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tr in Delhi: continues to pitch Bloody Friday in Pangsha for more development in state

The third civilian injured, reported to Morung Express News be the wife of a NSCN (K) leader, sustained NEW DELHI, SEPTEMDimapur | August 28 injury on the leg. Both the injured haveBER 8 (MExN): Nagaland been shifted to Tuensang Civil hospital, At least eight people were killed and three state Chief Minister, TR the source said. injured in an ambush involving the 23rd Zeliang, who is currently Other sources stated that among those Assam and the NSCN (K) at Interin NewRifles Delhi, continued Nagaland Minister, TR Zeliang calledof onNSCN his killed in the ambush was a Major national Trade Centre (ITC) Dan, Pang-Chief his pitch for more developArunachal Pradesh counterpart Nabam Tuki at New (K) and his wife.

However, this could not sha area under Noklak HQ. Seven were ment projects forwhile the state Delhi the Framework Agreement beconfirmed. killed on the spot, the other onetoday suc- tobediscuss of Nagaland. tween the Government of India and the NSCN (IM). cumbed to bullet injuries.

The Dan Nagaland According a press shocked note from theand CMO, Zeliang exsaddened ITC is some 30CM kilometers awaytoNMA met the Union NMA presidentthe Abei-u from Noklak townMinister and is the plained last village the needMeanwhile, to respect and understand hisfor Road Transport and Meru when contacted expressed under Tuensang district bordering tory Myanof both the states in order to ensure peacefulshock coHighways, Nitin Gadkari the incident. informedfor that the mar.

The firing occurred in theexistence. back dropHeover emphasized that it She was essential both four membersocially, team heard of the firing just onthe September 7 apprising of Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA)to be the states integrated economically and as they reached Tuensang.

Thehis NMA scheduled meeting Saturday with theArunachal him of various roadon projpolitically.

CM, Nabam Tuki on partteam rewereto supposed NSCN NSCN the borderportedly area. “agreed ects in(K) theleaders state. atZeliang support to themeet frame work(K) asleaders there on Saturday.

According the Assam seven brought to histonotice the Rifles, is a need for peace and progress in the North Eastern A Press Trust of India (PTI) report NSCN (K) cadres, including cadon-going projects under a woman states, but on the condition that his state was diclaimed thenot woman re killed. However, not be stated that the NMA thewere SARDP-NE as well this as could vided geographically. ” killed in an encounter between who was independently ascertained at the time of prioritised projects under the NSCN (K) and the Assam Rifles, was a filing this report.ConnecSources informed the Inter-State years onthat the development been given and stated that one other ci- health worker. tivitycivilian (ISC)was andkilled the while E&I two the Nagaland government of roads North NMA Advisor Rosemary Dziivichii vilians, both women, were injured in in thethe eight Schemes.

Heidentities requested to handover the Eastern HePTI added that “aneeds delegation of Naga mothambush. The of the NSCN states.”

(K) told that the four-laning of the land to the Central Agrithat works on the Dimacadres could not be identified till the filing ers had reached Tuensang this evening road (CAU), to takeHighpart inculture a peaceUniversity meeting with the of thisstretch report.from Daboka pur-Kohima 4-lane in Assam to Dimapur be Imphal.

He stated way would start shortly. leaders of NSCN (K) in Pangsha, butthat we Right after the ambush carried out by completed an extension taking over ofencounthe land The Union areMinister shocked tothis learn about the the securityas forces, there was intermittent to the between East-West Corridor. can be completed also reportedly stated that the between Assam Rifles and within NSCN firing the security forces and the ter The(K).

CM further urged Nagaland state (K).” “We are deeply saddened that a womthis month itself and that should NSCN for The extending thecadres 4-lanewere an availabilhealth worker wasinterim, killed and NSCN (K) reportedin the theanother college gear up to ensure teacher) sustained bullet ly on theirfrom way to Henpoto(Ponyu), Khi- woman (a SSAcan Highway Kohima start functioning from ity of aencumbrance-free ” she said. amniungan village under on a injuries, Moreh via Imphal, whichMyanmar a temporary campus from land, improve the quality Assamthe Rifles inacademic a press statement Maruti Gypsy, pick-upProjectThe will serve asa Mahindra the mainBolero next session. of Detailed Reports saidall it has ‘neutralized’ seven cadres invitof the and a bikeconnecting when they were by the that Highway Indiaattacked The CM further and ensure conNSCN woman cadre, security forces.

Sources saidmeet with South East Asia. from He Pangsha ed the one Union Agriculture structions the (K) pre-including the exchange of fire at Pangsha in the forces were lying scribed in wait since thensecurity asked for finalisation Minister to visit Nagaland qualityduring standards.

Tuensang district.

According to the stateThursday evening. The attack tookThe place in of the Maram-Peren-DiNagaland CM on and lay the foundation an area National between ITC Dan rest house and ment, a patrol of security forces carrying mapur Highway stone for the college.

Issues his part invited Gadkaridomination’ out ‘routine of the border area the helipad. alignment and its implerelated to organic farming to visit Nagaland to see The three civilians who were injured along the Pangsha town saw one motorcymentation. and establishment of grain for by himself progress of and one gypsy one Bolero vehicle apwere taken to New Pangsha PHC villag-thecle, A press note from the banks and marketing outroad projects in the state. ers who reached the site of incident after proaching along the road.

CMO the letswhen for the farmers The also that ItCM claimed thelocal security force hearinginformed the firing.that A health-mela wasNagaland goUnion Minister conveyed were also discussed Union Minister patrol asked the motorcycle to haltdurfor ing on at New Pangsha at themet timewith the firtheoccurred. centre’s commitment for Agriculture meeting. and Cochecking, thereing wasthe intense firing from the ing for One all-round economic Meanwhile, during operation, Mohan Gypsy and Bolero vehicles which were folof the civilian hailing from KonyakRadha developmentreportedly of the North lowing 8 behind. in themeeting ensuing ‘fire community, a businessman, another withfight, the’ Singh on September and And Rifles claimed, seven of Eastern region with a spesuccumbed to injuries at Pangsha Chairman of thecadres Airport madePrimaa requestthe forAssam starting (K) wereAuthority neutralized,ofand three(AAI), ‘Over ry Health (PHC).secHe had cial focusCentre on the roads India thesustained VeterinaryNSCN and Animal Ground The AR stated that bullet shoulder.College tor. injuries in the stomach and Srivastava, the NaHusbandry inWorkers’ Na- RKinjured. a large quantitygaland of armsCM andcalled ammunition The second civilian, girl aged Gadkari informed that agaland for exat the earliest. recovered.pediting It also said one jawan around 18-19 was shotThe in Union the were his Ministry hasyears an “amthethat completion Agriculture was also injured in the firing from NSCN chest.

Henpo Minister village, she bitiousHailing plan offrom investing reportedly in- of DPR for the proposed (K)approval cadres. The greenfield AR said thatAirport the cadres were had come for a medical check-up atthat the the around Rupees one lakh at Razaformed from the NSCN (K) camp located at Ponyu Pangsha health camp and had hitched a crore over a period of five for the same has already phema. ride-back to her village on one of the ve- village inside Myanmar and belonged to the group headed by Lt Gen Niki Sumi. hicles when the attack took place.

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Tuensang town wore a deserted look as the Confederation of Chang Students’ Union (CCSU) imposed a total bandh on August are 28.hit A press note from theand CCSU that all theover bandh wastake heldpart due the failure of the SCERT and the Policemen by eggs as farmers dairyinformed farmers from Europe into a demonstration outside a European concerned ministry to adhere tomeeting its demand relocation in of Brussels, the DIET Belgium Tuensang.

The bandh remained in Union farm ministers’ emergency at thefor EUimmediate Council headquarters September 7. (REUTERS) force from 5:00am till 7:00pm with total restriction on pedestrian and vehicular movements. All Government offices, Institutions, Private Institutions, Colleges, Schools and business establishments remain closed. However, the district administration, security personnel, medical services and Fire and Emergency services were exempted from the preview of the bandh. The CCSU cautioned that the confederation would impose a 72 hours total bandh from September 1 if the concerned authority fails to provide a positive response.

Mokokchung Power crisis: Dept for assaulted understanding 60 yearcalls old woman in Kohima

MOKOKCHUNG, SEP- down on the morning of normally takes about 2 to be completed by September 13. After this, her the months, informed.

The MTLT had TEMBER 8 (MExN): The August 26.arrested. made a contribution towards Two of the suspectshe were Executive Engineer said However, fortunately one 8 served an Mokokchung electrical di- on September arrested the same day and three medical expense. The commission, that transportation of the was al-condemning to the power de- 5MVA vision of the Nagaland state ultimatumothers the incident, were arrested thetransformer next day. while new transformer will take ready under repair at Diand it’s Minister power department has re- partmentAll five were reported to have crimi- has demanded that the case against “another 2 days, and instalmapur, with its windings of electricity. quested the people of Mo- for restoration the accused be disposed off expedinal records. lation commissioning completed and heating In response, a letterthat fromswab kokchung and the MokokcStating samples have tiously, and “theand maximum punishanother 2 days, provided process on. the Executive Engineer for hung Town Lanur Telongjem but also grievDImaPuR, augusT 28 (mexN): been dispatched for forensic analy- ment for not only rape weather ” heating of the Mokokchung Electrical Di- that it“The (MTLT) understand theassaulted sis, the police said cannot com-process ous bodily harm mustisbeclear. awarded to A 60 yeartoold woman was Inappealed the meantime, the such capacity transformer vision, Aier technical involved ment oninformed the progress of the investigahim.” It further to the police by a manfactors in Kohima onin August 22.Moa MTLT andto thedeal people of Mois similar the time taken thatwas whention the until transformer setting up ato new transformer the forensic report to arrives. and the judiciary with this According sources, the victim kokchung have been asked for curing of a slab concretbroke down, no spare was in the town.

All five were forwarded to judicial case on a fast-track basis “so that it begetting ready to return home after the to understand thewould-be factors intimea deterrent available in the Central ing in a building. The It work may be noted thatfield the when comes for other day’s in her paddy the custody. volved, while assuring that required is about 3 weeks Store Dimapur leading to town and its adjoining vilMeanwhile, a press note from offenders of violence against women. incident happened. The man reportthe officers and staffreports of the more depending upon thefrom department’s inability lagesdemanded have beensexual plagued the Nagaland Stateor Commission for This incident comes after edly favours division “alllatest geared up to weather that conditions,” Aierin the to immediately any informed by awoman. power crisis ever since (NSCW) the earlier weekare cited figures the When she resisted, the Womenmake complete the replacement informed. replacement. the 33/11kv 5MVA power accused, now under police custody, of the National Crime Records Buman assaulted her, the sources said. as soon as theout repair is This process, he inRepair“isof such transformer at while Mokokcsaid to besimia repeat offender. ” reau (NCRB), pointing thatjob NaThe police, confirming done at Dimapur. ” formed, is now scheduled lar capacity transformer hung Power House broke The NSCW informed that its galand is the safest place for women the incident, said that five suspects, including the main suspect, were members visited the victim and in the country.

Police await forensic ‘Provide CM visitsopportunities Phesama report to ascertain to local contractors’ landslide, donates NEW DELHI, SEPTEM- sexual assault Rs. lakhs for BER10 8 (MExN): Therelief Naga-

land Government RegisPhesama, augusT 28 tered Class-1 Contractors’ (DIPR): Nagaland Chief Union (NGRC-1CU) has Minister, TR Zeliang visited submitted a landslide representathe Phesama hit tion themorning Prime Minister area to this and inof India with a request to spected affected areas to take up infrastructure projtake stock of the situation. ects in the in separate He said thatstate incessant rainpackages, be itthe national fall has affected village highway development areas and destroyed many works or others.

In its repbuildings and properties resentation, and shared the his NGRC-1 sadness CU informed thatpeople. due to for the displaced Nagaland state’s He said that this ismeager one of budget, localdisasters contractors the biggest in “do not haveand a turnover of Nagaland assured DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 8 (MExN): lems come to us unaware and we are not DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 8 (MExN): they are concentrating on the new roads.” even a few hundred crores all possible help from the The Konyak Union Chumukedima (KUC) answerable about whom we do not have the people, opined thatUniversity “new roads The Nagaland Congress Commitand the local contractors of Virology andhe Immunology, of New YoRk,Pradesh augusT 28 (IaNs): In- To government side. Zeliang today asked families in Chumukedima any detailed information,” the KUC said. not theSan priority now,inrather, connectee (NPCC) has causing expressed seriously con- are are not in a position to California, Francisco the US. stead of directly AIDS, the human informed that an immedi- who are “keeping Konyak boys and girls The KUClike meanwhile saidKashmir that it isand not cern of at least one black-top to the over the deplorable road conditions qualify for the due be to New DelhI, augusT 28 (IaNs): HIV mostly targets CD4 Troad lymphoimmunodeficiency virus (HIV) turns host tivity “Places Jammu and ate bypass roadbids would against families accommodating children brought from Mon district for studies, District Headquarters with stable feeder across thecells stateinto andsuicide said that it “has gone steep pre-eligibility critecytes, a type of T cell involved in initiating immune machines, usUttarakhand will have the problem of Rising temperatures due to climate constructed if the soil was training or as domestic helpers,” to come from the Konyak community “if they were are required. ” cannot because ignored ria.” It stated that taking up change will increase the spread of deadly transmission (of vector-borne diseases) beyond an immune response.

“And cell-to-cell ing themtolerance to spreadand the virus and the roads, found suitable. Chief Engi- forward along with the children for proper brought directly from the parents with an anymore.

While acknowledging that the BRO has ” Nofrom district headquarter is coninfrastructure project in vector-borne diseases like malaria and by 2032 and the Himalayan region will progression transmission of HIV is required for actiHIV to AIDS, new reneer, NPWD submitted the identification and collection of particulars understanding for a purpose such as stud- nected with black-top roads and omni- “contributed lots” in times of difficulty, it separate packages would dengue especially in the Himalayan re- be the most hit as the rise in temperature search has revealed. vation of the main HIV death pathway,” survey report to the Chief at the office of the KUC near Agape school, ies, training or other purpose with nomi- present potholes have become knee deep lamented that the organisation has “not encourage and provide an gion, experts said here on Friday while will make breeding of mosquitoes easy at Doitsh noted.

“This study fundamentalHIV can either be spread through freeMinister. The Chief Minis- Chumukedima. charge. ” However, it also able toour provide innovative roads said a press opportunity for the local emphasising there was an urgent need to nal ly changes mindset about technolohow HIV floatingthe virus thatunmotorable, directly infect the host been higher regions, ” Dhiman said.opined that making ter also donated Rs 10 lakhs “weDhiman have enough schools in aour place A press note from the KUC expressed gies to give permanent structures to prenote fromcells the NPCC President, K Therie. contractors to participate “strengthen” causes massive cell death, and puts the immune or an infected cell can pass said there was need to the country’s health infrafor and the concern at the practice of middlemen and there is no heavy economic burden vent sinking zones and stabilize landslide The bad roads in the state, said the andimmediate also add relief to the local spotlight squarely on the infected cells in the virus to an uninfected cell.

The second “strengthen” the country’s health infrastructure. cheque was handed over “who are only cheap labour brokers, for such migration creating unnecessary NPPCC President, have cost the economy areas, nor have we seen the use of modeconomy.

Another similar lymphoid tissues rather than the free vimethod, cell to cell transmission, is 100 to structure and reach out to people living in Speaking at a conference on “Climate to ADC Kohima.was A host of bringing children from Mon district into problems in society.”

It statedGreene, that thedirecBRO in multiple forms, whileand accidents to ern representation subrus,”machineries.” senior author Warner 1000 times more efficient, the newdue study change and health risks” organised by the far flung areas of the country.

Ministers, Parliamentary The KUC informed the concerned famin the major towns and reaping off should beGladstone accountable and answerable to deplorable road conditions have affected mitted to the Union Min- families tor of the Institute of Virology shows that it is only this method that sets off a According to WHO, climate change is French Embassy in partnership with the Secretaries, MLAs, Governilies to contact its President, N Thingyuh from the children, their biological the transportation of goods and services. ister for Shipping, Road benefits andpeople.

Immunology pointed out. cellular chain reaction that ends in the newly expected to cause approximately 250,000 Council on Energy, Environment and Water ment officials, Districturgad- parents and the family to which the chil- at 9436074830; General Secretary, N Demanding thatcell-to-cell the “potholes be corHe expressed surprise that this situaTransport & Highways “By preventing transmiscells committing suicide. in the lead-up to the Paris Climate Change additional deaths between 2030 and 2050; infected ministration, police officers Hongpe at 9402468930; and Information are entrusted with. ” theto end of October tion“The has fundamental not “pricked‘killing the consciousness ing relaxation of eligibility dren sion, webefore may able block the death2015,” pathunits’ of CD4 rected 38,000 due to heat exposure in elderly Conference (COP21), Ramesh Dhiman, scietc, accompanied the Chief Secretary, H Sheiching at 9862736670 for of The KUC informed that of several such President cautioned the in Minister and responsible criteria and continuation of entist wayNPCC and stop the progression fromthat HIVthe inT cells lymphoid tissues are otherofficers infect- the people, 48,000 due to diarrhea, 6,000 due at the National Institute Malaria ReMinister.

Chairman Phesa- “brokers” have been caught “red handed” further details. It further cautioned that who are paid from the public exchequer Congress would continue to monitor and bidding on the BOQ system search, said the Himalayan region will be the to malaria and 95,000 due to childhood ed cells, not the free virus,” said co-first au- fection to AIDS,” Greene noted. The study ma Village Council, Vimwho fail to come forward will be at to that children havediseases. been “rescued” and “those necessary, call people Cell of the state to maintain the roads.

Perhaps, because without compromising on and was published in the journal Reports. nutrition problems. thor Gilad Doitsh from Gladstone Institute if worst affected by such edo who also submitted a sent back to their parents. “All these prob- their own risk when the situation arises.” there is less commission in maintaining, press for the demand. the quality of works. memorandum to the Chief Minister, delivered the welcome speech. President SAPO, Zadeho Rikha, also delivered a short speech. added that since only the Morung Express News Our Correspondent might start taking the Phesema road in ” parliament and not the SuDIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 8 Platform, it revealed, is to encour- root conference.

Dimapur | August 28 four days, but one more week is needed Imphal | September 8 “As farpreme as theCourt Nagahas issue contheispower (MExN): The ACAUT Nagaland today age honest discussion on democraforTribes heavyAsvehicles to ply.

Morung Express News is aNaga patch of land nestled Assam Police claim it iscerned, a Re- alltoNagas tization of the“The whole nation building being stake demarcate state holders, boundThe United Naga expressedcontention regret at the Hoho’s Rising essential commodities costs in MaHowever, said there decision not on atoslope overlooking a camp of the “for serve Forest and introspecharasses Rilan process, which serious thevilissue belongs public domain.

Evaries, itto will appeal the apex sociation of Border Areas official sources attend the common Dimapur | August nipur have affected people’s daily lives is sufficient stock of medical oxygen, car-28 platform program 6th Assam Police lagers, cultivatesaid theitland, ” said kohIma, augusT 28 (UNTABA) today said it will tionvilis called for.”who The ACAUT is ery citizencourt conscious aboutthe their rights to direct Centre to be heldbattalion. on Sep- The and they are gasping under dioxide, oxide and nitrogenthetember claim that theDimaLengri stream, RVC chairman,that M. Nribemo Rilan village has accused Assam12lagers (mexN): Nagaland state the “absolutely important” any citi- Ovung. are requested to attendthe theinter-state Common to address besustained filling a writbon petition to nitrous at DDSC stadium, pressure over the last one month. in theon twothe Government premier hospitals flowsthe inconcerns between,ofis the “Ontothe otherinformed hand, theydeciallow people Police and Assam Forest pur. departGovernor, PB Acharya to- the Supreme Court zen’sacrights make Platform on September 21,” it said. boundary issue.

“Whilewhich respecting fuel and other essential Regional Institute of personnel Medical Sciences ceptedACAUT boundary and that site Assam to settle and farm ment of intrusion into Hoho, dayDeliveries said that of “we should sions “arefrom not impinged as existed in on land UNTABA also delong-standing border disthe Naga Nagaland at the items have been affected due to a major (RIMS) and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of NCD to participate inAssam is well within the designated village said to be Reserve Forest. ” A new set- notnounced the village territory and destroying welcome the proposal the act of the pute between Assam and the same time would like to assure all an independent, democratic and relandslide at Nagaland’s of Phesama along Medical Sciences (JNIMS).The villagers said that boundary.

The Assam Forest de- tlement named ‘Disapur’ has sprung property. that the As- Common for the inclusiveness publican Naga village system. ” An inSept 12 common governmentplatform in facilitating ilNagaland states.

Platform program Imphal-Dimapur (National High- will Thefile sustained could cre-personnel handdividual, claim up just across the Lengri stream overPolice and Forest all Naga Political road Groups it asserted, “should not lose Meanwhile, the Naga Council Dilegal settlements of people “UNTABA a samshortages is simply apartment discourseon onthe theother current way 2). Transportation alongwrit Imphal-Jiriatenext protests studentinto organizations, thatinthe land is and partthereof Daldali Re- lookingspace the land in dispute. intruded the village and (NPGs)” in the framework his democratic to the selective mapur (NCD) today informed that it of doubtful Indian origin petition by week from statedeof affairs Nagaland bam road, also as National opposition andplantations trade unions serveare Forest and part ofunAssam. this regard, ap- notalong stroyed andinhuts in their the fears agreement and known stated that decisions of aIn few at the cost ofthe theRVC vast has would participate at the common the disputed area belts urgingHighthe Supreme Courtparties fore, misplaced and way 37, has been halted after the collapse the state.

The trade unions had yesterday According to the pealed the government wee hours of August 28. it is “our job is to create to direct the Government but crucial uniformed majority.” of Nagaland platform (DABs) organized the ACAUT and by accused the Asfounded,” stated a press note fromRilan the Village of Barakconducive Bridge in Jiribam of affect sought urgent action thewhich Manipur Council to seriously consider the situation.

Thefrom village, borders Kar-media more atmo-subdivision It reaffirmed that the ACAUT NaNagaland.sam This was decided at the government of systemof India to necesACAUT cell.(RVC), today’s was the secImphalfor East.

Government control the current sky- district such incident year. In 2014, through According the RVC,platthe SPNCD’s (Bor- 2nd Autonomous sphere implementation sary amendments galand, thistocommon councillor general meetatically encroaching on all in the tobi-Anglong ACAUTond Nagaland havingthis sensed Fuelpeace is nowaccord.” critical in asNagaland ve- rocketing commodities. the border village similaris “trying der), H.to Kuhovi visited onessential the western periphery ofthe Dimaof the HeManipur bringSema to fore the the ingsite on September informed a press reserved8,forests, which traState Of Act or price 13 of importance and need for witnessed Nagas to form, hicles cannot traverse on these two sup- Act 1962 All Manipur Indian Oilunresolved Dealers’ Aswith theatAssam policeopinions today and assured the villagers has an dispute over said this during a meeting of the intellectuals noteof fromditionally the NCD.and historically beAmendment and pur, have frankstand-offs and open dialogue this saner ply routes connecting the state, which arethesociation later subsided. looking into the matter. boundary demarcation.

Thejuncture bone of inwhich convenor K Nilakomol Singh with senior government individuals which The NCD longwelcomed to the Nagas.the Framedemarcate inter-state Naga history is organizing and prominent considered only life lines of Manipur.between yesterday urged the government to curb the common platform where promi- more often than not, are pushed to work Agreement officials andthe security agenbetween the Gov“In the writ petition, we boundary Nagathethe same time, Rifles the border selling fuel on bers, the black market.chairman Petrol is tre the UNTABA has so far turned a deaf are meet theheard. interlocutor of the of torical “We ciesAtlike Assam the periphery and seldom ” It ernment India the compensaNSCN (IM) will alsoand claim landtrade and acAssam according nent citizens/intellectuals being documents. tivities in Manipur’s commercial at Rs 190-200 thepast black market, said forinthe two years, ear to the plea ofviews, UNTABA, firmly believe that until peace talks, RV Ravi, ” that and CRPF at Raj Bhavan, is critical thatand theseNaga voices are heard and said peace tionamicable from Assam for settleillegal to theMoreh 9 Pointselling Agreement asked to air their it informed. town under Chandel been dis-and apart from consumer items being at Yeputhomi the association hadsold been said.termed it “disconcertunless theby traditional Naga Yeputhomi Kohima today.

The district Gov- has all and understood by all informed. stake ment mustextraction be based on ofconsultation, mineral re(June 1947) as assured The ACAUT rupted according since movement has Agreement, forRs the100.

Govern- ing He UNTABA areholders, broughtitback to While Heapplauding said the NSCN lead- sources, exorbitant price.

Onion costs ernor, a pressof vehicles added. including all tribal deforestation, hohos before any arin the 16 Point ” demanding thatalso mostsaid Nagas have notlands reconremained after multiple landof India to resolve apprised the opinions Nagalandand according to his-theership assured to take Nilakamol said the average daily the re- had note fromimpossible the Raj Bhavan, respecting initiative of the finalinto settlement.

It further acknowlbitrary establishment of tea informed UNTABA chair- ment ciled earlier to the idea of sharing boundary issue the collective leadership of the torical consideration UNTABA’s slides damaged the“impleImphal-Moreh road, Tquirement fuelbetween in the state further stated that Naga Hoho tothe hold and international edged theestates Nagaland CM for urging and rampant and ilman, Hukavi Yeputhomi.of automobile and free exchange of ideas which is es- perspectives, two states based histori(IM) onthe thecommon bound- platform Naga political issue the canACAUT viewpoints during the section of NH-2. mentation the accord is 170 KL, but now the stock hadon been de- NSCN conference, also felt that negotiathe centrelegal to include Dimapur in the establishment of settleAddressingis a press briefsentially what issueofand never be it finalized.

Inimportant this tions Centre. more important than thelight Official sources said is “equally towith holdthe a grass smart cities project. ments in the DABs,” the UNing vehicles here after pleted a marathon to 32 KL.cal and traditional perspec- ary is.” One thehanded aims of over the Common The UNTABA chairman TABA chairman informed. agreement.” meeting of UNTABA mem- tives. However, the Cen- all details and relevant his- regard, UNTABA will also

KUC informs change families inwill Chumukedima road condition ‘Climate lead to NPCC How HIVdeplores infection progresses to AIDS rise in malaria, dengue cases’

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Nagas want peace, ABAM object says to not violence, ‘theologizing Sumi Hoho of

Gaidinlui’sSEPTEMHeraka DIMAPUR, BER 8 (MExN): The Sumi Movement’ Hoho today condemned

the recent incident in PangDImaPuR, augusT sha under Noklak subdivi28 (mexN): The Ao Baptist sion, where 9 people, inArogo cludingMungdang NSCN (K)(ABAM) cadres today stated that and civilians, were“theolokilled in gizing the Heraka movean ambush by the armed ment a Naga religion is forces.as Condemning the inabsurd, if not totally repugcident, the Hoho appealed nant.” press noteforces from to bothAthe armed and the NPGclaimed cadres not to the ABAM that resort to killings.

“Nagas the “beliefs and rituals of wantHeraka peace are andunknown solution, the notmany violence,” a to peopleasserted in Nagapress issued by the land,”release and said that “to Sumi it Hoho. state as traditional Naga The Sumi Hoho further religion is deceptive.”

It lauded the Khiamniungan further expressed concern Tribal Council for every at referring to Gaidinliu as help rendered to Sumi a “Naga spiritualthe leader” people killed and injured or the incident. “protector of Hoho Naga in the The religion” and termed this also conveyed deepest “misleading and false.” gratitude to all the groups ABAM claimed that and individuals who“prior e exto the advent of Christiantended helping hand. ity in Nagaland, there was Meanwhile, the Sumi no single religion that the Hoho opposed the all conNagas professed.

Each tribe struction of Gaidinliu Muhad distinct form of belief seum-cum-Library Hall and rituals in their animisin Kohima.

“The people of Nagaland accept tic religion.cannot It was only afGaidinliu as our religious ter the arrival of Christianleader, it stated.

“Her Her-a ity that” Nagas embraced aka cult is religion, unacceptable as common acceptit isJesus blasphemous to son our ing Christ as the faith and belief.” of God. ” Condemning the The developments” Hoho termed the “ercent on move to construct her also methis issue, the ABAM morial andsupport erection to of her expressed the statues and portraits NBCC statement on this.as It “anti-Naga” which “deeply further questioned whethhurts the sentiments of the er the present situation of is indigenous inhabitants “an attempt to promote the Nagaland. ” Along with othagenda the VHP and and RSS er tribaloforganizations backed Hindutva or create churches, the Sumi Hoho common extendeddivisions support among to the Nagas.”

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Kohima, September 8 (Dipr): A state level training on summary revision of photo electoral roll, 2016 for EROs & AEROs/AEOs was held at Zonal Council Hall, Kohima on September 8, which was organised by the Chief Electoral Officer’s Office, Kohima.

Chief Electoral Officers (CEO) Nagaland, Sanjay Kumar, IAS while giving the keynote address said that one of the important ingredients of election is the processes of election starting with preparation of Electoral Roll. He stated that malpractices like money, alcohol during election is just one side of the corruption but more concern is over the content of illegal, underage, bogus and double entry of voters.

He also mentioned that the Election Commission of India is devoted to ensure clean, complete error free, duplicate entry in the electoral roll.

Chief Electoral Officer urged the gathering to work hard towards

bringing significance charges in ensuring sensible electoral roll, as they are custodians of Electoral Roll who has the authority under the law who are bestowed with all legal powers to enter or delete the electoral Roll. Kumar also urged the gathering to pay

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Moa Aier gave a paper presentation on Legal Provision and Structures for Roll Revision. He called on the participants to do their duty without partiality and not to succumb to any pressure. He also mentioned the assurance given by the Political Parties, NGOs, and Tribal Hohos toward ensuring a fair Electoral Roll in the State.

N.Moa further informed the gathering that the best EROs & AEROs/AEOs will be awarded with cash and certificate at the end of the exercise.

Other highlights of the training included Summary Revision in a nutshell by Asstt. Chief Electoral Officer, Awa Lorin; IT Application by Asstt.

Election Officer; Ketuosie-u Khruomo; Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation by(SVEEP) Dy. Chief Electoral Officer, Vekho Vero; Procedure matters by Asstt.

Chief Electoral Officer, Roukuovituo Khezhie, interaction and valedictory &summing up by Dy. Chief Electoral Officer, Khekugha Sema.

Conducts state level training on summary revision of photo electoral roll

Daily wage earners engaged in work at a construction site in Dimapur on September 7. Photo by Caisii Mao

attention to person with disabilities, women specially widows and also to figure out how to reach out to people settled abroad and also immigrant labourers.

He also announced the appointment of Miss Nagaland as State Icon to help spread the importance of clean Electoral Role who would be visiting the entire district as part of the clean electoral roll campaign Joint Chief Electoral Officer, N.

Dimapur lynching: Gauhati Nagaland Secretariat Service Dimapur DPDB discuss High Court directs CBI probe Association ‘Committed to Serve’ registration of societies

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Guwahati, September 8 (iaNS): Six months after the gruesome lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's commercial town Dimapur, the Gauhati High Court on Monday directed the CBI to conduct an inquiry into the incident.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice (acting) K. Sreedhar Rao and Justice P.K. Saikia directed the CBI to investigate into the killing and also asked the central agency to submit a report in six months, advocate and civil rights activist Bhaskar Dev Konwar said.

On March 5, an irate mob broke into the Dimapur Central Jail and dragged out Syed Sarif Khan, who was accused of raping a 20-year-old Naga girl.

The mob then beat him up and paraded him naked in public till he died. The mob then hung his body in the front railings of the clock tower in the heart of Dimapur.

After the incident, a man named Rajeeb Kalita filed a PIL demanding a CBI investigation into the case.

Advocate Konwar, appearing for the petitioner,

said an investigation by the CBI was necessary to determine the culpability of officials of the Nagaland government who failed to protect an undertrial prisoner.

Dimapur remained tense for many days after the incident, forcing the Nagaland government to suspend some police and jail officials and order a judicial probe into the incident.

Nagaland Police had also formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the incident, leading to the arrest of 58 people for their involvement in the crime.

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The monthly meeting of the Kiphire District Planning and Development Board was held at the official conference hall of the deputy commissioner today with A. Chumremo Odyuo DC and vice chairman DPDB as chairperson. HoD and Civil societies attended the meeting.

Discussing the poor network connectivity of BSNL service in the district, the DC said that the district administration has written even to the DGM, BSNL to improve the network connectivity in the district. “However, it has turned a deaf ears” and added, “if the network continues like this we will not

be able to send even simple mail nor talk for urgent official work.” He also said the department should send responsible officer to the district so that the district is not deprived from poor network connectivity.

Taking part in the discussion Lankonsen Tsanglao SDO (C) said, “in my three years tenure in the district there has not been any week where network is not broken down” and said, “the district administration office doesn’t even have fax, landline and we are deprived of all those things which is because of the poor service that the department.” He also said there must be many private mobile service providers but BSNL being the Government enterprise should give us the basic network

service.

Also taking part in the discussion Benjamin EAC HQ said the district need to have SDE to look after the department. “However, we have only TTA so for any problem the district needs to contact Phek which is four hours drive and by the time correspondence is being done it is very late so not only for better service but the department should upgrade the district from TTA to SDE only after that the service will improve,” the EAC Added.

District Industries department presented department activities and the house also resolve to let Fisheries and Evaluation department to give presentation in the next DPDB meeting.

Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Pankaj Kumar IAS addresses triennial conference of Nagaland Secretariat Service Association with the motto ‘Committed to Serve’ held on September 8. (DIPR Photo)

Kohima, September 8 (Dipr): The triennial conference of Nagaland Secretariat Service Association with the motto ‘Committed to Serve’ was held on September 8 with the Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Pankaj Kumar IAS and Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister & Finance Commissioner of Nagaland, Temjen Toy as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively.

Addressing the conference, the chief guest expressed his happiness to be part of the conference and said that such an event gives an opportunity to reflect what is going around and allow us to ponder the current and future challenges. He

was impressed to see that the officers and staff of the Secretariat are highly qualified coming from different backgrounds. He urged them to equip with the latest technologies and be well conversant with laws, rules and procedures as they are reckoned to be the custodian of the State’s governance.

In this fast changing world laws and procedures have to change with time.

However, there are certain qualities like sincerity, commitment, hard work, punctuality etc do not change, he added. He said each service was needed to be reviewed once in a while citing Secretariat Assistants as an instance.

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Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima informs

Kohima, September 8 (mexN): The Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima had a meeting and decided to inform all concerned that the descendent list of the Gorkha families of Kohima district who are declared as “Non Naga Local indigenous inhabitant of Nagaland” is prepared and is in the final stage for onward submission to the Government for approval. Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima Press & Publicity Secretary, Rajeev Rai in a press release has requested all concerned to attend final verification programme with original documents, for members residing in Kohima district , dimapur and other places on September 12 and 13 at 10:00 am without fail at GPP hall, Chandmari, Kohima.

conference, Temjen Toy expressed his gratitude to the association as he has learned a lot during the initial period of his coming to Secretariat from the district. Expressing his concern on lacking of honesty, sincerity and hard work, he urged the officer and staff of the Secretariat to develop these qualities.

Different associations delivered short speeches while Imti Longchar delivered Presidential address.

Lukheto and colleagues from Finance Department presented special number while Tiatemsu entertained the programme. Ketoulhou Metha offered the innovational prayer while Advisor NSSA, H. Lungalang proposed vote of thanks.

Dimapur, September 8 (Dipr): The monthly District Planning and Development Board meeting of Dimapur District for the month of September was held on September 7 in the Conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner Dimapur. The Deputy Commissioner and Vice Chairman DPDB Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome IAS chaired the meeting.

In the meeting, the House reviewed and decided to place the proposal to the convener of the subcommittee with regard to the registration of the following societies: Acts Institute, Hands of Grace Ministry, Rev. Longri Mission Foundation, Dimapur Gym Club, Dimapur Urban Council, Chairman Federation and Longchen Development Welfare Society. Taking note of the mushrooming of societies the Board members decided that henceforth registration of societies will be approved only after routing through the sub-committee constituted by the Board, whereby the subcommittee were asked to explain the aims, objectives and activities of the societies to the House.

With regard to the Nchenyi Naga Language Society, the Board members after deliberating on the issue decided to suggest to the applicant to put forward the proposal at the appropriate forum.

The Board members also approved for changing nomenclature of St. Thomas Montessori School, Nagarjan to St. Thomas Montes-

sori High School.

With regard to up-gradation of Grace Academy Thahekhu Block-3, the Board members decided that it has to be routed through the committee for opening for new school and up-gradation of school committee.

As entrusted in the last DPDB meeting, Co-operative Societies and Transport Department gave the departmental presentations. A presentation was also given by District Tobacco Control Cell, where the district Nodal officers for National Tobacco Control, Dr. C. Tetso challenged the officers of Dimapur District to go for tobacco free offices in their respective office. Disclosing that Nagaland has the highest prevalence rate of tobacco use in the country with 57%, he appeal to the officers present to set an example by implementing Section 4 of Tobacco Control Act 2003, which bans smoking in public areas.

In the meeting, DC Dimapur informed the House to focus on the activities implemented whenever departmental presentations are given. He also reminded about the Dimapur District Inter Departmental Badminton tournament scheduled to be held from 29th to 30th September 2015. The Board entrusted District Employment Office and District Economics and Statistics office to give their departmental presentations in the next DPDB meeting. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks from the chair.

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tamlu, September 8 (mexN): The Department of Labour conducted an awareness programme for building and other construction workers of Tamlu Sub-division on September 4, wherein the workers of the area were thoroughly sensitized about the various welfare schemes provisioned by the government and the department for them.

The gathering was given detailed instructions as on how to avail these benefits.

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with an invocation prayer

by Rev. N. Mongmei Phom, Pastor, Tamlu town Baptist Church and was attended by a host of other public leaders. Biphuhnom Phom, VCC Tamlu, expressed deep appreciation to the Department for conducting such a vital programme despite many odds. The guest of honour, M. Shayung Phom, exhorted the workers, while T. Chubayanger Aier, Project Officer, Directorate of Labour, Nagaland who was the resource person

for the camp, delivered the keynote address. The event ended with a vote of thanks by Renzaba, Labour Inspector.

The event, which was attended by over 300 people, is believed to be one of the highest attendances in any government-organized programme in Tamlu town. The programme was initiated and organized by the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Longleng under the aegis of NBOCWWB, Directorate of Labour, Nagaland.

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A three days Students Spiritual Conference is set to be held from September 11 to 13 at Town Hall Mokokchung, organized by Ao Students Conference, All Nagaland Private School Association, Mokokchung Unit and well-wishers. The conference has been organized with the aim of "checking the moral degradation of the children of today and for the spiritual growth of the young generation."

The Students Spiritual Conference is the brain child of Rev. Ketou Thenuo, president and founder, Cross Wonder Church & Ministry. The Students Spiritual Conference has

Organizers of the three days Students Spiritual Conference to be held from September 11 - 13 at Town Hall, Mokokchung during the press conference at Longkumer Kilem, Mokokchung. (Morung Photo)

already been held in Kohima in 2013 and in Dimapur in 2014. The Students Spiritual Conference 2015 will witness students from nineteen schools, private as well as government schools in Mokokchung. A number of approximately 3500 stu-

dents from class 9-12 will attend the conference, informed the organizers of the conference after a press conference at Longkumer Kilem, Moko kchung.

The organizers further informed that a special teachers and parents sem-

inar will be held on September 12 at Lotha Baptisr Church, Mokokchung from 10:00 am – 11:00 am, and requested all teachers and parents to attend the special seminar.

Rev. Ketou Thenou and Rev. Moa Longchari will be

the conference speakers while five prominent personalities from all over the state including Rev. Dirang Lungalang, Rev. Dr. Mar Pongen, Pheloupfhelie Keseizie, Akok Walling and Chujang Aier will be the resource persons for the seminars.

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Restore peace & communal harmony: KA Students’ bodies Submits memo seeking PM “immediate intervention” Dimapur, September 8 (mexN): Six tribal Students' bodies of Karbi Anglong has submitted a joint memorandum today the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi seeking his “immediate intervention on the Anti-Tribal Bills” passed by Manipur Government, and to “restore Peace and Communal Harmony with a humble request to address tribal issues thereof.”

The memorandum submitted through the Deputy Commissioner, Karbi Anglong, Assam was signed by Karbi Students' Association (KSA); Rengma Naga Students, Union (RNSU); Hmar Students Association (HSA); Kuki Students' Organization (K50); Students' & Youth Council (SYC); and Khasi Students Union (KSU) of Karbi Anglong, Assam.

The Students fraternity, who are peace loving and law abiding in its stand and purposes, request you to personally look into the problems faced by “our fellow tribal indigenous people” of Manipur, to restore Peace and Communal Harmony in Manipur State in particular and the Northeast Region in general, the memo stated.

Drawing the PM’s attention to three recent con-

60-hr bandh in Churachandpur district

imphal, September 8 (pti): A 60-hour bandh is on at Churachandpur from today to protest against three bills passed in Manipur Assembly relating to the protection of indigenous people of the state.

The bandh called by Joint Action Committee (JAC) of tribal organisations started at 12 noon, JAC sources said.

JAC has given a 10-days ultimatum to Hill Area Committee of Manipur Assembly to withdraw the Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015, Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2015 and Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 which were passed on August 31. troversial bills passed by the Manipur Government on August 31, the student bodies also argued that it (the bills) was against the rights and interest of the indigenous Tribal people.

“It overlooks Article 21 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP). We particularly disagree on the newly amended bills which directly infringes and discriminates the rights of the Indigenous Tribal populace living in Manipur,” it added.

The Joint memo further condemned, in strongest term, the killing of 9 people and injuries to many others by the security forces during the protest aftermath the passing of the bills and maintained that Chief Minister of Manipur, Okram Ibobi Singh, “himself is responsible” for the tragic incidents.

The sources said if the Hill Area Committee failed to withdraw the bills, all its members would face public boycott.

Police said the situation in Churachandpur district was under control and there was no report of any untoward incident so far.

All educational institutes, including government or private run schools and colleges, were closed as JAC announced closure of educational institutions located at Churachandpur town till the disposal of nine bodies, who died last week in the agitation against the passage of the bills.

The JAC has said the bodies will not be claimed by their families until the bills were withdrawn.

Express their deep sorrow and solidarity to “our brothers” and decrying his anti-tribal policy, the student bodies also insisted that he (Ibobi Singh) has no moral rights to continue as the Chief Minister and he should step down to restore Peace and Harmony in Manipur.

It also appealed the Manipur government to compensate at the earliest on the bereaved families and the injured persons. The joint bodies also urged “our Tribal brothers” to raise voice democratically for a meaningful solution and not through violent means.

Consequently, the memo seeks immediate intervention by PM to request the Government of Manipur to “repeal or revoke” the said amended Bill as affects the Tribals Rights.

“We also want you to address the issues raised

by the Tribal People of the State in particular and the North Eastern States in general, which is to protect the lives and properties of the tribal indigenous people from such type of government set ups,” it pleaded.

This would ensure, the memo maintained, that the tribal indigenous people could “govern themselves, determine their future freely, develop their own affairs without much interference” which in turn would results in “maximum contribution to the nation, India.”

The Memo was appended by KSA president Laichan Engleng; KSO president Lengin Singson; KSU president Paul Sten; RNSU president Phenpiga Rengma; HAS president James Selate Thiek; and SYC Convenor Dr. Mongve Rongpi.

Do not politicise flood problem: Manipur Dy CM has totally ‘sold out’ Assam Governor

tribal rights: Zeliangrong Frontal orgs Dimapur, September 8 (mexN): The joint meeting of the Zeliangrong Frontal organizations in Assam Manipur & Nagaland (AMN) has “out-rightly” accused and condemned the “irresponsibility and the total sell out” of tribal rights by Manipur Dy CM Gaikhangam.

In a joint press communiqué, the Zeliangrong Baudi (AMN), All Zeliangrong Students’ Union (AMN) Zeliangrong Youth Front (AMN), Zeliangrong Students’ Union Manipur maintained there was “series of parley” aftermath of the passing of the Bills on August 31, however it alleged that instead of defending the tribal rights as the head and in-charge of the Hills Department of Manipur, the Dy CM has repeatedly stated that these “bills will not infringe upon the tribal interest of Manipur.” The three bills were Protection of Manipur People’s Bill 2015, The Manipur Land Reforms & Land Revenue MLR&LR Bill (7th Amendment) 2015, the Manipur Shop and Establishment Bill (2nd Amendment), 2015.

In this context, it argued that Gaikhangam is the stumbling block to the future development of all the tribal people in Manipur and Zeliangrong in Particular. The MLR&LR Act 1960 has been extended even to Khoupum valley, Tamenglong District and other hills districts under his initiative contrary to the claimed that the said Act is confined only to valley districts, it claimed adding that he even attempted to extend to same to Noney (Longmai) Area but could do so due to “tooth and nail” opposition by the local people. The same act was has already extended to Chandel, Churachandpur Dist and Sadar Hill ADC and Gaikhangam’s repeated statement that the bills does not “impinge upon tribal interests” is a “blatant misleading of the people” the joint meeting further asserted.

“The leadership of Gaikhangam and Ibobi government of Manipur, is working to ruin and invalidate the HAC” the Zeliangrong organisations insisted adding that, “This pro-

cedural lapsed was in fact the greatest mistake in the past of the tribal representatives particularly Zeliangrong MLAs.” Any matter related to the tribal and the Hills districts should come through the Hill Area Committee (HAC), it argued but the present MLAs made it “non-functional” and enabling the “dominant community” to take 2015 as a reference on “any matter related to the Hill districts” and give “the gateway to permanently do away with this HAC.” Accusing the tribals MLA of not raising “at least an objection” in the floor of the Assembly, it demanded their resignation owning moral responsibility. “All the ugly incidence and unprecedented violence could have been prevented if the incumbent MLAs/tribal representatives consulted with the civil societies leaders, intellectual circle on the bills related to the affairs of the Hills districts of Manipur,” it said.

The joint parley of the Zeliangrong frontal organizations also re-affirms its stands demanding the “immediate resignation” of all the three Zeliangrong MLAs saying that those who sold away the “rights and land of the Zeliangrong people” has no rights in represent them.

The joint meeting also considered the clarification regarding the bills by Dy CM and CM as “deceptious interpretations” implying that the tribal does not know “how to read the Bills and lack understanding.”

Alluding the present situation of Manipur to Internal Emergency (MISA) in 1975, it further maintained that the government of Manipur has also violated the freedom of press by blocking social medias (internet) and restricting communication mobility.

“On any eventualities which demean and affect the interest of the Hill Districts of Manipur, the Zeliangrong Frontal Organisations will face defending the interest and rights of the tribal and Zeliangrong until those Anti-Tribal Bills have been declared null and void or repealed,” it declared.

Tripura to attain 100 percent literacy soon agartala, September 8 (iaNS): Tripura's literacy rate will soon increase from the existing 96.82 percent to 100 percent and the neo-literate would become economically self-reliant in a phased manner, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said on Tuesday.

"After three phases of literacy campaign since 2011, the literacy rate now stands at 96.82 percent and it would touch 100 percent soon," Sarkar said while addressing an International Literacy Day function here.

"After people become literate, they want to be economically self-reliant.

We launched a self-employment scheme - Swabhalamban - for this pur-

pose. During the three to four years, 15,000 families have not only become selfdependent but also offered scope of jobs to 35,000 to 50,000 people in their farms and trading hubs," the chief minister said.

"Tripura has gone up from 12th position as per the 2001 census to the fourth position in the 2011 census in literacy among different states of the country," Sarkar added.

He said that after Tripura attained 87.75 percent literacy in the 2011 census, a government survey conducted by eight district magistrates in August 2012 found that only 131,634 out of the state's 37 lakh people, including those aged 50 and

AAPSU team meets central interlocutor on Naga issue itaNagar, September 8 (pti): Centre's interlocutor R N Ravi has met a delegation of All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) and promised the state's interest will not be compromised during the time of executing final draft of the Naga Peace Accord between the Centre and NSCN (IM), the student body said in a statement today. A delegation of the apex students' body of the state led by its President Kamta Lapung and General Secretary Biru Nasi met Ravi in New Delhi yesterday and asked him not to compromise the territorial integrity of the state while executing the final draft of the Naga peace accord with NSCN (IM), the AAPSU statement said.

As of now the Centre is yet to make any decision concerning Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, the statement quoted Ravi as saying.

He added that before the final draft of the accord was made, he would con-

Corrigendum The headline to the news item, “State acting…ATSUM” on NorthEast page of The Morung Express on September 8 should be read as, “State acting like a dictatorial regime: ATSUM” and not as rendered. The inadvertent typo is deeply regretted.

sult not only the government of Arunachal Pradesh but also with the concerned stake holders including civil societies and student bodies of the state, the statement further said.

above, remained illiterate.

The Left leader said that in India, over 40 crore out of the 121 crore people were illiterate while the central government was gradually reducing allocation of funds for education sector. The present allocation for education was less than five percent, he said.

Tripura education minister Tapan Chakraborty said that in 1951, Tripura's literacy rate was 15 percent only.

"TheTripuragovernment will soon launch distance and digital literacy campaign for the illiterate people and to enlarge education scope for the neo-literates," Chakraborty said, adding that the gender gap in literacy in the state was just 2.2 percent.

LOST NOTICE I, Miss. KUZUVELU VERO, am applying for a duplicate copy of my B.Sc (Geography Honors) pass certificate as I have lost them.

Name: Kuzuvelu Vero F/Name: Sovetso Vero Roll No: E06068 Year of Passing: 2008 Regd.No: 31041045 (2005-06) College: Kohima Science Colleg

g u wa h at i , S e ptember 8 (pti): Assam Governor PB Acharya on Tuesday urged Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal not to politicise the flood problem in the State.

“I am not a BJP man now.

But as an ex-BJP man, I will tell him [Sarbananda Sonowal] not to make floods a political issue.The State government is my government,” Acharya said at a press conference.

The Governor was responding to queries on Sonowal’s allegation on Monday that the State government was not doing enough to handle the natural calamity. “If you have any problem regarding any issue, you can meet me or the CM. This is a problem we all should fight together,” the Governor said. Sonowal had accused Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi of doing “cheap politics” over the flood situation and said the State government has enough funds to tackle the problem.He had also claimed that the State was given Rs. 1,655 crore as part of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) fund during the beginning of this financial year, out of which an amount of Rs. 1,425 crore was still unused.

However, the Governor said “I agree with the CM that we need more funds.

The Centre should give more funds. I am going to Delhi tomorrow and I will appeal to the Centre on this matter.”

DIMAPUR MEGA CHRISTIAN BOOK FAIR

Date : 7-12 September 2015 Time : 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Venue : Dimapur Rengma Baptist Church, Khermahal Contact : Ph.03862-229370, 9862008081

Great Collection of Special Offer Bibles, Books, Music & Movies on Display

SUCCESSION NOTICE Whereas application under succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late Shanti Ranjan Dewanjee has filed by Smti. Sandhaya Rani Dewanjee (wife) resident of Netaji Colony to draw his bank acct., landed property etc, who expired on 05.09.13. Covered by Patta No. 365, Dag No. 400, Block No. 7, Mouza No. 2.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said decease, may if she/ he so desire appear in this court on the said day of 29.9.15.

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PRESS RELEASE The New Shena Community, Dimapur is publishing a souvenir to commemorate 25 years of existence.

All the bonafide members are hereby informed to contribute articles in English or Sumi for the Jubilee magazine on or before the 30th of September, 2015 through the address noted below. kughashewu@yahoo.in yepspatomi@gmail.com

AFFIDAVIT CHANGE OF NAME

Regd. No: 64

Dated: 10-05-2012

I, Shri. IMLIWATI LONGKUMER, Date of Birth on 7th May, 1984, S/o Shri.

M. RONGSEN resident of Village Akhoya, Dist. Mokokchung and presently residing at CTC, Aolijen Dist. Mokokchung, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows :1. That my present official name as per H.S.L.C. Certificate/Service book is Shri. IMLIWATI and I hereby change my name from Shri. IMLIWATI to Shri. IMLIWATI LONGKUMER. 2. That from today onwards, I shall be known as Shri. IMLIWATI LONGKUMER for all my official/legal purpose and hereby undertake to give wide publicity through newspaper to let everyone know about the change of my name from Shri. IMLIWATI to Shri. IMLIWATI LONGKUMER. 3. That the statement made in the Affidavit and those statements made in para 2 & 3 are true to the best of my knowledge and those statements made in the paragraph are facts as derieved from the record and which are true.

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Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this day the 10th of May, 2012 at Kohima.

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ICFAI University Nagaland 6th mile, Sovima, Dimapur, Nagaland Ph: 03862- 282762/280001/280901

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Chair Professor The ICFAI University Nagaland has been established by an Act of Nagaland State Legislative Assembly vide Act No. 2 of 2006.

The University offers various Undergraduate, Postgraduate & PhD (Management) degree programmes. The University has carved a niche for itself in the region.

Applications are invited from retired Professors in Management for the position of Chair Professors for Guiding PhD Scholars in Management.

The application, along with a copy of the CV should reach office of the Vice Chancellor on or before October 20, 2015.

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epartment of Underdeveloped Area (DUDA) was created in 2003 to cater to the special needs of the underdeveloped area people particular for Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire and Longleng districts besides other backward pockets of Peren, Tenning, Bhandari, Meluri, Aghunato and Satoi. The schemes implemented by the Department are Underdeveloped Area Programme (UDAP) apart from other special packages sanctioned by the Government of India from time to time.

The Boarder Area Development Programme (BADP) entered the State of Nagaland along with the rest of the States bordering Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal in the Ninth Fifth Year Plan in 1997-98. The objective of the BADP guidelines is to meet the special needs of the people living in the most interior

and inaccessible and difficult International border area in the Country. There are seventeen (17) States in the whole Country availing this special financial assistance from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Border Management, Gol. The Government of Nagaland after creation of DUDA in 2003 has made it the Nodal Department for implementation of BADP scheme which is exclusively meant for Indo-Myanmar Border block villages in the State such as Phomching, Chen, Tobu, Aboi and Anjangyang in Mon District, Noklak, Panso and Thonoknyu in Tuensang District, Pungro and Khongsa in Kiphire District and Meluri and Wazeho in Phek District. There are 12 BADP border blocks comprise of 233 villages with a population of 2, 50,503 covering an area 4031.85 Sq Km and International boundary length of 213.125 Km. earlier there were only 7 border blocks till 2014 which have been now bifurcated to 12 blocks.

BADP schemes cover all important sectors-Road infrastructure, Social, health and Education, Agri and allied and Capacity Building besides other Special/Specific area schemes. Now the Ministry is giving more importance in the skill development of the border area villagers for their livelihood and improvement of their socio-economic condition. Therefore, DUDA is giving its utmost importance for Capacity Building and Skill Development Programmes to fulfill the objective of the guidelines for the benefit and improvement of the socio-economic condition of the Indo-Myanmar border block villages.

DUDA has been conducting various types of programmes and trainings mostly on Human Resource Development in nature under BADP Capacity Building Programmes since 2007 such as, Career Counseling and First Aid Seminars, Free Medical Health Camps, Entrepreneurship and Backyard Farming Seminars, Bamboo and Wood

Craft and Tailoring Vocational Trainings, Exposure Tours, Participation in the Hornbill Festivals by DUDA BADP Trained Artisans, Distribution of Tools/Machines for Artisans, Mechanized Masonry Training with Stone Cutting Machines, Multi-Skill Development on Fitting/Welding etc, Graphic Designing and Video Editing, Sheet metal fabrication, Beautician Training, Diploma in Shorthand, Diploma in Computer Application, Power Tiller distribution for Farmers, Agri &Allied Seminars for Farmers with Field trip, Masonry/RCC Training, Plaster of Parish Arts, 4 years Diploma Engineering course in Tool & Die Making etc. all these programmes are successfully fulfilled/implemented in collaboration with the Assam Rifles, Medical Department, Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Deptt, Agriculture Deptt, Horticulture Deptt, ICAR, Honey Mission, NEPED, Land Resources, Craft Council, Zynorique Initiatives, NIIT, District Admin-

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Annual growth slowed to 7 percent in the June quarter.

“Mr. Modi ran a successful state. He campaigned for 2 years saying he knew what to do. He has been there 15 months with the largest majority since independence yet little has happened,” U.S. investor Jim Rogers told Reuters Trading India on Tuesday.

Rogers recently announced he had sold his India investments.

After farmer protests forced the government to drop a major land reform and opposition parties delayed a growthboosting tax overhaul, expectations are growing that Modi will soon unveil new measures to make it easier for foreign money to enter India.

The government predicts India’s economy will grow at 8 percent or more in 2015/16, prodded by government spending. Yet private investment has been slow to pick up, with banks and businesses hobbled by bad debts and high lending rates.

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upon the trials and tribulations that an entrepreneur often faces and how she overcame the same. She stressed that anything is possible when you believe in yourself. She encouraged the students to follow their heart and choose a career that they genuinely love rather than going by what their family wants them to do. She also shared her future plans for PML. The students found the workshop to be extremely useful. The workshop is yet another in a series of career guidance seminars planned for the students by the district administration.

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called bankers and billionaires to his residence on Tuesday to brainstorm on how India can manage global economic turbulence, including opportunities for Asia’s third-largest economy in China’s market and growth woes.

The morning meeting in New Delhi was attended by tycoons including India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, central bank governor Raghuram Rajan, economists and state and private bank chiefs.

At the gathering, industry chamber ASSOCHAM told Modi policy makers needed to act fast to “bullet proof” India from global jitters - calling for a deep cut in interest rates and new duties to stop dumping of Chinese products such as steel.

India’s macroeconomic situation has improved considerably since the “taper tantrum” of 2013, not least thanks to lower prices for the commodities it imports.

Then, inflation, for example, was at double digits - it has since halved.

The International Monetary Fund considers India’s economy a rare bright spot among emerging markets and Modi sees a chance to attract more foreign investment as money flows out of China.

But it will not be easy to turn China’s

Zuboni Humtsoe, Proprietor, Precious MeLove (PML) speaking during the workshop

length about her journey as an entrepreneur. She and her sister Lozano Humtsoe own an online clothing brand called Precious MeLove (PML). Her talk included details about how she and her team built the brand from scratch to its current status of being one of the most unique and loved brands across the country. Team PML takes pride in the fact that it is an all women team and has thus broken stereotypes. She dealt elaborately on how team PML used social media and oodles of creativity to build their business over the past 4 years. She also touched

kolkata, September 8 (ageNcieS): Life Insurance Corporation of India completes 59 years of its incorporation on September 1.

LIC has played a significant role in spreading life insurance among the masses and mobilization of people’s money for people’s welfare. Even after the entry of private insurers for over a decade now, LIC continues to be the frontrunner in the industry in terms of market share.

Today LIC has over 30 crore plus policies in force, with Life Fund to the tune of Rs. 1824194.95 crore and has Assets of over Rs.20 lakh crore. During 2014-15, 201.71 lakh policies were sold commanding 77.85% of the market share of new policies issued and its total first year premium income was pegged at more than Rs. 78302.64 crore i.e.

69.21 % of the market share. In Pension and Group schemes, new lives insured were 316.74 lakhs under conventional P&GS business and 205.97 lakln lives under social security schemes. In the year 2014-15, 232.32 lakh claims amounting to Rs 90458.16 crore were settled, 99.51% of Death claims and 99.78% of maturity claims were settled. The LIC has the best claim ratio in the industry.

LIC has been a pioneer in using information technology for enhancing the quality of its service to customers.

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luckNoW, September 8 (iaNS): In a fresh setback to the beleaguered Sahara India Pariwar, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the license of its holding company Sahara India Financial Corporation Limited (SIFCL), officials said on Tuesday. The action has been taken by the department of non-banking supervision of the RBI, in Kanpur. The move comes in wake of several irregularities and ignoring financial rules and regulations by Sahara, an official further informed. The notice cancelling its license to conduction financial business has been sent to the Kapurthala head quarter of the Sahara India. The move is being seen as the ‘final nail’ in the fortunes of the once-fledgling company as the SIFCL was its core wing from which money was collected through small time subscribers and then routed to other wings such as media, real estate and others. With its chairman Subrata Roy ‘Sahara’ already in jail for the past one year plus, the RBI action, many fear, could “break the financial spine” of the organisation. Under the new order, the Sahara India would be barred from any sort of financial transactions. The RBI had in 2008 barred the company from taking any deposits from the people under its chit fund operations.

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that technology offers to provide the best of services to its valued customers and other stakeholders.

Information technology initiatives have facilitated: Networking of all its Branches, Satellite Offices, Divisions and Zones. Standard applications for New Business processing, Policy servicing and all allied operations of LIC offices is developed in-house at the Corporate Office; Real-time data flow for updation of the centralized database and Enterprise Document Management System, through which all the policy dockets and their incremental papers are being scanned and used for Policy servicing LIC Portal through www.licindia.in is the single largest collection center with 35,634 outlets actively using the systems for premium collection and other servicing. Portal collections have gone up to more than 17 crore policies in the year 2014-15.

Apart from the premium collections, the Portal system has also enabled the marketing officials to render customer services through the portal, submission of more than 2 lakh i-proposals thereby reducing the load at the Branches. Apart from this during 2014-15, IT had completed integration of eKYC from Aadhar and providing linkage to the policy operations. In the coming years, focus will be on enabling the use of eKYC in various in-house applications both by in-house operations and Portal.

PM Modi asks billionaires if RBI cancels Sahara China’s pain can be India’s gain India’s paraNeW Delhi, September 8 (re- pain into India’s gain. Investors and corbanking license uterS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi porates increasingly worry that Modi has

Workshop on entrepreneurship in Wokha held Wokha, September 8 (mexN): In a first of its kind initiative, the Wokha district administration organized a one-day workshop on entrepreneurship for college students at Mount Tiyi College. The workshop was held on Friday, September 4. Zuthunglo Patton, IFS, DFO Doyang and Zuboni Humtsoe, Proprietor of Precious MeLove (PML) were the resource persons.

Speaking on the occasion, Hotolu Swu, ADC, Wokha welcomed the resource persons and thanked them for taking time out to enlighten the students. Further, he added that entrepreneurs are national assets and are very critical for a nation’s prosperity.

Zuthunglo Patton, IFS, spoke on the importance of perseverance and motivation.

She dealt at length on the importance of figuring out what you wanted to do in your life and staying motivated to not rest until you achieve the same. She explained that the path to success is often not a straight line but a rather convoluted one.

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istration of Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire and Phek, Capital Institute, Blue Saloon, Nagaland Tool Room and Training Center (NTTC), Pinnacle Skills, Indian Red Cross, Kohima Science College, Pusa Craft Center, Savio Crafts & Research Dev Center, Entrepreneur Associated (EA) etc. the Department is in the pipeline to take-up some more innovative and resourceful training programmes by next year. The Department also conducts baseline Survey from time to time to ascertain the overall status of all BADP villages of Indo-Myanmar border blocks by taking into consideration all important parameters. More than 5000 BADP area population have been benefitted through these various programmes of Capacity Building Programme till date. The motto of the Department is “Reaching out of them” through various programmes of Border Area Development Programme for the Indo-Myanmar border block villages.

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Police and business community partner for CCTV project in Dimapur

Dimapur, September 8 (mexN): Addl. Director General of Police (L&O) Rupin Sharma today asserted that security is the most important criterion for business and economy to flourish and it is high time for the Police and other stakeholders to work together towards securing this by taking advantage of modern technology.

He said this in an interactive meeting with the business community of Dimapur, which was represented

by Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Business Association of Nagaland, East Dimapur Business Association, Nagaland Medicine Dealers Association etc, at Police Commissioner’s Office here. Commissioner of Police and other police officers were also present at the meeting.

The agenda of the meeting was to assess the over-

all law and order situation, particularly in context to the business environment in the state and the problems faced by the business communities, a press release from PRO, Dimapur Police said.

Sharma added that making our lives and environment secure is not only the job of the Police but a collective effort of the society.

He emphasized the need to secure the city with a well integrated CCTV network and proposed a project based on the concept of Police-Public partnership.

The Dimapur Police have already placed over 50 CCTV cameras across 7 locations within the city, but they are stand alone units only on trial basis. Their effectiveness and utility are being reviewed to assess the utility in assisting the Police and providing a secure environment in the city, the PRO said. The Police have also issued advi-

Business community of Dimapur with ADGP (L&O) and others on September 8.

sories to all financial institutions in Dimapur district for CCTV surveillance coverage of not only the interior spaces, but also the exterior covering road fronts and immediate spaces. The Police department plans to install more CCTV cameras in the days to come. The ultimate aim is to have an integrated CCTV surveillance network for the city, the release said.

The business community was requested to assist in the project by filling up the

gaps in the form of installing CCTV in their establishments with surveillance coverage of the exterior fronts. To make the system more integrated, the meeting suggest that a collective approach by the business establishments confined together be explored. The business persons present in the meeting appreciated the project and assured all cooperation, according to the release. Hokivi Chishi, president, DCCI also expressed that with neces-

sary guidance and directions from the Police Department, the Hazi Park Market and New Market are ready to install CCTV. Others present in the meeting while supporting the project, emphasized on the need to also look into related issues such as power source, maintenance, quality of assets to be installed, and the role of the Police to integrate such installations.

They also stressed on the need to involve schools and colleges in the project and

cited the example of SD Jain College which provides interior and exterior coverage of its premises.

The meeting agreed that the project must be carried forth and a committee comprising of the business communities and the police is being set up for coordination. After the identification of locations, market areas, shopping complexes, stretches of roads and assessment of assets and logistics required, the committee shall work out the mode of the implementation of the project and related issues.

All financial components in respect to the project partnered with the business communities shall be made transparent and preferably managed by the latter, the release said.

The meeting also deliberated on various issues related to traffic, parking spaces, regulations, etc.

IGAR (North) visits Patkai Longchari Christian College Kidong Dmp Dimapur, Septem- pects related to ethos of ber 8 (mexN): Major soldiering, according to condemns General MS Jaswal, Inspec- the release. Subsequently,

Peren Police on September 6 recovered one stolen Yamaha SZ-X (Black colour) bearing registration number NL07J2542, Chassis No. MEIK4B029A2005153, Engine No. 54B2005523, which was left abandoned in the jungle at Mhainamtsi village. Superintendent of Police, Peren has informed the rightful owner to collect the same by producing original documents of the bike.

tor General Assam Rifles (North) visited Patkai Christian College and interacted with the students on September 7. The IGAR also delivered a motivational talk on ‘Development of Society’, a press release from the Assam Rifles informed.

Major General Jaswal sensitised the students on the present situation in Nagaland and highlighted the rich customs, traditions, natural resources and social structure of the State.

The talk also included as-

the IGAR (N) conducted an open session and answered various questions asked by the students.

The talk ended with gifting of a set of books written

by Major General MS Jaswal to the college.

The Vice Principal of the College Dr Jyoti George Roy in her vote of thanks expressed gratitude to the IGAR (N) on behalf of students/ faculty members.

The students showed keen interest during the event, the release added.

Public outcry over Chozuba- deF Kohima seize liquor, arrest two cases of Kingfisher beer, SeptemPhek road blockade Kohima, according to a press reber 8 (mexN): The mopheK, September 8 (mexN): The Chozuba Range Wrestling Association (CRWA) on behalf of the people of the area has expressed anguish over the disconnection of ChozubaPhek road for the last five months following massive landslides at Surhoba Village. According to a press statement issued by Chozuba Range Wrestling Association (CRWA) president, Zhopopra Rhakho, Chozuba area, comprising at least 16 villages and some towns, is connected to the district headquarters Phek via Runguzu-ThuvopisuSurhoba with a distance of 37 km taking 1½ hours.

The statement said that the road got disconnected five months back following massive landslides at Surhoba village creating intolerable problems to the people of the area. The public leaders of the area have communicated and met the department concerned and district administration for timely initiative of clearing the road on several occasions, however, they did not pay heed to the public’s plea, the release alleged.

CRWA on behalf of the entire people of the area reiterated its appeal to the district administration to intervene and direct the department concerned to take immediate action for The final year students of Kohima Law College led by their Professor-in-Charge Kezhokhoto Savi at the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi on September 8. The LL.B final year students of Kohima Law College, consisting 22 women and 25 men, are on four-day educational tour to visit various courts in Delhi.

On September 9, the team would attend the court proceedings in Delhi High Court followed with Arbitration Centre, Conciliation and Mediation Centre. The visit includes touring of historical places in Delhi and Agra. The team will continue their educational tour to Kolkata and visit various courts and places.

bile unit of DEF Kohima recovered 62 cases of assorted IMFL from two vehicles with registration numbers NL-01T-8128 (Tata Sumo) and NL01H-1776 (Omni Van) at NH-2 near Zhadima EE PWD (R&B) clarifies junction on September and appeal 7 around 10:00 pm. The Meanwhile, in a sepa- liquor comprised of 40 rate statement, the Execu- cases of MC Rum and 22 tive Engineer (EE) of PWD (R&B), Phek stated the department in consultation with the district administration had worked to clear the said blocked road with Morung Express News machineries with its utKohima | September 8 most efforts. However, the EE said that the depart- Nagaland Rural Bank in ment was compelled to collaboration with NPCI cease work due to the heavy and NABARD organised rain which caused continu- E-Payment Literacy Workous falling of mud. He said shop on September 8 at that the work has been kept LCS building conference on halt till the rainy season hall here.

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In view of the same, galand Rural Bank menthe commuters have been tioned about the alarming appealed to take Ketsapo rates of illiteracy in India and road, which is motorable the world where 775 million and under maintenance adult are still illiterate and by the department. The 58% of the total population EE further stated that the in India still illiterate. Talking Phughi-Mutsale to Phek about NPCI which took the initiative to spread financial road was also motorable.

He urged the commut- literacy, Iyer mentioned that ers to use the two roads the Nagaland Rural Bank has depending on their conve- taken this initiative to bring niences. Appealing to the economic growth and enpublic to bear with the de- hance the income level of partment, the department the population. "We wish assured its fullest coopera- that India will look at Nagation for the interest of the land as a role model," concluded Iyer. public.

lease from SDPO/PRO, Kohima Police.

In this connection, two persons identified as Vivito Shohe (20) and Francis (28) were arrested for possession and transportation of the banned IMFL. A regular case vide Chiephobozou PS Case No. 13/15 U/S 44 (a) (e) NLTP Act was registered against them.

the larger interest of the public. The CRWA further warned that “failing to act promptly,” it would even demand for shifting of the district headquarters.

Dimapur , September 8 (mexN): The Longchari Kidong Dimapur (LKD) has condemned the “atrocious and vicious life attempt” on Sentiyanger Longchari of Changki village by two unidentified persons on the night of September 3 at Nagarjan junction here.

The victim was shot at the chin and is currently undergoing treatment, according to a press release from LKD president Talitsüngba and secretary Talitsüden.

“Such cowardly act is intolerable in a peace loving and civilized society,” it added. The union further requested all the citizens and organizations to condemn such human acts so as to ensure peace and justice in the society. It also urged the authority to apprehend the two persons responsible and initiate necessary action at the earliest.

Banks initiate to make public financially literate Ashok Chakraborty, General Manager, NABARD, Nagaland State office, stated that over the years, financial literacy has been a major concern in the country. "Even the most educated people of the society, including doctors, engineers are financially challenged," said Chakraborty while expressing the need for every individual in the society to be financially literate.

Te c h n o l o g y has brought about revolutionary changes in financial banking; however, Chakraborty noted that we are not very aware of these changes. Financial literacy or financial inclusion means bringing the people within the ambit of banking institutions which has been one major objective since the inception of banking in India. If different financial services can

reach each and every nook and corner of the country, development can be achieved in the country, said Chakraborty.

He also mentioned that under Modi government, 18 crore population has been included in the banking service since last year. "Today, banking services have reached the doorstep of the customer.

This technology will help us in reaching each and every person in India," stated Chakraborty who also impressed on the need for the public to be aware of the number of services available to make lives easier.

Mentioning the three schemes announced by the Modi government Life insurance, pension and expenditure - Chakaborty said that most of the rural people are not aware about these and fail to ben-

efit from the schemes. "It is our responsibility, to propagate these schemes to the people who are not literate in such financial schemes.”

Bendang Aier, AGM, NABARD, Kohima sensitized the participants on the various aspects of financial exclusion and the importance of financial literacy. Enlightening the participants on the various schemes provided by the government, Aier stated that the main objective of these schemes were to include the people especially in rural in the banking services who are often excluded.

Anush Guptha, representative of NPCI spoke on internet banking and the various services and features of E- payments.

The workshop was followed by a literacy contest and felicitation.

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MEx FILE UBC sales day in Kohima today Kohima, September 8 (mexN): The Union Baptist Church (UBC) Kohima is organizing a sales day in aid of its church building on September 9 at Kohima Local Ground. A press release issued by the church authorities informed that different items will be put up for sale at very reasonable prices, including variety of organic vegetables, homemade cakes and cookies, household items, grocery, food items, flowers. There will also be a bouncy available for children. Resale items will include mobile phones, computer, furniture, camera, household items, clothes, blankets & bed linen, musical instruments, sports items etc. In the evening, special dinner for family, individual or group will be available from 4:00 pm onwards with the menu consisting of the best of Ao, Lotha and Angami dishes, the release said.

DC Dmp informs schools, colleges Dimapur, September 8 (mexN): All central and private schools in Dimapur have been informed that the department of school education, district mission authority, SSA is conducting its annual collection of school statistics as on 30.09.2015 as per U-District Information System for Education (U-DISE) formats. In this regard, deputy commissioner of Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome, who is also the chairman of DMA-SSA, Dimapur, has requested all the colleges/ schools (Class PP to 12) in Dimapur district to collect the said format from the office of the District Education Officer, Dimapur, Room No. 5, first floor between 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Issue and submission of the formats will be entertained from September 9 till September 30. The DC also stated that information should be duly furnished, which is mandatory and uniform throughout the country yearly.

NNC (NA) cautions Dimapur, September 8 (mexN): The Naga National Council (Non-Accordist) has cautioned the public, departments, and all business establishments that any individual dealing in finance without the consent and knowledge of the finance kilonser and finance secretary will be doing so at their own risk.

CAVCA general meeting on Sept 10 ChumuKeDima, September 8 (mexN): The Chumukedima Area Village Council Association (CAVCA) general meeting will be held on September 10, 10:00 am at Chumukedima Town Council (CTC) Hall.

Therefore, all VCCs under CAVCA have bee requested to attend the meeting without fail.

Duncan Bosti Council holds general meeting Dimapur, September 8 (mexN): The Duncan Bosti Council held its general body meeting on August 22 and selected a new team of office bearers and 14 council members for the tenure 2015-18. The new office bearers are: Roben Tungoe – chairman; Yangertoshi – vice chairman; Tia Jamir – general secretary; Elisen Mozhui – assistant general secretary; L Shechong Konyak – treasurer; Khozamo Ovung – finance secretary; Sangto Longchar – public relations secretary.

On Teacher’s Day, students urged to become responsible citizens Dimapur, September 8 (mexN): Balijan Hindi English School, Karbi Anglong (Assam) celebrated Teacher’s Day on September 5 at the school hall with much enthusiasm. While addressing the gathering, RS Pandey (Head Assistant Teacher) urged the students to work hard to become good, responsible, and conscientious citizens of the nation. He reminded the students that there is no shortcut to acquire quality education and the only formula is hard work. The event was marked with garlanding and offering floral tribute to Dr. S Radhakrishnan, song, dance, and cultural presentations.

NMC extends registration deadline for allopathic doctors Dimapur, September 8 (mexN): The Executive Committee of Nagaland Medical Council has decided to extend the registration deadline of allopathic doctors for the interest of officers working in remote areas till the end of September 2015. Nagaland Medical Council Deputy Registrar Dr. Kevilhulie Meyase has informed in a press release that from October 1, a late fee will be imposed on everyone who fails to do so within the extended period.

Corrigendum

In regard to celebration of Teacher's Day in Medziphema Town which was published in local dailies on September 7, it has been clarified that the sentence, “Medziphema Town Women Organisation presented a special gift to A.P Joseph” should be read as “Medziphema Town Students’ Organisation presented a special gift to A.P Joseph of SFS. Hr Secondary School.”

A CLAriFiCATion Apropos my article dated Sept .7, 2015 under the caption: “An encounter with the Indian Army,” I wish to make a clarification. In the said article, I had used the words … “our whole house was Searched …” while mentioning about the activities going on in our front porch and how I was treated well by the officers and soldiers.

Now the word “search” in the context of military operations implies, ransacking of a house and upturning every item inside a room.

I wish to clarify here, that no such ransacking of our house was done on this occasion except for some of the Jawans walking into

our rooms to check whatever they were after. These family rooms are located at the back of the porch which forms the second row of our house at Medziphema.

I am making this clarification because the Major in command of the operation, has requested me to kindly give this clarification. I also wish to add that in the article, I had wrongly mentioned the months with September coming before August! The date of the incident at our house was Sept.1, 2015 and the date of K. Zhimomi phoning me was August 29. The errors are regretted.

Kaka D. Iralu

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express X issue 246X issue 185 Thursday 9volume July 2015 volume By dr. asangba Tzüdir

The Role of Teachers Towards a Corrupt free Society

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Mohammed Hanif New York Times

India and Pakistan’s Dialogue of the Deaf

‘Schools’ are not only a ‘privileged’ space but a sacred place filled with potential human resources of different seeds waiting to be nurtured.

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orruption today has reached astounding proportions rampantly occurring in multiple manifestations and has spread its amorphous tentacles in every possible sphere of human activity. This ubiquitous phenomenon is intensified by the question of livelihood, social status and survival in the evolution of a socially accepted standard of living. It is one of the greatest impediments to growth and development of a society.

It not only is depressing but also dissipates hope. It is here that a teacher can regenerate hope for a clean and better society.

First and foremost, Teachers need to distinguish themselves from the rest in not only demonstrating profound knowledge but more importantly let develop a firm moral character in the students and through acts that are in tune which the profession for which nobility stands out. It is a tragedy to have incapacitated teachers, without any calling and vision entering this profession for the sake of one’s survival; the not so dedicated and those that follows the disgraced path of following the ‘unchristian ethics’ of keeping proxy teachers. On a passing note, one is made to wonder how many teachers actually felt bad about the education minister declaring a holiday on 7th Sept’ having regrets that a particular lesson plan for that day was missed and also in consideration of the number of actual working days and ‘teaching’ hours in a calendar year?

The greatest challenge and responsibility of building a corrupt free society calls for visionary teachers who can play a very cardinal role being at the very core of human resource development. Schools are not only a ‘privileged’ space but a sacred place filled with potential human resources of different seeds waiting to be nurtured.

The importance of a teacher as an architect in building a clean society demands that only the best and the intelligent and competent members be qualified for this noble profession. More so this noble profession calls for utmost moral integrity that ought to finally get inculcated in the students. This should be the utmost moral responsibility of a teacher along with its associated professional ethos.

Every society has a set of established morals, virtues and values and it is the responsibility of the teacher to consciously give efforts in developing it in the minds and hearts of the students that they never grow out of it. Building a strong character in the students is tantamount to creating a corrupt free society. As moral compasses, they should effectively bridge a relationship with the conscience of the students in such a way that they learn to act morally in ways that will produce the best desirable consequences for the positive transformation of our future society.

Hope dissipates from a society that is depressingly filled with negativities. To produce a transformative effect, there is need for visionary teachers who holds the future of a strong society through the students. Teaching needs to go beyond the ‘text books’ ritual and to begin from the heart. The ultimate mark of a teacher rests in teaching deep from the heart, which will lead to building a strong relationship with the students. This will create a healthy learning mental wavelength in generating interest and broaden their learning capacities. At the end of the day, teachers are life changing role models and no other personality can have an influence on the students more profound than a teacher.

(Dr. Asangba Tzüdir is an Editor with Heritage Publishing House.

He contributes a weekly guest editorial to Morung Express. Feedbacks and comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

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What are the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

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n late September, world leaders will meet at the United Nations in New York to adopt a new global plan of action for ending poverty, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

What are the SDGs? A set of 17 goals and 169 targets aimed at resolving the social, economic and environmental problems troubling the world. Covering the next 15 years, the SDGs replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which expire this year.

Who decided the SDGs? Governments came up with the idea at the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development in Brazil in 2012. A working group with representatives from 70 countries then drafted a proposed set of goals. At the same time, the United Nations ran public consultations around the world and an online survey asking people about their priorities for the goals. This summer governments negotiated a final version of the SDGs, due to be adopted by 193 countries at a Sept. 25-27 summit at the United Nations in New York.

What did the MDGs achieve?

The United Nations says the MDGs led to successes including: • a drop in the number of people living in extreme poverty by more than half, to 836 million in 2015 • gender parity in primary schools in the majority of countries • a decline in the rate of children dying before their fifth birthday by more than half since 1990 • a fall of 45 percent worldwide in the maternal mortality ratio • over 6.2 million malaria deaths averted and 37 million lives saved by tuberculosis prevention and treatment • access to improved drinking water sources for 2.6 billion people between 1990 and 2015.

So why do we need the SDGs? • Around 800 million people still live in extreme poverty and suffer from hunger, with fragile and conflict-torn states experiencing the highest poverty rates • Between 2008 and 2012, 144 million people were displaced from their homes by natural disasters, a number predicted to rise as the planet warms, bringing more extreme weather and rising seas • Water scarcity affects 40 percent of the global population and is projected to increase • Some 946 million people still practice open defecation • Gender inequality persists in spite of more representation for women in parliaments and more girls going to school.

If we meet the SDGs, how will the world improve?

The 17 goals aim to achieve these wider aims by 2030: • end poverty and hunger everywhere • combat inequalities within and between countries • build peaceful, just and inclusive societies • protect human rights and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls • ensure lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources • create conditions for sustainable, inclusive and sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and decent work for all.

What's new and different about the SDGs? The United Nations says the SDGs go much further than the previous goals, because they address the root causes of poverty and pledge to leave no one behind, including vulnerable groups. They also emphasise the need to urgently tackle climate change and protect the environment through a shift to sustainable consumption and production. The SDGs are intended to be universal, applying to all countries rather than just the developing world. And they recognise the key role of the private sector in pursuing and financing sustainable development, in partnership with governments and civil society.

In this File Photo a Pakistani Ranger (R) and an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officer shake hands during the daily parade at the Pakistan-India joint check-post at Wagah border, on the outskirts of Lahore.

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e are at it again. India and Pakistan are talking a lot these days, mostly about why they don’t want to talk to each other. Our national security advisers were supposed to meet last week. And they were supposed to talk about terrorism. Instead, they did what they do best: They hurled accusations at each other about how the other side doesn’t really know how to talk, and the meeting was canceled.

India accuses Pakistan of sponsoring terrorism in India. Pakistan accuses India of sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan, and of having bad manners. To India, it seems obvious that Pakistani militants were behind the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, and it is exasperated that the world won’t punish Pakistan for that. It is upset that the man accused in the attacks, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, was released on bail after a leisurely trial in Pakistan, and was able to produce a baby while in prison. India is also upset that the plot’s alleged mastermind, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, is allowed to roam freely, addressing rallies despite the bounty the American government has placed on his head.

In its own defense Pakistan points to all the hundreds of suspected terrorists it has killed in the last year and a half. It reminds India that some 60,000 Pakistanis have been killed by terrorists.

India responds by saying: You are only killing the terrorists who kill Pakistanis while protecting the terrorists who kill Indians.

Lurking under this neighborly rage are stereotypes that refuse to fade. India thinks Pakistan is an aging terrorism addict that keeps hitting up the world for loose change so it can get its next fix. Pakistan thinks India is an old uncle who has come into some money late in life but still doesn’t know how to dress. India says Pakistan is the pesky kid who is always picking a fight in the neighborhood. Pakistan says India is the real bully — and if you don’t believe it, go ask the other kids on the block: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal. Still

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ecently, two African-American women took to the stage during a Bernie Sanders campaign event to protest for #BlackLivesMatter, a movement confronting issues related to racism and police violence in America. They were cheered by some and jeered by others. Their presence made the movement visible in ways that other events — disturbingly — had not.

A friend of mine posted on Facebook, “These women thought they could interrupt Bernie and not have repercussions. They need to learn their place.” (Emphasis mine, but it feels appropriate after talking to the original poster about the intent behind the post.)

What? Are you kidding me? I was ticked. Amazingly, though, my friend’s Facebook feed began to blow up mostly with affirmations regarding his post. A few people did try to question his statement, but were shouted down as soon as their posts went up. Many jumped in to affirm that these women — and I assume, specifically, black women — should not be taking the stage being rude to a politician.

I asked, “What if they were men?

Would that be better?”

Again, I was surprised that some people actually would have seen that action by men differently. And that it was just “not classy” for women to do what they did.

Isn’t it 2015? Why would anyone assume that women needed to stay in their “place?” And why did they believe that speaking one’s mind was not classy?

Throughout history — both in the Bible and in other places — women

don’t believe it? Go ask the Kashmiris. India says no one should ask the Kashmiris anything because Pakistan has poisoned their minds.

India would like the world to make Pakistan stand in a corner of the classroom and again and again write on the blackboard, “I have been a bad boy.” Pakistan claims the dog ate its homework, and that it is busy hunting the dog down. Pakistan wants the world to believe that it has changed. India wants the world to remember that Pakistan supported the Taliban and sheltered Osama bin Laden.

While the two governments aren’t talking to each other, their pundits shout from both sides. It’s not pretty. Indians: You are protecting Saeed. Pakistanis: You elected a prime minister some have accused of inciting deadly religious riots in Gujarat; before he became prime minister, the man wasn’t even allowed into the United States. Indians: You are practically hostage to your army and intelligence agencies.

What do you know about democracy?

After that the level of debate really rises. Pakistan accuses India of being jealous of Pakistan’s close friendship with China and their recent deal over an economic corridor. India says it’s Pakistan that’s jealous, because India is the new China.

This line of reasoning has held for nearly 70 years.

Three generations have lived either with war or the imminent threat of war.

A bunch of alleged Pakistani gunmen storm the Indian Parliament, and we are on the brink of war. Some dead Pakistani Taliban are found to be uncircumcised, and are declared agents of India. A few months ago the Indian media ran triumphant reports of Indian security forces capturing a Pakistani spy pigeon.

Some among India’s latest breed of democrats and bureaucrats fantasize about India sending an elite commando into Pakistan to take out Saeed, like the United States did with Osama bin Laden. Pakistan reminds them that it has nuclear bombs. India

says its nuclear bombs are bigger and better. Are these two nuclear powers talking to each other, or are they two teenagers playing a game of dare?

Maybe it’s time India and Pakistan did away with the pretense that they want peace. Hundreds of miles of barbed wires on the border, countless searchlights and mile-long visa forms haven’t made us feel secure about each other.

Pakistanis who have visited India or met a reallife Indian will tell you, “They are just like us.” Indians say the same of Pakistanis. Which makes all of them sound as though they had been expecting to discover a nation of feral animals.

Then again, in large parts of India and Pakistan, there is no enmity and there is no love. Most people don’t even make much of the fact that the two countries are neighbors.

As a Pakistani when you fill out an Indian visa form, you are required not only to give your father’s name but also information about your grandfather and grandmother if they were Pakistani. A few years ago while I was traveling to India to attend a literary festival, I was stopped at an immigration desk in Mumbai airport. The authorities were on the lookout for another Mohammed Hanif whose father shared the same name as my late dad’s.

After a long interrogation about my ancestors I was asked to write a statement on a plain piece of paper: “I, Mohammed Hanif, son of Mohammed Siddiq, am not the Mohammed Hanif son of Mohammed Siddiq who is wanted in India.” I happily wrote and signed and was allowed in. It is true that some of our ancestors took to mass murder at the time of partition. But many more didn’t. Maybe we should all write our names and our fathers’ names over and over, to keep reassuring one another that we are here not to kill, but to talk.

Mohammed Hanif is the author of the novels “A Case of Exploding Mangoes” and “Our Lady of Alice Bhatti.”

Redefining a Woman’s Place dr. Karyn l. Wiseman Sojourners have been silenced or put “in their place.” Which is why this passage, from Mark 7 (24:37), always makes me say, “Wow! That Syrophoenician woman just called out Jesus when he tried to shut her down.”

I love that when Jesus appears to squash her voice and tries to silence her, she calls him out. She refuses to assume her “place” under the table eating scraps. And that is so bold and confident.

In the first century world, women had few rights and few opportunities to voice their opinions. In Jesus’ world, she was the “other” — a woman, a Syrophoenician, and someone likely not invited to the house where Jesus encountered her. She was a Greekspeaking foreigner in this scenario.

She was challenging the social norms.

Jesus’ initial mission was to his own people, the Jews. And he lets her know that she is not a part of his intended audience.

Is she challenging him to expand his mission? Or is she simply trying to get her daughter healed? It is after the resurrection that Jesus’ mission to the Gentile community begins in earnest, but here in this passage Jesus is chal-

lenged on this assumption of being sent to the Jews first and foremost. And after he is challenged, he answers in a positive manner. He affirms the Syrophoenician woman and heals her daughter.

Her faith got her what she wanted.

But it would not have happened had she not interrupted him in his attempt to find a quiet moment. It would not have occurred without her persistence. She probably knew “her place” since she was a first century woman in a culture where women had little to no voice or power. But she did not stay there. She acknowledged “her place,” but she asked for mercy and had the faith that her request could/would be granted.

And her faith paid off. Her daughter was healed. So what about these women who took to the stage for #BlackLivesMatter?

When the women took to the stage, they got into a heated verbal confrontation with one of Bernie Sanders’ campaign staff persons for several minutes before Marissa Johnson was allowed to take the microphone to speak. But she was booed before, during, and after her short speech.

Whether you agree with her tactics or not, she got her point across. Some

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heard the challenge — others simply saw a woman with no class who was rude. Many saw what they wanted to see or were prone to see, due to the lens of privilege they experience in their own lives. #BlackLivesMatter is one of the biggest grassroots movements in recent history to address race and racism. It has caught fire on social media and is moving into the realm of public political discourse. And that’s where it should be.

But people wanted to put her in “her place.” People wanted to shut her up. Whether it was because she was interrupting someone, or that she was a woman, or the fact that she was AfricanAmerican is an important question — it’s probably different for different people.

For my friend on Facebook, it seemed to be gender (at least) that led him to make that post. In a private message, it was made evident to me that the poster has an opinion about the “place” of women that I have serious disagreements with.

As a woman in ministry and as a woman in academia, my voice has been challenged and people have attempted to silence me, but I have tried to not be defined by their definition of “my place.” If you are a man, be an ally for the women in your life — in your family, at your work place, in public and private, and in all the ways that you can.

If you are a woman, be bold and persistent. As the famous quote says, Wellbehaved women seldom make history.

Be bold and be persistent. Be who you were made to be. Don’t stay in your “place” defined by others. Find your own place and go make some history.

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How 40 minutes with the Dalai Lama changed my world view

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The framework agreementbetween GOI and the NSCN (IM) has been in the news, social media and the talk of dinner conversations ever since the signing. There is scepticismmixed with hope.

If a final solution that is acceptable to all does come about, then it would be a game changer. It could result in opportunities and a chance for Naga society to focus on improving our quality of life without the distraction that a volatile situation brings. It could result in the public being able to focus on bringing corruption down. It might also allow the police to actually stand up and do their job without fear of reprisal from the groups. At the same time, there is also a possibility that the accord fails to bring peace and bloodshed and more factions emerge.

The Naga National Movement and the Final Settlement I meet hundreds of interesting people through my job as a journalist, but there’s only one that almost all new people I meet ask me about: Tenzin Gyatso, his holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet

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t had been on the radar for months, but it didn’t really sink in until I saw the lush and green Scottish mountains and felt the plane descending. As I touched down in Inverness just before dawn, I pictured the Dalai Lama and his entourage, making their way up through these stunning landscapes by car. Just one night remained before I would embark on one of the most special reporting duties of my career.

That evening I met my favourite Scottish photographer Simon Murphy in a local bar. Over a pint, we tried to pin down our luck. How on earth had we managed to get ourselves a 40-minute private audience with one of the most respected spiritual leaders on earth?

The Dalai Lama wasn’t doing many media appearances during his UK trip in June 2012, but he had agreed to speak to us. He was delighted by the idea that his interview would directly support people who experienced homelessness. The reason for this was that I had secured the story for the International Network of Street Papers. Through its news agency, street papers - sold by homeless people in over 40 countries - can republish global and exclusive content for free. Vendors buy magazines for half the cover price and sell them on, keeping the proceeds for themselves.

The next morning, we made our way to a historical castle outside of Inverness. We were welcomed by some of the travelling party who pointed to the next room, where we caught a glimpse of the Dalai Lama having his lunch. Once rested up from his morning travels, he came through to the reception room and shook our hands. “Welcome,” he said in a warm voice, as if he was fully at home in these Scottish surroundings.

The photographer took some snaps, the aides took

their seats quietly in the corner in case of any translation issues and I took mine on the sofa alongside the Dalai Lama’s cream-coloured armchair. I pressed the button on my voice recorder and he smiled and nodded, inviting me to ask him what I wanted to know.

“If you had one question you could ask the Dalai Lama, what would you ask?” I asked friends, family and colleagues in the weeks before the interview.

Many wanted to know about hope, happiness and purpose in life, in some way or another. I also asked the street paper editors and readers around the world what they’d like to know. After all, I was writing for them, rather than having a personal conversation fuelling my own curiosity alone.

As it happened, the entire 40 minutes that followed fuelled my curiosity in ways I could not have imagined. They also sparked more questions, thoughts and ideas, even long after the interview was over. I had a list of about 11 questions I wanted to ask, but I hadn’t anticipated just how much of an orator the Dalai Lama is. Basically, as soon as I asked him the first question, he started talking and I started writing, nodding along and taking it all in.

It wasn’t until I transcribed the tape at home that I fully appreciated the wisdom and insights within each answer. When researching for the interview, I had been amazed to find that the official Dalai Lama Twitter account had 4.5m followers (this has since almost tripled to a mind-boggling 11.8m) and 4m on Facebook (currently 12m)! One of his then recent popular tweets read: “I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way to think about spirituality and ethics beyond religion all together.” I was intrigued by that and asked him why he believed that.

Here’s what he said, word for word.

“Obviously, among 7bn human beings there is quite a big portion of people who have not much interest in religion. And within the group of believers, again I think there is quite a big portion of people not very serious about it. For many, religion has become just a daily ritual, but is not taken seriously. So the indication that they may attend Sunday church or a temple, including Buddhist, does not mean much. They pray to Buddha or God, but in their real life they have no hesitation to get involved in creating injustice, telling lies, corruption, bullying and cheating. These activities are, I think, against every major religion and traditional teaching. That indicates that a group of religious believers has a lack of conviction.

“Traditional spiritual teachings and principles are an immense benefit to oneself. The people who do not take their religion seriously lack this knowledge, and religion is of no relevance to their lives.

Therefore, we need a wider way to spread the conviction that moral ethics are really the basis of a hap-

py life. This is true on an individual level as well as on a family, community and humanity level. That is something common for all major religions and traditions, as well as non-believers. Everybody wants to be happy and have a happy family.

“Many people have the attitude that if you have money or power, your life becomes something meaningful and makes you happy. That is a mistake. Happiness and sorrow itself are part of the mind; they are a mental experience. The real way to reduce pain and sadness and increase happiness and joyfulness must be found through mental training. Some of my friends are very rich, they have plenty of money. And of course, because they are a wealthy person, they are also quite influential in society. But as a person, they are very unhappy, I noticed that. That shows that money, vanity and power are not an adequate source of happiness.”

And that was just one question. Needless to say, I didn’t have time to ask all the ones on my list, but I still got quite a few in.

I have listened to many of his public speeches and interviews since, and often find that I recognise his words from answers he gave me. Rather than repeating himself, I think it is a testament to his world view that so many “low level” issues can be resolved, or at least better understood, by looking at the bigger picture.

Interviewing him and feeling his calm and spiritual presence in a quiet room has changed the way I look at some bigger picture issues, too. It is hard to put into words, but it is about an interconnectedness that I hadn’t necessarily appreciated enough before.

It was one of the street paper vendors in the US who said it better than I could have myself.

A total of 72 street magazines in 27 countries published the interview, with translations into many languages, including Japanese, Norwegian and Slovak. Homeless vendors made £1.1m cash profit from sales of the special edition.

Robert, vendor of Groundcover News in Michigan, felt that the Dalai Lama’s perspective really conveyed some of the emotions he felt, including those of what it means to be homeless. “He does a good job providing a whole world view,” he said.

And I agreed.

About the writer: I am a freelance journalist based in London.

Over the past fourteen years I have covered many problems: global and local stories of poverty, exclusion and injustice. Increasingly, I moved beyond those stories to include the solutions I found. I tell stories of change from across the globe, and find people with ideas that work. I witnessed the birth of the new nation of South Sudan and interviewed the Dalai Lama. National and international media outlets I reported for include Al Jazeera, BBC and the Guardian, but I also work with social enterprises like The Big Issue magazine and street papers around the world. I am co-founder of the Constructive Journalism Project (http://www.constructivejournalism.org) and founder of Jounopreneur (http://journopreneur. me), a platform to help freelancers adapt to the changing media landscape. I believe that while both the medium and the message are changing, the need for good storytelling remains.

Pension Plans

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n 1996,the Olympics were held in Atlanta City, USA, and the event was covered “live” by most television networks. Out of all the events,gymnastics was a favourite ofmy sister and me. We used to be glued to our television sets, watching young girls doing unbelievable spins, both on the floors and on the bars. What was most astounding was their age; 14, 15, 16 and at the most 19. For a gymnast, the peak of their career is 16, I was told many years later. Andthereafter, they retire. Of course, retirement has different meanings for different people.

If we divide our life into three stages, the first stage is about preparation. In this stage, we educate

ourselves and get ready for the chosen profession doctor, magician, social worker, beautician, etc. And then comes the performance stage. In this stage, we earn and save. Soon it is time tocall it a day, and retire. And during our retirement, we rely on the assets we had builtduring our performance years.

As a welfare State and as itsbiggest employer, thegovernment used to give pension to all its employees. However, things have changed now. In 2004,the governmentintroduced the New Pension Systems (NPS), mandatory for all its employees(exceptthe armed forces personnel). It came into effect on April 1, 2008. Thereafter, onMay 1, 2009, the government opened the fund to every citizen of our country, in a voluntary mode.

NPS is a purely contributory system, where you pay until 60 and you get back your money as and when chosen by you (conditions apply) to lead your retirement. Ineed not explain to you what it is,as most of the compulsory contributors (government employees) and voluntary contributors (common citizens) already know about it. But recently, some changes have beenproposed and It’s necessary to know how it will affect you.

Until now, under the equity schemes, the maximum investment allowed was 50 per cent on a Nifty Index fund. That means the fund manager will put the money in Nifty and he has no say over individual stock choosing. Nifty is the indicative index of the National Stock Exchange. It has a kitty of the most actively traded large cap 50 stocks. Under the proposed

changes, the fund manager maybe allowed to invest up to five per cent collectively in real estate investment trust,infrastructure investment trust,and alsoin start-ups. And he may also beallowed up to three per cent investment in a single private equity.

But experts are divided on these proposed changes. In the current structure, the fees paid to the fund managers is merely 0.01 per cent. But if a fund is actively managed, the fee structure is bound to go up.

ButI personally believe that this will bring greater degree of flexibility and surely increase its performance.

My friend and colleagueBhaskarJyotiBarua, also a certified financial planner, is of the opinion that it is a move in the right direction and will ultimately benefit the consumers. He also says that active fund management always surpluses the performance of any index fund, to which I also agree to a great degree.

Raising the limit of equity investment beyond 50 per cent, as suggested by theBajpaicommittee,is also being discussed, to which both my friend and I have reservations. Another issue of allowing NPS in Initial Public Offer (IPO) is also being hotly debated.

Everything said and done, we have to wait for another week or two to see the new guidelines appear from government’s side. As those who have invested have no option but to wait and see, those who are planning to, I ask them to wait for some time before making up their minds. But we all aspire for a good National Pension System, vibrant and well-oiled. After all retirement is a reality which none of us can escape.

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Dr. P.S. Lorin, Principal

was born and brought up during the wave of the Naga National Movement.I have always wonderedif I wouldever see the matter being resolved. We Nagas have travelled thus far, and even after successive agreements and accords starting with the Nine Point Agreement in 1949 with India.Whenever these agreements are discussed Nagalandexperiences a rollercoaster of emotions of both hope and despair. The latest “Peace Accord” signed on 3rd August 2015 is a small step after 18 years of negotiation.

One will hope that the final agreement will not take another 15 years. The fact that the Indian Prime Minister did not sign the Framework of Peace Agreement may have the bearing that the final settlement is yet to evolve. It is going to take some more time. While time and tide will not wait for the Nagas, we see that the world will keep changing and developing. Yet, with this sensational step, can we begin to hope that this is the right time for a final solution?

India and the Nagashave not been able to see eye to eye for many years. Even now, the majority of mainland India continue to treat Nagas as foreigners and are even ignorant about our states location. For many of them, the Naga National issue is not a seriousmatter. A nation with a history of maharajas, kshatriyas and sudras, where the majority are from a different religionwill not be able to understand the aspiration of the Nagas without enough dialogue. Nagas often quote Mahatma Gandhi’s statement “I want you to feel that India is yours. I feel that the Naga Hills are mine just as they are yours … I believe in the brotherhood of man. I do not believe in forced union”. But India had only one Mahatma Gandhi and many did not feel the same or think along similar lines. Successive Indian Prime Ministers in the past have failed in solvingthe Naga National question. However, the fault for being unable to resolve the issue cannot be solely placed on India’s Prime Ministers and interlocutors.

Our own Naga leaders might not have been experiencedenough in diplomacy and lacked the guidance and knowledge to bring about a negotiated settlement thatcould meet the expectations of our difficult-to-please Naga society. We Nagaswere in our own comfortable world and have looked at it from a Naga centric view. But for negotiations to work, it always requires some give and take, and we probably need to have a different perspective and put ourselves in the shoes of the other camp. With the signing of the Peace Agreement, the mood of Indians and Nagasare again hopeful and fearful in resolving this long standing conflict. This time there seems to be less opposition from our neighbours Assam, Manipur and Arunachal. Our fates are tied together and a Naga solution would be beneficial for all. There will be challenges in industrialising and makingthe region economically independent as long as there is armed conflict in the region. It is in the best interest of all to avoid promoting political and emotional slogans such as territorial integrity and hard-line opinions but rather view things with an open mind and look at an option that is mutually beneficial for all. The leaders have to lead the way in by promoting brotherhood and peaceful coexistence.We and our neighbours must be reconciliatory and accept the fact that we each have weaknesses. Can we hope for better days?

The present ongoing consultation called by the NSCN (IM) is noteworthy. Stakeholders from all sections of society now need to step up and sensitise the masses.It is time we now realistically asked ourselves where we want Nagaland to be in the next five years and take concrete decisions to achieve that. Are we capable of creating our own world and taking advantage of the opportunities that being part of the global village provides or are we going to let things remain the same?

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. The reality of a final solution is now at our door steps but it needs to be done right.

There is a relationship of interdependence in the world today. Something that happens in China affects the economy of many countries and indirectly Nagaland as well. The core features in the Framework of Peace Agreement such as “shared sovereignty” and the “Pan Naga Hoho” between the two entity of India and Nagaland must consider the ground reality, and fulfil the aspiration of the Naga people. Nagas cannot remain inconclusive or indecisive but accept the ground reality. We cannot be too sensitive and self-centered and bogged down with a rigid one track mind. As professed publicly the final settlement must be honourable by recognizing the “unique history of the Nagas.” The Nagas at the same time should respect the unique history and culture of the Indians. Building peaceful co-existence and friendship must be rooted with the impending final settlement. What must be agreed on is the deadline for the final agreement to be signed and accomplished. We should not have to wait another 18 long years. We can only pray and hope that good sense will prevail and our leaders egos take a back seat, so that we can soon witnessa final settlement of the Naga National Movement.

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'Modi govt has failed to match words with deeds' New Delhi, September 8 (iANS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday mounted a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming his promises as nothing more than "hawabaazi"(hot air) and his government failing abysmally to match its words with deeds.

Addressing the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here, Sonia Gandhi accused Modi of "unedifying flip-flops" and lack of a coherent policy visa-vis Pakistan. She said the Modi government had chosen to disregard the will of parliament and "displayed an inexplicable hurry to snatch land from our farmers". She also accused the Modi government of being "controlled and directed" by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. (RSS).

Sonia called upon the party to institutionalise a mechanism to reward hard working workers and favoured affirmative action to give greater say to the marginalised sections in the party.

Sonia Gandhi, who began her speech by referring to the "draconian land ordinance" of the Modi government, said the U-turn on the ordinance is evidence that the government is out of touch with ground realities.

"It has become painfully clear that most of

Cong targeting Modi to hide its failures: Smriti

Congress president Sonia Gandhi with party vice-president Rahul Gandhi at the Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.

the pledges made by the prime minister during his election campaign were nothing more than 'hawa baazi'. The Modi government has failed abysmally to match words with deeds, to match media events with actual accomplishments, to match headlines with substance," she said.

Sonia Gandhi gave credit to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi for compelling the government to withdraw amendments on the land bill.

Indian clerics issue fatwa againt IS, declare it un-Islamic New Delhi, September 8 (iANS): Over 1,050 Indian Islamic scholars and clerics have issued fatwa against the Islamic State terror groand described its acts and actions as against the basic tenets of Islam.

This is the first time that such a large number of religious leaders and Imams have issued a joint fatwa against Islamic State - also known as Daesh which has unleashed a reign of terror in the Middle East, killing thousands of innocent people.

"Islam shuns violence while Daesh perpetuates it," the edict said. Abdul Rehman Anjari, president of the Mumbai's Islamic Defence Cyber Cell, collected the edicts from Muslims scholars and leaders over the past few months.

These fatwas are in 15 volumes, and copies were sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and other leaders to convey Indian Muslims' views on IS activities.

It urged the international community to take immediate steps to eliminate this terror group that has caused mayhem in the region and is spreading its tentacles in the South Asian region.

The signatories to the fatwa include the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari, head priests of Dargah Ajmer Sharief and Nizamuddin Aulia, functionaries of Mumbai's Raza Academy, Mumbai's Jamait Ulema and the Ulema Council.

Hundreds of imams and various religious leaders have also endorsed it.

Anjari said muftis and imams of all sections and sects of Islam have condemned the activities of Daesh and acknowledged it has tarnished Islam's image. The fatwa was issued at a time when reports say that Daesh mercenaries are trying to lure Indian youth to join them.

Talks with India only if Kashmir discussed: Sartaj Aziz iSlAmAbAD, September 8 (iANS): National Security Advisor (NSA) Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday said Pakistan will hold talks with India only if the Kashmir issue is also on the agenda, the media reported.

He said the earlier NSA-level talks with India were cancelled due to the inflexibility shown by India, as no dialogue with India can be successful without the Kashmir issue as part of the agenda, Dawn online reported. "(Indian Prime Minister) Narendra Modi contested elections on anti-Pakistan platform and now wants to dictate terms for the dialogue with Pakistan but we will never accept this and we have already conveyed it to New Delhi," Aziz said.

The announcement came on the eve of a dialogue between the Director-General Pakistan Rangers and the Indian Border Security Force chief in New Delhi on Wednesday. He said the meeting is being held in accordance with the Ufa declaration and will help reduce tensions along the Line of Control and Pakistan will definitely raise the issue of 'unprovoked' Indian firing.

He said Kashmir will be part and parcel of any agenda of talks with India and that the international community has accepted Pakistan’s point of view in this regard. Aziz said that no one could dare to launch any attack inside Pakistan and if anyone did so, he would get a befitting response.

He said that Pakistan would not be pressured by Indian threats of an attack at any time, adding that if India even thought of attacking, Pakistan would provide a befitting response. The NSA also rubbished claims that Dawood Ibrahim was hiding in Pakistan. The advisor also announced that Pakistan would present a dossier on Indian interference in the country at the UN.

"Thanks to our party's sustained campaign, the government has been compelled to withdraw its anti-farmer amendments.

The credit for this goes to every Congress worker who, under Rahul's active guidance, carried out a sustained agitation," she said.

"Similar campaigns will now need to be mounted against the assault on tribal welfare, on women and child welfare, on labour laws, on laws that protect the environment and forests, on RTI

and on our flagship initiatives MGNREGA which are being systematically undermined," she added.

Stating that the economy was on a downslide while prices "continue on their unrelenting rise," Sonia Gandhi said the government had little to show on its promises for creation of jobs and slogans such as "Make in India".

She also accused the central government of systematically eroding the autonomy and integrity of vi-

tal institutions.

"Writers and progressive thinkers are being physically eliminated. The media is being threatened with notices and other repressive measures," the Congress president said.

"History is sought to be rewritten with special targeting of Jawaharlal Nehru, the architect of modern India and builder of democratic institutions. This should hardly come as a surprise to us," she said.

Referring to last week's

New Delhi, September 8 (pti): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday today took on Sonia Gandhi over her barbs at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying she was targeting him to hide her failures, and likened her praise for Rahul Gandhi over his stir against land ordinance with the case of a mother patting her son’s back for “usurping” farmers’ land, a reference to the recent Amethi land row.

Seeking to turn the tables on Congress over its president’s ‘hawabaazi’ (empty talk) barb at Modi, Irani said the real ‘hawabaazi’ would be Mr. Gandhi declaring himself to be a messiah of farmers as she attacked the Congress vice president over the Amethi land row.

“While guiding her decimated party, Sonia Gandhi today took the help of Modi’s name to hide the failures of her policies. She said nothing is happening on the ground. It is laughable that those who emptied the country’s treasury are attacking somebody who has been able to bring coordination meet between the RSS and the Bharatiya Janata Party, she said: "The country last week was given clear evidence of what has been obvious for a long time" that the Modi government is controlled and directed by the RSS, whose agenda is well known to all of us.

She said the security situation in the country's neighbourhood has also deteriorated considerably.

"Our jawans and civilians are being increas-

development on the ground,” Union Minister Smriti Irani said while referring to alleged scams under the UPA rule.

Asked about reports that Congress was going slow on anointing Mr. Gandhi as its president, she told a press conference that Mr. Gandhi mattered little for the BJP and claimed that she had been able to reduce his victory margin in a big way in Amethi with only 20 days of campaigning.

“Why is Congress not willing to make him its president is a question for it to answer, not BJP,” she said. The Congress president had today attacked Modi, saying he has been “reduced to unedifying flip flops” and most of his poll promises were nothing more than “hawabaazi” (empty talk).

Responding to the attack on the Prime Minister, Irani said it was Congress which did “hawabaazi” for 40 years on the issue of One-Rank-One-Pension while Modi had fulfilled that promise in 18 months.

ingly targeted. Instead of a coherent policy on Pakistan, this government can't seem to make up its mind on what it should do.

From aggressively mocking former prime minister Manmohan Singh and his policy during the election campaign, the prime minister has been reduced to unedifying flip-flops casting doubts on what he really stands for," she said.

Sonia Gandhi said the block committees and booth committees should

be empowered and the party's priority should be to strengthen its existing support base while actively reaching out to new constituents.

"A transparent mechanism to recognise and reward hard working and performing workers should be institutionalised."

The CWC, the party's highest decision-making body, discussed the present political situation in the country and organisational issues.

Swiss government discloses new name in India's black money probe berNe, September 8 (pti) O In a fresh disclosure on suspected black money cases being probed by tax authorities in India, Switzerland on Tuesday said it has received request for information about Indore-based textiles firm Neo Corp International Ltd. Neo Corp, which began as a small woven sack maker in 1985 and now claims to be a multinational technical textiles group, had incidentally faced income tax searches on its various premises earlier in February for alleged tax evasion.

As part of its bilateral treaty for administrative assistance and exchange of information with

Switzerland, India has sought details about numerous individuals and companies from the Alpine nation as part of its crackdown against suspected black money stashed in Swiss banks.

Neo Corp is the latest in a series of Indian names that have been published in the official gazette of the Swiss government about whom the tax authorities in India have sought information from their counterparts of Switzerland.

About a dozen such names have been disclosed so far, while many other requests are pending with the Swiss authorities who conduct their own due diligence

before starting the process of sharing the information.

The notification about the concerned entity's right to appeal is generally the first step in the information exchange process. This is typically seen as the Swiss government in-principle agreeing to share the information.

As per the notification published on Tuesday, Neo Corp will have 30 days' time to appeal against "administrative assistance" by the Swiss federal tax administration as per their local laws.

The appeal needs to be filed before the Swiss federal administrative court, while giving reasons and

evidence for the same, the notification said, without disclosing further details about the case and the company, except for its date of incorporation — February 15, 1985.

There was no response to queries about the latest Swiss action despite repeated calls to its office in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. However, Neo Corp had said in a regulatory filing to the BSE earlier in May that it was cooperating with the tax authorities.

It had said at that time that a search was conducted on February 27, 2015 on the company, its group companies, directors and key officials.

"The company is in the process

of collating and responding to all the queries raised by the income tax authorities and the company is lending its fullest co-operation to the department in completing the enquiry. It is to put on record that no incriminate documents and/or undisclosed income was found as far as Neo Corp and its group companies are concerned," it said in the BSE filing on May 22.

Neo Corp is listed on the BSE but its shares have been falling sharply for the past few days.

Claiming to be present in over 28 countries, it commands a market value of Rs 134 crore. It posted revenue of Rs 744 crore and net profit of Rs 30 crore in the latest fiscal.

Indian skilled workers' wages Babus may lose job for overone of lowest in Asia-Pacific staying on foreign assignments

New Delhi, September 8 (iANS): At an average monthly pay of $400, salaries of Indian fresher graduates rank ninth out of the top 11 economies in the Asia-Pacific region, a study said on Tuesday.

Further, it is less than onefifth of equivalent salaries in South Korea and Singapore.

Only Philippines and Indonesia trail behind India in regard to a fresher's monthly income.

According to the findings of Towers Watson, a global professional services company, further up the career ladder, Indian wages for experienced professionals at the middle management level are slightly more competitive.

The finding said an en-

gineering manager in India earns an annual salary of $56,530 that is almost half of his counterpart in China who earns $112,070 and is just onethird of his counterpart in Singapore where the annual guaranteed pay is $151,168.

While an office service manager in India annually earns $39,266, it is nearly double in China at $77,630 with the remuneration in Singapore at $119,598. Entrants in IT programming and quality control roles earn $5,345 in India while a person having the same portfolio in China earns $7,549. The same payment in Singapore is five-fold at $25,755 while in US, it is $40,610.

"Despite a common la-

bour market in the region, it is striking to see how divergent guaranteed cash levels remain amongst top economies," Tower Watson's data services practice leader, Asia-Pacific region, Sambhav Rakyan said in a statement.

With Indian salaries featuring nearly at the bottom of the pyramid, Rakyan said it presents an opportunity for India.

"The disparity in salaries also illustrates how a large knowledge pool and a significant cost arbitrage makes India a front runner in providing outsourced services. After achieving great success in IT/BPO, India can now become a natural choice for other sectors, like manufacturing," he said.

New Delhi, September 8 (pti): IAS and IPS officers may lose their job if they overstay on foreign assignments for more than a month without permission, as per the new rules being finalised by the government. The move comes after it came to the notice that some bureaucrats were not reporting back to India after completion of their foreign postings. Few of them were also proceeding on unauthorised leave soon after completing their tenure abroad.

If an officer of all India service--Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS), remains unauthorisedly absent after the sanctioned period of leave, study leave or tenure of foreign assignment, there shall be a one month waiting period, as per the draft rules.

After that, the state government

concerned under whose cadre the officer hails from, shall issue a show cause notice, thereby giving him an opportunity to explain his case. Thereafter, if the officer does not return to duty, the state government concerned shall initiate proceedings of deemed resignation and forward a proposal to the Centre for effecting it within next 2 months, it said.

In case the state government fails to comply with these instructions, the central government shall initiate proceedings of deemed resignation on its own, the draft rules formed by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said. As per existing rules, no officer of the 3 all India services shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding five years. The DoPT has sent the new draft rules for comments to chief secretaries of state governments and union territories.

"Banistan": Four-day meat ban in Mumbai sparks outrage mUmbAi, September 8 (reUterS): Mumbai, India's financial capital, has banned the slaughter and sale of meat for four days this month following a demand from the strictly vegetarian Jain community, sparking outrage among meat-eaters already upset by a permanent beef ban imposed this year.

Ban opponents created the Twitter hashtag #banistan, which trended along with #meatban, urging people to "eat and let eat".

Members of the tiny, but financially powerful, Jain community will observe a religious fast for eight days from Friday. Officials said they demanded the ban as their religion prescribes non-violence to all living beings.

The ban in Mumbai will be imposed on four

non-consecutive days from Thursday, said Kaleem Pathan, deputy general manager of the city's Deonar abattoir. It covers the slaughter of buffaloes, goats and hogs, but excludes fish and poultry.

It is not unusual for authorities to impose meatfree days and ban alcohol on India's national days, but the latest strictures angered many who said religious groups should not impose their preferences on an entire city.

"The Jains are entitled to their own beliefs and can peacefully follow what they believe in," said Mumbai resident Lavanya Chhabra, who runs a firm making air fresheners for cars.

"But they should not be in any way involved in imposing a ban that affects others."

Mohammed Ali Qureshi, president of industry body the Bombay Suburban Beef Dealers' Association, said, "Jains do not eat onions and garlic as well, so tomorrow is the government going to ban those items also?"

The community forms just 2 percent of the population in Maharashtra, where Mumbai is located, Qureshi said, adding, "This is clearly not the right thing to do."

India is home to 300 million cattle and is the world's largest beef exporter and fifth-biggest consumer.

Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power last year, the rhetoric on the protection of cows, which Hindus consider holy, has increased.

Critics say tougher an-

A goat named Salman sits with its owner at a slum in Mumbai. (REUTERS File Photo)

ti-beef laws discriminate dus who rely on the cheap of them Muslim, say the against Muslims, Chris- meat for protein. Butchers push threatens thousands tians and lower-caste Hin- and cattle traders, many of jobs.

WednesdAY 09•09•2015

WORLD

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

WAShINGtON, September 8 (IANS): Even as a special intelligence review revealed that some emails on Hillary Clinton’s personal account contained highly classified information, the Democratic frontrunner declined to apologise for the controversy saying what she did was allowed.

The review endorsed a finding by the inspector general for the intelligence agencies that a couple of emails contained highly classified information when Clinton received them while working as secretary of state, the New York Times reported citing senior intelligence officials.

Clinton’s presidential campaign disagreed with the conclusion of the intelligence review and suggested that agencies within the government often have different views of what should be considered classified, the Times said.

The intelligence review added more fuel to the controversy surrounding Clinton’s use of only a private email account for official business that has pulled down her poll numbers in key states and raised questions about her trustworthiness.

Clinton has said that her emails contained no information that was marked classified and that she is fully cooperating with an FBI investigation into how classified materials were handled on her personal email account.

Campaigning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Clinton insisted in an interview with AP that she doesn’t need to apologise for her nagging email controversy because “what I did was allowed.” “(The email controversy) hasn’t in any way affected the plan for our campaign, the efforts we’re making to organize here in Iowa and elsewhere in the country,” Clinton said.

“And I still feel very confident about the organization and the message that my campaign is putting out.”

Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina Monday accused Clinton of lying on the email controversy and predicted that the Democrat would soon will renew gender-based attacks on Republicans.

“The truth is Clinton has lied as secretary of state about Benghazi, about her emails, about her server,” Fiorina said on Fox News.

“And so when she revives this ‘war on women’ -- and make no mistake she will -- this is her go-to line.”

“First of all, boo hoo, Clinton,” former HP CEO said when asked about Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders’ rise in the polls and talk of her reviving the “war on women” attack on Republicans.

She also asked why Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is not training more of his attacks on Clinton, “I actually wish Mr. Trump would throw a little more heat Hillary Clinton’s way,” said Fiorina who has gained a strong footing in the Republican field since the first presidential debate though she is still trailing Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

Meanwhile, adding to Clinton’s headaches were stronger signals that Vice President Joe Biden may join the presidential race.

On a Labour Day trip to Pittsburgh, Biden, 72, deflected questions about whether he would indeed jump into the race to challenge Clinton and Sanders for the Democratic nomination.

But, according to a CNN report Biden later gently teased a group of steelworkers, saying the press would portray his visit to Pittsburgh as a sign he was “competing with Bernie Sanders, who is doing a helluva job by the way.”

When a man yelled out he should run for the White House, Biden replied: “You gotta talk to my wife about that.”

Small groups of Sanders supporters held up home made signs and watched Biden pass, CNN said. But there was no evidence of Clinton backers in the crowd.

China party fears most a crisis over corruption beIJING, September 8 (reuterS): What China’s Communist Party fears most is a crisis over corruption which would threaten its hold on power, but it is confident people will stand by its efforts to combat the problem, a senior official said on Tuesday.

President Xi Jinping has launched a sweeping campaign against graft since assuming the party leadership in 2012 and presidency in 2013, warning, like others before him, that the problem is so severe it could affect the party’s grip on power.

In unusually frank comments before a group of mostly Chinese and Western academics and smattering of diplomats, Wang Jiarui, head of the party’s international department, said being in power as long as the party had, since 1949, had bred a corruption problem.

“Under such circumstances, certain people will naturally be spurned and kicked out, but if there are many such officials it will cause a crisis for the ruling party, though we’ve obviously not reached that stage,” Wang said.

“But what we are most concerned about and most worried about is precisely this problem,” he added.

Unlike in a democracy, China has no opposition party to take over from the communists should they falter, though the party is confident it can root out its bad elements and has so far been very effective, Wang said.

“Our party has our party discipline, our philosophy and our rules. We will not lose our people, and the people will embrace us,” he added.

The situation in fighting corruption “remains very serious”, Wang said.

The Communist Party is keenly aware one of the reasons its predecessor in China, the Nationalists, lost the Chizese civil war in 1949 was because of the terrible corruption under their rule, costing them public support.

However, the Communist Party has repeatedly refused to allow the establishment of an independent body to fight corruption, insisting it can govern itself via the graft-busting Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The fight has been hampered to an extent by difficulty in getting suspected corrupt officials and assets back from overseas.

Western countries have baulked at signing extradition deals with China, partly out of concern about the integrity of its judicial system and treatment of prisoners.

Wang did not directly address that issue, saying instead he hoped people at the conference - opened to foreign media for the first time - would get a better understanding of the party’s graft fighting efforts first hand.

“We really want to hear what you think we should be doing, and we’re willing to listen to your criticisms, as long as they are well-intentioned.”

Suu Kyi for free and fair Myanmar elections YANGON, September 8 (reuterS): Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi kicked off campaigning for the first free general election since the end of military rule saying it would be a crucial turning point and called on the global community to monitor the outcome.

In a video message posted on her National League for Democracy’s (NLD) Facebook page, Suu Kyi said the Nov. 8 election should be free and fair, but “even more important” would be the transition period that follows.

The NLD is expected to win the election, which marks a major shift in Myanmar’s political landscape, giving the platform to democratic activists shut out of public life during nearly half a century of strict military rule that ended in 2011.

The NLD won general elections in 1990 in a landslide, but the junta did not recognise the result.

“For the first time in decades, our people will have a real chance of bringing about real change. This is a chance that we cannot afford to let slip,” said Suu Kyi. “A smooth and tranquil transition is almost more important than a free and fair election,” said Suu Kyi, wearing a traditional Burmese green dress with a pink scarf.

The campaign begins less then a month after a

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (REUTERS File Photo)

major presidential contender and opponent of President Thein Sein, powerful parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann, was removed as ruling party leader in a dramatic shakeup of the political establishment.

Shwe Mann’s close relationship with Suu Kyi was regarded with suspicion by the military. Thein Sein’s move has stoked fears that his government and its allies will resist any bid to push them from power even if the opposition wins big.

“Please help us by observing what happens before the elections, during the elections, and, crucially, after the elections,” Suu

Kyi said.

The Nobel laureate will meet her supporters on Thursday in the eastern Kayah region where powerful Minister of the President’s Office Soe Thein, the architect of Thein Sein’s economic reforms, is running for a seat in the election.

Her appearance is a gesture of confidence that the NLD can defeat the president’s closest supporters and their ruling, army-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).

The ballot will determine representatives of the bicameral parliament and regional chambers for fiveyear terms.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE NAGALAND :: KOHIMA DHFW-5/PG/2005-06

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE NAGALAND : KOHIMA

Dated Kohima;8th of Sep, 2015

NO.DHFW-5/TRG/PG-PT-I/2006-07: Applications are hereby invited from Medical graduates for 6(six) P.G. seats allotted to Nagaland for admission to the MD Homeopathy courses from 2015-16 session at National institute of Homeopathy, Kolkata, West Bengal. The last date for receipt of application is 20th September 2015. For more information, login to the website www.indianmedicine.nic.in Sd/- (DR. NANDIRA CHANGKIJA), Principal Director H&FW

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NAGALAND

NIT Nagaland invites applications for the post of Junior Research Fellow in ECE for a Deity sponsored project.

Eligibility: First class BE/B.Tech in ECE/EEE/CSE. Candidates with through knowledge in signal processing will be given preference.

Salary: Rs. 18, 000/- with 10/% Annual increments.

Position is purely temporary and coterminous with the project.

Last date of submitting complete application form with all the necessary testimonials is 25th September, 2015 For more details please visit NIT Nagaland website: www.nitnagaland.ac.in

AIPGMEE For Admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma Courses-2016 This is to inform all the interested candidates who is seeking admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma Courses-2016, that the National Board of Examination will be conducting the next All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination (AIPGMEE) in December 2015 on Computer based plot form in all India basis.

For more details May refer to information bulletin of AIPGMEE 2016 Admission Session.

Director

Dr. Nandira Changkija Principal Director Dte. Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland:Kohima.

NAGALAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION KOHIMA

NAGALAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION KOHIMA

NO.NPSC/C-5/2012

In pursuance of the Nagaland Public Service Commission Advertisement No.1/2015 Dated 13.03.2015, Addendums dated 24.03.2015 & 27.03.2015, Notifications dated 21.04.2015 and Addendum/Corrigendum dated 7.05.2015, the Commission conducted Written Examination and is pleased to declare the list of successful candidates who have qualified for the Viva-voce, bearing the following Roll Numbers mentioned below:

With reference to the Advertisement No. NPSC-2/2015 dated 7 July 2015, Notification dated 14th July 2015, this is to inform all candidates concerned that the written examination for Common Educational Services Examination 2015 is scheduled to be held from 6th to 8th October, 2015.

2. Eligible Candidates have been issued individual ID number via sms to Mob.No furnished in the Application Form. They can download the Admission Certificate (containing details of routine and instructions etc.) by submitting the same at www. cese.npsc.co.in from 10th September 2015 onwards.

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pens next in the reform process,” said Richard Horsey, an independent political analyst and a former U.N. official in Myanmar.

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The upper and lower houses will both nominate a presidential candidate, who must secure the support of a majority of members, and the military - which under the juntadrafted constitution holds a quarter of the seats - will nominate a third.

Parliament will then vote on which of the three candidates will be president and the president will form the government.

“It’s really the president and the president’s administration, rather than the biggest party in parliament, that determines what hap-

fectively bars Suu Kyi from becoming president, even if the NLD wins a majority, and it also gives the army a veto over constitutional change.

The NLD’s power in parliament will depend on whether it has enough members to nominate a presidential candidate on its own. With few credible opinion polls in the impoverished country, that is unclear. The USDP, which is dominated by military and civil servants who retired to become candidates, will be the NLD’s biggest opponent.

Suu Kyi was under house arrest at the time of 2010 vote and her party did not take part, but she was released six days later. The NLD agreed to join the quasi-civilian system in 2012 and later won 43 seats in parliament in by-elections.

Suu Kyi is standing in the constituency of Kawhmu, a southern delta town outside the biggest city, Yangon.

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Rani Gaidinliu, Heraka & the Divine revelation through Naga Shisha Hoho politics of religion – Part 1

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Dr. Vetso Koza

ani Gaidinliu is for many people a synonymous figure with Heraka religion.

We have failed to make a clear distinction between Rani Gaidinliu as a person and Heraka as religion. We tend to read the life and work of Rani Gaidinliu through the lens of Heraka religion as we seemingly know.

We look at Heraka with the preconceived notion that Rani Gaidinliu was a blood-drinker, sacrificed human-being, and was an invisible magical woman. We are unable to establish any objective evidence till today. All we have is the record mentioning that she possesses some kind of divination gift. And who started all these allegations and defamation? It was mostly the first Christian converts.

I do not subscribe to the belief and religious practices of Rani Gaidinliu. I have reservation even to spell out her name. But the more I dig deeper into her life and works, I am impressed by this mystic woman. The passion she carried for her people, the vision she had, the strategies and courage this ‘teenage girl’ developed to accomplish her passion and vision cannot be simply ignored. The methodology of using religion as the framework to establish the socio-culturalpolitical identity may be of interest to reflect.

When we pluck out all the preconceptions against Rani Gaidinliu and the cultic religious elements she is associated with, we see one thing. Rani Gaidinliu utilized religion as a tool to set-up the socio-cultural-political identity of the people. Perhaps she understood that our Naga indigenous identity is deeply rooted in our religion? “Hera” referring to almighty god and “Ka” meaning pure, was a reformed indigenous religion whose main ideology was to protect and preserve socio-cultural-political-religious identity of the people. Therefore, against the common misconception, Rani Gaidinliu’s movement was never limited to religious liberation. Hers was very much a political fight coated in religious flavour and ignited by the “Naga Raj” movement of Jadonang. “The Naga Raj” movement precedes the NNC movement and the two occurred at uniquely different times.

As a matter of fact, it may be a point of interest to scholars, and research whether this NNC movement, which later became the backbone of our Naga Political fight was either directly or indirectly impacted, in any way, if any, by the “Naga Raj” or Rani Gaidinliu’s Movement? Akin to NNC, Rani Gaidinliu’s Movement was a fight against any foreign invasions that would destroy the very socio-cultural-political fabric of

the indigenous people. She saw the British invasion and Christianity which came along with the British incursion and was then considered a foreign religion, as the biggest threat to the identity of the people. Unfortunately, her political-religious fight could not do much when Nagas started to embrace Christianity because the power of the living God was too much to resist. Nonetheless, her fear came true.

At one point of time, we Nagas have discarded almost all of our cultural artefacts when we renounced our indigenous faith and embraced Christianity. We took the Roman script, started using English as the common communication medium; discarded our traditional dress and got fascinated with western fashion. We have almost renounced our folk songs which are not simply songs but an instrument of worship, medium of communication, story narration, recording and recounting our history. We were threatened not so much from without but from within. We have fought bravely on the battlefields, handled jungle wars and rough mountainous terrains as a child would play in a football ground, banged the table with raw fists before the mighty Indians, but became a vulnerable group of people when we realised our socio-cultural ingredients have almost gone with the change of religion.

The intensity of this threat was so strong that we became insecured, and each tribe began to draw our tribal lines with thicker walls, which in turn made us more withdrawn thinning the space for other community to join our fellowship. Some of us are arguing that the Museum of Rani Gaidinliu should not be here in Kohima because she was not from Nagaland. Could this be a subtle indication of the sense of insecurity that is in us? On a lighter zest, perhaps our craziness of putting all sorts of designated name plates in our vehicle and announcing our presence may be a faint implication to this fear of losing one’s identity?

Today we are a confused group of people.

Our conscience tells us to move forward with Christian values and practices, yet our instinct pull us to the primitive lifestyle. We have started our Christian journey long ago but are still romantic about our native practices. That is why we want to go to church and at the same time have rice beer in a bamboo cup. We come to the church to receive blessings and at the same time, ask the eldest of the village to pronounce some sort of indigenous spiritual blessings whenever there are community gatherings or festivals. We want to stand firm in our Christian faith but cannot resist the myth and superstitions. We accuse Rani Gaidinliu of practising

witchcraft, and we are still fascinated by sorcerous elements painted in Christian colour. We are neither here nor there. We are so conscious of re-establishing our identity that we have recently started reviving our cultural artefacts, revitalizing the indigenous festivities, rewriting our folk songs to be sung in the church services and community gatherings, busy developing our tribal scripts and the best we can do is print Bibles and hymnals to be used in the church because there is limited platform to apply it. And as though this is not enough, in the name of our Christian faith churches are breaking apart on ethnic line. All for what? “Identity.” Today, we are re-working this quest for identity by wearing Christian coat. The irony is, what we are doing now was what Rani Gaidinliu was passionate about. In a way, she foresaw that such a day like this would come to the Nagas. The only two differences I can see are, Rani Gaidinliu used Heraka as the medium and we are using Christianity; and one was done in a primitive time and the other in a post-modern era.

The vacuum of leaving out religion in the process of our political fight for identity was always felt from the beginning until now. Today many of us are sarcastic of the word, “Nagaland for Christ.” I do not see anything wrong when our then faithful freedom fighters pledged to put religious ingredients in their political struggle. They understood perfectly that our historical identity is connected to a Being greater than us. And the Rainbow image that is inscribed in our National flag has a spiritual implication to remind us of that pledge. In all these, religion was fundamental in the fight for identity. Indeed, religion is undeniably the element that is intrinsically connected to social, cultural and political life of the people. Thus, I see the objective of the fight is same in all the cases; the difference is in the methodology to attain the objective.

The fight for identity to unite the Nagas is also the very agent that is disintegrating the Nagas. Nagas are known for our bravery and likewise we are arrogant group of people – from the illiterate to the so called intellectuals. Paradoxically, we have become very insecured over the time. Our prejudice occupies every bit of spaces in us that we hardly have any places left for other tribe or community to be part of us. Is this the best we can bring out from the Christian faith we have embraced? We are passionate about the identity from without but confused on the identity from within. How would we reconcile our Christian faith and our indigenous identity? Perhaps, this is the politics of mission we need to be working upon at this juncture.

The TruTh of rani Gaidinliu

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xpounding the reality of Rani Gaidinliu, for public information is considered a necessity to the Nagas.

Much rejections of her have been reflected through Medias by various groups; Church based organizations, theologians and individuals making her the hottest current news of the day. It implies that, Nagas are revealing themselves of their political status, morale standard and social character telling the world of who Nagas are. Viewing from the Zeliangrong tribal perspective, the present Naga scenario is more of superficiality than reality, more of self denying than self-determining, more of speculative than pragmatic. The fact rings an alarming bell for Nagas to wakeup in order to march ahead.

The Zeliangrong Baudi Nagaland responsibly felt the need to clear the airs, and cure the ailments of the Naga society as any other Naga tribes should responsibly act toward restoring the defacing and defaming Naga images done by many irresponsible leaders and writers reflecting their destructive oriented mentality through medias. It is painful and sentimentally hurtful to see many unfounded allegations meted against the Naga freedom fighter whom India recognized her as a Naga lady fighter and accorded with highest admiration as a Rani from the Naga Hills. The Naga History have been illuminated, respected and placed in high esteemed shaping and creating conducive environment for peaceful and positive Indo-Naga talk. The GoI cannot deny the Naga history and the historical situation made so far. That the long Naga struggle for independent from British and later on India stands distinct and unique because of the fact that, despite the bestial animistic Naga nature as the Indian thought to be, the Nagas have displayed and asserted their indomitable and inherent human right to self- determination by and in the person of the Rani Gaidinliu. Her influence and contribution to the Naga cause and even the creation of Nagaland have not been sensed and credited. Instead many Nagas still feel alienated to her, discrediting only to their political disadvantage. It is high time Nagas take a new turn and reflect a high political outlook pacing with the drum beat of the current political mo-

mentum to the third millennium generation.

After exercising tolerance and patient silence over the sectional Naga political leaders, surfacing Rani Gaidinliu as tools to destabilize Naga unity, and create confusion within the Naga family at the juncture when Naga society and political progress is taking positive turns.

The Zeliangrong Naga felt necessary to correct misinterpretations about Rani Gaidinliu by certain unscrupulous critics.

The following points may be considered to clear the Nagas’ minds from further confusions :1. Rani Gaidinliu was a rare and lone Naga lady freedom fighter whose eccentric and charismatic leadership personality have been admired in wonderment by her people and the people of India leading the Nagas to be recognized as one distinct people having their strong sense of sovereign will power. Her leadership performance and contribution cannot be questioned.

History speaks loud and clear.

2. Rani Gaidinliu was never an anti Naga and anti-Christian in any manner all her movement.

When the armed force of NNC of Zeliangrong region was used by jealous Christian converts to suppress her political ideology that is Naga Raj Movement against British Raj she opted to defend, protect and preserve her movement up to her last.

NNC offensive operation attack was retaliated by her defensive confrontation that has caused the unfortunate casualty on the side of NNC. The fact should not be taken for granted that she was anti-Naga nationalism.

Plethora of proofs can be substantiated.

3. Branding her as anti-Christ, tantric witch, black magic, blood thirsty lady and what not, that T. Solo has projected and coined that has provoked and annoyed even the Church based leaders, theologians, tribal organizations, bureaucrats to jump and dance in his magical tune and spell. His unchristian attitude toward the Naga indigenous Heraka faith is clearly seen as anti-Naga, and anti Christian that Naga Christian must beware of such a man in sheep skin woven with subtle magical words. Nagas must no longer be fooled by

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such a man who has misled, defamed and belittled the image of general Nagas.

Heraka is never an anti-Christian as Naga Christians leaders have been troubled and feared by misgiving media coverage.

Heraka is a reformed faith denouncing all that are negative rituals, superstitions and all that contradicts to the modern Naga culture. This faith does not oppose the Christian but when Christian converts opposed them, they also defended and seek out for firm support from secular India that practice interfaith understanding and tolerance. How could Christians be so cruel to oppose Heraka?

What logic is making a sense when Naga Christians are blaming them of opposing Christianity? Are matured Christian suppose to do such measures against others faith? Today Christians shall be held responsible for losing the originality of the history of Nagas.

The title “Rani” given to Gaidinliu is opposed with great resentment. If Gaidinliu was one of the Naga tribes from Nagaland by birth, what would be the situation? Queenship or kingship was not practiced or realized in the Naga society when in the age of isolation. Now even Nagas are using Beauty Queen contest. Queen does not necessarily mean she has to have a king. Queen in the Indian and world context is given to a high or brave, beautiful lady prominent in the society. It is needless and absurd to question her title.

Rani Gaidinliu library cum memorial museum at the state capital is being opposed as if the structure is affecting the Nagas or to the particular Angamis.

Humane logic speaks loud that such a project in the state capital is the pride and privilege of the Nagas as much as it would be if Phizo’s statue or memorial hall is granted to establish in Assam or Manipur or elsewhere in the world. Opposing such is mad minded attitude. What a loss and shame for the whole Nagas if the said Museum is taken back to others’ land?

The notion that, BJP-RSS leaders get the chance to enter the Naga society through the Heraka cult is amounting to chal-

lenging the Heraka faiths and Hinduism. Such a resentful and jealous motive is destroying the social fiber of harmony and inciting religious contention. Provoking that, “the ultimate honorable identity of the Rongmei is in the casteless society of the Nagas with Christianity” stated

by T. Solo is not only insulting but condemning the tribe. Assuming that the particularized Rongmei of Zeliangrong are getting facilities and privileges from India is greed based motive which is provocative and is a challenge to the tribe demanding a response.

8. Enough must be enough of implicating the tribe giving much undue branding. The Zeliangrong people will not remain in silence but face when such challenge and belittling implication is reflecting again and again through Medias.

9. The Questions relating to Rani Gaidinliu as constantly posed are illogical and baseless. Implying that she is not a Naga of Nagaland is simply devoid of logical politic. It is a divisive and crafty politic sorrowful to be mentioned to have originated from some few section of the Nagas of Nagaland. Differentiating the Nagas by state arbitrary boundary is very low and succumbing politic played by the Nagas even to this day.

This destructive policy will have far flung impacts on the Nagas.

Therefore stop it to end it.

10. Zeliangrong Baudi Nagaland is keeping a vigilant watch on those who are reflecting many misgiving reports and malicious information through Media with dubious intent to instigate and provoke the general public. Such misgiven leaders even among some few Zeliangrong who are playing to the tune of some unscrupulous individuals are warned and shall be dealt with as per the laws of the land.

Zeliangrong Baudi Nagaland, appeals to all the Nagas to exercise and promote political integrity, religious tolerance & harmony, human rights, and the common political rights of the Nagas as a people. Let us shift our mental status and political progress to higher platform with the rest of the people of the world.

Media cell Zeliangrong Baudi Nagaland

1. The recently signed Framework Agreement will not lead to peace, but will lead to bloodshed. This bloodshed will start in Nagaland and will flow into India.

God is all powerful. A larger force may try to swallow a smaller force, but, instead, God will swallow the larger force.

2. Shillong Accord was meant to bring peace, but it became a stumbling block for the Nagas. Today, the Framework Agreement is being called as the Peace Accord, but this is not the Peace Accord.

If Nagas accept this, God’s judgment will fall upon the Nagas.

3. If Nagas accept this Framework, God will cut down the big trees and the Oak trees (meaning big leaders) of the Nagas.

4. God’s eyes are always upon the Nagas, but the Naga people have gone mad.

God is pure and for this reason, God is urging the Nagas to stand in the name of God and to follow Him. 5. The name of Jesus is written on the right hand of the Nagas, and based on this the slogan “Nagaland for Christ” was given.

Heaven, Earth and Peace was also given to the Nagas as a symbol of a covenant in the form of the Rainbow. If these two symbols – Nagaland for Christ and the Rainbow – are given into the hands of ‘idol worshippers,’ than God’s judgement will fall upon the Nagas.

6. The Naga people have reached the final stage of their journey. This significance was revealed. During this final stage of the journey, the road is crowded with people pushing each other and they reached the final destination. At this moment, a hand appeared and wrote

a word upon all those who stood for the Naga nation and for the Church of God. This group of people represents the 10 tithes of the Naga population and they will be the foundation of the Naga nation.

7. The case of the Naga people is not one that can be solved halfway. The final fate of the Nagas is in the hands of God. Two angels and the prophets are standing on the right side of the Nagas and along with them the Naga case will be finally solved.

Symbol God put two tables in a room. One table was old and the other was new. The old table was covered by a piece of cloth. The new table, which was made off from two different kinds of wood was placed upon the Ark of the Covenant. A man suddenly appeared and stood on top of the new table when it was placed upon the Ark. No one appeared to touch it, but the new table fell off from the Ark by itself and broke into pieces. The splintered pieces fell far apart from one another and could not be pieced together again. At this time, God said that just like the new table, those who disobey the word of God will be blown away by His breath. After the new table was broken into pieces and blown away, God took the old table and placed it upon the Ark of the Covenant. The number ‘3’ (representing the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit) was sealed on the old table. The old table represents the NNC Plebiscite of 1951 and is the table of Naga Sovereignty.

Former Pastor Thoputso, Chairman, Naga Shisha Hoho

The role of Youth in escalating Peace in nagaland

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odern world is becoming smaller, highly integrated and highly advancement in technology. At this hour our state is becoming more unsecure through an environment full of tension, violence, injustice, reduced in tolerance among each other and disrespect to human rights.

This has led to fragmentation, less peaceful and insecurity to both the past and the present generation.

At this hour our people needs a culture of peace and conflict free environment within our state and this is the area where the youths can play a vital role in escalating peace in our state particularly. One core value or principle we should have in promoting peace is “BE THE CHANGE”.

This can change the attitude of the person which involve the tradition and believes in having a positive life.

Youths can also be the foundation of peace and tranquillity in our state. Our threat of violence and conflict had always been killing our peace of mind, creates mental trauma, happiness and our wishes to live with freedom. The youth are always considered to be the future with a revolution towards conflicts as we bring out new ideas and the energy to add the pool of knowledge that currently exists. Even though we can’t be the driver towards change, yet we have a major role to play in

bringing a change starting from ourselves through little ways we can.

We the youth should equally understand our leadership capacity by educating ourselves on the need of the community or society and take opportunities available to prioritise leadership development programmes especially with those in the rural areas, because lack of knowledge in decision making leads to conflict from the initial point. The youths shall be the network of change which involves in the ethnic development; the youth of different Naga tribes can come together and share their common problems, share culture and traditions and eradicate tribalism which is then transmitting from generation to generation. The youth on the political area of development can engage or join in political awareness building in their areas, find and demand accountability, transparency and citizenry participation from the bureaucrats. We may end justifying the bureaucrats that they are also corrupted politically but we should also remember that every flower does not have thorn. In addition, the youth shall learn new skills to deal with conflict i.e. through non violence.

Now the question is what is our contribution towards promoting peace???

Shanjos E. Kikon Peace and conflict transformation Student NEISSR, Dimapur Nagaland

JERUSALEM: THE MOTHER OF US ALL

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ur feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem is builded as a big city that is compact together. PS: 122:2.3 . I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem coming down from God, out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Rev 21:2.

There are certain place-names which unroll immediately before us the living pageant of history. Such a word, for example, is Athens. You have to mention Athens to set men dreaming of the glory that was Greece, of the deadless achievements of the Hellenic spirit in the realms of beauty, culture, romance and the miraculous forward thrust which the Greek mind gave to the slow evolution of man’s dignity of the soul. Such a word, again Rome, its majesty of law, government, the drive and the dynamic genius of ordered law and rule which welded together for enduring unity.

What souls of morality legions, of laden caravans, of commerce rolling in from all the ends of the earth, of the felling of forest and the cutting of the great roods, of trumpets and battle songs and the praise of the famous men, lie in one word Rome. But there is another name which across the centuries has struck deeper chords and awakened stronger emotions in the human breast than either Athens or Rome: and that is Jerusalem. Let us remember the names of those men and women, the aspirations of a host of nameless saints, memories that gather in from family altars where our own fathers in God have prayed, the thoughts that often lie too deep for tears.

We may never have left the town or hamlet of our birth, nor stirred beyond our natives shores, and yet most surely our feet have stood within the gates of Jerusalem. Here is our citizenship, here our spiritual home; and of Zion it shall be said ‘This man was born in her’.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept- when we remember Zion. How could we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land. Consider for a moment what Jerusalem meant to the Jew himself. It stood, first for history; Jerusalem to the Hebrew mind, meant David, the shepherd-king, the man after God’s own heart, and Solomon in all his glory the builder of temples. Jerusalem means the temple, and the temple meant God and like a spiritual magnet a Jew might roam around the world but we accept continually how King David in Babylon knelt to say his prayers, the window of his rooms was open towards Jerusalem. Jerusalem, to the Hebrew mind, means religion- all singing the songs of Zion, all praying for the peace of Jerusalem.

History, religion, home- all those for the Hebrew mind were gathered up into the name Jerusalem. You will remember that there were just two places in the Gospels where the evangelists tell us that Jesus wept. Once, it was at the grave of His friend Lazarus and once when coming round the shoulder of the Mount of Olives. He saw the city of David spread out before him in the sunshine and stood gazing at it with eyes dimmed with a sudden mist of tears.

We too have walked on those streets where in ancient time the feet of Jesus went….we have dreamt those dreams and sing those songs of Zion, and inscribed our names in the burgess roll of her free citizens, and have seen the sun flaming down behind the battlements and ramparts of the city of God. Paul was speaking for you and me no less than for his own contemporaries when, in his letter to the Galatians, he flung out the magnificent sentences. “Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all”.

Keduovilie Linyu

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

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Kids from S. Pethury Montessori School perform Bollywood movie “Sholay” scene during the inaugural function of the 5th edition of Pochury Black Day Memorial Cup 2015 at Meluri on September 7.

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Prince William to deliver

Wildlife Speech on chinese Tv

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ritish Royal Prince William will make a rare Tv appearance in China next month (oct15) to raise awareness about the need to protect endangered Wildlife. The Duke of Cambridge, who launched his anti-poach-

ing charity United for Wildlife last year (14), will pretape the speech in London for broadcast on the nation's Let's Talk TV show.

The news was announced on Monday via the official Twitter blog for royal residence Kensing-

ton Palace, and in an accompanying statement, a representative writes, "The Duke is grateful to have this opportunity to explain how people around the world must work together to save some of the planet's most critically endangered

species before they are lost forever.

"He considers this issue an important test for his generation's ability to solve the much more complex global challenges it will face in the decades to come." The news of Wil-

Now, Bollywood posters to Jackman named as Qantas Ambassador ustralian actor Hugh Jackman is the new globhighlight waste management al ambassador for Qantas. The X-Men and Les

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Miserables star, who recently announced a live concert tour of his home country, will promote the airline on the international stage and work with Qantas on projects in Australia.

Jackman says he is looking forward to working with the airline to promote Australia as a tourist destination. "It's inspiring to see an Australian company stand up for causes that make a difference and I know it’s something that the Qantas team and its employees are really passionate about," he said.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the airline was thrilled to welcome Jackman on board. "Hugh represents everything that the world loves about Australians and he has used his enormous international success to promote Australia as well as highlight causes that are close to his heart," Mr Joyce said in a statement.

Jackman will team up with the airline to work on community projects "creating opportunities for Australians to learn, work and to reach their potential". The Qantas Group operates more than 7300 flights a week and carries 47 million passengers a year.

sing the canvas of Bollywood to highlight the stench of garbage in the national capital, an art campaign - “The Dirty Pictures” - was launched here on Tuesday. Pick any of your favourite moments of Bollywood - be it the romantic scene by late stars Raj Kapoor and Nargis in the pouring rain under a black umbrella or actors Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol serenading on “Suraj hua madham”-- and replace the background by a garbage disposal site.

That's what the campaign aims to do as the art project aims to create awareness about recycling using a poster campaign. The posters will be placed across 54 garbage disposal sites in and around South Delhi, and around 30 sites have already been covered. Karma Recycling, a buy-back operator of mobile devices and Delhi, I Love You, a social endeavour, in collaboration with artist Shaily Gupta have brought the campaign alive, said a statement.

Designed by Gupta, the images remind of the garbage disposal crises, as well as presents a take on the issue in a humorous way. The idea is to draw attention to the waste management debate by using iconic Bollywood imagery and subtly introducing rotting garbage into the dreamy Bollywood utopia.

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am Smith has confirmed that he will sing 'Writing's On The Wall', the theme tune for the new James Bond movie 'SPECTRE'. The 23-year-old has co-written 'Writing's On The Wall', the title track to the 24th movie in the franchise, with Grammy Award winner Jimmy Napes and is the first British male solo artist to record the Bond theme since 1965.

Sam said: ''This is one of the highlights of my career. I am honoured to finally announce that I will be singing the next Bond theme song. I am so excited to be a part of this iconic British legacy and join an incredible line up of some of my biggest musical inspirations. I hope you all enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed making it.''

'SPECTRE' producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli added: ''Sam and Jimmy have written the most inspirational song for 'SPECTRE' and with Sam's extraordinary vocal performance, 'Writing's On The Wall' will surely be considered one of the greatest Bond songs of all time.''

Sam follows in the footsteps of Adele, whose 2012 song 'Skyfall' - recorded for the film of the same name - won an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. 'Writing's On The Wall' will be released on September 25 while 'SPECTRE' is out in the UK on October 26 and in the US on November 6.

Sooraj Pancholi

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liam's appearance emerges months after his official visit to China earlier this year (15), when he raised the issue of curbing the illegal wildlife trade with President Xi Jinping.

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KaTe HudSon gets fashion inspiration from Cher

he 36-year-old actress, who is fronting the Jimmy Choo autumn/winter campaign, has admitted she sees the 69-year-old singer as her ''icon'' in the fashion world as she's attracted to items with a '70s flare. Speaking to Jimmy Choo, she said: ''Comfort is definitely the common denominator, which means a lot of pieces that are flowy and light. I've always been attracted to the '70s -- sexy, with a lot of freedom in the overall aesthetic. ''My fashion icons are Julie Christie, Anita Pallenberg, Kate Moss and Cher.''

Although she enjoys the different colours and textures emerge for the winter season, the blonde stunner -

who resides in California - finds summer fashion easier to wear. She explained: ''I'm always excited to see fall/winter -that is my favourite season for fashion.

I love the layers and texture and it is just more rich. ''But my favourite fashion season to wear is summer. I'm definitely such a girl in summer, I like to wear things that are flowy, as little as possible because I don't like feeling like I'm bound into anything.''

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n a short span of time, Sooraj Pancholi, who makes his debut with Hero, has garnered an impressive fan following.

What's also commendable is that his popularity extends across various social media platforms. From writing and blogging about him to posting his images, netizens are supporting the young actor in every possible way.

Even during his inter-city tours for the promotion of this Nikhil Advani-directed film, fans have been turning up in big numbers to show their support for him. While he agrees that all this is extremely overwhelming, Sooraj concedes that this popularity and fanfare has also put some pressure on him. That's all the more reason for him to put in more effort and stand true to the expectations of his followers. "It's very humbling when you're welcomed with open arms, especially when you have just begun your career," he sums up.

Hero, produced by Salman Khan Films and Mukta Arts, and released worldwide by Eros International, opens in cinemas on September 11.

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Halep, Victoria Azarenka Anderson stuns Murray, Simona clash in US Open quarterfinals Federer into quarters

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NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 8 (REUTERS): Persistence finally paid off for Kevin Anderson as the towering South African prevailed in a slugfest with Andy Murray to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Monday while another tennis giant John Isner was slain by Roger Federer.

Two David v Goliath matchups, however, ended all too predictably as 97th ranked British qualifier Johanna Konta saw her Flushing Meadows joy ride ended 7-5 6-3 by fifth seeded Czech Petra Kvitova and 68th ranked American Donald Young ran out of comeback magic in a 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4 loss to fifth seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland.

Tomas Berdych's time in Flushing Meadows also came to an end with the sixth seeded Czech falling 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-1 to 12th seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet.

Seven times before the six-foot, eight-inch (2.03m) Anderson had progressed to the fourth round of a grand slam but never beyond until his 7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(0) victory over third seeded Scot Murray.

Murray had battled his way back from two sets down in the second round against France's Adrian Mannarino, but could not work another miracle against the 14th-ranked, 29-year-old, who swept the final tiebreak 7-0.

Second seed Federer also came face-to-face

with one of the ATP Tour's biggest hitters and coolly defused six-foot, 10-inch (2.08m) Isner's booming serve to claim a 7-6(0) 7-6(6) 7-5 victory.

Federer held his own from the service line to thwart Isner, never losing his serve, and used his returning skills to derail a pair of long streaks enjoyed by the American.

The 34-year-old Federer closed out the two hour, 39 minute fourth-round match by breaking Isner's serve, ending the American's string of 108 consecutive service holds at the U.S. Open.

His perfect scoreline in the opening set tiebreak

snapped an even longer Isner streak.

In 429 tiebreakers played by Isner, he had never dropped one 7-0.

Second seed Simona Halep overcame a thigh injury, baking heat and finally big-hitting German Sabine Lisicki to also reach the U.S. Open quarters for the first time.

It was Labor Day in the United States but it was certainly no holiday for Halep who had to work for her spot in the last eight, needing two hours and 38 minutes under a broiling sun to dispatch Lisicki 6-7(6) 7-5 6-2 and reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals for the first time.

Waiting for the Romanian in the last eight is two-time U.S. Open finalist Victoria Azarenka, who advanced with a comfortable 6-3 6-4 win over American Varvara Lepchenko.

After a couple of days of relief, the heat returned to Flushing Meadows turning the fourth round clash between Halep and Lisicki into a test of survival.

After dropping the opening set Halep called out the trainer to have treatment on her left thigh and at the end of the second the players left the court when the heat rule came into effect, but through it all the exhausted Romanian was able to gut out a victory.

8th ANPSA Zunheboto unit sports meet underway

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ZUNhEBOTO, SEPTEMBER 8 (DiPR): The 8th All Nagaland Private School Association (ANPSA) Zunheboto Unitsports meet got underway on 8th September and will culminate on 12th September 2015 atLocal Ground, Zunheboto. The sports meet is being organ-

ised byZunheboto Range Students Union (ZRSU) and altogether 9 (nine) schoolswill be participating in football and table tennis under differentcategories.

The inaugural programme was graced by Executive Engineer,PWD (R&B) Aghunato Division, Er. Vikheto Aye as chief guest

where heexhorted the participating students to give their best effort and truesportsmanship. Er. Vikheto also urged the players to remember theAlmighty God in whatever they do and wished them a success in thesports events.Welcome song was presented by Cornerstone Hr. Sec. School.

Welcomeaddress was given

by President, ZRSU, Tohuto Zhimo. Entertainment item was presented by EdenGarden School. Presidential Address was delivered by President, ANPSA Tokavi Swu and the programme was chaired by Cultural Secretary,ZRSU, Kazheto Yeptho.

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 8 (agENciES): Victoria Azarenka eased into the U.S. Open quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Varvara Lepchenko on Monday, setting up a clash against No. 2 seed Simona Halep later this week.

Azarenka, seeded 20th, has enjoyed a relatively comfortable passage at Flushing Meadows so far, and the former world No. 1 has now reached the quarterfinals in four straight years, having been runnerup in 2012 and 2013.

But things are about to become more difficult starting with the matchup against Halep, who overcame injury and fatigue to defeat Sabine Lisicki 6-7 (68), 7-5, 6-2.

Halep, for her part, said she is feeling no pressure from the lofty expectations this year. "I had many expectations in (the) French Open and Wimbledon and wasn't good, so here I changed a little bit my mind, and I have no expectations," said Halep, who is 44-11 on tour this year.

Halep was forced to dig deep at Louis Armstrong Stadium after needing heavy strapping to her left leg, which she said remained sore after the match. The grand slam hopeful required medical attention throughout the three-set battle, but the 23-year-old hopes to make a swift recovery in time for the last eight.

Azarenka and Halep last met in 2012, when the former claimed two easy wins on hard courts.

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again," Halep said. "She has experience already.

She won two grand slam (tournaments). So will be a tough one. But I know that I have my chances.

"I have no pressure.

Actually, I feel it. But I play well when I have pressure."

Elsewhere on Monday, Sam Stosur, the 2011 U.S. Open champion, had her

campaign ended by Flavia Pennetta as the Italian's love affair with the year's final grand slam continued.

For the sixth time in her career, Pennetta is into the last eight at the U.S. Open, her passage booked with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over the Australian.

Awaiting Pennetta is No. 5 seed Petra Kvitova,

who starred in the big moments as she saw off the in-form Johanna Konta in straight sets.

Kvitova had just two break-point opportunities throughout the match and converted both at crucial stages to reach her maiden quarterfinal at Flushing Meadows via a 7-5, 6-3 victory.

Mkg gears up for ‘Throttle Thrust 2015’ Morung Express News

Mokokchung | September 8

Mokokchung is steadily but surely finding a place in the motorsport map of the state and the country with at least a couple of major motorsporting events being held in the district annually, especially since the last few years.

The number of motorsport enthusiasts in Mokokchung has grown in numbers over the years with enthusiasts forming motorsport clubs and an association.

The latest major motorsport event in town is going to be the ‘Throttle Thrust 2015’ being organized by the Spearhead Motorsport Initiative, a major motorsport club formed in the year 2014. This group has been ‘spearheading’ the motorsport activity in Mokokchung since its inception and is all geared up to organize the ‘Throttle Thrust 2015’ on September 11 and 12, 2015 at Imkongmeren Sports Complex, Mokokchung. The group has participated in various state and national motorsport events and has successfully organized the ‘Endurance Challenge 2014’ which is credited to be the “only event in the Minister for environment, forests and climate change Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire and others with players and match officials state that runs special stage rally (Ex-

treme)”. Spearhead Motorsport Initiative is registered with the government of Nagaland (Youth Resources & Sports) and affiliated to the Mokokchung District Sports Council.

Spearhead Motorsport Initiative is independently organizing the ‘Throttle Thrust 2015’ in celebration

Pochury black day memorial cup 2015 starts

of 125 years of Mokokchung town. A first of its kind in the district, the event promises to showcase autocross and motocross events along with a ‘car expo’ and ‘car loan mela’ as well as other motorsport related activities.

‘Throttle Thrust 2015’ will witness competitive motorsport in three categories. In the autocross event, there will be Below 1000CC, Above 1000CC and SUV categories while in the motocross event, there will be Novice Class and Expert Class categories. There is also going to be a ‘jeepcross’ event with a ‘special category for hometown jeeps’. Meanwhile, the Auto-Expo will

feature ‘exhibition and showcase of car models’ by the sponsors of the event that includes Nili Nissan, Polaris, Ayida Honda and Lozi Hyundai.

According to the PRO of the Spearhead group, Limanuksung Longkumer, at least 60 to 70 teams are expected to participate in the ‘Throttle Thrust 2015’ from around the state and the country.

A number of teams from Delhi, Meghalaya and Assam besides teams from Kohima and Dimapur have confirmed their participation, the PRO informed. About a dozen teams are also expected from the hometown.

The event will begin on September 11 with Nuklutoshi, Nagaland Minister for National Highways and Mechanical Engineering, as the chief guest while C.Apok Jamir, Parliamentary Secretary, Tourism, will grace the valedictory and prize distribution ceremony as guest of honour on September 12.

Registration for the event would go on till September 10, forms for which are available at Imprint, Mokokchung,TRAP Kohima and Cafe Destination, Dimapur. Interested individuals can contact the PRO of Spearhead Motorsport Initiative at 9402679386.

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of the first match of the 5th edition of Pochury Black Day Memorial Cup 2015 at Meluri on September 7. (Photo/Chizokho Vero) Our Correspondent Meluri | September 8

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The 5th edition of Pochury Black Day Memorial Cup 2015 under the theme “Honoring the glorious past” kicked started here Monday with minister for environment, forests and climate change Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire as the chief guest.

The Pochury Students’ Union (PSU) has been organizing Pochury Black Day Memorial Cup in commemoration of the 6th September Pochury Black Day. The Union organizes this cup with the vision to preserve, protect and promote unique identity and to spread the importance of “our history (through sports) in which our forefathers have sacrificed and laid down their precious lives for the cause of Naga nation.”

Through this Cup, the Union also aims to transform football in their locality by creating a platform and opportunity to the youth to develop their talents and skills in sports.

Source said the Pochury people have been observing September 6 as “Black Day” as on this day in 1960, nine persons from Matikhrii village

were massacred by the Indian Army by beheading them one by one.

Gracing the inaugural function, Dr. Kire paid salute to all the martyrs who had sacrificed their lives for the cause of the Nagas.

In the meantime, the minister wanted to see that this tournament grows bigger and bigger by taking it to the district level and gradually to the state level. Currently, this memorial cup is confined only within Meluri sub division.

The minister called upon the youth to be serious in their quest to become successful sportspersons.

He said only 3 to 4 weeks kind of practices and stopped playing after losing is not going to take one to anywhere. He called upon the sports lovers to stay focus in whatever field they are good at and practice throughout the year. Dr. Kire asserted that hard work will reward them.

“Don’t be time pass sportsman,” he told the participants and further asked them to have determination, devotion and dedication to be successful in anything they do.

Pochury Hoho president Pethu Pochury also pronounced a solidarity note while PSU president Er. Joy-

son Pfithu delivered the presidential address. The function was chaired by PSU tribunal MT Simon.

Rongsenlemla Imchen, District Forest Officer Phek, Theodore Yanthan, SDO (C) Meluri, Kedale Sebu, EAC Meluri and several other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.

Altogether, 12 teams are vying for the coveted champion title.

The champion will fetch a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 while the runner up will receive Rs. 30,000. Losing semi finalists will also get Rs. 10,000 each.

The tournament will conclude on September 15 with parliamentary secretary for labour, employment & skill development and border affairs Mmhonlumo Kikon as the chief guest.

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DAY 1 RESULT Christian Mission School Vs Thuda FC: 1- 1 United Brother’s Club beat Jiiriikhe FC: 4-0

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DAY 2 RESULT Walrus beat Khumiasii 3-1 Wiekiizii FC beat Legacy 3-1 PWD colony vs Christian Mission School: 2-2

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