all depends on the time, if I am comfortable at that time or not,” she says.

Source: HT

Salman & Iulia to tie the not on Nov 18?

Salman Khan finally ditches his bachelorhood at 50!

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he whole of Bollywood now has a reason to rejoice and our very own Bhaijaan, Salman Khan is all set to tie the knot.

The Superstar finally ditches his bachelorhood at 50 as he plans to get married to his long time girlfriend Iulia Vantur. Speculations of Salman Khan’s wedding have been making rounds of the news for a while now but there have been no confirmed reports so far. But this time around Sultan made the announcement of his marriage in a private party. Friends and family members of the Bollywood star are rejoicing this news According to reports Salman Khan had hosted a party at his sea-facing Bandra apartment on Monday i.e. August 29. This bash turned out to be eventful for friends and other guests attending it. Sultan star announced that he will marry his Romanian girlfriend on November 18, this year.

Apparently, Salman is going to have a quiet wedding with only close friend and family attending the nuptial ceremony. Pinkvilla.com has quoted a source from the party saying, “He further stated that it will be a quiet ceremony and only 15-20 people will be present for the nuptials. At the party too, it was evident that not just Salman but even his family adores Iulia.”

The recent speculations about Salman’s marriage has got a lot of tongues wagging as he wants to give his parents the best gift on their wedding anniversary which happens to be on November 18 too. The actor had hosted the bash for Hollywood actor Will Smith, who is in India currently. In the party Salman exprerssed his desire to marry his lady love, who was standing next to him at that time. Salim and Salma Khan will celebrate 52 years of marriage on November 18 and there cannot be a better gift than his marriage.

Salman shares close bond with his family and took this decision.

Salman was in no rush to get married but since a number of issues regarding Iulia’s visa are cropping up, the actor

decided to bring an end to them. But the strange thing is that since Iulia’s visa expires this November and she will have to return to her hometown. Even if she reapplies for a new one, she will have to wait for at least three months to return to India. So we are not sure how far these stories are true.

But if the news happens to be true then fans of the superstar will surely celebrate the news. Everyone has been keenly waiting for Salman Khan’s marriage all these years. But Salman’s troubled relationships and series of controversies always kept him away from any long term commitment. The Bollywood star almost married Sangeeta Bijlani in the past but the former actress called off the marriage. Then

Salman Khan wanted to marry Aishwarya Rai but she left him for Abhishek Bachchan. Since then, Salman Khan has been linked with a number of ladies, including Iulia Vantur.

But off late we see Iulia spending a lot of time with Salman Khan and his family.

Moreover, she is a part of all family events and parties, which indicates that she is more than a friend to Salman Khan. Since Salman Khan’s sister Arpita Khan’s wedding was the most talked-about event of the industry, we expect Salman to tie the knot in a similar style. It would be interesting to see if he invites his ex-girlfriends Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Sangeeta Bijlani to the wedding.

Source: india.com

Perrie Edwards to address Drew Barrymore unveils first home decor range split with Zayn in new album

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ctress Drew Barrymore is expanding her business empire with a new home decor collection. The ‘Charlie’s Angels’ star has already experienced success outside Hollywood with ventures like her Flower Beauty and Eyewear range, and her Barrymore Wines line, and now she is helping fans decorate their homes in collaboration with the creative minds at popular website Shutterfly, reported People magazine. Drew Barrymore’s Home Decor Collection features everything from colourful bedding and pillows to paperweights and artwork, and is aimed at helping people make their pads more welcoming. ‘I’m happiest when my home is filled with family and friends. And I want it to be comfortable and inviting for them,’ the 41-year-old actress. ‘There’s nothing more awkward then walking into someone’s house, looking around and not being sure where it’s safe to sit.

Source: TNN

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inger Perrie Edwards is to sing about her split from singer Zayn Malik on British group Little Mix’s new album. The 23-year-old was dumped by the One Direction star last summer and Edwards and her bandmates Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall have recorded songs about their individual heartbreak for their forthcoming LP, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I think it’s always easier to write about your experiences through music because more people can relate to them anyway,” Nelson told The Sun newspaper. “It is a lot more mature, this album. There’s a lot of things that have been said that perhaps nobody has heard yet, if you know what I mean,” she added.

Quizzed on whether Little Mix fans will know who is being sung about on each song, Nelson said “all the songs are very relatable to girls, and our fan base in general”.

But it won’t be an album of doom and gloom, as they group insisted their upcoming fourth studio record is “very positive”.

Source: IANS

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Sonam signs with Hollywood’s talent agency

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onam Kapoor is perhaps going the ‘Hollywood way’ following her contemporaries Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, as the “Neerja” star has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA), one of America’s topmost talent agencies.

31-year-old Sonam, who has often spoken about her wish to act in Hollywood, tweeted about the new partnership.”Super duper chuffed to sign on with #unitedtalentagency! I know this is going to be an Epicpartnership!” she

wrote. No more details about the prospects of this development have been out yet.

UTA handles international stars like Mariah Carey, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Benedict Cumberbatch, Susan Sarandon, Harrison Ford, Owen Wilson, Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Channing Tatum, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Ruffalo and Daniel Radcliffe. Priyanka is being handled by WME, while Deepika is signed with CAA. Source: PTI

Rajnikanth’s daughter appointed U.N. Women’s advocate for Gender Equality David Beckham’s

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oted filmmaker and actor Rajinikanth’s daughter Aishwaryaa Dhanush was on Monday appointed United Nations Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India. Ms. Aishwaryaa’s appointment was announced by Lakshmi Puri, U.N. Assistant Secretary General and U.N. Women Deputy Executive Director.

‘She inspires confidence in women’ “Aishwaryaa will help raise awareness of U.N. Women’s core message of gender equality and achieve a more equal world — a women’s empowerment across Planet 50-50, by the year 2030,” a India, boosting the organisation’s release here said.

Ms. Puri was quoted as saying efforts to close the gender gap and

that Ms. Aishwaryaa, also a dancer “inspires confidence in young women and girls across South India and beyond.” On her part, Ms.

Aishwaryaa said it would be an ‘honour’ to serve as U.N. Advocate for Women’s Empowerment.

Proud father Mr. Rajnikanth was quoted as saying that he was “proud and delighted” to see his daughter being associated with the U.N. Ms. Aishwaryaa joins other celebrities like actor-director Farhan Akhtar, tennis star Sania Mirza, British actor Emma Watson, Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Anne Hathaway and Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand “who have joined hands with U.N. Women to work for gender equality and the empowerment of women,” the release said.

Source: PTI Pheto Music Association ‘Naga Talents Promo’ grand finale will be held in last week of September 2016.

Six finalists in both the group has been selected which was held on August 31 at Town Hall Dimapur.

The ultimate winner prize money for the show will be Rs 2 lakhs in group category and 1 lakh in individual category.

Public voting line for the grand final has been started and will be issued through the district co organizers.

Date and venue for the grand finale will be published in all the local papers soon.

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ormer football star David Beckham and singerturned-designer Victoria Beckham’s son Cruz Beckham is reportedly learning guitar in a bid for pop stardom. According to a source, Cruz wants to become a singer and has taken up the instrument to improve his musicianship, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“Cruz has a natural affinity with music and he’s been desperate to learn the guitar. He’s had lessons for months and is constantly strumming away, singing along,” the source told The Sun newspaper. “Obviously he still has far to go, but there’s certainly potential there. He’s got a natural stage presence,” the source added. The news of Cruz’s new musical venture comes four months after his mother Victoria posted a video on Instagram of him singing. The clip later went viral.

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Tearful Schweinsteiger bows out in Germany's win

Living his passion: Another Naga makes entry in National arena Hotovi Ayemi is playing for DSK Shivajians in the ongoing Durand Cup Morung Express News Dimapur | September 1

German football players bid adieu to their captain Bastian Schweinsteiger on Wednesday. (DFB Photo)

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berLin, September 1 (AFp): Bastian Schweinsteiger let the tears flow on Wednesday as Germany's captain made his final appearance for die Mannschaft in their 2-0 friendly win at home to Finland.

Schalke's Max Meyer and Arsenal's Mesut Ozil scored Germany's second-half goals, but the night belonged to Schweinsteiger, who played the first 66 minutes in Moenchengladbach on his 121st -- and final -- international appearance.

"I think you all saw how it effected me.

I had just wanted to enjoy every moment, but I hadn't expected it to be so lovely," admitted Schweinsteiger who was carried off after the final whistle by his team mates.

Twelve years since his debut, the 32-year-old announced his retirement at the start of August, but head coach Joachim Loew gave the Manchester United midfielder the chance to skipper his country one last time.

Even before kick-off, with German FA (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel heaping praise on the departing captain during a pre-match presentation, Schweinsteiger struggled to hold back the tears.

He gave up, sobbing openly when the 30,121-strong crowd, which just over halffilled Borussia Park stadium, gave him a standing ovation.

"I didn't think that would happen,"

Schweinsteiger admitted, referring to his tears, when handed a microphone.

"Thank you for coming, it means a lot to me. "It was a huge honour for me to play for Germany and I just want to say 'thank you' for everything."

This was Schweinsteiger's first match of the season, having been banished to United's reserves by new coach Jose Mourinho earlier this month, but he has insisted he will not give up on his 'dream' to play for the Red Devils.

The match remained goalless at the break, but there were worrying scenes for Arsenal fans when new-signing Shkodran Mustafi took a knock early in the secondhalf, but played on.

The game was briefly halted with an hour gone when a fan, wearing a Germany shirt with 'Schweinsteiger' across the shoulders, ran onto the pitch, took a selfie with the World Cup winner and casually jogged off.

There was another standing ovation, but no tears this time, when Schweinsteiger came off for Julian Weigl on 66 minutes and embraced Loew on the sidelines.

He hugged each member of Germany's bench, including Manuel Neuer, who is tipped to replace him as captain with Loew set to announce his new skipper on Thursday.

CORRIGENDUM The Office of the Kohima District Sports Council, Nagaland has issued a corrigendum stating that the local ground is reserved for NSF's Martyrs Trophy from 21st September to 20th October every year w.e.f. 2017 and not as rendered earlier. The error was deeply regretted, stated the KDSC.

ISL: NorthEast United sign Alfaro, Florentino GuwAhAti, September 1 (iAnS): Indian Super League (ISL) franchise NorthEast United FC (NEUFC) on Thursday announced the signing of Uruguayan striker Emiliano Alfaro and Brazilian attacking midfielder Fabio Neves Florentino for the upcoming edition of the football tournament. Alfaro had represented Uruguay at the Under-17, U-20 and senior national team. He has had resounding success at the club level having played in leagues in Uruguay, Argentina, Italy and the UAE. Brazilian Fabio Neves is an attacking midfielder, who has played in leading clubs in Brazil and South Korea. Speaking on the appointment, Ardeshir Jeejeebhoy, director of football for NEUFC said: "The new players join us at an opportune time, since we are making the final additions to the squad. Their commitment and professional approach to the game will surely instil strong belief and confidence in our squad this season." Sharing his thoughts on the new recruits, the club's owner John Abraham said: "We are delighted to welcome the players to NEUFC. Both Emiliano Alfaro and Fabio Neves, are experienced players who have played the game at the highest level and we look forward to them playing key roles this season."

Living up his passion for the game, Hotovi Ayemi, an 18-year-old right-footed striker from Kohima, has made his debut along with his club, DSK Shivajians Football Club, a Pune-based I-League Club at the ongoing Durand Cup this year.

Standing just 5.6 foot tall, Ayemi joins the likes of Lorinthung Jami Lotha of Merapani Foothill village, who played for Mohun Bagan I- League U-19 last year and more recently Khwetelhi Thopi, a 25-year-old winger from Chizami village under Phek district, who moved to newly promoted ILeague side Aizawl FC for the 2015–16 seasons.

Ayemi was playing junior I-league for his club but made it to the senior team at Durand Cup which started in New Delhi on August 28 and concludes on September 11.

Twelve teams are competing at the 128th edition of the oldest football tournament in Asia and the third oldest tournament in the world. Durand Cup started way back in 1888.

Hailing from the State capital Kohima, the proud son of Er Hotovi Ayemi had represented his school, Assam Valley School, in various football tournaments across the country during his school days.

After his 10th standard,

he was invited by Lajong Football Club, Shillong and after a short stint went to South Korea where he trained for 2 months.

On his return, Ayemi was selected by the DSK Shiviajians Football Academy when the club came to Shillong scouting for young players.

The Pune-based academy was set up in collaboration with Liverpool Football Club. The academy players are trained under the guidance of coaches from English club.

He has been in the academy for more than two years now and has represented DSK Shivajians FC in the AIFF I-League U-18 during 2015-16.

The Club will be also

FIFA pondering Kosovo plea for player switch

zuriCh, September 1 (reuterS): FIFA is still considering a request from new members Kosovo to allow a number of players to switch national teams and represent them, world soccer's ruling body said on Thursday.

Kosovo, who play their first competitive international on Monday when they visit Finland in a World Cup qualifier, were accepted as members of FIFA and European football's governing body UEFA in May despite fierce opposition from Serbia.

FIFA told Reuters that it had received a "series of requests for change of associations from the Football Federation of Kosovo. "The various applications are currently pending and being investigated. As a result we are not in a position to further comment on them, nor to give an estimation of the time line."

The Swiss federation (SFV) said its players with Kosovar roots had been put in "a very difficult situation" and criticised FIFA for failing to clarify the situation. Albania also have players with Kosovar roots.

Kosovo, who declared independence from Serbia in 2008, said on Wednesday they had made requests for nine players to switch national teams, without identifying them.

FIFA does not ordinarily allow players to switch national teams once they have represented one country in a competitive

international.

However, the statement said it was not clear whether these rules were applicable if players wanted to change to a team that had not previously been a FIFA member.

BUNJAKU SWITCH "The specific circumstances of the matter at hand concerning the admission of a new member to FIFA and players potentially eligible to play for it appear not to be conclusively governed (by the statutes)," added soccer's ruling body.

It said FIFA's players' status committee were considering the requests "while taking into consideration all relevant and specific facts and circumstances of the matter". FIFA has already allowed Alberto Bunjaku, who made a brief appearance for Switzerland at the 2010 World Cup, to play for Kosovo. Finland's Kosovo-born midfielder Perparim Hetemaj has said he will not play in Monday's match.

The Swiss federation complained in a statement that "the current situation suffers from the lack of clarity in regulations.

"The SFV wants this situation to end as soon as possible. Unfortunately UEFA and FIFA have not responded to these approaches. "The SFV regrets the priority of the Kosovar directors has been in trying to recruit players for the next World Cup qualifiers instead of consolidating the foundations of their federation."

play the 2016-17 season of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) I-league, the top football league in India.

At the ongoing Durand Cup, the Club registered a historic 2-1 victory over Sporting Clube de Goa in their first-ever appearance on August 28 and beat Gangtok Himalayan SC 2-1 in the subsequent game on August 31.

Talking about his passion and taking up football professionally, Ayemi told the Morung Express that he got introduced to football at a very young age so the passion for the game started early.

“The passion itself is a motivation. I love the game,” he said.

However, playing professionally also come with huge challenges and responsibilities.

“The first obstacle is always yourself,” Ayemi said as a matter of fact adding that living a disciplined life is not always a cake walk.

“That's the hardest fight,” he insists.

Apart from that, he feels that Nagaland should try to promote football as it is one of the fields where the state has huge potential.

“I believe there are so many promising players but because of the lack of opportunity, poor infrastructure, and no proper guidance, the talent is wasted.”

Talking about his fu-

ture plan, Ayemi said that while playing in big arena is the dream of every player, his motive is special.

“Of course, that's every footballer's dream. But mine is special; because I get to not only represent Nagaland but also change the mindset of my people.”

Ayemi advises Naga football talents to follow their dreams. If you have the passion and determination in any field, nothing is impossible, he says.

When queried about his favourite player or team, Ayemi diplomatically maintained that he admires the play of all teams.

“They all have a unique play. But I have a soft spot for Liverpool,” he admits.

Future of Italian F1 race set to be settled

monzA, September 1 (AFp): After months of doubt, the future of the Italian Grand Prix is expected to be resolved this weekend with Formula One's commercial ring-master Bernie Ecclestone signing a deal to keep the event at its long-time home Monza.

The head of the Italian motorsport federation (ACI), Angelo Sticchi Damiani, told reporters at Monza that a 68 million euros ($75.7m) agreement has been provisionally agreed keeping the race at Monza for three more years from 2017 to 2019.

He said that he hoped final details will be agreed during this weekend's Italian Grand Prix with a formal announcement confirming the deal.

Sticchi Damiani said that the local Lombardy Region had agreed to contribute around 15 million euros ($16.7m) to ensure the deal went through.

Bernie Ecclestone (AFP Photo)

"There are those who expected a longer period, but if the system will work then a further renewal will not be a problem," he said.

"But there is another aspect -- we know that Europe has so many organisers in crisis, while some destinations such as Turkey, Korea and India were short-lived. "We have seen that it is a question of mon-

ey, but also of culture. Here in Europe there is the 'DNA' of racing. So let's wait and see what happens."

He added that Imola, which had been put forward as an alternative venue, would have been a sensible alternative.

"Imola would have been a good fallback solution if we had not arrived at a deal."

Luiz stunner tops off billion-pound transfer blitz

London, September 1 (AFp): David Luiz made a surprise return to Chelsea on Wednesday as English Premier League clubs splashed out on the final day of a recordbreaking, billion-pound mid-year transfer window.

In late deals, Brazil defender Luiz returned after two years at Paris Saint-Germain, while France midfielder Moussa Sissoko left Newcastle United for Tottenham Hotspur.

The two moves took spending for England's top flight to about £1.17 billion ($1.54 billion, 1.38 billion euros) -- smashing the record of £870 million for a single transfer window set last year.

Enriched by a new £5.14 billion domestic TV rights deal, 13 of the 20 Premier League clubs broke their transfer records during the two-month window, in a spree that put Europe's other top divisions in the shade.

"This is the world we are in football," former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas told the BBC. "There is that much money flying around since the TV deal that clubs can afford to break their transfer records. They have to keep up. The Premier League is where it is at, clubs have to spend money."

The big leagues of Italy, Spain, Germany and France spent far less. Italy's Serie A, the next biggest spender, parted with £595 million (700 million euros), according to industry website transfermarkt.com.

Islam Slimani

Jack Wilshere

David Luiz

One beneficiary of the Premier League's first billion-pound spend was shaggy-haired Luiz, 29, who is back just two years after he became the world's most expensive defender with a £50 million move to PSG. Luiz was tipped to lose his place to compatriot Marquinhos at PSG, and has returned to Stamford Bridge for a reported fee of around £34 million.

- Eastlands exodus "I'm delighted to return to Chelsea," Luiz told the Chelsea website after signing a threeyear contract on the last day of the two-month window.

"We had a fantastic story during my first time at the club and I want to help the team and (manager) Antonio Conte achieve a lot of success."

Chelsea also landed Spanish left-back

Marcos Alonso from Fiorentina for a reported £23 million, while their Colombian winger Juan Cuadrado left for Juventus on a threeyear loan.

Sissoko, 27, looked poised to join Everton for much of the day, only for Tottenham to reportedly pip the Merseyside club with a late bid. He signed a five-year contract and is thought to have cost Spurs around £30 million.

Tottenham also signed France under-21 winger Georges-Kevin Nkoudou from Marseille for £11 million, with Cameroon forward Clinton Njie going the other way on a season's loan.

Everton consoled themselves with a loan deal for West Ham United's Ecuadorean forward Enner Valencia.

At Manchester City, five players who have

fallen out of favour under new manager Pep Guardiola left Eastlands on season-long loans.

England goalkeeper Joe Hart completed his move to Italian side Torino and French midfielder Samir Nasri joined Europa League champions Sevilla.

Wilfried Bony pitched up at Stoke City, French centre-back Eliaquim Mangala signed for Valencia and defender Jason Denayer joined Sunderland.

- Nice move for Mario English champions Leicester City broke their transfer record with the £29.7 million capture of Sporting Lisbon's Algerian striker Islam Slimani, who agreed a five-year contract.

Sunderland also broke their club record by signing 22-year-old Gabon midfielder Di-

dier Ndong from French side Lorient for a confirmed fee of £16 million.

Burnley were another club to make the biggest purchase in their history, buying Irish midfielder Jeff Hendrick from Derby County for a reported £10 million.

Mario Balotelli's miserable spell at Liverpool is finally over after he joined French club Nice on a free transfer.

The wayward Italy forward scored just four goals in 28 appearances for Liverpool and spent last season on loan at AC Milan.

Arsenal's injury-prone England international midfielder Jack Wilshere, 24, was loaned to Bournemouth after slipping down the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium.

While there was a flurry of activity among English clubs, Europe's other major leagues saw a relatively quiet deadline day.

In addition to Manchester City's Mangala, Spanish side Valencia signed Argentina international centre-back Ezequiel Garay from Zenit St Petersburg for a reported 20 million euros.

Espanyol, who are now under Chinese ownership, signed goalkeeper Diego Lopez on loan from AC Milan and secured a loan deal for Mexico defender Diego Reyes from Porto.

In Germany, Werder Bremen signed German winger Serge Gnabry from Arsenal, and Hamburg landed Brazilian defender Douglas from Atletico Mineiro for 10 million euros.

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