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Dimapur VOL. VI ISSUE 322

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by Sandemo Ngullie

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Thursday, November 24, 2011 12 pages ` 3

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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it

Dr. shurhozelie gets re-elected Nagaland’s ‘unspent’ ‘NPF entry into Manipur and Arunachal will not alter their boundaries’

Rio eye Manipur polls; calls for Naga unity

Our Correspondent Kohima | November 22

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Rs.20 discount on taxi fare for tourists Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA), Dimapur unit has announced it will give“Rs.20 discount” on taxi fare per passenger to tourists from Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram visiting the State during the Hornbill festival. The concession also includes senior citizens of Nagaland and journalists from Nagaland and outside. Further, ANTA said services will be available 24x7. ANTA informed today that it is celebrating the festival with peace and welcomes tourists from all over the world to the Hornbill. It has also appealed to all citizens to cooperate with the tourists.

Villagers allege assault by UG cadres Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The Village Council Upper Tiru in Naginimora, Mon has alleged that the council chairman and ‘Rana Peyu’ were assaulted by some members of the NSCN/GPRN on November 16. According to the Upper Tira Council, around 20 cadres led by “Commander” Wangpoh, “Major” Noktha and Tahlem in full arms came to the village and demanded “100 kgs of rice and a big pig.” The villagers reportedly provided them with some chickens and rice, and told them that they would arrange for the pig the next morning. However, the following morning at about 6 am, when the duo to meet the cadres, they were beaten, mercilessly without any explanation. The Village Council Upper Tiru has issued a press note condemning the incident.

GPRN/NSCN releases annual calendar 2012

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Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): A GPRN/NSCN annualCalendarwasreleased during the winter session of the National Tatar Hoho. The five page double printed calendar traces the history of the Naga people in the last one hundred years through quotations and photo images. The calendar reaffirms the position of the Nagas with regard to their political past, present and future. Continued on page 5

- Lao Tzu

Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu has been re-elected as the President of Naga People’s Front (NPF). The recommendation of the election board for election of central office bearers of NPF was announced by election board chairman, CM Chang, Lok Sabha MP, during the 6th general conference of NPF here today at Indira Gandhi Stadium. CM Chang administered oath to the President and other central office bearers. Dr. Liezietsu expressed gratitude to the party functionaries for reposing faith in his leadership and assured to do his best to serve the party with sincerity and devotion. Earlier, Dr. Liezietsu in his presidential address at the conference said the NPF is a regional political party with national outlook and there is no ethnic, communal or religious orientation. “Many states in India today is ruled by regional

Chizokho Vero Kohima | November 23

Dr. Shurhozelie who was re-elected as NPF President taking oath along with other members during the 6th General Convention of the NPF held on November 23 at Kohima.

NPF for fast tracking political solution; reiterate demand for integration story in page 5 parties and in due course of time, regional parties will dominate the politics of the largest democracy in the world,” he said and expressed happiness that NPF is there as a well estab-

lished regional party. “People now talk about a ‘National Government’ or a ‘Supra State Body’. Our priorities are for the settlement of the Naga political problem, peace and devel-

opment”, he said adding that come what may, “we will remain contended people by fulfilling our commitments with clear conscience. Continued on page 5

Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today said the Naga political issue continues to be at the top of the NPF and DAN government’s agenda. “We have won the peoples’ mandate to run the government on a political plank of playing the role of an active facilitator to the Naga peace process, along with an assurance that our government will make way for any alternative settlement that may come about as a result of the peace process which is honourable,” Rio said at the 6th general convention of NPF general convention here today. Rio said the immediate challenge of NPF on the hand is the upcoming assembly elections in Manipur where it will be making its maiden entry. Continued on page 4

dev funds at 61+ crores Al Ngullie Morung Express News

Nagaland state has an unspent outstanding balance of about Rs. 61.33 Crore from grants in-aid for development extended to the state, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Paban Singh Ghatowar has said. Nagaland is among other North Eastern states that have been enjoying grants in-aid under the Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Scheme by the Ministry of DoNER. That the state has no revenue parley and has to depend on the central government, the “unspent balance” may be comparatively petty. However, considering that a tiny state as Nagaland has no revenue but has accrued a debt of Rs. 5221.67 crore, the “unspent balance” of Rs. 61.33 crore may still attract misgivings about the state government’s use of funds meant for development.

Citizens may find interesting that on November 13, the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) had accused the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland of being “unable to release the development funds for the state’s work programs.” The government’s ‘inability’ to release the funds, the NPCC had stated, has led to development activities coming to a ‘standstill’ and that “it has no money to maintain the state’s assets.” DoNER Minister (Independent Charge) Paban Singh Ghatowar informed the Lok Sabha November 22 of the status of outstanding utilization certificates and unspent balances with the state governments. He said Arunachal Pradesh has Rs. 160.38 crore, Assam has Rs. 107.95 crore, Manipur at Rs. 65.77 crore, Meghalaya at Rs. 97.58 crore, Mizoram at Rs. 71.69 crore; Nagaland has Rs. 61.33 crore, Sikkim at Rs. 85.93 crore and Tripura with an outstanding balance of Rs. 35.10 Crore. Continued on page 5

Unending illegal taxation causes hardships for public Peeved fuel retailers shut down outlets Morung Express News Dimapur | November 23

Dimapur was caught unawares on Wednesday as fuel retail outlets in town went on an unannounced closure. Unsolicited monetary demand or illegal taxation imposed on one petrol pump was the reason. It created a chain reaction of sorts as the closure was felt even at Chumukedima. The sudden shutdown forced many vehicles off the road today with the most affected being

passenger autorickshaws, which usually get their tanks filled on a daily basis. Many vehicles had to make the trek to either Lahorijan or Khatkhati for refills. A peeved Dimapur Petroleum Dealers Association (DPDA) justifying the move said that some unidentified individuals threatened to burn down a petrol pump at Duncan Basti on Tuesday evening after the proprietor failed to meet their monetary demand. Continued on page 5

Police search for cadres

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The Dimapur police is on the hunt for three cadres who reportedly harassed employees of a petrol pump located in Duncan Basti on November 22 and threatened to blow up the outlet and also took away the keys of the outlet. Addl Sp and PRO of Dimapur informed that it received a complaint today from the Dimapur Petroleum Dealers Association today in this regard. Dimapur police began investigation and based

on strong suspicion that it could be the handiwork of underground cadres belonging to the NNC/FGN, made efforts to ascertain their involvement. On ascertaining their involvement of their cadres, pressure was exerted on the “senior functionaries” of the organisation to hand over the culprits involved and also the keys to the dispending units which were taken away. The police said that while it was being assured that organisation would

Dimapur DC ban on donation

investigate into the incident and hand over the erring cadres; it received informed that an “unknown person” had left some keys at a shop near the district hospital at about 4:30 pm today. Police personnel went to the shop and retrieved the keys which were handed over to the proprietor of the outlet. The Dimapur police have registered a case in this connection and efforts have been made to identify and arrest the culprits involved in the crime.

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur N Hushili Sema has informed all organisations, unions in and around Dimapur that any kind of donations, whether in the name of “Christmas and New year” or any other function/occasion are banned with immediate effect. Anyone found collecting such donation will be booked as per the rule amended.

NSCN/GPRN directs cadres Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): Kilo Kilonser incharge of the NSCN/GPRN, D. G. Robert has informed all the rank and file of the NSCN to strictly refrain from collecting any “Christmas donations.” “It has come to our knowledge about the rampant collection in the guise of ‘fixed rate Christmas donations’ is prevailing in and around Dimapur. Such donations and harassment to the business community is neither the spirit of Christmas nor the culture of the Nagas,” the NSCN/ GPRN stated.

Naga IR jawans’ “Community Neglect of twoPolicing” wins hearts in Purula lane Dhansiri KoHima, November 23 (NepS): Ever since the Naga IR (Indian Reserve) jawans from Nagaland deployed to Chhattisgarh’s Naxalite prone areas like Dantawada, Bastar, their services were further sought by the Center to other Nexalite and Maoist infested areas too. After 9 NAP (IR)’s tenure in Chhattisgarh was over, the 10th NAP (IR) have been deployed to West Bengal’s Maoist stronghold area in Purulia district. During their deployment, many of them had sacrificed their precious lives in defense of the country. One of the latest Naga IR jawan who sacrificed his life while fighting Maoists in West Bengal’s Purulia district was Mhasivikho Angami. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also paid her respect to the slain Naga jawan. But in spite of such sacrifices made by the Naga IR jawans, they too were engaged in various “Community Policing initiatives” to win the heart and confidence of the locals in the areas. The 10th NAP Bn (IR) currently in West Bengal’s Purulia district has in fact started “Community-policing (Humanitarian works)” since September last year in their respective Company locations in the district (Purulia). They have divided their Bn into five Companies (Coy). In all these five Coys, they have initiated “Community-Policing” works by constructing badminton courts, parks, rest houses, providing stationery items to various schools, sports goods to various local sporting clubs, extending financial assistances to poor and needy villagers for treatments, etc. In Kumarikanan area, the “A Coy” of the 10th NAP (IR) has constructed first class Badminton Court, besides distributing stationery items to various primary schools and also

distributed sports items to local A.C.C. Club. In Murguma sector, the “B Coy” of the 10th NAP (IR) carried out tree plantations, provided sports materials to local sports club---Netaji Club Murguma, visited Jhalda Government High School and extended financial assistance to 7 physically challenge students and also conducted social works at the Government Primary schools and college. In Bughmundi area, the “C Coy” of the 10th NAP (IR) constructed garbage dumps at different sides for dumping medical wastes. They also constructed five Naga style bamboo garbage baskets with signboard--“Keep your surroundings Clean” written in English and Bengali. They had conducted social works in hospitals of this area too, besides white-washing front part of the Hospital building, the gate and the tree stamps/stems. In Sirkabad sector, the “E Coy” of the 10th NAP (IR) donated sports items to Kalapani Football Club. They even played football exhibition match with the players of this club by sponsoring the prize. Not only giving away stationery items to schools of this area, they also even extended educational materials to one Mr Hari Pata Maji of Arsha Higher Secondary School, the first and the only matriculate from Danasi Village since India’s Independence. They even extended financial assistance to villagers who were in dire need of medical treatments, besides providing towels and toiletries to patients of Sirkabad Civil Hospital. This sector is the perhaps the biggest Coy out of the total “5 Coys” under 10th NAP (IR) Bn. They also developed a beautiful “Park” under the name and style of “Lake View Park”. Continued on page 5

Bridge irks public

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The public of Khaghaboto, Niuland and Aghunaqa areas are irked by stoppage of work at the two-lane Dhansiri Bridge between Shozuku village and Zukihe village. According to Jacob Zhimomi, Chairman of the Khaghaboto Area Kukami Kuqhakulu, the public has seriously viewed that there “could be gross manipulation behind the non completion of the bridge which is the life line of many villages under Niuland subdivision and also intersect the interstate road of Bokajan-Wokha.” It is alleged that the concerned agency funding the project has reportedly released the entire fund meant for the project but on contrary the construction company is said to have not received the payment for the works already been done. Zhimomi said the public is of the view that the State department and Construction Company have violated the contract agreement rules and questions the holdup of work for about 2 years. He is said that company has even shifted entire machinery elsewhere. In this regard, Zhimomi said he had filed RTI to the office of Executive Engineer, Road & Bridges, Dimapur Division who was not in a position to furnish the detail information and directed him to approach the Chief Engineer’s office at state capital. Zhimomi said it is completely ridiculous on the concerned department and the company to have neglected a vital project and behalf of the public of three areas has urged the department and the company to come to a negotiating table and sort out the differences and resume the work at the earliest in the interest of the village people, otherwise the agitated public may even resort to agitation creating tricky situation.

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E-Roll in Mkg district needs more verification

Electoral roll Observer V. Shashank Shekhar during a meeting with DC Mokokchung, political parties, NGOs, and public of Mokokchung district, at DC’s conference hall on November 23. (DIPR Photo)

Dimapur, November 23 (Dipr): Election Commission of India (ECI) Electoral roll Observer for Mon, Longleng, Mokokchung and Wokha

districts V. Shashank Shekhar has made it clear that the figures of Electoral roll should be consistent with the state level figures. Shashank Shekhar,

who held a meeting with recognized political parties, NGOs and public of Mokokchung district at DC’s Conference Hall on November 23, 2011 on his

second visit to the district said there has been lot of improvement in the verification of electoral roll in the district but insisted that more verification needs to be carried out to bring the electoral roll percentage at the state level. Nagaland state Electoral roll percentage to the total population of 2011 census stands at 67 per cent whereas the percentage of total electors to total population of Mokokchung district was recorded at 94%. With intensive verification conducted by administrative officers and Booth Level Officers in the district, the percentage has been brought down to 72 percent after making suo moto deletion of 6167 persons and another about 33820 persons where no-

tice is being issued for further deletion as on November 22, 2011 update. However, even after such exercise, there are certain areas where percentage is still abnormally high which needs to be rectified. He said the assembly constituencies where percentage is above 70% are 22-Arkakong, 25-Mongoaya, 28-Koridang and 29-Jangpetkong which is considered much higher than the broad working range and requires intensive verification. The Observer said in the meeting that electoral roll percentage recorded below 50 % and above 70 % in any polling stations should be re-verified for which the observer asked the district Administration particularly the BLOs

to carry out the re verification of electoral roll. Shashank Shekhar further said high percentage of electoral roll as compared to total population in any polling station would not be accepted by the Election Commission and may ask for re-verification. Therefore he called upon all concerned to understand the importance of ongoing steps being taken by the Election Commission to clean the electoral roll by deleting those nongenuine voters from electoral roll. The ECI had appointed three senior officers; namely, N.Putsure, T.C Sangtam and V.Shashank Shekhar as Electoral Roll Observer for Nagaland state for the ongoing summary revision of electoral roll in the state.

Training on NRLM held at Wokha

Dimapur, November 23 (Dipr): District level training programme on National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) was held on November 23, 2011 at DC’s Conference Hall, Wokha with Principle ETC, Phek, Dr. Kedise Pucho as the resource person. The training was sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development. Project Director, DRDA, Helo Semp while delivering the inaugural speech, stressed on proper implementation of schemes under NRLM and added that, over a period of time, the programme aimed to uplift and reach to all people living under below poverty line. He also appealed to the Self Help Groups to strengthen their activities and work hand in hand for socio economic development. Under the programme, financial assistance in the form of banks loans will be extended to the people and further urged them for timely repayment of loans for the success of the policy.

Highlighting on the concept and objective of NRLM, Course Director, Dr. Kedise Pucho said that the main aim is to link them to sustainable livelihood to over come poverty, to reduce poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in appreciable improvements in their livelihood on a sustainable basis through grassroots institutions of the poor. He also dwelled on the topics like, Evolution of NRLM and Restructuring of SGSY, Building of Self Help Group and SHG Federation, Planning and Implementation of NRLM. About 150 trainees from village functionaries, SHG, NGO’s and church leaders attended the training programme. The inaugural function was chaired by DPO, DRDA Wokha, Nchumthung Ngullie while vote of thanks was proposed by Programme Officer, DRDA Wokha C. I. Meren.

Dimapur, November 23 (Dipr): The 12th State Level Youth Festival 2011, which is being held at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima will conclude on November 24, 2011 with Director Youth Resources & Sports, Kelei Zeliang as the chief guest. The final competitions for folk dance and folk song will be conducted at the closing function. The programme will be chaired by Joint Director Youth Resources & Sports Arupe Zeliang. Bonfire will follow the closing ceremony.

Biometric Capturing in Peren Town on November 24

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The Biometric Capturing exercise in continuation with the NPR is to begin from November 24 in Peren Town, at Town Hall. A press note issued by Smita Sarangi, IAS sub-divisional officer (civil) Hq, office of the Deputy Commissioner stated that the exercise is to start with ward No.1 and ward No 2 and will cover Peren Town and Peren Sadar villages in the first Phase.

2nd eNorth East award summit on Nov 25

Dimapur, November 23 (Dipr): The 2nd ‘eNorth East Award Summit’ 2011 will be held at RIELIT Kohima Nagaland on November 25, 2011. The objective of this eNorth East Award Summit is to contribute to an enabling, networking ICT for development environment, in the region. The focus of this entire programme is on sustainable ICT practices that brings working and long term outcome from various ICT investment programme.

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The Health & Family Welfare Department Mon will organize a two day health mela on November 24 and 25, 2011 at Wakching PHC, Mon district. The health meal will offer health services from a number of specialists like Gynecologist, Pediatric etc and will also include free distribution of medicines. Therefore, all the administrative officers, pastors and village leaders are requested to kindly inform the people of Wakching Villages and Wakching block to avail the services of the department on the aforesaid mentioned days. This was state din après note issued by Dr. T. Kikon, chief medical officer, Mon.

ABAM rest house inauguration on Nov 25 Rotary Club Dimapur President, Akokla Pongen Lucy, along with Rotary Club Kohima members, and others during its 8th Anniversary Charter night of Rotary Club Kohima, Dist 3240, held at the Heritage on November 22.

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Golden Crown College Choir Singing during NTCA-AGM

A press note issued by Rev. Thebemo Yanthan, President, NTCA stated that the programme begun with the opening introduction by Rev. Thebemo Yanthan, President, NTCA. Special welcome was expressed by Dr. Xeshebu, Director, NLBC, host college of this NTCA-AGM 2011 to the office bearers

State youth festival 2011 to conclude today

Health mela at Wakching on November 24 and 25

10th NTCA annual general meeting held Seminar on energy

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The 10th Nagaland Theological Colleges Association (NTCA) Annual General meeting was held on November 19 and 20 at its administrative centre at NLBC campus, Purana Bazar, under the theme: “Mission and the Role of the Churches in Nagaland Today”.

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and to all delegates. They were 25 various bible colleges and seminaries participated and with the total of 58 delegates. The worship service guest speakers were Rev. Dr. N. Paphino, Principal, Logos College, who emphasis on the power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the believers and Pastor Khriesito Savino,

BRC, delivered message on the Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven. Special songs were presented by Golden Crown College, New Life Bible College and Eastern Bible College. The note also mentioned that during the sessions, the well researched seminar papers on the topic; “The Biblical and Theological Concept of Mission in the Context of NagalandA Call to Renewal “and “Contemporary Issues in Mission” were presented by Kansinlung Kamei, Withee Bible College and N. Toshi Ao of Missiological Research Centre. One of the official respondents Moa, SBC toss thought provoking ideas on the paper of the presenters. Meanwhile, the moderator of seminar session Merensola, CTC and Mar, DBC played a major role in keeping the audience in the right perspective of theological thoughts during the discussion on the paper presentation. The next NTCA -AGM will be held in November 17 to 18, 2012.

conservation held

Our Correspondent Kohima | November 23

A seminar on energy conservation was held today at Hotel CIMORB, Kohima with commissioner & secretary Power, K.Kire as the chief guest. The seminar was organized by Nagaland state designated Agency in collaboration with petroleum conservation research association (PCRA), under the ministry of petroleum and natural gas. Addressing the gathering at the inaugural function, Kire said India is emerging as global economic power and with its growth, we should have power security. Kire asserted that the demand for power is very high and imperative and therefore there is a need to see that consumption of power is used away sustainability. While congratulating the organizers for initiating the programme, creating more awareness on conservation of power he also urged the department

to create awareness, the need of energy, efficient, usage and conservation. Also, Kire appealed the organizers to conduct awareness to the stakeholders and also not to confine only in Kohima and Dimapur but also to reach out to the other districts. He opined that there should be zero tolerance for erring defaulters as government is spending almost 11% of the state fund on purchasing power which can be used for other developmental activities. Mohanta, Joint Director, PCRA ER and K.L Bhutia, deputy director, PCRA were the resource persons at the seminar. Engineers from different department, Hotel proprietors and students from geology department Nagaland University attended the seminar. Earlier the programme was chaired by Er. K.T Wapang Ao, Chief Electrical Inspector, Nagaland State Designated Agency.

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hrough this coloumn, we would like to extend our gratitude. Words are insufficient to express our thanks and gratitude to all those who stood by us and supported us with prayers, physical presence, materials and financial assistance as we mourned the sudden demise of our beloved Late Mhasivikho Kirha who laid down his life in the call of duty after the gun battle at Purulia(West Bengal) on 19th Nov.2011.

We convey our special thanks to:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Chief Minister(West Bengal) Home Minister(West Bengal) Chief Minister(Nagaland) Governor(Nagaland) Home Minister(Nagaland) DIG Training and Border(Nagaland) DGP(Nagaland) AIG(Nagaland)

9. Principal PTS 10. Commandant 10th ,11th ,13th ,14th,15th IRB 11. APO(President and Colleagues) 12. Advisory & Staff Chumukedima Town Council(CTC) 13. Neisakhoto Kuotsu Jharkhand 14. Azolie Shüya(West Bengal) 15. Tiachuba Naik(West Bengal) 16. Zakie S.N.Havildar(West Bengal) 17. Christian Revival Church Chumukedima Village and Town 18. Town Baptist church 19. Baptist Church Chumukedima Village 20. Catholic Church Chumukedima Town 21. 10th IRB Church 22. Veterinary Fellowship Chumukedima Town 23. Jakhama Kuda Union Chumukedima Town 24. Chumukedima town and Village Youth 25. Zasi Krotho Veterinary Chumukedima Town 26. Tenyimia Union(West Bengal) 27. Akhoto ABSI(West Bengal) 28. Unit Church(West Bengal) 29. Nkasi Mass Party(West Bengal) 30. ‘F’Coy 16 Platoon(West Bengal) 31. ‘F’Coy Personal(West Bengal) 32. Sumi Community(West Bengal) 33. Lotha Hoho(West Bengal) 34. Tenyimi Group (West Bengal) 35. ‘B’Coy (West Bengal) 36. Family Members ‘F’Coy(West Bengal) 37. ‘F’Coy Church(West Bengal) 38. Tenyimia Brothers(West Bengal) 39. Nagamese Church Chumukedima Village 40. ‘F’Coy and Comrades.

All well wishers, loved and dear ones.

Loving mother and family members……………….

Dimapur, November 23 (Dipr): The sacred shelter (Rest House) at the ABAM farm Tuli will be inaugurated by Chairman NIDC & NHL, Nuklutoshi on November 25, 2011 at 12 noon as the chief guest at Tuli under Mokokchung district. The programme will be chaired by Commissioner & Secretary and President Kohima Ao Officers Union, Sentiyanger Imchen, IAS while Executive Secretary ABAM, Rev. Dr. Mar Atsongchanger will propose the dedication prayer.

CLCSU 14th freshers day cum parting social

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The City Law College Students’ Union Dimapur (CLCSU) is organizing its 14th fresher’s day cum parting social on November 26, 2011 at 10:00 am at AIDA Hall Don Bosco River belt colony. A press note issued by Vilito Sema, president CLCSUD has requested all the student to attend the program without fail. The note also mentioned that J.Alam, IAS, Home Commissioner Nagaland has consented to grace the occasion as the chief guest.

Dimapur Mahila Congress president resigns

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): Dimapur Mahila Congress president, Asangla Imti has tendered resignation from Nagaland Mahila Congress. A press note issued by Asangla Imti stated, “I have decided to tender my resignation with immediate effect and rededicate myself on strengthening the Indian National Congress in Nagaland”.

MCCI annual general meet on Nov 30

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MCCI) annual general meeting will be held on November 30, 2011 at 2:00 pm at Cosmos Hall. A press note issued by Lanukaba, president and Bendang Walling, general secretary directed all the members to close their shop by 2:00 pm and attend the meeting positively. Agenda to be discussed in the general meeting should be submitted to the office in written on or before November 28, 2011. ADC, Mokokchung Kesonyu Yhome, IAS has consented to be the guest of honour at the meeting.

Peren DPDB meet on Nov 28

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): Peren District Planning and Development board members are informed that DPDB meeting for the month of November 2011 will be held on November 28 at 11:00 am in DC’s conference hall, Peren Town. Therefore, all the DPDB members of Peren district are informed to take note of the same and make it convenient to attend the meeting. This was stated in a press note issued by Chairman, DPDB Peren, T.R Zeliang.

Rengma NGADA festival on Nov 28

Dimapur, November 23(mexN): The Kandi Ni Union Dimapur will be celebrating Rengma Ngada festival on November 28, 2011 at 10:00 am at the residence of Nillo Rengma (ex-minister) Pamdumpukri, Dimapur. A press note issued by K. Kedimo Apon, general secretary has informed that Kenilo Apong, Director Nagaland State Lotteries has consented to be the chief guest. KNUD has requested all the Kandi Ni Union members to attend the Ngada festival celebration in Rengma traditional attire.

Mon DCC secretary resigns and joins NPF

moN, November 23 (mexN): H. Shamlau Konyak has tendered resignation from the post of Secretary DCC Mon and executive member ACCC 48TH Moka and joined NPF Party. A press note issued by H. Shamlau Konyak stated, “The purpose of joining NPF party is for the greater interest of general public to support E.E. Pangteang Advisor (DUDA) in the forthcoming Assembly Election under the leadership of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and President Dr. Shurhozelie”.

TADO annual picnic on Dec 1

Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The Tenyimia Auto Drivers and Owners (TADO), Welfare Kuda Dimapur Nagaland will hold its 2nd annual picnic which is scheduled to be held on December 1, at Urra Village from 10.00 am onwards. A press note issued by Vekhosayi Ringa, President and Niesahu Swuro, Publicity and Information Secretary TADO stated that Thepfuneituo Rio, former DMC member has consented to be the chief guest. The note also appeals to all the auto owners to grant one leave to the Tenyimia Auto Drivers. All the respective Tenyimia Auto Drivers and Owners are hereby requested to reach the venue place at 9:00 am sharp without any fail.

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GPRN/NSCN National Tatar Anti-talks faction of ULFA Hoho Winter Session commence reconstitutes Central Committee

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Guwahati | November 23

The process of a vertical split in the banned Ulfa has completed on Wednesday with the anti talk faction led by the outfit’s military chief paresh Barua constituting a new central committee by dropping eight top leaders now engaged in peace talks with Govt. of India. In an email to media houses on Wednesday, Ulfa publicity convenor Arunudoy Dohotia said that the new central committee was formed at the outfit’s mobile headquarters. The anti talk faction ap-

Minister asst kidnapped Newmai News Network Imphal | November 23

A personAl assistant (p.A) of Manipur Youth Affairs and education minister DD Thaisii was reportedly kidnapped by some unidentified persons suspected to be militants, a police source here said Wednesday. The victim, KT Joseth, 43, who was going along with his daughter and a 16-yearold helper of his family in a Bolero storm (white colour bearing registration no Mn-o1-p2255) when some unknown persons suspected to be militants stopped the vehicle near fishery department office, lamphel in Imphal West and kidnapped them yesterday at around 9:30 am. however, the helper girl and his daughter were later freed by the abductors on Tuesday afternoon at Kangpokpi in senapati district, the source added. Joseth was on his way to drop his daughter, a standard three student, at st. sabio school, lamphel. Joseth, a personal assistant of DD Thaisii, a resident of purul rosophy in senapati district is currently staying at lamphel sanakeithel in Imphal. The motive behind the abduction is unknown. A FIr has been registered with the lamphel police regarding the kidnapping. Few days ago, the entourage of DD Thaisii was ambushed in a village senapati district by militants. The minister escaped the assassination attempt.

pointed Abhijit Barman as the new chairman in charge of the outfit replacing Arabinda rajkhowa who is leading the pro talk faction. Apart from holding the post of commander-in-chief, paresh Barua has taken over as the vice president in charge of the outfit. The new foreign secretary of Ulfa is pranmoi Asom. The new central committee has Dristi rajkhowa and Bijay ‘chinese’ Das as new deputy commander-in-chiefs. Jiban Moran, a close confidante of paresh Barua has been given the responsibility of the outfit’s general secretary and finance secretary posts.

The anti talk faction had earlier announced that it would form a new central committee as "the arrested leaders" of the outfit have engaged themselves in negotiations with Govt. of India. Meanwhile, in a swift reaction, pro talk faction leader Arabinda rajkhowa while reacting to the constitution of new central committee said that elusive military commander paresh Barua has no authority to constitute a new central committee. Another top pro talk leader Mrinal hazarika said that paresh Barua attempted to divide Ulfa.

“paresh Barua’s recent activities will not hamper the on going peace process”, said hazarika. With the formation of the new central committee, paresh Barua became more significant leader in Ulfa as apart from his commander-in-chief (commander in chief ) post, he holds vice chairman post of the outfit which is one of the top posts in political wing of the outfit. In Ulfa new struggle, Barua has managed to get support from china. Though the Govt. of India had raised the issue of Barua’s presence in china from time to time, china had rejected the claim.

Zeliangrong students stand by Baudi Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The All Zeliangrong students’ Union of Assam, Manipur and nagaland today lashed out at the rongmei council for questioning the primacy of the Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur and nagaland) as the mandated apex Zeliangrong body of the Zeliangrong people living in the state of Assam, Manipur, nagaland ‘and elsewhere.’ The AZsU termed ‘unfortunate’ that the president of the rongmei council (AMn) had claimed there was no apex body of the Zeliangrong people and that the “Zeliangrong apex body” was split into “ZU and ZB.” A note appended by AZsU president pamei Tingenlung was received here today. According to the students’ organization, a convention of the Zeliangrong people of the three states was held on July 30, 2010 at peren district in nagaland. prior to that, the joint consultative meeting of ‘Zlr interim body’ with “national workers” and frontal organization held on June 18, 2010 at siguilong village in Manipur

decided the general convention 2010 to held in peren. “This decision for the holding Zeliangrong general convention in order to decide/constitute the apex Zeliangrong body of the three states was jointly initiated with the presence and in consultation with responsible nation workers and Zeliangrong leaders including nscn IM, K, and nnc. Accordingly, the general convention was duly held at peren town as per decision and scheduled of 18th June Joint consultative meeting. The convention was attended by Zeliangrong public, leaders, representative of various frontal organizations and national workers,” the students’ organization said. After hearing the various views and opinions, the AZsU said, constituting a Zeliangrong apex body under the nomenclature ‘Zeliangrong Baudi’ was unanimously agreed upon. “Thenceforward, Zeliangrong Baudi has been recognized as the sole apex body of Zeliangrong people and it is has been representing the entire Zeliangrong people to the naga hoho,

CS & IT general meeting on Nov 26

Kohima, November 23 (mexN): The computer science and information technology engineer Graduates recognized by AIcTe are informed that there will be a general body meeting on 26 november at 11 am at nsG conference hall Kohima. Its information & publicity secretary ruchuyung seb has requested all its members to attend the meeting positively.

Gariphema NCRC, mass social work

Kohima, November 23 (mexN): The Gariphema village ncrc organizes a mass social work on 1 December starting by8 am at its native village in view of the golden jubilee celebration. Its secretary information, rükhriezetuo pesochü, in a press release has requested the people from all walks of life of Gariphema to compulsorily participate at the social work without fail.

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United naga council, naga national Government etc. In reciprocation the naga hoho, the United naga council etc have officially recognized Zeliangrong Baudi as the apex body of the Zeliangrong Tribe,” the union said. The union also mentioned that the election of incumbent naga hoho office bearers was hosted by the Zeliangrong Baudi at peren and the election of the incumbent United naga council office bearers was also represented by the Zeliangrong Baudi. The candidature of incumbent General secretary United naga council Gaidon Kamei was recommended by Zeliangrong Baudi as well, the union said. “And it is the Zeliangrong Baudi alone which represents Zeliangrong people in every platform of the nagas society,” AZsU added. The union said it is perturbed that some organization in the Zeliangrong community could question time and again the apex body of the Zeliangrong community. “In view of the above stated facts and circumstances there is no an iota for confusion as to who is the apex body of Zeliangrong community.

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martyrs over the years. Gen. (retd) Khole addressed the house and urged every member to recommit and rededicate to the national cause because men and women with national principle will always stand out among the crowd. he urged the members to strengthen naga unity because only through unity can nagas find a practical solution to their political problem. A common vision of our forefathers should not be frittered away for our selfish interest, he said. he also released an annual Gprn/ nscn calendar to be distributed to different regions.

Ato Kilonser n Kitovi Zhimomi, in his short speech urged the members to be prepared mentally and physically to shoulder greater responsibility in the coming years. he also urged the members to first earn respect and acknowledgment from their respective villages and regions. every member must strive to be the best one could be as a christian and as a freedom fighter. he said that moral strength and dedication for the cause must be exhibited to the nagas. he reminded the members that if we fail to follow the “Ahza,” than the “Ahza” will follow us.

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Honda launches new variant of Unicorn Dazzler

New Delhi, November 23 (Pti): Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) today launched a new variant of its 150 cc bike -- CB Unicorn Dazzler, priced up to Rs 66,198 (ex-showroom, Delhi.) The new Deluxe variant of CB Unicorn Dazzler will be available by the end of November, 2011, the company said in a statement. Technical specifications of both standard and deluxe variants will remain the same, it added. While deluxe variant will be available in two colours and is priced at Rs 66,198 (ex-showroom, Delhi), the standard variant is priced at Rs 65,198 (ex-showroom, Delhi). Driven by a 150cc engine, the CB Unicorn Dazzler has a power of 14 BHP and comes with tubeless tyres and alloy wheels. It is BS-III norms compliant.

Hyundai launches LPG variant of hatchback i10

New Delhi, November 23 (iaNS): Automobile major Hyundai Motor Tuesday launched a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) powered variant of its hatchback i10 priced between Rs.416,144 and Rs.430,659 (ex-showroom Delhi). “The LPG version of our next-gen i10 is a viable alternative for customers looking at low running cost,” said H.W. Park, managing director and chief executive, Hyundai Motor India Ltd. The new variant is powered by a 1.1 litre iRDE2 engine which can run on both LPG and petrol. The car has a factory-fitted LPG kit. “With separate petrol (35 litre) and LPG (34 litre) tanks, the customers have an option to choose from LPG and petrol modes,” the company said in a statement. The car sports a special LPG tank which offers larger boot space than other LPG-fitted cars. “The LPG kit in i10 blue drive is impact resistant and is approved by the department of explosives,” the statement said. The car has been fitted with an alternator management system which controls delivery of power to the battery, which extends the battery life and improves mileage.

Tata Motors’ Nano gets facelift to boost sales

New Delhi, November 23 (Pti): In a bid to boost sales, Tata Motors is giving its small car Nano a facelift, with a more powerful engine and new features, while keeping the prices same. “Making the Tata Nano even more desirable, the car’s 624cc engine has been made more powerful, delivering an impressive 38 PS of power (earlier 35 PS) and 51 Nm of torque (earlier 48 Nm),” the company said in a statement. Despite delivering more power, the car will become more fuel efficient. Nano will now give a mileage of 25.4 km per litre of petrol as certified by Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) compared to 23.6 km a litre earlier, Tata Motors claimed. Besides, the company said: “The high fuel efficiency, with a low kerb weight of 600 kg, ensures that the Tata Nano at 92.7 gram per kilometre has the lowest CO2 (carbon dioxide) emission among cars in India”. The earlier Nano had an emission record of 101 gram in every km.

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NEFTI to empower technical institutions of North East

Guwahati, November 23 (mexN): The second meeting for the formation of a forum for all AICTE approved technical institutions of the region was held at ERDF head office in the city on November 22. It was proposed in the meeting that the name of the forum would be ‘North East Forum for Technical Institutions (NEFTI)’. A press note issued by CABSFORD PR on behalf of NEFTI stated that office bearers for the Forum were nominated with the consent of the representatives of the various technical institutions present at the meeting. Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) was unanimously selected as the President of NEFTI. The others inducted as office bearers were: ZN Sharma Vice President), AK Pansari (Treasurer), Devajit Bhuyan (Secretary), and Sandip Lodh (Joint Secretary). The note mentioned that among the priority tasks of the Forum are- taking initiative to conduct a common entrance test under the banner of NEFTI and highlighting the problems of private institutions to the authorities concerned through print and electronic media. The other objectives of the Forum would be to popularise science and technical education, guide parents and students about admissions and compile a Chief Executive of Qatar Airways Akbar Al Baker, flanked by stewardesses, poses with a replica of their aircraft during a press confercompendium of genuine and recognised institutions ence announcing the city as its latest inclusion of passenger and cargo service in Kolkata on November 23. Al Baker said India played a key role in Qatar Airways’ infrastructure, being a key employer of Indian nationals, who represent around 25 percent of the airline’s so that people do not fall in the trap laid by fly-by-night operators of fake institutions. 20,000 strong workforce, according to a press release. (AP Photo)

Over 60 vehicles to be launched at Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi

New Delhi, November 23 (aGeNcieS): More than 60 vehicles will be launched, including several global debuts, at the Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi early next year despite the recent slump in the Indian car market, industry officials said. German carmaker BMW’s small luxury car Mini, which will make its India debut at the show, and Bugatti, maker of the world’s fastest car, are expected to be among the showstoppers at the 6-day event starting on January 7. The highlights of the show-the

world’s most popular auto fair attracting more than 2 million visitors, up from 1.2 million in 2010-will be a new breed of sports utility vehicles and super bikes that will hit the Indian roads soon, officials said. Leading the pack will be Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest carmaker, which has finally woken up to the potential of SUVs in the country. It will showcase a new ‘made for India’ five-seater concept SUV on the first day of the fair, signaling its intention to look beyond the ageing Gypsy and Grand Vitara models. “It’s the best

bet from Maruti Suzuki so far to tap the potential of younger customers,” a top company official said. “Essentially an SUV, it will have the affordability of Maruti and durability of Suzuki,” added the person, requesting anonymity. A line-up of 1,000 different vehicles spread over 1.25 lakh sq metres will be on display, including at least a dozen new cars made specifically for Indian customers. Tata Motor, which stole the show in 2008 with its Nano, is looking at a repeat with three new global launches to be done

by its chairman Ratan Tata. Tata Motors has also lined up all new sedans, SUVs and concept vehicles from its Jaguar and Land Rover brand. In fact, Jaguar Land Rover has decided to skip the Detroit Auto Show, which overlaps with Delhi expo for three days. After posting some stunning sales in China with it new range, JLR is betting high to unshackle the dominance of German players in luxury car segment. It is expected to bring its new sedan range and the DC100 concept from Land Rover. There will be at least six launch-

Adidas’ $1 shoes to be sold under Reebok brand in India from the Bangladesh market. When asked if the shoes would be priced at one dollar as envisaged by Adidas CEO Herbert Hainer, Sarro said: “The price of the product is unknown at this time. However, the goal of the project remains - to create an affordable product that meets the needs of the consumer.” Having failed to get the desired result in its similar attempt in Bangladesh, the company is ensuring that in India they are taking the right steps to overcome the challenges. “Based on the staffing challenges learned in the previous phase (in Bangladesh), phase III is being conducted in India, where Reebok has a central headquarters and a range of staff that can dedicate the time needed to develop the product and test the business model,” he said. In 2008, Hainer began discussions with Bangladeshi

New Delhi, November 23 (Pti): Reebok International is working to develop a “sustainable business model” as part of its German parent Adidas AG’s plans to sell “one dollar shoes” in India. After conducting a pilot test for 5,000 pairs of shoes of an existing design of Reebok in three villages in Bangladesh last year, the firm is now planning to apply the learnings in India in the next stage, which it has termed as ‘Phase III’. “The focus of Phase III is the development of the actual product and the development of a sustainable business model to ensure the program’s long-term success,” Reebok International spokesperson Daniel Sarro told media. During this phase, Reebok will be testing the technical feasibility of producing a durable, functional and affordable shoes-based on learnings

economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus for developing, marketing and distributing a low cost footwear in Bangladesh in the form of a social business. Following the initial exploratory project, the Reebok Brand, based on its corporate responsibility focus, created a plan to move forward with the next phase of the project. “In the fall of 2010, Reebok proceeded with the second phase of the project, a pilot test of 5,000 pairs of an existing Reebok shoe in three villages in Bangladesh,” Sarro said. However, there were a number of challenges that became evident during this phase of the project such as the lack of a permanent Reebok office or staff in Bangladesh to help with product and business model development, as well as import costs and taxes, he said.

es in the luxury car segment including the Audi S6 and its smallest SUV Q3, BMW’s new M5 Series and the Mercedes Benz GLK compact SUV. South Korean major Hyundai Motor is looking at getting its new small car and a compact SUV concept besides launching its new Sonata limousine. Then there will be an array of superbikes entering the second largest market for two wheelers. Triumph will mark its entry into India at the expo, while Harley Davidson will launch customised options for its bikes besides debuting new models.

Air India owes Rs 2,310 crore to oil companies

New Delhi, November 23 (Pti): Air India and its subsidiaries owe Rs 2,310 cr to the oil marketing companies, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi informed the Lok Sabha today. “Till the end of first fortnightofSeptember,AirIndiahas a total due of Rs 2,310.65 cr, of which the cash strapped national carrier owes Rs 1563.67 cr to Indian oil Corporation, Rs 409.82 cr to Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Rs 337.16 to Hindustan Petroleum Corporation,” he said in a written reply. He said that in order to help the national carrier, a Group of Ministers last month agreed to grant a credit period of 3 months as sought by airlines management. “The credit period, however, was agreed with-

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NPF for fast tracking political solution; reiterate demand for integration Dimapur, November 23 (mexN): The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has called for expediting the IndoNaga political process and has reiterated that the party would pave way for any “alternative arrangement” that may come with a political solution. Likewise, the party reiterated its demand for integration of all contiguous Naga areas under one administrative umbrella. The NPF met in it 6th general convention in Kohima today. During the convention the party undertook a number of resolutions. The NPF urged the negotiating parties of the Indo-Naga political dialogue to expedite the peace process and bring about early resolution through a negotiated settlement “that is honorable and acceptable to the people”. “The NPF assures that its commitment to pave way for any alternative ar-

rangement that comes about from the political settlement still stands,” stated a copy of the resolutions received here today. The copy was appended by convener of the resolution committee Abu Metha and secretary general KG Kenye. The party also appealed to all sections of the Naga society to undertake efforts for “unity and oneness under a spirit of reconciliation”. The convention expressed support to the Forum for Naga Reconciliation under the banner of the church and civil societies, while welcoming the meetings of the top underground leaders that resulted in the signing of the ‘Naga Concordant.’ The ‘Naga Concordant’ states to “having reconciled on the basis of historical and political rights, the top Naga leaders have agreed that Nagas are one and the signatories have resolved to

work towards formation of one Naga national government.” “The general convention of the NPF observes that this is a historic step taken by the underground leaders and appreciates the sacrifices made by the signatories in the greater interest of Naga society,” the NPF said. The party further ‘endorsed’ the expansion of the NPF to Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and expressed ‘full fledged support’ to the new units for all its future endeavors. During the convention, the party also congratulated the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland for the award “most improved state in infrastructure development” it received from the India Today group. The NPF lauds the outgoing NPF leaders under the leadership of Dr. Shurhozelie and welcomes the new team with support.

Illegal taxation causes hardships From Page 1 According to the association, on Tuesday evening three unidentified persons arrived at the said petrol pump and ordered it to shut down, while snatching the keys to the main fuel dispenser. The thugs then threatened of setting fire to the pump if it dared resume business and took the keys with them. Without going into details, the association said that the proprietor received a demand for an undisclosed amount of money which the latter was not able to meet. When queried which of the many underground factions the persons belonged to, they discreetly said that that, they could not determine. “We’ve always been paying them, this (monetary demands) is not something new,” but Tuesday’s incident is beyond bearable limit, said an upset member of the DPDA. In addition to the countless number of extortions and illegal taxation that has

become the norm; individuals who claim to belong to one underground group or the other come to us demanding money in the name of ‘Christmas donation’ as the Christian festive season draws nearer, said an attendant of one fuel outlet in town. On the part of the association, they have already met with the district Superintendent of Police and the Deputy Commissioner, and have updated them on the incident; while the DPDA cautioned that they will not resume business until and unless firm action is not taken and the keys returned. Later in the evening, the police when contacted disclosed that the key taken away by the thugs have been recovered. An unidentified caller had informed that the keys be retrieved from a certain location in town, police said. Further, no member of the DPDA could be reached till late evening to determine whether they will call off the closure.

Dr. Shurhozelie gets re-elected

From Page 1 Referring to the expansion of the NPF to neighbouring states, NPF President said that there is no law/rule to stop a recognised political party to extend its activities in any state in the country, adding because the Constitution of India guarantees to all citizens the democratic right to choose the party of their choice which can best represent them in the assembly in as much as an individual has the right to vote for the candidate of its choice. ‘For example, NPF cannot stop Congress, BJP, Trinimool Congress to Nagaland to organise their party and if it is so, it will be good for our neighbouring states to keep their future clear,” he said. On our part, the NPF chief said, “we feel we are always in good term with neighbours and we will continue to do so.” Dr. Liezietsu said the government may come and

go, leaders may come and go but our people will continue to live together as neighbours as long as our planet survives. Dr. Liezietsu said NPF entry into Manipur and Arunachal states will not alter their boundaries. “There is nothing to be afraid of. Our only desire is to participate in their assemblies by NPF members. He said that the general elections to the Manipur assembly is coming by the first part of next year and for which NPF Manipur unit leaders along with the central committee from the headquarters are on the move to organise the party. Dr. Liezietsu said he has strengthened the central committee for Manipur unit by inducting more leaders. Besides, it set up election committee for the ensuring election in Manipur to organise the party at the grass root level, to identify the candidates and such other preparations necessary for election.

Nagaland’s ‘Unspent’ dev funds at 61+ crores From Page 1 Ghatowar informed that Lok Sabha of the details of total funds granted/released and utilized (state-wise) for the development of North Eastern states under the NLCPR, during each of the last three years and the current year. According to the DoNER minister’s details of the funds released to Nagaland and utilized by the state under the NLCPR, the segments are: Rs. 103.81 crore (2008-09) out of which Rs. 61.84 crore was utilized; Rs. 102.94 crore (2009-10) out of which Rs. 113.96 crore was utilized; Rs. 98.43 crore (2010-11) out of which Rs. 109.37 crore was utilized and Rs. 59.02 (2011-12 as on 16.11.11) crore out of which Rs. 61.94 crore was utilized.

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GPRN/NSCN releases annual ... From Page 1 The years of conflict, the search for peace and unity are all imprinted and portrayed, poignantly reminding the viewer of the fact of Naga history. Published by the MIP, the calendar will be distributed at a nominal price of Rs. 200/- per copy. It will be made available through regional authorities of GPRN/NSCN. A firm “ahza” has been issued that no member shall charge more than the prescribed rate. Disciplinary action shall be initiated against the offenders. GPRN/NSCN appeals to all business associations, chambers of commerce, law enforcing agencies in Nagaland for kind co-operation.

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NO.CE(M)/LC/10/07-08: This is to notify that in compliance to Hon’ble Court Judgment and order dated 07.10.2010 passed in WP(C) No 34(K)/2008 Solo Yimchunger-Vs-State of Nagaland & Ors & and in reference to Govt. Letter NO.WH/ EST/20/2011 Dated 14.09.2011 there shall be an open interview to the post of Chowkidar under the Establishment of Mechanical Engineer, PWD(Mech.), Division-I, Kohima, Nagaland on 09th Dec’ 2011 in the Office of Engineer-inChief, NPWD from 11:00 AM. Therefore interested candidates are requested to submit their applications along with all relevant documents on or before 30th Nov’ 2011. Dr. Er. Vikuotuolie Angami PhD Engineer-in-chief, NPWD Nagaland, Kohima

Naga IR jawans’ “Community Policing” wins hearts in Purula From Page 1 This park is adorned with paddle boat and a diverse array of floras. One of the significant works carried out in this sector was their conducting combine fellowship program between “E Coy” jawans and the Believers Church of India. The 10th NAP (IR) Bn’s last Coy—“F” also donated significant development in their area, Patarband. In the Patarband Village, they had constructed and donated “Aram Garh” (Rest House). They also constructed another badminton court to Patarband Maidhamik Shikasha Kendra School to encourage extra-curricular activities and awareness on the importance of the role of the games and sports. They also distributed secondhand clothes, shoes, boots, plates and cups to poor and needy villagers, besides planted trees in their villages. They also constantly crated awareness campaigns for the importance of tree plantations. It may be mentioned that these “Community Policing (Humanitarian works)” were carried out since a year back from September 2010 with the contributions made by Officers and other ranks of the respective Companies of 10th NAP (IR) Bn. These services were mainly carried out for the welfare of the local people, said Nagaland DGP K Kire, IPS. The Nagaland Police Chief also disclosed that the people in the areas were cooperative with their jawans and at no point of time, there was any adverse attitude from the locals to their “Community Policing (Humanitarian Works)” carried out in their respective areas. These “Community Policing (Humanitarian services)” had brought wonderful “rapport” with the locals, Kire stated. The Nagaland DGP also spent his last Christmas with the jawans of the 10th NAP (IR) Bn at Purulia. The Morung Express is introducing “Public Space” as part of our intention to provide deliberate space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper. Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

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C O M M E N T A R Y

Ashok K Mehta

Playing checkers with China

Supra State Body for Nagas—No takers? India's conciliatory disposition and downplaying the threat from China Time for Nagas to work on won’t fetch us results. To deal with China, India has to act like India common strategy, approach

ccording to the recently launched The Seven Sisters Post newspaper, the negotiations between the Indian Government and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim are now in its final stages. The Seven Sisters Post newspaper has claimed that it has access to all the details of a solution. The final settlement envisages a “special federal relationship” between India and Nagaland and creation of a “Supra-state body” for the Nagas of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to be given as this year's Christmas gift to “preserve, protect and promote their cultural, social and customary practices”, according to a report published by The Seven Sisters Post. Further, the offer to create a pan-Naga ‘Supra State Body’, instead of the “Greater Nagalim” demanded by the NSCN, has been touted by Indian negotiators as the “Second best option for the Naga people”, the report said. Following the wide media coverage given to this particular news item, there has been a volley of protest coming in from Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. Not surprisingly it is the politicians who are making the most noise. While media report suggests that the Union Home Ministry people are denying the offer of a ‘Supra State Body’, yet there has so far been no explicit statement in black and white issued by Delhi. Those involved in the negotiation process have also neither affirmed nor denied the report. So it becomes quite obvious that there is some merit in the revelation made by The Seven Sisters Post. Strangely the Nagas are not saying anything and have remained so quiet even though others around us are making their protest known. Isn’t it high time for the Nagas to also make known their stand and take a position? Over the years especially since the ceasefire, Naga civil society, political parties (both the NPF and NPCC) and the public have been making regular mention on the need to expedite the Indo-Naga peace process and the appeal for early resolution through peaceful dialogue. So if we really want an early solution why is it that we are keeping so quiet? It is another matter that those at the negotiating table have remained very discreet when it comes to the specifics of the proposals or counterproposals. And yes they may have their own compulsion to keep things under wraps away from public scrutiny. However, if both the Government of India and the Naga negotiators are indeed affirming (as stated in previous joint statements) that the dialogue has entered a crucial and end stage, then why are they on the defensive when certain proposals are being put in the public domain. Does it also mean that they disown something as creative as a ‘Supra State Body’? What will happen to the credibility of the more than fifteen years of peace process if everything is brushed under the carpet. For both Delhi and the NSCN it makes sense to start a process of serious consultation with the concerned peoples and even governments of the region. Coming to the Naga people’s response, our silence is not going to solve the Indo-Naga problem. Further we seem to be completely clueless on how to go about things. There is neither strategy nor a common approach. Maybe the Joint Legislature Forum of the Nagaland Assembly under the initiative of the Speaker, Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition should help in formulating some kind of approach so that the voice of the Nagas can also be heard on whatever proposals are being discussed for a settlement. The Common Naga Platform, which had been suggested in the past, could be reinvented as the time for such a platform is at hand. As for the proposed ‘Supra-State Body’ (whether this is true or false), if this is indeed the ‘second best option’ for the Naga people as being pushed forward by Indian negotiators, the question is why our neighbors should be so unsympathetic. It is not fair to oppose everything that is being offered to the Nagas through the dialogue process. It is high time that as good neigbours for posterity we should be helpful and be accommodative to each other’s needs and aspiration. For Nagas too, this is the time to reconnect with our neigbours, rebuild the broken relationships and reach out to them so that we may be able to make them understand through dialogue and persuasion. All this will have to be done through better strategy and common approach among the Nagas.

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It takes two to tango Delhi, Dhaka strengthen ties further

s talks between the Home Secretaries of India and Bangladesh drew to a close in New Delhi on Sunday, a sense of bonhomie and good cheer was palpable, and expectedly so. Relations between the two countries have improved remarkably in the past three years since the Awami League Government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, came to power in Bangladesh in January 2009, and bilateral talks held this past weekend should serve as an impetus for further strengthening of ties. Bangladesh’s Home Secretary Monzur Hossain hit the right notes when he reiterated his Government ‘zero tolerance’ policy for any anti-India activity. In the recent past, Dhaka has done much to contain such activities on Bangladeshi soil — it has come down heavily on Islamists known for anti-India propaganda as well as cracked down on terrorist networks that either have ties with Pakistan or seek to set up sleeper cells in India. It has also handed over several separatists who had led insurgencies in the North-East. The most prominent among them are ULFA leader Arabinda Rajkhowa, his deputy Raju Baruah and other top ULFA leaders such as Sasha Choudhury, and Chitraban Hazarika. Against this backdrop, Mr Hossain’s emphasis on Dhaka’s continued commitment to eliminating antiIndia elements hiding in Bangladesh was naturally well received. Equally welcome is his assurance that other fugitives, such as ULFA general-secretary Anup Chetia, will be handed over to India soon. Chetia has been lodged in jail since he was arrested in 1997 for entering Bangladesh without valid documents. Since then his asylum requests have complicated his extradition which remains mired in a convoluted legal process. To do away with such obstacles, the Home Secretaries have announced that they will operationalise the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. Signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Dhaka in September, this agreement aims to facilitate the handing over of wanted people in each other’s territories. An Extradition Treaty is also in the pipeline and will be a huge step forward in ensuring greater security cooperation between the two countries. During the three-day talks, both countries also agreed to implement other key agreements such as the Agreement on Combating Organised Crime and Illegal Drug Trafficking that were signed during Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India in January last year. Of particular importance in this case is the finalisation of the coordinated Border Management Plan that was formulated this July. India and Bangladesh share a 4,095-km-long porous border that remains vulnerable to illegal immigration and cross-border human trafficking. Hence, effective border management is an imperative for both New Delhi and Dhaka. Hopefully, that will happen soon.

hen it came to China, my mother, an Army wife, used to tell her son, a General, “With Pakistan India is cocky but when it comes to China it becomes a mouse.” That was some 10 years ago. Last week, at Bali, during the East Asia Summit, we were told by Indian officials accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that he acted tough by rejecting China’s objections to India’s presence in South China Sea and told Premier Wen Jiabao that our interests were “purely commercial”. Equally firmly, Mr Wen warned ‘outside forces’ from getting embroiled in disputes in South China Sea. The warning was repeated on Monday. Will New Delhi back down? Let’s see. Mr Singh has repeatedly said there is “enough space for the rise of both India and China”. But Beijing says that space is in certain areas of cooperation. Besides already becoming Air India’s Frequent Flier of 2011, Mr Singh, by his own admission, has met top Chinese leaders 28 times. That’s another record for any Indian Prime Minister. Except for trade which is mainly to China’s advantage, there is little else to glow about. Chinese transgressions on the border continue. Their military buildup has outstripped our conventional deterrence. Beijing has quietly excised 2,000 km of the Ladakh border de facto trilateralising the bilateral Kashmir dispute.The India-China dispute is ready for entry in the Tussaud’s museum. Numerically border negotiations have overtaken Mr Singh’s record meetings with Chinese leaders. Eight rounds from 1981 to 1987, 14 rounds from 1988 to 2001; 13 rounds since 2003 till the 14th dialogue between Special Representatives later this month. Both sides have sequentially toyed with ‘swap of territory’, delineation of Line of Actual Control and the ongoing political, economic and strategic dialogue. India missed out on the swap deal in the 1960s. The Chinese backed off from exchange of maps fearing the LAC would become hostage to the presence of Indian troops. The current three-stage talks —agreement on political parameters, framework for delineation and the actual delineation — are deadlocked after China reneged on the agreement on not disturbing settled areas. Since then, only the two Special Representatives know what is going on. China has successfully diverted the border problem towards economic and strategic issues. The chimera of a breakthrough is posited even

as Mr Singh repeatedly urges his interlocutors to expedite resolution of the border dispute. A new joint mechanism for maintaining peace and tranquility on the undemarcated LAC is in the offing even as China has quietly pushed troops into Gilgit-Baltistan, illegally excised from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir by Pakistan. The rationale for the glacial pace of border talks was confirmed last week at a seminar at New Delhi’s United Services Institution by the articulate and moderate professor Zhou Gencheng of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies. He explained that at present the intention was to maintain status quo on the border so that peace and stability prevail. He elaborated that the Treaties of Peace and Tranquility in 1993 and Confidence Building Measures in 1996 were designed to do just that and added the customary appendage of the border being ‘a legacy of history, very complicated and requiring time and patience’. So much for the optimists who are expecting a breakthrough. Make no mistake: China will drag the border dispute at great cost to India till it feels it can impose a settlement on its terms and after the Dalai Lama has reached heaven. China has developed a deep and abiding interest in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh (which it still calls South Tibet) which has become the sticking point in the border dispute. Privately, the Chinese are conveying

that if India lets them retain Aksai Chin and Tawang, it will give up all other claims including Arunachal Pradesh. Tawang is important for China because the Khampa movement of the 1960s in Tibet had its roots here; tax records show Tawang as part of Tibet and a future revolt in Tibet could spring from Tawang. India’s military preparedness is woefully inadequate and has remained virtually static for the last two decades except for some recent force accretions and infrastructure upgrades. Only a tiny part of the military enhancements recommended in 1988 are being implemented. Union Minister for Defence AK Antony admitted that we are lagging behind in modernisation. The Chinese are way ahead in their infrastructure and defence capabilities. That is why a Tawang grab or a Kargil-like skirmish have become possible. But there is a simpler Confucian strategy to achieve the same objective: Keep India tied down to South Asia by prolonging the border dispute and encircling India. Beijing is back at playing its old game in the North- East by assisting Indian insurgent groups. Yet, India’s conciliatory disposition and downplaying the China threat can be attributed to two reasons: A hangover of the 1962 defeat and avoidance of a two-front situation. New Delhi just does not have the resources for conventional deterrence on two fronts which is exacerbated by its No First Use nuclear

policy whereas China’s No First Use is ambiguous over territory it claims. India’s window of vulnerability has to be closed by other means which it has been shy of using so far. Vietnam, (which taught China a lesson in 1979 and since then the PLA has not fought a war), Taiwan and Tibet are low hanging force-multipliers. India should also activate other pressure points —off Malacca Straits and the Myanmar coast to buzz Chinese shipping. A belated start has been made in Hanoi. New Delhi must reclaim lost ground in Nepal and Sri Lanka and prevent further loss of influence to China. Professor John Lee of Sydney University says that increased trade does not necessarily reduce tension; rather it deepens competition and rivalry in the long term. China cannot rise peacefully as other powers are also rising simultaneously. The geopolitical space is not large enough for the rise of any single power, without tension as last week’s East Asia Summit showed. Managing China’s rise is not just India’s headache. It is a declining US’s primary concern — an America which is heavily indebted to Beijing and a China whose economy will overtake the former’s in 2020. At the same time, the US’s military spending will also have declined to its lowest level since 1940. Yet, the US is tipped to remain the number one smart power. To deal with China, India has to act like India. Source: The Pioneer

Letters to the editor Comical on part of KDFA clarification on Kohima NPl berth

ent and event some of their players when on to represent the state and the country. Why he trying to defend the KDFA for allotting Life Sports FC for Kohima quota .Let he asked himself whether he is aware that when did the •-The Kohima Berth for NPL is now become an eye KDFA conducted the Kohima football league. of storm , with two teams New Market Football Team Ketho Angs, Kohima Town and Excel United Club both expressing their resentment and disappointment over the quota. Delight at reading ‘Thought For It was appalled to see the Kohima District Football Association (KDFA) clarification on Kohima Food’ by Theyiesinuo Keditsu berth for NPL, thus there by making a mockery of the football game. It is now highly questionable that •- The weekly column "Thought For Food" by Theyiewhen the KDFA could not hold the Kohima league for sinuo Keditsu is a delight. Many have written on the years best known of the officials of KDFA, who are grand subjects but a common man hardly gets to live at the helm and holding the offices as if it is their prop- them. But food, all man experience them daily. I conerty and now standing up to justified it stand by clear- nected instantly because the articles were talking ly showing their true colors to promote and project about things that I do. It dignified my common activithe Life Sports Football Club with five points , which ties into something worthy and romantic. Also the author's mastery of words in describing the is irrelevant and unfounded , because the rest teams from Kohima also have, what the Life Sports FC have, eating exercise is so admirable. The eating sensations which I cannot express in my own mother tongue has so though may not be up to the professional standard . It is quick funny and awkward that the KDFA jus- simply and clearly been expressed by the author. The author's use of common places and incidents tified their stand saying that New Market XI team “not applied/ approach” for NPF slot for Kohima are the ones that hit you the most. The author makes the reader enjoy the daily monotonous ritual of eatquota, which would mean that who ever (team(s) approach the KDFA are entitled for the Kohima quota?. ing and activities associated with it. The tiresome act It could have been a wise that the KDFA admit its of cooking can now actually be enjoyed. One usually mistake on their part and issued a public regret over visits only common and not so fancy restaurants. But the matter instead of trying to defend its position. A those are not so common anymore. One can actually simple advise to KDFA before the things get out of see and taste the daily monotonous teas and meals in touch, it would be better KDFA set its house in order. a more grandeur and tasty manner. A common man's life does not revolve around It quick true that there has been few write-ups on the issue, both for and against over the berth giv- royal parties or saving the world etc. But it revolves ing to Life Sports FC. People need not to be confused around common simple things. It is to the credit of further. When did the KDFA conducted the football the author that she has made a reader like me enjoy league for Kohima ? This answer, the KDFA need to his eating experiences more. Lelen Singsit, Kuda Village, Dimapur give straight away to the football loving state of capital in particular and the state in general. The Article II of the NPL clearly states “the winner of Kohima league Individual comments on FNR get will get automatic berth on merit. A writer when to say that the teams like New Mar- •-This group of people had been placed by God's spirit ket Football Team, Excel United Club, Naga Boys Club , to bring different leaders of the Nagas for reconciliaPenguin Club and Puliebadze Club etc use to practice for tion. It’s a matter of moral issue not an organizational two-three weeks before the tournament and participate. status as some members would think. Since they have But this is not true. Let the writer concern get his fact and led the Nagas to this stage we must appreciate them. figures write. In-fact those are the hard working teams However, I think they have no more oil or spirit leading who have produce local state players in the pass and pres- them further to bring leaders together due the reason

best known to them and the Nagas in general. I wish to appeal to them to hand over this mantle to someone who would bring moral authority to bring Nagas together. If at all they refused when there is good chance of changing the system they will held responsible. I pray they will consider this matter prayerfully for the benefits of the Nagas future. John Angami, Kohima Twon

PUBLIC GRIEVANCE CELL P U B L I C G R I E V A N C E C E L L Appeal To The bsNl Authorities The General Manager, BSNL, Nagaland, Dimapur •-It is now nearing two months since the BSNL network had been completely down causing great inconvenience to the general public of Zunheboto district. Since majority of the mobile phone users are subscribers of BSNL, every section of the people of the district is greatly effected including the government, business and private establishments. It is learnt that the ongoing expansion of road between Kohima and Zunheboto has damaged the optical fibre cables and because of which the BSNL services is nonfunctional. It is also learnt that the road construction would take around three years. I would like to make mention here that Zunheboto district cannot be isolated for three years. All the other districts has two to three optical fibre cable ways and when such kind of situations arises, they have an option. Unlike other private companies, BSNL is a public sector and therefore we appeal to the concerned authority to route an optical fibre cable way to Zunheboto at the earliest. The concerned authority is also urged to exempt Rental Charges of landline connections, WLL, internet, etc. from the public during these months. Vihuto Asumi, Secretary, Sumi Hoho

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S Africa’s political duel: Zuma vs Malema

roger southall

outh Africa's president has outgunned his young, ambitious rival and cleared the road to reelection. But the struggle between them casts an unforgiving light on aspects of the country's governance, says Roger Southall. At the end of an extended twomonth process, the president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was handed a five-year suspension from South Africa's ruling ANC for offences against party discipline. Julius Malema was joined in his punishment by the league’s four next most senior office-bearers. There will be appeals, but these hold little prospect (beyond a possible reduction in the length of exclusion) of a substantial alteration of the verdict. The outcome reflects Malema’s total misreading of the political qualities of Jacob Zuma. Zuma was propelled to South Africa's highest office on a populist wave that represented a reaction to the elitism of his predecessor Thabo Mbeki. The third post-apartheid president (Nelson Mandela was of course the first) has cultivated the image of an amiable buffoon: the dancing, singing president, friend to all, warm and easy in company, the man no one dislikes and (near fatally) whom the party can push around. Yet beneath the surface Zuma is a wily, calculating and thoroughly ruthless politician, with a profound commitment both to his political survival and personal aggrandisement. The rivals The outlines of the Zuma-Malema contest are being endlessly replayed in South Africa's media. The succession of episodes form a large part of the country's political history in the past four years: * How Malema’s ANCYL joined with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and many others to form a "coalition of the aggrieved" to oust Thabo Mbeki and replace him with Jacob Zuma at the ANC’s Polokwane conference in December 2007, this after Mbeki had dismissed Zuma from the deputy presidency for apparent implication in a corrupt arms deal * How, after the general election of 2009 and his rise to the state presi-

dency, Zuma proved benignly tolerant of a series of public statements by Julius Malema - about whites "stealing land", for example, or about nationalising the mines - which both veered close to directly contradicting the ANC’s programme agreed at Polokwane and which greatly embarrassed many within the party

By contrast, Zuma has espoused a reconciliatory role whose principal concern is to appease all elements in the very disparate coalition which brought him to power. This has had the merits of allowing an overall competent economics and financial core to maintain reasonable control over the economy during an era of immense global tur-

Jacob Zuma

Julius Malema

* How, as time wore on, Malema’s confidence in his ability to reshape the ANC grew apace with his embrace of an anti-white, anti-Indian, anti-elitist, anti-communist, anti-imperialist and chauvinist agenda which increasingly made him major enemies within the "tripartite alliance" of the ANC, Cosatu and the SACP. Malema, who claimed to represent the interests of the unemployed and marginalised African millions, gravitated to an interpretation of ANC history which saw the contemporary ANCYL replaying the role of the Mandela/ Tambo ANCYL of the late 1940s which had overthrown a conservative leadership and led the ANC into a period of mass action. This increasingly cast Zuma as a villain, a false hero who had disappointed voters by failing to implement a radical nationalist political and economic agenda. The conclusion was that Zuma - and those around him, notably the ANC's secretary-general Gwede Mantashe - would have to be replaced by candidates who would commit to Malema’s programme; this would happen at the ANC next conference at Mangaung in December 2012. In all this, Malema fatally mistook Zuma’s form for substance. Zuma’s style of governance is thoroughly unlike that of Mbeki - a centralist moderniser, who ruled his cabinet with authority and brooked no dissent.

bulence. The downside is that, across many ministries, inefficiency, mediocrity and downright predation and plunder have been permitted to flourish; a succession of financial scandals has resulted. At the centre, the Zuma presidency has provided for a remarkable rise in the fortunes of "Zuma Inc", a cluster of firms associated with his friends and family. The financial interests of Zuma himself, and Zuma Inc, are an important factor motivating Zuma’s determination to secure a second five-year presidency of the ANC from 2012 and of South Africa via a fifth general election in 2013. So when Malema transformed from supporter to political threat, Zuma prepared to pounce. For a man who had risen to the head of ANC intelligence in exile, this was child’s play. All he needed to do was wait, as successively Malema embarrassed the ANC by embracing Robert Mugabe’s land and indigenisation polices; hailed Muammar Gaddafi; and declared the Botswana government to be in bed with United States imperialism. The short step to filing charges was made easier by the ANCYL leadership's stunts, such as invading an official meeting of the mother body’s senior office-leaders. The mobilisation of unruly supporters in the streets of Johannesburg outside the ANC’s Luthuli House during the early days of the disciplinary

hearing also did little to help the Youth League leaders’ cause. The prospect So what does Julius Malema’s political demise mean for the ANC and South Africa? Four conclusions suggest themselves. First, Jacob Zuma will sail on to a second presidency. Those touted by the Youth League as an alternative option, notably deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe, have a clearer sense of Zuma's real political abilities and no stomach to challenge him. Second, Zuma will maintain his multidirectional balancing-act: mollycoddling diverse constituencies, promising employment-generating policies, maintaining broadly conservative economic policies, alternately punishing and tolerating corruption according to political interests. Third, the ANC under Zuma will proceed to a repeat election victory in 2013 after a year of celebration of the party’s centenary in 2012. It is possible this will shore up its perceptibly eroding vote at the cost of its inattention to issues which are steadily undermining its longevity: corruption, "tenderpreneurship", and resulting incapacity to address collective needs (especially at provincial and localgovernment level). Fourth, the ANCYL will doubtless regroup around another leader. Even if Malema's sentence is reduced on appeal, he will be unable to play an overt role in the party prior to Mangaung. His choice will be to buckle down in the hope of long-term rehabilitation or take the major risk of launching out politically on his own. But the latter option would require major financial and political backers; at present there are few either free of ties to the Zuma state or prepared to place their money on such an unpredictable horse. It could get worse before it gets better for Malema. He has already acquired improbable levels of wealth and the withdrawal of Zuma’s political protection has provided space for various anti-corruption agencies to probe the dubious routes to this enrichment, which include apparently manipulating the award of contracts in his home province in Limpopo. Zuma’s message to the ANC has become brutally clear: plunder if you will, but if you cross me politically, expect no mercy.

Theme: “Youth for Transparency and Good Governance- The Kohima Campaign” To

Sub: Application under Section 6 of the RTI Act 2005 Sir, Kindly furnish the information sought herein below 1. What was the amount of money the Government sanctioned under the Year of Entrepreneur for the year 2010-2011? 2. In what ways the Government have utilised the money? Please give the detail break-up of the amount. 3. In what way an individual can get benefit through this scheme? Thanking you, Sir. Applicants name - 1. mr. Putinungsang, Student, 2. Kuovi Belho, Program Officer, YouthNet, Below Raj Bhavan, Officers Hill, Kohima Date of submission Application fee - rs. 10/- (cash paid) Format of information required - Xerox copy(s) Information to be collected in person To

opulation policies have little impact on the way a minority of humans use the Earth's resources. The birth of a baby is usually an occasion for joy. The arrival, however, of the seven billionth person is being awaited with growing trepidation about the devastating impact of humans on the planet. Environmentalists are arguing in circles about who or what is to blame: the total number of people; or the amount of water, food, mineral ores or clean air each demands. Professor Paul Ehrlich, whose book The Population Bomb helped ignite this debate, likens the environmental impact to the area of a rectangle: one side is the size of population, the other their consumption. Although Ehrlich's rectangle is a neat illustration, the population “problem” for the environment is more accurately described as two rectangles, each representing the number of people on the vertical and their lifestyles on the horizontal: one tall skinny quadrant encompasses billions of people who use very little of Earth's resources; the other a much shorter, extraordinarily long one for the minority of humans who

use the vast majority of natural wealth. The World Bank estimates, for example, that the richest fifth of the world has more than three-quarters of the income; the poorest fifth just 1.5 per cent. Given that populations are barely stable and sometimes falling in most of the rich world, population policy would inevitably have to make noticeable inroads into the tall-skinny many/poor rectangle. Assuming such policies were successful — and excluding the widely unacceptable coercion of China's one child policy or India's mass sterilisations in the 1970s, persuading people to have fewer babies has proved very tricky — the overall reduction in combined environmental impact would be very small. The more troubling issue, though, is that this calculation assumes that as the tall-skinny rectangle gets shorter, it does not get wider. Experience, however, suggests that, except for extreme cases such as Zimbabwe, it will get fatter. A better life? Across time and geography, countries that have reduced birth rates have got richer and so more consumptive: rising incomes, better health and education give men and women the confi-

dence that more of their children will survive into adulthood and help support their families; and as birthrates fall governments can spend more on each person's health, education and jobs, feeding a virtuous cycle of economic development and slowing population growth. It would be interesting to see a proper assessment of the point at which the benefit of having fewer people consuming is offset and then increasingly dwarfed by their greater consumption. There are some telling pointers. Comparison by the London-based Guardian's James Ball of the CIA World Factbook data for countries' birthrates and average purchasing power of each person shows a pretty strong correlation between the two. Statisticians are quick to point out that because two things appear to be linked does not mean one causes the other, but on-the-ground evidence suggests rising affluence and declining fertility rates are inextricable. Time after time descriptions of countries that have successfully reduced population growth show how they have grown notably richer at the same time, even if they are not exactly well—off: Guatemala in central Ameri-

ca, Bangladesh in south-east Asia, and the Asian tiger of South Korea. At the same time, study after study shows environmental damage rises — so far almost always perpetually — with income, and often more steeply as developing countries begin to industrialise. Most dramatically, these forces appear to have come together in China, whose one-child policy — albeit with massive state investment and rapid expansion of the market economy — has coincided with the country's rise to become the world's second biggest economy (and, incidentally, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gas pollution). Technically speaking, of course, population campaigners are right: environmental degradation can be helped by reducing the number of people and what they use. Population policies are best left to those focusing on poverty and women's rights. For environmentalists, talk of too many people is a dangerous distraction for campaigners and consumers, too many of whom will find it a convenient excuse to ignore the more pressing need for changes to what and how we spend our growing riches. (Juliette Jowit is the Observer's Environment Editor.) Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2011

The Public Information Officer Kohima Municipal Council, Kohima Nagaland

Sub: Application under Section 6 of the RTI Act 20055 Sir, Kindly furnish the information sought herein below 1. Under the recent total sanitation programme how many vehicles were bought? 2. As per the new sanitation programme, please specify the number of times the vehicle picks up the garbage in different colonies in and around Kohima town. How are the funds generated to carry out the sanitation drive? Please give in detail. Applicants name -

1. miss. medongunuo, Student 2. Kuovizo belho, Program Officer, YouthNet Below Raj Bhavan, Officers Hill, Kohima Date of submission Application fee - rs. 10/- (cash paid) Format of information required - Xerox copy(s) Information to be collected in person

Consumption, not population, is the issue

Juliette Jowit

The Public Information Officer Department of Industries, Kohima Nagaland

The Public Information Officer Power Department, Kohima Nagaland

Sub: Application under Section 6 of the RTI Act 2005 Sir, Kindly furnish the information sought herein below 1. Are all the villages in Nagaland electrified? 2. What is the total energy distributed for each colony/wards in Kohima? 3. Why is there a constant load shading especially in the month of January – March during students exam? 4. What was the total amount collected through electricity bills in Kohima during the year 2009-2010? Why is there a constant power cut even though the customers pay the bill? Applicants name - 1. miss. ruth, Student 2. Kuovizo belho, Program Officer, YouthNet Below Raj Bhavan, Officers Hill, Kohima mobile - 9774644151 Date of submission Application fee - rs. 10/- (cash paid) Format of information required - Xerox copy(s) Information to be collected in person

Why the Meiteis are always against Nagas?

1. Some Meitei said we had organic relationship with the Tribals surrounding the Imphal valley. 2. But the organic relationship was defined as calling the Nagas as “Hao” meaning untouchable/un-civilized/polluted. For instance, when a Hao buys anything from the Meitei women in the bazaar, they would ask the former to drop the money as they were considered untouchables and fear of polluting, completely denying the human dignity. 3. Definition of various relationships can go on, however in the context to the Naga solution through dialogue to resolve the oldest insurgency in Asia with ceasefire signed in 1997 as two entities was stiffly opposed by the dominant Meitei community. When ceasefire was declared without territorial limit it was opposed again, orchestrated through UCM, AMUCO, Meirapaibi, and AMSU founded in the name of colonies’ club. This was well managed through propaganda by the Meitei Journalist and one sided media funded by the Dominant Govt of Manipur. Traditionally Meitei have act-

ing skill which they call it Leela, acting craft is so convincing that tears can be shed within a few second in front of the camera. In 2001 the so called June uprising started with different stages. The Act-part I (Leela in Manipuri) started with the burning of Indian National flag, state Assembly Secretariat and Naga MLA officials’ residence. Act-part II, 18 innocent drug addicts in their youth were pushed in the front to be killed. Act-part III; quit notice issued to the Nagas staying in Imphal. Thousands of Naga families and Govt employees fled Imphal and rendered homeless in Senapati, Ukhrul, Chandel and Tamenglong. 4. Further insulting the Nagas, the Govt of Manipur wanted to declare June 18th as martyrs’ day (state official holiday) in 2005.This was objected by the Nagas. 5. The Naga Students’ Federation officials who were on their way to Oinam village under Senapati district for their Federal Assembly were not allowed to enter Mao- Gate (Naga village under Manipur state NH-39) on 2nd May 2010. 6. Th. Muivah, the princi-

pal negotiator of Indo-Naga peace talk wanted to visit his native village after 50 years, for which, the Government of India (GOI) had given clear order to the West Bengal, Nagaland and Manipur Govt to provide full proof security as he is entitled with Z plus category. This was objected with thousands of Police commandos, IRB deployed in Mao Gate imposing 144Crpc by the communal govt. of Manipur. In the process terror was let loose upon the civilians. When such operation was opposed by the Mao women in the form of peaceful protest rally, the Meitei Commandos reacted by killing two students Chakho and Losii and injuring hundreds of innocent women. Many of the Mao gate villagers’ properties were looted and destroyed. The entire village fled and took shelter in the neighboring Angami villages at Khuzama and Kidima in Nagaland. 7. Autonomous District Council (ADC) Act of 1972 which was rejected 25 years back by the tribal people in Manipur was re-imposed as constitutional obligation in the guise of Local Self Governance against the will of the people

despite repeated appeal by the tribal people to postpone until consensus is arrived. 8. Subsequently, three women were shot at Noney, Mr. Abonmai, a theological student on picnic at Makhan was shot by commandos in civil dress to camouflage their identity. In Ukhrul Manipur IRB imposed curfew without the consent of District administration and assaulted civilians, in the process women folk came out protesting and seized 17 weapons from the personnel of IRB which was returned later when all IRB station at Ukhrul was shifted to Imphal. 9. Now with the media reports of “supra State” for the Naga solution, Both the Government and ruling party Congress have come out openly that Territorial integrity of Manipur will not be allowed to touch in Naga solution. Another Meitei political party MPP chief has openly declared that there will be civil war between Meitei and Nagas in his interview with North- East Television. Implication: Meitei’s against Naga integration clearly define their vested interest over Nagas’

land to maintain status quo of dominance rule in the present structure. Continued attempt to let Naga suffer by divide and rule policies over tribal and particularly through electoral politics by distorting Naga history through imposed fabricated Meitei history in school curriculum, forcing Meitei language as official transaction in Govt. communication, Meitei Scripts in all school and also to implement Manipur Land Revenue (MLR) Act and Land Revenue (LR) Act in the hill area. The present ruling Govt in Manipur led by Ibobi exercise on some Nagas as his agency to uphold present hegemonic rule. Fantasizing to please the Naga people in the name of New District creation, by Nagas’ name over their land and plant Meitei population from nearby Thoubal district, Bishnupur and Jiribam in the name of revenue district such as Tonji meril in Tamenglong, Phungyar in Ukhrul is nothing but a systematic grabbing Nagas’ Land. The Indo-Naga Ceasefire declared in 1997 to the 5 decade old bloody conflict was welcomed by all people around

the world. Nagas regarded it as hard earned Peace, where approximately 1, 50,000 Naga people were killed in their struggle for freedom. Ceasefire means peace therefore; Meitei opposing the ceasefire is itself opposing the Peace. The Meiteis’ hidden attitude against peace was exposed through their different level of their corrupt society in 2001 episode. Congress led Government in Manipur coming out openly opposing honorable settlement of the Indo-Naga through Chief Minister Ibobi, Manipur Congress President, Government funded NGOs, UCM, AMUCO, MEIRA Paibi and AMSU have exposed their natural chauvinist polluted society. Ironically the Nagas in the Congress party have supported Territorial Integrity of Manipur. Valley based political party, Manipur Peoples Party (MPP) leaders directly inflaming to Civil war between Meitei versus Naga is an open challenge to the civilized Human race in this region. Naga should understand the reality of present age rather than harping on past glorious position only. We need to con-

textualize within the paradigm shift. Rationality should overcome the politics of survival in the present system of hegemonic dominance rule through facelift developmental politics. Though Nagas in Manipur are living hand to mouth yet their persistence and strong determination could withstand for their Rights against all odds but sadly, there are few Nagas who are puppets, swaying to the tune of dominant community Meitei for their selfish personal gain. We must realize that the legacy left behind by our wise forefather cannot be barter away by selfish attitudes to please the Meiteis. The values of our History must be assimilated for the best of present and future generation guided by correct political decisions. If at all the blood of innocent Nagas’ runs through the green Naga Hills than the selfish pseudo Naga shall be responsible for all time to come. We can choose friends but you can’t choose neighbors. Be a good neighbor. Hopeson Shatsang Delhi University, South Ext. Delhi

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UPA-opposition wedge widens

New DelhI, November 23 (IaNS): As an aggressive opposition forced the adjournment of both houses of parliament without transacting much business on the winter session’s second day Wednesday over demands for debates on illegal money and the price rise, the wedge between the ruling and opposition parties seems to have widened, threatening a repeat of last year’s washed-out winter session. The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party put the onus of the smooth functioning of parliament on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and threatened to continue the disruptions till its demand for debates on the price rise, corruption and black money was accepted. “It is the government’s Supporters of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, or Indian Workers Group, participate in a protest rally in New Delhi on November 23. The supporters responsibility to run parliademanded that the government protect workers rights in the ongoing ment,” BJP leader S.S. Ahluwalia told reporters. He indicated economic reform process as well as the financial crisis. (AP Photo)

that his party will cooperate with the Left parties on their notice for debate on price rise that entailed voting, while the Left parties would return the gesture for its notice for adjournment over illegal money. “Our demands are not illegal. Rules allow adjournment motions in the houses to pave way for discussion by voting. If the government doesn’t want the discussion, it should be held responsible for the disruptions,” he said. Returning the opposition barb, Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said it was “very unfortunate” parliament was being disrupted for the last two days by the opposition. “Parliament is a place to discuss concerns of the people. The prime minister has already said whatever issues the opposition wants to raise, the government is ready for discussion. The attitude of the opposition is very unfortu-

nate,” he said. In the two days since the winter session began Tuesday, parliament lost 17 hours of work, causing a cumulative loss of over Rs.4 crore to the national exchequer, considering that an hour of parliament’s functioning cost Rs.25 lakh according to rough estimates. Meanwhile, in the Lok Sabha, MPs from Telangana region, including those from the Congress, flashed placards demanding a separate state and Shiv Sena members sought a hike in cotton rates for farmers in Maharashtra. The Left parties have been asking the speaker to consider their adjournment motion on price rise even as the government had agreed to have a discussion on inflation under Rule 193 that doesn’t entail voting. The discussion was listed in Wednesday’s business but the speaker has apparently decided against the adjournment

motion. The ruling threw the Lok Sabha into chaos resulting in the chair adjourning the house for the day. The Rajya Sabha was also adjourned for the day after the suspension of Question Hour in the morning due to noisy protests. Giving a further headache to the UPA government, its main ally Trinamool Congress hinted that it may oppose the government on the issue of price rise during the parliament debate. Railway Minister and senior Trinamool leader Dinesh Trivedi said: “TMC will always be with the people. We are a responsible party and TMC will never do anything which will create problems for the common people.” But it does not pose a danger to the government, as the UPA ally from West Bengal would still vote with the government. Asked whether Trinamool would support the government if

there is voting on the issue of price rise, Trivedi said: “Yes, but in parliament allies also express their views.” Trinamool had opposed petrol hike by the central government and its members had also met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said “there is no use of holding another discussion” on price rise in parliament without voting, as two such debates had taken place earlier. “But the government has not initiated any concrete steps to check inflation and price rise,” CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters outside Parliament House. “The discussion should only be held under the rule which entails voting, so that there is pressure built on the government to initiate concrete steps to curb inflation and check price rise,” he added.

5 executives get bail in 2G case, Tihar trial stayed New DelhI, November 23 (IaNS): The Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to five executives who were accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum allocation case, seven months after they were jailed, even as a stay was granted on shifting the trial to Tihar jail. The five co-accused granted bail are Sanjay Chandra of Unitech Wireless, Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom and Reliance Group’s Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair. They are among the 14 co-accused in the case, who include former telecom minister A. Raja. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice H.L. Dattu ordered the release of the five co-accused, in custody since April, on a surety of Rs.5 lakh each but also allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to seek a review if the bail was misused. “We reserve the liberty to the CBI to make appropriate application for the modification, recalling the order passed by us, if for any reason, the applicants violate any of the conditions imposed by this court,” the judgment said. “There will be no inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts or the case so

as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the court or to any other authority,” said the court, asking the accused to be present in court when required. Their trial is being conducted by a special CBI court presided over by Judge O.P. Saini. The proceedings will continue in Patiala House courtroom till a panel appointed by the Delhi High Court identifies an alternative location. A five-judge bench of the high court headed by Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri stayed Tuesday’s notification of the registrar general to shift the case to Tihar Jail after the accused said it was illegal and will inconvenience them as well as their lawyers. Now, a committee comprising the registrar general, special Judge Saini, a district judge of the Patiala House court and a few lawyers representing the accused will identify the place where the trial can be conducted. The developments had led to a celebratory mood, notably among the relatives of the five accused, in the Patiala House court. Judge Saini asked them to vacate the courtroom and not interfere with the proceedings. They later distributed chocolates outside. In a re-

I will continue ‘drama’ of mingling with poor: Rahul

lucKNow, November 23 (IaNS): With his political opponents dubbing his visits to villages and sharing of meals with the poor as a “drama”, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said in Uttar Pradesh that he would “continue the drama throughout the life”. “Every time whenever I mingle with the poor, visit their houses and share meals with them, senior leaders while sitting inside TV studios mock at me…They call such things a drama of Rahul Gandhi,” he told a gathering in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, some 240-km from Lucknow. “If mixing with the people to understand their problems and issues affecting them is a drama, I will continue with this drama throughout my life. I am not here to winelections…Iamnotgoinganywhere...I am here to change Uttar Pradesh,” Gandhi said while giving his third speech of the day. Rahul Tuesday embarked upon a five-day mass contact programme ahead of the state assembly polls next year. “The opposition leaders call me a kid, who has no information about politics,” said Rahul. “Yes, I don’t have that much information, butinthesevenyearsofmypoliticalcareer I have very well understood one thing that there is no question in the entire country

lated development, out of the nine accused still in judicial custody, 6 of them led by Raja’s party colleague and Rajya Sabha Member Kanomozhi Karunanidhi moved the Delhi High Court for an early hearing of their bail pleas, slated for Dec 1. Regarding the bail Wednesday, the 5 executives had challenged the judgment and common order of the Delhi High Court delivered May 23, which had rejected their pleas given the magnitude of the offence and gravity of the accusations against them. The 5, however, contended in the apexcourtthattherejectionofbailbythe high court was bad in law and that their continued incarceration amounted to a pre-trial punishment, which violated their constitutional right. “The courts below committed a grave infraction of the Article 21 of the Constitution as there is no evidence that the petitioner may frustrate the trial by tampering with the witnesses or the records.” The probe agency had filed the first set of charges April 2 in which it had named as accused Raja,hisformerpersonalsecyR.K.Chandolia, former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, Swan Telecom’s Shahid Usman Balwa, Goenka and Chandra.

for which the people of the country don’t have an answer.” “Thepoor,thefarmersandthelabourershaveananswertoeveryquestion,”said Rahul,citingthechangesmadebythecentral government for the implementation of a package for the weavers. “A delegation of weavers only told us that the package should not be implemented through the help of co-operative societies that are governed by the state government. The weavers feared they would not get a single penny if the societies were involved for implementing the package,” said Gandhi. He said he would continue to strive for a better understanding of public problems. “Those confining themselves to speeches only must start visiting homes of the poor, sharefoodwiththemandwaterfromtheir well even if they get an upset stomach,” said Rahul. Accusing the Mayawati govt of working against the farmers, Rahul said: “Whenever a farmer shouts over the forcible land acquisition, he is shot at…Atrocities were committed on the women there.” “It was the Cong party that fought for the farmers…Come what may, we would continue to do it… We will together work for an all-round development of the state,” said Rahul.

Kashmiri villagers gather near derailed coaches of a passenger train at the site of an accident in Sadura, 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Srinagar on November 23. Three coaches of a passenger train derailed near a station in south Kashmir injuring 25 passengers, police said. (AP Photo)

Jayalalitha replies to 1,339 questions in assets case

baNgalore, November 23 (PtI): Winding up her deposition before a special court here, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha on Wednesday maintained the disproportionate asset case against her was “politically motivated” and “fabricated” at the instance of her rival DMK. Appearing for the fourth time since last month before special judge B M Mallikarjunaiah in the 15-yearold case, she completed answering 1,339 questions framed by the judge, who recorded her statement in the closed door hearing held at the highsecurity makeshift court hall at Parapana Agrahara on the city outskirts. Jayalalithaa, who had replied to 580 questions yesterday, fielded the remaining 192 today, special public prosecutor B V Acharya told reporters after the more than three-hourlong proceedings. “With today’s deposition she has answered all the 1,339 questions which were framed by the court under section 313 of CrPC (relating to recording of statement),” he said. The AIADMK supremo had appeared before the court on October 20 and 21 when she replied to about 571 questions. She deposed in the court yesterday for the third

time after Supreme Court rejected her plea for exemption from personal appearance and seeking permission to submit written answers. Apparently relieved at the completion of the deposition, Jayalalithaa who emerged out of the court greeted the onlookers with folded hands and sporting a smile as she drove to the airport en route to Chennai. During today’s proceedings, Jayalalitha also filed “a very detailed” statement along with several documents in addition to her deposition, he said adding in her statement she had asserted the case was fabricated at the instance of DMK which was in power in 1997. “Therefore it is a politically motivated case.” Acharya said the court adjourned the next hearing in the case to November 29 when it will record the statements of the other three accused including Jayalalitha’s close aide Sasikala, at the regular special court in the city. In her statement, Jayalalitha also said the case was taken up and an inquiry ordered under the CrPC on the basis of a ‘false’ complaint by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy. She also stated that the search warrant was only taken in respect of her

31/3 Poes Garden residence and not the adjacent house. Therefore, the search (in the other house) was illegal. On seizure of costly sarees and matching accessories like footwear and watches during the raids, she said as a famous actress she had acted in about 120 films in various languages, where she was required to wear them with matching accessories. “Because a saree once used in a film will not be used again, she had kept all these as a momento and police is wrong in valuing all these sarees and footwear,” Acharya quoted Jayalalithaa as telling the court in the written statement. She termed the investigations by police officials as ’illegal’ and said permission was granted only to probe the complaint filed by Dr Swamy. She said searches of all her properties in Hyderabad was illegal as the court has no right to issue a search warrant for properties outside Chennai. Jayalalitha alleged that the case has been instituted by her political opponents to defame her and tarnish her image in the eyes of the public. She, however, admitted that music director A R Rahman attended the marriage of her estranged fos-

ter son Sudhakaran in 1996 and also performed at the instance of the bride’s family. “He (Rahman) did not receive any payment for it,” she said. She also said Rehman produced some silver articles given to him by the bride’s family while inviting him for the marriage. Jayalalitha denied the statement by an IAS officer that she had used government officials for her private purpose. She also stated that during the check period, she had no other property except the Poes Garden property. She said that during investigation, the then law minister Madhavan and DMK leader Arcot Veerasamy interfered in the process, which she termed illegal. Jayalalitha’s senior counsel B Kumar, said she answered all the remaining questions “correctly and to the point.” He said she has also filed a written statement detailing her grievances and that her examination under Sec 313 CrPC has been completed. Kumar said the questions pertained to investigation by police and documents acquired by them during the raids. Kumar said the “whole case is false and engineered by her opponents and is totally mala fide.”

Sunderbans out of wonders race - a lost opportunity?

Sundarban Delta

KolKata, November 23 (IaNS): With Sunderbans voted out of the race for the ‘New Seven Wonders of Nature’, tourism industry insiders say the world’s single largest block of mangrove forests may have lost a golden opportunity to become a global destination for wildlife tourism. Sunderbans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,

is the single largest block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest shared by India (West Bengal) and Bangladesh. Nearly 60 percent of it is with Bangladesh and the rest with India. It was voted out of the provisional list of the ‘New Seven Wonders of Nature’ based on the first count of vote results Nov 11. This has led to frustration among the people

of West Bengal, including travel agents who say it would have helped the Sunderbans push up its tourist numbers way beyond the current 150,000. “It’s really unfortunate for both Bengal and India. Sunderbans making it to the new seven wonders list would have opened new gates for the influx of foreign tourists in the state,” state Forest Minister Hiten Burman told IANS. “It would have been a hotspot for wildlife tourism on the world map,” he added. Said Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) chairman-eastern chapter Anil Punjabi: “It’s indeed not good in terms of the tourism business.” “The rush of foreign tourists would have increased if Sunderbans was voted one of the new seven wonders of nature. The economy of the area would have got a heavy boost,” he added. The New7Wonders of Nature was a project undertaken by CanadianSwiss Bernard Weber to make a list of seven natural wonders selected by people across the world through a worldwide poll. The criterion was that the

site was to be “a clearly defined natural site or natural monument” that was not created or significantly altered by humans for aesthetic reasons. The initiative was started in 2007 and attracted 100 million votes from around the world. Sunderbans was the only Indian entry in the final list of 28 that included the Grand Canyon of the US, the Amazon of Brazil, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, the Halong Bay of Vietnam and other natural sites. The case of Sunderbans - home to a number of rare species of birds and animals, including the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger - was also diplomatically important as it had brought India and Bangladesh together. Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Bangladesh Forest Minister Hasan Mehmud had declared that the neighbours would work together to ensure the land of Royal Bengal Tigers made it to the final list. But Sunderbans Development Minister Shyamal Mondal said: “We are the only ones to be blamed. The Left

Front government didn’t care much about the whole thing. What were they doing? Sunderbans getting selected would have helped both the countries.” It is also believed that selection of Sunderbans would have triggered the flow of foreign funds in West Bengal which would have in turn helped the state in better wildlife conservation and unlocking new windows for eco-tourism. Sunderbans, with its wild beauty, Royal Bengal Tigers and winding boat rides, attracts a large number of tourists throughout the year, especially in October-November. The main tourism hotspots of the Sunderbans are the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve - the home of Royal Bengal Tigers; Sunderbans National Park - sanctuary to spotted deer, white bellied eagles, kingfisher; Bhagabatpur Crocodile Project - hatchery and home to the biggest estuarine crocodiles; and Halliday Island - sanctuary of the barking deer. The tour operators and travel agents, however, feel the infrastructure needs to be de-

veloped according to international standards. “The infrastructure needs to be developed and it will automatically attract foreign tourists to Sunderbans. Better roads, transportation and lodging facilities should be developed,” tour operator Raj Basu said. Battered by cyclone Aila two years ago, the residents of the world’s largest delta are still picking up the pieces. Many are

yet to be compensated. Over 300 people were killed and heavy losses were incurred in terms of infrastructure in the disaster. State Tourism Minister Rachapal Singh told IANS: “We should start preparing for the next opportunity. It is very necessary to familiarise foreign travellers with the Sunderbans. We need to take up an aggressive campaign at all international tourism festivals.”

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Thursday 24 November 2011

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Pak quickly names new envoy to U.S.

ISLAMABAD, NoveMBer 23 (AGeNCIeS): The Pakistani government announced on Wednesday the appointment of Sherry Rehman as the new ambassador to United States, a day after the former envoy, Husain Haqqani, was forced to resign. Rehman, who is a member of Parliament belonging to the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party and a former information minister, is a leading politician and rights activist who has been a vocal supporter for women’s and minority rights. A former journalist, Rehman is well respected among liberal circles, where she has drawn praise over her campaign against the country’s controversial blaspheIn this photo taken on Thursday November 17, 2011, children on the trampoline team stretch during a physical train- my laws, an effort that has ing session at a boarding sports school in Fuzhou in southeast China's Fujian province. Many talented children start drawn death threats from all-day-long training in their early ages in China to aim for medals in future sports event. (AP Photo) extremists. She is also the founding chairwoman of the Jinnah Institute, an Islamabad-based think tank. Rehman appeared to be a consensus candidate between Pakistan’s military es-

‘Libya has priority to try Kadhafi son’

trIPoLI, NoveMBer 23 (AFP): Libya has priority to try Seif al-Islam, the most prominent son of deposed leader Moamer Kadhafi arrested last week, chief International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Wednesday. "The primacy is for the national system. If they want to do it, we are not competing with them," Moreno-Ocampo said at a media conference during a visit to Tripoli for talks on jurisdiction in the cases of Seif and Kadhafi's spymaster Abdullah al-Senussi, both of whom are wanted by the court on charges of crimes against humanity. "We do it when they can not do it," Moreno-Ocampo said. "As soon they can do it, we stop. This is the system, and it's what we are discussing here." During the media conference, Moreno-Ocampo said that as long as Libya conducted appropriate investigations and presented its findings to ICC judges "the rules say they can do it." "We are not doing something else," Moreno-Ocampo said. Libya's Interim Justice Minister Mohammed al-Allagui said that talks toward a cooperation deal between the ICC and the new government in Tripoli were underway while maintaining that "all the guarantees and conditions are available in Libya for a fair trial". "It is the will of the Libyan people," Allagui said stressing that trying Seif in Libya was not contradictory to cooperating with the ICC.

Vladimir Putin communist caricatures attacked MoSCoW, NoveMBer 23 (rIA NovoStI): Authorities in the central Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod have accused the communist KPRF party of illegally using the image of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in its cartoon election leaflets. The leaflets contain a character bearing “a 100-percent resemblance” of the Russian premier, Alexander Ivanov, the deputy head of the city’s election committee, told Kommersant daily. “You could also recognize representatives of other political parties in the cartoon,” he said, pointing to caricatures of Sergei Mironov of A Just Russia and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party. The committee asked police to decide if the cartoon breached Putin’s image rights since the 59-yearold had not granted KPRF permission for such use.

SKorea flaunts firepower year after NKorean attack

In this March 31, 2008 file photo, Pakistan's former Information Minister Sherry Rehman is seen in her office in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan has appointed Sherry Rehman as new ambassador to the United States on Wednesday November 23 replacing Husain Haqqani, who resigned Tuesday amid allegations he wrote a memo to Washington asking for its help in reining in the military. (AP Photo, file)

tablishment and President Asif Ali Zardari following the controversy that resulted in Haqqani’s ouster, according

to analysts here. Haqqani was forced to resign in the wake of accusations that he had sought American help

to rein in the powerful Pakistani military. Rehman’s think tank recently published a report that was closer to the Pakistani military’s views concerning relations with Afghanistan. “The military had been cultivating her since the period of her ouster,” said Muhammad Ziauddin, executive editor of The Express Tribune, a Karachi-based English-language daily. Rehman served as information minister beginning in 2008 but stepped down in March of 2009 over differences with the party leadership. She had since been waging a campaign to win back a government portfolio. “She has the ability to be accommodating and though she is as ambitious as Haqqani, she doesn’t step on other peoples shoes,” Ziauddin said. Arif Rafiq, an analyst on Pakistani politics who is based in Washington, said Rehman was acceptable to Pakistan’s president, prime minister and army chief.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER : ( PWD ) DEPARTMENT OF UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS DIVISION NAGALAND ::: KOHIMA

NO:DUDA/ENGG/TB/TENDER-1/2011-12

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South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, center, and family members of the victims of North Korea's attack, pay a silent tribute during a ceremony to mark the the first anniversary of North Korea’s artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island, at the National Cemetery in Daejeon, South Korea, Wednesday, November 23, 2011. (AP Photo)

YeoNPYeoNG ISLAND, South KoreA , NoveMBer 23 (AP): South Korean attack helicopters screamed through the skies above the Koreas' disputed Yellow Sea waters Wednesday in a display of power exactly a year after North Korea launched a deadly artillery attack on a front-line island. Residents of Yeonpyeong Island laid flowers at statues to commemorate the four South Koreans killed in the barrage and sent aloft a balloon carrying a banner with their portraits. On the mainland, Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik joined families of the victims at the National Cemetery south of the capital for a solemn tribute on a cold, windy day. Kim Yong-sub, a former marine who was stationed on Yeonpyeong during the attack, laid a flower at the cemetery in his friends' honor."I still think a lot about that day," he said. Wednesday's drills involving aircraft, rocket launchers and artillery guns took place off Baengnyeong Island, another frontline territory near the disputed maritime border, and were meant to send a strong message to North Korean rivals stationed within sight just miles (kilometers) away. The exercises represent far greater firepower than the South Korean military mounted last year in response to the artillery shells showered on military garrisons and fishing villages on nearby Yeonpyeong, Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Lee Bung-woo said. "South Korea's government will never

compromise, and will take firm measures when it comes to the safety and security of our people and the country," Prime Minister Kim said. South Korea's delayed response to the shelling at the time — the first on a civilian area since the three-year Korean War ended with a truce in 1953 — drew heavy criticism and concern that Seoul was unprepared for a North Korean provocation. The defense minister resigned, and successor Kim Kwan-jin has pledged a fierce air strike if the North stages another attack. Two construction workers and two marines were killed, dozens of homes decimated and scores evacuated to the mainland. Most islanders have returned but remain traumatized by the attack, which turned the tiny island's downtown into an inferno. "I often become tense when something goes 'boom,'" said Yoo Dae-geun, 33, who runs a restaurant on the island. Pyongyang blamed Seoul for provoking the attack, saying it struck after warning the South not to carry out live-fire drills in waters both Koreas claim as their territory. North Korea disputes the maritime border drawn by the U.N. at the close of the war, and three deadly naval gunfights have taken place in the Yellow Sea waters since 1999. South Korea also holds North Korea responsible for the sinking of one of its warships in March last year; 46 sailors were killed. Pyongyang denies involvement.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

NAGALAND STATE AIDS CONTROL SOCIETY NAGALAND :KOHIMA

NO.NSACS/TI/OST-01/2008-09/

/Dated Kohima, the 23rd Nov 2011

Applications are hereby invited from eligible local candidates to fill up the following contractual posts under the Establishment of Nagaland State AIDS Control Society, Kohima. The contract period will be initially up to 31st March 2012 with effect from the date of joining. The appointment will be renewed every year based on the performance and directives from National AIDS Control Organization (NACO). Sl. No.

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Medical Officer Rs. 25,000-30,000/- pm

Nurse

Rs. 7,000-11,000/-pm

Counsellor

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Data Manager Rs. 6,500-8,500/-pm

Qualification & Experience

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 MBBS Preference: MD Psychiatry/ Diploma in Psychiatry Medicine District Hospital ANM Mokokchung & B.A in Psychology/ Kiphire under Oral Substituion Therapy Social Sciences/ (OST) Humanity Graduate with Certificate/ Diploma in Computer Application

The application along with the following attested documents should reach the undersigned on or before 30th Nov 2011. (i) Two passport size photo. (ii) Educational qualification certificates. (iii) Indigenous Inhabitant Certificate (iv) No objection certificate from the issuing authority if employed. (v) Proof of Experience. The names of the Candidates who fulfill the criteria will be put up in the NSACS Notice Board. There will be written test on 2nd Dec 2011 and oral interview on 3rd Dec 2011 respectively for the short listed candidates. Incomplete application in any respect as well as application received after the closing date will be summarily rejected. No lobbying in any form will be entertained. No separate application forms will be issued. Sd/( DR. N.L. CHANGKIJA ) Project Director

Dated: Kohima; the 22nd Nov' 2011

Sealed tender in prescribed forms affixing court fee stamp of Rs.7.50/- and Earnest Money in the form of DAC / Fixed Deposit from any recognized Bank in favour of Executive Engineer, PWD Department of Underdeveloped Areas Division, Kohima are hereby invited on behalf of the Governor of Nagaland from class - 1 Registered Contractor(s)of Nagaland PWD/CPW/MEST/T&P&P/for the works mentioned below at above/ below Nagaland PWD Schedule of rate for roads 2010 and building 2010. The same will be received in the Office of the Undersigned/Sub -Divisional Office upto 13:00 Hrs.on or before……30 Nov' 2011…...and will be opened on the same day at 13:30 Hrs.in the presence of intending tenderes. Sl. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62

Earnest Money Rs Amount (Rs) in Lakhs Tribal 1% Non Tribal 2% Extension of football ground at Chaoha - Chingnyu 4.75 4750 9500 Completion of Community Rest House at Chen Loisho 4.75 4750 9500 Completion of protection wall at Chen Moho 4.75 4750 9500 Constn. Of protection wall at Techahan ward GPS A/road Mon Town 4.75 4750 9500 Constn . Of footsteps from Mon-Namtola road to Fish market near 4.75 4750 9500 Post office Mon Town Constn. Of Protection wall below Civil Hospital colony near Walang's 4.75 4750 9500 Res Old Wakching Rd Name of works and location

Constn. of cc footstep at Kangching Const of Spring well Tamlu town Constn. of Community hall at Tamlu village Improvement of Khudei to Sangdak range road Link road from Yukhumsang to Yimrup Link road from Yimrup to Kumpung Constn. Of Fishery pond at Aoyung project Constn. Of Culvert and soiling of Approach road at Hakchang Ph-I (Constn. Of Culvert) Constn. Of Culvert and soiling of Approach road at Hakchang Ph-II (soiling ) Constn. Of Culvert and soiling of Approach road at Hakchang Ph-III (soiling ) Constn. Of 1 room at Bejem school Tobu town Improvement of road at New Man School at Tobu Constn. Of R/wall at Yongkhao village to Tobu Improvement of approach road to Purrur village-5km Constn. of Sanezeuram village council/community hall Constn. Of Panchayat hall at Old Jalukie village Constn. Of Panchayat hall at Kepeuzang Improvement of agri-link road at Khetoi village Improvement of approach road at Aghiyili village Improvement of approach road around the village at Thokihi village Extension of GPS at Longwa Village Extension of Play Ground at S/Tangten village Extension of Play Ground at S/Chingnyu village Repairing of School Building at S/Mokok village Maintenance of Water Supply at Phomching HQ Maintanance of Approach Road to Tangam Colony at Nyahnyu village Maintanance of Approach Road to at S/Wamsa vill Maintanance of Town Road at Longshen Construction of Approach Road to Church Colony at Wetting village Maintenance of Approach Road at Pukha village Maintenance of Approach Road to Apho Colony at Longzang village Construction of Approach Road to L/Wasa village Construction of Common Toilet at GMS Angphang Construction of Community Hall at Langmeing Village Construction of Footpath Steps at Choknyu Village Construction of Retaining Wall - 50 mtrs at Changlang Village Public Drainage facilities at Changsa Village Construction of Minor Irrigation at Aphak, Yakshu Village Construction of Noklu Shelters for aged persons at Monyakshu Construction of Play Ground at Kenjon Village Construction of Water source Reservoir (Phase - I) at Thonoknyu Vill Construction of Minor Irrigation (Tsokthsoi Nyei Project) at Chilliso Village - 8 Km Construction of Community Hall at Sanglao East village Construction of Community Hall at Wui village Construction of Community Centre at Peshu village Construction of Community Hall at Thoktsur village Improvement of Approach Road - 10 Km (Phase - I) at Thongsongnyu Construction of Temporary Bridge at Choklo River, Pang village GHS School Extension at Salomi village GHS School Extension at Chomi village Const of Medical Staff Quarters at Pungro HQ Const of Medical Staff Quarters at Pungro village Constn. of Sub Health Centre, Thanamir Village Improvement of Circular Road at Pungro HQ - 2 Km Extension of 2 rooms for GPS at Yisisotha Constn.of Veterinary Check Post Office, New Thewati Village

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1 Terms and conditions are available at the Technical Branch DUDA Office Kohima. 2 Tender for the works as per the notification in works programmes 2011-12 are also available at Technical Branch DUDA Office Kohima. Executive Engineer : (PWD) Department of Underdeveloped Areas Division Nagaland : Kohima

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Thursday 24 November 2011

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Classy Federer routs Nadal to make last four

LoNDoN, NovEmbEr 23 (AFP): Roger Federer crushed old rival Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-0 as the defending champion swept into the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday. Federer went into the match knowing victory would guarantee his place in the last four after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Mardy Fish in the earlier Group B match. The Swiss star seized the opportunity with a brutal demolition of the world number two in just one hour on court at London's O2 Arena. The 30-year-old hadn't beaten Nadal since they met in the final of the ATP's season finale here last year, but he produced his most emphatic ever win against the Spaniard to ended a run of three successive head to head defeats. While Federer can relax in his final group game against Fish, there is no margin for error for Nadal, who needs to neat Tsonga on Thursday to make the last four. This was the 26th instalment of one of the great sporting rivalries and, while there wasn't a Grand Slam title at stake for once, Federer's masterclass made this just as memorable as some of their previous encounters. Nadal has often had the better of Federer, winning 17 of their match-

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates winning a point during the round robin singles tennis match against Rafael Nadal of Spain at the ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena in London, Tuesday, Nov. 22. (AP Photo)

es including the last clash at this year's French Open final, but the meetings on hard courts have always been much closer affairs. Federer, aiming for a record sixth Tour Finals crown, arrived on a run of 13 successive wins which brought him titles in Basel and Paris and he was quick to impose himself with a dominant opening ser-

vice game. The two heavyweights slugged away for the first five games until Federer suddenly produced the kind of sustained brilliance that has done for so many opponents in the past. Federer unloaded a stunning cross-court winner to rock Nadal back on his heels and then brought up three break points with a perfectly timed smash.

That set the stage for one of the best rallies of the tournament as Federer worked Nadal around the court. The Spaniard fought gamely to stay in the point but eventually drove a backhand wide as the capacity crowd rose to their feet to acclaim both players. Federer had the bit between his teeth now and kept Nadal from threaten-

ing a comeback with some cleverly placed serves to close out the set. For the first time in the seven years they have been played each other, neither player was ranked number one after Nadal lost that spot to Novak Djokovic. Federer has slipped to fourth recently but the quality of his play in this mood remains unsurpassed. The 16-time Grand Slam champion continued to take the attack to Nadal in the second set and the Spaniard was unable to find the right response. A blistering exchange of ground-strokes in the first game ended with Federer producing a winner from a seemingly impossible angle to secure the break. It isn't often that Nadal looks shell-shocked on court, but he was beginning to wear an increasingly exasperated expression and Federer, scenting blood, went for the kill in the third game. Again Nadal had no answer as Federer blazed forehand winners at will to open up a 3-0 lead. Federer's serve was working beautifully and Nadal never threatened a fightback. The Spaniard was rendered impotent on his own serve as well and Federer broke again in the fifth game before serving out the match to complete a remarkable performance.

Serena, left, and Venus Williams pose for photos during a news conference in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday Nov. 22, 2011. Venus will make her comeback Wednesday in an exhibition match against her sister Serena in Medellin, two months after pulling out of the U.S. Open because of an immune system disease. (AP Photo)

Cavani gives Napoli 2-1 win over Man City

NAPLES, ItALy, No vEmbEr 23 (AP): Edinson Cavani ended his scoring drought in style with two goals in a 2-1 win over Manchester City on Tuesday, putting a big dent in the Premier League leaders' chances of qualifying for the knockout phase of the Champions League. Cavani, who hadn't scored since Oct. 29, gave Napoli the lead with a glancing header off a corner in the 17th minute. Italy forward Mario Balotelli then took advantage of a defensive error to equalize for City in the 33rd. But Cavani restored Napoli's lead in the 49th, taking a cross from Andrea Dossena and firing past goalkeeper Joe Hart from the center of the area. In a furious finish, Napoli forward Marek Hamsik hit the post in the 76th and Balotelli wasted four chances to equalize. Bayern Munich leads Group A with 13 points after beating Villarreal 3-1. Napoli is next with eight, City seven and Villarreal zero. In the final group round on Dec. 7, City hosts Bayern and Napoli visits Villarreal. Napoli controls its own destiny, and can advance by winning its final match no matter what City does. City, however, needs to beat Bayern and hope Napoli doesn't win in Spain. "You never know. We'll see what happens,'' said Roberto Mancini, City's Italian manager manager. "We didn't deserve to lose, but in the Champions League you can't allow your opponent certain types of chances. Napoli is a sneaky Italian side. We had our chances and it just didn't go in.'' For Cavani's first goal, the ball also touched City

Napoli's striker Edinson Cavani, of Uruguay, celebrates after scoring during the Champions League, group A soccer match between Napoli and Manchester City, at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 22. (AP Photo)

defender Aleksandar Kolarov and Hart before going in, and Cavani nearly scored again when he hit the side of the net two minutes later. Cavani scored 26 goals for Napoli in Serie A

ZDFRA refresher course on November 25 and 26

DImAPur, NovEmbEr 23 (mExN): The Zunheboto District Football Referee Association (ZDFRA) will be organizing a two day refresher course for the Football Referee Board at Zunheboto on November 25 and 26, 2011. Therefore, all the members are requested to attend without fail. For any information, contact Kihoyi Z.Zhimomi, President ZDFRA at 9863681919.

Nagaland open table tennis tourney

DImAPur, NovEmbEr 23 (mExN): Players interested in participating during the forth coming Inter-District Cum Nagaland Open Table Tennis Tournament, 2011 representing Kohima District in different Categories are hereby informed to submit their names and other details on or before December 5, 2011 in the office of KDTTA between 3:00 to 5:00 pm. They can also contact in the following numbers- 9436011206, 9436010794. This was stated in a press note issued by Dr.J.Phoji, KTTA.

last season, managed a hat trick against AC Milan in September and also found the net in his opening two Champions League games this season. But he had struggled in recent weeks,

with his last goal coming against Catania in the Italian league last month. "Let's enjoy this beautiful moment. We knew we could do it from the very first day,'' Cavani said. "We

always prepare to give our maximum and today we were at our best.'' City's equalizer was the product of a poor clearing attempt from Salvatore Aronica. The ball went directly

to David Silva, whose shot was deflected by goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis directly to Balotelli, who sent it into an empty net. Balotelli was playing his first club match back in his home country

since leaving Inter Milan and he now has two Champions League goals to go with his six Premier League scores this campaign. The scene at the San Paolo stadium was electric, with about

BCCI Awards: Dravid to get 'Polly Umrigar' Trophy

NEW DELHI, NovEmbEr 23 (PtI): Veteran batsman Rahul Dravid will be bestowed the 'Polly Umrigar Award for India's best cricketer of 2010-11' season during the BCCI's annual awards ceremony to be held on December 10 in Chennai. The 38-yearold Dravid, who scored 1258 runs in 15 Tests at an average of 53 this season, pulled off six hundreds during the year. Dravid was the star of India's disastrous tour of England earlier this year, which cost India the top spot in the ICC Test rankings after they were whitewashed 0-4. Only Dravid stood up and hit up three centuries as rest of the Indian batting tumbled. The Bangalorean will be honoured with a trophy and prize of Rs 5 lakh. India women's team captain Jhulan Goswami will also be honoured at the annual awards. The pacer will be awarded the 'M A Chidambaram Best Woman Cricketer of 2010-11'

trophy for claiming 21 wickets in 2010-11): Vijay Zol (858 runs at an eight matches, including a five-for. average of 85.8 in seven matches, inclusive of four centuries and two The Col. C K Nayudu Life- half-centuries). time Achievement award will be mA Chidambaram trophy bestowed on former captain and (best under-19 cricketer of coach Ajit Wadekar. 2010-11): Avi Barot (971 runs at an average of 88.27 in seven matches, bCCI Awards 2010-11: inclusive of four centuries and Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime three half-centuries). Achievement Award: Ajit Wadekar mA Chidambaram trophy Polly umrigar Award: Rahul (best under-22 cricketer of Dravid 2010-11): Suryakumar Yadav (721 madhavrao Scindia Award runs at an average of 80.11 in seven (Highest Scorer in the ranji matches, inclusive of two centutrophy 2010-11): S Badrinath ries and four half centuries). (922 runs at a rate of 131.71 in nine mA Chidambaram trophy matches, inclusive of four centu- (best woman cricketer of 2010ries and three half centuries). 11): Jhulan Goswami (21 wickets at madhavrao Scindia Award an average of 7.62 in eight matches, (Highest wicket-taker in the inclusive of one 5WI). ranji trophy 2010-11): Bhargav mA Chidambaram trophy Bhatt (47 wickets at an average of (best woman cricketer ( junior) 21.57 in nine matches, inclusive of of 2010-11): Mona Meshram (623 four 5WI and one 10WM). runs at an average of 103.83 in mA Chidambaram trophy eight matches, inclusive of one (best under-16 cricketer of century and five half centuries).

best umpire in Domestic cricket 2010-11: S Ravi Dilip Sardesai Award for India's Best Cricketer in the 2011 Test series in the West Indies: Ishant Sharma (22 wickets at an average of 16.8 from three Tests, inclusive of two 5WIs and one 10WM). Dilip Sardesai Award for India's Best Cricketer in the 2011-12 Test series against the West Indies: To Be Decided at the end of the ongoing Test series Lala Amarnath Award for the Best all-rounder in the Ranji Trophy 2010-11: Iqbal Abdulla (385 runs and 27 wickets from 8 matches). Lala Amarnath Award for the Best all-rounder in the Domestic Tournaments 2010-11: Sumit Narwal (163 runs and 13 wickets from 6 matches). Best Overall Performance in 2010-11: Railways Sports Promotion Board and Delhi and District Cricket Association.

60,000 fans filling the stands for one of the biggest crowds since Diego Maradona led Napoli to Italian titles in 1987 and 1990. However, there were only a couple of thousand City fans, leaving the visiting supporters cage - which features double sets of Plexiglass barriers and netting stretching up to the stadium roof - half empty. Before kickoff, Napoli fans put on a fancy display, as fans held up cards in the squad's blue-andwhite colors nearly all the way around the main ring of stands, and formed the outline of the letter 'N' with lines of flares on one end. During the second half, fans held aloft a banner mourning the recent death of Maradona's mother, Dalma Salvadora Franco de Maradona. It read, "Lay in peace the mother of football, ciao Dona Tota.'' City began with Balotelli and Edin Dzeko in attack leaving Sergio Aguero, its most productive scorer this season and Maradona's sonin-law, on the bench. Aguero came on for the final nine minutes. Napoli countered with its "Three Tenors'' of Hamsik, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Cavani. In the 63rd, Balotelli couldn't quite reach a cross with only the goalkeeper to beat, and he then was denied by De Sanctis in the 78th, headed high in the 82nd and failed to redirect a corner in the 84th. After the final whistle, fans stayed inside the stadium to sing along to the old Neapolitan folk song, "O surdato 'nnammurato,'' while fans elsewhere in the city poured out onto the streets and celebrated with fireworks.

Results of under 18 boys played at Guwahati. DImAPur, NovEmbEr 23 (mExN): David Kire vice president Nagaland Tennis Association, in a press note stated that Naga boys Keneisezotup Whuorie defeated Rakshit Rishi (No 8 seat) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. While Vilasier Khate defeated Jude Raymond 7-5, 6-3 to enter the quarter finals. In doubles Vilasier and partner defeated Gary Docker and Manish Kumar 6-1, 6-3.

Comm. Secy Tourism to grace Ato Area trophy

DImAPur, NovEmbEr 23 (mExN): Commissioner Secretary of Tourism, Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland I. Himato Zhimomi (IFS) will grace the inaugural function of the 26th edition of Ato Area G.Bsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Trophy organized by Ato Area Sports Association on November 26 at Sukhato village as chief guest. Atovi Zhimomi, Advisor, Dimapur will grace the closing function as guest of honour. The organizing committee have informed all the GBs and public leaders of the Ato area to participate in the inaugural and closing functions.

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Thursday 24 November 2011

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Seal & Heidi Klum to adopt child Kate Middleton goes grocery shopping

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eal has revealed he and wife Heidi Klum want to adopt a child some day after being inspired by their friend Sandra Bullock. The couple raise four children together, seven-year-old Leni - whose biological father is the supermodel's exboyfriend Flavio Briatore - Henri, six, Johan, five, and two-year-old

Lou and would love to take on the care of another youngster after seeing their friend Sandra Bullock go through the process with her 18-month-old son Louis. Seal told Closer magazine: "I was really inspired by Sandra Bullock, who we've become friends with. She came round with her adopted son and she's raising a little

boy by herself. She's giving him a chance, but he doesn't know it yet, which is just awesome. We've talked about adopting. I've no idea where we'd adopt from but I think we will one day - just not yet." Seal adopted Leni in December 2009 but has previously insisted the legal process hasn't changed the way he views the

little girl he has brought up since she was born. He said: "Adopting Leni doesn't make her any more or less my daughter as she always has been. It makes a difference to us only in that I don't want Leni to be Leni Klum and her siblings called Samuel - that's just not right. I don't want her to feel different in any way, shape or form."

earing a thick turtleneck, Duchess Kate stocked up on essentials at the grocery store Tuesday. Prince William's wife bought bananas, chicken, milk, potatoes, oranges, cereal, Haagen-Dazs ice cream, lettuce. But don't jump to the conclusion that Kate's eating for two. Earlier this month, the 29-year-old sparked pregnancy rumors when she refused peanut paste during her and William's visit to a Denmark UNICEF distribution center. (Although Kate is not allergic to peanuts, pregnant women are often advised to avoid peanut products to prevent allergies in their babies-to-be.) But a royal insider explained that Kate simply isn't "comfortable eating in front of cameras… What if she didn't like it and made a face? That expression would then be on every newspaper." A spokesman for the couple said that the policy is "to never confirm or deny [pregnancy] rumors," but an insider insists: "If and when there is an announcement to make, it will be made by the palace as soon as it's safe to."

How to look like a wedding Bella Salman Khan doesn’t like to be compared to Rajnikanth

ntirely fictional though they may be, Bella and Edward's nuptials in The Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn, Part 1 have caused quite a ripple throughout the wedding industry. Just days after the blockbuster film hit screens to rapturous success, bringing in a massive $139.5 million on its opening weekend, an imitation version of Bella Swan's wedding dress has gone on sale in stores. The ultra-fast turnaround has not been a miracle of high-speed creation, however. Instead, the film's producers at Summit Entertainment worked with bridal retailer Alfred Angelo, who have secretively been planning the replica dresses together since May, according to the Wall Street Journal. Designer Michael Shettel joked that the confidentiality agreement for the top-secret project was 'signed with Bella in replica: The Alfredo Angelo version of Caroblood,' while code words were used in the lina Herrera's Bella gown stays as true as possible to the original, with long, lace-edged sleeves, an illusion back discreet planning process. While word got out in August that the dress project was and buttons running the length of the dress.

under way, the clandestine nature of the project was so watertight that Alfred Angelo stores were not given prior warning of the arrival of the Bella dress, nor were photos and inventories given to staff. Kristen Stewart's original gown was the responsibility of Venezuelan fashion designer Carolina Herrera, who gave the vampire's lover old-world elegance with a long-sleeved silk dress, complete with lace detailing on the sleeves and a cut-out illusion back. Buttons run the length of the back of the 'Edwardian inspired' gown, which according to Hollywood Life is valued at $35,000. A demure V-shaped neckline shows Bella's décolletage without exposing too much skin. The replica, costing a very reasonable $799, stays faithful to the original, but opts for liquid satin instead of silk. Mr Shettel told the Wall Street Journal: 'The stitching alman Khan is miffed very fond of Bebo got miffed on the bodice is the same, and the lace dewith Kareena Kapoor. with her when she comThe actor who is otherwise pared him to superstar Ratailing is similar.'

jnikanth. At a recent press conference, Kareena had stated that she considered Salman as the Rajni of Bollywood. The actress said, “ To me Salman is the Rajnikanth of Bollywood. His action sequences, his screen presence reminds us of the same Rajnikanth that we saw earlier in Bollywood.” While both Salman and Rajni’s action sequences are larger than life, Salman felt that Rajni is of a different league altogether. Looks like Kareena will have to think other ways to compliment Sallu!

'I'm hanging in there' Angelina Jolie keeps kids’ dirty plasters

Giuliana Rancic opens up about breast cancer surgery

he underwent a double lumpectomy to treat her breast cancer just one month ago, and now Giuliana Rancic is talking about life post-surgery. The 37-year-old says she's mostly good, which she owes to her own inner strength and the support of fans. 'I'm good. I'm hanging in there,' she tells Parade magazine. 'I have good days and bad days, but so far good.' She added: 'I'm very optimistic and I'm just happy to have caught it early. I think that's really the most important thing. Early detection means so much.' The E! News host discovered her tumour in its early stages during a doctor-recommended mammogram while undergoing in vitro fertilisation. She underwent a two-hour surgery that removed cancerous growths in both breasts as well as her lymph nodes. She urges other women to take care of themselves, as well, saying: 'I want women to make sure they're taking care of their health and being proactive.' Rancic was initially afraid of letting the world know about her ordeal, but in hindsight says it was the best decision she could have possibly made. 'When I went public, I thought, 'OK, I guess a couple of people are going to talk about this', but I couldn't believe it. The outpouring of love and support was just beyond anything I could have ever imagined. I really relied on a lot of those messages I was receiving through Twitter and email and through blogs right before the surgery and the week I was recovering.' She credits her fans and the hope they gave her for her current optimism regarding her chances of a complete recovery. 'I know it sounds so cliche, but I think it helped me recover quicker and it got me in better spirits. The word I kept seeing over and over again was 'strong.' 'Be strong, you're

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strong.' That word has never meant so much to me as it has this past month. I owe that all to the people behind me.' The most important person behind her is husband Bill Rancic, The 40-year-old's strong emotional support will be visible on the Style Network's Giuliana and Bill as her cancer ordeal plays out on the small screen. She told Parade: 'The fact that we can help people through our show is an honour. We're happy to do it and it's something that we continue to do. We really are like open books. It's worth it to kind of sacrifice some of my personal life to help others.'

ngelina Jolie has taken pride in her nippers to a new level. Most mums save a first tooth or lock of hair. But Ange keeps her six kids' used plasters in jam jars. A former assistant told a US magazine: "She tries to hide it but she has a crazy side to her that's beyond just being quirky. She thinks she's being edgy and artistic but to others she just seems weird." Brad Pitt must feel pretty left out when his go in the bin. This isn't the first time Angelina has stored bodily fluids. She used to wear a vial of ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton's blood around her neck while they were married. That would've been an awkward thing to ask for back. In other news, onlookers were reportedly shocked too see Jolie thinner than ever, as she prepared to board her private jet after a family trip to Vietnam last week. Wearing a loose-fitting red dress knotted around her waist that emphasised the bones on her spine and her ultra-skinny arms, Angelina's already very slender frame seemed painfully slight. Her weight is said to hover around the 97lb mark - underweight for her 5ft 8in height. But while her figure seems to be shrinking, sources say

Angelina rarely eats a full meal and frequently forgets to eat. According to Grazia magazine, Angelina survives on as little as 600 calories a day, which is

the equivalent of two bowls of cereal with milk. 'Angelina has been known to start her day with little more than a spoonful of coconut oil and a handful

of cereal,' a source told Grazia last week. 'The worrying thing is that she is so busy, she often forgets to eat. Sometimes she'll skip lunch altogether or will just grab a few almonds and some gummy bears while she's on the go, or will have a protein-based shake rather than anything more substantial. Then dinner could be something like a lean steak and a glass of red wine.' Angelina's fluctuating weight has been well documented, with her slim frame becoming painfully thin during difficult emotional times in her life. The actress was forced to defend her waif-like frame in 2007, when her weight plummeted following the death of her mother Marcheline. At the time, she said: 'I have always been lean, and this year I lost my mum and I've gone through a lot. Instead of people saying I look like a person dealing with something emotionally, they assume it's because I want to fit into skinny jeans.' But while in 2007 the weight loss was put down to Angelina's mourning process, this time round reports suggest her battles with food have come as a result of her frenetic lifestyle, which requires constant work to balance work, children, travel and, of course, her relationship with Brad.

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Bravo stars as WIndies pile on 575

MUMBAI, NoveMBer 23 (AgeNcIes) : The talk before the start of the Test had been about West Indies' line-up having only seven centuries on their resume while India's boasted 20 times as many, but two days into the match it was the less-decorated batting unit that had put on 575 for 9. Darren Bravo crafted his third hundred in four Tests to lead the way, while Kirk Edwards and Kieran Powell were left to rue missing centuries on a shirtfront at the Wankhede. Marlon Samuels partook in the run-fest after tea, to make it only the fifth time in Test history that each of the top six made half-centuries. Varun Aaron, the debutant fast bowler who was ordinary for much of the innings, showed plenty of tenacity to bowl a quick spell even as West Indies' total swelled past 500, earning three wickets to spark a late collapse. The tone for the day was set by Bravo, who caressed the first two deliveries of the morning between the bowler, Aaron, and mid-off for four. West Indies plundered 111 runs before lunch, after which India went completely on the defensive, spreading the field, and giving the part-timers, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, extended spells. The strategy reduced the boundaries but there was no flagging of the run-rate, as an untroubled West Indies marched towards 500. Like on Tuesday, there was little to encourage India's fast bowlers. Bravo showed how easy the track was to bat on as he pulled an Aaron bouncer wide of midon for four. His partner Edwards continued to showcase his driving skills, and a muscular style that favours the on-side. Edwards was

'Did not plan to go after Lara’s record'

West Indies player Darren Bravo bats during the second day of the third test cricket match against India in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 23.(AP Photo)

more tentative than Bravo and he eventually fell short of a third Test century when he nicked a short-of-length ball to the keeper, giving Ishant Sharma reward for a long, tight spell. That brought in Powell, who started shakily - getting knocked on the back of his helmet by Ishant off the first delivery he faced. That

didn't faze the 21-year-old, though, and he showed off his footwork against spin, dishing out a boundary an over. Powell initially dominated his partnership with the well-set Bravo, making his intentions clear early on by charging and lofting offspinner R Ashwin over his head, a stroke he repeated several times against the

spinners. Bravo was briefly starved of the strike when Powell got going, but he didn't lose his rhythm. He continued to favour the off side, using the graceful back-foot punch between cover and point heavily. His century came up with a slice past cover for four a few overs before lunch.

MUMBAI, NoveMBer 23 (PTI): West Indies’ Darren Bravo and Brian Lara may have more in common than just style, but the former doesn’t seem to get bogged down by the similarities and comparisons with the legendary Prince of Trinidad. Bravo, who had equalled Lara’s record of scoring 941 runs in his first 12 matches prior to the ongoing third Test against India, today stroked his way to 166, but still fell short of the 167 the world record holder had scored in his 13th Test, against England at Georgetown. “Had I scored one more run I would have equalled Lara’s record. But it is something that I didn’t plan, it is not something that I would go out and achieve. “Nevertheless, I played a good knock and got a big hundred for my team. Hopefully, we would go out there tomorrow and put down a good performance,” Bravo said after helping his team amass 575 for nine on day two of the Test at the Wankhede Stadium here. This was Bravo’s second ton in as many innings and third in his last four to take his tally to 1,107 runs, which is again one less than Lara at the same stage. “It was very important to stay as much as possible at the wicket. The openers did a tremendous job as well as number three Kirk Edwards. It was important for me to continue the job. I batted pretty well yesterday and continued it today with Edwards. Unfortunately he did not get another hundred. Kieran Powell played pretty well,” he said.

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Saina knocked out of China Open

sHANgHAI, NoveMBer 23 (AFP): Fourth seed Saina Nehwal and six-seeded Juliane Schenk were shock casualties at the China Open in Shanghai Wednesday, where Dane ace Peter Gade battled all the way to avoid becoming a third victim. India's Nehwal was upset by Korean

Youn Joo Bae 15-21, 24-22, 21-15 in a match that lasted just over an hour, while Hong Kong shuttler Yip Pui Yin dispatched with sixth seed Juliane Schenk of Germany 21-18, 19-21, 25-23. Schenk, apparently upset at a lineman's call, threw her racket to the floor and sat down on the

court for nearly a minute, before going on to suffer her second straight firstround loss in a row. In the men's singles, Denmark's fourth-seeded Peter Gade had to dig deep to win his match in a fierce showdown against 23-year-old South Korean Ho ShonWan, 21-13, 20-22, 22-20.

Life Sports Kohima blanks Dengzong Boys Gangtok; cruise into SF ROYAL CUP

23rd Nov 2011 Result: Life Sports, Kohima: 4 Dengzong Boys, Gangtok: 0 slotted the ball into the net registered the second goal for Life sports. Dengzong tried to come back into the match and very nearly reduced the deficit late in the match when Lakpa Bhutia’s shot was brilliantly saved by Vekuto Puro. But any hopes of a recovery by Dengzong was shattered when Vikuzo (7) scored the third goal in the 88th minute. Life sports sealed the match when Khwetelhi (18) scored a clean goal in stoppage time when he intercepted a good pass from Keyigumgwangbe (11) Santosh of Life Sports and Stanly of Dengzong Boys fight for the ball Shanchithung Murry Kohima | November 23

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Life Sports of Kohima cruised into the semi-finals of the Royal Cup by defeating Dengzong Boys of Gangtok by four goals to nil (4:0). It was a convincing win for Life Sports and they will now play the winners of the third quarter finals between IAM FC, Imphal and TT Aizawl FC of Mizoram. The first half ended in a stalemate as both teams failed to score. In what turned out to be an uneventful forty five minutes of play, neither teams created any meaningful chances despite getting many opportunities in front of the goal.

Five minutes after play resumed, Denzong Boys thought they finally broke the deadlock when their skipper, Amir Lama (7) headed the ball into the net. But unfortunately for them, the referee disallowed the goal. Sikkim looked like they were settling down and created some good chances. They almost scored the first goal of the match in the 57th minute; but Stanley’s (12) shot from the left went wide of the left had post. Life Sports held on and soon created their own chance in the 58th minute and scored the first goal of the match through Thangtinlen (9). Denzong were awarded a free-kick in the 65th minute, but they gave away the

ball easily and allowed Life Sports to make a fast counter attack. Thangtinlen (9) made a good run from the left and easily beat the keeper and

Today’s match: Nagaland Police, Chumukedima Vs Mizoram Youth Team, Aizawl Time: 1:00 pm

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