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Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): The All Nagaland Inter-Departmental Field Staff Association Joint Forum (ANIDFSAJF) has appealed to the Government of Nagaland to “release pending salaries” before September 20, 2014, as the “miseries facing by the W/C employees are beyond expressible so also their children/ward are likely to be dropped out from the school for non clearance of school dues since March 2014 till date.”

It also requested all W/C employees to render their respective duties “sincerely without disturbance/harassment.” In a press release from its sessional chairman, N. Zhekugha Assumi, and sessional secretary, K. Atovi Awomi, the Forum highlighted that many “genuine work charge (W/C) employees of some departments are being retiring from government service after being sincerely rendering their assigned duties with empty hand.” The Forum has appealed to the Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Nagaland and Deputy Commissioners of every district to fix the date for the proposed verification as per the guidelines of the Cabinet meeting held on August 8, 2014, and conduct proper verification “indulging the Association unit office bearers of the respective department for witnessing the genuine W/C employees in order to avoid future misunderstandings.”

One person commits suicide every 40 seconds, WHO says GeNeva, September 4 (iaNS): More than 800,000 people die by committing suicide every year -- one person in every 40 seconds, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published Thursday. According to the Global Report on Suicide Prevention, 75 percent of suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries, the WHO said. “This report is a call for action to address a large public health problem which has been shrouded in taboo for far too long,” Director General of WHO Margaret Chan said in a statement. The report pointed out that pesticide poisoning, hanging and firearms were among the most common methods of suicide globally. The report’s launch comes just a week before World Suicide Prevention Day, observed on Sep 10 every year.

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mokokcHuNG, September 4 (mexN): A meeting in connection with the ‘deplorable’ status of the Mariani-Mokokchung Road concluded that the BRO would undertake immediate repairs of the said For batch 2014 road; in the meantime the commercial vehicles would ply the AmguriMokokchung route. TheyTAare also to N CT submit an approximate frame FOR DETAILS CO time A M I H HILL KO within which complete of the OFFICER’Srepairs 59 98178 / 98626671 road will be undertaken Phone No.:89749 in a phased manner.

It was also agreed that a joint verification of the repair of the road would be undertaken after 15 days to see if it is satisfactory then commercial vehicles will restart plying on the said road. This was informed in a press note from the DC of Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel (IAS).

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The meeting came after commercial vehicle owners including Taxi, Buses and Trucks collectively submitted some photographic evidence of the worst stretches of the road to the district administration, it was informed. The poor road condition adversely affects not only Mokokchung district but also Zunheboto, Longleng and Tuensang districts.

BRO’s representative, Captain Durgesh stated that “some repairs” were undertaken but “perhaps due to the onset of the monsoon most of the work was undone.” The BRO has also already proposed for the upgradation of the road to a National Highway, it was confirmed.

On the issue of truck being loaded above the capacity of the road, the meeting agreed that the Police at Tsuta-

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pela gate are to keep a check on the load weight. If a truck is suspected of carrying above the permissible limit, the press release stated, the police are to escort the truck to the nearest weighing bridge in Assam. A fine of Rs. 1000 is to be imposed on over loaded vehicles.

This would cover the operational costs of the police escorting them.

It was also informed that the State Government is to be requested to install a weighing bridge at Longtho to check the plying of vehicles carrying above the permitted limit. The MCCI has been requested to take up the initiative of installing a private weighing bridge. Once in place, it will be mandatory for all goods carrying vehicles to be weighed. This would benefit all the stakeholders, the press note suggested.

NeW DeLHi, September 4 (ap): Promising to “storm your barricades with cars packed with gunpowder,” al-Qaida announced Thursday it had created an Indian branch that the terror network vowed would bring Islamic rule to the entire subcontinent.

The announcement by al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri brought few signs of increased security in India even after the government ordered states to be on alert.

Instead, al-Zawahri’s announcement by online video appeared directed more at his own rivals in the international jihad movement, analysts said.

“This is really very personal,” said Fawaz Gerges, a Middle East expert at the London School of Economics.

“You cannot understand this announcement without understanding the fierce rivalry between Islamic State and al-Qaida central.”

Al-Qaida has been increasingly overshadowed by the Islamic State group, a renegade al-Qaida offshoot that was expelled amid internal divisions and which has gone on to capture vast territory in Syria and Iraq, including oil wells and other income-generating resources, and has inspired thousands of fighters to join its jihadist mission.

Al-Zawahri, in turn, has found his own influence pale beside that of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

In India, where terror threats have largely come from Pakistan and Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan region where alQaida’s influence is thought to be minimal, many derided the creation of the group — Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent — as a publicity stunt.

Al-Qaida “is struggling for its legitimacy in the eyes of the radicalized Muslim world,” said Ajai Sahni, a top Indian security analyst with the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management. “Osama bin Laden has been killed and (al-Qaida’s) entire top leadership, apart from Zawahri and a

few others, one by one have been decimated by the American drone attacks,” he said.

“This statement is meaningless.”

But Gerges noted al-Qaida has long tried to nurture as many cells as possible, using affiliates in places like Yemen and East Africa to take pressure off relentless American attacks on its core operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

India, with its badly underfunded and desperately ill-trained security infrastructure, can also be a tantalizing target for terrorists. “The problem is not these threats,” said Sahni. “The problem is India’s vulnerability.”

Al-Zawahri said the new group “is the fruit of a blessed effort of more than two years to gather the mujahedeen in the Indian subcontinent into a single entity,” adding it would fight for an Islamic state and laws across the region, “which was part of the Muslims’ territories before it was occupied by the infidel enemy.”

While al-Zawahri’s statement referred to the “Indian subcontinent” — a term that most commonly refers to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal — his comments were widely seen as directed at India, a predominantly Hindu nation that still has more than 150 million Muslims. In an audio recording released with the video, the leader of the new group, Essam Omar, said that Jews and Hindus — who he referred to as “apostates of India” — “will watch your destruction by your own eyes.”

Until recently, India had largely seen itself as beyond the recruiting territory of international jihadists like al-Qaida. Over the past few months, however, the Islamic State group has grown in prominence in India, and has gained at least a handful of followers here.

A spokesman for India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party said the statement was “a matter of serious concern. But there is nothing to worry about.”

“The problem is not these threats. The problem is India’s vulnerability”

naga society should accord GPrn/nscn releases nscK (K) leader more ‘respect’ to teachers Morung Express News Dimapur | September 4

“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,” he said. “Have you thought of going into teaching?” asked Terry Pratchett in Mort.

Teaching as a profession evokes a similar response from the society in Nagaland. “It is considered a station to reach somewhere else, especially teaching in private schools in Nagaland,” says Dr. Maongsangba who has been a teacher (higher education) for 24 years of his life in Nagaland, and plans to continue being one. Private school teachers are the “worst paid professionals,” he informs, though they continue to give good results. So though teachers are at the forefront of inculcating values that make a civilization, teachers, and by extension education, is “neglected in our society.”

For Zanbeni Humstoe, posted in Wokha, government school teachers are treated merely as class II government officers. “Respect to be accorded to teachers is missing and we are not treated as professionals in Nagaland,” she says, highlighting how demotivating it is for her to continue to be a teacher.

While government school salaries are much better than those in private schools, the administration of the former play little role in strengthening the profession. Teachers are not regularly trained, she informs, and syllabus not up-to-date, nor contextual—neither interesting for the teachers, nor students. There is a clear lack of education policy in the State. “If teachers are not motivated, how can we motivate students?” she asks. Along with due recognition of the profession with awards and incentives (non cash, and non po-

liticized), the syllabus also needs to be in tune, suggests Humtsoe, with the reality of, say, political systems and how democracy is actually practiced. That would take forward the whole education process, which today is “the worst victim of politicization” in the State.

“But some administrators in government schools are also to blame,” she feels, as some of them focus more on “financial management” of the schools than “disciplining of students and making teachers more authoritative.”

In a private school in Dimapur, Maheu Hinlak has a good experience of administration, which has forwarded his motivation to teach. “Our administrators have created an environment that is conducive for teachers to perform better—our principal, for instance, practices what she preaches and sets a great example in turn for the students and teachers,” he says. While respect accorded to teachers, according to Hinlak, also depends on “if the teacher has done their duty well or not,” the society also has a role to play.

“Is this what you will do for the rest of your life? This is a question so often asked to us by society—they still consider teaching an inferior job. People should encourage teachers and tell us once in a while that we’re responsible for building good citizens—this will lead teachers to do their jobs sincerely as well,” he feels.

In remote Phek, though, Seno Tsuhah has been enjoying her teaching job at a government school for years now. “In small communities, we get to contribute a lot even outside the classroom—we can be involved in the process of change,” she says with glee. “Teaching is a lot of fun! You see the same faces but every new day comes with different moods and different ways in which children pick up—it’s the biggest blessing,” for Tsuhah.

Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): In the spirit of ‘Naga Reconciliation Process’ and after intervention of the Dimapur Chakhesang community, the GPRN/NSCN has released the Chairman of Chakhesang Region, NSCN (K), Zacipoyi Nyekha from Chesezu Village, under a ‘bond agreement’ signed on September 3 by “both the parties.”

A press release from the MIP of the GPRN/NSCN stated some of the ‘excepts’ from the ‘bond’ as being that as Chairman of the Chakhesang Region, “Zacipoyi owned ‘Moral Responsibili-

ties’ for the Arrest/Torture/ Killing and imposing Penalties against the GPRN/NSCN Officials,” who include Kuosato Dozo, Under Secretary, Thepuyayi, Leacy, Litani, Leacy, Zashevoyi, Rajapeyu, and Veripa, Tatar (allegedly tortured and killed).

“All seized Materials and Fines imposed are being returned to the GPRN/NSCN through token amount of Rs 300000,” stated the press release. It was also informed that ‘Further Penalties’ that were earlier imposed upon the arrested GPRN/NSCN officials “threatening strict action/s” in

the event of their “re-joining” of National Service “stands cancelled” with this agreement.

GPRN/NSCN Home (Kilo) Secretary Ghukiho T. Jimo, according to its MIP, said, “Though the magnitude of the perpetration inflicted upon the GPRN/NSCN members were undeniably of immeasurable proportions which compelled us to arrest and detain the NSCN(K) Chairman, who in his own volition also owned Moral Responsibilities as Chairman under whose jurisdiction certain unfortunate circumstances occurred, even to the extent of loosing

‘Precious Life/s’, yet the GPRN took into consideration the Virtue and Spirit of ‘Naga Reconciliation’ as top most priority and as such we release the detained official which you (Community Members) also stands as witness.”

Jimo, while acknowledging and appreciating the Dimapur Chakhesang Community Leaders and Members for their positive response, reminded them that the “GPRN/NSCN always considers the ‘Naga Reconciliation Process’ as top-most priority, upholds it and will always remain to do so.”

cM appeals for one time grant of 1234 crores PM gives CM lessons in yoga!

koHima, September 4 (mexN): Chief Minister (CM) of Nagaland, T.R. Zeliang, accompanied by the State Home Minister (HM), Y. Patton, met the Prime Minister of India, the Union Home Minister and the Petroleum Minister in New Delhi on September 4 and urged them to “resolve the various issues pending since the NDA-II took over power at the Centre.”

In a press release, the Chief Minister’s office informed that the Prime minister was appealed for the provision of a ‘one time grant’ of Rs.1234 crores to the State.

The CM also requested the PM for enhancement of ‘Central Plan Assistance’ during 2014-15 and for restoration of ‘Special Plan Assistance’ of Rs. 300 crores for Eastern Nagaland, originally included in the Annual Plan for 2012-13.

The PM was also urged to declare the construction of Foot Hills Road and the new airport at Razüpheme as National Projects. While the PM is stated to have taken note of the issues, he also gave Zeliang some “free lessons in Pranayama

(breathing yoga)” to clear the latter’s throat problems!

The CM and HM also met Union Petroleum Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, for a discussion on the hurdles over the State Legal Framework on Petroleum and Natural Gas. The Chief Minister reportedly informed Pradhan that the State is on the “correct Constitutional track and the Centre alone needs to relent.” The Union Minister and the Union P&NG officials reportedly asked for “official level talks first” to resolve the issue. To this, Zeliang responded that the Union Government needed to “show political will” to accommodate the State Legal Framework. The discussions reportedly adjourned with both parties agreeing to resume talks at a later date.

The CM and HM of Nagaland also visited Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who was briefed on the steps taken by the Government of Nagaland in ensuring peace on the Nagaland side of the Assam-Nagaland border. The Union Minister, it was informed, expressed his deep appreciation for this.

On the issue of Naga agitation in

Manipur, Rajnath Singh took note that “there was no economic blockade in Nagaland and Nagaland is absolutely peaceful over the issue due to the timely steps of the State Government.”

Moreover, the CM apprised the Union Home Minister that the State is “willing to spare two IR Battalions for being posted in other States like Gujarat etc., except Chhattisgarh.” Zeliang also reminded Singh of the “long pending reimbursement claims” of security-related expenditure and payment of helicopter service expenditure used for public transport. The Union Home Minister reportedly promised to look into the objections made by the Union Home Ministry to the autonomy of the State in regard to P&NG operations.

The Union Home Minister has asked for the “support” of the CM of Nagaland to the “success of the settlement of the long pending political issue,” to which the latter said he is “always ready to offer all assistance for meaningful facilitation of the talks so that an honourable and acceptable settlement becomes possible at the earliest.”

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GOC 3 corps Lt Gen Bipin Rawat visits Kohima Kohima, September 4 (mexN): Lt Gen Bipin Rawat, General Officer Commanding 3 Corps visited Kohima on September 3 and 4, and was accorded a traditional welcome by Maj Gen MM Naravane, Inspector General Assam Rifles (North).

According to a press release received here, the General Officer along with IGAR (N) attended the 20th Annual Meeting of Directorate of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement (RSB), Nagaland and the State Managing Committee of Special Fund for Reconstruction & Rehabilitation of ex-servicemen, Nagaland at the Raj Bhawan.

Governor, as President of RSB discussed various projects being undertaken for welfare of Ex-servicemen. GOC 3 Corps apprised the Governor about the priority accorded to welfare of Ex-soldiers and Veer Naris by the Chief of Army Staff and the proactive approach by the Army Commander for mitigation of their problems. All support from 3 Corps for Ex-

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Lt Gen Bipin Rawat, General Officer Commanding 3 Corps with PB Acharya, Governor of Nagaland and others in Kohima.

servicemen will be forth coming, was the assurance given by General Rawat.

Lt Gen and Bipin Rawat on their maiden visit to the state also called on P B Acharya, Governor of Nagaland. The General officer briefed the Governor on the prevailing security situation in the state, various development projects being undertaken by the security forces and pro-

posals for students and teachers exchange programmes between Nagaland and other States.

During his visit to Headquarters Inspector General Assam Rifles (North), the General Officer was given an update on the changing socio-economic dynamics in the state and the role of Assam Rifles in providing a safe and stable environment for devel-

opment and growth. The General Officer emphasised the need for continuous endeavour to improve the prevailing peace environment and reiterated that security forces should work in synergy with the State Government to ensure lasting peace in the State. He stressed on people friendly conduct and work towards providing a secure environment.

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Pangti Village Council selected for RBS ‘Save the Species Award’ Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): The Pangti Village Council has been selected for the Royal Bank of Scotland Earth Heroes Awards 2014 in the RBS 'Save the Species' Award category. The jury, while recommending the Pangti Village Council for the awards observed that the protection of Amur Falcon, Falco amurensis during its migratory halt in Nagaland, is one of the most outstanding conservation successes and is the outcome of the concerted efforts of its key stakeholders.

M. Lokeswara Rao, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of the Forests has congratulated all the villagers of Pangti village community for getting the Royal Bank of Scotland Earth Heroes Award 2014 in the RBS Save the Species Award Category. “This award is in recognition of the tremendous and exemplary contribution of all the people of Pangti. This award will boost up the conservation efforts of flora and fauna by the communities in different villages in Nagaland,” said Rao in a press release.

The award will be pre-

sented on November 4 at a ceremony at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in New Delhi as part of the 69th Annual Conference of WAZA (World Association of Zoos and Aquariums).

RBS has instituted the RBS ‘Earth Heroes’ Awards from 2011 to recognize and honour individuals and institutions who work exceptionally hard to preserve and protect our critical eco-systems. The RBS in association with WAZA Conference will present the RBS Earth Heroes Awards every year. The RBS Foundation India, as a not-for-profit entity of RBS is actively supporting conservation by providing sustainable livelihoods to forest dependent communities especially in the ecologically fragile landscapes and other locations in the country. The livelihood projects are helping poor households enhance their incomes from alternative sources of livelihoods, undertake natural resource management and thereby pave way for a constructive relationship between communities and efforts towards conservation.

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Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): Special Education Teachers Association of Nagaland, during a meeting held on September 4 deliberated on matter pertaining to delay of salary, training impartment and their extension of service.

In the meeting, the Association resolved to seek help from ANSTA, their parent body and other NGOs for support.

It was decided to write a representation to the government and the concern

department, which will be submitted on September 7 by the SETAN members, serve an ultimatum to the government to release their pending salary before Sep-

fraternity to give coverage to them, during this ongoing protest.

SETAN President Vikato I. Chishi in a press release said that they have waited enough and were fed up of the government monotonous promises, He also said that, they have been meeting the concerned officers back from December, 2013 but no result did forth come, except empty assurance. SETAN vowed that, they will fight whatever it takes till justice is delivered to them.

Demands for release on bending salary before September 10 tember 10, failing which the special teachers will observe a black flag day at the Directorate on September 11. The Association also resolved to request the media

Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): The members of the Chimonger Suro Thsingmüjang, Dimapur (CSTD) will be celebrating the “Mungmung” festival on September 6 at the residence of Union’s Treasurer, K Shilu Sangtam near Sub-Jail Dimapur from 10 hrs.

In a press note, CSTD President Thripong and General Secretary Imlikumzuk Sangtam requested all the members to attend the programmes positively with traditional Sangtam attires. CSTD-in-laws are also cordially invited to the programme, it added.

Food & Civil supplies informs Kohima, September 4 (mexN): All the FPS/ Village councils of Kohima Centre has been informed that the AAY food-grains for two months will be released from September 8 to 10 between 11 am to 3 pm.

A press note issued by Kapenlo thong, Assistant Director, Food & Civil Supplies, Kohima, Nagaland has directed all concerned FPS/Village Councils to collect their respective quota within the stipulated period.

Hindu Diwas Celebration Mon District Kohima, September 4 (mexN): All Nagaland Hindi Teachers' Union (ANHTU) Mon Unit has informed all the Hindi teachers and students of government and private schools to attend Hindi Divas program on September 13 at 10 am at Mon Town Counicl Hall.

The press note issued by the President and Information Secy stated that the observation on 14 September has been cancelled due to Sunday devotional services.

Inauguration of IDBI Bank Ltd offsite ATM Kohima, September 4 (mexN): IDBI Bank Ltd (a Government of India owned bank) will be opening a new offsite ATM at Mohonkhola, Main Road, Kohima on September 5 at 9.30 am. F P Solo, Commissioner and Secretary, Higher and Technical Education will be inaugurating the ATM.

Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): All the BJP district presidents are informed to submit the proposal for Kissan Morcha District President for appointment at the earliest to the state office. For further information, contact at 9863153829. This was stated in a press release issued by BJP Nagaland, president (incharge), Kisan Morcha, Lima Longchar.

near Working Women Kohima, Septem- b) Two buses will be alHostel. lowed to park at Tinpatber 4 (Dipr): As per ti below Census Office. e) Mini Buses coming decision taken by the Refrom Razhü Point shall gional Transport Author- c) JCB’s will not be allowed to park at Secdrop and pick passenity on 28th August 2014 retariat Junction and ger at MV Press (Old at the Office Chamber High School Junction Community Bus parkof the Deputy Commising ) Four Buses will be from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 sioner and Chairman, allowed to park.

P.M. RTA, Kohima, dc Kohima W. Hongje Konyak d) All Community buses f) From Peraciezie Baptist coming from Northern Church to High School, had stated that the folside shall drop and pick G.RIO Junction shall be lowing measures will be single lane parking. the passengers between enforced for parking in KMC “PAY & USE” toilet The meeting also decided Parking Zone-1: and Peraciezie Baptist to enforce the picking and a)11 (eleven) buses will Church and after drop- dropping of all Night Sube allowed to be parked ping the passengers the per Buses around Indoor at a time from Police buses shall be parked Stadium, Kohima.

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Phek dist bids farewell to outgoing ADC and SDO

Lozi Hyundai Kohima on September 4 launched the new i20 Elite in the state capital. It was inaugurated by Girin Sarma, Branch Manager, SBI, Kohima Personal Banking Branch.

Kiphire citizens bid farewell to outgoing DC Neposo Theluo Our Correspondent Kiphire | September 4

The district administration, tribal leaders, DPDB members and well-wishers today bid farewell to Neposo Theluo, the outgoing deputy commissioner of Kiphire.

Officers, NGOs tribal leaders and well-wishers attended the farewell program held at DC’s conference hall.

Addressing the program, the outgoing DC Neposo Theluo recollected his six-month stay at Kiphire and said that this is the most peaceful stay in the district, which is possible due to the support of the citizens and the leaders of the district and asked the gathering to extend the same support and co-operation to the new DC.

Delivering a strong message on unity the outgoing DC said, “We should be able to accept and appreciate each other culture and identity as the gift of God only then the true spirit of peace Joy and satisfaction is achieved in our society.” He said that the response of the people during government program is “so encouraging which not only give us satisfaction but also encouraged as well and asked the gathering to do the same.”

Acknowledging the role of media in the society, he said, “in my early posting we find it very difficult to let our works and programs know through the media but in Kiphire the media is very active which makes us encouraged and let people know the programs and the

achievement which shows the progress of our society.” The outgoing DC also asked the citizens to give maximum co-operation to new DC so that his hands are strengthen and the district is move forward.

Chumremo Odyuo, the new Deputy Commissioner who also spoke on the occasion recollected his early posting to Kiphire 26 years ago and said, “this is a very beautiful place and am happy that am back after many years.” He asked the gathering to give support to discharge the duties entrusted by the government.

USLP, YTC, ESSH departmental heads and administrative officers also spoke on the occasion. The program was chaired by Dr Tinojungshi cahng SDO(C).

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pheK, September 4 (Dipr): A farewell programme in honour of the outgoing Phek ADC headquarter, Lovitoly Sema and SDO (Civil) Phek, Hollohon Yepthomi was held at Phek DPDB Conference Hall on September 3. The outgoing ADC Lovitoly Sema in her speech thanked the public for their cooperation and hoped that they would continue to be cooperative. The SDO (Civil) Phek Hollohon Yepthomi also expressed similar opinion in his speech. Government Office staff of various Departments and NGOs of Phek Town attended the occasion. The representative speakers of various organisations said that their good works will remain memorable to the people of Phek. Earlier Chivohu Sadar Head DB pronounced Invocation. The programme was chaired by EAC, Tiayanger, EAC Phek.

Rationalization of PS under Mkg dist moKoKchuNg, September 4 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel has convened a meeting on rationalization of polling stations under Mokokchung district on September 12. The meeting will be held in Deputy Commissioner’s Conference Hall at 1:00 p.m. Representations of political parties, legislators and any bonafide citizens indenting to take part in the discussion are informed to attend the meeting as scheduled.

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SBI Mkg branch donates computer moKoKchuNg, September 4 (Dipr): The State Bank of India, Mokokchung Branch honoured the Teacher’s Day at Hill View Higher Secondary School, Mokokchung on September 4. The Chief Manager, Sri Uttam Kar projected the importance of Teachers in all the life of the student in the process of building of self and nation. He also emphasized the life of Sarvapalli Radhakrishan whose birth day on September 5 celebrate as Teachers’ Day. The Chief Manager, on the occasion donated a Computer set with printer and other accessories to the school for updating their knowledge through the computer periphery. The SBI Officials honoured the teachers by presenting gifts.

SLVDP on September 12 Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): State Level Vendor Development Programme (SLVDP) which is scheduled on September 12 at Rotary Club of Dimapur, Midland organized by Br. MSME-DI, Dimapur, Nagaland is postponed due to unavoidable circumstances.

Further, information will be announced shortly.

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Dimapur, September 4 (mexN): The East Dimapur Business Association (EDBA) today informed its business members and other concerns that, the District Administration of Dimapur had issued its verdict on August 28 regarding the allegation made by Purana Bazar Village Council (PVBC) against the association over the arbitrary collection of trade licences rates and imposing taxation at by the association at Purana Bazar daily market. In a press release through its media cell, the EDBA added that the District Administration had to intervene at the behest of ACAUT and EDBA and the verdict of the case is already in the public domain through press media. Reacting to a statement issued by PBVC in a local daily in September 2, EDBA clarified that, the District Administration had only asked the association to stop collection of monthly membership/ subscription fees and not as mentioned in the PBVC’s statement. In this regard, EDBA demands a public apology from PBVC Chairman for making such false allegation in public.

Further it added that, the issue of monthly subscription fees was already discussed at EAC office on June 20, last and EDBA had already passed a resolution regarding the issue in its general meeting on July 9 and had submitted the same to EAC, Chumukedima. Therefore, EDBA expects the PBVC to shoulder more collective responsibility in future and refrains from making any false allegation in future, it added.

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UNC Bandh: National Highways see no traffic IMPHAL, SePteMber 4 (NNN): The otherwise busy National Highway 2 (Imphal-Dimapur) and National Highway 37 (Imphal-Silchar) experienced a quiet day today with no vehicular movement witnessed along these two highways since this morning as the United Naga Council (UNC) sponsored indefinite bandh of vehicular traffic came into force from 6 am today.

There was no report of any untoward incident on the first day of the UNC agitation.

Ticket counters at North AOC and at Sagolband in Imphal wore deserted look as no bookings took place since last evening.

An unconfirmed source from the United Naga Council (UNC) said today that it has closed all doors of negotiation except with the Prime Minister Office (PMO). Given this scenario, the efforts by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

Manipur: Fuel distribution in oil pumps IMPHAL, SePteMber 4 (NNN): In view of the crisis faced by the people of the state due to the blockade imposed

by United Naga Council (UNC), the state government has approved to make fuel available to the people of the state in around 13 locations in Imphal tomorrow, according to additional secretary (Home) and director, Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution, Manipur, M. Yaiskul Meitei.

The various locations from where fuel would be available are PCTC, Khoyathong with 20 KL petrol (reserved for Assembly Secretariat/ Government Departments) and 12 KL diesel (reserved for Assembly Secretariat, to address the prevailing situation in Manipur may not fructify.

Triggered by the August 30 incident of Ukhrul where two civilians were killed in police firing, the United Naga Council (UNC) had taken the decision to enforce indefinite vehicular traffic in all the national highways and

Government Departments, BSNL and Keishampat Project), Emo Filling, Yumnam Leikai with 8 KL petrol, Emoinu Service Station, Ghari and NRL, Uripok with 12 KL petrol each, Konsham Service, Langthanbal with 4 KL + 6.300 KL (previous balance) and total of 10.300 KL petrol, B. E, North AOC with 20 KL diesel, KPO City, Yaiskul with 12 KL diesel, Highway Petroleum, Tera with 3.600 KL petrol (previous balance) / reserved for print media and police, Tuks & Bons, Hatta with 12 KL diesel, NRL, Khabam and NRL, Khurai with 15 KL petrol each and also KT Service, Andro Parking and IGP, 1ST M. R with 12 KL petrol each.

state highways from 6 a.m. of September 4 till such time the Government of India makes a political intervention "on our situation."

The UNC had also said that there would be an indefinite ban on all construction works on national projects in 'Naga areas' in Manipur.

Meanwhile, as of now essential commodities re-

main available in the market, but people out of apprehension have started stockpiling commodities.

Making beeline in front of oil pumps in Imphal has become a common scene.

There have been speculations that oil in black market may sky-rocket in the next few days' time if the bandh continues.

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Organisations condemn Ukhrul killing DIMAPur, SePteMber 4 (MexN): The All Zeliagrong Students’ Union and Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Manipur and Nagaland) have strongly condemned the actions of Manipur Police Commandoes and IRBs in killing two innocent youths – Mayopam Ramror and Ramkashing Vashi – at Ukhrul district HQ during a peaceful public rally on August 30 against the prolonged imposition of 144 CrPC. A joint statement from the AZSU General Secretary Nchaheing Kompoing and ZYF (AMN) General Secretary David Kamei condemning the incident stated that there had been voices of protest against the promulgation of 144 CrPC and deployment of “massive” security force contingent in Ukhrul in the aftermath of the assassination of one ADC member, Ngalangzar Malue.

The joint statement alleging that the State Government remained adamant on the grounds that it was providing security to the people of Ukhrul remarked, “The Manipur Govt security forces instead of protecting the

people have again killed innocent two promising youth without any justification.” It alleged that the Manipur security forces killing innocent persons, particularly Nagas, whenever democratic agitation or protest was organized to ventilate grievances have become habitual. The two organisations giving its mandate to the United Naga Council call for ban stated that it was the "right decision" and added that it "will enforce strictly in the Zeliangrong areas.”

Insisting that there are measures and methods for security forces to control mobs, the statement maintained that resorting to firing live bullets and “killing innocent people as if fighting a fierce war or gun battle with greatest or bitterest enemy” shows the Manipur Government’s deep enmity towards the Nagas. It added that the Manipur Government not ordering judicial enquiry and not disclosing the identity of the personnel involved in the shooting “is a testament of not honoring and valuing the lives of the Nagas.” It further questioned the Manipur Government if there was any justifica-

tion for the killing of the two promising innocent youths.

The AZSU and ZYF further called upon the Government of India to intervene immediately and bring a solution for the Nagas at the earliest so that there will be lasting peace in the region.

Pochury Hoho The Pochury Hoho has expressed anguish over the killing of two Naga brothers, Mayopam Ramror and Ramkashing Vashi of Teinem village, and injuring several others including a woman by Manipur Police and IRB personnel during the August 30 Ukhrul rally organized by United Naga Council. A statement from its President Penthu Pochury condemning the killing and action of intimidation perpetrated to the peace loving Naga citizens demanded that a speedy judicial inquiry be set up at the earliest.

The Hoho further stated that the Pochury people stood in solidarity with the Southern Nagas. The Hoho conveying heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families prayed that the Almighty God would give solace to the family.

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Tripura to drop cases against ex-guerrillas AGArtALA, SePteMber 4 (IANS): The Tripura government has decided to withdraw court cases against surrendered militants, except those of crimes committed against women, an official said here Thursday.

"Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said the state governmenthasdecidedtowithdraw court cases against the former militants to lure underground terrorists to lay down arms and join mainstream of life," a home department official said quoting Sarkar, who is also holding the home portfolio. "However, the cases relating to crimes against women pending against the surrendered extremists would never be settled outside the court or withdrawn," the official quoted the chief minister as saying at a meeting. The official said several hundred cases against the surrendered militants have already been withdrawn or are in the process of being withdrawn. Sarkar said freeing the surrendered extremists from legal cases has been a prerequisite to persuade the guerrillas to surrender and this is a strategy of the central and other state governments too.

Assam family jumps into Fake encounters in Manipur: NHRC B’putra to escape debt trap orders compensation for victim's relatives

GuwAHAtI, SePteMber 4 (tNN): Burdened with a debt of Rs 15 lakh and hounded by Ulfa militants, four of a family jumped into the Brahmaputra at Tezpur in Assam on Tuesday night to escape the ordeal they had been going through.

Though one among them, the mother, survived, her husband, son and pregnant daughter-inlaw drowned.

Makon Devi (50) left home along with husband Bhabani Sarma, son Manjul, and daughter-in-law Astami on Tuesday morning and travelled all the way from Magaldoi town in Darrang district to Tezpur. They took the plunge into the flooded Brahmaputra at night.

E x c e p t Bhab a n i' s body, the corpses of Manjul and Astami are yet to be fished out.

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the family took huge sum money from private money lenders sometime back and chose to commit suicide after they failed to repay them.

"Manjul took a huge amount as loan from private lenders to set up a business.

After he failed to repay the money in time, the principal amount, along with the accumulating, soared to more Rs 1 crore. Under pressure from the money lenders, the family approached some pro-talks Ulfa leaders for settling the matter," said a police official.

Devi, who is admitted to a Tezpur hospital, said, "The Ulfa leader threatened us saying that if we fail to repay the loan on time, we will be killed.

We were asked to pay Rs 4 lakh on Monday. But when we could not arrange the money, all of us decided to commit suicide." Devi told

the media that the family had taken Rs 15 lakh from money lenders and managed to repay only Rs 9 lakh by selling off a vehicle.

Darrang Police said no case has been registered so far as the survivor is in hospital.

On the other hand, the family of Astami Devi said they are going to lodge a complaint against the Ulfa leader, who had allegedly threatened the family. "On Tuesday morning, Astami called and sought help saying one Ulfa leader is threatening them. We asked her to go to police.

After that we found her mobile switched off. We tried to contact others but no one responded. Later, we came to know about the incident. We are going to file a case against the pro-talks Ulfa leader," said Astami's family members.

New DeLHI, SePteMber 4 (ANI): Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the decision of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to pay monetary relief of Rs. five lakhs each to the relatives of two victims of fake encounter killings by the 20th Assam Rifles in Chandel district of Manipur on June 1, 2009.

On June 19, 2009, ACHR had filed a complaint with the NHRC against extrajudicial executions of Laishram Kishorjit and Soram Priyokumar by the 20th Assam Rifles led by Major Abishek Bharti at Maipi Angbrasu track in Chandel district of Manipur on the night of June 1, 2009.

Justifying its order for compensation received by ACHR on September 3, the NHRC in its latest proceedings after examining the report of Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Moreh stated, "According to it, the troops of 20th Assam Rifles led by Major Abishek Bharti

laid an ambush at Maipi and Angbrashu track on 1.6.2009 at night after receiving information about the movement of some armed valley based UG cadres in that area.

The troops saw two persons moving in a suspicious manner on the said track which leads from Maipi and Angbrashu. On being challenged by the troops to stop, the two unidentified suspects brought down heavy volumes of automatic weapons fired upon the troops.

The troops also retaliated in self defense. The encounter lasted for about 35 minutes and both the suspects were eliminated."

"After the encounter, a search of the encounter site and the adjoining area was made and the following arms and ammunition were recovered near the slain bodies 1 (one) G-3 assault rifle with one live round in the chamber. 2 (two) magazines of G-3 assault rifle. 19 (nineteen) rounds of G-3 assault rifle. 4). 1 (one) lathode with one live bomb in the chamber and, 1 (one)

live bomb of lathode," he added.

He also said, "It is further revealed by the report that the seized arms and ammunition were sent to FSL Pangei for chemical examination and the ballistic expert, who examined the same, opined that the seized arm 7.62 mm calibre G-3 rifle is not serviceable due to defective return spring and nonalignment of bolt extension and housing. It was also opined that the seized lathode gun is a 40mm calibre grenade launcher and its firing mechanism was working properly. It is further mentioned in the report that frantic efforts were made to establish involvement of the two deceased in U.G. activities but no specific information could be gathered in that regard."

"The report forwarded by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India completely negates the possibility of an encounter. It is not the case of anyone that the lathode i.e. grenade launcher was used by any of the two deceased

persons. As regards the 7.62 mm calibre G-3 rifle, the ballistic expert has opined that it was not in serviceable condition. If the grenade launcher was not used and the 7.62mm rifle was not serviceable, how the Assam Rifle personnel can claim that they were fired at by the deceased persons or that there was imminent danger to their life. Thus, we (NHRC) find that the Assam Rifle personnel were not fired at by any of the two deceased persons. We (NHRC) also find no evidence to even faintly suggest that the deceased persons were involved in underground activity. It appears that the two persons were spotted at a desolate track and they were shot dead on the basis of unfounded suspicion. It appears to be a case of extra judicial killing," he added.

"This is a step in the right direction and prosecution of the culprits must start now," stated Suhas Chakma, Director of Asian Centre for Human Rights.

ADC members of Manipur take their plight to Delhi NE: An issue in DU polls New DeLHI, SePteMber 4 (NNN): Members of Autonomous District Council (ADC) from Manipur will carry out protest in New Delhi tomorrow, September 5 demanding the devolution of the powers and functions to the Council.

Large number of ADC members from Manipur have arrived New Delhi today and they are all set to carry out protest at Jantar Mantar from 3 pm to 6 pm. "We the Autonomous District Councils, Manipur would like to draw your kind attention that successive governments both in the State and Centre have denied our rights and power under the Manipur(Hill Areas) District Council Act, 1971’.

Due this situation a boycott call was made and for 20 years the ADCs were nonfunctioning in Manipur hill areas," the ADC members said today.

In 2010 election to ADCs were held under the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council, Third(3rd) Amendment Act 2008. However, the situation of the ADCs remains

the same. "Therefore, we request you to highlight our grievances in your esteem Paper, Television, websites, as we sit in demonstration here in the national capital," the ADC members added.

According to these ADC members, the existing 6 Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) in Manipur i.e.Churachandpur, Chandel, Sadar Hills, Senapati, Ukhrul and Tamenglong were installed in the year 1973 in pursuance of the North Eastern Reorganization Act, 1971 and later passed as Parliamentary Act called ‘The Manipur(Hill Areas) District Council Act, 1971’.

"However, due to non devolution of the powers and functions under the said Acts and Rules the ADC Elections was withheld since 1989 in demand for extending the provisions of the Sixth Scheduled Provision of the Indian Constitution to these ADCs," they stated.

These ADC members further said that three successive state governments in the State had ad-

opted resolutions for 6th schedule implementation based on the recommendation of the Hill Areas Committee (HAC) Manipur. However, the issue was kept in abeyance by the State Government despite repeated reminders by the Centre Government.

After 20 years, the ADCs were revived and elections were held in 2010, with a renewed hope under the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council, Third (3rd) Amendment Act, 2008. "But to our utter dismay even as we complete four years we see no change and are denied of powers bestowed under the said Act. According to the new Act, there were 26 (twenty six) subjects enlisted under Section 29 in subsection (1) of the principal Act," the ADC members also said.

"Hence, we reiterate and demand for implementation of the long pending demand for Extension of Sixth Scheduled Provision of the Constitution in the Hill Areas of Manipur to all the 6(six) ADCs," they stated.

According to the ADC mem-

bers, the hill areas of Manipur is the only tribal areas in North East India which is ignored, unattended and unjustly left out from extension of the Sixth Schedule Provision of the Constitution of India, whereas, all other Tribal Areas in the whole of the North Eastern State such as Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura were under 6th scheduled Provision to safeguard the interest, customs and culture of the tribals.

"We feel proud to be part of the Indian democracy system, but it pained our heart to experience alienation, discrimination, deprivation and subjugation. Several memorandums have been submitted to the State as well as to the Central Govt. to redress our grievances, unfortunately all these prayer have so far remained unnoticed," the ADC members further said.

"We strongly believe that strengthening the ADCs under the Sixth Schedule will bring down the unrest and chaos in Manipur’s hill areas and development and progress will subsequently follow," the ADC members added.

New DeLHI, SePteMber 4 (IANS): Students organisation are trying hard to garner votes of northeast students in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls, with "ending racial discrimination" becoming an important issue in their manifestos. The DUSU polls are scheduled for Sep 12.

In their manifestos, the Congress' student wing National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and Left-wing All India Students' Association (AISA) Thursday said they would work towards ending racial discrimination against students from northeast.Similarly, the AISA mentioned in its manifesto that it will hold regular sensitisation programmes against sexual harassment and discrimination routinely

Mary Kom disappointed her biopic won't be shown in Manipur New DeLHI, SePteMber 4 (PtI): Olympic medal winning boxer Mary Kom on Wednesday said she was disappointed that her biopic, starring Priyanka Chopra is unlikely to be shown at the theatres in Manipur due to a militantenforced 'ban' on Hindi films there, despite taking up the issue with the state government.

Talking to reporters before the special screening of the movie 'Mary Kom' at a theatre here, the legendary boxer said that she had taken up the issue with the ministers there in her home state but in vain.

"I tried my best, took

up the matter with the government ministers. But it did not happen. I want the movie to be shown in Manipur also. But I am helpless, it is not in my hands," she said.

Her husband Onler Kom said that Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh should take up the matter and see if something could be done.

"The chief minister should do something if Mary's picture is to be shown in Manipur," he said.

Hindi movies have not been screened in Manipur for some years now due to a 'ban' imposed by the mili-

tants in the state.

Mary Kom, who won a bronze in the 2012 London Olympics, nonetheless was excited that the film on her life was finally going to be released.

"There are very few biopics on sportspersons. As far as I know, mine is going to be the second such film after that of Milkha Singh. I am happy and excited that my film is coming out," she said.

"When I started boxing I had never imagined that my life and career will be made into a film but it is happening. It is happening by the grace of God and support and wishes from

the people of this country."

Talking about Priyanka Chopra, who is playing her in the movie, Mary Kom said, "She (Priyanka) has done a fantastic job and she has worked so hard. It must not be easy for her to do a role of a boxer.

"She had to go to the gym, do jumping exercising, skipping ropes and then learn boxing, besides acting. It must be really hard for her."

Mary Kom's family, fellow boxer from Manipur Sarita Devi and double Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar were among those who turned up to watch the movie.

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APPRECIATION The Parl. Secy TPT, IPR expresses his appreciation and gratitude to General Secy. A. Baruah and Joint Secy. Captain Nath (Retired), Friendship Forum of Golaghat and Wokha District for safely delivering the Official Vehicle of the Parliamentary Secy. On 2nd September 2014 to Imsu Yaden, General Secretary BJP Nagaland State Unit at Dimapur which was left during the recent economic blockade incident at Rangajan. The Parliamentary Secretary, P. Paiwang Konyak further urge the Friendship Forum to continue the goodwill mission even in the days to come.

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Why Imposition of Curfew in Ukhrul? Eternal Law AFSPA. Why?

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ith my last dying breath, I am making my last appeal to my children, the Naga youth, Naga Students Federation, Naga Hoho, Naga Mothers Association, Human Rights Activists and NPF Party Youth to wake up and undo the destructive action of the Manipur Congress Government under Ibobi Singh. Why should they enforce Section-144 in Ukhrul along with the Armed Force Special Powers Act, the Dragonian Law? The Nagas everywhere living in North East of India have been left divided by the British without our consent followed by the Congress Party of India applying Divide and Rule Policy on us Nagas instigating the Nagas to fight among the freedom fighters. However, now in a change of circumstance when the Congress Party power in the Centre and the State is in its lowest ebb, it is high time for us Nagas to take this chance at once and strike while the iron is hot. Why not we too, in support of our tribesmen in Manipur impose curfew in the two National Highways to teach a befitting lesson to the Manipur government. Let all the Nagas both general public and the freedom fighters strongly unite and extent your unstainted support and take up the issue in Manipur against our enemy.

In addition, i hereby fervently appeal to all the afore stated organizations to support the negotiating

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party representing the freedom fighters to enable them to solve the long standing Naga political problem with the present NDA government under Narendra Modi who is prepared to help us Nagas solve out vexed political problem in the shortest time possible.

Also, I pray you all to make an appeal to the central Government to release all the political prisoners unconditionally and to repeal the Dragonic Law AFSPA (Armed forces Special Powers Act) as a gesture of goodwill before the political solution is worked out; why this law is applied in peace, in war no limit?

Remember, we elderly people living above 80 years even including the two negotiators on our side shall no more remain with you youngsters and the fruits of our hard labour shall be yours. Then why not take the chance for your future generation. You know the Ahoms and the Meiteis are late comers, the intruders entered into our land from far away land, occupying the plain areas uninhabitated by us Nagas as because we Nagas prefer to live in the up land mountains and hilly areas leaving aside the low lying areas, for fear of another deluge, liken to Noah’s days as stated in the Old Testament.

If at all, the Meiteis fail to immediately withdraw the curfew from our land in Ukhrul, I pray you Naga patriots enforce curfew on the two National Highways pass-

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Hello Baby Azung, May God shower his blessings upon you and grant you with all the blessings from above as you turn 9 years old. Have an amazing day and an even more amazing year ahead. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday. God bless you.

With love from; Oba Tambu, Tanutsu, Baby Ajung & Odi Achet.

ing through our state – a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, I am advising you Naga youth, believing in you if at all there is patriotic blood running in your veins. Remember the deeds of patriotism exhibited by the freedom fighters from the Thangkhul community, the Nagas of Manipur, men like Romyu, uncle Suisa followed by Th.Muivah and his followers the Naga freedom fighters who joined hands with us Nagas in Nagaland from late fifties Romyu, an NNC leader, a Kilonser in the Federal Government of Nagaland during the days of our uncle A.Z.Phizo, uncle Imkongmeren, President and Vice-President of NNC respectively. Also, our leader Th.Muivah had been the General Secretary NNC. Whereas, uncle Suisa was a Parliament member yet despite later on he joined our national movement followed by countless Naga Army representing the Nagas of Manipur. Kindly, you youngsters examine their achievements and their sacrifice in our national movement. Even today Th.Muivah is our Chief negotiator, representing our Nagaland as Ato Kilonser in the NSCN(IM). His achievements as a Naga freedom fighter is trustworth, you Naga youth raise your voices against the Meiteis in Manipur Act, act in the living present by taking appropriate action against our enemy the Meiteis, taking a befitting action on our ever present enemies. From

our ancient folk song, I am quoting a short stanza:“Did you hear the gossiping of the fishes at the end of the earth and the sky?”

Here, I say the gossip being carried between the Central leaders and our Naga leaders to solve our political problems basing on the uniqueness of Naga situation and history. I say after a while we shall not remain mixing with the Meiteis in Manipur. I say we shall have our own Government apart from the wicked Manipuris. Take it for granted and be wise as patriots and strike against the merciless Manipuris. Why AFSPA eternally both in war time and peace time as well? It has been the sword of the Congress to kill countless Nagas both innocent law abiding people and the law breakers. Why Soniaji Congress President a foreigner, an Italian by blood? Is the NDA government too upholds and apply this law withouta break? It seems Indians are Indians both Congress and non-Congress, if not strike out this merciless and shameless law at once if at all they wish to solve this vexed problem peacefully.

Soniaji appearing lika a Lati angel striking the Nagas down, surely she is an angel of destruction, merciless too. She is no more in power yet her spirit is active, her policy of destruction is alive.

Who said NE is Punishment Posting?

Sir, think the honourable Minister of state for home Kiren Rejiju has articulated and done the correct job that has been entrusted him by the people of this region by asking the Governors who are reluctant/ refusing to be posted In the North East to apologize to the nation and particularly to the people of North East besides the central top bureaucrats who wants to remain in their own comfort

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zone of metropolitan cities only, which seems to be too “harsh and unjust” rather insulting and hurting the sentiments of this beautiful land. While we are also trying our best to par/ cope up with the rest of the world and I believe we are, no doubt every state or topography has its own story to tell yet it does not mean the North East is a Hell or Punishment Posting for which the region may not compromise or accept it,

instead look at this region with correct attitude and holistic approach, otherwise many people use to call these seven sister states the Paradise or Switzerland because of its natural beauty and scenic with perfect climate/atmosphere throughout not forgetting the simplicity and hospitality of this beautiful people.

God bless the seven sisters David Amu Kohima

Plight Of Nagas In Manipur T

he ongoing turmoil in Ukhrul is nothing short of ‘state sponsored terrorism’, meticulously orchestrated by Ibobi government which went haywire. Much like the incident at Mao in 2006, the recent incident of indiscriminate firing on the public demonstration by the police, resulting in the death of two youths and injuring scores at Ukhrul is seen as a clear manifestation of totalitarian measure aiming at achieving certain political agenda. Contrarily, the people far from being intimidated faced the challenge headlong. The two martyrs have been accorded hero’s welcome. The thronging of people in paying homage at the funeral speaks volume.

It can be mentioned here that previously, an ADC member was killed by some unidentified assassins/mercenaries, most probably at the behest of some powers behind the screen but the blame was conveniently laid on the NSCN. Taking undue advantage of this situation, CrPC 144 Bendangangshi, Ex-MLA was promulgated immediately at Ukhrul

On Multiple Taxation

town. On closer examination, the assassination and the subsequent militarization of Ukhrul appears to be a premeditated and well synchronized action. Now, when the people agitated in peaceful and democratic manner against the unconstitutionally prolonged militarization, the demonstrators were gunned down as if they were combatant enemies. First, they killed a Naga; then cunningly set the blame on one of us and on that pretext terrorized our towns and now their true color is revealed when they resorted to indiscriminate firing upon the innocent citizens. They don’t care about the people; they never hesitate to take lives. All they care about is gaining political mileage that there is no ceasefire in Manipur. This is the state of affairs in Manipur. The sinister game being played by the communal government of Manipur at the cost of precious lives is utterly condemnable.

Yurkhan Kapai Purana Bazaar, Dimapur

What people of Nagaland want? NLTP Act or Prohibition?

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he recent disclosure of the Chief Minister that Nagaland Legislative Assembly may discuss the NLTP Act has elicited statements from a host of concerned individuals, the Churches and authorities which filled the local papers much to the delight of liquor business kingpins and their cohort bootleggers. I gave my comment on the same which appeared in local papers on 13.6.2014. Without repeating what was said already I have one question to stake holders.

We all know how Nagaland Govt. promulgated NLTP Act 25 years ago.

The movement was spearheaded by NBCC to have the Prohibition law.

When the State Govt. hesitated to declare Nagaland as ‘Dry’ for obvious reasons, the protesters resorted to hunger strike and fast unto death. The then Chief Minister SC Jamir, being an Salouno Zhaivei Kh. elderly leader, did not want any ChrisLiyai Khullen tian, more so the volunteers of NBCC, PO Tadubi, Senapati District, Manipur to go to hell. The logic was that wil-

ur Naga ancestors never used to pay any kind of taxes or levies to any social organization or local body from time immemorial. However, there is a rising trend in collection of taxes in the recent time leading to multiple taxations. This multiple taxation has affected all the sections of the societies and not even sparing a poor farmer. Just the other day a poor farmer was transporting his agricultural product hiring a vehicle to sell it in Dimapur market. There were 150 bags of cabbages in the vehicle and the taxes were sought @ Rs.5 per bag at four different locations along the national highway 29. On calculation, the total taxes paid per transit for a trip is arrived at Rs.300 (60x5), three local charges which amount to Rs.500 and two goods entry charges of Rs.580. Ultimately, the total taxes paid for one trip was Rs. 1380. To make things worse, even vehicle hiring charges keep soaring due to bad road conditions. Now the returns he gets after much toil and handwork become too meagre to take

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care of basic family needs. Having said this, it is time to reflect and ponder upon to where our society is moving towards by every rational being when a poor farmer is not even spared from giving taxes. And interestingly it is more surprising to see the civil organizations collecting the taxes at different locations. On comparing the collecting taxes with the civil bodies to that of the so called national workers we get some kind of insight that collection of taxes cannot be scrapped unless the collection taxes by civil bodies are first checked. ACAUT has been doing a very commendable work for the well being of our society and it will be a more meaningful fight against tax if ACAUT can take this issue into consideration. The menace of taxation is a stumbling block to the very progress of our society and root cause of the poor development in our area.

fully committing death is suicide. Be it a protester for a good cause or anyone who commits suicide may miss heaven. Thus, NLTP Act came into being, since then Nagaland State has been enjoying ‘Dry State” for a quarter of a century. During these 25 years, we have seen clearly how successful is the promulgation of prohibition in the State. We have now known the merits, demerits and huge ramifications of NLTP Act. A debate on the issue with 25 years of practical experience would be lively and interesting.

The NLTP Act and Prohibition are same but different. The question is between the reality and the myth, the theory and the practice. The intricacy of the issue is though we have the law of Total Prohibition and have no prohibition in reality. Somebody told me that there may not be less than 200 liquor shops in Kohima town as those shops are obvious. People know how the inflow of liquor into Nagaland is

orchestrated. People know who do involve in the business. And yet, none dares to do anything against them as they wield power in the sight of authority and Church.

As of today, the most powerful public organisation like NBCC, the Excise Department and a host of individuals are deadly against lifting NLTP Act. Therefore, it will be, I believe, impossible for the present DAN Govt. to go against the wishes of these powerful lobbyists. As such, the NLTP Act will possibly remain. In other words, Nagaland will remain a Dry State in India.

As the lobbyists want to retain NLTP Act, they will have it. Unfortunately this Act cannot bring Prohibition as proved during the last 25 years. Whatever the case may be, we should be satisfied with the retention of NLTP Act. Forget about prohibition as long as we retain NLTP Act. That is what we want.

Z. Lohe

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local/Public SPace 5 6TH SEPTEMBER 2014 THE 50TH YEAR OF PEACE DAY (CEASEFIRE): Friday

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The NBCC Peace Initiatives Nagas lived in constant conflict with one another before the advent of the Christianity. But the Christian faith has enlightened, liberated and united Nagas and thus they began to experience the fullness of life with love, joy and peace.

In the meantime violent conflict had been emerged out of the unsolved IndoNaga political crisis from 1947 and has intensified gradually. The Church could not remain silent in the midst of massive killing, torture and burning of villages and destruction of economic sustainable support system. Therefore since 1964 Nagaland Baptist Church Council has been heavily engaged in peace work. In recent years political conflict in Nagaland had been aggravated owing to the confrontations between Indian Security Forces and Naga militants. However through God's grace Ceasefire between Government of India (GoI) and NSCN (IM) in 1997 and also between GoI and NSCN (K) in 2001 were signed; but we are still far from real peace. (See Part

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2 No. 9 in Volume II of the book “Walking the Path of Despair and Hope: Understanding and Justifying the Ways of God”, by NBCC for the full text.)

The NBCC has all along expressed our biblical and theological position on effective and caring governance, justice, respect for human lives and dignity, love, peace, reconciliation and forgiveness which go beyond politics. The Church is not an architect or designer for political solutions. The Church has no political agenda. The Church's concern is the rightful place and rule of God in the lives of all of us including our leaders. We cherish and are committed to the nurturing of spiritual health, goodwill and solidarity of all the Naga people as one family. This is the position of the Church for a solution responding to the historic opportunity before the Naga which must not be wasted. The challenge faced by all factions is the same. We pray for our leaders to guide them by divine wisdom. May God help us (See Part 2 No. 9 in Volume II of the book “Walking the Path of Despair and Hope:

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Understanding and Justi- fire and water and have fying the Ways of God”, by suffered innumerable losNBCC for the full text.) es, both in terms of properties and human lives.

Summarizing the There was no security of Peace Mission life, whether young or old, Kenneth Kerhüo reflect- man or woman, as every ing on the situation and cir- Naga was treated as an encumstances that prompted emy by the Indian Army at the Church to initiate the one time. Inspite of all this, Peace talks and form the there was none who dared Peace Mission said: speak for peace and jusEver since the out- tice. Seeing all these hapbreak of political violence penings, the Church could in Nagaland, the NBCC not continue to remain a leaders under force of cir- silent spectator. Prayer recumstances had made quests for peace had to be relentless efforts to bring sent out to the churches peace and normalcy in the throughout Nagaland. This State making appeals from was a challenging moment time to time to the contend- and the church leaders felt ing parties to resolve their called upon to take the risk differences through the of bringing peace in the conference table without strife torn land of ours in resorting to violence. It is conformity with the Chrisbetter understood than de- tian principle of peace and scribed that in a conflict like reconciliation. this it is the non-combatWe have felt our word ants who suffer most, mak- has become much poorer ing the innocent people to today because many of the become victims of the situ- outstanding Church leadation. I am sure you can re- ers who had sacrificed their call the kind of experience life and time to bring peace our people had passed in our land are not with us through during those days today. Only a few of us who of Army operations. Our are here today are the living people have gone through witnesses of their sacrifices

and services. I can confidently say that our people are enjoying some measure of peace today in answer to their prayers and many other faithful people of God. As the restoration of permanent peace and a peaceful solution of the Indo- Naga political problem was the greatest concern of the Churches in Nagaland, the NBCC had to take a number of steps until a formal resolution was passed at the third Naga Baptist Convention held at Wokha in 1964 to set up a Peace Mission for the purpose of exploring ways and means to bring about a final solution to the vexed Naga political issue through peaceful means. (64 Quoted in Keviyiekielie Linyu, Christian Movements Nagaland, , pp.

210-212).

Our society at any given time, is not more or less than what it really is as seen and known by God our Creator. We are the product of all we have done which we should not have done, or not done which we should have done. We cannot deny our acts of commission and

omission, individually and as tribes and factions, have produced a society that has become unmanageable in its viciousness, selfishness, greed, cynicism and insecurity.

The time has come for all who care for God's ways to prevail in the world to act boldly together trusting fully in Him to guide and provide. The first step in the venture will obviously be to identify and flag all the issues where we know things have gone wrong and we have lived in without addressing them properly as God would require us to do. These issues that really make us poor in spirit and inadequate are the areas where God wants us to meet Him and one another. (See Part 2 No. 12 in Volume I of the book “Walking the Path of Despair and Hope: Understanding and Justifying the Ways of God”,

by NBCC for the full text.)

Conclusion: The long years of violence and conflict has certainly left the people with deep feelings. There is not

one family untouched.

Some have lost brothers, parents, other relatives or friends. Some still carry envy, hatred, bitterness or a spirit for revenge. These burning feelings also ruin many relationships, both inside and outside of families. Former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said, “There is no future without forgiveness”. As we look ahead, in these crucial days of rebuilding our land we need forgiveness, reconciliation, peace and love to heal our wounds and establish us. The Nagaland Baptist Church Council is appreciative of other peace players in the peace-building effort as it does not consider itself to be the sole custodian of peace work. Peace is the business of everybody.

But if all are to experience the fruit of living in truth, justice and peace in the land, then all the stakeholders must participate in the process of peace-building.

In the midst of such deplorable conditions – of moral decay, corruption, social injustices, political uncertainties – has the Church done enough? Probably not.

But the Church has defi-

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nitely raised legitimate questions of spiritual and social concerns, enduring peace and viable future which needs appropriate responses from all stakeholders – irrespective of religion or tribal affiliation. We need to rise up and help each member to become responsible citizens who cares. We need to bring back the confidence in each person, despite the apparently insurmountable problems at hand, that the contribution of every individual is equally important in nation building. Finally, we need to recover the sense of responsibility whereby we are grateful to God for His gift of life, grateful to our forefathers for their sacrifices, and concern for the future generation. May we stand together for peace wherever peace is endangered and to be God’s ambassadors of reconciliation, to mediate situations of conflict, to give courage to the weary, and to comfort those who suffer.

May the Peace of God prevail in our land!

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Assam Rifles apprehends Yitachu to grace Teachers’ Day celebration sepTember torious service including fi- IAS, Principal Director, three arms peddlers KoHIma, 4 (mexn): Parliamentary nancial assistance to several School Education.

DImapur, sepTember 4 (mexn): The 29 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters 6 Sector Assam Rifles arrested three arms pedlars along with two country made revolvers from Half Nagarjan on September 1. The

arrested individuals were identified as Alen Kuki and Athang Kuki, both resident of Peren and Akin Kumi of Dimapur. The three individuals were later handed over to Sub Urban Police Station, Dimapur along with the recovered items

Secretary for School Education, Yitachu will grace the State Level Teachers’ Day celebration on September 5 at NBCC Convention Centre at 10:00 AM. In the occasion, 36 teachers will also receive awards in recognition of their meri-

teachers on serious tragic misfortunes in life.

The function will be chaired by M. Patton, IAS, Commissioner and Secretary for School Education and SCERT, while welcome speech will be delivered by Kesonyu Yhome,

The celebration will also highlights several performances in forms of music, drama, tributes to teachers, martial art demonstrations, cultural dances etc from different school and education institutions from Kohima and Dimapur.

Huge consignment of illegal drugs seized Two arrested for molestation Pastor, dimapur sumi Baptist Church, Juliet shikhu says a send-off prayer in dimapur on Thursday evening for the first batch of students who will be undergoing free education for higher studies in medicinal, higher technical and other courses in Hyderabad.

The NSF has collaborated with Dr. YSR Educational & Welfare Foundation Group of Institutions for the free education. On Thursday, 39 students along with three NSF representatives left Dimapur. (Morung photo)

Police apprehends seven people for extortion and illegal public gambling in Dimapur DImapur, sepTember 4 (mexn): An Antiextortion Team drawn from competent officers and policemen from various Police Stations in Dimapur have been created and deployed in plainclothes to check extortion and other such illegal activities especially in the commercial areas in the town. According to Addl. Superintendent of Police/PRO release, within a week of its deployment, the team had been successful in nabbing 3 people on charges of extortion and 7 people for public gambling.

According to the police, the extortionists were arrested in two separate occasions.

In the first occasion, the two extortionists identified as Imlikumzuk (44) of Aokong colony, Dimapur and Limasashi (40) of Aoyimsen village under Karbi Anglong,

Assam were arrested on August 30 when they were extorting money from vendors at the Sunday bazaar, near Tragopan Hotel.

In the other case of extortion, a person identified as Raja, a Manager at a Guwahati - Nagaland Carrying Service/Transport, with its office at Golaghat Road was arrested on August 30 collecting illegal tax from transport trucks in the name of Company Goods Carrying Agency, which is suspected to be a fake agency. Cases have been registered against accused and forwarded to court while investigation further investigation is in progress.

In the case of illegal public gambling, two persons identified as Temsutenzuk, resident of Thahekhu village and Imsu Jamir, resident of Imkon-

glenden colony were arrested from Ghorapatti area of Dimapur, while another two gamblers identified as Nizamuddin (20) resident of Signal Angami and Mithu Roy (28), resident of Thahekhu Block-V arrested from Blue Hill Station on September 1.

Further, three people were apprehended on September 3 from different areas of the town for public gambling. In the first case, Kitovi (22), resident of Signal bazaar and Gunzar Hussain (18), resident of Dhobinalla were arrested from New Market area while another person identified as Ramjan Ali (18) of Burma Camp was apprehended from Supermarket. All arrested were booked under Section 13 of Public Gambling Act and forwarded to Court, the police added.

CondolenCe Messages The Longtoker Village Citizen The Longtoker Village Citizen (LVC) had conveys their deep sorrow over the sad demise of K Akum Yimchunger APO, DRDA Tuensang who passed away from Tuensang on September 1. In a press statement, the Genenal Secretary of M YinKiu stated that, Late K Akum Yimchunger was the 1st General Secretary of LVC and fully dedicated his service to the welfare of the common people. During his lifetime, he has served in many organisations under various capacities and most notably as Vice

President of Naga National Council, Asstt. General Secretary Naga Students’ Federation NSF, General Secretary, Yimchunger Tribal Council, and President Yimchunger Gazetted Officers Association, it added. The LVC further said that, his sad demise has created a vacuum for the Longtoker village in particular and Naga society in general and the LVC conveys their heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family member.

sang District today shares their deep regret and grief over the demise of their “upright” colleague Late K Akum Yimchunger, APO, DRDA who passed away on September 1 from Tuensang. A press statement through K Shongmao, Block Development Officer (RD Block), Noklak added that, Late K Akum Yimchunger was a humble and responsible officer and his demise is a great loss DRDA Tuensang in particular and the Department in General. They further conveyed DRDA Tuensang Block heartfelt condolence and The Project Director offers prayers of consolaof DRDA Tuensang, staffs tion to his bereaved family and all the Blocks of Tuen- members.

DImapur, sepTember 4 (mexn): A team of police comprising of Dimapur Sub-Urban Police along with 13 IR patrolling party recovered a huge quantity of Spasmo Proxyvon totaling about

10,000 capsules during a routine frisking and checking on September 2 from Rail Bazaar Colony. According to the police, the drugs were in possession Yakya Khan (41) of Thoubal, Manipur who had brought

the illegal consignment on neatly packed plastic bag by train to Dimapur and was proceeding to Manipur for disposal. A case has been registered under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act against Yakya Khan.

‘Youthnet organises workshop in Tuensang’ Tuensang, sepTember 4 (mexn): As a part of "Impact 5000 by 18”, an initiative by the YouthNet in partnership with Department of Youth Resources and Sport to promote entrepreneurship in Nagaland, a three day “Entrepreneurship Workshop” was organized in

Tuensang where local entrepreneurs of the district were invited to discuss their marketing, accounting and business problems. The resource persons were Abokali Jimomi, Tomtsa Chishi and Mhasi Rolnu who also visited the participant's business site and discussed on

the problems, challenges, issues and possible solutions. Various activities like business plan, book keeping, personality traits, etc were initiated and based on their performances some of them invited to part in the final round to be held by the end of the year.

Farmer’s training programme on ‘climate change’ in progress KoHIma, sepTember 4 (mexn): A three days training programme on “Farmer led rice cultivar development” was kicked off on September 3, at the KVK Dimapur, ICAR Nagaland Centre, Jarnapani, Dimapur. The training is being organised under NEPED-GIZ Climate Change Adaptation Program in collaboration with the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD), Nagaland University, and the KVK Dimapur, ICAR Nagaland Centre, as technical partners. The Department of Agriculture, Nagaland and its State Agriculture Research Station (SARS), Yisemyong, are also partners in the program. In a press release, Aja Zinyü, the Junior Technical Expert, GIZ CCA-NER informed that farmers from district of Mokokchung, Dimapur and Kohima are taking part in the training programme.

Speaking on the inaugural session, Kenneth M Pala, Senior Senior Technical Expert and Regional Coordinator, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in the North-Eastern Region of the

German Development Cooperation (GIZ) stated that it was vital for the farmers to own and be clear about the goal of their rice breeding exercise. Urging the people of Nagaland to capitalise on the long history of vibrant bilateral partnership between India and Germany by adding value to its rich variety of indigenous rice through technological transfer, he hope that the collaborative partnership among different entities such KVK, ICAR and SASRD (NU) will be hugely beneficial to the farming community.

According to the release, a prior orientation workshop was conducted earlier this year to prepare the farmers for the “actual in hands training” which would coincide with flowering of the rice plant and a recapitulation of that Workshop was given by Dr.Malini B. Sharma, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding , SASRD (NU). Dr.Bidyut C. Deka, Joint Director, ICAR, Nagaland Centre also stresses importance of registering seed varieties and creating awareness among the farming community in order to prevent bio-piracy of plant materials. He stated that registration of

varieties was vital and the indigenous varieties can be protected through Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act (PPVFRA). Dr.Deka also thanked the NEPED-GIZ Climate Change Adaptation Program for taking up and said such initiative was the need of the hour in the state in the light of the erratic weather conditions and micro-climatic variation.

The technical handson training for the farmers will continue till September 5, where farmers will be taught the different technique of rice breeding. The main objectives of the training is to train rural farmers and field workers on the scientific techniques of rice breeding and to help farmers in Nagaland to develop farmer bred lines of local rice varieties which are more resilient to climate change and thereby stabilize the food production in the farmer’s local conditions in the face of climate change.

Dr.Malani B Sharma, SASRD; Dr. Pankaj Shah, SASRD; and Mr.Kolom Rabi, SMS (Plant Breeding), KVK Dimapur, are the main resource persons for the training program.

DImapur, sepTember 4 (mexn): The Dimapur Police arrested two persons identified as Shiyeka (19) and Vikal (17), both resident of Old NST colony on the charge of molestation. The duo was arrested basis of a written complaint against them by the victim,at the East Po-

lice Station, Dimapur on September 2. According to the police, the complainant alleged that she was molested and assaulted by the two accused while she was returning from Hongkong Market along with a friend. A case has been registered and investigation is in progress, said the police.

BJYM expresses resentment over disqualification of MLAs DImapur, sepTember 4 (mexn): The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Nagaland State unit express its resentment over the decision to disqualify three MLA by the assembly speaker on August 25 without any liable reason. In a press note receive here, Mathew K Janger, General Secretary and Vikuho Dominic Sema, Vice-President of BJYM said that, the action of the speaker was “extremely immature and unfair” and alleged that, the speaker took the erroneous judgement on “total footing of the NCP high command”.

Further it asserted that, while three NCP’s MLA

had decided to merge with BJP with the sole intention of obtaining more development for the region and to strengthen the DAN government, the decision to disqualify them indicates “poorest political vision of the speaker”. Arguing that, the present DAN government headed by NPF had pre-poll alliance with BJP and JD (U) whereas NCP declared it support only after the poll result, the BJYM argued that, the action of the speaker was a “total step-motherly treatment towards its alliance” and urges the speaker “to uphold the bond of alliance in true spirit and word as well”.

Nikhashe Sema is new DC of Longleng district LongLeng, sepTember 4 (DIpr): A farewell programme for the outgoing Deputy Commissioner Longleng, K. Libanthung Lotha and welcoming of the incoming Deputy Commissioner Longleng, Nikhashe Sema was held at DC’s office Longleng on September 2.

The outgoing DC expressed his happiness to his subordinate officers and staff, SP and also various departments for their support and cooperation during his 3 year stay as DC Longleng.

The incoming DC, Nikhashe Sema said that cooperation is very important and urged the staff and officers, all gen-

eral public to cooperate with him for the development of the district. ADC Tamlu Zarenthung Ezung, SP James Humtose also spoke on behalf of administration and public department. Short speeches were delivered by President Phom People Council, President Phomla Hoichem, President Phom Students Conference, Executive Secretary PBCA and Honorary Secretary Red Cross Longleng.

Leaders from Longleng district, all heads of offices, administration officers, police officers, public leaders, GBs attended the function. The programme was chaired by SDO (C) Longleng Japheth Woch.

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Modi in Japan: The Lessons

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nlike most foreign visits of heads of State or government where a lot of symbolism is involved to maintain diplomatic relations between two countries, the latest visit of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Japan has been undertaken with clear intent and purpose and therefore credit to him for the leadership demonstrated. During his visit to Japan, Mr Modi signed a deal with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe to convert Varanasi into a ‘smart heritage city’ on the Kyoto model, in line with his vision of building 100 smart cities in India. And wherever he went Mr Modi talked with a lot of heart and soul and in the process was able to connect with the people he met, whether it was the high ranking officials or ordinary citizens of that country. However, the successful visit to Japan should not be judged only on the business deals inked or the billions of dollars promised by Tokyo to India. Mr Modi’s visit will prove more beneficial for India if only the country and its people can replicate some of the qualities that the Japanese have instilled and also learn about their endurance during the difficult period, the reconstruction of Japan after World War II. Some of the qualities that have endeared the Japanese to the outside world is the deep sense of patriotism among its people and subsequently the commitment, hard work and integrity displayed by its work force and the responsible citizenry it has helped produce. The Japanese people take pride in what they do and know what their duty entails. They have great respect for the rule of law and the well being of the country as a whole is their common endeavour. All this has had a positive impact on Japan’s progress as a nation.

India no doubt also has a lot to celebrate such as its commitment towards a democratic and pluralistic society but other problems continue to confront its march forward—poverty, illiteracy, overpopulation, squalor, unemployment, corruption to name a few. Modi in fact used the occasion of his visit to Japan to remind on what Mahatma Gandhi said about ‘cleanliness’ and to build a clean India. While the focus of development is on building highways, bridges, bullet trains or high speed telecom-internet connectivity, one should not neglect other important concerns like sanitation, hygiene and garbage disposal, which are big problems here in India. While the intention is to develop Varanasi along the lines of the world renowned heritage city Kyoto, it will require a mindset change of the people and a new kind of thinking and action plan on the part of the government. Take for instance how we maintain our towns and cities. There is lack of cleanliness everywhere whether it is our hygiene or the corrupt government system. People leave their household waste and garbage on road sides or dump them directly into the river or drains. Because of rampant misuse of public funds, our roads are poorly constructed. As seen on television during Modi’s recent visit to Japan, there the roads are wide, smooth and clean. On the other hand, Varanasi or any normal city in India is without proper roads. India’s government system must become more able, efficient and transparent while its people duty bound citizens contributing to the country’s vision and progress.

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Go For THE FooD: Famous noodles in Bangkok

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ith its fluorescent bulbs and cafeteria-style tables, the Bangkok restaurant Raan Jay Fai wouldn't win any awards for interior decorating.

But that hasn't deterred Martha Stewart, one of the restaurant's many fans. After a visit and memorable meal, the decor guru called the restaurant's 70-year-old owner and sole chef — who is named Jay Fai — "the best cook in Thailand."

Michelin-starred chefs have come to the restaurant for tutelage in the art of traditional wok cooking over intensely hot charcoal braziers. Bangkok's well-heeled park their luxury cars outside, which is a good clue for first-timers who have trouble finding the small eatery since it lacks an English-language sign.

The owner presides over two flaming street-side woks and is revered by regulars for her renditions of ordinary Thai dishes. She is known and celebrated for her pad kee mao, or "drunken noodles," a steaming plate of chewy, seared rice noodles with crunchy hearts of coconut palm, hulking fresh shrimp and just the right amount of throat-warming spice. To eat it once is to be haunted by it and need to return.

Other favorites are Jay Fai's rad na, an unspicy cousin of pad kee mao, and her $25 crab omelet — which is packed with half a kilogram (1 pound) of fresh crab chunks and wrapped in a delicate egg binding.

The prices defy the belief that all street food is cheap.

Noodle dishes at Raan Jay Fai (raan simply means restaurant) cost about $12 a plate, compared to roughly a dollar at most roadside venues. But devotees will tell you to eat at Jay Fai first, and judge later.

For a cheaper option, Jay Fai's neighbor down the street is Thip Samai, a noodle joint touted to have the best pad thai in Bangkok.

Whether that's true or not, there's no dispute about its popularity. A line forms outside at 5 p.m., when it opens, as a station of cooks churn out huge wok-loads of pad thai from a sidewalk kitchen.

Thip Samai's menu consists of eight types of pad thai. The traditional version costs 50 baht ($1.50). A variety called "superb pad thai," which has a reddish color from shrimp oil and comes wrapped in a thin egg omelet, is 80 baht ($2.50). For the carb-conscious there's "pad thai without noodles," with extra shrimp and tofu, also for 80 baht.

Thip Samai started as a food stall, then moved indoors in 1966. Its wood-paneled walls are decorated with vintage posters and pictures of its now-deceased founder who used to cook the dish for the late Queen Mother of Thailand. The Queen Mother suggested that a fresh coconut slush would pair nicely with the pad thai, the restaurant says. It's a delicious combination, as is its trademark fresh orange juice, served with an extra-thick straw to suck up the pulp.

A note for finding Raan Jay Fai or Thip Samai: Take a taxi.

They're on a non-descript street in one of Bangkok's old neighborhoods, where skyscrapers and subways don't yet exist. Mahachai Road — or Thanon Mahachai in Thai — is near Chinatown and the Golden Mount, a Buddhist temple also known as Wat Saket. Neither is open for lunch or takes credit cards. It's best to go for an early dinner to avoid lines.

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THE FAILURE OF THE UN: Rebuilding from the ruins

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n 1954, the second secretary-general of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, noted that the UN was "an organization not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell". This calls to mind a fundamental premise of the United Nations: in view of the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust, it was to prevent mass murder from occurring again in the future.

The UN did not deliver on this promise. Again and again, genocide and crimes against humanity were committed while the UN looked on, unable and unwilling to do something about it, in Biafra, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda or Darfur. Millions of people had to go through hell, countless were killed.

In Syria it is happening again.

Millions of Syrians are displaced, lacking basic necessities, and hopeless in face of their country's descent into brutal civil war and chaos. There are 2.8 million registered refugees. Many more Syrians are in need of help. The UN has stopped updating the death toll at 100,000 last year. It may be at 130,000 now. Four attacks with chemical weapons with thousands of dead and injured are confirmed.

Often it is said that the UN is not perfect but the best we have. This complacent view is an insult to the victims. The time has come to face it: The United Nations is not working.

In this photo provided by the United Nations, the U.N. Security Council meets to discuss the United Nations’ humanitarian aid operation in Syria. (AP Photo/United Nations, Loey Felipe)

dan, Liechtenstein, Singapore and Switzerland–suggested in 2012 a resolution of the UN General Assembly (GA) calling on the P5 to refrain from using their veto in cases of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. This met fierce opposition The UN's biggest problem: the Security Council No one should forget how the carnage in Syria be- from the P5 and eventually was dropped; achieving a gan. Encouraged by the revolutions in Tunisia and two-thirds majority seemed unlikely.

Egypt, nationwide protests erupted in early 2011 callRe-empowering the General Assembly ing for democratic reforms. The army was deployed For a long time, UN member states have fantaand used massive deadly violence against demonsized about revitalizing the GA. Resolutions stressed strators across the country. Those in the military who the overall need to enhance the role, authority, effeccould not tolerate waging a war against the people tiveness and efficiency of the assembly, in particular deserted, forming the Free Syrian Army to bring with regard to its role in addressing issues of interdown the regime. President Bashar al-Assad and his national peace and security. With sufficient political government bear the responsibility for the bloody will, the GA could seize control in cases such as Syria. crackdown and the subsequent civil war.

The famous “Uniting for Peace” resolution adoptThe Arab League suspended Syria in late 2011 for ed in 1950 by a two-thirds majority of the GA created the government's failure to stop military action against the prerequisite for a check on the Security Council. the civilian population; it was later suspended from It stated that “if the Security Council, because of lack the Organization of Islamic Co-operation. At the UN, of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exby contrast, no member state was ever suspended. ercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance During the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the murderof international peace and security, the GA shall ous regime even held one of the rotating non-permaconsider the matter with a view to making recomnent seats of the UN Security Council and continued mendations for collective measures, including the to participate in the council's deliberations. use of armed force when necessary”.

The Security Council is not only the UN's most The resolution gives the GA an ability to overrule important body; it is also its biggest problem. At the vetoes in the Security Council. Although contested by recent G77 summit, the group's current chair, the some, this is by now a prevailing view in international Bolivian president, Evo Morales, even called for its law. The international legal scholar Wolfgang Friedmacomplete dissolution. nn noted already in 1964 that the resolution "can be reThe veto right of the five permanent members garded as an indirect amendment of the Charter, trans(the P5) seriously compromises the council's abilferring certain functions from the Security Council to the ity to maintain international peace and security when Assembly without the complex process of amendment." it matters most. So far, Russia and China have vetoed In 1974 there was an attempt to expel apartheid four resolutions that were otherwise supported by clear South Africa from the UN. Due to vetoes by Britain, majorities condemning the Syrian regime and aiming France and the United States, the Security Counat a solution of the crisis. All other 13 members, for excil did not pass the necessary resolution. The GA ample, voted in favor of a resolution introduced in May then decided to deny South Africa participation in 2014, which provided for a referral of the situation in its work, effectively suspending the country's memSyria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). bership. This was only revoked after the democratic As long as a state can be sure to be backed up by elections of 1994. There is no legal obstacle to apone of the permanent members, and as long as the plying this procedure again in the case of Syria. This country concerned has not joined the ICC, there is would be a strong signal for a new approach. no international deterrent to the use of excessive The Security Council has been unable to adopt force and massive human-rights violations. It need resolutions that clearly identify the responsibility of not fear any serious action by the Security Council. the Syrian government for the carnage in the country.

From the beginning, this must have been a crucial Not so the GA. In five resolutions, the first adopted in consideration in Assad's brutal approach.

December 2011, the GA condemned the continued A formal reform of the Security Council is a hopeand escalating, systematic human-rights violations, less affair. It requires an amendment of the UN's Charand the use of deadly violence and heavy weapons by ter, which is also subject to a veto right of the P5. The the Syrian authorities against the population. international community has been debating the issue Based on the "United for Peace" instrument, the for decades and is still divided into opposing camps.

GA could go much further.

The P5 are not ready to abandon their prerogatives.

The African Union demands two new permanent Is the General Assembly seats for Africa that include veto rights as well. Obvi- democratically representative?

After all, the GA is the world organization's most ously, more members with veto rights would render the council even more dysfunctional. The question universal body. This implies a strong political legitimarather is how the veto can be bypassed since its aboli- cy. But does it really? Let's do some math. As outlined before, in terms of figures, the 128 smallest countries tion seems to be far off, if not impossible.

An initiative of the "Small Five"–Costa Rica, Jor- constitute a two-thirds majority although they only

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he founder of a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that provides free music lessons to low-income students from gang-ridden neighborhoods began to notice several years ago a hopeful sign: Kids were graduating high school and heading off to UCLA, Tulane and other big universities.

That's when Margaret Martin asked how the children in the Harmony Project were beating the odds.

Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois believe that the students' music training played a role in their educational achievement, helping as Martin noticed 90 percent of them graduate from high school while 50 percent or more didn't from those same neighborhoods.

A two-year study of 44 children in the program shows that the training changes the brain in ways that make it easier for youngsters to process sounds, according to results reported in Tuesday's edition of The Journal of Neuroscience. That increased ability, the researchers say, is linked directly to improved skills in such subjects as reading and speech.

But, there is one catch: People have to actually play an instrument to get smarter. They can't just crank up the tunes on their iPod. Nina Kraus, the study's lead researcher and director of Northwestern's auditory neuroscience laboratory, compared the difference to that of building up one's body through exercise. "I like to say to people: You're not going to get physically fit just

represent about 8% of the world's population. Of course it is just a theoretical scenario that the smallest countries actually vote in a bloc. The point of this exercise is to show that the system of one state, one vote is hardly representative or democratic if we look at it from a cosmopolitan view, according to which every world citizen should have an equal democratic weight.

This imbalance is one of the basic dysfunctions of the UN. It is no wonder that large countries sidestep the UN and deal with questions such as global financial policy in fora such as the G20. At the UN, they would always be dominated by the dwarfs. On the other hand, it is also questionable that small countries are excluded in such a way. Here we can see that the UN's problems go deeper and beyond the Security Council.

The former GA president Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua suggested that the assembly should be able to adopt binding resolutions. Under current conditions, this is actually a frightening prospect because small countries representing only little fractions of the world population have an excess weight. In the last resort, especially when it comes to decision-making on military action to stop mass murder, neither the Security Council nor the GA seem to offer working and legitimate solutions.

A fundamental step to strengthen the General Assembly's democratic legitimacy is to complement it with a parliamentary body. A UN Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) would be composed of democratically elected representatives, including from the minority and opposition parties, and the seats would be roughly distributed according to population sizes. It could be provided that, under the "Uniting for Peace" instrument, decisions would have to be adopted with qualified majorities by both the GA and the UNPA. Such decisions would be hard to come by, but their democratic legitimacy could hardly be questioned.

What is more, if it comes to implementation, the UN is once again empty-handed. In fact, the system of collective security, as envisioned by the UN's founders, was never implemented. Chapter VII expects the conclusion of special agreements that would put armed forces at the disposal of the Security Council. A rapid reaction force under UN command is an indispensable necessity. Ideally, this force would be fully independent from voluntary contributions of UN member states and a UNPA would exercise democratic oversight over its operations.

As the former UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who is also a strong supporter of a UNPA, explained in his Agenda for Peace in 1992, "The ready availability of armed forces on call could serve, in itself, as a means of deterring breaches of the peace since a potential aggressor would know that the Council had at its disposal a means of response."

This program might sound utopian. But for millions of people it might make all the difference between life and death. The same applies to the UN itself.

Despite all talk about UN reform, it is highly questionable whether UN member states actually will be willing to take the required leap, without being pressed to do so by civil society and the world's citizens.

Playing music helps sharpen kids' brains John rogers Associated Press watching sports," she said.

Kraus said studies like hers are challenging because researchers need to follow subjects for years in order to track changes in the brain. She said more and larger studies need to be done in a variety of districts around the country to "help us understand what are the most effective forms of learning and how might learning be tailored for an individual child."

The latest findings are striking a chord with supporters of such programs who say music is frequently the first cut for school boards looking to save money.

"Over and over, we've learned that children need rich, multisensory environments, and learning music sort of brings all of that into a package for them," said Mary Luehrsen of the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation, which awards scholarships and research grants for the study of music, adding that the results make the point that music training should be an important part of all school curriculums.

April Benasich, a professor of neuroscience at Rutgers University who was not involved in the study, said previous research by Kraus has demonstrated the value of music is improving concentration, memory and focus in children.

Benasich, who researches early brain development, said the study's findings are "a game-changer for both the scientific and public policy domains, particularly in an era when these sorts of enrichment activities are being aggressively eliminated from our schools.

Martin approached the National Institutes of Health, seeking to learn if there was a connection between music and the educational achievements of the program's 2,000 students. The NIH put her in touch with Kraus, who studies the changes in the brain that occur through auditory exposure. Many of Harmony Project's students have no interest in pursuing professional music careers, Martin said.

Ricardo Torriz, 13, wants to be an engineer. He took up the trumpet and is

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learning salsa, jazz and classical music. "I wanted to take up the trumpet so I could play in a band like my dad," he said.

Researchers studied the students over two years, attaching scalp electrodes to monitor changes in their brains. Test subjects were selected at random from those on a waiting list to enter the program, hopefully ensuring all test subjects would be equally motivated to work hard.

One of the researchers' key findings was that one year of musical training didn't make a difference in brain changes. Two years did. "We know that a fundamental characteristic of the nervous system is our ability to change as we age, as we interact with our environment. But we can't be changing every second or you'd have a very unstable system," Kraus said.

At the Harmony Project one afternoon last week, the building quickly began to fill with a cacophony of sounds of clarinets, trombones, oboes and other wind instruments as players warmed up. At an adjacent building, cellos were being tuned.

Adelina Flores, whose 11-year-old daughter, America, was a test subject, said she wasn't surprised by the results. Her daughter had already told her she was getting better at math because playing music had taught her to divide notes into fractions and count them out in measures.

"She's improved a lot through this," Adelina Flores said, adding, "And she's grown to be more confident too."

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MANAGING TIME AND METHODS FOR INCREASING FERTILIZER USE EFFICIENCY Konsam Vikramjeet SrF, NICrA project ICAr Nagaland Centre

ment of these varieties may be quite different from iii) after sowing those currently in use. So, fertilizer recommendation Application of fertilizer to the standing crops is are never final and they are revised when change in soil called “top dressing”. Usually a part of nitrogen should fertility arise. Moreover it is always advisable to go for be applied to the standing crops depending upon the stage at which it is most required. For instance, a part of s the hill farming is organic by default, the farm- soil health test before applying any fertilizer. nitrogen for medium and long duration variety of rice ers of the region have apathy towards use of agroTime of application of manure and fertilizers should be applied at the stage of maximum tillering and chemicals. Statistically speaking the consumption A) Manure flowering. In some cases, as in course textured soils, a of the various nutrients is significantly less in NaGenerally bulky organic manure like farm yard mapart of the doses of potassium is recommended for apgaland and Arunachal Pradesh as compared to other states. nure (FYM) or green manure should be applied ahead plication at the standing crops.

The use of fertilizers in today’s agriculture is becomof sowing to ensure its thorough mixing with the soil For perennial crops like fruit trees, lawns etc., howing inevitable, if at all we are to use it, it is always imporby pre-sowing cultivation and to give it time to decomever apart from basal doses of fertilizers given at the tant to have the knowledge of fertilizers which we are pose so that the plant nutrients contained in it becomes time of planting annual application of N,P and K are going to use. Since using of fertilizers is not an easy task and should be applied only after knowing the proper available to the growing plant. FYM should therefore be necessary. applied 4 to 6 weeks before sowing or planting. nutrient need of the soil and nutrient use efficiency.

Methods of application of manure and fertilizers B) Fertilizers Organic manures are applied by broadcasting them There are three ways by which fertilizer use efficienTime of fertilizer application may considerably influcy can be increased: a) by adoption of better agronomic ence crops response to fertilizers. A number of factors like over the field. It is a good practice to apply half the quanpackage of practices, b) use of more efficient fertilizer ma- nature of the crops, its growth stage and nutrient require- tity of organic manure across the furrow and the remainterials like urea super granules, coated urea etc., and c) in- ment, soil conditions, nature of fertilizer, etc., affect the ing half along the furrow for uniform distribution. Some farmers heave manure in small heaps for quite some tegrated nutrient management involving combined use of time of fertilizer application. Fertilizer may be applied: time before spreading it over the field. This practice is not fertilizers, organic manures, bio-fertilizers, etc. Agronomic i) well before sowing : approach such as choice of right type of fertilizers, corSome phosphatic fertilizers (water insoluble forms) desirable being organic matter is rapidly oxidized in that rect doses, appropriate time and method of application, like rock-phosphate, basic slag, etc., should be applied small heap and a large amount of nutrients, particularly choice of right crop and their variety, weed control and well before sowing to obtain maximum effect. In the nitrogen is lost in the air. Hence, the manure should be water management are the most important parameters soil they come in contact with soil acids which covert spread soon after it is carted to the field.

Fertilizers can be applied by the following methods: for increasing fertilizer use efficiency and increasing yield. insoluble phosphate to soluble form. As this process 1. Broadcasting: needs time, application of these fertilizers about 2 to 4 Choice of fertilizers Broadcasting refers to the application of fertilizers Specific fertilizer can meet the specific needs of weeks before sowing is desirable. to an open field at the time of sowing or in the standing ii) at the time of sowing: the crop and the soil. For example ammonical (NH4+) Application of fertilizers at the time of sowing or just crops. It is effective when crops have a dense stand, plant forms of nitrogen (ammonium sulphate, ammonium before sowing is known as “basal application”. Nutrient root permeate the whole volume of soil, large doses are chloride etc.) are most effective in waterlogged rice. applied and insoluble phosphatic fertilizers such as rock Sulphate containing fertilizer like SSP, ammonium sul- requirement of a crop differ considerably during differ- phosphate are used. Broadcasting of fertilizers has some ent growth stages.

So utilization of applied nitrogen is phate and ammonium phosphate sulphate etc., can drawbacks like stimulating weed growth, fixation of nueffectively meet the higher need of S for oilseed crops better if supply it at a time when crop need it most. It is trient, volatilization lost and uneven application. advisable to apply a part of nitrogen at the time of sowparticularly when grown in sulpher deficient soils. Rock 2. Placement: phosphate is an effective source of P in long duration ing or planting and the remaining quantity in split dosPlacement of fertilizers means their being placed at es during different growth stages of the crop. crops like plantation which are generally grown in high a specific place in the soil with or without reference to Nitrogen, particularly nitrate (NO3-) nitrogen rainfall areas dominated by acid soils. should be applied when soil moisture in the field is the position of the seed. It is commonly practiced under Correct doses of fertilizer optimum. Ammoniacal nitrogen on the other hand is the condition like applying small quantity of fertilizers, Different crops need different quantities of nutri- hold by clay particles so there is no leaching lost and for application of phosphatic and potassic fertilizers ents, more over soils also differ in their resource and slowly available to plant. Unlike nitrogen, phosphate is and when plants are spaced widely apart. As fertilizer is capacity to provide plant nutrients to growing crops. relatively immobile in soil so the entire recommended placed near the root zone, it becomes readily assessable State agricultural departments with the help of Agricul- quantity of phosphate can therefore be applied at the to the plants and is therefore more fully utilized. Loss of tural Universities and other research institutes provide time of sowing. Potassium uptake is more or less con- nitrogen is generally reduced. Being relatively immoguidelines to the farmers as to the correct dosages of tinuous but is more active during early growth stage. bile, phosphorous are better utilized when placed. plant nutrients to be applied at various crops by pub- Hence, it may also be applied in full at the time of sowFertilizers may be placed in contact with seed, i.e lishing fertilizer recommendations. As new crop vari- ing, except in light soils where it may be applied partly seed and fertilizer (phosphate) are drilled together. ety are continually being released and nutrient require- as top-dressing also.

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decade back, Chendang village, situated 22 kilometers away from Tuensang town was another impoverished village where poverty, illness and desperation were facts of everyday life. Till 2004, people from this village lived in acute poverty.

Almost 90 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. There were only 6 persons employed in the government sector from this village.

Chendang’s topography is hilly terrain; steep slopes, soil rich in humus, clayey loam and acidic in nature. In addition, Chendang village did not have any permanent transportation linkages to any of the commercial towns except to hitch a ride on trucks. The chief source of income was produce from the jhum farms which could hardly sustain a family for 3-5 months. Driven with a quest for survival, villagers were forced to cut trees and sell them as firewood as an alternate source of income. Surveys during that point of time indicated that 99 percent of the households were engaged in selling firewood and timber throughout the year. Another sad event taking place was the villager’s exploration of natural resources resulting in random and careless destruction of flora and fauna rendering the land barren. Annually more than 350-400 truckloads of firewood were sold at Tuensang town.

The problem of daily bread versus education for children turned into a major issue for parents. On an average only around 20 – 30 students were enrolled in the lone Government Primary School during 200405. Reason? Most children of school going age were retained at home to assist the family. Health was also one neglected sector with more than 50 children dying of epidemics every year due to malnutrition and unhygienic living conditions.

Faced with all these limitations and discrepancies, the village with households numbering145 and a population of 830 (2005-06) struggled on traditional farming as their main occupation and source

CHENDANG VILLAGE FROM INDIGENT TO SUFFICIENT of livelihood-which clearly wasn’t enough. Crops grown were maize, millet, job’s tears, French beans (kholar), paddy.

TRANSFORMATION Life and economy at Chendang village transformed significantly after the department of Horticulture adopted Chendang village for the Vegetable Village Project. Under this plan, free seeds of different vegetables were distributed by the department twice every year along with other inputs, tools and implements.

Every household is presently involved in vegetable production and the total income through sale of vegetables in Tuensang town is estimated around `15-16 lakhs per annum which is exclusive of the daily consumption of each household in the village. Relatively, due to sufficient income from the sale of vegetables a significant increase in education and nutrition has been witnessed in the village. The intervention from the Horticulture department has transformed life at Chendang for the better. Children now go to school regularly; poverty has been reduced significantly and natural resources which were randomly exploited are out of harm’s way.

BEATING THE ODDS Below are brief profiles on how adoption of new technological know-how in vegetable production introduced by the Horticulture department transformed the course of life for two Chendang vegetable farmers and their families.

ASANGLA has 7 children. Her husband is physically unfit and she is the sole bread earner. Her family is involved in the vegetable project since 2005. Before taking

up vegetable growing as her main occupation, it was difficult for Asangla’s family to sustain. She failing to meet educational expenses, health care and domestic needs.

Like all other farmers in the village, she adopted the improved technology for vegetable production which was imparted by ATMA officials through training and demonstrations. Today, she earns a good income from the sale of vegetables and her family is happy. Asangla does not only put food on their table, but has achieved her dream of sending her children to private english schools.

At present one of her children is studying in Dimapur and three in Tuensang town. Asangla chang is one of the state ATMA farmers who participated in the recently concluded Krishi Vasant, 2014 at Nagpur where she was awarded a Certificate of Recognition under Vegetable Farming by the GOI, Ministry of Agriculture KUNDANG shares a similar story success story. She has 13 children out of which some are already married.

The entire family is involved in growing different vegetables throughout the year. Before taking up vegetable cultivation as her profession, life for Kundang was very hard and miserable. She failed to send her children to school, and was unable to provide proper food and health care.

However, after taking up vegetable cultivation and selling it daily at Tuensang bazaar Kundang begun earning enough money which ushered in positive change to her family.Today, all her children study in decent schools in different places including Dimapur, Mokokchung and Tuensang. She was recognised under the Best Farmers award by the GOI, MOA in category of Vegetable Farming during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Agricultural Business Summit, Ghandi Nagar. As an awardee, she received a cash prize of `51, 000.00, a shawl, a memento and a scroll of honor. Her extraordinary achievement caught the eye of the media who did a story on her experiences.

Courtesy: ATMA, Department of Agriculture Government of Nagaland

Organic Farming: Interesting issues for soil nutritionist Dibyendu Chatterjee, Scientist (Soil Science) eing a hardcore supporter of integrated nutrient management and soil test based fertilizer application; I was always in a disagreement with one of my cousin, who believed the health of mankind can only be revived if we took organic food and do such practices which return us back to Mother Nature! In return to this, I usually quote the comment of Noble Laureate Norman E. Borlaug (2002) on switching all food production to organic- “We can use all the organic that is available, but we aren't going to feed six billion people with organic fertilizer and we would level most of our forests”. Moreover, this is such an issue related to the quality of food; we are much concern whether to take organic or conventional food. The main problem is its productivity and sustainability of organic agriculture. Actually the quality of organic produce is the best without any doubt, but the main problem is- are we able to feed the entire mankind with organic food?

Characteristics of organic farming in point of view of a soil nutritionist: 1. Maintenance of soil organic matter level by promoting soil biological activity.

2. External supplies of plant nutrients through use of relatively insoluble nutrient sources whose supply is controlled by the action of micro-organisms.

3. Nitrogen self-sufficiency through legumes and recycling of organic materials.

4. Reduce of downward movement of nutrients to ground waters by rotating the deep rooted crops with shallow-rooted ones in a sequence.

5. Eliminating the crop fallows through enhanced agricultural intensification.

6. Avoiding application of the high-solubility nutrient sources.

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Certification standards: allowed

biodegradable material of microbial, plant or animal origin (like, crop residues, animal manures etc.). mineral bearing rocks i.e. mineral fertilizers in their natural composition and not be rendered more soluble by chemical treatment. biofertilizers and all sought of biocontrolling agents.

Crop rotations

Legumes and green manures Off-farm organic wastes mechanical cultivation

Not allowed

Over-manuring to avoid risk of pollution manures containing human excreta (faces and urine) Synthetically compounded fertilizers, minerals containing nitrogen (e.g.

Chili saltpeter (NaNO3) and all synthetic organic nitrogenous fertilizers (like urea) are prohibited. mineral potassium, magnesium fertilizers, trace elements, manures and fertilizers with a relatively high heavy metal content and/or other unwanted substances, e.g. basic slag, rock phosphate and sewage sludge. pesticides and growth regulators.

Livestock feed additives and routine use of growth-enhancing animal drugs.

Genetically modified crop varieties (commonly called GmOs).

Important issues 1. Issue of sustainability: It means stability of production with maximum productivity. To make the organic farming uniformly acceptable, farmers require good yield and return year after year.

2. Issue of recycling of crop residues: A big question is: from where we will get this much residues with limited land resources. We cannot convert all residues into compost; since these are the major cattle feed. Again, for decomposition of the residues, huge quantity of water is required. Where there is a shortage of drinking wa-

ter, how best can we manage water for compost?

3. Issue of soil fertility: Organic farming does not prohibit the application of inorganic nutrients! Condition is- these nutrients should come from unprocessed rocks and minerals. Then what is wrong in application of inorganic fertilizer. Moreover, composts/vermicomposts/ other organic inputs first undergo mineralization to become plant usable inorganic forms and rest of the fate is same as the inorganic fertilizers. Next pertinent question is- are we able to produce quality biofertilizers? Shelf life of biofertilizer is a problem in a tropical country like us.

4. Issue of global warming: Addition of organic residues may promote global warming, since 70-80% of the added C in the soil under tropical conditions escapes to the atmosphere as CO2.

5. Issue of hygiene: Pathogenic organisms can survive up to 60 days and viruses like Hepatitis A have a high thermal threshold than the other. Manure must be microbiologically safer with particular attention to spore-forming bacteria, viruses and protozoa.

6. Issue of pollution: Organic farming techniques cannot avoid or reduce the environmental contaminants such as nitrates, carcinogenic heavy metals, chlorinated hydrocarbons and other pesticide residues.

Organic manures and composts provide not only nutrients but also impart better physical, chemical and biological environment. On the other side, fertilizers if applied at optimized rates, proper sources, right time and right method could release nutrients in synchrony with plant requirements. A suitable mix of these two, called as the integrated nutrient management (INM), could be the ideal model for farming.

fertilizers prove harmful to germination if placed in contact with or too near the seed. Such fertilizers must, therefore, be applied at a suitable distance away from the seed. Cereals have generally been found to be less adversely affected by contact or close placement than other crops, particularly legumes.

3. Foliar application Foliar application is a method by which fertilizers are applied on the foliage as a solution. Several nutrient elements, when dissolved in water can be used as foliar spray. In general nitrogen and micronutrients are applied as foliar sprays. The concentration of the spray solution has to be carefully controlled; otherwise serious damage may result due to scorching of the leaves.

But soil applications are nearly always more effective and economical than foliar spray. However, if a problem of micronutrient deficiency appears after the crop is emerged, then foliar treatment is the logical remedy.

4. Application through irrigation system Water soluble fertilizers and liquid fertilizers are introduced into irrigation water by means of gravity flow or under pressure.

Weed and water management Weed competes with crops plants for water, light and nutrients. Weeds if not effectively controlled during early stage (9-21 days) of crop growth, takes almost about 25-30% of plant nutrients applied. Soil moisture should be maintained properly as fertilizer use efficiency is high when adequate soil moisture is available.

Under dry land condition, one life saving irrigation can almost double the fertilizer use efficiency.

Soil ammendment Appropriate amendment viz. lime for acid soil and gypsum for alkaline soil should be applied before using fertilizers.

Amelioration of acid soils - It has been established that band placement of lime @ 1/10 of lime requirement along with recommended level of fertilizers every year is effective Amelioration of alkali soils - Agricultural grade gypsum or phosphogypsum should be incorporated into soil @ 75 % of GR at least 15-30 days before planting of a kharif crop. The treated field should be kept submerged with good quality water for facilitating reaction and subsequent leaching of by-product salts.

Taking care as the above mentioned methods and times of fertilizer application as and when required, we can check the indiscriminate use and loss of fertilizers as well as improve its efficiency.

Weather based integrated agro advisory for the month of September Crops

Advisories

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Paddy

Cloudy and high humidity is favorable for development of many pest and diseases so daily monitoring of the fields is advisable and to take appropriate preventive measures.

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Fruits and Vegetables

mulching should be practiced in fruits and vegetable crops using crop residues and other organic material available in the farm for soil and water conservation, suppression of weeds, improved yield and quality.

3

Crops

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

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During the month of September, bordeaux paste should be applied on tree trunk 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.

Livestock • 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.

• regular deworming should be carried out for piggery • to check the parasitic infestation. this practice must be started at the age of two weeks, followed after 21 days and repeated 3-4 times a year at regular interval.

• High humidity is favourable for occurrence of coccidiodial disease in poultry, provide anti-coccidial drugs.

• 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.

Agro Met Field Unit ICAR, Jharnapani, Medziphema

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(Acknowledgement: The data used in this article are taken from a series interesting classes by Dr. R.K. Rattan, Retd. Professor and Principal Scientist, Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute. I respectfully acknowledge him)

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Heavy rains kill 65 in Kashmir

Kashmiri residents struggle to withstand sudden and strong water currents while wading through floodwaters in their efforts to move to safer places in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. At least 100 villages across the Kashmir valley were flooded by overflowing lakes and rivers, in the worst flooding in 22 years caused by heavy rains. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

SrINAGAr, SepteMBer 4 (reUterS): Sixty-five people were killed after heavy rains caused flash floods in Kashmir, including a wedding party on a bus that was swept away, officials said on Thursday.

Authorities declared a disaster alert in the northern region after two days of heavy rain hit villages

across the Kashmir valley, causing the worst flooding in two decades.

“At least 40 members of a marriage party are feared dead when their bus was washed away due to flash floods,” senior police superintendent Mubassir Latifi told Reuters. The bus accident occurred in Rajouri, 170 km (110 miles) south of the region’s main

city of Srinagar. Latifi, who was monitoring the rescue operation, said five passengers had swum to safety.

“The administration has a rescue team and helicopters ready to evacuate villagers and move them to safer ground, but heavy rain is making the rescue process very difficult,” he said. Heavy rain is expect-

ed for the next 48 hours.

The state’s main river, the Jhelum, and its tributaries are flowing several feet above the danger mark.

The river flows into the Pakistani side of the disputed region.

At least 15 people, including a border guard, were killed in separate rain-related incidents. All schools and colleges were

closed and exams postponed. Home Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting in New Delhi to review the flood situation and has dispatched members of the National Disaster Response Force to assist the state government. Singh had been due to visit the Himalayan region on Friday but had to cancel his trip due to the bad weather.

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‘PM playing drums in Japan, people batting problems here’ AMethI, SepteMBer 4 (IANS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was playing the drums in Japan while people in India were battling power cuts, price rise and lack of roads and water supply.

“The prime minister is playing the drums in Japan while there is no electricity here. There are no roads and there is no water,” said Gandhi, who is currently on a two-day visit to his constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.

He said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made tall promises in the runup to the general elections but there was no action on the ground after it came to power.

“The government came on a set of promises. The government has forgotten their promises, so let me remind them. If I recall correctly, there was a promise about corruption, there was a promise on prices, there was a promise on electricity.”

“Vegetables are more expensive today than they were. There is a serious electricity problem and no action has been taken on corruption. So, where is the result?” Gandhi asked.

“Modi had promised action against graft and assured voters of tackling inflation... nothing has happened on these fronts,” Gandhi said.

The Congress vice pres-

BJP hits out at Gandhi NeW DelhI, SepteMBer 4 (IANS): The BJP Thursday hit back at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over his jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that his voice is not heard within his own party.

Bharatiya Janata Party vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the Congress had not been able to accept the verdict of the people in the last Lok Sabha elections. “People of the country are feeling proud over the change that has come about (since Modi government took office),” Naqvi said.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu dismissed Gandhi’s remarks. “His voice is not heard by his own party, why should we listen,” Naidu said here replying to a query from reporters.

BJP spokesperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said Rahul Gandhi “should be aware of facts” as the NDA government had taken effective steps to check price rise. “He is a senior leader. He should show responsibility,” Kumaramangalam said.

She said Gandhi has to answer for the poor condition of roads and power in his constituency which he has been representing for the past 10 years. BJP leader S.P. Jain said problems concerning water and power were legacies of the previous United Progressive Alliance government. ident alleged that the BJP leaders are high on speeches, but low on delivery, and that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s first 100 days in power were a failure. “Big speeches are happening, but the efforts to fulfill election promises have not yet begun,” he said.

Gandhi said the common man too was realising that the BJP was not sincere about fulfilling those promises. He said he has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, seeking his intervention in power cuts

in Amethi.

Two days ago, Rahul Gandhi’s mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi - during a tour of her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli - had launched a similar attack on Modi, accusing him of failing to fulfill the promises made to the people.

Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak reacted strongly to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks.

He said the ‘yuvraj’ had lost control over his own party and whatever he was saying was both “untrue and irrelevant”.

Prez appeals to citizens to shun untouchability Australia wants to make most of India’s abundant opportunities: Abbott

NeW DelhI, SepteMBer 4 (ptI): Stressing on the need for having an egalitarian society, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday called on citizens to ensure that untouchability is not practised anywhere in the country.

Delivering the fifth Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Lecture here on the ‘Vision of India in 21st Century as Envisaged by Dr Ambedkar’, the President said it was the responsibility of the citizens to realise the dreams of the principal architect of the Indian Constitution.

“We must ensure that untouchability or any form of discrimination based on caste, creed, religion or sex is not practised in any part of the country,” he said. At the same time, he also reminded of the distance that the country still needs to travel to become an egalitarian society without any discrimination between man and man.

Pointing at the challenges before the country, he said that a large number of Indians still live in poverty and deprivation. Casteism, too, sadly remains a phenomenon the country is yet to fully wipe out,

Mukherjee added.

The President’s remarks come in the wake of reports last week in Tamil Nadu of discrimination against Dalits and other caste Hindus who were allegedly served with separate cups in some villages.

Six tea-shop owners were arrested for engaging in the practice.

Highlighting the contributions of Ambedkar, the President said his commitment towards the creation of strong institutions and constitutional methods had taken many interesting modern manifestations.

“For example, the Right to Information Act is a unique and powerful instrument created by law to empower people and enable them access information from any department of the government on any subject, advancing thereby openness and transparency,” Mukherjee said.

Earlier, speaking on the occasion, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thawar Chand Gehlot, said that an international institution named after Ambedkar would be soon set up in Delhi.

92 women raped in India every day NeW DelhI, SepteMBer 4 (ptI): 92 women were raped on an average every day in India and the national capital with 1,636 cases recorded the highest number of such crimes among all cities last year.

According to figures released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the total number of rape cases reported in India has gone up to 33,707 in 2013 from 24,923 in 2012. In 15,556 cases, the rape victims were aged between 18 and 30 years in 2013.

The number of rape cases has doubled in Delhi in 2013 compared to the previous year. A total

of 1,636 rape cases were reported in the city last year, while 706 such cases were reported in the year 2012. On an average, four rape cases were reported in Delhi everyday in 2013.

The number of rape cases in Delhi was followed by 391 cases in Mumbai, 192 cases in Jaipur and 171 cases in Pune in 2013. As per the NCRB data, Madhya Pradesh at an average records 11 rapes every day, with a total of 4,335 such cases, which is the highest in 2013 among all other states.

Madhya Pradesh is followed

by Rajasthan with 3,285 cases, Maharashtra with 3,063 and Ut-

tar Pradesh with 3,050 rape cases.

The data showed that 13,304 cases were reported in 2013 where the victim was a minor, which was 9,082 in the previous year.

The data also unveiled a disturbing fact that in the majority of the cases, the offenders were known to the victims. NCRB statistics shows that in 94 per cent of the cases the offenders were familiar to the accused. These offenders included parents in 539 cases, neighbours in 10,782 cases, relatives in 2,315 cases and other known persons in 18,171 such cases reported over the year.

MUMBAI, SepteMBer 4 (IANS): Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who began his India visit from Mumbai where he arrived early Thursday with a 30-strong business delegation, said his country wants to make most of the “abundance of opportunities for business” in India.

Addressing businessmen at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Abbott said that India has amazed the world over the past few decades with its growth and development. “India is the world’s second most populous country on purchasing power terms, the third largest economy.... clearly, the emerging democratic superpower of the world, with which Australia has long and warm ties,” he said.

He said that purpose of his visit - the first by a non-SAARC head of government - was to acknowledge India’s importance in the wider world and inform the people of India what Australia can offer to this country, and build on those stronger foundations.

Abbott recalled his first visit to India 33 years ago as a backpacker tourist and how he watched a bullock cart take material to a nuclear power station in the then Bombay.

“India has changed enormously... 33 years on, there are not many bullock carts left in

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott listens to Vice Chancellor of University of Mumbai Rajan M. Welukar during the launch of the Australian government’s New Colombo Plan in Mumbai on Thursday, September 4. The New Colombo Plan would strengthen the economic and social development of member countries in the Asia-Pacific region and Abbott said it would build on the already strong education links between Australia and India, according to news reports. (AP Photo)

urban India, and power stations, the nuclear power stations are much more sophisticated,” he said, lauding India’s progress. Endorsing his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi’s call to “come, make in India” as being close in spirit and intent, Abbott assured that Australia is “open for business”.

Though there are opportunities in Australia’s vicinity, he said India presents an abundance of opporunties and he was determined to make the most of them by working closely with this country. Earlier, addressing a gathering of chancellors of several Australian universities and vice-chancellors of

‘Feel good’ effect there, but time for action now: Experts

NeW DelhI, SepteMBer 4 (IANS): While the Narendra Modiled government has given people a good feeling in general about the state of the nation, the government needs to show more concrete action, appoint a separate defence minister to address pressing security concerns as well as assuage growing concerns of minorities, experts said at a panel discussion Thursday.

In a discussion on the “100 days of Modi Sarkar” at the India International Centre, analysts and domain experts said the new government has brought a “sense of definitiveness” to the office of prime minister. “There was a consensus at the discussion that this government has brought a sense of definitiveness and determination to the office of prime minister,” said C Uday Bhaskar, strategic expert and director of Society for Policy Studies (SPS) that organised the roundtable discussion.

“Though 100 days is a short time for any major change, there is a change in perception that this government has brought,” Bhaskar told IANS. Mohan Guruswamy, policy expert and

Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, said there was a general “good feeling about this government.

“We have a colourful prime minister... We have had enough philosophers and we need a warrior, that is what he is,” said Guruswamy. He, however, added that there has not been much change in the ground situation and the government needs to take firm steps to walk its talk.

“There has been cross-firing on the border through last month, arrival of Modi has not changed the attitude of Pakistan’s army. Food inflation has infact grown... the housing and other infrastructure project that the government has promised, they are yet to tell where they would raise the huge funds from,” he asked.

Prabhat Shukla, former ambassador and a Distinguished Fellow with Vivekananda International Foundation, said while the government has done remarkably well in the field of foreign policy, in prioritising its relations with Asian nations and balancing it with the Western world, there was an urgent need for a full time de-

fence minister.

“The government has given a clear indication that South Asia would be the priority, and it has been very skilfully combined with developing relations with the great powers,” said Shukla.

“Absence of a full time defence minister is, however, one of the troubles, even though the cabinet is marvellous and all ministers are capable of handling more than one portfolio,” he said.

He also said there is a need to revise the nuclear doctrine, while clarifying that a revision does not imply any modification in the “no first use policy”. Seshadri Chari, secretary general, Forum for Integrated National Security, said there is a “perceptible change” since the new government has come.

“The change since the new government has come is perceptible. In the past, pronouncedly in the last decade, India lost important strategic space to China. Now is the time when Indian foreign policy will be decided just by Delhi, and not by anyone else,” he said. He spoke of the need to have an “integrated strategic policy” combining foreign affairs, defence and internal security.

Journalist and commentator

Neerja Chowdhury said the plans for economic development and stability cannot succeed unless the concerns of minorities were addressed.

“Secularism is not a luxury for India, it is necessary to hold India together. The government needs to instill confidence in the minorities,” she said, adding that Muslims had become “sullen” towards this government and were closely watching its moves even as fringe groups sought to play the game of “communal polarisation” in states that were going to elections in the next few months.

“If there is communal violence, the plans of development will not succeed as investors will stay off India,” she said.

Arvind Virmani, former chief economic adviser to the government who now heads the think-tank Chintan, said the government needs to address basic structural issues to revive growth. He said there was a “bubble” in the growth projected and unless areas like manufacturing, sanitation, malnutrition, agriculture etc were addressed, it will be difficult to bring back the economy on track soon.

leading Indian universities, Abbott announced the “New Colombo Plan” by which thousands of Australian students would come to study in Indian universities from the next academic year.

Presently there are thousands of Indian students studying in Australia, but very few from that country in India, he noted. “This will change now... Australian students will come to study here - there will be hundreds and thousands from next year onwards.” An initiative of Australia, the New Colombo Plan aims at encouraging and supporting undergraduates to study and take up interships in the Asia-Pacific

region, he said at a meeting in University of Mumbai.

A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed between the heads of various universities, including Sydney, Queensland, Melbourne, Western Sydney and Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Mysore. Abbott also met several top corporate chiefs including Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, State Bank of India chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI managing director Chanda Kochhar, IDFC executive chairman Rajiv Lall, Kotak Group managing director Uday Kotak and several others.

India battles HIV/AIDS drug shortage

MUMBAI, SepteMBer 4 (reUterS): India is facing a shortage of HIV/AIDS drugs provided under the government’s free medicine programme after some drugmakers halted supplies due to delayed payments, leaving thousands of patients without treatment, activists said.

The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), a unit of the healthcare ministry, procures antiretroviral drugs for treating HIV/ AIDS from companies through a tender process and supplies the drugs to healthcare providers across the country.

Some drugmakers stopped participating in the government’s tender process over the past year because of delays in getting paid, creating a shortage, said Leena Menghaney, an activist with the medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF).

India had the third-largest number of people living with HIV in the world at the end of 2013 and accounts for about four out of 10 people living with HIV in the Asian region, according to the U.N. AIDS

programme UNAIDS. “The supply chain has broken down, tenders have not been filled. As a result there are not enough drugs in the programme to meet the needs of the people.

Patients have been told to fend for themselves,” Menghaney told Reuters. “No manufacturer who supplies to the national programme, where the margins are miniscule, should have to be faced with payment delays. But the way to deal with that is not to boycott the programme.”

Officials at NACO in New Delhi were not available to comment.

Delhi Network of Positive People, a trust that works with HIV/ AIDS patients, is planning to file a lawsuit against the government over the shortage of the life-saving drugs in various states, said its president, Vikas Ahuja.

India has been providing free antiretroviral drugs for HIV treatment since 2004, but only 50 percent of those eligible for the treatment were getting it in 2012, a report last year by the World Health Organisation showed.

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US, UK will ‘not be cowed’ by militants NEWPORT, SEPTEmbER 4 (AP): Faced with a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron declared Thursday that their nations will “not be cowed” by extremists who have killed two American journalists.

“We will be more forthright in the defense of our values, not least because a world of greater freedom is a fundamental part of how we keep our people safe,” the leaders wrote in a joint editorial in the Times of London.

Their comments come as world leaders gather at a golf resort in Wales for a high-stakes NATO summit.

While the official agenda will focus on the crisis in Ukraine and the drawdown of the NATO combat mission in Afghanistan, the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria will dominate discussions on the sidelines of the summit.

The militants have claimed responsibility for murdering two American journalists, releasing gruesome videos of their beheadings. Both the U.S. and Britain are deeply concerned about the potential threat to their homelands that could come from the foreign fighters who have joined the violent Islamic State group.

Cameron on Monday proposed new laws that would give police the power to seize the passports of Britons suspected of having traveled abroad to fight with terrorist groups.

Obama and Cameron appear to suggest that

NATO should play a role in containing the militants, but were not specific in what action they would seek from the alliance.

The U.S. began launching airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq last month, and both the U.S. and Britain have been making humanitarian aid drops to besieged minority groups there. Cameron said Monday that he hadn’t ruled out joining the U.S. in airstrikes, but added that the priority was to support those already fighting the militants on the ground.

“We need to show real resolve and determination, we need to use every power and everything in our armory with our allies — with those on the ground — to make sure we do everything we can to squeeze this dreadful organization out of existence,” Cameron told the British network ITV. Also facing Obama is a decision about whether to expand U.S. military action against the extremists to Syria. While Obama has said he’s considering that step, he has suggested in recent days that it’s not imminent.

U.S. officials say Obama is reluctant to delve into Syria’s quagmire on his own. He’s expected to use some of his discussions in Wales to try to build a coalition that could join him in confronting the Islamic State through a combination of military might, diplomatic pressure and economic penalties.

Obama and Cameron were to visit with students at a local school Thursday

morning before joining their counterparts from France, Germany and Italy to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. New Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was also to join the discussion in a show of Western solidarity with his embattled nation.

Ukraine and Russia have been locked in a standoff for months, with pro-Moscow forces stirring instability in eastern Ukrainian cities. On the eve of the NATO summit, Russia and Ukraine said they were working on a deal to halt the fighting, but Western leaders expressed skepticism — noting it wasn’t the first attempt to end the deadly conflict.

NATO leaders are expected to agree this week on the creation of a rapid response force that would set up in nations in the alliance’s eastern flank to serve as a deterrent to Russia. Baltic nations and others in the region fear Moscow could set its sights on their borders next.

“We must use our military to ensure a persistent presence in Eastern Europe, making clear to Russia that we will always uphold our Article 5 commitments to collective selfdefense,” Obama and Cameron wrote.

Under Article 5 of the NATO charter, an attack on one member state is viewed on an attack on the whole alliance. Obama reiterated his support for that principle Wednesday during a visit to Estonia, one of the newer NATO members set on edge by Russia’s provocations.

This file image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) taking aim at captured Iraqi soldiers wearing plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. Human Rights Watch, a leading international watchdog, said Wednesday, September 3, 2014, new evidence indicates the Islamic State fighters killed between 560 and 770 men captured at Camp Speicher, near the city of Tikrit — a figure several times higher than what was initially reported. (AP File Photo)

Global drive to stop jihadis from going to Syria & Iraq

PARIS, SEPTEmbER 4 (AP): New laws make it easier to seize passports. Suspected fighters are plucked from planes. Authorities block finances and shut down radical mosques.

In cyberspace, Silicon Valley firms are wiping extremist content from websites, such as video of the recent beheading of two American journalists. And Western intelligence agencies are exploring new technologies to identify returning fighters at the border.

Governments from France to Indonesia have launched urgent drives to cut off one of the Islamic State group’s biggest sources of strength: foreign fighters. At the heart of the drive is mounting concern that the organization is training the next generation of international terrorists.

Those fears have gained urgency from the group’s horrific methods: A British militant is suspected of beheading two American journalists, and a Frenchman who fought with the Islamic State group is accused in a deadly attack on a Jewish museum in Belgium.

With each video that ricochets around social networks, the militants gain new recruits. “If neglect-

ed, I am certain that after a month they will reach Europe and, after another month, America,” Saudi King Abdullah said Friday, calling for a strong international response to the onslaught in Syria and Iraq.

After video emerged online of the killing of an American journalist last month, tech companies drafted plans to scrub the web of such content, and implemented them this week after a second beheading, a Silicon Valley insider said Wednesday. YouTube and Twitter accounts are among those shut down unusually quickly. According to terms of service, violent content is cause for suspension.

Islamic State militants who have migrated to Diaspora, a decentralized social network, are in many cases greeted with banners saying they are unwelcome. But they will find newly sophisticated ways to get a message out, according to Jamie Bartlett of the Demos think tank.

Britain has taken a particularly active role in censoring content deemed to break the country’s strict rules against extremist propaganda. U.K. officials recently revealed they have been granted “super flagger” status on sites such as

YouTube, meaning their requests to remove videos with grisly content or that encourage terrorism are fast-tracked.

Over the past four years, an Internet-focused counter-terror unit of London’s Metropolitan Police instigated the removal of 45,000 pieces of content, the force said last week. Islamic State militants, however, have just as quickly found other, more decentralized platforms.

In the United States, officials are trying to identify potential jihadis by comparing travel patterns with those of people who have already joined the fight, a counterterrorism official said, speaking only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss intelligence matters.

A French law to seize passports is being fast-tracked through parliament, and the government is ramping up arrests of increasingly young teenagers making plans for jihad. That can mean last-minute arrests at the airport, as happened to a 16-year-old girl and her alleged recruiter trying to pass through security in Nice on Saturday, and to a man at Australia’s Melbourne Airport who was pulled off a flight last

week carrying tens of thousands of dollars in cash and the Islamic State group’s black-and-white flag in his luggage.

Britain proposed laws Monday to let police seize the passports of those suspected of having traveled abroad to fight, while the Netherlands is making it easier to strip people of Dutch nationality and go after Internet providers that spread propaganda. In Bosnia, authorities carried out a major antiterror sweep on Wednesday. They detained 16 people suspected of fighting in Syria and Iraq and recruiting Balkan men to join Islamic militants there.

Anti-jihadi efforts are being ramped up in traditionally Muslim countries as well: Indonesia is breaking up meetings of Islamic State supporters and seizing T-shirts and other items promoting the group, and Tunisia is shutting down mosques and suspected financiers.

For the radicals who have already reached Syria, the focus of European spy agencies is on trying to identify them when they return.

That can mean scouring social media sites for photos of foreign fighters or electronic intercepts for hints of terrorist activity abroad.

Thailand PM vows reform council to include people from all walks of life bANGKOK, SEPTEmbER 4 (REuTERS): Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Thursday set out broad criteria for the selection of a 250-member council to draw up sweeping political reforms and approve a new constitution, saying people from all walks of life would be included.

Prayuth was speaking in Bangkok to mark the beginning of a selection process for the National Reform Council. It will draft political and economic reforms, including reshaping energy policy, education, public health, the media and other matters, he said.

“We want people who can really work and we won’t exA motorist uses his mobile phone as he waits at a traffic light with thousands commuting on scoot- clude anyone. We want people ers into Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday morning, Sept. 4, 2014. According to 2012 statistics from the Di- from all walks of life,” Prayuth rectorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), nationwide scooter usage stood said, adding that the counat 48.5 percent, roughly 12 million people. (AP Photo cil would be set up by Oct.

In many governments, men still dominate Cabinet posts

TOKYO, SEPTEmbER 4 (AP): Japan appointed 5 women to the 18-member Cabinet on Wednesday in a small but symbolic step toward gender equality in government, which remains male dominated in many nations. Globally, the percentage of women in ministerial posts stood at 17% in January, up from 16%t in 2008, according to data compiled by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union, an association of the world’s parliaments.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, who has made the empowerment of women a centerpiece of his economic revival strategy, has set a goal of having women in 30% of leadership positions in both the private and public sectors by 2020.

The number of countries with at least 30% female ministers rose to 36, up from 26 in 2012, the Inter-Parliamentary Union said. Nicaragua had the highest percentage at 57%, followed by Sweden, Finland and France.

GREAT BRITAIN: Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, who has been accused of packing his government with middle-aged, private-school-educated white men like himself, appointed more women in a Cabinet shakeup in July. Five of the 22 members are now female.

FRANCE: About half the 34-member Cabinet is female, fulfilling a 2012 election promise of Socialist President Francois Hollande.

UNITED STATES: Three of the 16 members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet are women: the secretaries of the interior, commerce and health and human services.

Obama has also appointed women to Cabinet-rank positions including the administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Small Business Administration.

CHINA: Three women are members of the Chinese government’s 36-member Cabinet, or State Council — one vice premier and the ministers of health and justice. The country’s apex of political power, the ruling Communist Party’s powerful seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, is all male.

2. “Committees will have to choose people carefully and transparently.”

The aims of the council mirror demands made by proestablishment, anti-government protesters who took to the streets of Bangkok for six months from late last year to try to oust then Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. They wanted sweeping political reforms and an unelected council of notable worthies to oversee the changes.

Yingluck, the sister of selfexiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, was forced from office by a court ruling in May and her government was ousted in a military coup days later. The Shinawatras’ supporters say the reforms are partly aimed at ending the political influence of Thaksin, a former telecoms tycoon who upset the establish-

ment with populist policies that won him the votes of the poor.

He lives in self-exile but retains huge support, especially in the countryside.

More than 7,000 people have signed up to join the committee which will focus on 11 areas of reform. The NRC is expected to approve a new constitution in 2015. The army denies accusations that it sided with anti-government, staunchly royalist protesters whose action led to Yingluck’s downfall but it has also gone after Yingluck’s supporters from the pro-Shinawatra “red shirt” movement.

Many group leaders have gone to ground and some have left Thailand. Since taking control, Prayuth has rolled out a temporary constitution that grants the military absolute powers and hand-picked

an interim parliament stacked with military figures that subsequently appointed him prime minister last week. Prayuth, whose speeches are tinged with nationalist overtones, sees himself as the guardian of ‘Thainess’ which, by his definition, means embracing the trilogy of nation, religion and king.

But critics say his rhetoric, including talk of orchestrating “social harmony” and the preservation of moral order and his wide-ranging reform plans, are unrealistic and unsustainable.

Prayuth has said that a general election will be held around October 2015, which gives him time to tackle a host of troubles.

“Corruption, the economy, taxes, drugs, the illegal encroachment of forests ... Once I have solved our problems I will go,” Prayuth said.

$600 million needed to tackle Ebola: UN

WASHINGTON/CONAKRY, SEPTEmbER 4 (REuTERS): The United Nations said $600 million in supplies would be needed to fight West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, as the death toll from the worst ever epidemic of the virus topped 1,900 and Guinea warned it had penetrated a new part of the country.

The pace of the infection has accelerated, and there were close to 400 deaths in the past week, officials said on Wednesday. It was first detected deep in the forests of southeastern Guinea in March.

The hemorrhagic fever has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria, and Senegal, and has killed more people than all outbreaks since Ebola was first uncovered in 1976. There are no approved Ebola vaccines or treatments.

An experimental Ebola vaccine that Canada said it would give to the World Health Organization for use in Africa was as of Wednesday still in the lab that developed it as officials are puzzled over how to transport it.

“We are now working with the WHO to address complex regulatory, logistical and ethical issues so that the vaccine can be safely and ethically deployed as rap-

idly as possible,” Health Canada spokesman Sean Upton said in a statement. “For example, the logistics surrounding the safe delivery of the vaccine are complicated.” Upton said one of the challenges was keeping the vaccine cool enough to remain potent. Human safety trials are due to begin this week on a vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Plc and later this year on one from NewLink Genetics Corp.

Dr. David Nabarro, senior U.N. Coordinator for Ebola, said the cost of getting the supplies needed by West Africa countries to control the crisis would amount to $600 million. That was higher than an estimate of $490 million by the WHO last week. Moving workers and supplies around the region has been made difficult by restrictions by some countries on air travel and landing rights as they try to control Ebola’s spread.

“We are working intensively with those governments to encourage them to commit to the movement of people and planes and at the same time deal with anxieties about the possibility of infection,” Nabarro said. He said the president of Ghana has agreed to allow an airbridge, or

route, through the country to affected regions to move people and supplies. Ivory Coast, which closed its borders with Liberia and Guinea last month, said on Tuesday it would open humanitarian and economic corridors to its two western neighbors.

Epidemic Gains, Evacuation Eyed For Doctor Dr. Margaret Chan, directorgeneral of the World Health Organization (WHO) told a press conference in Washington, “This Ebola epidemic is the longest, the most severe and the most complex we’ve ever seen.” Chan said there were more than 3,500 cases across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Amid shortages of equipment and trained staff, more than 120 healthcare workers have died in West Africa in the Ebola outbreak. The Liberian government has begun offering a $1,000 bonus to any healthcare workers who agreed to work in Ebola treatment facilities.

Guinea, the first country to detect the virus, previously said it was containing the outbreak but announced that nine new cases had been found in the prefecture of Kerouane, some 750

km (470 miles) southeast of the capital Conakry. “There has been a new outbreak in Kerouane, but we have sent in a team to contain it,” said Aboubacar Sikidi Diakité, head of Guinea’s Ebola task force.

Guinea has recorded 489 deaths and 749 Ebola cases as of Sept. 1, and the epicenter of the outbreak has shifted to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The disease is spread by physical contact with body fluids of infected people or contaminated articles, such as needles.

The haemorrhagic fever was gaining in Nigeria where 18 cases, including 7 deaths, have been reported, three in the oil hub of Port Harcourt. The WHO warned that the outbreak there “has the potential to grow larger and spread faster than the one in Lagos” as containment measures had been less effective.

The fifth country infected was Senegal, which confirmed its first case last week: a student who slipped across the border from Guinea and made his way to the coastal capital Dakar. More than 50 cases of Ebola have been reported in a remote northern jungle region of Democratic Republic of Congo, although these are not linked to the West African cases.

Since Ebola was first detected in Congo in 1976, WHO has reported more than 20 outbreaks in Africa and 1,590 victims. The WHO warned last week that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people and spread to 10 countries.

Worries Virus Could Mutate Dr. Thomas Kenyon, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Centre for Global Health, said on Wednesday the outbreak was “spiraling out of control” and warned that the window of opportunity for controlling it was closing.

“Guinea did show that with action, they brought it partially under control. But unfortunately it is back on the increase now,” he told a conference call. “It’s not under control anywhere.”

He warned that the longer the outbreak went uncontained, the greater the possibility the virus could mutate, making it more difficult to contain. While Ebola is transmitted in humans by contact with bodily fluids of the sick, suspected cases of airborne infection have been reported in monkeys in laboratories.

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TEACHERS’ DAY

Friday 5 September 2014

Teachers’ Day Celebration I teach thee now ‘cause I care For gift to know is given to share Mutual do we exist And this will I insist.

I’ve been not long as you Since then I’ve walked anew The path you tread on to today Will be the tears you hold someday.

All that I have known Is all that’s shown Seeking the road you wish to go Is fate that will ever be so.

For life isn’t in what I teach It walks with thee to where you’d reach.

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or decades we have been observing this day, commemorating the birth anniversary of the great man, Dr. Radhakhrisnan. I often wonder, if this day is merely an observation of the legacy or truly celebrating the day, honoring so called the noblest work of teaching which has brought about the present scenario of the society and to be later. The hustles and puzzles of preparing oneself in the past for this day are just archived as only the past status. The enthusiasm usually grows but sadly, the present day generation has it withered away.

It would be cruel to some to say but the fact is that every day is a celebration of learning, the value which is received and given , a celebration of wholesome growth, a journey of company between individuals, learning to be or not to be, rectifying the weakness of the engine of life and so on. This realization is the necessity which calls for responsibility, respect, duty, co-operation, obedience, care, concern, trust, dedication, attention, selflessness and alike. One may still ask as to how learning could happen?

There is a quote that says ‘Learning is caught and not taught’ and this learning takes place only through listening and awareness, synergized through reflection, decision and execution. Hence, the value of learning is celebrated.

Often we are misled in believing that teaching stagnates our professional journey to future growth and prosperity. It is a common misconception that keeps one away from teaching, a

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f the prime minister of the country wants to speak to the children of the country, what is obnoxious about it?’ asks the spokes person of the ruling party at the centre. Certainly the Prime minster loves the children; they have had wonderful time with him in the past, college and university students had useful time of interaction with him They would love his oratorical skills as well. Besides he has great love for the teachers.

I am reminded of a man who was feeding fish oil his to pet dog. He held it on a leash, forced its mouth open, and poured the liquid into its mouth.

The dog struggled free of the man, spewed out almost all of the oil. The man let the dog go. Moments later, the dog came back and licked the floor clean of the fish oil. The dog loved the oil, hated the manner in which it was fed!

But the politicians seldom learn.

They will stubbornly implement their not so smart policies. The incident of the Delhi administration going over drive to provide the prime minster of the country platform for publicity is rather intriguing. Look at the trouble the poor children from class 1 and above to take! They have to listen to his wisdom, dawning between 3pm onwards, the school has to ensure that there would be TV, or projector, supply of electricity, adjust the time of midday meal etc., failing which serious action will be taken against the defaulters!

In this country nobody is obliged to listen to any body’s speech. If the Prime minster loves the students and teachers, he knows other ways of expressing it for this occasion could do it in the morning before the sun is too hot. He will lose the good will of many stents and teachers and parents for this not so wise decision.

For the HRD ministry who wants to please the prime minster, I suggest that it declares an yearly celebration Kutilya Divas. For the Readers of Nagaland who may not be familiar with Kutilya (also known as Chanakya) was a professor of economics and political science at the ancient Takshashila University, (c. 370 – c. 283 BCE).I write this because I am a teacher, and I consider that the politicians should keep themselves out of Teachers’ Day Celebrations.

Fr. Chacko Karinthayil Good Shepherd Seminary

Dear Teacher, Ye were known to all you taught yet u hieghten in all to be a pillar somday.

De fragnance of thy lesson you taught resonance in all thy steps i tackle till day.

De battle you made us to fought in every teminal escalate us to higher growth of this day Flash back depicting the harmonious tales taught Rag off the zenith - to Shine today.

"In all you are the Best dear teacher" Abero Adahe

profession to be mocked upon. Learning takes us to our grave and it is worth remembering that we cannot give what we don’t have. We need what we can offer to the future. I believe this will take us to the real meaning of the Teacher’s day celebration.

This is a reminder that everyone requires and which makes one realize that Teachers’ Day is not only receiving and presenting gifts.

It is the union of two pure hearts culminated in mutual learning and respect. To break in the door of ignorance making a way to enlightenment is our call and this passage is what we celebrate today. We wear the shoes of realization, put on the cloth of perseverance, the goggles of reflection. Just as we are born every day, we are impregnated with this value of learning to be given birth to better tomorrow.

We do not only observe this day but we celebrate them for the common realization on the significance of the day. Our day prevails in every fibre of our learning. As a result, everyone has a role to play in this revolt of learning, giving and receiving knowledge. Many teachers often presumably think that this day is a favour done to them. Similarly, no less students appreciate it, rather it is misunderstood and despised upon another. What we don’t understand is the cause that is the same but in disguise relating to the difference in our status in hand. The responsibility of a teacher is not only giving in teaching but also how we handle what we may get without expectation or unexpectedly. They are the responses of the students in either ways.

Attenting them with right approach is what we are labeled to do in our profession. The notion of ‘give and take’ may be or may not be applied in this journey yet we understand that the way in which we give and how much we give determines what we get back. It shapes or destroys our expectations.

Externally, Teachers’ Day is a manifestation of love and appreciation but I believe, it conveys a deeper meaning than what we think we know.

It is an overflow of the feelings of gratitude and love within the person. The idea today is more directed towards the noble work of teaching and not the status of being a teacher. It is not an ignorance on the significance of the agent

of this cause. It is definitely unavoidable with equal measure of importance. The celebration is based on the work of teaching with the agent in mind. Here, allow me to cite the fact that perfection is not required but learning to be as one to some extend is the requirement in this field of work. Teachers are learning to be as expected in the profession and hence it continues.

These days, the plight of teachers are often widely discussed. These grievances are among the factors that divert the focus of the individuals. Truly voiced indeed which is worth attended to but it would be sad if it becomes the cause of negligence of our work. Knowledge was freely given and received. We continue this expedition to hand this tradition over to the younger generation so that this noble work of teaching can be re-planted over and again with a good seed for the fruitful tomorrow. We exalt this day to intensify our commitment to multiply the best one can give.

I would like to assert a point that Nagaland is one among the states where education plays a major role. A lot and more have been invested to enlighten the youth to choose the path of learning. Many of our Naga society are involved for the upliftment of this sector. The responsibility falls on every individual. What is received is given, what is given is taken and what is taken is shared. This is where mutual learning takes place.

Today, this celebration is initiated by students and observed all over our country. We admire their efforts in keeping up the spirit of the day. This is rather not a favour but a message of the need to selfless giving. As we have chosen to be, we ought to love with sincerity. ‘Learning in tolerance teaches one patience, experiencing encouragement gives one self-confidence, receiving appreciation endows one with sweetness of life, subsisting in security enables one to believe in others, having acceptance teaches one to find love in one’s work.’ The message is clear. This is our day; our past, our present and our future, a day of appreciation, a day to be cherished and a day for all who love knowledge.

I wish you all a very Happy Teachers’ Day. C. N. George, Asst. Teacher Carewell School

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eacher's Day has always been special to me but it is that one day back in the 90s which inspired me to write these few words. It was a cloudy morning and we reached school fearful of the impending rain.

Thankfully there was to be no showers as the skies cleared up and we stood in line ready to march away to our destination. Back then, the local ground was the confluence where students from all schools would gather to honour our teachers.

In line we stood and began our adventure of the march. But behind me stood a nasty surprise. It was Lion, our class bully, holding a placard bigger than his gigantic head. I turned left and right but there was no teacher to protect me. I even tried to look behind but his shoulders and chest seemed to cover the whole road. There I cursed my luck, and my class teacher for not arranging the line according to our height. Suddenly, I was jerked to my consciousness by his booming voice shouting 'Long live', and as if on cue I responded 'Teachers' in as big a voice as my chords would permit. There began a partnership that began with conventional slogans to the more hilarious ones 'Long leafBanana leaf' or 'No Teachers- No congress'. As we laughed our way to the ground, I realised that he did not pull my ear or drop something in my shirt even once. He didn't even step on my shoe for that matter. Maybe he got caught in the moment, but I'd like to believe that he did it out of love and re-

spect for our Teachers. Eventually, I got bigger and stronger to deal with this Lion and some Hyenas that followed him.

My episode with the Lion had ended and I moved on proud in the knowledge that there are not many Lions who can ever bully me again. But when I joined school as a teacher in 2013, it was like going back to my early childhood yet again.

The new Lion was the Department of School Education (Dose). First, he denied me my appointment order for a year, then he sent me to a remote area without salary for months. Today, this Lion is yet to pay me my salary from May to August 2014.

He has denied a decent Birthday gift to my daughter, he has denied my wife her monthly ration of creams and shampoos. And to be honest, this Lion has forced my family to a diet only Menaka Gandhi could appreciate.

But I will celebrate this Teachers' Day like I did back then. I will celebrate the lives of all the Teachers who made me who I am today. I will also celebrate the love and affection which my students give me. For Love is that one thing which couldn't be bought with money. Dear Salary Starved Appointees (SSA Teachers), let us celebrate in the knowledge that we can overcome this Lion, like the lions of the past. If we continue to give our best God will take care of the rest.

Happy Teachers Day! Tisemlo K , Teacher.

TRIBUTE TO THE IDEAL TEACHERS T. Wati Longchar

Medziphema Town (Ward-6)

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ince one hundred and twenty-four years back, a child was born in Tirutani, a small temple town in Madras, who later on become a great figure of history. He (Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan) was a great philosopher, an eminent educationist, eloquent speaker, a successful diplomat and above all a humanist and a visionary, who distinguished himself equally in the fields of knowledge as well as statesmanship. Synchronizing with his Birthday, the Teachers Day is celebrated all over the country every year on September 5.This is also the day when teachers are idealized as the most important instruments and implements of Nation builders for there is no doubt that without teachers, our society would degenerate and disintegrate.

There can never be a perfect definition of teacher or, the word ‘Teacher’ possibly can never be described in just a sentence. Because teaching is a profession of serious responsibilities and high accountability to God and to the humankind as well. Teachers are responsible for teaching life’s values to the children of today and many of us do not know the responsibilities and the mental torture that a teacher faces everyday in order to impart quality education to the students.

It is a fact that the desire and need for education is universal.

Yet we are bent towards doing all we can to keep away from it.

Teachers are no exception. Teaching is not confined to the duty of imparting knowledge but training and shaping the character of the young as well. It is also designed to enrich the people with a language and script of their own and promoting the dialects into the status of language. It is incredible that, despite all of their struggles they face everyday with a smile.

They show kindness, dedication, diligence, humility, graciousness

more suitable with all scientific equipments(advancement in technology) etc. making things easier to do and to live life comfortably. Teaching does not impart only the book knowledge. It also evolves on the psychological development where a human being can comprehend their encyclopedia and contrive all scientific achievements besides knowing the social order.

Developments in the world are moving at a fast pace and teachers today need to understand that they must have a vision without which they will only be leading their students into a blind alley. All great people and even the erudite students should thank and honour the teachers for who they are. If we lack the knowledge of reading and writing, our own life would be worthless and meaningless in this world. The battle of life is incomplete until ignorance is eradicated, which is possible only with the help of a teacher. All great were never born great but the credit goes to the guidance of a teacher within their capacity.

So, I earnestly urge all my fellow citizens to show appreciation and revere the teachers not only on this day but forever.

And let us all walk hand in hand against all barriers for the elevation of our Nation and for better tomorrow. May the good Lord bless all the Teachers ceaselessly and abundantly.

(This article is specially dedicated to my Daddy who served as a Teacher for 35 years by God’s Grace) of spirit, beauty in courage, great empathy, astonishing talent, real poise and true grace. The teachers are the center in countless ways that they live in our memory as good or bad. We ought to thank them for the costs and benefits that they are contributing towards us. It is indeed that, teachers have paved the way for “Yellow Brick Road”.

Growth and changes are the order of the day and tomorrow. We should take into account the fact that, “Education is not a preparation for life but it is life”. The spread of education has made today’s world much

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ANSTA PEREN GREET ON TEACHERS' DAY

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ll Nagaland School Teacher's Association (ANSTA) Peren Unit has greeted all the Teacher Head of the department and their families on this special occasion of Teacher Day. Stating that Teacher's Day is celebrated on 5th September all over the Country every year to mark the birth day of Dr. S. Radha Krishnan the First Vice President of our Country, The philosopher and renounce Scholars, Who was horned in 1380. The President Kailadinbo Nchang said today is a special day on which all the Teachers should feel proud of being a teacher' on this great and glorious Indian Teacher's.

He said, all Teacher's have been working together with the Local Civil Administration and the people of the land to bring in greater growth and prosperity in the state while expressing his deep appreciation to the dedicated effort of each teacher toward this noble cause and the cooperation extended by the parents Body. Also, stating that edu-

cation was the only instrument for transforming our Society and the teacher has been a source of inspiration and has contributed to development of the Society in a number of way, Therefore, teacher are rightly to be called as 'Nation builder’ or ‘Backbone of Society’.

As we celebrate 5th September Teacher’s Day, we pledge and promise to our Nation and people that, • We own strong allegiane to our profession as Teacher’s.

• Our sincerity, dedication and devotion is the key to our professional ethics.

• Classroom our church black board our altar and students the believer.

• We will not ruin the generation due to complacency on our part as a teachers.

• We are “TEACHER’S” in ourselves and “TEACHING ADMISSION” and no other entity be made to re-define our professionalism.

Kailadinbo Nchang, President ANSTA Peren Unit

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[Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first Vice-President and the second President of India but above all he was a dedicated teacher, who sacrificed his birth day for the nation as Teachers Day in India].

In our land teachers were respected since the inspection of teaching and were called ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam ‘and even Mom. Teachers were continued a guiding torch in the society and will remain so in the future too. To-day, the 5th September, the teachers’ day in our Land. The day is celebrated in different way to express the gratitude towards teachers in our Schools. The observance of the day is a tribute to the dedication and devotion of the teachers all year long just to build up in education a child in our Land. The teachers are the backbone of the nation as they are acting as foundation for creating responsible citizens and good human beings.

The Origin of Teachers’ Day: It was due the sacrifice and dedication of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first Vice-President and the second President of India, who was an ardent supporter of mass education and one of the greatest scholars and teachers of all times. Students, friends and teachers asked him for his permission to celebrate his birthday; he was agreed to do so on the condition that the day would be observed as Teachers’ day instead of his birthday, to honor the efforts of teachers across the country, the teachers who had made our life much more knowledgeable and serving as our beacons of light. Henceforth, our Land has been celebrating Teachers’ Day on 5th September, since 1962.

The Occasion of Celebration: The day is observed by us in the schools, in different centers of importance by the performance of lectures, dramas, dance performances, sports, songs and various other programs to entertain their teachers.

The specialty of the day is that students of senior classes dress up like teachers and make a show of enjoyment. It was a day of performance to provide for a healthy interaction between teachers and students as well and exchange gifts. Apart from hon-

oring all the teachers, we remember the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a philosopher, a teacher par excellence, a great educationist, who contributed the best towards our education system, who believed that “teachers should be the best minds in the country”.

World Teacher’s Day: The importance of teachers has been recognized by UNESCO because of their contribution in building a child to be a

good citizen of the nation and thereby to uplift the community in general. The 5th October is celebrated with great verve and enthusiasm across the world in more than hundred countries as World Teacher’s Day every year since the last 40 years.

However, in different country teacher’s day is celebrated at different dates at the desire of the nation. In Australia, last Friday of October is celebrated as teacher’s day. Thus teacher’s day celebration occurs - 2nd May at Bhutan, 15th October at Brazil, 5th October at Canada, and 10th September at China and so on. In the United States teachers day is celebrated throughout a week which takes place in the first full week of May. Even in war torn country Afghanistan teacher’s day was observed by the initiative of the west against the normal culture of the Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan are Muslims and Islam is their religion, the religion does not permit mix gathering of boys and girls, men and women as is happened in the celebration of teacher’s day.

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A TECHEAR’S CREED (Prof. Elaine Charles) I believe that teaching is not a profession that creates the climate. It is my daily mood but a vocation, that makes the weather. demanding dedication and a deep sense I believe that as a teacher, I possess treof commitment. mendous power to make a child’s life— 1 believe that I am a co-worker with God, miserable or joyous. I can humiliate or huin the divine task of moulding and forming mour, hurt or heal and in all situations, it is the young and growing minds, entrusted my response, that decides, whether a crisis will be escalated or defused and a child, to my care.

I believe that just as a lamp diffuses light, humanized or de-humanized. dispelling the darkness around, so I too, I believe that I can teach and influence far as a teacher, am meant to diffuse under- more by the example of my own life, my prinstanding knowledge, dispelling the dark- ciples and values, than I can by all my teachness of ignorance and doubt. ing or by precept. I believe that I must be courI believe that I cannot light another lamp, teous, humane and kind in all my dealings with my colleagues and my students. unless my own light is burning.

I believe that as a teacher, preparing chil- I believe that I must co-operate with the dren for the twenty-first century, I must management and the authorities, respect‘dare to be different’ in my methodology ing their decisions and rules, yet never and approach-challenging their intelli- hesitating to express my own point of view, gence, stimulating their curiosity, exciting should I disagree, their imagination and inculcating in them, but always doing so with frankness and sincerity, sound values.

I believe that every child is special, and instead of indulging in back-biting and demust be treated as such. structive criticism.

I believe that I must honour and respect I believe that although teaching may not hold out the promise of increasing monthe plea of every child: “accept me as I AM, so that I can learn to etary gain like other professions do, its become what I CAN.” greatest reward is in the appreciation and I believe that I must not differentiate be- affection of one’s students and, in the chaltween my students and that lenge that each new day brings— someI must not show any personal preferences thing which no money can buy. or likes.

I believe that having willingly chosen to be I believe that I must not let my own prob- a teacher, I must be willing to respond with lems, the EFFORT, DEDICATION and ZEAL, frustrations and anxieties, colour and af- that teaching demands and deserves. fect my work and my attitude towards my This is my wish for all our teachers students.

Fr. Tom Karthik, S.D.B. Rector, Salesian College I believe that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach Dimapur

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5 September 2014

‘Mary KoM’ to pack a P

Chopra is the biggest Bollywood star to show up at TIFF in recent years.

But Cameron Bailey, the artistic director of TIFF, and programmer for south Asian films, hopes the audience will look beyond her star wattage at her powerful performance in and as Mary Kom, the unlikely champion boxer from Manipur.

Bailey notes that Priyanka doesn’t resemble Kom, and yet comes across as a very convincing boxer.

“She doesn’t have the same physical features, but she has the physical intensity, and I think the fact that she’s clearly trained and prepared herself for the role makes it a film that’s quite persuasive,” says Bailey.

After creating a sensation in Toronto by bringing in Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan for the premiere of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna in 2006, TIFF has showcased several independent film-makers from India in recent years.

Anurag Kashyap, a TIFF veteran, returns this year as a co-producer of Tigers.

Directed by the Oscarwinning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic, and starring Emraan Hashmi and a mix of Indian and European actors in a film set in Pakistan, Tigers could be a sign of the

future of Indian cinema.

The 8-minute long Newborns, on the other hand, is Monsoon’s fiery opposite, a documentary about female survivors of acid attacks. The short film is produced by filmmaker Anand Gandhi and directed by Megha Ramaswamy.

Hollywood stars expected at TIFF this year include Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Winslet, Denzel Washington and Tobey Maguire.

Priyanka Chopra meets president at Rashtrapati Bhavan

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ational Award winning actress Priyanka Chopra on Wednesday met President Pranab Mukherjee and his wife at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here ahead of the release of her forthcoming film 'Mary Kom'.

"Always incredible to be at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. A

big thank you to the ever gracious Pranabda and Suvrama for having me at their home," the 32-year-old actress posted on her Twitter page, before taking off on a flight to Toronto. Priyanka has been in the capital for a two-day promotion of Mary Kom, a biopic on M.C. Mary Kom, a fivetime boxing champion who

has made the country proud with her laurels. The movie is set to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival Thursday. Directed by first-timer Omung Kumar and co-produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Mary Kom is slated to release worldwide on Friday.

Tsarola Sangtam wins Campus Idol 2014

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rand Finale of the first ever School Campus Idol organized by the Eastern Explorers’ was held Saturday August 31 at Hopongkyu Memorial Hall, Kiphire with Mark Morekiu Personal secretary to Parliamentary Secretary for Land Revenue, VG, GB, DB Nagaland as chief guest.

Yantsu, front man of the Strivers Band presented special number. Introduction of the finalist followed by a stage performance of the finalist enthralled the evening with Tsarola Sangtam from Holy Cross was adjudged as the winner of Campus Idol 2014, while Akhumla and Ritsala from Loyola Higher Secondary

School and Good Shepherd were adjudged as first and second runner up respectively.

The winner will receive one year Scholarship which will be directly transferred in her account monthly, while the first runner up received one import Hollow Guitar and an offer for Diploma Course in Computer Application, second runner up received an offer for Diploma in Computer Application respectively. Best Academic Students among the contestants was awarded to Akhenpe from Trinity High School Kiphire.

Tsali Thonger hosted the Show and special apof the School Campus Idol Miss Tsarola (C) flanked pearance of the evening was Winner by 1st Runner up Miss Akhumla (R) and 2nd Runner up Roths Naga Idol Finalist 2007. Miss Ritsala S Sangtam (L).

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riyanka Chopra has top billing at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival or TIFF, which will run from September 4–14. The Bollywood beauty is jetting in for just a few hours to attend the world premiere of her latest film Mary Kom on the festival’s opening night, and flying right back for the film’s Indian release the next day.

But even her brief presence for the premiere at an ornate theatre in downtown Toronto will add a strong dose of desi glamour to a film festival that routinely draws Hollywood heavyweights every year.

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Foremost talent hunt of Nagaland aim for greater audience

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aga Orpheus hunt, formerly known as Naga idol, the foremost talent hunt of Nagaland is all geared up for its ninth edition. This year the show aims to reach a greater audience with a different beat. Unlike previous years, the finale will be held at Kohima during the Hornbill Festival. The show is organized by Soyachunks under the aegis of Mokokchung District Art & Culture Association.

The judges lined up for this NOH season are Ate Kevichusa, Tali Angh and James Swu. Moreover, this year’s show will be carried out under the direction of Ate Kevichusa, who is a renowned professional show director and producer and has made her benchmark in both national and international media productions. Host for the show is none other than Arenla Lemtur, who has hosted almost all the NOH shows since its inception.

The contestants will be judged, based on 50% public voting and the other 50% on the judges’ points. The judges have the liberty to use one wild card in every round if necessary. Also, gift hampers will be given to best performer of every round and this decision will be solely based on judges alone. This season, the total prize money is Rs 8 lakhs. about nOh

NOH (Naga Idol) was started in 2006 by Mokokchung District Art & Culture Council under the initiative of the then Deputy Commissioner Abishek Singh IAS. Since then it has launched the career of many talented Naga youth in the music industry. Some of the notable names are Moanungsang, Toshinaro, Renbeni Odyuo, Wabang Longkumer, Thunglamo, Imtisenla and Kokliba Jings.

Besides giving platform to talented Naga youth, it has also provided platform to the other participants like the host, mentor and judges a chance to be noticed in their field of expertise. It has also been giving opportunities for many in the field of sound & light engineering, videography, studio designing, graphic designing etc to showcase their proficiency.

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PayBack: Argentina trounce Germany 5th Horsepower challenge 2014 underway Schuerrle and Goetze responded and Marco Reus struck the post for the home side, which couldn't muster a comeback — but still has the World Cup.

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Argentina's Rodrigo Palacio, center, scores during the friendly soccer match between Germany and Argentina in Duesseldorf, Germany, Wednesday, September 3. (AP Photo)

DueSSeLDorF, SepteMber 4 (ap): Angel di Maria set up three goals and scored the fourth himself as Argentina trounced Germany 4-2 in their friendly game Wednesday to get a small measure of payback after losing to the host in the World Cup final.

Argentina was up 4-0 after just 50 minutes to dampen

the home side's World Cup title celebrations in its first game since winning the final 1-0 in extra time in Brazil in July. "It can't be revenge," Germany coach Joachim Loew said. "You can't bring the final back."

With Lionel Messi absent due to a right leg injury, Di Maria assumed the instigator's role, setting up Sergio

Aguero in the 21st minute, Erik Lamela's outstanding volley in the 40th, and Federico Fernandez' headed goal two minutes after the interval. Di Maria sent in an exquisite cross with the outside of his left boot for Aguero to open the scoring with a simple tap-in after a lack of concentration in the German defense. Lamela made

it 2-0 five minutes before the interval with a rocket of a volley to the top left corner from Di Maria's deep cross.

Fernandez' header from Di Maria's cross gave substitute goalkeeper Weidenfeller no chance, and a rout looked on the cards when Di Maria capped his great solo run with a delightful chip over the goalkeeper.

LonDon, SepteMber 4 (ap): Wayne Rooney marked the start of his England captaincy by scoring a penalty in an uninspiring 1-0 victory over Norway in front a record-low crowd for the team at the new Wembley Stadium on Wednesday.

The attendance was given as 40,181. The previous lowest since the new stadium opened in 2007 saw 48,876 attend a 2011 friendly against Sweden.

In England's first game since its worst-ever World Cup showing, Roy Hodgson's side rarely looked like scoring against unambitious opposition and the breakthrough in the friendly only came when Raheem Sterling was tripped in the penalty area by Omar Elabdellaoui's sliding challenge, and Rooney converted the spot kick.

Menukhol John, commissioner & secretary for youth resources & sports flagging off 5th Horsepower Challenge on September 4. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent secretary for youth resourc- three day event will witness Kohima | September 4

The 5th Horsepower Challenge (Autocross- 4X4 off road-Motocross) under the aegis of Nagaland Adventure Club (NAC) and supported by Department of Youth Resources & Sports Nagaland got underway here today at NFA Ground, near NU Campus Meriema.

Inaugurating the event as the chief guest, Menukhol John, commissioner &

es & sports congratulated the organisers for successful conduct of Horsepower Challenge in the state. He called upon the participants from different parts of the country to compete in true sportsmanship spirit. He also asked the participants to contribute to society by setting example of good mannerisms and courtesy driving on the road.

Earlier, Paul Rutsa in his introductory note said the

participants from Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Assam as well as riders from Delhi and Bangalore. The total prize money is set at Rs. 3 lakh. The participants will vie for coveted champion title in 4X4 offroad, Autocross 1000cc above, Autocross below 1000 cc etc.

SEPTEMBER 5 SCHEDULE Flag off: 10:00 AM Autocross (Final) Motocross (Qualifying)

9th Imchaba Memorial Volleyball Challenger Cup CLASSIC CUP: Sanyem, Nyinthong takes Barak FC to final 2014 today Trophy from September 16 Mokokchung, SepteMber 4 (DIpr): The 9th Imchaba Master Memorial Nagaland Open Volleyball Trophy which is being organized every year by the Mokokchung District Volleyball Association (MDVA) will commence at Multi Indoor Stadium, Mokokchung from September 16.

This year, 14 teams from all over the State will be competing for the coveted trophy. A total of Rs. 2,00,000/- will be awarded to the winners which includes 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and individual prizes besides incentive of Rs. 5000/- each as participation grant to all teams (except for the four finalist) and minimum travelling allowance for those teams from outside the District. The generous gesture shown by the organizer (MDVD) towards the participating teams

is commendable as it encourages young talents and also eases the burden of expenses up to some extent for teams not reaching the finals.

Though players in the state are yet to compete at the National and International level, it is worth mentioning that during the last 8 years many young players have been moulded through the initiatives taken by the MDVA by organizing Referee clinics for technical officials, Free Coaching Camps for players, Inter School Volleyball Tournaments and Imchaba Memorial Nagaland Open Volleyball Trophy. Today there are many people (volleyball players guided by MDVA) who are employed through Sports Quota in both Central and State service which are indeed feathers on MDVA’s cap.

Djokovic, Nishikori take long road to semis

neW York, SepteMber 4 (reuterS): Serena Williams and Ekaterina Makarova sprinted into the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, while world number one Novak Djokovic and marathon man Kei Nishikori were forced to take the long road into the last four.

Having already played the longest match of the tournament in the fourth round, a bruising four-hour 19-minute battle with Canadian Milos Raonic, Nishikori had enough left in the tank to get past third seed Stan Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7) 6-7 (5) 6-4 in a four-hour 15-minute test of wills to become the first Japanese man into the last four of a grand slam in 81 years.

Bidding to reach the Flushing Meadows final for a fifth straight year, Djokovic did not need five sets to tame a valiant Andy Murray 7-6 (1) 6-7 (1) 6-2 6-4 but the big Serb did have to dig deep to see off his longtime rival who was in obvious distress at the end of what had been a wildly enthralling stadium court encounter.

While Murray and Djokovic battled

their way through a 73 minute opening set, 32-year-old Williams needed just 63 minutes in total on a sultry evening to breeze past Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-3 6-2 and become the oldest player to reach the last four at Flushing Meadows since Martina Navratilova in 1991.

Russian left-hander Makarova, who will take on Williams for a spot in Sunday's final, made her best mark in grand slam singles by outslugging Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-2 in a snappy 87 minutes.

While the day presented plenty of intriguing matchups it was the late night clash under the Arthur Ashe Stadium floodlights between Murray and Djokovic that was always going to be the showstopper. The pair delivered on the promise, combining for some stunning long rallies until Murray struggled with his movement near the end and required a hot compress for his back midway through the fourth set.

But he produced arguably his best tennis since having back surgery 11 months ago and gave the top seed a real scare.

kohIMa, SepteMber 4 (Mexn): As part of the ongoing Classic Cup 2014 here, the Challenger Cup 2014, an annual football exhibition match between Classic Club Kohima and Kohima Press Club will take place on September 5 at Kohima Local Ground at 3:00 PM. The players of both clubs have been requested to report to the venue by 1.30 pm. Classic Club Kohima (Players): Er. Keduozelhou Khruonuo (Team Manager), Sahu Yiese (CEO), Zevikuo Liezietsu (Coach), Neisevituo Sorhie (Technical Director), K Neibou Sekhose (Captain), Atei-ü Sekhose (goalkeeper), Vitsonuo Belho (goalkeeper), Chotisuh Sazo, Zakie Kiso, Aphre Whuorie, Mezhüo Solo, Aya Thorie, Anyü Whuorie, Alakuo Sekhose, Kenyi-o Solo, Khrietuo Belho, Pudil Tsükrü, Akhie Liezietsu, Zase Solo, Sinyü Solo, Norbert Mere, Avizo Sekhose, Mhaler Sekhose, Mengukhrietuo Sekhose, Pele Kire, Seyievituo Kiso, Gugu Thorie, Avozo Tsükrü and Kezhalezo Yiese.

Kohima Press Club (Players): Atul Sharma (Team Manager), H Chishi (Team Co-ordinator), Kenny Peseyie (Coach), Narain B Sagar (Captain), Chizokho Vero (Vice Captain), Kopelo Krome (goalkeeper), HK Chishi (goalkeeper), Xavier Rutsa, Solomon Sha, Shoveyi Keyho, Ketu Viluo, Asa Seyie, Victor Dzüvichü, Nchum Odyuo, Oken Jeet Sandham, Neitho Keditsu, Vincent Belho, Alem Jamir, Kuzhovesa Soho, Ruopfü, Kapelo Pfotte, Roko, Zakie Zuyie, Marcus, KV Nurumi, Mhalezolie Kire, Emron Musavi, Medo Dzuyie, Rüülhoutuonuo Theünuo, Vibi Yhokha, Alice Yhoshü, Achum Mozhui, Emilo Engo Konyak, Lolano Khuvung, Thiala Chang, Loreni Tsanglao, Anenla Jamir, Athe Rhi, Rita Krocha, Willy, Akelie, Max and Kevingulie.

Match patron, Classic Club officials, match officials with the players of the 2nd semi finals between Barak FC and HQ IGAR (North) on September 4 in Kohima. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | September 3

Barak FC today entered the finals of the 20th edition of the prestigious Classic Cup 2014 after defeating HQ IGAR (North) 2-0 in the 2nd semi finals played here at the Kohima Local Ground amidst a capacity crowd.

Asangla, ADC Kohima acted as match patron for the day. Nagaland Legisla-

tive Assembly (NLA) speaker Chotisuh Sazo, who is a member of Classic Club, also witnessed the match.

The match remained goalless in the first half. Sanyem Salym broke the deadlock in the second half scoring the first of the Barak goals. Nyinthong Magh netted another goal for the team and helped register a comfortable 2-0 win over HQ IGAR. Earlier, HQ IGAR’s goalkeeper Baichung Bhutia saved a

penalty kick from Barak’s Bamdibe Kulimbe. With today’s win, Barak FC will now take on Nagaland Police in the final on September 6 at 2:30 p.m.

Minister for Rural Development & REPA C.L. John will grace the closing function as the chief guest. The champion will carry home a cash prize of Rs. 1,50,000 while the runner- up will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 70,000.

Football Referee Coaching cum Referee Board Selection camp held

phek, SepteMber 4 (Mexn): The Phek District Sports Association (PDSA) conducted football Referee coaching cum Referee Board Selection camp from September 1 to

4 at Phek Town. A release from PDSA President Muramo Venuh and General Secretary Kozote Akami informed that a total of 52 participants – which included two girls – and con-

sisting of 8 areas took part who were being trained by two coaches from Nagaland football Association Referee Board (NFARB) Lhouliebei-o Khezhie, Secretary NFARB and his

assistant Zavibinyü Sano, Grade – II NFARB. The participants underwent physical fitness test and written examination during the four day period, the release added.

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