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NIC holds hearing on furnishing of HPC report KohIMa, July 23 (MexN): The Nagaland Information Commission (NIC) held a hearing on the Public Information Office (PIO) of the Home Department, Government of Nagaland, for not furnishing the “full and final” report of the High Powered Committee on Illegal and Multiple Taxation on July 16. The NIC has reportedly decided to reserve its decision “for further clarification” in the next hearing, which, it said, will be notified later. This was informed by the Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) that attended the said hearing called by NIC in Kohima in connection with a complaint lodged by NPRAAF against the PIO Home Department for not furnishing the said details. Officials from the Home Department, Political Branch, were also present during the hearing, the NPRAAF informed today in a press release from its Information & Publicity Cell. “The issue of illegal and multiple/unabated taxation being of high public importance outweighing any harm to the protected interests of the state government as well as the NIC,” stated the NPRAAF, appealing the NIC to “fix date for the next hearing at the earliest in the interest of justice.”
An elderly woman from Khonoma Village is seen wielding an axe to chop firewood on an early morning. Here at Khonoma under Kohima district, women are sustainers of the economy and they assume most of the responsibilities by taking care of their families, providing food on the table and doing most of the manual chores. (Morung Photo)
Assam cM and naga Hoho pledge to work for peaceful coexistence DIMaPur July 23 (MexN): “Dialogue and not disengagement is a an answer to the burgeoning distrust among the people living along the Assam-Nagaland boundary,” observed Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who pledged with Naga Hoho for peaceful coexistence of the people of the two neighbouring states notwithstanding the long standing unresolved boundary disputes. Meeting a delegation of Naga Hoho, the apex body of all tribal communities of Nagaland on Friday evening in the city, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal endorsed the idea of having constant interaction among the people of the two states living along the boundary for their peaceful coexistence, a press statement issued from the Chief Ministers’
Office, Janasanyog, Assam stated. Sonowal also emphasised on a proper platform where outstanding issues confronting both the states can be discussed in a congenial atmosphere and found a way out for their solution. Asserting the need for frequent sporting and cultural exchanges between people of the two states, Sonowal called for a “collective will” for normalising the situation prevailing along the border areas of Assam and Nagaland. He also urged the people living in both sides of the of Assam-Nagaland border to maintain peace and harmony and thwart all nefarious designs of the anti-social elements who have been trying to blow the small incidents to a large inter-state confrontations. The six member Naga Hoho delegation was led by President of Hoho
P. Chuba Ozukum. The convenors of the civil society initiative senior journalists Samudra Gupta Kashyap and Mrinal Talukdar were also present at the meeting. The Naga Hoho invited Sonowal to Nagaland, which he had accepted in principle. It may be mentioned that the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Axom Sahitya Sabha also took keen interests in the process with AASU actively associating itself with cultural and sporting activities in border areas while Sabha has activated its oldest branch in Kohima. The Naga Hoho President P. Chuba Ozukum also called for peaceful coexistence and increased civil society interactions to ease out the differences and misunderstanding, the press statement added.
Education, finance, political: 3 ways to empowerment
Kavita Acharya speaks on women’s empowerment Our Correspondent Kohima | July 23
Kavita Acharya, First Lady of Nagaland State (wife of the Governor), today said that there are three ways to empower women. The first is education empowerment followed by financial and political empowerment. “Some of us send our boys to school and not the girls, because of our mindset. Beti Bachao, Beti Badhao, a central government project is very important and gives equal importance to boys and girls,” she said, while addressing an interactive session on ‘Skill development and empowerment of tribal women (Nagaland)’ organized by a Mumbai based NGO, Bharatiya Stree Shakti, here at Hotel Cimorb. Acharya said today’s gathering was basically to discuss on how to empower women of Nagaland. She said that to strengthen the so-
ciety and nation, both boys and girls, men and women should march together. “That is why girls should be sent to school. This is education empowerment,” she said. Regarding financial empowerment, she said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a “magical project” Jan Dhan Yojana, which gives the right to open a bank account, without a single naya paisa deposit, to everybody. “It gives you one lakh free insurance, ten thousand loan facility to start any small business,” she said, adding that Modi also started Mudra Bank for those who required more money. “This gives financial empowerment,” said the First Lady of Nagaland. On political empowerment, she said, the central government has amended the Constitution and 1/3 seats are reserved for women in municipal and district Jilla Parishad elections. “Let us come together and empower ourselves. We are second to none. Men and women are equal,” she said. She also challenged one and all to make Nagaland “Golden Nagaland.” Trustee of Bharatiya Stree Shakti,
ASU releases ‘Students Code’
KohIMa, July 23 (MexN): The Angami Students’ Union (ASU) has issued a ‘Students Code’ for the “well being” of the daily affairs of students. In a detailed list of codes, the ASU asserted that students in uniform indulging in “immoral activities” or found in cyber cafes, alcohol joints, found taking other intoxicants, or indulging in gang wars, or found disrespecting their teachers will be met with stern action by the Union. The Students Code was released by Visako Rino, General Secretary of the ASU and Zekuseto Natso, Vice President. The ASU also reaf-
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firmed a standing resolution that “usage of Govt. vehicles for dropping and picking up of students from schools is strongly discouraged.” In a bid to check rising and unfair profit making through the education system, the ASU stated that “Some private colleges, schools and hostels are managed by individuals for profit and business leading to astronomical rates of fees with little or no facilities. Coupled with that, imposition of fines against failed subjects and absentees are prevalent. Therefore, it is strongly cautioned that such practices in some institutions are very well noted and
necessary action will be initiated.” It also made public the tuition and private tuition fee rates that have to be applied to the Angami jurisdiction. Further, it also notified the public that any harassment of students shall not be tolerated. Concession for students on public transport, it stated, should also be strictly adhered to. It also strictly prohibited the sale of tobacco products in and around educational institutions. The ASU has sought the cooperation and support of everyone in the Angami jurisdiction to apply the said codes. Full text on page 5
Mumbai, Sushri Geeta Gunde, called upon women to know their power and realize their strength. She also emphasized on the need for health, educational and economic empowerment of women. She said women should be empowered not only for themselves but for the betterment of all – the society and nation. She challenged women to come together, think together and act together. Dr. Medonuo Pienyü, Associate Professor (Sociology), St. Joseph’s College Jakhama, said tribal women of Nagaland have all the qualities and are second to none. She however said that despite the government giving legal protection to women, most of women are not well aware of their rights. Nagaland co-ordinator for BSS Tasile Zeliang chaired the programme while North East Co-ordinator BSS Sunita delivered welcome address. Later, SBI Kohima main branch made special arrangement for women for enrolling/opening bank accounts under the Jan Dhan Yojana & Pradan Matri Suraksha Bima Yojana.
New DelhI, July 23 (PTI): Warning black money holders of stringent action including imprisonment after September 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said those with undisclosed wealth, most of which is parked in jewellery and real estate, should come clean to sleep peacefully. At a function jewellers organised to felicitate him, Modi said he is aware of people going to bullion merchants with “cartload” of money and a message has to be delivered to them to come clean using the one-time compliance window closing on September 30. Stating that people have been jailed in the past for evading taxes, he said the government should not be forced to resort to the same after September 30. “Aur us paap ko karna nahi chahata hu jo September 30 ko mujhe karna padega (I do not want to commit the sin which I will have to do after September 30 against black money holders),” he said. Under the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) which opened on June 1, black money holders can come clean by declaring the assets by September 30 and paying tax and penalty of 45 per thereafter. Those who fail to take advantage of the scheme will have to face stringent actions, including imprisonment. The Income Tax department has already identified 90 lakh high value transactions without PAN. As part of the scrutiny, the department will initially issue 7 lakh letters to those who have indulged in such transactions seeking their details.
Government aware of black money sources, says Jaitley
BeNgaluru, July 23 (IaNS): Reminding tax evaders of the Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS) to come clean and pay up by September 30, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the government was well aware of the sectors that generated black money. “Everybody, including the tax department, is aware of the sectors in which unaccounted money is generated. But it would be an unpleasant duty for any state to start the process of big brother watching,” Jaitley said at a seminar on the IDS 2016 here. Hinting that non-payment of direct taxes would be detected in the near future, he said all those who earn must pay taxes, which are reasonable in India when compared to the rates in other countries. “Keeping a watch on transactions of citizens is not a happy thing to do for a government, which has to trust its people in complying with tax laws,” Jaitley said. Advising people to avail of the scheme and come clean on their unaccounted wealth, he said it was a good opportunity for clearing up the past and live without worry. Referring to the ambitious plan to mobilise idle gold lying with households and temples, the Prime Minister said that since jewellery is used only 2-5 times in a year by holders, it is better loaned to the government for boosting economy. “Unfortunately gold is linked to social status in India. …It remains locked as dead money… You can deposit it with the government and take it out when needed. This will boost the country’s economy,” Modi said. As per an estimate, about 20,000 tonne of gold is lying with households and temples across the country. Referring to the excise duty levied on jewellery, which had led to widespread protest by jewellers, Modi said both sides entered into a dialogue to resolve the matter. “I know where I have
come. You people have forced governments to roll back decisions. “(Following dialogues) it is good that excise duty also remained as well as issues were resolved. We have ended the atmosphere of fear (tax raids),” he said. Modi said he has already ordered officials to consider citizens as partners in nation building and not to view taxpayers as evaders. He further said jewellery market all over the world is growing and handmade, manual jewellery is something that is becoming very popular. “Look beyond the domestic market. Yes, it is big and lucrative, but look at the global market too,” he said. Modi also rejected the demand of the industry for a separate ministry of gems and jewellery, saying the Prime Minister himself is for the development of the sector.
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Med camp at Aoyimti Zeliangrong Baudi Kohima 6th General Session conducted successfully Our Correspondent Kohima | July 23
People thronging the medical camp which was organised at Aoyimti, Dimapur on July 23. (Photo credit: Manen Aier) Morung Express News
response with more than 700 people turning out. The camp was initiated by the A medical camp held at Longchen Development Aoyimti, Dimapur on July Welfare Society (LDWS) 23 received enthusiastic aided by the HQ 3 Corps, Dimapur | July 23
Rangapahar; HQ 6 Sector, Assam Rifles and the 32 Assam Rifles. According to the LDWS, the camp was organised for the benefit of Aoyimti
village, particularly the elderly and the children. The medical team was led by the Chief Medical Officer of the 32 AR, Lt. Col. (Dr.) Rajesh Kumar with specialists from the District Hospital, Dimapur assisting. Nurses from the SubCentre, Aoyimti also assisted the nurses from the AR. The LDWS later informed that a total of 387 people were treated while prescription drugs, supplied by the AR, were handed away to the patients free of cost. While lauding the 32 AR, HQ 3 Corps, HQ 6 Sector and the medical personnel, the LDWS said that CSD outlet was opened for the benefit of the villagers while the 32 AR served lunch to those who attended. Commander, HQ 6 Sector, AR, Brig. Brijesh Dhiman also attended the camp and interacted with the villagers.
The Zeliangrong Baudi Kohima (ZBK) today held its 6th general session here at D. Block Panchayat Hall under its motto “Unity towards greater heights.” Angau I. Thou, IAS, secretary tourism and P&AR, Government of Nagaland graced the session as the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Thou called upon the community to stay united, adding that until unless we are united we can never climb to greater height. Urging the Zeliangrong community to be a good citizen, she said “We should be an asset and not a liability to the society.” The spirit of oneness has to come, she said and urged upon the Zeliangrong community to continue to live as one. Urging the students to compete with the competitive world, she encouraged them to work with sincerity and dedication. Stating that it not a sleeping time
Angau I. Thou addressing 6th general session of the Zeliangrong Baudi Kohima on July 23. (Morung Photo)
now, she said that if others are running then we have to fly to join the race of the competitive world. If you want to have a good life, you have to sacrifice and go for competitive exams, she said. Thou also said the tag of laziness should no longer be there in the mind of the students. She also urged upon the parents to encourage their children to be attentive in their studies and excel in their respec-
tive fields. ZBK president Kairinpibou Chawang challenged the Zeliangrong community to stand together and contribute for the upliftment of the society and move forward to a greater and higher prospect. He also challenged the learned and intellects to think and act. “We need a think tank leaders for our Zeliangrong unity,” he said. On his re-induction
as president of ZBK for tenure, he sought the cooperation and support from the members to carry forward various activities for the welfare of the community. Meanwhile, a new office bearer of ZBK for the tenure 2016-18 was also announced during the session. Installation of new office bearers was done by Haisuing Haikam. The session was chaired by Pagai Ndang while Rajenlung Kamei proposed vote of thanks. The new team comprises of President Kairinpibou Chawang; Vice president Abuan Kamei; General Secretary Kenlum Hemang; Joint secretary Pagai Ndang; Information & Publicity Secretary Riimakbo Newmai; Social & Cultural Secretary Thunbui; Treasurer Achana Kamei. Executive members: All the three council president of Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei including D.S. Namrei and Keheipeu Sephe. Auditor: Chaleu Zeliang, Rakalung Kamei and Mitwatei Haibwang.
Salesian College conducts outreach prog Mothers from Kuda Village learn computer basics
Dimapur, July 23 (mExN): ELLIDE Computer has started a new extension center at Nagarjan (Kuda Village) in association with Kuda Village Level Self Help Group. The first batch got started with around 30 mothers. The initiative was taken after mothers from Kuda Village showed interest in learning basic of computers. As ELLIDE being already Mothers from Kuda Village learning basic of computers at ELLIDE computer new extension center at Nagarjan. in the mission to spread Digital Literacy across Nagaland center. Vimeno Liegise, Cen- to see the response of moth- Computers have asked lidecomputers@yahoo. interested village SHG or com for establishing such took it as a starting point of tre Head of the Kuda Village ers to be Digital Literate. Meanwhile ELLIDE council to send mail to el- centers. establishing such extension Training Centre was happy
Bosco Club of Salesian College of Higher Education at the St. Joseph Children’s Home during the one-day outreach programme held on July 23.
Dimapur, July 23 (mExN): The Bosco Club of Salesian College of Higher Education organised a one-day outreach programme at St. Joseph Children’s Home, Burma Camp Dimapur on July 23. The Bosco Club consisting of 18 members along with Assistant Professor, Br. Dominic Ralte, animated the inmates of St. Joseph Children’s Home with a variety of entertainment and motivating items. The programme began at 10:00 am with sessions on gratitude,
obedience and love conducted by the students. The Children’s home houses around 50 orphans of different age groups and different tribes. Currently they are taken care of by two priests and three nuns. The animation programme also included party games, sing-songs and short motivational talks. Emphasis was given on moral lessons on abuse of drugs and alcohol. The programme concluded with a short prayer service in which the children are made aware
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that they are truly loved by their heavenly Father. The proprietor, Fr Manoj expressed his gratitude towards the students for bringing great cheer and joy for their children and told them that they are most welcome at any time. A press release stated that the purpose of the outreach programme is to show solidarity towards the less privileged section of the society and give the message that they are equally important, talented and important in the society.
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Group Captain Sanjay Gaekwad, Principal Sainik School Punglwa giving away the trophy to the winning house.
p E r E N, J u ly 2 3 (mExN): Sainik School Punglwa (SSP) successfully culminated the celebration of English Literary Week, which is one of its important annual co-curricular activities. The main objective of this week was to develop and refine the communication skills of the cadets. As part of the event various inter-house competitions in English Language were conducted for various classes. A press release from the school stated that the competitions were conducted from July 18 to 22 under various categories such as
Calligraphy for class VI, Poetry Recitation for class VII, Essay Writing for class VIII, Speech for class IX and Debate for classes X and XI. For lower classes competition was held class wise in Calligraphy and Poetry recitation. However, in Essay writing, speech and debate the cadets of six houses competed for the top spot. The event culminated with a debate on the topic; ‘Social Media corrupts young minds’. The chief guest of the event was Group Captain Sanjay Gaekwad, Principal, Sainik School Punglwa. After an enthralling competition, Japfu House
Dimapur, July 23 (mExN): Z Nzanmongi Ngullie, Asst Professor of Tourism Department, St. Joseph College Jakhama presented a paper on ‘Prospect of eco tourism in Nagaland’ in the 4th International Conference on Social Science Research 2016 (ICSSR 2016) held at Kaula Lampur Malaysia on July 18 and 19. A press note stated that Nzanmongi represented India during the conference which was attended by several researchers from all around the world. This was her first research paper and it aimed at the prospect of eco-tourism in Nagaland. It highlighted the implications and insights on human impact on environment so as
to foster a greater appreciation of our natural habitat. It also explored the different responsible of eco-tourism programmes and ways to minimize the negative aspects of conventional tourism on the environment and seek to develop a sustainable model that will promote energy efficient, economic opportunities and enhancing bio-cultural diversity. The paper also highlighted the possibilities of local capacity building and empowering local communities to fight poverty and achieve sustainable development will be explored and successful models will be studied to develop models suitable to the Nagaland conditions.
emerged as the Champion of the Inter-House English Literary Competition 201617. The position obtained in the Inter House English Literary Week is also added to claim the most coveted Cock House Trophy given to the best house of the year. ‘For’ the motion, Cdt Tekapong Longkumer of Doyang House and Cdt Talimayang Amer of Tizu House were adjudged first and second respectively while ‘Against’ the motion, Cdt Tokhou Humtsoe from Patkai House and Cdt Tazo Gyati from Japfu House Z Nzanmongi Ngullie receives certificate during the participawere adjudged first and tion in the 4th International Conference on Social Science Resecond. search 2016 (ICSSR 2016) held at Kaula Lampur Malaysia.
10th NI Jamir Academic Excellence Award 2018 Recipients of 10th Ni Jamir Academic Excellence Award Tongpangtangla (Changtongya) - 10th Rank Limasangla Walling (Khar) - 13th Rank Subolemla Pongener (Aliba) - 14h Rank Pangerremla (Changdang) - 15th Rank Arenjungla Pongen (Chuchuyimlang) - 16th Rank Nungsangmanen Longkumer (Longsa) – 19th Rank Alemzungba Jamir (Sungratsu) - 20th Rank
Late. S. MERENCHIBA JAMIR
We the bereaved family members of our beloved Late. S. MERENCHIBA JAMIR, (LONGSA), Retd. Registrar, Cooperative Society, who left for his heavenly abode would like to extend our heartfelt, sincere gratitude and thanks to each and everyone who stood by and supported us in every way. May our good Lord bless you all abundantly. "Words are few but our hearts are full, you were a man who truly lived, God gave you the best and you walked in His word. You will be forever loved and cherished, beyond time and space. See you again in heaven." Loving Wife, Children, grand children and relatives.
Recipients of 10th N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award 2016 and others in Kohima on July 23. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent today at Molu Ki, Kohima. hard work, self-belief, conKohima | July 23
The prestigious 10th NI Jamir Academic Excellence Award 2016 was conferred to seven HSLC examination 2016 toppers (Top 20) from Ao community here
The programme was organized by Ongpangkong Telongjem Kohima (OTK). Guest speaker I. Meyionen, director & DIGP, vigilance & anti-corruption, Nagaland urged the students to be outstanding through
fidence and clear vision. Meyionen further congratulated the recipients of the award while lauding the family of N.I Jamir for instituting the award. He gave away the award to the recipients which carried Rs. 10,000
each along with certificates. Speaking on behalf N.I Jamir’s family, adviser to Chief Minister, Merentoshi R. Jamir urged youngsters to give back to the society and awardees to be responsible by setting an example. Pointing out that government job has reached saturation point, he advised the gathering to venture into entrepreneurship, business and private sector, as an option for employment. The adviser also asked to avail op-
portunity for business and entrepreneurship offered by government. He also underlined that education is not only studying but also to inculcate work culture. Er. Talituba Sanglir, president Kohima Ao Telongjem also exhorted the gathering. The programme was chaired by OTK president N. Abong Pongener while vote of thanks was proposed by OTK general secretary Panger Atsongchanger.
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Two killed, over 5 lakh remain affected in Assam floods Guwahati, July 23 (iaNS): Two people were killed in Assam on Saturday even as the overall flood situation remained grim in the state with over five lakh people being affected in 13 districts and more areas were inundated by surging waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ADSMA) officials said that as of Saturday evening, 5,02,813 people in 1,039 villages in Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Morigaon, Jorhat, Dhemaji, Sivsagar, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Nagaon, Dhubri, Dibrugarh and Chirang districts were affected. Two people were killed due to floods in Lakhimpur and Morigaon on Saturday, the officials said. Earlier this year four people were killed due to floods in different districts, taking the toll to six this year. "Over 70 relief camps have been opened by the districts administra-
tions in eight worst-affected districts housing 21,549 people till Saturday," the officials said adding that the National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Rescue Force (SDRF) forces have deployed over 40 boats to carry out relief work and rescue marooned people. The ASDMA officials said that the Indian Army had also been pressed into service to help the marooned people in different flood-affected areas. A total of 46,480.24 hectares of cropland have been submerged by flood waters in past few days, the officials said, adding the Dibru Choikhowa national park and Pabitora wildlife sanctuary have also been inundated. The Assam government has suspended ferry service in many areas of the state including between Sadiya and Dhala, due to increasing water level in Brahmaputra, thus snapping communication network in many A Vehicle wades through the water logged National Highway after heavy rainfall at Jorabhat in Kamrup District of Assam on Wednesday. (PTI Photo) places.
Flood situation grim in Arunachal itaNaGar, July 23 (Pti): The flood situation remained grim in Arunachal Pradesh with several overflowing rivers submerging fresh areas in the state today. The rising Noa-Dehing river has submerged entire Lekang circle under Namsai district and affected Piyong circle, Namsai Township and its adjoining villages, a report of the Water Resources Department said. The water level of Jengthu River is also increasing rapidly and has affected Mukron, Chessing Nongtaw, Jenglai and Wagon-IV villages. The Lohit, Kamlang, Berreng and Tengapani rivers are overflowing and have resulted in heavy erosion in both banks of the rivers. The district administration has adopted all contingency plans to mitigate the sufferings of the people, Namsai district DC R K Sharma said. In Changlang district, several low lying areas at Diyun circle and Jairampur sub-division remained submerged in flood water. A report from East Siang district said that torrential rain has thrown life out of gear in many parts of Pasighat as heavy downpour in the past week has submerged different parts of the township. Meanwhile, Tezu, the district headquarters remained cut off from the rest of the state as the administration suspended ferry services at Alubari ghat due to high spate of the Lohit river. Chief Minister Pema Khandu has directed respective legislators of Tezu, Namsai and Jairampur to monitor the flood situation and supervise relief measures.
New India-B'desh railway project to start on July 31 aGartala, July 23 (iaNS): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will lay the foundation stone for a new IndiaBangladesh railway project and flag-off the Agartala to New Delhi passenger train service on July 31, a Tripura minister said here on Saturday. Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey, giving the information, said the India-Bangladesh train would run from Agartala (India) to Akhaura (Bangladesh). The Agartala-New Delhi passenger train service will run on the newly-laid broad gauge line, he said. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi might flag off New Delhi-Agartala passenger train service on the same day from the national capital," Dey told IANS. Three Tripura Members of Parliament - Jitendra Chowdhury, Sankar Prasad Datta (Lok Sabha) and Jharna Das Baidya
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Makhel Village refute ADC member’s denial
DimaPur, July 23 (mExN): Reacting to the Tadubi ADC member’s denial of being involved in preventing a Shaktiman vehicle from proceeding to Makhel Village and also assaulting the driver, the Makhel village authority has in a rebuttal termed the denial a “blatant lie”. According to a press release from the village authority, there were people around during the time of the incident witnessing the whole happenings and the allegations is “fully authentic, accurate and very much genuine”. The village authority further regretted the ADC member’s role in vitiating the relationship between villagers “by his provocative and abusive words”.
Rhino carcass found in Kaziranga KaziraNGa, July 23 (Pti): The carcass of an adult male rhino with its horn intact was found today in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam, an official said. People from the nearby Japoripathar village noticed the carcass floating on the Diphloo river near Mikirjan forest camp of the Park's Kohora range. KNP officials and veterinarians examined the body and said that it was a case of natural death, the official said. The horn of the rhino was recovered by the forest officials for safe-keeping.
‘Over 1000 migrants issued work permit in Manipur’ imPhal, July 23 (NNN): The Labour Department, Government of Manipur has issued licenses or work permits to over a thousand migrant workers who have been brought in by various companies/agencies and contractors both from the state as well as from outside the state, informed E Tomba Singh, Deputy Labour Commissioner today during a press conference. The Labour Department started issuing licenses to migrant workers with a "renewed vigour" from 2014 onwards especially in the wake of a very strong movement for the implementation of Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Manipur.
(Rajya Sabha) - on Friday met Prabhu in New Delhi and discussed the India-Bangladesh railway project and Agartala-New Delhi passenger train services. The Prime Minister, who attended the plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Shillong in May, was scheduled to inaugurate both through remote control. However, the programme was deferred as the arterial railway line was disrupted due to heavy rain and landslides in Dima Hasao district in south Assam. The Rs 968 crore Agartala-Akhaura railway project was finalised in January 2010 when Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during her visit to New Delhi. Following the Tripura government's persistent persuasion and intervention by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the DoNER (Development of North Eastern
Region) ministry has agreed to provide Rs 580 crore for the new railway project, Dey said. The DoNER ministry recently released Rs 150 crore to start the necessary work for acquisition of 67 acres of land for the project, he said. The minister said the 15 km (5 km on Indian side and 10 km on Bangladesh side) long Agartala-Akhaura railway project would provide a major boost to the development and economy of the north-eastern region of India and eastern Bangladesh. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has done the preliminary work for the project. India's External Affairs Ministry would provide the necessary funds for the Bangladesh portion of the Agartala to Akhaura rail project. The DoNER ministry's funds would be spent for the Indian portion of the project, the minister said. The 1,650-km distance between Agar-
India-Bangla border will be secured: Assam CM Guwahati, July 23 (iaNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said the state and central governments have taken strong measures to seal the India-Bangladesh border and added that the international border in Assam will be sealed in line with Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan. Addressing a meeting at the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) in Guwahati, Sonowal said the government had taken steps to stop cross-border infiltration and illegal trade by sealing the international border. "Both the Centre and the state government have also decided to seal the 70
km of riverine border between the two countries in Dhubri, Mankachar and Karimganj districts by erecting electric barbed wire and use latest technology," he added. Reiterating that it is important to secure the eastern borders of the country, Sonowal said the people of India will be safe only if its borders are secure. Admitting that there is pressure from illegal infiltrators in Assam, the Chief Minister further said that detection and deportation of each of the illegal migrants is imperative to secure the lives of genuine Indians. "The works are on in full swing to upgrade the Na-
tional Register of Citizens (NRC), which will help in securing the lives of each of legal Indian citizens of the country," he said adding that the state government is committed to fulfil the aspirations of the people of the state. To a question, the Chief Minister said he will consider the issue of availing Z-plus category security but would not do anything that might create problems for the people. Sonowal has been refusing to avail Z-plus security cover as it causes problems for the people by way of traffic congestion during the movement of the Chief Minister and his cavalcade.
tala and Kolkata would be reduced to only 550 km once the new rail track is linked through Bangladesh. Currently, India and Bangladesh have four rail links with West Bengal. The railway line from Guwahati passes through Lumding in Nagaon district in central Assam and southern Assam connecting land-locked Agartala, parts of Manipur and Mizoram with the rest of India. The Guwahati-Silchar railway line is the lifeline for southern Assam comprising four districts - Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dima Hasao, known as Barak Valley and the mountainous states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur. These states are heavily dependent on this railway line for supply of foodgrains, fertilisers, petroleum products, construction material and other commodities besides ferrying passengers.
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NOTIFICATION Applications are invited from indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland having valid JEE Main-2016 ranking to fill up state reserved seats in undergraduate courses at School of Engineering Technology and Management (SETAM), Dimapur under Nagaland University for the session 2016-17 through SPOT ROUND counseling, to be held on 27th July 2016 In the conference hall of the Directorate of Technical Education Nagaland in the following Bachelor of Technology courses. 1. Agriculture Engineering & Technology. 2. Biotechnology. 3. Computer Science and Engineering. 4. Information Technology 5. Electronics & Communication Engineering. Number of Seats available= 6 (Six) in each course. Eligibility criteria for admission as per Nagaland University is: 1. Candidates seeking admission to any of the above discipline should secure in aggregate the minimum of 50% marks for General category and 45% marks in case of SC/ST category along with the criteria given below: a. Candidates who have passed 10+2 examination or its equivalent from any recognized Central/State Board of Higher Secondary Education with physics and mathematics as compulsory subjects and with any one of the following subjects: - Chemistry/Biotechnology/Computer Science/ Biology are eligible for admission. b. Candidates seeking admission in Biotechnology must have passed PCBM (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics) at 10+ 2 examination. Note: Applications will be accepted till 12:00 noon and counseling will start at 2:00 p.m on 27th July 2016. (ER. ARJUN SINGH), Director
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Donuts in flight in first US- Pokemon Go beats Facebook app in daily usage approved drone delivery Washington, July 23 (aFP): With a chicken sandwich, hot coffee and donuts, aviation history has been made. These were among the items in the first drone delivery on US soil approved by aviation officials, made by convenience retailer 7-Eleven and the drone startup Flirtey. The delivery took place yesterday in Reno, Nevada, with the items loaded into a special box for hot and cold food and flown to a local family. "We're absolutely thrilled to have 7-Eleven, the largest convenience chain in the world, embracing new technologies and working with us at Flirtey to make drone delivery a reality for customers all over the world," said Flirtey chief executive Matt Sweeny. "This is just the first step in our collaboration with 7-Eleven. Flirtey's historic drone deliveries to date have been stepping stones distant future where we to store-to-home drone are delivering you convedelivery, and today is a gi- nience on demand." Others include US onant leap toward a not-too-
line giant Amazon are also working on drone deliver, but this was the first in what could become a broader
trend. Flirtey is also working with drones to deliver relief supplies as part of humanitarian missions around the world. But it also hopes to expand its partnership with 7-Eleven for convenience deliveries. Yesterday's delivery also included store candy and its Slurpee iced drinks. "Drone delivery is the ultimate convenience for our customers and these efforts create enormous opportunities to redefine convenience," said Jesus Delgado-Jenkins, the retailer's chief marketing officer. "This delivery marks the first time a retailer has worked with a drone delivery company to transport immediate consumables from store to home. In the future, we plan to make the entire assortment in our stores available for delivery to customers in minutes." The Federal Aviation Administration this year updated rules allowing for some commercial drone operations in US airspace.
IRCTC to host passenger Nokia set to make a comeback July 23 split-screen modes, eninsurance, unreserved ticketing Manila, (ians): Finnish telecom- hanced notifications and MuMbai, July 23 (agencies): Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation on Friday said it is launching a host of initiatives, including passenger insurance and unreserved ticketing. "We are going to start passenger insurance soon and have already issued letter of award. We have short-listed three companies. The insurance would cost less than Rs. 2 per trip for a sum insured of Rs. 10 lakh," Arun Kumar Manocha, Chairman and Managing director of IRCTC, said in Mumbai. The public-sector undertaking of the Railways, which handles catering, tourism and Internet ticketing activities, on Friday also partnered with the State Bank of India to enable digital payments through the SBI's mobile wallet Buddy. The company is also working together to explore other areas of railway ticketing activities, Manocha said. "We are planning to
enter unreserved ticketing system; it would be available in a few months time," he said. Manocha said IRCTC is improving its Android app to make refund process of eticket cancellation simpler. The company is working with several institutions, including Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, and Institute of Hotel Management, Catering & Nutrition, Pusa just to provide upgraded services, he said. IRCTC is planning to launch its own e-wallet in a renewed form, he added. "The failure for card payment is only 2-3 percent because of the pathway issues. We are hoping to launch e-wallet in the renewed form. It will be made free for the first three months. Currently it is linked to the PAN card and it will also be linked to the Aadhaar card soon." He said they have started the process for e-wallet which should be launched by Dussehera or Diwali (in October).
munications giant Nokia is all set to make a smartphone comeback with two new Android 7.0 Nougat devices by the end of this year, a media report said on Saturday. The two unnamed devices will have premium metal designs complete with IP68 certification, which means they will be as water resistant as Samsung's Galaxy S7, The Inquirer reported. The smartphones may come up with 5.2-inch and 5.5-inch QHD screens, along with fingerprint scanner and "innovations" in the camera, the report noted. Both the smartphones are expected to feature
improved gaming thanks to support for the Vulkan API and could bring "elements of touch and hover interaction", hinting 3D Touch-like technology. The struggling company revealed in May that it licensed Finlandbased HMD to produce Nokia branded mobile phones and tablets. After acquiring Nokia's phone business for $7.2 billion two years ago, Microsoft wrote off $7.6 billion last year and cut 7,800 jobs to refocus its phone efforts. Microsoft's Lumia and Windows Phone strategy has failed as both sales and Windows Phone market share have declined since the tech giant's mobile restructuring last year.
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Developed by Andrew Jiang and his team at Andromium, the Superbook provides a large screen, keyboard and multi-touch trackpad, more than eight hours of battery and phone-charging capabilities. When plugged into Android smartphone, it launches an app to deliver the full laptop experience. According to Andrew, the app is essentially Android Continuum that lets you work seamlessly -- going from phone to notebook. "With the Superbook, you can do everything you can do on a laptop - and more. With desktop-class browsing, access to office applications, games, and even programming, the opportunities are limitless," Andromium said in its project description on Kickstarter.
neW Delhi, July 23 (the hinDu): The Centre is considering special incentives for States that take the lead in embracing the Aadhaar-based direct benefit transfer platform for delivering subsidies to the poor and succeed in saving taxpayer money by eliminating leakages. So far, the government has transferred Rs.1.02 lakh crore under 74 central schemes to about 30 crore beneficiaries through the direct benefit transfer or DBT system, resulting in huge savings, Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. “We have been able to save Rs.36,500 crore of State and Central government funds that was sought to be pilfered or taken away by those that were not entitled for it. If we could do this in the past two years, how many more thousands of crore would we save if we go for DBT in a big way?” Mr. Prasad asked, urging state governments to play a pro-active role. Detect fraud Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha said that the DBT regime has helped detect fraud and yielded significant savings for the exchequer, but needs to be scaled up across the country to realise its true potential. “A co-ordinated approach is needed be-
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tween the Centre and the States to enable smooth transition of all schemes to DBT. The government is considering special incentives for those states that have done good work in terms of eliminating leakages and maximising savings through the use of Aadhaar-based DBT across schemes,” Mr. Sinha said. “Thus, a good part of the savings accruing from DBT implementation would be shared with the States.” The cabinet secretary, who has also written to State Chief Secretaries to adopt the DBT regime following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s request on the same lines to Chief Ministers at the recent Inter State Council Meeting, said that the DBT framework has led to increased public trust in government schemes and enhanced transparency and accountability. The law and IT minister asked State officials to champion the cause with their political bosses, and pointed out that even though the BJP had questioned the Aadhaar project
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suggested that the casualty may be more for other android-based apps as the Pokemon Go was recently launched in Japan also. The data from the iOS users will also be interesting to look out for. “The takeaway? We’re spending 4.1% more time on our smartphones since Pokémon GO was released, but it’s at the expense of apps like YouTube and Snapchat. Spending two minutes less per day in popular apps like that may seem inconsequential, but
projected outward, globally, across both iOS and Android — and taking into account that Pokémon GO just launched in Japan — that could mean considerable advertising revenue is being lost. And I’m sure these apps aren’t the only casualties,” said the Forbes report. Earlier, Apple told TechCrunch that Pokemon GO has the most firstweek downloads since Apple launched their iOS app store eight years ago creating a record.
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Now, carry your office in your pocket neW york, July 23 (ians): A US-based startup has launched a smart laptop shell that turns your Android smartphone into a complete laptop -- making it more convenient and affordable for people in developing countries like India and South Africa to carry their office in their pocket, literally. The shell, called Superbook by Andromium Inc., makes an Android smartphone output look very much like a desktop environment. It is essentially a "dumb terminal"-- a notebook without a processor but with a keyboard, battery, trackpad and display, TreeHugger reported on Saturday. Andromium launched this ambitious product on Kickstarter -- a website "designed to bring creative projects to life" -- and is available at $99.
The report said that a user spent an average 75 minutes playing the Pokemon Go than 35 minute of Facebook app. Also, after the launch of Pokemon Go, the daily use of YouTube and Snapchat app dropped by 9 and 18 per cent respectively, as per 7Park data. But what could be a cheer for Facebook, the daily time spent on Facebook has gone up by 2 per cent from 33 to 35 since the launch of Pokemon Go. The Forbes report
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during the Lok Sabha election campaign, it has embraced it after coming into power and taking a pragmatic look at its utility. “I always say there are politicians with an open mind if they are told what is right and wrong. Let me tell you, a lot of my friends in the party were sceptics about Aadhaar in their campaigning,” Mr. Prasad said. “Obviously, the PM is always open to new ideas and he could appreciate and realise the gamechanging potential of the Aadhar platform and the rest is history. How fast we have rolled it out and removed the bottlenecks facing it,” he said, referring to the 100 crore people
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NPMHR founding member Four held for extortion ahu Sakhrie passes away Morung Express News Dimapur | July 23
Kohima, July 23 (mExN): The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) today expressed pain and shock at the sudden demise of Ahu Sakhrie on July 23. He was one of the founding members and 2nd Convenor of the NPMHR. “Ahu was a brilliant human rights member actively involved in and committed towards upliftment of the Nagas all throughout his life,” stated a condolence message issued by Neingulo Krome, Secretary General, NPMHR. “He be-
lieved in protecting universal human dignity, rights and values.” In the Naga struggle for self determination, defending the right to life and free speech and movement was the endeavour of the founding members of NPMHR, and Ahu was one among them who with his powerful oratory skills and dedication was a strong propagator of the Naga cause, the note stated. It further said that his participation in various human rights rallies, workshops and seminars high-
lighting atrocities committed by the Indian Army will be highly regarded and always remembered. “His immense contribution during the most difficult times in the life of the Naga people will be forever etched in the history of the Naga movement for sovereignty.” NPMHR prayed that God will grant solace and comfort to the bereaved family. In a separate condolence note, NSCN (IM) remembered Ahu Sakhrie as one of the visionary leaders amongst Nagas. “True
to his enthusiasm, he was truthful and committed social worker. A down to earth person and well respected by the people, he had actively involved in numerous ways in uplifting the society,” stated the note issued by MIP, NSCN (IM). It further said that when the Nagas were in the “most difficult time and at the darkest period of Human Rights violation marked by tortures and killings,” Ahu was the first person to file the petition in Supreme Court of India against the imposition of Armed Forc-
Road mishap at 6th Mile Morung Express News Dimapur | July 23
A two-wheel rider had a narrow escape on Saturday after meeting with an accident at 6th Mile, NH 29 in Dimapur. According to the Traffic police, the two-wheeler, a scooty, hit a truck. The truck was also in motion when the
accident reportedly occurred. While the actual condition of the person riding the scooty and the cause of the accident could not be ascertained till the time of filing this report, the Traffic police said that the unidentified person sustained injury and was rushed to hospital.
Four persons were arrested in Dimapur today for illegal monetary collection. The four were arrested in two separate incidents at Duncan Basti and Riverbelt colony. According to the West Police Station, two men, stated to be cadres of the GPRN/NSCN were arrested today at around 2:30 pm as they were handing out ‘Information Slips’ (demand chit) to shops lo-
es Special Power Act (AFSPA) and demanded for withdrawal of draconian laws. He worked selflessly for the Nagas in particular and the North East people in general against the human rights violation, NSCN (IM) added. “The Nagas have lost a true leader. The Nation shall at all times bear in mind his incalculable service.” The note conveyed condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that God bless consolations in time of their mourning. Kohima, July 23 (mExN): All Nagaland PWD field Worker’s Association (ANPWDWA) has Annual "Little Makers" Summer requested the Chief MinCamp for ages 4-7 ister of Nagaland for reguwas organized at larization of Work-Charged Stepping Stones (W/C) employees’ service by Eliza Tetseo. “on seniority basis, whose Drawing and painting, games, service length is below 30 movies and stories, years as per 67% quota.” water fun activities, ANPWDWA President, cooking, music and Inakhu Aye in a press removement, and lots of art and craft filled lease stated that as per the the camp. (Photo by office memorandum No. Soreipam Jagoi) AR-3/GEN-201/2009 dated
Kohima, July 23 (mExN): With regard to the Khiamniungan Students' Union Kohima (KSUK) ongoing detailed registration drive of Khiamniungans staying in Kohima particularly with other community as domestic helpers or students, the union has informed those individuals or guardians to get registered by August 31. The detailed information includes details of the individual and guardian/owner along with names, address and contact number. For registration, call/text or message contact@ 9612786644, 9862332408, 7085190807, 9862327475 or 9856680602.
Commuters asked to avoid landslide area in Phek Kohima, July 23 (mExN): The Department of PWD (R&B) has informed that due to incessant rain, heavy landslide has occurred between Lossami junction and Old Phek junction. Restoration work is in progress but commuters plying along the road need to be cautious as the soil is unstable and massive landslide is likely to occur anytime during this rainy season, stated a press release issued by SDO (R&B) Phek, Er Dennis Achumi. Commuters have been advised not ply on the said road and use the alternative route, i.e., Lossami junction to Phek via Layne road.
Kohima, July 23 (mExN): A consultative meeting of the Literature Boards/Committees of 13 recognized languages, namely Rengma, Pochury, Kuki, Zeme, Liangmai, Phom, Kuzha, Sangtam, Chokri, Konyak, Chang, Yimchunger, and Khiamnuingan, was held on July 21 at Zonal Council Hall, Kohima. The meeting led to the formation of Association of Naga Literature Boards (ANLB). A press release from ANLB Joint Secretary, Dr. Z. Venuh informed that the Association will endeavor to take up issues pertaining to development of mother-tongue of all groups and for redress of grievanc-
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Government urged to introduce 13 ‘deprived’ Naga languages in secondary level es of the literature boards/ committees representing the thirteen linguistic/ dialect groups. Among the many agendas discussed, every member present expressed concern on the “apathy and step-motherly treatment” shown by the government in refusing to grant permission for the thirteen languages to be taught and studied at the
secondary level, the release said. The meeting resolved to demand the government to grant permission to introduce the thirteen languages in Class IX & X without delay. The meeting further observed that serious deliberation on the matter needs to be made by the State Legislative Assembly, and to effect necessary legislation so that no linguistic/dialect group is deprived of its right to teach, promote and propagate the mother-tongue. It also resolved to demand the government to create Language-Teachers position for the “deprived” thirteen languages too. The Association further appealed to the general public, leaders and
frontal organizations of the thirteen languages to lend support for the Association to achieve its goals. ANLB was formed with the following officer bearers: President - Dr. D. Kapfo; Vice Presidents - Bangjung Chang & Zerüsie Pochury; General Secretary - S. Keppen Rengma; Jt. Secretaries - Dr. Z. Venuh and Bongshen Phom; Finance Secretary - Vongsathong Yimchunger; Treasurer - Panleu Zeliang; Press & Info. Secretary - L. Chongloi Kuki; Assistant Press & Information Secretary - T. Yangliba Sangtam; Advisors - S. Chonta Khiamnuingan (Legal) & Tingshen Konyak; and Chairman of all literature boards/committees - Executive Members.
BJP requests implementation of projects Dimapur, July 23 (mExN): BJP Nagaland today requested the DAN government to ensure speedy implementation of the two road projects, the proposal for which was submitted by the party to the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in November 2015. A press release from BJP Nagaland General Secretary (Media), Jaangsillung Gonmei informed that BJP Nagaland had submitted an 8-point memorandum to the Union Minister of Road Transports, Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari on November 3, 2015 during his visit to Nagaland. The memo included proposal for the two road projects – Trans-Eastern Highway
(NPGN), NNC (Non Accord)’ were arrested at Riverbelt colony. West PS informed that the duo was in the process of collecting money from shops. They had initially issued ‘Information Slips’ to the shops and had returned to collect the amount stipulated, it was added. They were identified as Ato Tuccu and Tokavi Assumi. Police recovered 5 cash receipts and 2 letter heads allegedly issued by the ‘Transport Kilonser’ of the NPGN.
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cated at Duncan Basti. The two were identified by the police as ‘Under Secretary’ Daniel Chishi (43 years) and ‘Corporal’ Osin Momin, residents of Kushiabil and Padum Pukhuri, respectively. The police confiscated 9 leaflets of ‘Information Slips’ and 25 counter foils of the stated ‘Information Slips’ from the duo. In another similar incident, two men, who were stated to be cadres of the ‘National People’s Government of Nagaland
linking the eastern districts along the international boundary with Myanmar via Mon, Longwa, Pangsha, Awangkhu, Kiphire, and second, the linking of the highway from Dimapur to Pangsha via Zunheboto with the International Trilateral Highway of 1360 Kms from Moreh (Manipur) to Mae Sot (Thailand) via Myanmarese towns and cities of Tamu, Kalewa, Mandalay, Meiktila, Payagyi, Thaton, Kawkareik, Myawaddy, Bagan. The minister, according to the release, assured and subsequently, due attention was paid to fructify the proposals. “However, despite Nitin Gadkari’s commitment to bring about infrastructural
development in the remote region, local issues have become the stumbling block to begin proper implementation of several projects including the Rs. 10,000 crores NH-29 Highways, Flyovers with 28 Kms stretch of highway 29 within Dimapur city limits to be incorporated with Urban planning,” stated the press release. The BJP Nagaland requested the DAN government to expedite the preparation of DPRs and ensure speedy implementation of the two projects, which, it said, will boost international traffic and economic activities and alleviate the economic conditions of particularly the people of the region bordering Myanmar.
Kohima, Match 17, 2015, Sl. No 1 regularization in service, clause (iii), 67% quota for work-charged employee service regularization may be considered basing on seniority basis against the retirement vacancies as many as the W/C employees are to be retired on attending the age of superannuation before attending 30-35 years of service length. Considering the given circumstances, ANPWDWA requested the CM to
fulfill 67% service regularization process by regularizing the W/C employees who have not completed 30 years in service but at the verge of retirement on attaining the age of superannuation (seniority basis). Meanwhile, observing fund misuse, ANPWDWA informed all concerned not to entertain any kind of financial transaction with any central office bearers without the knowledge of the ANPWDWA president.
Meetings & AppointMents RCUN emergency meeting Railway Contractors' Union Nagaland (RCUN) has called an emergency meeting of its members on July 24, 4:00 pm at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur. All concerned members have been informed to attend the meeting.
Round table on bamboo transit & regulatory regime The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in collaboration with Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency is organizing a ‘Round Table on Bamboo Transit and Regulatory Regime in North East India’ on July 26, 9:30 am at Bamboo Resource Centre, 5th Mile, Dimapur. The round table is aimed at creating a platform for all stakeholders to come together and evolve an actionable agenda for streamlining the bamboo access and transfer regime, as also related issues concerning the development of bamboo sector in the North East region. Neichute Doulo, Chairman, CII, Nagaland Council informed in a press release that eminent resource persons from Government of India, CII, Government officials and important entrepreneurs from all the North Eastern states will be addressing the day long programme. All interested persons and stakeholders have been invited to attend the programme.
SDEO Kohima informs Sub-Divisional Education Officer, Kohima, Rokovolhulie Nagi has informed all the regular Graduate Teachers and SSA Graduate Teachers who are appointed up to 2013 to submit their bio-data proof, date of appointment, date of birth, date of graduation, date of B.Ed pass to the Head Assistant on or before July 30 positively.
Sumi Baghi Hoho The Sumi Hoho has convened the Sumi Baghi Hoho (General Meeting) on July 29, 10:00 am at Town Hall, Zunheboto. Therefore, all the executive members, advisors, Sumi frontal organizations, kukamiqo (GBs), VCC, VDB secretaries, CANSSEA Zunheboto, elders and youth have been asked to attend the meeting. Meanwhile, all the Sumi Hoho Executive Members and advisors have been informed that there will be an executive meeting on July 29, 2:00 pm at Sumi Hoho Ki, Zunheboto.
Mental health issues in Nagaland moKoKchuNg, July 23 (mExN): The Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NALSA) in association with Alempang Baptist Church organized a one day workshop and sensitization programme on mental health issues at the Gilgal Hall, Alempang Baptist Church, Mokokchung on July 22. It was well attended by the Church members, Church youth group, NGOs, representatives from social organizations, representatives of various Nodal departments and stakeholders. The workshop specially focused on understanding, identifying and discussing the real issues and aspects of the mental health situation in Nagaland and to draw out a Plan of Action for Nagaland on Mental Health-Group Activity, according to a press release received here. NALSA (Legal Services to the Mentally Ill and Mentally Disabled Persons) Scheme, 2015 and
its various provisions and aspects of the scheme were presented by Nino Iralu, Member Secretary, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (Department of Law & Justice). Iralu stated that the various nodal departments/agencies and government departments need to coordinate and collaborate for proper implementation and visibility of the scheme to the masses. Dr. Yanger, District Immunization Officer, Mokokchung and Nodal Officer for the District Mental Health Program presented the status of mental health services in the State. He emphasized on the importance and need to identify persons suffering from mental illness, who are silently kept at home in isolation, so they can be treated with proper care and medication under the District Mental Health Program. Dr. Yanger further expressed concerns over the distribution and status of mental health patients
across the States. The State is yet to conduct a proper survey and research; hence, no clear picture of the mental health patient status could be drawn out as of now, he stated. The District Mental Health Program in Nagaland launched under the National Mental Health Program covers two districts of Dimapur and Mokokchung as pilot districts. In Mokokchung, the mental health care is set up and fully functional and runs with sufficient staff, trained in specialized field. The Program aims for early detection and treatment of mental health patients at village and community level, it was informed. A vocational training center for the mental health care workers and a day care center is also set up at Impur. Dr. Yanger also remarked that the level of awareness on mental illness among the common people is very poor and social stigma is prevalent. The
District Mental Health program has already adopted the Information Education Communication (IEC) model for creating awareness at the village and community level. However, he expressed disappointment over the low turnout of patients in the health care centers. Pointing out that awareness programme has to be organised in various levels targeting various sections and groups of society such as the church bodies, schools, teachers and NGOs, Dr. Yanger also urged the relatives and family of mentally ill persons to obtain Disability Certificate which can help the patients in availing government benefits and schemes. Further, he emphasized on publicizing the provisions in the Mental Health Act 1987 Act, which, he said, needs to be widely circulated at community and village level. Avuda, Imchawati, Managing Director, Care & Support Society (CSS),
Yupanger, Educational Block Research Center (EBRC), Mokokchung shared their experiences in mental health issues. Imchawati presented the various aspects of the functioning of CSS and also highlighted its Community Based Rehabilitation Program for persons with disability. Yupanger highlighted the functions and roles of EBRC through which specialized education is provided to persons with disability, including mentally disabled, at primary level. Meanwhile, Dr. Bijoy Jacob, MS ANTARA, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, Kolkata, presented on ‘Mental health: Cause and effect’ and highlighted the effect and impact of mental illness on family and social life. Mahendra Singh M Sengar, Convenor, North East for Child Rights convened the session for preparation of Plan of Action on Mental Health-Group Activity.
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nce, an Angler was fishing at the riverside. His fishing hook was a very delicate one and was meant to catch small fish only. That day, he kept sitting for many hours but did not catch any fish. H e thought, `This has not been a good day for me. I have not been able to catch any fish! I should goB6 home now’ Just when he thought of returning home, a large Salmon was hooked to his fishing rod. The Angler thought, Well, it is a big catch, but of no use! Pulling it out would mean breaking my delicate fishing rod. Oh, what should I do now?’ The Angler did not panic and remained very calm. He then thought, `If I handle my fishing
hook with care and patience, I can catch this fish!’ Then the Angler turned around the hook, with great care, and at last pulled out the Salmon. The Salmon could not free itself from the thin hook for it was very tired. The Angler was very happy about his catch and returned home with the Salmon.
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ometimes you feel as if you are not enough. But you don’t need more motivation, inspiration, or research. You don’t need more one-on-one time with your child. You don’t need more medical knowledge. You don’t need to know about all the new ground-breaking therapies or interventions for your child. You don’t need to compare your kid with other kids who have the same diagnosis yet seem to be doing better. You don’t need any of that because even if you doubt it, you are enough! All the knowledge in the world will not change who your child is, or who you are as a parent, or how beautiful you fit together. The fact is, your child is who he is, and you are who you are, and you were chosen to parent your child.
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signed double-degree program, Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Science and Master of Philosophy in Mathematics, which he completed in 2011—one year earlier than the designed curriculum. He is currently studying for a PhD in Mathematics in the
You. Out of all the humans walking on this earth, you were the one entrusted with each one of your kids. Yet, perhaps all of us parenting kids with disabilities need permission once in a while to know that it is okay if we do not have it all together. Because there are hard days. But even in the midst of the hard days, right now, in this moment, exactly the way you are: you are enough! You don’t run on batteries. You cannot gather more energy out of thin air when you are simply exhausted. And life happens. Life impacted with disability happens. And sometimes you don’t get enough sleep. And sometimes there are medical emergencies and you end up in the hospital with your child. And sometimes IEP meetings don’t go so well. And sometimes a family member says something hurtful about your parenting. And
sometimes friends don’t get it. And still: you are enough! You are human, you have weaknesses, you get tired, you question if you are enough. But don’t forget: You are the one who knows your child’s medical history better than any doctor ever will. You are the one who knows the best way to help your child calm down when they are having a meltdown. You are the one calling insurance companies to make sure services are covered for your kid. You are the one who recognizes the smallest of milestones and celebrates them fully. You re the one who knows what your child needs even with a lack of speech. You are the one who stands up for your child even if you once used to be quiet or shy.
You are the one who carries your child where there is no accessibility because you do not want them to miss out. You are the one who prays for them each day and night and everything in between. You are the one who loves so fiercely. You are the one who will sacrifice anything for your child. You are the one who fights for your child. You are the one who sees your child better than anyone else can. You are the one. You are enough! All the lessons you have learned along the way, all the strength you’ve gathered, all the ways in which you now better understand unconditional love, and kindness, and the value of life - all of that is what makes you the wonderful parent that your child needs. And you are enough!
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INSPIRATIONAL STORIES, MESSAGES, POEMS & SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES
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inile Sophia is a beautiful sister. Hardworking, courteous, caring and very loving! She is every mother’s wish for a daughter and every Mother-in-law’s expectation of a daughter-in-law. She is one fearless lover of God, and is very vocal about her love for Him. This brave woman learnt to drive on her way somewhere when her dad fall sick mid-journey, on instructions over the phone! Like are you giving her applause already????? Yea! She be that woman!!! She on faiyaaahhh!!! Her story is right below!
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~My Story~ I was born and brought up from a Christian home where I received so much love and affection from my family. I am just an ordinary girl who goes to church, sings with the choir, attended VBS and youth camps where I learned God’s love and mercy. This was where it all started; God had just begun working in my life tangibly. Since 6th grade, God has been using and blessing me despite of my weaknesses, and when I look back I realise how
much He loved me then, still does and never gave up on me because He chose me and He has plans for me. I have witnessed many a miracle ever since the first day I got filled with the Holy Spirit and the supernatural started working in my life. In the year 2013, my mother suffered a mild stroke. She got very serious and she could not even walk or eat on her own; we had to do everything for her. At one point, she did not want to meet anyone who wanted to meet her. She was so lost in her sickness. She could not even
pray for one year. At that time, I thought she will no longer live with us looking at her poor health condition. So, one day I went inside my parents’ bedroom and I started praying and fasting for my mother’s life and started reading the scriptures. Then something struck me, “with GOD all things are possible” and it was then my faith increased and I told God “There is nothing you cannot do, so please grant my mom long life or at least let her live up to her birthday so that we can celebrate her last birthday together”
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s it at all possible to describe God in just one sentence? That's the question recently posed by a reader of the Rev. Billy Graham's syndicated advice column published by the Kansas City Star. In his response, the renowned evangelist had this to say. "In some ways it's not possible, of course, to put everything about God into one sentence," he wrote, explaining that since God is infinite human beings can't
fully comprehend just how awesome He is. "God is infinite, and we'll never fully understand His greatness — not on this side of eternity." The famed evangelist explained how Apostle Paul marveled at the intellect and glory of God in Romans 11: 33-34 when he wrote "Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! … Who has known the mind of the Lord?" Graham explained that if he had to try to sum up what he believed about God into a single sentence he would say: "God loves us, in spite of our sin and
rebellion — and the proof is that he sent his only son, Jesus Christ, into the world to make it possible for us to become part of his family forever." The founder of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association asked readers to reflect upon John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." Graham then asked readers: "Have you ever stopped to consider just how great this message is? Think of it: God loves us — in spite of the way we've neglected Him
and rebelled against Him. He loves us so much that He came down from Heaven in the person of His son, Jesus, who gave His life for us. The Bible says, 'This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.'" (1 John 4:10). As is his custom, Graham invited readers to give their lives to Christ. "Have you responded to God's love by committing your life to Christ? he asked. "Don't let another day go by without Him, but by faith open your heart and life to Christ without delay."
Revival in Iran: ‘I Want to Be a Christian’ house church," he continued. "They would recognize it; the intelligence services would recognize it." Internet Church Others, like Raizal and her brother Reza, fled for their lives. "It was really a bad situation there," Raizal recalled. "I couldn't pray [to] God with all my heart because all trouble was there. Even if I say 'Jesus Christ,' they may kill me." "It become [sic] [a] problem for my job and my health," Reza said. "They tried to kill me [and] then I start to run away." Despite the constant threat, danger, and risk, these believers keep the faith. Now they've found a church home and family. Their pastor leads house churches in Iran, as well as the United States, Canada, Germany, and Malaysia, all via Skype. "The main church is my house, and through the Internet I connect to everybody," Reza said. "That's why it's become like an Internet church." He says a great revival is underway within the IslamChristian women attend a church service in Tehran, Iran ic Republic of Iran. "Right now you can see the results of the Holy SpirChris Mitchell "It was really sweet to me, the feelings, the stories, it," he said. "From 1994, there were about 100,000 beeverything. So by the time I was 15, I believed in Him lievers. Right now, there are 3 million. You can see what Source: CBN NEWS and I said I want to be a Christian," he said. the Holy Spirit is doing with the people." hen we think of Iran, blindfolded hostages, Many Iranian refugees have fled Iran and come here radical leaders demanding nuclear technol- to Turkey where they can seek refugee status with the Dreams and Visions of Christ ogy, and scenes of mobs shouting "death to United Nations. Some say it's just like coming out of the Many came to faith through a dream or a vision. America" come to mind. darkness. "I had a dream. I had a dream long time back and evBut there's another side of the country: Iranians who "[It's] totally different from Iran," Iranian Christian ery time that Jesus was with me," he continued. "And in love America, Israel and Jesus Christ. Afshin told CBN News. "I can privilege [speak about] all of my life, He was helping me and I didn't know who CBN News Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Mitch- God's Word to other guys. I can freely praise the Lord. I was this Person. Suddenly Jesus Christ was over there ell met and talked with some of these Iranian believers can easily go to church. It's completely different." and He said, 'Come to Me.' And I came to that side and outside of their country in central Turkey. He accepted me." Pastor Saeed's Church Despite all the hardship and being forced from their Infectious Faith Afshin attended the church led by American Pastor homeland, these believers exude joy. Many hope to When someone gets baptized in this house church, Saeed Abedini. achieve refugee status one day and immigrate to other people clap and cheer like fans at a World Cup match. Following his arrest in the summer of 2012, the countries. While they've suffered persecution and often fled for church disbanded. Later Afshin found himself on the In the meantime, they want believers in the West to their lives, they still possess an infectious and joyous run. pray for the Church in Iran. faith, like Iranian believer Raizal. "As a result, I came out of Iran because day by day it "And I'm just begging, really, from the other be"Growing up I wanted to say I grew up [with] Jesus was more difficult and it was more risky for me also," he lievers, from other sisters and brothers from all over Christ," Raizal told CBN News. "Every time, His name explained. the world, to pray for Iran and to all the people of Iran was in my mind. And the next moment I started liking "I had to change our home because I was sure that to find new God and be familiar with God, with Jesus Christianity." one day they would realize my home as an underground Christ," he said.
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he funniest thing about people is that it's in our nature to earn things. That isn't necessarily a bad thing as long as we can afford it. But Christ's love and forgiveness are given as free gifts, and we will never be able to pay Him back...yet so many try to earn the righteousness of God. Through God's laws, we are given a glimpse of the weight of God's standards for holiness. The law wasn't meant to show us what we should do, but rather what we can never do to earn God's favour. Every single one of us will fall short of God's absolute standard for purity and holiness. Romans 3:23 puts it simply for us: "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (ESV). But we need to be righteous. We need to be right with God because unless we are, we will be far from God; separation from God will always mean the void of blessings and the presence of pain and destruction. God is the light that shines upon us so that we may experience all things that are good. We can never be righteous on our own. We just can't. But the best news of all is that righteousness was made available to us
and He did just that. Now we did not just celebrate her last birthday but we celebrated twice after that!!! How wonderful is our God! He did not just bless her with long life but slowly and gradually GOD started healing her sickness and now she’s leading a normal life in His grace. That’s my experience, that God is faithful if we give our hope in him. Sometimes when I face hard times, God is always there for me. He has been using me and blessing me in many ways, His love is unconditional for me. I always ask God for His protection and guidance in everything I do, I also ask God to give me strength to help me over come temptations and he does. I cannot imagine my life without God because I am sure without god I am nothing and I cannot do anything on my own be in my studies or anything I am involved in it. How wonderful is our creator who knows our past, present and future. He is ever-ready to forgive us as it is written in 1 John 1:9 ‘If we confess our sin, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.’ Amen
Worship in truth and spirit 1. The coming of God's spirit: “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23 -24) The Samaritan woman met Jesus at Jacob's Well and it turned out to be a day of surprises for her. Jews and Samaritans were bitter enemies. Jews considered the Samaritans as spiritually unclean. They don't talk to them. They don't use or touch things owned by the Samaritans. An orthodox Jew would avoid setting foot on land of the Samaritans. If compelled to do so they would take off their sandals and shake off the dirt. The Jews also don't talk to women in public, even their own wives and daughters. The Samaritan woman was surprised when Jesus spoke to her. She was a woman as well as a Samaritan. Further no one would dared to talk to her publicly because of her ill reputation. She was surprised that Jesus, a stranger, knew everything about her. It shocked her when Jesus asked her for a drink of water, an unheard of thing. She was in for another shock when Jesus declared to her that he is the Messiah who both the Jews and the Samaritans were expecting. Jesus was not concerned about her past or racial and political differences. Jesus told her about eternal life and what would happen soon. Jesus said to her that “a time is coming" for everyone to be able to worship God in spirit. The time Jesus spoke of will come after God gives everyone his spirit. That time is about the establishment of the New Covenant--now, for those Christians who have now received God's Spirit and are daily motivated to be guided by his Spirit in everything they do and later for those who will receive it when the whole world receives it. 2. The incarnated Word: The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) This is the basic statement of the Incarnation, for Christ entered into a new dimension of existence through the gateway of human birth and took up his residence among human beings.
3. Truth and freedom: To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31 & 32) Jesus addressed the Jews with the assumption that they would proceed to a further commitment on the basis of his teaching, which would mark them as genuine disciples and lead them into a deeper experience of truth for he felt the necessity of making perfectly clear blessing and redemption. the conditions of discipleship. The freedom Jesus spoke Jesus takes our dirty records and of was spiritual freedom. It is being set free from sin and swaps them with His clean slate so that its effects. we may walk in God's goodness. So many Patrick Mabilog people are trying to earn their way into 4. The way to the Father: Jesus answered, "I am the way salvation. It's like God has carved a new and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father Source: Christian Post and shorter road to Him but people are except through me.” (John 14:6) Jesus is the way to the Father because only he still taking the long and winding dirt has an intimate knowledge of God, unmarred by sin. road. Ephesians 2:8–9 tells us, "For by He is the truth because he has the perfect power of grace you have been saved through making life one coherent experience irrespective of faith. And this is not your own doing; it its up and downs. He is the life because he was not is the gift of God, not a result of works, subject to death but made it subject to him. He died so that no one may boast" (ESV). The to demonstrate the power and continuity of his life. tendency of man's pride is to drive us to Because he is the way, the truth, and the life, he is independence because we always have the only means of reaching the Father. to feel that we can make it on our own. But the truth is that—where it matters 5. The true worship: Truth is the teachings of Christ, most, righteousness and salvation—we which come from the Father. True worship to God can never make it on our own. We need must be done in spirit and in truth. "In spirit" points a Divine intervention and Jesus has giv- to the level at which true worship occurs. The worshiper must come to God in humility and complete en us just that. Righteousness can never be earned. sincerity and with a life that is lived in surrender to It can only be given unto us, and Christ God and directed by the Holy Spirit. Truth is charhas paid the price in full so that we may acteristic of God, incarnate in Christ, intrinsic to receive His righteousness and walk in it the Holy Spirit, and is the very heart of the gospel. in a new and revolutionary way. God What God did was exchange our un- fully, knowing that it is only in believing Therefore, worship must take place according to the didn't lower the standard; it has been righteousness for the righteousness in Him do we earn the right to approach truth of the Father that is revealed in the Son and received through the Spirit. and will always be absolute purity. of Christ so that we may walk in His and walk with God.
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Just break the silence over child labour: Satyarthi New Delhi, July 23 (iANS): Kailash Satyarthi has been a campaigner for child rights nationally and internationally for three decades. His Bachpan Bachao Andolan has had particular focus on freeing children who are forced into exploitative labour or servitude. His work has been amply recognised and honoured, particularly internationally. In 2014, Satyarthi shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan. While top awards have crowned his efforts, they have not capped them. His campaign against child labour continues. He is currently working to launch a campaign called 'Hundred Million for Hundred Million' which is aimed at the youth across the world. Satyarthi spoke with IANS about his life and work. His message to the ordinary folk is: Just break the silence over child labour.
IANS: In addition to your long-term campaign against child servitude, what have you been doing nowadays? Satyarthi: Currently I am preoccupied with getting amendments introduced to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill that Rajya Sabha passed on July 19. The Bill has two main faults. Firstly, it reduces the number of industries considered hazardous for children from 83 to just three. And secondly, it allows children below 14 to engage in home-based work. So the families will be allowed to use children in such work. These two faults should be removed before the Bill is considered for passage by the Lok Sabha. IANS: What else have you been doing? Satyarthi: I have been planning to launch a campaign called 'Hundred Million for Hundred Million'. There are about 100 million
money to help poor children pay their schools fees and buy books. After completing my engineering, I worked only for a year and a half before deciding to make stopping child labour my life's aim. My wife has helped me throughout in that work.
Child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi speaking with IANS.
children, youth and girls in the world who are victims of violence, malnutrition, sexual exploitation or are not receiving any education. We want another 100 million young people -who have food, security, education and good prospects in life -- to become the voice of their 100 mil-
trace the start of your work against child labour? Satyarthi: I was five and a half years old. It was my first day at school. Outside the school, I saw a boy of my age stitching shoes. The questions that I then asked of my teachers and family members did not receive IANS: What event or mo- any satisfactory answers. ment in your life do you As a child, I would raise lion unfortunate counterparts. We plan to reach out to the youth through social media, academia, and groups and associations of the young. The plan is to launch the campaign by the end of the year.
brought was the inclusion of child labour, child slavery, and violence against children in the millennium development goals. IANS: What can an ordinary person do to stop child labour and how? Satyarthi: First thing for ordinary people to do is to end their silence. Consider all children as your own children. Talk to your local MP or MLA. Use social media. Start protesting at places where children have been employed. Awareness will bring change across the world as is evident in the change we have already seen. The United Nations statistics show that the number of child workers have gone down from 26 crore to 18 crore in the last 15 years. The number of children out of school has gone from 13 crore to six crore.
IANS: How has the Nobel Prize smoothed your way? Satyarthi: Nobel Prize has made me much better known nationally and internationally. I no longer have to wait for months to get an appointment with a Indian or foreign leader. I have now been meeting presidents, prime ministers and other top decision makers to take to their countries the work I do. The issue I deal with belongs to the lowest of priorities of most societies. I have been successful in taking it to the top most echelons of decision makers. That also amounts to a great moral responsibility that I cannot avoid. IANS: Europe is facing a The most significant migrant crisis that has put change that Nobel prize in relief the plight of chil-
dren. How does your work touch that issue? Satyarthi: My wife and I have recently been to a migrant camp in Germany, where I learnt a lot from the children and got an insight into their plight. I saw dreams in their lives even though their families lost everything they had. I also spent a day in a migrant camp in Turkey. The flood of migration means children are being deprived of food, security and education. Many of them are being enslaved, some are being pushed into crime, some just disappear. In conflict-ridden Syria alone, 20 children disappeared. I raised the issue with many heads of state and ministers and urged them to open their borders to the children in distress. I also raised the issue at the UN Humanitarian Summit in Turkey. A campaign called 'Education Cannot Wait' was also started during that summit to help distressed children get education.
In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in Traders refuse to meet Rajnath in relatively calm Kashmir crimes against Dalits acquitted Nikhil M. Babu IANS and IndiaSpend
As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu vigilantes, an IndiaSpend analysis reveals a conviction rate six times lower than the Indian average -over 10 years -- for crimes against scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs). In 2014 (latest available data), 3.4 per cent of crimes against SCs in Gujarat ended in convictions, against a national rate of 28.8 per cent -- one conviction for every eight across the country. Against STs, that conviction rate was 1.8 per cent, against the national average of 37.9 per cent -one conviction for every 21 cases. Dalit unrest began on July 11, 2016, when four Dalit youth were tied to a car and gau rakshaks, or cow protectors, took turns to flog them as a crowd watched. The crime: Skinning a dead cow. Later, the upper-caste vigilantes posted a video of the flogging on social media as a warning of sorts to others -- Dalits and Muslims. The video of another attack in May has also now emerged. The Gujarat government has arrested suspects, but the gau rakshaks’ courage appears rooted in the failures of
Gujarat’s criminal-justice system in addressing crimes against the lowest of Hindu castes and tribes. A similar failure is evident in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Over a decade, conviction rate of crimes against SCs is 5 per cent; against STs, 4.3 per cent Over the decade ending 2014, the average conviction rate in cases of crimes against SCs in Gujarat was five per cent; in crimes against STs, it was 4.3 per cent. The national average was 29.2 per cent and 25.6 per cent, according to NCRB data. This means that suspects in 95 of 100 cases are acquitted. Over 10 years, the lowest conviction rate in crimes against SCs in Gujarat was 2.1 per cent in 2011; against STs, it was 1.1 per cent in 2005. The conviction rate for all crimes registered under the Indian Penal Code nationwide was 45.1 per cent in 2014. “If the conviction rate is low, people who can afford a good lawyer know that they can get away with their crime,” Supreme Court lawyer Kamlesh Kumar Mishra said. Karnataka and Maharashtra are on par with Gujarat, with a similar five per cent conviction rate for crimes against SCs/STs. In Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, about half of such cases end in conviction.
“There is discrimination at each point in the whole chain of access to justice for Dalits and Adivasis (as STs are called),” said Paul Divakar, Convener of the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, an advocacy group, pointing to flawed chargesheets and investigations. Mishra said it was up to the Gujarat government to implement longpending reforms recommended by various commissions to improve convictions and try pending cases. Lower courts in Gujarat need 287 years to clear pending cases, IndiaSpend reported in December 2015. SCs and STs endure widespread discrimination and lag the general population in education, jobs and income, we reported earlier this month. Crime against SCs/STs is also rising, IndiaSpend reported, a reflection of greater reporting of cases, and a consequence of upper-caste resentment against growing assertiveness. “Society can now accept a Dalit crossing an upper caste area on a bicycle, but it still hasn’t accepted the idea of a Dalit riding a Royal Enfield,” Dalit writer Chandra Bhan Prasad said in a Mint interview. “Upper castes feel threatened as Dalits now feel equal to them and even confront them.”
SriNAgAr, July 23 (iANS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday met groups of Kashmiris, including civil society members and top officials, seeking their suggestions on peace in the wake of the fresh unrest that has left dozens of people dead in the Kashmir Valley. However, top trade bodies in the valley refused to meet the Home Minister who will be here until Sunday afternoon. Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF), one of the largest trade bodies in the valley, said the meeting would be futile because if the Government of India is keen to resolve the Kashmir dispute, it should instead hold
talks with Pakistan and political representatives of the state. "We are traders, what would India achieve by talking to us," KTMF president Yasin Khan said in a statement. "Kashmir is a dispute accepted by the world. Our real representatives are pro-freedom leaders. India should hold dialogue with Pakistan and our leaders if it is sincere in resolving the Kashmir dispute," Khan said. Other business lobbies including Kashmir Economic Alliance and Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry also refused to be part of the dialogue in protest against the deaths of some 45 Kashmiris and injuries to thousands in
clashes with security forces following the July 8 killing of Hizbul militant commander Burhan Wani. Rajnath Singh, according to official sources, however, met some delegations including civil society members and leaders of some mainstream political parties. He also met top civil and security officials. Details of his meetings were not released immediately. But sources told IANS that the Home Minister sought suggestions from the people over how to bring normalcy in Kashmir. The Minister has noted their suggestions, which included reaching out to the people of Kashmir with a "political package", and assurances that no demographic change is be-
Pakistan exports terrorism to Kashmir, not good wishes: Sushma New Delhi, July 23 (iANS): Pakistan has never exported good wishes to Kashmir but only weapons and terrorism, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday. “Pakistan’s Prime Minister (Nawaz Sharif ) says that his good wishes are with the people of Kashmir,” Sushma Swaraj said in a statement to the media. “Sadly, it’s not Pakistan’s good wishes or moral or diplomatic support but its weapons and terrorism that it has exported to Jammu and Kashmir,” she said. Sushma Swaraj was flanked by Ministers of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh and M.J. Akbar as she read out the statement. Her strongly worded statement comes after
Sharif's statement on Friday at Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir that Pakistanis were waiting for the day when Jammu and Kashmir would become a part of Pakistan. In his first public address following his return from London after open heart surgery in May, Sharif urged Kashmiris in Pakistan "not to forget those in (Indian) held Kashmir who are sacrificing their lives to their movement for freedom”. " Their movement for freedom cannot be stopped and it will be successful. You are aware of how they are being beaten and killed. All our prayers are with them and we are waiting for the day Kashmir becomes Pakistan,"
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the Dawn quoted him as saying. Pakistan has taken a stridently anti-India line since mass protests erupted in the Kashmir Valley after the July 8 killing by
No signs of missing IAF plane, Parrikar monitors search op CheNNAi/New Delhi, July 23 (iANS): The search continued on Saturday for the missing AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force that went missing on Friday over the Bay of Bengal and has been untraceable since. D efence Minister Manohar Parrikar reached Tambaram in Tamil Nadu on Saturday and went on an aerial survey in an IAF plane over the area where search and rescue operations are going on. There has been no signal pickup or spotting of debris from the missing aircraft yet. The AN-32 transport aircraft with 29 people on board went missing on Friday over the Bay of Bengal off the Chennai coast. "Defence Minister reviewed the situation and utilisation of assets and resources and has directed that if necessary more resources to be diverted to the effort," Defence Ministry officials said. "The Minister was appraised of the difficult conditions under which
A soldier stands guard as an Indian Air Force AN-32 transport aircraft carrying security personnel takes-off from the technical airport in Jammu February 9, 2008. (Reuters Photo/File)
the operations are being carried out during the last 24 hours. The sea is very choppy and there is thick cloud cover in area," the official said. Parrikar has directed all top officials to be in touch with the families of those who were on board and provide them information that may be required. "The search is going on. If there is any substantial development it will be made known," Wing Com-
mander Anupam Banerjee, Public Relations Officer for IAF told IANS. Only a catastrophic accident in a "no talk/radio zone" or "dead zone" could destroy an aircraft suddenly, an experienced pilot with the Indian defence forces told IANS late Friday. The search and rescue operation by Indian Navy and Coast Guard, which went on through the night, continued on Saturdaay and more assets were de-
ing engineered either by the state or central government in India's only Muslim-dominated state. As the Home Minister spent his day at the highly-guarded Nehru Guest House near Chashmashahi in Srinagar on the picturesque Zabarwan Hills, the Kashmir Valley was largely calm barring sporadic incidents of stone-throwing. According to a police spokesperson, security forces used tear gas to disperse the protesters in Srinagar after people took to the streets, shouting anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. Curfew and a separatist shutdown continued in the valley but restrictions were eased in some parts of four north Kashmir districts.
ployed. Two P8I surveillance aircrafts and two Dornier are continuing the search while one Dornier is on standby at Port Blair. One AN 32 and two C-130 Hercules aircrafts and Mi-17 V5 with floats are also on standby. At present, 13 ships of the Indian Navy and four ships of Coast Guard are involved in the search operation. A submarine was also
sent for locating transmissions from the emergency locator beacon on board the missing aircraft. Emergency locator beacons usually get activated in case a plane crashes. Those on board the AN32 included six crew members, 15 personnel from the IAF, army, navy and Coast Guard, and eight civilians who were family members of the personnel. The aircraft, an upgraded AN-32 belonging to 33 Squadron, took off from Tambaram Air Force Station in Chennai at 8.30 a.m., and was expected to land at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11.30 a.m., officials said, describing it as a "routine sortie". According to a report submitted to the Defence Minister by Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, the recorded transcript of Chennai air traffic radar showed last pickup of the aircraft was 151 nautical miles east of Chennai, when the aircraft was observed
to have carried out a left turn with rapid loss of height from 23,000 feet. The last contact with the aircraft was established roughly around 15-20 minutes after the take-off, sources said. According to the IAF, the AN-32 is a twin engine turboprop, medium tactical transport aircraft of Russian origin. It can carry a maximum load of around 6.7 tonne or 39 paratroopers. The aircraft's maximum cruise speed is 530 kmph. "Planes are designed to fly even during an emergency. There will be reaction time to the pilots facing an emergency to send out messages for help or turn towards safety," an Indian defence forces pilot told IANS. According to the pilot, an AN-32 aircraft will not drop down like a stone or vanish into thin air in the case of normal emergency, as there will be reaction time. "But in the case of a catastrophic threat, the pilots will not have the necessary reaction time," he said.
Indian security forces of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Street clashes between those protesting Wani's killing and the security forces have left over 45 people dead and hundreds injured. Many have been blinded by pellets used by the security forces. In her statement, Sushma Swaraj said that Pakistan’s dirty money, dangerous terrorists and duplicitous state institutions sought to destabilise the region. “The statement of none other than the Prime Minister of Pakistan has betrayed this despicable design. But I would like to repeat that this dream of Pakistan will never be fulfilled,” she said. The External Affairs Minister said that a coun-
try which has used fighter planes and artillery against millions of its own people has no right whatsoever to point a finger against India's brave, professional and disciplined police and other security forces. She said that behind Pakistan’s unabashed embrace and encouragement to terrorism lay its delusional though dangerous dream that Kashmir would one day become Pakistan. “The whole of India would like to tell Prime Minister of Pakistan that this dream will not be realised even at the end of eternity,” Sushma Swaraj said. “The whole of Jammu and Kashmir belongs to India. You will never be able to make this heaven on earth a haven for terrorists.”
India expels three Chinese journalists BeiJiNg, July 23 (hT): India has expelled three journalists of the Chinese official news agency, Xinhua, by refusing to renew their visas to work in the country, a move that could worsen the already strained relations between the two countries. The three journalists have been ordered to leave India by July 31. Journalists Wu Qiang and Lu Tang head Xinhua’s bureau in New Delhi and Mumbai respectively. The third, She Yonggang, is a reporter based in Mumbai. No reason was given for the Indian government’s decision to not renew their visas and officials at the external affairs ministry contacted by Hindustan Times on Saturday offered no immediate comment. HT reached out to Xinhua in Beijing but an official there said nobody could be immediately contacted for a comment. Non-renewal of visas is a common practice followed by governments to expel foreign journalists whose writing is seen as
critical of official policy. In December, China expelled a French journalist for writing a piece questioning the government’s handling of the situation in the restive Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), describing the reporting as fabricated. The mode of expulsion was similar: The journalist’s visa wasn’t renewed. The two countries have a history of delaying granting of journalist visas but this is possibly the first time that an extension or renewal of visas has been denied. The journalists’ visas had expired earlier this year but they were asked to wait. However, their passports were returned to them without the visa, effectively ensuring that they could not move out of the cities of residence. On July 14, all three were informed that they had to leave India by July 31 as their visas will not be renewed. Analysts said the possibility of China carrying out tit-for-tat expulsions of Indian-journalists could not be ruled out.
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IS attack on Afghan protest kills 61 people, wounds 207 kABUl, JUly 23 (AP): At least 61 people were killed and another 207 wounded in the Afghan capital on Saturday, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators, officials and witnesses said. In a statement issued by its news agency, Aamaq, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on a protest march by Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras. The marchers were demanding that a major regional electric power line be routed through their impoverished home province. Most Hazaras are Shiite Muslims but most Afghans are Sunni. Waheed Majroeh, the head of international relations for the Ministry of Public Health, confirmed the death toll and said it was likely to rise "as the condition of many of the injured is very serious." The government had received intelligence that an attack could take place, and had warned the march organizers, a spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told The Associated Press. "We had intelligence over recent days and it
was shared with the demonstration organizers, we shared our concerns because we knew that terrorists wanted to bring sectarianism to our community," presidential spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri said. Two suicide bombers had attempted to target the demonstrators, who were gathering in Demazang Square as their fourhour protest march wound down and they were setting up a camp, Haroon Chakhansuri said. "One of them was shot by the police," he told AP. He said that three district police chiefs on duty at the square were injured and another three security personnel were killed. He said Ghani planned to meet with the organizers later on Saturday, and would make a live television appearance after that. One of the march organizers, Laila Mohammadi, said she arrived at the scene soon after the blast and saw "many dead and wounded people." Footage on Afghan television and photographs posted on social media showed a scene of horror and carnage, with numerous bodies and body parts spread across the square.
Men carry an injured person at a hospital after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan July 23. (Reuters Photo/Mohammad Ismail)
Other witnesses said that after the blast, security personnel shot their weapons in the air to disperse the crowd. Secondary attacks have been known to target people who come to the aid of those wounded in a first explosion. Ghani released a statement condemning the
blast. "Peaceful demonstrations are the right of every citizen of Afghanistan and the government will do everything it can to provide them with security," Ghani said, blaming the blasts on what he called "terrorists." Road blocks that had been set up overnight to prevent the marchers ac-
cessing the center of the city or the presidential palace hampered efforts to transfer some of the wounded to hospital, witnesses said. People took to social media to call for blood donations. Angry demonstrations sealed some of the area around the square, and prevented police and other
security forces from entering. Some threw stones at security forces. The rights group Amnesty International said the "horrific attack ... demonstrates the utter disregard that armed groups have for human life." "Such attacks are a reminder that the conflict in
Afghanistan is not winding down, as some believe, but escalating, with consequences for the human rights situation in the country that should alarm us all," it quoted Champa Patel, Amnesty's South Asia director, as saying. Violence had been widely feared at what was the second demonstration by Hazaras over the power line issue. The last one in May attracted tens of thousands of people, also shutting down the central business district. The May march was attended by Hazara political leaders, who were notable by their absence on Saturday. At the height of the march, demonstrators chanted slogans against the president and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, shouting "death to discrimination" and "all Afghans are equal." The so-called TUTAP power line is backed by the Asian Development Bank with involvement of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The original plan routed the line through Bamiyan province, in the central highlands, where most of
the country's Hazaras live. That route was changed in 2013 by the previous Afghan government. Leaders of the marches have said that the rerouting was evidence of bias against the Hazara community, which accounts for up to 15 percent of Afghanistan's estimated 30 million-strong population. They are considered the poorest of the country's ethnic groups, and often complain of discrimination. Bamiyan province, where most Hazara people live in the central highlands, is poverty stricken, though it is largely peaceful and has potential as a tourist destination. Hazaras, most of whom are Shiite Muslims, were especially persecuted during the extremist Sunni Taliban 1996-2001 regime. The Taliban's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an earlier email that his insurgent group was not responsible for the blast. The Taliban have been waging a vicious insurgency against the Kabul government for 15 years, since their regime was overthrown by the U.S. invasion in 2001. They rarely issue such statements denying involvement in suicide attacks.
Heavy rain in China kills at least 87, thousands evacuated Russian balloonist sets world record for circumnavigation sHANGHAI, JUly 23 (ReUteRs): Heavy rain in China has killed at least 87 people and forced thousands from their homes, state media reported on Saturday. Seventy-two people have been killed and 78 are missing in the northern province of Hebei after rain triggered floods and landslides, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the civil affairs department. Nearly 50,000 homes have collapsed, it said. In the central province of Henan, 15 people were killed and eight were missing after thunderstorms and strong winds forced 72,000 people from their homes and damaged 18,000 houses, Altogether about 8.6 million people have been affected by the flooding, according state media and local government reports. Large parts of China have been inundated with rain this summer, killing more than 200 people.
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A woman cries as she holds a pig rescued from a flooded farm in Xiaogan, Hubei Province, China, July 22, 2016. (Reuters Photo/Darley Shen)
More than 1.5 million than 20 billion yuan ($3 hectares of crops have been billion), the government damaged, leading to direct has said. economic losses of more The central bank on
Turmeric compound may treat colon cancer New yoRk, JUly 23 (IANs): A compound found in turmeric, a spice widely used in curries, could play a very important role in preventing and treating colon cancer, which frequently is caused by lifestyle factors, such as diet, say researchers including one of Indian-origin. The researchers found that combination of two plant compounds that have medicinal properties - curcumin and silymarin - holds promise in treating colon cancer. Curcumin is the active ingredient in the spice turmeric and silymarin is a component of milk thistle, which has been used to treat liver disease. "Phytochemicals may offer alternate therapeutic approaches to cancer treatments and avoid toxicity problems and side effects that chemotherapy can cause," said corresponding author Uthayashanker Ezekiel, Associate Professor at Saint Louis University in Missouri, US. The findings were published in the Journal of Cancer. The researchers studied a line of colon cancer cells in a laboratory model.
They found treating the cells initially with curcumin, then with silymarin was more effective in fighting cancer than treating the cells with either phytochemical alone. "The combination of phytochemicals inhibited colon cancer cells from multiplying and spreading. In addition, when the colon cancer cells were pre-exposed to curcumin and then treated with silymarin, the cells underwent a high amount of cell death," Ezekiel said. Ezekiel, an alumnus of Madurai Kamaraj University in Tamil Nadu, sees promise in using the phytochemicals to help prevent colon cancer, but noted the research is a preliminary cell study, with more research ahead before scientists know if the compounds are an effective treatment for people who have colon cancer. Scientists next would need to study how the curcumin and silymarin impact the actions of molecules, such as genetic transcription and expression, that cause cells to change, Ezekiel said. Then the compounds would be studied in an animal model, then in humans.
Friday issued a statement saying it would provide financial support for flooded areas.
Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov has landed safely in a field on a private property in West Australia after setting a world record for circumnavigating the world solo in a hot air balloon. T h e 6 4 - y e a r- o l d Konyukhov emerged from the balloon's gondola after more than 11 days aloft expressing his appreciation for the smell of the earth, and "how wonderful it is", according to millionaire businessman and fellow aviator Dick Smith, who was on hand to assist with the landing. Konyukhov, who embarked on his epic journey from Northam in Western Australia on July 12, set the record of just over 11 days when he passed above the township 100 km north east of Perth, Australian national broadcaster ABC reported earlier. The Russian balloonist beat the previous record of 13-1/2 days set in 2002 by
Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov is seen in front of his balloon as it is inflated before the start of his record attempt for a solo hot-air balloon flight around the globe near Perth, Australia, in this handout image received July 12, 2016. (Reuters Photo)
the late Steve Fossett. In completing the epic journey, Konyukhov flew directly over Northam, a feat described as "incredible" by Smith. "After going 34,000 kilometres around the world he crossed the runway where he took off from," Smith said. "That's never
happened before. It was mainly luck and it's just unbelievable." Smith completed the first solo circumnavigation of the world by helicopter in 1983. When Konyukhov broke the record he was directly over Northam at an altitude of approximately 6,000 metres and travelling
at 60 kilometres per hour, Smith said. He said the Russian had been advised to fly for another hour in search of safer terrain on which to land. During the journey Konyukhov flew as high as 10,000 metres and dealt with extreme temperatures - as low as minus 56 degrees Celsius - that caused his oxygen masks and drinking water to freeze, ABC reported. Konyukhov also had to cope with the failure of his heating system and fierce electrical storms, ABC said. On the last leg of the journey he was pushed far south towards Antarctica as he crossed the southern ocean between the Africa and Australia. "It is scary to be so down south and away from civilisation," Konyukhov wrote in one entry in a blog he updated at various points during the flight. "This place feels very lonely and remote ‌ just a thick layer of cyclonic clouds below me and dark horizon to the east."
Munich gunman raised locally, no ties to IS MUNICH, JUly 23 (ReUteRs): A German-Iranian teenager who killed nine people and then himself in Munich had undergone psychiatric treatment and was in all probability a lone gunman who had no Islamist militant ties, police said on Saturday. The 18-year-old, who was born and raised locally, opened fire near a busy shopping mall on Friday, triggering a lockdown in the Bavarian capital in the third act of violence against civilians in Western Europe - and the second in southern Germany - in eight days. Seven of his victims were themselves teenagers, police said, and Bavarian state crime office president Robert Heimberger said the gunman was carrying more than 300 bullets in his backpack and pistol when he was later found dead of a gunshot wound. Following a police search of the attacker's room, where a book on teenage shooting sprees was discovered, Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae all but ruled out an Islamist militant link in the attack, in which a further
Special force police officers stand guard at an entrance of the main train station, following a shooting rampage at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich. (Reuters Photo/Michael Dalder)
27 people were wounded including some hurt when panic spread. "Based on the searches, there are no indications whatsoever that there is a connection to Islamic State" or to the issue of refugees, he told a news conference. Bavarian State premier Horst Seehofer said the killings in Munich and an axe attack by a 17-year-old asylum-seeker that injured five people in Wuerzburg - also in Bavaria - on Monday should not be allowed to undermine democratic
freedoms. "For the second time in a few days we've been shaken by an incomprehensible bloodbath... Uncertainty and fear must not be allowed to gain the upper hand," a visibly shaken Seehofer told reporters. He was speaking just over a week after the Bastille Day massacre by a truck driver in Nice. Both the Nice rampage, which killed 84, and the Wuerzburg attack were claimed by Islamic State. Chancellor Angela Merkel was meeting with
her top security advisors to review Friday's attack and would issue a statement at 1230 GMT, her office said. 'WHY KIDS KILL' The Munich gunman, whose body was found on a side street near the mall, was not identified but police said he had no criminal record but he was a victim of two minor crimes -- a theft in 2010 and bodily harm in 2012. Police commandos, armed with night vision equipment and dogs, had raided an apartment in the
Munich neighbourhood of Maxvorstadt early on Saturday where the German newspaper Bild said the gunman lived with his parents. "Documents on shooting sprees were found so the perpetrator obviously researched this subject intensively," Andrae said. In the killer's room police found a German translation of a book entitled "Why Kids Kill -- Inside the Minds of School Shooters". The investigations gave no reason to believe the killer had had an accomplice, Andrae said, adding the teenager was born and brought up in the Munich area and had spent time in psychiatric care. Asked if the shooter had deliberately targeted young people, Munich police chief Andrae said that theory could be neither confirmed or ruled out. Three of his victims were 14 years old, two were 15, one was 17 and one 19. The others were 20 and 45, the police chief said. Police will also have to find out how the 18-yearold got the firearm used in the attack in a country whose gun control system
is described by the U.S. Congress Library as being "among the most stringent in Europe." "The investigation is still trying to determine where it came from," Heimberger said, adding that the assailant was not the registered owner of the gun. There was a huge police presence outside the gunman's home just north of Munich's old city. "I am shocked, what happened to the boy? Only God knows what happened," Telfije Dalpi, a 40-year-old Macedonian neighbour of the family told Reuters. "I have no idea what happened... I have no idea if he did anything bad elsewhere." In Pristina, media said three of the 18-year-old's victims were of Kosovan origin. Naim Zabergja, the father of one of the victims wrote on Facebook: "With great sadness I want to inform you that my son Dijamant Zabergja, 21, was killed yesterday in Munich." A second victim was named by her brother on Facebook as Armela Segashi, who he said died along with a third, Sabina Sulaj.
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UEFA executive committee member Michael van Praag leaves the UEFA executive committee meeting in Basel, Switzerland May 18, 2016. (REUTERS/Files)
ZuRICH, JuLy 23 (ReuteRs): Dutchman Michael van Praag, Spaniard Angel Maria Villar and Slovenian Aleksandar Ceferin will contest the presidency of UEFA in September, European soccer's governing body confirmed on Friday. UEFA said the trio, all heads of their country's respective football federations, were the only candidates to have submitted their bids by Wednesday's deadline for the election in Athens on Sept. 14. The election has been called to find a replacement for Frenchman Michel Platini, who has been banned for four years for ethics violations. Platini was banned, along with former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, over payment of 2.0 million Swiss francs ($2.02 million) made to the Frenchman by FIFA with Blatter's approval in 2011 for work done a decade earlier. He has denied wrongdoing. The eventual winner will have to urgently address the issue of the Champions League, UEFA's flagship competition. The possibility of a socalled Super League for elite clubs, or a mecha-
nism which guarantees big clubs a captive place in the Champions League, has been discussed at private meetings, sources with knowledge of the matter have said. UEFA needs to finalise the format of all its club competitions for the 201821 cycle by the end of this year. Van Praag acknowledged when announcing his candidacy that UEFA has fallen into an impasse in Platini's absence and needs to tackle the Super League threat. Villar, who has headed the Spanish federation since 1988 and been reelected seven times, announced his bid on Tuesday, one day before the deadline. Ceferin says he has the backing of 13 Eastern European federations, four from the Nordic countries, plus Italy. His rivals have not made any comments about their support. Platini was elected in 2015 and the winner will complete his mandate which runs until 2019. The candidates will have to complete an integrity check, conducted by soccer's governing body FIFA, UEFA added.
decision time: ioc poised to rule on russia's status for rio
LONDON, JuLy 23 (AP): As the clock ticks down to the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, international Olympic leaders are facing a seminal moment. With the credibility of the fight against doping on the line and the image of the Olympic movement at stake, the IOC will hold a crucial meeting Sunday to consider whether to ban Russia entirely from the Rio Games because of systematic, state-sponsored cheating. Short of a blanket ban, the International Olympic Committee could leave it to individual sports federations to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to allow Russian athletes in their events. The doping crisis represents one of the Olympic movement's biggest challenges since the boycott era of the 1980s, and how it plays out may well define Thomas Bach's IOC presidency. The IOC's ruling 15-member executive board will meet via teleconference to weigh the unprecedented step of excluding Russia as a whole from the games. Bach and others have spoken of a need to balance “individual justice” versus “collective punishment.” Time is of the essence, with the games set to open in Rio on Aug. 5. Russia's track and field athletes have already been banned by the IAAF, the sport's governing body, following allegations of state-directed doping - a decision that was upheld Thursday by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport. Calls for a complete ban on Russia have intensified since Monday when Richard McLaren, a Canadian lawyer commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, issued a report accusing Russia's sports ministry of overseeing a vast doping program of its Olympic athletes. McLaren's investigation, based heavily on evidence from former Moscow doping lab director Grigory Rodchenkov, affirmed allegations of brazen manipulation of Russian urine samples at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, but also found that state-backed doping had involved 28 summer and winter sports from 2011 to 2015. Bach said the findings showed a “shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sports and on the Olympic Games” and declared the IOC “will not hesitate to take the toughest sanctions available against any individual or organization implicated.” Russia also faces a possible ban from the Paralympic Games. Citing evidence in McLaren's report of doping among Russian Paralympic athletes, the International Paralympic Committee said Friday it will decide next month whether to exclude the country from the Sept. 7-18 event in Rio. The decision for the IOC is loaded with geopolitical ramifications. Never has a country been kicked out the Olympics for doping violations. And
Vladimir Putin's Russia is a sports powerhouse, a huge country seeking to reaffirm its status on the world stage, and a major player in the Olympic movement. Many international Olympic officials and federation leaders have close ties to Russia, which has portrayed the exclusion of its track athletes and calls for a complete ban as part of a political, Western-led campaign. Putin, citing the U.S. and Soviet-led boycotts of the 1980 and 1984 Games, said the Olympic movement “could once again find itself on the brink of a division.” Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev wrote an open letter to Bach on Friday to plead against a blanket ban. “I am worried and deeply upset by the possibility that in the case of a ban on Russian athletes competing in the Olympics, the innocent will be punished along with the guilty,” Gorbachev wrote. “For me the principle of collective punishment is unacceptable.” Bach and other Olympic officials have repeatedly cited the difference between collective and individual punishment. “It is obvious,” Bach said last week, “that you cannot punish a badminton player for infringement of rules or manipulation by an official or a lab director in the Winter Games.” For many in the antidoping community, however, the choice is simple: The extent of state-backed doping in Russia has taint-
Vitaly Smirnov, an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee member and a veteran of Russian and Soviet sports administration, speaks at a news conference, with Russia's Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov at right, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 22. (AP Photo)
ed the country's entire sports system and the only way to ensure a level playing field is to bar the whole team, even if some innocent athletes will lose out. Former WADA president Dick Pound, a senior IOC member from Canada, accused Bach of dithering and failing to live up to his “zero tolerance” line on doping. “You can't have zero tolerance, but say, of course it's Russia,” Pound told The Associated Press. “You have to go down trying to defend your policies, rather than shuffle the responsibility off in all other sorts of directions.” Pound said the IOC will face a backlash if it decides against a full ban. “I think there will be an athletes' revolt, a public revolt, maybe even the sponsors.”
WADA and many national anti-doping agencies and athletes' groups have led the calls for a total Russian ban from Rio. A coalition of 14 national anti-doping agencies sent a letter to Bach saying the IOC's initial response did not meet his pledge of the “toughest sanctions available.” The group called on the IOC to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee and set up a task force that could allow certain Russians to compete under a neutral flag if proven to be clean. Richard Ings, former head of Australia's antidoping agency, told the AP: “Any Russian Olympic sport athlete who had not been subject to independent testing in recent months should not be in Rio. It's not about whether you were doping or
not. That can't be proved either way. What this must be about is, 'Were you subject to compliant independent testing?”' But the summer federations may not have all the information they need from the McLaren report to act. Some sports, such as gymnastics, were not cited in the report and feel there is no justification to ban Russians. And the federations all have different rules. “This is our predicament,” said Andrew Ryan, director of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, which represents the 28 sports in the games. “We accept there is a collective responsibility and some IFs can address that, but the vast majority don't have that within their rules. For the IOC, it is more simple.”
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observations and remedial proposals for revival of Government schools in Nagaland
Extracted from the presentation of proposals submitted to “Nagaland vision 2030”
Introduction: When we open the pages of School Education department’s budget, or when we compare the literacy rates of Nagaland as compare to other bigger states; we are proud to be serving under the richest and most prestigious department or proud to be a Naga, having such a high literacy rate. To begin the real story (my own assessment) let us examine the HSLC & HSSLC Results. Do our schools perform well as compare to private schools? No, it’s a matter of shame. We do not want to discuss our school results in front of the private school teachers. Why? Why do the rural government schools shut down at 12:00 noon? Why do the government schools do not conduct assemblies? Why do the teachers could not reach the school at 8:30 am? Why do not the government schools declare quarterly results? Why not bonus be given to mischievous students? Is the teachers’ pay miserable to maintain their family even if a private teacher could do? Why then? A file dealing assistant in SDEO Office built his/her 6 storied building in Kohima just after serving 6 years in service, A Superintendent’s nephew regularized his service at the time of appointment( Graduate Teacher), An underground cadre enjoyed graduate pay without attending the school, A BED. G/T without attending the school was promoted and become the Headmaster/SDEO of the dedicated regular teachers, an educated village has 60 teaching staffs because they have many good friends in the Directorate, there are still many etcs.etcs. Can a file be process without bribe and regular pursuance? Let us not hurt ourselves by examine these facts and let us put our heads together how we survive in this kind of stumbles. Observations: The schooling and staffing pattern of the present trends of government schools in Nagaland is regrettably found to be miserable for the following reasons; 1.Misinterpretation and excessive enforcement of “FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION”: The constitution of India grants free and compulsory education to all the children below 14 years, but in practice, it does not mean that a well trained child of
an artist or a businessman or a carpenter be withdrew from his father’s profession and join the school. No, this is totally wrong. This violates the basic right of live. Education no more means acquiring of knowledge in this competitive world, what is the important of learning without building character? From time immemorial, no one cook and eat with dry alphabets? Alphabets and numerical learning are only for references of what is been practically known. Therefore; the constitutional provision is that no child shall be denied in any schools if he or she desires. Today we enforced this right to our children who are against theoretic learning as they had already mastered a specific skill which they can suitably set up their lives. In this regard, we should have enough experiences to apply “what type of children need what type of education”. Indeed, we cannot deny the rights granted by the constitution of India, yet we can neither deny the right of purposeful living. 2. No-Detention policy and Right to Education: India is a complex/ diverse culture, in this context, the low-caste people significantly untouchables were denied and discriminated by the upper caste. Similarly they were not given opportunity to study in the public schools; therefore there is urgency of providing certain rights to those classes of people but in Nagaland, such cases are out of sight. Therefore implementation of these rights should localize as per the local situations. 3. Scattered and excessive Bifurcations/ Detachment of schools: Nagas are social loving people and there is no exception in children. Therefore, the social force of being bigger /stronger is of great importance in the schooling process too. It is pertinent to note that the department allows even the below 100 students schools in a village to detach or bifurcate into three/four schools. In the real classroom situation, it is significant that grouping for activity based teaching in those school are not applicable due to less students participation. The villagers ‘attitude of having good numbers of E/Roll and Population creates stiff competition amongst the villages (for being a Christian state) the same is now applying in the school. Majority of rural schools are now even difficult to arrange 20 members team for a game/ dance/song. If any competition programme is organized, those schools are in search of children from other schools or children who are out of the school. Besides these setbacks, the disintegration of schools resulted, the division of quality teamwork of the teachers too. Now the question is whether we run the
school for material or children. 4. Inequality in staff distribution: There is an enormous gap between the schools in respect of haves and have-nots, There are some school having more than 60 teachers and with this great advantage, a teacher teach only one period in a day where as there are still some schools having 2(two) teachers having 3 classes at a time. This shows that the department is totally against the Right to equality laid down by the constitution of India. 5. Model of promotion: Promotion on educational qualification and seniority alone is a hazardous criterion for those dedicated and sincere teachers. BED/TOT /UGT etc. teachers without attending the school should not be given opportunity for promotion. It is observed that those trained teachers are attached to SDEO/DDEO/Directorate etc. Meanwhile, the dedicated teachers do not get times to go out even for those qualifications also (not 100/%) The IAS, NCS who are known as the “gold of the nation” are not undergone such a training for promotion. We need quality and not quantity, therefore 50% of promotion should be through competitive exam conducted by a highly organize central board. 6. Unhealthy appointment and Stagnancy in posting: Appointment has been randomly done with or without sanctioned post for the past years. This practice has given birth to corruption in the department. Besides, regularization of graduate teachers was also earned lot of criticism. Therefore any employee(s) who are regularized from 1993 to till date without screening test/Interview conducted by a competent authority should be deprive of promotional right. Secondly, posting of GT/PGT should be shuffle in a span of every 5th year. This is because the rigidity of posting creates the monarchical style or authoritative attitude of the incumbents over the community resulting irregularities of performing duties. 7. Communitization and Activity based teaching: Initially communitization revived and created allot in both scholastic and non scholastic areas. The community participation was positive. For instances; in an assembly, if a pastor is invited for sharing he/ she responded actively, similarly in SUPW , a craftsman, a singer in singing or a blacksmith( in a class on Industry topic) is invited they were happily accepted the invitations, However, it does not last long. It is observed that in some villages the community (VEC) becomes the owner of the material alone and not other belongings of the school, the excessive use of authority like deduction of
pay without the concern of Head teacher or teacher incharge, withdrawal and distribution of pay, school grants and other civil works were done without the concern of the teachers and the village council etc. However on the other side, they (VEC) never pay heed to the request and requirement of the school like shortage of teachers, transfer of teachers ETC. In this circumstance, there arose stiff competition between the staffs and the VECs. Thus VECs led the community to desperation. On the other hand, there are some villages where the teachers acted as the VECs functions also; they hold all the authority and the community have no say against them whether right or wrong. Thus communitsation starts and ends with VECs in many villages. Therefore communitsaion should be interpreted correctly in action. Moreover the authority granted to the community should be carefully examined and granted. 8. Agitations and protests; Agitations/ protest for the students welfare is miserably missing, but agitation for the welfare of the teachers and officers is reaching its zenith, thus both the administration and class running comes and goes with those protestants. It is indeed; very true that some arbitrary laws should be interpreted as per the constitution, however for all those miseries, we cannot always agitate for our own cause. In this regard, a Grievance Cell should be open to all so that the cell examines the gravity of the problem and consider or penalize the Protestants. Proposal for consideration: Recognition /detachment of schools: Recognition and detachment of new Government school be ban except to new village or enrolment exceeds to 300 students in GPS/500 students in GMS 1000 students in high school and higher secondary schools. 2. Enforcement of single school pattern: In a locality or a village all the schools are clustered with the following criterion: a. If the enrolment is less than 1000 students in GHSS/GHS in a village or locality. (I.e. the enrolment of GPS/GMS/GHS/ GHSS all together) b. If the enrolment is less than 500 students in Middle school in a village or locality. c.If the enrolment is less than 300 students in a village or locality. 3. Upgradation of schools: Upgradation of schools be done through the Academic performance of conducted by the Board. As stated in the proposal for bifurcation and detachment, if any school is to be upgraded, the school should produce 100% passed in the
Board Exams mentioned below; 4. Examintion to be conducted by the board: At the leaving of any school after attending the highest class of the existing/ present school, there should be a competitive exam to asses whether the learner has atleast developed some intellectual inputs, secondly the recognition of the children’s achievement is very important in the process of building their positive attitude. Therefore, competitive Board exams must be conducted by the board of school education in the following levels as per the status or the categories of the schools as follows; 1. GPS. CLASS 5 2. GMS. CLASS 8 3. GHS. CLASS 10 4. GHSS. CLASS 12 5. Observation of award day: Meritorious students should be awarded with special scholarship and the same be observe annually. 6. Staffing: A. Recruitment and promotion of Graduate and Post Graduate Teachers: • Appointment of graduate and Post Graduate teachers be done through competitive examination. • Transfer/ Reshuffling of posting be done in every fifth year. • Promotion be done through a qualifying Board of examination batch-wise (5 years) with 10% marks granted to B.E.D candidates. However, any teacher attached to SDEO/DDEO or directorate or deputed to other department shall not be given this opportunity. B. Appointment of primary teachers be done through direct recruitment: Preferably trained candidates selected from nearest locality. • Creation of Teacher- in charge and Head teacher post as class II gazetted • Promotion to Head Teacher and Teacher In charge be done through central board of examination C. Special pay scale for undergraduate teachers: Under graduate teachers be granted with special provision as the scope for promotion is comparatively miserable to Graduate teachers. 7. Vision and grievance cell: To avoid or minimize agitation/protest etc. a grievance cell be set up with atleast one legal expert as member in the cell. In this regards, Policy making for change of any educational system or directives be undertake inviting suggestion from teachers. Choseta
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Power, Grace and Wonder Woman!
'Kabali' has created an all time history across globe: Producer
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egastar Rajinikanthstarrer 'Kabali', which released amid much fan frenzy yesterday, has created history by becoming the biggest Indian opener of all time, according to producer Kalaipuli S Thanu. The film, directed by Pa Ranjith, is a gangster drama and also stars Radhika Apte, Dhanshika and Kalaiarasan in key roles. Thanu says the official collection figure is awaited but the film has easily collected
Rs 100 crore on its opening day. "It is God's blessing that the film is doing so well. The collection is amazing not only in India but all over the world. Language does not seem to be a barrier as everyone is coming to see the film. It has created history and an all time record all over the world. The collection figure is awaited but I am assuming it has easily made Rs 100 crore on the first day," Thanu told PTI. The producer said the film
was released in approximately 8000-10000 screens all over the world, which includes 480 screens in the US, 490 in Malaysia and above 500 in Gulf countries. "It is the best collection an Indian actor has ever had. It shows that there is only one superstar and that is Rajinikanth." Talking about tackling piracy, Thanu says, "It is a menace done by some anti-social elements. But the collection of the film is extraordinary." Thanu first met Rajinikanth
in 1978 when he was the distributor of the actor's movie 'Bairavi'. In 1984, when Thanu turned producer with Arjun starrer 'Yaar', Rajinikanth appeared in a cameo in the film. The producer says they have remained friends ever since and share an "amazing connection" with each other. "I am collaborating with him again after 32 years. We share am amazing connection, it is extraordinary."
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he debuted in the role earlier this year in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. And the muchanticipated first poster of the Wonder Woman movie was revealed on Friday. Gal
First official poster featuring Gal Gadot in the iconic role is revealed Gadot who plays the titular role debuted the image on her Twitter account ahead of it being shown to fans at Comic-Con in San Diego. Power, Grace, Wisdom, Wonder are written across the figure, which is highlighted against an
orange and blue background. She explained recently that the character is multi-layered. 'She has the heart of a human so she can be emotional, she’s curious, she’s compassionate, she loves people,' gal told EW of Diana Price, her character's alter-ego, recently. She added: 'And then she has the powers of a goddess'. The actress also explained to the publication that she felt that 'only a woman' could direct the film in order 'to tell the story in the right way.' It's directed by Patty Jenkins, who is best known for directing Monster with Charlize Theron. The movie which also stars Chris Pine, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, and Lucy Davis, is due for release on June 2, 2017.
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Participants of the first ever Music Carnival organised at Life Spring Corner on Saturday. Organised by Abigail Odyuo of the Birmingham City University, UK as part of research studies, the day long carnival provided music workshops on Piano, Choral Music, Violin, Guitar, Voice. The carnival also saw kids being exposed to various musical games such as rhythm games, identifying sounds, music story telling etc.
Paul McCartney named UK’s most successful album act ever
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eatle legend Paul McCartney has Source: Mail Online been named the most successful albums artist in British chart history, according to the Official Charts Company. The announcement comes on the 60th anniversary of the first ever nationwide Albums Chart to be published in the UK. The 74-year-old musician, who has recently released a career-spanning record of his material with Wings and by himself, becomes the latest recipient of an Official Chart Record
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lobo Naga got another feather to his cap by hitting the Indie Chart in India once again. Currently the song chasing ghosts is in the top 7 of Hungama music indie Top 20 songs, along with some big Bollywood names like Atif Aslam, Salim Sulaiman and Top Hindi pop singers like Abida Parveen, Jay R, Anurag Dixit, Swapnil Mistry. Alobo Naga released his new single "Chasing Ghosts" ft MOTO on July 2nd worldwide and the
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scar-winning director Oliver Stone has warned people about the popular video game "Pokemon Go" and said it is a complete invasion of privacy. The 69-year-old "Savages" filmmaker believes that it's not a joke and the game actually scans lot of personal information from
Breaker Award, reported Telegraph online. With 15 Number Ones with The Beatles, two with Wings, four as a solo artist and one in collaboration with ex-wife Linda McCartney, the singer has totalled 22 chart-topping albums over nearly six decades. He has also spending a total of 191 weeks at the top of the charts - more than any other artist. McCartney has also had a hand in the biggest-selling studio album in British chart history, with 1967's revolutionary Sgt Pepper's Lonely
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Hearts Club Band standing at 5.1 million sales. In a video accepting the award, the legendary singer said, "Okay, you know how it really feels? It feels unbelievable, because when you write your songs you don't count how well they're doing. "I remember when Please Please Me (the Beatles' 1963 debut album) went to Number 1, that was our first Number 1 record, and it's a beautiful feeling to suddenly get this (award), I mean it's amazing.
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Paris Hilton launching own hotel chain
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ocialite Paris Hilton is to launch a new line of luxury hotels, following in the footsteps of her greatgrandfather Conrad Hilton. According to Forbes magazine, she will open hotels in Dubai, New York and Las Vegas - three of her favourite places to visit. A launch date is yet to be revealed, reports femalefirst. co.uk. This will not be Hilton's first venture into the real estate world. In 2010, she designed two Beach Clubs for Azure
song is trending on most of the online social networks & medias with maximum downloads after a heavy promotional campaign from fans, well wishers, friends & many celebrities from India & across the world. It's been aired on most of the FM radio stations across India & Bhutan, the song got 4 stars rating out of 5 at artistealoud. One can download the song through iTunes, indihut, WYNK music , Hungama music, vodaphone music, reliance music etc.
Sharmila Tagore, Shekhar Kapur Oliver Stone alerts people over get Icon 'Pokemon Go' Award in London
your phone and a kind of surveillance could lead to "totalitarianism", reported Contactmusic. "It's not funny. What's happening is a new level of invasion. The profits are enormous here for places like Google. They've invested a huge amount of money in data mining what you are buying, what you like, your
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behaviour," Stone said. While promoting his new movie "Snowden" at San Diego, the filmmaker continued, "It's what some people call surveillance capitalism. You'll see a new form of, frankly, a robot society. It's what they call totalitarianism."
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ndian actress Sharmila Tagore and director Shekhar Kapur were honoured with the Icon Awards at Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival. "The festival has had a special focus on women Source: PTI and cinema this year with
Urban Resort Residences by Century Properties in the Philippines. John Victor Antonio, Century Properties CEO and project head of Azure, said of the reality TV star: "Her unparalleled style that made her a successful businesswoman and a style icon, as well as her zest for living the good life are the qualities that we would like to incorporate into our vacation-inspired residential property. "With her exposure to the best beaches around the world, coupled with
her fun and sensible fashion sense, we believe that we've made the right choice in partnering with someone who appreciates urban resort style living and who can lend a worldclass touch to Azure." Hilton certainly knows how to make a success of a business as her own line of fragrances have made over $1.5 billion. She also has 50 Paris Hilton boutiques worldwide, with products including perfumes, handbags, watches and shoes.
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seven films by women directors," variety.com quoted Tagore as saying. She added: "I am happy to receive the Icon Award and have enjoyed doing the master class at this rapidly growing festival." Running from July 14 to July 24,
the seventh Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival showed films in venues across London and Birmingham in 15 different languages and featured seven women filmmakers. Cary Sawhney, director of The Bagri Foundation London
Indian Film Festival, said: "Our awards aim to highlight just some of the many achievements of filmmakers and actors from South Asia, who may otherwise go unsung by the broader world film community." Source: IANS
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Sunderland appoint Moyes as Allardyce replacement
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LONDON, JuLy 23 (AP): Usain Bolt looked in fine shape for the Olympics by winning his last race before Rio de Janeiro on his return from injury. Keni Harrison also looked more than ready for Brazil by breaking a 28year record in the 100-meters hurdles in London on Friday. Only, unlike Bolt, Harrison is not going to the Olympics. While Bolt is Rio-bound despite being forced to pull David Moyes poses for a portrait after becoming the new out of the Jamaican trials with Sunderland manager. (Getty Images) a hamstring injury, Harrison Uruguayan Gus Poyet failed to make the American LONDON, JuLy 23 (ReuteRs): Sunderland ap- took over from caretak- track squad after a poor perpointed David Moyes as er manager Kevin Ball in formance at her trials. Instead, Harrison will manager on Saturday, re- October 2013 and guid(LEFT) Jamaica's Usain Bolt creates his 'Lightening Bolt' pose as he celebrates winning the men's 200m at the IAAF Diamond League Anniversary Games placing Sam Allardyce who ed the club to 14th place have to settle for her re- athletics meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park stadium in Stratford, east London on July 22 .(AFP Photo) (RIGHT) USA's Kendra Harrison celebrates has taken charge of the in the league. Poyet was cord-breaking night at the after winning the Women's 100m Hurdles final and breaking the World Record (Reuters) dismissed in March 2015 London Diamond League England team. In his first 200-me- Merritt's world-leading strongly - that he got preferThe 53-year-old Moyes, with Sunderland one point meet being her crowning what I know what I could this month. ''I was comhave done (in Rio).'' ing out here with just ven- ter race of the season, the time of 19.74. ''I'm not ful- ential treatment by being alwithout a club since being above the relegation zone. moment of the summer. Even sweeter for Har- geance to show these girls world's fastest man ran ly in shape. I need more lowed to skip the Jamaican The 23-year-old Harsacked by Spain's Real So- The club appointed Dutch19.89 seconds at the same work but over time I will trials. ''I felt it was a joke,'' ciedad in November, has man Dick Advocaat who rison ran 12.20 seconds on rison was finishing ahead what I have.'' Bolt rarely has anything Olympic Stadium where be fine,'' Bolt said. ''I could the Bolt said. ''I felt it was signed a four-year contract guided them to the safety the site of the 2012 Olym- of compatriots Brianna of a 16th-placed finish with pics to surpass Yordanka Rollins and Kristi Castlin, to prove to anyone. But the four years ago he took feel the rust. The execution a disrespect the fact they at the Stadium of Light. cham- golds from the 100, 200 and up there wasn't perfect but think I'd back out of a triDonkova's previous mark of who both qualified for the six-time Olympian "I am delighted to have one game remaining. Caption: Nagaland Sepaktakraw Team in the 19th Sub-Junior National relay races. it was my first run so I can't als. Me, Usain Bolt who has Olympics ahead of will her. participate pion had to show in Lon- 4x100-meter Advocaat resigned in 12.21 set in August 1988; be- Sub-Junior joined Sunderland. I am ''You have one bad day don that he hasn't been On Friday, proven myself year (after) relishing the challenge and October 2015 with Sunderfore the American was born. Sepaktakraw Championship to be held in Hyderabad from July 27 to 31. The team will be led by Bolt finished complain.'' The only complaints year that I'm the greatest. excited by the opportuni- land second from bottom. ''Not making the Olym- but I knew I still had it in slowed by the hamstring ahead of Alonso Edward of Coach pic Holshe Asst. Coachme,'' Puleno Neikha, and Teaminjury Manager Aren. Harrison said, referthat led to him with- Panama and British run- Bolt had were targeted at ''I laughed when I heard it. ty," Moyes said in a state- Allardyce was appointed teamKhrieo, I was really upset,'' the same month and per- Harrison said. ''And I want- ring to her sixth-place fin- drawing from his country's ner Adam Gemili, clock- American rivals who had I was disappointed, espement on Saturday. "I have taken over a big formed wonders to avoid ed to come out here and do ish at the U.S. trials earlier Olympic trials. ing slower than LaShawn lightly suggested - not cially in Justin Gatlin.'' British club with great sup- the drop by ending up port and I'm looking for- fourth from bottom. "We are absolutely deward to working in the Premier League again. I look lighted to welcome Daforward to continuing the vid Moyes who was by far good work done by Sam." and away our first choice," The Scot's last mana- Sunderland chairman Elgerial job in England was lis Short said. "He is a man DimAPuR, JuLy 23 his ill-fated spell in charge whose football pedigree (mexN): The Dimapur of Manchester United in speaks for itself and is District Volleyball Asso2013-14, following Alex someone I have long adciation held an execumired. "He was my number Ferguson's retirement. tive meeting on July 19 Moyes has also man- one managerial target for at DDSC complex duraged Preston North End, the last five appointments ing which the following winning the third-tier but his desire to honour exmembers were elected as crown with them, and Ever- isting contracts meant we office bearers: President ton where he spent more were not able to bring him – Tsenthungo Lotha; than 11 years. He is Sun- to Sunderland previously. Vice-President – Basu "To be able to finally derland's fourth full-time Dasani; General Secremanagerial appointment welcome him as our mantary – Thoyba Rongmei; since Italian Paolo Di Canio ager is fantastic news for the Asst Gen Secy – Tiameclub," added Short. Sunwas sacked in September 2013. The club have flirted derland launch their new Nagaland Sepaktakraw Sub-Junior Team will participate in the 19th Sub-Junior National ren Aier; Publicity Secwith relegation in each of league campaign at Man- Sepaktakraw Championship to be held in Hyderabad from July 27 to 31. The team will be led retary – N. Robin Kikon; Treasurer – Joseph Sumi. chester City on Aug. 13. the last four seasons. by Coach Holshe Khrieo, Asst. Coach Puleno Neikha, and Team Manager Aren.
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Turkish weightlifter stripped of Beijing medal
Rosberg edges Hamilton to take Hungarian GP pole
BuDAPest, JuLy 23 (AP): Nico Rosberg of Mercedes will start from pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix, ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull. Qualifying on Saturday was hampered by heavy rainfall, which delayed the start by 20 minutes and also led to several interruptions and crashes, including by Felipe Massa of Williams and Sauber's Marcus Ericsson. Rosberg posted a time of 1 minute, 19.965 seconds according to provisional results, 0.143 seconds faster than Hamilton, who barely made it to the last of the three qualifying session, finishing 10th in session two. Ricciardo was third, 0.172 seconds off Hamilton's pace. Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg with Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo after qualification. (REUTERS) the only non-Mercedes winner
so far this season, was fourth, followed by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Rosberg leads the championship with 168 points halfway through the 21-race season, one point ahead of Hamilton, the two-time defending champion. Hamilton is seeking a record fifth victory at the Hungaroring circuit. Michael Schumacher also has four wins in Hungary. Rosberg was fastest in the morning practice session, which was completed about 45 minutes before rain drenched the Hungaroring circuit. Hamilton, who recovered from a crash early in Friday's second practice, was fourth fastest. Before the last practice, motorsport's governing body reaffirmed its commitment to “zero tolerance” for cars going off the track. Charlie Whiting, the
FIA's Formula One race director, confirmed in a note to the teams that “lap times achieved by leaving the track will be deleted” during qualifying. During the race, drivers leaving the track three times at turns 4 and 11 where electronic sensors have been installed, will be shown a black and white warning flag. One more infraction will likely lead to a drivethrough penalty, Whiting said. The penalties, however, would not be applied if FIA found that the driver left the track “for reasons beyond his control.” The issue of going wide on the tracks controversially surfaced again at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago. Several drivers, including Hamilton, had qualifying laps deleted by race stewards.
India in command Ion Izaguirre wins 20th stage, in West Indies test Froome close to third Tour title
ANtiguA, JuLy 23 (AgeNCies): India took a commanding position on Day 3 of the first Test in Antigua as hosts West Indies lost 3 early wickets. At lunch, West Indies were 90/3 after 44 overs and trail India by 476 runs. India started Day 3 with a massive lead of 535 runs over the hosts West Indies. Riding on Virat Kohli’s maiden double ton and R. Ashwin’s third Test hundred, India scored a mammoth 566/8 in the first innings. West Indies in reply didn’t have a great start as they lost Braithwate early in the innings and ended the second day’s play at 31/1. Kohli registered his name in the record books with his scintillating knock of 200 as he became the first Indian Test skipper to score an overseas double hundred. West Indies looked a tired lot with the ball as they failed to create chances with the new ball in the morning session. The shoulders were dropping as the Indian pair continued to pile on the runs, at a very brisk pace in Antigua. While the focus remained on Kohli, Ashwin quietly went about
doing business as he scored a crucial fifty, and then a hundred, in the process.
Kohli's double ton a classy knock: Viv Richards West Indian legend Sir Vivian Richards has hailed Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli's maiden double century on day two of the first Test against the hosts as a "classy" knock. "I think it was a magnificent hundred. To score a double hundred at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground is a formidable task in terms of what he has achieved," Richards told the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) website on Friday. "As a batsman myself, it was very pleasing to see and even though it was against the West Indies, I do appreciate seeing class and his was a classy knock," he added. Richards said he thoroughly enjoyed the Delhi batsman's effort with the willow. Kohli scored 200 from 283 deliveries to guide India to a commanding 566/8 along with the other centurion Ravichandran Ashwin (113). (IANS)
Spains Jon Izaguirre Insausti celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 146.5 kilometers (90.7 miles) with start in Megeve and finish in Morzine-Avoriaz, France, Saturday, July 23. (AP Photo)
mORZiNe, JuLy 23 (AFP): Chris Froome all but wrapped up the 2016 Tour de France title as Spaniard Ion Izaguirre won the 20th and penultimate stage on Saturday. With Sunday's 21st and final stage little more than a procession into Paris, only a disaster can deny
Froome a third Tour title now. Despite crashing on Friday, Froome comfortably held onto his lead of more than four minutes over Frenchman Romain Bardet on the rainy 146.5km stage from Megeve to Morzine in the Alps. Izaguirre won the stage after
a daring descent to the finish having crested the final climb, the Col de Joux Plane, alongside 2014 champion Vincenzo Nibali and Colombian Jarlinson Pantano, winner of the 15th stage last Sunday. Pantano almost skidded off the road on the descent while Nibali was uncharacteristically tentative following his crash on Friday, allowing Izaguirre to ride clear and take the first stage win for a Spaniard in this Tour. Behind, the expected -- or perhaps merely hoped for -- fireworks amongst the top 10 failed to materialise. Froome had crashed on Friday but any suggestion that he might be vulnerable was dispelled by a show of force from his Sky team that rode on the front of the peloton all day. Even on the final climb, noone dared attack, bar Bauke Mollema and Joaquim Rodriguez, although having started the day in 10th and 11th respectively, theirs was mere squabbling over minor positions.
Sibel Ozkan of Turkey poses with her silver medal in the women's 48kg Group A weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 9, 2008. (REUTERS/Files)
ZuRiCH, JuLy 23 (ReuteRs): Turkish weightlifter Sibel Ozkan has been stripped of the Olympic silver medal she won in Beijing in 2008 after testing positive for a banned substance in a doping test conducted eight years later, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday. Ozkan, 28, was caught after the IOC ordered samples from Beijing and 2012 London Games to be retested using new techniques not available at the time of the competitions. The IOC said in a statement that the 28-year-old, who competed in the 48-kilogram category, tested positive for the banned substance Stanozolol. So far 98 athletes have tested positive for banned substances in the re-tests which were ordered after "an intelligence-gathering process that started in August 2015". Ozkan, whose sample was kept in a laboratory in Lausanne accredited by the
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), was disqualified from the events in which she competed in Beijing and ordered to return her medal, the IOC said. It said the Turkish Olympic Committee "shall notably secure the return to the IOC, as soon as possible, of the medal, the medallist pin and the diploma awarded in connection with the 48kg weightlifting event (Final) to the athlete." The IOC also requested the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to modify the results. "The protection of the clean athletes and the fight against doping is a top priority for the IOC," it said. Stanozolol is a synthetic anabolic steroid commonly used as a performanceenhancing drug in sports. It is favoured by athletes and bodybuilders attempting to lose fat while retaining lean body mass. Some users also say it reduces the amount of recovery time needed after injury.
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