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Dimapur VOL. VIII ISSUE 186 www.morungexpress.com Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12 pages Rs. 4

“ ”If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced –Vincent Van Gogh

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12 killed as hotel

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‘Language is the identity of who we are’

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144 CrPC revoked in DimapurDIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): The Additional District Magistrate for Di-mapur, K Tarep Imchen has revoked the prohibi-tory order under Section 144 CrPC which was issued within Dimapur district on July 6. In a press note, the Additional District Magis-trate stated that the order has been revoked in view of the improvement of the situation which arose out of the murder of a woman in Dimapur on July 4.

Excise Commissioner requests evidence from ACAUTDIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): The Commis-sioner of Excise, Maong-wati Aier has requested the Convener of the Action Committee for Unabated Taxation to submit “names along with evidence” with regard to the ACAUT’s alle-gation on July 6 and 7 that excise check posts are tax-ing Rs 100 per truck load of cement. This request was issued through a press note by the Commissioner of Excise so that disciplin-ary proceedings would be initiated, which may lead to suspension or dismissal of the concerned erring per-sonnel if found guilty.

Public consultation programme on Article 371-A KohIMA, JULY 8 (DIPR): A Public Consultation Pro-gramme on the theme ‘The Stand of the Ministry of Home Affairs on Ownership and Transfer of Land and Its Resources under Article 371-A of the Constitution of India’ will be held on July 12 at 11:00 am at Capital Con-vention Centre, near Naga-land Secretariat, Kohima. The Department of Geology and Mining, Government of Nagaland desires that the following listed, NGOs, Civil Societies, Political parties, Public Leaders, Govern-ment departments to attend the programme and request all Organizations to send 3 (three) delegates each. All MLAs, Naga Hoho, ENPO, All Tribes Hohos/Organisa-tions, NSF, ENSF, Naga Moth-ers’ Association, All Tribes Women Organizations, Naga Council Dimapur, Nagaland GBs and DBs Associations, Forest Department, Law Department, Industries & Commerce, IPR, Home, Com-missioner Nagaland, DGP, Secretary Assembly.

Veterinary Centre Diphupar in need of a revampDIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): In 1974, the Stockman Centre for the Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Department was established at I Khel Diphupar. With the passage of time, there has been a tremendous increase in the population of the area, thereby increasing the responsibili-ties of this office. However, the infra-structure of the centre has remained stagnant. An office cum nursing home at the centre which was com-fortably managed previously by the two staffers is now unable to accom-modate the growing workload.

The Diphupar Naga Students Union informed through a press note that the ever growing number of set-tlers in the area have also led to the in-crease of livestock and pets, thereby compounding the need for veterinary services in the area. The DNSU also in-formed that the area of the centre’s op-eration “has tantamount to almost the area of Nui-Land, Chumukedima and a particular segment of Purana Baazar.” “With only two Veterinary Field As-sistants and two helpers without any

The Veterinary Centre at Diphupar, which remains in a rundown condition in spite of its growing workload.

DIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): Another case of police highhandedness, in connection with the July 6 mob upheaval out-side West Police Station, emerged on Tuesday. This time again, the family of the assault victim alleged the police of unwarranted aggression. The victim, Zomuan Khawlhring (25 years), who is undergoing treatment at Nikos Hospi-tal, sustained two broken ribs, a broken tooth and gashes on the lips and head.

Khawlhring unwarily got caught in the midst of the mob aggression and the subsequent police action on July 6, said one member of the family at the hospi-tal speaking on behalf of the victim. The victim was having difficulty breathing because of the injury on the ribcage.

Heading home from work, he had taken an au-torickshaw from Dhobi-nullah to Industrial Estate around the time when the police started cracking down on the unruly mob. Narrating the incident as recounted by Khawlhring, the relative said that the autorickshaw was stopped somewhere near West PS by IRB personnel.

The IRB jawans first ac-costed the autorickshaw driver. Seeing the aggres-sive behaviour, Khawl-hring panicked and tried to run but was caught. He was then badly assaulted and taken to the police station where he was detained and beaten again. All the while he had tried to reason pleading that he was not part of the mob, while the police personnel did not even bother to ascertain his

personal credential, said the relative.

It was only after his identity card was discov-ered and ascertained did the beatings stop. He was subsequently taken to Di-mapur Hospital next door where he received first aid. Around 1:00 am when the situation quelled, he got out of the hospital and managed to call his mother. The victim had to walk, un-der great pain, till SM Col-lege where he finally met up with his mother, it was added.

The relative further said that the family will try and lodge a formal com-plaint but expressed appre-hension if at all the police authorities will entertain their case. Nevertheless, the family expressed hope that the authorities will take remedial steps.

Another case of police highhandedness alleged

Nagaland’s sorry state of infrastructure

further higher post creations and with zero facilities, the work load has grown incredibly,” the DNSU added. However, it commended the employees who are “known to be discharging yeomen ser-vice round the clock even under this deplorable condition.”

In view of this, the DNSU has urged for the concerned department to re-vamp the office building as per pres-ent needs and put up concrete walls around the premises for security. It has also called for the department to

procure necessary office furniture which, according to the DNSU is worn out due to the lapse of time. It further demanded that the centre be provided with all the necessary surgical kits and components, including medicines for emergencies. DNSU President, Kitoi Sumi and General Secretary, Senti Ozukum who appended the press note stated that the present plight of the centre calls for urgent and appro-priate action from the authority con-cerned in the interest of public service.

GUWAhATI, JULY 8 (PTI): The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated today with 80 more villages coming un-der water, while Prime Minister Manmo-han Singh spoke to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to discuss the situation and extended the central help.

With these 80 villages coming under water in Dhemaji, Chirang and Lakhim-pur districts, altogether 350 villages in 11 districts were now submerged affecting over one lakh people, Assam State Disas-

ter Management Authority (ASDMA) said. Heavy rainfall in the catchment areas

of neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh has caused river Jiadhol to rise and inundate fresh areas in worst-hit Dhemaji district.

The Prime Minister spoke to Gogoi and assured him of all help from the Central gov-ernment to combat the flood situation, offi-cial sources said. The flood victims claimed there were no river embankments at various places or those breached by earlier floods were not repaired before the flood.

NEW DELhI, JULY 8 (PTI): The National Disas-ter Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday asked states to be more proactive on disaster management and appoint full-time chiefs for disaster management authorities. “The respon-sibility to respond to any disaster is with the states. I know many states which are not aware what funds are available with them for natural disaster. We need to educate the states,” NDMA’s Vice-chairman M. Shashid-har Reddy said.

He said that states have been insisted to appoint full-time chiefs of disaster management authorities in their jurisdiction.

State govt ready for central scrutiny: CM Chang to PranabDIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): Lok Sabha Mem-ber of Parliament (MP) and Minister of Nagaland state for School Education, CM Chang, has brought to the President of India’s notice the downsizing of the State’s Annual Plan for 2013-14, while the allocation of all the other States were increased. Chang has categorically stated to the President that “the State Government is ready for any scrutiny by Central agencies.”

“We want justice for our Annual Plan,” the MP is said to have told the Presi-dent, Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, during a 15-minute courtesy call. This was men-tioned in a press release from Kuolie Mere, PRO, Na-galand House, New Delhi. He termed “the allegations” as “baseless and political motivated.” According to Chang, “the ground reality is quite different as lots of de-velopment had taken place in Nagaland.” He also ap-pealed for an early solution to the Naga problem, which should be acceptable and honourable to the Nagas.

‘We want justice for our Annual Plan’

States should be more proactive on disasterAssam flood worsens; PM speaks to Gogoi

The Chief Minister in a state is the head of the State Disaster Management Au-thority (SDMA) and the Revenue Minister is the Vice-chairman and other

ministers are members.“Some states have ap-

pointed Chief Executive Of-ficers for SDMAs whereas Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have agreed to ap-

point full-time chiefs,” Mr. Reddy said.

“In the light of the Ut-tarakhand tragedy, I want to drive home this point for all the Chief Ministers

Manipur HC frees NSCN (K) Capt; 10 AR allegedly behind illegal custody and “encounter”

Morung Express NewsDimapur | July 8

A ruling from the Manipur High Court (MHC) might have laid the basis for proof that the As-sam Rifles in Manipur shot dead six (6) cadres of the NSCN (K) in a fake encounter on June 22.

In a “historic judgment”, the MHC, through a ruling by Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Jus-tice N Koteshwar, has “freed” Capt. Rajanglung Kamei of the NSCN (K) after it found that the 10 AR, under Col. Ajay Sharma and Major Gagan, had forcibly held Kamei and made it appear as though he had “surrendered.”

Kamei had been “invited” to the 10 AR camp at Longmai in Tamenglong district of Manipur on June 22. When he did not come back home, his wife filed a missing person report at the Longmai Police Station on June 25. After the police made a general diary entry, a writ peti-tion was filed in the MHC by his elder brother, following which the court asked the 10 AR to produce Kamei in court.

When Kamei was produced in the fourth hearing of the case, i.e. today, it was revealed that Kamei was being held “by force” by the 10 AR since afternoon of June 22, and had been made to sign a blank sheet of paper under du-ress (he was blindfolded, tied up and threat-ened for three days before he signed the paper). The 10 AR converted this into a “willful surren-der” and kept Kamei in their custody quoting the additional pretext that he was under threat from NSCN (K), and some civil bodies. Kamei has deemed these as false pretexts in his tes-timony to the High Court—he was under no

threat whatsoever. As per guidelines of the Armed Forces (Spe-

cial Powers) Act, 1958, any person taken into custody by the armed forces is required to be handed over to the nearest police station to be produced before the nearest Magistrate within 24 Hours of such arrest. An arrest memo is also to be submitted to the family of the accused at the time of arrest. The 10 AR took no such step in Kamei’s case.

Taking the story further, the 10 AR claimed that Kamei had “surrendered” with an M-16 gun whereas Kamei had gone to the camp emp-ty handed. Additionally, Kamei revealed that the “surrender drama” was staged to justify the “encounter” that led to the killing of six NSCN (K) cadres by the 10 AR at Shonglung Village in Senapati district (Sapermaina Police Station), 50Km from Longmai.

Manipur civil society has alleged that four of them were also “invited” by the 10 AR to their camp “for a discussion” on June 18, while the other two were “invited” on June 20, all of whom remained in the custody of the 10 AR before being shot dead in the said “encounter” on the afternoon of June 22. While the cadres had gone to the camp in civil clothing, they were found dead in army fatigue. Manipur civil soci-ety, as well as the NSCN (K), says that they were intentionally killed by the 10 AR and that the “encounter” was staged.

The court, after the hearing, held that Ka-mei is free to go where he may. “We thank the judges for upholding justice,” stated Asinpou Gangmei, Vice Chairman of the Alternative Arrangement Demand Committee, who sat through the hearing today. However, justice remains half done as perpetrators of the “en-counter”, namely Col. Ajay Sharma and Ma-jor Gagan of the 10 AR, cannot be implicated without a judicial inquiry.

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(that) the disaster manage-ment architecture of any state needs to be geared up. This will be a great learning from the Uttarakhand ca-tastrophe,” he said.

“It is a very unfortunate incident. The whole nation feels about it. But the people who manage disasters con-vert this into an opportunity to prepare to deal with di-sasters in a better way. There will definitely be lessons to be learned. This is the pro-cess which will take some time to fully understand the magnitude and the manner in which the whole thing evolved and happened,” he said when asked what les-sons have been learnt from the disaster in Uttarakhand.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, meets Wimbledon winner Andy Murray in front of No 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 8, 2013. Murray is the first Briton to win the men’s singles title for 77 years. (AP Photo)

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DIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): The accused has admitted to the July 4 murder but the police are facing an uphill task trying to tie up the loose ends while filing a strong case in court. The police have 90 days, as per the norm, to complete the investigation and file the chargesheet. On expiry of the 90 days, from the date the ac-cused was first produced in court, the accused has the right to appeal for bail, if no chargesheet is filed against him during the period.

The legal nuances aside and the conspiracy theories doing the rounds with regard to the murder, fingerprint analysis and the fo-

rensic results of the swab samples might hold the clue. The fingerprint analysis is likely to take no less than two weeks, said the police on Mon-day. With regard to the suspected murder weapon – the machete; fingerprint experts at the Forensic Science Laboratory, Dimapur have a challenging task for the machete in all likelihood would have many prints, old as well as fresh.

Another factor rued is that the crime scene was believed to have been disturbed before the police arrived at the scene. This is how-ever no new phenomenon in a place where spectators as well as the people first to reach disturb

the setting of a crime scene, which more often than not results in vi-tal clues getting tampered if not lost. People milling around crime scenes hampers police work.

While, the forensic report of the swab samples is also likely to take weeks to return as Nagaland has no known expertise to deal with such matter. Nevertheless, the police expressed confidence they will crack the case, eventually.

As for the prime accused, Ri-kumkaba Pongen, the police said that he is in remand on a 15-day po-lice custody while the three other suspects, also in police remand, are still under the scanner.

July 4 murder case: Two weeks for fingerprint analysis

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3rd ministry meet of Soul Harvest For Christ MinistryKohima, July 8 (mExN): The 3rd Ministry Meet of Soul Harvest For Christ Ministry will take place at Soul Harvest Church of the Living God at Dak-lane, Kohima from July 12 to 14 under the theme “…. Great is thy Faith-fulness.” The main speakers of the meet includes; Rev. Dr. D.L. Sanchu, ACRC executive secretary, Rev. Shan Kikon, se-nior pastor Faith Harvest Church, Rev. Kevisede Kire, presi-dent SHFCM and Pastor Dirang Lungalang, senior pastor CCC. Hoisting of flag will take place on July 12 at 3:30 PM at the church premises with Rev. Dr. D.L. Sanchu as the chief guest. Graduation and ordination service have been sched-uled on July 13. Jack Sekhose, joint director SCERT Naga-land will be the guest of honour. The advance prayer group includes; Harvest Prayer centre, Dak-lane, Ezekiel Prayer Group DBS, Dak-lane Prayer Group, Thizamna Women de-partment and Hosanna Prayer Group.

ANCSU emergency assembly on July 16Kohima, July 8 (mExN): All the affiliated colleges of ANCSU are informed that there will be an emergency assembly on July 16, 11:00 am at NSF Conference Hall to discuss the matter pertaining to the 4th general con-ference and declaration of undergraduate result. There-fore, all affiliated college president and general secre-tary are requested to attend the assembly without fail.

Governor to grace installation programme of RC KohimaKohima, July 8 (mExN): The Rotary Club of Ko-hima will be holding its 11th installation programme on July 10 at Hotel Japfu, Kohima at 6:00 PM. Nagaland’s gov-ernor Dr. Ashwani Kumar will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Lighting of installation candle will be done by Rtn. Chandu Agarwal, District Governor N. Brief glimpse of RC Kohima will be given by Rtn. Dr. K. Keditsu. Rtn. Rosemary Dzüvichü new president will deliver accep-tance speech. Introduction of chief guest will be done by Rtn. Impalong, president elect (2014-15). Rotary Club Kohima president Rtn. Dr. Neisatuo Mero requested all the Rotarians and well wishers to attend the same.

GPPK elects new team of office bearersKohima, July 8 (mExN): Gorkha Public Panchayat, Kohima (GPPK) held its general body meeting at Gork-ha Public Panchayat Hall, Chandmari Kohima on June 30, 2013 where following office bearers and executives were selected by the Convenor, Election/Selection Com-mittee: Office bearers: President - Santu Thapa; Vice President - Probhu Gurung; General Secretary - Suresh Kr. Lama; Panchayat Secretary - Jibon Pradhan; Asst. Panchayat Secretary - Arjun Chettri; Welfare Secretary - Mohan Gurung; Treasurer - Yem Bahadur Rana; Press & Publicity Secy. - Rajeev Rai. Executive members: San-jay Chettri, Merman Pradhan, Bishnu Thapa, Pradeep Lama, Biju Khawas, Amardeep Gurung, Romit Limbu. Women representatives: Renuka Subba, Jamuna Rana.

NSF informs JEE candidates Kohima, July 8 (mExN): The Naga Students’ Fed-eration (NSF) informs all the successful candidates of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2013-2014 to sub-mit a photo copy of Class XII and JEE mark sheets along with Schedule Tribe (ST) and Indigenous Certificate for verification of the necessary documents starting from July 10. NSF Education Secretary Bangdi in a press release stated that the purpose of the verifica-tion is to authenticate whether the students are Nagas by blood or by adoption. Therefore, all the successful candidates are requested to present physically along with the required documents.

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Morung Express NewsDimapur | July 8

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has estimated that, if noth-ing is done, half of 6000 plus languag-es spoken today will disappear by the end of this century.

In 1992, a prominent US linguist stunned the academic world by pre-dicting that by the year 2100, 90% of the world's languages would have ceased to exist.

With the disappearance of un-written and undocumented languag-es, humanity would lose not only a cultural wealth but also important ancestral knowledge embedded, in particular, in indigenous languages.

The same concern was addressed by Prof Lanunüngsang, Pro Chancel-lor, Nagaland University while speak-ing to more than 4000 young people at Dimapur Ao Baptist Church on Sun-day, July 7 evening. Talking on impor-tance of the mother tongue, the Prof said, “The present youth should learn and speak their mother tongue.” He said that in the present generation, it is required to learn and speak foreign languages but the most important is the ‘mother tongue.’

The Professor said that the use of mother tongue is the most powerful characteristic on its own to preserve one’s tribe and its identity. Language itself is the identity of the person. Therefore, he encouraged the con-gregation to develop the habit of con-versing in the mother tongue and said, “Speaking in our own mother tongue amongst us is the biggest honour for the tribe. You earn the hearts of the people in whose language you speak.”

“Think, learn, teach and speak your mother tongue” were the words he spoke loud to the young people converged to mark the Dimapur Area Ao churches ABAM Youth Sunday.

The Professor who is also, the chair-man of Ao Senden Literature Board (ASLB) highlighted about the ‘Arangtet Tatitang’ (Ao Literature Proficiency Ex-amination). He said that ASLB has been conducting the ‘Arangtet Tatidang’ from the year 2006. The ASLB has also con-ducted the examination for the Masters Degree Part I in Ao Literature.

Adding, “There is prospect to do research in Ao language,” the Profes-sor also proudly disclosed that so far 58 scholars have written their disser-tation in Ao language.

He also disclosed that the Na-galand University has approved Ao syllabus, which will be taught in the 3rd semester, starting from January

2014. In addition, in order to teach Ao, the State Government on “trial basis” is working to create post for Ao language in three colleges.

Reiterating that many tribes have disappeared due to extinction of their language, the Professor especially called upon the youth directors of the churches gathered to initiate a “con-tinuous movement to “Think, learn, teach and speak the mother tongue.”

It may be mentioned here that ‘Forum on the Naga Languages’, an initiative of Nagaland University in collaboration with the State Council of Educational Research & Training, Kohima and the Institute of World Languages (Ura Academy), Kohima was inaugurated on June 15, 2013 at National Institute of e-Learning and Information Technology, Meriema.

The Forum aim to conduct monthly talks based on research (linguistics or literary) on the Naga languages and to organize timely training programmes for language teachers and officers at the school and college level. The pur-pose of FNL is to create awareness of linguistic studies among all Naga tribes, preservation of the Naga languages and to promote research-based develop-ment of the Naga languages.

Apart from research scholars, this platform reaches out to language teachers, language officers, members of the various literary committees, ac-ademicians from different disciplines, local authors, and intellectual whose participation would enrich and fur-ther discussion on language research. Such an academic activity would help in the formulation of a language spe-cific structured syllabus for each of the undeveloped languages at the school, college and university levels.

Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): The Dimapur Area Ao Youth Director Telongjem (organization) annually comes up with a programme for the ABAM Youth Sunday service and even this year they deliv-ered well. From beginning to end, it was no ordinary worship service.

The Dimapur Area Ao churches combine ABAM Youth Sunday service on July 7 at DABA main church opened with praise and worship lead by East Dima-pur Youth Dimapur singing worship songs in Ao dia-

lect. President of the organ-

ising team, which consist of 20 churches, Imti Imsong, youth director, Aoyimti welcomed the mass gather-ing followed by Rev N Tzu-dir, pastor DABA pronounc-ing the invocation. Moving away from the traditional style of performing serious acts, the Naga United Youth department brought the house into laughter with a comical performance of the nursery rhyme ‘ABC.’

The packed house was reminded of the NBCC Clean Election campaign

when youths of DABA Youth Ministry enacted a short play on “Clean Elec-tion.” An act on “True Love Waits” was acknowledged with thunderous applause, which was performed by Aoyimti Youth Department. The act was a call to all the teenagers and college stu-dents to make a commit-ment to sexual abstinence until marriage. The Bor-lengri Youth Department conveyed the message on importance of “sports min-istry” through a skit. Based on the theme ‘Rebuild-ing in Christ’ Diphupar

youth Department and Da-rogapathar Youth Depart-ment also presented two acts.

Different youth de-partments also performed songs while Medziphema Youth Department project-ed a video on friendship and love.

In his address, the speaker of the service Prof Lanunüngsang, Pro Chan-cellor, NU commented on the creativity displayed by all the churches. The ser-vice concluded with bene-diction by Ayala, youth di-rector Sangtamtila.

‘Language is the identity of who we are’Call to initiate a continuous movement to

“Think, learn, teach and speak mother tongue” Church finds way to talk beyond pulpit

Aoyimti Youth Department performs an act on “True Love Waits” during the ABAM Youth Sunday service on July 8. “True Love Waits” is a youth-based international campaign which utilizes positive peer pressure by encouraging those who make a commitment to refrain from pre-marital sex to challenge their peers to do the same. (Photo Courtesy: Toshi Longchar)

Prof Lanunüngsang

Kohima, July 8 (mExN): The Sümi commu-nity of Agri Forest Electrical Colony, Kohima celebrated the Sümi Tuluni Festival on July 8 at the residence of Khekiye Sema, IAS (Rtd) at Forest Colony, Kohima.

Speaking at the occa-sion as the host, Khekiye Sema emphasized on the need for the Sümis to trea-sure culture and tradition as it is our heritage. He par-

ticularly lauded the dance troupe consisting of the children of those residing at the colony saying, “in the modern world where all the young people have for-gotten about our culture, these groups of young peo-ple have made a concerted effort to learn the tradition-al war dance.”

Er. Kisheto Sema spoke on the tradition of Tuluni Festival, its origins and

the rites, rituals, ceremo-nies and festivities that ac-company the celebrations. Apart from the war dance performed by the young men, womenfolk per-formed rice-pounding song and the men folk present-ed a folk song eulogizing the festival. Children per-formed various traditional indigenous games, much to the delight of all present.

The celebrations cul-

A participant during the meat eating competition during the Tuluni celebration organised by Sumi Hoho Phek at the resi-dence of Hewoto Ayi District Agriculture Officer (DAO) Phek. About 200 members including in-laws, invited and all mem-bers of Sumi population at Phek attended it. The function concluded with the Tuluni feast.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Wokha, Tokavi Achumi, addressing the Tuluni celebration at his official residence in Wokha town, Monday. Tokavi and his wife hosted the Tuluni celebration, the premier festival of Sumi Naga. (Morung Photo)

Sümi TuLuni FeSTivaL ceLebraTed

Men folk presenting a folk song during the Sümi Tuluni Festival organised by Agri Forest Electrical Colony, Kohima on July 8.

minated with a community feast. Earlier the celebra-tions began with the in-voking of God’s blessings by Rev. Zuhokhu Kiba, Pas-tor, Sümi Baptist Church, Kohima while Nitoshe K. Zhimomi, Associate Pastor (Youth) pronounced the benediction. This was stat-ed in a press release issued by Sümi Tuluni Organiz-ing Committee, Agri Forest Electrical Colony, Kohima.

Lotsami villagelotsami, July 8 (Dipr): Tuluni festival or-ganized by Children Educa-tion Department Lotsami Baptist Church was cel-ebrated with Hd. GB Lutoi as Tuluni Papu (Father) at local ground Lotisami vil-lage. In his speech, the Tu-luni Papu said that Tuluni festival is a midyear festival celebrated by Sumi com-munity seeking Father Lit-sapa blessing for plentiful of crops. Appreciating the or-ganizer for organizing Tul-uni festival, he also urged the people to be united and work with positive attitude. The function was chaired by Z. Kavito Chopy and the other highlights of the day were cultural display and indigenous games.

Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): “We will treasure our new friends, cherish the moments shared and continue to pray for each other” was echoed dur-ing the prize distribution and closing program on the last day of a three-day children summer camp themed “Dare to Face Challenges”.

A press note received here stated that the ambience during the clos-ing function was heartwarming and positive much in contrast to the solemn ambience during the start of the camp when children shared about experiences no children ought to face. With the impact writ large on their innocent faces and lives, children with bowed heads earlier shared about losing their parents, broken homes, single parents, pains about never experiencing a father’s love, separation from their families, and children domestic servants de-prived of love and care.

The children camp was orga-nized from July 6 to 8 by Prodigals’ Home (PH) at its “Short Stay Home for Women and Girls” under the aegis of a UNICEF Project titled ““Facilitat-ing Sustained and Integrated Com-munity Based Response for Children Affected by AIDS and Vulnerable Chil-dren in Dimapur, Nagaland”. The ob-

jective of the camp was to motivate and build the capacities of children to face life’s challenges and rise above difficult circumstances through edu-cational and recreational activities whilst providing space to interact and share experiences with peers.

K. Ela, Director of PH, dwelt on the theme “Dare to face Challenges” while Maong Jamir, Asst. Director of PH, dwelt on “Children and healthy living”. Easter, Christian Education Director, Sumi Baptist Church Dima-pur, Grace Savino Zopianga, Charis Ministry for Women and Children, Litholi, Akimbo Society and Narola of PH shared about the Word of God while encouraging the children trust God to guide them. Jolly, Alemla and Naro, PH staff were the facilitators of the camp. Well-wishers donated some gifts for the children.

The closing program was made more special when “Evergreen”, a children support group from Phaipi-jan Colony formed under the Project donated Rs. 820 they had collected as part of a fund drive for children under the care of Prodigals’ Home with a message “we always wanted to give back something to Prodigals’ Home and UNICEF for being there for us”.

Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): Naga Christian Fel-lowship has made a new addi-tion by starting in Puducherry in the month of March, with assistance from NCF Chennai. At present, there are about 100 plus Nagas in Puduch-erry, either studying or work-ing at JIPMER medical college, RAGAVOCAS veterinary col-lege, Pondycherry University,

Antioch theological college, MGMC&RI medical college, AVMC medical college, PIMS medical college.

NCF Puducherry meets ev-ery alternate Sundays. A press note received here stated that NCF Puducherry members are “praying for a pastor who can come and take active part in helping Nagas grow together in unity unto the Lord, as most of

us here are technical students and time bound.”

Meanwhile, the Fellowship has also extended to help peo-ple coming down to Puduch-erry. Contact numbers of some NCF leaders are the following: Dr. Toka Swu (Senior Advi-sor) 7639656043, Viravo Kar (Chairman) 9843582086 and Kezevino Nagi (General Secre-tary) 8015911703.

Dare to Face Challenges: Children Camp conducted

Naga Christian Fellowship, Puducherry established

Some of the Nagas at NCF Puducherry Sunday service. NCF Puducherry started in the month of March, with assistance from NCF Chennai.

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IMPHAL, JuLy 8 (NNN): Self-styled president of the pro-scribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) group of Lallumba has reportedly dashed away af-ter collecting Rs 1, 92, 68, 800 meant for rehabilitation of its 144 cadres. The amount was given by the Government as one-time payment to the out-fit’s cadres after the KCP Lal-

lumba group signed the Sus-pension of Operation (SoO) pact with the State and Central Governments in 2010.

Lallumba KCP faction, presi-dent, Kshetrimayum Hitendra alias Kritibas, who hails from Thinungei Maning Leikai in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, withdrew the huge amount from the bank and disap-

peared, said the outfit’s general secretary on Monday. Talking to newsmen somewhere in Imphal East district, the outfit’s general secretary, Wahengbam Ramananda alias Rousow dis-closed that Hitendra has van-ished after secretly taking out the money from the bank and now he is untraceable.

He said a meeting of the out-

fit’s leadership has decided to expel him from the organization after the incident. Ramananda also said the outfit signed a tri-partite agreement on August 6, 2010 with the state and Central Governments in Imphal and since then its cadres including the leaders have been lodging at 7th Manipur Rifles, Khabeisoi.

The amount was kept in the

personnel accounts of the cad-res in UBI/AT Line, North AOC and it was given by the Govern-ment for rehabilitation of the cadres. He alleged that presi-dent Lallumba took out the money in cahoots with the bank manager and left his quarter along with his family on June 9 and since then his whereabouts is still unknown.

However, Lallumba gave some money out of the with-drawn total amount to some cadres but there are still 70 more cadres including offi-cers of the outfit who have left with nothing, the general sec-retary added. The Principal Secretary has been informed about the matter in a letter, Ramananda informed, adding

that more letters will be given to other competent authori-ties in this regard.

He said another three cadres of the outfit have gone with Lal-lumba and warned the trio to im-mediately return to Khabeisoi. Ramananda further appealed to the Government to look into the matter and take punitive action against Lallumba.

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CONDOLENCE MESSAGE The Nagaland Secondary Schools Field Officers Forum (NSSFOF) is saddened to learn the untimely and sudden demise of our colleague Shri. A. Kevisu Kimho, Headmaster, Government Higher Secondary School, Chozouba on the 5th July 2013 at Piphema. The Forum ac-knowledges the service rendered by him for the welfare and up-liftment of the students’ community through his sincere and dedicated service throughout his career as a teacher as well as an administrative officer. The forum will miss him greatly and prays that God the Almighty gives solace and comfort to the bereaved family members. Mezhüu Hozoyeh Kevitsiano Luho Convener, NSSFOF Secretary, NSSFOF

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Assam floods' situation worsensGuwAHAtI, JuLy 8 (IANS): Flooded rivers have submerged 80 more villages in Assam, taking the number of such villages to 300, and damaged roads and embank-ment in the state, officials said on Monday. The 80 villages are located in Dhemaji, Lakh-impur and Chirang districts. As many as 11 districts are in the flood fury, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.

Officials said over 40,000 people have been affected. No loss of life has been reported. According to ASDMA, parts of Dhemaji, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Chirang, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nag-aon, Sivasagar and Tinsukia districts have been hit by the surging waters of Brahma-putra and its tributaries. The floods have damaged crops in 4,222 hectares, the officials said, adding that Morigaon and Dhemaji districts were the worst hit. While flood wa-ters entered the Kaziranga National Park a few days ago, parts of Dibru Choikhowa National Park in Tinsukia dis-trict have also got swamped, forest officials said.

IMPHAL, JuLy 8 (NNN): "Although Japan tries to in-vest huge money for various projects in Manipur, the in-surgency problem has ham-pered this development", said Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh on Monday.

Addressing a function at Manipur Film Development Corporation (MFDC) audi-torium hall here which was held to distribute laptops and cheques to beneficiaries,

Ibobi said as per the 2009-10 census, there are only 2.18 people producing handloom and handicraft items in the country with Manipur enjoy-ing the third place amongst the largest producers of han-dloom articles.

Commerce and Indus-tries minister Govindas Kon-thoujam also attended the function jointly organised by the Directorate of Com-merce and Industry and Di-

rectorate of Sericulture.The Chief Minister dis-

tributed cheques amount-ing to Rs 3 lakh-5 lakh to 22 handloom entrepreneurs under Handloom Export by Development Approach (HEDA) Projects, 2013.

A total of 17 laptops in-cluding printers and gener-ators were also given to 17 handloom clusters under the Computer Added Tex-tiles Design (CATD).

For Sericulture De-partment, 40 percent bal-ance check amount each deducting from the total amount Rs 70.08 lakh was also distributed to 455 beneficiaries under Cata-lytics Development Pro-gramme (CDP) in respect of Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Senapati, Chandel, Tamenglong dis-tricts and Kangpokpi.

Ibobi said, “We need

power looms to save time. Our state enjoys the third place amongst largest pro-ducers of handloom items in the country and we are really proud of it."

However, he said Japan wants to invest huge mon-ey in the state for various projects, but it has been hampered by insurgency problem.

Principal Secretary, Commerce and Industry,

Militancy hampers Japanese Fund in Manipur: IbobiO Nabakeshore and other officials of Sericulture and Commerce and Industry Department were also present at the event.

ItANAGAR, JuLy 8 (PtI): Expressing concern over the July 2 rape and murder incident in Bhaluk-pong, the Arunachal Citi-zen's Right (ACR) has urged the authority concerned to deal with the case "sincere-ly" and punish the culprits.

"It is alarming to learn that there have been five other reported incidents of rapes and murder of girl children in our state in the last few months", the ACR stated in a press release today.

Giving a list of the in-cidents, it said on March 2 last, a Class VI student was allegedly raped by an IRBn constable in Long-ding, on 26 February a

five-year-old girl student of Joram village was al-legedly raped by the school's proprietor, Feb-ruary 11 a minor girl was raped by Chakma refu-gees near Bareng river in Chowkham in Lohit dis-trict, September 12 last year, a girl was waylaid and was murdered after being raped by a Ban-gladeshi refugee in East Siang district and on 21 August last year a school-girl was raped and mur-dered in Tawang district.

"We take serious note of such incidents with our moral interest towards the protection of the rights and security of the girl children of our state," the ACR said,

adding that there was need for an effective mechanism and speedy judiciary pro-cess to deal with such cases.

It also called for re-vamping the police and im-proving its service delivery capacity.

While welcoming the chief minister's assurance to ensure speedy justice in the Bhalukpong case, the NGO suggested providing free legal aid to such vic-tims and their families.

"The government, pub-lic, legal fraternity, civil so-cieties, students' bodies, NGOs and interested in-dividuals can engage col-lectively to bring an end to crimes against girl children in our state," it said.

ACR concern on rape incident in Arunachal

Rape accused produced

IMPHAL, JuLy 8, (NNN): Police today faced a tough situation when a large number of women-folk stormed the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal West where a raped accused was presented. I Bobo aged 39, an accused in a 12-year-old girl rape case, was attacked by the agitating women, who were present inside the court complex, with san-dals and ladies shoes.

Police escorting the accused however carried him away and led inside the police van safely. Shoes and sandals were thrown toward the rape accused by the women protesters when he walked out of the court room. Additional police personnel were called in to control the angry crowd inside the court complex. However, no one was injured.The court remanded the ac-cused to further 15 days judicial custody.

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I visited the house and the spot where the dead body was found on the 5th July 2013. The first

question that triggered in my mind was- Why do God let such brutal dead? And, who will be the next vic-tim of such cold-blood murder? Tak-ing into account the sexual assault, murder, robbery and kidnapping, which have been growing at a men-acing proportion of late, I concurred- this is the march of devils on earth. There are two ways of self-defence. One, led a prayerful life, and two, each citizen has to become a policeman in his/her own right and remain ever vigilant to keep such marauders and their ilk at bay.

Now, that the most wanted mur-derer on the run has been nabbed, there is a sigh of relief in the minds of the denizen of Dimapur. It is im-perative that we maintain calm at this point in time. But demand of the crowd on the night of 6th July to hand over the culprit to them to dispense instant justice was irrational and un-called for. The assembly should have been symbolic one to express outrage over the murder and to thank the Po-lice, not otherwise. And remember this, no law enforcing agency will hand over an accused to a group of individuals or a mob. We must re-spect the institutional mechanism and should not expect the authority to hand over an accused at the whims of the congregation.

It is worthy of mention here that God has answered the prayers of thousands of believers enabling the most wanted killer on the run to come to a dead end. I heard one of the lady speakers from Watsu Mungdang in the funeral service giving a clarion call to all the noble souls gathered to pray earnestly for timely arrest of the culprit. A man loaded with cash could not run beyond 70 KMs. God did an-swer our prayer in no time. This is the power of prayer!

The Nagaland Police had done a great job and the professional man-

ner in which they have been able to nab the most wanted culprit needs to be lauded. However, in a related de-velopment, bashing up of some youth by the police in Dimapur without any rhyme or reason has further dented the sagging image of the police force. Officer In-charge should take note of this, and rein in the wayward elements in the police force as threat perception of we ordinary mortals seemed have increased manifold by the presence of unruly Jawans in the street in addition to the nocturnal intruders.

Since the long arm of law has caught up with the accused, the law will take its own course and pro-nounce the sentence in proportion-ate to the crime committed after all legal formalities are completed. How-ever considering the slow nature of legal process, this case has to be fast tracked to dispense justice at the ear-liest. Let the law take its course, but get it expedited too, and award the maximum of punishment within the ambit of law- ‘Capital Punishment’

Many a votary of reformative jus-tice will contest my contention on the plea that the accused should also be given the benefit of doubt and a time to reform within the four walls of the Jail. Yes, a criminal may change in 10-15 year time in jail, and may walk out of from it, with all trappings of a re-formed person. The dark side of this gesture has ramification that far out-weighs the positive aspect of refor-mative justice while reforming one, it prepares the ground for hundreds of potential criminals to sprout as habitual law-breaker with criminal mindset will commit the same kind of crime at will.

The safety of the kids, women, men, aged, and law-abiding citizens of all hues is more important than the reformation of a single criminal.

In this case, nature of crime is most important than anything else. I don’t want to take a peek at the back-ground of the accused but focus on the nature of crime and its brutality.

The manner in which an innocent girl was tortured to death is unfathom-able and hence, the perpetrator does not merit any lenient sentence.

I am also aware that, I could be-come the butt of ridicule by human rights activists including the entire Christendom for aggressively argu-ing in favor of capital punishment in this case. Allow me to say this; the ra-tionale of my argument in awarding capital punishment is not motivated by any factor other than the merit of the case. The amount of damage in-flicted on the victim is awful, irrepa-rable and obnoxious to say the least, and therefore, in proportion to the crime he committed, the sentence should be pronounced. Death sen-tence is applicable in the rarest of rare case. This burglary-murder case comes close near to this principle. But at the end of the day, it is the Court that will deliver the final Judgment after examining all the aspect of the case according to the procedure es-tablished by law.

The law of the land envisaged capital punishment not only in a high profile murder case. The capital pun-ishment is not applicable only in the murder of the high and the mighty. Assault, rape and murder of the poor, kids and women have become almost a daily occurrence and growing at an alarming rate and therefore, it should be a matter of deep concern for judi-ciary, the government and the civil so-ciety including the Church. Murder-rape should not be equated with any other offence.

A killer who had no qualms to scale the boundary wall in the dead of night, burgled from a relative’s house, bludgeoned to death an innocent girl and desecrating the private part of the deceased against all order of na-ture and civilized norms must also be prepared to face the consequences. He must face the music in propor-tionate to the crime he committed.

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The recent ultimatum of KLPT to the Reng-ma Naga to vacate

their village within 9th July 2013 is within the constitu-ency of Eastern Naga Reng-ma Mouza Bokajan where Klingdong Ingti represent-ing the constituency who is also the son of Biring Sing Ingti sitting MP(ST)of Toin District of Karbi Anglong and NC Hills, now Dima Hasao. For the fact that a leader who has the responsibility to assist ev-ery situation and maintain

a peaceful atmosphere but he is deliberately avoid-ing the situation when the problem are happening at his nose.

Till today KLPT has not withdrawn its threat upon the Rengma Naga and the situation still remaining volatile, it is therefore the responsible of the sitting congress MLA Klingdong Ingti to resign from his seat at the earliest since he has failed to from his duty as a public servant.

Further Joy Ram En-

gleng the Chief Executive Member of Autonomous Council Diphu should also step down from his post owing the moral respon-sibility of the situation, it wonders how the law agency and the administra-tive remaining complacent of the situation ,no investi-gation nor a single person are been arrested in this connection till today. This shows a clear indication of the authority in partial-ity and direct or indirect encouragement to the

anti-social elements. The present Congress govern-ing should be immediately removed and the person in-volved should be punished at the earliest date of time. The dragonic act of KPLT should be condemn by all the right thinking citizen.

K Chokedo Rengma Former President

Angcholic Janata Party, Naga Rengma Mouza

And Executive Member, Mondal Karbi

Anglong, Assam

On KLPT ultimatum

Murder most foul (Part 2)

DIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): The new Nokia smartphone ‘Asha 501’ was launched in Nagaland on July 6 at Ni-athu Resort, Dimapur, which was at-tended by retailers and dealers from across the state.

Asha 501 also dubbed as “super smart pocket power” is the first smart phone of Nokia to have its global launch in India and the distinctive features of this smartphone that sets it apart from other brands in the same price catego-ry are new swipe UI (user interface), fast lane, standout design, hi-speed in-ternet. The dual sim Asha 501 has 3.2 MP camera.

“This is the product Wall Street wants Apple to introduce....you al-ready have it”, the Wall Street Journal commented.

Nokia RDS Dimapur, Basu Damai, in his introductory note expressed optimism that the new Asha 501 smartphone, which comes in six vibrant colours, would be a hit among the trendy and fashion conscious, especially youngsters.

Regional sales manager (RSM), Nokia, S Talukdar, gave a power point presentation of the new product. Among others, Nokia RDS Dimapur, Dr. John Murry also attended the launching ceremony.

KohIMA, JULY 8 (MExN): The William Joseph International Acad-emy for Performing Arts, situated in Bangalore, caters to the promotion, performance and education of Per-forming arts across India.

The Academy offers 2 Year Di-ploma in Church Music. The Acad-emy is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music (London) and is the first music school across India to be ISO 9001 – 2008 certified.

All programmes run under the ancient Gurukul System. Students applying for the 2 Year Diploma in Church Music must have a basic knowledge of Music theory and be able to sing.

The Programme runs on a 4 se-mester basis. Only students who complete the required course mate-rial and pass in all examinations will be awarded the Diploma.

The Church Music Programme vi-sualized aims at providing methodi-cal training to a selected few of the church musicians of our country in general, so as to build in them compe-tence to lead their respective choirs or singing groups in their churches.

Broadly, the aims are classified as given under: to expose them through the rudiments of western music to

such a high level of attaining profi-ciency to conduct choirs, to accompa-ny the congregation or choir with Or-gan, Piano or Guitar, as demanded by the situations present in any church, to bring out the latent musical tal-ent of such trained persons to blos-som into creativity in terms of their own compositions to the glory of His Name, to broadly cover the different faculties of music such as organ and piano accompaniment, voice train-ing, basic harmony and composition suitable to national and inter-denom-inational level, to emphatically stan-dardize the kaleidoscopic pattern of singing in our churches practiced at inter-denominational level, so as to provide harmonious music and uni-fied approach in methodical singing and to provide a new forum for train-ees wherein the benefits derived are wholesome and totally homogenous, which type of music training is not of-fered by any other institution in this country.

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Nokia smartphone ‘Asha 501’ launched in Nagaland

nokia rDS Dimapur

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AAI mulling discounts to airlines for

connecting small townsNEW DELhI, JULY 8 (PTI): Flights from airports in small towns are likely to be a cost-saving proposition for airlines, with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) planning to offer discounts on landing and park-ing charges to any carrier con-necting such destinations.

Airlines like even the start-up carrier AirAsia India could avail of such discounts if they start operating from small towns and cities, where new airports have come up or the existing ones upgraded, in or-der to build traffic potential there, official sources said here.

AAI is considering offer-ing the discounts on a graded basis, say for a period of three years. Such a move would be a major saver for the airlines as landing and parking charges constitute 10-12% of their cost of operations. These discounts are aimed at promoting region-al airports and new routes, the sources said, adding that it takes time to build traffic demand on such routes and destinations.

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Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): NPF led DAN coalition partners comprising of NPF, BJP and JDU including the State BJP Presi-dent, Dr M. Chuba, State JDU President, Mhonjan Humtsoe, and other members led by NPF working presidents, Apong Pongener and Huskha Yepthomi went on a “good will mission” to Diphu to meet of-ficials and public leaders of Karbi Anglong and take stock of the ground realities and to express concern over the prevailing situation in Rengma inhabited areas of Karbi Anglong. The purpose of the visit was purely a good will mission with the message of brotherhood and to build an atmosphere that is conducive for peace-ful co-existence amongst the denizens of Karbi Anglong, stated a press release re-ceived here.

According to the release, the team had a very fruitful meeting with the

DAN’s goodwill mission team with the Deputy Commissioner of Diphu (third left) and senior police and paramilitary officers.

dan members venture on a ‘goodwill mission’

Deputy Commissioner of Diphu P.K. Borgohan, DIG Police, Superintendent of Police, Diphu, senior CRPF and Secu-

rity officials, who expressed their deep-est concern and cooperation for the se-curity and amicable settlement of the

Western Rengma Nagas hardship at the earliest. Rengma Nagas are very polite and my experience of sharing with them proves that they are innocent and peace loving people, the DC asserted. The note further informed that the DC and senior Police officials affirmed that round the clock security measures are in place and adequate wireless information network are put in place for the purpose. They also informed that medical team had visited the area as well.

The DC also assured that the adminis-tration is pressing the Council to control the situation and there is normalcy as of now. The administration, police, paramili-tary are trying to jointly visit the area on July 9, the DC said. The Good will mission team will be meeting the executive mem-bers, NGOs and the Student organizations in Karbi Anglong at the earliest, it added.

Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): The Youth Association of Nagaland (YAN) while lauding Parliamentary Sec-retary for Power, Kipili Sangtam for touring all hydro projects in Nagaland to reviving the projects has urged him to “give more emphasis” to Dimapur district.

A press note from the Co-founder and Advisor of the YAN, Victo Chishi said that the hot and humid climate of Dimapur and the presence of many industries in the town result in more consumption of electricity when

compared to other districts. He also informed that the “field staff is very less in Dimapur which results in delay in rectification/repairing the line and causes problem to the public.”

While affirming that power sup-ply in Dimapur has “improved” since the Parliamentary Secretary assumed charge of the department, the YAN urged him to take-up the matter for manpower improvement in the Power Department, especially for Dimapur by appointing sufficient field staff.

Kohima, July 8 (mExN): The Director General or Police and the PHQ staff, Kohima held a condolence meeting on July 8 at 12:00 pm to pay homage to V.S. Francis, Superintendent of Police (SCRB), PHQ Naga-land, who passed away on July 8 morning in Dimapur after prolonged illness.

An obituary by Inspector General of Police and PRO Ko-hima, Lungriading, mentioned that V.S. Francis joined Naga-

land Police in 1991, and had since been serving in the Naga-land Police in different capaci-ties both in the NAP Battalions and DEFs, including Deputy S.P (Security), Dy CO 7 NAP, Addi-tional SP Zunheboto Dy CO 3 NAP and other assignments.

VS. Francis in his capacity as Dy SP, (Security) in INT was one of the few officers who were initiated into the Bomb Dispos-al Squad, which he formed and nurtured during his long ten-

ure in the post, the obituary ac-knowledged. “A smart and intel-ligent officer, he faithfully served the department till he had to avail leave in late 2010 for medi-cal treatment,” it said adding, “In his demise the Nagaland Police has lost a dedicated officer.”

The Director General of Po-lice and all ranks of Nagaland Police have extended their deep-est condolences to the bereaved family. The officer is survived by his wife and two young sons.

DC Kohima appeals to donate for

Uttarakhand victims

Kohima, July 8 (mExN): Deputy Com-missioner & Chairman, Indian Red Cross So-ciety, Kohima dist. branch, W. Honje Konyak convened a meeting today with various NGOs, clubs, societies, unions, associations at DC’s Conference hall here with regard to relief fund drive for disaster affected people of Ut-tarakhand. The meeting was held in pursu-ance of an appeal letter and press release re-ceived from IRCSN for the same. The meeting decided to raise minimum fund of Rs. 5.00 Lakhs. In this connection, Kohima DC has ap-pealed to all concerned members, individuals, government servants and other like-minded bodies, unions, associations to come out to help fellow citizens who are in need and con-tribute as much as possible towards the relief fund. He also said that this would be a good example that can be shown by our State at such a devastating time for the victims of Ut-tarakhand. The donations and contributions may be submitted on or before July 12, 2013 to Honorary Secretary IRCS, Kohima district branch, Ruokuo Kire (Phone: 9436070074).

NTCThe Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has expressed deep

shock over the July 4 incident at Residency Colony, Dimapur where a woman was “brutally slaughtered” reportedly by 21-year-old Rikumkaba Pongen. The NTC while vehemently condemning the heinous crime has urged the law enforcing agencies and the judiciary to take all possible measures to try the accused and prosecute as per the law of the land. The NTC also appealed to all peace loving citizens to extend support to the authorities concerned. The NTC further conveyed its deep-est condolences to the bereaved family.

YANYouth Association Nagaland (YAN) has vehemently con-

demned the gruesome and cold-blooded July 4 murder in Dimapur. Stating innocent people are no-more safe, with all kinds of anti-social elements taking place in Naga society, “which was once regarded as a society of honest, dedicated, hardworking and God fearing people,” YAN appealed to all peace loving citizens to stand outright against such crimes. Further, lauding the police for making a breakthrough, YAN made a strong appeal to the law enforcing agency to leave no stone unturned in delivering justice to the family of the victim and also initiate most serve punishment against the perpetrator(s) of the crime.

ENWODEastern Nagaland Women Organization Dimapur Unit (EN-

WOD) has vehemently condemned the gruesome and cold-blooded July 4 murder in Dimapur. ENWOD while expressing

shock and dismay at the heinous crime “which is beyond human tolerance” stated “the murderer does not deserve any mercy and should be awarded the strongest capital punishment.” It further appealed all right thinking citizens to condemn the act and also conveyed condolences to the bereaved family.

DACR Dimapur Alliance for Child Right (DACR) has strongly con-

demned the “barbaric” July 4 murder in Dimapur. DACR has appeal to all the denizens and citizens of Dimapur to take note of the increase of rape, murder and other crimes in the society while urging everyone to join hands to curb and do away with such barbaric acts in future. It also stated it is “uncouth and cal-lous” of people to upload the picture of the deceased in social networking sites. “It is a violation of her rights to privacy; even the dead deserve that right as a human being.” DACR further conveyed condolence to the bereaved family and prayed that God grant them grace at their time of pain and sorrow.

PNMK Poumai Naotumai Me Kohima (PNMK), apex body of Pou-

mai women society Kohima has strongly condemned the bru-tal July 4 murder in Dimapur. The Union stated that such hei-nous and gruesome murder show the disrespect and cruelty towards womenfolk which often happen in our land. Further affirming such acts cannot be tolerated in this civilized society, it appealed the authority concerned to award exemplary pun-ishment to the accused so as to avoid such unwanted accident in future. PNMK also conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for God’s comfort upon them.

Power cut in Dimapur on July 10Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): All the general public in Dimapur area are informed that power supply will be interrupted in parts of Dimapur on July 10 from 4:00 am to 4:00 pm, due to upgradation work of the exist-ing power transformer at Industrial Estate. The areas to be affected are Industrial Estate area, DC court area, Oriental colony, Duncan area, Lingrijan area, Senjum, Ao Kashiram, Nepali Kashiram, Phevima/Kacharigaon, Aoyimkum, Dillai gate area. Therefore, Superintendent Engineer, Dimapur Electrical Circle, G Chishi has in-formed all the customers of the affected areas to bear the inconvenience caused.

NUNTSA suspend total ceasework lumami, July 8 (mExN): Nagaland University Non-teaching Staff Association (NUNTSA) has suspended the total ceasework agitation in all the campuses of Nagaland University till July 22, 2013 with immediate effect. A re-lease issued by NUNTSA office bearers and staff council, HQs Lumami stated that the agitation was called off fol-lowing the written assurance given by the Vice-Chancel-lor, Nagaland University to conduct the interview of Reg-istrar on July 22, 2013, Vide Letter No: Nil dated 8th July 2013. The decision was taken considering the interest of the student community, it added.

Passes for NLA budget session Kohima, July 8 (mExN): Speaker of Nagaland Legis-lative Assembly, AE Lotha informs all concerned that car pass and gallery pass for the ministers and parliamentary secretaries and administrative head of departments for the ensuing Nagaland Legislative Assembly Budget Ses-sion which commences July 16, 2013 will be issued by the Special Secretary, Home Department, Kohima from July 11, 2013 onwards. Passes for MLAs/Head of Depart-ments, Press, visitors and departmental officials will be issued from the reception counter, Gate-1, Assembly Sec-retariat from July 11, 2013 onwards.

Mkg meat and fish consumers informedmoKoKchuNg, July 8 (mExN): It has been informed that all meat, fish and chicken vendors in Mokokchung town will be attending an orientation programme on “Clean Business” organized by Mo-kokchung Municipal Council of July 12, 2013 from 1:00 pm onwards. Therefore, customers have been informed to buy the above mentioned items before the vendors close their respective stalls for the pro-gramme. This was informed by Chubawati Chang, ADC & Administrator, MMC and O.Pangjung Long-kumer, Superintended, MMC.

SKK condemns IRB assault ZuNhEboto, July 8 (mExN): All Sumi Students’ Union (SKK) has strongly condemned the “ferocious” act of IRB jawans who “brutally assaulted and tortured” four students on the night of July 6 near SM College Dimapur “without any reason”. Stating IRB jawans are supposed to safeguard and protect the public in general and not as-sault or harass innocent public without any unwanted reason, the Union has urged the authority to take prompt disciplinary action against those erring jawans for the in-terest and welfare of the public.

Royal Club meeting on July 10Kohima, July 8 (mExN): The general meeting of the Royal Club Kohima is slated to be held on July 10 at 5:30 PM at Kohima Local Ground to deliberate on the issue pertaining to holding of Debate Competition, Open Table Tennis Championship and Sei Bagei Race Competition in commemoration with its yearlong silver jubilee celebra-tion. Stating this in a release, Royal Club Kohima press secretary Kenny Peseyie has requested all the members to attend the meeting without fail.

Police and Excise seize liquorDimapur, July 8 (mExN): Peren and Jalukie Police and Excise under the command of SDPO T Kajiri and DSE S Phyobemo Kikon conducted a surprise joint raid on sus-pected illegal liquor houses in Jalukie on July 5, 2013. All together nine accused persons were arrested under the NLTP Act 1989 and liquor consisting of 400 bottles of as-sorted IMLF and beer were seized, informed Superinten-dent of Excise & Prohibition Dimapur Lanuwati Jamir in a press release. The enforcement agencies would continue to conduct such joint efforts to control illegal liquor in the State, it added.

WDVCCA condemnsWoKha, July 8 (mExN): Wokha District Village Council Chairman Association (WDVCCA) has con-demned the June 26 bomb blast at the private residence of Dr. M.Kithan Chief Medical Officer Wokha in its stron-gest term. A condemnation note issued by the Associa-tion’s president, A Tsutsamo Ovung and joint secretary, Mhonchumo K Lotha has urged the law enforcing agen-cies to investigate the matter and arrest the culprit at the earliest. The Association also called upon the public of Wokha Town to condemn and extend their helping hand to arrest the perpetrator as “such an act of violence and hatred is alien to our culture and shall be eradicate at the initial stage before it becomes an epidemic in our peace loving society.”

Temple construction begins at Bamunpukhuri -2 Village Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): The Construction Com-mittee of the Shiva Mandir, Bamunpukhuri-2 Village in-forms all the members, believers and routine visitors of the said temple that the concrete construction of the temple began on July 1, 2013. The age old temple exists underneath the tall Peepal tree, prior to the establish-ment of the Bamunphukhuri-2 Village in the year 1939, situated at the bank of Chate River. The committee has appealed to all the members, well wishers to come volun-tarily and assist towards the construction of the temple. For any kind of communication with the committee, one may call 9436074145.

Liangmai children camp held Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): Sunday School Depart-ment of Liangmai Baptist Church held its Summer Bible Camp from July 3 to 5 on the theme, “Nurturing with the Spirit” with Maria (B.D) and kiratan (M.Th) as resource persons. Widinthiuliu, Namkiagibo, Nehemiah and Balu-bo Newmai also spoke at the Children Worship Services. Around 250 children attended the camp and nurtured with the Spirit.

Condemnation over the July 4 murder in Dimapur

Parl Secretary for Power praised Nagaland Police pay homage to SP VS Francis

ENPO conveys condolencesThe Eastern Naga-

land People’s Organization (ENPO) office bearers and the central executive commit-tee members have expressed deep sorrow and sadness at the death of Tsalimong, G.B Kiphire Town, father of David Thingchem Jt. Secre-tary ENPO, after prolong ill-ness on June 21, 2013. Con-dolences note issued by the ENPO through its President Chingmak Chang and Gen-eral Secretary NT Thamlong Phom has extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed

for God give them solace and strength to bear the loss.

GPRN express sorrowThe central secretariat of

GPRN through its MIP has ex-pressed great sorrow over the news of the demise of Asst. Section Officer, ministry of for-est & environment, Thio on July 4, 2013. Thio joined the national service in the year 1999. The condolence note ac-knowledged with thanks the services rendered by the de-ceased with great loyalty and faithfulness. It further prayed for God’s grace upon the be-reaved family members to en-

able them to bear the loss.

Ex-Parliamentarian condoles Ex-parliamentarians have

expressed deep sadness over the sudden demise of one of its members Nsemo Ovung on June 30 at Vankhosung Mission Compound, Wokha. President, Ex-Parliamentari-an Association of Nagaland, T. Khongo in a condolence mes-sage said, “In his death a vacu-um has been created which is difficult to fill.” The Association further prayed that God grant solace to the family members and wished peace for the de-parted soul.

Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): The Assam Rifles held its annual inter sector debate competition on Hu-man Rights at Assam Rifles Training Centre & School (ARTC&S), Shokhuvi on July 5 and 6, where thirteen teams from Assam Rifles sectors and ARTC & S participated. Brigadier S S Prasad, YSM, SM, Commandant ARTC & S was the chief guest on the occasion.

A total of 52 speakers debated on the topic, “It is difficult to value Hu-man Rights when facing bullets in the field” in Hindi and English. There were twenty speakers each for and against the motion. The main aim of this debate was to sensitize the troops about Human Rights and im-portance of their strict observance

while dealing with the public, a press release received here said.

Rifleman Rajender Singh and Rifleman Vimal Tiwari of 27 Sector were adjudged the best speakers in Hindi category for and against the topic respectively. Rifleman R N Tsopoe of 21 Sector and Rect Pawan Kumar of ARTC & S were adjudged the best speakers in Eng-lish category. The team of ARTC & S was adjudged the best team and 28 Sector team was declared the runners up. AR team was also se-lected to take part in the “Central Police Organisation’s North East Zone Debate Competition-2013” scheduled to be held at ARTC & S, Sukhovi on July 26 and 27, 2013.

Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): The Ao Senso Telogjem Dimapur (ASTD) while expressing satisfaction over the district administration’s peaceful maintenance of law and order within the jurisdiction of Dimapur district has appre-ciated the investigation agency for promptly apprehending the prime accused in July 4 Di-mapur murder. It has appealed to the general public to remain calm and restrain from any violence, and rather co-operate with the inves-tigation agency and district administration to deliver Justice at the earliest.

A press release issued by ASTD president, Supu Jamir and its general secretary, C Onen Walling has at the same time, expressed dismay

over the assault of some youths on the night of July 6 by some IRB jawans. “In this regard it is needless to state that, the cardinal principle of the security personnel is to safeguard the pub-lic from the cannon of terror," the release stated. “But in the event if the security personnel turn otherwise the entire civilized society will col-lapse and ultimately there will be chaotic state of affairs in our society.”

Further stating that the action of the se-curity personnel was not appropriate, ASTD has fervently appealed to the authority con-cerned to discipline the jawans while dis-charging their official assigned duties in the interest of the public.

AR face scrutiny over fake encounterCivil bodies like the UNC, ANSAM, AZSU (AMN), ZSUM, ZYF and ZB have

requested the Government of India to institute an “independent and impartial Special Investigation Team (SIT)” to look into the case. Some of these bodies have demanded the GoI to remove all Assam Rifles posts from the Zeliangrong areas in particular and Naga areas in general, and not treat Naga revolution-ary groups under ceasefire as “outlaw organizations”.

“We are not supporting any one faction or the other but the Indo-Naga peace process. If there was a problem, the 10 AR should have taken it up with the NSCN (K) high command or the Cease Fire Supervisory Board. Our society is working hard to bring peace to our land and asking the factions to give up all forms of violence through the FNR. We are thus against the violence per-petrated against our people by the 10 AR,” asserted Gangmei.

AR conducts debate on Human Rights to sensitize the troops

Brigadier S S Prasad, YSM, SM, DIG ARTC & S handing over the Champion’s Trophy.

ASTD calls for disciplining security personnel

WoKha, July 8 (mExN): ATMA Wokha organised a one-day orientation and sen-sitization programme for new ATMA specialist and function-ary staff at PD’s office Wokha on July 8.

Dr. Mhonchan Shitiri PD welcomed the new staff and introduced to them the GOI guidelines for support to state extension programs for ex-tension reforms- ATMA. BTT, convenors, Tseyimo and Zut-hunglo in their short speeches

encouraged the functionaries to utilize the good platform of ATMA and work as a team for the benefit of the farming com-munity.

In the orientation pro-gramme, Mhalo Tungoe, SMS KVK spoke on ATMA-KVK linkages and elaborated on how both can collaborate and work together for the uplift of the farmers in the district. Sub-enthung Yanthan, DPD gave a brief knowledge on the roles and responsibilities of BTM

& SMS. Tiatula BTM spoke on operationalisation of SREP and explained the broad clas-sification of cafeteria of ATMA activities. Abeni BTM shared a brief idea on farm school con-cept, operationalization and farmer friend.

Yanglen Jami DPD chaired the programme and vote of thanks was given by Sorent-hung BTM. This was stated in a press release issued by Dr. Mhonchan Shitiri, project di-rector, ATMA,Wokha.

ATMA Wokha trains new specialists and functionaries

C.Robin Lotha, Wokha Town

First of all, I extend my profound gratitude to the Ao Senden, other Naga Tribal Hohos and Stu-dents Bodies for initiating for the construction of

Foothills Road from Tizit (Mon) to Khelma (Peren) via Bhandari and Dimapur. We all know that the Govt. of India had created Nagaland as the 16th State under the Indian Union on December 1, 1963 and in connection, the Nagaland State will celebrate its 50 years of State-hood (Golden Jubilee) on December 1, 2013. In fact, the Nagaland is the second oldest state in the entire North East India. Now let us reflect and ponder seriously for brainstorming. How much Fund/Money the Nagaland State had received from the Govt. of India since 1963 till 2013? As a matter of fact, 2013 is the Nagaland State Audit Report for the last 50 years and show to the Naga Communities including outside world. The Nagaland State has to give details report on Infrastructure and all round Developmental Programsachieved during the last 50 years such as Health, Power, Education, Water Supply, Food Security, Road Connectivity, etc.

We the Naga People have to ask some questions to our-selves as Nagaland state assessment. How far the Nagaland State Govt. (Past & Present) had contributed and achieved for the last 50 years?What is the present Nagaland State Per Capita Income/Gross Domestic Products (GDP)? What are the Resources and Revenues for Nagaland State? What are the achievements of the state in advancement including Science and Technology?

Since 1963 and till 2013, the Nagaland State is still 100% dependent on the Govt. of India to run and feed its employ-ees. The Nagaland State has failed to implement quality and effective Project Programs. I felt that Nagaland state is very much lacking behind in the field of Income Generations, Rev-enues and Resources to rule and govern the state till today. What if the Indian Govt. stops funding the State, can the Naga-land Govt. rescue its employees and the Urban dwellers from starvation?In this present scenario, how long will the inde-pendent Rural Peoples and Farmers will survive depending on their fields and farms products? I have apprehension that if the Central Govt. stops funding, within no time Civil Wars/Revolutions may break up from every corners of Nagaland. As a result, all our Christian’s Faith, beliefs and values will evaporate and vanish in thin air.

In order to, reduce all kinds of Anti-social elements in Nagaland, Solve the unemployment problems, the Naga-land Govt. should establish Industries, Infrastructure and all kinds of Developmental Projects including Road con-nectivity and Foothills Road. The State Govt. should bring out New ideas and Innovative Project Programs for the state before it is too late.Therefore, Ion behalf of the general public sincerely appeal to the DAN-III Govt. to construct the

Foothills Road at the earliest possible as per the commit-ment. The road connectivity should also try to cover all the bordering villages of Assam which are left out by so called Foothills Roadwithin the current year 2013-2014. In ad-dition, I request the State Govt. to reach out by road con-nections to all the places where mineral deposits and other resources are availableso as to explore the same. I hope that through Foothills Road and other road connectivity, Naga-land State will automatically improve Per Capita Income/GDP and will no more depend 100% to New Delhi in future. If Foothills Road is constructed wisely with good vision, it will be like a 12 Bore Gun killing 2-10 birds just by one shooting. We all know that since 1963 till date, different Govt. had ruled Nagaland State. However, it is very unfor-tunate that, for the last 50 years, Nagaland State Govt. had neglected and failed to construct the Foothills Road. Thus, besides atrocity from Assam people, many precious lives, properties, money, etc had lost while traveling through Assam. The biggest asset and estate Nagaland state had ever lost is her land which is occupied by Assam and its migrants. In the 1980s, when I was a student,in many oc-casion I along with my villagers use to clear the footpaths between Changpang village to another villages by cutting the jungles. Till today many villagers under Bhandari 40

Assembly Constituency are doing the same thing to connect with the neighboring vil-lages by footpaths. Hence, when election comes and whenever Officers visit our villages, all are taking Assam’s roads to

reach the Nagaland – Assam border villages because there is no option and its very shameful. During mon-soon season, if any VIPs and Officers willing to visit our places, it is better for them to hire horses from Assam to reach the villages on horse back. For the above reasons and circumstances, some of the villagers could see and meet our MLA/Minister from villages once in 5 years.

If the DAN-III Govt. successfully construct the Foot-hills Road during this tenure, DAN-III will make ‘A Land Mark’ in the history of Nagaland. The Naga people will cherish forever particularly by the people of Nagaland-Assam border villagers because it is a long felt need. So my dear DAN-III Govt. think thatits your state, its your land, its your villages and they are your people. Hence, its your sole responsibility to safeguard and provide the needs of the people.

In conclusion, if the promised Foothills Road is con-structed successfully, the said road will be the:-1. Road for Safety and Lifeline for the Naga People.2. Road for Naga People Relations and Friendships.3. Road for Wealth, Oil, Coal, Paper and other Resources.4. Road for Networks with Villages, Towns and other Cities.5. Road for North to South corridor connectivity.6. Road for Future Generations to come.

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Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) July 15, 2012: A rain-mist-veiled lazy Sunday evening. Time : 6 pm. But it was not a hectic, newsy day. Thirty-two year old Tongam Rina, associate editor in Arunachal Times

barely stepped into the editorial office when two bullets pierced her stomach and shattered her spinal cord.

Nearly a year has elapsed since Tongam Rina, asso-ciate editor of Arunachal Times, a leading English daily in Arunachal Pradesh, was shot at point blank range by suspected militants. However, the state government and police have still not been able to nab the culprits.

The rough and tough-talking Tongam never shied away from any assignment or taking a stand; be it writing against the NSCN(IM), corruption in the state, the super-hydro dams ravaging and pillaging the mountainous state or the deep tribal chasms tearing the cultural fabric into shreds. She survived the attack and continues with her work undaunted. As a mark of protest, the Arunachal Times and its website started a countdown counter on the paper and the site which boldly highlights the number of days since the attack (337 so far) and that there have been no arrests so far.

"Very often we are being threatened by the mili-tant outfits even for inane comments which they find objectionable. The situation here has reached such a stage that the state government has given us person-al gun licences to protect ourselves," remarks Taba Ajum, Tongam Rina's colleague in Arunachal Times and president of the Arunchal Press Club.

According to Ajum, at least ten journalists, in-cluding him, are going around sporting guns the gov-ernment gave them permission to carry! Of course, carrying guns does not ensure safety, "but then what does a journalist do in such Catch-22 scenario?"

The only thing was to maintain a pressure on the government and police by demanding arrests of the attackers. However, despite carpet-bombing cover-age, the police till date has not been able to arrest any of the assailants. The countdown and the continuous coverage of the days since the attack and the inaction of the police has some effect, he felt, as there have been several indirect messages and, requests have come to his office to stop the countdown!

Not an ideal 'state' for journalistsChandel (Manipur) December 23, 2012: Curfew

had been clamped in the district following public pro-tests sparked off after news broke out that a Manipuri actress Momoko was molested during a musical con-cert allegedly by militants.

Twenty-nine-year-old Thangjam Nanao Singh, a reporter of the local news channel 'Prime News' was video graphing the protests that refused to simmer down near Imphal. The trigger-nervous police in these states opened fire at the protesters. Singh paid a price for trying to capture the police 'shoot-to-kill' rampage. Trapped between the protesters and po-lice, he kept shouting that he was from the press but to no avail. He went down in a hail of bullets.

These are just cases in point. In the political tur-moil and violence-torn regions of Northeast, the life of a journalist hangs by a thread that can snap any-time and anywhere. Culprits continue to roam free with impunity or are never identified, and an attack or a murder of a journalist just becomes a statistic.

The life of an average journalist from the North-east region is crippled by the lack of any vestige of social security on the one hand and the ever pres-ent threat of militant outfits, on the other. They work under severe financial constraints and many of them

Where journalists carry gunsAlmost a year after

the attack on Tongam Rina, no arrests have

been made in the case. Insecurities continue to dog journalists in

the North East

don't even have an appointment letter.Only three newspaper houses so far in the eight

states of the region have implemented the Majithia Wage Board Pay scale. Most of the state governments have not even initiated the process constituting the tripartite committee for the implementation of the wage board.

Despite this, they go out into the field and have to cover activities of militants, who don't hesitate to shoot a bullet at the slightest provocation! The Assam Tri-bune including national dailies like The Telegraph, The Times of India gives medical coverage to those who are on their payrolls. Not a single vernacular daily provides journalist with any sort of insurance cover. The secu-rity situation in Manipur is grimmer. Nearly 38 militant groups run a parallel government, and journalists have to tread gingerly on a rope where every string has a dif-ferent ethnic identity- like Meitei, Kuki, Thagnkul, each wanting to present their view point.

Since 1990, seven journalists have been killed and political activists as well, as criminal elements have attacked many more.

The draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFPSA) has only aggravated the working conditions for journalists in Manipur. It is not startling to hear jour-nalists being picked up or harassed by security forces on charges of alleged links with a militant outfit.

However, there is one plus point. Years of torture have made the fraternity stronger. Manipur has a strong journalist union named Manipur Journalist Union, which carries out a strong protest every time any crime is committed against media personnel.

"We have to save ourselves. The government is handicapped. So whenever we face threat or intimi-

dation from the militant forces we directly go to the public with facts, it's our way of dealing with con-stant insecurity which have become an inseparable part of our day to day life," says Ratan Loyan, a free-lance journalist from Manipur.

Indirect CensorshipAnd it's not only the non state actors (a.k.a mili-

tants,) but even the government agencies use subtle co-ercive methods to strangulate and gag the media. Most media houses in smaller states like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Manipur depend entirely on govern-ment advertisements for their revenue generation.

Even in a peaceful state like Sikkim, journalists face pressure and censorship from the government. In the absence of any sizeable advertising revenue from the corporate sector, most newspapers are either owned by influential politicians or by businessmen. The re-sult: proprietors have only one interest and that is making profit. Journalistic ethics or miserable work-ing conditions barely cause any ripples in the minds of newspaper and news-channel proprietors.

"In smaller state like Sikkim, a journalist has to per-form various roles - as an activist or an information disseminator. Many times, financial insecurity forces many to work in different areas to make a living," says Vishnu, now a freelance journalist. Vishnu is just one of the hundreds of journalists who found themselves out on the street after the folding up of the now infamous Saradha Group owned Seven Sisters Post.

Saradha Group, which amidst much pomp and show, launched newspapers and news channels, went down like a sand castle after its Ponzi scheme went kaput.

In the biggest state of the region, Assam - tout-ed as the gateway to the Northeast - the story is not much different. More than 24 journalists have been killed since 1991. Notably, none of the culprits have been arrested in any of the case.

The state has more than 30 vernacular dailies and half number of English dailies but the working state of the majority of journalist is in deplorable condition. They lack basic social security provisions like health security. However, the oldest paper of the state, The Assam Tribune was the only paper in the NE which implemented the recommendations of the wage Board. But the grapevine has it that the new recruits are being taken on contractual terms.

"It's a sorry state of affairs. Many newspapers don't even declare their financial results. We can't inspect me-dia houses or examine their balance sheets and the pay-ment of salaries to the staff," said B B Lahkar, a member of the Indian Journalist Union (IJU). The scene is much the same in neighbouring Meghalaya. In this small hilly state, many journalists work for two to three organisa-tions to meet their basic financial needs. Nearly, most of them are without any appointment letter or valid con-tracts with the organisation they are working for.

Now, in an effort to ensure the safety and security and to protect the interests of the journalists work-ing in hostile conditions in the north eastern region, journalists have decided to get together to form the North East India Federation of Journalists (NIJF), an umbrella body comprising journalists from all the eight states. Within three months time an ad hoc committee will finalise details after taking feedback from the journalist across the region.

Perhaps a renewed effort to bring journalists of the Northeast together will help them to speak out on safety and security and end this pervasive culture of impunity.

Letter to the NSF•- First of all congratulations to the new office bearers. The road ahead for you all is never go-ing to be smooth especially with the current situations prevailing in our state. The recent un-fortunate episode regarding one of the NSF offi-cials is disturbing and it was good to see the NSF take up strong protest against it.

Dear NSF I would also like to request your Au-gust office to please show and do the same kind of protest and resentment to the unfortunate inci-dent of Random backdoor appointment that's hap-pening in our present Government departments. Care to go and check any Directorate Office and you all would be surprised to see that the incum-bent Head of Department/Registrar and the Min-ister or Parliamentary Secretary in charge would have their candidate or favorites getting backdoor appointment when thousands of educated unem-ployed fights through competitive NPSC exams.

The Last time there was a vast scale compet-itive exam to the post of LDA cum computer as-sistant which was conducted by P&AR and NPSC after the Superannuation effect was sometime back in 2010. It’s been quite some time and no such exams have happened again and the num-ber of retired officials in all offices must have in-creased too. Dear NSF I humbly request you all to check all vacancies in all offices/directorates/districts and pursue the govt and P&AR to con-duct similar exam like last time.

Or else backdoor appointment will never cease to exist; the Head of Department will go unabated with their rampant backdoor appointment of their kith and kin only. Dear NSF, if you think you are re-ally working for the student welfare then kindly take the trouble to go and conduct a fair and sur-prise check at all the Directorate Offices.

You will be surprised to see that what I men-tioned is just the tip of the iceberg. I would also like to humbly request to the Governor, Chief Secretary or to whoever it may concern to im-mediately look into this matter of rampant backdoor appointment practice by none other than the Head of Department themselves.

And lastly to the educated Sirs of respective Head of Departments (Directorate's), wouldn't it be good if you all as educated people give fair chance to so many educated youths like me who fights hard to find a job than to give backdoor appointment to your kith and kin. Please let them also come and fight the competitive exam like the rest of us.

Kevikhoto Angami,Kohima

Transformative MediationMediation and Negotiation are integral tools in peacebuild-

ing processes, and in recent years have acquired more prominence and usage in transforming conflicts. There is

no standard form of conducting either mediation or negotiation, and, often one would find that these methods have evolved from particular social and cultural values and experiences. One form of mediation which works in one cultural setting may not necessarily work in another setting due to different social practices, values and beliefs. Therefore, for mediation to be a successful instrument for peacebuilding, it has to evolve contextually in accordance with the social and cultural values which are inherent to that society.

Often the differences between modern and traditional societies require varied approaches for mediation such as ‘formal mediation’ and ‘informal mediation’ respectively. It is important to recognize the situation’s complexity, such as deep-rooted trans-national and trans-cultural conflict, impacts the forms of mediation or negotiation that are being applied. Although, as a concept mediation is universal in nature, its usage has been confined and determined within narrow domestic cultural settings. The international arena of peacebuilding, has not optimized or creatively applied mediation and negotiation, and often one approach is imposed over the others. In most cases, the party with more power determines what model, approach or form of mediation needs to be followed. All too often the intolerant and unaccommodating nature of dominant groups and cultures thwarts attaining JustPeace at the expense of other people’s and cul-tures which contribute to the richness of human culture.

The cultural values of each society greatly influence the mediation process that they follow. Due to modernization, the modern society has been stratified into classes and divisions of labor with formalized roles which are brought into the mediation process. This accounts for why mediation in modern societies has acquired a formal process and a bureaucratic flavor both in terms of the style of functioning and in the ‘conceptualization of time’ when compared to indigenous approaches. Understanding this important feature is essential because the mod-ern society is held together by an increased division of labor and spe-cialized roles and functions, all of which contribute to its complexity. Modern society, unlike an indigenous community, can no longer be held together by common values, beliefs and loyalties; consequently, mediation has acquired a very ‘professional’ character whose func-tional nature is often impersonal, individualistic, formal, settlement driven and where the ‘mediator’ assumes the role of a ‘technician.’

In spite of the existence of mediation’s bureaucratic and for-mal nature which functions very similarly to the State, there is an emerging alternative process of mediation within the modern so-ciety towards a more informal, transformative, and unstructured approach. This emerging concept needs to articulate itself more clearly. Unfortunately, with modernization many values revolving around collectively restoring relationships, interdependence has lost its significance and human interactions have been reduced to who received the maximum reward. In order for mediation to be transformative the modern culture has to be more accommodat-ing and tolerant to the vastness of human cultures. Mediation is both a process and an effort towards enabling cooperative prob-lem solving where everyone can coexist harmoniously.

Tongam Rina

An appeal to the DAN-III Govt. for Foothills Road construction

Doctors work to earn their livelihood and also save livesMany people hesitate to raise their voice against doctors, fear-

ing that someday they might land up in their hand. And Mr. Z.K. Pahrü Pou, BTC, Pfutsero’s bold and constructive article,

pointing out the mistakes and wrongdoings of doctors is worth ap-preciating. Doctors in general, including me, are very proud– per-haps it has a lot to do with our professional practice. We are used to ordering and advising our patients, who are compelled to follow, whether they like it or not. It is not easy to correct doctors. Very often, we assume that what we do is the right thing, even though it may be otherwise. It is true that corruption has penetrated the Naga soci-ety - the church, NGOs, Politics, and the medical fraternity. And mal-practice, misuse of profession, insincerity, etc. do exist in the medical world. But to make a blanket statement on the whole medical frater-nity is not justifiable. Not all private practitioners are in government service, and not all doctors are corrupt. There are many doctors who are very sincere and practice their job religiously.I would like to clarify a few points in the interest of the public:1. A doctor’s earning cannot be compared to that of a farmer’s earning. A farmer cannot do what professionals, such as doctors and engineers can do. And it could also be the other way around.2. There was a story of a computer genius who was called to fix a software error in a company. It took him 5 minutes to fix the problem and he charged Rs. 1 lac. Asked why he was charging so much for the small work, he replied, “Rs. 100 is for the work done, and Rs. 99, 900 is for the knowledge!”3. The consultation fee of Rs. 200 is reasonable because our counterpart specialist doctors in the cities are charging much more: from Rs. 2000 to 5000 per consultation. An operation in Nagaland which costs around Rs. 30,000 will cost you not less than 1 lac outside. A surgeon’s charge of Rs. 5000 will cost you a minimum of Rs. 20,000 outside the state. 4. With regard to bargaining, all the private practitioners in Nagaland will agree with me that we do bargaining every day. Fifty percent of our Naga patients cannot afford to pay the full charge, and so we always consider when a patient cannot pay. We compromise so much on the quality of our services because of the paying capacity of our people. So let us be realistic.5. On an average, a specialist private practitioner earns around Rs. 50,000 to 60,000 per month. And if we compare with the oth-er professionals like engineers, lawyers, lecturers etc, – be it in Government service or private practice, this is reasonable. Not only that, unlike in many other professions, we work and make ourselves available 24 hours every day including holidays.6. I will leave other issues like youngsters joining MBBS for earning purposes, extortion, sexual harassments, selling of hu-man organs, misusing patients’ bodies, etc. to my colleagues to ponder upon, and consider if it is worth the debate.Suggestions:1. You don’t have to be afraid of doctors anymore. By God’s grace, Nagas now have sufficient doctors, if not plenty of spe-cialist doctors in every field and you can always consult other doctors if you are not happy with a particular doctor.2. Medico Legal Issues – doctors and other medical profes-sionals can always be taken to court if found guilty. So the pub-lic can now consult legal advisors for support if they are not happy with the treatment they received.3. Right to Information – the public must also know that they have every right to question the treating doctors regarding the fees, procedures, side effects, other options, etc.4. Medical Council of India, Nagaland Branch, should be formed immediately

a. To maintain the medical standard including the mini-mum criteria for hospitals and mushrooming nursing homes.

b. To enforce medical ethics and to penalize erring medical professionals.

c. To address the grievances related to malpractice, cor-ruption, etc.5. Government doctors should be given the option of private practice. And if they want to practice, they should forego the Non Practice Allowances (NPA) that they receive and concen-trate in their place of posting.6. Communitisation of the department – doctors who do not attend their duties can be penalized by the respective village council, town committee, etc.7. Drugs – when drugs are not available in the department, we cannot fully blame the doctors posted in the rural areas, but the public should make sure that it is made available.

It is high time that the public come out openly and address these issues of concern.

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TuEsdayTHE MORUNG EXPRESS9 July 2013 NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

7 P E R S P E C T I V E

Gerry Hassan

The Scottish independence debate has not so far connected or impacted on the vast majori-ty of Scots beyond the politically committed. It is a point Alex Salmond reflected on this week

in an extensive interview in the ‘New Statesman’, for his own obvious reasons, but true nonetheless.

A small but significant watershed moment took place this week with the conclusion of ‘Road to Refer-endum’, a three part STV series on Scotland’s recent political history presented by Iain Macwhirter with - in best TV tradition – a book tie-in.

‘Road to Referendum’ was well made, persuasive and accessible with good choices of archive footage and a range of voices, myself included, looking back over the arc of post-war Scotland. Put on at prime time its intent was to break out of the specialist back-water of news and current affairs and what passes for political discussion north of the border, and tap into a wider curiosity and interest in Scots history, culture, identity and stories.

The long backdrop to this is familiar - Wallace, Bruce, Wars of Independence and then union. There then fol-lowed a North British high noon: Empire comes then goes, the once powerful Kirk slowly withers, and tradi-tional industries provided huge wealth for the few before the painful decline of steel, mining and shipbuilding.

1945 is seen as the pivotal point for many of con-temporary Britishness - the establishment of the wel-fare state, NHS and full employment, followed by the in-exorable economic decline of the UK and the rightward march of its politics. Thatcher, Blair, Cameron become archetypical villains. But at the same time there is the re-emergence of Scotland: Scottish politics, the debate on an Assembly, then Parliament, but even more cultur-ally and of aspirations for a different kind of society.

The above list has come close to being the dom-inant and official story of modern Scotland. It part explains why we are where we are. Why Labour were brought back to devolution in the 1970s, then became convincing advocates of a Parliament in the 1990s; the transformation of the SNP; the twilight of Westminster and the Labour state; and the impor-tance of arts, culture and creativity.

Now this version of our recent history is like any perspective, political and partial. It couldn’t fail to be. It also excludes large parts of Scottish experience. It doesn’t address the power of conservatism across so-ciety historically and to this day, and radical Scotland’s collusion with it. Then there is the nature of much of public life and the stranglehold of entitlement Scot-land – in the public sector, quangos and business life.

Along with this there is the dynamic of Britain and

Response to Morung Express poll on people’s voices

diethozo angami

There was a poll recently in the Morung Express that questioned “are Naga leaders listening and re-sponding to the needs of the people”? in which an

overwhelming majority who responded to the poll voted 73% in a negative NO. While the percentage of polling heavily tilted towards one side, it is also paramount that such polls should also have an indication of how many people voted in total to actually understand the true im-pact of the answers.

It is quite revealing after going through the myriad of comments against the query posed. It ranged from plain sarcasm to utter disgust and dismay about the politicians and bureaucrats who are dubbed as deaf, dumb, blind, self-ish, proud, corrupted, ignorant including the choicest nega-tive epithets one can dream of. The response to the poll perhaps reveal a deep seated arrogance on the part of re-spondents who deign to sit on moral high ground and pass judgment others. No society in today’s world can be insu-lated from corruption, bad or unresponsive governance.

It will be very revealing if a random sampling of profile for the respondents is taken. In most cases, the respon-dent to the poll may be ones who have not even bothered to go out from the confines of his comfortable home to vote during the elections and now curse the politicians in power. He/she could have made a big difference to the quality of leaders elected to govern us if this group of peo-ple voted according to their conscience and not resorted to taking money for Vote.

Yes – we deserve the kind of people whom we elected because democracy gives us this individual freedom to elect our own choice of leaders. Yes, there will always be some bad apples in the lot but to paint the entire lot of politi-cians and government servants as deaf, dumb, blind, selfish, proud ignorant, corrupted, mindless would amount to paint-ing yourselves in to the same category.

Have you ever wondered that if you demand things to be done by the government; it needs resources to develop and maintain roads, purchase power and distribute to the public etc etc.. I am reminded of an issue that appeared in the local media some months ago about mock paddy plant-ing on the roads.

It was good to witness the enthusiasm and energy ex-hibited by the Naga Bloggers who through the Net mobi-lized likeminded people to enact a mock paddy transplant-ing episode in the public to highlight the condition of roads in Dimapur. Though enacted with good intentions and meant well to highlight condition of the road, it could have been done in a more positive approach.

Nagas have a very incurable malady of perpetually blaming the Government for all the ills that ails our society and expects the Government to attend/solve all our prob-lems and correct them. Just to highlight the point, I would like to just mention some food for thoughts with the hope that it agitates the mind of the public and set off a chain of healthy debate about our “Right and Duties” as a citizen of this State.1. Do we really honestly give to the Government what is due

to the Government?2. Do we pay our taxes honestly? Especially when we buy/

purchase goods/commodities – do we insist on a proper certified legal cash memo?

3. Do we pay our power consumption bill in time or honest-ly consume power provided by the Government without tampering the meters or connive with the meter readers?

4. Do we respect the rule of law? In Nagaland everybody on the streets is a VIP, no matter whether he is a Govt servant, public or church workers.

5. Don’t we encroach govt land and build private homes and expect the Govt to provide us roads/ power supply to them?

6. Don’t we dig out the roads to lay private water pipes with-out permission and blame the Govt for not repairing them?

7. Aren’t we so engrossed in our self promotion that very ve-hicle or car is adorned with a designation plate, red lights whether one is eligible to use it or not.

8. Do we honestly respect ourselves? When we cannot even obey and adhere to the direction of the traffic cops who are concerned about our safety? Rather we berate or hurl abuses at them for delaying us.

9. Do we register and pay the taxes due for our vehicles to the Transport department?

10. Do we insist on a proper certified legal cash memo when we buy petrol or diesel for our vehicles?

11. Do we honestly pay our professional taxes to the Gov-ernment at the end of the year which is mandatory whether we are from Government or private profes-sion/trade? We need to remember that the Government cannot just

conjure fund from thin air to maintain all its infrastructure/roads, power supply etc. we must honestly pay our taxes/bills etc which is legally due to the Government. Can you honestly answer the above queries and ask yourself whether we can demand or pillory the Government for not being able to its duties when we ourselves fail to do ours!!!

Good Roads and stable power supply definitely reflects the image of the State, but more importantly is also the mind-set and attitude/integrity of the people who reside within that State. We cannot jus demand our rights without doing our duties.

Another point which, the people who took part in the drama need to be aware is the attitude of the people of Di-mapur where land is a scarce commodity. Many of the citi-zens are negatively affected during the monsoon because of the callous and hypocritical attitude of persons who encroach all natural drainages in the city. These clogged all natural outlets of the city during monsoon and excess water spill over the most readily available space– the city roads! This leads to a situation where even if routine regu-lar maintenance of roads take place; the condition of the roads continue to deteriorate. Are we also in the list of such encroachers? Bitumen and water it is learnt are bitter enemies and never go together.

It would have been more laudable if the participants mo-bilized repair & maintenance of the road (where many com-munities have done recently and reported in the newspa-pers) rather than enacting such a drama on the road, (though it may hog the limelight for time) by digging it up to create more damages to the road.

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (better buy one first too by yourself rather than waiting for Government to provide you one!!!!! )

Malini shankar

Over 580 bodies have so far been found. Hun-dreds more will likely never turn up. Survivors say they are suspended in a kind of nightmare,

either haunted by memories of their brush with death or desperate for news of loved ones. At least 3,000 are reported to be missing.

A fortnight after massive floods trapped thou-sands of tourists and pilgrims in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, frantic search and rescue op-erations are still under way.

Known as the Land of the Gods, this Himalayan state was tranformed from an idyllic prayer site into hell on earth when, on Jun. 15-17, torrential rains and flash floods caused by a cloudburst swelled the two headstreams of the holy river Ganga, which car-ried off thousands of people along with roads, homes, shops and large chunks of the mountains.

Although “military and paramilitary forces have so far evacuated 108,653 stranded pilgrims from re-mote locations”, thousands are still trapped, even as the threat of landslides and earthquakes looms large, V.K. Duggal, a member of India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), told IPS.

At the time of writing, only the pilgrimage town of Badrinath has been completely evacuated.

“The death toll is expected to increase after search and rescue operations cease and recovery commences,” he said, adding that the list of missing will be confirmed by Jul. 15.

Headlines and searchlights have largely focused on immediate events, bypassing the long-term, structural implications this tragedy will have on di-saster management in India.

Already, the rescue operation is straining from a lack of coordinated action: families fear that their missing loved ones, living on nothing more than prayers, will not last much longer, while experts warn that swift and sanitary disposal of the dead is vital to prevent the spread of diseases; some scien-tists even fear that an outbreak of plague in the Hi-malayas is not far off.

When a rescue helicopter crashed in a valley thick with wildlife on Jun. 24, killing all 20 personnel on board, it provoked legitimate fears that the NDMA was floundering.

Confidence plummeted still further when a 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Uttarakhand on Jun. 27, sparking panic that it would trigger landslides.

Requiring precision, highly trained personnel and a tight organisational command structure, search and rescue efforts have largely been entrusted to the armed forces.

Over the course of ten days the Indian Air Force flew approximately 2,000 sorties, averaging about one every five minutes, with help from the Indian Army, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Na-tional Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the state police and civil administration.

An additional 600 sorties have so far carried 24 tonnes of food into the affected areas for survivors and the displaced.

Troops have helped erect temporary steel bridges at crucial access points, as many bridges and long stretch-es of road were washed away in the rapid waters.

Paramilitary forces like the ITBP and the NDRF are rescuing frail and infirm people trapped in tough terrain while drones scan caves and scour remote terrain to evacuate those stranded on riverbeds or clinging precariously to fragile, wet embankments.

Grateful to be alive, Shobha Karandalaje a politi-cian from the South Indian state of Karnataka, told IPS, “It was a scary experience. We were on our way to Kedarnath (a popular pilgrimage town in Uttara-

The long and winding road to what kind of Scotland?

its appeal which is constantly changing. Scots gener-ally were attracted to the idea of progressive Britain at the mid point of the 20th century – whether on offer from Labour or Tory politicians. And still despite their doubts and disenchantments with Westminster, there is a long-term and more than residual attachment to the idea and ideal of Britain (if not all that it practices).

Is the Scotland conveyed in ‘Road to Referendum’ the only story in town? If so does it point, however many detours and back roads we travel on, towards one direction – independence? And what about that once powerful unionist account of Scotland and Brit-ain – which believed that the future was there for the making and filled with optimism? Does it have any relevance beyond grumpy old men trying to scare us with tales of separatist bogeymen and their own pes-simism and dashed hopes?

‘Road to Referendum’ in its title and prognosis im-plies a linear path towards something: greater nation-al awareness, more self-government, a less active Brit-ish state in Scottish affairs. This may all turn out to be our future or it might not, but surely by talking about

and anchoring our debates in this perspective we in-crease the likelihood that this might be our future.

Who writes history, memory and myth matters, as it informs and shapes the present and future. Scot-land’s story has in the past three to four decades be-come one shaped by a sense of difference, identity and the purpose and practice of autonomy.

Now there are pros and cons in this. Advantages in that we care more passionately about what makes us unique, but disadvantages in that too often we seem content as a nation and polity to tell ourselves couthy stories. It is also true that sometimes the fu-ture doesn’t arrive in a tidy, straight way and instead comes with discontinuity, spikes and rupture.

The prevailing myths of modern times will play a major role in the next year and a bit towards Septem-ber 2014. But we have to ask do they help or hinder us as we try to adapt and rise to the challenge of being a small nation in a globally inter-independent world?

Scotland is a land scarred by inequality, as shown by this week’s Oxfam Scotland report which revealed that our richest are 273 times more wealthy than our poorest, while London acts as a powerful vortex, dis-torting a massively dysfunctional and disorientated British economy and society, holding the prize of be-ing the most unequal city in the developed world.

The Scotland of ‘Road to Referendum’ may be na-tionalist with a small ‘n’ but it is also conservative with a small ‘c’: an amalgamation of the myths and folklore of Labour Scotland, the Nationalist account, and the potent elite ideology of ‘civic Scotland’.

There are many Scottish stories, hidden, forgotten, marginalised, along with the stories of missing Scot-land who all political traditions claim to speak for and represent. Those stories have to go beyond our current narrow menu - of constitutionally fascinating, but for most people arid, debates alongside a culture of conser-vative institutions and mindsets some of which seem to think they have a ‘Divine Right to Rule’ for eternity.

‘Road to Referendum’ is part of this official nar-row perspective which has to eventually face chal-lenge and be superseded. The future of Scotland, how we embrace change, address poverty and in-equality, work out the rights and responsibilities of public Scotland and businesses, and nurture culture beyond economic instrumentalism, isn’t going to be answered by our constitutional debate.

Call me naïve or an idealist, but it would be good if our historic choice next year were a moment for opening up debate, challenging myths and using the constitutional question to decide what kind of Scot-land we want to be. As things currently stand, that is going to require a Scots kind of quiet revolution.

khand) when suddenly the downpour worsened; riv-ers were in full spate, land sliding all around us,” she recounted.

“We were stuck in our jeep for a full five days in Rudraprayag (a bustling town on the forest’s edge at the point of confluence of the Alakananda and Man-dakini rivers), surviving on snacks, sipping water. We trekked back 35 kilometres to Yamunotri, where road construction workers helped us reach Dehra-dun (Uttarakhand’s capital) safely.”

Successful rescues notwithstanding, disap-pointment hangs thick in the air, with scientists lamenting that the tragedy could easily have been minimised if developers had heeded warnings about the fragility of the surrounding ecosystem and if the state government had paid greater at-tention to weather forecasts.

India’s NDMA, set up in 2005 after the calami-tous Asian Tsunami of 2004, is tasked with tak-ing measures to reduce the risk to human lives and livelihoods before calamities strike, embodying the “paradigm shift from the erstwhile relief-centric and post-event syndrome to pro-active prevention…” ac-cording to the official guidelines.

Determined to avoid a tragedy on the scale of the Boxing Day tsunami, the government invested huge amounts in forecasting services that could deliver ac-curate reports to the NDMA, which is expected to take all necessary measures to minimise loss of human life.

Accordingly, the Indian Meteorological Depart-ment (IMD) issued a forecast of heavy rains in Ut-tarakhand starting Jun. 15, which failed to elicit a timely response from the state.

Addressing a press conference on Jun. 17, State Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna justified his govern-ment’s inaction by claiming that the “generic forecast (delivered ahead of the floods) was not actionable…(and) evacuating residents and pilgrims in the peak pilgrim season was impractical.”

He skirted allegations that unsustainable tourism development on the steep hill slopes coupled with forest denudation for the construction of numeours dams across rivers in landslide prone areas were largely to blame for the catastrophe.

Nor did he respond to activists’ long-standing grievances over mismanagement in disaster pre-paredness at the state government level.

Despite the Government of India approving a budget for a Doppler Weather Radar system capable of predicting a cloudburst, the state government has not granted the necessary land to house the forecast-ing equipment, effectively prioritising tourism devel-opment over disaster management.

Money for the acquisition of 200 satellite phones for the NDRF is also mired in bureaucratic delays, of-ficials admit.

Being plugged in to a vast network of state and dis-trict-level offices, the NDMA should have monitored dam discharge, identified arterial routes for evacua-tion, stocked up on emergency supplies, created com-munication hubs and kept ambulances on standby in preparation for responding rapidly to forecasts.

Instead, the agency was caught off guard with barely minutes to prepare for the crisis.

The Central Water Commission, authorised to is-sue flood forecasts in India, failed to raise the alarm even on the night of Jun. 17 when the Mandakini Riv-er was already in full spate.

The CWC’s director of the flood forecast monitoring directorate, V.D. Roy, told IPS this was due to the fact that the raging water was technically “below the statutory warning level of 539 metres at (11 p.m.) on Jun. 17.”

But scientists and advocates refute this claim, in-sisting that the Commission ought to have foreseen the calamity heading for the most vulnerable regions of Uttarakhand like Uttarkashi, Hemkhund Sahib and Kedarnath.

Others accuse the government of failing to utilise In-dia’s massive media apparatus to minimise the tragedy.

“Weather reports are disseminated to all public broadcasters, such as All India Radio and Doordar-shan. If there is a specific warning, all broadcasters…should interrupt normal programming to dissemi-nate this warning. This protocol must be developed and put in place,” NDMA Vice Chairman Shashidhar Reddy told IPS.

Malini Shankar is a photojournalist, radio broadcaster and documentary filmmaker based in Bangalore, India.

disaster Response Falls short of divine

The Indian Armed Forces have been running a massive rescue operation in the flood-hit state of Uttarakhand. Credit: Courtesy Ministry of Defence, Government of India

9 July 2013Tuesday8 Dimapur The Morung ExpressNATIONAL

Hyderabad, July 8 (IaNS): Twelve people were killed and 17 in-jured Monday when a hotel known for its Iranian tea and snacks collapsed in Secunderabad, police said. The two-storey building of City Light Hotel on Rashtrapati Road in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, collapsed around 6.30 a.m. Monday. Police, fire fighting personnel and rescue workers managed to evacuate 22 people from the rubble and shifted 15 of them to government-run Gandhi Hospital.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma said Monday after-noon that one more person is believed to be still trapped under the debris and the efforts are on to rescue him. Many auto-rickshaw drivers and daily wage workers were at the famous joint to have their early morning Iranian tea and snacks when the structure came down. Teams of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), fire fighting personnel, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Hyderabad Metro Rail helped clear the debris.

One of the rescued hotel work-ers said there were 30 workers in the building at the time of the accident. The dead include four hotel employees and two people hailing from Odisha. Locals alleged that the negligence by the mu-nicipal authorities led to the incident. GHMC commissioner Krishna Babu,

12 killed as hotel collapses in Secunderabad

baNgalore, July 8 (IaNS): The Congress government in Karna-taka will launch Wednesday its twice-postponed Re.1 a kg rice scheme to help nearly 10 million poor families in the state. The families holding BPL (below poverty line) cards will get between 10-30 kg rice per month at Re.1 a kg. One member families can buy up to 10 kgs, two member families 20 kgs and fami-lies with three and more members will get 30 kgs. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will launch the scheme in Bangalore while ministers will launch it in the dis-tricts. The state has 30 districts.

The scheme aims to fulfil a prom-ise the Congress made in its mani-festo for the May 5 assembly election which it won defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party. The scheme was to take off June 1 as announced by Sidda-ramaiah May 13, soon after he was sworn in. However, it was postponed to July 1 and later to July 10 as the state government could not arrange about 100,000 tonnes of addition-al rice required to implement the scheme. Siddaramaiah estimates the scheme would cost the state govern-ment around Rs.4,300 crore a year.

Karnataka produces around 4.2 million tonnes of rice, of which about 350,000 is procured for the central kitty for public distribution system (PDS). From the central pool, Kar-nataka gets 178,000 tonnes every month for the PDS and to imple-ment the new scheme it requires additional 107,000 tonnes, accord-ing to Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies Dinesh Gundu Rao. The government is buying rice from Chhattisgarh, national commodi-ties exchange and central agencies to meet the additional requirement.

New delHI, July 8 (ageNcIeS): Intel-ligence and law enforcement agencies here are seeing Sunday’s blasts at the Mahabod-hi temple complex at Bodh Gaya in Bihar as the first-of-its-kind terror incident in India where a Buddhist religious site was attacked with foreigners as primary targets. The Min-istry of Home Affairs (MHA) has now alerted all States, particularly those where Buddhists visit in large numbers, to be on alert and in-crease deployment in sensitive places.

“There have been intelligence inputs that [some Islamist groups] were planning to tar-get Buddhists and their religious sites with foreigners in mind … This follows the ongo-ing sectarian violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar,” a senior MHA official told reporters on Sunday. “After last year’s Pune blasts, some arrested Indian Mujahideen operatives had told the Delhi po-lice that there were plans to target Buddhist shrines in Bodh Gaya to retaliate for atrocities being committed upon Muslims in Myanmar … This input was shared with the Bihar police. The nature of attack and explosives used in the attack [points] towards the Indian Muja-hideen … It could be their handiwork,” he said.

“In recent months, the Centre and some States have also issued alerts over the circu-lation of videos and pictures on the Internet and through mobile phones of alleged atroci-ties committed on Rohingya Muslims to in-cite passions and tensions,” the official noted. Immediately after the blasts at Bodh Gaya, an emergency meeting was convened in the MHA and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team along with bomb experts from the National Security Guard (NSG) were des-patched to carry out investigations. Describ-ing it as a “terror attack,” Home Secretary Anil Goswami said all angles into the attacks were being probed.

Immediately, an advisory was sent to all States to beef up security in all sensitive loca-tions, particularly Buddhist shrines, Tibetan settlements and other religious places, while major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune were put on high alert. The adviso-ry has specifically asked States with sizeable Buddhist population or key Buddhist shrines to gear up their intelligence and security mechanisms.

Myanmar violence could be behind blasts

dHaramSala, July 8 (IaNS): The se-curity of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has been reviewed after the blasts in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya town early Sunday morn-ing. The Dalai Lama’s private office here said his security had been stepped up. “We have issued an advisory to His Holiness’ personal security officials,” Ngodup Dorjee, Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) department of security secretary, told IANS.

“The Dalai Lama has already been pro-vided Z-plus category security (by the In-dian government). But we have beefed up the security of his official palace and Tsug-lagkhang temple (close to the palace) too,”

he said. Dorjee said a meeting would be held here, the headquarters of the Tibetan gov-ernment-in-exile, Monday to review securi-ty arrangements of Tibetan monasteries and temples located across India. Tibetan spiri-tual leaders the Dalai Lama and 17th Karma-pa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who are residing in Dharamsala’s suburb McLeodganj, which is home to a large Tibetan population, are fre-quent visitors at the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya town, where nine blasts took place early Sunday morning.

The Dalai Lama is currently in Karnataka where he participated in functions related to his 78th birthday Saturday in Bylakuppe,

one of the largest settlements of the exiles in India. Extra force has been put in place both at the Dalai Lama’s palace and the Gyuto Tan-tric Monastic University, where the Karmapa resides, after the Bodh Gaya blasts, Super-intendent of Police Balbir Thakur said. “Po-lice surveillance has been intensified in and around McLeodganj. We are in regular touch with the central intelligence agencies,” he added.

Thakur said one of the two entry gates to the Tsuglagkhang temple has been closed and extra force has been deployed there. “Electronic items, including camera and mo-bile, will not be allowed in the temple com-

plex,” he added. The Dalai Lama visited Bodh Gaya twice in the past three years for teach-ings and religious functions, his private of-fice said. “His Holiness participated in the ‘Kalachakra’ (Wheel of Time) ceremony and prayed for world peace at Bodh Gaya from Jan 1 to 10, 2012,” an official said.

In 2010, the Nobel laureate was in Bodh Gaya from January 4 to 10. The Dalai Lama lives in exile along with some 140,000 Tibet-ans, over 100,000 of them in India. Over six million Tibetans live in Tibet. The Tibetan exile administration is based in this north-ern Indian hill town, but is not recognised by any country.

Indian National Security Guards inspect the site of a blast at the Mahabodhi Temple or the great Awakening Temple complex, in Bodhgaya, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Patna, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, on Monday, July 8. A series of blasts hit three Buddhist sites in eastern India early Sunday, injuring at least two people. The temple is a UNESCO world heritage site where Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. (AP Photo)

Dalai Lama’s security reviewed after Bodh Gaya blasts

Monks from 50 nations pray for peace

bodH gaya, July 8 (ageNcIeS): A day after serial blasts rocked Bodh Gaya, a special prayer was held at the Mahabodhi Temple on Monday. Buddhist monks from 50 countries held the prayer inside Bodh Gaya temple for return of peace. Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar and other coun-tries participated in the one-hour prayer this evening, Arvind Singh, member of Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) said. Head of monasteries of different countries also attended the prayer.

Bodh Gaya has Buddhist monasteries of 50 countries. Ten se-rial blasts had rocked the Bodh Gaya temple town yesterday with the world famous Mahabodhi Temple facing the brunt of the terror attack as four blasts took place in shrine premises. As many as 13 bombs were planted inside the temple complex of which ten had exploded injuring two monks, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Monday. Meanwhile, a person, identified as Binod Kumar of Barachatti in Gaya district has been detained today for interrogation in connection with the serial blasts.

Bihar Director General of Police Abhyanand said Kumar said that the man has been detained on the basis of a voter I card in his name which was found during search inside the temple af-ter the explosions. He told newsmen that lab tests have so far confirmed the presence of ammonium nitre in the crude low intensity bomb used in the blasts but there were no trace of TNT or other explosive material. Papers containing the name of the location where it had to be planted was found pasted on each bomb. “The name of the location is written in English and some words in Urdu,” he added.

however, said it was not a dilapidated structure and was also not among 57 buildings in Secunderabad which were issued demolition notices. “The build-ings looked stable. The construction of a ‘bhatti’ for haleem (beef stew) on top of the building may have weakened the structure but the exact reason will be known only after a probe,” he said.

The hotel owner was injured while his son died. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, who visited the site, or-dered a probe. The government has announced Rs.1.5 lakh ex-gratia each to the families of those killed. While Rs.50,000 will be paid by the govern-ment under ‘Apadhbandu’ scheme, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corpo-

ration (GHMC) will provide Rs.1 lakh. The municipal commissioner said a case would be filed against the ho-tel owner. Nearly six-decade-old City Light Hotel was a popular landmark in Secunderabad. Located on the busy Rashtrapati Road, it was famous for its Iranian tea, snacks, biryani and other lip-smacking dishes.

Indians watch as Indian Fire officials and rescue workers look for survivors at the site of a collapsed building, in Hyder-abad, July 8. (AP Photo)

KolKata, July 8 (IaNS): Re-gretting the repeated disruption of parliament and legislative assem-bly proceedings, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee Mon-day called upon all political parties to hold such institutions in high esteem in order to show their respect to the electorate. “Day after day, sessions in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and the state assemblies are being disrupt-ed. This is not right. Such institutions need to be used in people’s interest,” Chatterjee said while addressing a function marking the beginning of the birth centenary of former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu.

“I appeal to all, irrespective of party affiliations and ideologies, to hold elected bodies like parliament, legislative assemblies and panchay-ats in high esteem. This is the best way of showing one’s respect to the voters who elect these bodies,” said Chatterjee, who presided over the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009. Refer-ing to Basu, Chatterjee said through his long legislative career, Basu re-mained a shining example of how the legislature could be used in the inter-est of the people despite the dearth of numbers.

“When he became a legislator, the CPI (Communist Party of India) did

not have many members in the West Bengal house. But despite the small number of MLAs (legislators) of his party, as an opposition leader, Basu showed how the floor of the assem-bly could be used in the people’s in-terest, how the assembly procedures could be used to reach the voice of the people to the government and the ministry,” said the octogenarian Chatterjee. Former state assembly speaker H.A. Halim recalled how Basu helped in setting up the com-mittee system in the house.

“Parliament and legislators do not function only through the floor of the House, but through the com-mittees,” said Halim, who was state assembly speaker for 29 long years from 1982 to 2011. “Government policies need to be discussed thread-bare in the assembly and parlia-ment, so that the matters come to the knowledge of the public,” he said. Lauding the vital and historic role played by the state in India’s parlia-mentary democracy, Halim urged all parties to preserve and strengthen the glorious traditions of the West Bengal assembly. Speaking on the occasion, Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy said the legislative as-semblies are not places to quarrel, but fora for informed debates.

New delHI, July 8 (PtI): BJP today said it has come into election mode and is ready for snap polls for which it has laid down a roadmap making good governance and devel-opment as its poll planks. The oppo-sition party said it will form several committees in the next few days to highlight the failure of the Congress-led UPA government on various issues like corruption, price rise and on the economic front.

Attacking the ruling dispensa-tion, it said the UPA is cracking and the Congress is under pressure from its allies even as it accused it of not be-ing in a position to face the nation or Parliament resulting in the delay of the Monsoon session. “BJP has come in election mode. We are ready for snap polls,” party general secretary Ananth Kumar said. He was speak-ing after the meeting of the BJP Par-liamentary Board, the party’s highest decision-making body, where, Kumar said, the current political situation in the country was discussed and a road-map and strategy for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls decided.BJP’s two-pronged strategy

This is the second meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Board within a week, which was attended by the BJP top leadership including L K Advani,

party president Rajnath Singh and the party’s Campaign Committee chief Narendra Modi, besides other leaders. Its last meeting was held on July 4. He said the BJP will adopt a two-pronged strategy for the polls which will include a political campaign with the party holding rallies and meet-ings across the country and an organ-isational strategy to put the party’s structure in place and take its cam-paign forward.

“The Congress party does not want to face Parliament because of its failure on corruption, price rise, economic crisis and other fronts,” he alleged. He claimed that the UPA is “breaking from inside” and the Con-gress party is “under pressure” from its allies, which posed a question mark on the convening of the Monsoon Ses-sion of Parliament in July. “Congress can also hold early elections due to pressure from allies,” he said.Agenda for elections

Ananth Kumar said the different committees to be formed will take care of the party’s election manifes-to, parliamentary election meetings, “chargesheet” against UPA, develop-ment agenda and other things. He said the Parliamentary Board has autho-rised party chief Rajnath Singh and poll campaign panel chief Narendra

Modi to form these after consulta-tions with senior party leaders. The BJP Parliamentary Board discussed the poll strategy at today’s meeting, where it decided that the party will go ahead with good governance and development as its major poll planks.

On taking on the Congress in elec-tions, the party decided to attack it on three issues of corruption, economic crisis and price rise, and its failure on all other fronts. Raising a question mark on delay in convening of the Monsoon session of Parliament, nor-mally held in July, the BJP leader al-leged that the Congress feared that its much-touted Food Security Bill may not get through in Parliament and thus the need to bring an Ordinance on it. “The Congress and UPA is under pressure. It is breaking, it is running away. It is not in a position to face the nation or Parliament,” Kumar alleged.

He said the BJP, on the other hand, is aggressively in election mode and will force the UPA to discuss price rise and development in Parliament. “We will place such things before the nation,” he said. Meanwhile, leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jait-ley and BJP chief Rajnath Singh will visit Bodhgaya tomorrow after se-rial blasts rocked the religious town yesterday.

BJP ready for snap polls, says it will focus on good governance and development

All parties should respect parliament: Somnath

Rice at Re.1 a kg for K’taka’s poor from Wednesday

New delHI, July 8 (PtI): Dayalu Ammal, wife of DMK chief M Karunanidhi and a key prosecution wit-ness in the 2G case, on Monday approached the Supreme Court, seeking its direction to exempt her from deposing before the Special CBI Court on medical grounds. She filed her plea before the apex court challenging the trial court’s order refusing to exempt her from appearing as a witness in the case.

82-year-old Ammal had earlier approached the Delhi high court but it had on July 4 asked her to move the apex court for relief. The high court had also asked CBI to en-sure that no coercive order is passed by the trial court till lunch time on Monday, July 8, the day when Ammal has been summoned to appear before the trial court as a pros-ecution witness. The high court had asked Ammal to move the apex court as the 2G case is being monitored by it.

Ammal, in her plea before the high court, had con-tended that she has been diagnosed with cognitive and behavioural abnormalities in June last year and that she is progressively and gradually losing recognition of even her near and dear ones. It was also submitted that due to her physical and mental condition, Ammal is prone to “abrasive behaviour, clumsy habit with sudden hitting or punching people, inappropriate talk and action and inability to take care of day-to-day activities”.

The trial court had on May 31 dismissed Ammal’s ex-emption plea, saying she is an “important witness” as she was a director in Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd in which an al-leged bribe amount of Rs 200 crore was received. Ammal had approached the trial court seeking exemption from personal appearance as a witness and to dispense with her presence in the case citing her ailments.

2G case: Karuna’s wife moves Supreme Court for exemption from deposing

Tuesday9 July 2013

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LAMPEDUSA, SiciLy, JULy 8 (AP): Pope Francis on Monday de-nounced the “globalization of indif-ference” that greets migrants who risk their lives trying to reach Europe, as he traveled to the farthest reaches of Italy to draw attention to their plight and to pray for those who never made it. The tiny Sicilian island of Lampe-dusa, a treeless, strip of rock nine ki-lometers (four miles) long, is closer to Africa than the Italian mainland and is the main port of entry into Europe for African migrants smuggled by boat from Libya or Tunisia.

Francis decided last week to visit Lampedusa as his first pastoral visit outside of Rome, spurred by a particu-larly deadly crossing in which a dozen migrants lost their lives. Despite the spur-of-the-moment decision, the is-land came through, building a make-shift altar out of recycled wood from shipwrecked migrants boats. Francis greeted newly arrived migrants, and during Mass on the island’s sports field, thanked the residents for wel-coming so many men and women over the years. He prayed for those who died trying to make a better life for themselves and their families.

“Who wept for these people who were aboard the boat?” Francis asked

in his homily. “For the young mothers who brought their babies? For these men who wanted to support their families?” “We are a society that has forgotten how to cry,” he said. Dozens of Lampedusan fishing boats accom-panied Francis’ coast guard ship as it pulled into port, a seaborne motor-cade to honor the first pope to visit an island that often complains it has been forgotten by Europe as it pro-cesses the thousands of would-be im-migrants who come ashore each year.

“Pope Francis, only you can save us,” read a banner on one of the boats. “You’re one of us,” said a spray-painted sign hanging from an apartment build-ing overlooking the port. As his plane was landing, a boat carrying 162 Eritre-ans arrived in port, the latest in a new wave of migrants taking advantage of calm seas and warm weather to make the treacherous crossing. Officials said they were in good condition, just cold. Francis, whose ancestors immigrated to Argentina from Italy, has a special place in his heart for refugees: As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he denounced the ex-ploitation of migrants as “slavery” and said those who did nothing to help them were complicit by their silence.

He repeated that message on Mon-day, denouncing smugglers who take

advantage of the poverty of migrants to enrich themselves. While thanking the work of Lampedusans and volun-teers who care for the newly arrived migrants, he challenged everyone to take responsibility for the migrants’ desperation, urging them not to have “anesthesia of the heart.” “The culture of our own well-being makes us insen-sitive to the cries of others,” he said. “It brings us to feeling indifferent to oth-ers, to the globalization of indifference.”

He prayed that God forgives such indifference, and welcoming Muslim migrants in the crowd, wished them a good start of the holy month of Ra-madan. “The church is with you in the search for a more dignified life for you and your families,” he said. Francis has said he wants his to be a missionary church, one that goes to the “peripher-ies” to minister to the most marginal. It was appropriate then that he choose Lampedusa as his first pastoral visit outside Rome, and its residents wel-comed him warmly, shouting “Viva il Papa” and wildly waving the yellow and white flags of the Vatican.

“It was not even thinkable that the pope would come to an Island like this one,” said resident Andrea Pavia, who came out with his tearful wife and daughter to watch the pope drive by. “I

am so happy, I am so emotional. I just can’t believe it.” As he pulled into port, Francis blessed a wreath of yellow and white flowers and tossed it into the sea in memory of those migrants who died. He then disembarked and greeted a few dozen migrants one by one, stopping to chat with a few.

In yet another indication of how Francis is changing the rules of this papacy, he traveled by open-top ve-hicle through throngs of well-wishers, shunning the bullet-proof popemobile that popes usually use when outside the Vatican. The Mass site was located near the “boat cemetery” that houses the remains of broken migrant ships that have reached Lampedusa’s rocky shores. Recycled wood from those vessels were used for Mass: A small, painted boat was turned into the altar, the lectern was made out of a recycled ship’s helm and pieces of driftwood, and a pieces of wood were crafted into Francis’ pastoral staff and the chalice used at Mass. Officials have said the simple nature of the Mass was in keep-ing with the express wishes of Francis. According to the U.N. refugee agency, 8,400 migrants landed in Italy and Malta in the first six months of the year, almost double the 4,500 who ar-rived during the first half of 2012.

Pope blasts indifference over migration deaths

Pope Francis reaches out to bless a child during his visit to the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, on Monday July 8. Pope Francis traveled Mon-day to the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa to pray for migrants lost at sea, going to the farthest reaches of Italy to throw a wreath of flowers into the sea and celebrate Mass as yet another boatload of Eritrean migrants came ashore. (AP Photo)

BEiJing, JULy 8 (PTi): China’s former Railways Minister Liu Zhijun was today giv-en a suspended death sentence by a court here for corruption and abuse of power. The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court, which is conducting the trial, announced the stiff verdict handing down death sentence to 60-year-old Liu, state-run Xinhua news agency reported quoting verdict. He was accused of accepting bribes to the tune of USD 10.53 million over 25 years. “The com-bined punishment for Liu’s crimes is death penalty with a two-year reprieve, deprival of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property,” the court said.

Liu was also sentenced to 10 years in jail for abuse of power, according to the court verdict. He headed the railways from 2003 to 2011, during whose tenure China had em-barked on the high speed network linking different parts of the country. His suspended death sentence would come up for judicial re-view after two years. The stiff sentence against him comes in the wake of promise by China’s new leadership headed by President Xi Jin-ping to crackdown hard on corruption which they said threatened the over 60-year-old hold of the ruling Communist Party on China.

A number of middle rung leaders and officials got similar punishments for cor-ruption as well as sexual misconduct. The court found that from 1986 to 2011, he took advantage of his positions as official of lo-cal railway bureaus as well as the former Ministry of Railways, and helped 11 people, Shao Liping and Ding Yuxin included, win promotions, project contracts, and cargo transportation contracts. During his ten-ure as railways minister, Liu helped Ding

Yuxin and her relatives to win cargo trans-portation contracts and railway construc-tion contracts. He also helped them in the acquisition of shares in a bullet train wheel set company, and with enterprise financing, by breaking regulations and applying favor-itism, which allowed Ding and her family to reap huge profits and inflicted colossal loss-es in the public assets, violating rights and interests of the state and the people.

The court held that Liu’s crime of bribery involves especially huge amount of money with especially serious circumstances, and his crime of abuse of power had caused colos-sal losses in the public assets, violating rights and interests of the state and the people. Pro-vided with clear, valid and sufficient evidenc-es, the court considered that Liu’s crimes should receive punishment according to law. The court said Liu confessed truthfully to his crimes, and provided further clues of his bribery that are unknown to the investiga-tion organs. Most of Liu’s bribed money and the majority of the economic losses caused by his abuse of power had been recovered.

Liu’s crime of bribery, which violated the integrity of state functionary’s duty behav-iour and undermined state functionary’s reputation, should be given death penalty. However, in consideration of his above-mentioned situations that meet mitigating punishment and his admission of guilty and repentance, Liu was given death penalty with reprieve, the court said. The court said that although most of economic losses have been recovered, leniency will not be given regarding Liu’s crime of power abuse, as it is especially serious in terms of both circum-stances and consequences.

cAiRO, JULy 8 (REUTERS): At least 51 people were killed on Monday when demon-strators enraged by the military overthrow of Egypt’s elected Islamist president said the army opened fire during morning prayers outside the Cairo barracks where Mohamed Mursi is believed held. But the military said “a terrorist group” tried to storm the Repub-lican Guard compound and one army officer had been killed and 40 wounded. Soldiers returned fire when they were attacked by armed assailants, according to a military source. In the deadliest incident since Mursi’s removal, emergency services said more than 430 were wounded.

Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood urged peo-ple to rise up against the army, which they ac-cuse of a military coup to topple the leader, threatening an escalation in Egypt’s political crisis. At a hospital near the Rabaa Adawiya mosque where Islamists have camped out since Mursi was toppled on Wednesday, rooms were crammed with people wound-ed in the violence, sheets were stained with blood and medics rushed to attend to the wounded. “They shot us with teargas, bird-shot, rubber bullets - everything. Then they used live bullets,” said Abdelaziz Ab-del Shakua, a bearded 30-year-old who was wounded in his right leg.

As an immediate consequence of the clash, the ultra-conservative Islamist Nour party, which initially backed the military in-tervention, said it was withdrawing from talks to form an interim government for the transition to new elections. A spokesman for the interim presidency, Ahmed Elmoslmany, said work on forming the government would go on, though Nour’s withdrawal could seri-ously undermine efforts at reconciling rival factions: “What happened will not stop steps to form a government,” he said. The military has said that the overthrow was not a coup, and it was enforcing the will of the people af-ter millions took to the streets on June 30 to call for Mursi’s resignation.

But pro- and anti-Mursi protests took place in Cairo, Alexandria and other cities, and resulted in clashes on Friday and Sat-urday that left 35 dead. It leaves the Arab world’s largest nation of 84 million people in

Egypt Islamists call for uprising; 51 killed

An Egyptian man cries outside a morgue after carrying the corpse of his brother killed near the Republican Guard building in Cairo, on Monday July 8. Egyptian soldiers and police opened fire on supporters of the ousted president early Monday in violence that left dozens of people killed, including one officer, outside a military building in Cairo where demonstrators had been holding a sit-in, government officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)

a perilous state, with the risk of further enmi-ty between people on either side of the politi-cal divide while an economic crisis deepens.SHOTS DURING PRAYERS

A Reuters journalist at the scene saw first aid helpers attempting mouth-to-mouth re-suscitation on a dying man. Al Jazeera’s Egypt channel showed footage from inside a make-shift clinic near the scene of the violence, where Mursi supporters attempted to treat bloodied men. Seven dead bodies were lined up in a row, covered in blankets and an Egyp-tian flag. A man placed a portrait of Mursi on one of the corpses. Footage broadcast by Egyptian state TV showed Mursi supporters throwing rocks at soldiers in riot gear on one

of the main roads leading to Cairo airport.Young men, some carrying sticks, crouched

behind a building, emerging to throw petrol bombs before retreating again. State-run tele-vision showed soldiers carrying a wounded comrade along a rock-strewn road, and news footage zoomed in on a handful of protesters firing crude handguns during clashes. The rest of the city was for the most part calm, though armoured military vehicles closed bridges over the Nile to traffic following the violence. The military overthrew Mursi on Wednesday after mass nationwide demonstrations led by youth activists demanding his resignation. The Brotherhood denounced the intervention as a coup and vowed peaceful resistance.

POLITICAL IMPASSETalks on forming a new government

were already in trouble before Monday’s shooting, after the Nour Party rejected two liberal-minded candidates for prime minister proposed by interim head of state Adli Man-sour, the top constitutional court judge. Nour, Egypt’s second biggest Islamist party, which is vital to give the new authorities a veneer of Islamist backing, said it had withdrawn from the negotiations in protest at what it called the “massacre at the Republican Guard (com-pound)”. “The party decided the complete withdrawal from political participation in what is known as the road map,” it said.

The military can ill afford a lengthy po-

litical vacuum at a time of violent upheaval and economic stagnation. Scenes of running street battles between pro- and anti-Mursi demonstrators in Cairo, Alexandria and cit-ies across the country have alarmed Egypt’s allies, including key aid donors the United States and Europe, and Israel, with which Egypt has had a U.S.-backed peace treaty since 1979. The violence has also shocked Egyptians, growing tired of the turmoil that began two-and-a-half years ago with the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising.

In one of the most shocking scenes of the last week, video footage circulated on social and state media of what appeared to be Mursi supporters throwing two youths from a con-crete tower on to a roof in the port city of Al-exandria. The images, stills from which were published on the front page of the state-run Al-Akhbar newspaper on Sunday, could not be independently verified. On Sunday, huge crowds numbering hundreds of thousands gathered in different parts of Cairo and were peaceful, but nonetheless a reminder of the risks of further instability.BITTER BLOW

For many Islamists, the overthrow of Egypt’s first freely elected president was a bitter reversal that raised fears of a return to the suppression they endured for de-cades under autocratic rulers like Mubarak. On the other side of the political divide, mil-lions of Egyptians were happy to see the back of a leader they believed was orchestrating a creeping Islamist takeover of the state - a charge the Brotherhood has vehemently de-nied. Washington has not condemned the military takeover or called it a coup, prompt-ing suspicion within the Brotherhood that it tacitly supports the overthrow.

Obama has ordered a review to determine whether annual U.S. assistance of $1.5 billion, most of which goes to the Egyptian military, should be cut off as required by law if a coun-try’s military ousts a democratically elected leader. Egypt can ill afford to lose foreign aid. The country appears headed for a looming funding crunch unless it can quickly access money from overseas. The local currency has lost 11 percent of its value since late last year.

China’s ex-minister sentenced to death for graft, power misuse PHnOM PEnH, JULy 8 (AP): Cambodia’s

charismatic self-exiled opposition leader has vowed to return to Cambodia ahead of this month’s general election to help challenge the 28-year rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen. The government said Monday that Sam Rainsy is welcome home but could face arrest if he re-turns. Rainsy made the announcement Sun-day in a letter to the international community from France where he is living to avoid a 12-year prison sentence on charges widely seen as politically motivated.

The opposition leader is barred from run-ning for office due to the conviction. He says his return will test whether the elections are “free and fair” — as the government claims. The U.S. State Department has said the exclu-sion of Rainsy calls into question the legitima-cy of Cambodia’s democratic process. There are also doubts over the neutrality of the elec-tion commission and the composition of voter rolls. U.S. lawmakers and human rights activ-ists are pushing to cut the more than $70 mil-lion in annual American aid to Cambodia if the State Department judges the elections as not “credible and competitive.”

In the run-up to elections, opposition law-makers were expelled from parliament for merging parties to contest the vote. The op-position was already handicapped by Rainsy’s absence. Hun Sen is one of Asia’s longest-serv-ing and most ruthless leaders. He has run Cam-bodia since 1985 with little tolerance for oppo-sition, propelled by his well-financed political machine. Rainsy is seen as the sole Cambodian politician with the charisma and resources to present any real challenge. “I have decided to return because my presence as leader of the opposition and the fate that awaits me will be a test of the reality of the ‘free and fair’ elections,”

Cambodian opposition leader vows to end exile

Rainsy wrote in his letter.“(I am) fully aware of the personal risks

that I will run, to return before the voting day, “ he said. Yim Sovann, spokesman for the op-position Cambodia National Rescue Party, declined to reveal the date of Rainsy’s return but said he would be greeted at the airport by thousands of party members. “I can confirm that Sam Rainsy will definitely arrive in Cam-bodia ahead of election day,” the spokesman said. Meanwhile, a government spokesman said Rainsy would have to face the law.

“We have never barred him from return-

ing to Cambodia, but once he arrives he must face the law, because he is a convicted per-son,” said the spokesman Tith Sothea. Rainsy was sentenced in 2010 to two years in jail for uprooting border markers with Vietnam. He was also sentenced to 10 years in prison for spreading false information about the border dispute. Critics called both cases examples of the government’s use of the courts to in-timidate opponents. Hun Sen, who is 60, said recently that he intends to wield power until he is 74 — revising an earlier vow to stay in power until he’s 90.

Cambodia’s charismatic self-exiled opposition leader vowed to return to Cambodia ahead of this month’s general election to help challenge the 28-year rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen. (AP Photo)

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LONG POND, JULY 8 (AP): Scott Dixon led a big day for Chip Ganassi Racing, leading a podium sweep for the team with a win Sunday at the IndyCar Series event at Pocono Raceway. Dixon was followed by Ganassi teammates Charlie Kimball and Dario Franchitti in In-dyCar's first race at Pocono since 1989.

Dixon's 30th career In-dyCar victory was his first of the season. He struggled racing up front all season and had led only one lap, at the Indianapolis 500.

He caught a big break when Tony Kanaan clipped Dixon's car on a pass for the lead and was forced to pit road. Dixon dominated down the stretch of the 400-mile race and became IndyCar's eighth different winner in 11 races this season. "Going into this morning, I was not think-ing we could win," Dixon said. "The team definitely hasn't given up, and you've got to hand it to Honda as well. I think fuel mileage was the key today. And we still had speed up front without hav-ing to save all the time."

Andretti Autosport qual-ified three drivers on the front row. But James Hinch-cliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay were involved in accidents and Marco Andretti faded over the final laps. This was the first time Ganassi swept a podium in any form of rac-ing: IndyCar, CART, NASCAR or Grand-Am. It was the 100th win in all forms of motorsports for Chip Ganas-si Racing and the 200th in IndyCar competition for en-gine manufacturer Honda.

"I had no idea we'd go 1-2-3," Ganassi said. "I was just hoping for a decent fin-ish today." Dixon won for the first time since Mid-Ohio in August 2012 and Kimball matched his ca-reer-best finish.

"It's been a long drought, man," Dixon said. "It's fantastic to be back in the circle. It means a lot. There's no doubt the Honda teams have kind

Dixon wins in IndyCar Series return to Pocono

Scott Dixon, center, of New Zealand, poses with the trophy in Victory Lane with help from sec-ond-place finisher Charlie Kimball, left, and third-place finisher Dario Franchitti, of Scottland, after Dixon won the Pocono IndyCar 400 auto race on July 7 in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo)

of been the underdogs re-cently." Kanaan lost his bid at the Triple Crown when he clipped his front wing on Dixon's car. Kanaan con-nected with Dixon on a pass for the lead on the 107th lap. Kanaan had to pit three laps later and faded to the back. He lost the lead — and a chance for $1 million.

With Pocono back on the schedule, IndyCar resurrected the "Triple Crown" challenge, a three-race competition for $1 million to the driver that wins the Indianapolis 500, Pocono and the season fi-nale at Fontana. A driver who wins two of the three can win a $250,000 bo-nus from promotion spon-sor Fuzzy's Vodka, leaving Kanaan and Dixon still eli-gible for the prize.

Kanaan had no idea he

hit Dixon and spent most of the rest of the race a lap down. He finished 13th. Will Power was fourth and Josef Newgarden fifth. Points leader Helio Castro-neves was eighth.

Andretti Autosport's banner qualifying effort that saw three cars start on the front row was wast-ed before the second lap. Hinchcliffe's bid for his se-ries-high fourth win was derailed when he tagged the wall heading into the first turn of the first lap. Hinchcliffe, who started third, limped as he walked out of his car. He said he just banged up one of his knees.

Hinchcliffe was cleared at the infield care center and worked the rest of the race in ABC's broad-cast booth. "The car just snapped loose on me," he

said. "We went a bit ag-gressive on setup because we had an understeering car all week, and we didn't want that in the race. May-be we overstepped it a bit."

Hunter-Reay started second and was running in the top five when he was in-volved in a pit road accident. Takuma Sato hit the right side of Hunter-Reay's car near the entrance of pit lane. Hunter-Reay was forced to the garage with damage to his right front wheel and front wing. He returned about 20 laps later and fin-ished 20th Andretti, raised about 30 minutes away in nearby Nazareth, won the pole and was the home-town favorite. He dominat-ed the race and led the most laps until fuel woes put him 10th. He ran out just after he crossed the finish line.

PAMPLONA, JULY 8 (AP): Thousands of dare-devils raced through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on Monday in a hair-raising but relatively clean second bull run of the famed annu-

al San Fermin festival.There were no gorings

in the run and four people were treated in city hospi-tals for injuries suffered in falls, Navarra Hospital chief Javier Sesma said. The early morning race saw thrill-

seekers dashing alongside six fighting bulls and six bell-tinkling steers that try to keep the beasts together along the narrow 930-yard (850-meter) course from a holding pen to the city bull ring. It lasted just over two

No gorings in 2nd bull run of Spain's San Fermin

Spanish bullfighter Antonio Nazare performs with an Alcurrucen fighting bull during a bull-fight of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain on July 7. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." (AP Photo)

minutes.The run is televised

nationally and is the high-light of the nine-day street partying festival, which be-came world famous follow-ing the 1926 publication of Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises."

"Never again," said Jon-athan Chadwick, 31, an en-gineer from Auckland, New Zealand, who said it was his "first and last time" to run. "It was really scary," he said.

Ade Erinkitola, a 47-year-old IT worker from San Francisco said it was his first time but he'd be back. "It was really ex-citing, my heart was beat-ing really fast. I didn't know what to expect," he said.

Three Spaniards and a 41-year-old man from Pheonix, Arizona, were injured but none was in serious condition, accord-ing to the Navarra regional government press office. The bulls that are run each morning are invariably killed in evening bull fights, and their meat is served up in Pamplona's restaurants.

NEW DELHI, JULY 8 (PTI): The young Indian troika of L Devendro Singh (49kg), Shiva Thapa (56kg) and Mandeep Jangra (69kg) continued their fine form to enter the finals of the Asian Boxing Champi-onships in Amman, Jordan.

The three young guns are now assured of at least a silver medal finish from the tournament. The nim-ble-footed Devendro was at his menacing best against L V Bin from China. The 21-year-old dominated the bout from the very begin-ning and won comfortably. The World Championship quarterfinalist will now look better the colour of his first medal when he takes on Temertas Zhussupov of Kazakhstan. Shiva, making his second international appearance since the 2012

London Olympics, was up against Malbekov Omur-bek from Kyrgyzstan in his semifinal bout.

He started slowly but soon nosed ahead with the help of some sharp jabs and swift footwork. In the second and the third round Malbekov fell to the precise counter-attacks of Shiva and lost his rhythm.

The Indian went on to make a place in the title round with a victory with a unanimous decision. The 19-year-old will next take on another 19-year-old Obada Alkabeh from the home team. Jangra too con-tinued his purple patch. The 20-year-old was involved in tough scuffle for a place in the finals against Mongo-lia's Asian Games bronze-medallist Jargal Otgonjar-gal. The Mongolian boxer

started strongly with some punishing body blows. But Jangra's solid defence and counter-attacking paid off and he kept accumulating crucial points.

After nine minutes of intense boxing, the Indian emerged victorious on a unanimous decision from the judges. The national champion will now lock horns with 2010 Asian Games gold-medallist Daniyar Yeleussinov of Ka-zakhstan.

But there was disap-pointment for Common-wealth Games gold medal-list Manoj Kumar (64kg) in the semifinals of the light welterweight division.

Pitted against Olym-pic bronze-medallist Ura-nchimegiin Monkh-Erdene, Kumar gave his opponent a run for his money but came

up short against the Mon-golian in what was a fight to the finish. He will have to be content with a bronze medal performance from the tournament.

National Coach GS Sandhu was extremely pleased with the perfor-mance of all the four boxers in the semifinals.

"All the three boys who have made it to the finals have shown great skill throughout the tour-nament. They have faced some tough opponents and have proved their mettle to make it to the champion-ship round," he said.

"Even Manoj fought very well against a well re-nowned pugilist, there was not much separating the two till the very end, but is fair to say he lost to a better boxer," he added.

Three Indians qualify for Asian Boxing Championships finals

W H I T E S U L P H U R SPRINGS, JULY 8 (AP): Sweden's Jonas Blixt wasn't having the type of year he had envisioned — until the final round of the Green-brier Classic came along on Sunday and he shot a 3-under 67 to win by two strokes. Blixt emerged from a five-player chase over the final five holes to pick up the $1.1 million winner's check. He also shot from 139th to 39th in the FedEx Cup points standings.

"This is what I play for," Blixt said. "I play to win. It just confirms that if you do the right things, that you work hard, dreams can come true."

Among the perks for his victory are a spot in next year's Masters. Blixt also will move to around No. 50 in the next world ranking, which is used as the alter-

nate list to fill the field for this month's British Open. That would make him the top alternate in a year that about eight players from the list will get into the Open at Muirfield.

He overcame a four-shot deficit at the start of the final round and finished at 13-under 267. Third-round leader Johnson Wagner (73), Australians Steven Bowditch (68) and Matt Jones (68), and Jimmy Walker (71) tied for second at 11 under.

Blixt went from a tie to a two-shot lead when he made a 9-foot birdie putt on No. 16 to move to 13 un-der. No other player made a birdie after that. Wagner bogeyed the par-3 15th moments later to fall to 11 under alongside Bowditch and Walker. Blixt also won the Frys.com Open last year

as a tour rookie. But enter-ing the Greenbrier Classic, he hadn't had a top-10 fin-ish this season, missing as many cuts as he made.

Blixt was overcome with emotion after watch-ing Wagner and Walker, needing holes-in-one at No. 18, reach the green but land well away from the hole.

"It's just been a hard year," Blixt said. "My game has not been on."

Defending champion Ted Potter Jr. (67), Pat Perez (69) and Brian Stuard (67) tied for sixth at 9 under.

Wagner, who had missed out on weekend play in his last seven tour-naments, couldn't match the seven birdies he had in the third round on his way to a 64. He bogeyed three holes in a five-hole stretch on the back nine and never recovered.

Blixt wins rain-delayed Greenbrier Classic by 2

Jonas Blixt struggles to lift the trophy as Greenbrier resort owner Jim Justice, left, watches after Blixt won the Greenbrier Classic PGA golf tournament in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Sunday, July 7. (AP Photo)

NSA coaching campDIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): The Nagaland Softball Association is conducting a coaching camp at the DDSC ground. A press note from the NSA has invited interest-ed players to contact Aosashi at 9774625706, Meren at 9089102032 and Rakseh at 9089410510 for necessary information. It further added that talented players from the camp would be selected to take part at the national and east zone championships.

27th Tuluni open volleyball tournament culminates

VK TOWN, JULY 8 (DIPR): The 27th edition of the “VK Area Open Volleyball Championship” 2013’ culmi-nated here on July 7 at the VK town volleyball court. The Championship was held under the aegis of the VK Town Union Dimapur, Nagaland (VTUDN), under its theme “To Unearthen the Unique Talent”, with players from 3 (three) districts at the three-day-long competition. The Longsa Sporting Club, Mokokchung were crowned Champions of the 27th Open Championship 2013 by defeating the local favorites VK Town Students’ Union (VKTSU) in three straight sets. The Champions also walked away with the cash prize Rs. 40,000, Medals, Trophy/Cup and certifi-cates. V.K.T.S.U ended up as the second and walked away with cash prize of Rs. 25,000 Trophy Cup, medals and certificates. The Sumi Vision Club Dimapur, who were the consecutive champions of the 25th and 26th edi-tion were reduced to third position/2nd runners up and was awarded Cash Prize of Rs.15000. The 4th berth and the best disciplined team was both clinched by the Dol-phin Club, Litta Old and walked away with cash prizes of Rs.1000 and Rs.500, respectively.

New Zealand Cricket names 20 contracted players

WELLINGTON, JULY 8 (AP): New Zealand Cricket has named six newcomers on its annual list of 20 con-tracted players as national coach Mike Hesson attempts to refresh a team plagued by under-performance. Prom-ising all-rounder Corey Anderson, test opening batsman Hamish Rutherford, fast bowler Mitchell McLenaghan, the versatile Tom Latham and Colin Munro and veteran left-arm spinner Bruce Martin have all been included for the first time on the list of players who will be paid retainers. South African-born all-rounder Grant Elliott has returned to the list after missing out last season while test opener Peter Fulton regains a place for the first time since 2009. Players on last year's list who have been dropped include former captain Daniel Vettori, who declined a contract because of injury, and fast bowler Chris Martin, who has retired. Test batsman Daniel Flynn, wicketkeeper Kru-ger van Wyk and one-day specialists James Franklin and Rob Nicol have also missed out. Contracts are awarded to players who score most highly on a weighting scale which measures performances in tests, one-dayers and Twenty20 matches, placing most emphasis on tests.

SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 8 (AP): The America's Cup challenger series got un-derway on San Francisco Bay on Sunday and Emirates Team New Zealand was clearly in control. Of course, it helped that there was no opponent.

The Kiwi catamaran sailed alone around the course to collect the first point of the regatta. The scheduled opponent, It-aly's Luna Rossa, boycotted, saying it will not race until an international jury hears protests regarding rules changes made after Andrew "Bart" Simpson of Artemis Racing was killed in a capsize May 9.

Did it feel like a victory?"No," skipper Dean Barker said, "For

us, it's just another day of practice in terms of getting better for the knockout stages in August." While the Kiwis put on a show for spectators lining the shore, it was hardly what organizers had in mind after soft-ware tycoon Larry Ellison reclaimed the America's Cup for the United States more than three years ago.

"I feel sorry for people coming down to watch to only see one boat sailing around," Barker said. "People come down to see a

contest and that's what we should be put-ting on. We respect Luna Rossa's decision not to sail. They've done it on their own de-cision, their own, merits, their own beliefs, but when you look at the shoreline, there were a lot of people there today, given it was just us sailing around alone. We need to make sure we give them something to watch."

This is supposed to be the most eye-popping America's Cup ever, with the sleek, space-age catamarans sailing three times the speed of the wind with a stun-ning backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. It's also the first time in the regatta's 162-year history that it's been contested inshore rather than miles out to sea. But the contest for the oldest trophy in international sports has been bogging down since even before it started. The accident that killed Simpson led regat-ta director Iain Murray to make 37 safety recommendations, including changes to the winglets on the rudders that he says will make the catamarans more stable, particularly as they speed downwind rid-ing only on hydrofoils.

Kiwis sail solo in first race of Cup trials

Emirates Team New Zealand foils just past the start while racing by itself during their Ameri-ca's Cup challenger series sailing race Sunday, July 7 in San Francisco. (AP Photo)

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AMERICAN magician CRISS ANGEL has put the boot into Britain’s very own DYNAMO.

The illusionist – the most popular

in the world in terms of online hits – claims Bradford-born Dynamo has nicked some of his tricks. Criss said: “It’s called stealing. It’s unfortunate

At first glance, these mesmerising pictures look like a collage of colour and monotone photos, each of a famous person. But look a little closer and the im-

ages suddenly reveal two iconic faces that look remarkably similar. They say history tends to repeat itself and appar-ently, from these images, that saying extends to looks too.

From Hollywood heart-throbs and singers to princess-es and civil rights leaders, artist Marc Ghali has found the perfect pairings from then and now. The Toronto-based graphic designer has combed through archives of photos to find similar poses people in the public eye today, and matched them with their historical counterparts.

MICK JAGGER has had 50 years to perfect his own brand of dad dancing. The

ROLLING STONES frontman has managed to keep going even though his 70th birthday is just around the corner — much of which is down to his intense fitness regime. He has got himself a fan in ONE DIRECTION’s HARRY STYLES — who is the spit of Mick as a lad. Harry got chatting to Torje Eike — Mick’s long-standing trainer and physio — at the Stones’ show in Washington last month and now hopes to emulate Mick’s moves by taking up ballet.

A source said: “Harry wants a career spanning decades like Mick’s and to have that he recognises that fitness, health and developing his body is the key. “He spoke to Torje about Jagger’s intense routine of kick-boxing, running, weights and, most importantly, ballet. “That’s the Achilles’ heel in Harry’s training. He can’t dance and neither can any

Singer John Mayer publicly de-clared his love for pop star Katy Perry on stage at the opening night of his `Born & Raised` tour.

The `A Face To Call Home` singer paid tribute to his 28-year-old on-off girl-friend on stage in Milwaukee, Wiscon-sin, reported Daily Star. The 35-year-old singer-songwriter told the audience that the `Wide Awake` singer, whom he recently rekindled his relationship with, is `more incredible than I ever thought` as he opened up about his throat surgery last summer, and explained how it ulti-mately brought him and Perry, who was at the concert, closer.

"I was just getting to know a girl and started really reconsidering just how dif-ficult everything was going to be, right as he (the doctor) was putting the nee-dle through my neck, because I was just getting to know this girl, and I wasn`t go-ing to be able to talk to her," Mayer said. "And she was more incredible than I ever thought," he added.

Mayer also said the couple spent a lot of time chatting online via video when they were apart and he is grateful to Perry for making so much effort when he could bare-ly speak. "She was so patient as to even con-tinue to get to know me and love me, while we would be on speaker phone," he said.

Mayer then dedicated his new song to the `Firework` hitmaker, saying, "This is a long time coming for us and I want to dedi-cate this next song to Katy, my Katy." The couple got back together last month short-ly after Perry admitted in an interview that she was still madly in love with him.

1. Iconic: Studies have shown that men tend to date women who look like their mothers. These two princesses are perhaps the most well-loved and world-famous young royals of their time, with Kate eerily resem-bling her husband's mother.

2. Eerie: It looks like U.S. Presi-dent Barack Obama wearing glasses, but the specs-wearing man is in fact Malcolm X, a stout advocate for the rights of black Americans in the 1950s and 60s

3. Divas: They are both world-famous American singers with huge voices. Rihanna in this picture looks strangely like Di-ana Ross, monotone, who was hugely successful in her hey-day

4. Heart-throbs: They are both teenage, and adult, heart-throbs for women the world over, and it's clear to see why. Both today's Brad Pitt and the late James Dean will live forev-er young in their multitude of films

5. Talent: Singer-songwriter Ali-cia Keys closes resembles the late Lena Horne, a similar figure in U.S. soul music in the 1960s and 70s. Ms Horne died in 2010

6. Steely: Leonardo DiCaprio ap-pears to be following in the footsteps of the late Paul New-man, with his foray into film production on top of his acting career. No news of a racing car career for DiCaprio, however

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Dynamo is no AngelMagicians feud over 'stolen' tricks

that some people have the lack of creativity and ingenuinity to be able to come up with their original stuff. But do you know what? I never look over my shoulder.”

He claims that Dynamo – real name STEVEN FRAYNE – pinched his walking on water stunt, and even the way he poses like Jesus. Criss added: “It’s not even just the material, I’ve seen literally parts of his show that people have shown me, he even steals my tableau, my pose. “I didn’t invent that pose, that was depicted by Jesus Christ, but I was the guy to do that in magic. I just think it’s sad, it’s pathetic.”

But Dynamo reckons Criss is just attention-seeking. He said: “I have performed over 300 pieces of magic, out of which a small number have also been performed by Criss Angel in a completely different way. Criss walked across a pool whereas I walked across the Thames. “I am from a different generation to him and have no desire to be like him.”

War of words ... Criss Angel and Dynamo

Harry Styles ‘ Wants to move like Jagger’

of the 1D boys — their choreogra-pher recognised early on that they shouldn’t dance on stage.” Ever since One Direction appeared on The X Factor in 2010, it’s been clear that dancing is not their thing.

But Mark’s boss Ramzy Kha-chik said: “Nobody works harder than ballet dancers. “It’s all about

grace, stance and strength. “Harry sees how supple Mick is, how he manages to stretch his body and do contortions. “It’s a brilliant art form and will get more grace into his movements — if you’re graceful you can get away with minimalistic moves, which is what their chore-ography is about.”

He's set to follow in The Rolling Stones star's footsteps by having

ballet lessons...

Avril Lavigne and her new husband Chad Kroeger on their Goth French wed-ding day last week.

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PORT OF SPAIN, July 8 (PTI): India will have to play to their full potential when they meet Sri Lan-ka in their last must-win league match on Tuesday to keep alive their hopes of making it to the final of the tri-nation ODI series.

The Indians, who redis-covered their spark courte-sy the crushing victory over the West Indies, will seek to keep the momentum going in the crucial game against the Lankans, who will be equally determined to se-cure a berth in the final.

It is a must-win situa-tion for the Indians but they may have a slight edge over Sri Lanka as the island-ers would not get any rest due to the rain-forced post-ponement of their game against the West Indies to be completed on Monday.

On the flip side, the In-dians will have to wait until at least Tuesday morning to know the mathematical calculations with regards to the finals berth given that all three teams are in with a chance.

The West Indies-Sri Lanka match, which was into its 20th over, had to be postponed to the reserve day on Monday after rain halted play. The Indians have no option but to wait for the result of this game to know exactly what they need to do to enter the final.

After losing two of the three matches they have played so far, Virat Kohli's men would need to be clear about the maths during the final league clash against the familiar foes.

The last time India and Sri Lanka came face to face, the islanders sailed past their neighbours with enormous ease. But the fa-tigue factor, which inciden-tally is also setting in on the clashes between the two South Asian rivals due to the sheer frequency, could prove to be Sri Lanka's un-doing on Tuesday. The Indi-ans would come into match

India face Sri Lanka in do-or-die clash

lONDON, July 8 (AFP): Andy Murray said on Monday he is deter-mined to push on from his stunning Wimbledon win and add further Grand Slam titles to his achieve-ments. Speaking after a near sleep-less night, Murray returned early morning to his press duties hailed as a national hero, having become the first British player to lift the gold trophy in 77 years.

His emotion-charged 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 win over top seed Novak Djokovic on a baking-hot centre court on Sunday left the 26-year Scot drained but still lucid over what faces him next in his tennis career. "I need to try and improve and use this hopefully as a spring-board to try and get better," he told BBC Five Live. "I may never win another slam, I don't know, but I'm going to try as hard as I can and keep working hard and not wor-ry about all of the other stuff that comes along with winning Wim-

bledon, and after a few days I will enjoy this and get back to work.

"I'm going to try and take a bit of a holiday and go away after the next three or four days. I will see all my family and go out for dinner and see friends and then head off for a week or so."

Murray said that the whirlwind of media interviews and official du-ties as a Wimbledon winner had left him in a kind of a daze and that getting to sleep at the end of it all late in the night had been all but impossible. "No-one could really believe it and I was the same," he

said of his own feelings and that of his family and entourage.

"You don't want to go to sleep in case you wake up and it didn't actually happen. I was just messag-ing my friends and laying in bed. It was tough to get to sleep last night.

"I'm sure I will see some of the newspapers around. I've some of the back pages and front pages of the newspapers this morning.

"I know I won Wimbledon yes-terday but what it actually means - I think that will take longer than 24 hours to sink in and understand it."

Despite the win, his second Grand Slam triumph after the US Open of last year, where again Djokovic was his victim in the final, but that time in five sets, Murray will remain as world number two behind the Serb. Replacing him one day as the top ranked player was something he aspired to, but Murray said he would not become obsessed by it.

Murray eyes more slams after Big W winMen's singles champion Britain's Andy Murray and Women's singles champion France's Marion Bartoli pose with their trophies during the Wimbledon tennis Champions Ball in London, Sunday July 7. (AP Photo)

Roger Federer ranked No. 5 for 1st time in decade

lONDON, July 8 (AP): Roger Federer has fallen to No. 5 in the new ATP rankings, the first time in a decade he's been that low. Federer's second-round loss at Wimbledon, a year after taking the title, drops him from No. 3. He was fifth in the rankings of June 23, 2003, two weeks before he won Wimbledon for the first of his record 17 major cham-pionships. Wimbledon champion Andy Murray remains at No. 2 on Monday, behind the runner-up, Novak Djokovic. Quarterfinalist David Ferrer rises one spot to a career-high No. 3, with Rafael Nadal fourth. Marion Bartoli, who won Wimbledon for her first Grand Slam title, moves from No. 15 to No. 7 in the WTA rankings. Serena Williams stays at No. 1 despite her fourth-round loss at Wimbledon.

quite fresh and on a high af-ter beating the West Indies in their previous game, a win that kept them in the hunt for a final berth. Kohli

provided the spark, after twin debacles in the first leg, with an inspiring hun-dred that was also his first as captain.

India climb to second spot in ICC Test rankingsDuBAI, July 8 (PTI): India moved a rung to second spot, ahead of England, in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Monday, while South Africa has strengthened its position as the numero uno side after the annual up-date of the championship table. Despite England having won its last two Test series against India, it now finds itself below MS Dhoni's side on account of less consis-tent performances in other recent series, in particular against Pakistan (0-3), South Africa (0-2) and tie in the away series against eighth ranked New Zealand (0-0).

However, Alastair Cook's team can reclaim the number two spot by winning the upcoming Ashes se-ries, starting on July 10 in Trent Bridge, Nottingham. England need to win by a margin of 3-0 or better to regain the second position. The Proteas have gained seven ratings points, lifting them to 135 points - 19 ratings points clear of second-ranked India.

The annual update ensures that the table continues to reflect recent form, with past results being discard-ed. At the recent ICC board meeting, it was decided that the annual update to the Test, ODI and T20I rankings would now take place on May 1 each year, rather than August 1, since it aligns better with the current inter-national calendar. "This change has been incorporated in the latest update, and has been backdated to May 1, 2013," the ICC said in a release. The updated table now reflects all Test series completed after August 1, 2010.

BCCI seeks explanation from Ravindra Jadeja

New DelhI, July 8 (AgeNcIeS): The on-field spat between two Indian cricketers – Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja – has prompted the BCCI to take a stern approach towards the incident leading the cricket board to reprimand the latter. The board has reportedly also asked for a written explanation from Jadeja. During a match against hosts West Indies in the ongoing tri-series, Jadeja lost his cool apparently after Raina missed two catches off his bowling in the 26th and 32nd over of the Windies innings. The first chance came in the 26th over when an edge ricocheted off wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik’s gloves and went past Raina at slip. The batsman was Kemar Roach. Later in the 32nd over, Sunil Narine was given a chance off the bowling of Jadeja as both Bhuvneshwar and Raina mis-judged a catch at long-on after the southpaw played a lofted shot. Narine followed that with a six. After the fall of ninth Windies wicket, Jadeja and Raina got in-volved into a heated argument that forced stand-in captain Virat Kohli to intervene.

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FILE - In this March 21, 2013, file photo, Julia Mancuso hits a gate during the first run of the women's giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine Ski Championships in Squaw Valley, Calif. Mancuso is holding her breath for the Sochi Olympics. So far, she can stay under water for more than a minute, too. The American skier incorporated freediving into her training program this summer in Maui, plunging under the ocean's surface to collect shells and gaze at aquatic life. Mancuso usually spends her offseason mountain biking and surfing the big waves around the island. (AP Photo)

lONDON, July 8 (AFP): They've both played 92 Tests, they are both world-class batsmen and they both scored a hundred on Test debut, in each case away to India. But it's the differences between Eng-land captain Alastair Cook and Australia skipper Mi-chael Clarke that prom-ise to make their personal

Ashes battle particularly fascinating when the latest clash between Test crick-et's oldest rival nations starts in Nottingham on Wednesday.

For while both men like to lead by example with the bat, Cook is seen as a popu-lar leader, capable of han-dling 'awkward' characters such as Kevin Pietersen, but a cautious tactician whereas Clarke is regarded as imaginative in the field

but has faced questions over his man-management.

Aged just 28, Cook has already scored more Test hundreds -- 25 -- than any other England batsman. He took over as full-time cap-tain when Andrew Strauss, Cook's old opening part-ner, retired after last year's home series loss to South Africa. Left-hander Cook

then struck three hundreds as Eng-land achieved a rare series win in India.

But during a subsequent drawn series in New Zea-land, Cook's field placings seemed overly defensive when compared to those of home skip-per Brendon Mc-Cullum. In the re-turn series against New Zealand ear-lier this season, England won both matches for a 2-0 series victory.

However, in the second Test in

Leeds, with rain forecast, Cook delayed his declara-tion until New Zealand had been set an improbable 468 to win and then denied off-spinner Graeme Swann some close catchers.

In the end, England dodged the showers and won by 247 runs. "It is very easy when you are sitting behind the rope to say, 'I would have pulled out with 350 on the board'," Cook said afterwards.

Cook and Clarke set for key Ashes series