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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth

‘Ban Myanmar mentality is police charge suffocating,’ at student Anushka protesters Sharma with batons

Mock drill on safety conducted [ PAGE 2]

Pakistan has more nukes than India, shows new infographic

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India ease past Ireland [ PAGE 12]

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March 5 incident: 47 arrested so far

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

• Arrested include 20 students, civil leaders & non Nagas • Police on the lookout for ‘ring leaders’

Morung Express News Dimapur | March 10 You fellows have become so scientific, so internet and SMS/MMS dependent. Your life has become nothing but facts. Is it worth it?

Unidentified body recovered Morung Express News Dimapur | March 10

Nagaland (Dimapur) police have arrested 47 people up until now, including 20 students, three non Nagas and two members of Survival Nagaland. The arrest were made in relation to the mob violence in Dimapur on March 5. IG (Range) Wabang Jamir told the media today that the 47 people arrested have been booked under An Exile Tibetan woman covers her face with a mask which reads “Save Tibet” during a demon- various sections of the stration to commemorate the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against China’s rule in Tibet, in Bangalore on March 10. The uprising led to the flight of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and the Indian Penal Code registered in three police staestablishment of the Tibetan government-in-exile in a north Indian town. (AP Photo) tions—Diphupar PS, East PS and West PS. The IPC sections include unlawful assembly, rioting, murder, attempt to murder, arson, assault on public servant,

A dead body of an unidentified woman aged between 25 to 30 years was recovered in Dimapur on March 10 around 7:00 am at 2 ½ Mile, near the perimeter wall of Dimapur airport. According to police, the decomposed body is believed to be 2-3 days old. Police suspects that the deceased may have been hit on the face by a blunt object. She was found clothed in a saree. Post-mortem has been Morung Express News conducted and the body is Dimapur | March 10 being kept in the morgue. Police have requested relatives of the missing person Nagaland Express, the lone to contact Women Cell Di- train service originating from Dimapur Railway Stamapur for identification. tion to Guwahati was made to halt at Lanka Railway Station, Assam, for nearly an hour on Tuesday morning for safety reasons after NEw DElHI, MARCH large number of agitators 10 (IANS): The Lok Sabha blockaded the Hojai Railon Tuesday finally passed way Station. the land acquisition bill, Hojai is one of the which is under attack from stations after Lanka farmer and civil society activists, brushing aside with 17 kilometers protests by the opposition. distance in between. Confirming this, The proposed legislation removes the need for ob- an official of Railway taining the consent of land- ProtectionForce(RPF) owners and carrying out Dimapurrevealedthat Social Economic Assess- the protesters were agitating ment (SIA) for acquiring against the March 5 incident land under certain catego- wherein an alleged rape acries. The Right to Fair Com- cused, said to be hailing from pensation, Rehabilitation Assam was lynched by a mob and Transparency in Land in Dimapur. Acquisition, RehabilitaThe rail track was tion and Resettlement Bill, cleared only after the Hojai 2015, was passed after nine police and district adminamendments brought by istration pacified the agitathe government. The bill tors followed by the handwill now be taken up by the ing over of a memorandum Rajya Sabha where the Na- with a list of demands. rendra Modi government is There were a number of in a minority. The Congress, passengers from Nagaland the Samajwadi Party and the Left walked out before travelling in the said train. the voting took place. The Occurrence of any untowBiju Janata Dal, which with- ard incident was averted drew amendments moved with due credit to the preby it, also staged a walkout. emptive measures initiated

Prohibitory orders further relaxed

• 144 CrPc to continue in Dimapur Town • Relaxation from 6am to 6pm i. Educational institutions to function ii. Business establishments to remain open iii. Public and vehicular movement to be allowed

The Dimapur District Administration has informed that Prohibitory Orders under section 144 CrPC shall continue to be enforced in Dimapur town in order to maintain law and order. There will however be relaxation from 6 am till 6 pm with effect from March 11 till further notice. voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means, mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth,

Protesters BlocK HoJAi rAilWAY trAcKs HC notice to Centre, Nagaland

Lok Sabha okays land bill

by the RPF and Assam Government towards safety of the passengers. According to the RPF official, additional RPF personnel numbering 20 of them had already been deployed from Lumding HQ on Monday evening to Dimapur in order to escort Nagaland Express train after they got wind of the plan to blockade Hojai railway tracks. In addition, Assam Po-

Station Manager, Dimapur Railway Station Ajoy Deb told The Morung Express that despite the growing apprehension expressed by Naga passengers, there has been no such incident reported so far. Tuesday’s blockade of Hojai Railway Station was the first of such instance. However, the number of Naga travellers, which are usually in hundreds every day, have seen significant decline during the last few days. According to the proprietor of a travel agency at Marwari Patti, Dimapur, it is not only the current ticket holders frightened to travel at this juncture, but a large number of those who had already booked their tickets in advance have cancelled their tickets. Tuesday’s deployment of additional security forces for Nagaland Express was an act of security measure initiated by the Assam Government in view of the unstable situation. Station Manager Deb also informed that the Nagaland government is yet to requisition security personnel for the safety of the passengers travelling from Dimapur.

Nagaland Express halted for nearly an hour at Lanka lice were also deployed from Diphu Railway Station to ensure safety of the passengers particularly from Nagaland, the official added. Otherwise in normal situations, there are just a handful of security personnel deployed in trains to oversee the safety of the passengers from various elements. Since the March 5 incident, tension has been mounting for Nagas travelling towards Assam with fear of reprisals. Even the Assam Government had alerted Naga travellers to exercise caution.

residence, language, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, punishment of criminal conspiracy etc. The police have been raiding the houses of suspects over three nights, including March 9. The ar-

rests were made based on photographic and video evidence widely available, shot mostly by the marauding mob members themselves, and by intelligence personnel. Police said they are now focussing on arresting “ring leaders” and those who “incited the public.” They will also take statements of other civil and student organisations. The police maintained that “extra measures” are being taken to ensure that there is no mistake in identifying the persons being arrested. The police also appreciated the judiciary for granting them remand for further interrogation of the arrested whenever required.

Sharad Yadav questions ‘what is the govt on PIL seeking CBI probe difference in Taliban, IS and this?’

GUwAHAtI, MARCH 10 (PtI): The Guwahati High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central and Nagalandgovernmentstofiletheir responses to a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the breaking intoDimapurCentralJailand lynching of a rape accused by a mob on March 5. Hearing the PIL, a division bench, comprising acting Chief Justice K Sreedhar Rao and Justice P K Saikia,

also directed Nagaland government to provide due security for all prisoners in different jails in the state. The responses were directed to be filed on the next day of hearing after two weeks. The PIL was filed by one Rajeev Kalita praying for a CBI investigation into the lynching of rape accused Syed Farid Khan by a mob that had broken into Dimapur Central Jail.

NEw DElHI, MARCH 10 (IANS): The lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland’s Dimapur town was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with MPs questioning the state government’s inability to prevent the crime. Raising the issue during zero hour, Janata Dal-United MP Sharad Yadav questioned why police could not stop a mob entering into the

jail. “What is the difference in Taliban, IS and this?” Yadav asked. “Do we want to take this country to anarchy? Where was the state government when 10,000 people broke into the jail,” he questioned. Congress’s Naznil Faruque attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, accusing them of dubbing all Muslims in northeast as Bangladeshis.

SN calls for ‘collective responsibility’ for March 5

DIMAPUR, MARCH 10 (MExN): The Survival Nagaland (SN) has defended itself through a press release in which the word ‘Bangladeshi’ found no mention. Placing on record that SN is “not against any community, religion, group or political party,” it raised a fresh allegation that the rally at the City Clock Tower on March 5 was called by the NSF. The SN, according to its statement, attended the rally as a mere “invitee” and “along with other NGOs/ civil society organisations did speak demanding jus-

tice for the rape victim as per the law.” However, it noted that at this point of time, “Nagas should be standing united instead of pointing fingers at each other.” SN asserted that it is “not interested in conspiring against any government of the day nor does the nature of our work warrant so.” Extending “full co-operation” to the ongoing inquiry to bring the guilty to book, they also appealed to all the leaders of various organizations, including students, to “accept collectively responsibility for the unfortunate incident instead of playing

the blame game and extend co-operation to the authorities in finding the best possible conclusion in all fairness and truth.” Defending itself against being called an ‘instigating group’ by some print and visual media, the SN condemned reports by “the Telegraph and national electronic media alleging Survival Nagaland to be involved in the heinous lynching of the accused rapist, thereby communalizing the issue which is most unfortunate.” This insinuation, it stated, has “poisoned the

atmosphere” at the highest level of governance. It informed that the SN has now come under “unfair police scanner,” maintaining that “vested elements could have easily taken advantage of the emotionally surcharged atmosphere.” Reiterating that the SN will carry on its movement against “illegal immigrants” in Nagaland in a “peaceful manner,” it said that SN can succeed only when “all sections of society, including the government and police force co-operate since the issue of illegal immigrants is a Naga issue.”

swine flu: 5 tested positive from nagaland

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DIMAPUR, MARCH 10 (MExN): On the latest report of Swine Flu cases in Nagaland, five persons have been tested positive till date. Out of the 22 samples sent to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dibrugarh, four were tested positive. All the cases were imported from other states. Another report received from Guwahati informed that a Naga girl was tested positive at Guwahati Medical College after she was referred to by the International Hospital. Dr Tiasunep Pongener, State Nodal Officer, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (H & FW) Nagaland Tuesday said the epidemiological and behavioural pattern has suggested that the epidemic in Nagaland is currently under control. Nonetheless, the public have been requested to remain alert, keep informed and follow all safety measures till such time the situation is completely under control.

Currently the foci of the epidemic seem to be concentrated mainly in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.

dition, the public are advised to avoid exposure to dust and pollution (especially people suffering from chronic Asthma, any underlying respiratory disorders, immune deficiency disorders, ADVISORY ON H1N1 (Swine Flu) pregnant women, children below 1. Students/ family members study5 years of age and persons with oring or staying outside the state pargan transplants etc. who are conticularly at the above mentioned sidered under High Risk category) states are advised to follow all pre- 5. Vaccination is recommended for cautionary measures. the High Risk Category people 2. People travelling out of state after consultation with medical should strictly follow safety meapractitioners. sures like wearing surgical mask, 6. Please contact the Chief Medical maintaining good hygiene, good Officer, Medical Superintendent sleep, good diet and drinking of District Hospitals of respective plenty of fluids. district for any query or assistance. 3. Travellers commuting to Naga- 7. For any query , the department of land from outside should mainHealth and Family Welfare, Nagatain vigil of their health and report land can be reached at State Surto the nearest health institution at veillance Unit, IDSP(DHFW) Kothe earliest if they develop symphima, Nagaland : toms of cough and cold with fever. 1. Help Line – 08413095255 4. Due to changes in weather con2. E- mail : nlssu.idsp@nic.in

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Mock drill on safety conducted

Efforts made to teach students and school staff for future safety Our Correspondent Kohima | March 10

The Fire and Emergency Services, Kohima organized a mock drill on March 10 at Nagaland Police Central School, New Reserve Kohima. Each year the department selects a school for the training and mock-drill and an effort to teach the students and school staff for future safety. An important objective for the mock drill is to help them not just to save themselves but others too, stated S. I Thepfükranyü Kar. The mock drill divided the teams into 10 categories namely Awareness campaign, fire alarm team, evacuation team, search and rescue team, firefighting team, first aid team, site safety team, transport management team, media management team and fire management team. FM Azeto Tsükrü gave a brief instruction on the various type of fire and the type of extinguishers to be used. Fire is classified into

four types namely A-class fire, B-class fire, C-class fire and D-class fire. A-class fire are ordinary combustible materials such as wood, papers and textbooks and water type extinguishers are used in such kind of fire. B-class fire consists of inflammable liquids such as petrol, diesel, kerosene etc where foam type extinguishers are used to put off the flames. C-class fire consists of gaseous substances such as LPG gas, methane where CO2 extinguishers are used. D-class fire involves powder of combustible metals such as magnesium, alkali metals and here dry powder type extinguishers are used. At the mock drill, the students and the staff were made to run out of the rooms after an emergency fire alarm rang. Some of the teachers and students were assigned to evacuate and rescue the others. After the evacuation, the school was taught different processes of extinguishing fire, rescuing casualties and providing first aid.

Spring Christian Music Fest canceled

DIMaPur, March 10 (Mexn): The ‘Spring Christian Music Fest’, which was scheduled on March 11 and 12 is canceled. While expressing regret, the Organising Team in a press release informed that the event has been canceled due to the prevailing law and order situation in Dimapur Town.

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Gov greets on Mileinyi festival

KohIMa, March 10 (Mexn): The Governor on Nagaland PB Acharya has extended greetings and best wishes to the people of Zeliang Community on the occasion of Mileinyi festival. “Festival is an occasion for introspection and an occasion to showcase our beautiful culture and tradition. On this occasion, let us resolve to work towards building a peaceful, progressive and vibrant Nation,” said the Governor in a press note. He also added, on the occasion of Mileinyi festival, “May Almighty God bestows his abundant blessing on the Zeliang Community to bring prosperity and everlasting peace and harmony in the society.”

YGOA general meeting

KohIMa, March 10 (Mexn): The Yimchunger Gazetted Officers’ Association (YGOA) general meeting will be held on at Hotel Millennium Kohima on March 14 at 10 am. A press note issued by Murelim Yim, President requested all the Yimchunger Gazetted Officers to attend the meeting positively.

Farewell prog of outgoing DC Kohima

Students run out of the school as part of the mock drill organised by Fire and Emergency Services, Kohima at Nagaland Police Central School, New Reserve Kohima on March 10. (Morung Photo)

“They need more train- the training whenever the ing. It is not just in schools need arises,” said S.I Thepbut in their homes and sur- fükranyü Kar. roundings that they can use Another staff com-

mented that it was a good experience since the students and the staff got firsthand training and practice

instead of just the theory. Around 150 students with 20 staffs participated in the mock drill.

KohIMa, March 10 (DIPr): The farewell programme of Deputy Commissioner Kohima, W. Honje Konyak will be held on March 11 at 1:00 p.m. at DC Conference Hall Kohima. The function will be held under the chairmanship of ADC Kohima, Lithrongla Tongpi. Short speeches will be delivered by the Angami Public Organisation, Rengma Hoho, GBs Federation, Kohima, SP Kohima, ADC Tseminyu, SDO (C) Estt and outgoing SDO (C) Sechu, Mohammad Ali Shibab IAS, staff of the DC Kohima will present a special song and invocation prayer will be pronounced by EAC Kohima, Neikesono Kevichusa.

ZPC Kiphire bids farewell to Dr. Anungla Our Correspondent Kiphire | March 10

The Zisaji Presidency College, Kiphire teaching faculties, staffs and students today bid farewell to the Principal, Dr Anungla Aier who served the college for about a year and half. She has been transferred to Kohima Science College, Jotsoma. Speaking at the farewell programme, Dr Anungla said, “If there is anything the College has achieved, it is because of the co-operation, support and encouragement that I have received from teaching faculties, students and the staffs. Anything we do, we have done it collectively.” Sharing her vision of

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Zisaji Presidency College, Kiphire students of BA II Semester present special song during the farewell function held in honour of the outgoing Principal, Dr Anungla Aier. (Morung Photo)

the Zisaji Presidency College, Dr Aier said, “Zisaji College can be the model college in eastern region since it is located very strategically which can attract students from Meluri, Shamator, Noklak and even from Aghunato areas and

Myanmar” and asked the gathering to work towards the vision. Advising the gathering, Dr Aier said, “If you want to let people acknowledge you, give your best in the things you do. She also asked the teaching faculties

not to betray the trust of the students as they put their full trust. Stating teamwork as the key pillar for any progress, Dr Aier asked the Zisaji family to give the same support, co-operation to the new Principal, who ever may be since the

College is in very crucial stage as NAAC assessment, which is mandatory for every college is also coming next year. She also said, “though I am now posted as Principal Science College Jotsoma, for any support, advice and help I will always be there for Zisaji since it is like my first child.” Vice Principal, SJ Levi Keor, Shona President, Teachers Forum, Island H.A and Setsathri GS, ZPGSU who all spoke on the occasion acknowledge the contribution of the outgoing Principal and wished her the best in her new assignment. Longtise, Assistant Professor and BA II Semester presented special song.

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Apparently dissatisfied with the non-functional state of the once-ambitious NED funded project – the “Interstate Bus Terminus (ISBT) Mokokchung”, the Khensa Village Council have made the sprawling complex to some good use by starting a weekly bazaar on every Monday for the past few weeks. The ISBT, located at Khensa Village just a few kilometers away from Mokokchung town was inaugurated by former Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio at a grand function on August 3, 2011. However, bus and taxi operators are reluctant to shift to the ISBT from the main town, though the Mokokchung Municipal Council had issued few months back. The weekly bazaar at ISBT attracts customers from the nearby villages and towns, to buy provisions from the Assamese traders who come early morning and return in the evening. (Photo courtesy: Sashi Jamir)

Tuensang, March 10 (DIPr): Monthly meeting for the District Planning and Development Board meeting was held on March 10 at DC’s Conference Hall Tuensang. Deputy Commissioner Tuensang, Alem Jongshi, chaired the meeting. The Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang requested all the departmental officers in the district to stay vigil and help the authority concerned to help in controlling unnecessary spread of rumors, which may escalate the situation and create the tension in the district. The meeting reviewed of the

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previous meeting minutes on the construction of the Youth Convention Hall under the Under Development where the house discussed the matter and kept for the committee to decide on finding the location for the construction. The maintenance and construction of Dikhu-Chari road was also discussed and decided to send for proposal for the construction to be taken up under the current year (2015-16) works programme. The board also decided to ask the Executive Engineer Highways to sit for a meeting to decide on construction of the National Highway 155. The meeting also discussed on

the traffic rules irregularities, which are prone of causing accidents and decided to be checked with the collaboration of the District Administration, Police, Municipal and District Transport Office. Deputy Commissioner of Tuensang also directed all the district officers not to send their representatives to the DP&DB meeting failing which the incumbent will be treated as absent in the meeting. Chief Medical Officer and his team of officials initiated in showing the power point presentation of the departmental activities of the district. The slide show included the statistics of the No. of CHC’s &

PHC’s and its strength of the employees, infrastructural updates and services provided under district Medical Office. The presentation included all the details of the schemes functioning under its department and which included the graphical illustration of improvement and short falls in the total function schemes. It also deliberated on the cause, DO’s and DON’T with regard to currently alarmed swine flu disease. Two newly posted officer were introduced namely Vikram Ezung Superintendent of Police Tuensang and Muchu Khiam, Superintendent of Excise.

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Chopper service in Kiphire boost transportation

WANTED

Lipichem Kiphire | March 10

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Name :- C. Y. SACHA (C. Y. KUSHEM CHANG) Age :- 30 yrs(approx) F/Name :- Yanthongso Village :- Tuensang village. The above noted accused Person is found involved in connection with Tuensang PS Case No. 14/15 U/S 447/452/302/34 IPC. Cash Reward of Rs 25,000/-(Rupees Twenty five thousand)only will be given to any person by the Police Department who can provides credible information leading to the arrest of the wanted person.

Name :- SHITIMONG YIMCHUNGER Age :- 28 years Village :- Sangphur F/Name :- Zungkhum M/Name:- Late. Anti (Lokong village). The above noted accused Person is wanted in connection with Tuensang PS Case No. 20/2015 U/S 364/302/34 IPC R/W 25 (I-A) Arms Act. Cash Reward of Rs 25,000/-(Rupees Twenty five thousand)only will be given to any person by the Police Department who can provide information about the wanted person.

Kiphire, located in the remote part of the state and headquartered at Kiphire town, the district is at an altitude of 896.42m (2,940 ft) above sea level and about 254 from Kohima, the capital of Nagaland. According to the official website of the district, Kiphire being located in the remote part of the state, public movement especially in times of medical emergencies is greatly hampered. The long felt need of the District to provide easy and quicker means of transport was fulfilled through the helicopter service, which

since its operation has been utilized to the optimum. The helicopter service operated by the M/S Thumby Aviation Pvt Ltd, under the Government of Nagaland officially started its service on March 5, 2013. The Nagaland State Transport department is the nodal department for managing the service twice (Monday and Wednesday) in a week between Kiphire to Dimapur. The 328 Km KiphireDimapur routes, which require at least 12 hours of traveling on road vehicles now takes only 35 minutes traveling by helicopter. Passengers are of the view that the helicopter service should be made available

for Kiphire-Kohima. Interacting with this correspondence, Station Superintendent NST Kiphire, Thomas K Sangtam said that there are many passengers and many a times people are deprived for availing the seat as the helicopter can carry only nine passenger at a time with 5 kilogram of luggage. He is of the opinion that if the service is increased to three days a week, there will be still more passengers waiting to avail the service. He also disclosed that the passengers seek tickets much ahead of the service and in many cases at least a month time ahead of taking the trip. It was also informed

that the helicopter can also be hired at a rate of Rs 32000/- if any one wishes to avail for personal work but will have to give requisition from the head office in Dimapur. However, the problem with the service is, any time if the weather is not conducive it is cancelled or if there is any VIP duty, the requisition is diverted from passenger service. The Station Superintendent NST expressed the need of improvement of landing ground as the ground is not metalled and is dusty making it inconvenient for the passenger as well as in the neighborhood.

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REgional 3 ‘look east policy yet to translate into action' Minor girl kidnapped, raped in Sonitpur Wednesday

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KolKata, March 10 (IaNS): Finding fault in India's Look East and counter-terrorism policies, experts here on Tuesday stressed upon India's significance in fostering regional cooperation in South Asia. Participating in a two day conference on 'Building Pan Asian Connectivity', the experts, however, exuded confidence of a change in the scenario following positive steps by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "India's counter-terrorism policy has been criticised by experts on grounds that it concerns only mid and short term responses. Some of the experts have said that it is mired in systematic weak-

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nesses with terrorists having the upper hand," said Julio Amador III, Deputy Director-General, Philippine Foreign Service Institute. "However, under Modi, counter terrorism is being seen as a key national policy and seems to give renewed attention to terrorism as a security challenge," said Amador. Observing that most ASEAN members have had problems in effectively collaborating in combating terrorism, Amador said India needs to be consistent in it counter-terrorism policy. "The onus is on India to coordinate with the ASEAN members to forge closure cooperation in combating terrorism. It also need to consistent in its counter

terrorism policy and spell out what it specifically wants from the ASEAN members regarding this," added Amador. RAND Corporation senior political scientist Jonah Blank said India's Look East policy was yet to translate into action. "When it comes to SinoIndia rivalry in Southeast Asia, China is winning the trade war hands down. Though India's trade relation with ASEAN has improved, it is not very fast. India also lags China far behind in terms of connectivity. Commercial flights from India to the region are sparse," said Blank. "But with Modi government having fewer political constraints than

its predecessors, there are reasons to believe that the present should not be like the past. Modi's engagement with Japan, the US and ASEAN as well with China are very positive signs," added Blank. Lamenting the lack of connectivity and infrastructural deficiencies, Sanjoy Hazarika, director of the Centre for North East Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia wondered why the north eastern state governments were not made stakeholders in India's Look East policy. "There is a need for greater inclusive approach. We have extremely poor internal connections with the North East- not only in terms of rail, road or air

connectivity but also of services. If you don't have vibrant social services, roads and railways are not going do anything in connecting people," said Hazarika. "The problem is 60 years down the line, the central government still perceives North East to be a disturbed area. When the governments from here are not stakeholders how can you go ahead with such a policy," said Hazarika. "The need is to build new generations of politicians, scholars and professionals who can engage more in developing the cooperation. The focus should be more at the micro level initially then we can look at the larger picture," added Hazarika.

We hold key to Manipur Four policemen killed in ambush peace: UNC tells SC NEW DElhI, March 10 (tNN): At a time when the Supreme Court is hearing a petition on Manipur being cut off from the rest of the country due to frequent blockades of the national highway, the United Naga Council on Monday audaciously told the court that there could be no peace in Manipur without the conglomerate's "consent and guarantee". The petition was filed in the aftermath of the over month-long blockade of NH-39 by Naga groups at Mao, resulting in a severe economic crisis in Manipur. Essential commodities became scarce and their prices skyrocketed. Referring to the recent

lynching incident in Nagaland, advocate Prashant Bhushan wondered whether there was something called "law and order" in the state. However, senior advocate B B Sanyal, appearing for the Naga Council, told the court that the council should be made a party to the pending litigation. "Without consulting us and without our guarantee, there will be no peace in Manipur," he told the court. A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu impleaded the Naga Council as a party to the pending litigation and allowed Manipur standing counsel Sapam Biswajit to file response to the council's application.

ShIlloNg, March 10 (IaNS): Four policemen were killed and two others injured in Meghalaya on Tuesday when tribal militants ambushed a police team in South Garo Hills district bordering Bangladesh, police said. A group of heavily-armed militants of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) attacked the policemen who were proceeding to Baghmara, the headquarters of South Garo Hills, in the Panda reserve forest. The rebels escaped with one AK-47 rifle, two INSAS rifles and one 9mm pistol. "Four police personnel, including Sub-Inspector Sombatsing K. Sangma of Rongara police station, were killed and two others were critically injured," Meghalaya Director General of Police Rajiv Metha told IANS over phone. The other police personnel killed were constables Tangseng Arengh, Lenin Ch Marak and Hemingstone Marak. Of the two wounded policemen, Metha said constable Baiti Sangma was critically wounded and had been airlifted to the North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Science in Shillong. Another wounded policeman, Arpon

Sangma, has been admitted to the Baghmara hospital. No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack but police hold GNLA responsible. A search operation has been launched by the Meghalaya's Special Weapons and Tactics and the Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) commandos to nab the killers. Home Minister Roshan Warjri condemned the "dastardly and cowardly" attack. "Such acts of cowardice to derail the concerted efforts for building lasting peace and vitiating a hopeful atmosphere will not be accepted and tolerated," she said. Warjri said the government announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs.7.5 lakh each to the next of kin of the policemen killed and Rs.1 lakh to the critically injured Baiti Sangma and Rs.50,000 to Arpon Sangma. The GNLA, fighting for a separate Garoland, is headed by Champion R. Sangma, a former deputy superintendent who deserted Meghalaya Police owing to alleged harassment by his superiors. He floated the GNLA in 2009. Sangma was arrested last year near the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya. The government terminated his services in July 2010.

'Arunachal will earn Rs 445 cr annually from free power' ItaNagar, March 10 (PtI): Arunachal Pradesh will earn revenue of Rs 445 crore annually as revenue from 12 per cent free power after the commissioning of three ongoing hydropower projects in the state, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said today. Responding to zerohour discussion in the house by Independent MLA Paknga Bage, Tuki said the 110 MW Pare project and 600 MW Kameng project by North East Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) were expected to be commissioned by this year and next year respectively. Work on the stalled on the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri hydro electric project would start soon, he said. All the power developers would have to give 12 per cent free power to the state, which would get annual revenue of Rs 17 crore from the Pare project, Rs 95 crore from Kameng project and Rs 333 crore from Lower Subansiri project, Tuki said. By harnessing all the hydropower potential,

Arunachal Pradesh could be a self-reliant in the power sector and immensely benefit other states of the north east, he said. Terming Arunachal Pradesh as the 'power house' of the country with 60,000 MW hydropower potential, Tuki said the state could meet 40 per cent power requirement of the nation. "Arunachal, which has been depending on the Centre for all development fund, could be a donor state in future if the hydropower potential of the state are harnessed scien-

tifically," he said. The state hydropower policy was in tune with the central policy and the consulting policies of other states of the country, particularly Himachal Pradesh, he said. It was the best with inbuilt incentives for local entrepreneurs and provisions for protecting the interest of the indigenous population, he added. As an encouragement, local entrepreneurs would be exempted from providing 12 per cent free power to the state government if they execute power projects of 1-5 MW capacity, which

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would make them owners as well as employers. Earlier Bage raising the issue pointed out that out of the 160 MoUs and MoAs inked for developing hydropower, a majority of the power developers had not started the

execution of the projects. Responding to this comment, Tuki said the government had already cancelled several MoUs and MoAs and also directed all the power developers to abide by the agreement executed.

tEzPur, March 10 (PtI): A teenaged girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped for a whole night before she managed to escape in Sonitpur district, police said on Monday. A man kidnapped the 13-year-old girl from her house under Dhekiajuli police station last night, took her to a nearby place and raped her, according to the complaint lodged with the police. She managed to escape during wee hours, reached home and narrated the in-

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cident to her parents, who took her to the police and a complaint was then lodged. When contacted, Sonitpur SP Sanjukta Parasar said medical examination has been conducted on the victim and the alleged rape will be confirmed only after the report. "The medical report will take some time. But the police are searching for the accused," she added. Meanwhile, people in the area got agitated after the news of the alleged rape spread. However, the situation was under control, the police said.

ZUF demands Zeliangrong state DIluNg, March 10 (MExN): The Zeliangrong United Front 'rededicated' itself “to seek and strive for the creation of Zeliangrong state within the ‘Union of India’” which is “the dream of the Zeliangrong people”. This decision was reaffirmed during its 4th Raising Day on February 25, a press release from ZUF Information & Publicity Secretary L. Longmei stated. “Haipou Jadonang stood up against the exploitative regime of the British colonial power with the aim to establish ‘Makaam Gwangdi’ or Zeliangrong kingdom,” it stated. “Despite series of suppressive measures aimed to contain the Zeliangrong uprising, the Zeliangrong people reorganized themselves including arm wing. As a result the British tried to marginalize the Zeliangrongs by placing them under different administrative units. Later after independent of India, the Zeliangrong were further divided into three different states of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, and even into different districts which further marginalized them economically, politically and socially,” ZUF stated. The Zeliangrong People’s Convention (ZPC) was formed considering the various predicaments and hurdles faced by Zeliangrong people in the 1980s under the leadership of Rani Gaidinliu and along with it the “people’s movement for Zeliangrong

homeland” was launched, ZUF informed. “ZPC consequently submitted various memoranda to the successive governments starting from the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and P.V. Narashimha Rao. In all these, positive assurances were given to the ZPC leaders. However, the demand for statehood has not been granted so far,” the release stated. Therefore the Zeliangrong United Front was formed on February 25, 2011 to continue the struggle for Zeliangrong state/homeland which was left unfulfilled by our past leaders, it stated. It informed that the Front had submitted a memorandum to the then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh demanding statehood for the Zeliangrong people and kin tribes on April 18, 2013. Similarly, the Front also submitted another memorandum to PM Narendra Modi on February 25 last. The Front appealed to the Government of India to grant “the genuine demand of the Zeliangrong people” at the earliest. ZUF also sought fullest cooperation from various neighbouring

ethnic groups in Northeast India towards fulfillment of the long pending demand of Zeliangrong people for statehood. The Front further appealed to all the Zeliangrong people, civil society, social organizations, churches and institutions of indigenous faith and individuals to cooperate with the movement. “In pursuit of this movement, every Zeliangrong individuals is duty-bound to extent fullest cooperation and solidarity toward this noble cause. Under any circumstances, if any Zeliangrongs is found to be an obstacle to the aspiration of the Zeliangrong people for statehood, he/she shall be deemed as antiZeliangrong and the consequences thereof shall be at their own,” ZUF warned.

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10 NGOs blacklisted for misappropriation of funds New Delhi, March 10 (PTi): Centre has blacklisted 10 NGOs and issued show-cause notices to 87 in the last two years for misappropriating funds meant for social welfare, the Lok Sabha was told on Tuesday. “Show-cause notices have been issued to 87 NGOs and 10 NGOs were blacklisted,” Social justice minister Thawaar Chand Gehlot said while replying to questions. He said the ministry initiates action to blacklist NGOs in the event of proven misappropriation of funds. The deficiencies found during the review and monitoring process are mainly non-submission of utilisation certificates in time and inadequate book keeping by the grantee organisations. The maximum number of 17 NGOs which were served show cause notices were in Andhra Pradesh followed by Karnataka where 15 NGOs were given such notices, as per the data presented to the house by the minister. Uttar Pradesh ranks third with nine NGOs which were served show cause notices over the last two years. Stressing that surprise inspections are conducted by officials to ascertain proper functioning of NGOs, he said state government’s recommendation supported by inspection report of district officials is insisted upon while processing and releasing subsequent grants to an NGO.

Maruti Suzuki to recall 33,098 cars for door glitch New Delhi, March 10 (iaNS): Passenger car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki Tuesday announced a proactive inspection and replacement of the `right hand door latch assembly’ of 33,098 vehicles manufactured between December 8 and February 18, 2014-15. According to the company, the vehicles are 19,780 units of Alto 800 and 13,318 units of Alto K10. The company said that its dealers in the domestic market will contact owners of all the affected vehicles. “The dealer workshop technicians will inspect the condition and carry out the necessary replacement, free of cost,” the company said in a statement. “The problem was noticed on the basis of internal quality checks undertaken by the company. Accordingly, proactive action has been initiated in the interest of customers,” the statement said.

Reliance Industries India’s largest company by assets New Delhi, March 10 (PTi): Reliance Industries (RIL) is the country’s largest corporate with assets worth Rs 3.68 lakh crore, followed by state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC). In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley said at the end of March 2014, RIL’s assets stood at Rs 3.68 lakh crore while that of Indian Oil Corp and HDFC was at Rs 2.52 lakh crore and Rs 2.25 lakh crore, respectively. In the list of top 10 corporates in terms of assets compiled by the Corporate Affairs Ministry, RIL and HDFC are the only two firms from the private sector. Other companies in the top 10 list are: Power Finance Corp (4th), NTPC (5), Rural Electrification Corp (6), Power Grid Corp (7), LIC Housing Finance (8), Steel Authority of India (9) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (10). Power Finance Corp’s assets stood at Rs 1.94 lakh crore, NTPC (Rs 1.80 lakh crore), Rural Electrification Corp (Rs 1.53 lakh crore), Power Grid Corp (1.40 lakh crore), LIC Housing Finance (Rs 95,777 crore), Steel Authority of India (Rs 91,962 crore) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (Rs 89,333 crore). The list is based on data from 4,15,886 companies, which had filed their balance sheets for the year 2013-14 till November 30, 2014. “The total reported value of the assets of all the 4,15,886 companies was Rs 117.08 lakh crore and the share of top ten companies in the total value of assets was 15.3 per cent on March 31, 2014,” Jaitley said.

Apple Inc debuts $17,000 watch SaN FraNciSco, March 10 (reuTerS): Apple Inc launched its long-awaited watch on Monday, including yellow or rose gold models with sapphire faces costing up to $17,000, but some investors questioned whether Chief Executive Tim Cook’s first product would be a breakaway hit. Apple’s first new device since Cook became CEO will be available for order on April 10 and in stores on April 24, including chic boutiques in Paris, London and Tokyo.In a nod to both fashion and technology, Cook shared the stage with model Christy Turlington Burns, who used it to train for a marathon, and Apple engineers who showed how to send drawings, pictures and even heartbeats with the watch. Apple shares barely budged, however. Investors and analysts agreed that Apple would sell millions to fans but questioned whether it had a “killer app” that would engage a broader audience. Apple in September gave a sneak peek of the watch

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the Apple Watch during an Apple event in San Francisco , California March 9. (REUTERS Photo)

which included many features shown on Monday. “I think there’s a niche market for these kind of Apple tech people who love Apple and will buy anything they come out with. But I just don’t know if it’s going to be the power product that everyone’s looking for,” said Daniel Morgan, senior portfolio manager at Synovus Trust Company in Atlanta, Georgia, who

New Delhi, March 10 (iaNS): Indian students are spending between $6-7 billion annually on foreign universities due to dearth of quality higher education institutions in the country, a survey said on Tuesday. ‘Realigning Skilling towards Make in India’ - conducted jointly by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) - noted that in the absence of quality higher education and none of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) making it to the world’s top research institutions, more and more Indian students are heading abroad. Furthermore, only a miniscule number of them choose to return home, said the survey. “Indians spend about $6-7 billion every year in sending their children abroad for higher education. It is not just the elite but the middle class families as well who spend their life time savings to educate their children abroad,” Assocham secretary general D.S. Rawat

said. While the much touted IITs have an annual enrolment of 10,000-15,000, focused only on the brightest students, they have neither produced a single worldwide patent nor a Nobel laureate. “We still do not have a single equivalent of a Google, Facebook, Microsoft or Walmart or a Nike. Even a small country like Italy or Finland fare better (than India),” the survey said. The study blamed “lack of commitment and resources for research” as one of the culprits. “Ninety percent of the state and central funding goes into payment of salaries and overhead costs and building of new physical infrastructure which leaves almost no money for research and innovation,” the study said. “Political interference and using universities as hubs for political activities only compounds the problems. Outdated curriculums, teachers and student unions ensure that status quo is preserved,” it added.

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described Wall Street as “scratching its head”. Members of the style establishment, in Paris for shows from the glittering likes of Chanel, Givenchy and Hermes mostly said they saw the watch as a gadget, not this season’s musthave accessory. The Edition price tag which is inexpensive compared with a Patek Philippe Nautilus at just over

$42,000 on 11main.com, inspired plenty of jibes on social media, including many who questioned whether it would become outdated and compared the price to a car’s. “Wonder what kind of gas mileage it gets,” asked Twitter user Christopher Caruso. Nevertheless many made clear they wanted it. “My birthday is gonna rock this year... :-) #applewatch,”

wrote Jay Runquist. The Apple Watch sport will start at $349 for the smaller, 38-mm model. The standard version of the watch will start at $549 and the high-end “Edition” watch will be priced from $10,000, said Cook, who loved the Dick Tracy ability to hold phone calls by watch. “I have been wanting to do this since I was five years old,” said Cook. The different models reflect different materials. A $17,000 Edition in the smaller, 38-mm size, has a case made from a customised version of 18-karat rose gold, which is especially hard, along with a sapphire display. It comes with a magnetic charging case. A $349 Sport model the same size has an aluminium case, a ‘sport band’ and a magnetic charging cable, and no case. All the watches share digital faces that can look like traditional time pieces, show the heart beat of a friend, and display photos and interfaces for apps. “Apple’s been very good at personalizing its products,” said Angelo Zino, an analyst at S&P Capital IQ,

who said the “intimacy” of the watch was appealing. He saw 10 mn in sales this year. In the presentation, Cook described the watch handling many functions currently associated with the iPhone, which tethers wirelessly to the watch and connects it to the Internet. The watch will track exercise and remind wearers of events with a tap on the wrist. Cook also laid out other product successes and launched a new MacBook notebook computer that starts at $1,299 and weighs as little as 2 pounds. Every major car brand had committed to delivering Apple’s CarPlay entertainment system, and the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have 99 percent customer satisfaction rates, he said. The Apple Pay payment system is now accepted at 700,000 locations, and Time Warner Inc’s HBO in April will debut its streaming HBO NOW service on Apple TV. Apple also is offering researchers new development tools, called ResearchKit, to help medical researchers design apps for clinical trials, the company said.

Indian students spending big Insurance penetration in India at 3.9 percent Health insurance is a part of general insurDelhi, March 10 (PTi): Insurance penon foreign education: Survey New etration in India at 3.9 % was below the world aver- ance. In relation to BRICS countries, India’s in-

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age of 6.3% in 2013, Parliament was informed today. “The penetration for the insurance sector as a whole in the year 2013 was 3.9% in India, as against world average of 6.3%,” Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. The level of insurance penetration depends on a large number of factors like level of economic development of the country, the extent of the savings in financial instruments and the size and reach of the insurance sector, he said. Insurance penetration, measured as the ratio of premium to Gross Domestic Product, was 3.1% of life insurance and 0.8% for general insurance in 2013, he added.

surance penetration was better than China and Russia but well below South Africa and only a tad lower than Brazil. The insurance penetration of South Africa stands at 15.4% (in 2013); China 3%; Brazil 4% and Russia 1.3%. Amongst the G20 countries, it is highest for South Africa (15.4%) followed by South Korea (11.9%); the UK (11.5%); Japan (11.1%); France (9%); Italy (7.6%); the US (7.5%); Canada (6.9%); Germany (6.7%); and Australia (5.2%). Those falling below India are : Argentina (3.6%); Mexico (2.1%); Indonesia (2.1%); Turkey (1.5%); and Russia (1.3%).

Income tax refunds of Rs.119, 000 cr pending for 3 yrs New Delhi, March 10 (iaNS): Income tax refunds of over Rs.119,000 crore are pending for the last three fiscals, starting 2012-13, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said on Tuesday. “Income-tax refunds amounting to Rs.1,19,964.13 crore relating to last three assessment years are pending as on March 5, 2015,” Sinha told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

The pending amount for the current fiscal so far is Rs.68,032.21 crore. It was Rs.43,963.42 crore in 2013-14 and Rs.7,968.51 crore in 2012-13. Processing, determination, issuance and encashment of income tax refund claims is a continuous process and a part of the outstanding refunds would, therefore, in the normal course also get postponed to next year, Sinha said.

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“An amount of Rs.106,499 crore has already been refunded to the taxpayers in the current financial year till March 7, 2015, that is 32.1 percent higher than the amount refunded during the corresponding period of the last financial year and is 17.02 percent of the gross direct tax collections,” he added. The projected target of income tax collection in the ongoing 201415 fiscal is Rs.700,000 crore.

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Naga Hoho appeals DimaPur, march 10 (mExN): The Naga Hoho has expressed concern over the aftermath of the Dimapur incident which has attracted both national and international media. Expressing resentment that divulging the alleged rape case on the line of religion has been the objective of certain “unwanted elements”, the Naga Hoho appealed to all the media houses to “kindly refrain from screening the images of the incident since it is more or less like the adding fuel to the fire.” In a press release, Naga Hoho Communication Cell requested any writer, both individual or media houses, to contact the department concerned to get their facts correct since the high level inquiry committee has already swung into action to ascertain the fact both before and after the incident. Further, it appealed to all the stakeholders to let the law take its own course of action so as to judiciously deliver justice. Also, it appealed to all the regional digital media channels to “kindly refrain screening the clips since it is highly a sensitive issue in which person(s) against the peaceful co-existence of all religion, caste, creed etc, in Nagaland are at their best to sabotage these age old co-existence.”

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Dimapur incident condemned moKoKchuNg, march (mExN): The Ao Baptist Church Association (ABAM) has expressed extreme shock at the alleged rape of a college girl and subsequent “unimaginable barbarism” committed against the accused in Dimapur. A press release issued by Rev. Dr. Mar Atsongchanger, Executive Secretary, ABAM condemned the alleged rape, however, it stated that the incident on March 5, where accused Syed Farid Khan was pulled out of the jail by an angry mob and lynched, and above all, “advertising every details of our barbarism to the whole world through different

means of media is total insanity.” “May God give us wisdom to face the consequences.” Further, it stated it was disheartening to learn about “various propagandas to justify or condemn the incidents.” “But this time we have obstructed the rule of law and took the law into our own hands and committed this abomination. Every sensible person should condemn this act of taking life. The Nagas around the world should hang their heads in shame. Our thirst for blood should be rooted out, as it has no place in modern human society. We should repent

Dimapur incident sign of democratic failure in Nagaland: NPF youth wing (N) Kohima, march 10 (mExN): The Central Youth Wing of the Nokeled NPF has stated that the storming and fall of Central Jail in Dimapur on March 5 by mob and later lynching of alleged rape accused and loss of precious civilian life “from the hands of the unconstitutional and helpless minority government’s bullets” was "another sign of democratic failure in Nagaland." A press release from the Press & Media Cell of the wing also expressed regret that both “minority” CM and the Home Minister “failed” to address the issue and restore peace, rather they remained inside their comfort zone and did not reach out to the “battlefield” physically. “Perhaps, the minority government under the dictatorship of the former party President

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hurriedly suspended the three dedicated senior officers without proper democratic investigation like unconstitutional suspension of NPF Legislatures in order to shy away from their complete failure of governance on the eye of the people which is undemocratic and not humanitarian,” it alleged. Besides, it stated, blocking SMS and internet services all over Nagaland by the “helpless minority government” was a direct challenge to democratic freedoms given in the constitution under Article 19, which is one of the Fundamental Rights. “SMS and Internet has nothing to do with the emotional and social issue of the people, it is people voice, people choice and people support to run the government and to live in

peace and harmony.” Further, it claimed that the “random arrest of 43 innocent civilians" by the “minority government will never bring solution and peace in our land.” “It will be a big mistake on the part of minority government if the arrested innocent civilians were not release unconditionally at the earliest,” it cautioned. In light of the above, the youth wing demanded that “the minority CM should morally resign and pave way to the peoples’ mandate majority leadership (Kaito) to run the government who has confidence from the people and has command over the people.” Sooner or later, it asserted, “the majority leadership (Kaito) will form a popular/ peoples’ mandate government...”

and seek forgiveness,” the ganda” that minority community in Dimapur is being release stated. harassed and mass exodus of certain community is hapCAVCA The Chumukedima Area pening, the CAVCA assured Village Council Associa- that all sections of society tion (CAVCA) has also con- and its people are living hardemned the alleged rape and moniously and cohesively lynching of the accused Syed within its jurisdiction withFarid Khan. “Regardless of out fear or tension. The CAVCA also advised the gravity of the crime committed, the law of the land all its constituent member should have been allowed villages to continue upholdto prevail instead of the mob ing the spirit of peaceful cotaking the law in its own existence in true Christian hands. This incident does spirit. The CAVCA further exnot reflect the image of Naga culture,” stated CAVCA gen- pressed heartfelt condoeral secretary, Toiho Yeptho lences to the bereaved famiand chairman, Rozouvotuo lies of Inuto Chishi, a civilian killed during police firing Chatsu in a release. Refusing “false propa- and Syed Farid Khan.

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Dimapur Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Monday evening seized 25 kilos of Ganja from a passenger of Rajendra Nagar-Dibrugarh train at Dimapur Railway station during routine frisking. Officer-in-Charge

Rokonicha Angami said the contrabandist was moving in a suspicious manner inside one of the coaches of the train when he was detained. Upon inspection, the contraband was found neatly wrapped in polythene bags and stashed inside two bags. The contrabandist identi-

fied as one Arvind Kumar, aged 23 and hailing from Buxar district, Bihar confessed he had procured the contraband from one local in Dimapur and was bound for Bihar. In the international market, 25 kilo of Ganja is worth rupees one lakh twenty five thousand.

Finance department informs Kohima, march 10 (mExN): All the departments have been asked to submit the proposals for issue of DA/DL to the Finance Department on or before March 21 (Saturday) except for those proposals under SPA, CSS, NLCPR, etc. which are sanctioned and credited to the State account only at the fag end of the financial year. A press release from Y Kikheto Sema, Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, also informed the departments to ensure that all requisite details for issue of DA/DL are furnished along with their proposals for facilitating Finance Department to examine and dispose the

matters without delay. All departments should ensure that the DA/DL issued by Finance Department are presented to and passed by the treasuries on or before March 27 (Friday), the release added. It further mentioned that no claim for cash payment will be entertained in the treasuries after March 27, except on the strength of DA/DL issued by the Finance Department under “exceptional unavoidable proposals.” Meanwhile, the release declared the following non-transactions as transaction days: March 18 (Wednesday), March 21 (Saturday), and March 25 (Wednesday).

NPA express displeasure over Biodiversity programmes held CAVCA go on study march 10 (mExN): servation programme was also held tour to Mumbai verbal abuse of journalist PErEN, Tening Agricultural Farming & Fruit at Nchangran village on February

DimaPur, march 10 (mExN) The Nagaland Press Association (NPA) has expressed “utmost displeasure” against the “abusive and unbecoming behaviour” of the Nagaland Police (IR), who hurled abusive language on a journalist on duty on March 8 in Dimapur. “We all must understand that the media persons are performing their responsibilities to keep people well informed about the happenings in and around them amidst tension and uncertain situations,” stated NPA president, K Temjen Jamir in a press release. “Keeping that public importance in mind, everyone is expected to lend support and cooperate with the media persons so as to enable them to let people know about the law and order situation during the time like today. That is the reason the media persons are being exempted from the purview of the curfew.” NPA further urged the authority concerned that the security men and women be well briefed and educated about dos and don’ts while they are on duty so as to enhance their respect in the eyes of public .

Grower Cooperative Society Ltd of Peren district conducted awareness programme at Tening village on February 28. Sponsored by Ministry of Environment & Forests and supported by Nagaland Pollution Control Board, the programme was held under the banner ‘Biodiversity is life, conserve it.’ Speaking at the programme, Achengbou Niumai, Staff of C-Cerp highlighted some of the important roles played by plants and animals on earth. He said, “We have destroyed our rich natural forest knowingly or unknowingly. It is our duty to protect and conserve. We need to stop further destruction immediately and start conserving right now. Let us be very serious and stop blame game.” Meanwhile, biodiversity con-

28. Rural Advancement Development Society, Nchangran organised the programme under the theme, ‘National Environment Awareness Campaign 2015-15’, which was sponsored by Ministry of Environment of Forests, Government of India. This was stated in a press release issue by chairman of Rural Advancement Development Society. On the same day, another biodiversity conservation programme was held at Tening Town. Meriamais Ladies Welfare Society, under the theme National Environment Awareness Campaign 2015-15 conducted the programme, which was sponsored by Ministry of Environment of Forests, Government of India, informed a press release.

chumuKEDima, march 10 (mExN): The Chumukedima Area Village Council Association (CAVCA) organised a study tour to Mumbai from February 26 to March 3. CAVCA Chairman Rozouvotuo Chatsu and General Secretary Toiho Yeptho in a press release said that the tour of the Village Council Chairmen under CAVCA comprising 40 members was educative and motivating after observing the tremendous development taking place in Mumbai, the commercial capital of India. The maintenance of roads, drainage, electricity and water supply with innumerable skyscraper buildings was quite commendable and inspiring, it stated. The CAVCA has acknowledged Thungbemo Patton, EAC Chumukedima for his initiative.

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MEx FILE Passes for NLA session Kohima, march 10 (mExN): In view of the eighth session of the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly to be held on March 17 and 19, car passes and official gallery passes will be issued on March 13. Ministers/ parliamentary secretaries and AHoDs are to collect car passes and gallery passes from the Special Secretary (Home), Kohima. HoDs/ media are to collect car passes from assembly secretariat reception counter, gate no. 1. MLAs/ PS/ PA are to collect car passes from security branch, Nagaland Legislative Assembly. Additional Secretary of NLA in a release further informed that car passes and gallery passes may be collected in advance to avoid last minute rush.

Kandi Students’ Union informs TsEmiNyu, march 10 (mExN): The Kandi Students’ Union (KSU) in collaboration with the golden jubilee committee is organising career guidance cum acquaintance seminar on March 13, 9:30 am at Rengma Baptist Church, Kohima. Therefore, all the bona fide members of the union have been asked to attend the seminar without fail. Erring members will be penalised as deemed fit by the union, cautioned KSU president, Mehimo Apon and vice president, Senpenlo Kath in a press release. Further, it was informed that in view of the golden jubilee, the music committee will host second round of choral practice at Sishunu Baptist Church on April 4. In this regard, all choir members have been asked to attend the practice positively.

Thakiye Village ‘new council’ informs ZuNhEboTo, march 10 (mExN): In regard to press release issued by “the dissolved team” inviting members of the village to reach the village on March 12 for an emergency meeting to be held on March 13, the Thakiye Village “New Village Council” has stated that the “old team of the village council” had been removed and dissolved on March 2 and 3 due to “total mismanagement of village funds received from the government.” The Thakiye Village Council chairman (elect) T Swu in a press release stated that any matter relating to the Village Council will be called by the new team, and hence declared the meeting called by the “dissolved team” as unofficial.

Vaccination of dogs in Mkg moKoKchuNg, march 10 (DiPr): Superintendent, Mokokchung Municipal Council, O. Pangjung Longkumer has informed that, in collaboration with the department of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry, registration of dogs and vaccination drive would be conducted in all wards of Mokokchung town on March 15. In this regard, all ward authorities have been requested to assign two persons to maintain the registration record as per the prescribed format. Vaccination certificate will be issued by the veterinary department for which Rs. 20 shall be charged, whereas anti rabies vaccine will be provided free of cost by the department. All the ward authorities have been asked to inform the dog owners the same and those already vaccinated to produce the certificate of registration.

Health Certificate for Yatris of Amarnathji Yatra Kohima, march 10 (mExN): In connection with the issuing of compulsory Health Certificate to the intending Yatris of Amarnathji Yatra 2015, all doctors working at district hospitals, CHCs, PHCs and all the Registered Private Clinics/ Hospitals under NHCE Act 1997 have been authorized to issue Compulsory Health Certificate to the intending Yatris. A press note issued by Dr. G. Kemp, Principal Director, Health & Family Welfare, further directed all concerned to maintain proper documentation and submit the details of the certificate issued in a prescribed format available at the district office for compilation and onward submission to the Directorate.

Phek DPDB meet conducted New Observation Home building at Pherima Nagaland Peace Centre informs Kohima, march 10 (mExN): The members of the

PhEK, march 10 (DiPr): Phek District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting was held in DPDB conference hall here on March 10 under the chairmanship of DC Phek, Muroho Chotso. The house reviewed the minutes of last DPDB meeting. The members discussed the agendas submitted by DC Phek and Sr. Specialist, DH, Phek, Dr. Wetshelo Tsuhah, which included communitisation of PHED, medical, education and power departments; attendance of district HoDs; public complaint against BSNL network and awareness on swine flu pandemic. The DC urged the selected crops based villages to produce quality crops without using chemicals, good quantity for commercial purpose. Informing that Phek district has observed Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the DC Phek asked every department in the district to maintain cleanliness in

the offices. He also asked the education officials to be patient and wait for government arrangement for shortage of teachers in schools. The chairman further asked every HoD to be more regular in the station for the interest of public. The DC asked every department to get the facility of fax and networking in the office. However, he regretted the poor service of BSNL in the district. On the topic of communitisation, the department concerned encouraged the villages and explained the facilities and the fund availability. The house also discussed in length about the awareness on swine fu pandemic. Power department EE, Phek and DPO, DAPCU, Kuduve Kezo presented PowerPoint of its departmental activities. In the next DPDB meeting, (DEO) District Evaluation Officer, Phek and District Employment Officer Phek will present PowerPoint of departmental activities.

Kohima, march 10 (mExN): Minister for Social Welfare, Kiyanilie Peseyie on Monday inaugurated the new Observation Home building at Pherima, which was constructed under Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), informed a press release issued by Superintendent, Observation cum Special Home Pherima, Rukuvoto Ringa. Speaking as the chief guest, Peseyie stressed on the need for public cooperation to protect and uplift the condition of vulnerable children, while assuring that government will do its best to implement schemes for the welfare of inmates. He further maintained that the Pherima’s Observation cum Special Home is the biggest home in Nagaland and with public cooperation it can be-

come the best Observation Home in India as well. Secretary to Social Welfare, Dellirose M. Sakhrie, on the occasion said that juvenile cases are increasing, basically originating from family problems. She stated that ICPS is a government intervention program to improve behavioural correction of the juvenile accused and to enable them to join mainstream life. Also speaking on the occasion, newly promoted Director for Social Welfare, T. Merangtsungba Aier on behalf of the department lauded the Pherima villagers and staff of Observation Home for the successful implementation of child care and protection programmes. He said that physical development of Observation Home is increasing and

CUCA annual day DimaPur, march 10 (mExN): The 15th Annual Day of Cherüdiki Union Chakhro Area will be held on March 14 at ISBT Purana Bazaar, Dimapur with Rokolhou Angami, 1st class contractor as the chief guest. The president of the union and his colleagues have requested all the members to attend the event “compulsorily”.

Peren DPDB meet held The Chude Agri Allied Co-operative Society in collaboration with IIE (Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship) Guwahati, conducted 150 hours ESDP (Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme) on Food Processing and 300 hours ESDP on two wheelers maintenance and repairing at Phek Town. The programme was attended by 60 participants.

PErEN, march 10 (DiPr): Peren District Planning and Development Board meeting was held on March 10 at under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Peren and ViceChairman DPDB, Peter Lichamo. The house

stressed on the need for special personnel to deliver better services in the management of juvenile justice system in Nagaland. Head GB Pherima A Village, Vikato Ayemi expressed gratitude to the department and also requested the department to enhance developmental activities in the area, while assuring full cooperation from the village for effective implementation of the scheme. The inauguration programme was chaired by Director, State Child Protection Society, Nagaland, Nyusietho Nyuthe, while invocation prayer was pronounced by Women Pastor, Baptist Church Pherima B Village, Inatoli, and special folk song was presented by Sumi Totimi Hoho, Alato Village.

discussed on land possession certificate that the department has to submit to DC’s office before March 31. The DC also invited all the HoDs to the celebration of 28th Zelianrong Heraka Pailei Paudi on March 14, where the Governor of Nagaland will grace the occasion at Jalukie town. The board also conveyed condolences to the family members of Late Akokba Tarup, Executive Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control.

PUD general meeting DimaPur, march 10 (mExN): The Pfosemei Union Dimapur has informed all its members that there will be a general body meeting on March 29, 1:00 pm at the community hall, Ashiihe Mao Colony, Kuda village. Therefore, all the members have been informed to attend the meeting without fail.

governing body of the Nagaland Peace Centre, Kohima have been informed there will be a general body meeting on March 17, 11:00 am in the conference hall of Hotel Japfu, Kohima to discuss about the celebration of golden jubilee of the Centre.

CCA office bearers meeting Kohima, march 10 (mExN): The consultative meeting of the CCA office bearers with the officials from Forest, NEPED and FES will be held on March 13, 10:00 am at The Heritage (Old DC Bangalow), Kohima. Therefore, all concerned have been requested to attend the same positively.

Combined IGNOU induction Prog Kohima, march 10 (mExN): A combined IGNOU Induction Programme for freshly enrolled learners at IGNOU Study Centres 2022, C200001 and C200003 (January 2015 Batch) will be conducted on March 12 (Thursday), 9:00 am at Loyem Memorial College, Tuensang. All learners registered at the mentioned IGNOU Study Centres have been informed to personally attend the Induction Programme. For more details, contact IGNOU Regional Centre or Study Centre. This was informed in a press release issued by Dr. T. Iralu, Regional Director, IGNOU Regional Centre-20, Kohima.

CRBCWD celebrates IWD Kohima, march 10 (mExN): The Council of Rengma Baptist Churches Women Department celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 at T. Zisunyu Baptist Church with the theme ‘Make It Happen’. More than 500 women from Rengma areas attended the function. The guest speaker Dr. Nokrenchila spoke on the topic ‘Your identity in Christ’. She encouraged the women to find their identity in Christ. She said no amount of beauty could compare to the beauty of the women who love and believe in God. Shanile Kath, Women Secretary gave a brief introduction on International Women’s Day, while Haiwalo Apon, Executive Secretary read ‘A Tribute to Women’.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 11 MArcH 2015 voluME X IssuE 67

The world is a dangerous place to live;

Not because of the people who are evil,

But because of the people who don't do anything about it.

AlbErT EInsTEIn ALBERT EINSTEIN

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Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D

Bullying the Weak Doesn’t Pay Thought-Provoking Questions: India recognizes the unique history and political rights of the Naga people. But will she ever exercise the political will to do what is just and right? What does God say? Read Nahum 1:1-15 Small people get trampled. That was what Assyria did to the people of God. In 722 B.C. Assyria defeated the northern kingdom of Israel and carried its people into exile. Almost 100 years later, the Assyrians returned to crush the weak and fragile state of Judah which was barely hanging on to her independence. At that time, Assyria reduced the kingdom of Judah to a puppet state and dragged off her king Manasseh with a hook in his nose to Assyria. Assyria remained a dominant power in the world for 300 years. Its capital city Nineveh seemed impregnable because it had a thick protective wall eight miles long encircling the city. Also, her troops were well-equipped and feared for their cruelty. Even so, Nahum predicted the downfall of Assyria, the most powerful nation of the world. Without fear, he stood up and boldly announced: “The LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished” (1:3). At last Assyria would taste the full suffering that it had inflicted upon other peoples, and there would be no one to feel sorry for her (3:18-19). In 612 B.C., Nahum’s prediction came true. The Assyrian capital Nineveh fell before the combined forces of Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians. Okay, so now what? Immediately after the Indian people became free from Colonial rule, the new Independent India resorted to using the same enemy’s tactics on the Naga people. She felt that the Nagas were too ignorant to decide their own future. She refused to believe that we could all stand together with equal dignity wherein each nation, large or small, has the right to determine its own form of government, free of outside interference or domination. So, when the Naga nation declared her independence a day ahead of India’s Independence, she sent her Armed forces to suppress our voices. Also, to keep us from becoming a strong pro-Naga independent movement, India has consistently used a divide-and-rule policy on us. So, how should we Nagas respond to this injustice? Should we still resort to violence as our old generation did in the past? Is it okay to pray for India’s destruction? The biblical response is not to use violence for violence or to even employ imprecatory prayers. Instead, we should do everything possible to help India do the right thing before God. One of these actions could be speaking out like Nahum, warning India against the danger of bullying because “The Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.” Prayer: Lord, You may delay judgment, but You will never cancel it. Help India to do what is just and right so she may be spared from Your judgment. Amen. Taken from the book “Breakfast with the King: The 100-Day Devotional” by Mazie Nakhro

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Principles for Prophetic People

orking for peace and justice isn't easy. We live in a world predicated by greed and violence. Swimming against that stream isn't easy. It can be unpopular and lonely. Flannery O'Connor, paraphrasing a verse from John's Gospel, wrote: "You shall know the truth, and the truth will make you odd!"Sometimes we wonder if we're crazy. Sometimes even prophets need pastoral care. All of us have known people who have attempted to "win the world" only to have their own spirits wither, their vision blurred. Maybe not with such tragic drama— maybe they've simply stopped speaking out. Something has come undone in their lives. Maybe it's happened to you. In the Bible, prophets people arose from the most unlikeliest of places. They were often "ordinary" people, without special training, and often protested, saying they didn't have enough talent for the job. Much like people in our congregations. How do we resist that withering of the spirit? And how do we effectively work with and develop a corps of justice and peace advocates? What follows is a series of 10 pastoral principles for nurturing prophetic impulses in your congregation. 1. Decide where to start, not where to finish. One of our dilemmas is the inability to act on what they already know. It's as if we refuse to do anything if we can't do everything. Edmund Burke noted that nobody made a greater mistake than those who did nothing because they could only do a little. Sometimes we suffer from "the paralysis of analysis." Developmental psychology teaches us that most people grow into maturity one step at a time. Most children learn to crawl before they walk, and walk before they run. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. himself once said: "If you can't fly, run; if you can't run, walk; if you can't walk, crawl. But by all means keep moving forward." People tend to start modestly, tend to make small steps and changes and choices and commitments. Don't disparage such modesty. It is on the basis of such concrete involvements that deeper commitment and analysis can grow. There's an old proverb that says: "I hear, and I forget; I see, and I remember; I do, and I understand." We live our way into new forms of thinking more often than we think our way into new forms of living. Well-educated people have a tendency, in the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, to "replace simple action with complex thought." It's so much easier to take a position than to take action. Pay more attention to where you're going to be concretely invested and worry less about where you'll eventually end up. The directional road signs come into focus only as you begin to move toward them. 2. Look for a community of conviction. One of our culture's most enduring myths is represented by the fictional character known as the Lone Ranger. It is the myth of the solitary, heroic figure who single-handedly confronts and overcomes the power of evil. That myth saturates Christian peacemakers as well. The most consistent problem we face is the sense of isolation felt by those committed to justice and peace issues. Being a part of a community of conviction functions like a "hothouse" does for plants, providing in much larger doses the kinds of elements necessary for growth in both our understanding and our commitment. There is also a rhythm to our lives, not unlike the rhythm of seasons. There are times when we are at full operating capacity, running at peak performance. But there are other times when we're not so fuel-efficient: times when we're more tired, less enthusiastic, less focused. It's at these points when a community of conviction can mean the difference between a slowdown and a breakdown. 3. Think globally, act locally. Thinking globally gives a fuller picture of cause-andeffect relations. Especially in an increasingly globalized economy, what happens a long way off has an impact close to home. But global analysis serves little purpose without some corresponding local action. It's more comfortable for some of us to think globally than it is to act locally. G.K. Chesterton once said: "Nothing is real until it is local." In saying that, he wasn't blessing or justifying this tendency in human nature. He was simply pointing out that that's the way most of us do operate. We usually don't react until something touches us personally. Thinking globally actually gives us the permission to

ecent developments within the power sector merit attention. The first of these is to do with performance of the coal sector and allocation of coal blocks. The second is about the focus on renewable energy and the benefits that can accrue to India. A third and a related point is about the structure of power institutions in the country and reasons why distribution companies (discoms) in particular and the power sector, in general, have under-performed. Also, what can be done to enhance its performance? All the three points are crucial to being understood if India is to enhance the competitiveness of its industry and the well-being of its people. It is interesting to look at this juncture at the dynamics of the coal sector. At present, the annual production of coal is close to 56 crore tonnes, according to the coal ministry. At the global level, this is just behind China (356 crore tonnes) and the US (90 crore tonnes) according to estimates for 2013 by the World Coal Association. The government plans to increase the production to 100 crore tonnes/year by 2020. It is clearly an uphill task from the historical point of view. At the time of Independence, India had a production capacity of three crore tonnes/year that increased to 21 crore tonnes/year in 1990-91 and doubled to 40 crore tonnes year in 2005-06. It has since increased to the present 56 crore tonnes. Doubling it to 100 crore tonnes will clearly be a monumental achievement if the government, along with the industry, can meet this target. If media reports are to believed, the coal ministry of Coal is already on this, with de-

do "small" things. We don't really have to tackle everything in the world, because we know there are lots of people out there doing their part, too. Acting locally keeps us grounded in reality, helps us "keep the rubber on the road." 4. Learn to name the poor. "Naming the poor" was the title of a sermon preached when a congregation opened a shelter in its facilities for homeless people. These guests are not just "street people," the pastor said. They each have names and unique personal histories. He urged members to "name" each person individually. Otherwise they would only remain faceless "objects" and abstractions. Care for and presence with the poor, the socially unacceptable, may involve charity work but is more than that. It also means speaking out for justice, attempting to shift the basic power dynamics which keep the poor in their condition. But even beyond the work of charity and the demands of justice, there is yet another reason for our involvement. We are to be with the poor to listen as well as to speak; to receive, as well as to give; to learn, as well as to teach. Those who suffer do need resources and advocates; but more than anything, they need relationship, friendship, built on mutual respect. Mohandas Gandhi wrote that "if you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason. You must move the heart also." Our relationships are what will keep us going when the way forward appears dark. 5. Prepare for the long haul. Violence, and the injustice on which it is built, will never give way to a brief flurry of activity and enthusiasm. We need to prepare for a lifetime of conviction—along with a commitment to rear and shape the lives and generations that follow behind us. We have a great need to develop what the German theologian Dorothee Soelle calls "revolutionary patience." Such patience does not lull us to sleep. We stay engaged; but our barometer readings don't come from the daily paper and the evening news; nor are they dependent on the relative successes or failures of current political forces. We need to learn to plant dates and not just pumpkins, say the Brazilian theologian Rubem Alves. The latter can be planted and harvested in a single season; the former may not bear fruit in our lifetime. 6. Beware of compassion fatigue. The old-fashioned word is burnout. It comes from working too hard for too long with too little rest. It's important to keep in mind that compassion fatigue doesn't happen overnight. It builds over a long period, and it usually has at least two advance symptoms. The first is a loss of a sense of humor. If you find it harder to laugh, to play and to relax, then you may be headed for a breakdown. A volunteer in a Third World country got this warning from her colleague, a national in that country: "We are suspicious of those who have no sense of humor," her co-worker said. "If you cannot take time to laugh, even in the midst of all this misery, then we doubt that you have the patience to stay here very long." A second advance symptom of compassion fatigue is a growing sense of resentment. If you find yourself frequently complaining that other people aren't doing their part, that you're the only one that really cares, then watch out! If after every event you're more concerned with who didn't show up than overjoyed at who did, beware! 7. Be bold about the demands of the Gospel, but patient with people. Most of us find it difficult to live with the chasm separating the expectations we have of ourselves (and of others) and the recurring experiences we have of not living up to those expectations. Ours is truly a high calling; but also a low success rate. So we're tempted to either give up on the calling or on the results. That is, we begin to tone down the Bible's radical challenge to our ways of living, adjusting it to prevailing cultural standards, to more manageable expectations. Or, on the other hand, we become so alienated from people (and sometimes ourselves)—living lives overflowing with accusation, judgment and intimidation—that we lack any capacity to engage people in genuine dialogue. In your pastoral work be sure you don't confuse the integrity of the Gospel with your own agenda. Obviously you will have strong convictions. But always leave room for slippage. Never be too quick to assume that if someone disagrees with you they're

disagreeing with the truth. Sometimes people with relatively equal levels of commitment, intelligence and courage disagree on how to solve a given problem. Remember: In the end we are saved not by our merits but only by grace. 8. The Gospel is still a scandal, but not every scandal is the Gospel. Just because the Gospel is indeed a scandal, liable to provoke controversy, not every scandal and controversy is Gospel-inspired. Controversy and confrontation can be the occasion for transformation, for dialogue. Sometimes it can make a bad situation worse. Learning to distinguish the difference takes wisdom. Generally, we tend to be quite fearful of controversy. When controversy occurs, your ability to use pastoral authority depends a lot on whether you've earned the respect which authorizes your leadership. Some years ago I attended a workshop led by the pastor of a Baptist church in a small North Carolina town. He had recently convinced his congregation to join him in a march one Sunday in August, from his church's sanctuary to the downtown courthouse, to commemorate the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The group wanted to know how he was able to get his people to do this—an out-of-the-ordinary thing for a traditional Baptist congregation. "Probably a number of reasons," he said. "But I think it boiled down to the fact that for seven years I've been present with these people in their births, their weddings, their sicknesses and their deaths." His congregation knew he loved them, knew he saw them as more than objects in need of adjustment. As a result, he had been invested with leadership authority—in this case, to lead many on a path they had not previously traveled. 9. Expect miracles, or at least surprises! Don't assign too much weight to labels like "conservative" or "liberal." They tell you more about people's self-perceptions and culture than anything else. And don't "write off" certain groups, certain churches, certain parts of your city, region or country. Politically progressive people have an enormous bias toward cosmopolitan, urban and well-educated constituencies. Ours is an enormously class- and culture-bound movement. Do you remember the story in Luke's Gospel when Andrew came running up to his brother Nathaniel and said, "Nat, we've found the Messiah! He's from Nazareth." And do you recall Nathaniel's incredulous question: "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" In first century Palestine, Nazareth was the stick, the boondocks, where parochial, uneducated, unsophisticated, narrow-minded and uninteresting people lived, unlike liberal-minded, cosmopolitan, well-educated Jerusalem. Ever since Jesus came from Nazareth, there's no such thing as the boondocks any more. 10. Finally, remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy. What is it about "sabbath time" that God cautions us not to forget? First, remembering the sabbath is a regular, habitual reminder that everything isn't up to us. Prophetic types tend to get too serious about their work, have a hard time taking a break. There's so much left to do! Walter Rauschenbusch, the Baptist pastor and theologian most associated with the early 20th century "Social Gospel Movement," once wrote to a Methodist colleague who had confided that he was thinking about leaving the ministry because of his denomination's resistance to change: "It is not sin," Rauschenbusch chided, "to leave some things to our children, and to God." Sabbath time is when we slow the hands and the mind in order to do a different kind of work: that of opening ourselves to a renewal of vision regarding the deepest character of life. "The paranoid and the mystic share much in common," said Matthew Fox. "Paranoid persons believe there is a conspiracy in the universe against them; mystics believe there is a conspiracy in the universe on their behalf." In the midst of sabbath discipline we have our imaginations reshaped; we rediscover and reaffirm Who, finally, is in charge around here! More than at any other time, this is when we are finally able to say with conviction: No, that's not the way things are; no, I won't get used to it; and no, I won't live my life accordingly. This article was originally printed in PeaceWork, newsletter of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America

Recent development in power sector and India's competitiveness Amit Kapoor IANS tailed mine-wise plans being drawn up for Coal India Limited, a near monopoly miner in India. A setback to the sector came in the form of cancellation of licenses to 204 coal blocks by the apex court last September. The ministry is solving this by conducting e-auctioning of blocks. The first round had 18 mines with combined extractable reserves of nine crore tonnes going on auction. Post that, a second round that started on March 4 was also quite successful with some 15 mines going on auction. These together have been able to rope in more than Rs.1.57 lakh crore of benefits over the next 30 years for the various mineral-rich states where the mines are located. The process seems fair and transparent and seems to bring India closer the target set for coal production over the next five years in addition to revenue benefits to states. Another major development recently was in the renewable energy space when the NITI Aayog came up with its first report titled "India's Renewable Electricity Roadmap 2030 Toward Accelerated Renewable Elec-

tricity Deployment”. The report made some interesting points about the need to realign the power policy with what the renewable energy sector is witnessing at present and come up with a new renewable policy and law. The report and its findings find much more relevance in the present ambitious scenario set by the new government. For both wind and solar energy, targets have been increased from 20 GW of solar power (by 2022) to 100 GW (by 2019) and from an additional 15 GW of wind power (during 2012-17) to an additional 40 GW (by 2019). Both these found mention in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget speech. Other recommendations included: support mechanisms for compliance and timely implementation of renewable energy; and RE grid integration and more efficient grid operation. These recommendations are apt considering that in spite of various reforms, renewable energy in India's energy mix is still lesser than 15 percent of the total production. Another issue in the power sector is

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the structure of power institutions and low realizations, particularly by the discoms. The combined losses to the sector, according to a recent World Bank report are close to Rs.350 billion ($5.5 billion). To put that number in perspective, it's five percent of India's GDP! The World Bank report also points out to two bailouts one in 2001 of the order of Rs. 35,000 crore and another a decade later of the order of Rs. 1,90,000 crore. The report also casts doubts over electricity access and mentions that one out of four people in India do not have access to electricity. These statistics show the fragile nature of the sector. Several possible reasons are given for the underperformance of the sector prominent among which are: political interference and structure of institutions particularly lack of unbundling. Also, lack of corporate governance, power theft, and inability of distribution companies to collect revenues are cited as the reasons for losses. Keeping in mind the above-mentioned developments, we feel the sector, as a whole at present, needs reforms in structure and accountability from state institutions, which the central ministry seems keen on. These recent developments seem to be beneficial to India's long-term growth and competitiveness especially the good news on coal auctions. More such happenings in the economy will help India revive growth and get back on track to fulfill the promise that the present government had made to the people before assuming power - 24X7 power for all. The article is co-authored with Sankalp Sharma, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Competitiveness, India. Amit Kapoor is Chair, Institute for Competitiveness & Editor of Thinkers.

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Health care model for India The best of the budget S Musings froM ChiCago dr. Munish Kumar Raizada

ith a population of more than 125 Crore, the contemporary India yearns for another opportunity to become a global leader. Looking at our credentials of democracy, diversity and tolerance, many look upon us as the future of the world. But rural-urban divide and noninclusive lop sided development remain a matter of concern.While Silicon Valley in USA thrives upon the innovative minds of Indians, back home the country has no credible research and development (R & D) and innovations to boast about. Similarly, Indians constitute 5 % of doctor workforce in USA (and 20 % of its International Medical Graduates). Indian health workers are also the pillars of medical services in Middle East. In contrast, in India we continue to struggle with health challenges. With a massive population load and gross national income per capita of $3,900, India spends just 4.1 % of its national budget on health. It has one doctor for 1700 citizens (W.H.O. says the optimal number should be 1:1000). Cuba has 6.7 and America 1.5 doctors for their 1000 population. With its gross national income per capita of $54,000, USA spends about 18 % of its budget on health. However, this is not to say that everything is in perfect shape in USA. In fact, many experts feel that American health system is ‘broken’ due to its inability to provide health careto millions of uninsured people. With this background, let us study the basic health care delivery models that are prevalent in the world. The most prevalent service model is ‘Out of Pocket. In India, we may not have any problem in understanding this concept: You are responsible for footing the fee and bills to the doctor and/ or hospital. Well, many will say, the government does provide free universal health care to all its citizens. That is true. India claims (unlike USA, as we shall see below) that anyone can visit a government healthcare facility and avail treat-

ment literally free of cost. However, in actuality, the government health facilities are dilapidated, over-crowded and dysfunctional thanks to poor work ethics, chronic absenteeism and corruption, thereby limiting the access for a large chunk of population. Contrast this with Britain’s National Health System (called Beveridge Model). Here, the government provides you the health care through its government doctors, clinics and hospitals. The private medical sector is negligible. Everyone is eligible to choose a General Practitioner (G.P.) who is your primary doctor and avail medical care free of cost (the care is free at the point of use).The government will pay your bills. In communist Cuba, hailed by many as the successful model for a developing world, the same system is seen in extreme form: the whole health care system – be it clinic or a pharmacy- is owned by the government. No doctor is allowed to have a private practice. However, Canada also provides a universal health care to its citizens, but in a different way. The government provides every citizen a health insurance (National Health Insurance model). The patient can choose to go to a private clinic or a government doctor or facility. Germany has a slightly different system. The government mandates a health insurance for everyone, and that is provided by the employer. The employee also contributes a part of that. But the whole system is created not to make profit and must cover everyone, even if unemployed. The above models are typical examples of what we call Socialized Medicine, where government pitches in to provide subsidies through taxation. In other words, these are public-funded health care programs. When it comes to USA, the concept of universal health care becomes fuzzy. According to Institute of Medicine, USA is an exception among the developed

countries that does not provide a universal health care.Here the government hardly runs any health care centers (except a few county hospitals administered by county governments. One famous example is Cook County hospital in Chicago). For majority of people, health care benefits come through their jobs. In other words, your employer will buy you a private health insurance. You also pay a portion of that premium per month, though. The companies that issue health insurance are called Health Maintenance Organizations (H.M.Os) and they are for profit.But if you become unemployed or operate your own business, you have to buy your own private health insurance. However, for army men, the government provides healthcare through government –owned and operated facilities (Department of Veteran Affairs). For senior citizens (more than 65 years of age), the government runs Medicare insurance scheme and thus bears the costs of their medical bills (Canadian system). Thus it is obvious that India has a mixed system where the government pledges to provide health care, but is unable to meet the demands. The private health sector is robust but the poor and the needy may not be able to use the services for want of money. How do we strengthen the health care system in India, then? We need to increase access to affordable and quality health care for everyone. India needs to increase its budget share on health, particularly preventive and primary health care. In addition, we must produce more doctors and para-medical forces. Instead of running the health facilities itself, the government will do well to broaden health insurance to its citizens and put good regulations in place so that through private sector, it can provide much needed health care to its citizens. The author practices neonatal medicine in Chicago, USA. Email: pedia333@ gmail.com Twitter@DrMunishRaizada

ince the budget is out of the box, let us open the gift-wrapping and discover what is in store for us, especially the middle class salaried or selfemployed, more so while returning our income tax in the next financial year. The tax slabs have remained the same, but the Finance Minister has managed to tweak it here and there, making it friendlier for the tax-paying citizens. These changes will be effective for the next financial year i.e., April, 2015 to March, 2016. • Sukanya Samriddhi: In the Nations effort to secure the future of our girl child, any contribution to Government sponsored Sukanya Samriddhi scheme for your girl child will be exempted under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act of 1961. Not only that, the interest earned and the withdrawals made will be exempted from any income tax. This is a positive sign and will definitely encourage one to contribute more towards the girl child’s future and in turn, ensure the future of our country. • Health Insurance: Earlier, under section 80D, for any contribution made to your health insurance, the limit was 15,000 per annum, per family. With the increase in our healthcare expenses, the tax exemption ceiling has been increased to Rs. 25,000, and for senior citizens, the cap of the exemption has been kept at Rs. 30,000. Earlier, it was 20,000. This is a welcome change and has been appreciated widely. • Medical Expenses: Expenses incurred on certain pre-prescribed medical conditions are exempted under section 80DDB. For very senior citizens (persons of more than 80 years of age), the exemptions have been increased Rs. 20,000 more thousand to Rs.80,000. Also, submission of the prescription from a specialist Doctor will be considered a valid document to support a beneficiary cause. Earlier, the beneficiary was expected to produce a certificate from a designated government doctor. This will cut the red-tapes for sure. • For the differently abled: The government has given tax respite under Section 80DD and 80U for the treatment of differently abled and also for their nursing needs. The earlier limit was Rs. 50,000, and for severe disability, the exemption was Rs. 1,00,000. Both have been increased to Rs. 75,000 and Rs. 1,25,000, respectively. • Contribution to Pension: Any contribution to ones pension was exempted up to Rs. 1,00,000 under Section 80CCC. But in the coming financial year, it has been increased to Rs. 1,50,000. But, the upper cap of tax exempted limit under Section 80CCE had remained unchanged at Rs. 1,50,000. • New Pension Scheme: Contribution to NPS will be exempted under section 80CCD under Income Tax Act of 1961. And the limit is at 50,000. This government scheme was supposed to act as a back-bone for its contributors to have a smooth life in their later years. But experts are divided regarding its performance. I will analyse it in this column in coming weeks. • Transport allowance: For long the transport allowance of the salaried class was Rs. 8,00 per month. With the escalating fuel prices in the last decade it can’t remain the same and has been rightfully doubled. The new exemption limit is Rs. 1,600 per month, therefore, Rs. 19,200 per annum. • Swachchh Bharat/ Clean Ganga: Any amount contributed to Swachchh Bharat Kosh and Clean Ganga Fund will be deducted from one’s total income and will be given a 100% exemption from paying any income tax under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act.

Big Trouble in the Air in India neeta Lal

Inter Press Service

ike many others of her age, 15-year-old Aastha Sharma, a Class 10 student at a private school in India’s capital, New Delhi, loves being outdoors, going for walks with her friends and enjoying an occasional ice-cream. But the young girl can’t indulge in any of these activities. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a lung disorder likely caused by Delhi’s heavily polluted air, has severely cramped the girl’s lifestyle, confining her mostly to her home. For the past three years, Sharma’s life has been a whirligig of doctors’ prescriptions, missed social outings and a restricted diet that does not include most of her favourite foods. Along with books and a lunchbox, she also packs a nebulizer in her satchel daily to ward off the wheezing attacks that she has now come to dread. “I’m sick of the endless do’s and don’ts I have to follow. When will I be able to lead a free life?” the teen wonders. Many other youngsters in Delhi are asking the very same question as they grapple with the effects of rampant air pollution in this city of 18 million, believed to be world’s most polluted. Particulate matter: a deadly matter Greenpeace India, an environmental NGO, recently released findings of its air quality monitoring survey highlighting how poor the air was inside five prominent schools in the capital. “Air pollution levels inside Delhi’s schools are alarmingly high and children are consistently breathing bad air. The new government needs to acknowledge the severity of air pollution in the city,” said Aishwarya Madineni, a campaigner with Greenpeace. Another study conducted in 2014, which monitored 11,628 school-going children from 36 schools in Delhi in different seasons, found that every third child in the city had reduced lung function because of particulate pollution. In a report submitted last year to the Supreme Court, the country’s Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority urged the apex court to order all schools in Delhi to shut down on days when air pollution levels posed a threat to public health. Studies by the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) point out that when children are exposed to particulate matter – a complex mixture of acids (nitrates and sulfates), organic

2.5 micrometers, it can trigger a raft of deadly respiratory illnesses. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified particulate matter pollution as carcinogenic to humans in 2013 and designated it as a “leading environmental cause of cancer deaths.” “Apart from mucous membranes and nasal cavities, air pollution also severely irritates eyes and skin. Exposure to high levels of pollution can lead to serious health [issues] in the long run,” warns Dr. Abha Sood, a senior consultant oncologist at the New Delhi-based Max Hospital. Mothers’ exposure to pollution for prolonged periods, adds the specialist, can lead to malformation of organs in newborns. “[Particulate Matter] of less than 10 micrometers in diameter (PM 10) is particularly insidious as it gets lodged deep inside the lungs and penetrates the bloodstream, heightening a person’s vulnerability to cancer and heart disease,” she explains.

The report also advised that cars older than 15 years be taken off the city’s roads and air purifiers installed at crowded markets; it also called for a crackdown on the burning of trash. However, the implementation of these measures has been patchy at best, say health activists. Worse, vehicle ownership in India is projected to hit 400 million by 2040 from the current 170 million, says a joint study by the Energy and Resources Institute at the University of California, San Diego, and the California Air Resources Board. This could result in a health crisis – a three-fold increase in PM 2.5 levels and a five-fold increase in poisonous, highly reactive gases emitted by cars and trucks, the study predicted. The economic cost of pollution is already proving to be a heavy burden for Asia’s third largest economy. A 2013 World Bank Report highlighted how pollution and other environmental challenges costs India 80 billion dollars a year, nearly six percent of its gross domestic product (GDP). A national crisis About 23 percent of child mortality and 2.5 percent India’s high levels of air pollution, ranked by the of all adult deaths in the country can be attributed to WHO as being among the worst in the world, are ad- environmental degradation, the study further stated. versely impacting the life spans of its citizens, reducing most Indian lives by over three years, says a study Coal-based power: adding fuel to the fire by economists from the Universities of Chicago, HarAir pollution is now the fifth-leading cause of vard and Yale. death in India. Between 2000 and 2010, the annual Over half of India’s population – roughly 660 mil- number of premature deaths linked to air pollution lion people – live in areas where fine particulate mat- across India shot up six-fold to 620,000, according to ter pollution is above India’s standards for what is the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an considered safe, said the study. advocacy group in New Delhi. If India reverses this trend to meet its air stanAnother CSE study out this week has sounded dards, this demographic would gain about 3.2 years alarm bells over air pollution, particularly from coalin their expected life spans, according to the study. based power plants. The two-year comprehensive In other words, cleaner air would save 2.1 billion life- environmental audit, conducted on 47 thermal powyears, it said. er plants owned by the Centre, state governments Furthermore, India has the distinction of record- and private players, has found that Indian thermal ing the world’s highest death rate from chronic respi- power plants were among the most inefficient in the ratory diseases, and more deaths from asthma than world, on an average operating at 60 to 70 percent of any other nation, according to the WHO. The health their installed capacity. organisation also claims that India is home to 13 of The coal-based power plants were also found to the world’s 20 most polluted cities. have carbon dioxide emissions that were 14 percent An estimated 1.5 million people die annually in higher than similar plants in China. Also, 76 percent India due to indoor and outdoor air pollution, which of the plants were unable to meet the targets for ulialso contributes to both chronic and acute heart dis- tisation of ‘fly ash‘, imposed by the Union Ministry of ease, the leading cause of death in the country. Environment and Forests (MoEF). In a report submitted to the Supreme Court in With the government showing little interest in December 2014, the country’s Environment Pollu- formulating a cohesive action plan – involving all tion (Prevention and Control) Authority called for stakeholders – for tackling the many-headed hydra increasing the tax on diesel cars, and banning all pri- of air pollution, it looks like Sharma and her nebu-

The UN theme for International Women's Day 2015, recently celebrated on March 8th was "Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!” The call for women empowerment is a recurring need that we are reminded about every so often, ignited in the most subtlestof waysthrough gender inequality or unfair treatment, to the most blatant of manners through crimes or violence against the ‘weaker sex’. Nagaland is not free from this issue either, leading one to question our traditional values and the position granted by society to Naga woman.

Empowering Naga Women Temsukumla ao, Head of department of sociology

nternational Women's Day is celebrated worldwide to mark and honour women all over the world. The UN drew global attention to women's concerns in 1975 by calling for an International Women's Year. The UN General Assembly then invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace in 1977. Officially, the United Nation General Assembly has launched different themes each year to celebrate Women’s day. And the UN theme for International Women's Day 2015 is "Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!" Along with the rest of the world, I would love to celebrate this Women’s Day by spreadingawareness andeducating Naga women in the field of politics, education, workplace and living in a society free from violence and discrimination.In general and simple language the word empowerment means that both women and men can take control over their lives: set their own agendas, gain skills, increase self confidence, solve problems and develop self reliance. Similarly, women empowerment means creating an environment where women can make independent decisions on their personal development as well as shine as equals in society. Women want to be treated as equals in all fields and this can happen only if we set up various means for the empowerment of women. Much progress has been made to protect and promote women’s rights in Naga society in recent times. We see Naga women in almost all sectors like commercial establishments, teaching in various institutions, campaigning and taking active part in social issues, toiling hard in the fields etc. However, we see that women are still struggling to gain equal platform alongside men in many areas of their lives. They are lacking behind men in various areas of social and political life. Rosemary Dzuvichu, a human rights activist and a gender consultant, observes that the customary laws and practices havebeen the biggest stumbling block for women’s empowerment, both politically and socially, in Nagaland. Also in one article titled “Women status in Naga Society” written by Khrukroku Vero, she discusses on issues related to crimes against women and several other harmful traditional practices. She points out that the root cause of violence and crimes against women are directly or indirectly related to our cultural practice. She also specified that only through legislative measures likeempowering women and giving them more rights, where both genders respect each other’s right will there ultimately be a harmonious society. I strongly agree on their remarks made on the status and condition of Naga society and women in particular. Nagas need to come out of that old comfort zone and mind-set and try to embrace the new ideas and principles that connect to the present situation. The need to preserve our tradition and culture is important, but sticking to the traditional system of beliefs every time might not be appropriate to the changing trends of our society. A Naga author Toshimenla Jamir, in her book titled ‘Women and Politics in Nagaland Challenges and Perspective’;talked about the important roles played by traditional institutions in socializing boys and girls into gender specific roles, and the existing features of strict norms and attitudes of patriarchy affecting the status of women in Naga society. With the help of various facts and figures she portrayed the status of women and politics in Nagaland. She noted that even after more than fifty years of modern democratic electoral system in Nagaland, no women have succeeded in making entry into the portals of the State Assembly. Her concluding remark was that not only women but the entire society including the men folks need to be gender sensitized. Naga women should incorporate strength, value their femininity, gain courage to achieve equality, fight for their rights and speak out against discrimination and change the society for the better.I agree with her and strongly feel that Naga women are educated and capable of achieving all these in the near future. We just need to gather strength and courage to raise our voice in the society. In the book ‘Labour & Development, Vol. 19, No. 1’,EllinaSamantroy, in her paper ‘Engendering Women’s Work in North- East India’ tries to analyse the reality of unpaid work, and several problems affecting the social, economicand cultural lives of both men and women in north east.Her concluding remarks on female work participation suggest that women’s contribution to development is seriously underestimated, and thus its social recognition is limited. Her findings show that there are so many things that women are capable and worthy of, but many factors underestimate and curtail the development and growth of women in the North- East India. With regard to work and literacy concern, women are economically productive and it has been observed that there is hardly any work that a Naga woman does not do. In Nagaland the literacy rate as per the census report 2011 is 79.55 percent, where male literacy stands at 82.75 percent and female literacy at 70.01 percent. However in the Work Participation Rate (WPR) status majority of the States/ UTs have shown increase in the year 2001-2011: with highest increase rate in Nagaland (6.6 pp). Females WPRin 2011, shows Nagaland under Top 5 States/UTs, with 44.7, second to Himachal Pradesh 44.8. However various measures need to be adopted for equal participation of women fully across all levels. The Women’s Empowerment Principles — Equality Means Business initiative, launched in March 2010, by United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Global Compact came up with some important principles which we can all look up to for guidance and inculcate such principles in our own work place. Hence, women empowerment can be understood truly, only if the mind-set and attitude of the people in our society changes. By changes I mean not only in the attitudes of women themselves, but also the mindset of the men in learning to understand the responsibilities and importance of equality and equity. Let us all stand for a common aspiration, for a life where the doors of opportunity are open to all. “degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a naaC accredited UGC recognised Commerce and arts College.

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Sabha okays land bill Tibetans ready to engage in Lok amid opposition protests dialogue with China: Sangay

Dharamsala, march 10 (IaNs): Envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama are ready to engage in a dialogue with their Chinese counterparts, Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay said here on Tuesday. "The envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama are ready to engage in dialogue with their Chinese counterparts any time and any place," Sangay said on the 56th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day. Retreating the commitment to the 'middleway approach' of not seeking separation from China but genuine autonomy for the people in Tibet, he said: "In order to realise genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people, the Task Force, an advisory body to the cabinet, held a conclave in the first week of January." It undertook an indepth discussion on the political developments in Tibet, on issues relating to the future of dialogue with the Chinese leadership and on developments in the larger international political landscape. "The Tibetan leadership strongly believes that the only way to resolve the issue of Tibet is through dialogue between the envoys of the Dalai Lama and the representatives of the Chinese leadership," the democratically-

Tibetan exiles, their faces painted in the colors of the Tibetan flag, jump over a flower bed as they make their way towards the Chinese Embassy during a protest in New Delhi on Tuesday, March 10. Indian police on Tuesday detained about 100 Tibetans who were protesting outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against China's rule in Tibet. The protest was to mark the 56th anniversary of the uprising, which led to the flight of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetans' spiritual leader, and the establishment of the Tibetan government-in-exile in a north Indian town. (AP Photo)

elected political leader said in a statement. "We believe that all people in the People's Republic of China would benefit from the fruits of dialogue and urge the Chinese government to seize the opportunity to further engage with the Dalai Lama." Tibetan parliament speaker Penpa Tsering,

in a separate statement, said: "There is absolutely no change in our resolve to seek a negotiated solution through the 'middle-way approach', which is mutually beneficial to China and Tibet, as a part of our efforts to resolve the current critical situation in Tibet and the wider issue of Tibet." Official sources said

China and the Dalai Lama's envoys have held nine rounds of talks since 2002 to resolve the Tibetan issue. The last round of talks was held in Beijing in January 2010 and since then there has been a deadlock between the two sides. The Tibetan administration-in-exile, headquartered here, every year

observes March 10 as the day the occupying Chinese troops suppressed the Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa in 1959 and forced the Dalai Lama and over 80,000 Tibetans into exile in India and neighbouring countries. The Dalai Lama has lived in India since fleeing his homeland.

NeW DelhI, march 10 (IaNs): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the contentious land acquisition bill amid a walkout by opposition parties even as the government moved nine amendments to address concerns raised by farmers and civil society activists. The proposed legislation removes the need for obtaining the consent of landowners and carrying out Social Economic Assessment (SIA) for acquiring land under certain categories -- precisely the provisions which had raised the heckles of critics. Rural Development Minister Birender Singh, who took potshots at the Congress, his former party, moved nine amendments, which were adopted by voice vote. Two fresh clauses were also added to the bill, which will now be taken up by the Rajya Sabha where the government is in minority. The Congress, which had moved a number of amendments -- all were negated -- demanded that the bill be sent to the Standing Committee. When this was not accepted, its members walked out even before the voting. CPI-M, CPI and Samajwadi Party members did the same. "They have not accepted even a single amendment proposed by us. This bill is antifarmer. So we are walking out," said Congress leader of the house Mallikarjun Kharge. The Biju Janata Dal, which withdrew the amendments moved by its members, also walked out minutes before the voting. The Right to Fair Compensation, Rehabilitation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2015 faces a tough call in the Rajya Sabha. Opposition leaders in the upper house have already hinted that they would try and send the bill to a Standing or Select Committee. The government has an option of calling a joint session of both houses to pass the bill, which the opposition says favours corporates at the cost of farmers whose land will be taken away for business and infrastructure projects. The bill replaces an ordinance promul-

gated by the government in December last year which amended the earlier law passed by the Congress-led UPA in 2013. Civil society and farmers' organisations staged a major protest here in the last week of February against the bill. Apart from the Congress, the Trinamool Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist also demanded that the bill be sent to the Standing Committee. But this was voted out. The nine amendments proposed included one that the government shall undertake a survey of its wasteland, including arid land, and maintain a record containing details of such land. One amendment said land shall be acquired up to only one km on both sides of designated railway lines or roads for industrial corridors. Hitting out at the opposition, mainly the Congress, Birender Singh said certain parties opposing the land bill have been selective while espousing farmers' causes. Amid uproar by opposition parties, he said: "You don't have the courage to say the right things." "When farmers are being looted in Haryana, then it doesn't matter," he said, in an apparent refernce to the time when the state was ruled by the Congress. "This can't go on." "The party which has created the biggest ruckus over this bill ruled the country for nearly 50 years. During this time, the number of people dependent on agriculture went down from 70-80 percent to 60 percent," he said replying to the nearly eight-hour-long debate in the lower house. BJP member Prahlad Singh Patel earlier said: "Whatever issues were there, we have corrected it with amendments. We should all ensure that poor farmers don't lose anything." Gaurav Gogoi of the Congress said the bill passed in 2013 ensured equal rights to everyone. "If there was anybody who was walking shoulder to shoulder with farmers, it was Rahul Gandhi... You sacrificed farmers' interests for corporates. The amendments are just cosmetic changes."

D P Yadav sentenced for life for murder 'Call special sitting on DehraDuN, march 10 (IaNs) Mafia residence but could not trace him. Yadav don-turned-politician D.P. Yadav was on surrendered in the trial court on Monday. violence against women' Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI court for his involvement in the murder of former Dadri legislator Mahendra Singh Bhati. Yadav surrendered to the court Monday but excused himself from the court proceedings on Tuesday, citing ill health. Yadav's three aides Pal Singh, Pranit Bhatti and Karan, who also surrendered on February 28, have been convicted as well and sentenced for life in the same case. The court also imposed fines varying from Rs.45,000 to Rs.1.17 lakh on the convicts. Three other convicts in the case were present in the courtroom when the sentence was pronounced. Prior to his surrender, Yadav had tried to evade the court hearing on medical ground. But after announcing him guilty, the court asked the CBI, which has probed the murder, to arrest and bring him before the court. The Central Bureau of Investigations conducted three raids at his Ghaziabad

Bhati was peppered with bullets in broad daylight in what was believed to be a part of the gang wars in the western Uttar Pradesh. After initial probe into the murder, the case was recommended for a CBI probe. The premiere investigative agency took up the case on September 10, 1993. Yadav began his formative political innings under former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav but later parted ways with him. He was also in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and also was a member of the BJP for a day, before being fired after a media furore on his entry in the party that claimed to be "different". Yadav has been a member of the state assembly four times from Sahaswan and Bulandshahr in western UP and also served as an MP, both in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. His son Vikas Yadav was convicted of the murder of Nitish Katara, a bureaucrat's son, and is currently in jail.

NeW DelhI, march 10 (IaNs): Rajya Sabha member T.N. Seema on Tuesday said a special sitting should be called to discuss the issue of violence against women in the country. Raising the issue of an Indian student being denied admission in a German university due to the number of rape cases in India, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) member Seema said that Indian men are portrayed as rapists in the minds of foreigners. "It is shameful that the image that has been created is that all Indian men are rapists. There is only one way to get rid of this image, to tell the world we don't compromise on the issue of rape," Seema said. She pointed out that rate of conviction in rape case was less than 25 percent. "It is because victims get hostile, there is not enough evidence or witness. But the victims are not to be blamed," she said. Even in the Uber case, the woman has said the lawyer is asking irrelevant questions... despite law, why is this happening? Is our police system and judiciary weak? There is no speedy justice, she added. There should be a special sitting of parliament to discuss this, Seema said. Several members supported her demand.

A health worker fumigates against mosquitoes at the Dharavi slum in Mumbai on March 10. More than 40 percent of households in Mumbai, India's financial capital and largest city with 19 million people, are located in overcrowded shantytowns where most residents are squatting illegally and many have little access to basic sanitation. (AP Photo)

Bombay HC dismisses Rahul Gandhi's Pakistan has more nukes than No separatist will be released India, shows new infographic without consultation: Sayeed to HM petition to quash defamation case

WashINgtoN, march 10 (IaNs): Pakistan had about 120 atomic weapons, 10 more than India, in its nuclear arsenal last year, according to a new interactive infographic unveiled by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Designed by the Bulletin, founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the infographic tracks the number and history of nuclear weapons in the nine nuclear weapon states. The Nuclear Notebook Interactive Infographic provides a visual representation of the Bulletin's famed Nuclear Notebook, which since 1987 has tracked the number and type of the world's nuclear arsenals. Having reached a peak of over 65,000 in the late 1980s, the number of nuclear warheads has dropped significantly to a little over 10,000, but more countries now possess them, it shows. According to the infographic, the United States and Russia both have about 5,000 weapons each. France has 300, China 250, the United Kingdom 225 and Israel 80. North Korea has only conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013. "I don't think people truly understand just how many of these weapons there are in the world," said Rachel Bronson, executive director of the Bulletin. "The Interactive is a way to see, immediately, who has nuclear weapons and when they got them, and how those numbers relate to each other. It is a startling experience, looking at those comparisons." The authors of the Nuclear Notebook are Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris, both with the Federation of American Scientists. In the most recent edition of the Nuclear Notebook, the authors discuss the Notebook's 28 year history and describe how sometimes host countries learned of foreign nuclear weapons on their soil from the Nuclear Notebook. Over 28 years of weapons analysis, the Nuclear Notebook column has revealed surprise nuclear activity and spoton arsenal estimates while becoming a daily resource for scholars, activists and journalists. "We wanted a way to communicate those numbers visually, because the world we live may be data-driven, it's also visual," said John Mecklin, editor of the Bulletin. "The new infographic makes this vital information even more accessible."

Jammu, march 10 (IaNs): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Tuesday assured Home Minister Rajnath Singh that no separatist would be henceforth released without taking the BJP into confidence. Sources in the Peoples Democratic Party said Sayeed spoke to Rajnath Singh on the phone and assured him that no separatist leader would be released from custody by the state government without taking the PDP's alliance partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party, into confidence. "This was done by Mufti sahib to clear the confusion created by some people over Masrat Alam's release," a PDP source told IANS here. A serious crisis had developed between the PDP and the BJP after the chief minister ordered the release of separatist

leader Masrat Alam without taking the BJP on board. The PDP also clarified on Tuesday that Alam's release was ordered by the state home department in February when the state was under governor's rule. "A communication was sent by the state home department to the Jammu district magistrate who had ordered detention of Masrat Alam under the Public Safety Act (PSA). "The communication sent in February said that since the term of detention of Alam was coming to an end in March, necessary arrangements should be made for his release," the source said. The PDP source said the communication was sent during governor's rule. "We have only ensured that we don't interfere with the legal process."

mumbaI, march 10 (PtI): In a setback to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, the Bombay High Court Tuesday dismissed his petition for quashing a defamation case against him for allegedly blaming RSS for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Justice ML Tahaliyani rejected Rahul's petition seeking to quash the complaint filed by RSS activist Rajesh Kunte before a magisterial court in Bhiwandi in Thane district claiming that the Congress leader had said at a rally during last year's Lok Sabha poll that a worker of the saffron outfit had killed Mahatma Gandhi.

In his complaint, Kunte, secretary of the Bhiwandi unit of RSS, had alleged that Rahul told an election rally at Sonale on March 6 that "RSS people killed Gandhiji". He said the Congress vice president had sought to tarnish the reputation of the Sangh through his speech. Following the complaint, the magistrate's court had initiated proceedings and issued notice to Rahul directing him to appear before it. The Congress leader then approached the High Court seeking exemption from appearance and quashing of the complaint. Rahul's lawyers argued

that the complaint was motivated and malafide and deserved to be quashed. They argued that no case was made out against Rahul and the criminal proceedings initiated against him were part of the BJP's election campaign. The prosecution had opposed the petition and argued that Rahul can plead his case and lead evidence during trial before the magistrate. The High Court today dismissed the petition and refused to grant stay on its order to allow the Congress leader time to appeal against it in the Supreme Court.

'National Health Policy draft anti-people, promotes privatisation' KolKata, march 10 (IaNs) Slamming the draft of the National Health Policy 2015 as "anti-people", a national socio-medical voluntary organisation on Tuesday accused the central government of promoting "privatisation, commercialisation and commodification" of health in India. Representatives of the Medical Service Centre termed the draft of the policy put up by the health and family welfare ministry as one "assisting the private industry to sustain and thrive". According to the ministry, however, the policy is designed to provide clarity on the most critical health care issues and

immediate policy priorities. "By giving extraordinary weightage on the private health care sector for ensuring secondary and tertiary care, the government is assisting private industry to sustain and thrive." "In the first and second National Health Policies of 1983 and 2002, we observed invitation and encouragement to private sector. Now, with this draft policy, the full circle of privatisation, commercialisation and commodification of health will be complete," Bijnan Kumar Bera, general secretary of the organisation said at a media meet here. Bera said the Centre has declared to grant a maximum al-

location of a paltry 2.5 percent of the GDP on the health sector as against the five percent that was laid down in the WHO and UN guidelines for developing countries. "The government has proposed introducing mandatory health entitlement cards for getting cashless health services from primary and higher care centres but has not explained why it is required." "In the name of Universal Health Coverage, the government has contemplated to mobilise reimbursement/fund through insurance policies. As if insurance of health is equal to right of health of people, which is not the case at all," he said.

He said the present spending of the government on the health sector is 1.2 percent. In the draft, the government proposes to create a health cess to raise funds to finance health care. Instead of increasing necessary infrastructure, it has envisaged to depend on private or quasi government hospitals or agencies for fulfilment of people's needs. Health expenditure in budget should get adequate importance, Bera added. Highlighting a "disconnect" between the union budget provisions and the policy draft, Bera and other medical practitioners observed increase in number of private/govern-

ment medical and paramedical institutions "will not help resolve deficiency situation unless a realistic approach is taken". On the Centre's stress on integrating AYUSH (the department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) with allopathic medicine, Bera said "proper evaluation, research, utilisation and scientific integration" of AYUSH is needed. "But unscientific overemphasis on traditions and traditional practices will not help achievement of scientific health, rather encourage superstitious and outdated thoughts and beliefs," he said.

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Wednesday 11 March 2015

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As race for UN chief begins, new campaigns demand a woman UNITED NATIONS, MArch 10 (AP): At a private working lunch for the five most powerful members of the United Nations Security Council, the conversation turned to the question of the next U.N. secretary-general. A European ambassador reminded colleagues of a General Assembly resolution nearly as old as the 70-year organization itself, a guiding document for a selection process for U.N. chief that has remained secretive and almost completely male. The January 1946 resolution says a “man of eminence and high attainment” should hold the post. Perhaps, the ambassador suggested, some might want to add the words “or a woman.” No doubt. Just three female candidates have been included in past closed-door votes and straw polls that the Security Council has used to make its choice for decades, but now two campaigns are launching to make sure the next “Your excellency” is a she. “There have been eight men and no women. To me, it’s time,” said Jean Krasno, a lecturer at Yale who leads the new Campaign to Elect a Woman Secretary-General. S e c re t a r y - G e n e ra l Ban Ki-moon will remain in office through Dec. 31, 2016, but the talk about

his successor has already started, especially among U.N. watchers who’ve gone as far as scrutinizing the handwriting on paper ballots after Security Council straw polls. Ban’s successor is expected to be chosen late next year, though there is no official date. On Sunday, the campaign will launch WomanSG.org to feature around a dozen women it says are outstanding possible candidates with political experience. Every few weeks, another group of possible candidates will be posted online. Next month, the international women’s rights group Equality Now will launch a similar Time for a Woman campaign while urging the public to pressure the U.N. and member states to make “gender a serious consideration for the first time,” said the group’s legal adviser, Antonia Kirkland. Women that they’re pointing out include Helen Clark, former New Zealand prime minister and the head of the U.N. Development Program; Bulgarian European commissioner Kristalina Georgieva; Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite; Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. “And obviously, you could have some sort of

dream thoughts around (German Chancellor) Angela Merkel,” said Laura Liswood, the secretarygeneral of the Council of Women World Leaders, a collection of 53 current and former female heads of state that’s not part of either campaign. Another name floating around is International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde, though as a Frenchwoman, she is likely a long shot. Candidates from the five permanent council members’ countries — the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China — are by tradition not considered. The topic is a popular one as women’s organizations from around the world assemble at the U.N. for this week’s meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women and side events featuring Hillary Rodham Clinton and Melinda Gates. The world currently has fewer than 20 female heads of state and government, and women make up about a quarter of posts in the U.N. Secretariat’s most senior levels. A female secretary-general “will be a cherry on top,” the head of the U.N. agency promoting equality for women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, told reporters Friday. The race for secretarygeneral, just as the one for

U.S president, is long on both time and speculation, as shown by last week’s lunch, recounted by a U.N. source with direct knowledge of the event who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private conversation. Tradition says each region, such as Africa or Asia, gets its turn at having someone in the top post, though the U.N. Charter says nothing about it. This time would be the turn of eastern Europe, which has never had anyone in the job. The female head of the U.N. cultural agency, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, is already a favorite in speculation with a nomination from her native Bulgaria. But along with the calls for a woman in charge are high-profile demands to shake up the selection process for secretary-general altogether, which could allow for a larger pool of female candidates from around the world. The campaign 1 for 7 Billion, which launched last year with the support of dozens of NGOs like Amnesty International, takes up the frustrations of many of the 193 U.N. member states who say they have little voice in picking a secretary-general. The Security Council, dominated by its five permanent members and

In this combination of file photos, seven high-profile women who have been mentioned as possible contenders for the post of United Nations Secretary General are shown. On Sunday, March 8, 2015, a campaign that seeks the first female Secretary General will launch WomanSG.org to feature around a dozen women it says are outstanding possible candidates with political experience. Every few weeks, another group of possible candidates will be posted online. From top left are UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova; International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde; Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. From left on the bottom row are European Union Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva; former New Zealand Prime Minister and Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Helen Clark and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. (AP File Photo)

their veto power, essentially emerges and hands a single candidate to the General Assembly of all member states for its approval. Enough, the campaign says. It wants more transparency and public input

reiterated that Japan still needs nuclear power as a stable energy source and said it now has top-level safety standards based on lessons learned from the disaster. Oe said he saw a stark contrast between the 2 leaders. “It was very symbolic,” he said. “Japanese politicians are not trying to change the situation but only keeping the status quo even after this massive nuclear accident, and even if we all know that yet another accident would simply wipe out Japan’s future.” Three reactor cores at the Fukushima plant melted following a March 2011 earthquake and tsuna-

mi, spreading radiation outside the compound and forcing more than 100,000 people to relocate. Massive amounts of contaminated water at the plant are hampering the decommissioning effort, which is expected to take decades. New leaks of highly radioactive water from the plant’s drainage systems, including one that its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. did not reveal for months, have renewed public distrust. Oe, 80, said his life’s final work is to strive for a nuclear-free world. “We must not leave the problem of nuclear plants for the younger generation,” he said.

Get bored easily? You are prone to chronic hair-pulling TOrONTO, MArch 10 (IANS): Finding a way to reduce your boredom or frustration can help you push aside hair-pulling and other body-focused repetitive behaviour, new research says. Individuals who get easily bored, frustrated or impatient are more inclined to develop body-focused repetitive behaviors, the findings showed. “Chronic hair-pulling, skin-picking disorder and nail-biting and various other habits are known as body-focused repetitive behaviours,” said principal investigator Kieron O’Connor from University of Montreal. Although these behaviours can induce important distress, they also seem to satisfy an urge

and deliver some form of reward. “We believe that individuals with these repetitive behaviours maybe perfectionistic, meaning that they are unable to relax and to perform task at a ‘normal’ pace,” O’Connor noted. “They are therefore prone to frustration, impatience, and dissatisfaction when they do not reach their goals. They also experience greater levels of boredom,” he pointed out. The researchers came to these conclusions by working with 48 study participants, half of whom suffered these repetitive behaviours and half of whom did not. The participants were individually exposed to four experimental situations at the research centre, each one designed to provoke a differ-

1.9 mn-yr-old fossil rewrites human evolution theory NEw YOrk, MArch 10 (IANS): After analysing 1.9 million-year-old pelvis and thigh bones of an early human ancestor in Kenya, researchers have revealed greater diversity in the human family tree than scientists previously thought. According to the team from University of Missouri-Columbia, apart from facial features, these early human species also differed throughout other parts of their skeletons and had distinct body forms. “What these new fossils are telling us is that the early species of our genus, Homo, were more distinctive than we thought. They differed not only in their faces and jaws but in rest of their bodies too,” said Carol Ward, professor of pathology and anatomical sciences. The old depiction of linear evolution from ape to human with single steps in between is proving to be inaccurate. “We are finding that evolution seemed to be experimenting with different human physical traits in different species before ending up with Homo sapiens,” Ward noted. These fossils show a diversity in the physical structures of human ancestors that has not been seen before. “This new specimen has a hip joint like all other Homo species but it also has a thinner pelvis and thigh bone compared to Homo erectus,” Ward added. This does not necessarily mean that these early human ancestors moved or lived differently but it does suggest that they were a distinct species that could have been identified not just from looking at their faces and jaws, but by seeing their body shapes as well. “Our new fossils, along with the other new specimens reported over the past few weeks, tell us that the evolution of our genus goes back much earlier than we thought, and that many species and types of early humans coexisted for about a million years before our ancestors became the only Homo species left,” the authors wrote.

ent feeling: stress, relaxation, frustration and boredom. Individuals with a history of body-focussed repetitive behaviours reported a greater urge to engage in these behaviours than controls during the boredom and frustration phases of the experiment, but not in the relaxation situation. “The findings suggest that individuals suffering from body-focussed repetitive behaviours could benefit from treatments designed to reduce frustration and boredom and to modify perfectionist beliefs,” first author of the study Sarah Roberts, psychologist from MindSpace Clinic in Montreal, added. The study appeared in the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.

Kofi Annan joined with one of the three women ever voted on by the Security Council in its deliberations for U.N. chief, calling for a stronger United Nations. Annan and former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland said

the council should make the secretary-general selection process more open and thorough — and in time for picking Ban’s successor. “After eight ‘he’s’ it’s surely time for a ‘she,’” they wrote in an opinion piece for The New York Times.

50:50 by 2030

Japan should follow Germany, quit nuclear: Nobel-winner Oe TOkYO, MArch 10 (AP): Nobel-winning author Kenzaburo Oe said Tuesday that Japan’s push to restart some nuclear reactors following the Fukushima disaster could lead to another crisis, and urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to follow Germany’s example and phase out atomic energy. Oe’s remarks to reporters came a day after visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had decided to end her country’s use of nuclear energy by 2022 because the Fukushima crisis convinced her of its risks. Abe, at a joint news conference Monday with Merkel,

for the best candidate, “irrespective of his or her country of origin.” While 1 for 7 Billion doesn’t demand a female secretary-general, it points out that a woman has never held the job. In February, former U.N. Secretary-General

Call for addressing “customary laws” UNITED NATIONS, MArch 10 (AP): U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged all governments on March 9 to reach the goal of equality for women by the year 2030, saying the key is getting men to change their "mindsets." Twenty years after 189 nations adopted a platform to achieve equality for women, the United Nations chief warned that progress is too slow "and our gains are not irreversible." "Our goal must be: 50:50 by 2030," Ban said at the opening session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, which is reviewing progress toward gender equality since the groundbreaking 1995 U.N. women's conference in Beijing. While more girls are being educated and maternal mortality has been almost halved, Ban said women and girls still suffer disproportionately from sexual violence, displacement during conflicts, persecution, attacks by extremist groups and economic turmoil. Ban challenged all governments and men and women everywhere to finish Beijing's work and achieve gender equality by 2030, which he said will be a new U.N. development goal. He cautioned, however, that "without changing the mindset of men we may not be able to change this current situation." Twenty years ago, delegates in Beijing expected to achieve gender equality by 2005, said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, the executive director of UN Women. Since then, many countries have changed their laws and constitutions to promote women's rights and equality of the sexes. What hasn't changed, Mlambo-Ngucka lamented, are

"the attitudes that perpetuate the culture of male superiority and the stereotypes that diminish women." "Power relations between men and women must change profoundly," Mlambo-Ngucka said. She called for addressing "customary laws" that diminish women's rights and roles — such as those allowing female circumcision — eliminating the "global epidemic" of violence against women and girls, ending unequal pay and banning child marriage. In many regions, "we must understand and confront the growing conservative and extremist resistance to gender equality," Mlambo-Ngucka said. "We see this in ongoing attacks on girls' education, women's public participation and women's control over their bodies." The 150-page Beijing platform broke new ground, recognizing that women's rights — including sexual rights — are human rights, said Patricia Licuanan who chaired the committee that drafted the text. But the reality around the world is that such issues remain highly contentious, Licuanan said in the keynote speech. The lives of women have been afflicted by "religious and ethnic fundamentalisms and the growing armed conflict and rise of terrorism," said Licuanan, who is now the Philippines Minister of Higher Education. Mlambo-Ngucka said China and UN Women will co-host a meeting of world leaders on Sept. 26 to promote "truly bold actions" to achieve far-reaching progress toward the goal by 2020. "In 2030 we want to be able to talk about a world that has achieved gender equality," she said. "A 50:50 planet."

Myanmar police charge at student protesters with batons LETPADAN, MArch 10 (AP): Hundreds of riot police charged at students protesting Myanmar’s new education law on Tuesday, pummeling them with batons and then dragging them into trucks, bringing a quick, harsh end to a weeklong standoff. Police threw stones and jumped over fences as they broke up the demonstration. Some students and monks were chased into a Buddhist monastery, said Honey Oo, a student leader. “Many people were beaten and several arrested,” she said by telephone. Deputy police chief Col. Win Sein said 114 people were detained and several students and police had been injured, but none seriously. After the crackdown, police were seen celebrating and shouting, “Victory! Victory!” Myanmar only recently began moving from a halfcentury of brutal military rule toward democracy. But the nominally civilian government installed four

Myanmar police detain a protester during a crackdown on them in Letpadan, 140 kilometers (90 miles) north of Yangon on Tuesday March 10. Hundreds of police were charging student protesters with batons, kicking and beating them as they drag them into trucks, ending a days-long standoff in the Myanmar town of Letpadan. Witnesses say many of the demonstrators were injured in Tuesday’s crackdown, though it was not clear how badly. (AP Photo)

years ago has been grappling with the consequences of newfound freedoms of expression. It has been especially sensitive about public protests, arresting

hundreds of people since taking office for peacefully expressing their views. In November, around a hundred students started protesting a new law that

puts all decisions about education policy and curriculum in the hands of a group largely made up of government ministers, which critics say undermines the au-

tonomy of universities. They have been joined by monks and other activists, bringing their number to around 200 in the last nine days, when they started a sit-in on a road near a monastery in Letpadan, about 140 kilometers (90 miles) north of Yangon, the country’s biggest city. They wanted to march to Yangon, but security forces blocked them, forming a human chain and setting up barbed wire barriers. Authorities warned “action would be taken” if they tried to go ahead. Earlier Tuesday, the two sides had appeared close to reaching an agreement. Police said the students could march to a nearby town and then be transported to Yangon in government-provided trucks, but then demanded that the protesters refrain from shouting slogans or waving flags along the way. More than 400 police blocked the road. The protesters, many wearing red T-shirts and bandanas,

tried to push their way through the riot police, dressed in helmets and camouflage fatigues. Some monks in maroon robes joined the students. The police then turned on the students, chasing after them with batons and sticks. Associated Press photographers said some protesters were beaten in the head, punched and kicked as they were dragged to the waiting trucks. Several protesters were arrested, including two student leaders, Min Thwe Thit and Phyo Phyo Aung. Myanmar’s government is especially sensitive about protests in Yangon because the city was the scene of 1988 pro-democracy demonstrations that spread through the country, eventually leading to the collapse of the previous military junta. The government has crushed several protests in and around Yangon in the last week, usually by dragging demonstrators into trucks.

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SPORTS

Wednesday 11 March 2015

Hawks, Warriors win 50th games of NBA season

ATLANTA, MArch 10 (AP): The Atlanta Hawks bounced back from a rare loss to score a seasonhigh 130 points in a rout of the Sacramento Kings on Monday, becoming the first NBA team to 50 wins this season. Hours later, the Golden State Warriors joined them in the 50-win club, beating the Phoenix Suns 98-80. Kyle Korver and DeMarre Carroll each scored 20 points for the Hawks, who had their best game of the season in defeating the Kings 130-105. The Hawks set a club record by going 20 of 36 from 3-point range, breaking the mark of 19 set against Dallas on Dec. 17, 1996. They also finished with 42 assists, best in the NBA this season. "We'll pass up a good shot to get a great shot," said Carroll, who scored all of his points in the first half, connecting on 4 of 6 from 3-point range. "When you have guys that don't care about the glory, this is the result." Resting three starters, the East-leading Hawks (50-13) were beaten by the lowly 76ers over the weekend. Golden State (50-12) maintained a half-game lead over the Hawks by beating the Suns. Stephen Curry scored 25 of his 36 points in the second half and Klay Thompson added 25 for the Warriors. Curry made 7 of 13 3-pointers, 6 of 8 in the second half, in his 13th 30-point game of the season. In other games, Anthony Davis matched a ca-

Atlanta Hawks' Kyle Korver, left, shoots against Sacramento Kings' Ben McLemore in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 9, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo)

reer high with 43 points to lead New Orleans past Milwaukee 114-103, Marc Gasol scored 23 points to lift Memphis past his brother

Pau and Chicago 101-91 and the injury-depleted Los Angeles Clippers got a 89-76 victory over Minnesota. New Orleans kept

pace with Oklahoma City for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West, pulling within a half game of the Thunder.

After Milwaukee took a 101-100 lead with 3:35 remaining on a runner by Giannis Antetokounmpo, Davis scored eight consecutive points to help New Orleans close the game on a 14-2 run. He recorded his third career 40-point game. The Pelicans shot 59 percent for the game and 60 percent from 3-point range. Marc Gasol was 10 of 16 from the field for the Grizzlies, who moved two games ahead of idle Houston for the Southwest Division lead. His older brother, Pau Gasol, had 13 points and 11 rebounds for his 43rd double-double of the season to match the career high he set during the 2010-11 season with the Los Angeles Lakers. In Los Angeles, J.J. Redick scored 26 points and DeAndre Jordan had 20 points and 17 rebounds for the Clippers, who are still without Blake Griffin and Jamal Crawford. Chris Paul managed just two points and 15 assists while playing 29 minutes on a bruised knee. Elsewhere, Marcin Gortat scored 20 points as Washington rolled past Charlotte 95-69. John Wall added 15 points and nine assists for the Wizards, who ended a nine-game road losing streak. In Miami, Isaiah Thomas scored 25 points in another strong game off the bench as Boston beat the Heat. The New York Knicks became the first team to lose 50 games this season, falling to Denver 106-78. The Knicks are 12-50 overall.

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Hostilities on hold as B'desh celebrates cricket win

Bangladeshi cricket fans celebrate their team’s victory in the World Cup match against England as they gather at the Dhaka University Campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 9. Bangladesh defeated England by 15-runs Monday to enter the quarterfinals. (AP Photo)

DhAkA, MArch 10 (AFP): Bangladesh's opposition called a temporary halt Tuesday to its campaign to topple the government as the deeply-divided nation united to celebrate its qualification for the quarter-finals of cricket's World Cup. Newspaper front-pages, usually dominated by reports of protests and firebombings as part of a months-long political crisis, all led with Monday's dramatic win over England in Adelaide which guaranteed the Tigers' place among the tournament's last eight for the first time. And as the press hailed the cricketing heroes for giving the country a muchneeded lift, the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called off the latest in a series of nationwide strikes to allow people to celebrate the "unforgettable triumph". More than 100 people have died in political unrest

since the start of the year when BNP leader Khaleda Zia launched a campaign to force fresh elections but police said there were no reports of violence overnight.It is the first time that the BNP has halted its campaign against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who was among the first to congratulate the team for their victory. With political hostilities suspended for the day, hundreds of supporters of Hasina's Awami League party staged a victory procession at Motijheel, the main commercial district in the capital Dhaka. "Who has won? Who has won? Bangladesh! Bangladesh!", they chanted amid a sea of green and red national flags. "It's heartening to witness the exhilaration of fans and see spirits uplifted at a time when the country is clouded in political crisis," said the main edito-

rial in the Dhaka Tribune newspaper on Tuesday. "We will not be exaggerating if we say that at a time of crisis, especially the one Bangladesh finds itself in, the Tigers have brought us together," said the Daily Star. Many newspapers described the 15-run victory as the country's greatest sporting triumph since it gained independence from Pakistan in 1971. While the game is hugely popular throughout Bangladesh, the team have been international cricket's whipping boys for much of the last two decades and few people expected them to get through to the business end of the tournament at the expense of England. Prothom Alo, the biggest-selling daily, called the victory "an immortal poem", adding that it "opens the door to a dream" with Bangladesh possibly facing holders India in the knock-out phase of the competition.

Late Pogba strike gives Financial fair play question mark over Mancini's transfer plans Juventus win over Sassuolo MILAN, MArch 10 (rEUTErS): Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini would like to sign Yaya Toure but has admitted that UEFA's financial fair play rules have left a question mark over his plans for next season. Mancini said he had given the squad a new mentality since taking over in November for his second stint at the club and believed they could challenge for the Serie A title next season. But he said that UEFA rules, that ban clubs from spending more than their generated revenue, were a concern. "It's a question

Juventus' Paul Pogba controls the ball during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Sassuolo at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Monday, March 9. (AP Photo)

rOME, MArch 10 (AP): Paul Pogba produced a spectacular late strike as Juventus beat visiting Sassuolo 1-0 Monday to extend its lead in Serie A to 11 points, ending a two-match winless streak for the Bianconeri. Juventus drew 1-1 with second-place Roma in its last league match then was beat 2-1 at home by Fiorentina in the first leg of the Italian Cup semifinals last week. It looked like the threetime defending champion was in for another disappointing night until Pogba broke the deadlock with his first goal since January. In the 82nd minute at the Juventus Stadium, Pogba took a pass from Simone Pepe, used one touch to control the bouncing ball and then pounded it into the back of the net from beyond the area with his next touch. "It was a very, very difficult match," the 21-yearold Pogba said. "I can still do more. I've got to continue working hard to become a great player." Earlier, Miroslav Klose scored twice and Lazio made a big statement in the battle for Serie A's final Champions League spot with a 4-0 win over Fiorentina. Lucas Biglia opened the scoring with a long volleyed shot six minutes in and An-

tonio Candreva added a penalty in the 65th before Klose scored two more. First, Klose finished off a counterattack by heading in a rebound then he scored from close-range. The 36-year-old Klose has 11 goals this season — eight in Serie A and three in the Italian Cup — and four goals and two assists in his last four league appearances. Lazio moved level third with Napoli, while Fiorentina remained fifth, four points behind the Champions League spot. It was Lazio's fourth consecutive win, while Fiorentina's unbeaten run in all competitions ended at 15 matches. Juventus had drawn three of its last five matches in Serie A and was in need of a confidence boost ahead of its return match at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League next week. But in the first half, Juve had only one shot on goal, and second-half chances from Carlos Tevez and Leonardo Bonucci were deflected by goalkeeper Andrea Consigli before Pogba's winner. The only negative note for Pogba was that he picked up a yellow card four minutes before he scored and will miss Juve's

next match at Palermo. With Andrea Pirlo out injured, Pogba's absence could provide problems in midfield. Earlier, Martin Caceres underwent surgery to repair a left ankle injury that will keep the Juventus defender out for the rest of the season. Fiorentina entered the Stadio Olimpico full of confidence after beating Juventus 2-1 in Turin last week in the opening leg of the Italian Cup semifinals. But Lazio controlled from the start and quickly took the lead when Biglia volleyed in from just beyond the area. Biglia nearly scored again with a near replica of his goal in the 33rd but goalkeeper Neto pushed the shot off the post. Lazio had several more chances in the first half and Fiorentina was fortunate to take a one-goal deficit into the changing rooms. After a brief spurt from Fiorentina at the start of the second half, defender Nenad Tomovic fouled Felipe Anderson to set up Candreva's penalty. Klose's first came in the 75th after Fiorentina gave away a free kick by passing the ball directly to Lazio and his second 10 minutes later was another rebound, off his own shot.

mark, we'll have to see what financial fair play brings," he told Gazzetta TV in an interview. "I'm sure we'll do some good business. Yaya Toure? He's played in almost every league, except for Germany and Italy. "If, as seems to be the case, he wants to try Serie A we'll look into the possibility, but it won't be easy. "He's a player with incredible technical ability. I've not come across many like him." Inter Milan, joint eighth in Serie A, are under investigation by UEFA's club financial control panel and Italian media have reported that they could face

a fine and possible squad reduction in Europe next season, if they qualify. "I'm sure that we'll compete for the Scudetto next year," said Mancini, who has managed five wins in 15 Serie A games since replacing Walter Mazzarri in November. "When I came in, the squad was low on morale because of some negative results, but I found a very willing group of players and they've improved extremely quickly. "You don't often get a group capable of making such progress, and it certainly wasn't easy to change things with the season in full

flow. "The team has really improved, both in terms of their mentality and the level of their play. We're building

a solid foundation, and if we prepare well and bring a couple of players in we can get even better."

French sports stars killed in Argentina chopper crash

Alexis Vastine (AP File Photo)

B U E N O S A I r E S / PA r I S, MArch 10 (rEUTErS): Three French sports stars -- Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat, yachtswoman Florence Arthaud and boxer Alexis Vastine -- were among 10 people killed when two helicopters collided in Argentina on Monday during the filming of a reality TV show. Authorities said it was still unclear what caused the accident in the rugged western province of La Rioja near the Andes mountains. "The sudden death of our fellow French nationals is a cause of immense sadness," French President Francois Hollande's office said in a statement. Two pilots and several members of the ALP TV production company involved in shooting the adventure show "Dropped" for private TV sta-

tion TF1 were among the dead, officials said. "The whole of French sport is in mourning because we have lost three huge champions," Thierry Braillard, junior minister for sports, town and youth affairs, told RTL radio. "Florence Arthaud - we all knew her as the 'Fiancee of the Atlantic'," he said, referring to a nickname she earned through her many daring voyages including a 1990 record for the fastest solitary crossing of that body of water. TF1 issued a statement expressing solidarity for the victims' families. French media said filming had been suspended and the crew and other contestants were heading back to France. "We have no details on the exact circumstances at the moment," TF1 chief executive Nonce Paolini said. "All I can say at the moment is that we

Camille Muffat (AP File Photo)

are in a state of complete shock." "Dropped" involves contestants being left in the wilderness and using their skills to find their way back to civilisation. The collision was the second time in two years that a reality show produced by ALP for TF1 had been hit by tragedy. In April 2013 the doctor charged with looking after the contestants in the long-running KohLanta endurance show committed suicide after one of the competitors died following one of the tests, complaining of heart pains. Arthaud, 57, was one of the first women to carve a place for herself in the top levels of sailing. She had a brush with death in 2011 when she fell off her boat into the Mediterranean. But rescuers whisked her out after she called her mother

Florence Arthaud (AP File Photo)

by mobile phone. Muffat, 25, won 400 metres freestyle gold at the 2012 London Olympics. Vastine, 28, won bronze at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. "I am sad for my friends, I’m shaking, I’m horrified, I can’t find the words," Sylvain Wiltord, exfootballer for English Premier League club Arsenal and fellow cast member tweeted. The victims included the helicopters' two pilots, La Rioja's security chief Cesar Angulo told reporters earlier. "There were no survivors, according to the information we have," Angulo said. Argentina's official news agency Telam said one of the helicopters belonged to the provincial government and the other to organisers of a survival competition that had been held for three years near the village of Villa Castelli.

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Ed Sheeran criticised by fan for his looks

inger Ed Sheeran has shared a fan letter in which the latter called the singer “ugly”. No stranger to being flooded with fan mails, Sheeran shared a letter from a fan who attended his concert in Seoul. Not being complimentary about his looks, the fan wrote: “You are little ugly but I love you (sic)!” The 24-year-old, who is currently on tour in Asia, saw the funny side and later shared it on Instagram with his 3.1 million followers, reports mirror.co.uk. “God bless Korea,” he captioned it.

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India’s Daughter documentary

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receives star-studded premiere in US

Leone to guest star in ‘Aahat’

ctress Sunny Leone will make a guest appearance in the upcoming episode of popular horror show ‘Aahat’. “The talks of getting Sunny for an episode was going on for a long time. It was due to her prior commitments and busy schedule that she could not shoot for ‘Aahat’. But finally she has agreed and has given dates to shoot with us for an episode,” a source close to the production house said in a statement. Although a particular date for the episodic is yet to be finalised, the audience will supposedly witness her in the show by next week.

Experienced pilots back Harrison’s aviation skills post near-death crash

arrison Ford, who recently survived a near death plane crash, has received positive reviews of his aviation skills from experienced pilots and mechanics. According to experienced pilots, the motor skills of the 72-year-old actor are good and the actor is thorough and professional when it comes to inspecting the planes he flies before takeoff to make sure they are airworthy, TMZ.com reported. Other pilots said that the proof of Ford’s flying abilities were validated on a Venice golf course as he laid it down as safely as possible, without an engine.

British rapper of Lankan origin M.I.A debuts new single

I A, British rapper of Sri Lankan origin, has released her new single “Can See Can Do”. The song marks the 39-year-old artist’s first, since she released her 2013 album “Matangi”, reported Aceshowbiz. M I A uploaded the song on her SoundCloud page. “Democracy conversations! Tamils are still waiting! and no my beats are not better without my politicx,” read the song’s SoundCloud description. M I A also hinted on Twitter that she’d share more new songs soon. “To my hardcore fans hang in there summer is coming,” [sic] she wrote.

Hollywood actresses Meryl Streep, Dakota Fanning and Indian actress Freida Pinto attended the U.S. premiere of rape documentary, ‘India’s Daughter’ at Baruch College in New York on Monday, March 9. (AP Photo)

rape documentary banned from airing in India received its US premiere at a starstudded event that included actresses Meryl Streep and Freida Pinto. The screening of “India’s Daughter” at Baruch College began Monday with a vigil as Oscar-winner Streep lit about a dozen candles honouring the Indian medical student who died after being gang-raped on a bus in 2012. Organizers said about 650 people attended the event. “Tonight we light these candles to honour the value and the

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Sam Simon: The Simpsons cocreator and Cheers writer dies

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am Simon, the comedy writer and producer who co-created The Simpsons, has died aged 59. Fox Broadcasting confirmed that Simon died on Sunday at home in Los Angeles. He had been diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer in February 2013. A nine-time Emmy award winner, Simon was made showrunner on the sitcom Taxi aged 23. He wrote for and produced Cheers and The Drew Carey Show, and created a show for legendary US comedian George Carlin. However, it was The Simpsons, now the longestrunning primetime show in the United States, that placed Simon in the pantheon of TV innovators. He described them as the “first full selfaware dysfunctional family” on US TV. Simon developed the show with Matt Groening and James L Brooks. They had worked together on The Tracey Ullman Show, which

work of Jyoti Singh’s short, promising life,” Streep said. “She was India’s daughter. Tonight she’s our daughter too.” The woman was attacked when she and a male companion boarded a private bus in Delhi. The documentary details a brutal account of how six men beat her friend and then gang-raped her in the bus before tossing her onto the street. She was found naked on the side of the road and later died of her injuries. Four men were convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder. The victim’s parents have publicly named

their daughter and have said they want the world to know about her plight. “Ultimately, this is a film that needs to go out,” said Pinto, the Indian actress known for her role in “Slumdog Millionaire,” who does not appear in the film. “This is not a shame-India documentary.” The film’s US premiere follows a week of controversy in India. The uproar centred around comments made by one of the convicted rapists interviewed for the film. He blamed the victim for taking a bus late in the evening. “A decent girl won’t roam around

onfident, self-assured and well-spoken is what comes to mind after meeting actress Anushka Sharma. Not one to mince words, the actress who turned producer with her upcoming film NH10, said that many people in the industry warned her off producing. “’But why?’ I asked,” said Anushka, their response being, ‘It’s not been done before.’ “But that doesn’t mean it should not be done and we should just do the tried and tested,” said the actress, adding, “I believed in this role. That was the actor and I turned producer because I wanted this story to be told.” The ‘army’ kid, proud of her fauji background, said the current scenario was stifling, “We are breeding a ‘ban mentality’. You are irritating people to the degree that it’s suffocating them. We are educated people, we know what’s right and what’s not. Let us think for ourselves than follow a particular ideology,” Anushka said. Regarding the current censorship fracas, Anushka’s only plea is ‘believe in the certification’. “It’s there for a reason. Films depict what’s there in reality,” said Anushka. Further, the actress said she didn’t like discussing her personal life, saying, “It’s personal for a reason.” To NDTV’s Barkha Dutt, however, she did say blaming her for someone’s poor show or crediting her with someone’s victory was uncalled for. Admitting it was tough being criticised for being on tour, the actress said that the intense scrutiny of actresses allegedly in relationships was to find out if they were getting married or engaged. “We are grown up people and know how to handle our lives,” she added. So who does Anushka want to go on a road trip with? “Well, my cast from NH10,” replied Anushka. She further stated that she has no plans for a holiday down under or anywhere since she is saddled with work. Soon after NH10, Anushka Sharma will be seen in Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet, co-starring Ranbir Kapoor. This will be followed by the release of Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do, in which she will be seen romancing her ex-beau Ranveer Singh.

at 9 o’clock at night. ... Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes,” he said. The documentary, by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin, herself a rape victim, was to have aired on an Indian television station on Sunday, International Women’s Day, but a court order halted the broadcast. It was done in the interest of maintaining public order, according to Indian authorities. Instead, the station showed a blank screen. “India’s Daughter” was

screened first in Britain last week by the BBC. Indian viewers cannot see it on the BBC website, but it can be seen on YouTube. “This film in no way is propagating violence in order to solve the problem. In fact, what we’re saying is let’s do this in the most civilized possible way ever,” Pinto told The Associated Press before the film’s screening. “This is not just an India problem; this is a problem that inflicts almost every country in the world,” she said. “There’s not a single country in 2015 that is free of sexual violence against women.”

50 Cent’s 2-year-old son lands $700,000 modeling contract

he rap star’s young son is already carving out a successful modelling career for himself! 50 Cent isn’t the only person in his family who demand a lot of money for their services. The rap star recently revealed that his 2-year-old son, Sire, whom he shares with ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy, has already started a financially successful modelling career. During a radio interview with Angie Martinez on New York’s hip-hop radio station Power 105.1, 50 Cent told the show’s host that his young son has “got a (modelling) deal now with Kidz Safe.” “It’s an audio company,” the 39-year-old rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, continued. “They paid him a big payment too, $700,000.” Although Sire’s wage is a huge amount for just a toddler, the modelling payoff doesn’t come anywhere close to the earnings of his famous father, who reportedly has a net worth of $140 million. In fact, the G-Unit

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co-founder has so much cash that he is able to put down a staggering $1.6 million bet on his frenemy Floyd Mayweather to beat Manny Pacquiao in the boxers’ fight scheduled for May, he told Martinez. But for now, 50 Cent is fully supporting his youngest child. “He’s super cute!” the proud father gushed

about Sire. “You gotta pay for it.” And even though $700,000 is a whole lot of money, the pleasure 50 Cent receives out of parenting his young son is worth so much more. “I have so much fun with him, man; even my spirit change,” he boasted. “I light up when I talk about him. He’s at the point where he repeats everything.”

Arjun and Mehr are NOT filing for divorce

featured the animated family – which Groening based on his own – in brief sketches either side of the commercial breaks. It launched in December 1989. Variety reports that Simon co-wrote almost a dozen episodes of the show, as well as working in a number of roles including co-showrunner and creative supervisor. He spent four seasons on The Simpsons before leaving in 1993, though he retained the title of executive producer. Simon’s severance pack-

age from the show made him rich enough not to need to work. Last November, Time reported that in the light of his illness, Simon was giving away most of his $100m fortune, mainly to animal rights charities including Peta. Simon told NBC News’s Maria Shriver that despite his terminal diagnosis, his final months had been happy. “Somehow, I ended up surrounded by people that love me and take care of me and will do anything for me. It’s a good feeling. That’s called happiness.”

ince last night, rumours have been doing the rounds that Arjun and his wifey are planning to part ways. So, is one more B-town couple calling it quits? Read on to know… Once again, reports about Arjun Rampal and Mehr Jessia heading for divorce are floating in the media. Hush-hush whispers claim that the Roy actor and his model wife have decided to file for divorce in Bandra family court. While a lot of speculations are being made regarding the status of the couple’s relationship; this is a follow up on the news about their marriage hitting the rock bottom. Well, for the longest time it was being said that all is not well between Arjun and Mehr who have been married for almost 17 years now. So to put all the rumours to rest for once and for all, BollywoodLife exclusively spoke to a source close to the duo and turns out all these reports are FALSE! Yes, our source denied this latest development and on the contrary told us that things have been much better between the two off late. Well, rumours about Arjun-Mehr divorce surfaced last year after reports about Don 2 actor being more than ‘just friends’ with Sussanne Khan made headlines. In fact, both Hrithik Roshan and Rampal rubbished the reports on social media and cleared the air back then. Now with our source telling us that all is well between the Satyagraha actor and his wife, its best not to believe the rumour mills, no?

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Thu, 12 mar 2015 06:30 am IST

SA vs UAE

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Dhoni credits bowlers with India's World Cup turnaround

India ease past Ireland Notches 9th straight World Cup win

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India's Shikhar Dhawan celebrates his century (100 runs) during the Pool B Cricket World Cup match between India and Ireland at Seddon Park in Hamilton on March 10. (Getty Images)

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Hamilton, marcH 10 (aFP): Shikhar Dhawan hit an aggressive century as defending champions India recorded their fifth victory in a row at the 2015 World Cup with a thumping eight-wicket win over Ireland in Hamilton on Tuesday. Chasing a modest 260-run target, Dhawan notched his second century of the tournament with an 85-ball 100 as India lost only two wickets in 36.5 overs on a batting-friendly Seddon Park pitch. This latest victory meant India, yet to lose at this World Cup and already into the quarter-finals, were guaranteed to finish on top of Pool B ahead of their last group game against Zimbabwe in Auckland on Saturday.

9th Open Naga Wrestling C’ship

KoHima, marcH 10 (mExn): Wrestlers participating in the 9th Open Naga Wrestling Championship 2015 scheduled on March 12 at Kohima, have been asked to report at the Kohima Local Ground on March 11 at 2 PM for collection of player entry card and related information. A press release from the Publicity Committee further requested all tournament officials to report at the venue at 3 PM on March 11 for final briefing.

Ireland, meanwhile, will likely need a win against Pakistan in their last Pool match in Adelaide on Sunday to reach the last eight. "We have put in a lot of yards in the last few weeks. It is all about being fresh for Pakistan. If you can't get up for these games you won't be up for any," said Ireland captain William Porterfield. Pakistan, Ireland and South Africa, who all have six points in five matches, will vie with the West Indies (four points) for the three remaining quarter-final spots on offer from Pool B."Our bowlers are really doing the job for us, they've stepped up -- not just the three fast bowlers, the spinners are complimenting

them and when we've used parttimers they've done well," said India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Ireland's Niall O'Brien scored a run-a-ball 75 while Porterfield made a solid 93-ball 67 in Ireland's 259 all out in 49 overs. India proved their strength in batting yet again as Dhawan and Rohit Sharma (64) put on their team's best World Cup opening stand of 174 against a struggling Irish attack. Dhawan, who stroked 137 in the win over South Africa, completed his eighth one-day international hundred with a single off Kevin O'Brien to square leg. He reached three figures off just 84 balls. But one ball later

Rape claim against Bangladesh World Cup hero Rubel dropped

dHaKa, marcH 10 (aFP): A Bangladeshi actress who filed a rape case against cricket star Rubel Hossain said Tuesday she was withdrawing the charges against the fast bowler, a day after his match-winning heroics at the World Cup. Naznin Akter Happy, 19, made the rape allegation earlier this year after claiming 25-year-old Rubel had reneged on a promise of marriage that he made while they were having an "intimate affair". The allegation had threatened to scupper Rubel's chances of appearing in the World Cup after he was remanded in custody by a court in Dhaka. But he was later granted bail until the end of the World Cup in view of "national interest" as he was a key member of Bangladesh's team. In the latest twist of a saga which has

gripped the conservative Muslim-majority country, Happy said she had decided to forgive her former boyfriend. "I've forgiven him. I am not going to continue the case against him," Happy told a TV channel on Tuesday. Rubel took four for 53 in the win over England in Adelaide on Monday, which enabled Bangladesh to qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time. Although victims of alleged rapes are usually entitled to anonymity, police waived reporting restrictions after Happy told the Bangladeshi media that she would drop the allegations if Rubel agreed to marry her. Rubel has consistently rejected the allegation of rape or claims that he had offered to marry Happy, instead accusing her of "blackmail".

Chelsea on a high for the Champions League visit of PSG

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london, marcH 10 (aP): With a title already secured and their Premier League title prospects enhanced, Chelsea's players have enjoyed a strong start to March. "There is a great buzz around the place," Chelsea defender Gary Cahill said. "The (League) Cup final was huge in terms of the atmosphere around the club and the dressing room." Chelsea goes into Wednesday's Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain a week of rest. The first leg ended 1-1. While Chelsea currently holds a five-point lead in the Premier League — with a game in hand — PSG trails Lyon by a point in the French league. Here are some are some things to know going into the second leg: FINISHING STRUGGLING PSG coach Laurent Blanc is worried that his

PSG's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Chelsea's Gary Cahill during a Champions League match at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on February 17. (AP Photo)

team's poor finishing in recent weeks could prove costly at Stamford Bridge. Although PSG easily beat Lens 4-1 on Saturday, his players missed a glut of chances. "We'll need to be more clinical against Chelsea, I don't need to spell out

why," Blanc said. PSG traditionally relies heavily on Zlatan Ibrahimovic for its goals, but his form has not been great since he came back from a nagging heel injury. Edinson Cavani has 18 goals this season, and his form is im-

proving, but if those two are off form then PSG will need goals from the midfield. COSTA'S GOAL SEARCH The most significant addition to the Chelsea squad since hosting PSG a year ago was Diego Costa. The Spain striker has netted 16 Premier League goals this season, but his finishing has evaded him in the last six games in all competitions. And the former Atletico Madrid player is still searching for his first European goal in a Chelsea shirt. POLICE PRESENCE The behavior of fans will be in the spotlight around London on Wednesday after racism by Chelsea fans in Paris last month. PSG published a message from British police addressed to its traveling fans on its website Monday, advising fans not to "frequent pubs near to the stadium, before and after the game."

Hamilton, marcH 10 (aP): Mahendra Singh Dhoni says his bowlers have brought about India's "remarkable difference" between a fruitless tour of Australia and the Cricket World Cup and are making him look good as a captain. India was heavily beaten by Australia in a four-test series in December and January, and finished last behind Australia and England in a one-day tri-series which seemed the most unpromising preparation for the defense of its world title. Dhoni said a 10-day break after that series allowed India to freshen up, and the massive fan support they received in their opening cup match against Pakistan hugely boosted their confidence and motivation. But he said the greatest contribution to the transformation of India, unbeaten in five cup matches, has come from the bowling attack. With Tuesday's eight-wicket win over Ireland, which left India unbeaten and atop Pool B, Dhoni matched Clive Lloyd's record of nine consecutive World Cup victories. He deflected credit for the achievement, pointing out captains are made by the players they lead. India has bowled its opponents in all five of its matches so far, and it is that, Dhoni said, that has underpinned its success. "I'm best when the bowlers are bowling well," he said. "It makes the job slightly easy for me because you have a plan, but unless it's executed well ... "It can make you look like a good captain, but at other times people can look and think, 'What is he doing?' You can have two slips but if the bowler bowls on the pads it doesn't really look good.

Dhawan fell to a loose shot off Stuart Thompson. In all, Dhawan hit 11 fours and five sixes. Rohit was dismissed when he played on to Thompson after hitting three sixes and as many boundaries off 66 deliveries. India's previous best opening stand in a World Cup was the 163 shared by batting great Sachin Tendulkar and Ajay Jadeja against Kenya at Cuttack in 1996. Virat Kohli (44 not out) and Ajinkya Rahane (33 not out) wrapped up the chase with a 70-run unbeaten stand for the third wicket to give Dhoni his ninth straight win in the World Cup, a run that started with the team's

"I feel that's where the remarkable difference has come from — the bowlers' end. They're very aware of the plans, and at the same time they're bowling to the field. That's the big difference in our performance so far." Dhoni said he didn't feel that his decision to relinquish the test captaincy impacted on his leadership of the one-day side. "I'm just the same," he said. "The things that have changed are the results. "Apart from that, the players are the same, so I don't think that has anything to do with the test captaincy. "The things the bowlers are doing are things that I haven't seen for a long time, particularly with the Indian team setup. You used to keep telling them bowl to one line, bowl one length, that creates pressure, but it was more like a said thing that was listened to by them, but now they've seen and they've tasted it." Dhoni praised India's ability to rally as a team after the "difficult" tour to Australia. "The moment you start thinking about participating in a World Cup the adrenaline starts flowing," Dhoni said. "Then, with a lot of fans coming from India, and starting with an India-Pakistan game, was just fantastic. "That also gives you that extra edge and pushes you one step further. Ultimately, the players have had to lift themselves up because it was not an easy test series (against Australia), playing four test matches in a month's time is very draining, and it's always the same bunch of players who are playing the test matches. "Hopefully, we'll keep moving forward with the kind of momentum we have."

march to the 2011 title on home soil. Australia's Ricky Ponting holds the record for the most consecutive World Cup wins as captain with 24, while Dhoni and Clive Lloyd, who led West Indies to victory in the first two editions in 1975 and 1979, have nine apiece. Earlier, Ireland failed to capitalise on a good solid start. Batting first after winning the toss, Ireland were 89 without loss in 15 overs, with Paul Stirling (42) giving good support to skipper Porterfield. Stirling hit four boundaries and two sixes during his 41-ball knock before holing out to off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who finished with two for 38. Part-timer Suresh Raina

bowled Ed Joyce for two before Porterfield and Niall O'Brien added a valuable 53 for the third wicket. But once Porterfield fell, caught off paceman Mohit Sharma, Ireland slumped from 206 for three to 259 all out in 49 overs. Mohammad Shami grabbed the key wicket of dangerman Kevin for only one run to finish with figures of three for 41. Niall O'Brien completed his 14th ODI half-century with a six off Ashwin but fell to a soft dismissal off Shami when Ireland needed him to stay till the end. Andy Balbirnie, one of Ireland's most successful batsmen in the tournament, made 24 before he swept Ashwin straight to Shami at square-leg.

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Welbeck sinks United as Arsenal reach FA Cup semis

Arsenal's Danny Welbeck , centre, shoots and scores his sides second goal of the game during the English FA Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester on March 9. (AP Photo)

mancHEStEr, marcH 10 (rEutErS): Discarded striker Danny Welbeck returned to demolish Manchester United's hopes of silverware by netting the winner in Arsenal's 2-1 FA Cup quarterfinal victory at Old Trafford on Monday. England international Welbeck, who joined the Londoners in September after his United career stalled, pounced on a horrendous back pass by Antonio Valencia in the 61st minute to send the holders through. In a rip-roaring first half Nacho Monreal's cool finish put Arsenal ahead in the 26th minute but Wayne Rooney's diving header evened it up three minutes later. United, who will now ponder a second consecutive season without a tro-

phy in the wake of manager Alex Ferguson's retirement, ended the match with 10 men after Angel Di Maria was red-carded for grabbing the referee's shirt just seconds after being booked for diving. Welbeck had managed only two goals for Arsenal since October and was not having much joy on his first return to Old Trafford since his 16 million pounds (24.20 million) switch. But he produced the game's decisive moment with a helping hand from United's bungling defence. There seemed little danger as a high ball was pumped forward but Phil Jones elected to chest the ball to Valencia who wafted a weak pass in the direction of keeper David De Gea. It never stood a chance and Welbeck clipped the

ball round the Spaniard and rolled it into an empty net. "We had to start without apprehension and play at a high pace and we did that well," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who admitted in the buildup that he was still haunted by a 1999 FA Cup semi-final defeat by United. "Danny Welbeck, I believe is just happy to score. He worked extremely hard today and deserved his goal." It was Arsenal's first FA Cup win over United since the 2005 final and their first in any competition since May 2011. With a Wembley semifinal against second tier Reading or third tier Bradford City to come next month, Arsenal are favourites to retain the trophy and claim a record 12th FA Cup. Liverpool will have

other ideas, although they must win a replay against Blackburn Rovers to book a semi-final spot against Premier League rivals Aston Villa. A lively start to the game saw Marouane Fellaini squander a chance for United before Alex OxladeChamberlian carved open the home defence with a mazy dribble to tee up Monreal. With fellow countryman De Gea to beat, the left back poked an effort inside the near post. The lead lasted three minutes with Rooney, who has still not won the FA Cup, heading in Di Maria's pinpoint cross. United struggled after the break and Arsenal could have won by a bigger margin with Santi Cazorla and Alexis Sanchez both denied by the superb De Gea.

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