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Without God’s Spirit, the church simply can’t be the church —N.T. Wright

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kohiMa, July 5 (NEps): Minister for National Highways and Mechanical Engineering of Nagaland has stated that once the construction of Foothill Road is completed, there will be an economic boom in Nagaland. The road, he said, will open up huge economic avenues to the people and bring economic development to Nagaland state.

“More than three lakh Nagas living in the long stretch of Foothill Road bordering Assam will immensely benefit economically,” Nuklutoshi said.

The minister mentioned that one of the reasons of constructing the Foothill Road from Tizit in Mon to Khelma in Peren (some 428 kms) was due to the inconveniences caused to the people of Nagaland during bandhs and strikes in Assam.

“There are well established roads connecting Assam and the foothill areas,” said Nuklutoshi.

“However, these areas do not have direct road connectivity with the state boundaries to travel towards the state capital, Kohima and also to the commercial hub of Dimapur, thus leaving them no other alternative but to travel to Assam.”

The Foothill Road touches at least six districts of Mon, Longleng, Mokokchung, Wokha, Dimapur, and Peren.

Nuklutoshi stated that though the present pro-

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posal for the Foothill Road is double lane, all the required provisions for road land width-right of way (30 M to 60 M) will be kept for upgrading to four-lane.

Referring to the benefits of the road, Nuklutoshi cited the rich mineral deposits like coal in Mon, the agricultural belts of Longleng and Mokokchung, oil fields of Wokha district, and Khelma in Peren district, which is called the “Rice Bowl” of the state.

According to the minister, Nagaland is remaining the poorest in the country because of the lack of appropriate connectivity for economic development.

Meanwhile, pointing out that in Nagaland the land holding system is different and the government does not own any land, he maintained that land compensation sometimes becomes the biggest hurdle in development.

The minister further disclosed that in all the already declared five National Highways in Nagaland, all land negotiations would be borne by the central ministry. “If the people want new road, they have to give land,” he added.

He expressed happiness that people in the border districts agreed to provide lands without any compensation for the construction of Foothill Road. “I am confident that it will be the best road in the state and more importantly, it will be the economic lifeline to the people of the state.”

Longwa Village under Phomching block, in the upper Konyak region of Mon, is mostly known for the Indo-Myanmar international boundary that runs through the house of Who fixed the prices? I have the village Chief or ‘Angh.’ absolutely no idea!

Another notorious reputation of the area in the past The Morung Express was the reported cultivation poppy for livelihood and Poll QuEsTion of consumption and the harVote on www.morungexpress.com vest of opium, which led to sMs your answer to 9862574165 addiction related problems. A valley at longwa under Phomching block, in the upper Konyak area of Mon. once known for its poppy cultivation, Do you think that the Now however, the area farmers in the region are beginning to reap the benefits of cardamom cultivation. Photo by Lipichem Nagaland State Government is starting to develop a new crop for its lucrative eco- and economic revolution cultivation, the area may notorious habit of destroylistens and acts only reputation; one that in- nomic return, which also in the entire region. It is soon become a major car- ing crops, in addition to bewhen the public agitate? ing not as profitable as carvolves cultivation of Car- acts as an alternate source fascinating to witness that damom belt.

This cardamom boom damom cultivation. damom - also known as the of livelihood. However, it is the fields which were once Yes no others interesting to note that de- filled with poppy are now has also encouraged The chairman of Long‘Queen of Spices.’

Do you support the Indian Konyak villagers in Burma wa Village tells The Morung Cardamom was first spite culinary enthusiast’s covered with cardamom.

Government’s decision to Longkhong informs to embrace cultivating the Express that despite a strict introduce Yoga as a subject introduced in Longwa and love for cardamom, people in government run schools? the surrounding villages who cultivate this expen- that even people who do ‘Queen of Spices.’ Howev- ban on cultivation of poppy Yes 15% in Phomching block along sive spice in Longwa do not not own fields have ben- er, in the Burmese side of by churches, NGOs and law 72% efited from cardamom the border, villagers are in- enforcing agencies, there with other blocks a couple use it for consumption. no Cardamom cultiva- cultivation as they are em- dulging in only small scale are still certain pockets of years back on a commer13% others cial scale. It was introduced tion in the region is so lu- ployed to clean the weeds cultivation as there are no where cultivation of popDetails on page 7 agencies to support them, py is practiced across the in the watershed area, with crative that this year alone, and help in the harvest.

Such is the boom in except for the Konyak Mis- border, as this is the only more than 30 lakh seed- more that 25 lakh was paid lings supplied by the Naga- in advance to the farmers in trade that many carda- sion Board and the Konyak source of livelihood.

But with the coming land state Department of Longwa before the harvest. mom farmers have started Church Mon. Despite this, A cardamom trader from buying vehicles and plots villagers there are also ca- of cardamom, those areas Land Resources.

Today, Longwa alone Longwa further reveals that at Mon, constructing their pable of producing hun- are also being converted Wokha, July 5 produces more than 5000 around Rs 5-7 lakhs was paid own houses and are able to dreds of kilos of carda- into cardamom fields as it (MExN): The Lotha kg of dry cardamom cap- to Naga Konyak villages in send their children to pri- mom, which is marketed in fetches better returns. And Hoho today warned that Longwa. in line with this, the Konyak any individual or vil- sules, bringing in a huge re- Burma for the spice this year. vate schools.

Longkhong, a proSecretary of the InteKonyak Naga villages Churches have invited ten turn of around Rupee 40-45 lage making a deal with gressive farmer from grated Watershed Manage- in Burma have gone to the leaders from villages across the government or any lakhs a year.

People of Longwa and Longwa, who has six car- ment Programme (IWMP) extent of replacing Mithun the border to receive trainagency on oil without its permission will be the surrounding villages damom fields, describes in Longwa, Manjei pos- rearing with cardamom cul- ing on cultivation of cardaheld solely responsible cultivate this fragrant, aro- cardamom as a crop that tulates that with the pres- tivation. One reason for this mom, in collaboration with for any economic loss, matic and expensive spice has brought social change ent rate of production and is because Mithuns have the the Spices Board of India. environmental damages, or health hazards resulting from the said issue. A press release appended by Lotha Hoho traditionally through customkohiMa, July 5 (MExN): other ordinary organization,” of true brotherhood. chairman Mhao Humt“SAPO and Mao Council be- ary practices.”

The Chakhro Angami Public but both are literally “brothers soe and general secretary Mhondamo Ovung In this context, CAKU called Organization (CAKU) today by blood.” Thus, the spirit of ing apex organizations for the Morung Express news discipline now prevailing on the appealed to both the Southern brotherhood among the Teny- welfare of its people, it is viewed upon both the organisations to stated that the Hoho reroads would hinge on the citizens Angami Public Organization imi community should not be that a matured stature should create space for negotiation serves the right of strinDimapur | July 5 and firm resolve on the part of (SAPO) and Mao Council to im- demoralized because of land be enhanced while dealing with and reciprocate to TPO’s offer gent action on erring member or village. The Disregard for rules, reckless driv- the men and women in uniform. mediately desist from further disputes, CAKU added. conflict and held responsible positively and with outmost release recounted that ing, weak enforcement, narrow “Without order and discipline, violence over the land dispute Opining that if necessary for building a peaceful atmo- sincerity. during the general body and bad road condition are among the increase in manpower would at Kezoltsa and Kozürü.

Further, it stated that since step had been taken earlier such sphere for future generation,” it meeting held at LTC Hall, the basic recipes that give rise to come to naught.” Condition of the the land dispute falls within added. confrontation would have been CAKU in a press note issued Wokha, all members, in- chaotic road traffic. In Dimapur road is equally important, he said. by its president, Luola-o Üsou averted, CAKU urged both parthe jurisdiction of SAPO and CAKU also stated that the “So long as the roads remain the cluding oil well owners of context, it has all the recipes.

Mao Council only, both parties assistance extended by Tenyties to acknowledge the call and and assistant general secreWhile enforcement personnel same, traffic management would Changpang and Tssori, should not threaten nor intimiimia Public Organization (TPO) appeals made by various orgatary, Lhoutsolie Nakhro maincontinue to be a challenge, ” he lahave no authority over expansion decided that the oil issue date each other under CAKU regarding the conflict should be nizations, villagers, individuals tained that both SAPO and Mao being an intricate subject and mending of roads, a ‘wind of mented. jurisdiction, but maintain tranconsidered by both parties as etc and desist from further vioCouncil are organs of Tenyimi A striking improvement is change’ is sweeping through Dishould be solely taken up at the Hoho level. Sub- mapur’s main thoroughfares in the witnessed at Nyamo Lotha Road body and were not created nor lence and hatred “in Toto” and “TPO is the right organization to quillity and press for early and sequently, a sub-com- aspect of enforcement. The sight of – single file movement of vehicles set up by a “human wisdom as respect one another in the spirit tackle the issue historically and amicable solution. mittee was appointed men and women in navy blue & and designated parking spots for to draft “our own” Lotha white has become more frequent 2-wheelers and 4-wheelers and a tribe’s modality, but the and discernible, while the people special parking zone for the difgovernment ignored the wearing the distinct traffic police ferently-abled opposite Chrissubmission, the release uniform appear more resolute. tian Higher Secondary School. stated. Thereafter, a res- In traffic management, the com- According to the ACP of Zone I, olution was adopted mon sight of 2-3 vehicles moving 15 personnel are detailed per that unless and until the side-by-side on single-lane road shift to enforce parking rules at DiMapur, July 5 (MExN): In the wake of the killing demands in the modal- has lessened. Is it a result of en- NL Road in addition to the regu- of its cadre by Indian security forces in Tamenglong, the NEW DElhi, July 5 (agEN- militants continue to have a free run ity are accepted, the Lo- hancement of police manpower lars, who man the traffic islands NSCN (Reformation) has demanded the Government ciEs): Despite intense efforts from in Myanmar, sources said.

If there is any pressure on the thas will not honour any or has the citizenry become more at Holy Cross junction and De- of India to publicly “make their position clear if they India, Myanmar doesn’t seem to be luxe Point. 6 personnel are de- have given free hand to their army to go after NSCN (R).” very enthusiastic about cracking groups, it is the fallout of the much legislation on the mat- etiquette-aware?

“Increase in the supervisory ployed at the Clock Tower-Holy Crpl. Ningailung was “waylaid” while he was looking down on Indian militant groups that publicized military operation across ter, it added. Ever since level and shrinking of the area Cross stretch and as many moni- for another cadre who did not return the previous night, have taken refuge in its territory. the border. “It has definitely sent a the oil issue surfaced, According to latest assessments, strong warning, and they have decided the Lotha apex body has of supervision (among others), tor the Midland-Dhobinulla according to a press release from secretary, MIP, NSCN been working relent- we’re able to implement the rules stretch, the ACP informed. On (R). Condemning the “high handedness and brutal kill- Myanmar troops have visited a few to lie low for some time,” one source lessly on the subject, the more effectively,” stated ADCP the possibility of introducing ing”, the NSCN (R) affirmed that Ningailung was a cadre militant camps that operate in In- said. Among several factors behind tow-trucks, the ACP said it would and PRO Shouka Kakheto. dia, and warned them to move out. the lukewarm response of Myanmar Hoho said.

With the installation of the not be conducive given the nar- of NSCN (R) and not NSCN (K) as claimed by Indian se- “However, we do not see any solid authorities, is NSCN (K), led by Myancurity forces. “The security forces killed Crpl. Ningailung Commissionerate system of po- row width of the roads. action on their part,” an intelligence mar citizen SS Khaplang, drawing a sigPutting up more road signs and knowingly well that he was a member of the NSCN-Refor- official said. He pointed out that if nificant number of its members from licing, the traffic police witnessed a two-fold increase in manpow- designating lanes where lane-di- mation search party and his weapon HK-33 was seized.” Myanmar troops had carried out any that country, and its close ties with its Maintaining that attack on the Naga Army by seer; from around 120 personnel to viders do not exist are the other imserious operations to curtail the In- military establishment. The group also DiMapur, July 5 nearly 400, including 15 women provements, while programmes curity forces is not a new thing, the MIP secretary said, dian insurgents, there would have has a formal ceasefire agreement with (MExN): Two persons police. Traffic management in to sensitize road users are being earlier, they took NSCN (R) kilonser Willingbou Zeliang been arm seizures and arrests. “Not Myanmar government. Several northwere injured when a Dimapur is now headed by a DCP held more frequently. According and three others in their custody for almost four days one has been killed, not one man in- eastern groups, such as NSCN (K), Maruti car collided assisted by two ACPs, who look af- to ADCP Kakheto, using social and three nights. “It is a clear indication that the Indian jured, not one arms seizure till date,” UNLF, KYKL, NDFB etc have found with an oncoming mini ter two zones. Zone I for the urban media to connect with citizens has security forces are venting out their anger on the NSCN another one remarked. safe haven in Myanmar. truck at 2 ½ Mile, Di- core and Zone II for the area be- also aided in the ongoing transfor- (R) after they lost some of their jawans in ambushes by “I can understand if they do not Over the past few months, espemation effort.

He informed that yond the Dhansiri (Purana Bazaar NSCN (K).” The release further stated that for the Indian cially since National Socialist Coun- want to crack down on NSCN (K) mapur on Sunday night installing CCTVs at intersections security forces, it does not matter whether it is NSCN cil of Nagaland (Khaplang) violated because they have a ceasefire agreearound 9:25 pm. Police upto Piphema) with both zones informed that the Maru- having a Control Cell each. Zone is on the plans. Live CCTV footage (K), NSCN (IM) or NSCN (R). “For them, it is India versus its 14-year-old ceasefire, India has ment, and because of their close would enable greater coordinati car was speeding to- I is manned by 240 personnel, inNaga; therefore, any Naga army of any of the faction is been pushing Myanmar to crack nexus. But why are they not acting wards Dimapur when it cluding Home Guards, while Zone tion between the on-field person- an enemy for them and they have little or no respect for down on militant groups, with both against the other groups?” a senior nel, he added. hit the mini-truck. Two II has around 100 personnel.

Other plans which are under the ceasefire agreement signed by the representatives of national security adviser Ajit Doval Army official said. The other insur“With the manpower increase, occupants of the Maruti and foreign secretary S Jaishankar gent groups, that have found safe haconsideration include - turning GS GoI and the NSCN.” car reportedly sustained we’re able to monitor intersec- Road into 2-way, designating time Meanwhile, the group asserted it will not remain a conducting discussions with presi- ven in Myanmar, are primarily under tions, which were previously unserious injuries and periods for local goods trucks to ply “sitting duck”, while declaring “if at all need arises, we dent U Thein Sein and other senior the tutelage of NSCN (K). “There is were taken to District manned,” added ADCP Kakheto. and prohibiting entry of inter-state are prepared to explore and implore all given opportu- members. However, there seems to significant benefit to the Myanmar He however added that the conHospital, Dimapur. be no major movement forward, and army from these groups,” he said. nity at hand.” tinuation of the sense of order and carriers during daytime.

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Assault on Naga farmer condemned Dimapur, July 5 (mExN): The Pfutsero Town Citizen Welfare Forum (PTCWF) today expressed shock at the assault on Sanyi Dukru, an “upright leader” and farmer from Pfutsero Town, by some non-Naga vegetable wholesale dealers at Murgipatti in Dimapur on July 1.

A press statement from PTCWF convenor stated that the incident is “tragic and intolerable and must be utterly condemned in the strongest term by all Nagas.”

Maintaining that the incident has thrown light on the “increasing daring of non-locals,” PTCWF questioned “how those non-locals dared to assault a Naga in such manner in the heart of our Naga commercial centre.” The forum further urged district administration “to wipe out all kind of threats and evil elements and save our Dimapur to be a save passage for our Naga survival.”

Meanwhile, the PTCWF lauded ACAUT as well as other NGOs, civil bodies and individuals for their support and taking up the matter seriously.

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TYOD: The Tenyimi Youth Organization Dimapur (TYOD) also expressed pain at the attack on Sanyi Dukru. While condemning the act, TYOD viewed that “such act of non local taking advantage under the cover of some of our own local patrons thereby threatening and intimidating our own local is a very serious issue which every right thinking citizens should condemn.”

Stating that the incident is a “direct challenge to our identity in our own traditional land,” the organisation appealed to all fellow Nagas not to be “dragged or used by non-local in any manner that oppress the unity of our Nagas.”

TYOD further termed it unfortunate that after assaulting Sanyi, an accused (non local) filed an FIR against Sanyi. It appealed to the authority concerned to investigate without any bias and bring the culprit to book at the earliest.

Meanwhile, the TYOD strongly warned that it will “not tolerate the non-local either be it a businessmen or in any other profession grabbing the name of any Naga Patron for their defense or wrong doing nor in any manner that directly or indirectly compromise the integrity of the Nagas.” It directed them to take their grievances, if any, before the concerned authorities for amicable redress.

ZUD: Condemning the “murder attempt” on the life of Sanyi Dukru, the Zhavame Union Dimapur has appealed to the authority concerned to immediately arrest all the other evading accused and award stringent punishment to all the accused. It also demanded that no bail is granted under any circumstances to the accused.

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12 yrs on, ECA continues mission of 'empowering technology' Our Correspondent Kohima | July 5

Established in 2004, Eastern Computer Agencies (ECA) is a leading and progressive IT firm based in Kohima.

With “Empowering Technology” as its theme, ECA has been providing 12 years of IT service to Nagaland. Its mission is to empower technology in the state and beyond by providing best product, price and service.

“It is a visionary firm managed by a team of committed and highly qualified professionals dedicated to delivering uncompromising quality output,” according to ECA brochure.

The management and technical team includes engineers, experts in computers and electronics and literary consultant.

The firm has been empanelled by the Government of Nagaland since 2005, and it has since been undertaking numerous projects with government and private agencies in information & communication technology and other related activities.

The firm is also a life member of the North East Computer Trader’s Association, HQ Guwahati, Assam.

The ECA deals in computers (desktops, laptops, printers, digi-

ECA manager Neizulo Therie addressing ICT training in Kohima on July 4. (Morung Photo)

tal copiers, peripherals, accessories and consumables etc), power (UPS, inverter, generators and electrification), security (CCTV cameras & spy cameras), communication (phone intercom-wired & wireless, walkietalkie, V-sat), furniture (Computer table, chair, office furniture, etc), computerization/ networking (Wired & wireless technologies), study equipments (electronics, chemistry, physics, automobile, electrical, civil, mathematics, etc), classroom equipments (Wired and wireless interactive white/green board, LCD pro-

jectors, tablets etc) and equipment hiring (LCD projector with screen, laptop, walkie-talkie).

ECA’s brand partners (Authorized dealership certificate from Original Equipment Manufacturer) include Hawlett Packard, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, Acer, I-Ball, Intex, Netgear, Digisol, D-Link, Sharp, Luminous, Su-kam and Zuari. Other company brand dealings: Canon, Sony, Epson, Samsung, Seagate, Western Digital, Microsoft, Toshiba, Logitech etc. etc.

ECA manager Neizulo Therie said that the ECA has 34 employees

at present. The main office is located opposite Bank of Baroda, Ist Floor, RS Building Old taxi stand, Kohima.

Extension office - Computer Hub, B9 & B 10, Ist Floor, CK Arcade, old Taxi stand, Kohima and branch office at Secretariat road, opposite Niathu Garden, Kohima.

ECA has designed and developed ICT training textbook which was edited by State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT), Nagaland and formally released by SCERT director Vipralhou Kesiezie in Kohima on July 4.

Another citizens’ forum formed in Dimapur

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Dimapur, July 5 (mExN): A forum has been established by members of families “cutting across caste, creed, religion or tribe”, who have been residing in Dimapur for 35 years or more.

According to a press release, the forum named Dimapur Concerned Citizen’s Forum (DCCF) is apolitical in nature and formed to work for betterment of Dimapur and its people.

The release said series of meeting were held at Kevi Zakiesato’s residence over the last month and the forum was established on July 4 with the following office bearers: Chairperson - Joseph Sumi; Vice Chairpersons - Tsenthungo Lotha, I. Pihoto Awomi; Joint Secretaries - Harish Adyanthaya, Kuhoi Zhimo; Treasurer Kevi Zakiesato; Advisors - HK Khulu, IAS (Retd), L. Vikato Sema, Ao Chuba, Nungja Aier, Lanu Longchar; Legal Advisor Swapan Paul; Executive members - Zakie Kire, Dharmeshwar Kachari, Thoyba Rongmei, Rajkumar Dey, Shankardeep Borkotoky, Chopathung Lotha, Virender, and Atozo Peseyie.

The release issued by DCCF general secretary Timir Choudhury said that the forum is open to expansion and looks forward for more bonafide citizens to join it and strengthen its movement to make Dimapur a “paradise of peace, cleanliness and communal harmony.”

Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group (second right) and others. (File Photo)

Dimapur, July 5 (mExN): Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh today launched a special scholarship scheme for 50 meritorious students of Nagaland. This was announced in a press conference held today by Aryans Group at Hotel Blue Haven, Dimapur. Interested students can give a missed call on toll free helpline number 1800-30000388 or visit Aryans website www. aryans.edu.in.

Dr. Anshu Kataria, chairman of Aryans Group, while addressing the press conference said Aryans will provide scholarship worth Rs 1.5

lakh each to the 50 meritorious students. This scholarship will be given to the students on completing their engineering course at Aryans Campus, Chandigarh.

Kataria said that around 3 years ago Dr. Kiran Bedi, first woman IPS officer had visited many states of North East with Aryans team members and launched this scholarship for needy and deserving students of North East states.

Meanwhile, Amanpreet Singh, Coordinator, Aryans Group said that in the wake of inadequate educational opportunities for the

students of the North East states of the country, Aryans Group would also provide scholarships in various courses offered in Aryans like B.Tech, B.Tech (Leet), MBA, BBA, BCA, B.COM, BA, B.ED, GNM, Polytechnic Diploma etc.

A press release informed that established in 2007, Aryans campus is located on Chandigarh–Patiala highway, near Chandigarh and has lush green 20 acres pollution free campus.

“Aryans Group has been serving the educational and intellectual interests of the youth in a commendable manner,” it added. The group is running Management College, Business School, Engineering College, Education College, Degree College, Nursing College and Junior Science College (+1 & +2 Non Medical).

It further mentioned that Aryans Group has been awarded for “Excellence in Education” by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former president; Parkash Singh Badal, chief minister of Punjab; Shivraj V Patil, governor of Punjab and administrator Chandigarh; Dr. Kiran Bedi, first women IPS Officer of India; S. Joginder Singh, exdirector, CBI etc. The Group has also been honoured for “Excellence in career building” by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, India.

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Sumi girls showcasing the traditional attires of Sumi women.

Dimapur, July 5 (mExN): A five-day cultural festival organized

by Youth Department of Thilixu Baptist Church concluded on July 4 at the church premises. The festival was aimed at drawing the youth towards the church and spiritual enrichment through cultural activities and to imbibe in the minds of the young people the importance of restoring and preserving the rich cultural heritage.

Gracing the concluding cultural competition program and Tuluni buffet as the speaker, Block Development Officer Khehovi Yeptho commented that church is an ample platform to bring about not only social reformation, but also growth of the culture. He lauded the effort of the youth department.

Khehovi maintained that traditions and culture must be preserved and passed on to future generation as cul-

ture makes people understand each other better and culture and tradition define one’s identity. He urged the congregation, especially the youth, to give importance to one’s own mother tongue and culture; otherwise, he said ‘our culture and tradition would vanish’ along with one’s identity.

He also pointed out to give much importance to inculcate work culture, which was the culture of our forefathers, among the young people. He urged the older people to teach the youth about proper usage of tradition as per its significance. Associate pastor, L. Phitoli Khala said more than 600 youth from six blocks of the village participated in various cultural and traditional competitions such as folk songs and dances, bamboo climbing, top spinning, spear kicking, cock fighting etc.

trict, but awareness regarding the Act is still low, especially amongst the public and in rural areas.

Meanwhile, he stated the applicants/ petitioners must not file RTI just for the sake of harassing the public authorities, while citing that many RTI applicants are not making proper use of it and nothing comes out after receiving the demanded documents.

Several trainings on RTI are being conducted for officials these days, but, according to the DC, it is more important to conduct awareness/training amongst the general public, especially the youth, so they can learn the values of filing RTI application.

Pointing out that there must be cases of people misusing RTI, Chotso said, RTI nonetheless is a powerful tool for citizens and it also helps the public authorities for good gov-

ernance and to maintain proper records. Chotso also suggested that some strong provisions against misuse of RTI must be available in the Act. According to a press release from Press & Media Cell, NVCO, NVCO submitted a representation to the DC with a request not to allow any illegal taxation in the district. The NVCO stated it cannot tolerate the high rates of Photostat (Rs.5/- per copy) and local newspaper (Rs.7/-) in Phek. It added the fuel outlets did not lower the rates instantly as per the price of petrol and diesel cut by 31 paise & 71 paise respectively. “It is also learnt that the Town Council has been charging certain percentage out of fuel & kerosene,” it added. The NVCO appealed to the Deputy Commissioner to immediately take control of the high prices of various goods &

services and stop the illegal charges /practices for the interest of public, the release said.

Meanwhile, the team also addressed a public meeting called by Phek Town Chakhesang Students’ Union at Phek Town Hall on July 2 afternoon.

The District Judge & Chairman of Phek District Legal Services Authority GH Ramlia highlighted the activities of the district legal services authority where legal aid is provided to the weaker sections involving the panel lawyers and paralegal volunteers.

Another programme of legal rights awareness was conducted at Phek Government College on July 3, which was attended by all the students and teaching faculty. The speakers – law college students and Savi – covered several topics including the impact of RTI in Nagaland, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, rights of the persons with disabilities, sanitation, human rights, environment, rights of domestic workers, legal services authority – free legal aid to the poor, consumer rights, lokayukta, state consumer helpline with toll free No.1800-345-3701, etc.

Both the teachers and students participated in an interactive session, where several queries were put forward. The teachers complained that due to bad road to the college, it is difficult to travel by vehicle and the students walk through thick mud in the rainy season. A work order issued to a contractor was produced to the team with query as to why the contractor has not been executing the work, the release said.

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Legal awareness campaign held in Phek

Kohima, July 5 (mExN): The final year students of Kohima Law College in collaboration with Nagaland State Legal Services Authority, Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO), and State Information Commission conducted legal awareness campaign in Phek recently. The students were led by their Professor-inCharge Kezhokhoto Savi.

On July 2, the team along with PDVCO met the Deputy Commissioner, Phek on the topic “The Impact of RTI in Nagaland since inception”. The DC, Murohu Chotso, shared that initially no officer was designated to be PIO or APIO in the departments, hence, the documents demanded through RTI could not be furnished to the applicants in time.

He informed that good numbers of RTI applications are filed in Phek dis-

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Special scholarship for 50 Nagaland students Thilixu Baptist Church cultural festival concludes

The team from Kohima Law college with the deputy commissioner of Phek on July 2.

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Rotary Club of Dimapur held its 44th installation ceremony at Rotary Centre, Midland. Rotarians Temsusenla Kichu, Rakesh Kochar and Bajrang Bucha were inducted as president, secretary, and treasurer respectively for the year 2015-16. The programme was graced by the District Governor, RI District 3240 Rtn Chandu Agarwal as Installation Officer.

LFHSS Dimapur celebrates Fresher’s Day

Dimapur, July 5 (mExN): Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School (LFHSS), Dimapur celebrated annual Fresher’s Day on July 3 under the theme ‘Individually we are a drop, together we are an ocean’. The function, which was held at the school’s new auditorium, was hosted by students Avika Zhimomi and Grace Medikhru.

The programme was marked by several colourful and entertaining items which included songs and dances from the students of the Higher Secondary section.

Arthur Edwards, the administrator of the school, in his brief address, drew the attention of the students towards their overall development through courage, determination, and hard work.

The Fresher’s Day message was delivered

by Andrew Ahoto, Chairman cum Principal of the school. Ahoto encouraged the freshers to inculcate the values of doing things differently to succeed in life.

He also highlighted about the different ways in which the students can make their

Administrator Arthur Edwards and his wife Nisheli Edwards with LFHSS Mr and Miss fresher and other winners on July 3.

careers soar to higher levels by making the best of all the facilities provided by the school.

Other highlights of the function included a special number presented by the students of Class 12 (Science), a special dance by Sarah M. Yepthomi of Class 12 (Arts) and some colourful dance and song items presented by Class 11 students.

The mentors of Nursery and Junior Sections added rich flavor to the occasion through their melodious and enchanting country number ‘Wild Flowers’.

The most special part of the function, according

to a press release, was the Mr. and Miss Fresher 2015 contest, where various enthusiastic contestants from amongst the fresh batch of Class 11 participated and showcased their mettle in facing the crowd and answering some challenging questions posed by the judges. A unique part of the Mr and Miss Fresher Contest this year was the selection of Mr. Smart, Mr. Popular, Miss Photogenic and Miss. Congeniality, the release added.

Pauly Varghese (PGT) led the proceedings of the contest as the co-ordinator. Nisheli Edwards, co-

administrator of the school declared Bishal Paul and Marlyn Jamir as Mr. and Miss. Fresher respectively.

The other title winners included Stanley Lotha as Mr. Smart, Tovi Assumi as Mr. Popular, Rongsenrenla as Miss. Congeniality and Watienla T. Pongen as Miss.

Photogenic. Navin Gurung and Tovikali Chophy were respectively chosen as the first runners up of the Mr. and Miss. Freshers contest.

Later, in the evening, a Talent Nite Programme was held where numerous students showcased their talents in various fields like dance, music and skits.

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Chadong village days away from being fully submerged Morung Express News Dimapur | July 5

Four houses in Chadong Village of Ukhrul district have been submerged as of today while the village paddy fields have already been submerged for some days now. With the increasing water level, Chadong village headman, Wungnaoyo Kasar, predicts that

by July 15, all the houses in the village will be submerged. “We will be lucky if it does not submerge by July 15,” he says.

The rise in water level is being caused by the Thoubal Multi Purpose Project or more commonly known as Mapithel Dam. On January 10 this year, the Thoubal River was blocked, leading to rise in water levels and is set to submerge 11 villages, including Chadong village.

One of the biggest dams in the North-East, Mapithel dam stands 66 meter high and 1034 meter long. The project intends to generate 7.5 Megawatt of power besides providing 10 million gallons of drinking water to Imphal every day. The project, though, comes at the cost of displacing over 12,000 people while it will

Darjeeling landslides: Toll hits 34 SIlIGUrI/KolKATA, JUly 5 (IANS): With the recovery of one more body on Sunday, the toll in the landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills rose to 34, while at least 10 more people remained on the missinglist and were feared dead, an official said. "The body of 45-year-old Ramesh Rai was recovered from 8 Mile area in Kalimpong," Darjeeling district magistrate Anurag Srivastava said. He said rescue and relief operations, including the search for those missing, continued but inclement weather and fresh landslides were hampering the process. "The landslides have affected around 3,000 people. We are running 33 relief camps across the district," Srivastava added.

(LEFT): With the water level rising, houses are on the brink of being submerged in Chadong Village in Ukhrul district. As of Sunday, four houses have already been completely submerged. (RIGHT): When submersion is complete to reach the required water level, only about a foot or so of the cross of the church will be visible.

submerge around 11 villages and 777.34 hectares of paddy fields, 110.75 hectares of homestead, 293.53 hectares of jhum land and 595.1 hectares of forest land.

The construction of the project was halted by the National Green Tribunal as it did not have the necessary forest clearance

from the Union ministry of environment and forests.

A case related to the clearance is pending in Manipur High Court.

Despite the many agitations against the project and demands for addressing the concerns of the affected villages, the state government is in no mood to listen and has apparently

decided to go ahead in submerging the villages.

The project site is heavily militarized and affected villagers cannot do much about their villages going underwater. On November 3, 2008, more than forty people protesting against impacts of Mapithel Dam were brutally tortured by the Indian Reserve Battal-

ion prompting UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous peoples, James Anaya, to express strong reservation against the militarization of the site.

Meanwhile, Chadong village has no plans to take up compensation being offered by the State Government of Manipur. Instead, the village has decided to

(women organisation/ TSL) and the Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong (student organisation/TKS) – visited Chadong village.

With the lone bridge connecting the village already submerged, the leaders of the two bodies were ferried across to the village by boat.

“We have seen what it is like and we are dis-

heartened. We will take up the matter and highlight the issue on all necessary platforms,” said TKS General Secretary, Alan Vashum. “Forget the constructions of the dam, but the government going ahead without coming to an agreement with the affected villages is unacceptable,” he maintained.

Assam, Meghalaya losing Rs 700 crore a year to illegal cigarette trade GUWAHATI, JUly 5 (PTI): Assam and Meghalaya are incurring revenue losses to the tune of Rs 700 crore every year due to illegal trade of cigarettes, which are manufactured locally as well as are smuggled from the neighbouring nations.

According to senior officials in Assam and Meghalaya governments, almost 23 crore of illegal tax-evaded cigarette sticks are sold in these two states every month. "Assam is the trading hub as well as the biggest and fastest growing market for illegal cigarettes in North East. Over 200 million illegal cigarettes are supplied to the state every month. Consequently, the government suffers an annual tax loss of around Rs 600 crore," a senior official in Assam's Finance Depart-

ment told PTI. The illegal trade consists of tax-evaded domestically produced cigarettes and contraband cigarettes, which are smuggled from other countries including neighbouring nations, the official added.

Similarly in Meghalaya, a senior government official said the state is losing Rs 90 crore of revenue annually due to trading of around 3 crore illegal cigarettes every month.

Both the officials assigned very high VAT rate on cigarettes in the two states in comparison to national average as the key reason for huge and growing illegal market of tobacco. High margin for trade and cheap prices to consumers make the illegal industry darling of retailers

as well as smokers, particularly youth and rural population of these two North Eastern states. "Cigarette sellers prefer the illegal brands as their margin on such illicit cigarettes tend to be as high as 100 per cent compared to around 15 per cent in case of the legal cigarettes. Similarly, consumers prefer them as these are five times cheaper than the legal ones," the official of Assam government said.

Some of the illegal brands such as Kollis Flake, Regent Flake, Sunils Regular, Palam Regular, My 10 FT and PK-10 FT have emerged as big players with a large consumer base and are readily available in urban and rural markets.

Regarding smuggled cigarettes, the official said most of these do not carry

the graphical health warnings mandated by Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), thus endangering the tobacco control policy of the government. "Contraband cigarettes are available with no health warning or small warning or only textual warning, that too in foreign languages, which Indian consumers cannot even read," the official added.

Assam and Meghalaya along with other North Eastern states, due to their proximity to multiple international borders, are easy targets for smugglers and this is causing a rapid growth of contraband cigarettes in the region. "The air and train connectivity from Assam to the rest of the country is pretty good and that is also one of the reasons that smuggled

'Surviving in showbiz by In GratItude making North Eastern films' NeW DelHI, JUly 5 (IANS): Lack of resources and advanced technology in northeast India notwithstanding, National Awardwinning filmmaker Manju Borah has been able to survive in the film industry for almost two decades. She credits it to her choice of themes, which are deeply rooted in the region.

"Northeast is diverse and has a rich culture. I know that movies don't have geographical boundaries, but if I don't make films from this part of the country, I don't think I will get attention.

"I am surviving in the industry because I make northeastern films. I pick up stories from our society and that is why people find them interesting," Borah told IANS from Guwahati.

Her first feature film "Baibhab - A scam in verse" (1999) was honoured with Special Jury Award at the 47th National Films Festival 2000.

Citing the example of her last film "Ko: Yad - A Silent Way" (a Mising language film), she said: "So many people appreciated it as I presented the Brahmaputra river well in the film... that is eye-catching.

I don't think that my film was a great piece of work, but because of the theme and location, I got noticed."

This time, she has managed to draw the attention of people of Montreal with "Dau Huduni Methai" (Song of The Horned Owl). It will be screened at the prestigious Montreal World Film Festival, which will begin from August. "In the film, I have exposed the Bodo land...their lifestyle

settle just above the level the reservoir water reaches. “We decided not to take the compensation.

We are making temporary arrangements a little above the village,” Kasar informed.

On Sunday, the apex women and student bodies of the Tangkhuls – the Tangkhul Shanao Long

and tradition. That's why I am getting the attention.

Otherwise, technically we are not that advanced and there are budget issues. So, these (stories and location) are our assets," said Borah.

"The film will be screened in the Focus on World Cinema section. It won't be competing, but I thought getting this opportunity itself is a prestigious thing," added the filmmaker.

As much as she loves presenting stories of her homeland, she wants a change in the way films

are distributed in the region. "Hindi films get priority here...Maybe, that is the taste of the new generation or maybe it's the whole design of distributors. Maybe, they prefer Hindi films so that they can earn more money because regional films' viewership is very less.

"In the northeast, viewers are not purely Assamese or Manipuri...it is a complex pattern of inhabitants and we speak many languages.

So ultimately for a regional film, it is difficult to get a good number of viewers.

We, the family of Mr. Imo Ozüküm, would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the family of Mr. Yevito Sheqi of Mishilimi Village, for their selfless act of kindness and forgiveness shown to me and my family even at the cost of the precious life of the Late Honito Sheqi, S/O Late Nagho Sheqi of Mishilimi Village on 2nd July 2015 in bike accident. This gesture of goodwill is an exemplary and cannot be fathomed, especially considering the circumstances. Once again, we are so thankful to Mr. Yevito Sheqi’s family for exhibiting the true Christian value of love and forgiveness.

We are also grateful to Sumi Aphuyemi Kukami Hoho; Pughoboto Area GB Union Office Bearers; Mishilimi Union, Kohima; Mishilimi Union, Dimapur; Mishilimi Students’ Union; Mr. Kaqheho Sheqi, GS SAKH; Mr. Joshua Sheqi, MUK; Mr. Aloto Wotsa MVC Chairman; Mr. Toshika Wotsa, President MSU; and Dimapur Mongsenyimti Senso Union, for their help and support.

Shri. Kikumsungba Father of Mr. Imo Ozüküm, Mongsenyimti Village Dimapur

cigarettes, which find their way to Assam, finally reach to bigger markets like Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore," the official said.

According to a latest report by the industry chamber FICCI, the losses arising due to rampant smuggling of cigarettes have touched Rs 13,130 crore in 2014, up from Rs 8,965 crore in 2012.

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Yes or no? Greeks vote on high-stakes bailout referendum ATHENS, July 5 (AP): Greeks were voting Sunday in a referendum on their nation’s financial future, with opinion polls showing that residents were evenly split on whether to accept creditors’ demands for more austerity in return for rescue loans or defiantly reject the deal.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was gambling the future of his 5-month-old left-wing government on the hastily called poll — insisting that a “no” vote would strengthen his hand to negotiate a better deal with creditors while a “yes” result would mean capitulating to their harsh demands.

The opposition accuses Tsipras of jeopardizing the country’s membership in the 19-nation club that uses the euro and says a “yes” vote is about keeping the common currency.

While voters headed to polling stations, large lines once again formed at ATM

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras waves to his supporters after voting outside a polling station in Athens on Sunday, July 5. Greeks began voting early Sunday in a closely-watched, closely-contested referendum, which the government pits as a choice over whether to defy the country’s creditors and push for better repayment terms or essentially accept their terms, but which the opposition and many of the creditors paint as a choice between staying in the euro or leaving it. (AP Photo)

machines. Worried Greeks were still withdrawing their daily limit of 60 euros ($67) — part of the banking restrictions imposed

last Monday in an attempt to halt a bank run following Tsipras’ call for a referendum.

“Today, democracy is

defeating fear ... I am very optimistic,” Tsipras said after voting in in central Athens, surrounded by dozens of journalists.

Tsipras’ high-stakes standoff with lenders— the European Union and the International Monetary Fund — resulted in Greece defaulting on its debts this past week and shutting down its banks to avoid their collapse. The debt-wracked nation also lost access to billions of euros after an existing bailout deal expired.

The sense of urgency was palpable all week as Greeks struggled to decipher a convoluted referendum question while being bombarded with frenzied messages of possible impending doom.

Nikolaos Papadopoulos, a voter in Athens, said he cast a “yes” ballot.

“I believe in a democracy, in a united Europe, in a world with a good economy. And I want us all to work together to move forward and not to be retrogressive,” he said.

But another Athens voter, Ioannis Nikolaou,

disagreed.

“I voted for Tsipras and want to vote ‘no’ because I’ve lived in Europe and know what rights Europeans and Greeks have ... they don’t have the same rights,” he said.

Polls published Friday showed the two sides in a dead heat and that an overwhelming majority of people questioned — about 75 percent — wanted Greece to remain in the euro currency.

“Today, we Greeks decide on the fate of our country,” conservative opposition leader Antonis Samaras said as he voted.

“We vote ‘yes’ to Greece.

We vote ‘yes’ to Europe.”

Yale University political science professor Stathis Kalyvas said the Greek government will face daunting challenges no matter which way the vote goes.

If the “no” side wins, Kalyvas said other eurozone countries could refuse to negotiate a better

deal for Greece because of their distrust of Tsipras.

A “yes” win won’t mean a road to the negotiating table strewn with roses either, but would likely usher in a new government with a shot at negotiating an improved deal, Kalyvas said.

He said if the EU wants to keep Greece in the eurozone, it will have to come up with “a very generous plan” since the cost of the crisis has shot up to unanticipated levels.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble agreed, telling the daily Bild paper that future negotiations between Greece and its creditors will be “very difficult” because the country’s economic situation has worsened dramatically in recent weeks.

Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis, meanwhile, launched a salvo at other euro nations. He accused them of holding out on a bailout deal to allow

Greece’s bank coffers to run dry so they could force Greece to accept what he called a humiliating deal.

Writing in the daily Kathimerini, Varoufakis said accepting creditors’ terms would be a “permanent condemnation” while rejecting them would offer the “only prospect for recovery.”

Varoufakis says banks will reopen Tuesday whatever the referendum’s outcome. But that’s unlikely to happen unless the European Central Bank agrees to increase credit to Greek banks.

Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis, meanwhile, denied media reports that he would be picked to lead a new “grand coalition” government after the vote.

“The country has a prime minister who will have an even stronger popular mandate and support.

I will serve this mandate,” he said.

8-10% growth, anti-poverty measures needed: Arun Jaitley DoT panel against Facebook’s FM pitches for GST, land bill passage to boost economy NEw DElHi, July 5 (PTi): Pitching for passage of land acquisition and GST bills in Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said policy reforms and 8-10 per cent economic growth are a must to eliminate poverty.

With Congress and other opposition parties threatening to disrupt the upcoming monsoon session, Jaitley said the message from the Socio Economic and Caste Census is clear that “growth and economic reforms help the poor as do targeted schemes”.

The Census results, released on Friday last, have painted a grim picture of the rural India, highlighting that one out of three families living in villages is landless and depends on manual labour for livelihood.

Jaitley said improving this situation is the “number one priority of this government”.

“Growth or redistribution? Policy reforms or targeted anti-poverty schemes?

We believe these are false choices. Both are necessary,” the Minister said in a Facebook post.

The way out to eliminate deprivation, Jaitley said, “is to achieve rapid economic growth of 8-10 per cent so that good jobs are created for all Indians quickly. That is why the government is promoting investment.”

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The Census data, Jaitley said, reflects the conclusion that out of the seven measures of deprivation, the one that leads to the greatest amount of deprivation is being a landless household that derives a major part of its income from manual casual labour. Data showed that 5.37 crore (29.97 per cent) households in the rural areas were “landless deriving a major part of their income from manual labour”.

He said the government aims to increase public investment in roads, railways, rural infrastructure and connectivity, besides creating conditions for greater private investment. “…implementing the GST and creating a common market, reforming land law, easing the costs of doing business and unblocking stalled projects are all measures that will improve the conditions for investment,” Jaitley said.

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The latest data, the Minister said, indicates that the investment cycle is slowly turning around and stalled projects were coming on stream at a faster pace.

In this regard, he added, “passing the GST and reforming the land law will accelerate this investment turnaround.”

These bills, which are with different committees of Parliament, may face tough time as the opposition is expected to disrupt the functioning of the Houses in view of the Lalit Modi controversy.

The monsoon session begins on July 21.

The Congress has demanded resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje over alleged links with former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.

Jaitley said targeted schemes and policies are needed to ensure that the benefits of growth reach those who have been left out. “The government has been helping the poor by giving them subsidies. But these are poorly targeted and leaky,” he said, adding that the government’s JAM (JanDhan, Aadhaar, Mobile) trinity would ensure that money reaches the hands of beneficiaries. He said the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of LPG subsidies would help government

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NEw DElHi, July 5 (PTi): A DoT panel on net neutrality is learnt to have opposed projects like Facebook’s Internet.org, which allow access to certain websites without mobile data charges, while suggesting that similar plans such as Airtel Zero be allowed with prior clearance from TRAI. The panel has stated however that “collaborations between telecom operators and content providers that enable such gate-keeping role to be played by any entity should be actively discouraged”, sources said.

The neutrality debate heated up in India after telecom operator Airtel launched a platform, Airtel Zero, that would allow free access of some websites on it network. Internet.org, on the other hand, is a Facebook-led initiative which aims to bring 5 billion people online. In India, it had tied up with Reliance Communications.

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VVc recognizes swift action of District admin & police Kohima, July 5 (mExN): Lauding the Kohima district administration and police for their swift action in identifying and arresting the culprits responsible for murder of Meciebo Lcho, the Viswema Village Council (VVC) today said that the arrest had not only assuaged the “grief and anger” of the people of Viswema but also strengthened their faith in the effectiveness of the administration and the police force.

Stating that the police have managed to identify, track and arrest the three “hardcore and dangerous criminals” based a clue requiring complicated tracking, the VVC in a press note

issued by its chairman, Adu Naleo and secretary Vithuzol Kikhi maintained that “Our police sleuths are as good as any in the country or the world.”

The council also congratulated and expressed its gratitude to the Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, the Superintendent of Police, Kohima and the team of police officers and personnel for solving the case adding that it sends a clear message to all wrong doers that in Kohima, “There is a strong and efficient police force to reckon with.”

However, the council expressed its “deep concerns” about the functioning of the judiciary arguing

that two of culprits were earlier arrested by the police for different crimes, but were “let out” by the judiciary.

One of culprit, Vilalhoulie Rupreo, was convicted for murder but was freed after serving 6 years imprisonment in the Central Jail, Dimapur, it further informed.

“The release of Vilalhoulie who had no qualms to murder again has eventually resulted in the murder of Meciebo (Tepumecie),” the VVC claimed maintained further that, “The judiciary in our state needs to seriously introspect about granting bail to such dangerous criminals.”

Monday 6 July 2015

Mass social work at Dimapur today Dimapur, July 5 (mExN): In view of the week long cleanliness drive from July 2-6 being observed throughout the state, a mass social work day will be undertaken on Monday, July 6 at Dimapur from 6AM onwards. In this connection, a press notifica-

tion from officiating deputy commissioner of Dimapur, Elizabeth Ngully has directed all the head of the departments to ensure participation of all their employees in the cleanliness drive within their respective office complex. Further, all the villages and colonies of Dimapur

district are directed to mobilize the public within their colonies/words/villages to clean their respective location. Besides, the DCCI is also directed to mobilize all business establishments to clean up their respective front areas of their shops without failure.

ICAR promotes organic nutrient & disease mgt Dimapur, July 5 (mExN): ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Jharnapani conducted training cum demonstration on “use of bio-control agents and biofertilizers for plant disease and health management” under TSP in Dhansiripar village on July 2 to promote organic nutrient and disease management. A press release informed that Dr. G. Rajesha, Scientist (Pathology) briefed on the use of several biofertilizer and bio-control agents in nutrient management and soil borne disease control. He stressed that use of bio-con-

trol agents and biofertilizer will effectively control the diseases, reduce the input cost and increase the yield and quality of produce. Further, he demonstrated the different techniques and methods of application of bio-control agents and biofertilizers in crop plants, vegetables in particular. It was coordinated by Prodigal’s Home, Dhansripar and 25 farmers from 10 villages of Dimapur district participated. Inputs like Trichoderma, Rhizobium, Azospirilum, Azotobacter, and Phosphotica were distributed to all the farmers.

New Church at Zhadi-2 inaugurated RBSK tour schedules for Kohima district

Kohima, July 5 (mExN): A newly build Church, under the patronage of Sacred Heart, was inaugurated by Commissioner and Secretary, Higher & Technical Education, F.P. Solo at Zhadima 2 on Sunday, July 5. Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima blessed the house of the Lord.

During his speech, Solo congratulated and expressed his admiration for the small catholic community in the village for the team work resulting in the building of the church. He added that ‘the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass’ was the most effective form of worship and prayer and such practices have generated innumerable miracles, conversions, and victories. He also exhorted the community to remain faithful to the catholic teaching and practices.

Rev. Fr. Carolus Neisalhou in his homily explained the difference between temple and synagogue which were Jewish institutions connected to Christian faith. The former is connected with culture while the latter with religions proper, he said and exhorted the people to use the Church to worship truly God in spirit and truth.

The Bishop, in his speech, appreciated the people of Zhadi-2 for the collaboration, hard work, to build a ‘magnificent church of God.’ He however asserted that it is easy to build a material structure, but this in itself will not suffice. “It is the Christians who are the real temple, the living temple of the Holy Spirit, who give true worship to God in their heart. Without [this] the external worship in the church will not give glory to God instead bring human satisfaction only,” he maintained.

Earlier, , Rev. Fr. Sonny Director, Ave Maria Centre, Zhadima Village accorded the words of welcome to all while the programme was anchored by Khriesangulie Dominic, Vibeizolie Denis and Tenyichunuo Teresa. Besides songs, presentations were given to those who helped to build the church.

People from all the nearby Church has come to take part in the function making it a grand celebration which culminated with a sumptuous community meal, a press note from Fr. Thomas Toretkiu informed.

Kohima, July 5 (mExN): In continuation of implementing the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) through visit of Schools & Anganwadi Centres in Kohima district, the district education officer of Kohima, K Mary Dzüvichü notified that the tentative tour progrmame for the month of July has been prepared and all concerned are informed to ensure necessary assistance and cooperation during the visit.

The team of School Health & Mobile Health Team (RBSK) comprising of doctors and nurses will visits Schools & Anganwadi Centres with the objective of early detection and management of the prevalent health conditions in children from 0 to 18 years for 4Ds – Defects at birth, Diseases, Deficiencies and Development Delays including Disabilities. All the children identified with any of the 4Ds will be given medical as well as surgical treatment free of cost under NRHM, the DEO informed.

RBSK is a ‘Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services under the flagship National Ru-

ral Health Mission( NRHM) launched by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India in February 2013.

For any further information, the following officials can be contacted

Dimapur

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NPF Meeting postponed Kohima, July 5 (mExN): In view of the in view of the celebration of Tuluni Festival on July 7 & 8, the proposed NPF Central Office Bearers (COB) meeting on July 8 has been postponed to July 9 in the Conference Hall of the NPF Central office, a press note from NPF Press Bureau informed here. All Central office bearers (Parent Body) are reminded to attend positively.

Disband syndicate system demands growers union Dimapur, July 5 (mExN): The Chizami Range Plum Growers Union today strongly condemned the July 1 incident in Dimapur where Sanyi Dukru, a pulic leader and a progressive farmer from their range was assaulted by a “non-local traders” at Murgipatti, Dimapur.

The union convenor, Yetshulhi Ngatsi, while decrying the incident in a press note maintianed that farmers from all over the State are facing harassment at the hand of “syndicate” monopolized by wholesalers at Dimapur.

Often the farmers are forced to dispose their perishable products at “unimaginably” cheap price as there is no alternate market to sell their products, the press note alleged.

In this connection, while urging the authority to award “severest” punishment to all the culprits, the union also appealed the concern authority either to arrange alternative market to store and sell their products or to disband the syndicate system.

through their respective mobile phone numbers: Dr. Medozhatuo (MO, MHT) #8118916818; Dr. Akaholi (MO, School Health) #8119960709; and Vimesü (School Health Co-ordina- Kohima, July 5 (mExN): The Nagaland Finance & Accounts Service Association will hold its 14th gentor) #8974672075. eral conference on July 10 at 10:00 AM at the Conference hall of the Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts, Kohima.

Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang will grace the occasion as the chief guest.

Dr. T.M. Lotha, adviser treasuries & accounts, reTentative lief and rehabilitation and Temjem Toy, IAS, principal Sl. Block Date of Name of AWC & School secretary and finance commissioner will grace the ocNo. visit casion as guest of honours.

1 Chiephobozou 6-7-2015 Chiephobozou AWC All the members of the Nagaland Finance & Ac2 Chiephobozou 7-7-2015 Chiechama AWC counts Service Association have been requested to 3 Chiephobozou 8-7-2015 Nachama AWC & GPS attend the conference without fail.

CM to grace NFASA conference

The Schools & Anganwadi centres to be covered are as follows:

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Nerhema GPS/GMS 7 GPS Upper Phezha GPS & AWC Tsiese Basa GPS & AWC Tsiese Bawe GPS & AWC Seiyhama GMS & AWC Peducha GMS GPS Kiruphe Basa & Bawe GMS Gariphema & AWC GMS Chiechama & GPS Chiecha Centre GHSS Chiechama & GPS Chiecha Basa Bethel School Chiechama DBS Chiechama GHS Nerhema GHS Nerhe Model GPS Tuophema Basa & AWC GPS & GMS Tuophema + AWC GPS & GHS Botsa

Excise dept social work Dimapur, July 5 (mExN): In accordance with the notification from the State government, the excise department comprising of the Commissionerate including Narcotic Cell, Mobile Squad and the district establishment, Dimapur conducted a social work in its office complex and adjoining areas on July 5.

The main objectives of the social work were to promote better co-ordination between the Officers and the Staff of the department; to maintain a clean and hygienic environment; and instilling cleanliness and dignity of labour among the employees, informed a press note from Deputy Commissioner of Excise, Lanuwati Jamir.

He further stated that appropriate action will be initiated against the absentees of the social work as per government service rules.

Public SPace The plight of the Private Schools and Private School Teachers in Nagaland

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rivate Schools in Nagaland cater to almost 70% students in the state. None can argue against the view that the private schools fare better than the students taught by the highly qualified teachers in the Government Schools.The recent Matric as well as the Higher Secondary results of 2015 concurs it.

This great feat is made possible due to the dedicated teachers who work in the private schools.

These Private School Teachers toil hard even in the remotest places where the Government School Teachers are unwilling to stay due to poor connectivity, bad road conditions, backwardness of the area, lack of proper infrastructures or poor Staff Quarters for the Qualified Teachers. But the hard work and the sacrifices done by the dedicated teachers in the private schools are often forgotten. The only shortcut suggestion to help the Private Schools Teachers is that the Proprietors/ Owners should pay a descent salary. But keeping in mind the poor economic conditions of the parents, the tuition fees are kept low.

But I would like to remind all that it is not only the church runs schools but also other private schools that serve as charitable institutions. And there must be some ways to help and encourage the Private Schools who lay the foundation in most of our children with the basic education. The pitiable thing is that the welfare/shares of the private school teachers are mostly sidelined, disregarded, or devoured.

But I still hope that we can do something to help and encourage these private schools. So, allow me to share few personal points where by the Private Schools and Private School Teachers too can

feel a sense that they are doing an honourable job for the state.

1. Thanks to the Government as it is spending alion portion from the Exchequer table for the improvement of education in the state. This is seen in the way the Government is adding more and more schools even in the remotest villages. In fact so much of money is allotted for both infrastructure as well as the man power in the State. At the same time, it is time for the Government to make an honest evaluation with regard to the utilization of these funds.

When it fails to produce the desired effects, may be it is time that the Government take some drastic measures to change the policy. Instead of concentrating all the funds for the government run schools alone, the Government can also set aside a considerable amount of money for the welfare of the teaching community that work in the private schools, like many other states in India. It will not only reduce the financial burden of the proprietors but in the long run help the poor parents in a great way.

2. The Teachers Awards: These could be done based on the Ratio of schools and students. I do not agree on the Number of Teachers precisely because there are many Government School Teachers who hardly do their duties but add to the number of Government Teachers.If there are some provisions available, it will be a good thing to select some special teachers’ awards from the private schools alone, be it Cash Award or recognition Certificates. It is because the Government salary is triple or evenmore than that of the private school Teachers’ salary.Besides the regular salary, the government School teachers get

TA, DA, and Re-imbursement of bills in case of sickness which the private schools do not enjoy.

3. Grant-in-aid: It is highly appreciated that the Government recognises the private schools by way of providing Grant-in-Aid to private schools. But the manner in which it is given outis very puzzling. No schools would feel bad for excluding its name from the list if the criterion set is made known to the public. For the fear of withdrawal of the amount by the fake Principalsand hiding the list of the selected schools is too lame an excuse.Because the specimen signatures and names of the principals are available in the office, since those details are submitted to the officewhenever there is any change of guard (heads).

4. The different taxes and demands: There are three Governmental Taxes, all for the good of the Teachers,levied from the Private School Teachers i.e.State Employers’ Insurance (ESI), Professional Tax and Employees Provident Fund (EPF). I find it difficult to grasp the logic behind the taxes that come heavily upon those who get a very meagre amount by serving in the Private Schools, in comparison to the Government employees. There is always a complaint that the salaries in the Private schools are too low. Instead of rescuing, the Government seems to feasting onthe sweat of those who have scanty income.Snatching away the portion of their little earning is not justifiable.

While speaking about the State Employees’ Insurance (ESI), branding the educational institutions in par with the other industries is unfair, especially in Nagaland. As mentioned earlier,

most of these educational institutions serve as charitable institutions.

Besides, there is hardly any visible or trust-worthy sign shown that the Private Teachers can benefit from the State Employees Insurance (ESI). But the demand from the Private Teachers is hard and strong.

5. Another area where the Private schools employees will be very grateful to is if the Government can demand for a fullfledged EPF office in the state.

Due to poor connectivity in the state, the payment of EPF online is one of the biggest headaches for many of the private institutions in the state. Salary is already low and the employers have to add one more person to work with EPF alone is another diversion of funds. Even if one is set aside to do the job, most of the time the schools find it difficult to do the payment on time due to poor connectivity. To add to this misery, for claiming, complaints and rectification, the schools or the individualhave totravel all the way to Guwahati. Nagaland is a separate state since 1963,also there are more than required Number of subscribers or beneficiaries to EPF. I wonder why the concerned department is not working to ask for either a Regional full-fledged EPF office or at leastSub-Regional OfficerEPF office in the state.Recently the EPF Enforcement Officer Centre in Dimapurhas been raised with a specialstatus. But when will it start to function to help our people? Can the Government doessomething about it,who knows?

Fr. George Rino Cathedral Church, Kohima

To give is solidarity, solution & salvation

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n my clear observation and existence of multiple speculations of Naga Nation's journey for nearly 70 years unspeakable or indescribable humanely efforts and sacrifices facing stiff oppositions at every level our hopes and visions lie onto the fulfilment of a nation of our own; facing tests, passing trials all matures us in attainment of our goal not only for ourselves but also for our future generation. But at this juncture all sorts of corruption; be it in state government, national workers ,they have received their reward in full so also equaling blockade by ACAUT/HPC tallies well with each other with some considerable gratitude as whistle blowers but let it not crucify the true doer.

We cannot deny or ignore what we owe.

We have been told by our Lord Jesus it is more blessed to give than to receive and He himself paid the tax to Caesar (Mt.17:25-27). He also commands us to give to Caesar what Caesar's and to God what God's. And if you owe taxes, pay taxes. If revenue then revenue (Rom 13:7).

Do not try to muzzle the ox when it is treading so says Deut 25:4, I Tm 5:18.How close are we to this command? The more the blockade is the drier the days will be.

Our God is the God of yesterday, today and forever and today we Naga are on a journey towards our Naga nation for Christ. It is not by Isak and Muivah but from God through our past Naga leaders and we are blessed for their core teams for standing for all Naga. No one can deny this nearing 70 years journey toiled through human efforts to give birth Naga a nation. Our Naga's labour cannot be compared less than a woman's labour as we give birth to our nation; it requires a combined effort of everyone physically, morally, financially, spiritually and in every aspect. Then how is it that complaints or blame games has soared creating blockade instead of giving effort at this utmost stage. If mother and child die are we not the mother who gave birth to our nation? Can we let the child die through our ignorance or let it live by working together for making Naga Country? Our shortcomings or impatience should not create a stumbling block. Let not this blockade be like the spirit of Amalek blocking the journey of Israel, forget not what befall on Amalek's descendants (Ex 17:8, Deut 25:18,19,1 Samuel 15:7,8 ). David on his anointed journey was blocked by Nabal and he faced fatal consequences not by king David but through his own deed. Let the days not be like that of Theudas

and Judus of Galilee, not by ruining ourselves.

(Acts. 5:36,37) We don't have any authority or right to execute the plan of God or did we pray to God and he told to create blockade or did he bestow the duty to stop or raise voice not to pay tax and at the same time misleading the people.

Do not be sons of Sceva. But thanks to all those who willingly give or fulfil demands which is a contribution that strengthens the course of this journey. A man reaps what he sows; giving God or nation never ever goes in vain.

Our struggle is against who wages war not of weapons but principal forces to create illusion or mislead people not to love our own future call. The efforts will continue to make every thought, obedient to Christ. We can do everything through Christ Jesus our Lord. May God bless the understanding and insights to give wonderful birth to our Naga Nation. Amen Read I Cor 8:2, Rev. Vitovi Yeptho Pastor (FCF)

Preach Jesus!!!

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agaland prides itself as a Christian State with high moral principles.

Over 90% are Christians. Sadly Corruption is so high!

This is not to entirely blame the Church but somewhere, somehow Jesus is not preached in the pulpit. Sundays after sundays, sermons after sermons but corruption is still high. Where have we gone wrong? Truth has been compromised on the pulpit? The Church ought to own responsibility. Basic stuffs like backdoor appointments are seen as Blessings from Heaven, come election the Church is mute when it comes to selling of votes and multiple votings, etc... The sermons are tailor made so that tithes and donations are high, pastors are reluctant to speak the truth lest fund inflows are affected.

I say Pastors, Deacons and Church elders preach JESUS. SPEAK THE TRUTH, LET NAGALAND LIVE UPTO ITS NAME OF A CHRISTIAN STATE. Kevitho Kera

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express MonDAy 6 July 2015 voluME X IssuE 183

By Along longkumer

Can We Smarten?

THE EDIT PAGE

C O M M E N T A R Y

Jayaseelan Raj

The hidden injuries of caste

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arlier in the year this column had commented on the topic of Smart Cities in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s grand policy announcement to build smart cities across India. Following the formal launch of the Smart Cities Mission in New Delhi last week, there is now more clarity on how this programme will unfold along with two other flagship government schemes—Housing for All by 2022 and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). While 500 cities will be developed under the AMRUT scheme, 100 ‘Smart Cities’ would come up over five years and ‘Housing for All’ aims construction of 2 crore houses in urban areas in the next seven years. All these schemes would see an investment of over Rs 4 lakh crore in what is clearly an attempt to address problems and challenges brought about by growing urbanization in India. As Mr Modi himself stated, “the country’s 40 per cent population lives in cities and it is the responsibility of the government to uplift their standards of life”. The figure of urban population in Nagaland is also rising and therefore every effort must be made to use well the opportunities that will come in the months and years ahead.

The intent to build smart cities along with the other urban centric programmes is pretty simple and clear—to improve urban life by providing the basic necessities. To implement them will however be a big task. It will be interesting to see how the different States will measure up to the challenge. Our concern though should be Nagaland, whether we can measure up to the standard. But first before going any further, perhaps people of Nagaland have a right to know on the Smart City project and whether our State has been selected for the purpose with the rest of the country. As per the list of 100 Smart Cities proposed by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the 2014-15 Budget, there is no mention of Nagaland even though other northeastern States like Assam, Sikkim and even Manipur have been allotted five, three and two places respectively for developing Smart Cities. While the government of the day should not keep the public in the dark about the Smart City project, for the rest of us perhaps it is food for thought as to why Nagaland has not been selected, if that is indeed the case.

Anyway coming to the Smart City Mission itself, some conditions have to be met before getting the required go ahead and funding. So let’s see objectively whether a place like Dimapur, our most established city so to say, can qualify as per the list of criteria or guidelines put out by the Centre. Firstly, basic infrastructure must include assured water and electricity supply, sanitation and solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public transport, robust IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation, safety and security of citizens. Also the other basic criteria for selection of a city/ municipal area are the following: implementation of e-governance and online grievance redressal mechanism; publication of e-newsletter; putting all government expenditure online for public scrutiny; Swachh Bharat—atleast 5% increase in coverage of toilets since 2011 census; track record of paying salary to employees; track record of urban reforms and citizen participation being introduced. To be honest even these basic necessities will be extremely difficult to comply with given the state of affairs in Nagaland where nothing is working well.

The question is can we smarten our act? As Union Minister for Urban Development Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu said recently, State governments and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) have a ‘critical role’ to play in order to make the upcoming urban schemes a reality.

And for this, as the Minister says, it is required that there is devolution of powers and funds to ULB as per the 74th Amendment. Now it will be interesting to see what the present NPF led government will do with regard to holding elections to ULBs, something it had opposed all these years citing the opposition to 33% women reservation and Naga political issue. The only good news is the recent decision of the government to create a separate Municipal Affairs Department, which will henceforth be in a position to look into all matters pertaining to ULBs and its governance.

In conclusion, perhaps we are still not prepared to meet the guidelines for the Smart City mission but that does not mean we give up. Our State has a poor track record when it comes to honestly implementing schemes and programmes because of the corrupt system that we have nurtured and built. We have a lot of cleaning up to do if we are to succeed with the rest of the country. The Smart City mission is an opportunity for Nagaland, its government and people, to reform our corrupt system and encourage performance. This will require more than just fine-tuning. It will need a major overhauling repair including painful removal of our diseased parts.

(The writer is a former Editor of the Morung Express and presently serving as a board member. Feedback may be sent to alongnews@yahoo.com)

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Every third person in world overweight

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ore than a third of the world's population - 37 percent of men and 38 percent of women - is overweight, says a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Between 1980 and 2013, the proportion of adults globally who were overweight -- those with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 or more -- increased from 28.8 percent to 36.9 percent in men, and from 29.8 percent to 38 percent in women, the results said.

A person with a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. The researchers found that the number of overweight and obese people is increasing globally in step with increases in consumption of energy dense or high-calorie foods such as processed foods. "We know that other factors have also changed over these decades such as increased urbanisation, car dependence and sedentary occupations, which are also contributing to the global obesity epidemic," said lead author Stefanie Vandevijvere, senior research fellow in global health and food policy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. "However, the study shows that oversupply of available calories is a likely driver of overconsumption of those calories and can readily explain the weight gain seen in most countries," she said.

The study analysed increases in the food energy supply and obesity in 69 countries (24 high, 27 middle and 18 lowincome) and found that both body weight and food energy supply had increased in 56 of them between 1971 and 2010.

In 45 countries, the increase in available calories was enough or more than enough to explain the concurrent increase in body weight, the study said. "Much of the increase in available calories over the decades has come from ultra-processed food products, which are highly palatable, relatively inexpensive and widely advertised, making overconsumption of calories very easy," Vandevijvere said.

The study is important because it provides more evidence that governments need to implement policies to make the food supply healthier and, in turn, reduce obesity, which is a risk factor for many health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some cancers.

Economic crisis has pushed Indian tea workers to seek employment outside the plantations, forcing them to re-engage with the caste hierarchy from which their ancestors attempted to escape

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ea plantation workers are one of the most stigmatised and marginalised communities in India. While the majority of workers on the plantations in the northeast were originally brought from Bihar, Orissa and Nepal, it was Tamil-speaking Dalits (so-called untouchables/ outcasts) who constitute majority of the labour force in Kerala, south India. Their outcast social status has combined with their identities as manual labourers—also known as Tamil coolies—to perpetuate their economic underdevelopment and social marginality. Although Kerala has undertaken many reforms to address marginalised populations, those who entered into the indentured plantation labour system have remained excluded and marginalised from Indian society as a whole.

On plantations themselves, however, the picture is more complicated. Until recently, plantations operated as semi-autonomous socio-economic systems that were largely separate from the wider economic and cultural contexts in which they operated.

This isolation afforded tea workers some protection from direct, daily exposure to stigma and discrimination on the basis of caste. Plantation workers, after years of struggle, were even provided with certain welfare measures such as housing and healthcare.

Such privileges are not enjoyed by informal sector

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ust before sunrise, Raul Rua joins 15 others, including women, teens and children, for a half-hour walk to pick coca in the world's No. 1 cocaproducing valley.

Blisters and calluses cover his hands from long days of picking. But the work is the best he and others can find. "If it weren't for this little coca leaf, there would be no food," Rua said.

The more than 600,000 people living in the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro river valley depend on coca production. It is the reason many settled in the remote region where the Andes ridge meets the Amazon basin.

Nearly all the coca they pick ends up being processed into cocaine, and many worry that Peru's government will finally begin destroying the crop, as it has elsewhere.

"We aren't drug traffickers, but the coca leaf is the only sustenance for small-scale farmers," said Prospero Ayala, representative of the valley's agriculture federation. "The government spends so much on the military, the police, but hardly anything on education, health care or the people."

Farmers might be able to afford to abandon the crop if the government were to improve living conditions in the valley some 230 miles (370 kms) southeast of Lima, he said. Official figures show more than two-thirds of its inhabitants live in poverty while chronic malnutrition plagues about half of children under age 5.

"Here the children suffer. They are full of parasites. The education, as you can see, is terrible and let's not even talk about health care," Ayala said.

Some 17,000 children of coca pickers have not been to classes in a month

workers, even those who belong to less stigmatised and excluded groups, and access to these rights gave tea workers a sense of worth within the plantation system.

Caste and crisis: isolated no more Indian tea production has been in severe crisis since mid nineties largely due to neo-liberal structural adjustments in the Indian economy. The size of the tea industry, which is second only to China and accounts for 25 percent of global tea production, has made this a huge blow to the country’s agrarian economy. The industry employs 1.26 million people on tea plantations and two million additional people indirectly. As such, the economic crisis has had an enormous impact on the lives of local residents. In Kerala where I have been conducting research, there have been eight cases of suicide and twelve deaths due to starvation on tea plantations since 2001.

Along with utter poverty and famine, tea plantation workers have faced increasingly unhygienic work environments, shattered social life/community relations, and withdrawal of the welfare measures previously enjoyed.

The crisis punctured the isolated environments of the plantations and precipitated neoliberal reforms that closed down production in many areas

either partially or completely. While many families remained on the plantations, large numbers of workers who had lived there for more than five generations were now compelled to seek work outside.

Some went with their families to either their ancestral villages or regional industrial townships such as Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu.

These plantation workers have now joined the ranks of the massive Dalit workforce powering India’s unorganised and informal sectors. In joining that pool of workers, Tamil Dalit labourers are exposed to aspects of a caste-ridden society from which they had previously been shielded. The situation of Saraswathi, a female retired worker in her early sixties, illustrates the dilemma and struggles of the workers who moved out the plantations.

Saraswathi moved to her ancestral village in southern Tamil Nadu in the wake of the crisis. In the village, the ‘untouchable’ Dalits do not have the right to sit inside the teashop and drink tea nor do they have the right to drink tea in a glass cup (kuppi glass). The Dalits have to stand outside the teashop and have to drink either from a coconut shell or a steel cup depending upon the availability. Having always lived on a plantation where job title rather than caste identity was more significant in shaping social relations, Saraswathi and her family were not used to these explicit everyday forms of untouchability rooted in the ritual aspects of the caste system. They had grown up enjoying the relatively egalitarian social relations that existed on plantations, where the caste status did not necessarily yield more power to the higher castes. The caste humiliation they experienced in Kallupetti was thus intense. In other words, the economic crisis and the consequent denial of livelihood forced the plantation Tamil Dalits to return to the caste atrocities from which their forebears had escaped by migrating to the plantations.

Saraswathi couldn’t conceal her caste identity in the village where everybody knows each other. For Gokul, a 27-year-old tea plantation worker who migrated to the bustling city of Chennai, the story has been different. Gokul found a job in the biggest retail shop in Chennai as a sales boy in the bags section. To do this Gokul disguised his caste, introducing himself as a Christian and refusing to answer any questions that would reveal his real caste identity. Since Gokul presented himself as a Christian, the owner of the shop might have thought that he was from Nadar caste (there is a significant percentage of Christians among the Kerala Nadars, unlike their counterparts in Tamil Nadu). Gokul reported that the owner and other staff in the shop always spoke highly of their own caste yet used degrading racial slurs against the other lower castes in Gokul’s presence, as if Gokul shared such attitudes. His projection of an alternative identity to hide his Dalit identity, as I understood from observing and talking to him, was necessary for him to avoid what he said were “certain unnecessary experiences in the workplace”.

The urban migration of youth can be seen as a step towards upward social mobility. However migration and settlement can, at the same time, reassert a stigmatised identity and thwart ambitions of social advancement. Using other identities as a mask (as a way to “pass” in Gokul’s words) echoes the situation of blacks in colonial-racial contexts, discussed

by Frantz Fanon in Black Skins, White Masks. Fanon proposed a radical denial of oneself (self-alienation) as a way to escape racial discrimination and oppression. In the Indian context, the plantation Dalits are forced to become other than themselves in order to make their way through the system. For tea workers, caste—both as an identity and as a relational organising principle—has been revitalised by processes of neoliberal economic reform.

Jayaseelan Raj is a postdoctoral research fellow in the poverty and inequality research programme at the Department of Anthropology, the London School of Economics and Political Science.

His current research focuses on the persistence of poverty and inequality among the tea plantation workers of Kerala, south India

In Peruvian valley, coca harvest means survival Franklin Briceno Associated Press

This June 20, 2015 photo shows the fingers of laborer Walter Perez wrapped in tape as a form of protection when removing coca leaves from their stems. Pickers earn about 33 cents per kilo (2.2 pounds) of coca leaf, adding up to about $16 a day for the average yield. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

because teachers are on strike to demand that their $300 monthly salary be increased by $581.

Pickers earn about 33 cents per kilo (2.2 pounds) of coca leaf, adding up to about $16 a day for the average yield. According to United Nations figures, some 99,000 metric tons of coca

leaves were picked in the valley in 2013, compared to 22,000 tons in other parts of Peru.

Farm owners sell a kilo of leaves for $3.50 to wholesalers who supply drug traffickers. That's more than twice what farmers would earn for coffee or cacao, Ayala said. If farmers could earn $4.70

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for a kilo of coffee or cacao, a landowner with 2 hectares (about 5 acres) could earn more than $9,000 a year and "we would be secure, without having to grow coca leaves," he said.

Coca farmers were among the locals who, in 1984, formed citizen militias to help the military beat back Shining Path rebels, reducing the movement to a small group of fewer than 500 who now are deeply involved in drug trafficking.

President Ollanta Humala had planned to begin coca eradication last year in the valley, which is a military-controlled zone, but put the plan on hold after some in the armed forces cautioned that doing so could strengthen the Shining Path remnants.

The government destroyed 76,600 acres (31,000 hectares) of coca fields elsewhere in Peru while leaving untouched the nearly 50,000 acres (20,000 hectares) in this lawless valley.

"We would defend the coca leaf with our lives if the government attempted to enter," Ayala said.

Veterans of the militias believe the government owes them for defeating the rebels. "Many have remained poor, disabled, without homes, without education for their children, without health care," said Oscar Cardenas, president of a self-defense group that once boasted about 20,000 members armed with rifles and machetes.

The solution begins with bringing the trappings of democracy into the valley — which no government has done, says former drug czar Ricardo Soberon. "The big challenge is to make the coca picker consider himself a citizen."

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Odera K’Ogwande Conflict Resolution Theory

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y grandfather, Kwara Odera K’Ogwande, had a simple and straight forward Conflict Resolution Theory. Let us call it OK-CRT, for Odera K’Ogwande Conflict Resolution Theory. For over two decades, I observed this OK-CRT theory unfold. Kwara applied his theory consistently, dutifully and with his usual disciplined approach to challenges. And, when he was in a particularly good mood, he would recount to me, with a measure of selfcongratulation, how his approach had worked in solving problems even amongst our neighbors, the Bantus of our land.

So, today, I want to share with you this theory, or a set of theories, if you will. Or it is a set of hypotheses and assumptions that make up the theory? Well, that is not important for now. For me, what matters is that this is my grandfather’s conflict resolution theory. And, I have an obligation, as a grandchild, to document and share with you as I know that it is a good theory. A practical theory.

You see, someone once said that “nothing is as practical as a good theory.” I cannot remember who said that. I might have heard it or read it somewhere. And, in case no one said it, then I am saying it now: nothing is as practical as a good theory. And, OK-CRT is a good example of a good theory.

Now, here are the five principles around which Kwara Odera K’Ogwande’s theory of conflict resolution revolves: Principle one: Kwara believed that not all conflicts were bad. So, on many occasions, I saw my grandfather simply sit and watch when some of his relatives quarreled almost to a fight. In fact, he laughed so loudly at some conflicts while he sipped the finest brew of our land. “My grandchild” my grandfather would always tell me with a tinge of wisdom “when you put calabashes in a sack, they inevitably have to knock on each other to find their level.” So, for Kwara, not every conflict in his village needed his or any external intervention; in fact, some conflicts were necessary for people to “find their level.”

If you brought such “necessary” conflicts to the attention of Kwara, he would politely ignore you with a non-committal promise to “look into it.” Or, if you persisted and he thought the matter was trivial, then Kwara would ask you to use your “medulla oblongata.” As an adolescent, I used to think that “medula oblongata”, because of the way it rumbled out of the mouth, was a phrase in our Dho’Luo language until I read a science book in primary school that defined it as something to do with connection between the human brain and spine.

In summary, my grandfather, one of my finest teachers I ever met in this world, did not quite appreciate people who were afraid of using the hearts and minds in resolving small conflicts.

Principle two: Kwara believed in ‘sleeping over’ is-

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by Babu Ayindo sues. However ‘hot’ an issue might be, the patriarch was both very slow to anger and slow to act. For some strange reason, he believed that either the moon and stars of the night or some deep sleep with accompanying dreams would help bring a solution to a conflict. So committed was he to this principle that he would simply watch as people in his homestead exchanged angry and bitter words. “As long as no one picks up a weapon or seeks to hurt someone else, leave them alone.” Yes, “leave them alone” was an echo I heard, times without a number.

Or, when Kwara received a letter written in red ink, he would ask me to read it only once. Back in the day, red ink was only used when one was writing a very angry or emotional letter. Since I served as Kwara’s official scribe, I got to read out most of his letters whenever I was in the village during school holidays. In those rare instances, Kwara would sit quietly after the first reading of the letter, then ask me to seal the envelope. In some instances, he would wake me up at dawn and ask to me re-read the letter deliberately slowly while he weighed each word, each syllable and each metaphor or analogy used. In Dho’Luo language, when one wanted to insult you or remind you of your place in society, they would most likely resort to metaphors and analogies or other forms of orature.

In other occasions, I witnessed Kwara presiding over a heated debate then suddenly dismiss the gathering saying he need to ‘sleep over’ over the issue, much to the frustration of the gathering. However urgent anyone felt the matter was, Kwara would insist on a break and send everyone to their hut to ‘sleep over’ the matter as well.

The only problem was that Kwara could ‘sleep over’ an important matter for quite a few days. No one could hurry him into making any decision. On other occasions, he would summon everyone when almost everyone had forgotten an issue, or even the matter had resolved itself in the fullness of time. This could be months down the line.

In his opening statement, Kwara would then revisit an issue in great detail. I had noticed that Kwara had a calendar hanging at the back of his bedroom door. And, whenever an important issue happened, Kwara made

a habit of marking the date with a pen using an ‘X.’ So, when Kwara revisited an issue, he began by reminding everyone which hour of the day, date, day of the week, month, year and season the event happened so that no one would be in doubt about his memory and the fundamental issues he was about to raise in the conversation.

Principle three: Kwara believed that, as the head of the homestead, any conflict that was brought to his attention represented a fundamental failure in the conflict resolution mechanisms of his village. In Dho’Luo, Kwara would always remind me (this is loose translation): “when we put things on the table, it means our conflict resolution mechanisms in our family has failed.” Kwara believed that within the network of our extended family, there should be someone who can help resolve an issue before it is brought to his attention or “put on the table.”

If a matter was brought to Kwara’ skom [or ‘chair’] then he knew things were really elephant. For him, therefore, the process of resolution of the conflict would also be an opportunity for reeducation of the entire family. As I recall, even in an issue that seemed very personal, Kwara would observe the following general rules in seeking a resolution to the conflict: (a) In his introduction he slowly, elaborately and with rhythm, recounted our history as a people. He talked of our clan’s migration from Karachuonyo near Lake Sango, to Maseno and then to our current domicile in East Gem. He would talk of the major feats of our ancestors and ‘why we are who we are.’ (b) The conflict resolution meetings were held after dinner. For Kwara, it was important that ‘people talk after they have eaten.’ Hunger, according to my grandfather, could seriously alter people’s perspectives and damage their commitment to resolve an issue. (c) If children or younger people were present in the gathering, then the language was highly metaphorical so that adults would discern the deep issues being discussed while the children would also be included but they would get a ‘lighter’ interpretation of the metaphor. In other words, Kwara believed

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that our minds should not be subjected to heavy matters before their maturity.At the same time, children and youth should not be excluded from the process of conflict resolution (I also need to note that Kwara decreed that adults should never quarrel in the presence of children. Those were the only moments when Kwara would intervene with an instant rebuke). (d) Kwara insisted that after one party had spoken, the other party should paraphrase, in their own words, the ‘lit’ (or pain) that the other party had just spoken about. For example, if X complained about Y then Kwara would ask Y to paraphrase what X had said, particularly the ‘lit’ (or pain) that X was feeling. This was reciprocal, so X would also be required to do the same. In other words, for Kwara, it was more important that the people in conflict find healing in the process rather than simply solving the problem mechanically. (e) If matters were very heavy then Kwara would ask the children and youth to retire early and let the elders resolve the matter or he would seek the counsel of another elder who was not related by blood line to our family. Such occasions were rare but I recall we were sent away when an uncle of mine seemed to have frequent problems with his newly wed wife.

Principle four: Once a matter was resolved, Kwara required that even those not directly involved in the conflict to state clearly how they would support the key parties in conflict to ensure there was no repeat of the offense. In cases where fines were imposed or compensation required then the person taking responsibility would made accountable together with his or her closest relatives and friends. And, above all, if a matter was resolved peacefully, then all those present vowed to keep the matter a secret and never to talk about it again (provided the offender never repeated the offense again).

Principle five: Kwara believed that a resolution of conflict must be concluded with a ritual and ‘proper’ eating and drinking. It did not matter if people had just eaten a few hours before. I recall many times when Kwara asked one of his sons to go the pen near dawn and grab an unsuspecting billy goat. After performing the required rituals, the billy goat would be slaughtered and we would all sit out in the compound eating, talking and defragmenting our minds, hearts and souls with the finest brew of our people.

That, ladies and gentlemen is a summary of OKCRT. Feel free to apply it in your life. And, if you ever use it, please acknowledge my grandfather, Odera K’Ogwande as the copyright owner!

POll RESulTS

Do you support the Indian Government’s decision to introduce Yoga as a subject in government run schools?

Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes. We had PT during our schools days so why not yoga. Even wushu, karate or such form should be introduced in every school.

• Yes for better health • Yes, It will keep the students fit & healthy.

• Why not?? More jobs will be created will be created if introduced ....same case as the need for Hindi teachers • Yes Definitely yes! y no to it? when it can help u in so many ways specially keeping ur health fit! is dat y u shld say no to it?

• yes this should help the students to grow up better Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • No. Not necessarily because we are a Christian state but because no government has any right to impose anything on the people unless its for an emergency • Yoga is tainted with communal color, therefore, I don’t support introducing it in schools.

• Whether it is in government run schools or any other establishments, I do not support, because Yoga, which is being promoted now as exercise, is much more than an exercise package. It is a (Hindu) worldview! Why not reintroduce ‘PT” which was very helpful and interesting in earlier days? Why yoga?

• No, yoga its not a subject to study but to practice as health exercise. Its incredible India.....

• No! Instead of yoga, sport or physical education subject should be introduced in all the government and private schools.

• Certainly not. When the Government can't even afford proper labs and teachers for more important subjects bringing in Yoga to promote an ideological agenda of a party is not only foolish but dangerous.

• A complete NO.. They may say it's good but i've seen the side effects too and they're not pretty.

• No. Yoga is a fitness exercise. Its is not necessary and it cannot be make it compulsory for students.

• NO! First try to provide better learning facilities for the students for their education then only try bringing those "body-twisting-thingy"!!

• No. We may be just thinking it's just an exercise but no it has a deep spiritual roots...yoga, when we do action like joining our hands above our head and our leg position (I cannot paint the picture well tongue emotion ) like Hindu gods... international yoga day and yoga subject and

what is next...they have just started taking a wrong. Many think yoga is simply a physical exstep towards making India A Hindurashtra yes ercise but Hindu right wing leader Praveen Togthis is the bottom line. adia says, "yoga was never secular, it is more • No. It may not be a good policy to have in a 'Vedic and sanatan'." He further said that "Om State like ours and Surya Namaskar, two exercises of yoga, • Yoga to the already complicated CCE....sys- are very necessary and without them, yoga is tem. Especially in our state... Big No. Students incomplete." The contention is, has yoga liberwill get all tangled up with more confusion...lol... ated RSS from physical, moral an spiritual sick• where is the ness? The answer physical exercise is a big "NO". Why period we had durthen, BJP is helling those days? bent on imposing our government it in the schools? schools already Why so passionate have physical to export someteachers appointthing that does ed. why are they not work? Why for? are they for are some people giving yoga class blindly going gaga or physical exerover yoga? When cise? if they are for Goa, Mizoram and yoga class a BIG some other states NO. could say "no" to • Yoga is a lazy imposition of yoga, man form of exerwhy is our gov't so cise just as cricktimid to take a bold et is a lazy men's stance? game. Absolutely • No, government NO TO YOGA. Opshould include as pose it tooth and P.T. pupil will feel nail relax not including • BJP and RSS are as a subject two sides of the • no we don't need same coin. BJP is it. if you want to the political face of make yourself less RSS and RSS is protruding belly the religious face and more slimmer of BJP. RSS goal is and relaxed... go to saffronize whole join a gym India through BJP, • There are those its political mawho think that all chinery. Since BJP religion leads to came into power, the same God there has been inwhich is otherwise. creasing attack on Yoga is spiritually YES no OTHER the minorities. Antidiscerned. I don’t conversion, beef ban (beef eaters to go to Paki- subscribe to the government’s decision to introstan), church vandalism, and rape of nuns, etc. duce it as a subject in the schools.

Christmas day made as good governance day.

Imposed yoga on an important Sunday. Trying Some of those who voted to make Gita as the national book with ulterior OTHERS had this to say: motive. Appointing RSS fanatics as Governors • To introduce yoga in government schools imand leaders in key posts. Nagas are generally plies that yoga is more than just an exercise with gullible and vulnerable. That's where things go health benefits. It means the theory part of yoga

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represents certain religious views and spiritual practices that goes beyond health.

• Introduction is fine...but not compulsory • If yoga is conducted in a secular manner aiming at Improving physical and mental health its fine.

But it should NEVER be compulsory.

• Fine if it is good but not compulsory i say "FREEDOM OF CHOICE".

• Practicing Yoga helps both mentally and physically but the mainland is taking this topics into a religious line and making it compulsory for all, which is not acceptable in a secular country like India. And I totally disagree with this idea.

• The state governments must decide, not the central govt • It need not be a subject in schools.. However.. let the freedom of choice be left free..let the individual decide.. Yoga can be taken as an exercise not as a religion.. Choice is ours.. Just my view.. and how i see yoga • Our government may sure dice be happy to introduce this as a subject. Because it's about money it comes. So our apex bodies should be strong enough to oppose this as a hindrance to secularism.

• Y jus yoga alone....wat abt praise n worship... wel jump ..we'l stretch our arms..do action song.. wel exercise our spirit n body too • We the Naga don't need yoga. We have so many other option for exercise so we don't need yoga n school. We the naga must against for yoga in school.

• People of India specially the Christian community has a stigma that BJP is all bout Hinduism and finds it hard to differentiat the two, BJP n Hinduism. Indeed a very thin line between them. BJP wen it comes to power in India, even during last rule always seems to touch religious sentiment of the people. That's also how the stigma is embedded.

• When yoga is renamed as something else and as long as we practice purely for everything whatsoever other thn ones spiritual, it's ok provided it is proven for health beneficial. But the three domains, Yoga, Physical n Spiritual will be so hard to breakdown as individual domain.

• Will Yoga come to end? The more we oppose, the more it spread. May be 0.99% oppose, but 99% of Indian are in support if not mistaken. We are nothing if consider whole India. It will keep on expanding. Internationally recognized to observe it, and therefore it is up to individual whether to accept or not. Nobody can stop it. But it should not be a compulsory subject in Govt run school.

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Complaint against Lalit Modi over tweets defaming Prez, aide New Delhi, July 5 (PTi): Rashtrapati Bhawan has filed a complaint with Delhi Police against former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi for posting "defamatory" tweets against President Pranab Mukherjee and his Secretary Omita Paul. The complaint sent to Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi from the President's Secretariat has screen shots of June 23 and June 25 tweets annexed to it, besides an 80-page file that the former IPL chief, being probed by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged money laundering, had attached to his twitter posts.

The document shows a picture of the President, his secretary and businessman Vivek Nagpal, who Modi alleged, had taken favours from Mukherjee during his days in the Finance Ministry. Modi had alleged that Mukherjee, in his stint as Finance Minister, pushed Enforcement Directorate to act against him after he raised questions about the shareholding pattern in Kochi franchise of IPL cricket tournament leading to the resignation of Shashi Tharoor from the Union government. Bassi has forwarded the complaint to the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) of Delhi Police for necessary action, official sources said, adding no case has been registered so far.

Lalu demands release of caste census data PATNA, July 5 (PTi): RJD president Lalu Prasad today demanded the release of caste census figures for Bihar and said he will take up the cause with a march to the Raj Bhawan (Governor's House) here on July 13. "The caste census was completed long back, but the central government is not releasing the figures under a planned conspiracy. The data should be released immediately. I will march to Raj Bhawan on July 13 to press for it," he said.

He said the march will start from Kargil Chowk and he would go with the supporters t o the Raj Bhawan to give a petition demanding release of caste census figures."Everybody has a right to know the population of his or her caste. People should also know what population of a particular caste is. We keep hearing many claims about caste-related numbers by many persons. The census figures will show the real numbers," Prasad said.

OROP protest stays, meeting with Parrikar likely New Delhi, July 5 (iANS): Protests over delay in implementation of the promised 'One Rank, One Pension' scheme continued for the 21st day in the national capital with a relay hunger-strike by 75 ex-servicemen on Sunday. "A meeting with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is expected in the coming week, and the protesting ex-servicemen hope to reach a breakthrough," Group Captain V.K. Gandhi (retd), Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement general secretary, told IANS. "We are hoping to meet the minister this week, whenever he gives us time... We are hopeful of a positive outcome from the meeting," the retired Indian Air Force officer told IANS. Parrikar had earlier this week called the protesting ex-servicemen and said the 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) file had come back from the union finance ministry. However, no date for the implementation of the scheme was given. The veterans started their protest on June 14, and a relay hunger-strike began from June 15.

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Vyapam Scam turns Murkier with more mysterious dead College dean helping Vyapam probe found dead in Delhi New Delhi, July 5 (iANS): Arun Sharma, the dean of a medical college in Madhya Pradesh assisting the police probing the Vyapam scam, was on Sunday found dead in a hotel room here, police said.

His body was found at Uppal Hotel near the Indira Gandhi International Airport. He was on his way to Tripura as a member of an inspection team of the Medical Council of India.

Sharma, 64, whose college is in Jabalpur, was assisting the Special Task Force probing the recruitment scam in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (Vyapam) by providing documents on fake medical entrance examinees in the state-run college, police said.

Delhi Police declined to comment on Sharma's death.

"We have contacted his son. He said his father was a sugar patient. The family is on its way to Delhi," said Deputy Commissioner of Police R.A. Sanjeev.

The officer said the victim checked into Uppal Hotel Saturday evening and wanted to be waken up on Sunday morning. When he did not respond to the wake up calls, the hotel staff suspected something was wrong and called the police.

"The door to his suite was broken into in the presence of police. The dean was found on his bed," the officer said.

Won't recommend CBI probe into Vyapam scam: CM Congress, AAP demands BhoPAl, July 5 (iANS): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said he would not recommend a CBI probe into the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (Vyapam) scandal.

"My government is not above the judiciary. When the high court has refused a CBI enquiry into the matter, how can we order it?" the chief minister said. He said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing

the scam under the supervision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and if the court feels it should be investigated by any other agency, it is free to do that.

"Supreme court and high court are free to get the matter probed by the agency they want to. We don't have any problem." The chief minister said no other matters in the country have been investigated the way Vyapam scam has till date been.

"Whiskey and some medicines were found near his bed. Nothing had been visibly disturbed in the room, and no external injuries were seen on his body," he added.

The body has been sent for autopsy. The admission and recruitment racket in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (Vyapam) or the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board apparently involves politicians, officials and businessmen.

More than 40 people associated with the scam have died since 2013.

The most high-profile death was of Shailesh Yadav, son of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav.

Shailesh, 50, was found dead at his father's residence in the uttar pradesh capital lucknow on March 25.

the sister of television reporter Akshay Singh who died in Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances while covering the Vyapam scam, has requested that the viscera samples of her brother should be sent to Delhi for test.

In a letter addressed to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Pakshi said: "As you know, he died in mysterious circumstances." "I request you to get examined his viscera outside Madhya Pradesh, preferably at AIIMS Delhi for free and fair investigation," the letter said.

India Today Group also made the demand that the viscera samples be sent outside Madhya Pradesh for test.

In a statement shared on Facebook page, India Today Group demanded a "fair and independent inquiry".

"The circumstances of the Journalist’s sister wants vis- untimely death of TV Today cera examined in Delhi journalist Akshay Singh merMeanwhile, Pakshi Singh, its a full, fair and independent

inquiry. We urge the Madhya Pradesh government to immediately have the viscera sample sent to a recognised forensic laboratory outside the state, preferably Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences, for a thorough and transparent examination," the statement said.

"This would assuage the family, friends and well wishers of Akshay who seek some closure," the statement added. On Saturday, Akshay Singh was in Meghnagar in Jhabua district to talk to the family members of scam-accused Namrata Damor who too was found dead under mysterious circumstances.

Jhabua Superintendent of Police Abid Khan told IANS that Akshay Singh and his two colleagues interviewed the family for around an hour after which the journalist suddenly fell ill. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.

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New Delhi, July 5 (iANS): The Congress on Sunday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe into the deaths of more than 40 people connected with the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, adding the matter needs to be investigated thoroughly and impartially.

"A Supreme Court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe is needed (in the matter). There is no bar on it even as the Special Investigating Team (SIT) is already probing the case," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said at a press conference here.

The Madhya Pradesh Police's Special Investigating Team (SIT) was not doing enough to unearth the truth and the case should now be transferred to the CBI, he said.

Earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party too demanded on Sunday that the Supreme Court oversee the SIT's probe into the scam after a television reporter covering the scam died in Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances.

The Congress also accused Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of "misleading the people and parroting his old line" on the demand to get the case investigated by an impartial investigative agency.

The admission and recruitment racket in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (Vyapam) or the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board apparently involves politicians, officials and businessmen.

More than 40 people associated with the scam have died since 2013 - either in mysterious circumstances or have committed suicides.

"We want the truth to come out. Justice should prevail. We all must join our heads and hands so that justice is served to the victims," Surjewala said.

The Congress leader also condoled the death of Akshay Singh, an Aaj Tak TV channel's journalist, and Arun Sharma, dean of a medical college in Madhya Pradesh, connected with the scam probe, since Saturday.

Remove tainted ministers in centre, states: Left New Delhi, July 5 (iANS): A grouping of six Left parties on Sunday demanded the removal of all tainted ministers in the central government and states and a CBI probe into their alleged misconduct.

"The Left parties demand that a thorough CBI investigation under the supervision of the judiciary must be conducted in these cases and the guilty should be booked and punished," a joint Left statement said. "All tainted ministers in the Centre and the states must be removed from office until the investigations are completed and action taken," it added.

The statement was issued by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Communist Party of India (CPI), Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist-Liberation and Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist.

A Kashmiri boy jumps into a stream as boys cool off on a hot afternoon near Wangath, Some 48 The statement said that "all the claims kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Srinagar on Sunday, July 5. (AP Photo) made by the BJP central government and

the prime minister that during the course of this one year the NDA government has offered a corruption free administration are being thoroughly exposed by the day.

"In the Lalit Modi-IPL scam, the external affairs minister and the Rajasthan chief minister have figured as persons grossly misusing their office to help a fugitive from Indian law, Lalit Modi," it said, referring to Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje. "The minister for human resource development (Smriti Irani) has given a false statement regarding her educational qualifications."Cases of misuse of office for pecuniary gains have come up in the BJP ruled states of Maharashtra, involving two BJP state ministers.

The Left statement said the admission and recruitment scam in Madhya Pradesh - called Vyapam scam -- "has exposed the BJP state government as having perpetrated one of the worst corruption cases in the state ever.

FM going to BRICS Bank Compliance window: Declaration of Delhi government to install jammers at exam centres overseas black money can be done online inaugural meet in Moscow New Delhi, July 5 (iANS): The AAP government has decided to install jammers to prevent cheating with the help of high-tech electronic gadgets in examinations held for Delhi government jobs. The growing use of electronic devices in written tests has the city government worried over the possibility of incompetent candidates entering the government.

"After successfully using the jammers in a clerklevel exam on a pilot basis a couple of months ago, the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) has decided to use the device in its critical exams," a government official told IANS. A mobile phone jammer is an instrument used to prevent cellular phones from receiving signals from base stations. In May, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre to install phone jammers at exam centres to prevent paper leaks and other malpractices after alleged cheating in the All India PreMedical Test (AIPMT).

New Delhi, July 5 (PTi): Those wanting to utilise the recently notified one-time black money compliance window can also use the efiling facility of the tax department to declare their foreignbased untaxed assets apart from the manual filing and committing of these stash properties.

According to the scheme under the window, such a declaration can be filed online by an individual or entity and mandatorily will have to carry a "digital signature" to validate it.

A digital signature authenticates electronic documents in a similar manner as a handwritten signature validates printed or hand-written documents.

This signature cannot be forged and it asserts that a named person wrote or otherwise agreed to the document to which the signature is attached.

"The facility to file the overseas black money declaration is provided with an aim that anyone who wants to use the window for declaring unreported assets can do it with maximum secrecy and in quick time.

"Submitting the document manually or sending it by post to the nodal office in Delhi are also options provided in the scheme but e-filing is the most easy and secure way. The entire work of the compliance window has been kept strictly confidential," a senior official said.

The facility can be utilised by visiting the official departmental website, https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in, the official added.

The new two-page form brought out for this purpose has been categorised as 'Form 6' and has a three-page annexure for the "statement of undisclosed assets

located outside India".

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex policy-making body of the tax department, has also empowered and earmarked a commissioner of income tax office in the national capital to handle all the applications and process the declarations made in this regard to the department.

The commissioner of income tax (International Tax)-2, New Delhi, has been designated to receive the declarations, an official notification had stated.

The government recently notified the three-month compliance window beginning July 1. The tax and penalty on such declared assets or funds can be paid till December 31. Those availing the onetime 'compliance window' would be required to pay a tax of 30 per cent and a penalty of a similar amount.

New Delhi, July 5 (iANS): Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will leave on Monday for a fourday visit to Russia to attend the inaugural meeting of the BRICS New Development Bank at Moscow.

According to a finance ministry release here, Jaitley will, after the meet slated for Tuesday, attend the meeting of the finance ministers of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping on Wednesday to be held in Ufa City, which is also hosting the two-day (July 8-9) BRICS summit.

The BRICS bank, which has authorised capital of $100 billion, will start with an initial paid-up capital of $50 billion, with each BRICS country contributing $10 billion.

ICICI Bank's former non-executive chairman K.V. Kamath will be the first head of the bank to be headquartered in the Chinese city of Shanghai.

Last week, Kamath said the NDB was looking to consider some Indian infrastructure projects for funding when it starts functioning next April.

Foreigners availing Research 'Tops cops were discouraged to act against 1984 rioters' Visa to undergo strict scrutiny New Delhi, July 5 (PTi): Foreigners intending to work in NGOs, carry out research work on human rights and environment issues will have to face stricter scrutiny of their visa applications after detection of several incidents of alleged misuse of these provisions.

The move came after Home Ministry found that Research Visas, given to professors, scholars and participants to do research work and attend research conferences, are being allegedly misused by several foreigners in recent past.

"All research visa applications will be thoroughly scrutinised.

An applicant has to submit a brief note in advance about the project in which the research work will be conducted. If we find it appropriate, non-controversial and beneficial to India, then only the applicant will be given a visa," a senior

Home Ministry official said.

Christine Mehta, who prepared a research paper on alleged human rights violation in Kashmir on behalf of Amnesty International, reportedly did not submit her research subject to the authorities beforehand. Unhappy over her work, government deported Mehta in November 2014.

Several foreigners had worked in NGOs, including Greenpeace India, and were alleged to have been involved in anti-government activities.

Home Ministry has found that many of the foreigners come to India on Tourist Visa and later get involved in research works and NGOs dealing with environment and human rights issues.

"Such trends have to be stopped. We will not allow anyone misusing the tourist visa pro-

visions too," the official said.

However, genuine researchers will not have to face difficulty if the project is to be done under an Indian institution accredited by the University Grants Commission.

Visa applications of foreign scholars who take scholarships from Indian Council for Cultural Relations for conducting research will also be processed without any difficulty.

The ICCR offers scholarships namely General Cultural Scholarship Scheme, Silver Jubilee Nepali Scholarship, Africa Scholarships, Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme etc.

According to an estimate, around 42,000 foreign students study in India of which nearly 3,800 are research scholars. Most of the foreign students belong to Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Iran.

New Delhi, July 5 (iANS): Top police officers who undertook rare deterrent action against the killings on the streets of Delhi following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 ran into a wall of disapproval from the police leadership, according to a new book.

Some of the most dramatic police action came from additional deputy commissioner Maxwell Pereira, who ordered firing outside Sisganj gurdwara on the morning of November 1.

One man was killed in the firing but that firing ended up saving the historic gurdwara.

But what followed left Pereira shaken, Pereira tells journalist and author Sanjay Suri in the book “1984 - The Anti-Sikh Violence and After” (Harper Col-

lins) being released on Tuesday.

"After the incident, I informed the control room immediately that I have opened fire and I have killed a person," Pereira is quoted as saying. "These are matters of record, these are matters of importance that have to be known. Especially if you have opened fire, you need to inform the control room. What troubled me was that there was pin-drop silence. There was no response coming from the control room."

Amod Kanth, then deputy commissioner for central district, is quoted as saying there was no direction from police headquarters on dealing with the imminent violence.

Kanth, who ordered firm action in his district, says he was censured for it at a meeting at the police headquarters later.

In another incident, an inspector from the Delhi Armed Police fired in the air to scare away attackers at Nand Nagri in east Delhi, Shamsher Deol, then deputy commissioner attached to the Delhi Armed Police, is quoted as saying. The inspector was told he would get into trouble for taking action. He immediately went on leave, not before buying three bullets from an army unit in Delhi Cantonment.

Assistant commissioner of police Keval Singh took early action against looters on the evening of October 31. Seeing the situation go out of hand, he asked for permission at 8.32 p.m. to open fire. That permission never came. Suri argues that the signals were clear from top levels that the police action against looters and killers would not be wel-

comed. Such failure was ultimately ensured by "passive aggression" from Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded his slain mother as prime minister, the book claims.

Suri puts together interviews, records and his own experiences as witness to make the case that the killing itself was actively organised by senior leaders from the Congress party - unchecked by the top leadership.

Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as prime minister on the evening of October 31. Suri says his firmest action against the killing came at 5.30 p.m. on the evening of November 2 when he summoned then Lt. Governor P.G. Gavai and said all killings must end within 15 minutes. By then, almost all the killing was done, Suri says in his book.

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7/7 spurred “tough anti-terror” measures some say went too far

In this July 26 2005 file photo, a closed-circuit surveillance cameras, with a Union flag at rear, keeps watch in central London. After four home-grown suicide bombers killed 52 London commuters on July 7, 2005, Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed that Britain would stop at nothing to defeat terrorism. “Let no one be in any doubt,” he said. “The rules of the game are changing.” Since the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States four years earlier, Britain had made its anti-terrorism powers among the toughest in the Western world. Now they became tougher still. “What 7/7 did was it made people realize that the threat was internal as well as external,” said David Anderson, Britain’s official reviewer of terrorism legislation. (AP File Photo) Jill Lawless Associated Press

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fter four homeg ro w n s u i c i d e bombers killed 52 London commuters on July 7, 2005, Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed that Britain would stop at nothing to defeat terrorism. “Let no one be in any doubt,” he said. “The rules of the game are changing.”

Since the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States four years earlier, Britain had made its anti-terrorism powers among the toughest

in the Western world. Now they became tougher still.

“What 7/7 did was it made people realize that the threat was internal as well as external,” said David Anderson, Britain’s official reviewer of terrorism legislation.

After 2005, police were given power to hold terrorism suspects for four weeks without charge, or to place them under a 16-houra-day curfew. It became a crime not just to commit or plan for terrorism but to glorify terrorist acts.

The government moved to

deport extremist preachers who had made their home in Britain. The ability of intelligence agencies to scoop up Internet users’ electronic data expanded vastly, and British spies began collecting information on their own citizens on a hitherto unseen scale.

Civil libertarians sensed the spread of a Big Brother state, and waged legal and political battles that managed to water down or reverse some of the measures. But a decade later, Britons are more watched than ever. Last month’s gun

attack on tourists in Tunisia, which killed 30 Britons, shows the terrorist threat has not gone away, and could spur a new round of counter-terror measures.

The July 2005 bombings on three subway trains and a bus — the deadliest attack on British soil since World War II — were carried out by young Britons inspired by al-Qaida.

In a bid to stop more plots, Blair’s government expanded the definition of a terrorist offense and introduced new powers to detain terror suspects.

The 2006 Terrorism Act allowed terror suspects to be held for 28 days without charge. Blair had argued that the complexity of terror plots meant the limit should be 90 days, but lawmakers defeated him. They also rejected a bid two years later for 42-day detention.

Suspects who could not be charged - often because the evidence against them was secret - could be held under control orders, a form of house arrest that meant they could be electronically tagged, kept under curfew for up to 16 hours per day and barred from using telephones or the Internet.

Rights groups loudly opposed the measures, and when a ConservativeLiberal Democrat coalition took power in 2010, it said the previous Labour administrations had “abused and eroded fundamental human freedoms.”

Under the coalition, pre-charge detention was cut to 14 days. Control orders gave way to a lessrestrictive replacement.

Government curbed the power of police officers to stop and search people without suspicion.

But one aspect of counterterrorism just kept expanding — surveillance, both in the streets and online. In 2005, Britain already had as many as 4 million surveillance cameras, whose use as a crime-fighting tool had been encouraged by

authorities since the 1990s.

Tony Porter, Britain’s surveillance camera commissioner, says the number today could be 6 million.

“The overwhelming view from our European colleagues is that the U.K. is the European — if not the world — capital of surveillance,” said Porter, a former counterterrorism police officer charged with ensuring responsible use of the country’s publicly operated cameras.

Porter says the cameras have broad public support.

But he worries the public is ill-informed about “the size, scope and scale” of the camera network, and how fast the technology is changing. Police are currently testing facial-recognition software that can identify suspects through family resemblances.

“Part of my role has been to work with police forces, local communities ... just to start that debate, so we don’t latently accept surveillance without truly understanding what it does,” Porter said. “We need to have a society where surveillance cameras are there to support communities, not spy on them.”

Unlike visible security cameras, online surveillance was largely hidden from the public until former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked details about the activities of Amer-

ican spies and their allies.

British politicians and spies have been at the forefront of electronic datagathering. In the months after the 7/7 attacks, Britain helped pass a European Union directive requiring telecoms companies to retain data for up to two years. Last year, it was struck down by the European Court of Justice.

The British government attempted to introduce the Communications Data Bill — dubbed the Snoopers’ Charter by opponents — to force British telecommunications providers to retain for a year records of all phone and email traffic and website visits. It was eventually shelved amid opposition from Liberal Democrat lawmakers.

Court rulings have also curbed some British surveillance activities. But public debate about the civil liberties implications of snooping has been more muted here than in the U.S. or some other European countries.

There have been fewer leaks to expose the covert activities of Britain’s MI5 and MI6 than there have been about the CIA — though whether that is the result of luck, deference or genuine high standards is debatable.

Britons also know that the threat of terrorism is real, and there is evidence to suggest cyber-spying works. In a report released

last month, Anderson said spies’ use of bulk communications data helped foil plots including an al-Qaida plan to have sleeper cells launch waves of attacks in several European countries.

The attack in Tunisia has brought more promises of swift action. Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to “step up our own efforts to support our agencies in tracking vital online communications.” His Conservative government, elected in May, plans to introduce a new, more limited, version of the Communications Data Bill.

Cameron has also introduced a law requiring schools and other public institutions to identify and tackle signs of radicalization — a step opponents claim seeks to turn teachers into spies. Anderson thinks some of the measures brought in since 7/7 have been effective, and some have been excessive.

His report said “a comprehensive and comprehensible new law should be drafted from scratch ... providing for clear limits and safeguards on any intrusive power that it may be necessary for public authorities to use.”

He recommended a judge, rather than a government minister, should sign off on requests to intercept data — already the procedure in the U.S. and many other countries.

Depression shrinks people’s brain Hillary accuses China of hacking US computers WAsHINGTON, JUly 5 (IANs): Chronic and repeated episodes of depression can shrink the hippocampus, an area of the brain responsible for memory and emotion, an international study has revealed.

The results highlight the urgent need to treat depression in teenagers, the authors emphasised.

But with the treatment, the damage is reversible, the study said.

“The more episodes of depression a person had, the greater the reduction in hippocampus size,” said Hickie, from University of Sydney’s brain and mind research institute and member of the large study.

The participants experienced their first depressive episode when they had a normal hippocampus size.

The shrinking began afterward.

For the study, 15 research institutes from across

the world collaborated and examined the data of 8,927 people, 1,728 of whom had major depression and the rest of whom were healthy, the Guardian reported. The researchers found that 65 percent of the depressed participants had recurrent depression and it was these people who had a smaller hippocampus.

“Persistent depression does more harm to the hippocampus the more you leave it untreated. The damage to the brain comes from recurrent illness,” Hickie said. “Treating depression effectively does not just mean medicines. Social interventions are just as important,” the author said.

Antidepressants can have a protective effect but these are not the only treatment. In young people, “psychotherapy should be explored as the first line of treatment,” the study emphasised.

Stress hormone enhances memory retrieval lONdON, JUly 5 (IANs): The stress hormone cortisol strengthens memories of scary experiences in life, researchers report. If a person remembering a terrifying event has a high stress hormone level, the memory of that specific event will be strongly reconsolidated after each retrieval.

“The results may explain why certain undesirable memories don’t fade, for example in anxiety and PTSD sufferers,” said Oliver Wolf from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Studies have shown that the stress hormone cortisol has a strengthening impact on the consolidation of memories.

The researchers from Bochum have

demonstrated that cortisol effects memories in humans also during the so-called reconsolidation, that is, the consolidation of memories occurring after memory retrieval.

The stress hormone can enhance this process. They suggest that the results might explain the persistence of strong emotional memories occurring in anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Strong memories of stressful experiences occur frequently, but they usually fade away over time. People suffering from anxiety or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, however, are affected by terrifying memories that haunt them again and again.

In the study, the subjects on the first day learned an association between specific geometric shapes and an unpleasant electric shock. On the second day, some of the participants were given a cortisol pill, others a placebo.

Subsequently, they were shown one of the geometric shapes associated with the electric shock. On the third day, the memory for the geometric shapes was tested. Participants who had taken cortisol remembered the fear-associated shape particularly well, the study found. This was evident in a heightened skin conductance, which is an established measure for emotional arousal.

GlEN, N.H., JUly 5 (REUTERs): U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused China on Saturday of stealing commercial secrets and “huge amounts of government information,” and of trying to “hack into everything that doesn’t move in America.”

Clinton’s language on China appeared to be far stronger than that usually used by President Barack Obama’s Democratic administration.

Speaking at a campaign event in New Hampshire, Clinton said she wanted to see China’s peaceful rise.

“But we also have to be fully vigilant, China’s military is growing very quickly, they’re establishing military installations that again threaten countries we have treaties with, like the Philippines because they are building on contested property,” said Clinton, who was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

“They’re also trying to hack into everything that doesn’t move in America.

Stealing commercial secrets ... from defense contractors, stealing huge amounts of government information, all looking for an advantage,” she said. Clinton is the frontrunner to win the Democratic

nomination for the November 2016 presidential election.

Asked about the remarks, a White House official declined to comment. In the most recent case involving suspicions of Chinese hacking, Obama administration officials have said China is the top suspect in the massive hacking of a U.S. government agency that compromised the personnel records of at least 4.2 million current and former government workers. China has denied hacking into the computers of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

IRAN AND PUTIN Clinton also addressed the current talks over Iran’s nuclear program and had strong words for Tehran.

She said that even if a deal is reached with Iran, Tehran’s “aggressiveness will not end” and it will remain a principal state sponsor of terrorism.

Clinton said she hoped that “a strong verifiable deal” would be reached at talks in Vienna between world powers and Iran.

But she added that even with an agreement, “They will continue to be the principal state sponsor of terrorism.

They will continue to destabilize governments in the region and beyond. They will contin-

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton flexes her muscles with Miss Teen New Hampshire Allie Knault, center, and Miss New Hampshire Holly Blanchard, during a Fourth of July parade on July 4, in Gorham, N.H. (AP Photo)

ue to use their proxies like Hezbollah. And they will continue to be an existential threat to Israel.” The United States, other world powers and Iran have set a July 7 deadline to reach a deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for a lifting of sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy.

At the campaign event, Clinton also said the United States has to be “much smarter” about how it deals with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions.

She said Putin’s moves to expand Russia’s boundaries,

such as the annexation of Crimea last year, posed a challenge for the United States but she touted her experience as America’s chief diplomat.

She noted that because of NATO members’ agreement to protect fellow members, had Ukraine been a member of NATO when Crimea was annexed, “that would have caused us to have to respond.” She added on Putin: “I’ve dealt with him. I know him. He’s not an easy man ...

But I don’t think there is any substitute other than constant engagement.”

On his native territory, Pope touches on cherished issues QUITO, JUly 5 (AP): History’s first Latin American pope returns to Spanish-speaking South America for the first time on Sunday, bringing a message of solidarity with the region’s poor, who are expected to turn out in droves to welcome their native son home.

“The pope of the poor” chose to visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay specifically because they are among the poorest and most marginal nations of a region that claims 40 percent of the world’s Catholics. He’s skipping his homeland of Argentina, at least partly to avoid papal entanglement in this year’s presidential election.

The trip starts in Ecuador, where falling world prices for oil and minerals threaten to fray the social safety net woven by President Rafael Correa, who has been buffeted for near-

ly a month by the most serious anti-government street protests of his more than eight years in power.

Francis is likely to raise environmental concerns with Correa and the leader of Bolivia — who have promoted mining and oil drilling in wilderness areas — given his recent encyclical on the need to protect nature and the poor who suffer most when it is exploited.

In that document, Francis called for a new development model that rejects today’s profit-at-all cost mentality in favor of a Christian view of economic progress that respects human rights, safeguards the planet and involves all sectors of society, the poor and marginalized included.

In a video message on the eve of his departure, Francis said he wanted to bring a message of hope

and joy to all “especially the neediest, the elderly, the sick, those in prison and the poor and all those who are victims of this ‘throwaway culture.’”

Francis’ stops include a violent Bolivian prison, a flood-prone Paraguayan shantytown and a meeting with Bolivian trash pickers, the sort of people he ministered to in the slums of Buenos Aires as archbishop.

Crowds are expected to be huge. While the countries themselves are tiny compared to regional powerhouses like Brazil and Argentina, they are fervently Catholic: 79 percent of the population is Catholic in Ecuador, 77 percent in Bolivia and a whopping 89 percent in Paraguay, according to the Pew Research Center.

“You can imagine what this embrace of love will be, this devotion of our people toward the pope, the uni-

Pope Francis waves to reporters at Rome’s Fiumicino International airport on Sunday, July 5, as he boards his flight to Quito, Ecuador, where he will start a week-long trip to South America, including Bolivia and Paraguay. (AP Photo)

versal pastor who comes from Latin America,” said Guzman Carriquiri, the No. 2 of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and a top papal adviser.

The Vatican says it expects more than 1 million

people to turn out for Francis’ major public Masses in each country, and organizers have scheduled plenty of time for the pope to meander through the throngs expected to line his motorcade route.

When St. John Paul II visited Ecuador in 1985, he called for a more just society and reminded indigenous groups of the role played by missionaries who had arrived on the continent centuries be-

fore. Francis will likely repeat those messages and pay particular attention to the role his Jesuit order played.

John Paul’s visits were shadowed by the Polish pope’s concern about the rise of liberation theology, fearing that Marxists were using its “preferential option for the poor” to turn the Gospel into a call for armed revolution.

Carriquiri said a less turbulent situation awaits Francis, who has sought to revive a purer, less political version of liberation theology and recently approved beatification for one of its heroes, Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero.

Francis also brokered a historic thaw between the United States and Cuba, countries he will visit in September.

“Francis’ visit will be a huge boost to the priests of the Third World and theol-

ogy of liberation,” said Xavier Albo, a fellow Jesuit who, like the pope, is 78. “He lives that theology through mercy, modesty and his obligation to the poor, the immigrants and the imprisoned.”

Jesuits paid with their lives defending the downtrodden against dictatorships, as the pope knows well from his days as head of the Jesuits during the right-wing military dictatorship in Argentina.

Opponents of dictatorships in neighboring Paraguay and Bolivia were also disappeared. One, who was tortured and killed in 1980, was Father Luis Espinal, a Bolivian close to Albo whose body was dumped by the side of the airport road that Francis will travel on his way into La Paz on Wednesday.

Francis will stop the Popemobile there, get out and pray.

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England beats Germany in extra time to finish 3rd John Wawrow AP Sports Writer

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ays after a gutwrenching loss, England finished its deepest run in the Women's World Cup with an uplifting victory. No last-minute heartbreak this time around. Just a solid all-around performance for Steph Houghton and company.

Houghton's nifty legwork prevented an own goal and Fara Williams scored on a penalty kick in the 108th minute, leading England to a 1-0 victory over top-ranked Germany in the third-place game Saturday. "This is the team we wanted to be," coach Mark Sampson said. "We wanted to show the nation that, look, we can be knocked down, but we can also get back up. And that's what we did."

Karen Bardsley stopped seven shots as England rebounded quite nicely from Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Japan. That semifinal was decided in the final minute of second-half stoppage time when Laura Bassett directed the ball into her own net.

The response by the sixth-ranked Lionesses was their first victory over Ger-

many in 21 meetings.

"To finally beat Germany is a real big statement from this team, and something these players will be remembered for," the 32-year-old Sampson said.

"I think the performance of the players speaks volumes of the type of group I've had the pleasure of working with."

England finished the tournament with a 5-1-1 record. It had never won an elimination game in the Women's World Cup in three previous appearances.

For Germany, which lost 2-0 to the United States on Tuesday, it was a disappointing finish for the twotime champions and raised further concerns about whether the nation's women's program is beginning to slip. Since winning backto-back World Cup titles in 2003 and 2007, the eighttime European champions have a 2-3 post-preliminary round record in the past two tournaments.

It was the last World Cup game for German coach Silvia Neid and goalkeeper Nadine Angerer.

Neid is retiring after the 2016 Rio Games, while Angerer is retiring from the national team following

this tournament.

"It's very sad, but that's how it is. This is reality," Neid said. "In the end, I think England had more chances. We had a lot of chances, but unfortunately, we didn't have any goals."

Lianne Sanderson set up the only goal when she was pulled down by Tabea Kemme while attempting to get to a pass into the penalty area to the right of the goal. Williams scored her third goal of the tournament — and second on a penalty kick — by punching the ball just inside the left post while Angerer faded the other way.

Neid said the penalty was justified.

England avoided a major scare in the eighth minute, when Jo Potter came inches away from scoring into her own goal.

Germany's Sara Daebritz sent a pass into the penalty area, and teammate Bianca Schmidt headed it toward the net. Unaware that Bardsley was preparing to catch the ball, Potter leaped and got her head on it. The ball caromed toward the goal, where Houghton was facing the net and kicked it back over her head inches before it crossed

the line. Bardsley said she wants to frame the picture of the captain preventing the goal.

"I think that picture will forever be etched in my mind of Steph's leg above her head, practically touching the crossbar," Bardsley said. "I think that epitomizes that this team is about in

From left to right, England's Alex Scott, Jill Scott, Lianne Sanderson and goalkeeper Carly Telford celebrate after defeating Germany in FIFA Women's World Cup soccer third-place match in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Saturday, July 4.

(Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

my opinion. There wasn't a player on the pitch or even on the touch line today that wouldn't have given their right leg to make sure that we won a bronze medal."

Germany had several opportunities to tie the game in the final 10 minutes. Anja Mittag, off a free kick just outside the pen-

alty area, found an opening and got a shot off that was scooped up Bardsley. In the 116th minute, Schmidt got behind England's defense and headed a cross just wide of the right post.

The Lionesses' success in Canada has created a large buzz back home, where they attracted sup-

Powell, Fraser-Pryce in blazing form in Paris

PARIS, JuLy 5 (AP): Asafa Powell is getting quicker and quicker the closer the world championships get. The former world record-holder, filling Usain Bolt's shoes for Jamaica, ran the third-fastest 100 meters of the year at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Saturday.

Powell's time of 9.81 seconds improved on his previous season's best of 9.84, which he's managed twice this year, in May and June. "It was a confidence booster," he said, "but I'm always confident."

Powell was the evening's star attraction in the absence of Bolt.

The world record-holder pulled out with a blocked joint in his left leg. Back from a doping suspension cut from 18 months to six months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, for ingesting a banned stimulant in a supplement, Powell talked before the meet about how much happier he feels after his "very difficult" ban.

He certainly looked comfortable on the Stade de France track. "A great race," he said. "I worked on my start last week and it paid off."

He was not the fastest out of the blocks but quickly surged to the front. Justin Gatlin is still heading to the worlds in Beijing in August as the favorite, by virtue of his world-leading times this year of 9.74, run in May, and a 9.75 last month.

Asafa Powell of Jamaica, left, runs to win the men's 100m event with Jimmy Vicaut of France who set the European record, right, at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at Stade de France stadium in Saint Denis north of Paris, France, Saturday July 4. (AP Photo)

Gatlin and Powell, plus Tyson Gay, race each other next Thursday in Lausanne. Bolt, who was down to compete in the 200 meters, pulled out of that Diamond League meeting, too.

Powell says his long-term goal is to beat his personal best of 9.72, which he ran in 2008. He certainly

Respect Vijender's decision to turn pro: Mary Kom

KoLKAtA, JuLy 5 (IANS): Olympic bronze medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom on Sunday said fellow pugilist Vijender Singh has earned the right to decide his future and she respects his decision to turn professional and thus not be available for representing India at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Vijender, bronze medallist at the 2008 Olympics and two-time medal winner in Asian Games, announced last month that he was joining boxing promoting company Queensbury Promotions in a "landmark, four-year deal". He will appear in at least six fights in the first year of his contract with his debut fight likely to be scheduled in September-October. His move created a lot of controversy as it was deemed to be selfish and against the interests of his country. But Mary said Vijender has the right to decide on his future.

"Vijender turning pro is his decision... he has after all won so many medals for the country. I respect whatever he is doing," she said at a programme here on Sunday. Mary also said that her own preparation for the showpiece event was going on smoothly and that it will likely be her last action in competitive boxing.

"Olympics preparation... doing it daily... it is going quite well. Rio Olympics will be my last... after that will concentrate on my academy... the one I am about to start."

Five-time world champion Mary, a mother of three, elaborated on her decision to quit saying that it was becoming increasingly difficult for her to balance boxing and motherhood. "Being a mother, it is difficult to fight. I have kids and it's time I take care and look after them," the 32-year-old Manipuri said.

looked like he still has more speed to come, easing off as he surged to the line comfortably ahead of Jimmy Vicaut of France, who equaled the European record with a time of 9.86. Michael Rodgers of the United States was third in 9.99. "At the end, I got too excited and did not run that smooth,"

Powell said. "That means I wanted to run faster in my next races."

At age 32, Powell said he's in his best shape in "maybe" the "last seven years or so."

"And remember, age is just a number." In the women's 100, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's 10.74 seconds made her the fastest

woman this year. The world and Olympic champion from Jamaica got a good start in lane five and led to the line on a hot evening.

"I have room to improve," she said. "In my technique, in the start, I'm not satisfied with my starting reaction."

Yet, she was comfortably quicker than the previous season's best of 10.79, which both Fraser-Pryce and English Gardner of the United States managed last month. There was also a year's best of 7 minutes, 58.83 seconds in the men's 3,000 steeplechase from Jairus Kipchoge Birech of Kenya. Orlando Ortega of Cuba also ran a 2015 world-best of 12.94 seconds in the 110 hurdles.

There were also 2015 bests in the women's 800 from Kenya's Eunice Sum, who ran 1 minute, 56.99 seconds, and in the men's 1,500 from Silas Kiplagat, also from Kenya, who clocked 3:30.12, shaving more than two seconds off the previous leading mark.

Evan Jager of the United States was on course to win the steeplechase and pulverize the season's best time but fell at the last obstacle. Birech surged past as the American picked himself up. "I feel sorry for him," Birech said. "This is a wake-up call for Kenya. We need to go back and train and be ready for the U.S. runner."

Blatter: French, German presidents tried to influence World Cup vote

BERLIN, JuLy 5 (AP): FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in a Sunday newspaper interview that French and German presidents applied political pressure before the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded to Russia and Qatar, respectively.

Blatter told Welt am Sonntag that "there were two political interventions" from former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German counterpart Christian Wulff before the hosts were announced on Dec. 2, 2010. "Messrs Sarkozy and Wulff tried to influence their voting representatives. That's why we now have a World Cup in Qatar. Those who decided it should take responsibility for it," said Blatter, who said he was tired of taking the blame for something he had no control over.

"I act on the leadership principal. If a majority of the executive committee wants a World Cup in Qatar then I have to accept that," Blatter said.

He suggested that the German football federation (DFB) received a recommendation from Wulff "to vote for Qatar out of economic interests." Former DFB president Theo Zwanziger wrote in his book that Wulff had asked about Qatar's chances but he denied it had

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had any influence. Franz Beckenbauer, an executive committee member at the time, has never indicated which country he voted for. Blatter accepted no responsibly for the plight of migrant laborers building stadiums in Qatar amid reports of human rights abuses.

"Look at the German companies!" he said before naming railway and construction firms.

"Deutsche Bahn, Hochtief and many more had projects in Qatar even before the World Cup was awarded."

Blatter was instead concentrating on saving FIFA, which has been rocked by a widening American corruption probe

that alleges bribery and racketeering worth more than $150 million involving high-ranking FIFA officials over a 24-year span. "I'm there now to fight.

Not for myself but for FIFA," said Blatter, who added he was on the right path and had no doubts. "Self-doubt is a leader's greatest enemy."

Blatter announced his intention to leave office on June 2, four days after he was re-elected for a fifth four-year term, as pressure built from the American case and a separate Swiss federal investigation focused on possible money laundering linked to the awarding of the World Cups to Russia and

Qatar. But he remains defiant despite the scandal engulfing world soccer's governing body.

"Is FIFA responsible from the top down for everything in football, what happens in some village somewhere around the world?" asked Blatter, also a target of the American investigation. "Everyone has fears, for example of death, but with regard to my work at FIFA I have no fear. I've nothing to be afraid of," said Blatter.

"I'm afraid that they want to wreck FIFA, a work that I helped create," the 79-yearold said. Blatter said he accepts criticism but "what hurts are hateful tirades. They come from envy." Blatter cannot be extradited from his native Switzerland to the U.S. without his consent but he risks arrest in many countries. He was not travelling to Canada for the Women's World Cup final in Vancouver on Sunday.

"Until everything is clarified I won't take any travel risks," Blatter said. However, he will be traveling to Russia for the qualification draw on July 25 for the 2018 World Cup. Blatter has found support from Russian president Vladimir Putin, who has accused American authorities of meddling in soccer affairs.

port from Prince William and men's national team captain Wayne Rooney.

Sampson has become one of the team's most vocal supporters. After beating Germany, he decided it might be time for a brief break to enjoy the moment when asked how the Lionesses build on this perfor-

mance.

"Look, all I'm concerned about is having a good time tonight, if I'm honest," Sampson said, with a big grin. "Let's stick our glasses in the air and toast to an excellent tournament, and a really special experience, memories of a lifetime."

6th Aries Rifle & Pistol Shooting Championship DImAPuR, JuLy 5 (mExN): The 6th Aries Rifle & Pistol Shooting Championship in Small Bore Rifle and Pistol events will be held at the Aries Rifle & Pistol Shooting Academy (ARAPSA), NST Colony and Aries Foundation Sports Complex, Bamunpukhuri ‘A’ from August 18 to 22. Entry Form/Shooter ID Form for individual matches can be downloaded at www.ariesfoundation.com. The Entry Form/Shooter ID form duly completed along with entry fee and one photograph should be submitted on or before July 25. The Entry Fee should be remitted by Cash/Money Order or by Bank Draft in favour of Aries foundation. The registration fee is Rs. 300. Late entries, if any, will be accepted with a three times of the normal fee as per rule 6.3 of the NRAI Match Book till August 3. The competitors cards duly completed will be delivered at ARAPSA office at NST Colony, Dimapur. Participation is open to competitors from State Rifle Association and District Rifle Clubs and Individuals. For more information, contact 9436010820/8974008760.

Roberto Carlos to manage Delhi team in ISL NEW DELHI, JuLy 5 (AP): Former Brazil and Real Madrid defender Roberto Carlos will manage the Delhi Dynamos for the upcoming edition of the Indian Super League. The signing, which was announced on the team's website on Sunday, is one of the biggest in the franchise-based league that saw players like Nicolas Anelka, Alessandro Del Piero, Robert Pires, Luis Garcia and David Trezeguet turn out for different teams in the inaugural edition last year. Carlos, known for his powerful free-kicks, was a member of the Brazilian World Cup squads that reached the final in 1998 and won the tournament in 2002. The 42-yearold Carlos's managerial experience includes stints with Turkish sides Sivasspor and Akhisar Belediyespor. The Delhi team, coached by Dutch coach Harm Van Veldhoven, had failed to make the semifinals of the eight-team competition last year. The ISL has been the most highly anticipated pro league in India since cricket's Indian Premier League was launched in 2008, surpassing interest in similar competitions in more traditionally popular games in India like field hockey and kabaddi. Though the standard of football has generally been dismal with India ranked only 141st in the FIFA rankings, the ISL has been seen as a means to glamorize the game. The second edition of the ISL will be held from Oct. 3-Dec. 20.

Andrew Flintoff predicts England Ashes victory LoNDoN, JuLy 5 (IANS): Former England allrounder Andrew Flintoff has predicted a 2-1 victory for Alastair Cook's side over Australia in this summer's Ashes series beginning on Wednesday. The 37-yearold's opinion is based on England's performances during the recent drawn rubber with New Zealand, when they adopted a new attacking style of cricket that kept fans on the edge of their seat. Having lost 0-5 to Australia Down Under in 2013-14, England are deemed as underdogs to regain the urn on home soil. And Flintoff believes they will relish that position and come out on top over the five Tests. The Lancasterian, an Ashes winner in 2005 and 2009, told ecb.co.uk: “I think England are in a great position. They have been written off by everyone and that is when England are at their most dangerous." “We have seen in the past few weeks there are signs of a massive improvement in the side.

They should just go out there and play and enjoy it as they are doing." “I will be honest with you, I look at the Aussies and there is nothing going to put you off your breakfast. There is nothing there." “You put the two teams together and I think we are stronger. However, they will come in with a confidence, possibly a little bit of arrogance, but I think we will win 2-1.”

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Actress Diana Douglas, Angelina Jolie snaps up film rights to torrid Mother of Michael, Dies at 92 tale of Catherine the Great's love trysts A

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ngelina Jolie is set to play the nymphomaniac Catherine the Great in a new drama about the Russian empress’s scandalous love life. The Oscar-winner has bought the rights to British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore’s bestselling book about Catherine’s ‘secret’ and very open marriage to the flamboyant and ambitious Grigory Potemkin. The character is something of a dream come true for Jolie, who has made no secret of her quest for meaty female roles. She played Queen Olympias in Oliver Stone’s 2004 Alexander The Great biopic and the title role in last year’s Maleficent – and has been on the lookout for another regal role ever since.

Sebag Montefiore said: ‘I am thrilled that Angelina has optioned the book because it was my first book and it was very much a labour of love.

‘Catherine is the ultimate feminist hero. I feel very safe with Angelina in charge of it.’ His book, Catherine The Great And Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair, was published in 2000 and drew on 5,000 previously unpublished love letters between the pair. Catherine ascended the Russian throne in 1762 following a coup in which her husband, Tsar Peter III, was murdered. Potemkin was one of the conspirators and Catherine’s enemies always claimed she was involved in the Tsar’s death.

The Empress – whose 27-year reign is regarded as a golden era in Russian history – was also a sexually liberated woman who embarked on affairs with countless men. Her enemies used her sexual

conquests against her and branded her a nymphomaniac. But the highly educated Catherine was particularly infatuated with Potemkin, with whom she enjoyed secret trysts in the sauna of St Petersburg’s Winter Palace. The couple, who were alleged to have married in secret, became co-rulers of the Russian Empire. Sebag Montefiore said: ‘Catherine and Potemkin had history’s greatest love affair. They were both brilliant people who were totally equal and totally balanced. ‘They were the great loves of each other’s lives and, in effect, they were one of the most successful political couples in the whole of history. By comparison, Antony and Cleopatra were a disaster whose relationship ended with failure and

suicide.’ He added that Potemkin ‘was a wild character who ruled like a sultan.

He travelled with gardens which were planted every night by thousands of serfs’.

How much Jolie’s production company paid for the rights is being kept a commercial secret, but one source described it as a ‘high five-figure sum’.Jolie was first linked to the role of Catherine the Great in a separate movie mooted more than a decade ago, but that never materialised. And although the actress is being linked to the role in this new production, it is also possible that she might prefer to remain behind the camera as producer. She has already directed two films, including last year’s Unbroken, and she has made no secret of the fact that she is considering giving up acting.

ctress Diana Douglas, the first wife of Kirk Douglas and the mother of Michael Douglas, has died. She was 92.

Douglas, who was married to the legendary actor from 1943 until their divorce in 1951, then starred in two films with her ex-husband, died Friday from cancer at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, said Donald Webster, her husband of 15 years. In the 2003 film It Runs in the Family, about a dysfunctional New York clan, Diana played devoted matriarch Evelyn Gromberg opposite Kirk as her husband, Michael (who also produced the movie) as her son and Cameron Douglas (Michael’s son with Diandra Douglas) as her grandson. Joel Douglas, her other child with Kirk, served as an associate producer. It was her final film. Kirk, now 98, married Anne Buydens in 1954, and they recently celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary. In 1956, Diana wed Bill Darrid, a Broadway producer and novelist who helped raise her two young boys; their marriage ended with his death in 1992.

“I’ve always enjoyed Kirk’s sense of humor, even when I was angriest at him,” Diana said in a 2011 interview. “He could always make me laugh, somehow, which annoyed the hell out of me. But then I think we both decided too, when the time of divorce came, that we had to maintain a certain amount of civility because of the children. “I know Michael has said since being an adult that he was always very grateful that we never did badmouth each other.

Sometimes we probably wanted to. And also, I think

that after [Kirk] got married to Anne, [she] made it very much easier, because she and I cooperated very much in terms of bedtimes and what they could watch on television and that kind of thing.” Reflecting on her marriage to the mercurial Douglas proved “useful” during the making of It Runs in the Family, she noted, “particularly the scene where we were dancing together. I think there were all sorts of things that we could call on. Actors are always looking for intense memories to call on.” Years earlier, Douglas called on her to appear opposite him in The Indian Fighter (1955), the first film made by his production company, Bryna. In her memoir, she revealed her personal philosophy: “Be courageous, be compassionate, and, for God’s sake, have fun!” Survivors also include grandchildren Dylan and Carys; her daughter-in-law and Michael's wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones; and many nieces and nephews in the U.K., Bermuda and the U.S. A memorial service will be held in Los Angeles at a date to be announced.

Hema Malini to provide financial aid to accident victims

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xpressing delight over her mother Hema Malini returning home days after the accident in Rajasthan's Dausa district, actress Esha Deol said that the best medical team would look after her. "My mother Hema ji is back home and I am glad she is back home. Right now, she is a bit too exhausted. It was a bad accident. She definitely will talk to the media, but give her a couple of days. Definitely she will recover. As of now, I have just come to say that my mother is fine.

She went through a surgery and has got stitches on her forehead, lip and nose, but she will be fine," Esha told the media here. "We all are in shock that something like this could happen. It could happen to anyone. So, she has very clearly told us that even if you are sitting on the backseat and going on the highway, wear your seat belt because she was not wearing her seat belt," she added.

The actress also expressed her heartfelt condolences to the family members of the minor girl, who was killed after Malini's Mercedes collided with another car on Thursday. "It is very unfortunate that they lost a family member. Our prayer to them and it’s very unfortunate. The whole accident is very unfortunate. My mother will help the families of victims. She is doing this not because she is a neta (leader) but because she is a good human being as well," she said. The accident, which occurred near Jaipur, left the girl child dead and three others injured. Malini's driver, who was arrested in connection with the accident, was later granted bail.

The Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl performs at RFK Stadium on Saturday, July 4, 2015, in Washington. (Photo by Nick Wass/Invision/AP)

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reathtaking displays of fireworks lit up the sky across America as President Barack Obama praised 'the greatest country on earth' to conclude the nation's 239th Independence Day. The First Family led celebrations with a Bruno Mars concert on the White House South Lawn for the military, where the president gave special thanks service men and women who protect American freedom. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people braved tight security along New York City's East River for Macy's annual fireworks display, as similar events were staged in cities across the country. The celebrations came amid a surge in terror threats from the Islamic State, with counter terrorism police assigned to all city-held events.

President Barack Obama says U.S. service members make it possible to enjoy the 'greatest blessings' in

'Freedom is not free'

'the greatest country on earth'. He says 'freedom is not free' but is paid for by all the men and women

of the military, including those who blanketed the White House South Lawn for a concert in their honor

night sky over the National Mall. He was accompanied

by Michelle Obama. Heavy rain that soaked Washington all day forced the White House to cancel its annual Fourth of July picnic for members of the military and their families. The USO military service organization sponsored the concert that featured a performance by Mars. Possible security threats, wildfires in the West and rainy weather on the East Coast apparently did little to dampen the spirits of celebrants decked out in red, white and blue from their headbands to their shoelaces. East River was packed with crowds to watch the fireworks display. Macy's said the 25-minute show featured more than 50,000 shells set off from five barges on the river. Crowds at Boston's Old State House erupted in applause and cannons

by Bruno Mars. shot out tri-color confetti Obama spoke minutes after the annual July Fourth before the annual Fourth reading of the Declaration of July fireworks lit up the of Independence.

Paul McCartney reveals frustration at John Lennon's 'martyr' status after he was shot dead on street

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ir Paul McCartney has revealed his frustration with his former bandmate John Lennon becoming a 'martyr' after he was shot dead on a New York street. Speaking in a interview with Esquire Magazine, Sir Paul said Lennon's death made him into a 'JFK' - something which has rankled the 73-year-old singer in the intervening years. He explained the band had been 'equal' following the 1970 split, but Lennon's death had changed all of that. The musician was murdered

by Mark Chapman in December 1980, a decade after The Beatles had broken up and they had all gone onto other projects. ‘When John got shot, aside from the pure horror of it, the lingering thing was, OK, well now John's a martyr.

A JFK,' he said.

'So what happened was,

I started to get frustrated because people started to say, “Well, he was The Beatles.” 'And me, George and Ringo would go: "Er, hang on, it's only a year ago, and we were all equal-ish". 'And post-Beatles he did more great work, but he also did a lot of not-great work.

Now the fact that he's now martyred has elevated him to a James Dean, and beyond.' In the startlingly

honest interview, Sir Paul also revealed his frustration with Yoko Ono in the months after Lennon's death, as friends tried to reassure him people did know how much the three-times married musician had done for the band.

'But then strange things would happen,' he said.

'Like Yoko would appear in the press, and I’d read it, and it said [comedy Yoko accent], “Paul did nothing! All he did was book the studio...” 'Like, “F*** you, darling! Hang on!

All I did was book the f****** studio?' Sir Paul went on to reveal he doesn't think any modern day band will be able to recreate the same success as The Beatles. The 73-year-old singer claims the British rock band - made up of Paul, John, Ringo Starr and George Harrison - found worldwide fame thanks to writing their own material and their own individual skillset.

Chile wins Copa America Vicente L. Panetta Associated Press

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The wait is finally over for Chile. The title drought continues for Argentina. Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo made a save and striker Alexis Sanchez converted the winning penalty as the hosts defeated Argentina 4-1 in a shootout after a 0-0 draw in the Copa America final on Saturday, finally winning its first major tournament.

The result extended Argentina's 22-year title drought, and Lionel Messi will continue to hear criticism for his lackluster play with the national team when it needs him the most.

Bravo stopped Ever Banega's low shot by diving to his left to make the save and, earlier, Gonzalo Higuain also missed for Argentina, sending his shot over the crossbar.

The Chileans made all of their penalties, and captain Bravo lifted the nation's first ever trophy in front of President Michelle Bachelet and nearly 50,000 Chileans who packed the Estadio Nacional, frantically waving Chile's red, blue and white flags.

The title rewarded the nation's best generation of players after years of disappointments in the South American tournament and at World Cups. The victory secures Chile a spot in the Confederations Cup for the first time. "This is a dream, this team deserved a victory like this," said midfielder Arturo Vidal, one of the leaders of this golden generation. "The Chilean people needed this triumph, needed something so beautiful as being crowned America's champion. "To-

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet holds the Copa America trophy as she's surrounded by players from Chile's soccer team at the presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, late Saturday, July 4. (AP Photo)

day it was an incredible step forward for us, this generation deserved it," the Juventus midfielder said.

Chile hadn't made it to a final in 28 years, when it lost to Uruguay in the Copa America in Argentina. It finished runner-up four times, including at home in 1955. Its best result at a World Cup was a third-place finish at home in 1962, and last year it reached the round of 16, being eliminated by host Brazil on penalties.

"We had to leave this negative history behind us," said Barcelona goalkeeper Bravo, Chile's most experienced player alltime with nearly 100 caps.

"This is a privileged genera-

tion. We had to take advantage of it."

Argentina's disappointment comes less than a year since the 1-0 loss to Germany in the World Cup final.

Argentina lost consecutive Copa America finals to Brazil in 2004 and 2007, and in the 2011 tournament at home, Messi and his teammates didn't make it past the quarterfinals.

"We will just keep trying," said Argentina coach Gerardo Martino, who four years ago lost the Copa America final while managing the Paraguayan national team. "We will keep trying with these same players that today are crying in the locker room."

Saturday's defeat came

exactly 22 years after Argentina won its last title at the 1993 Copa America, when Messi was only a kid.

Since then, it has failed in seven Copa Americas and six World Cups, with Messi playing in five of those tournaments.

"We did everything we could but again it wasn't meant to be," said Javier Mascherano, Messi's teammate at Barcelona. "It's incredibly painful, and we know it's only going to get harder from now on."

Messi struggled throughout the match on Saturday and was never a factor, looking nothing like the star that he usually is with Barcelona. It was an even final from the start,

Cricket's new playing rules come into effect Dubai, July 5 (iaNS): The new playing rules for Tests, One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) came into effect with the series between Bangladesh and South Africa in Mirpur on Sunday.

The changes made in ODI cricket include: the teams don't need to put compulsory catchers during the fielding restrictions overs between 1-10.

Moreover, batting Powerplay has been removed, while five fielders are allowed outside the circle in overs between 41-50. The interval rule in ODI says, if team two is batting and a match is close to conclusion at the time the scheduled interval is reached, either captain can make a request to the umpires to extend play by an extra 15 minutes or minimum four overs to obtain a result.

Once the interval is taken, the referee has also been given discretion to reduce the interval time if he feels a result is imminent.

In both ODIs and T20Is, a free hit is to be awarded after all modes of no ball. If the no ball is called for having too many fielders outside the circle, the field can be changed for the free

hit even if there is no change in striker, but only to the extent of correcting the breach. In Test, ODI and T20I, the law relating to defining significant movement of a fielder or a wicketkeeper has been amended to allow movement before the batsman has played the ball, as long as it is in response to a movement by the striker to play the ball.

Also in all the three formats, the bowler is permitted, before releasing the ball and provided he has not completed his usual delivery swing, to deliberately attempt to run out the non-striker. The umpires are now able to use their discretion as to whether they report breaches of the Law 42 offences that include a bowler repeatedly bowling more than the allowed number of bouncers above shoulder height in an over.

The incidents like a bowler repeatedly bowling full tosses above waist height that are likely to inflict injury and a bowler repeatedly running on the danger area on the pitch and while stealing a run, will fall in within the rights of the umpires.

There have been no changes to the women’s Test, ODI or T20I playing conditions at this time.

with the teams creating few scoring chances. Chile controlled possession during most of the second half and came closer than Argentina to getting on the board.

Sanchez had one of the game's best opportunities in the 82nd, but his close-range shot missed wide. Argentina's greatest chance came in the last play of regulation in a breakaway that started with Messi near midfield, but Higuain hit the outside of the net after a dangerous cross into the area.

In extra time, it was Sanchez who almost scored in a counterattack after Javier Mascherano misplayed a ball near midfield, but his right-footed shot missed the target.

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Hamilton wins in GB beat India to secure third place Mercedes one-two aNtwerP, July 5 (Pti): India's defence crumbled in the bronze medal playoff as they crashed to a 1-5 defeat against Great Britain for a fourth-place finish at the World League Semifinals, here today.

This is Britain's biggest victory in a hockey international against Indian men, the previous best being the 3-0 win at the Seoul Olympics in a preliminary round match before Britain went on to win the gold medal.

The only time Britain had scored four goals against India was at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

The Indian defensive struc-

ture fell apart as they were frequently caught off-guard by counter-attacks, but the defenders also faltered on penalty corners twice.

Goals from Alastair Brogdon (11th minute), Chris Griffiths (27th), Ashley Jackson (37th), Adam Dixon (42nd) and captain Barry Middleton (44th) gave Britain a five-goal lead before India pulled one back through Rupinder Pal Singh's penalty corner conversion in the 59th minute.

Britain started with the first raid into the Indian circle in the third minute, but the Indian defenders managed to hold their ground without any panic.

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India striker Akashdeep Singh ran down the left flank and into the scoring zone, but had no support to receive the cross and he sent a reverse hit straight to the goalkeeper. Britain took the lead in the 11th minute when Alastair Brogdon got a touch to a reverse shot from Dan Fox into the right corner of the Indian goal.

India created some ripple in the British circle in the 17th minute when Nikkin Thimmaiah picked up a long ball deep in the British territory and dribbled his way past a defender on the edge of the circle, but failed to have a clear look at the goal.

British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates with the trophy after winning the British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone circuit, Silverstone, England on July 5. (AP Photo)

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SilverStoNe, July 5 (aFP): Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton won his second successive British Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his lead in the championship standings over Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg.

Hamilton - the first British driver since David Coulthard in 1999/2000 to post successive wins in the race - came home 10 seconds clear of Rosberg in yet another Mercedes 1-2, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in third. Hamilton took his points tally to 194 and a lead of 17 over Rosberg, who had narrowed the gap to 10 prior to this weekend. Recovering after losing his pole position advantage at the start, Hamilton stormed back into contention and regained the lead with a superbly-executed pit-stop to win by 10.956 seconds. It was his third win in his home race, his fifth win this year and the 38th win of his career.

Four-time champion Vettel took full advantage of the changing conditions with an equally well-timed stop to switch to intermediate tyres during the showers to finish third. Brazilian Felipe Massa, who had led from the start until lap 20, ended up finishing fourth ahead of his Williams teammate Finn Valtteri Bottas, Russian Daniil Kvyat of Red Bull and German Nico Hulkenberg, who was seventh for Force India. Finn Kimi Raikkonen was eighth for Ferrari, after making an early stop for intermediate tyres that ultimately failed to pay off, ahead of Mexican Sergio Perez in the second Force India and two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso who scored his first point this year by finishing 10th for the beleaguered McLaren Honda team. The race was punctuated by a Safety Car on the opening lap after a multiple collision that removed both Lotus cars and Alonso's hapless teammate Briton Jenson Button.

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