August 7th, 2015 by The Morung Express

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MPs lock horns over possible UNPO concerned by NSCN (K) firm on ‘sovereignty’ alteration of state boundaries ‘lack of transparency’ Nagaland MP asserts “We are only demanding our ancestral lands where the Naga tribes have been staying for centuries”

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New Delhi, August 6 (iANs): As the details of the framework agreement between the Central Government and NSCN (Isak-Muivah) remain ambiguous, parliamentarians from Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh have locked horns with their counterparts from Nagaland over the possibility of altering their respective state boundaries. Despite reports that the provision of redrawing the state’s border to incorporate Naga-inhabited areas in ‘Greater Nagaland’ had been dropped, the Members of Parliament said that the demand for Greater Nagaland had been the “most important demand” of the NSCN and reaching a conclusion without it would be “simply impossible”. “We welcome the peace accord because it is a move to tranquilise decades long violence in Nagaland. But if the peace in Nagaland is at the cost of our territories than we won’t let it happen,” Ninon Ering, MP from East Arunachal Pradesh, told IANS. He said it should be understood that Nagas staying in any other state apart from Nagaland “are an integral part of that state as they have been staying there for years. Where does the demand for other states to give up its Naga-inhabited areas come from?” Noting that there were only four Naga tribes living in Arunachal Pradesh, including the Wancho, Tangsa and Nocte, Ering said: “At most the government can allow them to have autonomous councils,

but giving up those areas to Nagaland won’t be possible.” Thokchom Meinya, MP from Inner Manipur constituency, said that the BJP-led government and the NSCN (IM) were in “a hurry to settle their problems without realising the harm caused” to other north-eastern states. “The way government is trying to keep the content of the accord confidential clearly shows that it might have something which is not in favour of Nagaland’s neighbouring states,” Meinya said. He added that the government should have at least informed Parliament before signing the accord with the NSCN (IM). “Discussing in Parliament with all stakeholders was necessary,” he added. PA Sangma, MP from Meghalaya’s Tura constituency, said: “End to the conflict in the North-Eastern region is a must. But the government should be well aware that they can’t keep Nagaland happy by making its neighbouring states sad.” However, Nagaland’s lone Rajya Sabha member Khekiho Zhimomi termed the objection raised by the other MPs from the region “groundless” and said that “all the Naga inhabited areas in the North-Eastern region belonged to the Naga ancestors” and should be made a part of the Nagaland. “It is a positive development for Nagaland. The peace accord should be completely in the interest of the Nagas regardless of whichever North-Eastern states they might be living in,” Zhimomi said. “Why should they object to the Naga inhabited land being given to form Greater Nagaland? We are only demanding our ancestral lands in the neighbouring states where the Naga tribes have been staying for centuries,” said Zhimomi.

DimApur, August 6 (mexN): The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) has termed the lack of details shared on the framework agreement signed between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India as a ‘breach of transparency.’ While lauding the ‘historic peace agreement’ as an “opportunity for peace,” the UNPO expressed “deep concern” for the “lack of transparency in providing detailed information regarding the substance of the accord.” The UNPO stated this in a web release today. “While this landmark agreement symbolizes a significant opportunity towards a peaceful resolution to the struggle, and the first building block of trust and goodwill between the parties, UNPO is profoundly concerned that no details regarding the peace agreement are known as of yet, a blatant breach of transparency,” it asserted on its website today. Further, it maintained that the publication of the clauses of this agreement “will play a decisive role in determining whether this broad framework of peaceful conflict resolution is to be successful in providing closure to the longstanding issue.” The UNPO is an international, nonviolent and democratic membership organisation, under which Nagalim is registered. Its members are indigenous peoples, minorities and unrecognised or occupied territories who have joined together to protect and promote their human and cultural rights, to preserve their environments, and to find nonviolent solutions to conflicts which affect them.

Naga Hoho for sharing of contents ‘without delay’ KOhimA, August 6 (mexN): The Naga Hoho has ‘fervently’ appealed to the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India to “share the contents” of the framework agreement signed between them “without delay.” The Naga Hoho released this statement through its communication cell today after an executive meeting held here. While welcoming the agreement as the “foundation towards bringing lasting solution to the protracted Indo-Naga political problem,” the Hoho expressed hope and prayed that any settlement should be “honourable and acceptable” to the Nagas. Further, the Naga Hoho observed that people at large are becoming “apprehensive and impatience.” It appealed to all Nagas “not to be swayed away by the rumours through social media but to be persistence in the best interest of the Naga people as a whole.”

DimApur, August 6 (mexN): The NSCN under the leadership of SS Khaplang has “unequivocally” affirmed its “conscience driven quest” for “reclamation” of ‘Naga sovereignty.’ Stating that the NSCN (K) is under no obligation to “either agree or disagree” with the ‘accord’ appended by the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India, a press statement from the group held that it is the “sole prerogative” of NSCN (IM) to “arrive at any kind of conclusion which they have been serving for, for the last 18 years,” and “correspondingly,” the “accord” is intended “exclusively” for NSCN (IM). The statement was made by Lt.Gen.NikiSumi,MilitarySupervisor (West), released through the PRO of the NSCN (K). “The Naga struggle for sovereignty is an international po-

litical conflict between nations,” the press note stated and that the NSCN (K) is “humbled yet determined to carry ahead this sacred commission passed onto us at the cost of thousands of precious lives of Naga pioneers.” In that, the NSCN (K) ceasefire agreement with Myanmar, it informed, “is only logistics in nature as is prerequisite to initiate meaningful political process and which is yet to take off.” The NSCN (K) also found itself “privileged and committed to strengthen the revolutionary fraternities of every genuine sovereignty aspirants of ethnic West South East Asians.” Lt. Gen. Niki Sumi also stated that over the past 3-4 years, GPRN/NSCN (Khehoi) has been “manufacturing misleading commercials” such as ‘Nagas of Nagaland,’ ‘Nagas of Manipur’ or ‘Nagas of Myanmar’. However, he iterated that “the

Nagas are no longer naive to be hoodwinked by such India-fed limerick.” His statement reiterated that “we do not recognise imposed international boundaries but continue to defy it.” The NSCN (K) firmly held that “East or West, North or South, no parts of Naga country are alienable,” and upheld the “intrinsic ideal of compact Naga nation composing of every Naga inhabited area as historically established and conceived by our forefathers.” “Even if destiny eludes NSCN, as long as the Earth endures, it is our conviction that there shall arise in every generation true Naga patriots to lead the national liberation until the appointed time for the Almighty God’s will is never late or early,” the NSCN (K) Military Supervisor maintained. Full text on page 10

Sonia, Rahul flay failure to consult states on Naga pact New Delhi, August 6 (iANs): Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the government for failing to consult the chief ministers of three northeastern states before signing the Naga peace accord. “We are really shocked that the prime minister (Narendra Modi) didn’t even think of taking into confidence the chief ministers of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh which

are the directly affected states,” Sonia Gandhi told reporters in parliament complex. “It is the arrogance on the part of this government. How can an accord be signed without consulting the chief ministers that are directly affected even if the accord is being termed as historic?” she asked. “I have no doubt that it may be historic, but what about consulting our chief ministers? “Their arrogance is now even more clear. It is not just an insult to the chief

ministers but to people of the states and the federal structure of the country.” Rahul Gandhi termed the government’s move to sign the pact with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) an “insult” to the people of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh as they were not even informed about it. “It’s an insult to every single citizen in these three states and it’s an insult to the people of India the way this government works,” he said.

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Kohima, august 6 (mExN): Training for hydroger technicians was started in Dimapur on Thursday, August 6, for a group of farmers from Ntuma Village, Peren by engineers from NePED. This is a part of the Ntuma Raja Mircha Project where several people and organizations viz. Newmai Enterprise, Gorilla Marketing, Ntuma Young Farmers and Youthnet, have come together to create market linkages for Raja Mircha farmers who face difficulties in letting their produce reach markets. The hydroger is being setup with the assistance of NePED for the farmers who plan to make new settlements to improve their cultivation and grow other crops as well. Ntuma Young Farmers is a group recently formed through the initiative of Newmai Enterprise with A young boy, holding a worn out football in his hand looks on as he wait for his friends at Sechu (Zubza) in Kohima district. (Morung Photo)

Auto-rickshaw driver notified on uniform DimaPur, august 6 (mExN): In the interest of the public, Deputy Commissioner & Chairman, Regional Transport Authority, Dimapur has notified that all autorickshaw drivers must compulsorily wear auto-rickshaw driver’s uniform at work. Stringent penalty will be imposed upon any auto-rickshaw driver defaulting it. The notification was issued as resolved on May 5, 2015 by the Regional Transport Authority Dimapur. C Y K

Peren DPDB monthly meeting held PErEN, august 6 (DiPr): Peren DPDB held its monthly meeting on August 6 at the conference hall of the new Hq DC, under the chairmanship of DC and Vice Chairman of DPDB Peren, Peter Lichamo. After reviewing the last month meeting minutes, the board discussed work distribution for upcoming Independence Day celebration. The house also recommended financial assistance for x-ray machine room construction at District Hospital Peren. Agriculture Department and DEF Peren took up power-point presentation on departmental activities. The house also welcomed new DPDB members namely, S. Tainu, ADC Peren, Yanthungbemo Kikon EAC, Ngwalwa, Lithrila Anar, EAC Athipung, Akali Sema, CDPO Peren, Kechurizo Sophie, EE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Jalukie.

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Effort to create market linkages for Raja Mircha farmers

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DimaPur, august 6 (mExN): The executive meeting of the Nagaland Medical Council held on August 5 has decided to extend the dateline of registration of allopathic doctors. “This has necessitated in view of the difficulties faced by the government doctors working in rural areas,” informed a press note issued by NMC Deputy Registrar Dr. Kevilhulie Meyase. They are requested to come and register as soon as possible, as the list has to be submitted to Medical Council of India, as per section 22 of the Indian Medical Council Act 1956.

Farmers from Ntuma Village, Peren with others during the training for hydroger technicians held in Dimapur from August 6.

the objective of promoting farm produce from the village and improving the lives of farmers. Newmai Enterprise also deal with all kind of construction materials and will oversee the civil works for the project. Gorilla Marketing is a company, which deals with marketing and distribution of local products

and will create linkages for the farmers. This project is a part of Youthnet's Impact 5000 by 18 program which seeks to assist local entrepreneurs in their businesses, generate employment and improve the economic well-being of those involved in the private sector. Team Youthnet stated

in a press release that Ntuma village was selected for the pilot project the outcome of which will determine if the model can be replicated in other similar areas. The farmers and the all stakeholders are enthusiastic and hopeful that the project will be successful and will impact the lives of the people of the village.

Customers displeased with SBI Pfutsero Branch service

PfutsEro, august 6 (mExN): Following the closer of State Bank of India branch office in Pfutsero Town since August 3, displeased customers have written an open letter to Assistant General Manger SBI Dimapur. SBI is one of the best and most valuable banks in India. However, the customers of SBI Pfutsero Branch had been facing immense problem every now and then due to shortage of bank staff, frequent link failure (internet), failure of Passbook Updating machines and frequent absence of cash and technical snag in ATM booth. It was stated in the letter appended by ACUAT Pfutsero Town, President Wezote Kreo and Pfutsero Town Voluntary Consumer Organisation, President, Vetsurayi Tetseo. Pfutsero Town is one of the fastest growing commercial towns in Nagaland. Not less than twenty-seven

DimaPur, august 6 (mExN): The second Annual Healthcare Expansion Summit North East Region is scheduled be held on September 3 and 4 at Radisson Blu Hotel, Guwahati. The event will focus on the Government of India’s ‘Act East Policy’Northeast Healthcare Vision 2020. Alaphra Group in association with the North East Council, Ministry of DoNER Government of India is organising the summit with the aim of uniting the most

influential Healthcare leaders from Northeast and beyond. The summit will feature educational sessions, stimulating experts sharing their knowledge through motivational keynotes, thought provoking panel discussions, round tables and dynamic networking opportunities and one to one business meetings with the top healthcare solution providers. Toshi Ao – Director, Alaphra Group stated that with the theme “Creating North East a sustain-

Inter State Truck Terminus Complex in Dimapur DimaPur, august 6 (DiPr): Nagaland Minister Transport, IT & Communication P Paiwang Konyak will be inaugurating the Inter State Truck Terminus Complex on August 7. The ISTT has been constructed in a sprawling plinth area covering 13 acres, with an estimated cost of 42 crores. Ministry of urban development, government of India founded Rs. 14.15 crores while the State Government founded the remaining amount of Rs. 28 corers. The utilities and functions at the terminus include three storyed building which has 44-bedded dormitory for drivers and handymen. Inside the complex is the dock building meant for transshipment of goods with a capacity of 2, 40,570 c.ft and a bay capacity of 16 trucks at a time. It also has ware house I and II for storage of goods, workshop for minor repair and maintenance, weight bridge for checking and monitoring over-loaded vehicles to ensure safety measures. Besides, the complex has pollution testing center, security house, security kiosk, parking yard, servicing ramp, external resting shed, guesthouse, officer’s quarter and staff quarters. The ISTT Dimapur has capacity parking lots for 400 vehicles. Firm TTachu and Company with Rokolhou as the contractor constructed the complex.

able Healthcare Region” the summit will host more than 250 Healthcare leaders from all over the Northeastern states, such as Owners of the hospitals, MD, CEO’s, Government hospitals, Authorities from medical colleges and officials from Health &Family Welfare departments of all NE states. Some of the prominent speakers confirmed for the Summit include Dr. Bamin Tada- Adviser Health for North East Council

under Ministry of DoNER, Government of India, Dr. I.L. Sharma, Director of Health Services, Govt of Sikkim, Dr. Moji Jini, Director Health Services, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Dr. Gayatri Mahindroo, Director, NABH, Dr. Zothankhuma Chhakchhuak, Jt. Director of Health Services, Govt. of Mizoram, Dr. Narendranath Dutta, Chairman & Managing Director, Downtown Hospital, Guwahati, Prof. Abraham Joseph, Director, Christian Institute

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villages and many government offices access SBI Pfutsero Branch. Besides that, ATM booth is also feeding travelers whoever passes through Pfutsero town. However, the bank could not meet the customer’s satisfaction for a long time. “Our repeated appeal to your authority in the past bears no fruit and we view this negligence on your part with great regrets and frustration,” stated the open letter. “The bank had caused immense hardship and difficulties to the public and especially to the customers coming from the remote rural villages wherein they have to go back to their villages without their work done whereby spending their hard-earned money,” it added. Therefore, the public of Pfutsero town in particular and neighboring villages in general has appealed to take immediate action for the welfare of the public immediately.

of Health Sciences & Research, Dimapur, Dr. Pramod Kumar Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, Pratiksha Hospital, Guwahati, Prof. A. G. Ahangar, Director, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, Dr. Harsha Bhattacharya, Medical Director, Sankar Nethralaya Guwahati, and many more. To participate and to know more about the event, one can visit www.healthcaresummitne. com or call 03862- 248890 / +91 8413839140 / +91 9402988070.

HDPE pipes for water supply in Mangkolemba

maNgKolEmba, august 6 (DiPr): A joint meeting between the Mangkolemba administrators, PHED Department and NGOs was held on August 6 in regard to replace the 16th km water supply pipe lines from the main sources till the town. In the meeting, Executive Engineer, PHED, Mokokchung, N. YangerPongen informed that the

department will be introducing the High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes for water supply at Mangkolemba town, which at present is being used only in the state capital. He further said that with the replacement of the old pipe lines with three different sizes of HDPE pipes from the main four sources which is located at Nesamyong and Tememtzuy-

ong till the town, it will also help improve the distribution system of the water supply. For the success of the work, Pongen urged the people for their co-operation and support as the Department alone will not be able to carry out the works and further informed that a joint survey will be executed at the earliest after the Independence Day celebration.

ART PICNIC: Venues and timings finalized

We the bereaved family of Lt. Shri. Velahu Puro, 1st Naga Wrestling Champion and 1st Pfutsero Area council Chairman are indebted to all our loving family members, Individuals, friends, relatives, in-laws and all the well wishers, who have supported and stood by us physically , spiritually, financially and materially during his brief sickness and sudden demise. Special Thanks to

1. Shri.T.R Zeliang, Chief Minister Govt. of Nagaland. 2. Shri. Chotisu Sazo, Speaker Govt. of Nagaland. 3. Dr. Nicky Kire,Minister of Forest,Ecological & Wild life. 4. Shri. Deo Nukhu, Prl.Secy Higher & Technical Edn. 5. Shri. Nieba Kronu, Prl. Secy Plg. & Coordination, E&M Cell. 6. Shri. Vikho-o Yoshu,MLA. 7. ICU Naga Hospital Kohima, Doctors & Staffs. 8. Chakhesang Baptist Church Council, T-Chikri, Pfustero. 9. Nagaland Christian Revival Church, P.R Hill, Kohima. 10. Chakhesang Baptist Church, Kitsubozou, Kohima. 11. Chakhesang Baptist Church (MH), Kohima. 12. Chakhesang Christian Revival Church, P.R Hill, Kohima. 13. Kikruma Baptist Church, 14. Kikruma Catholic Church, 15. Kikruma Revival Church, 16. Phusachodu Baptist Church, 17. Tenyimi Public Organisation, 18. Chakhesang Public Organisation, 19. Chakhesang Hoho Kohima 20. Chokri Area Public Organisation,

2nd Healthcare Expansion Summit on Sept 3 and 4

ACKNOWLDGEMENT

Born on 09/08/1944 Died on 29/07/2015.

21. Naga Wrestling Association, 22. Chakhesang Wrestling Association, 23. Chokri Area Wrestling Association, 24. Chokri Area Youth Sport Association, 25. Kheza Area Wrestling Association, 26. Veteran Wrestling Association, 27. Kikruma Village Council, 28. Phusachodu Village Council, 29. Pfutseromi Village Council, 30. Khulazu Bawe & Basa Village Council, 31. Pfustero Town Adhoc Council, 32. New Ministers’ Hill Panchayat,Kohima 33. Kikruma Welfare Association, Kohima, 34. Rehieba Village Council, 35. R.D Block Chikri Town, 36. Kezo Town, 37. VDB Union Chetheba Block, 38. Phusachodu Village Council, 39. Thenyizu Village Council, 40. Chesezu Village Council, 41. Pholami Village Council, 42. Thenyizu Welfare Society Kohima, 43. Chesezu Welfare Society Kohima, 44. Khezhakeno welfare Society Kohima, 45. Puromi Clans of Kikruma village, Pfutsero Town, Poruba village & Mesulumi Village, 46. Kezonumi Clan Kikruma Village 47.Tunyinumi Clan Kikruma Village, 48. Yhobunumi Clan kikruma village 49. Vineyards Family.

We regret our inability to thank each and everyone personally but it is our humble prayer that Almighty God bless you all abundantly. Loving Wife, Sons, Daughters, Son-in-laws, Daughter in-law and Grand Children’s.

DimaPur, august 6 (mExN): Naga artist, Temsuyanger Longkumer is organizing an ‘art day’ in Dimapur and Kohima for which the venues and timings have finally been decided. He is particularly appealing to established artists to help co-ordinate and be involved in the event. This is to create a forum for people from various backgrounds, to celebrate Creativity & Art. It will also be a chance for people to hone or even discover their hidden talents. Participants are to bring their own materials of choice including pencils, crayons, charcoal, inks, watercolour, oils, acrylic, camera’s etc. “I really need fellow artists to come along and help make this event a fun, relaxing and educational day of art so please contact me as soon as possible,” said Temsuyanger.

Details for the two events as follows: Dimapur Date: 08.08.2015 Venue: Green Park Meeting point: By the pond Timings: 9:30am – 4:00pm To register your interest for this event please email me at: temsuyanger@hotmail.com Or you can ring L. Sangwa Aonok @: 0919774008668 Kohima Date: 22.08.2015 Venue: Botanical Garden. Old ministers hill Timings: 10:00am-4:00pm To register your interest for this event please email me at: temsuyanger@hotmail.com Or you can ring @: 08413937323 He also adds, “light refreshments will be provided but we would like all participants to bring their own lunch boxes so we can have a sit down and have a picnic break between the lines and paints. A blanket/towel might come in handy for those who would like to sit and work.

We ask participants to arrive at the specified time, especially towards the beginning as that is when we will be doing the introductions. We also whole heartedly welcome those who would like to drop by for a couple of hours. Just make sure you don’t leave without saying “Hi”!”

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Later, ADC, Mangkolemba, Imtiwapang appreciated the initiative taken by the Department and the positive response of the MangkolembaAoLanurTelongjam (MALT), adhoc town council, GB’s and other NGO’s who attended the meeting and asked for their full co-operation and participation in developing the town in the days to come also.

Ex-servicemen informs on Aadhar Cards Kohima, august 6 (mExN): Director Sainik Welfare & Resettlement Nagaland, Brig KK Roy Choudhury, SM, VSM (Retd) has intimated to all concerned that all Ex-servicemen and dependants are required to obtain Aadhar Cards which is mandatory requirement for all Ex-servicemen as per definition of Ministry of Defence irrespective of pensioners or non – pensioners in order to avail any financial assistance from Kendriya Sainik Board, Directorate General Resettlement and Ministry of Defence (MOD). All pensioners and family pensioners have been requested to obtain Digital Life Certificate (JeevanPramaan) by 30th September 2015 as the MOD has made it compulsory for all Defence Pensioners. It has been emphasized that all grants/schemes, pension issues and increase of pension after 7th Pay Commission will be linked through Aadhar Cards and DLC. Therefore, it is imperative for all Ex-servicemen and dependants to obtain Aadhar Card and for pension to obtain DLC by 30th September 2015 to facilitate action by RSB/ZSBs respectively. In view of above, all Ex-servicemen, widows and dependants have been requested to obtain Aadhar Card and DLC by furnishing details of PPO No, Bank Acct No, Mob No, NOK details, Aadhar Card No etc to their respective ZilaSainik Welfare Offices.

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Naga accord: A test for Modi's policies Ninglun Hanghal IANS

Many would argue there is nothing "new" or "historic" in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's August 3 announcement of the "Naga Peace Accord". Indeed there is none. The only available media statement said details of the accord framework and its execution will be released in the days to come. But there is something very unique - Modi's way of doing things. His strategy, execution and, most of all, his ability to read people's minds and effectively using the media (particularly TV) to his full advantage. He effortlessly manages to soothe the ego of the leaders of the NSCN-IM to (almost) perfection - the photo-op, the protocol. With the whole country glued on to the screen, it was perfect. The Naga traditional shawl, which Modi consciously did not remove all through the public show, was a value addition. The grey dot in the show, though, would be the pretentious smile of Th. Muivah, general secretary of the NSCN-IM and a stammering on pronouncing "Narendra Modi". And of course the absence of the outfit's chairman Isaac Swu, who is undergoing treatment due to illness. As usual at his best public speaking, Modi delivered a diplomatic and

impressive speech. There were pointers in between the lines. He touched upon issues that were core to the hearts and minds of the Nagas -- their way of life. He talked of the larger picture of socio-economic development of northeast India and beyond which made his speech acceptable to all, particularly the non-Nagas and the general Indian public. Perhaps due to the long drawn exhaustive "peace process" between the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (IM faction) and the Indian government, that has more or less led to fatigue, the August 3 announcement didn't or rather could not stir much ripples, unlike other occasion when the peace talk reaches a certain point, such as in 2001, when Manipur literally burned. In fact, much as the Naga peace talk had been complex and complicated (the process is more than 15 years old now, and doesn't seem to be over as yet); it would be too early to comment. From the official speech of Muivah who is the NSCN-IM signatory to the "framework agreement", it is clear that he is not yet done, an indication that the NSCN-IM shouldn't be written off so soon. Not directly facing the camera, Muivah repeated a very similar sentence that has been used since past years that an honourable peaceful political solution is yet to be

Arunachal CM deletes his tweet welcoming Naga peace accord New Delhi, August 6 (iANs): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Thursday deleted his tweet welcoming the Naga peace accord, amid criticism by Congress president Sonia Gandhi that the central government did not consult the chief ministers of northeastern states. Tuki on Wednesday wrote on his Twitter handle: "Welcomed the initiative of the Centre to bring a peaceful solution to the prolonged Naga political issue." Gandhi has flayed the central government for not taking the chief ministers of northeastern states into confidence before it inked a peace accord with the NSCN-IM. The central government and the NSCN-IM on Monday signed the peace deal. worked out. An attempt to convey a message that "this is not the end". Though there is disquiet or no major knee-jerk reactions, be it in Naga areas or other parts of northeast India, there was curiosity, jitter and anxiety. The process leading up to the announcement was done in utmost secrecy where many even within the NSCN-IM, the civil society in Nagaland and other northeastern states were taken by surprise. While the framework agreement

Assam leader files RTI seeking Naga accord details guwAhAti, August 6 (iANs): A leader of the Assam unit of the Congress party has filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act seeking details of the Naga peace accord signed on Monday. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) secretary Bibhuti Bhushan Borthakur on Thursday sent a letter to the union home secretary seeking the contents of the agreement signed between the central government of India and the National Socialist Coun-

- as in terms of taking to a new level deserves an applause, it is pertinent to keep in mind the larger public, specially the Nagas who have the right to be informed about what is going to affect them. If they are kept in the dark, it would be a grave mistake on the part of the Naga leadership and New Delhi. Certainly there would be negotiations and compromise on various "points" as in many other peace agreements across the world. All said and

cil of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM). "Why the signed agreement has not been made public so far? Reasons if any, should be dispensed with in accordance with the provision of RTI Act, 2005," said the letter. The historic peace accord avowedly marks an end to the six-decade-old insurgency. However, the government as well as the NSCN-IM made it a hush-hush affair, and the details of the accord are yet to be made public.

done, peace is not given or taken. It is not something that can be achieved by signing a document. It comes from the genuine desire of the people, the key stakeholder, the civil society and the government. As many had mentioned and re-called the 1986 Mizo Peace accord - in an attempt to draw parallels and comparisons, it is important to also remember that it was not the accord per se that brought peace to Mizoram, but the aftermath of the signing of the accord, wherein

the people, the collective leadership, the civil bodies and government practiced "peace" in spirit and deed. As far as the August 3 "historic" announcement of the Naga accord is concerned, there is no doubt some progress had been made. The secrecy could be yet another tactic and strategy by Prime Minister Modi, who is reportedly monitoring the process since taking power. A nationalist, Modi's readiness to solve the issue does not call for any doubt. His larger vision of India as an emerging leader in South Asia vis-avis northeast India cannot be missed. And it is hoped that all this was done in an attempt to make progress and development which the northeast region desperately needs. Modi's understanding of the general picture of northeast India at large and the Naga psyche is visibly noteworthy. Nevertheless, for better or for worse, his tactics and handling of the Naga conflict and the northeast region will be tested in days to come. As of now, the Naga accord is an open-ended matter. We can only hope for better days, not only for the Nagas but for all the people in the northeast who are direct or indirect stakeholders of the peace process. (Ninglun Hanghal is a Manipur based journalist and commentator. The views expressed are personal. She can be contacted at hanghal.ninglun@gmail.coml)

Manipur goes Search for missing chopper focusing on 2 spots Centre reviews Manipur flood situation without newspapers imPhAl, August 6 (iANs): Newspapers were not published in Manipur on Thursday in view of a 48-hour shutdown called in support of an inner line permit (ILP) system for the state. "The media fraternity in Manipur regrets to announce nonpublication of daily news and electronic media on August 6 due to the intense nature of the bandh," said a statement by the Editors Guild of Manipur and the All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AMWJU). The protest was called by the student wing of the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System. "The decision was arrived at after a meeting of editors and members of the AMWJU," it said. It said journalists and non-journalists could not reach the press. Similarly, reporters and cameramen could not gather news. The 48-hour shutdown began at 6 p.m. Tuesday after police cracked down on students demanding an ILP system the previous day.

itANAgAR, August 6 (Pti): With slight improvement in the weather, the search operation for the missing Pawan Hans helicopter in Arunachal Pradesh resumed this morning with teams focusing on two locations near Dadam village. As per data provided by Sukhoi images collected during its hour-long reccee on Wednesday, the Army and the district administration are concentrating the search operation in two locations near Dadam village, chief secretary Ramesh Negi said. "The search teams have zeroed in at a mountainous site near the river Terun Ku between Dadam

village and Sanliam village.The search in that particular area has been propelled by some authentic sources received from some eyewitnesses belonging to Dadam and Thinsa villages," district information and public relation officer (DIPRO) D Bosai, who is a part of the rescue team, said. Every effort is being made to locate the site of the place from where a blast-like sound emanated on Tuesday after the helicopter went missing with three persons on board, he added. While the ground search operation by Army, IRBn, locals, panchayat leaders and dis-

trict administration officials started since 4.30 AM, Army and IAF choppers took off from Dibrugarh in Assam to carry search operation, state civil aviation secretary B M Mishra said. "Another Sukhoi is likely to conduct reccee again today," Negi added. The Dauphin twin-engine helicopter of Pawan Hans went missing with Tirap deputy commissioner Kamlesh Kumar Joshi and two pilots - Captain MS Brar and Captain Rajeev Hoskote, after it took off from Khonsa in Tirap district at around 10.45am on Tuesday. Director general of civil aviation (DGCA) has

ordered a preliminary inquiry into the incident, while Pawan Hans authorities deputed teams from New Delhi and Guwahati and ordered an internal inquiry. State minister Wanglin Lowangdong and MLA Wanglam Sawin are closely monitoring the operation and visited Thinsa and Sanliam villages yesterday. Civil Aviation minister Thangwang Wangham was hopeful that the missing chopper would be spotted soon. The district administration has also announced incentives for the villagers engaged in search and rescue operation.

New Delhi, August 6 (iANs): DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh and Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Thursday visited the floodaffected areas of Manipur and reviewed the situation. During their visit, they had telephonic conversation with Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh over the flood situation and assured him that the Centre would provide full support to the state. The central government team along with local ministers, MLAs and state government officials carried out an aerial survey of the worst-hit village Joumol in Chandel district where a massive landslide took place on August 1, a home ministry release said. The ministers also conducted aerial survey of the flood af-

fected areas of Thoubal district and nearby areas, it stated. According to reports, 75 percent population in Thoubal district has been hit. "They also held a meeting with the top state government officials and interacted with the local media. The chief secretary submitted the preliminary damage report. "During the meeting, both the ministers conveyed condolences on behalf of the Prime Minister for the bereaved families, who had lost their family members. They also conveyed the prime minister's sympathies to those who had suffered economic loss due to flood," it added. Besides, the ministers interacted with the team of the National Disaster Response Force, which carried out the search and rescue operations, in Imphal.

16 hydropower projects under construction in NE Government okays upgrade of 6,418 km of roads in North East

New Delhi, August 6 (iANs): Sixteen hydropower projects are in various stages of construction in the northeast, DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. "Presently, 16 hydropower projects aggregating to 5,576 MW are under various stages of construction for the growth and development of the northeastern region, including Sikkim," the minister for Development of North Eastern Region said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

Among the projects underway are the Subansiri Lower under the National Hydro Power Corporation, and the Kameng and Pare projects under the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO). All these three projects are in Arunachal Pradesh. Another project in the state, Gongri, is being constructed by the private sector, the minister said. In Mizoram, NEEPCO is constructing the Turial hydropower project. In Megha-

laya, the state government is constructing the New Umtru hydropower project. According to the minister, as many as 10 hydel power projects are being constructed in Sikkim by the private sector. "This includes 62,604 MW of potential in the northeastern region, including Sikkim," said Jitendra Singh. He said that at present, 10 projects with an installed capacity of 1,242 MW are in operation in the northeastern region.

New Delhi, August 6 (iANs): The government has approved the upgrading of 6,418 km of roads in the northeastern states under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North-East (SARDPNE), DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. "The ministry of road transport and highways formulated the SARDP-NE for upgrade of 10,141 km road stretches of national highways and state roads in the year 2005-06," the minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) said

in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "Out of 10,141 km of roads included under SARDP-NE, 6,418 km has been approved by the government for implementation under Phase A and the Arunachal Pradesh Package of Roads and Highways and balance 3,723 km has been approved only for preparation of DPR (detailed project report) under Phase B of SARDP-NE," he said. In the current fiscal, out of the total budget of Rs.4,000 crore allocated for the purpose, Rs.2,416 crore has been spent till the end of June.

Rijiju calls for unity, celebration of NE beauty New Delhi, August 6 (AgeNCies): Strongly emphasising the need for unity among Northeast states and the people in the face of several issues troubling the region and the NE people in other parts of the country, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju has called upon all NE people to move forward in unity, celebrate the beauty of the region and put an end to states infighting. "We are prisoners of our own frontiers. NE states are interconnected. The corridor of one state is connected to two or more states. But our problem is mainly a question of disconnect,” Rijiju said, adding, “Hence, there should be internal unity among all states and states infighting should stop.” The minister also said that people need to know what the government is doing for the people. But apart from the government initiatives to address NE problems, initiatives should also come from the society and people, as it is not only a political, but also a social issue,” Rijiju said, addressing the first “Northeast MPs Forum Interactive Meet 2015” in the capital on Tuesday. The meet was organised by the North-East MPs

Forum in association with the North-East India Welfare Society, to deliberate upon the Bezbaruah Committee Recommendations aimed to address issues of atrocities and racial discriminations against NE people living in major cities of the country. Giving a patient ear to the people and taking serious note of the many concerns raised at the session, Rijiju said that the Bezbaruah Committee recommendations were well laid out and the “entire recommendations are accepted in totality.” “Every point” will be implemented, he added. However, in an effort to finding a solution to it, the minister urged the people to shift focus to positive development. “Instead of airing grievances about discrimination all the time, we should gather for festive and positive occasion and highlight the beauty of the people, the place and the culture to the rest of the country.” He said, “Unless we stop infighting and move forward, we have no moral right to raise the issue of discrimination outside the region.” “But, yes, we must fight for our right. No injustice against the people will be tolerated. My ministry’s

concern is for the entire country, but priority remains Northeast, as the region has been neglected for far too long,” Rijiju said, expressing complete support to the people. Echoing the same views, former Home Minister and Meghalaya MP PA Sangma said, “We should celebrate the beauty of NE. NE should be seen to the world.” Sangma, who is the chairman of the forum, said, “This interactive meet is to remove the ego and let us live as one single entity. This is an interaction to come together, to exchange ideas with each other and to know each other better. That’s the most important message of this meet." Well-known author Sanjay Hazarika also, speaking at the meet, called for “reverse discrimination.” Meanwhile former IAS officer MP Bezbaruah, chairman of the committee, stressed for stringent laws to deal with crimes against NE people, adequate support system for rape victims and efficient system of justice delivery and time-bound probe. He then stressed that social and cultural gaps should be bridged through various ministries. Delhi Joint Police Com-

missioner Robin Hibu, addressing the meet, made an extensive presentation on racial crimes in Delhi. “In Delhi, South Delhi has maximum cases of racial discrimination and crimes against NE people compared to other parts of the city," he said. Hibu brought to the fore that most victims in rape cases do not get justice because there is no strong system in place to protect victims. “Victims shy away from filing FIR. There is no engagement with rape victims. They go back to their native place and are unable to pursue the case and seek justice," Hibu said, adding, “We need a prosecution lawyer” to deal with cases. Hibu then stressed the need to make the NE Helpline No. 1093 pan India. He said that the NE issue is related to the issue of national integration. The interactive meet, organised to discuss key recommendations of the Bezbaruah Committee, called for several initiatives to be taken seriously for holistic development of NE. The committee was set up under the union ministry, post Nido Tania’s death allegedly caused by racial attack, on February 2014. Post Nido Tania death, there has been a high level

of security concern among NE people living in metropolitan cities. Hence, the Bezbaruah Commission was formed to address the insecurities and problems faced by NE people studying and making a living in major cities. The Bezbaruah Committee, commissioned by the union government, submitted a comprehensive report with key recommendations in July 11, 2014 for the well-being of Northeast people living in metropolitan cities. Unfortunately, there is a lot more that needs to be done to steer towards the right direction. There was also a dis-

cussion on memorandum submitted by North East MPs Forum to Prime Minister for sustainable, inclusive and holistic development of Northeast. Other MPs present at the meet included Sarbananda Sonowal, Gaurav Gogoi, Khekiho Zhimomi, and Nenong Ering. Several bureaucrats, academicians, advocates, professors, resident commissioners of all the Northeast State Bhavans in Delhi, NE student leaders, community leaders, NGOS working for Northeast concerns, journalists and other professional groups attended the meeting.

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Bharti Airtel takes its 4G services to 296 towns

GurGaon, auGust 6 (Ians): India’s top telecom service provider Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has commercially launched its fourth generation (4G) communications services in 296 towns across the country. “With the help of the feedback received from the beta launches, we have now built India’s first commercial 4G network that will make high speed mobile broadband a reality,” Gopal Vittal, managing director and chief executive officer of the company, said at the launch event here. “The national roll-out today is another small step in our journey to be the most innovative and customer focused brand,” he said, adding that the company’s journey in 4G began with the launch in Kolkata in April

2012, followed by successive beta offerings in 51 cities. “The roll-out will take place in few weeks.” Vittal said the company has a projection of $2.2 billion capital expenditure for 2015-16, but declined to divulge the details on the money spent and intended to be spent in offering 4G services. So far, 4G is available in data format in India only. Asked about the rising competition in the 4G space in the country, Vittal said: “We are the children of competition. It’s a brutal market place in India. But it makes one sharper. We thrive in competitive atmosphere.” He said

the company’s 4G network presence in 14 circles. Vittal has, accordingly, been built conceded that the quality of the on an open partner ecosystem third generation (3g) services was still not up to the mark, and said: “We have been vocal about call drops.” “We have many challenges over spectrum. Towers and sites pose a bigger challenge. With the growth in data sector, we model, bringing together the need more sites. That’s a genubest in the industry. “We are in- ine struggle. The government troducing to the Indian market had been supportive on this.” some never-before experiencAround three weeks ago, es. Together with our network Vittal had written to Airtel cusand device partners, we have tomers across the country to enabled deep proliferation of provide suggestions regarding 4G services in the country.” tower sites and he said at the 4G Bharti has 230 million sub- launch event that the company scribers in the country, with a received 20,000 responses, out

of which 500 provided leads on potential sites. Asked about the device ecosystem for 4G, he mentioned the company has an exclusive tie-up with Samsung, but the team is working towards build a robust device ecosystem. “Out of the 60 million phones that are shipped into India every quarter, 20 million are smartphones. This quarter, we expect some 1 million 4G-compatible phones to be shipped,” Vittal said. He said the company’s focus is also to work with manufacturers to drive down prices. Airtel also announced the launch of a new carrier agnostic mobile app - ‘Wynk Movies’ - which it claimed was first-ofits-kind movie mall that will offer specially curated library of thousands of movies and other popular videos.

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MuMbaI, auGust 6 (reuters): India’s state pension fund plans to buy nearly $800 million in stocks this fiscal year, its commissioner said on Thursday, below expectations and signalling a cautious stance towards the first equity investments in its 64-year history. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will allocate 50 billion rupees ($784 million) in the year to March 2016 for exchange traded funds that track the country’s two main share indexes, but could increase that to as much as 70 billion to 80 billion rupees, the fund’s commissioner, K.K. Jalan, told reporters. “Since this is our first investment in equities we have decided to invest through the ETF route since that reduces the risk,” Jalan said. Investors had welcomed the pension fund’s decision this year to begin buying stocks in 2015/16, hoping it would become, like state-run Life Insurance Corp of India, a steady source of funds especially in times of market turbulence. Analysts were disappointed at the initial amount. “The government needs to increase its investment into equities,” said G. Chokkalingam, founder of Equinomics, a research and fund advisory firm. The amount is only a fraction of the 470 billion rupees that Life Insurance Corp invested in stocks in the year to March 2015. EPFO has 8.5 trillion rupees under management, most of it invested in government bonds. It had previously announced it would allocate up to 5 percent of funds from new pension contributions and maturing investments into equities. Jalan said the fund could increase that proportion to 10 percent next fiscal year and consider investing in other ETFs. “We will see how this goes and we hope to increase our equity investments,” Jalan said.Three-quarters of the amount will be put into an exchange traded fund tracking the 50-share Nifty while the remainder will go to an ETF tracking the 30-share BSE Sensex. Both funds will be run by State Bank of India’s asset management unit. Indian shares were Asia’s second-best performers in dollar terms last year but have retreated after hitting record highs in March, as investors grew disappointed with the slow pace of economic reforms from the 15-monthold government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The NSE index is still up 3.7 percent this year, while the BSE is up 2.9 percent.

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neW DelHI, auGust 6 (Ians/InDIasPenD): The achievements claimed by the Department of Posts during the one year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s term in office centre around the implementation of plans announced and programmes started by the previous government, such as automation and core banking solutions. We emailed our findings to the ministry last week, requesting comment. There was no response. 1. Post offices networked: Approved in 2012, most networking during UPA term Claim: 27,215 post offices networked into one national unit. Check revealed: The central government approved a Rs 4,909-crore “IT Modernisation Project” in November 2012. The objectives included: Computerisation of all post offices, mail offices, administrative and other offices IT infrastructure and development of software applications The IT project aims to provide postal customers with callcentre services, internet, ATM, mobile banking and net banking for Post Office Savings Bank customers; and provides an electronic and secure mode of money transfer, including doorstep delivery, even in rural areas. A major portion of the networking of post offices was done during the term of the previous government, and 26,597 post offices were connected over a wide-area network by December 31, 2014. 2. Proposal for handheld micro-ATMs to post offices: Proposed in 2012 Claim: As many as 130,000 handheld biometric devices to be provided to rural post offices. Check revealed: Equipping rural post offices with “hand-held devices with biometric identification, micro-ATM enablement, network-provided printer to provide receipts to customer and a solar-powered battery to charge and operate the microATM” was an objective originally mentioned in the IT Modernisation Project, 2012. It isn’t yet clear when these will be delivered. 3. Core banking-enabled post offices grow: As they have in the past, as per plan Claim: Post offices offering banking services increased from 236 in 2013-14 to 2,590 in 2014-15.

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WasHInGton, auGust 6 (aFP): Microsoft’s Bill Gates was the unsurprising leader of the first Forbes list of the richest global tech billionaires, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos saw his personal fortune surge. The Forbes survey released on August 5 found US-based tech magnates made up 51 of the 100 richest people in technology, with 33 from Asia and eight from Europe. The net worth of the 100 people amounted to $842.9 billion, according to the magazine. The minimum net worth to make the top 100 was $2 billion. Gates, who has long been at or near the top of the world’s richest individuals, led the group with

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however, still be able to block private messages from businesses. The features will be especially valuable in southeast Asia, Facebook wrote in a blog post. About twice as many Thai and Singaporean users use Facebook messages to communicate with businesses each month and most Southeast Asia users follow some company pages. Facebook hosts more than 40 million active small and medium business pages, it said, with more than 1 billion page visits each month.

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book’s efforts to convince more small and medium-sized businesses - especially those in emerging markets, such as India, Brazil and Indonesia - to advertise on its platform. By giving them direct access to customers, the world’s largest social network hopes to show that advertising on Facebook directly leads to increased sales. To encourage quick responses, Facebook will award “very responsive to messages” badges on business pages that respond to 90% of mes-

rolled out features Wednesday that enable businesses to privately communicate with customers through messages as part of the social networking company’s push to make its Messenger app a stand-alone platform. Businesses can now include a “send message” button in ads that appear in Newsfeed that allow Facebook users to click a button and send messages, which are private. If users post a comment on a business’ Facebook page, then the business can privately message

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4. Cash-on-delivery growth figures technically correct, but disingenuous Claim: Cash-on-delivery revenue was Rs.100 crore in 2013-14 and Rs.500 crore in 2014-15 Check Revealed: Department of Posts introduced cash on delivery (COD) as value addition to the parcel service with effect from December 2, 2013 which is available to the contractual customers of express parcel, business parcel and speed post. So, the Rs.100 crore figure regarding COD during 2013-14 pertains to only a three-month period in 2013-14. 5. Report used to show Speed Post superior in 2014-15 covers different year Claim: CAG report laid in Parliament on May 8, 2015 highlights that Speed Post is far better than private couriers. Check Revealed: The CAG report 20 of 2015 - Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Communications and IT tabled in Parliament on May 8, 2015 - is a performance and compliance audit report for the year ending March 2013. 6. Speed post revenues grew 7.4 percent in 2014-15, but growth rates higher in previous years Claim: Speed post revenues grew to Rs.1,470 crore in 201415, up 7.4 percent over last year Check Revealed: Parliamentary data reveals that Speed Post revenues have grown from Rs. 515 crore in 2008-09 to Rs.1,372 crore in 2013-14 at a compounded annual growth rate of 17.7 percent over the duration of six years.

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Check revealed: Core banking services are part of the IT Modernisation Project, 2012. The project proposed ATM, Internet and mobile banking for post-office savings-schemes users. Around 1,000 ATMs are proposed across India. The rollout of core banking services and ATM installation began in September 2012 and the completion target date is March 2016. By March 2013, 360 post offices and eight ATMs were commissioned. 1,436 post offices offered core banking services by December 2014. Comparing implementation during 2013-14 and 204-15 does not make sense because the project is running through its implementation-as planned.

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DIMAPUR, AUGUST 6 (MExN): Eastern Naga Students ‘ Federation (ENSF) on Thursday issued five day ultimatum to the State government to fulfill their charter of demands on the 25% job reservation, which it said has been deprived for the past 38 years. The Federation had earlier served a 30 day deadline (which ended August 5) to the State government seeking justification on the deprivation of the 25% job reservation to the Eastern Nagas for the past 38 years. In a press note enclosed with their demands charter, the Federation has demanded the State government to compensate the back log va-

cancies for the past 38 years to the 6 tribes viz; Konyak, Sangtam, Yimchungru, Chang, Khiamniungan & Phom of the Eastern Nagas. It said all departments under the State Government or any other agencies/corporation undertaken by the State government should attain the minimum of 25% of employees from the 6 (six) backward tribes of Eastern Nagaland in all category/ class or grade. The compensation must be in accordance to the Governments’ notification that 25% of job of all categories (C-I, C-I, C-III & G-IV) should be “reserved” for the 6 (six) backward tribes.

To State government must establish a ‘Commission for 6 (Six) backward tribes of Eastern Nagaland’ in order to endorse with full responsibility and authority in managing, supervising and executing the entire policies on all developmental and employment aspects in the region. It also demanded a revamp of the present reservation policy by terming the reservation policy as ‘reservation rule’ in order to govern the entire system judiciously. Once the post/posts are reserved for the particular tribe/tribes, it should never be ‘de-reserved’ under any circumstances. Reservation rule/

Demands: • Compensate 38 years back log vacancies • Commission for Eastern Nagaland • Revamp present reservation policy • Enhance reservation

law should be included in all the departmental service rule and all policies pertaining to the reservation shall be directly dealt by the Commission. The Federation has also demanded enhancement of reservation. It pointed out that even after the celebration of the 50th year of Statehood and the existence of the 38 year reservation policy in the State, representation of the Eastern Nagas was still negligible, which it claimed, directly affect the

economy growth, developmental progress and educational system in the region. It alleged that such irregularities are the result of direct manipulative game played upon the weaker section by the successive State government and the bureaucrats. Hence, in order to felicitate the constitution & fundamental right into reality, the present reservation be enhanced so as to judiciously accommodate the people from Eastern

Nagaland in the State employment sector. The Federation has warned that it would take own course of democratic action if the State government failed to fulfill the above stated charter of demands on or before August 11. Meanwhile, the Federation has directed all the 6 (Six) federating units to convene emergency coordination meeting at their respective jurisdiction on or before August 10 and also send 5 members from each federating units to Tuensang on August 11 for further course of action in case the State government failed to comply to their demand.

nagas speak in unison: nsCn (reformation)

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 6 (MExN): NSCN (R) on Thursday urged all Nagas to speak in unison and rise above personal interest so that Nagas able to extract as much as from the GoI while hammering out the solution. Appreciating the statesmanship shown by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in getting the Naga Peace

Accord signed on August 3 with the NSCN (IM), the NSCN (R) in a press release through its MIP hoped that GoI will also take into consideration the plight of the Naga people outside Nagaland particularly in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur who have suffered immeasurably in the hands of the ‘non-Nagas’ and who all have been exploit-

ed for their innocence and ignorant by the other tribes and communities. It said the signing of the peace accord clearly reflects the sincerity and seriousness of the Prime Minister in solving the long pending Naga issue. “We have high hope and expectation from the GoI and particularly from the Prime minister that, with so much of under-

standing and maturity on the Naga issue, his government will definitely come with an amicable and honorable solution acceptable to the Naga people based on the historical and political rights of the Nagas,” the release stated. On the occasion, the NSCN (R) also termed the patience and endurance shown by the NSCN col-

Accord only a formality, not historic: K V Pusa KohIMA, AUGUST 6 (MExN): The Congress is pessimistic about an “honourable and acceptable solution to all” as some section of people were not taken onboard the peace process, Congress leader Pusa said today adding that the “accord” instead of being “historic was only a kind of formalities.” In a press communiqué, the AICC Member and former president of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), K V Pusa stated, “It was totally arrogant on the part of the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of not only keeping a large section of people in the dark about

the impending solution but other key-players like NSCN (Khaplang), NSCN (Khole-Kitovi) and Naga National Council (NNC), were not taken onboard the peace process.” Maintaining that all groups and organisations should have been consulted before signing of an accord, he insisted that organisations and churches in Nagaland state should have been thoroughly consulted but apparently were not consulted. “If all are not taken into consideration there is no possibility of honourable and acceptable solution to all,” Pusa cautioned. He also flayed the Cen-

tre backtracking from its “agreement and commitment” made to NSCN led by Isak Chishi Swu and Thiungaleng Muivah and argued that, “The accord should have been signed by Prime Minister of India and Prime Minister of Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim (GPRN).” Since the two entities have agreed to have dialogue at the Prime Ministers level, he added, it should be between the two prime ministers and not merely signed by an interlocutor. “An accord signed by an interlocutor can’t be termed as a historic.” “People were less enthusiastic about the accord

as they were kept in the dark” he claimed adding that people are “apprehensive of more bloodshed in the society.” Pusa further said BJP members were contradicting among themselves on recently signed accord. “Some said political accord, others says, political framework. What is the difference between the two?” he asked. “In the interest of our young generation any accord should be once and for all. The finality of the solution should come so that all would welcome it,” he insisted however regretting that, “the centre was trying to offer solution through a backdoor without taking all on-board.”

of the draft agreement, NSCN (R) has espoused full faith on the wisdom of the Naga leaders who are spearheading the talks that, they will not let down the aspiration of the Naga people while ‘we already had a vast experience of many failed accords and agreement in the past which has failed to quell the Naga political movement.’

lective leadership, while looking for the interest of Naga people, as equally praise worthy. It also appreciated RN Ravi, interlocutor to the Indo-Naga peace talk for working tirelessly and putting relentless effort to bring an amicable solution to the long drawn Naga political issue. Though yet to go through the contents

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 6 (MExN): The Sumi Hoho (SH) and the Sumi Kukami Hoho (SKH) have vehemently denounced a press statement issued by Hokiye, G.B., Akuhaito Town and Chairman, Coco Area Joint Council to some local dailies. A joint sitting of two Hoho on August 3 deliberated upon the issue whereby Hokiye was implicated for disseminating false information to the Nagas which “totally contradicts the endeavour and resolutions of the SH and the SKH.” According to a press note appended by president of Sumi Hoho, Toniho Yepthomi and President of Sumi Kukami Hoho, Ghovito Jimomi, the joint meeting completely repudiated three allegations forwared by Hokiye and stated the Sumi public had never made any Resolution excommunicating Chairman of NSCN-IM Isak Chishi Swu and so the allegation is completely false; SKH had just completed 31st Session the year 2015 and had not celebrated the Golden Ju-

bilee as alleged; and SKH in its 30th Session held on the November 27, 2014 resolved to “strive for peace” and there was no resolution as such mentioning of “making peace with any group or individual” as stated by him. “Hokiye also failed to respond to the Summon served to him to appear in this hearing for explanation,” it added. Consequently, the joint meeting decided to “strip off” Hokiye of his duty as the G.B. of Akuhaito town and also from the Chairman of Coco Area Joint Council with “immediate effect for disseminating false information through a press statement contradicting to the endeavour and resolutions of the SH and the SKH, in the interest of the Sumi people” It further informed that the Atoizu Area G.B. Association is being entrusted to supervise the election of the Chairman, Coco Area Joint Council within 15 days. “If Hokiye tries to aggravate the issue, the Hohos will take further necessary steps deemed fit.” The press note added.

Crime News

Breakthrough in Aug 2 shooting Property dispute and family conspiracy behind killing

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 6 (MExN): The police have cracked the August 2 killing of businessman, Ashish Saha, who was shot dead at Saam Bazaar, Lhomithi colony. A case of intrigue to kill was unravelled following the arrest of one of the conspirers on August 4. According to the police, five people were arrested in connection with the killing. The arrested included the victim’s wife, daughter and son and two others, including one of the shooters. Family dispute over property was behind the killing. The police made a major breakthrough following the arrest of one Tokishe Sema on August 4. “Interrogation of the arrested person and forensic analysis of material evidences seized revealed startling clues of the involvement of the family members of

the deceased victim in the crime and involved aspects of payments for the crime to be executed,” stated the Dimapur police. According to the police, investigation into the case revealed that Suparna Saha, the daughter of the victim in cohorts with her mother, Aparna Saha and brother, Santanu Saha conspired with Tokishe to execute the plan to murder SahaDetailing how the plan was hatched, the police said that the three approached Tokishe to intervene into the “family feud arising out of strained relations and property disputes.” Subsequently, the victim was summoned on various occasions with the last meeting taking place on July 24, 2015, the police said. Meanwhile, the three plotted to have the victim

killed. To this end, the police said that information of the victim including details of his movements, change of mobile number and photographs were provided to Tokishe. To execute the plan, Tokishe demanded a certain sum of money to pay the hired shooters. Forensic analysis of “material evidences” corroborated this, the police said, while stating that the evidences included “conversation between the accused parties regarding mentions of offers to make payments and also possible ownership transfer of certain properties of the victim once the crime was executed.” Further, Tokishe revealed that he had directed the victim to meet him again on July 27 during their last meeting on July 24. The victim failed to meet him on the stated

date after which Tokishe instructed one Akato Chishi to find out his whereabouts, the police said. On August 2, Akato alongwith another accomplice located Saha at Saam Bazaar and shot him dead. The mother-daughterson trio was arrested on August 6. Akato was also arrested the same day following his handing over to the Ceasefire Monitoring Group & Supervisory Board by the GPRN/NSCN. According to the police, Akato was “reportedly a Major” in the GPRN/ NSCN, whose membership with the organisation was terminated following the revelation of the crime. The Maruti car used to carry out the shooting was also seized, while further investigation was on as more arrests are likely to be made, the police stated.

Two held for vehicle theft, extortion Excise arrest 40 in July the Crime Control Cell (CCC) of the GPrn/nsCn on august 4 apprehended some shopkeepers selling expired beverages and food stuff; and another with a kilo of heroin worth 50,00,000 (Fifty lacs approx.) in the international market. a press note issued by MiP, GPrn/nsCn informed that the seized products were later taken to the council headquarters and burnt in the presence of the head chaplain, ChQ and his colleagues, senior members of the naga army and secretaries.

MTYO to hold cleanliness drive DIMAPUR, AUGUST 6 (MExN): As discussed at a general meeting on August 4, Medziphema Town Youth Organisation has called upon all the youths of Medziphema Town to selflessly participate in the forthcoming early morning Cleanliness Drive in

the main town area from 6:00-7:00AM on August 8. A joint press release by Asazo Talie, President, and Mhasilevi Kuotsu, Gen. Secretary, MTYO, also requested members to be present with sacks, large polythenes, hard brooms, daos, spades, shovels, etc.

DC Wokha informs WohKA, AUGUST 6 (MExN): The Deputy Deputy Commissioner of Wokha, A Robin Lotha has informed all the Well Head Owners of Changpang and Old Tssori that a physical verification and identification of all Oil bearing Well Head Owners will be con-

ducted on Saturday, August 8 Oil from 11 AM. All concern land Owners and VCC of Changpang and Old Tssori are informed to converge at Extra Assistant Commissioner’s Office Changpang without fail, a press circular from the DC added.

KohIMA, AUGUST 6 (MExN): Two persons were taken into the custody of Kohima police in connection with vehicle theft and extortion respectively. The first arrest was made on August 6 by a joint team of police manning the interstate check gate Khuzama and AntiVehicle Theft Squad of DEF Kohima when they intercepted a Mahindra Pick-Up (B/R No. MN-08C-0014) during their routine duties. On proper verification, the chassis and engine numbers of the vehicle was

found tampered. Subsequently, the driver of the vehicle identified as P Darhü (26 yrs) of Phaibung Khullen, Tadubi PS under Senapati was arrested. In the second arrest was made in August 5, when the personnel of North P.S Kohima acting on an information by reliable source about some unknown miscreants extorting money at a construction site located near Tinpatti Junction (DBS road) Kohima, swung into action apprehended one person who was extorting money

from non-local labourer by using the name of the NPG’s. The accused was later identified as Neisakhoto Mema (34 yrs) of Tsiepama, PO/PS – Medziphema, and presently a resident of Kezekie, Kohima. A press note from Sub–Divisional Police Officer & PRO, Atu Zumvü NPS informed that regular case against the accused were registered at Khuzama P.S and Kohima North P.S respectively for conducting further investigation against them.

DIMAPUR , AUGUST 6 (MExN): In its effort to curb sale of illegal liquor, all together 1385 bottles of assorted liquor and beer were seized and 40 persons were arrested under NLPT Act 89 by the Excise Mobile Squad in the month of July. A total of 75 cases were also detected during the same. The seized articles were deposited at the Excise Mobile Squad Malkana. This was informed in a press communiqué from the Superintendent of Excise (Mobile Squad), Dimapur Katoho Sumi stated that the squad will continue to check illegal flow of liquor and further seek co-operation and support of the public.

NPHMR to meet with indigenous neighbours Incessant rain continues to wreak havoc in Kohima KohIMA, AUGUST 6 (MExN): Along with the rest of the world, the Naga Peoples’ Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) will commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples’ together with neighbouring indigenous communities by holding a cultural exchange and dialogue on August 9 at Yanpha under Wokha District, Nagaland. It will include among others, the Karbis and the TaiAhoms of Assam; the Rengma Nagas of Assam; and the leaders of Naga Students’ Federation; Indigenous Women Forum of North East India; the Lotha Hoho and the people living in a border village of Yanpha and its ad-

joining areas under Wokha District, Nagaland. Performance of folklores, folk songs and dances, exchange of indigenous seeds and plants followed by a dialogue on ways to peacebuilding among indigenous groups and preservation of the eco-system will highlight of the event, informed a NPMHR concept note of the programme. The event is organised recognising “the fundamental need for strengthening the indigenous peoples’ roles and responsibilities as custodians of their land and ecosystem… [and] to celebrate our age-old neighbourly ties, share our cultural values and practice systems, and dialogue” it

said. For centuries, the Nagas, Ahoms and Karbis have been maintaining strong political, social and economic ties with each other through acknowledgment of land boundaries and the barter system was a central element in strengthening ties, NPMHR maintained, however disputes and misunderstandings have emerged recently often intensifying into serious conflicts for ownership of land. Re-affirming the importance of the age-old practice and bond, the NPMHR through the event hopes to strengthen and reclaim the age-old ties and relationships by means of re-living the past through exchange of traditional and cultural practices.

Our Correspondent Kohima | August 6

Incessant rainfalls continue to wreak havoc with landslides reported from different corner of the state capital Kohima and other districts of the state. On Wednesday, a residential house in the state capital was submerged by a water-logged Sanuorü stream along the Nagaland Civil Secretariat road near Working Women Hostel. Source said Sanuorü stream developed massive water logging due to blockage of the water canal/culvert towards Nagaland Civil Secretariat road. There was incessant rainfall yesterday.

the residential house which was submerged by a waterlogged sanuorü stream along the nagaland Civil secretariat road near Working Women hostel in Kohima.

The affected house was seen completely submerged with only rooftop portion visible. There is no report of any casualty, as according to sources, sensing danger with the rise water level, the tenant shifted elsewhere before

the House got submerged. Fearing the occurrence of major destruction, some residents below the culvert have also evacuated their houses last night. Discarded waste materials including non-bio-

degradable materials such as bottles, disposable cups and plates, polythene containing household garbage, could be seen floating on the flooded stream. Source said the water level rose to almost 25 feet due to accumulation of garbage. It is learnt that some localities had registered complaint to the authority several times about the blocking of waterway canal which has blocked the outlet of the canal for several years, but lamented that the concerned authority did not heed to it. The waterway canal has five small outlets, in which 3 were completely blocked and two other partially blocked, source said.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express FrIDAy 7 AuGusT THursDAy 9 July 2015 volumE X IssuE 214 185 By Dr. sao Tunyi

A confusing time

s it a time to rejoice or fear? The signing of the ‘framework agreement’ between the NSCN-IM and Government of India, even before the content is made public, seems to have a polarizing effect. It resulted in a thanksgiving candlelight program in the southern Naga areas, scratching of heads in the north, a lot of speculations in between, and flexing of arms in the neighboring States. But, it sure is amusing that there should be a thanksgiving program before the content of the ‘agreement’ is even made public. It speaks of the general sentiment of the people in those areas. Meanwhile, in Nagaland, there were ‘no celebration or bursting of crackers, no banners or festoons to mark the occasion’, as reported by the Indian Express. A lot of speculations are doing the rounds meanwhile as to the content of the agreement. Some speak of extension of Article 371A, forming Pan-Naga Council, while some talk of armed battalions for surrendered IM cadres, and so on and so forth. But it might be the case that the signatories themselves are not so sure how the agreement will be worked out it detail because it was perhaps just an agreement on some broad principles. NSCN-IM is said to have roped in Professors from Golden Gate University, San Francisco and Australian National University, and a Kenyan Academician to work the details with Government of India. But keeping the agreement a secret will only make it harder for the public to accept any ‘accord’ or solution arrived at. Do the negotiators have the people’s mandate? Speculations and rumors are not the way to go for bringing peace. The belligerent parties should be made to understand what is being reconciled. But the agreement was shrouded in secrecy and it caught both the Home Ministry of the government of India and the Nagas by surprise. The government of India’s willingness to talk only to those groups who are willing to talk makes it a poor peacemaker. The civil society doesn’t only means the few individuals who are holding the so-called apex bodies. The public should have been consulted. But if the leaders of the apex organizations are also expressing shock and surprise at the agreement, having the mandate of the people is out of the question. A coincidence which can fuel speculations is that the NLF consultative meeting at Jotsoma with various apex organizations was soon followed by the agreement signing in Delhi, then swiftly by the Chief Minister giving a clarion call to Nagas to not harbor negative feelings against Modi or Muivah. Is the State government playing the role of ‘John the Baptist’ paving the way for the ‘good news’ (framework agreement) and the role of the Apostle Paul in appealing to the Nagas to accept the agreement? But the difference here is that the ‘missionary’ does not know the content of the good news, and he asks the people to blindly believe. Or is it the case that some of the public leaders who expressed shock and surprise but are appealing to the public to accept the agreement knew all along the content of the agreement? Again, this is in the domain of speculation. The various tribal organizations’ agreement to the five points resolution of the NLF at Jotsoma cannot be taken as having the people’s mandate for what is being negotiated in Delhi. As the Sumi Hohos said, in a couple of hours they cannot decide and they should go back to the people. Dr. Sao Tunyi works as an Epidemiologist at Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Kohima. Feedback can be sent to saotunni@yahoo.co.in, or visit his blog www.thatchhouse.blogspot.in

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Atsuyoshi Fujiwara Sojourners

A Love That Disarms

VER THE LAST 14 months, I visited Nagasaki six times to prepare for and then participate in the Christian Forum for Reconciliation in Northeast Asia, along with 60 Christian leaders from Japan, the U.S., China, and South and North Korea. Following the forum, I attended the International Symposium for Peacemaking in Northeast Asia, held at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum. These events gave me much opportunity to think about nuclear weapons and peacemaking, alone and together with a peaceable community of believers. The devastating power unleashed on Nagasaki and Hiroshima 70 years ago shocked the human community. I have friends whose families suffered when atomic bombs fell on those two Japanese cities. But Japan was not simply a victim. The Pacific War started with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. And if the Japanese military had then had an atomic bomb, I am quite certain they would have used it. Today, many are working to abolish nuclear weapons as inhumane and unacceptable. I am convinced that nuclear weapons cannot be justified. But the question “Why should we abolish nuclear weapons?” leads to additional questions: How do we think about wars, about killing and violence, in general? While seeking to abolish nuclear weapons, should we keep on making, selling, and using other kinds of weapons? Should we regard only nuclear weapons as unacceptable? The answer depends on the foundations of our ethics as people of faith. MEMBERS OF THE early church generally refused to serve in the military. While accepting the police function of military forces, they rejected killing. They made the teaching and example of Jesus the norm for their ethics. But when Constantinian Christianity unified church and state in the 4th century C.E., the church crafted an ethic based not on Jesus’ life and teaching, but on “common sense” and natural law. Thus the teachings of Jesus came to be seen as heavenly ideals while the imperatives for daily life became “realistic choices.” In the 20th century, theologians such as Reinhold Niebuhr seized this ethic, claiming that stopping huge evils justified the use of lesser evils, even the violent use of guns, bombs, and missiles. This “realistic” ethic also led to the ironic tragedy of a country that claimed to be Christian dropping an atomic bomb upon Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, where generations of underground Roman Catholic Christians had lived, worshiped, and been persecuted for 260 years. This ethic also led to the further irony of the United States, a “Christian country,” virtually forcing Japan, a non-Christian country, to adopt the Peace Constitution—a document that the majority of Japanese still favor keeping nearly 70 years after the end of WWII. Within the church in Japan, support is even higher. Similarly, the church and most Japanese reject the making, keeping, and use of nuclear weapons. Those of us who take the teaching of Jesus as our norm need to reject not only atomic bombs, but also weapons and violence as a means of forcing one’s will on others. The primary task of the church is to become the church, reflecting the character of the reign of God to come: shalom. No one else can do this, and no one else knows the will of God better than the church. Atsuyoshi Fujiwara is a professor of theology at Aoyama Gakuin University, and founding pastor of Covenant of Grace Church, in Tokyo. He is the author most recently of Theology of Culture in a Japanese Context.

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The Kurdish Elephant

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John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus

In their latest deal to fight ISIS, Washington and Turkey are treating the Middle East's largest stateless minority like pawns. That's a huge mistake

et’s mix some metaphors in the Middle East, all of them involving elephants. In the crisis zone that encompasses Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria, the Kurds are the elephant in the room. They are the “problem” that no one really wants to talk about. Because it would be stitched together from bits and pieces of their territory, the countries of the region oppose an independent Kurdistan. Outside actors, meanwhile, feel varying degrees of guilt for abandoning Kurds over the years: for not paying attention to human rights abuses visited on the minority, for ignoring the promises of self-determination (going back to Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points), and for using the Kurds as pawns in myriad geopolitical games. Sovereign sensitivities and outsider guilt combine to drape a cloak of invisibility over the Kurds. But the Kurdish problem is another kind of elephant as well — the one that the blind analysts grope and thereafter provide conflicting reports on what they’ve found. For some observers, the Kurdish elephant is all tusk: a violent, thrusting animal that endangers all within its orbit. For other observers, the Kurds are a large flank that is strong and reliable. And for still others, the Kurds are nothing but a slender tail: sensitive, an easily victimized afterthought. When we mix these two metaphors, we come up with a picture of the Kurds as a large, often ignored, and frequently misinterpreted creature — and all the other beasts of the jungle are either willfully or genetically blind. What could be more ridiculous than the blind leading the invisible? This is a bad combination even in peaceful times. But it’s especially vexing right now, when the Kurds are at the very center of the most urgent issues facing the Middle East: the rise of the Islamic State, the ongoing fragility of Iraq, the disintegration of Syria, the negotiation of a nuclear deal with Iran, and the democratic future of Turkey. This urgency went up a notch in the last week. The Obama administration has just teamed up with Turkey to declare a “safe zone” on the border with Syria — and right between territories that Kurdish militias have occupied. This announcement comes only a few days after Ankara broke a two-year ceasefire and bombed Kurdish positions in Iraq (and possibly Syria as well). Which brings us to our third elephantine metaphor. When the pachyderms of the region are fighting — the United States, Turkey, Syria — it’s not just the grass that must be careful. So must the Kurdish elephant: tusks, flank, tail and all. Kurds and the Nuclear Deal The 30 million Kurds dispersed around the Middle East maintain that they’re the largest ethnic minority in the world without a sovereign state to call their own. But in the northern part of Iraq, Kurds have a near-country that controls its own educational system, deploys its own army, and conducts its own foreign policy. It has its own national flag and national anthem. But it doesn’t have full say over its economy — it must share oil revenue with the central government in Baghdad. It doesn’t have its own currency. And it doesn’t have a seat in the UN. But it’s the closest the Kurds have come to an autonomous existence since 1946, when the Kurds created a state for 10 months centered around the Iranian city of Mahabad. You might think that this rump Kurdistan — officially known as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) — would have a terrible relationship with Iran. After all, Iran has persecuted its Kurdish minority for decades. And Tehran, a major backer of the central government in Baghdad, is deeply worried about the breakdown of the Iraqi state and the ceding of greater autonomy to the KRG. And yet, Iran is the second leading trading partner of the KRG. As such, the recently concluded nuclear deal could be a major windfall for the Kurds of Iraq. According to Al-Jazeera: As a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme is expected to prompt the removal of some of the economic sanctions on Iran, Kurds might be poised to reap the fruits of an Iranian economic boom. “Iranian economic influence will bring with it increased prospects for economic growth and investments,” said Farhan Hanif Siddiqi, a research fellow at the Middle East Research Institute, a largely KRG-funded thinktank in Erbil. Of course, high levels of trade do not a love fest make. Some Iranian Kurds still dream of reviving their short-lived, post-World War II state. Various politico-military formations are making plans in exile in the mountains of Qandil and KRG cities like Sulaymaniyah under slogans such as “democracy for Iran, autonomy for Kurdistan.” And Iran worries that the discord in Iraq among regions, confessions, and ethnicities can spread like a disease across borders. Turkey has made a similarly pragmatic accommodation with Iraqi Kurdistan. It’s the KRG’s leading trade partner — primarily as a result of linking the Kurdish oil pipeline to its own Ceyhan line and allowing the KRG to deposit its oil revenues into a Kurdish bank in Turkey. But that hasn’t prevented Turkey from going after the Kurds either, as the recent bombings indicate.

In this January 30, 2015, file photo, a Syrian Kurdish sniper looks at the rubble in the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobani. Turkey’s dramatic air campaign against the Islamic State and Kurdish forces has created a bit of a conundrum for President Barack Obama, who is leading the fight against one of Turkey’s targets while relying heavily on the other target. (AP Photo, File)

Turkey and the PKK Turkey and its Kurdish population have long had a vexed relationship. A quasi-Marxist liberation movement, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), emerged in Turkey in the late 1970s. It challenged Turkey’s right-wing authoritarian government and its identity as a unitary entity. The government’s attacks on the PKK, combined with its assault on leftist critics, produced a “dirty war” that lasted for nearly two decades and left tens of thousands dead. The rise of the Justice and Development Party changed the dynamic in Turkey. As I wrote recently: The ruling Justice and Development party (AKP), which came to power in 2002, generally took a more relaxed attitude toward ethnic minorities. The cultural and even political expression of Kurdish identity, for instance, became more acceptable with the development of Kurdish-language TV shows and college programs. The AKP’s embrace of a mild multiculturalism, as well its push for greater tolerance for the expression of religious identity, gained it support in those early years from various minority groups. Ankara negotiated a ceasefire with the PKK two years ago. But it was increasingly difficult to maintain that agreement in the murky politics of Iraq and Syria, where PKK fighters have set up shop. The main Syrian Kurdish party and militia — the Democratic Unity Party (PYD) and the Popular Protection Units (YPG) — are affiliated with the PKK. They have accused Ankara of supporting the Islamic State against the Assad regime (and against Kurdish militants). Last week, the PKK killed two Turkish policemen in retaliation for an Islamic State massacre in the predominantly Kurdish town of Suruc in Syria. Turkey’s sudden decision to work with the United States on a “safe area” just across its border in Syria is thus the result of various calculations involving not just the Islamic State — and its potential to mount attacks in Turkey — but also the Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria, and the Kurdish minority within Turkey. In the most recent Turkish election, the ruling AKP had its worst showing in more than a decade, thanks largely to the party representing the Kurds, the People’s Democracy Party (HDP). So slim was its margin of victory — and so divided are Turkish politics at the moment — that the AKP has not been able to form a government. It’s hard not to see the turnaround in Turkish foreign policy as a direct response to the AKP’s domestic political headaches. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for instance, has not simply blasted the PKK but all Kurdish politicians. “Executives of this party should pay,” Erdogan said this week, referring to the HDP. “The Turkish state has the power to make so-called politicians [and] so-called intellectuals pay for the blood of its martyrs.” The president has gone so far as to demand the lifting of parliamentary immunity, presumably so that the state can prosecute HDP representatives. The head of the HDP, Selahattin Demirtas, accused Erdogan not only of dragging Turkey into a regionwide war but of using the conflict as an excuse to consolidate the AKP’s power through a “civic coup.” He has also offered to voluntarily lift the immunity of HDP MPs as long as the AKP does likewise. The United States has been so eager to fly bombing missions out of Turkish bases that it’s chosen to ignore how its collusion with Ankara supports this disturbing trend in Turkish politics. The Kurds in Syria The Obama administration hasn’t been particularly enthusiastic about the forces arrayed against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. Indeed, its lack of enthusiasm for the Islamic State, the al-Nusra Front, and the Army of Conquest has prompted a re-examination of its commitment to ousting Assad as a precondition to any political settlement. If Assad leaves, who will take over? It’s not as if the U.S. efforts at creating a reliably moderate counter-insurgency force have been going swimmingly. Promising over 5,000 recruits, Washington has managed about 1 percent of that amount: a mere 60 trained fighters to reinsert into the conflict. The one force the Obama administration has

consistently relied on in Syria has been the Kurds. The YPG has received military equipment and benefited from U.S. air support in its attacks on the Islamic State and its efforts to consolidate its control over Kurdish majority regions bordering Turkey. The 50,000-strong militia, which recently seized Tal Abyad from ISIS, seems to be on a roll and is “now poised to control the vast majority of Syria’s border with Turkey.” But it’s precisely that success that worries Turkey. According to The New York Times: The deal between the United States and Turkey, as described by the American officials, would implicitly freeze the YPG from making inroads into the border area near Aleppo. And on Monday, YPG fighters accused Turkey of going further, saying that its militia forces had been attacked by Turkish strikes in an area they had just managed to take from the Islamic State. Say what? The Obama administration acknowledges that it is effectively tying the hands of its most effective proxy in Syria? I don’t read this as evidence that the United States is covertly backing the Islamic State as a cat’s paw against Assad (a favorite of conspiracy theorists). But I do question the wisdom of the Obama administration thinking that it can somehow manipulate actors in the region to achieve its intended results. It’s Washington that’s being gamed here. One Iraq? The Islamic State’s victories in Iraq have enabled Kurds in their near-state in the north to achieve even more de facto autonomy. The retreat of the Iraqi army before the ISIS onslaught allowed Kurdish forces to acquire more territory, including the previously contested Kirkuk (and the oil fields surrounding it). The question is whether Iraqi Kurdistan wants to make this autonomy complete and de jure. In July last year, the Kurdish leadership instructed the KRG parliament to prepare a referendum of autonomy. This would seem an unambiguous indication of Kurdish intentions. But it also might be just a chess move in the game of wresting more powers from Baghdad. After all, no one in the region — and more importantly virtually no one in Washington — supports an independent Kurdistan. As Dexter Filkins wrote in The New Yorker last year: Obama has spoken carefully in public, but it is plain that the Administration wants the Kurds to do two potentially incompatible things. The first is to serve as a crucial ally in the campaign to destroy ISIS, with all the military funding and equipment that such a role entails. The second is to resist seceding from the Iraqi state. But the Kurds are willing to play the long game. They know that they represent, particularly in the eyes of the United States, a bulwark against the Islamic State, against religious extremism, and against the enveloping chaos of the region. They are not only good fighters but good pragmatists as well. The KRG has managed to maintain good relations with Iran, with Turkey, and even (more or less) with Baghdad. This then is the paradox for the Kurdish elephant. The more chaotic things get in the Middle East, the more power and territory Kurds can control. But the more power and territory they control, the greater the fear in Tehran, Ankara, and Baghdad that the Kurds will create greater Kurdistan. Let’s mix metaphors one last time. The Obama administration must start acknowledging and addressing the elephant in the room: Kurds and their aspirations for a state. It must recognize that the elephant has many different aspects: the PKK and YPG tusks, the solid flank of the KRG, and the vulnerable tail of the Kurdish minorities in Iran and Turkey. And it must resist the temptation to pound the ground and smash heads with its adversaries in the region, for both the United States and the Kurds may well suffer adverse consequences. Elephants are extremely smart creatures with legendary memories. Treating them like pawns, instead of the much more powerful rooks that they are, is a very risky proposition.

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7 AUgUsT 2015

PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

Weather based integrated agro Plant health and disease advisory for the month of August management with bio-pesticides T

otal rainfall received in Dimapur district during July month was 322.9 mm which was 14% more than the normal with the highest amount of 70.8mm recorded on 16th July. Total number of rainy day was 17.

Tasvina R. Borah1 and I. Walling2

as insect sex pheromones that interfere with mattolerance of whatever pressures are brought to ing as well as various scented plant extracts that bear, resulting in an evolutionary arms race. attract insect pests to traps or arrest the growth and development of pathogenic microbes that Table 1. Biopesticides Registered under Insecticides destroy the crops. However, it is sometimes diffi- Act, 1968 cult to determine whether a substance meets the lant health status is a correlated to the virucriteria for classification as a biochemical pesti- Sl. No. Name of the Biopesticide lence/ aggressiveness of its enemies be it the cide. pathogens, pests or weeds which take a toll 1. Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis • Plant-Incorporated-Protectants (PIPs) are peson the crop yield. A plant is said to be disticidal substances that plants produce through 2. Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki eased when it produces series of invisible and visible genetic material that has been incorporated or responses in the plant cells and tissues to a patho3. Bacillus thuringiensis var. galleriae added to the plant. The best known example is genic organism or environmental factor that result the incorporation of the gene for the Bt pesticidal in adverse changes in the form, function or integrity 4. Bacillus sphaericus protein from subspecies and strains of Bacillus of the plant and may lead to partial impairment or thuringiensis, into the plant genome. Then the 5. Trichoderma viride death of plant parts or of the entire plant. Crop displant, instead of the Bt bacterium, manufactures eases are prevented usually through practices aimed 6. Trichoderma harzianum the substance that destroys the pest. to effect on one of the factors – host, pathogen and/ 7. Pseudomonas fluoresens or environment at a time. Chemical pesticides has Advantages: helped to manage the pests/pathogens to cause • Bio pesticides are usually inherently less toxic 8. Beauveria bassiana noticeable damage to the crop. However, the over than conventional pesticides. dependence on chemical pesticides and indiscrim- • Bio pesticides generally affect only the target 9. NPV of Helicoverpa armigera inate use of them has evoked environmental conpest and closely related organisms, in contrast 10. NPV of Spodoptera litura cerns. Soils degraded and groundwater pollution has to broad spectrum, conventional pesticides that rendered the agricultural lands nutritionally imbal11. Neem based pesticides may affect organisms as different as birds, inanced and unproductive. Pesticides residues also sects, and mammals. 12. Cymbopogan sometimes raise food safety concerns. Ecological • Bio pesticides often decompose quickly or are bio impact, environmental risks as well as human and degradable without any harmful residues. animal health risks attached with the use of chemi- • When used as a component of Integrated Pest Future prospects: As a result of increasing health cal pesticides necessitates the use of an eco friendly Management (IPM) /Integrated Disease Man- consciousness among the people demand for oralternative to mange plant pathogens. agement (IDM) programs, biopesticides can ganic food is increasing. Large area is coming under Pesticides derived from such natural materials greatly decrease the use of conventional pesti- organic cultivation and this paves the way for growth as animals, plants, bacteria and certain minerals are of the biopesticide sector. The rich biodiversity and cides, while crop yields remain high. referred to as Bio pesticides or Biological Pesticides. • Can be cheaper than chemical pesticides when rich traditional knowledge base available with the The term has been associated historically with biohighly diverse indigenous communities in India oflocally produced. logical control - and by implication - the manipula- • Bio pesticides can be more effective than chemi- fers plenty of sources for natural biological control tion of living organisms. organisms as well as natural plant based pesticides cal pesticides in the long-term. and valuable clues for developing newer and effective The three major classes of bio pesticides: biopesticide. The awareness about the importance of Disadvantages: • Microbial pesticides consist of microorganism • High specificity: which may require an exact organic farming and residue free commodities would (e.g., a bacterium, fungus, virus or protozoan) identification of the pest/pathogen and the use certainly warrant increased adoption of biopesticides. and sometimes include the metabolites that bacof multiple products to be used; although this can Increased adoption further depends on- 1.Concrete teria or fungi produce as the active ingredient. also be an advantage in that the bio pesticide is evidences of efficacy of biopesticides in controlling Microbial pesticides can control many different less likely to harm species other than the target crop damage and the resultant increase in crop yield kinds of pests, although each separate active in- • Often slow speed of action (thus making them 2. Availability of high quality products at affordgredient is relatively specific for its target pest. unsuitable if a pest outbreak is an immediate able prices For example, there are fungi that control certain threat to a crop) 3. Strengthening of supply chain management in weeds, other fungi that kill specific insects and • Often variable efficacy due to the influences of order to increase the usage of biopesticides. In this also fungi like Trichoderma spp., bacteria Pseuvarious biotic and abiotic factors (since bio pes- regard, an efficient delivery system from the place of domonas fluorescence, Bacillus spp. antagonizes ticides are usually living organisms, which bring production (factory) to place of utilization (farm) of target fungal and bacterial pathogens. about pest/pathogen control by multiplying biopesticides is quite essential. The National Farm• Biochemical pesticides are naturally occurring within the target insect pest/pathogen) er Policy 2007 has strongly recommended the prosubstances that control pests and microbial dis- • Living organisms evolve and increase their re- motion of biopesticides for increasing agricultural eases by non-toxic mechanisms. Conventional sistance to biological, chemical, physical or any production, sustaining the health of farmers and pesticides, by contrast, are generally synthetic other form of control. If the target population is environment. It also includes the clause that biopesmaterials that directly kill or inactivate the pest. not exterminated or rendered incapable of repro- ticides would be treated at par with chemical pestiBiochemical pesticides include substances, such duction, the surviving population can acquire a cides in terms of support and promotion.

1. Scientist, Plant Pathology 2. Technical Officer, AMFU ICAR Nagaland Centre

A sericulture farmer’s journey S ericulture is a lucrative avenue for any marginal farmer to generate additional income. G.Kahuto Zhimomi, a resident of Ghotovi village under Niuland block is one such farmer who realised the need to augment his returns and diversified into Muga farming. In 2003 he took up Muga cultivation on a 5 acre plot of land. Today he has expanded to 40 hectares acquiring two farms in the process. With more than 90,000 standing trees of Som and Keshure, he has created a strong foothold for himself. Kahuto is undoubtedly one of the most sought after sericulture farmers. Visitors come from far and near to look at his eri & muga farms and the spinning yards. He entertains their interest and curiosity enthusiastically by conducting demonstrations and farm tours. He is also a meticulous man as his record maintenance indicates. 1. Table of year wise plantations Year

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

No. of saplings planted

2,600 5,800 11,300 17,200 19,500 5,700 4,500 4,500 9,000 15,000 20,000 Total

No. of trees survived

2,000 5,000 10,000 15,000 16,000 4,000 4,200 4,200 8,300 10,500 14,000 93,000

age of the trees

10 9 8 7 6 5 6 4 3 2 1

Recent activities a). Dimapur ATMA established a Muga Farm School on 24th November, 2012 for imparting trainings and demonstration to the under privileged from Niuland block along with the first batch of 50 trained under the farmer-teacher himself. In addition, timely hands on training on eri & muga cultivation and value addition can be organised with funding support from departments including ATMA for the muga & eri farmers, woman groups, unemployed dropouts, entrepreneurs and under privileged groups. b). Kahuto proposed to start a “Common Facility Centre” (CFC) at his farm. The centre would promote the present subsistence type to a modern scientific enterprise, to develop inter dependent specialized operations like raising of silk worm host plant, silkworm seed production, silkworm rearing and cocoon production, silk reeling, spinning, twisting, dyeing, printing, finishing and marketing. He has participated in the Krishi Vasant organised by GoI, Ministry of Agriculture and Government of Maharashtra, 9th to 13th February 2014 and was felicitated with a certificate of recognition under the Sericulture category.

2. Muga cocoons harvest with minimal returns record Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total

No. of cocoons harvested 3,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 50,000 88,000

3. Summary of expenditure, profit and sales

Particulars 88,000 cocoons sold @ Rs 3/unit Expenditure incurred Less expenditure incurred Return/profit

Sale proceeds in rupees 2,64,000 1,00,000 88,000 1,78,000(67.42%)

4. Marketed information a). 10,250 numbers of quality DLF supplied to Sericulture Department and various outlets at Rs 7 per unit to get a profit return of Rs 61,250. b). 15,000 numbers of cocoons to produce quality Silk Yarn of 2 kg sold at Rs 10,000 per kg to profit Rs 8000 after expenses incurred.

Courtesy: ATMA, Department of Agriculture Government of Nagaland

Crops

 In case of paddy, for weed management move the weeder with forward and backward motion to bury the weeds and as well as to aerate the soil at 7-10 days interval from 10 to 15 days after planting on either direction of the rows and column. Manual weeding is also essential to remove the weeds closer to rice root zone.  Under take plant protection measures like moving of rope dipped in kerosene over the rice fields for case worm, gall midge infestation in rice in time.  In maize field, water logging should be avoided, particularly during flowering and grain development.  For groundnut, cost effective weed management should be given upto 35 days (i.e flower initiation stage) after sowing the seeds at 7-10 days interval till pegging begins.  Apply fertilizers based on the soil test reports. Use more of organic manure and go in for integrated nutrient management. Use bio-fertilizers for seed treatment and soil application for all crops.  Use nature friendly bio pesticides for more efficient control of pests and weeding in crops needs to be done immediately either manually or by application of safe weedicides.  Make provision for draining out of excess moisture from vegetable crop fields.

Livestock  Fishery: Do not plant big trees near your pond. If there are already big trees there, cut any branches that hang over the pond. Water in your pond may not turn green enough if your pond is in the shade. Do not let weeds cover more than one quarter of the surface. If there are too many weeds, clean your pond.  Livestock: Clean drinking water should be ensured round the clock and water troughs or feeders should be regularly cleaned. Lactating and pregnant animals need to be provided enriched feed to meet the requirements and rest of animals be provided the maintenance diet. Provide salt dose daily through feed.  Piggery: Dispose the dead animals either by burning or deep burial and regularly disinfect the shed and its premises with 1 – 2 % phenyl. Restrict the movement of animals from affected to clean area.  Poultry: Provide adequate ventilation and sunlight, ample fresh and clean water, keep the house clean and dry.  For any problem related to livestock, contact the nearest Animal husbandry officer for proper advice. Agro Meteorological Field Unit ICAR, Jharnapani, Medziphema

Home scale processing of turmeric and Ginger Dr. Anamika Sharma

Programme Coordinator, KVK Dimapur, ICAR, Nagaland Centre

urmeric (Curcuma longa L.), plant of the Zingiberaceae family, is known as haldi, yellow or golden ginger. The rhizomes of this plant, when dried and ground provide a yellow and flavorful powder, used for centuries as a natural colouring agent in food, cosmetics and textiles, as a flavouring compound and also as insect repellent and in Indian medicine. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is one of the oldest spices with distinct flavour and pungency. It has a wide range of uses that include culinary, flavouring in soft drinks, alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages, confectionery, pickles, and pharmaceutical preparations. The quality of products depends on variety and its cultivation practices. Appropriate variety is selected for various end products --- dry ginger, raw ginger, ginger oil, oleoresin etc. Ginger is an important commercial crop with versatile applications. As condiment, ginger is used for flavouring many food products like tomato sauce or ketchup, salad dressings, meat sausages, gravies, pickles, curry dishes and so on. It is also used in many medicines as it helps digestion and absorption of food and has antiseptic properties. Ginger based products have wide range of applications in many industries like food processing, pharmaceutical, soft drinks, meat canning, confectionary, and so on. Turmeric: Turmeric used as spice, dye and in cosmetic industry and in religious ceremony, takes 7-9 month for harvesting. Drying up of aerial portion indicates maturity. On an average a yield of 25-30 tones /ha of fresh rhizomes may be obtained. The harvested rhizomes are washed well to remove adhering soil. Curcumin is the principal colouring pigment in turmeric. Indian turmeric is popular for its intrinsic quality. Turmeric should be boiled and dried. For boiling use clean water. Bulbs and fingers should be boiled separately. While boiling water should be filled in, to cover the turmeric. Heating should be uniform. After the commencement of boiling, it takes 45-50 minutes to complete the cooking process. It can be tested by passing between fingers or by piercing a small stick through rhizome, which pricks easily through if properly boiled. The odour of smoke too indicates that it is fully cooked. Clean terraces or cemented yards or clean bamboo mats should be used for drying. It may take about 10-15 days and if drying is complete, turmeric breaks with a metallic

twang. Dried turmeric can be marketed as such or after polishing is done by sprinkling turmeric powder using a mechanical drum. The dried turmeric is subjected to polishing either manually by rubbing it on concrete flooring or mechanically in power operated drums. Turmeric powder is added to the drum either as powder or as emulsion for giving bright colour to the rhizome. It should be kept in clean sacks and stored over wooden platforms in store rooms. The room should be kept clean, free from pests, spiders and rodents. Dried turmeric should be stored safely. Alleppy finger turmeric is very famous for its colour in trade. In turmeric, curcumin content varies from 4-7 %. Lacardong, a local variety from Meghalaya, and Megha turmeric, a variety released from ICAR Complex, Barapani, Meghalaya contains nearly 5.4 to 6.5% curcumin content. The dry recovery varies from 15-30% depending on variety, location and cultural practices. Cured turmeric is sorted as finger, round ‘spilt’ and marked under its varietal / trade name as Alleppey, Erode, Duggirala, Nizamabad, Rajapuri, and Cudlapah, Value added products of turmeric are also made. Dry Ginger: Himachal, Maran, Mananthody and Kuruppampady are good varieties to prepare dry ginger, whereas Rio-De Janerio, ChinaWynad and Varada are good for raw ginger. Ginger rhizomes should be thoroughly cleaned before peeling. Extreme care is necessary while peeling to prevent losses of volatile oil. Wooden scrapers of bamboo stick are ideal for peeling. Knives and sickles may leave dark spots. Ginger can be dried on clean bamboo mats or cement floor. Depending on availability of sun light full drying period may vary from 7-14 days. Desirable moisture level is 10%, above which it may cause development of aflatoxin. Dry ginger should be packed in air-proof polyethylene bags and then stacked on wooden platform. Rhizomes affected with soft rot should not used for preparing dry ginger. Fumigation of stored dry ginger should not be done without consulting expert as many importing countries have imposed a ban on fumigated materials. Mixing of dried ginger with half –dried ginger should be avoided. The major Indian trade types are Cochin and Calicut ginger. Appearance, contents of volatile oil, fiber, pungency level and a subjective assessment of aroma and flavor are important in quality of dried ginger. This depends on cultivars and stage of maturity at harvest. Oil and oleoresins decreases as maturity progresses. Hence, ginger should be processed accordingly to the requirement of ultimate end product.

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Friday 7 August 2015

Lalitgate: Sushma speaks, Congress attacks her, Modi

nEw DElhi, August 6 (iAns): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday made a passionate defence of her role in the Lalit Modi affair, but the Congress tore into her and blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the unending parliament logjam. Detailing her role for the first time in parliament, the minister -- whose resignation has been sought by the opposition -- sought to give a humanitarian twist to the saga, saying she acted the way she did only because the former IPL chief's wife faced a life threatening situation. She insisted that she did not recommend to the British government to issue travel documents to Lalit Modi but wanted to help his wife, a cancer patient in Portugal. In an emotional speech in the Lok Sabha that was devoid of most opposition members, she said the allegations that she recommended British travel documents for Lalit Modi were "wrong and baseless". "I have not helped Lalit Modi but his wife who is an Indian national, (who is) not involved in any crime. Is it a crime to help a woman like this? If it is a crime, I have committed it. I accept it. If the house wants to give punishment, I am ready. "If it had been Sonia Gandhi in my place, what she would have done?" she

India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh, center, joins Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, second right and other opposition lawmakers shouting slogans during a protest in the Parliament premises in New Delhi on Thursday, August 6. The opposition continued their protests Thursday demanding that two leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party resign for allegedly helping a former Indian cricket official facing investigation for financial irregularities. (AP Photo)

asked, inviting cheers from the treasury benches. "I never made a recommendation or request to the British government to give travel documents to him." The minister said she verbally conveyed to the British government that if "it chooses to give travel documents to Lalit Modi, it will not spoil bilateral relationship between the two countries". In no time, the Congress accused her of impropriety and misuse of office besides a keenness "to help a person wanted by law agencies in India". The party called her statement

"hogwash". "Her statement (in parliament) exposes her," Congress leader Anand Sharma told the media. "Should a minister be clandestinely arranging or facilitating the issue of travel documents, the request for which was rejected earlier by British authorities?" he asked. "There was no life threatening situation" to Lalit Modi's wife, he said, adding that Lalit Modi, after getting the British travel document, went on a virtual global tour. To back its statement, the Congress showed on a

projector several file pictures of Modi enjoying himself in tourist havens and partying with male and female friends. Sharma said it would have been understandable if Sushma Swaraj had ordered the issue of Indian travel documents to Lalit Modi as he was an Indian national. "Why intervene voluntarily when the British government and their authorities have not asked the Indian government (whether to issue travel documents to Lalit Modi or not). And then to say 'I have made no recommen-

dation', this is ridiculous." The Congress also targeted Prime Minister Modi, saying he "cannot brazen it out by remaining silent. "Accountability cannot have dual standards. There cannot be a different rule book for the Modi government and his ministers. "We in the opposition are duty bound to enforce accountability. It is the PM and his government who are purely responsible for the disruption in parliament. "The PM is complicit by silence. He is endorsing acts of ... arrogance and obduracy which has caused the logjam in parliament." Both houses of parliament have been virtually crippled since the monsoon session began on July 21, with the opposition demanding the resignation of Sushma Swaraj as well as the BJP chief ministers of Rajasthan (Vasundhara Raje) and Madhya Pradesh (Shivraj Singh Chouhan). Raje is said to have close links with Lalit Modi while Chouhan is being blamed for the Vyapam recruitment scam that has led to around 40 deaths. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the government have said none of them will quit. Sushma Swaraj said earlier that she had been waiting to respond to charges hurled at her during a debate. "If I do not get a chance to speak, it will be injustice."

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Bill moved to make bribe-giving an offence nEw DElhi, August 6 (iAns): Amid ruckus and disruptions in the Rajya Sabha, the government on Thursday moved a bill to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act making the giving of bribe also a crime along with receiving it. The bill, introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2013 and subsequently sent to a parliamentary panel, makes giving a bribe a specific offence. It also covers retired public servants, but one controversial clause pertains to a provision requiring prior sanction to prosecute serving and former

has risen to 28. The two trains -- Varanasi-bound Kamayani Express from Mumbai and the Mumbai-bound Janta Express originating from Patna -jumped off tracks while crossing a railway bridge struck by flash floods at about 1130 pm on Tuesday night. Gupta further said "while one train was stationary another train coming from opposite direction on the second line also managed to stop at that affected section. But flash floods breached the track heavily as a result of which a few coaches got capsized." Defending railways' preparedness he said, "It was not identified as a vulnerable section. All established norms were followed for monsoon preparedness." "The sudden flow of water was so huge that nothing could have been done." He said though that section will be now identified as vulnerable, it is unlikely that such high tide will be happening in the near future. Train movement has been adversely affected in the section due to the breach on the tracks..WCR General Manager Ramesh Chandra told PTI that prima facie heavy rain had triggered the derailment.

chi triggered another controversy on Thursday by alleging that there are "one or two terrorists" in Parliament. Her remarks appeared to be targeting MPs who were against hanging of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon. Prachi's controversial outburst that sparked an outrage also saw her asking the Centre to hand over the Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub arrested in Udhampur on Wednesday to Hindu organizations so that he is taught a "good lesson". The saffron leader was speaking to mediapersons in Roorkee when asked about some opposition to death penalty for Memon who was hanged on July 30 in a Nagpur prison. "It is a big misfortune that in the Indian Parliament, we have one-two terrorists sitting there. I do not think there can be a bigger misfortune for India than this as they who, are disobeying the judgement

a terrorist.When the court has already proved so, those supporting the terrorist are terrorists themselves I believe," she said. Shortly after Yakub's execution, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said he was saddened by the hanging of the lone death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and said that the "state-sponsored killing diminishes us all by reducing us to murderers too." Tharoor also argued against the death penalty. "Yakub Memon hanged. Exemplary urgency and commitment has been shown by Govt and Judiciary in punishing an accused of Terror," said another Congress leader Digvijay Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP. Congress took on the Sadhvi for her remarks against parliamentarians and demanded action against the Hindutva leader. "The Parliament belongs to all of us.The Constitution has said that Parliament is the tem-

honest and upright officer does not suffer from any intimidation or loss of initiative for which we are going to make certain amendments to enlarge the ambit of permission for initiating proceedings against an officer to all levels, regardless of his status, and similarly to also introduce procedure for seeking permission for prosecution of an officer even after he has superannuated," he said. The bill, however, could not be taken up for discussion as the opposition created a ruckus, and said the bill cannot be discussed till the house was in order.

SC reserves order on Aadhaar matter nEw DElhi, August 6 (Pti): The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict for Tuesday on Centre's plea that petitions challenging government's ambitious project to grant Aadhaar cards to all citizens be referred to a Constitutional bench. A three-judge bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said that it will take a decision on whether the questions raised by the Centre can be referred to a larger bench or not. "Whether the Right to Privacy is a fundamental right guaranteed under Part III of the Constitution of India, in the light of express ratio to the contrary by an eight-judge bench in M P Sharma case and also by a six-judge bench of this court in Kharaksingh's case," one of the questions raised by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for the Centre, reads. "If so, what are the contours of the Right to Privacy," another question says. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Pinky Anand, also appearing for the Centre, handed out the questions which may be referred to a larger bench for an authoritative pronouncement on Tuesday. The ASG has also said that the larger bench judgment had earlier held that

MP train mishap: Water gushed 36 There are 1 or 2 terrorists in Parliament: Sadhvi Prachi feet high breaching tracks, Railways ROORkEE, August 6 of a court, because the court ple of democracy. And if some(Pti): VHP leader Sadhvi Pra- has proved that he(Yakub) is one calls those sitting inside it, hARDA(mP)/nEw DElhi, August 6 (Pti): Water from a rainswollen river gushed 36 feet high breaching tracks which was just 13 feet above the river bed triggering the "freak" derailment of two express trains in Madhya Pradesh which Railways today claimed could not have been averted. As rescue operations in the twin derailment that killed 28 people were wound up, a top Railway official claimed that it could not have been averted despite the monsoon preparedness and described the mishap as one of its kind and a "freak" incident. There was no defect in the rail bridge nor there was any lack of monsoon preparedness and there was no flood alert for this section, Railway Board Member (Engineering) V K Gupta told reporters in Delhi. Gupta, who had rushed to the accident site at Harda yesterday, said the flash floods that caused the derailment of coaches and one engine of two trains at around the same time was unprecedented and never seen before since the construction of the line in 1870. With the recovery of three more bodies late last night, the death toll

public officials. "The government is committed to bring in more transparency and accountability in governance and to live by its pledge of maximum governance, minimum government," Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Jitendra Singh, said while moving the bill. "There are, in the amendments, certain measures which would disincentive bribe-giving and bring into the ambit of accountability and answerability the bribe-giver as well," he said. "At the same time, it also envisages certain amendments that ensure that an

as terrorists, then it is not just an insult to the Parliament but also the Constitution.I think it is the right time that Speaker Sumitra Mahajan takes action," Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said. The Sadhvi also wanted the Pakistani terrorist captured on Wednesday to be handed over to Hindu organisations after questioning. "It is my humble request to the Centre that after the security agencies are through with their necessary investigations the arrested Pakistani terrorist should be handed over to Hindu outfits which alone can teach him a good lesson," she added. Be it calling for a boycott of films starring Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan and asking right wing Hindu outfits to make a bonfire of posters of their films or calling Mahatma Gandhi a British agent the Sadhvi has been at the centre of a series of controversies.

Right to Privacy is not a fundamental right. However, the "subsequent judgments by lesser Bench strength" have held that the Right to Privacy is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution and this is contrary to the larger bench decision. The bench also comprising comprising Justices S A Bobde and C Nagappan said that it will consider all these questions and pronounce the judgment on Tuesday. Yesterday, the Centre had sought transfer of pleas against Aadhaar to larger bench, saying that a two-judge or a threejudge bench cannot decide it. Referring to pronouncements made in historic cases like A K Gopalan, Maneka Gandhi and bank nationalisation, the top law officer had said that inconsistencies with regard to interpretation of certain fundamental rights can only be "squared up" by a larger bench. Rohatgi had said that the apex court had long back held that privacy was not a fundamental right. However, later smaller benches of the court "wrongly" held that right to privacy was a fundamental right by reading it in Article 21 (right to life) of the Constitution, he had said.

ISRO to launch nine American satellites ChEnnAi, August 6 (iAns): Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed deals to put nine American nano/ micro satellites into orbit by the end of 2016, an official said on Thursday. These include a couple of nano/micro US satellites which are likely to be launched by the ISRO this year as piggyback luggage on its own satellite, the official said. Generally, nano satellites are ones that weigh between 1-10 kg while micro satellites weigh from 10-100 kg. "The Astrosat satellite is slated for launch in September. It will be launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket. Some of the micro/nano satellites of the US may also go in that rocket as piggyback luggage," the ISRO official told IANS, preferring anonymity. According to him, the ISRO will be sending up the US satellites on different PSLV rockets. Meanwhile, ISRO officials are gearing up for the August 27 launch of communication satellite GSAT-6 through its heavier rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-II. "The GSLV-GSAT-6 launch is tentatively fixed for August 27 and work is progressing towards that," the ISRO official said. On the other hand the first developmental flight of GSLV-Mark III rocket with a capacity to launch four ton satellites is expected to happen towards the end of 2016. The rocket will be powered by an indigenous cryogenic engine which is currently under development. The government has allocated Rs.470 crore for the development of the GSLV Mark-III rocket in the Twelfth Five Year Plan.

Captured by cotton: Girls duped into â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bonded labourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in India's textile mills ERODE, August 6 (thOmsOn REutERs FOunDAtiOn): From her two-room concrete home nestled among the lush coconut plantations of southern India, housewife Kavita has seen the region's textile industry flourish for a decade, thanks to the labour of poor, lower caste women like herself. Promising a better life, "agents" have for years visited these poor, rural parts of Tamil Nadu and taken a steady stream of girls and women to work in thousands of cotton spinning mills, part of a textile and clothing industry that is one of India's biggest employers and a major exporter. The image of women from remote hamlets going to work, staying in hostels and earning money spinning cotton as part of a booming global garment supply chain, should be empowering in a country like India, an emerging power still plagued by poverty and male domination. But former workers in Tamil Nadu's Erode district describe a system of exploitation and bonded labour that has cast a dark shadow over India's longestablished textile industry. "I tell all the women I meet

not to go and work in the mills. I know what the agents promise and what is real. It is not the same," said 23-year-old Kavita, dressed in a lime sari, a crimson flower in her long black plait, sitting on a woven mat in her village home. "For almost a year, I wasn't allowed to leave the compound where the hostel and mill was. They made me work double shifts. I only got out because I lied and said my aunt had died and I had to attend the funeral. I never went back." Just 13 at the time, Kavita was one of thousands of girls and women employed under "marriage schemes" offered by mills which mushroomed in Tamil Nadu when India's economic liberalisation began in the early 1990s. The schemes draw in cheap labour - mainly young women from poor, illiterate and lowcaste or "Dalit" communities such as the Arunthathiyar - and offer lump sum payments at the end of a three-year period. They are promoted as an easy way to obtain the hefty dowries families need to marry off daughters. Recruits are offered full board in hostels at the mills'

compounds, holidays twice a year, outings such as picnics and temple visits, and clean and safe working and living conditions. But former workers and numerous studies by civil society groups such as the Freedom Fund, Anti-Slavery International and the Centre for Research on Multinational Companies say the women are kept in closed hostels, overworked, underpaid and abused. "The binding of workers in this way, where they cannot change employers, is a form of bonded labour," a 2014 study by the Freedom Fund and the C&A Foundation said. "Very low wages, excessive and sometimes forced overtime, lack of freedom of movement and of association, verbal and sexual abuse were found." The study suggested at least 100,000 girls and women were being exploited in this way. Industry bodies deny allegations of exploitation and say the schemes are "apprenticeships" in line with labour laws offering high wages. Cases of abuse are rare, they say.

dustry is one of largest and most important in the Indian economy. It is the second largest employer in the country after agriculture, providing around 45 million jobs and making up 4 percent of India's GDP and 13 percent of exports in 2013/14. Much of the $42 billion a year export industry is located in western Tamil Nadu, where Namakkal, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Karur, Erode and Salem districts are referred to as the "Textile Valley of India". In the last 20 years, more than 2,000 processing and dyeing units, spinning mills and apparel factories have sprung up, employing some 300,000 people. Workers turn the cotton into yarn, fabric, clothes, much of it for Western high street shops. But competition is stiff and, to boost productivity and increase margins, parts of this lucrative supply chain are built on bonded labour. Traffickers are called "agents", legal loopholes are exploited and girls are overworked, afraid to speak out for fear of losing the money needed DUPED BY DOWRIES for their weddings, activists say. The textile and clothing inDowries are given by a girl's

family to the groom and his parents at the time of marriage. The custom was banned more than five decades ago, but is still widely practised. Under the "Sumangali" schemes - "happily married woman" in Tamil - mills pay agents up to 2,000 rupees ($30) to scout mud-and-thatch Dalit hamlets for families with single daughters. They offer 30,000 to 60,000 rupees ($470 to $940) for three years' work, but former workers say they do not receive the full amount because of deductions for their food and lodging. TWELVE HOURS A DAY In Thalavadi town, 520 km (320 miles) southwest of Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai, former workers in bright salwar kameez and saris trickle into a room rented by the Erodebased charity Rights Education And Development Centre (READ). The young workers, who are here for free computer training classes, sit in plastic chairs, sipping sweet tea from plastic cups, sharing stories of exhaustion, illness and abuse. Some women say they were regularly forced to stand for

more than 12 hours a day working the spindles. Others speak of migraines, excessive stomach pains and heavy bleeding during menstruation from dust and poor ventilation in the factories. Many said they were verbally abused or pushed if they were "slow". They could not leave the mill compound without permission, and their telephone calls were often monitored or restricted by supervisors. Civil society groups say they have also found cases of alleged sexual abuse and death-related suicides. READ said it had documented 85 cases of suspicious deaths over the last five years. "Cases are however hard to prove as girls are unwilling to discuss it openly or go to the police, fearing stigma in the community," said READ director R. Karruppusamy. Few workers have contracts, so find it hard to prove they were working in a particular mill and get compensation, he said. HIGH WAGES, FACTORY INSPECTIONS The head of the South Indian Mills Association (SIMA), representing some 400 mills,

said the government and the SIMA had strict codes of conduct on the treatment of workers, but admitted there might be violations. "Some unscrupulous people have disobeyed these rules and now everyone has got a bad name due to this. Police are taking action as and when necessary," SIMA Secretary General K. Selvaraju told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. He said apprentices in Tamil Nadu were paid 300 rupees daily, almost double the national average and some employers offered workers extras like a university education. A senior official in Tamil Nadu's labour and employment department said labour department officials carried out regular inspections in all industries, including textiles and clothing. He denied allegations that police and local officials were often reluctant to act against the politically and economically influential industry. Brands such as Gap, Primark and C&A which source some of their garments from Tamil Nadu say they do regular audits to ensure their suppliers comply with their codes of conduct.

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Frustrated MH370 kin: We need definite answers Ian Mader

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amilies aching for closure after their relatives disappeared aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 last year vented deep frustration Thursday at conflicting signals from Malaysia and France over whether the finding of a plane part had been confirmed. “Why the hell do you have one confirm and one not?” asked Christchurch, New Zealand, resident Sara Weeks, whose brother Paul Weeks was aboard the flight that disappeared March 8, 2014 with 239 people aboard while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. “Why not wait and get everybody on the same page so the families don’t need to go through this turmoil?” she said. Malaysia’s prime minister announced overnight that a plane wing section found on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean was “conclusively confirmed” to be from Flight 370, saying he hoped the news would end “unspeakable” uncertainty. The announcement was

Malaysian PM confirms that plane wing section found on island was from missing plane

Bao Lanfang, second from right, whose daughter-in-law, son, and granddaughter were aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, kneels in grief while speaking to journalists outside the company’s offices in Beijing on Thursday, August 6. About a dozen Chinese relatives of passengers of flight MH370 protested outside the Malaysia Airlines offices in Beijing on Thursday. (AP Photo (AP Photo)

in line with the Malaysian crashed in the Indian But French officials part said only that there conclusion that the plane Ocean, killing all aboard. with custody of the wing were strong indications the

Japan marks 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing

Children stage a die-in in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan at 8:15am, the time atomic bomb exploded over the city, on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, western Japan on Thursday, August 6. (AP Photo)

HIROSHIMA, AuguSt 6 (AP): Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday, with Mayor Kazumi Matsui renewing calls for U.S. President

Barack Obama and other world leaders to step up efforts toward making a nuclear-weapons-free world. Tens of thousands of people stood for a minute of silence at 8:15 a.m. at a

More than 200 feared dead in latest migrant sea tragedy ROMe, AuguSt 6 (ReuteRS): Hopes faded of finding survivors of the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy, in which an estimated 200 migrants drowned, and rescue ships were called to the aid of more migrant boats in the same area on Thursday. Vessels from the Italian and Irish navies and humanitarian agency Medecins sans Frontiers (MSF) saved more than 370 people from a capsized boat thought to be carrying up to 600 on Wednesday, the Italian coast guard said on Thursday. They recovered 25 bodies but found no more survivors after scouring the waters overnight. Initial reports put about 700 passengers on the overcrowded fishing boat but interviews with survivors mostly Syrians fleeing their country’s civil war - reduced that estimate and the figure could still change. Seas were very calm on Thursday and already two rescue operations were underway near the site of the disaster, said a Reuters photographer aboard the privately funded Phoenix, a vessel run by MSF and the Migrant Offshore Aid Station. The capsized boat flipped over on Wednesday as an Irish rescue vessel approached, probably because desperate passengers surged to one side as they spotted the ship, LE Niamh, on its way to help them. “What happened here was because the boat was so overloaded, and the conditions were such that the boat started taking on water and it listed to one side, capsized and sank, all in the space of two minutes,” Irish Defence Minister Simon Coveney said on Irish state radio RTE on Thursday. The Irish ship is part of the European Union Triton mission, which was expanded after up to 800 migrants drowned in a shipwreck in April. LE Niamh is heading toward the Sicilian port of Palermo, where it will arrive on Thursday afternoon with most of the survivors. The Mediterranean Sea is the world’s most deadly border area for migrants. More than 2,000 migrants and refugees have died so far this year in attempts to reach Europe by boat, compared with 3,279 deaths during the whole of last year, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday. This summer’s mass arrivals in both Italy and Greece show Europe’s migrant crisis is worsening. Immigrants fleeing violence and poverty at home continue to pour in from Africa and the Middle East.

ceremony in Hiroshima’s peace park near the epicenter of the 1945 attack, marking the moment of the blast. Then dozens of doves were released as a symbol of peace. The U.S. bomb, “Little Boy,” the first nuclear weapon used in war, killed 140,000 people. A second bomb, “Fat Man,” dropped over Nagasaki three days later, killed another 70,000, prompting Japan’s surrender in World War II. The U.S. dropped the bombs to avoid what would have been a bloody ground assault on the Japanese mainland, following the fierce battle for Japan’s southernmost Okinawan islands, which took 12,520 American lives and an estimated 200,000 Japanese, about half civilians. Matsui called nuclear weapons “the absolute evil and ultimate inhumanity” that must be abolished, and criticized nuclear powers for keeping them as threats to achieve their national interests. He said the world till bristles with more than 15,000 nuclear weapons. He renewed an invita-

tion to world leaders to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki to see the scars themselves, during the G-7 summit in Japan next year. “President Obama and other policymakers, please come to the A-bombed cities, hear the hibakusha (surviving victims) with your own ears, and encounter the reality of the atomic bombings,” he said. “Surely, you will be impelled to start discussing a legal framework, including a nuclear weapons convention.” The anniversary comes as Japan is divided over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to pass unpopular legislation to expand the country’s military role internationally, a year after his Cabinet’s decision to loosen Japan’s war-renouncing constitution by adopting a new interpretation of it. “We must establish a broad national security framework that does not rely on use of force but is based on trust,” Matsui said. He urged the Japanese government to stick with “the pacifism of the Japanese Constitution” to lead the global effort of no

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proliferation. Abe, also addressing the ceremony, said that as the sole country to face a nuclear attack, Japan had a duty to push for the elimination of nuclear weapons. He pledged to promote the cause through international conferences to be held in Hiroshima later this month. With the average age of survivors now exceeding 80 for the first time this year, passing on their stories is considered an urgent task. There were 5,359 hibakusha who died over the past year, bringing the total death toll from the Hiroshima bombing to 297,684. U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and representatives from more than 100 countries, including Britain, France and Russia, attended the ceremony. “Little Boy,” dropped from the Enola Gay B-29 bomber, destroyed 90 percent of the city. A “black rain” of radioactive particles followed the blinding blast and fireball, and has been linked to higher rates of cancer and other radiation-related diseases among the survivors.

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In continuation of this office letter of even No. dated 28th July, 2015 it is hereby informed to all concerned that due to non-acceptance of selected candidates the following seats have fallen vacant. 1. B.Pharm 1 (one) 2. B.Sc MLT 2 (two) 3. B.Sc (RIT) 1 (one) 4. B.Sc (O.O.T) 2 (two) Now therefore, all NSEE 2015 appeared candidates who have opted for the above courses and are interested in availing the said seat at Regional Institute of Paramedical and Nursing Sciences (RIPANS) Aizawl, Mizoram are invited to submit fresh application on plain paper to the office of the undersigned on or before 14th August 2015. Further, they are required to report in person with two recent passport size photographs latest by 12:00 noon on 14th August 2015. Selection of student will be made on the basis of merit from among NSEE 2015 applicants received. (A.KATHIPRI), Director

barnacle-encrusted part — known as a “flaperon” — was from the flight and that they would work further to try to confirm the finding Thursday. “After 17 months, we need definite answers,” Weeks said. “We need to progress, get answers, move toward further answers, and get some closure along the line.” About two-thirds of the passengers were from China, and in the Chinese capital, Xu Jinghong said she could not understand why Malaysian and French authorities did not make their announcement together. “I am very angry — so angry that my hands and feet are cold,” Xu, 41, said in an interview during the early hours of Thursday outside her home in downtown Beijing. “The announcement was made without experts from France present. I don’t understand how the procedure can be like this.” The announcement overnight by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak would appear to give the first strong physical evidence of a crash, which could put to rest several theories that many relatives have refused to rule out, including that the plane and its passengers were hijacked and intact in some still-secret location. Irene Burrows, the 85-year-old mother of missing Australian passenger Rod Burrows, who was lost with his wife Mary, said in interview last year that she didn’t expect the mystery of MH370’s disappearance to be solved in her lifetime. She said at the time: “All I just want is a bit of the plane. It’s all I want to

know — where they are.” For her, Thursday’s confirmation was a simple wish come true. “We’re quite pleased that it’s been found,” she said from her home in Biloela in Australia’s northeast. However, for many relatives, any potential certainty was diluted by the word from Paris, where Deputy Prosecutor Serge Mackowiak said the “very strong conjectures” that the wing part was from Flight 370 still needed to be “confirmed by complementary analysis” that would begin later Thursday. It was unclear whether the mix-up was a result of miscommunication between the two countries, differing notions of the burden of proof or whether Malaysian officials were overeager to send out some definitive signal for relatives of the missing. In any case, a full confirmation of the wing part wasn’t likely to bring total closure for relatives, with the rest of the plane and the bodies still missing. Jiang Hui, also 41, whose mother was on board, said that there was still a lack of evidence to prove that the plane crashed as was announced by Malaysian officials last year. At the time, they cited thorough analysis of the limited satellite data available for the flight. Major questions still remain, including why the plane went off course and went south into the Indian Ocean. “The finding of debris does not mean the finding of our next of kin,” Jiang said. About a dozen Chinese passenger relatives gathered Thursday morning at

Malaysian Airlines offices in Beijing, holding signs, including one saying “Malaysia hides the truth” and another expressing confidence that Chinese President Xi Jinping will help the relatives. After several hours, the group was invited into a closed-door talk with airline officials. While confirming ocean-borne debris from the plane is an important threshold for many relatives, it will be difficult for some to fully come to terms with the disaster without seeing the body of their loved one, said Nancy Smyth, a sociologist at University of Buffalo who focuses on psychological trauma. The finding of the wing piece “is certainly a step toward closure,” Smyth said, adding “it is important not to think of closure as a check box, but more of a journey and process for people with a lot of layers.” “So much of our grieving process involves physicality, such as seeing the body, and that’s not present here, which makes it very difficult for the families to gain closure,” Smyth said. In Kuala Lumpur, Melanie Antonio — whose husband was a flight attendant on Flight 370 — said she wasn’t sure how to feel. “I’m numb, I’m not sad,” she said. “It’s just a flaperon, it doesn’t prove anything. We still need the wreckage to prove. I just want anything that can tell me my hubby is gone.” Jacquita Gomes, also the wife of a flight attendant, echoed that sentiment. “If it’s not too much to ask, I still want the remains of my husband.”

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ADVERTISEMENT Inviting participation in school, State and National level Painting competition on Energy Conservation for 4th, 5th, & 6th (Category ‘A’) and 7th, 8th &9th (Category ‘B’) Standard Students. As a part of the Awareness Campaign on Energy Conservation, the Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched the Painting Competition on Energy Conservation-2015 under the National Campaign on Energy Conservation. This activity is being executed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) on behalf of the Ministry and with the support of Officials from the 11 central Public Sector undertakings (CPSUs) The Electrical Inspectorate as the Nagaland State Designated Agency for Energy Conservation in the state extends all possible efforts in pursuing all the Government, Public and private Schools to organize the Painting Competition on Energy Conservation for the Students in the 4th, 5th, &6th (Category ‘A’)on the Theme Topics 1. Save Energy, Save Environment 2. Leaks make your future bleak 3.Kokoroku, kokoroku, phojor hoishi, kili light jolai asih and 7th, 8th &9th (Category ‘B’) on the Theme Topics 1. Save Electricity to light more homes 2. Don’t be cruel, Conserve your fuel. 3. LED bulb ik hi thik phapi be. Each School to submit the 2 (two) best paintings from both categories and send them along with the information on number of Students participated in each category to the Nodal Officer of the State whose address is given below so as to reach the Nodal Officer by 30th Sept. 2015 positively. The back of the two best paintings should carry the following information: Name of the Student & Father’s/ Mother’s Name, Tel/Mobile No. of Parents, Standard, Roll No, Category, School Name & Postal Address, Govt. School in Rural area (write yes or No)School Tel No. Sign of School Principal, State/UT. Selected students from categories A &B will participate for two hours onthe-spot painting Competition on 6th Nov. 2015. Each participating Student from Categories A & B will be paid Rs.1000/- in cash and a participation Certificate. To & fro State Roadways bus fare for the participating student and two guardians for category A but only one guardian for category B will also be reimbursed on the day of the Competition. It is once again reiterated that the Ministry of Power attaches highest priority to this activity and consider this as an important event to spread the message of Energy Conservation among the younger Generation to promote Energy Conservation in the country. Therefore, all heads/Principals of the schools are requested to ensure participation for the objective. All possible efforts have been made to reach out to all the schools in the state by sending invitation letters. However, if any school has not received it, kindly consider this as one. PRIZES Level First Second State/UTRs. 20,000/- Rs. 15,000/Category ‘A’ & ‘B’ National – Rs. 1,00,000/- 4 nos. of Category ‘A’ Rs. 50,000/each

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NSCN (K) affirms position Messi headbutts, grabs throat of opposing defender in friendly match on Naga Sovereignty

est our silence is misunderstood, the NSCN/GPRN under the leadership of SS Khaplang unequivocally affirms our position so that our conscience driven quest for reclamation of ‘Naga sovereignty’ be steered clear of embroilment in the ongoing high pitched IM’s ‘Peace Accord’ sensation. If it so pleases IM group to append an accord with GOI, so be it, the NSCN/ GRPN is under no obligation to either agree or disagree. It is solely the prerogative of IM group to arrive at any kind of conclusion which they have been serving for- for the last after 18 years and correspondingly the accord itself intend exclusively for IM. The NSCN/GPRN is however amused to notice the four year old Khehoi congregation going excited and bizarre for not having included them in the scheme of thing. Birthed out of betrayal and consequent expulsion from both the NSCN, this flock of pariahs can only be expected to whine, beg and fuss over the prospect of being sidelined by its benefactor, the GOI. These vagrants sans history of origin sensing complete desolation as a last resort has for the last three, four years been manufacturing misleading commercials “Nagas of Nagaland”, “Nagas of Manipur” or “Nagas of Myanmar” etc, however, the Nagas are no longer naive to be hoodwinked by such India-fed limerick. The Khehoi gang and must therefore be content with whatever crumbs the GOI throws at them in the already 54 years old India

established state of Nagaland. Nothing can be more treasonous in a political conflict than to reaffirm and endorse the very agreement of betrayal for which the Nagas have been denationalized. As mournfully eulogised by young upcoming Khehoi poet Mr. Alezo Venuh, the Khehoi gathering can only accept emotional consolation but possess neither courage nor political wisdom or vision to fight and overthrow the political yoke imposed on the Nagas arbitrarily by India and Myanmar. Without a single word of protest they readily accept the 54 years old platted arrangement between the GOI and NPC. Another meek submission to slave master’s leash is Khehoi gang over wiling acceptance of 62 year old (1953) forceful territorial demarcation/bisection of Naga country by India and Myanmar without the consent or consultation of the Naga people. Such wretched congregation who happily and shameless, promotes enemy’s instrument of political subjugation of the Nagas must never again dare to embroil NSCN struggle for sovereignty in its desperate gamble for lump sum economic rehabilitation package from India. The NSCN ceasefire agreement with Myanmar is only logistics in nature as is prerequisite to initiate meaningful political process and which is yet to take off, Khehoi gang abomination to such positive pace in the course of Naga sovereignty struggle is however understandable since their pre-emptive attempt to scuttle this very effort at the dictates of

India only resulted in own expulsion from NSCN. The Naga struggle for sovereignty is an international political conflict between nations and NSCN/ GPRN as ever is humbled yet determined to carry ahead this sacred commission passed onto us at the cost of thousands of precious lives of Naga pioneers. The NSCN/GPRN is also privileged and committed to strengthen the revolutionary fraternities of every genuine sovereignty aspirants of ethnic West South East Asians and therefore the allegation of NSCN having accepted settlement with Myanmar is only an instance of "sour grape" syndrome affecting the desperados who has not yet set afoot into Myanmar occupied Naga country. The NSCN/GPRN has categorically stated several times that we do not recognise imposed international boundaries but continues to defy it. East or West, North or South, no parts of Naga country are alienable, NSCN firmly believes and upholds the intrinsic ideal of compact Naga nation composing of every Naga inhabited area as historically established and conceived by our forefathers. Even if destiny eludes NSCN, as long as the Earth endures, it is our conviction that there shall arise in every generation true Naga patriots to lead the national liberation until the appointed time for the Almighty God’s will is never late or early. Kuknalim Lt. Gen. Niki Sumi Military Supervisor (West) Through PRO NSCN/GPRN

Barcelona, august 6 (Ians): FC Barcelona skipper Lionel Messi was involved in a fiery altercation with AS Roma defender Mapou YangaM'Biwa as Barcelona won 3-0 in their Gamper Trophy clash here. Despite it being a preseason friendly, the pair got into a heated exchange during the first-half at the Nou Camp stadium on Wednesday after YangaM'Biwa leaned his head in towards Messi. The Argentine star retaliated by thrusting his own head at the Frenchman before making to grab his throat, reports skysports.com on Thursday. Messi was lucky not to receive a red card, as both could easily have been sent off, but the referee decided to show leniency and only book the pair of them. Neymar had earlier given Barcelona the lead, while Messi doubled it just before half-time. Ivan Rakitic then added a third midway through the second half to secure a comfortable victory. Brazil star Neymar and Argentina's Messi had

the general Naga populace to understand that the signed peace accord is “just a framework” as reiterated by Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju. And it has been signed keeping in view and taking into account the sentiments of all the other parties (read, neighboring states Assam, Manipur and A.P). The neighbouring states of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have every reason to cast apprehensions and doubt the Ministry of Home Affairs on its credibility and about the veracity of the peace accord. And in an expected manner Assam Chief MINISTER has asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make his stand clear. Tarun Gogoi’s

Bangalore, august 6 (reuters): Manchester City are brimming with optimism with coach Manuel Pellegrini "absolutely sure" of winning the Premier League title back this season and midfielder David Silva eyeing Champions League glory. City, who conceded four goals in both their defeats against Real Madrid and Stuttgart in pre-season friendlies, finished eight points behind champions Chelsea in the Premier League last season. "I am absolutely sure that we are going to have a very successful season. We must bring back the title here to our fans," the 61-yearold was quoted as saying by Sky

letter and tweets reflects the thoughts of his counterparts in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh who, while welcoming the peace agreement, wants Modiji to allay apprehensions of their people, by making his stand clear that the Naga Accord does not affect the interest of their own states. This much-awaited political solution to the protracted Naga Political Issue culminating with the signing of peace accord between the GOI the NSCN (IM) can be viewed from many popular but contrasting perspectives. But, this writer wishes to refrain from commenting further till the clauses of the agreement are disclosed! A. Anato Swu Satakha, Zunheboto.

Imkong Imchen on ‘Framework Agreement’

he intensity of the talks over the Naga Political Issue (NPI) between the NSCN led by Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and the Government of India since 1997 could not be accurately gauge by the Naga people because the talks were confined to a small circle only, therefore the trust and confidence of the Naga people were passionately exhausted. Both the parties apparently but mutually maintained the confidentiality of the talks. Anyway, it was a good strategy adopted by the parties. At the very outset, I salute the wisdom and sagacity of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his bold and decisive step he has undertaken by working out this historic framework agreement on Naga political issue. Even though he has not completed even two years as a Prime Minister, he has completely mastered the intricacy of the Naga political issue and steered well comfortably thereby cleared all the ground obstacles and structured this “Framework Agreement”. This is by no means a small achievement. Both the party leadership has clearly made us known that it is a “framework agreement” in other words it may mean “foundation” under which the detailed solution will be worked out. It is not the solution in itself but a framework for the solution under which all the related question to be answered. We should presume that a good beginning has been made which will pave the way towards the

ultimate solution of Naga political issue. We may recall that the Government of India’s Interlocutor, R N Ravi in his address to the Naga Students’ Federation in the month of May 2015 at Khonoma stated that they are looking for a pan-Naga solution. The aspiration and determination of the Naga people for self-determination is known even by the United Nation. We have paid heavy price during the last seven decades so also the Government of India has cost dearly. The enormous responsibility and risk shouldered by the leadership of Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Isak and Muivah by entering into this “Peace Framework Agreement” speaks volume of their sincerity and concern for the Naga people for which they deserve unreserved appreciation for one and all. The Naga National Council (NNC) under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Angami Zapu Phizo (henceforth A Z Phizo) has consolidated the Naga people and spoken with a single voice – “The Naga Independence”, thereby successfully conducting the 1951 Plebiscite for Naga self-determination and complete boycott of the first Indian General Election in 1952 and 1957. This was the Naga political foundation firmly laid by A Z Phizo under the banner of NNC. Perhaps, A Z Phizo’s subsequent departure to London and not returning to the homeland has affected in the unity and cohesion of the Naga nationalist leaders as well

both returned late to training following their Copa America campaigns, but looked in impressive form ahead of Barcelona's Eu-

ropean Super Cup tie with Sevilla next Tuesday. The chemistry that saw them, along with Luis Suarez, hit 122 goals in Bar-

celona's treble success last season was evident from the start. Following the clash with Sevilla, Barcelona

play Athletic Bilbao home and away in the Spanish Super Cup before they meet Bilbao in their first La Liga game on August 23.

Pellegrini 'absolutely sure' City will win Premier League

Peace Accord sans Clauses (Undisclosed Agreement?)

he long awaited and unjustifiably delayed agreement has been reached after prolonged struggle by the NPGs and is expected to restore peace and usher in a new era of progress and prosperity. But, caution and wisdom should be exercised before expressing any hope for ‘change through the” peace accord” because the clauses of the agreement are still kept in the dark. And to keep such an important document under wraps raises doubt among all the stakeholders. As long as, the salient features of the accord signed between the GOI and NSCN (IM) still remain under wraps, it is prudent for the intellectuals, imminent writers and

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, and Roma’s Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa get involved in a scuffle during the Joan Gamper trophy soccer match between FC Barcelona and AS Roma at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain on August 5. (AP Photo)

as the movement, thereby resulting into the emergence of “Naga moderates” by organizing Naga People’s Convention and entering into a political agreement called the 16 Point Agreement creating Nagaland statehood. However, the statehood could not meet the real aspiration of the Naga people till today. I strongly feel that a historical time is beckoning upon the Nagas to come forward and start contributing their considered and valuable opinion in the making of the Naga common destiny while processing the details of the “Peace Framework Agreement”. It is apparent that many Naga people are keeping their opinion reserved apprehending diverse reaction from various corners citing reason that detailed agreement is yet to be made known to the public. The negotiating parties are also only human and therefore necessary support and contribution of ideas and suggestions so as to work out an honourable and acceptable solution. At the same time the negotiating parties should open their mind and solicit the Naga people’s opinion before concluding the final framework agreement. I am tendering my humble opinion through this column with a view to provoke the situation for good without having any ulterior motive. I trust that the learned Naga people will take my unpolished language and opinion in positive perspective. Imkong L. Imchen MLA, Nagaland

Sports. "We are sure, as I have just said, that we are going to bring it back. We had a good pre-season." With the sale of Stefan Jovetic to Inter Milan and Edin Dzeko being strongly linked with a move to Roma, City is poised to start the season with only two frontline strikers in Sergio Aguero and Wilfried Bony. "We have Kelechi (Iheanacho), that is a young player who I think must find a place here in our squad," the Chilean manager added. "(Raheem) Sterling can also play in front. I think we are going to bring in other players but not in that position." City, who won the Premier League title in a close finish in 2013-14, kick off their cam-

paign with a trip to West Bromwich Albion on Monday night. Spain international David Silva feels City have earned respect with their success in England in the past few years and with the recent additions to the squad the Manchester club can target European glory. "We are just missing that step of winning the Champions League, but doing that will help us grow even more," the 29-year-old midfielder, told the Daily Telegraph in an interview. "I would see it as a failure (if I don't win the Champions League at City). It is the one thing I want and one day I hope to win it." City crashed out in the last 16 stage of the Champions League

in the past two seasons after being paired against Barcelona. "It's difficult playing against big teams like Barcelona, Bayern. But why? I cannot tell you," added Silva, who has one World Cup and two European Championship winners' medals with the national team. "But with good, new players, for sure we will have an opportunity to be there fighting and maybe able to do it." Silva, who joined City in 2010 from Valencia, has set a personal target of scoring more goals this season. "I want to be important in the team and win titles in all competitions," he added. "It is always in my mind to become better and I can improve this year by scoring more goals."

Remedial Measures On Poor Performance Of Govt School Results

demic Officer posts be created to question paper by the concerned f late so much of quallook after the section for all acaBoard and allowing the respective ity education in the state demic matters and timely monischools to evaluate and award the has been proclaimed and toring with periodical supervision prescribed grading etc. number of centrally sponof poor performing Schools/GHS. sored schemes (CSS) were in place. 3. Thirdly it needs broad base policy Also the department need an edto complete the secondary educaHowever these innovative schemes ucational planner to accelerate tion. As far as Govt. High Schools have hardly shown any positive rewith all academic programs to be are concerned it is crucial stage sults rather the little old practices linked up with SCERT and NBSE as it prepares the students to go and rules are eroding and apparently for coordination on policy matters for higher studies and a paradigm schools are likely to be without enrolas the department is basically for shift in the conceptual design is ment. This unfortunate occurrence academic interest development needed. While the staffing pattern is not responsible to the department and production. be maintained and subject Teachalone but the community too. For iners particularly English, Maths 8. In order to encourage the Govt. stance, the communitization was inSchool Teachers if the department and Science be ensured posting troduced by the Govt. and allowed the can give due recognition to those besides filling of HM & AHM posts VEC and community to handle their subject Teachers who produce letbe considered timely. This secondlocal schools situation but instead of ter marks in his/her subject taught, ary stage should have more of acadoing justice it has become vested inby acknowledging their hard work demic importance and guidance terest adjustment component. While specially in HSLC Examinations. so as to get into higher secondary the available centrally sponsored While Teachers award may also be stage with different streams. schemes like SSA for Universalisation considered to those Teachers proof Elementary Education, RMSA for 4. The fourth measure is the Govt. vided they fulfilled the other conSchools are unable to function Universalisation of Secondary Eduditions/ criteria. cohesively due to lack of proper cation, IEDSS for differently abled As stated above, the poor results guiding principles. As such, basic children including launching of RTE management rules at all levels is of Govt. School is due to lack of eletargeting for education to all children of a paramount importance to a mentary education policy and menup to 14 years were meant for attainsustainable change towards pro- tion may be made that during last ining quality education and to ensure duction of qualitative education. teraction program Chairman NBSE universal access of gross enrolment If all the responsible Headmaster, had emphasised about it. Another ratio, (GER of 100 %) but instead of Asst. Headmaster, Head Teacher, major setback is due to lack of School being productive, the HSLC nil result Teacher In charge and Teachers management skills by the stakeholdof Govt. School gone up to 38. This plays their role automatically it will ers and in this regard, I had a case shows that schemes would not help bring positive change in academic study for more than a decade and us to solve this menace unless State improvement as running of class- had finally published Hand Book Govt. formulates a practicable poles would be ultimately regular. A on School Management focussing icy in our own context. And for this, good performing School Heads on improvement of academic results a strong political will is needed with may also be acknowledged by ex- but yet to promote and grasp it by the mass participation to ensure productending some service recognition stakeholders etc. Some 12 years back, tive output. I suggested for pre primary and prietc. These are some of the suggestive 5. The fifth measure is Teachers ra- mary education policy during intertionalization exercise may be active program of nil results Schools policy for improvement of Govt. taken up at an early date so as to conducted by the then Chief SecreSchool results:refill the required shortage Teach- tary. Unless a concrete educational 1. A tangible elementary education ers School and suggested to main- policy is framed for strict implemenpolicy for GPS may be planned tain staffing pattern at all levels i.e., tation there is no short cut means to and a concrete strategy be evolved solve this menace of poor results in GPS, GMS & GHS. for an early implementation. As the Primary schooling is the gate 6. The sixth measure is regular in- the State over this logjam issue. In spection and supervision of the other States, the admission in Govt. way to all possible improvement different level of Schools may be Schools is much more preferred as it of the Govt. School results. It is a carried out by the field inspecting is very productive. Similarly our State fact that the foundation of a child is officers such as DEO/SDEO and Govt. may emulate such policy and shaped and built at this stage and JEO. A prescribed format may be manage like the counterpart private special attention is needed comlaid out and a report of inspection Schools. There is every possibility of prehensively. must be submitted to the compe- eradicating the poor performance 2. Along with Primary education, tent authority periodically for nec- and nil results of Govt. Schools if all Upper Primary /GMS schooling the stakeholders toil hard with sinessary intervention. may be incorporated with the similar policy as to how it should link 7. The seventh measure is a separate cerity and dedication “where there is Academic cell be opened in the a will there is a way “. up the chain of continuity to comN. Thungchio Shitire Directorate and may be headed plete the elementary education. AHM & Advisor, by an Additional Director. BeIt may be suggested to conduct NSEAOA, ANSTA sides, subordinate officers like an Elementary Schooling AssessGovt. High School, Singrijan Academic Officer and Asst. Acament Test (ESAT) with common

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Beckham's 40 tattoos and the special meaning behind each design

e just got the number '99' added to his extensive tattoo collection to mark one of the happiest years of his life. And it is safe to say that David Beckham's love of body art will see him squeeze many more inkings into his already intricately decorated physique. Now as the 40-yearold sporting superstar has as many designs as years on the clock, MailOnline takes a look at how his love of body art has grown over the past few decades - and what each tattoo means to him… David first went under the needle in 1999 after the birth of his oldest son, Brooklyn. He is thought to have caught the bug from Spice Girl Mel B’s then husband, Jimmy Gulzar, and

ended up getting his son’s name in a classic Gothic script to commemorate Brooklyn’s arrival into the world. Speaking about how he chooses his designs, the iconic star has explained: ‘They’re about the important people in my life, who I want to have with me always.' In fact, many of the body art is to honour his beloved family. For wife Victoria, designs include her name, '99', the year of their wedding, '2006', the year of their commitment ceremony, a depiction of her Brigitte Bardot-themed shoot for Pop magazine, a chain of 10 roses to mark their 10th anniversary. For his children, all four kids have their name inked on David's body, while he has cherubs to represent

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his three sons and 'Pretty Lady' for his only daughter. 'Mine are all about the people in my life, my wife and sons, who I want with me always, 'David has previously said. 'When you see me, you see the tattoos. You see an expression of how I feel about Victoria and the boys. They're part of me.' Despite now being in his forties, David appears to have no desire to put an end to his permanent, and expensive, hobby. The father-of-four has previously revealed that he has no regrets about any of his inkings, saying: 'I don't regret any of them. They all have a meaning. I think that's what's important about tattoos, if they have a meaning you'll never regret them.'

op superstar Swift places second to Samantha Cameron, wife of British Prime Minister David Cameron, on the women's poll, while dancer Misty Copeland, the first black female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, places third. British royal Prince Edward's wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, comes in at four, and Amal Clooney rounds out the top five. Rihanna and George Lucas' wife Mellody Hobson are also notable mentions at six and nine, respectively. In the Men's list, veteran British actor Bill Nighy snags the top spot, while Prince Harry places eighth, and Ciara's boyfriend, American football star Russell Wilson, is at nine. Meanwhile, Ex-MAChina beauty Alicia Vikander has been voted the best dressed star in Hollywood, with Eddie Redmayne taking second place. Emma Stone, Sienna Miller, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Emma Watson also feature in the top 10.

Benedict Cumberbatch and his new wife Sophie Hunter top the couples countdown, beating the likes of Monaco's Prince Pierre Casiraghi and his new bride Beatrice Borromeo, and actor Matt Bomer and his husband, Simon Halls.

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mariah carey lands a Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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ariah Carey has finally affirmed her status as a Hollywood star, 25 years after her debut record. The "Touch My Body" singer received the 2,556th star on Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, August 5. Dressed in a cleavage-baring, sparkling black floor-length gown with sheer paneled front, Mariah looked enchanting when attending her Walk of Fame ceremony. She styled her hair in a slicked, loose waves and wore smokey eye make-up. She was joined by her twin children Monroe and Moroccan, and friends including Brett Ratner, Lee Daniels and L.A. Reid. Her new boyfriend James Packer was nowhere to be seen. Mariah's twin kids stole the show as they performed some cute antics during the ceremony. At one point, Monroe sat on her mother's lap while Moroccan sat by Mariah's fresh placard. Moroccan insisted using his mother's legs as pillow during the photo session. He tried many unique ways to disturb Mariah's shoot, but the "Heartbreaker" singer just smiled through it all. Mariah shared on Instagram some pictures from the ceremony. The "We Belong Together" hitmaker wrote alongside one shot, "What an incredible day. Thank you #lambs #lambily and everyone who made it happen. #star #hollywoodwalkoffame."

eepika Padukone promised her fans on the social media stating she’ll be out with something really ‘special’. While many assumed it’ll either be something to do with her films Bajirao Mastani or Tamasha given that they are her only big releases coming up this year. But DP has surprised everyone by unveiling the look of her first ever Mental Health Care foundation- Live Love Laugh! Earlier this year, Ms Padukone had spoken in length about how she herself was once a victim of depression and why it is essential to speak about it in open. She believes like her, there might be many who are battling depression, not knowing how to get out of it. So in order to help the needy and make this sensitive issue more vocal, DP decided to raise this mental health care foundation! Earlier this June, it was also been reported that the actress has already been working towards the cause along with a team of doctors and psychiatrists. While we are yet to hear more about how she’ll be going about this whole initiative. It certainly feels very proud to have an actress like Deepika in the industry, who is trying to be more than just an actress.

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BASN announces audition for

Miss Nagaland Pageant 2015

he Beauty and Aesthetics Society of Nagaland (BASN) has announced auditions for Miss Nagaland Pageant 2015. A press note issued by the BASN has informed that the year 2015 will witness audition for the pageant where all interested Naga girls will be invited to participate giving many opportunities to all. However, the BASN will be accepting participation of the District Pageant title winner directly to the Pageant if they fulfil the given criteria. The Runners up will also be given a chance to participate at the final auditions. Eligibility Criteria • The Candidate should be a Bonafide Citizen of Nagaland. • She should be between the Age of 18 to 25 years as on 31st December 2015. • She should be minimum 5 ft 5 inches tall.

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alma Hayek's sevenyear-old daughter Valentina has followed her mother into the movie business by voicing a role in the French version of new animated film THE PROPHET. The Mexican beauty's only child with French husband FrancoisHenri Pinault has been trilingual from a young age, and she put her skills to

the test to take on the part of Almitra, the daughter of Hayek's character Kamila, for the movie's release in France. Proud mom Hayek says, "She did the voice of the little girl in French. Quvenzhane Wallis was the little girl in this (English-language) one." Little Valentina also speaks her mother's native Spanish and English.

Interested Candidates should email the mentioned details to basnkma@ gmail.com Name | Height | Vital Statistics | Contact Details | Residential Address | Photograph (one close up, one full length) Last date of submission of details: September 15 Preliminary Audition: September 26 Final Audition: yet to be announced You can also mail for any queries at basnkma@gmail.com or contact the following from Monday to Friday 10 am to

6 pm. Contact: 9436070419, 9862159298, 8974036522 It may also be mentioned that the Criteria will strictly be followed. The Sequence of the Audition will include a Preliminary Audition where all participants will be permitted to take part. Next will be the Final Audition where the selected participants from the Preliminary Audition and Runners up of District Beauty Pageant if any will be called for the Final Audition. Finally, the selected contestants from the final audition will participate at the Miss Nagaland Pageant 2015. It may be mentioned that past winners of Miss Nagaland Pageant have brought laurels to the State. Some of these include Miss Nagaland 1989 – Lipokla – Miss North East 2nd runner up Miss Nagaland 1994 – Rachel Imchen – Miss East India 1995 Miss Nagaland 1997 – Vesakolu Mero – Miss North East 1998 Miss Nagaland 2000 – Akhuonuo Khezie – Miss Luit 2001 and Sony My Miss India 2007 Miss Luit 2000 – Esther Jamir Miss Nagaland 2005 – Tiarenla Jamir – Miss North East 2006 Miss Nagaland 2013 – Benjongmenla – Miss Luit 2013 2nd runner up Miss Nagaland 2013 2nd runner up – Dr. Abeny Khuvung – Femina Miss Universe Diva East region winner and Yamaha Fascino Kolkatta 14.

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Bayern beats Real Buoyant England move ahead of wilting Australia Madrid to win Audi Cup

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Bayern Munich players celebrate with the trophy after winning the friendly soccer match against Real Madrid in the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, August 5. (AP Photo)

MUNICH, AUgUst 6 (ReUteRs): Brazilian Douglas Costa was in fine form as Bayern Munich beat Real Madrid 1-0 in a pre-season tournament on Wednesday, with the new signing charging down the wing and setting up Robert Lewandowski for the late winner. Costa, who joined from Shakhtar Donetsk in the close season for a reported 30 million euros ($32.71 million), has impressed at the Audi Cup with his speed and control on the left wing in the absence of regular wide players Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, who are out injured. "We are still in prepa-

ration but showed good signs. We need to keep working for the season start," Bayern sports director Matthias Sammer told reporters a week before the Bundesliga gets underway. Real were missing the firepower of their regular attacking trio with Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema out injured and Gareth Bale on the bench. Bayern had a handful of good chances and hit the post through Thomas Mueller in the first half. Costa then set up Lewandowski with a superb cutback but the Pole somehow managed to fire wide in front of an empty goal. Former Bayern player

Toni Kroos had Real's best chance when he tested keeper Manuel Neuer with a powerful shot, but it was Bayern who looked the likelier to score. The German champions, eyeing a record fourth straight Bundesliga title this season, did just that when Costa found Lewandowski with a pinpoint free kick for the only goal of the game in the 88th minute. "Better to have the earlier miss before the league starts," Lewandowski said. "Now we will get ready for the German Cup (first round this week)." Bayern, who beat AC Milan 3-0 on Tuesday, take on fifth-tier Noettingen on Sunday.

FA launches crackdown on players feigning injury

New rule is limited to punishing players who get an opponent sent off

LoNdoN, AUgUst 6 (AgeNCIes): The Football Association (FA) have signalled their intent to stamp out simulation as players perceived to be faking injury to get an opponent sent off face a threematch ban. Aimed at clearing up the integrity of the English game, the governing body has introduced a plethora of changes this summer. This ruling at present limits the FA to punishing offenders who intentionally deceive the referee to handing out a red card to an opposing player, meaning those who dive to win decisions still escape a possible ban. Firstly, upon appeal, a player must have a red card rescinded before another player can be banned for faking injury.

Subsequently if the retrospective viewing of footage to overturn the dismissal illustrates the apparent victim had deliberately deceived the match officials, they could face a maximum three-match ban. The start of the new season also brings a tweak by the FA to the offside rule. Also this summer, the FA have clamped down on the stream of verbal abuse from managers and coaches in technical areas by introducing a formal code of conduct. The two-step system implemented this season could lead to banishment from the bench for any member of staff as technical-area staff have been left in no doubt that abuse of the fourth official or opposition benches will no longer be tolerated. Other incidents missed by officials, whether on the pitch or in the technical area, also face action below the Premier League following the FA’s decision to branch out the video review system nationally.

NottINgHAM, AUgUst 6 (ReUteRs): England moved to 213 for three after bowling out a shell-shocked Australia for 60 on a gripping first day of the fourth Ashes test at Trent Bridge on Thursday. A rampant Stuart Broad took eight wickets as the tourists were dismissed before lunch and, although England lost Adam Lyth and Ian Bell cheaply, Alastair Cook and Joe Root calmly added 62 runs to put the hosts in a strong position at tea. Cook fell for 43 just before the interval but Root (91 not out) and Jonny Bairstow (53 not out) pressed on to increase the lead to 153 after batting for 51 overs. The hosts, 2-1 up in the series and without their leading bowler James Anderson, needed only 18.3 overs to run through the touring side who collapsed to their joint sixth-lowest Ashes total in just over 90 minutes. Broad struck five times in his first four overs, claiming his 300th test victim with the third ball of the morning when he had opener Chris Rogers caught at first slip by Cook for a duck. Steven Smith, on six, edged the last ball of the first over to Root in the slips and David Warner nicked his second delivery from Mark Wood to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, leaving the Australians in tatters at 10-3. C a p t a i n Mi c h a e l Clarke, who dropped one place down the order to number five, walked out to face only the ninth delivery of the match. England, who won the toss, struck again when Shaun Marsh edged Broad to Bell at second slip and Adam Voges was brilliantly caught one-handed by a diving Ben Stokes at gully as Australia slumped to 21 for five. It was the first time in test history that the first five wickets of the match had fallen within 25 balls of the start. Clarke survived 25 minutes for his 10 runs before he drove loosely at a wide ball from Broad and was well caught above his head by Cook. It was Broad's 14th five-wicket haul in a test innings and was the first time an England bowler had taken five wickets before lunch on the first day of a test since Sydney Barnes against South Af-

England’s Stuart Broad, second left, acknowledges fans after finishing taking 8 Australia wickets for 15 runs during day one of the fourth Ashes Test cricket match, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England, Thursday, August 6. (AP Photo)

Broad equals fastest five-wicket haul in Tests

NottINgHAM, AUgUst 6 (IANs): England paceman Stuart Broad equalled the fastest fivewicket haul in Test cricket as the hosts skittled out Australia for a mere 60 runs in their first innings on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test match here on Thursday. Broad, a local guy, walked away with bowling figures of 8/15 but had collected his first five wickets giving

away just six runs in 19 deliveries, becoming the fifth England bowler to reach 300 Test wickets, reports bbc.co.uk on Thursday. Australia’s Ernie Toshack also took 19 balls to claim five wickets against India at Brisbane in a Test match in 1947. Broad’s 300th victim was Australian opener Chris Rogers who was caught at slip from the third delivery of the day’s play. Broad’s

haul is the fastest five wickets taken from the start of a Test innings, surpassing the 25 balls required by South Africa’s Vernon Philander to pocket five New Zealand wickets at Cape Town in January 2013. It was England’s third best Ashes bowling figures of all time — only beaten by Englishman Jim Laker’s 9-37 and 10-53 at Old Trafford ground in 1956.

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Warne, Ponting shocked by Australian collapse NottINgHAM, AUgUst 6 (ReUteRs): Australian great Shane Warne and former captain Ricky Ponting lamented technical failings and mental approach as their countrymen were shot out for a humiliating 60 by England on the first morning of the fourth Ashes test on Thursday. Warne believes some of the problems stem from the increased amount of limited-overs cricket being played. "When was the last time there was a real five-day test match that went down to the wire when the batters hung in there and tried to tough it out?" he said on Sky Sports."It all seems to be happening in fast forward too many times. It happened to England at Lord's as well, bowled out in 30 overs." Warne, who took

rica in 1913. Steven Finn bowled Peter Nevill for two before the 29-year-old Broad struck again, producing another perfect delivery which Mitchell Starc diverted into the safe hands of Root for one and Mitchell Johnson

708 test wickets and scored more than 3,000 runs, gave credit to England for their bowling and catching in "a perfect session" before lunch at Trent Bridge. "They exposed a couple of bad techniques," he said. "Test cricket is all about technique, the basics. And all about fighting. Credit to Broad, he forced a lot of those errors but I still think Australia could have been a little bit more defensive and (shown) better technique. "Technique is a teal issue on these sort of pitches. Play it as late as possible or leave it. It's about getting an ugly score, hanging in there, not giving your wicket away. "As a batsman you've got to have a real plan. It looked like they were a bit shocked. There was no real plan and they should have learnt from the last test match." Ponting ques-

fell in identical fashion for 13. Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood added 13 runs for the last wicket before the former edged Broad to Stokes to give the fast bowler test-best figures of 8-15. Lyth's poor run contin-

tioned why the Australians had talked before the series about how positive they were going to be. "Why say it?" he said. "You can be positive in defence, show intent by leaving the ball or playing a forward or backward defence. "It doesn't have to be standing up and trying to whack it through the covers. That's not going to work in these conditions. "I don't know if they're confused about the way they want to play. They shouldn't be. When conditions are like this you just have to find a way to get through. "I just don't think they're defensive-minded enough. "Mitchell Johnson probably left the ball better than the top-order players. He was prepared to guts it out. But at that stage they were seven down."

ued when, on 14, the England batsman edged Starc to Nevill and left-armer Starc produced a venomous full delivery to trap Bell lbw for one. Cook was dropped by Smith at third slip off Starc but Root unfurled a couple

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of sumptuous cover drives as England eased past Australia's total. The pair looked in complete control until Cook misjudged another swinging full-pitched delivery from Starc and was adjudged lbw.

9th Inter School TT Tourney underway

PSG complete signing of Di Maria

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Angel Di Maria (AP File Photo)

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PARIs, AUgUst 6 (AFP): Paris SaintGermain have completed the signing of Argentina winger Angel di Maria from Manchester United on a four-year deal, the French champions announced on Thursday. "Paris Saint-Germain is delighted to announce the signing of Angel di Maria until June 30, 2019," read a club statement. Di Maria, 27, had already passed a medical in Doha before flying to Paris on Wednesday after Qatar-owned PSG had agreed a fee of 63 million euros (£44.3m; $68.9m) with United. That makes Di Maria the second most expensive player in the history of French

football behind Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, who joined Paris from Napoli for 64 million euros in the summer of 2013. "I am very proud, and can't wait, to wear the colours of Paris Saint-Germain. I want to win every competition we enter, both in France and Europe," Di Maria, a Champions League winner with Real Madrid in 2014, was quoted as saying in the statement. "I want to win the Champions League, which is a dream for all footballers, for a second time. We will do everything we can to bring Europe's biggest trophy to France and the fans of Paris Saint-Germain." The former Rosario Central, Benfica and Madrid star will be looking to recover his very best form after a disappointing season in the Premier League with United. After helping Argentina reach the final of the Copa America in Chile last month, Di Maria is behind in his pre-season preparations and will not play any part in PSG's Ligue 1 season opener at Lille on Friday. He is the third major summer signing for Laurent Blanc's side after German goalkeeper Kevin Trapp joined from Eintracht Frankfurt for 9.5 million euros and midfielder Benjamin Stambouli penned a five-year deal after moving from Tottenham Hotspur for nine million euros. The arrival of Di Maria could be bad news for his compatriots Javier Pastore and Ezequiel Lavezzi and Brazilian winger Lucas, who all now risk being pushed down the pecking order at the Parc des Princes.

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Chief Guest T. Lemlila Sangtam, SDO (C) Mokokchung speaking at the inaugural program of the 9th Inter School Table Tennis Tournament 2015, at the Multi Sports Complex, Mokokchung.

MokokCHUNg, AUgUst 6 (MexN): The 9th Inter School Table Tennis Tournament got underway at Multi-Purpose Sports Complex, Mokokchung with T. Lemlila Sangtam, SDO (C) of Mokokchung as chief guest. Speaking at the inaugural function, Lemlila stated that sports helps keep our mind active and also helps one maintain a healthy body. While pointing out that studies should

be the top priority of a student, she maintained that sports should also not be neglected. The Tournament is being organised by the Mokokchung District Table Tennis Association and sponsored by Moasangba Jamir. The two-day tournament will conclude on August 7. Altogether, a number of 60 students from different schools in Mokokchung are taking part in the tournament.

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