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The Morung ExpressDimapur VOL. VI ISSUE 285 www.morungexpress.com

A Daily Publication of Morung for Indigenous Affairs & JustPeace

Monday, October 17, 2011 12 pages ̀ 3

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“Tax,Extortion,Price hike, Power failures, Kidnappings, never get invited to wed-dings....Thanks God we`re not effected by any of these!

Appeal on stolen vehicle belonging to a PastorDIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): On the night of the 14th of October, a white i10 Hyundai Vehicle, bear-ing registration number NL01 H 0645, belonging to Pastor Shan Kikon, Pastor of Faith Harvest Church, Kohima, was stolen from their family residence at High School Colony, Ru-leizou. The theft was com-mitted by people, who en-tered into the compound and the house, through ways known to them, in-formed a press note issued by concerned well wish-ers. The key of the car was also stolen from the very place where it is usually kept overnight, inside the house. “We assume that this could only be the work of those that are familiar with the house”.

The concerned well-wishers have made an ap-peal to those that have taken the vehicle to kindly return the vehicle back to the owners. The vehicle is not only a personal vehicle but also used for the minis-try of the Lord, regularly, it stated. At the same time, it also appealed to all people, that if anyone has any clue or knowledge whatsoever, of the robbery, to kindly influence and convince the people to return the vehicle back, or to inform the police as it was believed that the vehicle is still in Nagaland, hidden somewhere.

Rescheduling of AI flight on Monday DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): The Station Manager Air India Ltd Di-mapur has informed that due to operational reason, the following departure ex Dimapur is revised on Monday October 17. The departure of AI9702 to Kolkata will be at 1320 HRS. Reporting time for check-in formalities will start at 1145 HRS.

THIMPHU, OCTOBER 16 (REUTERs): For a sign of things to come with iso-lated Bhutan’s young de-mocracy, look no further than a draconian smoking law, some bar talk, and a Facebook page. For decades, Bhutan has been the world’s most reclusive kingdom, with conservative villag-ers living under an absolute monarch. The introduction of parliamentary democra-cy in 2008 by the then-king was forced on many reluc-tant subjects who still look to the monarch as the final arbiter of justice.

But earlier this year Kinley Tshering, then a me-dia consultant in the capi-tal, Thimphu, discussed with friends over drinks the jailing of a Buddhist monk for three years for possess-ing $3 worth of tobacco, one of the first to be prosecuted under a new law banning public smoking. More than 50 people have been jailed over the law, which allows police with sniffer dogs to raid homes in search of ille-gally imported tobacco and makes holding as much as a carton of 200 cigarettes a jailable offence.

Angry, Tshering decided

to form a Facebook page, a digital protest unheard of in this Himalayan kingdom of 700,000 people wedged in between India and China. Within months, the page had several thousand fol-lowers and was the talk of the town, signalling how a younger generation is em-bracing social media and democratic rights, confi-dently challenging an estab-lished order of elderly and mostly conservative leaders.

“Facebook was impor-tant. It opened the flood-gates for open criticism of the government,” said oppo-sition leader Tshering Tob-gay. “People feel the need to be more vocal. Only two years ago, criticism - con-structive or not - was quite anonymous.” It is not just social media but traditional newspapers - the first pri-vate ones appeared in 2006 - that are becoming increas-ingly aggressive in probes into the government.

No one expects any rev-olution in Bhutan, where the king is revered. There is broad support for the king-dom’s cautious embrace of globalisation and its phi-losophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH), the idea

Facebook may herald deeper changes in Bhutan

that personal well-being and the environment are as important as GDP. But, tentatively, Bhutan is be-coming a country where its first-ever democratic gov-ernment - elected in 2008 - may have to increasingly take into account its people, especially its younger and modern, urban and wired

generation.For decades, criticism

and grievances were aired among families and close friends. “There are a lot of speeches about GNH. It sounds like we are doing a lot,” said Tashi Choden, a senior researcher at the Centre for Bhutan Stud-ies in Thimphu. “But there

is a different reality on the ground. The youth are in-creasingly alienated. We could lose what we have if we are not careful.”

The predominantly Bud-dhist Bhutanese are mindful of the fate of other Himala-yan kingdoms: the monar-chy in Nepal was abolished after a civil war, Sikkim was

absorbed by India and Ti-bet by China. The marriage of King Jigme Khesar Nam-gyel Wangchuck on Oct. 13 to a young student may ce-ment the future of the popu-lar monarchy that acts as the checks and balances on an unsure democracy, funnel-ing grievances through the ancient rights of subjects to appeal to the king.

But there is far more scepticism about its elected leaders. “The next election (in 2013) will be fascinat-ing,” said Francoise Pomma-ret, a French anthropologist and historian who has lived in Bhutan for three decades. “I have no idea what will happen, but there are pro-found social changes. Our leaders will have to listen to a new generation.” Bhutan’s government faces a slew of challenges. Most glaringly, there is a massive genera-tion gap between an elderly conservative elite and young people who pose problems for the government that range from unemployment, urban gangs and drug abuse.

There is also a grow-ing disparity in wealth. Bhutan is not one of the world’s poorest countries - its GDP per head puts it

in the league of lower mid-dle-income nations - and yet more than a fifth of the population lives on less than $0.70 a day. Increas-ing expectations of better lives are fed by television, which was only introduced to the country in 1999, as well as the ever-more-fre-quent sight of expensive land cruisers plying Bhu-tan’s roads. “Is there is one thing that keeps lead-ers awake at night, it’s the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots,” said one senior govern-ment official, who asked to remain anonymous.

It is a change that goes to the far reaches of a kingdom roughly the size of Switzer-land. In the south, lower-caste villagers with historical Hindu roots are suing their upper-caste neighbours for discrimination, saying it is illegal under the new con-stitution. Pommaret calls it “a landmark in Bhutan’s history”. In Thimphu, some 200 people carried out Bhu-tan’s first-ever street protest in 2009 against the slow of-ficial reaction to the drown-ing of seven youngsters in a monsoon-swollen river.

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Locals wait to catch a glimpse of Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar namgyal Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema, seen in the poster at top, on their return to the capital following their marriage, in Thimphu, Bhutan on Oct. 14. Thousands of locals lined the streets to greet the 31 year-old reformist monarch of the small Himalayan Kingdom that wed his commoner bride in a series of ceremonies at a 17th century monastic fortress Thursday. (AP Photo)

Imkong WallingDimapur | October 16

After the ‘Bogus Teacher’ imbroglio, another teach-ers’ appointment scandal is quietly brewing (OR and on the brink of eruption) unaware to the majority of the masses. In this case, ac-cording to certain reliable reports, the state govern-ment has its back pinned against the wall, hit hard by a ‘contempt of court’ petition slapped against it. Though not in the larger public domain, this par-ticular case traces its root back to the year 2003 and has been brewing since; and could well further escalate into a big issue for a govern-ment already neck deep in ‘appointment’ crises.

Reliable sources, who are in the know of the hush-hush affair report that the case is with regard to filling of some 700 odd vacancies in the school education de-partment (i.e. appointment of under-graduate primary school teachers). The ap-proximate figure is tipped to be at 738 vacant seats for all the districts of the state, while excluding one.

The sources on condi-

tion of anonymity referred back to the year 2003, when the School Education De-partment had floated pub-lic advertisement inviting applications from eligible candidates to fill some 738 vacant posts of under-grad-uate primary school teach-ers. In response, aspiring candidates duly applied and had sat for written ex-aminations (Selection Test For Teachers 2003, the ‘Ad-mit Card’ issued that time reads), jointly conducted by the respective District Edu-cation Offices along with the NBSE. Subsequent to the tests, oral/viva voce in-terviews were called for the hopefuls, who had cleared the first leg of the selection process. The oral inter-views were said to have been successfully completed. Thereafter, only the final declaration of results and the appointment thereof; of the successful candidates, against the published vacant posts were awaited.

However, according to the sources, the result was never declared and is pend-ing till date. Days and months passed yet there came no in-formation with regard to the pending results. The ex-

asperated candidates, who appeared for the viva voce jointly, took the matter to court and a case was filed at the Gauhati High Court sometime in 2004, the sourc-es said. How long the hearing stretched could not be es-tablished. Nonetheless, the verdict came in favour of the litigants, yet they received little or no response from the government.

The aggrieved litigants finally, moved the Supreme Court this year. This time again, the verdict came in their favour with the apex court ordering the depart-ment in concern to re-con-duct the interviews. The government was thus forced to respond, while with the assurance that it will con-duct the interviews a second time for the candidates, who had appeared the oral inter-views back in 2003. It also came with the assurance that the process of re-con-ducting the interviews and the resulting appointment of the successful candidates will be completed within a specified timeframe i.e. by the second week of October (11-14), 2011, the sources fur-ther disclosed.

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Another teacher’s recruitment scandal

“I AM SAFE FROM MEASLES!!!!” Children from Mon show their marked finger after being given measles vac-cine during the Measles Catch Up campaign. (Photograph by Yongmei Konyak)

ITANAgAR, OCTOBER 16 (PTI): Holding Congress “responsible” for the socio-political unrest in the Con-gress-ruled NE states, particularly Arunachal Pradesh, BJP on Sunday alleged huge amounts of central funds had been diverted for funding political activities at the cost of development.

“Congress rule is synonymous with conflict and mis-governance,” party’s north east in-charge P Chandrasekhar Rao told in a press conference on Sun-day while claiming that the “infighting” within the ruling Congress in Arunachal has brought instability and halted all de-velopmental activities. “Governance has totally collapsed, causing suffering for the common masses, while huge amounts of central funds had been di-verted for funding political activities at the cost of development,” Rao alleged.

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ITANAgAR, OCTOBER 16 (PTI): Expressing concern over the on-going political crisis in the ruling Congress in Arunachal Pradesh, apex students body North East Students Organiza-tion (NESO) has demanded imposi-tion of President’s Rule in the state. “There is complete breakdown of law and order and common people are un-happy with the Congress government and its leaders,” NESO secretary gen-eral Gumjum Haider said in a commu-niqué here today.

In the state capital there is com-plete breakdown in law and order due to the government’s ineffective han-dling of situation, he alleged. NESO asked All Arunachal Pradesh Stu-dents’ Union to build confidence and mutual trust among all communities

of the state and urged all communi-ty-based youth organizations and students organisations of the state to think beyond political loyalties for peace in state.

Meanwhile, the peace committee of Arunachal Pradesh PCC in a meeting here yesterday has appealed to all sec-tions of the people to maintain peace and communal harmony and to work unitedly for restoration of normalcy in the state capital. It asked all Congress workers of the state to create a conge-nial atmosphere at this juncture. Both Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin and dissident leader Nabam Tuki have au-thorised AICC president Sonia Gandhi to take the final call to end the ongoing political turmoil in the state over the change of leadership.

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): The NSCN/GPRN-Khaplang today said that its “decision to deal with Azheto Zhimomi” is not for his role as a political leader or as a timber busi-ness man “but for individu-al criminal activities.”

The organization said “wishes to inform that the government’s decision to deal with Azheto Zhimomi is not for his role as a politi-cal leader or as the presi-dent of the timbers’ union but for individual criminal activities.”

According to a note from the NSCN/GPRN Khaplang ‘MIP,’ the “fact” that cadres from “the Khe-hoi group arrested suppos-edly-NSCN cadres from his

residence” have “proven” that the MLA is “harbor-ing, sheltering and using the Khehoi campers.” “It is not by coincidence that the Khehoi cadres were pres-ent in his residence,” the group said.

The NSCN Khaplang also said “the so-called He-mail Sumi” is not a member of the NSCN. “The state-ment issued by the Khehoi group in the newspapers claiming that Hemail was acting at the behest of our Emissary to the Collective Leadership, Kughalu Mula-tonu, is totally concocted as he had never met Mr. Mula-tonu personally or even con-tacted him telephonically,” the organization said.

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FNR asked to clarify on ‘hostilities’

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): The NSCN-Khaplang today asked the Forum for Naga Reconciliation to ‘clarify whether the provocative actions by the Khehoi campers are in tune or in line with the concept of reconciliation and cessa-tion of all forms of hostilities under its move for Naga reconciliation.’ “Here, the NSCN would like to ask the FNR to clar-ify whether these provocative actions by the Khehoi campers are in tune or in line with the concept of reconciliation and cessation of all forms of hostilities under its move for Naga reconciliation,” an MIP note from the outfits said today.

“The NSCN finds the latest allega-tions against the government in the form of clarifications issued by Azheto Zhimomi, MLA as well as the Khehoi campers ridiculous in the sense that the so-called clarifications are only con-cocted stories having not an iota of truth but with the sole intention of maligning the image of the NSCN.”

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DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): Former minister Ghutoshe Yepthomi passed away on Saturday 11:30 pm in Kohima after a prolonged illness. A diabet-ic patient, Late Ghutoshe was 70 years and left behind wife, two sons and two daughters. Late Ghutoshe hails from Asukhomi village. A brief send-off programme was

held at his residence in Kohima on Sunday at 9 am and his body taken to Zunheboto. His funeral service will be held at Nito Mount Zunhe-boto on Monday at 8 a.m.

Late Ghutoshe was first elect-ed MLA in 1977 with Congress ticket. He held Sports portfolio in 1982 and Medical in 1987. He was elected from Zunheboto constitu-

ency in all the elections. Speaking over phone, NPCC president S. I. Jamir described Late Ghutoshe as a staunch Congress man who served the party as vice president for some time but had to retire due to ill health. “With his demise we miss a great soul and dedicated Congress man,” Jamir said.

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KOlKATA, OCTOBER 16 (IANs): West Bengal’s Left Front ally All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Sunday demanded the amendment of a booklet pub-lished by the Lok Sabha secre-tariat that says Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died Aug 18, 1945 -- which is a matter of dispute. “We want amendment of a book-let published by Lok Sabha which mentions the day of Netaji Sub-

hash Chandra Bose’s death as Aug 18, 1945. It is a deliberate attempt to bury the truth about Netaji’s disappearance. It is a strategy of the Congress-led government to erase Netaji from the minds of the people,” AIFB state secretary Ashok Ghosh told reporters.

Ghosh demanded the accep-tance of Manoj Mukherjee com-mission report which stated that Netaji didn’t die in a plane crash,

as is widely believed. “We also want Netaji’s birthday on Jan 23 to be celebrated as ‘Deshprem Divas’ throughout the country and with this demand, we will or-ganise a ‘Jail Bharo’ movement onNov 18 and 21,” said Ghosh. Ghosh also demanded that the Trinamool Congress-led state government observe Jan 23 as ‘Deshprem Divas’ like the previ-ous Left Front regime.

Cong responsible for unrest in NE states: BJPNESO demands President’s Rule in Arunachal

Amend booklet mentioning Netaji’s death: Forward Bloc

Former minister Ghutoshe Yepthomi no moreNSCN Khaplang clarification on Azheto

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17 October 2011Monday2 Dimapur The Morung ExpressLOCAL

Kuzhovesa SohoPhek Town | October 16

A PMEGP first-batch ben-eficiary from Phek district, Kozope Chirhah, is today considered a successful Naga entrepreneur.

He had pursued sev-eral kinds of business and government jobs but faced major hurdles and failure. Chirhah struggled for his livelihood, yet firmly held on to Gandhiji’s principle of “dignity of labour”. He faced uncountable inter-views for government jobs but miserably failed.

The man refused to give up until he got a chance to apply for the PMEGP scheme during 2006. He ultimately succeeded in securing funds in 2008. A resident of Phek town whose dream was to be a successful businessman, Chirhah now says ‘there is a way out everywhere if one does dedicate in his or her assignment.’

Following his selection for the said scheme and subsequently availing the assistance, Chirhah, a pre-university qualified person, started working on his proj-ect. Chirhah served as teach-er in a private institution at

Kozope (extreme right) seen supervising the work at his project. His two sons and work-ers are also seeing in the picture alongside him. (Morung Photo)

A PMEGP beneficiary’s dreams come true

Phek till he could take up his commissioning project.

After receiving finan-cial assistance of approxi-mately rupees 11 lakhs, he worked tirelessly to secure a stone-crusher. He went to the extent of selling his assets in the month of May 2011, and then started com-missioning his project.

He faced major hurdles. Chirhah revealed that he was on the verge of giving

up unless the authority in concern came up to his res-cue. ‘I firmly believe that Almighty would answer my humble prayer,’ Chirhah maintained recalling his struggle.

He is currently seek-ing installation of a Pole Mounted Transformer with a capacity of 63 KVA 11/4 to run 25 Hp motor for his project. Chirhah is expecting the green signal

from the department side as the project would not only benefit him but ap-proximately 25 households from the installation.

Chirhah is currently in the process of retaining his sold assets. Today, the man has high praise for God for answering his prayers and making his dreams come true. This man now says struggle makes one’s life worthy.

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): The Naga Council has stated that it was horrified to learn that situation in Dimapur has come to such a pass that it was no longer safe even for public leaders who tirelessly work for the welfare of society. A press note stated that the attempt on the life of Yimchun-gru Tribal Council Vice-President on October 10, 2011should be an eye opener for all sections of soci-ety. “It was through sheer providence that the pub-lic leader lived to tell the tale and throw some light on the identity of the persons”, the Naga Council stated.

The Naga Council also condemned the twin vehicle thefts committed on October 3rd and 10th

where one of the vehicle owner’s life was attempted upon and the other badly beaten. In the other inci-dent committed on October 3rd, a vehicle owned by one Veshuhu Vero and driven by his son was way-laid by miscreants near their house at Naharbari colony and the vehicle, a brand new A-Star (Maruti) snatched away. That this was a pre-meditated plan can be gauged from the fact that the theft occurred near the victim’s family residence after the car was blocked by another car, a white coloured A-Star, the Naga Council stated and added “It is beyond repre-hensible that the driver was brutally attacked too”.

Naga Council being the apex tribal body of Di-mapur stated that it was deeply concerned at the

alarming incidences of anti-social activities occur-ring at regular intervals. The apex body appealed to the concerned authorities to apprehend the cul-prits at the earliest so that misunderstanding be-tween communities does not crop up at any point of time. The Naga Council, like any other like-mind-ed organizations held the view that criminals, irre-spective of any affiliation, underground or commu-nal deserve no leniency and should be prosecuted as such. It is also time for peace loving citizens of Di-mapur to be exceptionally aware of their surround-ings, the press note stated which was issued by Joel Nillo Kath, Finance Secretary and Dietho Rakho, Treasurer of Naga Council.

An old Konyak woman from Lungwa village, some 41 kilometers from Mon town keeping watch over a mat of maize be-ing dried in the sun. World Food Day was commemorated worldwide today, October 16 under the theme “Food Prices: From Crisis to Stability’. (Photo: Caisii Mao)

Our CorrespondentKohima | October 16

Cherry Blossoms Society started Cherry Blossoms School at Kohima in 2007 with a vision to have an in-clusive institution. It start-ed with 25 children includ-ing three differently able children. The number has risen to 137 this year with 28 differently able coming to school.

Cherry Blossoms Soci-ety helped in formation of parent’s body called Naga-land Parents Association for the Disabled in 2009 and helping to partner for the state and national level activities. The Society is a partner with DDRC Dima-pur under Red Cross Soci-ety Nagaland, in identifying spastic children and distri-bution of aids and appliance like wheelchairs etc.

“We are also happy to announce that one of our teachers is presently un-dergoing training as physio-assistance in Mobility India

Institute in Bangalore,” the Society said. Also with the help of social welfare and information technology department, the school has been recognised as one of vocational training centre among the 100 schools in all India. All the latest soft-ware’s which are disabled friendly are being provided by the ERNET- India which is sponsored by WIPRO. The Society is also trying to be partner with the National Trusts in creating aware-ness and schemes available for the people with disability.

“Our school has been open to people who wants to get the first hand infor-mation on types of dis-ability and nature of dis-ability,” it said adding that since 2008 it has visitors from SCERT, the in-service teacher trainee, research students and departments personnel from social wel-fare, medical and the edu-cation, who came on vari-ous occasion to meet the children.

Students performing during a variety show organized by the Cherry Blossoms Society in aid of Cherry Blossoms School, Kohima.

A vision for inclusive institution-Cherry Blossoms School Kohima

It said that Cherry Blos-soms School is presently housed in a rented build-ing and therefore need a permanent structure with its own building. “There-fore, we need materiel and financial support to come, so that all the facility for children with special needs and other normal children

can avail and work toward inclusions in our society.” At present the school is housed in a rented building and it required to expand in the land where already identified for future expan-sion. “We are still waiting for the Broadband connec-tion for the full activation of the institute,” it said.

For this very purpose, The Cherry Blossoms Soci-ety has recently staged a va-riety show in aid of Cherry Blossoms School, Kohima. Further, the Society also in-formed that a parents train-ing will take place on Octo-ber 24 and Badhte Kadam will be launched on Octo-ber 25 in Kohima.

ANFSA Kma unit calls meetingKOhIMA, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): The All Nagaland Field Staff Association, PHED Kohima unit notified all the work charged employees (Scale & Fixed) under PHED Kohima unit to attend the mass general meeting on October 19 at 10:00 am at Raj Bhavan Kohima. Stating this in a release, the Association requested all staff members to attend the same.

Workshop on Mid-Day-Meal SchemeKOhIMA, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): All the Sub-Divi-sional Education Officer have been informed that a Con-sultative-cum- workshop/training on Mid-Day-Meal Scheme will be held at Zonal Council Hall, Kohima on October 20, 2011. All Sub-Divisional Education Officers have been requested to come along with concerned MDM Dealing official/assistant to attend the same positively. The earlier circular for holding two days workshop stance as amended, according to a release issued by B.Tingshem, director (HSS) & nodal officer (MDM).

NWVA general meet on Oct 18 DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): The Nagaland Women Voluntary Association (NWVA) will be holding a general meeting on October 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm in the con-ference hall of the Working Women’s Hostel, Sanuoru. A press note issued by NWVA general secretary directed all members are requested to attend the meeting.

Helping Those In Need: The SBC Purana Bazar Youth Department had distributed food to the homeless and to street children in Dimapur. They hope that their act will serve as an encouragement to many in future to have a concern to needy people around them.

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): Christ for the Downtrodden Ministry (CDM) in collaboration with Voices, uplifting wom-en and children, conducted a special Gospel service-cum-free medical camp at Whophong Taro village in Karbi Anglong district, As-sam, on Sunday.

President of CDM, Ato Angami, in his message said that the greatest need of mankind in the present world is ‘Evangelism’ or to spread the word God to the unreached. Quoting Mark 16: 15 (“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”), Ato said that the word “go” was not a feeble request but a “great com-mission” for Christians to preach the Gospel and bap-tize the unreached. He also said that though Christians

may be persecuted (cf. Acts 8:4), they should not aban-don their duty as thou-sands of people were dying everyday without knowing Christ.

Pastor in-charge of Bap-tist Fellowship Whophong Taro Basti (BFWTB), Thungty Chang, chaired the special Gospel ser-vice. Women department of BFWTB also presented a special number. Earlier, treasurer BFWTB, Bapan Chang delivered welcome address while Deacon Seku Khiamniungan led the of-fertory prayer.

After the service, a medical camp was held for the villagers, especially for children and women. Se-nior specialist, Dimapur Civil Hospital, Dr. Reho Khieya and child specialist Dr. YG Zhimomi, assisted

by four nurses and medi-cal representatives treated the patients and distribut-ed free medicines. Mean-while, CDM president Ato thanked the doctors, nurses and medical rep-resentatives for the con-cern shown to the poor and needy by volunteering to conduct the medical camp. He also extended gratitude to Naga Council Dimapur president, Savi Liegise, for the constant support to the ministry and also extend-ing financial assistance in Sunday’s Gospel outreach programme.

Whophong Taro is a small village some 5km from Dimapur and is inhab-ited by a number of com-munities including Nagas, Karbis, Nepalis and others. There is no medical centre or pharmacy in the village.

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): T.L.Angami, Head GB cum Chairman, Industrial Village Razhuphe (IVR), stated that there is no Government land as such within Industrial Village Razhuphe and pointed out that IVR Council has served informations to all land holders within the village to col-lect village patta in favour of their land. Accordingly, many Department as well as many Government patta hold-ers have collected their respective vil-lage patta within the stipulated time given as per the law of the land.

However, heavy collection of mon-ey within IVR was being carried out by certain people for fighting against T.L Angami with regards to the land mat-ter within IVR. With regard to this, T.L. Angami in a press release stated that he has never fought against any rightful land owners for their respective plot of land and that he had rather allotted vast areas of village land to the thou-sand of landless Nagas and issued re-spective land pattas within his village. He raised his concern as to why those patta holders would go against him and

file case in the High court or the Su-preme Court for their land which has already been allotted to them?

He assured that with or without going to court, the village land which had been allotted to the landless Na-gas would continue to remain their land and the same will remain for their children. T.L Angami pointed out that “The law of the land is above all and the same will remain forever”. He thus stated that no Government employee, public or any of the villagers should go against the law of the land.

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): The United Naga Democratic Socialist Party (UNDSP) held its 4th general session on Oc-tober 15, 2011 at its Central Office. A press note issued by C.N Lotha, general secretary UNDSP stated that the party adopted some resolutions. The party expressed concern about the border tension between Naga-land and Assam, especially Merapani sector as the people are living in fear and tension. UNDSP requested to the government of As-sam and Nagaland to restore peace and har-mony in the border areas without further delay between the people of the two sates.

During the meet, the party also appreci-ated the government of Nagaland and Cen-tral government for taking up the Railway line project from Dimapur to Kohima and

Dimapur to Tizit and Tuli and urged the government to take up the work without further delay. The party also congratulates the FNR for the Naga National Reconcili-ation for their tireless effort in brining to-gether the top Naga political leaders head-ing to the formation of one Naga National government and appeal to the Naga people to give unflinching support to the peace process and reconciliation.

The party also condole the sudden de-mise of late Yanjo Chang, the president of UNDSP Tuensang District on August 10, 2011 at the young age of 45. “Late Yanjo Chang was hardworking, honest, sincere and dedicated party worker who work for the party for three years till his death. May his soul rest in peace,” stated UNDSP.

Governor to grace painting workshop todayKOhIMA, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): Governor Nikhil Kumar will grace the inau-gural function of the week-long painting workshop on October 17, 2011 at The Heritage, old DC Bunga-low, Kohima at 4:00 pm un-der the aegis of Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, Shillong in collaboration with the department of arts & culture, Government of Nagaland. The inaugural function will be chaired by I. Himato, commissioner & secretary for art & culture. Introductory speech will be given by art executive Vilalhou Noudi while Dr. U.S. Tiwari, advisor LKA, Regional Centre Shillong will talk on art promo-tion in the region. After formal declaration of the workshop and exhibition open by Governor, vote of thanks will be proposed by K. Kughazhe Yeputhomi, director, art and culture. All art lovers have been in-vited to the workshop.

T.L. Angami informs IVR landowners

Pedestrians passing through the ongoing road construc-tion work in Kohima town. In view of the construction work being carried out in the main town, traffic regulation has been enforced for several days resulting diversion at some routes. Police requested the public to bear with the same. (Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero)

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Naga Council horrified by Dimapur situation CDM Gospel service-cum-medical camp

(back row from left) CDM president Ato Angami, Dr. YG Zhimomi, Dr. Reho Khieya along with nurses and medical representatives before the start of the free medical camp at Whophong Taro village, Karbi Anglong district, on Sunday.

Wokha NCP meet held DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16 (MExN): The Nationalist Con-gress Party (NCP) organizing committee for Wokha district had a co-ordination meeting on October 7, 2011 at Wokha Town. Besides members of the organising committee and the NCP State officials, the meeting was attended by party supporters which included GBs and leaders from various villages representing 37 A/C and 38 A/C. It was resolved to strengthen and reorganize the party units in Assembly Con-stituencies and Wokha District. The party has appointed a new team under 38- Wokha A/C after the approval of the State President with Shumbenthung Kithan as President 38 A/C, Thungchamo R. Ezung as vice president 38 A/C. Mon-gthungo Tsanglao has been appointed as the Youth Presi-dent 38 A/C along with Thungchio N Ezung as the General Secretary (Youth Wing 38 A/C) and Nyanbemo T. Ngullie as the Joint Secretary (Youth Wing 38 A/C). The party will soon be setting up the other primary units and the NCP Wokha District Office, informed a press note.

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Gorkha Mahila raffle draw postponedDRAUPADI LAMA, President, Gorkha Mahila Samiti Ko-hima has informed through a press release that the Raffle Draw of GMS, Chandmari, Kohima have been postponed to October 30, 2011 due to some unavoidable circum-stances. The Samiti has requested all to bear with them.

NWC seminar today in Kma The Nagaland Women Commission in collaboration with the National Commission for Women, Delhi is organizing a one day seminar on October 17 at 10:00 am at State Academy Hall, Kohima. The following organizations/NGOs have been requested to attend the meeting positively. Two delegates each from Angami Public Organization, Angami Women Or-ganization, Nurse Association, Naga Students’ Federation, NPMHR, one delegate each from all ward women represen-tatives and all ward Head GBs and representative from all tribal community (One man and one woman each).

Mon DPDB on Oct 17 The monthly meeting of Mon District Planning & development Board for the Month of October will be held on October 17 at 1:00 pm in the Conference Hall of Deputy Commissioner, Mon. All Board members and elected representatives of Mon district are requested to attend the meeting without fail.

Dimapur DPDB meet on Oct 18 The Dimapur District Planning and Development Board meeting for October will beheld on October 18. Time and venue remains the same. All the DP&DB members are requested to take note of the change of date and attend positively.

NPF 3 Dimapur – III A/C meetingThe president of NPF 3 Dimapur –III A/C has informed that in the view of constituting of the party office bearers, a meeting has been convened on Oct 19 at Hotel Sara-mati, 1:00 pm. MLA Azheto Zhimomi shall be attending the meeting as such the existing office bearers of A/C par-ent body, Youth Wing, Women Wing and all the six units’ office bearers to attend the meeting.

ANSTA Meeting Oct 20The All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) convened its executive body meeting on 20th October at LCS building, near AO church Midland Kohima at 10 am. A press release issued by its general secretary L.Asang has requested all the executives of the concerned units/sub-units to make its convenient to attend the meeting. Further, it also informed that those units/sub F units who have not paid membership for 2011 are also requested to submit during the meeting without fail.

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The Police Baptist Church Chumukedima Youth Department during their visit to Living Bread Ministry (LBM), Thahekhu Di-mapur on Saturday. During the programme, Youth Director Imtinungsang Sangtam (2nd row, 3rd L) shared the word of God. LBM founder S. Aosungkum Ozukum (extreme left), LBM members and the youth members of Police church are also seen.

Dimapur, OctOber 16 (mexN): The Eastern Nagaland Students' Union Dimapur (ENSUD)has condemned the death of Lirichum Sangtam, 20 and Lordson Sangtam, 25 of Tsi-throngse village in a road mishap with 13 IR jawans of E company on October 13.

A press note issued by its president P. Honko Luk-lem and general secretary Setsipa Sangtam of ENSUD questioned the credentials of the 13 IR Commander and jawans of E company who they claim tried to create unhealthy environ-ment in a peaceful area and for trying to flee from the scene. They even went to the extent of firing to dis-perse the public gathered in the spot where the accident had occurred, ie. at Murise village.

Further the ENSUD has appealed to the CMO of Dis-trict Civil Hopital, Dimapur to clarify why there was not even a single doctor present at the emergency ward and who is responsible for the death of Lordson Sangtam, who would have been saved with the timely interven-tion of a doctor, if proper medications were provided.

It is to be noted that when the patient was brought to the hospital at 8:45am by his father, there was not a single doctor

available till the demise of the injured patient at 11:05 am. The ENSUD urged the concerned authority to take strict action against the doctor, who had taken a life.

Meanwhile, the EN-SUD expressed its im-pugn for the clarification made by the Additional SP & PRO Dimapur, where he claimed that the IR jawans in the truck did not try to flee but had also evacuated the injured to the hospital. Whereas the ENSUD officials vis-ited the scene and took the statement of the eye witnesses to clarify the facts, it was learnt that the unfortunate incident had occurred due to the reckless driving of the IR Jawan and they did not even took the injured per-sons to the hospital.

The ENSUD have ap-pealed the higher authori-ty to compensate the death of Lirichum Sangtam and Lordson Sangtam without further delay as they were the sole bread winner of their family and to take stern action against the commander and driver of the 13 IR of E company. The ENSUD will take its own course of action if justice is denied and the ENSUD would not be held respon-sible if any untoward inci-dent happen.

IR personnel action flayed

Dimapur, OctOber 16, (mexN): The Khezhakeno Village Council, the Khezhakeno Welfare Society, Kohima, the Khezhakeno Peoples Union, Pfutsero and the Khe-zhakeno Union, Dimapur District deliberated over the incident meted out to the Sodzulhou Villagers on the 10th October 2011.

Kemvu Koza, Chairman, Khe-zhakeno Village, T. Kamo, Head GB, Khezhakeno Village, Neikhape Chiezou, Khezhakeno Peoples Union, Pfutsero, Merhaso, Chair-man, Khezhakeno Welfare Society, Kohima, Ichinyi, Vice President, Khezhakeno Union, Dimapur Dis-trict in a joint press release stated that the mob intruded the village area with the clear intention to harm the peaceful atmosphere of the vil-

lage and thereby resulting injury to innocent villagers.

The Khezhakeno people in gen-eral strongly condemned the mob at-tack and wild allegation against the Sodzulhou Village and stated that this was instigated by Kodolhou Mowo, Er. Krosii Rhetso (husband of Mrs Vira-vore Rhetso), Tohokhu Sema and Iho-to K. Shohe.

The Khezhakeno people ac-knowledged the Chakhesang Hoho Dimapur District, Chakhesang Youth Organisation, Dimapur Dis-trict, Chakhesang Students Union, Dimapur District, Chakhesang Mothers Association, Dimapur Dis-trict, Chakhesang Youth Front, Phek District for their timely intervention and extending their fullest co-opera-tion and support.

Dimapur, OctOber 16, (mexN): More Union continued to uphold Azheto Zhimomi against the threat pronounced by NSCN/GPRN (K). Aqahuto Area GB’s Union (ATKK) and The Dimapur District Citizens’ Forum (DDCF) also voiced their concern in differ-ent press statements.

ATKK has expressed deep shock over NSCN (K) statement to initiate action against Azheto Zhimomi, MLA cum Advisor, Sericulture & Co-operation. Ve-kuto Swu , Gen. Secretary, Aqa-huto Area GB’s Union & Phushito Aye , President, Aqahuto Area GB’s Union issued the press note where it was stated that “This is unbecoming for any group to level a threat on a leader elected and representing the people, for no fault of his”. It was pointed out that their empathy for Azheto Zhimomi was not because he is from Aqahuto area but because of the relationship he maintains with the people and that it was strongly believed that he had been falsely alleged.

It was also mentioned that the people of Aqahuto area look upon the leader as an honest and re-sponsible leader, who is selflessly devoting his time to uplift the Naga people as a whole. ATKK therefore sincerely appealed to NSCN (K) to arrive to an understanding re-solve the matter in the interest of the peace loving people. Further,

the union also appeals the GPRN/NSCN for safe release of Bokato alias Hemail Sumi at the earliest.

In another similar instance, the Dimapur District Citizens’ Fo-rum (DDCF) appealed NSCN (K) to rethink and withdraw its deci-sion to take action against Azheto Zhimomi also an advisor of the DDCF.

I. Temjen Jamir , general sec-retary, DDCF and Richard Haolai, Office Secretary, DDCF in a press note stated that Azheto Zhimomi is the “People’s Representative” to the Nagaland Legislative Assem-bly from Dimapur and it is beyond the belief of the forum that he would be responsible for the arrest of an NSCN (K) official.

The press note also added that it was shocking to hear that an ad-visor of the forum has come un-der the threat of an underground organization when the citizens of Nagaland are hungry for a last-ing peace in the land. The forum stated that it was hope of the citi-zens that the proposed action will be withdrawn at the earliest for peace among all sections of the so-ciety particularly in Dimapur and Nagaland in general.

Further, the Dimapur Sumi Council has stated that it is not the time to point fingers at each oth-er as nothing can be achieved out of accusing one another. DSC in a press statement issued by Z.Ihoto Awomi, general secretary, DSC

expressed shock over the threat issued against the public leader Azheto Zhimomi. The Council also appealed the underground factions to restrain from taking any actions and settle the matter amicably.

The Western Sumi Kukami Hoho in another press release stated that Azheto Zhimomi has no involvement whatsoever in the arrest of NSCN (K) function-ary and has requested the NSCN/GPRN (K) to exercise wisdom and withdraw the statement. APeto Assumi in the press note pointed out that Azheto Zhimo-mi is an astute leader, with much invaluable contribution towards social upliftment. It was also stated that “Such rash and irre-sponsible act of threat and intim-idation upon respectable leaders would set an ugly precedent for anti-socials”. The Hoho also ap-pealed the citizens to readily de-ter any inimical elements that threaten the civil society and so-cial harmony.

The Naga Council Dimapur also appealed both sides to sort the matter and resolve any misgivings with large-heartedness. In a press note issued by Savi Liegise, presi-dent, NCD, it stated that “we con-sider it important in view of the Naga family arriving at a suitable juncture awaiting new and hope-ful phase of understanding and reconciliation which is brought

about by the great sacrifices of all National workers, politicians and others concerned”. It was also stated that NCD is a neutral civil body representing various com-munities of the Naga family en-deavoring to promote harmony among all citizens. The Council appealed to both concerned to ob-serve mutual goodwill which will greatly impact the general public towards upholding good relation-ship in a fraternal spirit.

Aqahuto Area Students’ Union also in a separate press note con-demned and termed the threat as ‘outrageous’ and ‘unacceptable’. Inato Sumi, President, AASU, in the press note stated that Azheto Zhimomi hails from Aqahuto area and therefore the union expresses their solidarity towards him and his family and extended their full support.

Kachari Tribal Council, Na-galand in another press note ap-pealed the NSCN/GPRN(K) to re-voke the ‘proposed action’ against Azheto Zhimomi and find a solu-tion to the ‘problem’ through mu-tual trust and understanding for the greater interest of all con-cerned. Joseph Mech, Informa-tion and public secretary, Kachari Tribal Council, Nagalnd, stated in the press note that the Council finds Azheto Zhimomi to be very honest, lovable and straight for-ward leader with no ill intention to any group or individual.

Sastami Village council appeals GPRN/NSCN

Dimapur, OctOber 16, (mexN): Sastami Village council has appealed GPRN/NSCN author-ity for safe release of A. Kits Achu-mi, Finance secretary NSCN (K) in-charge Kohima, who was arrested or abducted on October 15 from his residence at Agri Colony, Kohima. G.Tkiho Labo, Council Chairman, Sastami village and H.Mughato Kinny, VDB secretary, Sastami vil-lage stated in a press statement to ensure ‘safe release’ of the said cadre on ‘humanitarian ground’ and said that this kind of arrest or abduction among the different fac-tion would ‘jeopardize’ the effort for reconciliation initiated by FNR among the Naga factions.

Khezhakeno orgs condemn

More unions make appeal for AzhetoASTM flays Dimapur, OctOber 16 (mexN): The Aset-kong Senso Telongjem Mokokchung (ASTM) has in a release con-demned the actions that unfolded following the incident on the evening of October 10 between Ben-dangwapang S/o Late Ko-ranuken and another girl. The release appended by I. Ali Aier and Tzuwar, President and Secretary of ASTM respectively said that the actions in the heart of the Ao land were against the custom-ary and traditional prac-tice. The release further added that the ASTM fully supports the inves-tigation that is currently being undertaken by the Mopungchuket Senso Telongjem Mokokchung.

Painting workshop from todayKOhima, OctOber 16 (mexN): The Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, Shillong in collab-oration with the state’s de-partment of art & culture is organizing a week long painting workshop from October 17 at The Heri-tage, Kohima. Governor Nikhil Kumar will grace the in inaugural function as the chief guest at 4:00 PM. All art lovers are in-vited to the programme.

Dimapur, OctOber 16 (mexN): In the lead up to the highly anticipated ‘Festival of Lights’, Lions Club of Dimapur organized its annual Deepawali Mela – 2011 on Sunday, October 16. Parliamentary Secre-tary for Border Affairs, Ir-rigation & Flood Control, Y. Patton joined the festivity as the chief guest. He was accompanied by his Assem-bly colleagues, MLAs Azhe-to Zhimomi and L. Temjen Jamir.

Patton, while con-gratulating Lions Club of

Dimapur for organizing the event called upon the gathering to join hands and work towards a better society. Further lauding the club for their yeoman’s service to the society, Pat-ton said that the services of a philanthropic organiza-tion like the Lions Club will go a long way, as the society at this juncture is in need of such kind of social service. The government alone can-not provide everything to the citizens, he added. Pat-ton also donated a sum of Rs one lakhs to the Club.

Lions Club Deepawali Mela

Parliamentary Secretary for Border Affairs, Irrigation & Flood Control, Y. Patton, accompanied by his Assembly col-leagues, MLAs Azheto Zhimomi and L. Temjen Jamir at the annual Deepawali Mela – 2011.

Dimapur, OctOber 16 (mexN): The Congress Legislature Party Leader and Leader of Opposition Nagaland, Tokheho Yep-thomi has stated that the Nagaland Congress Legis-lature Party is extremely saddened at the sudden demise of Ghutoshe Yep-thomi, former Minster of Nagaland on October 15, 2011 at the Kohima residence.

A condolence note stated, “Late. Ghutoshe Yepthomi was a dedicated leader who always showed utmost sincerity and dedi-cation towards the welfare of the people. On his death the Nagas in general and the Sumi in particular have lost a prominent leader. I, on behalf of the Congress Leg-islature party convey heart-felt condolences to the be-reaved family. May his soul rest in peace”

Khekiho Zhimomi, MLA, Rajya Sabha in another press note, ex-pressed his grief over the untimely demise of late Ghutoshe Yepthomi. The MLA said that he recalls the dear years together as

students and their joint endeavor in the United Front of Nagaland (UFN) in the mid seventies. He stated that “He was a man of high integrity who earned the sympathy of the people and whose im-pressive sense of simplici-ty made it assessable to the public to share their griev-ances at all times”.

K h e k i h o Z h i m o m i stated that even after he relinquished from the Government his advice and sympathy towards the cause of the people was ever available till he breathed his last. He also mentioned that he was an able leader and that he would be missed. He shared his condolences with the bereaved family and he said that it was his humble prayer that God would shower peace and solace upon the family members

The Kulolau Yepthomi Küqhakulu (the Western Yepthomi Union) in a simi-lar press note, expressed how deeply saddened the union was over the demise of Late Ghutoshe Sema,

the former Minister, Gov-ernment of Nagaland. The union pointed out that the departed leader has served the people of Nagaland on various capacities as leader of the students in his young-er days, as public leader in civil societies, and as Mem-ber of Legislative Assembly and Minister for various Departments between the years 1977 to 1989.

Aheto V. Yepthomi, Chairman, KYK, through the press note stated that he was also the first Chair-man of Nagaland Khadi and Village Industries and had served the Pradesh Con-gress Committee on vari-ous capacities. His passing away would create a big vacuum in the lives of Sümi community in particular and the Naga people as a whole.

It was added that “His services for the uplift-ment of our people shall be always cherished even though he is no more”. The KYK conveyed their deep-est condolences to the members of the bereaved family and prayed for solace and strength to all of them.

Demise of former minister Ghutoshe Yepthomi mourned BRIEF BIO DATA OF LATE GHUTOSHE SUMI,

FORMER MINISTER OF NAGALAND

1. Name: Late Ghutoshe Sumi, son of Late Xuvishe Sumi of Asukhomi Village. 2. Born : September 30, 1941. 3. Matriculated in 1964 from Zunheboto Government H.E.S. 4. Graduated (B.A.) in 1970 from St. Edmund’s

College Shillong. 5. Marriedin1970:Blessedwithfivechildren-

Three sons and two daughters. 6. Served as teacher at Sumi B.E.S Zunheboto (1970-72). 7. During school and college days served as a student

leader in various capacities at various levels. 8. POLITICAL HISTORY:

a. Role in political parties: i. President UDF Zunheboto District (1971-72) ii. President DCC (I), Zunheboto District (1973-74) iii. General Secretary NPCC (I) (1978-80) iv. Vice President NPCC (I) (1991-2001)

b. Elections contested and results: i. 1974 contested as Independent Candidate under

35 Assembly Constituency: Lost. ii. 1977 contested with Congress Ticket from 35 A/C:

Won and served as MLA (1977-82). iii. 1982, re-elected from 35 A/C with Congress Tick-

et: Served as Chairman, Nagaland Khadi Board (1982-85); Minister of State for Sports and Youth Welfare (1985-87), (visited Moscow, Russia dur-ing Indian Youth Festival in July 1986).

iv. 1987, re-elected from 35 A/C with Congress Ticket: Served as Minister for Health & Family Welfare (1987-88). v. 1989, contested with Congress Ticket from 35 A/C: Lost. vi. 1998, contested with Congress Ticket from 35 A/C: Lost.

9. Served as Social Worker till his death.

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NEW DElhi, OctObEr 16 (Pti): Aiming to grab a pie of India’s robust economic growth, at least a dozen US-based corporate giants are lobbying hard with their lawmakers to help them enter or expand further in this fast-growing market. The is-sues on which these companies are lobbying with the US government range from facilitating the market access to easing of foreign invest-ment rules in India to help further expansion of their businesses here, show the lobbying disclosure reports filed by them with the US Senate.

These large US-based multi-nationals include the likes of the world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores, the coffee shop giant Star-bucks and financial services majors Morgan Stanley, New York Life In-surance and Prudential Financial. Besides, technology major Intel,

chemicals major Dow Chemical, pharma giant Pfizer, telecom majors AT&T, Alcatel- Lucent, as well as de-fence and aerospace giants like Boe-ing, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are soliciting the support of the US government for furthering their In-dian business interests. In addition to these large corporates, there are numerous other smaller size com-panies seeking support from the US lawmakers to help them enter or ex-pand further in India.

Together, these companies are estimated to have spent millions of dollars on their lobbying activities on various issues, including those re-lated to their Indian interests. Lob-bying is a legal activity in the US, but the companies and their lobbyists are required to inform the US Senate about such activities through a quar-terly disclosure report detailing the

issues, the concerned government departments and institutions and the related expenses. A host of In-dian companies, including the coun-try’s biggest private sector company Reliance Industries, and even the Indian government, have also been lobbying in the US for many years to present their case with the American lawmakers.

India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, and a host of the companies from across the world, including from the US, are seeking to enter this market or further expand their busi-ness here. Despite a global economic slowdown, countries like India and China have delivered an impressive growth. The average annual growth rate for the lower-middle income countries such as India and China at about 7 per cent in past 20 years has

been more than three times that of the high-income countries like the US at little over 2 per cent, as per the World Bank estimates. However, the foreign investment ceilings in a host of sectors in India have come in the way of the US companies seeking to expand here, and they are seeking the help from their government to facili-tate their expansion plans.

While some firms like Wal-Mart have been lobbying for many years with the US lawmakers to help them set up shop in India, a few others such as Starbucks and Morgan Stanley have also begun such activities recently for their India-related causes. Starbucks, which runs the world’s largest coffee shop chain, has been seek-ing an entry into India for many years, but it began lobbying on this issue in 2011 only.

With the increase of division among the Nagas, some groups like the so

called NNC (Non-Accordist) led by Kiu-makam and friends have become mad and creating troubles among the Nagas. These people used to write with maximum mis-takes many times through Nagaland dai-lies, saying, “Naga National Council (N/A) has convened a Tatar Hoho meeting on October 12, 2011 at 10: 00 a.m. All Tatars of NNC (N/A) has been requested to attend the meeting” and they used to claim about their (NNC-N/A) Kilonsers, Dy. Kilonsers, Tatars, Midan Peyus, NNC Army etc. It is a shameful thing. Such people are collecting taxes and creating unnecessary troubles to all Nagas without knowing anything about the practices and Yehzabo (Constitution) of the Naga Nation.

The provisions of the Yehzabo (Con-

stitution) of Nagaland had clearly shown about the responsibilities of the Naga National Council (NNC) and the Fed-eral Government of Nagaland (FGN). The NNC and FGN are two entities. In accordance with the Articles 8, 30 (a), 137, 143 and 144 (1) & (2), there can be no Tatars, Kilonsers, Midan Peyus, NNC Army and NNC Tatar Hoho of the NNC. But shamelessly this group used to write often so. Whereas NNC is the National Council and not a Government. NNC has actually no Army, Tatar, Kilonser and Midan Peyu by Law. Hence sincerely I advise them to learn first and then serve the Nation and let them not repeat so in the days to come.

T.L. Chaih.Original NNC/FGN, Leader

Intensive orientation training for Anganwadi helpers heldKOhima, OctObEr 16 (mExN): The de-partment of social welfare, Nagaland organ-ised 2 day intensive orientation training for all the Anganwadi helpers under ICDS project Tseminyu from October 13 to 14 last. The pro-gramme was held at Rengma VDB Conference Hall and was chaired by Imkongzenla Jamir, CDPO Tseminyu. DTH Anthony, joint direc-tor social welfare acted as resource person. In his speech, he said the Anganwadi helpers are also equally important as they are in the im-plementation of the ICDS scheme. They are lucky one among the women in the villages.

He further said that there are like mis-sionaries as they are moulding the young and tender ones in their villages. The pro-gramme aim at imparting knowledge and skills to the Anganwadi helpers on different topics such as duties, health and nutrition education, population control, HIV/AIDS, management of Anganwadi centre, mainte-nance of registers, health and hygiene and pre-school activities.

ZBS celebrates Parents DayDimaPur, OctObEr 16 (mExN): The Zeme Baptist School (ZBS), New Jalukie has celebrated Parents’ Day on October 12, 2011 at its school premises New Jalukie. Ahiam, Publicity & Information Peren Division, NPF stated that Denis Elunglung President, Peren Division, NPF graced the occasion as chief guest. Elunglung spoke on the occa-sion, advising parents not to be disheartened to support their children in getting quality education. Further, he addressed to parents to take their responsibility in getting their children true education, which will lead their children career prospect. In conclusion the school authority thanked parents and chief guest and his colleague and other distinguish personality present at the occasion.

SBI, Wokha Branch, organizes “Financial Inclusion Programme”

S K Tiwari, Chief Manager (Inspection), State Bank of India, ZIO, Bhubaneshwar, speaking as Chief guest at the “Financial Inclusion Programme” at Yanthamo Village on October 15. Three villages: Yanthamo, Yimkha and Okhye participated in the Programme, orga-nized by State Bank of India, Wokha Branch.

Top US corporate giants lobbying hard to enter India

Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung, Lithrongla g Chishi interacting with the unger Village Council members, VDB Members, Village education Committee and Village health Committee during her visit to unger Village on October 14. (SDIO, Changtongya)

DimaPur, OctObEr 16 (mExN): Sanskar Bharati, Naga-land Unit organized a competition on Talent Search in Painting on Oc-tober 15 at Pranab Jubilee Audito-rium, Dimapur on the theme “Our Culture Our Identity” around 110 students from four schools of Di-mapur - Pranab Vidyapith Hr. Sec. School, S.D. Jain Hr. Sec. School, Ram Janaki Hr. Sec. School and St. Mary H.S. School participated in the competition.

This competition was a part of the events under the Vision 2020 Plan of Sanskar Bharati Poor-vottar which is in the process of organizing ‘Bal Kala Sangam’, a three day long NE Level Children Art Festival in the fields of paint-ing, dance, drama, music and lit-

erature scheduled to be held from December 29 to 31 at Kalashetra and Sarusaujai Stadium, Guwa-hati, where Lata Mangeshkar, Pondit Yosharaj Mishra, Actor Mukesh Khanna, Nana Patakar, Smriti Rani, Sushmita Sen, Danc-er - Sonal Man Singh, A.P.J. Abul Kalam, former president of India will grace the pragramme to en-courage children artist of the NE India, informed a press note.

The participants and the dignitaries appreciated the ef-fort of Sanskar Bharati in their mission of promoting Art Edu-cation among the children. The event was coordinated by Manoj Bhattacharjee and Neeraj Soni, in-charge of Sanskar Bharati Nagaland Unit.

Talent Search in Painting held

Learn first and then serveNEW DElhi, OctObEr 16 (agENciEs): Mobile operator Vodafone has pe-nalised telemarketing com-panies for making unsolic-ited calls to its subscribers, and deposited Rs.50,000 with the Telecom Regulato-ry Authority of India (TRAI) collected as fine. This is the first such instance since the new regulations on telemar-keting calls came into force last month.

“TRAI is monitoring and enforcing the regulations for protection of customers from unsolicited commer-cial calls and SMS. In this regard, Vodafone penalised

the first batch of telemarket-ers by deducting the penalty from their security deposits on October 12. Vodafone, the service provider, has depos-ited Rs.50,000 with TRAI in compliance with the regu-lations,” the TRAI said in a statement on Friday. On September 27, the TRAI en-forced ‘The Telecom Com-mercial Communications Customer Preference Regu-lations.’ Violators could be penalised up to Rs.2.5 lakh, while habitual offenders would be blacklisted.

Under the new regula-tions, subscribers can opt for either the ‘Fully Blocked’

category or the ‘Partially Blocked’ category where they would receive commercial SMS as per their choice. For registering under the ‘Fully Blocked’ list, a customer can either call 1909 or send SMS ‘START 0’ to 1909. To curb companies and people from sending commercial SMS, the TRAI has restricted sub-scribers from sending more than 100 SMS per day. How-ever, dealers of telecom ser-vice providers and DTH op-erators, e-ticketing agencies, social networking sites and agencies providing directory services have been exempted from this.

Vodafone fines telemarketing firms

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Another teacher’s appointment scandalA bulletin, in this regard, was also published in the news-

papers in the month of July by the School Education Depart-ment informing those candidates, who had appeared the viva voce interviews of 2003, to submit their ‘Admit Cards’ in original. Near about 700 candidates is said to have surren-dered their original admit cards in response. Came October 14, by which date the interviews and appointments were supposed to have been completed as specified. However, again the government failed to live up to the assurance. And the reasons for which could not be ascertained. The govern-ment failing to meet the dateline and further failing to im-plement the earlier order of the Supreme Court, the litigants filed ‘contempt of court’ petition against the government the same day at the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court. The hearing is scheduled for October 17, the sources said.

Cong responsible for unrest in NE states: BJP

He said the ruling Congress failed to solve the imbroglio in Manipur where the bandh call to demand a Sadar Hills district has entered its 75th day. “There is acute shortage of essential commodities and the people of Manipur are pay-ing skyrocketing prices for anything they buy,” he said.

“The frequent infighting within the Congress in Megha-laya has made the Chief Minister’s seat a musical chair while the NCP, despite being a coalition partner of the Congress at the Centre, plays the role of opposition in that state,” he said. Senior BJP leader LK Advani is scheduled to visit Itanagar and Guwahati on October 20 as part of his Jan Chetna Yatra, BJP national general secretary Tapir Gao said.

NSCN Khaplang clarification on AzhetoThe NSCN/GPRN Khaplang called as “laughable” that

the ‘Khehoi group’ is “claiming that Mr. Mulatonu used Rs.4.86 crore when he was Kilonser for only 40 days. On this, the NSCN Khaplang challenges the Khehoi group to show ev-idence and publish in the newspapers within one or two days. On this, we assure you that any individual found guilty and using the name of the government will not be spared.” “The Khehoi group led by Khole and Kitovi has proven by their ac-tions that it is not aware of the realities behind the Naga politi-cal issues and is only interested in disturbing the peaceful at-mosphere and encouraging bloodshed, violance and enmity in Nagaland, particularly in Dimapur and Kohima.

Therefore, the Khehoi gang has no moral right to judge the NSCN as it is they who have taken the offen-sive approach,” the note said.

Further, the NSCN Khaplang asked the ‘Khehoi campers’ to spell out “whether it intends to continue to work for individual gains rather than the Naga po-litical cause.” “The NSCN does not expect or demand sovereignty or independence from the Khehoi group and likewise, they should not act as if it expects to attain sovereignty from the NSCN. The NSCN is aware of what peace and unity among the Nagas is and, therefore, it ad-vises the Khehoi group not to issue childish statements to confuse the Nagas,” the MIP note added.

FNR asked to clarify on ‘hostilities’The group demanded that the Forum for Naga Rec-

onciliation “should clearly spell out whether it supports such criminal activities.” The NSCN said to have decid-ed that “henceforth, if any of our members are captured or abducted, it will retaliate in equal terms for which the Khehoi campers will be held totally answerable for it is they who took the offensive.” The MIP note said the “Khehoi campers have been harping on peace and rec-onciliation under the banner of the FNR whereas is has been randomly indulging in kidnapping and abduction and forced recruitment of genuine NSCN members.”

The note alleged that from “UT-1 (Dimapur)” itself “at least 10 NSCN members and at least another three members from the central secretariat were abducted and kept in custody at Khehoi camp.” “While some of these have been released on conditions, some are still in their custody. The NSCN therefore, has decided that if such provocation by the Khehoi campers continues, confron-tation is inevitable and that it is ready to respond in equal terms for which the Khole-Kitovi group of Khehoi camp-ers will be held solely held responsible and answerable.”

Despite such provocative actions, the “Khehoi gang” still claims to be committed to the move spear-headed by the FNR to foster peace, unity and recon-ciliation among all Nagas, it added.

Facebook may herald deeper changes in Bhutan

A highway through a national park connecting east-ern Bhutan with the central part of the country has sparked national debate on television, and protests to the prime minister. The new taste for popular debate is not restricted to an urban, educated elite: village mi-grants studying in college towns are embracing Face-book. And the government is smoothing the way, setting up computer centres in many rural areas.

Dupthob Tashiyangtse, a lawmaker from a remote ru-ral region in the east, recounted how, after he was elected, villagers started making all kinds of demands including asking him to charge their mobile phones or pick up their groceries. “When we campaigned we told them we were here to help them,” Tashiyangtse said. “They took us liter-ally. People are now coming forward. They are more de-manding.” And everyone talks about the Facebook page. “People are coming out,” said Tshering, who is now manag-ing editor of Business Bhutan, a newspaper that has spear-headed investigations into the government. “We were real-ly surprised by the reaction, quite scared actually. We were unsure what the government would do.” In fact, the prime minister signed up on the Facebook page, a signal that the leaders of this country may see the tide cannot be turned.

But it is not without tension and fear. Organisers say the street protest was photographed by plain clothes police. A normally assured prime minister angrily accused a news-paper of playing to foreign interests over an investigation into a state lottery scandal. There is a long way to go. Many people are still reluctant to talk openly. Change will prob-ably come hesitantly. Asked is he had any more plans for pro-tests, Tshering smiled, and said: “That was enough, for now.”

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Kohima, october 16 (mexN): In realisation of the vision of the Chief of Army Staff, in dedicating the year 2011 as the ‘Year for Disabled Soldiers’ the For-midable Fifty Six, on behalf of the Spear Corps, organ-ised an Ex Servicemen (Vet-erans) Rally and Seminar at Likabali Military Station, District Dhemaji (Assam) on October 14 last.

The aim of the rally was to spread the message of ‘com-passion and concern’ and to create awareness in the envi-ronment as regards the ben-efits being made available to the disabled soldiers, and the physiological and psycholog-ical rehabilitation of the dis-abled soldiers, the veterans and their families.

The Station Command-er, Likabali Military Sta-tion, was the Chief Guest on the occasion. A large number of veterans, war widows (Veer Naaris) and widows of veterans, as also a large number of senior of-ficers from army and civil dignitaries, graced the occa-sion. The programme com-menced with the singing of the National Anthem. This was followed by the obser-

vance of Two minutes’ si-lence in remembrance of the valiant martyrs who had sacrificed their lives in the service of the nation.

Speaking on the oc-casion, the Station Com-mander said that the sol-diers who risked their lives and limbs in the highest call of duty, are our real heroes. He stressed that these brave soldiers though not in ser-vice now, would always re-main an integral part of the service fraternity. He also reaffirmed the army’s com-mitment, the highest re-gard, respect, concern and above all, the assurance, that their services rendered and sacrifice in upholding the highest standards and traditions of selfless service of the armed forces would never ever be forgotten. The Station Commander also stated that the veter-ans soldiers are a part and parcel of the mainstream of the organisation, since they have made immense sacri-fice in the service of the na-tion and it was the duty of the organisation to extend a helping hand to them whenever needed. He as-sured all present that such

rallies for the welfare of the veterans, the war disabled and the Veer Naaris and widows of ex servicemen would continue to be held from time to time.

Welcoming this move of the Army, Colonel (Re-tired) PK Deori, on behalf of the veterans said: “It is very good of the organisa-tion, to continue the great moral support and tremen-dous help that it has always been extending to the dis-abled soldiers, who during

the course of their service to the nation, have gallantly fought on the borders in all the wars and various other operations, in keeping with the noble values of self-less service and upholding the honour of the armed forces. He further thanked the Chief of Army Staff, for initiating such a thoughtful and noble gesture towards the betterment of the dis-abled and other veterans". It is noteworthy, that there are approximately 2,500

‘war-disabled’ veterans at the country level, out of which, many are from the North-Eastern states.

Various stalls were set up at the venue of the ‘Ex-Servicemen Rally’, by the Zila Sainik Welfare Board, to provide information on various matters concerning the benefits, facilities and welfare measures, for the disabled soldiers including pensionary benefits, re-set-tlement issues, vocational training, rehabilitation,

employment and health / the Ex-Servicemen’s Con-tributory Health Scheme (ECHS). A free medical aid camp was also organised by the army wherein the ser-vices of various medical spe-cialists were made available to the veterans and their families. The army authori-ties had made elaborate and extensive arrangements for the event. The veter-ans were also disseminat-ed information about the various schemes available to the veterans, disabled soldiers and war widows, through the Central Gov-ernment and the various State Governments, which are tailor made for them. A sumptuous lunch followed the grand event.

The Administration Commandant, Likabali Mil-itary Station presented the vote of thanks, and thanked one and all for their active participation in large num-bers to make the event a great success, and he also assured of the continued support to all the disabled soldiers and veterans of the region.

This was stated in a re-lease issued by RK Palta, Col, PRO (Defence) Kohima.

NE ex- servicemen rally held on theme of ‘disabled soldiers’

Veterans being briefed about various welfare benefits and schemes available for veterans and disabled soldiers.

GUWahati, october 16 (tNN): Myanmar's as-surances that it would not allow its territory to be used for insurgent activities against India has prompted chief minister Tarun Gogoi to demand Ulfa hardlin-ers' commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah's ouster from the neighbouring country. A spokesman of the ministry of external affairs on Thurs-day, during a briefing on the ongoing visit of Myanmar president U Thein Sein to India, said in New Delhi on Friday that India has received assurances that Myanmar territory will not be allowed to be used for insurgent activities against India and both sides will remain in close and regular contact in this regard.

"This is very good news for the northeastern region and for Assam in particular as Ulfa and some other NE militant outfits are based in Myanmar. We know that Paresh Baruah is there too. Like Bhutan and then Ban-gladesh, I think Myanmar too should oust the Indian militant outfits and Paresh Baruah from its territory," Gogoi said here on Saturday. He said though Myanmar is not an immediate neighbour

GUWahati, october 16 (tNN): The Centre has finally managed to con-vince the pro-talks Ulfa led by Arabinda Rajkhowa to deposit its weapons ahead of the peace negotiations scheduled for October 25. However, the faction has deposited just 57 assorted weapons, a number believed to be far smaller than the outfit's actual arsenal. A suspension of operations agreement was signed by the Centre on September 3.

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said, "Initially, there was some objection from Ulfa leaders to depositing the weapons, but the government has convinced them to do so. It is a uni-form policy followed with all outfits that before talks start they should de-posit their weapons, stay in designated camps and not resort to any extortion."

Gogoi said the first round of talks between Ulfa and the Centre since the tripartite ceasefire agreement was signed last month will be held in New Delhi on October 25. A memorandum of settlement would also be signed with

the United People's Democratic Soli-darity (UPDS), another militant outfit of the state, on October 24 in New Del-hi, the chief minister informed.

He added, "However, there are forces like the Maoists, ISI and anti-talk groups who are trying to derail the peace process that we are carrying out with militant groups. They know that once the process is completed, the state will make development in leaps and bounds." Giving details of the deposit of weapons with the Cen-tre, state home secretary G D Tripathi told TOI, "They have so far deposited 57 weapons but they might still have some weapons with them. We will be getting the rest of the arms as well."

The senior home department offi-cial added that the 57 deposited weap-ons are currently stored in the house of a pro-talks Ulfa leader, but are un-der the joint custody of the local police and the Ulfa leader. "They are under a double-lock safe custody, with keys to one lock with the local police offi-

cer and the other with the Ulfa leader. Very soon, we will be shifting these weapons to the camps where the Ulfa cadres will be staying while the peace talks proceed," Tripathi said.

The pro-talk Ulfa cadres will have to stay in designated camps, which they want to be named as Assam Naba Nirman Kendra. The home sec-retary said, "There will be nine such camps in the state and the camp at Goalpara is ready to be handed over to the cadres. When the cadres of that area move into the camp, we can shift the deposited weapons there."

The Ulfa faction had so far been re-fusing to deposit their weapons like other outfits that are holding peace talks with the government. The Ulfa leadership was demanding an "honourable" walk-in into the discussion without depositing weap-ons, but the Centre finally convinced the outfit to agree to its demand. The home secretary said the Rajkhowa faction has also submitted a list of the cadres of the pro-talks Ulfa, who number 297.

of the state, having a good re-lationship with the country would not just improve the security situation in Assam but also help develop the economy of the region under India's Look East Policy.

"The hotbed of insurgen-cy in the state is at the junc-tion of Sadiya (upper Assam), Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar. This area is inter-connected and provides easy access to militants to sneak in and out of Myanmar," Go-goi said. The chief minister added that the NDFB and Ulfa wreaked havoc in the state in throughout the 90s from their headquarters in Bhutan. After the 2003 Bhu-tan offensive, the two outfits shifted base to Bangladesh and then to Myanmar when

Bangladesh clamped down on them, he said.

Recently, Myanmarese forces attacked camps of In-dian militant outfits though no casualties were reported on either side. The Indian militants are sheltering at a unified camp in the Taga area of Kachin region in Myanmar, which is close to Indian territory. This camp houses the mobile military headquarters of Baruah's Ulfa faction and also serves as the base of eight other outfits from Manipur, in-cluding the NSCN(K).

"Ulfa has about 80 to 90 members in the unified camp. Top leaders of Ba-ruah's group like Jibon Mo-ran, Michael Deka Phukan, Bijoy Das and Sujeet Mohan are hiding at the camp. How-ever, we are not sure about Baruah's presence. Ulfa has three other camps in Myan-mar - the Arakan base with about six cadres, the Naga base with about eight in-mates and the 28th battalion headquarters with just three rebels," said Gogoi. Security sources said that besides Ulfa and NSCN(K), Myan-mar is also the base of mili-tant outfits including the PLA, the UNLF, Prepak and the KYKL from Manipur.

Newmai News NetworkImphal | October 16

THE MANIPUR UNIT of Naga People's Front (NPF) said today that the comment of Manipur Peo-ple's Party (MPP) leader O Joy on the former party was unfortunate. On Friday, one of the local dailies in Imphal had quoted O Joy as say-ing," NPF is a communal party and that the Nagaland government and the NSCN-IM are behind it."

Reacting to O Joy's s com-ment today, Manipur unit NPF general secretary Kho John said, "Wind of change is sweeping across many parts of the world thereby putting an end to oppres-sion and suppression. Tyrannical and autocratic rules are drasti-

cally getting subdue from peoples particularly in the Middle East and West Asian countries.

"To New Delhi and the world, North-East India seems to be a re-mote and sensitive region, but to many experts, it is not without its potentiality and importance. Tak-ing this particular issue as most vital, the Naga Peoples’ Front was formed so as to vouch for a common platform in the region and struggle together for a common destiny of its people for progress and prosper-ity through regional ideals".

The Manipur unit NPF then stated that the expansion of this fledging and vibrant regional po-litical party is just to consolidate for a common platform for the Nagas as well as for the region

and strive together for a change in the region by promoting peace and understanding and to devel-op socio-economic and cultural values in all fronts by jointly pro-tecting and respecting each oth-ers’ rights and aspirations.

It is in this backdrop that the expansion of NPF in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur is being welcome by all particularly by the South Nagas. In this regards, the NPF Manipur State Unit assures other likeminded political parties of the region that, the NPF will go beyond mere electoral politics to broaden the relationship among the indigenous peoples through inter political party dialogue, the NPF said today.

"However, it is to the sur-

prised of the NPF Manipur State Unit to come across in the local dailies of Imphal papers, in which one highly respected and veteran politician and a hardcore region-alist leader, Mr. O. Joy Singh has been repeatedly saying that, 'NPF is a communal party and that Na-galand government and NSCN-IM are behind it'. The repeated comment made by him is very un-fortunate and unbecoming of him as he’s been one of the senior most parliamentarians of the state. The NPF expect a better gesture from a parliamentarian like him so that the party can also look upon him as regionalist guardian cut-ting across ethnic line. Besides, we also feel that the minds of the innocent masses should not be

misguided or incited further with such comments in this deeply volatile and fragile ethnic divided state like Manipur," the NPF said.

The NPF Manipur State Unit then said it also likes to clarify once and for all that the NPF is purely a regional political party with the approval of the Elec-tion Commission of India and within the framework of the Indian Constitution. As per the party’s provision and purview, it can be expanded across the region or country like any other political parties of the region or country. "Lastly, the NPF clari-fies that, it has no nexus or link whatsoever with any under-ground or groups outside the Indian Constitution," it said.

NPF Manipur clarify on communal slur

Oust Paresh, CM to Myanmar

Ulfa deposits weapons with Centre ahead of “peace talks”aizaWl, october 16 (NNN): The Hmar People's Convention (HPC-Demo-cratic) denies its involve-ment in the killing of James Dimasa near Haflong in NC Hills district of Assam on October 13 and the burn-ing down of Dimasa houses at Longen village near Ha-flong on October 14.

James Dimasa, once a dreaded militant laid down arms ceremonially on Oc-tober 2, 2009 when the DHD (J) surrendered to the government. James later withdrew from the outfit and raised his own splinter group. On Thursday, when he was returning from his resident, his Safari car was attacked by two unidentified gunmen at a place just three km from Haflong town. They

pumped bullets into James’ body who died on the spot. His body guard and a friend who were also in the vehicle, were however unhurt.

On Sunday, the Hmar People's Convention (Dem-ocratic) strongly condemns such acts of killing and burn-ing down of homes of inno-cent villagers. "In the inter-ests of peace, harmony and co-existence between indig-enous communities in the district, the Hmar People's Convention (Democratic) appeals all to refrain from indulging in violence that could deteriorate conditions and incite communal hatred among different tribal com-munities in the hill district", the release signed by its Sec-retary, Information Public-ity John F Hmar added.

Hmar militants deny involvement in killing of former DHD (J) leader

aizaWl, october 16 (NNN): Mizoram Chief Min-ister Lal Thanhawla said the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) has nothing to do with his faith. Lal Thanhawla was reacting to the accusation of the main opposition party in the state Mizo National Front (MNF) led by former Chief Minister Zoramthanga who had condemned and decried Chief Minister Lal Than-hawla for attending the last Durga Puja at Kolkata.

Mizoram Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee while strongly reacting to the accu-sation by the MNF party said that Chief Minister Lal Than-hawla and his wife attended the 25th Dushera Anniversa-ry & Cultural Function at IB Block Sector III, Kolkata Salt Lake as the Chief Minister was the chief guest and no reli-gious related programme was held but rather a programme on cultural integration. The Mahila Congress Committtee added that former India Presi-dent Giani Zail Singh and for-mer Governor of Mizoram had attended Church servic-es which showed that India is a secular state.

On Saturday, MNF vice president R Tlanghmingth-anga said, “MNF strongly con-demned Lal Thanhawla for

attending the Hindu festival and hope that the Mizoram Chief Minister will seek for-giveness towards God.”

Dwelling at length, R Tlanghmingthanga accused Lal Thanhawla of betraying his God and forsaking Chris-tianity by attending the rites and rituals performed dur-ing the last Durga Puja festi-val at Kolkata. The Telegraph daily in its October 9 edition had published a photograph of Chief Minister Lal Than-hawla and his wife Lal Ril-iani while gracing puja cel-ebrations in Kolkata. The MNF leader further said that though India is a secular state but our leaders were very careful when the questions of religious rites and rituals are concerned but inspite of this, Lal Thanhawla and his wife had attended the Dur-ga Puja celebration which the MNF regarded as “be-traying his God and forsak-ing his Christianity”.

The MNF party also accused the Mizoram Chief Minister of break-ing coconut in Hindu ritu-al during the inauguration of Mizoram House in New Delhi on January 9, 2009 and also during the inau-guration of Tuivawl bridge on January 24, 2010.

Mizoram Chief Minister decry opposition doubting his faith

Paresh Baruah

Blockade affects train services

in RangiyaraNGiya, october 16 (Pti): Train services at Rangiya station were affected following a 'rail roko' agitation by candidates appearing for Group-B examinations organ-ised by the Railway Recruit-ment Board here on Sunday.

More than 1200 candi-dates stopped trains at the Rangiya station alleging that the question paper for theex-amination was leaked in Gu-wahati and the answers faxed to some candidates in the ex-amination centres here, police sources said. The agitating stu-dents also alleged that some candidates were allowed to go into the examination centre with mobile phones.

Division Railway Manag-er, Rangiya Division A K Ma-nasa along with senior railway officials rushed to the spot and assured the agitators that an inquiry would be initiated into the allegations following which the blockade was lifted after nearly three hours. The trains detained at Rangiya station included the Lokmanya Tilak Express and Kamrup Express while the Rajdhani Express, Brahmaputra Mail and Sip-hung Express along with some other trains were controlled at other stations of lower Assam, NF railway sources said.

Assam governor appeals for peace in Dima HasaoGUWahati, october 16 (Pti): Assam Governor JB Patnaik today appealed to people to maintain peace in Assam's Dima Hasao district where violence has claimed one life and several houses have been set ablaze. "It is very unfortunate that fresh violence has started in the district and some houses have been burnt down. I ap-peal to all to maintain peace at all costs and the situation is not allowed to turn into ethnic clashes," the Governor said in a statement here. He asked the authorities to en-sure that all disorderly elements are controlled.

One person was killed and three others were in-jured in fresh violence in the district when attackers, claiming to be members of the local underground outfit Hills Tiger Force, swooped down on an ethnic Dimasa village, Gaijan, and set ablaze 16 houses late last night. Eight houses were burnt down at Chota Longri village and chief of surrendered insurgent group Dima Hasao Daogah (James) James Dimasa, at Haflong on Friday.

They (Maoists) do not pursue any ism, they have no ideals. They are ‘su-pari’ killers, jungle mafia. People hate violence. We initiated the peace pro-cess. We will continue the negotiations, but you (the rebels) have to lay down arms…I am giving you (Maoists) a seven-day ul-

timatum to lay down guns. Think over it. We will not tolerate any more violence. Killings and nego-tiations cannot go hand in hand

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

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Letters to the editor

Recently, during the trial in London of Pakistani crick-eters accused of match fix-ing, the prosecution lawyer made damaging revelations

about illegal betting syndicates in In-dia, run by “shadowy figures”. These syndicates were the conduits of $50 bil-lion worth of bets in the cricket econo-my, he said.

Separately, but perhaps relatedly, the International Cricket Council has been urging authorities in India to le-galise cricket betting. It argues regulated betting syndicates will be less prone to fixing matches and bribing cricketers. While cricket betting should certainly be legalised in India, will this alone end the fixing challenge? This belief ignores how contemporary fixing works.

In the 1990s, fixing was straightfor-ward: You paid a cricket team to lose a match. The captain — maybe both cap-tains — was essential to pre-deciding the result of a game. To ensure success, you had to coordinate buying off a num-ber of influential cricketers playing a particular match. Sometimes a bribed cricketer may not have known that his team mate too had been paid money by the same syndicate.

This was an expensive operation simply because it depended on a number of actors (cricketers) delivering on their individual deals. If some honest and in-corruptible cricketer decided to bowl a great spell or score a fabulous, game-changing hundred, the fixer’s best laid plans would crash. All this made match fixing extremely difficult; it depended on too many variable inputs.

Resultantly, ‘episode fixing’ arose as a product that the market needed. This entailed pre-determining or rig-ging specific episodes related to spe-cific bets. For instance, if a batsmen was 99 not out at tea, you could bet on him not reaching a century and, in fact, get-ting out in the first over after the break. This would appear a legitimate bet. If you managed to make contact with the batsman while he was sipping tea and settled on the right price, you would be very rich within a few minutes. This was the genesis of spot fixing.

Yet, that is not all. Between 2000 and now a new animal has taken over the betting business: Online betting.

Betting websites are fascinating in their operations and in many ways approxi-mate trading in the stock market. The odds for a match are set not by an indi-vidual bookie or a consortium of wise men but by the market.

Take a simplistic example. Australia is playing England at Trent Bridge. My friend and I place the first bets on an on-line betting site. I bet £100 on England and my friend bets £50 on Australia. In-stantly, the odds are set at 100:50 or 2:1. A third man comes in and places £10,000 on Australia. Immediately, the odds change and lopsidedly favour Australia.

That aside, online betting sites can function as betting exchanges, allowing you to buy or sell contracts, in the man-ner of a stock market. You can ‘short the market’ by agreeing to sell a contract cheaper than the market price, but without holding it, only because you know that an event/episode will take place on the field shortly that will cause contract prices to drop and allow you to buy cheap. Now what if you paid money to influence that event/episode? Such a transaction would be at the heart of

spot fixing.What if you disagreed with the odds

the market has set for a match or a bet? Online betting companies allow you to set your own odds, within certain limits. The weight of money you bring in and the odds you set also have an impact on the overall, market-determined odds.

Odds keep changing as a match pro-ceeds. You can bet at various stages of the match and fine-tune your bet given your understanding of the game’s tra-jectory. If your understanding is de-termined by insider information — as opposed to merely a cricket fan’s as-sessment — there’s a fortune waiting.

How quickly do odds change in the course of a match? This depends on how fast-paced the game is. An illus-tration may help. A Test match is being played between England and Australia. England has eight wickets in hand and two sessions of the fifth day in which to score 120 runs to win. The odds are very much in England’s favour.

Now the first three overs after lunch are all maidens. Not a single run is scored. The punters and bookmakers

are not moving an inch. They realise three maiden overs mean nothing in the context of the match.

Translate this scenario to a Twen-ty20 match: England needs 100 to win with seven overs to go and five wickets in hand. Over number 14 is a maiden, not one run is scored. The online betting sites go berserk, the odds change mas-sively. Now suppose the batsman had been bribed to play out that maiden over.

It does not necessarily follow that England will lose the match. The same batsman could bat with commitment and hit three sixes in the next over he faces, taking his team to victory. His deal — and the fixing syndicate’s inter-est — may have been limited to pre-determining over 14, not on pre-deter-mining the entire match. That is why spot fixing is not always equal to match fixing. Match fixing is often a collateral consequence of spot fixing.

Spot fixing is most lucrative when the odds are volatile and when there are high chances of one bad or good over or one dismissal affecting the odds. As such, T20 is better suited to this indus-try than a five-day Test match.

Market statistics bear this out. Cricket — especially T20 cricket — is one of the most bet on sports on betting sites. Betfair (www.betfair.com) is the world’s leading sports betting company. According to insiders, a top golf tourna-ment, say the US Masters, would attract bets worth £2 to 3 million on Betfair.

Cricket seems to do better. During the 2010 T20 World Cup in the West Indies, each match drew bets worth £3 million to 4 million. In contrast, the In-dian Premier League, which preceded the T20 World Cup by a few days, saw betting amounting to over £12 million per match on Betfair.

This is betting, it could be contend-ed, and betting on a legal site. How does it suggest fixing? To be fair it doesn’t. It does indicate though that Indian and Pakistani and South Asian punt-ers — who clearly bring the incremental bets to the Betfair site during marquee cricket tournaments — are investing a king’s ransom on cricket gambling. The motivation for some of them to rig events is strong. The legal status of the betting site makes no difference.

Source: The Pioneer

Cricket’s crime syndicate Are shadowy syndicates in India pumping $50 billion into the cricket economy

as illegal bets? Will legalising betting rid cricket of scandal and shame?

Response to AAsu statement•-It is compelled to rejoinder inflammatory statement published in newspapers on10/10/2011, by the general secretary of all Assam Students’ Union Tapan Gogoi and Executive Members Manaor Hussain. The statement is ridiculous, hearsay, baseless, unfounded, bogus no head no tail. According to their statement, it is observed that both of them are not original Ahom (Assamese) blood. Their statement is exactly similar the story of ‘Blind men and Elephant’.

Accept, the Assam Home Secretary Shri. G.D. Tripa-thi statement, who visited Merapani Area on 11/10/2011 (Tuesday). He has seen personally with his own eyes the situation and given accurate, correct statement. But Ta-pan Gogoi and Manaor Hussain statement at sixes and seven, baseless unfounded, bogus and quite contrary only “TRIGGER THE TENSION” among the people living in the border areas.

The writer from his boyhood was reading school from lower classes to higher classes in Assam Golaghat, Jorhat and Guwahati etc. During the whole period, he personally contacted, conversation sitting with many age old people of Ahom Assamese about the kinships people of Ahom (Assamese) and the Nagas, not that but also read Ahom (Assamese) Boronge.

In addition to Ahom (Assamese) Boronge, age old people Ahom said; the main kinships, relations was during the Burmese invasion Ahom, the Nagas were supported and help a lot. Even Ahom king was allotted “ASYLUM” (SANTUARY) in Nagas soil. At that time the Burmese troops searched the Ahom King and un-traced, therefore, the wife of Ahom King Queen (JOY-MODI) was severely tortured by the Burmese troops and death. Therefore, her husband Ahom King was constructed (JOYHAGAR) at Sibsagor in memorial of Queen JOYMODI.

The Ahom King married Naga lady name (IDALU-MI). In this way Ahom (Assamese) people and the Naga people were became one family, thereby loved among Assamese and Nagas continued hundred and hundred year, still exist.

Regarding boundary, the Ahom King and Naga chief were made boundary from Brahamaputra, Ladegaor, Dhonder Ali and Golaghat, erected boundary stone pil-lars triangle shape every interval 300 yards. Therefore, neither Assamese nor Nagas were encroached the origi-nal boundary. Every year Nagas were collected annual land taxes who were living within Naga jurisdiction of lands which means Nagaghat smoothly, peacefully con-tinued generations to generations.

In 19th century the western people so called Brit-ish came in India. The British were made rail road from Pandu to Tinsukia between Assam - land and Naga - land. After that artificial rail road was used boundary line. For marketing either Assamese or Nagas cross the rail road, whatsoever cross rail road marketing imposed taxes.

After India independence, Government introduced electioneering system every state to form government.

Therefore, people of Assam brought foreign nationals illegal immigrants (Bangaladeshis) for their vote bank and allowed them to stay land between Assam and Na-galand. Now illegal immigrant became like (PARASITE PLANTS) embraced and killed indigenous people of both Assam and Nagas. They are working double games; they are inter service intelligence most popularly known ISI so whose fault??? It is Assam fault nobody else. Now, Tapan Gogoi and Manaor Hussain are immature young men, they do not know ABC ancestors relationships of Ahom (Assamese) and Naga people. The first and fore-most they should study thoroughly Ahom Assamese Bo-ronge. Do not commit yourself spoil carrier or your good image instigation given by some vested interest. Try to cease such inflammatory statement in near future.

Rikhyo Kikon LothaOctogenarian

Jnu students clarify on fictitious claims •-The recent rejoinder to Rev. Mhasi’s article given by one Asangba Ricardo titled “Response to Rev Mhasi’s statement on ENPO’s demand for statehood” pub-lished in the Morung Express on its September 28, 2011 issue claiming himself to be a research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, has caught the attention of the eighty Nagaland students current-ly studying in JNU. This is for general information that there is no one by the name of Asangba Ricardo study-ing in JNU. We, the Nagaland Students here have tak-en this matter very seriously and we would not toler-ate such fictitious claims. This is not the first instance where a person has falsely claimed to be a student of JNU. In case of such claims in future, we shall be forced to take legal action. It is also requested that the media house be more vigilant towards such wrongful claims.

Convenors on behalf of the Nagaland Students, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067

Ketholenuo Mepfhü-o, Ph.DCentre for Historical Studies

School of Social Sciences, Studies

Lunghilang Pamai, Ph.DCentre for African Studies

School of International

Rejoinder to govt•-Whenever there are write ups about backdoor ap-pointments, the government and its departments are always advising the people and the media to confirm the facts before hand. Ironically , the government talks about the right of freedom to express but tells them not to hurl allegations. The truth is without al-legations being made public through the media, many scams would go unheard and unnoticed. NPSC has also few days back advised media to confirm the alle-gations against them first from its office. Who vested

such power to the NPSC to teach media about their ethics? Authorities in power should not try to dictate the media to tune in to their music.

If somebody has made unfounded allegations then the aggrieved party can take that person to task. Leave alone the media in this. Media is only a vehicle that carries the opinions of the people. Of course, me-dia can be answerable if it cannot furnish details of the one who has falsely accused somebody.

For us common man, we look upon media as our strongest tool to fight corruption, discrimination, nepotism and most of all exposing the corrupt offi-cials. Through media, we hope to raise our genuine voices and get our due share as per our capabilities.

Akok Longchar, Dimapur

clarification to news report on ‘Multiple underground tax…’ •-I have the honour to draw your kind attention to your news report ‘Multiple underground tax add to trucker owners’ misery’ on 12 October 2011. The news report men-tioned about the Truckers being aware about “one tax” rule enforced in Zunheboto by the Sumi Hoho. Whereas as there is no such rule. The latest resolution taken by the Sumi Hoho in regard to taxation is that it has kept in “abey-ance” all forms of contribution (tax) to the Naga under-ground groups. This particular resolution was published in your newspaper on 10 August 2011. Whether the truckers are aware or not of any such rule, newspapers/reporters should play a properly informed role and confirm facts be-fore being published so as not to misfeed the public. Hoping that this article will be taken in good spirit.

Ardent reader of your newspaper,Inashe Awomi

suggestion to nPsc•-Aspiring candidate of NPSC appreciates the disclo-sure of answer key for the NCS & Allied Preliminary examination which ensures the transparency in the system. Nevertheless, it has been observed that every year few errors are detected in the answer key dis-closed by the Commission, for which the Commission always invites rectification from the aspiring candi-dates for the past few years.

It is to be mentioned that since the introduction of the MCQ pattern in the Main examination, the answer keys for the same have not been disclosed as yet. It is appre-hended that there might be every possibilities of repeat-ing the same errors as in the Preliminary examination. The apprehension has been aggravated by the unexpect-edly low marks obtained in the optional subjects of the main examination (viz NCS & Allied examination 2010). Therefore, from the ensuing year, it is suggested that the Commission may disclose the answer keys of the optional subjects with an invitation for necessary rectification and thereby clearing atmosphere of doubts.

Anock, Akok, Imli

The Fight For IntegrtiyCorruption: More Moral than a Material problem

Corruption is the talk of the day. Anna Hazare’s move-ment against corruption has rocked the whole nation. We wonder why India, the land of many religions and deep rooted spiritual traditions and values is suddenly

caught up with such a menace. It seems corruption has become part and parcel of the social life of the Indians – omnipotent and all pervasive. Deeply rooted, its toxins have tainted all the sec-tions of the society. Could it be that corruption is the greatest sin-gle bane of our society today? Sixty four years and still in fetters!

Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, was indeed wise when he said there are seven things that will destroy us: Wealth without work; Pleasure without conscience; Knowledge without character; Religion without sacrifice; Politics without principle; Science with-out humanity; Business without ethics. Someone rightly said: cor-ruption is authority plus monopoly minus transparency. The fight against corruption, I believe, is more a moral than a physical/mate-rial one. The Jan Lokpal Bill is not going to cure the cancer within. It is said that the more corrupt the state, the more laws will be enacted. India, the planet earth’s largest democratic nation, claims to have one of the best constitutions in the world.

Corruption, therefore, is not the result of poor or insufficient policing, and can’t be controlled by legislation or the sword of le-gal penalties. It is all about moral failings – the culture of greed and easy money. It is a question of the failure of the moral system. The strength of a nation is not derived from laws and regulations but the integrity of the home of the individual. Integrity has no need of rules and regulations. The fight, thus, is more for integrity of life which seems to perish in the summer months of success in one’s life.

Integrity is the state of being complete, undivided, intact and unbroken. It is the quality of being unimpaired, of sound moral principles, upright, honest and sincere. Integrity or impeccability necessarily demands that we honour our word and commitments. It is demanded of all, but especially of persons who hold positions of responsibilities. As the Latin proverb warns us, corruption of the best is the worst of all. If the moral system fails, everything fails.

It is not so much what we profess but what we practise that gives us integrity, reminds Francis Bacon. To reach a great height a person needs to have a great depth. And the depth is derived from moral principles. It is hard for an empty bag to stand up-right! The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is. The integrity of the nation is the natural conse-quence of the integrity of every citizen. It is the essence of every-thing successful. The greatest triumph in life is, therefore, to be truly who we are called to be.

Tarcisius ToppoBosco Communicationsm, Dimapur

Women for Peace, Democracy

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a trio of women's rights activists: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. The Norwegian Nobel Committee

stated that this year's award was for promoting women’s rights through peacebuilding work in Liberia and Yemen. The award, was shared between Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first democratically elected female president; Leymah Gbow-ee, who mobilized women across ethnic and religious lines to bring an end to war in Liberia; and Tawakkul Karman, head of Women Journalists Without Chains, who played a leading part in the struggle for women’s rights and democracy and peace in Yemen. While many had expected the Norwegian Nobel Com-mittee to acknowledge those who had played a leading role in the Arab Spring it was however pointed out that the commit-tee’s larger goal was to highlight that the freedom and rights of women was an important prerequisite to a society becoming truly democratic. The relevance of this message for our present Naga context requires some introspection on our part more so at a time when our Naga women want their rights for political representation addressed. In a sense therefore the message for us seems to be that democracy and having election is just not enough and the more important thing is to measure the qual-ity of our democracy and how it is able to address the rights of our women. The more you think about it the more it makes sense that for democracy to become real and inclusive in the Naga context, women must find themselves in decision mak-ing, whether this is realized through reservation or otherwise.

Coming back to this year’s award, the recognition was as much about women’s rights as it was also about the courage of conviction shown by women leaders to address the confront-ing challenges on the ground—whether it was violence, war or oppression against women. What is important to note here is that these are not just women issues but common problems of peace, freedom and development. It goes to show that women can make a difference in addressing the big problems of our days. This year’s Norwegian Nobel Committee must be ap-plauded for taking the lead in breaking the age old stereotype which looks at women as mere sexual objects and victims. Most of our present day institutions and laws look upon women as victims and not on what they can offer to the present state of affairs. Hopefully the award to the three women will help in making that fundamental shift in changing the negative im-pression about women and see them as equal partners and in some case more than equal partners as they are proving that when it comes to leadership and capability to solve problems. In our Naga context also, women seem to reason better and are more creative in approaching challenges. This is a big plus com-pared to our menfolk, especially the older generation, who tend to be hasty, unreasonable, unimaginative and rigid in their ap-proach. Given the promise of having womenfolk in tackling the problem/s in our present state of affairs, we need more women to take up leadership role in the public arena. Let us take inspi-ration from one of this year’s peace prize recipients, Leymah Gbowee who helped found the Women in Peacebuilding Net-work which pushed for a peace settlement in Liberia using ag-gressive nonviolent means, including prayer.

Some of those who voted YES had this to say:• DonttheNagaleadersrealizethatpeoplearegettingfrustrated.TheNagasocietyincludingchurches,inde-pendencemovement,andthepeopleingeneralareget-tingmoreandmorecorruptedandalsothecorevaluesarebeingdestroyed.Unlesstheleadersnowfocusonthefuture,howdotheyexpectthepeopletofollowthem.ThenewNagagenerationismoreawareandeducatedandistiredofthewaythattheolderNagaleadersarefunctioning.Sadly,eventhenewpoliticiansarebehavingjustliketheolderones.WeneedleaderswhoarefutureorientedandwhohaveavisionfortheNagapeople.

• Mostofournationalgroupsseemtobefightingforabat-tleofthepast.

• True…theessenceofwho is right andwho iswrongseemstobemoreimportantthanwhatisactuallyrightforourpeople.aspirationandhopeseemstobeonlyacloak

• Futureiswhatwewillbefacingnotthepast.Politiciansarenotfarsighted.

• WhenevertheseleadersgooutsideofNagaland..theydontrealise..plainpeopledontgiveashitastowhotheyr..evenabigshot..Ministers,Secys,Directorsofourlandisleastgivenprivileges..ushouldseeforyourselfnexttimeuhappentobeonthesameway,travelling..

• Yes,noleaderworthitssalehasevergivenastatementthatdwellsontheNagafuture.Allthattheydoistalkaboutthepast,criticizeeachotherinahumiliatingway.ThereisnomentionaboutwhattheNagafuturewilllooklike.Sowhatwillbecomeofourfuturethen?Thisistheconcernofalltheyoungergeneration.

• Thesepoliticosaregoodfornothingchaps.• Withouthopethereisnofuture.Andpresently,theNagapeopledonotseeandfeelanyhopeinthepresentstateofaffairs.Ourleaders,despitetheirpersonalsacrificesareturningtheNagaissueintoapersonalmatterandthisisthebiggestobstacleforhope.WhycanttheNagaleadersstopthinkingaboutthemselvesandstartwork-ingforthecommoncauseofallNagas.Itisbyprotecting

andworkingforthegeneralwillofthepeoplethattheindividualhopesandaspirationswillbemet.

• WhydotheyalwayskeepondiggingupoldstoriesofNNC<NSCN<GPRN..etcetc..insteadofharboringnewideasandplansforthenextgen.

• Absolutelytheanswerisyes.Butnotagainstorinsup-portofanyparty.Thatmeanspoliticiansareallthesame.Butdon’twannahaveAnna’skindapoliticianshere.

• Whatpossiblechangescan these fellowsbring??AlltheyknowishowtogotoDelhinbringbackloadsifschemesandboguspack-agesfortheirowngood.

• WeseethemonalwaysonthewaytoDelhieverytimeam travelling..Instead ofwastingthepublicmoneybytravellingsomuch,whynotfocusonwhatwegotnwhatcanwe do to improve ourland.

• Theydontevenrealisethatnewgenerationsneedsta-bility and confidence fromourleaders,sothatwecanatleastbefreefromtheoldagepoliticsofNAGALAND.

• Themorethe leadersharpon thepast, themore it isdrivingtheyoungergenera-tions of Nagas away fromtheirhistory.Thisisbecausetheyoungpeoplearefedup.TheNagaleaderskeepusingtheNagahistoryasanexcusefortheirownfailures.Theydon’thavethecour-agetopointoutwhatisgoodandbadfortheNagas.Itshightimethattheleadersrealizethattheyarealreadydisconnectedfromthepeople.

• TheNagapeopleshouldnotallowanyleadertomisuseandabuseNagahistoryfortheirownpersonalpoliticalgains.

ThepublicmustholdtheleadersaccountableanddemandthattheyspelloutwhatfuturetheyenvisionfortheNagas.

Some of those who voted NO had this to say:• Isaythepastisimportant.WithoutthepastwhatkindoffuturewillweNagashave.Today,mostoftheNagayoungstershaveforgottentheirpastandthatistherea-sonwhytheyareconfusedaboutwhotheyare.Theyhavesoldouttheirnationalism.Whatapity.

• Ourleadersdon’thavevision.Theyonlyliveforthemoment.• Give theirmotivationandpersonalinterestIthinktheNaga leaders are doingwhattheyneedtodo.Itisbyinvok-ingemotionthattheyareabletoretaintheirpowerandposition.Thegreaterresponsibilityshouldliewiththepeople.Thepeopleshouldnolongerallowtheirlead-ersto takethemforaride. Itstimetodoawaywithleaderswhothinkofnothingbutthemselves.

Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say:•Thepoliticsofappeasingcer-tainsectionsofoursociety isbecoming dangerous to ourunity.Weneedtofindacom-mongroundforouraspirations

andhopes.Ratherthepoliticiansaretherootcauseofthedisparityinthedevelopmentofou...rland.Whosegriev-ances?CroresofmoneyisgiventotheMLAsofthedis-trictseveryyearandnottothedistricts.Evenifafractionofthismoneywasspentforthedevelopmentofthedistrictsallwillbelivingabetterlife.Thereisnosensiblepoliticsatall.

• Thepeoplewillhavetodemandthechanges.EveryoneincludingtheCMisavictimandensnaredbytherotten

system.Thedemandforacommonvisionandaspirationwillhavetocomefromtheunitedpeopleofalldistricts.Thepoliticiansarenotonlythelegislaturesbuthavebe-cometheexecutivestoo.Theyhavetakenovertheroleoftheadministrators,engineers,contractors,suppliers,farmersandsoon.Nagaleadersshouldmeanthehoholeaders.Leadersofallthedistrictsshouldcometogetherandchalkoutthedemandsonhowthedistrictsshouldbegovernedorhowthestate-districtrelationshipshouldbe.TheNagaPeopleshouldnotbethinkinginboxes.OnlytheunitedNagapeople'svoicecanputthepoliti-ciansandthebureaucratsintheirrightfulplaces.Thesystemwillnotchangebyitself,ithastobemotivatedfromoutsidesourcestomakethechange.Tillsuchatimearrives,wewillcontinuetoseethetamasha.

• Idon’tthinkitmakesanydifferencetoourNagaleaders.Theyaretoobusytryingtopromotetheirowninterest.Theydon’tcareabouttheNagapeopleatall.

• ToomanyNagaleadershaveprofitedfromtheNagahis-tory.Theyshouldnowturnthepage.

• Itdependsonhowone’sperspectivesparticularlyre-ferstointermsofNagaleadersindividuallyorcollec-tivelyfromallwalksoflifeinthecurrentcontextoftheNagasocietyingeneral.WellmytakeonoverallNagaleadersisthatasallbeingdrivenbyherd-likemental-itywherethemantraof“thinkingoutofthebox”oughttobetheorderoftheday.Theykeeprunningroundincircles,nothingmuchlikecharisma,dynamism,integ-rity,etccanbederivedfromtheir leadershipthoughtheyoungergenerationmaynotbelackinginleadersinanygivenfield,whatisfoundwantingisrolemodelorforthatmattericonicfigureintheday-to-daylifeoftheNagapeople, forwhichourNagahistoricalandlegitimategrievancesseemstobereducedtopettygrievancesasaresultofunrealism,parochialism,my-opia,younameit.AnditremindsmeofJohnStein-beck’s“mostpeoplelive90%inthepast,7%inthepresent,andthatonlyleavesonly3%forthefuture.

Are NAgA leAders dwelliNg too much oN the politics of grievANces rAther thAN fosteriNg the politics of AspirAtioN ANd hope?

The Morung Express POLLRESULTS

86%

9%5%YES NO OTHERS

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MONdaYTHE MORUNG EXPRESS17OCTOBER2011 NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

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

Why I Am Occupying Wall Street

John Bird

I feel like I have been waiting for this moment an en-tire lifetime. More like a hundred lifetimes when I count the 500 years and lifetimes of all our indige-nous ancestors who went to their graves wondering

if justice would ever again prevail on Turtle Island.My great grandfather Heavy Runner (Blackfeet) must

have gone to his grave wondering about that in 1870 when the US Calvary massacred him and my grandmother on the Bear River (Marias) in Montana along with about 200 oth-ers in a tragedy that is now known as the Baker Massacre. He had made a peace with the US government and emerged from his lodge holding the paper of peace high on that cold winter day in January. He was gunned down before he got very far from his lodge and all out massacre ensued.

I know that many Indian people, myself included, are so very weary, tired of waiting and hoping for justice. I see it on the faces and hear it in the voices of my family and relatives and in the Native communities I work with. Far too many of our young people decide it is a better option to commit suicide than live as a commoditized serf or non-person in the current system. I never condemn them for this choice. I think there is a level of correctness in their assessment of the reality in which we live though I strongly disagree with the remedy of suicide.

Growing up I always heard the rallying cry of the Black-foot people: Ikaakimaat! Take courage, try hard, don’t give up. Sometimes, those voices in my head are the only thing stand-ing between myself and total hopelessness.

Hope does spring eternal, though. Just when it seems all is lost, hope revives, and the eternal flame of hope for justice roars back to life from an unexpected direction, unexpected source. For me the Occupy Wall Street move-ment is that new hope. What I see in the Occupy Wall Street movement with its focus on economic justice which is entwined with social justice, growing and strengthen-ing and merging with the environmental movement is the beginning of new hope. Not just for Native Americans, but for all Americans and all citizens of the world. Our Indig-enous philosophies have always told us we are all related, we are all connected, we are all in this together.

This movement, with its growing alliances of economic justice, social justice, and environmental justice activists will be formidable if they hold. Climate change, endless wars, and a yearning for freedom beyond a future of corporate serfdom seems to be driving and strengthening new opportunities and alliances. Sunday, the Occupy Denver assembly unani-mously adopted a 10 point platform put forth by the Colo-rado Chapter of the American Indian Movement.

Correctly, the movement blames both Wall Street and Washington for orchestrating the upward shift of money, as-sets, resources, and power to the governing elite, the 1%. This collusion perpetuates, expands, and institutionalizes poverty for the masses, where most Indigenous people reside. Poverty and war are social justice issues, deeply entwined with eco-nomic justice. Now,with the merging of environmental jus-tice into this movement and the proper identification of the real source of injustice, the collusion between Wall Street and Washington, there is real hope for real change.

I have come to the conclusion that Barack Obama, who sold himself to the hopeful masses as the face of hope and change is severely hindered in that he, like his predecessors and too many members of congress, Republicans and Dem-ocrats alike, are beholden to the Wall Street masters and their money. I think this movement has a real chance pre-cisely because it refuses to be co-opted and, like so many of the American people, it no longer trusts Democrats or Re-publicans. Correctly, it acknowledges that both parties who dominate our political system are similarly corrupted by the same greed and lust for power that rots Wall Street at its very core. People are taking to the streets now because they realize that change will not come solely from the ballot box.

In my community organizing work, I sometimes heard a saying. “It does not matter on which boat your ancestors came here, we are all in the same boat now,” to which I would add: “even if your ancestors did not come here in a boat, we are all in the same boat now”. The window of opportunity to bend the course of history back towards justice is once again opening. It will not stay open long. Let us, Native Americans and all others who have not given up hope for a world based on real economic, social, and environmental justice, not squander this opportunity. It may very well may be our last.

John Bird M. Ed. (Blackfeet) is a long time community organizer and mental health and wellness activist. He was one of the founders of NANA-COA and one of the developers of the original GONA curriculum. He lives

between his home on the Blackfeet Reservation and Tucson, Arizona where he is helping to raise his two grandchildren who are half Tohono O’odham.

Meredith alexander

925 million people go to bed hungry ev-ery night. At the same time, 1.5 bil-

lion people are obese. These attention grabbing figures are just the latest in a long line of counterintuitive hunger sta-tistics. In Africa, women produce 80% of the food, but own only 1% of the land.

According to the World Bank, a 1% in-crease in agricultural GDP reduces pov-erty by four times as much as 1% increase in non-agricultural GDP. Despite this im-pressive return on investment, less than 5% of aid is spent on agriculture. Perhaps most surprisingly, the majority of hungry people are farmers: half of the people with-out enough to eat, including three-quar-ters of Africa’s malnourished children, live and work on small farms. This last statistic can lead people to simplistic conclusions. Perhaps the answer is to consolidate land-holdings, mechanise farming and send the extra people to the cities? This seemingly easy answer is mistaken on every level.

Smallholders Producing Half of the World’s Food

Firstly, small farms can be incredibly productive. In fact, the world’s 800 mil-lion smallholders are already producing half of the world’s food. With minimal additional support, smallholder farmers could significantly increase their yields. Secondly, industrial style farming has some very serious consequences includ-ing higher greenhouse gas emissions and lower biodiversity. Finally, escaping the countryside does not guarantee an exit from poverty and hunger. Unemploy-ment is endemic across most of the devel-oping world and urban hunger is growing.

Food Is Almost Never the ProblemThe main problem with trying to end

hunger by increasing industrial agricul-ture is that it comes from a mistaken un-

food inequality equation

derstanding of why people are hungry. Food itself is almost never the prob-

lem. Instead, people are hungry because they lack money and power. Even now in the Horn of Africa where 10 million peo-ple are at risk of starvation, food is avail-able in the markets. It is just too expen-sive for poor people to buy. Production is vital, but the question of how food is dis-tributed is more important. Increasing the size of the pie means nothing to peo-ple who aren’t allowed near the table.

Nine Billion People To Feed by 2050It is true that there is a production

challenge in the coming decades. There will be 9 billion people to feed by 2050, and this will require a significant in-crease in agricultural output. But the

more important and difficult task is to improve distribution.

Globally this is a challenge we have faced and failed before. From the early 1960s to 2000, the world’s population more than doubled to just over 6 billion, but food production increased by 2 and a half times. Despite this impressive achievement, the unfair distribution of food meant that hun-ger was not beaten. Sadly the prospects for tackling hunger in the next forty years are also grim unless key policies are changed. There are some easy wins. Investing in better storage facilities and road networks would reduce waste.

Wasted, 30% of All Food CropsGiven that an estimated 30% of all

food crops worldwide are wasted, this

improvement alone would make a mas-sive dent in the amount of food avail-able. As discussed above, more support for smallholder farmers in Africa will put more food directly on the plates of the world’s poorest families.

More countries should emulate the policies in Brazil that have resulted in fam-ily farms, which have only 30% of the land, producing nearly 40% of crops by value and generating over 75% of the country’s agri-cultural jobs. Food waste is not the only is-sue when it comes to ensuring that crops are actually eaten by people. The EU was the largest importer of oil seeds and the fifth largest importer of cereals in 2007–2008.

Diverting Crops from Human Food to Fuel Cars

This demand was partially driven by the diversion of crops away from the hu-man food chain entirely to be used to fuel cars. The EU plans to derive 10% of its transport fuel from biofuels by 2020. Re-search shows that if all the global plans to expand biofuel use by 2020 are met, an ad-ditional 600 million people could be at risk of hunger. Hunger in a world of plenty is not surprising when you look back at the head-lines. Easy judgments about the causes and solutions to hunger will not solve the problem, but there are proven policies that could ensure every man, woman and child on the planet gets enough to eat.

Hunger Has Little to Do with FoodUltimately, hunger has little to do with

food and everything to do with justice. To create a more just world, we need to invest much more in small-scale, sustainable ag-riculture across Africa and beyond.

We must stop making things harder for poor people, for example by halting the glob-al rush for biofuels that is putting even more people at risk of hunger. These policies are a matter of life and death. Every year approxi-mately three million children die simply be-cause they don’t have enough food.

1.5 Billion Obese; 925 Million Hungry

Sabrina Tavernise

Minorities accounted for 98 per cent of the population growth in the U.S.' largest metropolitan areas over the past decade, accord-ing to a new report, as the country's white population continued

to stagnate, and in many places, decline.Hispanics and Asians led population growth in the country's 100 largest

metropolitan areas over the past decade, growing by 41 per cent and 43 per cent respectively. The population of African-Americans grew by 12 per cent, and the aging white population was largely flat, increasing by less than one per cent.

William H. Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution and author of the report, also said the U.S. had reached a demographic milestone: About half of all recent births were to minority parents, a shift that will have broad policy implications in the years to come. The country's largest cities are changing the fastest, Mr. Frey said, and provide a snapshot of what the country might look like in the future. Hispanics were 20 per cent of the population of large metro-politan areas defined by the Census Bureau as cities and their suburbs up from 15 per cent in 2000, and 11 per cent in 1990. African-Americans, the second-largest minority group, accounted for 14 per cent of the population of large cit-ies in 2010, unchanged from 2000. Asians totalled six per cent.

The population increases added 11 million Hispanics to the popula-tions of the largest U.S. cities, nearly four million Asians, and three mil-lion African-Americans, Mr. Frey said. The number of whites increased by just over 400,000. “Where these large metro areas are now is where the rest of America is headed,” Mr. Frey said. “The old image of the white and black American population is obsolete.”

The white population is aging, with the share of women in their childbear-ing years shrinking. Hispanics, by contrast, are much younger, with a relatively large portion of Hispanic women in their prime childbearing years. In large metropolitan areas, the white population represented 57 per cent of the total in 2010, down from 71 per cent in 1990. Whites accounted for a bigger share in smaller cities, at 73 per cent, and in rural areas, at 80 per cent, Mr. Frey said.

In all, the white population shrank in 42 out of the top 100 cities. Leading the decline in the share of the white population was Las Vegas, where it fell to 48 per cent of the total in 2010, from 60 per cent in 2000.

— New York Times News Service

Bobby Ramakant – CNS

To protest against the decision of Planning Commission of India to file an affidavit with ridiculous def-inition of poverty, growing number

of people from many cities will observe a five-days fast (22-26 October) and observe a black Diwali (Indian festival of lights). "We have decided to observe five day fast from 22nd October 2011, to the morning after the Diwali at my Ashram in Lalpur village of Hardoi District of U.P. and will observe a black Diwali along with the villagers this year. The government has adopted an eco-nomic policy which is clearly benefitting the already well off sections of society at the cost of the poor. It has no idea how to deal with poverty and price rise making the survival of poor very difficult. It has not been able to check farmer suicides, hunger deaths, mal-nourishment of children or maternal mor-tality rate. While the ministers have made crores in corruption the government has chosen to remain insensitive to the issue of poor" said Dr Sandeep Pandey, Magsaysay Awardee and a visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.

The call for black Diwali has been en-dorsed by the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), Asha Parivar and Lok Rajniti Manch among others. The sig-nature petition campaign in support of this drive is online at: www.citizen-news.org

The five-days fast and observance of black Diwali is to demand:(1) Withdrawal of BPL norms of expendi-

ture of Rs. 32 per person in urban areas and Rs. 26 per person in rural areas.

(2) Universalisation of Public Distribu-tion System. Every poor should get subsidized food as they can demand work under NREGS.

(3) BPL lists to be decided by Gram Sabha/Ward Sabhas.

(4) Withdrawal of the cash transfer scheme as a substitute for PDS.

(5) Rs. 250 as minimum wages under NREGS with scope for upgradation with price rise and with every hike in salaries of government employ-ees. All agricultural wages to be paid through NREGS.

(6) Inclusion of the concept of Common School System under Right to Educa-tion Act.

"It is high time issues of poor are raised as the poor are being taken for a ride by the ruling elites with the middle class keeping silent. The increasing gap between rich and poor and different quality of services like ed-ucation, health care, etc., for different classes of people cannot be allowed in a democracy. This protest is on the issues of discrimina-tion against poor and rural areas and hence the fast is being undertaken in a poor village consisting of SC-OBC population" added Dr Sandeep Pandey, who also leads National Al-liance of People's Movements (NAPM) and is a member of National Presidium of Lok Ra-jniti Manch (People's Politics Front). (CNS)

(The author serves as the Director (Policy and Programmes), CNS and is a World Health Organization

(WHO) Director-General’s WNTD Awardee 2008. He writes extensively on health and development through

Citizen News Service (CNS)

america’s shifting demographic profile

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17 October 2011Monday8 Dimapur The Morung ExpressNATIONAL

MuMbai, OctOber 16 (iaNS): Star-studded Mumbai suburb Ban-dra will soon have a new celebrity resident, Rubina Ali, one of the pop-ular child actors in the multi-Oscar winner “Slumdog Millionaire”, whose life began in a shanty town 13 years ago. She now has a flat cost-ing around Rs.4.5 million in Bandra West. While her new home is lo-cated in a government project in a middle-class locality in the area, the Bandra address itself is significant for being home to celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Preity Zinta. Rubina is thrilled.

“I am very happy with the de-velopments. Ever since the movie was released, it has been my dream to have my own house in Mumbai. I even have my own bedroom!” a proud Rubina told IANS, adding she will live with her parents, two sisters and brother. She had moved from the erstwhile Garib Nagar slum to a rental room in Bandra West and now into her own flat in the locality -- all within three years of “Slumdog Millionaire” bagging eight Oscar awards, catapulting the girl to fame worldwide. “A few weeks ago, the Jai Ho Trust set up by British director Danny Boyle bought a small 1-BHK flat for Rubina. She plans to move in there after Diwali, or around Bakra Eid, with her family,” her business manager Dinesh Dubey told IANS.

He added that Boyle is likely to pay a visit to Rubina at her new home in Bandra, known as the ‘queen of

NeW DeLHi, OctOber 16 (Pti): Amid a raging debate on RTI, Union law minister Salman Khurshid has made it clear that there is no proposal for a “relook” at the Act but noted that not only the government but the ju-diciary too had experienced “difficul-ties” because of it. “We are proud of RTI. We are pleased that we gave RTI to this country. Even if it causes incon-venience to this country to an extent, we will bear that inconvenience. “But we must ensure that in totality, the effi-ciency and functioning of government is strengthened,” he said.

aHMeDabaD, OctOber 16 (ageNcieS): Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is supposed to be a la-dies’ man - women are believed to be his more loyal electorate. But, if one looks at the larger picture in perspective, it is the women who have created havoc in Mo-di’s political life. The charming CM has earned the wrath of one too many wom-en in the state. The first direct allegation of Modi’s involvement in the 2002 riots was made by widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, Zakia, who filed a plea in Supreme Court seeking investigation into the role of Narendra Modi in riots.

She was joined by Rupa Mody, whose son Azhar went missing in the attack on Gulbarg Society in 2002. In recent times, Shweta Bhatt, wife of ar-rested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, and Jagruti Pandya, widow of slain former home minister Haren Pandya, have, through their persistence efforts for justice, caused a series of embarrassing moments for the establishment. While Shweta has categorically blamed Modi for ruining her family by unfairly target-ing her husband, Jagruti has repeatedly put Modi in a spot by seeking help from him to find the ‘real killers’ of her hus-band. Modi is yet to respond. Recently, she turned in two officials for spying on her and twice rejected state police’s of-fer to provide her police protection. Her silent assertion ‘I don’t trust them’ is a slap for Modi establishment.

Significantly, these women who have turned out to be Modi’s bete noirs are not activists but simple housewives, whose main concern was the well-be-ing of their husbands and children, till they became victims of vendetta poli-

tics. Shweta’s eyes go mist when she says h e r husband’s name, and

Zakia’s tears are un-controllable when she talks of the massacre. The wait for Azhar in Rupa’s eyes, even today, can stir the

most stone-h e a r t e d .

B u t ,

time has proven that their tears have become their strength. Adversity has brought out the extraordinary in these ordinary homemakers.

It is a kind of folklore in police cir-cles that even after death, Kausar bi is haunting Modi. Kausar bi was scorned when her husband Sohrabuddin was killed in a fake encounter by Gujarat police allegedly at the behest of their political masters. Later, she was raped and burnt alive. Incidentally, it was Gu-jarat’s first woman IPS officer Geetha Johri who opened a Pandora’s Box with her initial investigation establish-ing that Sohrabuddin’s encounter was ‘fake’. “The resurrection of Sohrabud-din Shaikh fake encounter case literally came out of nowhere,” one cop chuckles. The buzz world has added Ishrat Jahan in the folklore of late.

From slums to queen of suburbs, Rubina goes places

suburbs’, sometime this yearend. The family and Jai Ho Trust trustees spent several months hunting for a suitable flat within a certain budget. Finally, Rubina zeroed in on a flat in Bandra West and the trust readily made arrangements to buy it for her, Dubey said. Other Bandra residents include Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu, Sanjay Dutt, Sachin Tendulkar, Rekha, other top Bollywood actors, top models, filmmakers, cricketers, politicians, leading industrialists, businessmen and diplomats. Barely eight months ago, Rubina’s family had been thrown to the roads after a massive fire in Garib Nagar slum burnt her tiny shanty March 4 when

her school final examinations were round the corner.

Rubina lost the felicitations which the team got with the Oscar awards and other national and in-ternational award mementos, plus her other personal valuables in the fire. The trust and some good Samaritans made quick arrange-ments for a rental room in Ban-dra west where she lived the past six months, and simultaneously hunted for a proper accommoda-tion, Dubey said. However, Rubina did not let the slum fire burn away her dreams - instead her resolve to pursue a career in movies became stronger. She is presently signed for

an upcoming international movie, “Lord Owen’s Lady”, which is un-der production and shall be shot in Britain and India. Rubina’s co-star in “Slumdog Millionaire”, Azharud-din Mohammed Ismail will also play a role in “Lord Owen’s Lady”, being produced by Sunil Manchandel and Martin Pennell, said Dubey.

Fortunately, the excitement of her next major international movie venture has not dampened her en-thusiasm to get educated. “My fam-ily and I shall be starting a new life in the new house soon. But for me, the topmost priority is to complete my school and college education. Then I shall pursue my dream of be-coming a full-time actress,” Rubina said in a soft but determined tone. Both Rubina and Azharuddin study in Class 4 in the English-medium Asima High School in Bandra west -- a stone’s throw from her new resi-dence. Azharuddin, who lost his fa-ther nearly one-and-half years ago, opted for a small flat in Santacruz suburb and commutes daily by bus to his school. Dubey explained that Azharuddin had faced an emergen-cy situation after his family was re-peatedly evicted from their shanty in Garib Nagar. So the Jai Ho Trust arranged for a flat in Santacruz. Three years after “Slumdog Mil-lionaire”, Rubina penned her auto-biography, “Slumgirl Dreaming”, which has been translated into sev-eral Indian languages after its re-lease nearly two years ago.

“Slumdog Millionaire” child actor Rubina Ali (second from right) with her family. They will move into her own new flat in Bandra west around Diwali.

The bane: Women in Modi’s life

In this October 5, 2011 photo, a newborn baby boy is weighed on a scale at a government hospital in Mumbai. Already the second most populous country with 1.2 billion people, India is expected to overtake China around 2030 when its population soars to an estimated 1.6 billion. (AP File Photo)

Right to reject, recall may not work in India: CECNeW DeLHi, OctOber 16 (Pti): Amid a campaign by Team Anna for polls reforms, the Election Commission has disfavoured any propos-al to include the ‘right to reject’ or ‘right to recall’ clauses in election rules, saying they may not work in a large country like India. Opposing the pro-posal to have a ‘right to recall’ as in many developed countries, chief elec-tion commission (CEC) S Y Quraishi has held that it will “destabilise” the country, especially in areas where “people already feel alienated”.

On the proposal of introducing a clause on Right to Reject, Qurai-shi said even though the EC has supported introduction of 49-O (rule) button in EVMs for voters to express their displeasure over candi-dates, the proposal will lead to more frequent elections. 49-O rule of The Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 describes the procedure to be followed when a valid voter decides not to cast his vote, and decides to record this fact. “Our main fear is that if we start rejecting all the can-didates, we will have another election and people already complain of election fatigue,” Quraishi told Karan Thapar in Devil’s advocate pro-gramme to be aired on CNN-IBN later today evening.

The CEC, is however, open to discussion with activist Anna Hazare who has suggested that if all candidates spending crores in elections are rejected by the voters, it will discourage them from overspending and would control election expenditure. “We have an open mind on this. If a proposal leads to that larger good, then we must consider it. I would like to discuss this interesting point and see what are its implica-tions,” said Quraishi, disclosing that he has scheduled a meeting with Hazare later this month on the issue.

No govt jobs for those with criminal record: Supreme CourtNeW DeLHi, OctOber 16 (ageNcieS): A person facing criminal cases cannot be considered suitable for appointment in government ser-vice unless acquitted of the charges, the Supreme Court has held. Quash-ing the appointment of constable SK Nazrul Islam, the apex court said, “Surely, the authorities entrusted with the responsibility of appointing constables were under duty to verify the antecedents of a candidate to find out whether he is suitable for the post of constable.

“And so long as the candidate has not been acquitted in the crimi-nal case of the charges he cannot possibly be held to be suitable for ap-pointment to the post of constable. A Bench of justices R V Raveen-dran and A K Patnaik passed the judgement while upholding the West Bengal government’s appeal challenging the high court’s direction to appoint Islam despite the fact that he was facing criminal charges. Is-lam who was provisionally recruited in 2007 but during verification, it came to light that he was on bail and facing criminal charges under sev-eral IPC sections. The government soon terminated his appointment.

He then approached the Administrative Tribunal which dismissed his plea, following which he appealed in the high court. The court, how-ever, directed his appointment subject to the final outcome of the crim-inal trial pending against him. The state appealed in the apex court. Up-holding the appeal, the Bench said, “We fail to appreciate how when a criminal case under IPC sections 148, 323, 380, 427 against the respon-dent was pending in the court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magis-trate, Uluberia, Howrah, any mandamus could have been issued by the high court to the authorities to appoint the respondent as a constable.” Accordingly it quashed the high court order.

NeW DeLHi, OctOber 16 (iaNS): Results of the by-polls to the Hisar Lok Sabha seat and to five assembly seats will be out Monday as attention is focused on the Haryana re-sult to see how far Team Anna’s campaign against the Congress will have affected the outcome. Congress circles maintain that a defeat in Hisar will not mat-ter. Anna Hazare, whose much-publicised campaign against the Congress in Hisar heated up the political temperature for what would have been a usual affair, has taken a vow of silence - maun vrat.

Apart from Hisar, by-elec-tions for five assembly con-stituencies were held simulta-neously on Oct 13 - Banswada (Andhra Pradesh), Daroundha (Bihar), Khadakwasla (Maha-rashtra), Tiruchirapalli West

(Tamil Nadu), and Indira Na-gar (Puducherry). According to political analysts, Hazare’s maun vrat and the rifts in Team Anna will reduce the political significance of the results of the by-polls. “It is better Anna will not speak. Because, Team Anna is now making news for their own differences,” said K. Sreekumar, an analyst. “While Arvind Kejriwal wants a hawk-ish anti-Congress line, others like Prashant Bhushan want to wait to take a political line.”

The controversy over Prashant Bhushan’s comments on the Kashmir issue has also created cracks in the Hazare team, he added. Political par-ties and analysts were earlier awaiting whether an anti-Con-gress outcome in Hisar would be a re-play of the 1975 Jabalpur Lok Sabha seat by-poll, when

socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan could persuade oppo-sition parties to put up a joint candidate - Sharad Yadav, now Janata Dal-United chief - who could defeat the Congress and boost the anti-Congress move-ment leading to the rise of Janata Party in 1977. The death of Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) leader and former chief minister Bhajan Lal caused the Hisar by-poll, which witnessed 70 percent polling.

Bhajan Lal’s son Kuldeep Bishnoi was the HJC candidate, backed by the Bharatiya Jana-ta Party-led National Demo-cratic Alliance (NDA). Former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala’s son Ajay Chautala contested as the candidate of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), while three-time MP Jai Prakash was the Congress

nominee. Though Hazare did not visit Hisar, his video mes-sage to defeat the Congress was widely publicised by Kejriwal and colleagues. Congress cir-cles said a defeat in Hisar would not affect the party, either local-ly or nationally. “We were in the third position in 2009. We can-not go down from that,” an MP from Haryana told IANS.

Another Congress leader pointed out that none of the six seats for which results are to be declared Monday were held by the Congress or any party of the United Progressive Alli-ance (UPA). “It may be impor-tant for the opposition parties, not for us,” he added. Accord-ing to Congress circles, the par-ty may pull a surprise in Kada-kwasla, which falls in Hazare’s home state, Maharashtra. The UPA fielded the widow of leg-

islator Ramesh Wanjale (Ma-harashtra Navnirman Sena), whose death caused the poll, against joint opp newly-wed-ded daughter-in-law of JD-U legislator Jagmato Dev, whose death caused the by-poll, and Rashtriya Janata Dal candi-date Parmeshwar Singh. It will be the first electoral test for the five-month-old J. Jayalalithaa government in the contest in Tirchirapalli West where her AIADMK’s M. Paranjothi and DMK candidate and former transport minister K.N. Nehru (DMK) locked horns.

Again, it will be a test for the ruling NR Congress in Pu-ducherry in the Indira Nagar by-poll, where Tamilselvan, nephew of Chief Minister and NR Congress chief N. Rangas-wamy, is faced against the Con-gress’ Aroumougam.

By-poll results today; all eyes on Hisar amid Hazare’s ‘maun vrat’

No relook at RTI: Salman KhurshidOn whether the RTI would be re-

visited, Khurshid said, “there is no proposal to relook at the Act”. He went on to add, “Today, we are only absorb-ing the experience of the RTI and now whether after a period, looking at the experience, looking at the demands, looking at the consensus that can emerge, we can bring about any chang-es or not is something that is futuristic. It is something which I cannot say to-day.” The law minister, however, ruled out making fundamental changes in the legislation.

“If you say that we’ll make any fun-damental changes in the RTI, the an-swer is no. We are proud of RTI,” he told PTI in an interview recently. Que-ried whether some more exemptions like the one granted to the CBI could be brought into the Act, the lawyer-turned- politician noted, “No legisla-tion is perfect.” “You will have to see any legislation, you will have to, from time to time, (see) how it is working. If it needs to be tightened, you tighten it; if you need to broaden, you broaden it; if you need to deepen, you deepen it; if you need to make exceptions, you make exceptions as the CBI exception has now been made,” the law minister said.

Replies to some RTI queries have

generated major controversies recent-ly like the one by a finance ministry note to the PMO which suggested that the 2G scam could have been averted if then finance minister P Chidambaram had insisted on auction. Khurshid noted that the government and the ju-diciary have faced “some difficulties” in dealing with RTI queries. “We cer-tainly know, we (government) are not the only ones. Government is not the only one. Government meaning po-litical government, not the only ones which felt some difficulties. “Bureau-crats have felt difficulties, indepen-dent agencies have felt difficulties, the courts have felt difficulties,” he said.

Elaborating on his point, he said the high courts and the Supreme Court are being asked questions, which include demands for draft judgements to see “how a draft judgement and the final judgement differs”. There have been demands to know why a certain judge is elevated to the Supreme Court and the other one was not, he said. Referring to certain grey areas in dealing with RTI applications, Khurshid said what goes into the preparation of a Cabinet note is “today not clear. So, I think experience, either through judgements or in due course to amendments, you’ll probably

have to clarify this”.Asked if it was time to introduce

fresh exemptions in the RTI Act, he said he could not say that. “It is a collec-tive view that must emerge from soci-ety, from Parliament...” When referred to ‘voices’ seeking changes, he said there are “all kinds of voices”. “There are some voices which say don’t di-lute. Some voices say don’t touch RTI. Some voices say it is inconvenient, you have to chisel it,” Khurshid said. To a question on the exclusion of corre-spondence between a minister and the Prime Minister from the ambit of RTI, he referred to the oath which ministers take to maintain confidentiality.

“Now when the RTI was drafted, I don’t think anybody looked at the oath, because if I can’t disclose it to you, but whatever I do is disclosed to you by a clerk, then what is the point in having this oath. We should change this oath,” he argued. The ministers take oath that whatever comes to their knowledge is part of their functioning as a minister and they will not disclose to anybody unless they required by their duty to do so. Khurshid said there are certain things that are kept confidential and se-cret for good reasons, and “not to defeat anybody’s rights.”

baNgaLOre, OctOber 16 (iaNS): Jailed former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will be in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the state-run Sri Jayadeva hospi-tal here for the next two days as he is suffering from multiple health problems and mental stress, a top doctor said Sunday. “Yeddyurappa is kept in ICU for observation and a series of tests to assess his condi-tion and prescribe treatment as he is having high blood pressure, high sugar level and body pains. He is also under severe stress,” Jayadeva In-stitute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research director C.N. Manju-nath told IANS here.

Within hours after being jailed late Saturday by a trial court in graft cases related to land scams, Yeddyurappa, 68, was shifted to the hospital after he complained of chest pain and back pain in the wee hours of Sunday. “When Yed-dyurappa was brought here around 2 a.m., he was having chest discom-fort and vomiting sensation. Pre-liminary investigations showed he was stressed out with high blood pressure (100-180) and high blood sugar as he is diabetic,” Manjunath said. Manjunath is the son-in-law of former prime minister and Janta

Dal-Secular (JD-S) president H.D. Deve Gowda. Initial tests such as ECG, echo and angiogram revealed that Yeddyurappa’s health param-eters were not normal and required treatment, besides full rest.

“A five-member medical team has been formed to monitor Yed-dyurappa’s health, conduct fur-ther tests and keep him in ICU as he needs to take complete rest. Further stress or strain will com-plicate his health,” Manjunath pointed out. Admitting that high-profile personalities, celebrities and politicians tend to fall sudden-ly ill when jailed or prosecuted, the eminent cardiologist said, unlike ordinary people, VIPs face tremen-dous stress and pressure of undue attention, especially from the me-dia, and their large number of ) fol-lowers and relatives. “It’s common among the high-profile, including celebrities and politicians to be stressed out and feel the heat of be-ing under relentless media watch and undue concern of their near and dear over their well-being. So in the case of Yeddyurappa, who is not only aged but also having a medical history of being diabetic, suffered a mild stroke recently,” Manjunath said.

Yeddy in ICU after falling ill

UN, security, economy, environment focus of Pretoria visit: PM

NeW DeLHi, OctOber 16 (iaNS): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said he looked forward to his talks with the leadership of Brazil and South Africa on a host of issues, notably global security, economy, climate change and UN reform, at the IBSA Summit in Pretoria Oct 18. “The IBSA Dialogue Fo-rum has matured considerably over the years. There is now a greater cooperation across a wider canvas,” the prime minister said in a statement, ahead of his scheduled departure for Pretoria Monday morning.

“Above all, the idea of three large devel-oping democracies -- Brazil, India and South Africa -- working together in a highly complex global environment has taken root, and has received universal welcome by our peoples,” he said. According to the prime minister, the meeting will focus on coordination among the IBSA countries in UN Security Council, sus-tainable development and the forthcoming meetings on climate change and the G20 in Durban and Cannes, respectively.

Monday17 October 2011

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ROME, OctObER 16 (REutERs): Anti-greed protesters rallied globally, denouncing bankers and politicians over the inter-national economic crisis, with violence rocking Rome where cars were torched and bank windows smashed. Galvanized by the Occupy Wall Street movement, pro-tests began in New Zealand, touched parts of Asia, spread to Europe, and resumed at their starting point in New York with 5,000 marchers decrying corporate greed and economic inequality.

After weeks of intense media coverage, U.S. protests have still been smaller than G20 meetings or political conventions have yielded in recent years. Such events of-ten draw tens of thousands of demonstrators. The dem-onstrations by the disaffected coincided with the Group of 20 meeting in Paris, where fi-nance ministers and central bankers from major econo-mies were holding talks on the debt and deficit crises afflict-ing many Western countries.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has gathered steam for a month, culmi-nating with the global day of action. It remains unclear what momentum the move-ment, which has been driven by social media, has beyond Saturday. While most ral-lies were relatively small and barely held up traffic, the Rome event drew tens of thousands of people and snaked through the city cen-ter for miles (kilometres).

Hundreds of hooded, masked demonstrators rampaged in some of the worst violence seen in the Italian capital in years, set-ting cars ablaze, breaking bank and shop windows and destroying traffic lights and signposts. Police fired vol-leys of tear gas and used wa-ter cannon to try to disperse militant protesters who were hurling rocks, bottles

and fireworks, but clashes went on into the evening. Smoke bombs set off by protesters cast a pall over a sea of red flags and banners bearing slogans denounc-ing economic policies the protesters say are hurting the poor. The violence sent many peaceful demonstra-tors and local residents near the Colosseum and St John's Basilica running into hotels and churches for safety.

American protesters are angry that U.S. banks are en-joying booming profits after getting massive bailouts in 2008 while average people are struggling in a tough economy with more than 9 percent unemployment and little help from Wash-ington. In New York, where the movement began when

protesters set up a make-shift camp in Lower Man-hattan on Sept. 17, organiz-ers said the protest grew to at least 5,000 people as they marched to Times Square in midtown Manhattan.

Some were disappoint-ed the crowd was not larger. "People don't want to get in-volved. They'd rather watch on TV," said Troy Simmons, 47, who joined demonstra-tors as he left work. "The protesters could have done better today. ... People from the whole region should be here and it didn't happen." The Times Square mood was akin to New Year's Eve, when the famed "ball drop" occurs. In a festive mood, protesters were joined by throngs of tourists snapping pictures, together counting

back from 10 and shouting, "Happy New Year."

Police said three peo-ple were arrested in Times Square after pushing down police barriers and five men were arrested earlier for wearing masks. Police also arrested 24 people at a Ci-tibank branch in Manhat-tan, mostly for trespassing. At about 8 p.m., police ar-rested another 42 people for blocking the sidewalk. Protesters complained they had no place to go with a wall of police in riot gear in front of them and thousands of demonstrators behind them leaving Times Square.

Small and peaceful ral-lies got the ball rolling across the Asia-Pacific region on Saturday. In Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, 3,000

people chanted and banged drums. In Sydney, about 2,000 people, including rep-resentatives of Aboriginal groups, communists and trade unionists, protested outside the central Reserve Bank of Australia. Hundreds marched in Tokyo. Over 100 people gathered at the Taipei stock exchange, chanting "we are Taiwan's 99 percent" and saying economic growth had only benefited companies while middle-class salaries barely covered basic costs.

In Hong Kong, home to the Asian headquarters of investment banks includ-ing Goldman Sachs, over 100 people gathered at Ex-change Square in the Central district. Students joined with retirees, holding banners that called banks a cancer.

Portugal was the scene of the biggest reported protest ac-tion, with more than 20,000 marching in Lisbon and a similar number in the coun-try's second city Oporto, two days after the government announced a new batch of austerity measures. Hun-dreds broke through a police cordon around the parlia-ment in Lisbon to occupy its broad marble staircase.

"This debt is not ours!" and "IMF, get out of here now!," demonstrators chanted. Banners read: "We are not merchan-dise in bankers' hands!" or "No more rescue loans for banks!" Around 4,000 Greeks with banners bear-ing slogans like "Greece is not for sale" staged an anti-austerity rally in Ath-

ens' Syntagma Square, the scene of violent clashes between riot police and stone-throwing youths in June. Many were furious at how austerity imposed by the government to reduce debt incurred by profligate spending and corruption had undermined the lives of ordinary Greeks.

In Paris, around 1,000 protesters rallied in front of city hall, coinciding with the G20 finance chiefs' meet-ing, after coming in from the working class neighborhood of Belleville where drum-mers, trumpeters and a tuba revved up the crowd. "This is potentially the start of a strong movement," said Oliv-ier Milleron, a doctor whose group of trumpeters played the classic American folk song

"This land is your land." The Rome protesters, who called themselves "the indignant ones," included unemployed, students and pensioners.

"I am here to show sup-port for those don't have enough money to make it to the next pay check while the ECB (European Central Bank) keeps feed-ing the banks and killing workers and families," said Danila Cucunia, a 43-year-old teacher. "We can't carry on any more with public debt that wasn't created by us but by thieving govern-ments, corrupt banks and speculators who don't give a damn about us," said Ni-cla Crippa, 49. "They caused this international crisis and are still profiting from it. They should pay for it."

951 cities join protest against corporate greedMADRID, OctObER 16 (AgEncIEs): Protesters launched worldwide street demonstrations on Saturday against corporate greed and biting cutbacks in a rolling action targetting 951 cities in 82 countries. Inspired by America's "Oc-cupy Wall Street" and Spain's "Indignants" , people took to the streets in Sydney, Hong Kong and Tokyo in the opening hours of the unprecedented global outcry. It was the biggest show of power yet by a movement born on May 15 when a rally in Ma-drid's central square of Puerta del Sol sparked a protest that spread internationally. Anger over unemployment and oppo-sition to the financial elite hung over the protests, which coin-cided with a Paris meeting of G20 financial powers pre-occu-pied by the eurozone debt crisis. But demands and the sense of urgency among the activists varied depending on the city.

Around 500 people gathered in the heart of Hong Kong's financial district to vent their anger at the inequi-ties and excesses of free-market capitalism. Around 600 demonstrators in Sydney set up camp outside Australia's central bank. In Tokyo, around 100 protesters marched through the streets, shouting "Occupy Tokyo!" In Frank-furt, continental Europe's financial capital, some 5,000 people protested in front of the European Central Bank, while in London, around 500 people marched from St Paul's cathedral to the nearby stock exchange.

Hundreds took to streets in the Bosnian city of Sa-rajevo carrying pictures of Che Guevara and old com-munist flags that read "Death to capitalism, freedom to the people" . In Philippines, about 100 people marched on the US embassy in Manila to denounce "US imperi-alism". In Canada, protests were planned in Montreal, Vancouver and at stock exchange in Toronto.

tHIMPHu, OctObER 16 (AFP): Bhutan's rare form of polygamy, in which men or women take several sisters or brothers as part-ners, is dying out as the king-dom modernises, with this week's royal wedding an-other sign of its demise. The king, 31-year-old Jigme Khe-sar Namgyel Wangchuck, married and crowned Jet-sun Pema, the commoner daughter of an airline pilot, on Thursday in a colourful Buddhist ceremony in the ancient capital of Punakha.

In his speech announc-ing the nuptials in May, Wangchuck made clear that Pema would be his only wife -- a distinct departure from his father, who married four sisters in 1979, all of whom were crowned queen in the same ceremony. The Wang-chuck dynasty dates back to 1907 and includes four oth-er kings before the current monarch, three of whom married multiple women.

The practice has its roots

in traditional Bhutanese so-cial structures, explained Francoise Pommaret, an ex-pert and author on Bhutan. "Living with several sisters, mostly found in the centre or the east, or with several brothers, mostly found in the north, allowed them to keep property in one family," she said. The decline in polyga-

my is linked to changing at-titudes in Bhutan, a tiny Hi-malayan nation sandwiched between India and China that has resisted outside in-fluence for centuries.

The country banned tele-vision until 1999 and contin-ues to restrict the number of tourists who visit its stunning mountains and valleys with

rules ensuring minimum spends of up to $200 a day. But with television and the Internet now widely avail-able and foreign education more common, young Bhu-tanese are increasingly turn-ing their backs on some of the more unusual parts of the lo-cal culture. Polygamy exists now only in small nomadic

communities that live with their animals for most of the year high in the Himalayas, according to Dasha Karma Ura from the Centre for Bhu-tan Studies, a think-tank.

"The king is rooted in the modern age. He announced to the country during his ad-dress to the parliament that they'll devote their life to each other until his death," he said. The king's monogamous in-tentions are not the only dif-ference between him and his father, who abdicated volun-tarily in 2006 to make way for his son and a fledgling democ-racy. The young Wangchuck is openly affectionate, hold-ing hands with his new queen and even kissing her in pub-lic on Saturday on the last of three days of public celebra-tions to mark the event.

Public displays of affec-tion are not uncommon in Bhutan, but the sight of the love-struck king being so open with his emotions represents a rupture from the past. "We know that they love each oth-

er so much," said high-school student Rinzin Dema, who was in the crowd to see the roy-al couple on Saturday. "Seeing our king and the queen, it’s like an inspiration to us that in the future we should be the same husband and wife like that." Pommaret says the idea of relationships has changed, partly because of soap operas on television. "Relationships on the basis of practical con-siderations have given way to the idea of romantic love. And the king is an example," she explained. "You should have seen him go red in the parlia-ment when he announced the name of his fiancee!"

The head of the opposi-tion in parliament, Tshering Tobgay, told AFP he remem-bered many more polyga-mous couples as a child, but now there are barely any in or around the capital. He joked that he would be interested in multiple wives -- if only it were practical. "I'd love to do it, but I can't see how I could be happy," he said.

‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests gains momentum

Occupy Wall Street protesters fill Times Square for a rally on Saturday, October 15, mixing with gawkers, Broadway showgoers, tour-ists and police to create a chaotic scene in the midst of Manhattan. The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators had marched north through Manhattan from Washington Square Park earlier in the afternoon. Once in Times Square, they held a rally for several hours before dispersing. Over the course of the day, more than 70 people were arrested. (AP Photo)

sAnAA, OctObER 16 (REutERs): Security forces fired on protest-ers in Yemen on Sunday, killing at least five people, hospital officials said, as Yemenis waited for inter-national action to force President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.

Witnesses said security forces attacked the protest-ers as they tried to enter Zubayri Street, which lies between two areas con-trolled by government forc-es and the powerful tribal leader Sadeq al-Ahmar.

Security forces fear that protesters could block off the street, a major throughway for traffic, ac-cording to residents.

"Until now, we have four martyrs and 13 injured by bullets," said Dr. Muham-mad al-Qubati, head of a field hospital set up by pro-testers on Sixty Street in the capital Sanaa, where thou-sands have camped out for months demanding Saleh end his 33 years in office. He said more casualties were arriving by ambulance.

Security forces killed a 52-year-old woman dur-ing protests in the south-ern city of Taiz, medical

officials said.Violence in Yemen,

strategically located at the southern tip of the Arabi-an Peninsula, has surged over the last two days, with security forces kill-ing at least 12 on Saturday while al Qaeda insurgents blew up a gas pipeline, halting the impoverished

nation's gas exports.Yemenis have been wait-

ing for U.N. Security Coun-cil members to agree to a resolution expected to urge Saleh to hand over power under a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) peace plan.

Saleh says he is ready to step down but wants to ensure that control of the

country is transferred to safe hands.

Britain has been draft-ing a resolution on Ye-men in consultation with France and the United States and intends to cir-culate it to the full 15-na-tion Security Council shortly after a closed-door meeting on Tuesday.

Russia and China, which joined forces to veto a European-sponsored resolution against Syria earlier this month, are not expected to block the reso-lution on Saleh, diplomats in New York have said.

Yemeni officials have said the attack on the pipe-line on Saturday was in re-taliation for the killing of the head of the media de-partment of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in an air raid on militant out-posts in Yemen last week.

The U.S. and Saudi Ara-bia, which shares a border with Yemen, fear al Qaeda is trying to take advantage of the country's political vacuum to expand its terri-tory in the south of the Ara-bian Peninsula, near a stra-tegic shipping strait used by tankers carrying some 3 million barrels of oil a day.

Five killed as Yemenis hope for U.N. pressure on Saleh

Bhutan’s royal wedding points to end of polygamy

Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, left, and Queen Jetsun Pema kiss in front of the crowd at the main stadium as part of their wedding celebra-tions in Thimphu, Bhutan on Saturday, October 15. (AP Photo)

A protestor carries a young boy during the clash-es between the security forces in Sanaa, Yemen on Sunday, October 16. (AP Photo)

DubAI/tEHRAn, OctO-bER 16 (REutERs): Saudi Arabia has taken a first step to have Iran reported to the Unit-ed Nations Security Council, a move that could lead to new sanctions, but Tehran dis-missed allegations it plotted to kill a top Saudi envoy as a ploy to isolate it. “Saudi Ara-bia’s permanent mission to the United Nations... formally requested the United Nations Secretary General notify the Security Council of the hei-nous conspiracy,” the Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported, citing a statement from the kingdom’s U.N. mission.

The United States on Tuesday said it had uncovered a plot by two men with links to Iran’s security forces to assas-sinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, by planting a bomb in a Washington restaurant.

One of the men, who al-legedly paid a U.S. undercover agent posing as a Mexican drug cartel hitman to carry

out the assassination, has been arrested while. The United States says the other is in Iran. Iran’s leadership says the alle-gation has been cynically engi-neered to further isolate Teh-ran -- whose disputed nuclear program has triggered several rounds of international sanc-tions against it. “All these pres-sures are aimed at stopping us from advancing,” Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ah-madinejad was quoted as say-ing on Sunday by the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said the alleged plot was a “meaningless and nonsensical accusation.

The Saudi step follows remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama that he would press for “the toughest pos-sible sanctions” against Iran over the alleged plot, and vowed not to take any op-tions off the table - a phrase commonly used to mean the possibility of using force.

bAngKOK, OctObER 16 (REutERs): Floods in Thailand engulfed another industrial estate Sunday but the capital, Bangkok, appears for now to have es-caped the devastation seen elsewhere in the country despite heavy monsoon rain and water streaming toward it from the north.

Flooding has killed 297 people since late July and caused $3 billion in dam-age. A third of the country is

under water but officials are confident low-lying Bang-kok will be spared after the strengthening of its system of defensive dikes and ca-nals. "We're dredging canals in both western and east-ern zones, which should be completed in no more than a week. The irrigation depart-ment has provided an up-date on the water situation, which has reassured us," Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra told reporters.

Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani and Nakhon Sawan provinces north of Bangkok have been devastated. Floods have swallowed up homes and forced a series of huge industrial parks to close, in-cluding the Bang Pa-In estate in Ayutthaya Saturday. An-other estate, Factory Land in Ayutthaya, which has 93 fac-tories employing 8,500 em-ployees, flooded in the early hours of Sunday.

Most of the factories make electronic compo-nents and car parts, so this will add to the problems of the international firms that use Thailand as a region-al production hub. "The water broke in at around midnight. Operators there were aware of it and evacu-ated people from the estate ... Up to now, five industrial estates have been flooded," said Prayoon Tingthong, in charge of industrial affairs for the province.

Japanese car maker Honda Motor Co Ltd has shut its Ayutthaya plant, which accounts for 4.7 per-cent of its global output, and said Friday it would stay closed until October 21.

Saudi takes Iran to U.N. over alleged plot

Thailand floods claim more factories, Bangkok safe for now

Indian-origin Lankan tour guide judged world’s bestcOlOMbO, OctObER 16 (AgEncIEs): A Sri Lankan tour guide of In-dian-origin has been se-lected as the world’s best guide by the British travel magazine Wanderlust.

Noel Bruno Dawsan says he is delighted and will help disadvantaged people into further education with his bursary. Dawsan, who comes from a Tamil family of impoverished tea pickers in a remote Sri Lankan town, said he was hailed by the judges as a “true cultural ambassador,” the BBC reports.

Wanderlust collected feedback from tourists to col-lect candidates for a shortlist of five. The magazine then sent a judge who masqueraded as a tourist in order to decide who should get the award, the re-port said. “The difference with Bruno is that instead of just hearing about his country, he made you feel about it,” judge Mark Carwardine, author and wildlife expert, said.

Dawsan says the award is not only a personal achieve-ment, but an honour to Sri Lanka at a time when the coun-try is struggling to improve its international image after de-cades of brutal civil war.

A customer walks through a flooded shop nearby Chaophraya River in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday, October 16. (AP Photo)

The Morung ExpressSPORTSMonday17 October 201110 Dimapur

MADRID, OctObeR 16 (AFP): Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 win over Racing Santander on Saturday, a victory which preserved the Spanish and European champions' one-point lead over Real Madrid in La Liga. Messi's Argentinean international teammate Gonzalo Higuain had ear-lier hit his second hat-trick in a week to lead Madrid to a 4-1 mauling of Real Betis as Jose Mourinho's team temporarily dislodged Bar-celona from top spot.

At Camp Nou, Messi's brace, which took his league total to 10 this season, and a rare header for captain Xavi Hernandez were enough to seal the points. The re-sult was never in doubt and Barca were able to take their foot off the pedal towards the end with one eye on Wednesday's Champions League match at home to Czech side Viktoria Plzen. However they are likely to be without defender Gerard Pique who limped off with a muscular problem to add to Barca's mounting injury list.

Barcelona needed just eight minutes to break through against Racing Santander. Andres Iniesta, in his first game in a month after

injury, turned cleverly in the area to find Messi who skipped around Santander goalkeeper Antonio Rodriguez 'Tono' to push the ball into an open net. Barcelona's second came on 27 minutes from the head of Xavi after good work and a fine cross from Pedro Rodriguez on the left wing.

The chances continued to come and Messi was inch-es away from getting his sec-ond on 36 minutes. A min-ute later Carles Puyol failed to finish from point blank range after Pedro Rodri-guez had put him through. Santander defended stoutly and held out until the 67th minute when Barca got their third. When Iniesta received a pass from Messi on the left hand side of the area he beat off two defenders with a magical feint before strik-ing the post only for Messi to pounce to convert the re-bound.

Higuain had hit three for Argentina in a World Cup qualifying victory against Chile and his golden streak on Saturday with Real Ma-drid. But despite his scoring prowess, Mourinho insists that French international Karim Benzema is also in his thoughts when it comes to his starting line-up. "Higuain is better than before and be-

Messi outshines Higuain as Barca stay top

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, from Argentina, center, duels for the ball against Racing Santander's Bernardo Espinosa, right, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 15. (AP Photo)

tween him and Benzema it is difficult to talk about who is the sub and who plays," said Mourinho. "Karim was on the bench because we need-ed him. They are two very different forwards with one thing in common -- they both score goals."

For Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo started his 100th match and Mourinho's team were quickly into their stride. Kaka whipped in a dangerous cross from the left which Betis goal-keeper Casto Espinosa was only able to parry out to Mesut Ozil whose shot was charged down by defender Antonio Amaya. On 21 min-utes it was again the in-form Kaka who found Higuain with space to centre for Ronaldo whose glancing header should have put Madrid ahead. Just before the break, Ronaldo teed-up Kaka but the Brazilian's shot went narrowly wide and a closely fought first-half finished goalless.

Madrid were ahead with 30 seconds of the restart. Marcelo's long, raking pass found Ronaldo's attacking run down the left and one touch was all he needed to present Higuain with an open goal. Casto Espinosa came to Betis' rescue on 56

minutes, blocking acrobati-cally twice to deny Higuain and then Kaka. However he could do nothing two min-utes later when Kaka placed a curling right-footed shot into the bottom right cor-ner. Jorge Molina pulled a goal back for Betis from close range on 69 minutes after Ruben Castro fought his way through the Madrid defence, but any hope Betis had of taking anything from the game lasted less than a minute.

Angel Di Maria found Higuain with a beautifully weighted pass from the right wing that left the Ar-gentine to neatly take the ball round Casto and finish into an open net. On 73 min-utes Higuain completed his hat-trick when his compa-triot Di Maria again found him with a defence splitting pass that he chipped over the oncoming Casto. Valen-cia missed out on joining Madrid on 16 points after drawing 1-1 at Mallorca. A Mehmet Topal handball in the third minute of time added-on allowed Israeli Tomer Hemed to equalise from the spot for Mallorca after French international defender Adil Rami had scored from close range on 38 minutes for Valencia.

Kendall Holt, left, takes a punch from Danny Garcia in the 11th round of a junior welterweight boxing match in Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 15. Garcia won by split decision after the 12th round. (AP Photo)

MANcHeSteR, OctO-beR 16 (AFP): Roberto Mancini hopes Manches-ter City have earned more respect from Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ahead of the derby clash between the title rivals next weekend. City's Italian manager was delighted with the stylish way his team re-corded a 4-1 victory over Aston Villa at Eastlands on Saturday to move ahead of United into first place in the Premier League. The win sets up an intriguing match-up at Old Trafford next weekend as Mancini's men try to cling onto top spot.

For all the recent con-troversy that has shrouded City following the much-publicised dispute between Mancini and Argentina forward Carlos Tevez, the Italian claims his team are playing the most impres-sive football of his reign and he believes Ferguson should acknowledge that commitment to attack. "We started the season very well but we knew this would be a hard week because we play Aston Villa, we play Villar-real (on Tuesday) which is a crucial game in the Cham-pions League for us," said Mancini when asked if his team had been distracted by off-field matters.

"So our minds are very busy. Our confidence is high because we started the season well and won a lot of games, but we need to improve. "Sir Alex Fer-guson has more experience than me. He knows he has a fantastic team in his hands and he has respect for ev-ery team he plays against but I hope we are earning more respect." City took a

Mancini expects more respect from Ferguson

Roberto Mancini and Alex Ferguson are seen here greeting each other.

first half lead through Ma-rio Balotelli, the controver-sial Italian forward, before Adam Johnson and Vincent Kompany stretched the lead to three goals early in the second half.

Stephen Warnock's consolation for Villa count-ed for nothing as James Milner scored the game's final goal against his former club. Mancini had started the game with Edin Dze-ko, David Silva and Samir Nasri on the bench, a policy which handed Balotelli just his second league start of the season and one which he accepted impressively. "I think Mario is always happy," Mancini said when asked if his countryman had finally settled in Man-chester after a turbulent time in English football.

"At this moment, after he was on the bench four or five times in the last month, maybe he understood he needs to play well because he has scored four goals in a row. "He is also working hard for the team. Mario

can change in a moment but I'm very happy because now this is 40 or 50 days he has worked well, played well. "He is motivated because he is playing and he is scor-ing, that is important for him. "But it's important he continues to play like that. I think for every player who is there on the bench with me, it is not easy to watch the game and not play in a team that's playing well but now he is playing well and scoring goals and for him that is very important."

Mancini could also take pleasure from the contin-ued rehabilitation of for-mer United midfielder Owen Hargreaves, who made a 14-minute substi-tute appearance against Villa. "I am happy for him because he is a good guy," said Mancini. "For him it is important to be playing in the Premier League with-out problems. "He only played 15 minutes but it is important he doesn't have any problems and that he can continue to play now.

LIVeRPOOL, OctO -beR 16 (AFP): Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard insisted on Saturday that Wayne Rooney must be included in the Euro 2012 squad despite the star strik-er being banned from all three group games. Rooney was handed a three-match ban by UEFA after being sent off in last week's final qualifier against Monte-negro where a 2-2 draw assured England's place in the tournament in Poland and Ukraine next summer.

"For me he has got to go, the talent that he is," the Liverpool captain said. "He is that good a player I think you have to take the risk and take him. It is dev-astating he is out for the first three games. "We will have to see who we come up

against in the group games but we should progress from the group stages and then you need your best player out there with you to push on all the way to the final."

Gerrard, who scored in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Rooney's Manchester United at Anfield on Sat-urday, added that the strik-er's ban could even spur England on to reach the knockout rounds at Euro 2012. "Not having him for the first three games will hopefully galvanise the squad," said Gerrard. "We all need to pull together and take responsibility with him not being there. Then hopefully if we do get out of the group he will be there fit and fresh to help us push on."

LONDON, OctObeR 16 (PtI): Graeme Swann's criticism of Kevin Piet-ersen in his autobiogra-phy has not affected their friendship, insisted Eng-land cricket coach Andy Flower but conceded that he would have wanted the off-spinner to wait till re-tirement before writing such a book. In his autobi-ography, Swann had criti-cised Pietersen's captaincy stint, saying that he was a bad choice to lead England in 2008 and 2009.

Flower praised Pi-etersen for his "mature handling" of the situation and hoped that such tell-all books are kept for af-ter the retirement. Asked whether he believes play-ers should wait until retir-ing to air such revelations in print, he said: "That's my

personal opinion, yes." "I personally don't think that it's a good idea for current players to be talking about their fellow players," Flow-er was quoted as saying by 'The Daily Mail'.

"The written word does come across very, very differently - when you can't judge a person's tone - and particularly with Swann's words, that is an accurate and impor-tant point." Flower insist-ed that England's team spirit was intact despite the controversy. "It's all been handled in-house - without many problems. Pietersen and Swann get on well, and I think Piet-ersen has handled it very maturely," he said. Eng-land, touring India right now, are down 0-1 in a five-match ODI series.

‘Pietersen and Graeme Swann are still friends’

‘We need banned Rooney at Euro 2012’

Students of the Greenwood Higher Secondary Dimapur taking part during the 31st Annual Sports Week. The students were divided into four houses.

Chelsea cruise past Everton

LONDON, OctObeR 16 (AFP): Chelsea remained hot on the heels of Premier League leaders Manches-ter City after cruising past Everton 3-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Goals from Daniel Sturridge, cap-tain John Terry and Bra-zilian midfielder Ramires secured the points for Chel-sea and ensured they ended their six-season wait for a home league win over the Toffees. The win brought third-place Chelsea to within a point of Manches-ter United in second and kept them three behind Manchester City.

Everton on the other hand find themselves two points above the relegation zone and four of the seven sides below them are due to play on Sunday. Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas had made two changes from the side that won 5-1 at Bolton before the interna-tional break with Branislav Ivanovic replacing David Luiz in defence and John

Obi Mikel coming in for Raul Meireles in midfield.

David Moyes, the Ever-ton manager, opted not to change his starting line-up from the one beaten at home by Liverpool in their most recent game, with mid-fielder Jack Rodwell able to play after his much-debated red card in that game had been overturned. Everton were the more impressive side in the first half hour and certainly created the better chances. Tim Cahill, the Australia international, headed an early one wide and it was not long before Petr Cech, the Chelsea goal-keeper, had to punch a cor-ner away under pressure from Marouane Fellaini.

Louis Saha, Everton's France international for-ward, then tested Cech with a low drive that the goal-keeper initially fumbled before Fellaini was cau-tioned for a high challenge on Ramires. Chelsea took a 31st-minute lead through Sturridge, his fourth of the

season. Juan Mata was the man who unlocked the Everton defence with a chipped pass into the box that was perfect for Ashley Cole, who had run in behind his marker. The England de-fender crossed from the left and Sturridge gave Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard no chance with a firm header from six yards out.

Cole was booked for a foul on Tony Hibbert before Baines was shown a yellow card before the break for a clumsy challenge on Stur-ridge. Terry doubled Chel-sea's lead in first-half stop-page time when he rose the highest in a crowd of players to head Frank Lam-pard's free-kick past How-ard. Moyes' side continued

to battle after the break but Leon Osman's long-rang-er cleared the crossbar by some margin before Sea-mus Coleman was replaced by Royston Drenthe on the hour mark. Within seconds of the Netherland midfield-er's arrival however the game was put beyond Ever-ton's reach when Ramires slid in to make it 3-0.

Chelsea's John Terry, left, celebrates with Bra-nislav Ivanovic after scor-ing against Everton dur-ing their English Premier League soccer match at the Stamford Bridge Sta-dium, London, Saturday, Oct. 15. (AP Photo)

New ODI rules confusing for now, says Virat Kohli

NeW DeLHI, OctObeR 26 (PtI): India's middle-order batsman Virat Kohli finds the new ODI rules in-troduced by the ICC confusing and feels that the play-ing condition, which allows for a run out if a batsman is deemed to have obstructed the field, is "vague". The new ICC rules came into application in the ongoing five-match India-England series, the first game of which In-dia won by 126 runs in Hyderabad. "It is a good change. It might turn out to be more interesting and exciting even-tually but in the first match it was very confusing. The run out rule is a little vague, no one knows how the ob-struction rule will apply," Kohli said on the eve of the sec-ond ODI. According to the new rule, on appeal from the fielders, if the umpire feels that a batsman, while running between the wickets, has significantly changed his direc-tion without probable cause (to save his wicket) when a fielder attempts to run the batsman out, should be given out "obstructing the field".

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PRIME TIME TV GUIDES

Ashton Kutcher's marriage is said to be collapsing following reports

that he cheated on wife Demi Moore with 23-year-old model Sara Leal. How-ever the actor put on a brave face last night as he stepped out to support the Clinton Foundation at the Decade Of Difference Concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

The 33-year-old That 70's Show star forced a smile as he posed with Ja-son Segal on the event's red carpet just hours af-ter a source said that he has begged his wife of six years for forgiveness. The 48-year-old actress has consulted a lawyer about her marriage to Kutcher – 15 years her junior – after a hot-tub party where he allegedly had unprotected sex with the Texan party girl. But with the ratings of his TV show plummeting, the Two And A Half Men star has persuaded his wife to delay filing for divorce, saying he deserves a second chance.

An industry insider said last night: ‘Demi’s entire group of family, friends and co-workers are telling her to

Mel Gibson has a real friend in Robert Downey Jr. Friday night Downey, 46,

accepted an American Cinema-theque Award in Beverly Hills, and the actor used his time on stage to ask Hollywood to forgive Gibson, 55. "Unless you are without sin -- and if you are, you are in the wrong f**king industry -- you should for-give him and let him work," the Iron Man star said.

Downey, who famously strug-gled with substance abuse himself in the past, costarred with Gib-son in the 1990 film Air America. "He taught my many things, and I will use the 'C' word -- courage," Downey said. "There's nothing so much wrong with him. Of course you have to worry about the guy making the judgment here. He's a good dude with a good heart.

Gibson has been open about his battle with alcoholism; throughout

move on. But she’s a wreck – embarrassed and devas-tated about how she’s been betrayed, but really torn. If she goes through with a di-vorce, the gossip is bound to be pretty cruel about how she couldn’t keep hold of her toyboy. She’s always

perceived herself as being strong, but she also has a very natural fear of starting over again at 48, alone.’

Just one year ago the couple balked at reports that Ashton has cheated when a 21-year-old student told Star Magazine that she

had slept with Ashton at his marital home while Demi was in Detroit shooting a movie. At the time Ashton slammed the magazine call-ing it 'defamation of charac-ter' and said the magazine was 'writing fiction.'

Demi had two failed marriages behind her – to songwriter Freddy Moore and actor Bruce Willis, with whom she has three daugh-ters – when she tied the knot with Ashton in 2005. The actress has agreed to attend marriage counsel-ing sessions at The Kabbal-ah Centre in Los Angeles where the couple have wor-shiped regularly through-out their marriage.

Despite Ashton appear-ing glum, the actor spent time in the exclusive VIP area at the concert organized to raise awareness around Clinton Foundation's ef-forts to improve global health, strengthen econo-mies worldwide, promote healthier childhoods, and protect the environment. He then took to the stage to talk about the foundation before acts like Stevie Won-der, Lady Gaga and Usher performed to a screaming crowd of thousands.

Ashton Kutcher begs Demi Moore for another chance

'I won the lottery marrying Gwyneth'Chris Martin gushes about Paltrow in rare interview about his relationship

C oldplay frontman Chris Martin has revealed that being married to Gwyneth Paltrow is 'like winning the

lottery'. The British singer admits in a new interview that he feels really lucky to be married to the GOOP God-dess, and not just because she's the only serious romance he's ever had.

In an interview with CBS Sun-day Morning, Anthony Mason asked Martin, 34, if it was true that he'd only had 'one serious relationship'. Mar-tin confirmed: 'That's right. I'm in it.' Mason pointed out that Martin's lack of serious girlfriends in the past was 'pretty unusual' and told him he'd made 'quite a leap.' The musician quipped: 'It's a big leap? What, from being a loser, to going out with an Os-car winner?'

Martin then laughingly continued: 'It's a giant leap. Let's face it; it's like winning the lottery.' Martin and Pal-trow, who said 'I do' in 2003, are par-ents to Moses, five, and seven year-old Apple. Martin also revealed how being a father had changed his professional life, adding: 'It's made it more focused.

'And you have a purpose. I like what it does. Just the idea of having to work hard so your kids are okay.'

Martin and Paltrow have been notoriously close-lipped about their romance and are very rarely seen to-gether and never walk the red carpet or have themselves pictured at celebrity

events. Gwyneth recently said in an Elle interview that she understands why musician likes to keep their rela-tionship private. 'He makes music for his fans, and he doesn't want people to conjure a lame famous couple when they're getting into his music,' the Slid-ing Doors star said. 'I get it.'

I t's a match made in reality-TV heaven! It has been revealed that former Bachelor star

Matt Grant is romancing Natalie Getz, the winner of the first season of The Bach-elor Pad.

"They are 100 percent dating -- she told me!" a close friend of Natalie's says. "It's still new, but they've gone out a few times and are seeing how things go. Their friends think it's a good match."

While you might expect that the pair met through their connection with the hit ABC shows, it was actu-ally complete coincidence! They kept bumping in to each other at a Starbucks in LA. "They always saw each other, so one day he was like, 'Let's hang out,' because he

Ex-Bachelor Matt Grant dating Bachelor Pad winner Natalie Getz!

S imon Cowell was wor-ried his US X Factor show would be over

after its second episode. The music mogul -– who spent $200 million launch-ing the American version of the pop star search show — was “tense” about the ratings and feared it could be the end of the project if it lost a significant number of its 12.4 million viewers from the opening night. “I wasn’t opening any cham-pagne on the first day be-cause now we had set ev-eryone’s expectations,” he said. “The worse thing was in the second day because if you have a 30 or 40 per cent drop off, you’re dead. And in fact somebody said to me, ‘If this drops off 30 per cent Simon, it’s prob-ably going to be all over.’ That is when I was tense.”

The 52-year-old star accepts there are a “ton of people” who didn’t want him to succeed on the show — which averaged 12 million viewers after its first two ep-isodes were broadcast State-side — but he is confident the ratings will increase.

“As much as people want you to succeed, there’s a ton of people that want you to fail and I took a bit in the neck that first day,” Simon said. “But I always trust the public and I get a feel for the show and it’s been positive and starting to grow now.”

Simon Cowell Feared Axe Factor!

Robert Downey Jr. asks Hollywood to “Forgive” Mel Gibson

The God of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan is to be conferred with a

honourary degree from a University of repute in Brisbane, Australia. The Queensland University of Technology will felicitate India’s living legend Big B come October 20th.

Fans of the megastar can rejoice for Big B recent-ly tweeted – “Queensland University of Technology (QUT) honors me with a Doctorate on the 20th of October in Brisbane .. deep gratitude !!”

Meanwhile, he just fin-ished his shoot for `The Great Gatsby`, tweeting – “Long meticulous rehears-als with Leonardo di Caprio, Tobey Maguire and Joel Egerton, for a small scene..

the years he has been repeatedly taped making offensive, anti-Se-mitic remarks, including a drunken rant during a 2006 arrest in Malibu. In March, he pled no contest for one misdemeanor count of spousal bat-tery, related to a Jan. 6, 2010 inci-dent with his ex Oksana Grigorie-va. During the pair's custody case for their 23-month-old daughter Lucia, Gibson admitted, "I slapped Oksana with an open hand in an at-tempt to bring her back to reality."

But Downey, who is proudly clean and sober today, isn't about to judge Gibson. "Mel and I have the same lawyer, same publicist, and same shrink. I couldn't get hired and he cast me," Downey said. "He said if I accepted responsibility -- he called it hugging the cactus -- long enough, my life would take meaning. And if he helped me, I would help the next guy. But it was not reasonable to expect the next guy would be him."

Big B to be honoured again with a Doctorate

incredible detailing !!Big B will soon be over

to Brisbane for the Hon-orary Doctorate from the Queensland University. This is the third time an honorary degree has been conferred on Amitabh by a foreign uni-versity. The De Montfort

University in Leicester had honoured Amitabh with an honorary Doctor of Arts de-gree on July 19, 2006 in rec-ognition of his distinguished career in films. Next in June 2007, Big B received a doc-torate from the Leeds Met-ropolitan University.

thought she was fun," a friend of Matt's says. "It was totally organic." "They've hit it off," the friend adds. "It's really in the early stages, but their friends think they're a good match."

Matt, 31, starred on the 12th season of The Bachelor and got engaged to winner Shayne Lamas on the finale, broadcast in

May 2008. The pair called it off that sum-mer.

Natalie, 30, starred on the next season of The Bachelor, competing for the affec-tions of Jason Mesnick. He dumped her in the third episode, and Natalie returned to the franchise, winning the first season of the spin-off show The Bachelor Pad.

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Our CorrespondentKohima | October 16

Some of the records at the ongoing 12th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy 2011 organised by Angami Students Union at Kohima Local Ground till October 15 is as follows;

Highest goal scored: (a) Thangtinlen of Lamkang Students’ Union-5 goal (b) P.H Alfred of Nagaland Police-5 goalFastest goal scored-Thangtinlen of Lam-kang Students’ Union in 2 minute.Team highest goal scored-13th Assam Rifles with 10 goals.Hat-trick-7Red Card-0Issue of yellow card is 38 with a percent-age of 1.02 per matchTie-Break-7Total goal scored is 142 with a percentage of 3.83 goals per match

MATCHES FOR OCTOBER 17Ist Match: Zephyr Akuk XI,Wokha vs Khu-zama SCU@ 11:30 AM2nd Match: Katalui FC,Senapati vs Life Sports B @ 1 PM3rd Match: Kohima Science College vr Zhadi Boyz @ 2:30 PM

Record of ongoing NSF Martyrs Memorial Trophy till October 15

Match in progress at NSF Martyrs Memorial Trophy on Sat-urday in Kohima

YEONGAM, OctObEr 16 (AFP): Double world champion Sebastian Vet-tel won the Korean Grand Prix in crushing fashion on Sunday to help his Red Bull team retain the Formula One constructors' title af-ter a dominant season. Just a week after cruising to third place in Japan, where Vettel confirmed himself as the 2011 drivers' world champion, the 24-year-old German was uncatchable as he drove to his 10th win this year, and 20th of his career.

Vettel started second on the grid, but took the lead from Briton Lewis Ham-ilton of McLaren on the opening lap to pull clear and produce a flawless drive to the chequered flag. He came home in a winning time of one hour, 38 minutes and 1.994 seconds, 12.019 ahead of Hamilton, who drove a splendidly controlled de-fensive race to stay ahead of Vettel's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber.

The Australian finished third, ensuring Red Bull clinched their second suc-cessive team title, ahead of Briton Jenson Button in the second McLaren, and two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. "Fantastic Seb, well done, a great drive," said Red Bull team chief Christian Horn-er. "Mark, we have won the constructors - well done!"

Vettel victory hands title to Red BullRed Bull cast doubt on future of FOTA

YEONGAM, OctObEr 16 (rEu-tErs): Formula One world champions Red Bull cast doubt on the future of the teams' association FOTA on Sunday af-ter a meeting at the Korean Grand Prix to discuss two key agreements. "I think that FOTA has reached the crossroads where it needs to deal with some of the key is-sues moving forward or we'll stop. It's as simple as that," team principal Christian Horner said before the race. "The prin-cipal issues are obviously the Concorde Agreement, the direction that goes in, and fundamentally the RRA (Resource Restriction Agreement). "If we can't find agreement within FOTA on that then what is the purpose of FOTA?"

FOTA currently includes all but one of the 12 teams, with tailenders HRT leaving

last year, and acts as a united voice in talks with Formula One's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone and the governing FIA. The Concorde Agreement is a confiden-tial contract between teams, commercial rights holder and FIA that runs the busi-ness side of the sport including distribu-tion of revenues -- a perennial sore point. The RRA is an agreement between FOTA members to keep spending in check to al-low smaller teams to remain competitive and protect the sport as a whole in the face of global financial difficulties. Both agree-ments are coming up for renewal. Asked whether there was a risk to FOTA, Horner said: "If a solution isn't found on the di-rection the teams want to go in, then yes. "They are the fundamental issues that need to be addressed."

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates with his trophy after winning the Korean Formula One Grand Prix at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea Sunday, Oct. 16. (AP Photo)

"Yes, yes, yes and yes again," screamed Vettel, the sport's youngest double champion. "Yes and that makes 10 wins now!" Vettel delivered a fi-nal flourish with the fast-est lap of the race on his last circuit as the top five were separated by just 15 seconds. Felipe Massa was sixth in the second Ferrari ahead of Jaime Alguersuari of Toro Rosso, Nico Ros-berg of Mercedes, Sebas-tian Buemi of Toro Rosso and British rookie Paul Di Resta, who grabbed a point for Force India team in 10th place. Seven-time champi-

on Michael Schumacher, 42, was forced into an early retirement after his Mer-cedes car was damaged in a collision with Vitaly Petrov of Renault.

Having set himself up early in the race, the new double champion exploit-ed his position with a bold passing move under brak-ing into turn four. The Red Bull swiftly opened up a 1.2 seconds lead, Hamilton having given no resistance. Button also made a poor start and fell to sixth on the opening lap as the leaders jostled for places, and by the

start of lap two Vettel led Hamilton ahead of Webber, Massa, Alonso and Button. The order remained un-changed until lap 14 when Button pitted first ahead of Rosberg.

Hamilton pitted a lap later and was followed in by Vettel, Red Bull immediately covering the Mercedes strat-egy before an uncontrolled attack by Vitaly Petrov saw him slide into Schumacher at turn three on lap 17. The Renault driver slammed into the back of the old cham-pion's Mercedes, causing se-rious damage to both cars

forcing both drivers to retire. On resumption, Webber re-sisted a charge from Button as the order resettled with Vettel 1.4 seconds ahead of Hamilton, Webber and But-ton, up to fourth.

Webber then closed on Hamilton and began a series

of attempts to pass him, with thrilling wheel-to-wheel racing on lap 33 as they in-terchanged positions be-fore both pitted and, within a lap, resumed their battle. But the duel cost both driv-ers time and allowed Vettel to pull clear by more than 10

seconds. The scrap for sec-ond also encouraged But-ton, in fourth, to close the gap with Alonso hot on his tail. Again and again, they scrapped and challenged, but in the dramatic action Hamilton hung on and be-hind him each driver did the

same. "I give up!" said Alon-so at one point, in a radio comment in English - de-signed, it was suggested, to encourage McLaren to re-lax. Button did not and nor did Hamilton, but it was Red Bull whose points carried the day and the season.

Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova shows the trophy after winning the final against Dominika Cibulkova of Slova-kia at the Generali Ladies WTA tennis tournament in Linz, Austria, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. Wim-bledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-1 Sunday to win the Generali Ladies for her fifth title of the season and sixth overall. The top-seeded Kvitova, ranked on a career-high fourth, is now 6-2 in career finals. The seventh-seeded Cibulkova, who is yet to win a title, was in her first final since 2008. Only top-ranked Caro-line Wozniacki, who won six events, has earned more WTA titles this season than Kvitova. (AP Photo)

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LONdON, OctObEr 16 (AP): Robin van Persie gave Arsenal's stuttering Premier League campaign a boost on Sunday by curl-ing home a late free kick to earn the team a 2-1 vic-tory over Sunderland. The Netherlands striker added to the opener he scored for the north London club after just 29 seconds by stepping up in the 83rd minute to hit the winner with a sublime effort from 25 yards for his fifth goal of the season. Swe-den winger Sebastian Lars-son had equalized for Sun-derland against his former club in the 31st minute with a free kick just as impres-sive as Van Persie's, but the struggling visitors failed to hold on in the face of a spir-ited late effort by the hosts.

Arsenal's third straight victory at the Emirates lift-ed them to 10th place in the table as Arsene Wenger's team looks to rebound af-ter a poor start to the season that included an 8-2 defeat at Manchester United.

The Gunners look as if they will invariably have to lean heavily on Van Persie, the team's captain and at-tacking fulcrum, to have any chance of climbing back into the top four - where they have been habitually finished during Wenger's 15-year reign. The Dutch-man's first goal, which came when he ran onto Gervin-ho's through-ball and fired a low shot into the corner, was

Late Van Persie goal rescues win for Arsenal

Arsenal's Robin van Persie, left, celebrates with teammates Theo Walcott, 2nd left, Laurent Koscielny, 2nd right, and Yos-si Benayoun after scoring a goal against Sunderland during their English Premier League soccer match at the Emirates stadium, London, Sunday, Oct. 16. (AP Photo)

the quickest in the Premier League in nearly four years.

And after taking the lead, Arsenal appeared ready to run away as Van Persie chipped a superb angled shot back off the far post in the 12th minute before curl-ing just wide from 25 yards soon after. Sunderland's de-fence appeared at a stand-still as Gervinho fired over from a good position before a dip by the hosts allowed Sunderland to get back in it at the Emirates stadium.

Sunderland scored against the run of play after Mikel Arteta was penalized for handball, with Larsson stepping up to whip a shot into the top corner beyond the reach of Arsenal goal-keeper Wojciech Szczesny. Szczesny then scrambled across his line to make a point-blank stop to Lee Cat-termole's close-range head-

er before Jack Colback vol-leyed over from 10 yards.

Arsenal re-established their authority in the second half but failed to seriously test Sunderland 'keeper Si-mon Mignolet, increasing the frustrations of the home crowd. Russia forward An-drey Arshavin came close to putting Arsenal ahead after the substitute embarked on a run in the 73rd that took him past four players before poking his shot narrowly wide. Van Persie, however, stepped up to rescue Arse-nal with a late winner that showed how important he will be to the Gunners fol-lowing the off-season de-partures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri. Recent reports have suggested Van Persie may look to leave the struggling club, who are un-characteristically 10th in the table after eight games.