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Dimapur VOL. VI ISSUE 298
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Monday, October 31, 2011 12 pages ` 3
If you make it plain you like people, it’s hard for them to resist liking you back
Nagaland Youths Shining Despite having to grow up in a not-so-conducive places and conditions where many adverse situation exist, yet youths from Nagaland are rising above the challenges…
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Vote on www.morungexpress.com SMS your answer to 9862574165 Do you believe that Nagaland is the ‘corruption capital’ of India?
Yes no Others Are young people’s aspirations incorporated into govt policies in Nagaland? 35% Yes 37% no Others
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Tension at AssamNagaland Border
chidambaram to visit blockade-hit Manipur newmai news network Imphal | October 30
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is all set to tour various parts of Manipur hill areas on November 2 amid 48 hours total bandh called by Sadar Hills Districthood Demand Committee (SHDDC) in all the hill districts beginning from the midnight of October 31 and the indefinite bandh in Sadar Hills, also from the midnight of October 31.
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The 48-hour hill district bandh is in protest against the alleged highhandedness of the security force personnel on October 27 at Kangpokpi and the indefinite bandh in Sadar Hills has been the expression of resentment of the SHDDC regarding the delaying in the creation of Sadar Hills district. Given this situation, the Manipur valley will again be cut-off from the rest of the country with even private vehicles
will not be allowed to travel through Sadar Hills. NH-39 and NH-37 (NH-53) pass through Sadar Hills. Meanwhile, preparation for the Union Home Minister’s two-day visit in Manipur is underway in the state capital Imphal with government officials, state and central security forces who are to assist the police in taking up security measures at the places where P Chidambaram is to visit. Continued on page 5
Governor, CM urges public servants to rededicate
Picture 2- Likewise, upcoming band from nagaland Alobo naga & The Band is the first Naga music group to achieve mainstream national recognition, with a song. Here the front man of the band, Alobo naga, is seen in performance with the three finalists of singing competition Kids for Fame Season-3 in Dimapur, October 30. no less professional and no less ambitious in their dreams, nagas youths are setting new standards to emerge winners and successes in the global community.
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DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 30 (MExN): ): As Nagaland observes ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’, Governor Nikhil Kumar has urged all sections of the society, especially public servants, to rededicate themselves to promoting transparency in the society and the system, and enhance the level of awareness amongst all sections of people so as to strengthen our resolve to eradicate corruption. The Governor issued a note today stating he is happy to know that the State Vigilance Commissionisobservingthe“Vigilance Awareness Week” from the October 31 to November 5. Continued on page 5
Responsibility of every citizen to fight corruption: CM
Minister Neiphiu Rio has urged the people of Nagaland to remind themselves that India ranks 84th in the corruption perception index according to the survey carried out by Transparency International in 2009. In a statement issued by Rio today, the CM stated that the controversies arising out of 2G scam, commonwealth games, cash for vote only goes to point out how deeply rooted and in-
stitutionalized corruption in our society is today. In the face of the stark reality, Rio stated that, the recent peoples’ movement against corruption in support of the Lokpal Bill is indeed a very positive indication that the society is now yearning to move forward to a corruption free country and that the virus of corruption needs to be firmly tackled. Continued on page 5
Revisiting a History of Chaos at biometric enrollment in Dimapur Pain...Silence...Truth
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 30 (MExN): In the backdrop of the reported damage inflicted on rubber plantation belonging to one Mr T. Wabang of Yajang-C village at the border of Yajang-C and Rajabari area allegedly by the Assam forest personals assisted by Assam armed police and civil administration from Teok revenue circle on 28th October 2011, tension remains in the Assam-Nagaland border. An emergency meeting was held today at Seleng area by the Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland). This was informed in a press note issued by Er. Temsu Wathi Ao, Coordinator, Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland). Today’s meeting was held at Seleng Lowjan High School compound which is located in Jorhat district of Assam and bordering near YajangC village of Mokokchung district and was attended by the responsible public belonging to the border A cover of the report ‘Bearing Witness – a Report on the area including women rep- impact of Conflict on Women in Nagaland and Assam’ . resentatives from the civil Keren Rose societies. had to relate. Stating that Continued on page 5 society is not always demoMorung Express Feature cratic, Hazarika said that he It would not be entirely would encourage the film to wrong to state that each and be screened to ‘all governevery Naga has seen if not ments’ and not to a selected felt the impact of conflict intellectual audience. and violence in their lives. Maintaining that the reThe Naga story is tainted port had been very tough to by blood. Sixty plus years of put together as most victims conflicted history has had were reluctant to talk, SanDIMAPUR, OCTOBER its toll. We are a nation with joy, lauded the efforts of the 30 (MExN): The Dimapur a long story to tell the world. Chamber of Commerce An often ignored truth research team who endured and Industry (DCCI) ex- about conflict and violence hardships not only physipressed its profound ap- is its impact on women and cally but mentally trying preciation to the authority children. These two catego- to reach the subject. Relating his personal experience of the NSCN (K) for uncon- ries of humanity often bear while visiting Benreu for the ditionally withdrawing the the major brunt of conflict project, Sanjoy said, “I was declaration to take action situations. It is this issue very surprised to learn that against Azheto Zhimomi, that has led the C-NES to be- my team was the first to visit MLA and Adviser, Coop- gin a project titled ‘Bearing the village from mainland eration and Sericulture. A Witness – a Report on the India in 54 years!” press note issued by Hokivi impact of Conflict on WomOn being queried as to Chishi President, DCCI ex- en in Nagaland and Assam’. why Nagaland and Assam pressed the hope that this Speaking exclusively were chosen for the topic will go a long way in usher- to the Morung Express, when other states have also ing in peace, goodwill and Sanjoy Hazarika, Proj- had its share of conflict hisunderstanding amongst the ect Director & Managing tory, Hazarika said that Naga family. The DCCI also Trustee, Centre for North these two states are iconic sincerely appreciated the East Studies and Policy Re- in the sense that Nagaland tireless efforts of the West- search (C-NES), recounted has the oldest history of vioern Sumi Hoho (WSH), var- the journey and the impact lence and conflict in South ious NGOs and civil societ- of the report. Reactions in East Asia while Assam has ies who played a pro-active mainland India where the the youngest history. role in bringing about un- film was screened ranged He further emphasized derstanding in this issue. from shock to disbelief at that the reports from the Continued on page 5 the stories that the victims two states are quite differ-
DCCI appreciates NSCN (K) for withdrawing declaration
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Picture1- Faith in Action (FIA), a martial arts group of youths from nagaland recently made it to the quarterfinals round of “India’s Got Talent Season 3”. Known for their energy and brilliant performance, they are seen here during the northeast Super Model Contest 2011 held at Agri Expo Site on October 28.
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ent although the basic issues of access to and protection of rights and dignity remain the same. Further he added that the Naga conflict is among the oldest of contemporary ethnic conflicts in the world and was the first in this country to challenge the idea of India, to insist on independence and a separate homeland. The problems in Assam began much later in the late 1980s. The Director of the film Maulee Senapati, while speaking to the Morung Express said that the film has its own entity and has been woven through the victims. Stating that since the film deals with a very sensitive issue, psychiatrists were consulted and the team finally decided to interview only women leaving out children. The film has been presented in an objective manner and tries to question Government policies in addressing human issues. ‘A measure of Impunity’ was first screened in New Delhi in the month of September this year, to an audience that expressed deep shock and sorrow at the impact that conflict has had on women in Nagaland and Assam. The same film has also been screened in Madras, Kolkata, Mumbai and Guwahati. Hazarika informed that the report was launched in Kolkata by former Governor of Nagaland, Shyamal Dutta. Deeply moved after going through the report and the film, the former Governor commented that he had never been aware of the immense impact of conflict on women in the north east India. It may be mentioned here that C-NES screened the film at Red Cross complex on the 29th October while also holding a photo exhibition and a panel discussion. It is hoped that the 50 minutes powerful film will be available in the market very soon for those interested in taking a peek back into a painful history, a history that has lain unspoken and unheard for decades.
Thousands of people turned up for the biometric data enrollment at the government middle school located in Sema Tila, Dimapur. If it is to be believed, colony chairman of Sema Tila and other surrounding areas falling under ward number 7 of the Municipal jurisdiction said nearly 4 thousand people have turned up in the last three days. They also expect another 2 or 3 thousand more in the next two days of the operation. The biometric team also said that it is the largest turnout in Dimapur. While it is a good sign that people are coming out to get enrolled; today, people queued up at by 4 a.m leaving the school premise over-crowded even before the team arrived. By noon the IRB was called in to han-
A section of the crowd queue up to get their biometric data enrollment in Sema Tila, Dimapur on October 30. (Morung Photo)
dle the frustrated crowd. People poured in continuously throughout the day but many had to go back even after waiting for several hours. The biometric enrollment has already entered its third day but less than 1,500 people have been enrolled so far.
The procedure is lengthy and each operator is able to manage about 50 persons in a day. There are eight operators working from 10 am to 5 pm. The situation is believed to be the same towards Kher Mahal. The operation has already entered its last day
but most of the population is yet to be verified. The queue is so long that many people have had to come back the next day. People have been missing offices and other works because of waiting in line. Most people are also not sure if they can get enrolled during this phase of the biometric. In Sema Tila, confusion prevailed as many people turned up without their ‘acknowledgement slip’ given to them during the first phase of the census operation. In some cases, people said that they were not provided with one and were seen searching for the enumerators. Most people have expressed need for extension of biometric phase and the need for more operators in Dimapur. All persons above the age of 5 must get their iris scanned and finger print taken for the biometric data.
Zuchobeni takes home Kids for Fame-3 Al ngullie Dimapur | October 30
Easily the most pitchperfect of the lot, preteen Zuchobeni Tungoe of Dimapur crooned her way to the winner’s podium to demolish the singing contest for “kids,” the Kids for Fame Season-3, during the event’s finals October 30, at Dimapur Club tonight. For someone her age, a surprisingly polished Tungoe out-sang close finalists Meyinaro Changkija and Gifty Shitiri to win the third edition of the singing competition, which now doles a cash prize of Rs.2 Lakh and an “educational scholarship” to boot aside from other gifts. Yet again, the lovelier ones had completely demolished the boys – all the three survivors were girls. Save for a number toward the end of the competition, the youthful talents performed on soundtracks. Still very young, pretty as daisies, hugely-talented, nervous and silently dying in their high heels, the three contestants led the music enthusiasts to a treat.
Zuchobeni Tungoe with the winning cheque after she won the Kids for Fame Season-3. (Sorei Mahong Photo)
Dressed in a white frock, a shy Shitiri opened a pleasant DimapureveningwithAmericanbandSixPenceNoneThe Richer’s 1997 hit “Kiss Me.” While not much of a stage performer and primarily
clueless during interludes in the backing, Shitiri implored for a pucker or two from an encouraging audience – comprising parents, friends and of course insatiable Dimapur music fans. She won the kiss-
es, cheer-wise of course no matter a bad pitch or two that threatened her singing. The second finalist to perform was a charming Meyinaro Changkija. Dressed beautifully in black and wings yet looking as vulnerable as a lily, young Changkija proved to be an exceptionally brave fighter. She battled bad pitches and a stumble in the chorus to hold up Miley Cyrus’ ‘The Climb.’ “Ain’t what’s waiting on the other side… It’s gonna be another battle,” she sang as the audience encouraged her to the hilt. Following Changkija for the countdown, the third finalist in-performance, a quietly confident Zuchobeni Tungoe sang Sherrie Austin’s ‘Streets of Heaven.” Easily the most poised and controlled of the singers, Tungoe flawlessly delivered – notwithstanding CD skips in the soundtrack – the Australian singer’s Billboard #18 2003 hit. With the natural, yet, polished timbre that she has, Tungoe set the standard for the evening’s second and final round. Continued on page 5
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Biker attempting World Record reaches Kohima Kuzhovesa Soho Kohima | October 30
With firm determination to break the Guinness Book of World record, 29-year-old mohsin haq from mumbai, set off in his brand new enfield royal Bullet-motorbike on october 2 from Gate Way to india (mumbai). traversing under the slogan, ‘riding motorbike to all the 28 States of india’ mohsin is set to break a world record of more than 18,000 Kms in 60 days. mohsin haq is a commerce graduate from Bombay University and a diploma holder of Business management from London. With the intention of breaking the Guinness Book of World record covering the entire 28 states and four Union territories, mohsin has crossed 14 states completing 9,500 Kms and has reached nagaland’s capital Kohima on his 28th day. a man who firmly believes in dignity of labour, mohsin, while interacting with the morung express, this morning here at Galaxy hotel, Kohima disclosed that his 18,000 Kms
travel in 60 days planned mission is a self sponsored mission. When queried whether he has any other message for his fellow countrymen, he smiles and responded, ‘my mission more or less is to convey a message of india against Corruption’ and added that wherever he goes he asks people “What is india against corruption? Who is anna hazzare? and what is Lokpal Bill?” Supplementing the above question mohsin candidly went on to state that, almost all people he questioned could not respond with a suitable answer, despite interviewing only college and university students. he however revealed that, ‘i was extremely happy, when my three questions were responded to my satisfaction by the nagas here this early morning,” he said and added that one of them was a student from Kohima Science College who was selling newspaper for their Union fund. “nagas are the most brilliant people”, he asserted. mohsin while expressing his confidence of achieving his planned goal and appearing in the Guin-
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(Left) Mohsin Haq riding through 28 states in 60 days, touched kohima today and is seen gearing up for Imphal. (Right) Mohsin’s Enfield Royal Bullet where slogan against corruption is advertised. (Morung Photos)
ness Book of World record said he spent at least few months making his strategies before taking on october 2 last. he also revealed that his biking journey would end the same place
as his take off point, which will be on november 26 next. When queried on whether he went for any sort of training for the very proposed mission, he replied “Being in the stage of
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energetic with good health besides a lover of riding a bike, i am strong for what i planned”, mohsin revealed. on his self sponsoring mission, he said, right after his return from London after
obtaining diploma in Business management he had worked in hutch 3G Company as technical Coordinator for three years and earned a lot by rendering his cent percent effort. “Be-
ing independent apart from my earning in three years service, hence i opted to spent my sweat earning for the cause of my future reputation and at the same time lifting up india to higher
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level with a special focus on ‘india against Corruption’ he maintained. asserting that his mission nevertheless is a strong support to anna hazzare, mohsin solely believes he contributes his due shares towards building up india a healthier nation. riding with all required equipments such as motorbike parts, safety driving equipments, guide book, Laptop with internet facility, clothes which approximately weight 30 Kilograms, mohsin with his Grand enfield royal Bike and indian flag unfurled make his way out to imphal this morning at 7:30 am here. mohsin would halt at imphal and would proceed to Silchar and northern part of india-Jammu & Kashmir. meanwhile, mohsin has sought cooperation from the entire citizens of india adding he is expecting no road block for him in the form of agitation etc. in any parts of india during his two months long mission. “if i achieve my goals through the grace of almighty, my whole credit would go to every citizens of india”, he asserted.
Chaga Gadi festival in Kohima today Kohima, october 30 (mexN): the Liangmai Welfare Society, Kohima is celebrating Chaga Gadi festival on october 31 at the heritage, old dC Bungalow, Kohima at 12:00 noon. all the Liangmai residing in Kohima have been requested to join the celebration compulsorily. the organizing committee also invites all the Liangmai inlaws to attend the festival. the state government has allowed Zeliang community to avail restricted holiday on account of Chaga Gadi on october 30 and 31. in this connection, the organizing committee appealed the educational institutions to grant leave on october 31 to the students of the community to par- Students of G. Rio School singing “Earth Song” during parent’s day celebraticipate in the festival. tion on October 29 C M Y K
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REGION Briefs Homage to Assam blasts victims
GUwAHAtI, OctOber 30 (PtI): Led by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Assam on Sunday paid homage to the victims of serial bomb blast here in which around 90 people were killed on this day in 2008. In a function held at the Ganeshguri flyover, scene of the first blast which killed some 70 people, Gogoi recalled the tragedy and said the administration was taking all action to nab the culprits. Referring to those whose whereabouts were still not known, Gogoi said the government will take steps to ascertain their fate. The All Assam Students Union (AASU) too paid respects in memory of the victims. The banned anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was involved in the incident and its chairman Ranjan Daimary was named as the prime accused. Daimary has been arrested but has not been convicted so far.
Zeliangrong Youth Front Prez resigns
DIMAPUr, OctOber 30 (MexN): Romeo Palmei, president of the Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) tendered his resignation due to his nomination as member for the Imphal Municipal Council. The Central Executive Meeting in this regard was held today, October 30, 2011 at 11:00 am and accepted his resignation with immediate effect, informed a press note from Thaingamlung Gangmei, general secretary ZYF (AMN). The matter relating to the vacant post of the President ZYF (AMN) will be discussed during the emergency central executive meeting which is to be held on November 5 at 11.30 am at the Zeliangrong Building, Kakhulong, Paona Bazar, Imphal.
Two die as mild tremors continue to hit north Sikkim
MANGAN (SIKKIM), OctOber 30 (PtI): Lowintensity tremors, which continued to rock north Sikkim one and a half months after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake devastated the region, have killed two people at Dzongu which had borne the brunt of the September 18 calamity. The tremor measuring 3.2 on the Richter Scale killed an 85-year-old resident of Nung village and a 27-year-old man hailing from Lingdem Basti in the region yesterday morning, delayed reports said. Police sources said the 85-year-old was trying to escape from his house which was violently shaking when the temblor struck at around 8:30 AM. Medical reports said his death was triggered by a heart attack after he slipped down the stairs. Another casualty was a 27-year-old man, Sonam Wangyal Lepcha, from Lingdem Basti who died after he fell down from the Lingdim Bridge at Dzongu. Chief Minister Pawan Chamling visited the affected area today and met the affected families. He distributed Rs one lakh each to the families as ex-gratia.
120-yr-old man marries 60-yr-old
GUwAHAtI, OctOber 30 (PtI):Agehasbeennobarfor 120-year-old Hazi Abdul Noor who married a woman half his age — his second marriage — in Assam’s Karimganj district. Noor tied the knot with Samoi Bibi, 60, at Satghori village. The event was witnessed by 500 guests and his family of over 100 members. A smiling Noor nodded his head in confirmation when Maulana Khairuzzaman asked for ‘kubool’, according to guests present at the wedding which took place recently. Displayingdocumentsabouthisage,Noorwhowasacontractor during the British regime in southern Assam, said though he was 120 years old, his age in the electoral voters list was 116. He heads a family of 122 members, including three daughters, two sons and several grandchildren, mostly married. His eldest child is a daughter aged 79. Samoi Bibi hails from North Foolbari village in adjoining northern Tripura. Her husband had died a long time ago and she is childless.
Tripura to get NE's first textile park
AGArtALA, OctOber 30 (IANS): Northeastern India's first textile park will be set up in Tripura, a minister said here Sunday. "The proposed park in Tripura is part of the 21 new textile parks to be set up under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP)," Tripura Industries and Commerce Minister Jitendra Chowdhury told IANS. Quoting a letter from union Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma, who also heads the textiles ministry, Chowdhury said that the parks would be set up at a cost of Rs.2,100 crore in Maharashtra (six parks), Rajasthan (four), Tamil Nadu (two), Andhra Pradesh (two) and one each in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal. These parks would be set up over a period of three years on a public-private-partnership basis.
Arunachal Guv for effective border security management
ItANAGAr, OctOber 30 (PtI): Expressing concern over border security management in the strategic state of Arunachal Pradesh, Governor Gen (retd) J J Singh has put forward a two- pronged strategy to deal the issue. Besides, Singh pitched for strengthening of security apparatus, both personnel and infrastructure, along the actual boundary. "Basic administrative and civic services to residents of border habitations have to be provided at their door steps so that they do not migrate to better developed areas, leaving these strategic centres un-populated," Singh said while addressing a 'Conference of Governors' at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi yesterday.
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IMPHAL, OctOber 30 (IANS): For some, it has become a way of life. As the economic blockade in Manipur crossed an unprecedented 90 days, its residents continue to wait for a miraculous breakthrough, even as the situation has only become worse - with prices of essential commodities touching the sky and health services worsening. "The situation has only become worse," said a worried K.H. Phalin, managing director of the Shija hospital in Manipur. "Despite our best efforts, we have had to turn away seriously ill patients because of lack of life saving drugs and oxygen cylinders." "It's a helpless situation and a real emergency," Phalin, who is a surgeon in one of the state's biggest private hospitals, told IANS.
According to Phalin, Manipur does not have a medical gas plant of its own and relies on the nearby state of Assam. As a result of the stir, the price of oxygen cylinder has therefore gone up - by four-five times. Ever since the blockade began Aug 1, the price of fuel and household commodities have also shot up. The blockade, activist Madhu Chandra says, has "unleashed" the black market. "There is a general scarcity of goods, but most of the things are available, but only at higher prices. Fuel for instance - it will be announced that petrol will be available from 7 a.m. tomorrow and from midnight people start queuing up their vehicles outside the fuel station," Chandra said. "Next morning, you will get the fuel, but after about two hours they will say that it's over. How-
ever, if you go to the market, you will get fuel, but at a higher price. It means that the black marketers are getting their supply and exploiting the people," he added. So, while in other states, the price of petrol is around Rs.67 a litre, in Manipur it is being sold at around Rs.200 in the black market. An LPG cylinder can cost anywhere between Rs.1,800-2,000. Then again, a kilo of potatoes will cost you around Rs.40-50 and onions at Rs.60-70. "But people have to eat. They can't die of hunger. So they have to buy," said Manisha Singha, a student. "At my home, we have stopped using gas cylinder because it's just so precious! It's like we have gone back in time and use firewood. We also try and make do with home grown vegetables and fish from the local pond,"
Newmai News Network Imphal | October 30
AFTER A GAP of nearly two months copies of The Telegraph daily will be available again in the news stands in Manipur. On Sunday, representatives from The Telegraph and the Apunba Lup held a talk which was facilitated by All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AMWJU) in Imphal. The Telegraph side was represented by its regional manager Pankaj Thakur. As per information received, The Telegraph representative on behalf of the daily said "sorry" today to the people of Manipur regarding the September 5 edition of the daily carrying the Irom Sharmila romance story. Pankaj Thakur said it had no intention to portray Sharmila in any bad light. It can be mentioned that The Telegraph daily newspaper was banned in Manipur for indefinite period by civil society organisations under the aegis of Apunba Lup since September 6. Copies of The Telegraph newspapers were also burnt in several places in Imphal on that day. The development was
prompted by the publication on hunger striker Irom Sharmila's private life. Civil society organisation leaders had said they were angry because in the last 11 years of Irom Sharmila's agitation the national media refused to focus her in the front page but on September 5 edition of The Telegraph the daily used the news item on private life of the hunger striker as the main news of the day. The Apunba Lup said there was a conspiracy by the national daily to sabotage the movement of Sharmila who is demanding to repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act. The Apunba Lup also had said that it was very difficult to meet Irom Sharmila "but how come a reporter from New Delhi just came and met the hunger striker that easy," and questions about the concerned authority who gave permission to The Telegraph reporter. "It is an insult to the whole of Manipur people," fumes the Apunba Lup leaders. Apunba Lup is a conglomerate of several civil organisations including United Committee, Manipur (UCM) and AMUCO.
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Raghu Menon, IAS presented with a memento by the All Nagaland IAS Association at Nagaland House New Delhi on Saturday, October 29.
DIMAPUr, OctOber 30 (MexN): The Resident Commissioner Jyoti Kalash IAS and staff of Nagaland House, New Delhi along with the State Cadres Officers posted in Delhi bid farewell on 29th October, 2011, at Nagaland House, New Delhi, to Raghu Menon IAS (1974) batch who had retired. This was stated in a press note issued by Kuolie Mere Press Relations Officer of Nagaland House, New Delhi. The programme was chaired by Resident Commissioner, Jyoti Kalash. He welcomed Raghu Menon,
IAS, his wife and the gathering. A short speech was delivered by Alemtemshi Jamir IAS, Additional Chief Secretary and the President of All Nagaland IAS Association. He presented a memento to the Retired Officer on behalf of the Association. Raghu Menon was described as a senior officer who used to guide and share experience to his junior officers. Alemtemshi also said that the government and the people of Nagaland will remember his great deed for the State. In his short speech Ra-
Dimapur urges rich, powerful to speak out
DIMAPUr, OctOber 30 (MexN): While appreciating all citizens who supported and participated in launching and observing the ‘Dimapur Campaign Against Antisocial Activities’ on October 29, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) has stated that the overall success of a single day’s campaign does not mean the battle is won. JAC in a press note stated that Dimapur still has a long way to go to contain unlawful activities and unless the more powerful elite class and well-off citizens decide to step out of their comfort zone, speak out and join the fray, the odds are that Dimapur may never win back its pristine atmosphere of peace and tranquility. JAC stated that the common man’s response is a clear indication that the spirit to fight against harassing issues is alive and strong. However, leaving the battle against antisocial elements to the poorer section or few NGOs whose capability is limited to organizing few rallies or to remain complacent
with “someone else will do the job for me” attitude will have disastrous results, JAC stated. “Recent trends of audacious extortion and kidnapping spree has the potentiality to engulf the entire strata of society sooner than later. The responsibility to keep a society clean and healthy and to let the rule of law prevail rests on all citizens.” The campaign was launched at 8:00 a.m near Naga Council office with a prayer by Rev Dr W. Lohe, president of Pastors’ Fellowship. This was followed by a long train of about a 100 vehicles carrying committee members, tribal Hoho, community & NGO leaders and various senior citizens which visited as many colonies/villages possible during the 3-hour long tour around Dimapur. Barring a few pocket of localities where demonstrators were thin which obviously was due to lack of leadership initiative or poor information, many colonies brimmed with supportive public ranging from
200 in smaller colonies to 2000 in bigger like Nagarjan Kuda village, MP Road, Duncan Bosti, Khermahal/ Chakhesang Colony, Sachu Colony, Naga Gaon, River Belt Colony, Oriental Colony, Industrial/Phevima, LRC, Notun Bosti, Walford, Sema Tilla, etc. JAC has further informed that the campaignagainstantisocialactivitieswill continue in a phased manner on longterm basis. It stated that the primary objective of the campaign is to create urgent awareness among citizens and congenial steps for the government to impose its political will in the battle against antisocial activities that has severely harmed progress and security to life. JAC has expressed deep appreciation to the public, GBs, VCCs, NGOs, district administration and police for their support in the campaign. It stated that the response received from public is a strong indication that public are tired of persistentdisturbancetolifebythemenace of antisocial activities in Dimapur.
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the congregation to realize that God wanted them to be sensitive to His ways of working with the people. On behalf of the graduating class, one student said that their batch had imbibed many spiritual lessons on the power of prayer, on the ways of worshiping the Lord etc. “We were like sheep without shepherd but now we have a shepherd,” he said and thanked the faculty for guiding them throughout their course. FIBTC director, Parmenas Jamir awarded the certificates and commissioned the 15 graduating students.
trict. The United Naga Council, the apex body of Nagas in Manipur, has also been organising a counter-road blockade in all Naga-inhabited areas in northern Manipur, demanding that these areas should not be carved out without their consent. As the people of the state continue to suffer in this tussle, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is expected to visit the state Nov 2-3. "I hope a breakthrough is achieved soon. People's medical bills have gone up, because hospitals are charging more for treatment, which they too can't help. I constantly pray that my family or friends don't become casualties to this blockade, like others have. Is anyone listening?," said Chandni Jain, a student of Delhi University, who hails from Imphal.
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Convocation ceremony at FIBTC Sixteen still missing in DIMAPUr, OctOber 30 (MexN): Altogether 15 students including those from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Burma, Manipur and Nagaland graduated from Faith International Bible Training Center (FIBTC) Signal, Nagagaon in Dimapur on Sunday. It was the 7th Convocation ceremony of the Center where the main speaker was Balie Kirha, senior pastor of Abundant Life Faith Church, Guwahati. Delivering the sermon, Kirha spoke about understanding and knowing the ways of God driving the point that God does not work on the terms of the believers but on His own terms. As one continued to work with the Lord, Kirha said, people would find that His ways of functioning are often irrational, unacceptable and inconvenient to the natural and rational minds of the people. However, eventually firm believers will find serving God to be the most satisfying and gratifying experiences in their life, he added. The preacher urged
she added. "I wonder how long will this continue. I just want my life to go back to normal," added Singha's younger brother aged 10, Raju. Probably, the only time when the state forgot about their daily struggles, was when Manipur celebrated one of its biggest festivals, Ningol Chakouba, Friday. While the mood was celebratory - and further complimented by the ready availability of fish, an important ingredient of the festivities - many had to tone down their celebrations because of the steep prices of other items. The blockade was called by the Sadar Hills District Demand Committee (SHDDC) in demand that the Sadar Hills sub-division in the Naga-dominated Senapati district in northern Manipur be upgraded as a full-fledged dis-
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(TOP): The graduating class of Faith International Bible Training Center (FIBTC) Dimapur. (BOTTOM): The speaker, Balie Kirha, senior pastor of Abundant Life Faith Church, Guwahati. (Morung Photos)
GUwAHAtI, OctOber 30 (Ht): Twenty-four hours after an ‘overloaded’ footbridge collapsed, local authorities in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh are still not sure how many people were on it. But going by missing reports filed at the police control room in Seppa town, 16 people are yet to be traced. The 50mt long rope-wire bridge that hung 40ft over river Kameng and connected Seppa with New Seppa townships snapped around 5:30pm on Saturday. Tribal people were trying to catch an insect called ‘tari’ – a local delicacy – with mosquito nets when the mishap happened. Some of the 30 survivors, many of them children, said there were more than 60 people on the bridge at that time. Seppa, headquarters of East Kameng district, is 384km west of Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar and 320 km northeast from
Assam capital Guwahati. “Out of an estimated 60 people on the footbridge that collapsed, 30 were rescued till late (Saturday) night. We recovered the bodies of three young women while there are unconfirmed reports of a fourth body having been sighted,” East Kameng superintendent of police Kime Aya told HT on Sunday. “There could be many still missing, but 16 have been reported missing till now (6pm).” Aya said local people were helping the police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel in search and rescue operations. “The army has also been assisting us, and they are using inflatable motorized boats (like most hill rivers, Kameng is fast-flowing and is freckled with rocks) to locate survivors or bodies downstream,” he added. The Kameng meets the Brahmaputra in Assam further downstream.
ghu Menon expressed his work experience in Nagaland and said that in his 37 years of service career he served the people of Nagaland for more than 16 years in various capacities. During his service period in the State Government he said that he had enjoyed working with various tribal leaders of the State and conveyed his sincere thanks to the State Government and people of Nagaland. In the farewell gathering most of the state cadres officers along with their wife were present.
DIMAPUr, OctOber 30 (MexN): Salt Christian College Dimapur held its 20th Annual Freshers’cum-parting social at Town Hall on Saturday. MLA and former chief minister, K.L. Chishi, who was the chief guest, encouraged the students to opt for higher studies beyond graduation pointing out that the world was witnessing a quick pace of advancement and competition. He said obtaining a degree without absorbing what has really been taught would only remain a mere degree. Chishi urged the students to develop the will to contribute their best to the soceity and expressed the hope that they were cultivating the ambition to also serve the society. Director and proprietor of SCC, Dr. M. Panger Longchar also spoke briefly at the programme. Other highlights of the programme were ethnic show, special numbers etc. Bovito Sumi and Toli Sumi won the titles of Mr and Mrs Freshers’ respectively.
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Students of St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama with Bolin Kumar Konwar, Vice-Chancellor, Nagaland university during the 22nd graduation Day on October 29.
Dimapur, OctOber 30 (mexN): St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama observed its 22nd Graduation Day on October 29, 2011. Luzinho Faleiro, ExCM of Goa, member Congress Working Committee, AICC, i/c
of Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura and Sikkim was the chief guest, and Prof. Bolin Kumar Konwar, Vice-Chancellor, Nagaland University, was the guest of honour. A press note issued to the media stated that Rev. Fr Dr
Abraham Lotha, the Principal thanked the chief guest for the “trusting and graceful” acceptance to grace the occasion sacrificing his weekend trip to Goa but to climb ‘the Japfii range’ to be with the Josephites. He also
gave a detailed report of the college activities of 2011-12, highlighting the achievements in the academic and infrastructural progress. Prof. Bolin Kumar Konwar, the Vice Chancellor of NU released a book ‘Climate Change’- the outcome of the National Seminar 2010. He said, “I see the best college placed in one of the most beautiful locations. I see the potential, determination and courtesy of the Josephites”. He exhorted the crowd that no university is free from limitations and setbacks and NU could be one among them but “problems make us wise and determined”. He stated that we have “miles to go and much to do”. He, as the coordinator of the University, assured his support and help to the college. Being a scientist himself, he looks forward positively to the establishment of B.Sc course in the College in 2012. “Who said there is no heaven on earth? This is heaven”, said the chief guest. Address-
ing the gathering, he said, “Education must form a pyramid - primary schools as the base, high schools as the middle part and colleges and universities as the tip of the pyramid. St. Joseph’s College forms an excellent tip of the Pyramid”. He called Nagaland, “the Jewel on the crown of India”. For him, the greatest treasures are not money and gold but his children. Likewise, “youth are the greatest wealth of a Nation”the Josephites are part of that greatest wealth, he said. The note also mentioned that the chief guest gave away the various awards to the outstanding graduates: Governor’s Gold medal- Keviletuo Yano Richard (B.Com. Hons), Chikrophuyo Memorial AwardGangmei Pheigathuaipou (Pol Sc. Hons), Avica Achumi Memorial Award- Vekhosa Thingo (B.Com. Hons) and Alumni Association Award- Mr. Ketovizo Kiso (B.Com. Hons). The guest of honour presented the momentos to the graduates.
Total sanitation campaign at Longkhim
KOhima, OctOber 30 (mexN): A one day seminar on total sanitation campaign cum Swachchata Utsav (Cleanliness Festival) was observed at Longkhim on October 28 last, with Yongchingkumla, ADC, Longkhim as chief guest. Swachchata Utsav is being observed nation wide from October 2 to November 4. The programme was organized under the aegis of the Akehda Sangtamlarü Thsingmüjang and sponsored by W.S.S.O, PHED, Govt of Nagaland. Participants were representatives from Longkhim and Chare area i.e Council Chairmen, AST representatives and Assoc. Pastor (Women). The resource persons for the seminar were Er Agwaseng Kent, EE, WSSO, PHED, Imsubenla Ozüküm, WSSO Consultant (Sanitation and Hygiene) and Adi Nakhro, W.S.S.O Consultant (IEC).
Health monitoring team visits Zbto
Dimapur, OctOber 30 (mexN): The monitoring and supervision team from The Directorate of Health and Family Welfare led by Dr. Toshevi Keditsu, Director (FW) & Mission Director (NRHM), Dr. Kika Longkumer, Deputy Director (NRHM), Abenla Deputy Director (Nursing) and State Accounts Manager (NRHM) visited Zunheboto on a three day tour from October 24 to 26, 2011. During their visit, the team visited VK PHC, Akuluto PHC, Aizuto Mission Hospital, Atoizu PHC, District Hospital, Zunheboto, Aghunato CHC, Tokiye PHC, Satakha PHC and Kilomi PHC. One the second day the team had a meeting with the District Medical Officials at Circuit House. The team had a supportive supervision and monitoring with the health units and interactive session with the health committee. The District team was led by Dr. Hokishe Sema, CMO, Zunheboto, Shekho Sophie, District Media Officer, Nato Imchen, District Accounts Manager, BPM’s and ASHA Cordinator’s of the concern block.
EARS celebrates Parents’ Day
Dimapur, OctOber 30 (mexN): Eastern Academy Residential School, near Dimapur Airport, observed its annual Parents’ Day at the school premise on October 29 with Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Kiyanilie Peseyie gracing the celebration as chief guest. Exhorting students and parents, the Speaker stressed on importance of education and said that “Education is the life for the students and educational institutionsarethepillarstoprovidethis.” He also reminded that one should alwaysbearinmindthatthosewho receive advanced education from any educational institution should
become competent citizens who can confront any challenge in their lives. Kiyanilie said that in moulding the character and habits of the students, parents have a great role and that they need to shoulder equal responsibility and guide their children in the right path. “As the proverb highlights that ‘Charity begins at home’, I have great confidence that the parents of the students of this school inculcate best habits in their children which is worthy to emulate,” he said. Advising the student community to be disciplined, duty bound with determination and devotion to achieve great success in life, the
Speaker added that better understanding between students and teachers is of paramount importance for the success of any education institution.“This school has been imparting excellent education to the students’ community with a motive to create great academicians and future leaders,” Kiyanilie said. Headmistress of Eastern Academy, Mrs. Mary Tungoe, dwelled in brief about the history of the school and the achievements of the school both in academic and curricular activities. The school students, especially A glimpse of the newly opened PuMA exclusive show room at grace Complex, near LCS tiny tots, enthralled the parents Building, Midland, Kohima. The showroom houses latest lifestyle shoes, apparels and accessories. (Morung Photo) with skits, songs and dances.
Renault launches premium small car Pulse in India
Greater NOiDa, OctOber 30 (aGeNcies): French car maker Renault used the platform provided by the first Indian Grand Prix, here at the
Buddh International Circuit, to launch its third passenger car for the Indian market. The new Renault Pulse will mark the company’s entry into the premium small car segment and is expected to quickly widen its portfolio and draw in more buyers. The new Pulse has been built on the same V platform that the Nissan Micra, the small car from Renault alliance’s partner, was also based on. The Pulse has a redesigned front, but bears
a striking resemblance to the Micra in every other department, including the interior trim. The Pulse will be commercially launched in January at the 2012 Auto Expo in New Delhi. Bookings will open after the price announcement in January. The car will be launched with petrol and diesel engine options. But the current announcement from Renault only talks about the K9K diesel engine being available with the Pulse. This 1.5-litre diesel engine is said to be very popular worldwideandisexpectedtobeveryefficient in the Pulse, being capable of offering up to 23 kmpl of mileage. The car will be manufactured in the Renault-Nissan alliance plant in Chennai. The plant has alsocommencedlocalisedproductionof
the engine. It is said to only be the third plantworldwidetomanufacturethisengine for Renault. Initial engine production capacity will be 1.5 lakh units and this is expected to be ramped up to 3 lakh units. The engine has been available in the Indian market for the past four years in the Renault Logan. The Pulse will be positioned at the top end of the B segment and will be pitched at value conscious premium hatch buyers, according to Marc Nassif, Managing Director of Renault India. The new hatch has been developed entirely in India by Renault’s in-house design centre in Mumbai. Renault expects to launch 2 more cars in 2012, including the Duster, an affordable SUV, and possibly another small car.
IRCTC to set up budget hotels
New Delhi, OctOber 30 (aGeNcies): Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has decided to join hands with state governments for setting up budget hotels at Chandigarh, Palanpur, Bhubaneswar, Katra and Khajuraho. While land will be provided by the state governments on lease basis, IRCTC will construct, operate and manage the hotels. “We have asked for 1-2 acres of land from the state governments on lease. While an 1.5-acre site near Bhubaneswar bus stop has been finalised, land at Katra, Palanpur, Khajuraho and Chandigarh are likely to be finalised shortly,” a senior IRCTC official said. The budget hotel will have about 100 rooms, round the clock cafeteria,modernbasekitchenandabanquethall.
Tripura to get northeast’s first textile park: Minister
aGartala, OctOber 30 (iaNs): Northeastern India’s first textile park will be set up in Tripura, a minister said here Sunday. “The proposed park in Tripura is part of the 21 new textile parks to be set up under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP),” Tripura Industries and Commerce Minister Jitendra Chowdhury told IANS. Quoting a letter from union Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma, who also heads the textiles ministry, Chowdhury said that the parkswouldbesetupatacostofRs.2,100 crore in Maharashtra (six parks), Raja-
sthan (four), Tamil Nadu (two), Andhra Pradesh (two) and one each in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Jammu and KashmirandWestBengal.Theseparkswould be set up over a period of three years on a public-private-partnership basis. “A special purpose vehicle (SPV) would be formed to execute the project. The SPV would chanelised funds and supervise other aspects of the ambitious project. “The Tripura government would extend all out support for setting up of the park. It would create new opportunities in the industrystarved northeastern region,” he said.
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ZYF (AMN) conveys 'warm Chaga Gadi / Ngee' greetings
val will bring peace, unity and harmony in the state and it is an opportunity for everyone to celebrate and share the joys of life. It is also a The Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Mani- time when religious barriers are broken and pur & Nagaland) convey its warm greetings to everyone comes together. the Zeliangrong people particularly to the LiSd/(KATHOIBUNG PALMEI) angmei community on the celebration of “ChaSecretary Inf. & Pub., ga Gadi / Ngee” festival which will be mainly ZYF (AMN). celebrated on October 31 at Kohima, Nagaland and other Zeliangrong villages in the states of Assam, Manipur & Nagaland. Chaga Gadi festi- Naga Council on 'Hemail-Azheto issue' val of Liangmei Nagas community is celebrated to respect the womenfolk for their contribution Naga Council express appreciation and happiin sustaining the family. It is an annual post har- ness over the amicable resolution of the recent vest festival, which is described to be among the differences arising out of the Hemail-Azheto issue which for a while set a disconcerting atmomost awaited festivals of the Liangmei Nagas. It is the thanksgiving festival celebrated in sphere in the backdrop of sustained efforts for the month of October each year for five days, peace and reconciliation. The large hearted reconciliatory approach it is observed as a war festival. The week-long celebration of the Chaga Gadi is also consid- to resolve the matter by both sides is a welcome ered a period of purification / sanctification step and a positive note earning the goodwill of and rededication.The ZYF hope that the festi- general public and a demonstration of the spirit
of reconciliation. The wisdom and efforts of all those who intervened is highly appreciated. Further, the NSCN (K) public declaration of strict orders to rank and file of both civil and army set up not to seek donations from public and business community is highly appreciated, In the context of donations being flooded in the market by all and sundry claiming to be from National workers, especially taking advantage of approaching festive season, this declaration from the NSCN (K) has cleared the air which every businessman and general public should hail and make use of mobile number provided in the media. In line with the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce, we appeal to all Underground groups, Unions or any other agencies not to seek donations/collections from public or business community in the name of festive season. Sd/(SAVI LIEGISE) president, 30th Oct, 2011.
From page 1 Chidambaram to visit blockade-hit... Governor, CM urges public servants to rededicate
Governor Nikhil Kumar said corruption, which is mostly concerned with bribery, takes several forms and can be defined broadly as “any abuse of power for personal gain.” He added that in philosophical, theological or moral parlance, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. In economy, corruption is payment for services or material which the recipient is not due under law, he said. “In our country, where our motto is “Satyameva Jayte” or “Truth Alone Triumphs”, it is very sad to see that corruption had become deeply entrenched in our society and the system,” Kumar said. Kumar said there is a deThe fight against corruption should therefore be the creasing trend in the number collective responsibility of each and every citizen of this of public servants whose integrity the public can vouch country, Rio stated. Further, he stated that Transparency International defines corruption as “the abuse of power for private gain.”Rio said that corruption is largely responsible for alienation of sections of the society; inefficiency and disThe DCCI further ruption of the service delivery mechanism. It also perpetuates inequality, causes of poverty and human sufferings thanked the organization for issuing strict orders to its and above all, the scarce resources meant for public benefit or productive economic activities are wasted, effecting rank and file including the the very economic growth and development of the coun- army and civil set-up not to seek donations individually. try, he stated. Rio stated that he is happy to note Nagaland will also The press note stated that be observing the ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’ along with this was a positive step in the rest of the country. He commended the role of the Vigi- the right direction and will lance Commission in fighting corruption in the state and greatly ease the sufferings of the business community at the same time, to pose challenge to each and every offi- and counter the menace of cer and staff to rededicate themselves in carrying out their illegal taxation/collection. noble task without fear or favour. It stated that illegal taxation in the name of Christmas donation during the festive season had become habitual and compulsory in Prior to the final round, the Pheto Music Association the past so many years. “We event also saw performances from former Kids for Fame are hopeful that all the other winners and finalists, including season two’s winner Ash- organisations would also iseni. Chairman of Khadi & Village Industry and Advisor to sue similar directive/order”. the Music Task Force Dr. Nicky Kire addressed the audiMeanwhile, the DCCI lauded the Naga Council ence during the intermission to the performance. Not wanting to prevent the audience from enjoying the Dimapur, Women Hoho, music, chief guest Dr. Kire explained that he would speak Frontal Business Organiza“only one word.” A music enthusiast and a devotee of the tions (FBO), former DMC microphone himself, the legislator spoke a 5-minute long Members, ANPSA, DBPF, all one word. Concluding his speech, the MLA encouraged non-Naga communities, GBs Naga talents that only those who are serious about music, Union, various NGOs and civil societies, villages and colony there is a living to be made out of it. Also in attendance, Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur councils and all concerned Husheli was honored with flowers “as she is the only wom- and responsible citizens who an among the guys.” The Dimapur administrator was the came out in unison to protest only woman among the slew of “male” dignitaries, the au- against anti-social elements and various social evils plagudience realized later. In the second round, besides individual performanc- ing the society. It also thanked es, the three finalists performed a trio before it turned the District Administration and the Police for the coopinto a quartet – upcoming Naga musician Alobo Naga joined the stage to sing “What are words,” by former American Idol contestant Chris Medina, with Zuchobeni, Meyinaro and Gifty. Reports said advance teams of the security and officials have started moving to wherever the Union Home Minister is to visit. Mr Chidambaram is scheduled to arrive at the Imphal Airport on November 2 by a special aircraft of the BSF where he will be airlifted to Jessami in Ukhrul district of Manipur bordering with Nagaland by a chopper along with Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh. The same chopper will airlift the VVIPs to Senapati district headquarters where a newly constructed mini-secretariat building there will be inaugurated. P Chidambaram is also likely to visit other places in hill districts. Reports said the Union Home Minister who will hold up for a night at Manipur Raj Bhavan, will chair a high level meeting with the top civil and police officials of the Manipur government. The meeting will review the law and order of the state besides taking stock of the ongoing three month long economic blockades on the national highways called separately by the SHDDC and UNC.
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for. On the other hand, the habit of greasing the palms of public servants to get favours has increased to such an extent that it has become the norm rather than an exception. The Naga society in the past, he observed, was known for its simplicity, hospitality, and most importantly, its honesty. “I am made to understand that in the past our people did not use locks but only a piece of stick to keep animals from entering their houses. Today, this has completely changed,” he said. Kumar said further that the Vigilance Commission from its inception has been actively involved in tackling cases of corruption, frauds, etc in the functioning of the Government machinery. However, he said that, it is not only the duty of the Com-
mission to fight against corruption but it is the bounden duty of every citizen of the country to ensure that the menace of corruption is removed from the system. He said the Legislature, particularly at the Centre, has introduced various laws to bring about transparency and to tackle corruption such as the Right to Information Act 2005 and the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, and now the Parliament is in the process of passing as strong Lokpal Bill to combat corruption. He said this shows that the Government on its part is doing all that is possible to ensure a corruption - free country and it will succeed in its endeavour if it gets public cooperation. He also added the fight against corruption has to be a public - private partnership.
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eration they have rendered during the campaign. The DCCI also stated that it was immensely indebted to the print and electronic media and local cable operators for giving wide publicity to the campaign. “We shall always be grateful for your concern and contribution towards the Peoples’ Campaign Against Anti-social Activities and hope that the right message would be sent out to each and every citizen of the State particularly the anti-social elements that such activities would no longer be accepted in civilized society”. Terming the media as one of the main harbingers of social justice, it called for “unreserved cooperation” in the days to come as well.
The DCCI urged the members of the business community in particular to shed the fear psychosis and come out openly against such crimes since the civil societies and public are with us. “We don’t need superheroes or magical powers to fight against social evils and anti-social elements. The power to eradicate these social evils lies in our unity and will-power. As the age old adage goes, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall”, so also the DCCI urges all concerned to join hands, and to stand up and fight against anti-socials without any fear so as to rid the society of crimes against humanity. We are hopeful and optimistic that all right-thinking citizens would stand up in one voice for this just cause”.
CORRIGENDUM In reference to this office Notification NO.PHQ (B-1) 1/24/2011 Dated Kohima the 29th October 2011 it is hereby clarified that the Chest No. placed at Serial No. 11 among the provisionally qualified ABSI (Male) Candidates should be read as 764 (BT-Phom) and not as 1764 (BT-Phom). The typing error made in the ‘Notification’ dated 29th October 2011 is regretted. Sd/- (K.Kire)IPS Director General of Police Nagaland: Kohima
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND
Tension at Assam-Nagaland Border
DEPARTMENT OF ART AND CULTURE
Yajang villagers led by Mr Z. Toshi, Village Council Chairman, Mr T. Mar, Mr Senti & T. Nungsang GBs, Mr R. Meren & T. Kika, Barricks of the Yajang-C village council were present in the day’s meet. Council Chairman Z. Toshi submitted a written complaint to the house and elaborated how the rubber plantation of one of his villager belonging to Mr T. Wabang was damaged by the Assam officials team on 28th October 2011 last. He called upon the Assam administration to stop such act which not only breached the laid down protocol of the governments in dealing with the border affairs but it also confuses the peace loving citizens of either sides creating mistrust which leads to complex situations. Therefore, the house resolved to make appeal to all the governments to restrain from venturing such activities in the future. The present overall bitter scenario prevailing in the Assam-Nagaland border belt was thoroughly discussed in the meeting and majority of the speakers present in the meet opined that the situation at Merapani areas can not be equated with the remaining belt. The chairperson of today’s meet who is also the convenor of the BPCC’s Seleng Regional Unit had said that due to lack of effective humane coordination between the people living in Merapani area, the situation remained tense. But on the other hand, the people living in the rest of the areas, specifically in the district of Jorhat, Sivasagar, Didrugarh and beyond had a history of good relations since time immemorial from the days of Ahom-Naga era. B. P. Bora, President of the Border Peace Coordination Committee (A-N) had emphasised on establishing further coordination between the people of either side through mutual exchange of games and sports, cultural programs and seminars. “We are living in this planet occupying a very tiny space for a very limited time. Therefore, it is every human’s primary responsibility and obligation to live harmoniously by respecting one another so that peace prevails”.
No.AC/HLF /1/2011-12
NAGALAND: KOHIMA
Dated Kohima, 29th Oct. 2011
ADVERTISMENT
The Department of Art and Culture in collaboration with the Department of Tourism is organizing the Hornbill Literature Fest, to be held at Bamboo Hall, Kisama, on 5th December, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. The purpose of this event is to showcase Naga writing talent by bringing together writers, critics and publishers for a time of inspirational encounter. It will encompass a range of readings by authors, talks and an interactive session. It will also be an opportunity for authors to promote their books and foster a love for literature and writing to the audience. As the Hornbill Literature Fest is strongly focused on local participation, we invite Nagas who have written books on any theme OR anyone who has published a book on Nagaland to come, participate and be part of this occasion. Kindly confirm your participation and register by November 20, 2011, by contacting Director, Art and Culture, during office hours. Phone / Fax no: (0370) 2260133. We look forward to your participation. Your presence will take this event to a higher level and will be an encouragement to all. I. HIMATO ZHIMOMI, IFS. Commissioner & Secretary
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Monday 31 October 2011
Dimapur
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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT HQR.CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP: DIMAPUR, NAGALAND
No.DCD/Arms-1/2005/2264
NOTIFICATION
Dated Dimapur the 29th Oct 2011
It is directed to all the concern holder of Prohibited Arm Licenses issued from the office of the Deputy Commissioner ,Dimapur to surrender their licenses along with weapon to the office of the Superintending of Police Dimapur within a period of 1(one) month wef from the date of publication of this notice. This order is being issued in compliance to the notification passed by the MHA, GOI order No.S.O. 713(E), dated 07/04/2011 and Home Deptt..Govt. of Nagaland Order No.POL/ ARMS-1/2007,dated 03/10.2011. (N.HUSHILI SEMA)IAS, Deputy Commissioner Dimapur: Nagaland
List of Prohibited Bore License under the Deputy Commissioner DIMAPUR. Sl. Types of Weapon No 1 .30 Carbine
Issue Date 14.12.98
2
7.62mm Pistol/NSP
26.05.99
3 4
.30 Carbine .38 Revolver
13.02.99 24.02.99
5
.30 Carbine Rifle
29.09.00
6
.30 Carbine Rifle
7 410 Bore SBBL 8 .410 Bore Rifle 9 .410 Bore Rifle 10 .410 Bore Rifle 11
11.03.02 04.04.89 12.07.89 07.09.89
.30 Carbine
10.12.89
12 .30 Carbine Rifle
29.10.91
13 .30 Carbine
20.01.91
14 410 Bore
25.02.89
15 7.62mm Pistol
30.01.90
16 17 18 19 20
14.05.92 21.10.93 18.03.96 18.03.96 06.06.96
.30 Carbine M-21 Chinese Rifle .30 Carbine .30 Carbine .30 Carbine
21 .30 Carbine
27.06.96
22 23 24 25 26
09.10.96 09.10.96 09.10.96 09.10.96 09.10.96
.30 Carbine .30 Carbine .30 Carbine .30 Carbine .30 Carbine
27 .30 Carbine
09.10.96
28 29 30 31
24.07.96 24.07.96 24.07.96 20.12.96
.30 Carbine .30 Carbine .30 Carbine 7.62mm Pistol
32 .30 Carbine
24.07.96
33 .30 Carbine
12.12/96
34 .30 Carbine
24.07.96
35 .30 Carbine 36 .30 Carbine
23.07/96 07.12.97
37 .30 Carbine
23.07.96
38 .30 Carbine
23.07.96
39 .30 Carbine
23.07.96
40 .30 Carbine
23.07.96
41 .30 Carbine
31.07.96
42 .30 Carbine 43 7.36 Bore Pistol
06.08.96
44 .30 Carbine
10.02.97
45 .30 Carbine
31.10.97
46 .30 Carbine
15.12.97
47 .410 Bore SBBL
15.12.97
48 .30 Carbine 49 .30 Carbine 50 .30 Small Arm Rifle .410 Bore DBBL/ 51 SBBL .410 Bore DBBL/ 52 SBBL
16.12.97 16.12.97 26.08.88
53 .30 Carbine
25.01.89 23.11.88 23.11.87
54 .30 Carbine
11.06.87
55 .45 Bore Pistol
04.06.87
56 .30 Carbine
24.08.87
57 .30 Bore Carbine 58 .30 US Carbine
DCD/ ARMS/2006/ Dt. 31.05.07
License No.
Name & Address of License Holder
DMR/ARMS/09 N. Luwang Konyak, Dimapur West P.S Maj. Soninder Singh Digarh-160019, DMR/ARMS-22 Sector-34, Punjab DMR/ARMS-26 C. Kawang Konyak, Mon, Nagaland NL/DMR-29 Maong Aier, Lingrijan, Dimapur DMR/ Y. Shanglow Bangloi, ADC Court ARMS/118 Junction, Dimapur DMR/ Kaka Zhimomi, Padampukhuri, ARMS/120 East P.S, Dimapur 3043 NL/DMR Keni Punyu, Golaghat Road, Dimapur 3221 NL/DMR P.T. Ngullie, Ducan Bosti, Dimapur 3244 NL/DMR Yashito Aye, Purana Bazaar, Dimapur 3281NL/DMR Mha Sekho Chizo, Pfutsuro, Phek Tsenthungo Lotha, 3356 NL/DMR Church Road, Dimapur 3381NL/DMR Moangpokba Imchen, Dimapur C.M Chang, 3382 NL/DMR Noksen Village, Tuensang 3384 NL/DMR L. Kuito Sema, Dimapur S. Meren Longkumer, Dimapur3386 NL/DMR transferred to Tejber Singh, Haryana 3402 NL/DMR F. Ruwngkhal, Dimapur 3441 NL/DMR Hokishe Sema, Ex-C.M 3853 NL/DMR Bakhash Elahi, Meerut, U.P 3854 NL/DMR Shafeqi Elahi, Meerut, U.P 3890 NL/DMR Anwar Hussain, U.P Harish Chandra Chand, 3993 NL/DMR Gorakhpur, U.P 4016 NL/DMR Yehoto, Muhumi, Diampur 4017 NL/DMR Thousam Longthasa, Ganesh Nagar 4018 NL/DMR Doza Chakhesang, Dimapur 4019 NL/DMR Hoyato Thahukhu 4020 NL/DMR Piwato Yehimi, Dimapur Tsameren, Mokokchung town, 4021 NL/DMR Mokokchung 4069 NL/DMR Zahid Alam, Circular Road, Dimapur 4153 NL/DMR Md. Yourius Mousami, Bihar 4160 NL/DMR Vijay Singh Yadav, Bihar 4232 Mongtok Jowis, 21/2 Mile, Dimapur Ravindra Singh, 4251 NL/DMR Golaghat Road, Dimapur 4252 NL/DMR Md. Mashum, Church Road, Dimapur Chandra Kishore, 4256 NL/DMR Duncan Bosti, Dimapur 4267 NL/DMR Milap Singh, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana 4286NL/DMR Anil Kumar Jindal, D-257, Dalhi-52 Raoha Charun Sah, 4300 NL/DMR Khermahal, Dimapur Sowkuthung Ezung, 4310 NL/DMR Duncan Bosti, Dimapur Motsuthung Ezung, 4313 NL/DMR Duncan Bosti, Dimapur 4314 NL/DMR Zase Peseyei, Medziphema, Dimapur Mingthungo Ezung, 4328 NL/DMR Duncan Bosti, Dimapur 4376 NL/DMR Nirash Sharma, Dimapur 4479 NL/DMR Pradip Boruah Anil Rai, Bramhpur, 4610 NL/DMR Bihar P/add:- G.S Road, Dimapur Rajesh Singh, Gaya, 4611 NL/DMR Bihar p/add:- G.S Road, Dimapur 4668 NL/DMR Shakti Bhisham Singh, Bihar Vuvechi Neinu, Chasaba Village, 5289 NL/DMR Phek, Nagaland 5300 NL/DMR Ram Prakash, Jallandhar, Punjab 5301 NL/DMR Anil Kumar, Jallandhar, Punjab 2700 NL/DMR Col.S.P.S Rakhi H. Kakheho Sema, 2948 NL/DMR Schichimi, Akuluto, Zunheboto L. Vikato Yepthomi, 2954 NL/DMR Signal Bosti, Dimapur Khukehi Sema, 1856 NL/DMR Thahekhu Village, Dimapur P.R. Mahesh Wari, 2012 NL/DMR Circular Road, Dimapur Lt. Col. S.I Jakhalu, 2013 NL/DMR Seromi Village, Zunheboto Tokishe Sema, 2169 NL/DMR Littami Village, Zunheboto Bishan Bhar Singh Bhadauria, 49 NL/DMR P.S:- Kuraoli, Manipuri, U.P 85 NL/DMR
59 .30 Bore Carbine
05.12.97
30 NL/DMR
60 .30 Bore Carbine
05.12.97
31 NL/DMR
61 .410 Bore Rifle
17.10.94
3572 NL/DMR
62 .410 Bore Rifle
17.10.94
3573 NL/DMR
63 .30 Carbine Rifle
23.07.96
4498 NL/DMR
64 .30 Carbine
23.07.96
4525 NL/DMR
65 .410 Bore
02.12.97
4703 NL/DMR
66 .30 Carbine
26.11.97
4786 NL/DMR
67 .30 Carbine
26.11.97
4787 NL/DMR
68 .30 Carbine
26.11.97
4788 NL/DMR
69 .30 Carbine
04.12.97
4829 NL/DMR
70
.30 Carbine
04.12.97
4830 NL/DMR
71 .30 Carbine
29.10.97
4813 NL/DMR
72 .30 Carbine
29.10.97
4927 NL/DMR
73 .30 Bore Carbine
03.12.97
4958 NL/DMR
74 .30 Bore Carbine
03.12.97
4980 NL/DMR
75 .30 Bore Carbine
03.12.97
4982 NL/DMR
76 .30 Carbine Rilfe
03.12.97
4992 NL/DMR
77 .30 Carbine Rifle
05.12.97
5002 NL/DMR
78 .30 Carbine Bore
09.02.97
5094 NL/DMR
79 .30 Bore Carbine
10.12.97
5132 NL/DMR
Mayang Lima, Mayang House, Notun Bosti, Dimapur Kameng Dolo, R/O Pangia, P.S:- Kheneina, Dist:_ East Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Rebia, Sanki Park, P.S:- Itanagar, Dist:- Papompara, Arunachal Pradesh L. Temsuwati Ao, S/O Lt. Lolennokchaba, Mokokchung Town, P/add:- ADC Court Office Abong Imlong, S/O Lt. Imlong Chang, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur Md. Ghaus, P.S:- Sultanpur Ghos Dist:- Fatehpur, U.P Sanjay Singh, S/O Jagdish Singh, Baitalpur, P.S:- Gauri Bazaar Deoria, U.P Repa Pongener, S/O Lt. T. Lanusobu, R/O Mosenyimti Village, Dist:- Mokokchung Binod Prasad, S./O Garam Prasad, R/O Patna Dhomi Khuti, P.S:- Gandhi Maidan, Patna, Bihar Arvin Kumar Singh, S/O Surender Singh, R/O Mosar, P.S.:- Udasa Nagar, Dist:- Bhojpur, Bihar Promud Prasad, S/O Lt. Jangar Nath Prasad, R/O Grandrood Dhanbad, P.S:Dhanshar, Dist:- Dhanbad, Bihar Ajay Pratap Siongh, S/O Madan Mohan Singh, R/O Vargad Kote, P.S:- Karanganj, Dist:- Gauda, U.P Ajay Gupta, S/O C.S Prashad Gupta, R/O C 7/147, Sonarpura, P.S:Chetganj, Dist:- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Hani Notung S/O S. Notung, R/O Lumdung Village, P.S:- Itanagar, Dist:- Papompara, Arunachal Pradesh Babulal Khetawat, S/O H.C Khetawat, R/o Nagaland Aluminium Industries, Golaghat Road, P.S:- Dimapur Sanjay Singh, S/O Rajendra Kumar Singh, R/O 372 Bharijan Assam Rd. Rajiv Nagar, P.S :- Carnelganj, Dist:- Allahabad, U.P Dhirendra Singh, S/O Jagdish Singh, R/O Tilak Rd. P.S:- Jhasiya, Dist:- Dhanbad, Bihar Suresh Singh, S/O Tej Narayan Singh, R/O Rarwa Rd. Dhaiya, P.S:- Dhanbad, Bihar Sah Dao Sah, S/O Juga Sah, R/O Mahmar Chiuri, W/No. 15, Dist:- Vaishali, Bihar Jag Narayan Singh, S/O Narang Deo Singh, R/O Shastri Nagar, P.S:- Banknore, Dist:- Dhanbad, Bihar Takam Sanjay Singh, S/O Lt. Takam Tapuk, R/O Sangram, P.S:- Ziro, Dist:- Lower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh Sadar Hazoora Singh, S/O Chaman Singh, R/O Deora, P.S:- Ladwa, Dist:- Kurukshetra, Harayana
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IN-FOCUS
The Power of Truth
The Morung Express MonDAy 31 ocTobER 2011 vol. vI IssuE 298
Year of Zero Governance
T
he Comptroller and Auditor-General of India Mr Vinod Rai in a recent speech delivered at the National Police Academy had shared his views on the state of governance in the country. He rightly mentioned that governance was at its “lowest ebb” and also that the “morale of the civil servants” was at an all time low. As a result even the credibility of the government was suffering and decision making had become a casualty. This column agrees fully with the above assessment and this is a concern that needs remedial measures and correction. With so much of expectation from people and also resource at its disposal, the government system should be actually performing at its optimum and delivering results on the ground. Perhaps 2011 could well end as the year of zero governance and where the credibility of our politicians and bureaucrats has hit rock bottom. At the central level we have had Union Cabinet Ministers, several Members of Parliament, powerful politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen etc all lodged in prison. Even the third and fourth pillars of democracy i.e. the judiciary and the fourth estate have not been spared of the ignominy of corruption. A sitting judge had to be summoned for impeachment proceedings while the media is under the scanner for the paid news scandal. Therefore every part of our government system and democracy is under cloud of corruption and moral degeneration. The state of affairs in our Nagaland state is no better. In fact here the system of checks and balances is not even working. There is blatant corruption going on within the government system yet there is no one to speak out against the corrupt and bring them to book not even our media. The authority of the government is hardly visible or even acknowledged. We have so many parallel set of rules and authority that people don’t know whose word will prevail. Then within the legal State government, there is no accountability, transparency and even the rule of law has been manipulated to the advantage of the powerful. On top of it all as mentioned, things have been very quiet so far this year on the governance front. The Assembly Sessions held so far this year have remained lackluster. Our government officials, Parliamentary Secretaries, Ministers led by the CM have found it more beneficial to be away on long foreign tours. With the hornbill festival fast approaching and the year end Christmas, weddings, village functions, church centenaries and New Year celebrations, it could well be a long holiday. The work output of the government during the current year is definitely below par. Many things of importance require attention. We have our young teachers on hunger strike with their own set of demands. Our entrepreneurs who have been selected are not happy because the so called Year of Entrepreneur is not going according to plan. Then we have had nothing but confusion and controversy over the special recruitment drive announced by the government but later rolled back under pressure from the forward tribes. Now the student bodies of some of the backward tribes, they are not happy because of this last minute cancellation. Off course the government has taken the easy way out by appointing another committee to look into the reservation policy. In short the government’s policies and decisions have been haphazard without proper thought and planning. On top of all this, now the government has lost an important court case related to holding municipal election and 33 % reservation for women, which the court has directed the government to implement by January 2012. The present NPF led DAN government is not only low on performance but it is lacking in self-confidence. A lot of homework remains and it will need to put in extra effort and some long working hours to do justice to the many pending public grievances.
lEfT WING |
Nicholas Burns
Qaddafi’s death proves that Obama was right
T
he death of Muammar Qaddafi is the decisive event in the nine-month civil war in Libya. In the minds of most Libyans, the war could not end without his departure from the country or death on the battlefield. As British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama both reminded us today, it is important to remember Mr. Qaddafi’s many victims, including the hundreds of Americans and other nationals who died in the Lockerbie terrorist attack of December 1988. Qaddafi was a tyrant who ruled mercilessly for over 40 years and left most of the people of his oil-rich country impoverished. His brutal, authoritarian rule extinguished all independent movements and denied the building over time of the civil society organizations that are the foundation of most countries and all democracies. That is a critical fact in assessing the fate of the Libyan revolution going forward. While his death will likely effectively end the violent loyalist counter-revolution of the last few months, it will not quell all of those who still contest the revolution and wish to see it reversed. The new Libyan government now has a chance to try to end the violence and begin the rebuilding of Libya’s shattered cities and villages. But the challenges ahead will be extraordinarily difficult. Tribal divisions, encouraged by Qaddafi’s cynical rule, will not be easily resolved. Restarting oil production, opening up the Mediterranean ports, and rushing humanitarian aid to the displaced will be immediate priorities. Above all, creating jobs for the young unemployed who were the heart of the rebel alliance will be an immediate priority, as will be disarming the loose alliance of militias that defeated Qaddafi. The international community must now act quickly to provide the essential outside support that will help to jumpstart the new government. Libya will need a supply of humanitarian goods, expanded trade credits, and longer-term economic assistance. It will benefit from political support as the new goverment works through a constitution, future elections, and internal reconciliation. The United States, Europe, and key Asian countries must certainly help in a major way. But the Arab League should take the lead in rushing the immediate support the Libyan government will require to unite the country and turn it away from violence and toward reconstruction. Today’s dramatic events confirm the wisdom of NATO’s decision, with UN and Arab League blessing, to intervene in the early stage of the civil war on behalf of the Libyan people’s army. NATO made the critical difference in denying Qaddafi’s forces use of airpower and in blocking and preventing a likely bloody siege of Benghazi. The British and French leaders deserve great credit for leading the NATO effort. Mr. Obama was surely right to commit the United States, however reluctantly, to the NATO campaign. The Libya operation, like President Clinton’s interventions in Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s, demonstrates that when powerful NATO forces are used for a precise mission with a clear and specific mandate and result, they can help them to liberate others without the debilitating long-term occupations that have characterized the bitter ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. In this sense, today’s liberation of the Libyan people from Qaddafi’s terrible and bloody reign, is a victory for NATO, too. The first, critical phase of the Libyan civil war is over. The next phase of building a new nation and new identity will be just as important and perhaps even more difficult than driving the dictator from power.
THE EDIT PAGE
C O M M E N T A R Y
Mazie Nakhro, PhD
Our Big Fat Government Needs to Loose Weight
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ur government is like a big fat person who only exists to eat. It depends on outside provision to survive as it is unable to support itself, let alone feed its own family. Our politicians, past and present, have made it this way by expanding the size of our government. They do this by simply adding more government posts every now and then. And of course, when the government gets bigger, the biggest beneficiaries are the politicians and the bureaucrats, not the private sector population. Unfortunately, many of our young people also want to be added to the already big, fat, and bloated body of our government. They want government jobs or, more accurately, “government posts” as many are really after positions that come with privileges rather than seeking for sacrificial public services. And all this leads us down the path of draining up our economy instead of growing it. There are two main reasons why a big government is not conducive to economic growth. First, a big government simply consumes more. Hence, the bigger it becomes, the more it eats. Second, economy does not grow because of government. Often demand-oriented politics ends in promoting dependency on the government. And as bureaucracy grows, the employment market gets more stratified and the public becomes jaded and pressures mount on government for further expansion. This creates a vicious cycle that erodes the creative forces of free enterprise. On the other hand, when free people are encouraged to take responsibility to undertake any work they like, they become willing to take risks and to transform ideas into products and services. In other words, free enterprise spurs economic growth which in turn creates employment and vice versa. To grow our economy, the government must eat less and exercise more. It must get rid of all unwanted fat and obesity. Indeed, it must loose weight. In other words, our government bureaucracy needs to be downsized. Here are four suggested ways: 1. Recruitment Freeze: We must cut our government workforce (say, by 15%) in the forms of freeze on new recruitment, abolition of vacant posts, and voluntary/compulsory retirement. This could save hundreds of crores each year in the public sector, with pay bills, including pensions. As it is, approximately 6000 government employees had gone on retirement which included about 1000 gazetted officers since November 1, 2009. This is a good start and more should follow. The government should not turn itself into a big employment house. It is never a good employer---it does poorly at choosing the right employees and performs miserably in supervision. So when it gets into the business of providing employment, it does more disservice to the
ernment for everything.
public in the long run. For example, an average employee earning a salary of Rs. 13,000 per month would eat up approximately 5.5 million rupees (Rs. 5,460,000) over a period of 35 years, plus several lakhs on pensions. Now if the government could use the same amount to invest in the private sector, it could certainly lead to the creation of so many jobs as well as help to grow our private sector economy. This is just simple economics. 2. Termination: The government must not tolerate habitual absences, tardiness and job efficiencies. It must adopt a policy of “the survival of the fittest.” Only those employees who can fulfill their job descriptions and produce more than they take out deserve job security. Others who lag behind become a government liability as their knowledge gets outdated, their skills become obsolete, and their competitive edge turns dull. We must eliminate all outdated positions and have workers reshuffled or transferred. We must cut off programmes that do not work anymore. And we could do this with an incremental approach by means of reducing budgets in small percentages of all targeted agencies across the board and cutting the budgets of less important agencies by larger amounts. All these require strong political leadership.
3. Devolution: This refers to the policy of delegating public services and political power from one level of government and passing them down to a lower level of government, such as from state level and local level. The main benefits of devolution are as follows: (i) moving government employees closer to the clients can make government services more efficient and flexible, (ii) it can increase the sense of community ownership and responsibility, and (iii) all these can provide better accountability and reduce the chances for corruption. Perhaps the communitisation programme of Nagaland may be considered as having some features of devolution. At least it is attempting to get the people in the various communities to run and manage some government services. But this experiment is far from sharing political power. As it is, many of our politicians have introduced partisan politics into our villages and have caused more divisions even among members of the same communities. They have also purchased many village leaders who can do their biddings. They hold the purse and control what a community can or cannot get. This is how some politicians use their power so they can have the communities in their hands. As such, our villages have become overly dependent upon the gov-
This must change. Rather than growing a bigger government, we must grow our villages and communities---that is, the government must decentralize the governance and empower the villages to function more like mini-governments, having policymaking and executive powers. We must restore our traditional system of the village republic ((“ura uvie” in Tenyidie) so self-rule can begin again. As in olden days, our community leaders must be chosen (not elected) based on their strength of character, depth of wisdom and, in keeping with modern day needs, breadth of knowledge. These people must be capable of getting their respective communities to the top---progressive and prosperous. And the salaries of these community leaders could be borne by the state government. Besides, the state government could come up with a fair system of sharing the public funds among the local communities so that they may be empowered to run their local-level governments. If this could happen, no village would be left out or left behind just because it does not have political connection or lobbying power. The government would do better when it serves as a partner, catalyst and facilitator for development rather than acting as a direct provider of growth; it must focus on suggesting ideas and formulating general guidelines rather than simply passing down policies from the top. The leaders of the communities know better about their own needs and how to fix their own problems. Indeed, they must be real leaders again within the jurisdiction of their village communities. 4. Privatization: This means contracting out government services and goods to the private sector which should operate under some form of government supervision. It refers to removing all or part of a programme from the public sector and passing it on to the private sector. There are four advantages to privatization: (i) It will save a lot of public funds in the sense that those in the private sector can provide the same services at lower pay and there will be no more government expenses on employees’ pensions, office buildings and administrative overheads; (ii) taking responsibilities and funds from the public sector to the private sector will speed up the growth of our economy as privatization will create competition, innovation, efficiency, and better quality of services; (iii) when the private sector is empowered, it will create labor demands which means more job opportunities, and (iv) all these will result in having our citizens to be less concerned about what the government can do for them and become more anxious about what they can do for their nation.
Letters to the editor some nGo leaders seem to take private political coaching classes in Nagaland
•-Half a month ago, when Rahul Gandhi announced his tentative program to visit Nagaland University at Lumami, the NSF expressed its caution that the visit package may contain political Seeds intended for the University cerebral Field and that Rahul is coming to sow some political seeds. The Writer cannot read what was in the mind of Rahul Gandhi when he announced his intention for the Lumami visit, but he (the Writer) for once congratulates the NSF for their desire to remain an APolitical Body. The NSF has cited how the National Student Union is so politicized in India. The Writer was a Student in Delhi University in 1962 and besides
the shock of Chinese invasion and his American room mate’s great worry of starting a World War III out of the Cuban Missile Crisis between President Kennedy of the USA and the boisterous Khrushchev, the General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Socialist Russia, he (the Writer) was incomprehensible to see how the Student Unions in the University were so political. The Law Students in the Jubilee Hall in particular near my Gwayer Hall, appeared more interested in the never ending Union activities than in attending the very lax Law Classes. It is very necessary the Office Bearers of the Student Body do not take private political Coaching Classes from the Politicians in Nagaland. It appears Coaching Classes for Mathematics or Science Subjects have become very widespread necessity for Stu-
dents in Nagaland, that is all fine for those who can afford the very costly affair and for those who have the need, but private Political Coaching Classes from Politicians even if free to the Civil Organizations, Non-Government Organizations, is unhealthy for the Naga Society. Even if the Coaching comes free or with a Bolero or some profitable Work Orders for the Beneficiaries, it (the Coaching classes) creates big liability to the Naga Society to which both the Teacher and his follower belongs. How do the Public know who and who follow which and which Politician’s Coaching Classes? Well. Be just as harmless as a Dove but be as wise as a Satan! Thepfulhouvi Solo
Privatization of MGnREGs towards dynamism
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he government of India has invested huge amount of money in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) , expecting that by creating jobs for infrastructure oriented activities such as digging wells and laying roads etc. and distributing massive amount of money as wages in rural India, better distribution of income and opportunities can be ensured that would spur economic growth and social development. While no one can find fault with the government for spending money on digging wells and laying roads etc. under MGNREGS which are essential part of legitimate infrastructure development activities, the disappointing fact is that such activities have not provided tangible benefits, since such schemes have been implemented with poor quality standards and marked by inefficiency that the government implementing agencies are known for. Even the choice of projects has not been appropriate in some cases. The ground reality is that such massive job creation efforts have created circulation of huge money. However, the efforts have not created conditions that would increase supply of commodities and goods in efficient way, commensurate with the investments made in MGNREGS. .
At the same time, the investment in MGNREGS has become counter productive in many ways. The rural labour in large scale have been diverted to work under MGNREGS, with little efficiency and without proper supervision. In the process, such labour have become scarce for other services like building construction etc., pushing up wages everywhere. Obviously, the government has found money for investment in MGNREGS by printing notes and increasing money circulation. When this happen without commensurate increase in supply of commodities and products, it inevitably leads to the grim situation that we are facing now, with too much money chasing too few goods and rising prices. While there is more rupee in the hands of people including section of those who are considered as lower income group, the cost of every commodity and services have gone up steeply and multifold . The house rent which was around Rs. 500/- per month a few years back is now ruling at around Rs. 3000/- per month for the same area even in small towns. Similarly, cost of vegetables, edible oil, spices etc. which are essential items have also gone up
steeply. Under the circumstances, the over all conditions of the poor people have not improved at all and their family budgets continue to remain in deficit. With the inevitable “wage push inflation” in the light of government’s inefficient implementation of the schemes, the economic uncertainty have created a sense of apprehension in the minds of the people about the future. Prime Minister and Finance Minister have been frequently stating in recent times in various forums that the inflationary conditions in the country cause concern. Obviously, the common men do not know what the government is thinking and doing and perhaps if they know that the government itself remains confused, their confidence level will get further eroded. Now, there is urgent need to create substantial increase in manufacturing capacities in all segments and increase productivity, production and supply. One is not sure as to whether the government has any concrete schemes to achieve this end in quick time to overcome the present scenario. At the same time, there are many other factors such as increasing price of fuel etc. which are
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beyond the control of the government, which would further lead to greater economic hardships. Even in such areas , it appears that the government of India does not have any viable proposal to reduce the fuel burden by initiating appropriate R&D efforts for finding alternate fuel such as algae bio fuel etc. Now, it is not possible for the government to withdraw MGNREGS, as any withdrawal of the scheme would virtually result in huge unrest and even riots in rural India. The best alternative is to ensure that the MGNREGS would be implemented with better focus on appropriate and useful projects and they should be implemented efficiently. Certainly, there has to be cost benefit justification for this huge investment in MGNREGS in future. The government of India should consider entrusting the MGNREGS to private sector (not NGOs) who should be asked to implement the projects on commercial basis with accountability and the fund towards wages should be provided to the workers directly by the government... This would provide an element of dynamism and purposiveness and enable realization of the overall benefits that are expected from MGNREGS. N.S.Venkataraman, Director Nandini Consultancy Centre, Chennai
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7 PERSPECTIVE My personal journey in the making of neZcc
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N. Bendang ao
fter serving more than twenty years in the State government, I was deputed to the North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) Dimapur as Director. Of all the assignments I have handled, my posting in the North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur deserves special mention. It was in 1987 when my name was proposed for the post of Director NEZCC. I was reluctant to accept the offer. Knowing the situation fully well and the urgency to inaugurate the new Centre, I was summoned to the Prime Minister’s Office by the then Joint Secretary to the Hon’ble Prime Minister late Shri. Rajiv Gandhi on 1st September, 1987. The offer was discussed in greater details and I accepted the post and joined the post on 17th September 1987. The Centre (NEZCC) was inaugurated on 6th October, 1987 by the then Prime Minister Late Shri. Rajiv Gandhi. As I looked back 25 years from now, I feel that I should let the readers know under what circumstances and conditions we started establishing the Centre. The posting to North East Zone, Dimapur was a big challenge to me. I had to build it up from scratch. I had nothing except my driver and peon. However with the help and blessings of the Almighty God and all well-wishers, the Centre started working and began to march steadily towards the goal set before it. I like to make special mention of Gen. K V Krishna Rao (Rtd) the then Governor of Nagaland and the first Chairman of the Centre and Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar the Joint Secretary to PM. They were a great source of encouragement and strength to me. I am indebted to them for what I have achieved. The North East Zone Cultural Centre consists of all the seven North-Eastern States, lovingly called “Seven Sisters” as members (Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur. Sikkim joined a little later). When I joined, I thought the job would be insurmountable. The big question before me was whether I would be worthy of it. However, things started taking shape slowly. I started touring all the seven sisters, meeting Governors, Chief Ministers, Ministers, official and people from all walks of life. With the close cooperation of the people of all the Seven Sisters, I, with humility, say that I could within a short time, build bridges of understanding and regional integration and thus contribute to the greater cause of National Integration. The North East Region has difficult terrain and the lack of communication makes it difficult for one to travel. I remember in one of the meetings in New Delhi Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar said “I don’t know how Shri Bendang Ao travels from Dimapur to Aizawl and Itanagar. I know how difficult it is as I have come to know when I travel with Prime Minister in the region”. In spite of all difficulties and problems, I have tried my best to cover the entire region. I have a record of touring for 230 days in a year out of 365 days. I laid special emphasis on the youths by organizing Youth Festivals in different States. I involved them and assigned to them greater responsibilities so as to make them understand and create
(TOP): Shri Rajiv Gandhi (Late) former Prime Minister of India accompanied by his wife Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar along with N. Bendang Ao, Director during the inauguration of the NEZCC on October 6, 1987 at Dimapur, Nagaland. (BOTTOM): Starting from scratch: Dr MM Thomas (Late) former Governor of Nagaland seen here along with N. Bendang Ao Director NEZCC during a visit to the site of construction at Dimapur.
awareness of the richness and beauty of the cultural heritage of the North East in particular and the country in general. More emphasis was also given to the lesser known art forms and crafts. Art exhibitions, seminars and “Artists-atwork” workshops were organized and prizes awarded to the best. There was greater exposition of different art forms, dances throughout the region and other parts of the country which was hitherto unknown to the people of the region, specially the rural people. Greater importance was also given to take the culture of the people in rural areas. Smaller programmes were organized in rural areas with lesser number of artistes drawn from different States. Inter-zonal programmes were organized in different zones. In other words, it is a Cultural Exchange programme between different zones of the country to strengthen the forces of National Integration. I would also like to mention one of the most unforgettable events in the history of Zonal Centres – APNA UTSAV. I had the privilege of organizing 500 artistes from North-Eastern States to participate in APNA UTSAV, Bombay. This has provided an opportunity to the artistes of the region to mingle with brother and sister artistes of the other parts of the country. It also helped in bringing about closer understanding, appreciation of one-another and thus helped in promoting National Integra-
tion. It was a thrilling experience. North East Region lags far behind others in research and documentation. In order to meet the growing demand, a small wing of Research and Documentation was started in the Centre. Apart from other Research and Documentation works, I have laid importance on Musical Instruments of the NorthEast. A book entitled “TUNING IN TO DIMASA FOLK INSTRUMENT” was ready for publication during my tenure. I have devoted a lot of time and energy to this particular work. Naturally it brought great joy and satisfaction to me when the book was finally published. One of my biggest achievements is the construction of the sprawling office complex. This work was taken up by me single handedly starting from search for a suitable land for the Centre and acquisition, plan and design and finally construction. Lot of my time and energy has gone into it. Though there were hurdles at times, we could complete the construction in a record time of 2 (two) years. It is now standing as a living testimony to many who visit the Centre. A small Museum of Seven Sisters is also housed in the Complex. Many Museum species were collected by me personally from different States of the North East. In the near future, the Centre will become a tourist attraction and may be as a Centre for some research scholars. With humility, I can say that I have
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made sincere efforts to create mass awareness among people of the North East region of their rich cultural heritage, thus strengthening the forces of National Integration. I feel confident that I have contributed, in a small measure, to achieve the aims and objectives of the establishments of the Zonal Cultural Centre – NATIONAL INTEGRATION. In summing up my story I quote here the resolution of the North East Zone Cultural Centre on the event of my handing over charge: “NORTH EAST ZONE CULTURAL CENTRE places on record its deep appreciation of the services rendered by Shri. N. Bendang Ao, former Director of NEZCC from 1987 to 1991. It was primarily due to his initiative and untiring efforts that the NEZCC developed from almost a scratch to its present status as a vibrant institution, dedicated to the promotion, propagation and development of the varied, distinctive and colourful cultural patterns of the people of the North-Eastern Region. Unity in diversity has, for ages, been the predominating feature in the life and culture of this great country and in this land of the Seven Sisters, the Centre not only offers the ideal setting for meaningful manifestation of this supreme quality, but also actually exhibited, in different areas, the harmonious blending and synthesis of a composite culture on varied occasions already. The Director’s contribution in fruitfully materializing these programmes of NEZCC deserves special mention. The days is not far when the Centre will be functioning from its own sprawling, exclusive and all pervasive Campus with related paraphernalia. Mass awareness has been created through personal contacts, exhibitions of programmes and get-together, primarily among the youth coming from remote areas of the region. Research and documentation plans have already been taken up for exhaustive dissemination of the hitherto hidden and unattended traits and attributes of folklore, folk arts and crafts, music and dance patterns, social habits and customs etc. of this virgin region. Through all these, the NEZCC has been able to find a niche in the cultural firmament of India and the former Director’s role in formulating and implementing all these activities enunciated by the NEZCC cannot be overemphasized. While wishing Godspeed in the former Director’s future assignment, the Centre hopes that his successor in the NEZCC will continue the good work done by his illustrious predecessor.” In conclusion, I would like to record my appreciation to former Chief Ministers of Nagaland Shri Late Hokishe Sema and Dr SC Jamir for their valued contribution to the NEZCC as Chairman of the Executive Board and also His Excellency Dr Gopal Singh, Dr MM Thomas (Late) Governors of Nagaland. Indeed NEZCC has come a long way and I wish the centre success as they march forward with confidence and determination. (N. Bendang Ao is the first fulltime Director of the Northeast Zone Cultural Centre—NEZCC. He retired as Secretary to the Government of Nagaland and now permanently resides in Dimapur. The above article was written in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of NEZCC)
India: Where Food adulteration Is The Most Paying Business
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Ground Reality ast week, the Punjab Department of Health and FamilyWelfare seized 2,000 litres of synthetic milk in Patiala. In Chandigarh, the administration has so far destroyed 30 tonnes of sweets in the past week -- 30 tonnes means 30,000 dibbas of one kilo each. These are notisolated events. Local newspapers are awash with reports of adulterated sweetsand dry fruits, and also have been carrying features on the unhygienic conditions in which the prolific sweet industry operates. Not only Punjab, shocking reports of adulteration and spurious sweets/dairy products is pouring in from across the country. Food adulteration certainly has become one of the biggest proliferating industry. This is the festival season. While it is time for you tocelebrate by exchanging sweets, it is also the time for a roaring and brisk businessfor your neighbourhood shopwallahs. Inthe next few days, tonnes of sweets, bakery products, dairy products, andprocessed foods will be sold. How much of it will be of good quality and safefor consumption is anybody’s guess. Let us look at some of common forms of adulteration that youare likely to encounter. Synthetic milk, which was seized from Patiala, as per reports, wasused for manufacturing sweets, ghee, khoa, cream, and other dairy products.It is known to cause irreparable damage to your body organs. It is of course ahealth hazard but if you are suffering from heart and kidney ailments, it willacerbate your problem. Urea, which is used in the preparation of syntheticmilk, is particularly harmful for kidneys, and caustic soda is a slow poisonfor people suffering from hypertension and heart ailments. The chances are that khoasweets and desi ghee you buy too is adulterated.In addition, harmful colours and other raw materials are used. The colours thatare often used contain lead and arsenic and can damage kidneys. You pay a heftyprice for mithai made in desi ghee, and what you get in returnhas no nutrition but animal fat, crushed animal bones and mineral oil. Forthose who can’t afford desi ghee, thevanaspati too is laced withadulterants. It comes laced with stearin, a bye-product of palm oil used insoap manufacture. While such gheemanufacturing units abound in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, the khoa trade is equally rampant. It isbelieved that 90 per cent of the vanaspatibeing sold in the market violates the specifications of the Prevention of FoodAdulteration Act (PFA). Such is the extent of adulteration, that even pistachio usedin sweets is not spared. Unscrupulous traders instead use inferior qualitypeanuts, cut into small pieces and than coloured with artificial colouringagents. From adulterated pistachio, you can show symptoms of acidity, severeheadache, vomiting, and in severe cases it can leave behind a terrible impactfor the pregnant women. But by the time the child is born with deformities, itmay be practically impossible to link it with food adulteration. I can go on describing the harmful impacts adulterated foodscan have on your health. What is however disturbing is the completeindifference being shown by the consumers as well as the regulatory bodies inchecking the menace of adulterated food products, fruits and vegetables. Whatis urgently needed is a massive and widespread clamp down against theunscrupulous traders and farmers. This will take some time, but let us beginwith what we can do. Besides lodging complaint with the health department oryour local SDM, I have two suggestions: Because of a string of television programmes last year, you will be surprised to know that consumers in Meerut, one of the epicentres of adulterated foods, had shunned khoa products. Tonnes of khoa sweets had to be thrown away by shopkeepers after the festive season were over. If this can happen in Meerut, it can also happen in your city and town. Just refuse the temptation to buy sweets, and believe me you are safe. For the mithaiwallahas and bulk manufacturers. Why can’t they form an association of those traders/manufacturers who you can guarantee to sell quality products? Why can’t they follow the standardised quality norms spelled out by the health department? This association can vouch for quality and publicise through media listing reliable shops/outlets in different cities/town. This is the only way to regain the confidence of the consumers. Devinder Sharma is a food and agriculture policy analyst. His writings focus on the links between biotechnology, intellectual property rights, food trade and poverty. His blog is Ground Reality
POLL RESULTS
Are young people’s AspirAtions incorporAted into govt policies in nAgAlAnd? Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes, the aspirations are in the policies but the problem is the implementation. Policies should not exist on paper, they have to put their boots on the ground. Writing amazing reports of success and dreams fulfilled is laughable. I believe there are many Nagas who are ready to work and toil hard to fulfilled their dreams of self employment and income generation provided the govt. help them in time. In fact the dreams of many youths have been crushed by chasing after these SHINY ECONOMIC POLICIES which exist only in name and on paper. Policies are good but Implementation and Execution part is pitiable!!! • 4 Money. Tas wat The Govt show. Money 4 Job. Job 4 Money. • Yes, Young Sons, daughters, relatives, party youths, parasitic NGO's and self proclaim leaders of the youths aspirations are incorporated into their policies. • I think that only those close to the key politicians and key bureaucrats are getting their views and opinions heard. The agenda of these few people and organizations do not represent the view of the people. There are some organizations with good objectives, but their closeness to politicians and bureaucrats have obviously diluted their credibility to speak up for the people. The govt should listen to the voice of the people and not a selective few. • Yes, the views and aspirations of only a chosen few. Those few people around the chief minister is guiding him and is being shielded away from the voices of the youth. So he is listening to those few people. Poor Rio. Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • Going by the frustrations, hopelessness and anger expressed in every available media in our land by the youths, I don't think the answer is yes. • The concept of consultants and advisors has not taken root yet in Nagaland in a systematic way. Everything is done in a very informal and adhoc manner. The government, especially the chief minister needs good advisors. They should hire professional consultants and advisors on issues. These consultants and advisors should be people from Nagaland (not outsiders who know noth-
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ing about the ground realities) and should be paid for their services. It should not be according to political allegiance, but should be based on their expertise. Than maybe the govt will become better in incorporating the voices and aspirations of the youth. What can we expect from the old wine that’s repackaged in a new bottle? Instead democrats, we Nagas naturally change into autocrats after getting ‘elected’ to power. Unscrupulous politician without integrity..assiduously accumulating wealth for their own... Paucity of vision for coming generation.. Naga politics is too ingrained in tribalism and regionalism that there is no time for the policy makers to think of the youth. The Government is hearing the rumblings and the hopes and aspirations of young people, but are they implementing an inclusive policy? NO!! More often then not, only a few group or organisations are benefiting whatever proposals may be suggested... Check a thorough background of the beneficiaries and you'll find that most of the time, the same people YES NO keep on getting the benefit. To be fair these agencies are probably the only ones who know how to present proposals the way the government likes to hear it and that may be the reason why they get it. There are umpteen young people these days with talent in many fields but not having access to government machinery to give them the push they might need. Nagaland being a state where almost all activities revolve around government funding, they need to listen to all young people from different walks of life. Competition should be encouraged so that other fresh blood come into the foray of change. As another person has commented above, it is an open secret, people all know whose aspirations
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their mind, to be innovative and be productive! These enabling skills need a bigger opportunity than just glamorous platforms! One such bigger opportunity is an accessible, good quality education. The government seem rather lackadaisical on this front. I have some suggestions which may help in realising such enabling aspirations, which is not only intellectually glamorous but also can be a part of a grand strategic plan: 1. Setting up top quality educational institutes in all district headquarters, at least up to Graduation level, both in Arts and Sciences. A strong education foundation is vital to prepare young people for future Knowledge Based & Technological industries. 2. Setting up institutes to provide Job-oriented/vocational courses to improve employability in various job-markets and to encourage entrepreneurial temper. 3. Full Scholarships for deserving candidates/students to undergo research programs in prestigious institutes. Progress is fuelled by intellectuals, who lay down the broad principles on which visions and aspirations are to be based. 4. Overhaul the current school syllabus to include advanced/ambitious courses for bright students. NBSE can start by re-introducing the Advanced Math course at High school level. 5. Improve the existing engineering, management, nursing, IT and teachers’ training schools. Upgrade the State Some of those who voted University infrastructure. Setting up of a Medical college OTHERS had this to say: OTHERS • Aspiration is an intense de(up to PG level), as early as possible should be a priority. sire to achieve a Goal! Aspira6. Road Infrastructure: Good Road connectivity drives tion is positive ambition. Is the growth. Efficient all-weather road connectivity from vilgovernment incorporating the aspiration of the young lages to district headquarters will not only improve the people in its policies?! With all the youth friendly exquality of life in rural areas but most importantly, will alercises and dole outs like paid job-oriented courses, low easy accessibility to Educational institutes. incentives for entrepreneurs, state sponsored grand • It is time now to pay unemployed allowance to educated. platforms for showcasing talents, subsidized cultural Also train them to skill labour. exchanges and exposure trips/programs, yes, the Gov- • There are no competent officers or think-tank yet in Nagaland who are capable of advising the Nagaland ernment of Nagaland surely appear quite sincere about government to adopt policies that are youth oriented. it. These kinds of exercises have surely benefited a lot It will be best for the government to identify people of people; but to think that such largesse, is taking the who can assist the government as consultants to young people forward is slightly skewed! Progress and help them in policy recommendations. growth is brought about by citizens equipped to apply
are incorporated, but hardly anyone comes together and openly question. These beneficiaries are in most cases connected to policy makers or people with certain clout in the government operations itself, they probably have better education or access to such enhancements and when government sponsored programs do happen the same people are often the first choice when they know how to toe the line with government agencies. An open forum for young people where ideas are allowed to be thrashed out, given a chance to be selected and due credit given must be incorporated. After all it is their future we are talking here and what happens will be their legacy. • 2 my opinion NO, Entering into dis new wrld of technology n competitive world of designer, talent stars, business n ............etc..evry 1 is busy in their own way following their inner mind..knwng dat trusting n aspirant to N-land govt. Policy is useless. ( givng toys 2 a cryng baby) pleased only 4 a few moment.
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Team Anna to be revamped after formulating constitution
rAlegAN SiDDhi, OctOber 30 (Pti): Under allround attack over allegations of financial misconduct and demands for its disbanding, Team Anna today decided to formulate a constitution for its anti-corruption movement and revamp the core committee after that. The decision was taken at a meeting here chaired by Anna Hazare and attended by prominent team members Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi, a day after the core committee meeting in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh decided against disbanding the present team and going for a revamp. Hazare, in a written communication which was read out by Kejriwal at a press conference, said he did not find it right the clamour for disbanding the core committee. “Team Anna is very strong and no one can break it. There were talks about disbanding the core committee. I don’t think it is right. If we flee the ground due to some allegations, then it will erode the credibility of the movement and it is not good for the movement. Don’t bother about allegations. The core committee members will unitedly face the challenges and fight back. Our fight will be on till Jan Lokpal Bill is passed. In future, a constitution will be framed for the movement... After framing the constitution, the core committee will be revamped,” Hazare said. The Constitution will have provisions on who can be the members of the core committee and working committee of the team and their character. Whoever, Hazare said, indulges in wrongdoing will be dealt with according to the constitution. Emphasising that his movement was not against any party, Hazare claimed that the Hisar bypolls results had frightened the Congress though he does not view the winner as one who is against corruption.
3 Cong MLAs quit over delay in formation of T’gana
hyDerAbAD, OctOber 30 (Pti): In a setback to the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh, three party MLAs from Telangana region on Sunday quit the party in protest against the delay in formation of separate state. T. Rajaiah from Station Ghanpur in Warangal district, Jupally Krishna Rao of Kollapur in Mahabubnagar district and Somarapu Satyanarayana from Ramagundam in Karimnagar district are likely to join Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) led by K Chandrasekhar Rao. TRS is the most vocal among all votaries in favour of carving out the separate state from Andhra Pradesh. Satyanarayana, an Independent MLA, is an associate member of Congress in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The trio have already submitted resignations from their posts in support of the separate statehood demand. “The very purpose of resigning from Congress is to build up pressure on the Congress high command and also on the ministers and MLAs of Congress in Telangana region,” Krishna Rao told reporters in Hyderabad. He hit out at the state ministers from Telangana region for not quitting their posts to mount pressure on the Congress high command. Training his guns on Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Krishna Rao alleged that Reddy was trying to suppress the separate statehood agitation by filing false police cases against Telangana supporters. “Unless we build up pressure on the Telangana public representatives and also on high command, the high command will not (take) an early decision. At the same time, the way the chief minister is terrorising, it is insulting the Telangana people. For that reason, we are quitting Congress,” he said.
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7 billionth baby to be born in UP today
In this Saturday October 22, 2001, photo, newly born babies are seen at the district women’s hospital, in Allahabad, in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh. In a report, U.N. Population Fund said the world population is expected to reach 7 billion on October 31. The agency said “it cannot pinpoint the exact moment when or the exact place where that child will be born” but demographers expect the birthplace to be in Uttar Pradesh, in the world’s second-most populous country with 1.2 billion people. (AP File Photo)
New Delhi, OctOber 30 (AgeNcieS): Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad feels that an average Indian family should have a minimum of two children. Contrary to China’s one-child norm, or what Kerala is proposing like restricting couples from having more than two children, Azad on Saturday told TOI that the nation’s population prob-
lem isn’t that bad and couples can have “at least two children”. On October 31, India will witness the birth of the world’s seventh billionth baby in Uttar Pradesh. Though the event is being celebrated, Azad said, “It’s not a matter of joy but a great worry. We shouldn’t be celebrating the birth of the seventh billionth child. India has 2.4% of the global
landmass and around 18% of the global population. For us, a matter of joy will be when our population stabilizes.” Now, the nation’s population stands at 1.21 billion. Azad said that during this decade (2001-2011), India added 18 crore people to its population as compared to 20 crore between 1991 and 2001. India’s total fertility rate (TFR) - the average num-
ber of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime - is 2.6. India expects to reach population stabilization of 2.1 TFR by 2060. “Around 20 states have achieved the TFR target and seven more are close to the mark. The main problem is 45% of India’s population is in states that haven’t achieved the TFR target. Even now, giving birth to children
is a sort of entertainment in many parts of India due to lack of other options,” Azad said. Population stabilization is a stage when the size of a population remains unchanged. Global population is said to be stabilizing when births equal deaths. Latest data suggests the worst TFR is prevalent in states like Bihar (3.9), Chhattisgarh (3), Jharkhand (3.2), MP (3.3), Orissa (2.4), Rajasthan (3.3), UP (3.7), Uttarakhand (2.6), Assam (2.6) and Gujarat (2.5). States that have achieved the TFR target include Maharashtra (1.9), TN (1.7), Delhi (1.9), Karnataka (2), West Bengal (1.9) and Kerala (1.7). Demographic projections show that if the current status of population growth continues in India, it will cross China as the most populous nation by 2030. The National Population Stabilization Fund says India’s population grew five times in the last 100 years. Projections are that by 2050 India will be home to 1, 613.8 million people as compared to China’s 1, 417 million. Officials say children who are born because of lack of poor access to contraceptive services is a major cause. The birth of three and above children accounts for 45% of the 26 million births that take place each year. Preference for a male child and high infant mortality accounts for 20% of births.
Case filed against religious conversion in Kashmir Indo-Pakistan secretary pastor C.M. Khanna the allega- tianity with offer of money.” The level talks in November tions had been levelled, falls under complaint was supported by video
SriNAgAr, OctOber 30 (AgeNcieS): Police registered a case on the basis of allegations that Christian missionaries in Kashmir were encouraging conversions. It is likely to arrest a pastor whose name figured in a complaint lodged before the Grand Mufti of Kashmir. Keeping in view the sensitivity of the issue, the Srinagar police registered an FIR under sections 153A, 295 and 186 of the Ranbir Penal Code. The decision was taken at the highest level to avoid possible unrest in the Valley. “We have registered a case and we are looking into a CD which has been given to us in support of the allegations made about the conversion,” a senior police officer told The Hindu on condition of anonymity. However, no one had been named in the FIR. That would be done after the investigation was completed and the allegations were prima facie established. The All Saints Church, against whose
the jurisdiction of the Ram Munshi Bagh station. The Mufti had summoned pastor Khanna on Friday to explain his position but he could not make it. If he failed to appear on November 12, then his office would be forced to issue a fatwa [a religious decree] in connection with the conversions and against the pastor, the Mufti warned. The pastor said he was ready to meet the Grand Mufti on November 15. He told The Hindu that he had conveyed to the Mufti that he had some engagements on November 12. “I spoke to him and he has agreed. I am writing him a mail in this regard,” he said. “I could not meet him on Friday as I was out of station.” He said there was a need to “build bridges” between the two communities. The summons to the pastor followed a written complaint that “young Kashmiri boys and girls are being lured to Chris-
evidence. “In the video which we have received from a respected citizen of Srinagar, a missionary unveils a Kashmiri Muslim girl and she is thus initiated into Christianity. The video also shows many boys who are baptised,” claimed the Grand Mufti who is also the Chairman of the J&K Muslim Personal Law Board. The Mufti said his office had received several complaints in the past against the pastor and the mission he was heading here. “Though he appeared before us and explained his position, at that time we did not take the complaints seriously. But now the complaints appear grave in nature as they are supported by evidence. Besides, we have reports that the missionaries are indulging in conversions in some rural areas of Kashmir too.” Pastor Khanna denied the charges levelled against him and his church.
New Delhi, OctOber 30 (Pti): India will again press for normalisation of trade with Pakistan when Commerce Secretaries of the two neighbouring countries meet here in the second week of November. The Commerce Secretarylevel talks are being held within two months of India-Pakistan trade ministers meeting, which reviewed the bilateral commercial engagement. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma had hosted his Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Amin Fahim in September. “Essentially, we will review the progress of the agenda set in Islamabad in April,” a senior Commerce Ministry official said. The two countries had resumed economic talks after a long gap in April and had drawn a roadmap for increasing the bilateral trade which has remained at a low level of $ 2.65 billion in 201011. Pakistan Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood would be here for three days from November 14 for comprehensive discussions with his Indian counterpart Rahul Khullar, the official said. The main roadblock in pushing the bilateral trade is the restrictions on imports of most of the Indian merchandise in Pakistan. India has been pressing for an arrangement through which the neighbouring country opens trade with New Delhi on all but few items. This is what is followed by India, which allows imports of all Pakistani items excepting a small number of goods in the negative list. Like in past, India will build further pressure on Pakistan to agree for the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) treatment for New Delhi.
Electronic media should be under Press Council’s purview:Katju
“Indian media is very often playing an anti- people role. It often diverts the attention of the people from the real problems which are basically economic”
Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and his wife Queen Jetsun Pema on their arrival in Udaipur. This is the first abroad visit of Wangchuck after his wedding on October 13 and the fourth trip to India since his coronation in November 2008.
New Delhi, OctOber 30 (Pti): Press Council chairman Markandey Katju has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh suggesting that the electronic media should be brought under its purview and should be given “more teeth”. “I have written to the PM that the electronic media should be brought under Press Council and it should be called Media Council and we should be given more teeth. Those teeth would be used in extreme situa-
tions,” Katju told Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN’s Devil’s Advocate programme. Katju said that he had received a letter from the Prime Minister that his letter had been received and “they are considering it”. The former Supreme Court judge said he had also met Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and that she had told him probably there will be a “consensus”. Thapar had asked Katju whether he was seeking more teeth for Press council. “I want powers to stop government advertisement, I want to suspend license of that media for a certain period if it behaves in a very obnoxious manner, impose fines,” Katju said while maintaining that all these measures would be used only in extreme situations. On if these measures would
not threaten the freedom of the media, he said, “Everybody is accountable in a democracy. No freedom is absolute. Every freedom is subject to reasonable restrictions. I am accountable, you are accountable, we are accountable to the people.” Katju said that he thought TV debates were “frivolous”, and there is no discipline among panelists. “It is not a shouting contest,” he told Thapar. He also spoke about how he thought things could be changed. “There must be some fear in the media,” he said, quoting Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas that ‘bin bhay hot na preet’. Katju said, “I have a poor opinion of the media” and added that “they should be working for the interest of the people. They are not working for the interest of
Get that book out - self-publish!
New Delhi, OctOber 30 (iANS): When Bhrigu Chadha finished writing his dark psychological tale of a metalhead, he knew the creative liberties he took won’t fit in the editorial expanse of any publishing house. So instead of running around with his unconventional, unconvincing manuscript, the guitarist decided to be his own publisher. That’s self-publishing for you. Where there’s no editor censoring your thoughts, almost no rejections of manuscripts, you retain the translation rights, control the price of the book, number of copies, the cover and everything else that lies in between. But all this comes at a price -- the price of printing the book. A popular concept in the US, self-publishing industry in India is on a rapid rise thanks to the collective dreams of Chadha and Co., who want their work published at any cost. The model works on the premise that there’s no publisher. There are firms like Cinnamon Teal, Pothi.com
and Power Publishers which, unlike regular printing presses, can print you as few copies as you want, starting with one. They scrutinise your manuscripts, screen out those bordering on pornography or the ones utterly indecipherable, offer you editorial and design services and print as many copies as you want. You pay for everything, they charge a nominal fee. Bangalore-based Chadha, who took four years to write his first book, says he wanted to do something “different, intellectual, with my own signature on it. I’ve been hugely inspired by Christopher Nolan, his unconventional storytelling in ‘Inception’. “There are three voices in my book. A dead musician, his wife and the author. The narration keeps shifting between them,” Chadha, a marketing executive-cummusician, told IANS. Afraid that a publishing house would want him to tweak the storyline to adhere to the unspoken publishing protocol and in the process render it commercial,
he shelled out some Rs.25,000 to get his book ready and another Rs.18,000 for printing 100 copies. However, it can cost you much less as well. For instance at Power Publishers, you can get 40 copies of your book in just Rs.12,000. While Chadha went for self-publishing so as not to compromise on his creative freedom, Sayantan Gupta, a doctor, got his poem collection published from Power Publishers for altogether different reasons. “I’m already working on a novel which I want a reputed publisher to back. So to show some printed material to the publishers, I got ‘Where the Rainbow Ends’ self-published,” said Gupta, 66. Then there’s Gurgaon-based Sitaram who knocked at almost every publisher’s door for his study of the real estate industry, “The Whistleblower”. “They rejected it for one reason or another. Some said it doesn’t fit in their profile, some said they are too burdened. Then I approached
Cinnamon Teal and got a book in my hand in six months flat,” Sitaram said. The author himself edited the book some 40 times before opting for Cinnamon’s editing service. “Big names don’t guarantee success; content does. No one knows what will click with the readers,” he adds. According to Pinaki Ghosh, CEO of Kolkata-based Power Publishers, 60 percent of his clients are below 25. “Then there are corporate hot-shots secretly nursing a dream of writing a book. They are very dignified and have lots of money and don’t like it when their manuscripts are rejected,” said Pinaki. There is also a category of authors whose works have a very narrow market. “These books are usually educationrelated or something technical,” Pinaki told IANS on phone from Kolkata. The three-year-old company has done 70 titles till date while Goa-based Cinnamon Teal has done 160 in its four years of existence. But, according to Cinnamon’s Leonard Fer-
nandes, the self-publishing industry’s size is very small in India. “Abroad, they do 1,000 titles per week. Here, we do just one every day though the industry is growing at the rate of 100 percent every year,” Fernandes, who runs the company with his wife, told IANS. According to him, the biggest challenge of selfpublishing is marketing and distribution, a view seconded by Anuj Bahri of Bahrisons bookstore in Delhi. “We don’t stock these books because we can’t deal with individual authors. It becomes hugely difficult to manage the accounts that way,” he said. Due to this very reason, self-published books seldom reach bookstores. But they do make it to online stores like uread.com and Flipcart. As for marketing, the onus lies with the author as to how much time and money he’s willing to spend. Like Chadha, who has been advertising through Facebook. “I’ve also tied up with a few distributors to sell my book at concerts and shows,” he says.
the people and sometime they are positively working in an anti-people manner.” He said, “Indian media is very often playing an antipeople role. It often diverts the attention of the people from the real problems which are basically economic. 80 per cent people are living in horrible poverty, unemployment, facing price rise, health care (problems),” Katju said. “You (media) divert the attention from those problems and instead you project film stars and fashion parades as if they are the problems of the people,” he said. “Cricket is an opium of the masses. Roman emperors used to say if you cannot give the people bread give them circuses. In India send them to cricket if you cannot give the people bread,” Katju told Thapar. The Council
Chairman said, “Whenever bomb blasts take place, in Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore, within a few hours almost every channel starts showing an e-mail has come or an sms has come that Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility or Jaish-e Mohammed or Harkatul-Ansar or some Muslim name,” he said. “You see e-mail or sms... any mischievous person can send but by showing it on TV channels you are in a subtle way conveying the message that all Muslims are terrorists and bomb throwers and you are demonising the Muslims...99 per cent of people of all communities are good people,” Katju said. “I think it is a deliberate action of the media to divide the people on religious lines and that is totally against the national interest,” he said.
Azim Premji to start two free schools in every district
MUMbAi/ bANgAlOre, OctOber 30 (AgeNcieS): After chipping in for the country’s educational system for a decade, the Azim Premji Foundation (APF), run by the third richest Indian on his own money, is all set for a generous initiative. The foundation plans to start 1,300 schools across the country- two per district - which will be free, impart education in the local language and be affiliated to the state board. If the idea succeeds, it could shame India’s dysfunctional public education system - and perhaps inspire other wealthy tycoons to look beyond their personal status-building. The APF schools, from preschool to class 12, will be on the lines of government ones. The difference will be in quality. “Quality education is fundamental to our becoming a developed nation. And the final crucible of learning is the classroom,” says Azim Premji. Wipro’s idea of starting 1,300 schools came after the Azim Premji Foundation recently reviewed its work from 2001, the year in which it was set up. “We felt the need to graduate from programme interventions to institutionbuilding,” says Dileep Ranjekar, APF’s CEO. “One of our ideas was to set up a separate educational board like the ICSE/ CBSE. But most of us...felt that
change would be better felt and seen by actually setting up schools.” Those associated with the planning of this Rs 9,000-crore project say that the schools will focus on the overall development of their students, including their health and nutrition. “The attempt is also to establish schools in corners that are currently educationally under-served and not to compete with existing schools, whether public or private,” says Ranjekar, adding that seven schools will start within a year-and-ahalf in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh. If things go as forecast, all the 1,300 schools should be up and running by 2025. The aim behind the schools is two-pronged. “One is to build social pressure for other schools to follow suit and provide quality education. Two, we want to test ourselves, understand what it takes to deliver quality teaching and learning. One cannot tell the world to improve unless one actually leads by example,” says Ranjekar. A focal aim of the foundation is to get each school to evolve, over time, as a development centre integrated with the community. Thus, the schools will be staffed with teachers from the rural areas, but appointed after written tests and an interview.
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Assad warns of “earthquake” if West intervenes
BEIRUT, OcTOBER 30 (REUTERs): Western powers risk causing an "earthquake" across the Middle East if they intervene in Syria, President Bashar alAssad said, after protesters called for foreign protection from a crackdown in which 3,000 people have been killed. Assad's warning came ahead of Syrian government talks on Sunday with the Arab League aimed at starting a dialogue between the government and opposition and ending violence which has escalated across Syria in recent days. Activists said Syrian forces killed more than 50 civilians in the last 48 hours and one activist group said suspected army deserters killed 30 soldiers in clashes in the city of Homs and in an ambush in the northern province of Idlib on Saturday. Assad's suppression of the seven-month uprising has drawn criticism from the United Nations and Arab League. Western governments have called on him to step down and imposed sanctions on Syrian oil exports and state businesses.
Western countries "are going to ratchet up the pressure, definitely", Assad told Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper. "But Syria is different in every respect from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen. The history is different. The politics is different." "Syria is the hub now in this region. It is the fault line, and if you play with the ground you will cause an earthquake." NATO military intervention in Libya played a decisive role in toppling Muammar Gaddafi, the third Arab leader to be overthrown after the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. Western nations have shown no appetite to repeat their Libyan operation in Syria, but demonstrators are increasingly calling for a "nofly zone" over their country. "Do you want to see another Afghanistan, or tens of Afghanistans?" Assad said. "Any problem in Syria will burn the whole region. If the plan is to divide Syria, that is to divide the whole region." Since the start of protests in March, Syrian authorities have blamed the violence on foreign-backed
down an armed Muslim Brotherhood uprising in the city of Hama in 1982, killing many thousands, said the latest crisis was part of the same conflict. "We've been fighting the Muslim Brotherhood since the 1950s and we are still fighting with them," he said. Authorities had made "many mistakes" in the early part of the uprising, but he said the situation had now improved and that he had started implementing reform within a week of the troubles erupting in mid-March. "The pace of reform is not too slow. The vision needs to be mature. It would take only 15 seconds to sign a law, but if it
In this Monday, October 3, 2011, file citizen journalism photo made on a mobile phone and provided by The Union of Homs City Neighborhood, anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad protesters hold up a banner with the signs of the Muslim Crescent, Christian’s Cross, and Alawite sect by the sword, and the name of Imam Ali, with Arabic words reading:”The Syrian people is one,” to show the unity between the Syrian sects during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, in Homs province, Syria. (AP Photo/File)
gunmen and religious extremists they say have killed 1,100 soldiers and police. Syria has barred most international media, making it hard to verify ac-
counts from activists and authorities. But the resilience of the protesters, the determination of authorities to crush dissent and the emerging armed insurgen-
cy have combined to make Syria's turmoil one of the most intractable confrontations of this year's Arab uprisings. Assad, whose father put
Brazil’s ex-president has throat cancer Saudi court jails ‘Al Qaeda
sAO PAULO, OcTOBER 30 (REUTERs): Brazil's popular former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer on Saturday, casting doubt on his political future in Latin America's largest economy. Lula, as he is universally known, is a former metalworker and union leader who rose from poverty to become Brazil's first working-class president. He led the country between 2003 and 2010, a period of robust economic growth in which more than 20 million Brazilians were lifted out of poverty and joined the middle class. Speculation has swirled that Lula -- who remains immensely popular in Brazil -could run for the presidency again in 2014 if President Dilma Rousseff, his political protegee, were to decide not to seek re-election. Lula, who turned 66 this week, was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in the larynx and will start chemotherapy in the coming days, according to Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital. Rousseff herself was treated for cancer at the same medical center before taking office in January. Dr. Artur Katz, an oncologist on Lula's medical team, told Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo that the tumor was "not very big" and that "the odds of a cure
In this December 23, 2010, file photo, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/File)
are excellent." Chemotherapy was chosen over surgery to preserve the functions of Lula's larynx, or voice box, he said. Dr. Paulo Hoff, another oncologist on the team treating Lula, told local news Web site ig.com.br that the tumor was localized and had not spread through the neck or to his lymph nodes. He said Lula would also undergo radiation therapy. "He's a fighter," Finance Minister Guido Mantega said after visiting Lula in hospital. "There's no metastasis. Nothing has spread to other organs and everything was detected. Lula left the hospital in the early evening and is expected to return for outpatient treatment starting on Monday. Lula, who left office with a sky-high approval
rating of 87 percent, could play a vital role in next year's municipal elections, helping stump for candidates from his left-leaning Workers' Party, known as the PT. But it is in the next presidential election in 2014 that Lula's role could be key -- whatever that role ultimately is. "The presence of Lula is an extremely important ace in the hole for the Workers' Party," said Latin America analyst Christopher Garman of the Eurasia consultancy in Washington. Whether Lula campaigns for Rousseff or, should she falter, runs himself, Garman said, his participation "guarantees the opposition have a hard time reaching office in 2014." More recently, Lula's presence has been a boost for Rousseff because it "means that allies were never going to abandon ship," Garman said. "He's an extremely important political hedge for this administration." Since leaving office Lula has done little to lower his profile, founding a public policy institute and traveling the world speaking on democracy. He's also kept a hand in domestic politics, privately advising Rousseff on a series of corruption scandals that have rocked her government. Six ministers have so far left her administration this year, five of them over ethics breaches.
lady’ for 15 years: State media
RIyAdh, OcTOBER 30 (AFP): A Saudi court today jailed for 15 years a Saudi woman known as the "Al Qaeda lady" for being the first woman in the kingdom tried for involvement in violence by the jihadist network, state media said. "A Saudi woman was sentenced to 15 years in jail starting on the date of her arrest, followed by 15 years of a ban on travelling after her release," the state news agency - Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The trial of the unnamed woman began on July 31. The list of charges over which the specialised criminal court has been convicted includes "sheltering people wanted for security related matters and inciting terror acts in the kingdom," SPA said. She was also condemned for "possessing two pistols" that she gave to militants and "financing terrorism and terror acts through collecting more than one million riyals ($267,000) and sending the money to the Al Qaeda organisation." In August, the Okaz daily identified the woman only as the "Al Qaeda
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, DEPARMENT OF IRRIGATION & FLOOD CONTROL WOKHA DIVISION. NOTICE INVITING TENDER
NO/IFC/Wka/SBE/2007-08/ 223-229 Dated: Wokha. the 25th Oct 2011: Sealed Tender affixing Court Fee Stamp of Rs 7.50 ( Rupees seven and fifty paise )only are hereby invited by the undersigned from Class-1 registered Contractors of Nagaland PWD. The tender documents and detail particulars of the work can be obtained from the office of the undersigned during working hours upto 04.11.2011 on payment of Rs 1000/-(Rupees one thousand) only The tender will be received in the office of the undersigned upto 12;00 hrs on 05.11.2011 and will be opened on the same day at 14:00 Hrs. in presence of the intending tenderers or their authorized representative. The Tenderer should quote the rate(s) in the prescribed format given in the document for each item of work of the Site Code against the respective scheme Code and name of the Scheme for the below mentioned works. The tendered rate should be % above or % below or at par with the Nagaland PWD Schedule of rates of 2010. Scheme Code
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Protection of Baghty Town from Erosion of Baghty River, Wokha District.
Site Code
Estimated Site No.& amount Rs (lakh) Nature of Works
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Site No-1, 2, 3 & 4 for 860m length of bank Revetment works & 35m RCC P/ wall.
Nag-6(2)
Site No-5,6&7 for 900m length of bank Revetment works and 40.44m length R.C.C P/wall.
Nag-6(3)
Site No-8,9, & 10 for 750m length of bank Revetment works.
179.03
193.48
145.35
Earnest Money Local
79000.00
Non- local
358000.00
Time of completion
3 (three) months
194000.00
388000.00
3 (three) months
146000.00
292000.00
3 (three) months
TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1. Tender documents without court Fee Stamp or Earnest Money will not be accepted. The Earnest Money should be submitted in the form of DAC from any Nationalized/ Scheduled Bank in favour of the Executive Engineer, Irrigation & Flood Control, Wokha Division, separately for each work tendered. 2. The Tenderer should produce attested photocopy of the Govt. Registration Notification, ID. Card and their credentials. 3. Certificate of financial Soundness should be furnished. 4. The successful Tenderer(s) are required to fill the agreement form accepting the Terms & Conditions for the work within a week after receipt of intimation. 5. The Work Order will be issued only after completion of Agreement between the contractor and the Department. 6. 10(ten)% of bill amount for the work will be deducted as Security Deposit and the same will be released after 6( six) months of successful completion of work. In case of damage or defect in the workmanship, the Contractor will be obliged to undertake restoration of the work, failing which the security deposit will be forfeited and utilized by the Department to restore the work. 7. Payment will be made as per availability of fund. 8. Work Contract tax will be deducted from the Gross Bill amount as per Government Memorandum. 9. The Department reserves the right to reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason thereof and acceptance of the lowest rate is not obligatory. ( Er. J Lanu Longchar ) Executive Engineer, Irrigation & Flood Control, Wokha Division, Nagaland.
lady," saying she was 45 years old and was arrested last year in Buraidah, Qassim's provincial capital. In June 2010, Saeed alShihri, a prominent Saudi leader of Al Qaeda's franchise in Yemen, urged supporters in Saudi Arabia to kidnap Christians. He also urged Saudi princes to press for the release of a female militant nabbed north of Riyadh whom he identified as Heila al-Qsayer. At her family's request, the trial is taking place in private and without a media presence. The woman had denied the charges, claiming she had been held captive by two men, one of whom she had been married to in the past. The two men, she claimed, were members of Al Qaeda.
doesn't fit your society, you'll have division," he said. Assad's opponents say although he lifted emergency law and gave citizenship to thousands of stateless Kurds, his promises of reform ring hollow while security forces kill protesters and arrest thousands of people. They also say protests are driven by a desire for greater freedoms, not by an Islamist agenda. Friday's shooting of demonstratorspromptedArabministers to issue their strongest call yet on Assad to end the killing of civilians. The Arab League's committee on the Syrian crisis sent an "urgent message to the Syrian government ex-
pressing its severe discontent over the continued killing of Syrian civilians". A source at Syria's Foreign Ministry, quoted by state media, said the Arab League statement was "based on media lies" and urged the committee to "help restore stability in Syria instead of stirring sedition". An Arab League ministerial group is due to meet Syrian officials on Sunday in Qatar to press for dialogue between the government and opposition. Syria, a majority Sunni Muslim nation of 20 million people, is dominated by Assad's minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
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Barca hat-trick for Messi, Real go top
MADRID, OctObeR 30 (ReuteRs): Lionel Messi rattled in a 17-minute hattrick as Barcelona swept aside Real Mallorca 5-0 on Saturday while Real Madrid went top of La Liga with a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad. World Player of the Year Messi has not been at his best in recent games, failing to score in three outings, but quashed any debate over his form with a first-half treble at the Nou Camp that took his league tally this season to 13. Barca youngster Isaac Cuenca and Dani Alves wrapped up the scoring in the second half to leave the champions second with 24 points from 10 games, one behind leaders Real. Gonzalo Higuain gave Jose Mourinho's in-form Real Madrid a ninth-minute lead in San Sebastian but the team that netted 28 times in their previous seven matches were denied another hefty win by the battling Basques. Levante, who have dropped to third with 23 points, can reclaim top spot with an eighth consecutive victory at Osasuna on Sunday. Barca coach Pep Guardiola left four World Cup winners on the bench, with a fifth (Xavi) resting in the stands, but they were not missed at the Nou Camp. The hosts won a penalty for hand-ball in the 13th minute and Messi, who had a last-minute spot kick saved last weekend, blasted the ball high into the net. Adriano's cross-cum-shot was turned in by the Argentine in the 21st and Messi then volleyed the third from an Alves cross in the 30th. Barca youth team forBollywood actors Preity Zinta, right, and Arjun Rampal, arrive at the Lap Buddh International ward Cuenca notched the Circuit after a party in Noida, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from New Delhi. (AP Photo)
fourth on his home debut in the 50th minute, rounding the keeper from Thiago Alcantara's defence-splitting pass, before Alves crashed in a fifth from distance at the end. "It was madness when they said I was in crisis after three games," Messi told Spanish television. "It doesn't bother me. I score when I can and when I don't the important thing is the team win." Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes kept a clean sheet for an eighth game in a row and edged towards a club record. The Spanish international last conceded 787 minutes ago, in a 2-2 draw at Valencia last month, and is only 37 minutes short of the mark held by Miguel Reina, father of Liverpool keeper Pepe, from the 197273 season. Higuain ran on to Fabio Coentrao's pass and dinked the ball over Claudio Bravo for the only goal at Socieded but Real Madrid were unable to turn their firsthalf dominance into a bigger lead. Sociedad hit back after the break, forcing Iker Casillas into a couple of top-class saves. Earlier, Villarreal dragged themselves out of the bottom three with a 2-0 victory at home to Rayo Vallecano, easing the pressure on coach Juan Carlos Garrido. Bruno Soriano headed in at a free kick after 20 minutes and captain Marcos Senna had a penalty saved just before the break. Borja Valero settled nerves at the Madrigal with a solo effort in the 67th minute, earning Villarreal their second league win of the season.
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, from Argentina, right, is congratulated by his teammate Victor Valdes, left, after his hat trick during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Mallorca at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain on Oct. 29. (AP Photo)
Barca coach feels his team 'ran too much'
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espite his side's 5-0 demolition of Mallorca, Pep Guardiola was disappointed with the amount of effort his Barcelona team put into the game. A Lionel Messi hat-trick followed by solitary strikes from Isaac Cuenca and Dani Alves gave the Catalan club all three points, yet Guardiola was hoping his team would conserve energy for their midweek Champions League encounter versus Viktoria Plzen. "We run too much, we didn't want to have put so
much effort in," the coach told Gol TV after the game. However, he was keen to congratulate Isaac Cuenca on his first goal for the club, with the youngster netting on his first start at Camp Nou in the Primera Division. He added: "Isaac played very well, he is a guy who is good at taking players on and passing. He scored his first goal in the stadium and has played very well so congratulations [to him]." Guardiola was also full of praise for right-back
Dani Alves, who grabbed the goal of the night with a long-range strike. "Thank you to Dani for all his efforts. As a player, his reliability is priceless. I have to thank him very much because he gives us the possibility of playing in many ways. Victory against Viktoria Plzen could confirm the European champions' place in the Champions League round of 16, if AC Milan avoid defeat versus BATE Borisov in the group's other game.
NBA Superstars silenced as money fight drags on
NeW YORK, OctObeR 30 (AFP): LeBron James will not make any slam dunks for the Miami Heat this November. Kobe Bryant will make no baskets for the Los Angeles Lakers. Dirk Nowitzki will score no points for the Dallas Mavericks. These superstars, and every other NBA player, have been silenced by the billionaire team owners who sign their paychecks in a lockout that will reach its 124th day on Tuesday, when the NBA season was supposed to have started. Unable to agree on how to divide about $4 billion in annual revenues since the old contract expired and a lockout began on July 1, sides broke off talks on Friday with no new negotiations scheduled. NBA commissioner David Stern has called off 221
games that were scheduled in November and with a month needed between a final deal and the opening tipoff, the first shortened NBA season since 1999 figures to become shorter. Owners claim that only eight of 30 teams made money last season while the other 22 clubs lost a combined $450 million. They seek a hard salary cap and a 50-50 split of basketball-related income. Players, who received 57 percent of such revenues last season, want no salary cap and have said they have done their part by offering to take as little as 52.5 percent of income, a giveback of $1.5 billion over six years. The gap between players and owners amounts to $100 million a year, or $1 billion over the life of the 10-year deal being sought by team owners. Progress
that was made on salary cap and luxury tax items in talks was dashed along with hopes of playing a full season of 82 games per team. That ensures missed player paychecks and lost television and ticket revenue for owners and likely hardens positions whenever talks resume. "The next offer will reflect the extraordinary losses that are piling up now," Stern said. Altogether, NBA players are expected to lose about $350 million for every month of games lost. Owners will feel the pinch as well but some say the losses are less than they would face if the season was played as last year. Owners of successful NBA clubs such as Mark Cuban of Dallas and Jerry Buss of the Lakers are losing money with every missed game but others are
avoiding losses and tying to create a less-costly system that might be a moneymaker. Owners based in smaller cities see a chance to impose a system that keeps teams with bigger income from outspending rivals for top talent, such as Miami did when putting together James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh last season. Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis was among the National Hockey League club owners who wiped out the entire 20042005 NHL season in order to impose salary cuts. That has fans fearful an entire NBA season might be lost this time, even though it was not until January of 1999 that the NBA's prior lockout ended, setting up a season of 50 games per team from February through April. Nick Diaz, right, punches BJ Penn during a mixed martial arts welterweight bout, Saturday, Oct. 29, in Las Vegas. Diaz won by unanimous decision. (AP Photo)
'I could have stopped Indian juggernaut at Wankhede'
MANGALORe, OctO beR 30 (AGeNcIes): Did Sri Lanka miss a trick in not playing their 37 yearold seamer in the title clash of ICC World Cup 2011 against the Men in Blue at the Wankhede Stadium? "Yes", asserts Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas, left-arm Sri Lankan quickie who along with Suraj Randiv were called up as cover for injured Angelo Mathews and Muttiah Muralitaran ahead of Mumbai final. Randiv played, Vaas sat out the finals. Sri Lanka went in to the much awaited all-Asian title clash with pacers Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ace rally driver Along Aier from Nagaland represented Dima- Thisara Perera along with pur Motorsports Club at the Formula 1 inaugural Indian grand spinners Muralitharan, Randiv and Tillakaratne Dilprix at the Buddh International Circuit as a race marshal.
sha. But, Vaas, who has had a number of many an Indian batsmen was forced to watch from the sidelines as Mahi's boys went on to conjure some scintillating cricket and a trade mark helicopter shot for six from skipper won India its second World Cup title. Vaas, who was in the city to promote the Chaminda Vaas Benefit T20 Cricket Cup 2011 organised by Magnum Intergrafiks (P) Ltd along with Dakshina Kannada Cricket Association was assertive when he told STOI that, "India would not have won had I played that match." This may not be an empty boast given that Vaas has always done exceedingly well at the Wankhede whenever the Islanders have taken on the Indians in a cricket contest.
Lewis Hamilton accepts the risks of racing
NOIDA, OctObeR 30 (ReuteRs): McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has said he accepts the risk of dying in a Formula One car as he follows his passion for racing to the limit. On an Indian Grand Prix weekend where the sport is remembering IndyCar racer Dan Wheldon and MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli, both killed in races in the last two weeks, Hamilton faced his own fears head on. "Everyone will have (Wheldon and Simoncelli) in their minds," the 2008
world champion told British newspaper reporters ahead of Sunday's race. "But you have got to do what you do because you love it. It is a sacrifice and a risk that we all take. No one wants to be in those situations but, for me, if I was to pass away, I cannot imagine a better way, personally," said the 26-year-old. "I have always said if I was going to go, then in a racing car would be the way to do it. It is what I love." Seven times world champion Michael
Schumacher, still racing for Mercedes at the age of 42, told reporters earlier in the week that he took a fatalistic approach to a sport he has been involved in for two decades. The German said total safety was impossible in any walk of life but pointed out to the huge improvements made in Formula One since the death of triple champion Ayrton Senna in 1994, the sport's last driver fatality in a race. "If on top something happens, then that's what
I would call fate and fate is something that we all have to face sooner or later," said Schumacher. "I'm certainly very touched by what has happened for both of the drivers that we have lost but unfortunately you have to say that's life." Many of the drivers will carry tributes to Wheldon and Simoncelli, with the Briton's initials and the Italian's racing number 58 on cars and helmets, but Hamilton hesitated to say their deaths had been down to fate.
India’s Got Talent semi- finalist Faith in Action performs at the grand finale of 12th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2011 at the Kohima Local Ground on October 29. Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero
Flamingo win DDCA inter club cricket tourney
DIMAPuR, OctObeR 30 (MexN): Finals of the DDCA INTER CLUB C R I C K ET T O U R N A MENT 2011 was held between Flamingo CC VS Wellstar CC on 30th October 2011. Wellstar CC won the toss and elected to bat. The resilient young lads of Wellstar CC scored 92 runs in 32.4 overs. Flamingo in reply scored the required runs in 18 overs. Man of the series was awarded to Hokaito for his all round performance of 111 runs and 14 wickets. Emerging player was awarded to Deepak of Wellstar cc. I. Pihoto Awomi, President DACC thanked all the teams, umpires Sudip, Jaykishan, Basit and all the officials for the smooth functioning of the tournament.
Players of Famingo CC, Wellstar CC with umpires Sudip and Basit
11 E n t / Ta b l o i d Methanielie Solo Jütakhrie Silver Jubilee Concert Dancing out and Thailand trip will have Monday
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ome December 9, Nagaland is all set to witness a Mega Musical concert featuring the veteran singer Methanielie Solo Jütakhrie which will be held at Medziphema Local ground. This concert will be held in commemoration of his 25th Album which is all set to be released in the month of November 2011. The 56 years old legendary singer has been playing music for the last 41 years. Along with his 25th album, he will also be releasing a song book comprising of all his songs. Apart from many laurels and achievements, he was awarded the Man of the Year in 1989 by Ura Academy and by T. Khel, Kohima Village Students’ Union in 1999. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Classic
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Club award in the year 1999 and Governor’s award in 2003. Methanielie Solo Jütakhrie will be supported on the stage by ‘Cotton Country’, one of Nagaland’s most influential bands. Cotton Country have performed in 2010 Hornbill opening act for J.D. Millers Band, they have also performed at the NSF 25th years Lt Vikhozo and Lt Kekuojalie a tribute concert and at the ‘Nagaland Contributes’ in aid of the victims of Tsunami Earthquake in Japan. They were the leading band during the All India Doordarshan’s Golden Jubilee celebration. The band is honoured to be performing alongside the legendary musician Methanelie and earnestly request all its fans to support this. The band line up are – Senti on vocals
and guitar, Aren Imsong on guitar, John Jamir as bassist and Kekhrie on Drums. Also to take on the stage is Mokokchung’s most happening band ‘In the Name’. Formed in July 2010, these young guns from The Land of Music shot to fame when they won the RockAware Mokokchung district. They also bagged the best vocalist and best guitarist award in the recently held finale of RockAware contest in Dimapur. In the Name has this to say : ‘We believe in originality and our dream is to carry the enthusiasm till the end’. The Line up – Arsashi Ozukum on vocals, Yanger Imcha on guitar, Impo Longchar on bass and Toshi lemtur on drums. The band is assisted by manager Mathung.
More bands and Soloists will also be performing during the concert This event is organized by Baptist Youth, Medziphema Village (BKK) in collaboration with Loving Souls Music Society and is supported by Aries Music and Sports Foundation. This concert is being held in aid of Youth Building Project. The show is being sponsored by the Music Task Force (YRS), Government of Nagaland and the Patrons are Er. Keneilhoulie Keditsu, Mengutuo Rio, Rokolhou Angami, Thepfuneituo Rio and Akhoto Kuotsu. The organizers hope and expects this event to be one of the biggest musical concert ever staged at Medziphema. Medziphema is situated 30 km away from Dimapur and 44 km from Kohima. Medziphema is known not only for its pineapples but also for its peaceful atmospheres and any band that performs in this town have always expressed their desires to come back for the next performance. The show is expecting to have audience not only from Nagaland but also from other states and some from abroad. The tickets will be priced at Rs 200/- and Rs 1,000/- and will be made available very soon. For any information please contact: +91 9856699347, +91 9436659918 Medovituo Vüprü, Youth Promoter +91 9612968903, +91 8014021626 Jon Bendang Loving Souls Music Society
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he world saw her dancing with delight on her wedding day. But twinkle-toed activities are off the agenda for the billionaire Duchess of Alba for the foreseeable future. The Spanish aristocrat has broken her hip bone after falling at her ancestral home, Las Dueñas Palace. Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 85, had to cancel a promotional event on Wednesday for her memoirs, I, Cayetana after the accident. The head of the book's publishing company assured journalists that the duchess was well and had returned to her residence after spending the morning in hospital. Doctors have ordered complete rest as she recovers. The much-loved duchess wed civil servant Alfonso Diez – who is, at 61, 24 years her junior – on October 2. Before settling into married life together in Las Dueñas, the couple honeymooned in France. They were spotted taking a romantic stroll around Eugénie-les-Bains, in the Lands department in the south-west of the country. The pair were guests at an
famed spa resort owned by renowned French chef Michel Guérard. Cayetana and her new husband also planned to celebrate their newly-married status with a Trip to Thailand, but their plans will have to wait until she has recovered. In the meantime Alfonso continues looking for work. "When he finds a job
he likes, he will love living in Sevilla," the duchess said when asked about how her husband was finding the relocation from Madrid. "Maybe (he will work) in something to do with art, as he knows a lot about it." The civil servant left his job in the Ministry of Employment in Madrid before the couple's wedding.
Prince Charles' praise for 'darling daughter-in-law' Catherine
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ritain's Prince Charles has described Duchess Catherine as his ''darling daughter-in-law'' when he asked the brunette beauty to stand in for him at a charity event. The future king had to ask Catherine - who married his son, Prince William, in April - to stand in for him at a charity dinner this week because he was visiting Saudi Arabia following the death of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. He wrote to officials of In Kind Direct to explain his absence saying that he had Winners of Mr & Miss Tokhu Emong flanked by runners up, held on October 27 at State "pulled out all the stops" and Catherine on her first solo royal appearance, representing the Prince of Wales at a Academy Hall in Kohima, the event was organized by Kyong Naga Cultural Society. that his "darling daughter- charity dinner.
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in-law" had agreed to step in for him and the 29-year-old beauty didn't disappoint as she wowed the 30 guests with her natural beauty and charm. Chief executive Robin Boles: "We were delighted that the duchess was able to step in at such short notice after our founder was unexpectedly called away. The duchess hosted a very special evening with absolute professionalism and charm." William was unable to join Catherine because of his Royal Air Force duties. At Catherine's wedding to William, Charles - who also has son Prince Harry with the late Princess Diana - is said to have told guests that she was "the daughter he never had".
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Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany drinks champagne from the trophy on the podium after winning the Indian Formula One Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida, 38 kilometers from New Delhi on Oct. 30. (AP Photo)
GreAter NoIdA, oCtober 30 (AFP): World champion Sebastian Vettel made history by winning India's first ever Formula One with ease on Sunday as McLaren's Jenson Button tightened his grip on the championship's second place. Red Bull's Vettel led throughout for his 11th victory of the season, finishing some 8.4 seconds ahead of Button with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso third and Australian Mark Webber fourth. Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher battled to fifth but McLaren's Lewis Hamilton came in seventh after yet another collision with his Ferrari bete noire, Felipe Massa. "My pace was good up until the crash. After the crash, we struggled," said the 2008 champion. But wire-to-wire Vettel was in a class of his own at the all-new Buddh International Circuit near New Delhi as he closed on Michael Schumacher's 2004 record of 13 wins in one year, with two races left this season. "Yes boys! Yes, we did it," Vettel shouted over the team radio as he finished.
"The first Indian Grand Prix. Fantastic challenge, we did it!" In dry, 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) heat, India's debut Grand Prix got off to a furious start when Rubens Barrichello was hit on the first turn and three cars ended up off-track, before Jarno Trulli found himself on grass. Vettel made no mistake from pole position but Button nipped past Webber and Alonso to go from fourth on the grid to second, cueing up an early dogfight with the Australian Red Bull driver. As they duelled, Vettel opened up a lead of nearly five seconds and after the first set of stops, the young German emerged from the pit lane still at the head of the field. Williams' Pastor Maldonado was the first retirement with a gearbox problem and Sebastian Buemi had to stop hisToroRossowhenitstarted pouring smoke. And there were fireworks on lap 24 when Hamilton, trapped on the inside by Massa as they hared towards a left-hand turn, shunted the Ferrari driver
across the track in the latest of a series of collisions between the two. Massa was given a drive-through penalty and Hamilton pitted for a new front wing, but the Brazilian's race soon ended in farce as a kerb shattered his front suspension - a replay of the mishap he suffered in qualifying. Button threatened to close the gap on Vettel in the final laps but there was no catching Formula One's youngest ever back-to-back champion and he punched the air as he took the che-
quered flag in front of the giant grandstand. The race's build-up has been overshadowed by two deaths in motorsports this month and the controversial spectacle of glamorous Formula One appearing in one of India's poorest regions. But its private-sector organisers are already celebrating a smooth and successful event which has helped bury memories of last year's Commonwealth Games, which are remembered for their poor organisation and corruption.
GreAter NoIdA, oCtober 30 (AGeNICes): Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, a self-confessed Formula One fan, waved the chequered flag at the end of the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, which newlycrowned world champion Sebastian Vettel won at the Buddh International Circuit on Sunday. Tendulkar, who witnessed the race along with wife Anjali and daughter Sara, did the honours at the end of the race. Tendulkar's long-time friend and seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, with whom the Indian batsman met before the start of the race, finished fifth. Force India's Adrian Sutil managed to secure points, finishing ninth after starting from the eighth position on the grid, while his teammate Paul di Resta was 13th. The lone Indian driver in the fray, Narain Karthikeyan of Hispania finished 17th after starting from the rear of the grid. Earlier, batting maestro Sachin showed his passion for motorsports by being the first of the high-profile guests to arrive at the circuit in Greater Noida. "His love for motorsports is well
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Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali are welcomed by Manoj Gaur, CMD, Jaypee Infratech, at the Indian Formula One Grand Prix 2011 at Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida.
known and I was not surprised to see him three hours before the race time. I went to the gate to welcome him," Sameer Gaur, managing director of Jaypee Sports International, told IANS. Tendulkar spent a lot of time at the paddocks before going to the VIP lounge area. His meeting with Schumacher was widely anticipated and that was one of the first things he did after arriving. Tendulkar went to the Mercedes GP team garage and chatted extensively
with Schumacher and fellow driver Nico Rosberg. It was Tendulkar's second meeting with seven-time champion Schumacher after 2002, when the German gifted the Indian the keys of a Ferrari. The Mumbaikar then went ahead to meet F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone in the Formula One Management team building where they were joined by Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover and legendary three-time former champion Jackie Stewart. Indian spinner Harb-
hajan Singh was the second cricketer to reach the venue. Besides Tendulkar and Harbhajan, Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone were also spotted. Jammu and Kasmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was spotted in the paddock for the second consecutive day. Robert Vadra was also seen chatting with the organisers. Earlier in the day, 24 drivers took part in a vintage car rally and waved to the fans to kick off the celebrations.
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