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Artists’ corner at Hornbill Festival 2011

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): The Department of Art & Culture is putting up the Artists’ Corner this year too, during the Horn-bill Festival 2011 at Kisama. This was informed in a press note issued by K. Kughazhe Yeputhomi, Director, Art & Culture, Nagaland, Kohima. The Artists’ Corner will pro-vide opportunity to the local artists for display and sale of their works during the Festi-val. Proper display of works will depend on the availability of space. Few artists will also be selected for life-sketching and spot painting etc. In-terested artists are hereby informed to contact the Art Wing in the Directorate of Art & Culture, Kohima, for sub-mission of works and further information.

Guv conveys condolence DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): Governor Nikhil Kumar mourns the demise of late Constable Mhasivikho Kirha of the 10 IR Batallion who was killed by Maoist in West Bengal. In a letter ad-dressed to the mother of the late jawan, the Governor wrote: “I am saddened to hear of the demise of your son Constable Mhasivikho deployed in Purulia, West Bengal. He laid his life in the call of duty and his supreme sacrifice will be remembered with honour and gratitude. Please accept my deepest condolences on your be-reavement. I pray to the Al-mighty to grant you strength to bear this irreparable loss. May his soul rest in peace.”

Women meet on elimination of violence, civic pollsDIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): The Nagaland State Commission for Wom-en Commission (NSCW) convened a meeting of all the Tribal Women Hohos on November 18 at the Red Cross Complex, Kohima. Sano Vamuzo, Chairperson, NWC said that the main pur-pose of the meeting was to brief the Hohos on observing the “Fortnight Observation of Elimination of Violence against Women” from No-vember 25 to December 10, 2011 in their respective dis-tricts. The meeting also dis-cussed about the civic polls which will be due very soon. The NSCW suggested and ad-vised the house that the best way is to have a consensus can-didate for a free, fair and peace-ful election. Two representa-tives from each women hoho including Naga Mothers Asso-ciation attended the meeting.

Morung Express NewsKiphire | November 21

During a glitzy evening on November 4 at the Hy-att Regency Hotel in New Delhi, Nagaland won the India Today Group award for what is called the “most improved state,” in infra-structure. Some 2,000 kilometers back home, a Tata mobile lorry carry-ing goods was struggling to cross a ‘hanging bridge’ on the way to Pungro in Kip-hire district of Nagaland. The bridge over the Zung-ki River connects Kiphire and Pungro via Tethezu. Heavy vehicles are pro-hibited from plying on the bridge and smaller vehicles

are not permitted to carry more than 1 ton of load. People still use this “devel-opment” available to them for transport and commu-nication.

Located in the eastern border of Nagaland, Kip-hire district is one of the lesser- developed areas in Nagaland. The district is home to a number of tribes including the Yimchun-ger, Sumi and the Sang-tam. Kiphire was carved out of Tuensang district in 2004. Since then it has been enjoying separate funds meant for development like the local area develop-ment fund, the underdevel-oped area fund, border area funds, etc. In spite of the in-

flow of money for develop-ment, the district has seen little or no changes since it came into being.

Road conditions in Kip-hire district, according to a resident of Kiphire town are “not too good.” Devoid of drainage systems, the en-tire town gets flooded dur-ing monsoon months. Since last year, there has been no repair works on the roads and people went though this monsoon season with utmost difficulty, residents said. A citizen commented that the road beyond Pun-gro town is meant only for the “Shaktiman” – a stur-dy old-fashioned military truck used in the hills.

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DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): The Rengma Hoho, Rengma GB’s Asso-ciation and Rengma Naga Public Organization, Karbi Anglong, Assam has de-manded an apology from Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister and Spokesman to the Government of As-sam, regarding a statement made by him to some Assam based local daily on Novem-ber 19 on the “Supra-state Body” issue.

A joint press communi-qué issued by the organisa-tions stated that the Assam Minister must apologise to Rengmas both in Assam and Nagaland. Dr Sharma had reportedly stated that, “there are no other Naga areas in Assam and only some Zeme Nagas in the North Cachar Hills dis-trict. The few Nagas who

stay in other parts of the state are ‘encroachers and not inhabitants.”

Giving an account of the disintegration of the Reng-ma tribe, the organisations stated that “prior to the ad-vent of the British into the soil of the Nagas, the Na-gas lived together in their own village and enjoyed complete freedom with-out any outside interfer-ence. However, in the 19th century, the British Gov-ernment disintegrated the Naga inhabited areas and administered them under different administrative unit much against the will of the Nagas. Naga inhab-ited areas along with the populations were illegally transferred into adjoining states of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh during the British rule for

their administrative con-venience. Moreover, under the 16-Point Agreement ar-rived between the Govern-ment of India and the Naga People’s Convention, 1960 states that the contiguous Naga inhabited areas and forest areas shall be con-solidated, if they so desire.”

The Association add-ed that “after the British consolidated their hold in Assam and managed to subjugate more and more Naga territories, they had to do some re-thinking, so as to effectively administer these areas. The need for re-defining administrative areas became all the more imperative after the con-struction of Assam Bengal Railway in and around 1899. Thus, for the sake of admin-istrative convenience, large portions of Naga territory

were transferred to the ad-joining districts of Assam in 1898, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1923 in a phase man-ner. The entire processes of transferring the territo-ries of Naga Hills to the ad-joining districts of Assam were carried out surrepti-tiously without the consent and knowledge of the Na-gas, neither in individuals nor in general. Transfer of Naga territories into Assam was done much against the wishes of the Nagas but un-der the strong hands of the British Government, the Nagas had no voice to raise the issue. Moreover, those were the days, where the Nagas were unaware that their territories are being transferred to Assam and administered under differ-ent administrative unit.

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DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): After the RTI social auditing on November 15 and a public hearing on November 16 at Zünheboto organized by YouthNet and Zünheboto Range Students Union (ZRSU), the citizens of Zünheboto have some-thing to look forward to.

Taking cue from the genuine opinions shared by some government officers, the leaders representing Sülimi Totimi Hoho (Zün-heboto), Senior Citizens Forum, Kukami Hoho and All Sümi Students Union (SKK) who were present at the public hearing as “spe-

cial observers,” have wel-comed the idea of initiating community based action/involvement in develop-mental works in Zünheboto.

The leaders agreed that all elements affecting quality of service and developmen-tal works can be controlled by the people if the public wake up and start keeping vigil of their surroundings. The vicious circle of corrup-tion with election system as the breeding ground of cor-ruption was also discussed. They felt that unclean elec-tion begets corruption; cor-ruption begets poor quality of development; poor quality

of development begets poor productivity; poor productiv-ity begets unemployment/poverty; unemployment/poverty forces people to take money during election and also forces the politicians to make false promises.

The members of the or-ganizations aired the com-mon view on the issues of the poor quality of all round development in all sectors and the public becoming lethargic to issues at hand having lost confidence in the system plus ignorance and lack of initiative.

With the apex and active organizations making a vow

to improve Zünheboto, it is keenly hoped that the public will take interest in the initia-tives to improve Zünheboto in all round development, YouthNet and ZRSU stated in a press release. They noted that without the participa-tion of the public no genuine initiative will be a success, and that community par-ticipation and social audit/checking by the apex orga-nizations in developmental activities in Zünheboto will become a continuous affair without depending on oth-ers to come from elsewhere, but from within, as the solu-tion always lie within.

Development in Nagaland: Real or exaggerated?

A jeep crosses the hanging bridge over the Zungki River on the way to Pungro via-Tethe-zu in Kiphire district of Nagaland. (Morung photo)

Community based action on development gains strength

Rengmas demand apology from Assam minister

Our CorrespondentKohima| November 21

The Nagaland State Commis-sion for Women (NSCW) today has submitted copies of its rec-ommendations/observations to the State government, which was compiled after visits to all district jails/hospitals as part of a legal awareness programme “Statutory Rights of Women” from July to October 2011. The NSCW led by Chairperson Sano Vamuzo and the two members met the Minister for Health and Family Welfare Kuzholuzo Ni-enu and Chief Secretary Lalth-ara, to submit separate recom-mendations on various issues related to women in the State.

In the representation sub-mitted to the Health Minister, the NSCW stated that there is need to improve the conditions of the labour rooms in all the dis-trict hospitals. It observed that all of the labour rooms except in Mon district are not fit for proper aseptic delivery.

“There is in need to provide suitable labour tables and all fa-cilities related especially proper attached bathrooms with Eu-ropean commodes,” the NSCW stated. The Commission also suggested separate maternity wards in all the district hospitals along with the necessary facili-ties. It further stated that facili-ties for new born baby care cen-ters need to be established in all

the district hospitals at the ear-liest. The Commission felt that the department needs to take this up at earliest possible time to ensure the placement of such facilities, in order to safeguard the health of the child and moth-er. It also conveyed the need for establishing 150 beds Mater-nal & Child Health Unit at Naga Hospital Kohima.

The NSCW also visited all the districts jails, where it ob-served- after interaction with all jail authorities- that there is absolute need for a full time doc-tor with psychiatric knowledge, especially in Kohima and Dima-pur district jails. It also stated the need for more women police constables in all the districts due

to rising crimes against women and also because of increasing in-volvement of women in criminal activities.

The NSCW further observed the need for the government to implement compulsorily the “Registration of Marriage Act” in Nagaland at the earliest. It also felt that the State government must implement the provisions of the “Prevention of Domestic Violence Act” in toto by appoint-ing Protection Officers; identi-fying credible service providers in all district at the earliest and to ensure protection of women. It also called for amendment of customary laws with regard to inheritance, maintenance, prop-erty and land rights, and called

for speedy disposal of all cases of atrocities against women with no bias or tribal consideration.

The Commission stated that free legal service must be made available to women and victims of atrocities, adding that pub-licity of such services must be made known to women through women organization to seek jus-tice. It sought compensation and rehabilitations of victims of rape and atrocities including domes-tic violence. The Commission said that more legal awareness seminar is needed not only in the districts but block levels as well. The Commission called for gender sensitization training, open debates and workshops for all villages and tribal lead-

ers, stakeholders, GB associa-tions, Dobashis and women or-ganization on issues on violence against women, women’s rights, and discriminatory customary laws and practices to bring effec-tive changes. The Commission said that government has pro-vided many benefits and rights for women as per the provisions of the constitution but because of ignorance and lack of knowl-edge they are unable to access or exercise their rights.

The NSCW requested the state and district officials to be more aware and active to the needs of women and provide necessary information and guid-ance to the public of the rights and benefits of women.

nsWc seek statutory rights for women

DIMAPUR, NOVEM-BER 21 (MExN): MLA and Advisor, Sericulture & Cooperation Azheto Zhimomi accompanied by SP Dimapur, DySP Traffic and DMC Advi-sors today went around town to assess the situa-tion and discussed plan of action to ease the traf-fic congestion for the coming Christmas sea-son. For the convenience of shoppers, vehicles en-tries to Hongkong Mar-ket and Hazi Park have been restricted. Auto rickshaws shall not be allowed to be parked at Church Road and M.P. Road except for drop-ping and picking up pas-sengers.

Further all vehicles coming from Chumuke-dima side shall enter the town via Old Dhansiri Bridge while vehicles proceeding toward Chu-mukedima shall exit the town via New Dhansiri Bridge and via Full Na-jarjan to 3rd Mile.

After thorough dis-

cussion, the inspecting team has resolved that all the vehicles in the town area, especially at Church Road, G.S. Road, M.P. Road and Circular Road should be parked “horizon-tally.” A sum of “Rs. 100 as penalty” would be imposed against those vehicles parked unlaw-fully and may even lead to seizure of vehicle by Traffic police.

Zhimomi stated that an arrangement is being made to have a car park-ing lot at Church Road which is expected be ready for public service by April 2012. He also ap-pealed to all the public especially vehicle own-ers to cooperate with the authority and maintain proper parking so as to enable free vehicular movement in the town. In this regard Zhimomi also directed traffic per-sonnel of Dimapur and DMC Traffic Control to maintain strict rules and regulation.

Traffic regulation for Christmas season

AGARTALA, NOVEM-BER 21 (IANS): The electricity crisis in north-eastern India is set to ease when the Oil and Natu-ral Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) first mega power project -- the largest in the region -- starts generating power by April next year. “State-owned ONGC’s 726-MW generating ca-pacity first major power project in India will start producing electricity from April next year,” a Tripura power department official told IANS.

The gas-based thermal power project will resolve the power crisis of As-sam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura states. It is being commissioned at south-ern Tripura’s Palatana, 60 km from here. “State-run National Thermal Power Corporation ( NTPC) has been working to extend the power transmission line from Palatana to the na-tional power grid at Bon-gaigaon in western Assam,” the official said. “From the national power grid at Bon-gaigaon, the electricity will

be disseminated in Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Na-galand and Mizoram,” he said. “Subsequently, the project will be able to gen-erate 1,000 MW of power if additional machineries are integrated with the opera-tional turbines,” he added.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Saturday re-viewed the progress of the works for commissioning of the Rs.9,000-crore pow-er plant, for which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had laid the foun-dation stone in 2005. The meeting also assessed the progress of works for com-missioning of another 104 MW capacity combined cycle power project, being installed by the public sec-tor company North East-ern Electric Power Corp (NEEPCO).

NEEPCO’s power plant is being set up in West Tri-pura’s Monarchak, 65 km from Agartala. The Rs.625-crore project will start power generation from January 2013. The ONGC had agreed to provide natu-ral gas for the project.

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GUwAhATI, NOVEM-BER 21 (IANS): An earth-quake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked India’s northeast, Myan-mar and Bangladesh on Monday, triggering panic among people. The tremor was felt at 8.47 am in most parts of Assam, Nagaland, and Manipur, besides in Bangladesh and Myanmar.

The epicentre was located at 24.947°N, 95.226°E in Myanmar, about 130 km east of Manipur capital Imphal, the website of US Geological Survey said.

Seven northeastern states - Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Naga-land, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur - are consid-ered by seismologists to be

the sixth most earthquake-prone belt in the world. The region experienced one of the worst earthquakes, measuring 8.7 on the Rich-ter scale, in 1897, that claimed the lives of over 1,600 people. In September, more than 50 people died after a killer quake measur-ing 6.8 on the Richter scale shook the region.

5.9 magnitude quake jolts NE India

ONGC power project to ease electricity woes in NE

Egyptian proteters shout anti-ruling military council slogans at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 21. Security forces fired tear gas and clashed Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has killed dozens of people and has turned into the most sustained challenge yet to the rule of Egypt’s military. (AP Photo)

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Limalenden LongkumerMokokchung | November 21

Construction of the pro-posed Pedestrian Foot-bridge at Mokokchung town center has been stalled for reasons best known to the authority concerned and the odd onlooker can only stand and stare, clueless, at what appears to be two ran-dom half-done semi-con-crete structures. These two haphazard structures, each with preliminary provisions for erecting three concrete pillars each in a triangular form, is a sore sight to be-hold in this otherwise neat and beautiful town.

The muddled iron-rod structures dangling all over the place which is in fact the ‘foundation’ for the proposed Pedestrian Foot-bridge were laid last winter, as a passerby would say.

Two other casual ob-servers, who happened to pass by as this correspon-dent was capturing the im-age of the structures, had a sorry tale to tell. One of

them, a concerned citizen and a dynamic youth activ-ist, stressed that the truth about this particular proj-ect is as messy as the struc-tures look. He even said that an RTI Application could not possibly unearth the whole truth about it. He narrated that the contrac-tor for the project ‘sold’ his contract to another con-tractor at the rate of 30% of the total amount of the project. Now this second contractor, with the un-derstanding of pocketing 3% (three percent) of the remaining 70% of the total amount (understandably without having to do any work at all) agreed to let a third ‘contractor’ do the job on his behalf. This third ‘contractor’, as put forward by the narrator, is now not in a position to complete the project as construction of the footbridge would mean his loss - simple as that. According to the nar-rator, the third ‘contrac-tor’ is understood to have agreed to meet with the de-

mands of the landowners and underground groups.

The other observer, a businessman running an IT store near the site of the structures and who was with this correspondent when the first observer nar-rated his account, simply said that the press must in-vestigate matters like this.

Interesting as it was, this correspondent went to the office of the Execu-tive Engineer, PWD (Hous-ing Division), Mokokchung for some official account. The engineer, L. Sashi Longchar, clarified that the construction of the Pe-destrian Footbridge had to be stalled because, among other reasons, the “Gu-wahati based bridge com-ponents manufacturing company closed down.” He also cited the problems re-lated to landowners. With regard to the contractors, he clarified that the first contractor ‘surrendered’ his work order because the contract was not profitable, which was subsequently al-

lowed to another interest-ed contractor. The second contractor is said to have lobbied with the Planning Department to have the project amount enhanced. The engineer also disclosed that they have since made ties with a Kolkata based firm for the bridge compo-nents and that the project is estimated at a little over rupees 1.15 crores. He also mentioned that the ‘paper works at the top level’ is now almost over and so the work on site would com-mence soon. He also added that it would take about 5 months to complete the construction.

Similar pedestrian foot-bridges have been construct-ed in Kohima and Dimapur, reportedly by the Urban Development Department whereas in Mokokchung, the project is to be implemented through the PWD (Housing Division). Much time have been lost and it is now the people’s turn to judge if the PWD has what it takes to de-liver the goods.

A messy tale of the Mkg Pedestrian Footbridge

Half-done semi-concrete structures with iron-rods are seen dangling all over the place which was laid last winter as foundation for the proposed Pedestrian Footbridge at Mokokchung town. (Morung Photo)

Mon, noveMber 21 (DIPr): District Health Society Mon in collabora-tion with KNSK and Social Welfare Department Mon organized Baby Show Com-petition in line with the ob-servance of New Born Care Week (November 15 to 21).

Chief Medical Officer Mon, Dr. Kikon graced the occasion as chief guest, while Bonnie Moe DPM, Mon and ASHA Coordinator were the resource persons.

The First Prize ‘I am the Healthiest Baby in Mon Town’ was bagged by Baby Angshan (5 ½ months 9.6 kgs), the Second Prize and Third Prize were won by Baby Manjun (3 ½ months 8 kgs) and Baby Pangteih (5 months 8.4 kgs) respective-ly. Altogether 63 babies par-ticipated in the competition. “ I am the Cleanest Baby was won by Baby Toingam. “I am

Baby Show Competition organised in Mon

the Heaviest Baby in Mon Town” by Longmeth (10.2 kgs) and “I am the Luckiest Baby of the Day” was won by Baby Shahna.

The programme aimed

in promoting birth pre-paredness and care for new born babies. The babies were judged on the Growth Monitoring Chart of Inte-grated Child Development

Scheme of Social Welfare Department, Immuniza-tion status and Cleanliness.

The competition was judged by Lomei Konyak, KNSK President, Wango

Langsym, CDPO Wakch-ing and Bonnie Moie, DPM (NRHM) Mon. The social Welfare Department also dis-tributed food supplement to all the participating babies.

The judges along with the babies during the Baby Show Competition organised in line with the observance of New Born Care Week in Mon. (DIPR Photo)

Our CorrespondentKohima | November 21

Minister for health & family welfare Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu today challenged the students not to be a lia-bility to the society but to work hard and bring a good name and laurel to the state. Speaking at the Golden WinFest of Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, the minister said that he always wanted to be part of the good reputation of an institute like Kohima Science College. He subscribed the college as the “institute of excellence.” He said that the people are grateful to the college for producing numerous officers and leaders. “We salute you,” the minister said. The minister also requested the faculty to take care of the college and continue to produce excellence officers and leaders to lead the people of Nagaland.

Minister urges students to bring laurel to state

Minister Azo and others at the WinFest of Kohima Sci-ence College Jotsoma on November 21. (Morung Photo)

Kohima district administration clears debris and building materials from the main road of Kohima on November 21. Deputy Commissioner Kohima had no-tified earlier to all citizens concerned that all building materials and broken down vehicles lying on the road sides of Kohima town would be towed away/removed after seven days of notification,. (DIPR photo)

DIMaPur, noveMber 21 (Mexn): In the interest of the State as a whole, the Directorate of Women De-velopment had proposed to organize a Contemporary Naga Cuisine Development Programme on November 17 and 18 and advertised the same through the local dailies inviting the willing participa-tion and contribution of con-cerned and able Naga people to aid in this endeavour.

However, due to lack of response from the pub-lic, the Department is compelled to cancel the

programme and, instead, take up an alternative pro-gramme in collaboration with the Expert Commit-tee on Naga Cuisine.

Any complaints/sug-gestions/criticism from the public will not be ac-cepted nor entertained henceforth in this matter once the common con-temporary Naga cuisine is finalized and approved by the Government. This was stated in a notice issued by Directorate of Women De-velopment, Assistant Di-rector Vilone Sakhrie.

DIMaPur, noveM-ber 21 (Mexn): On being invited by the Massachu-setts Baptist Multicultural Ministries Inc, Dr T Lima Jamir and Pastor Temsu-wati Kichu, associate pas-tor Mokokchung Town Baptist Church attended the programme for pas-toral and lay leaders from October 15 to 23. The pro-gramme stressed mainly on learning from one an-other methods of Chris-tian ministries in the fast changing context of glo-balization and to learn ef-fective strategy in doing Christian ministries.

The programme start-ed with The American Baptist Church Leaders (TABCOM) training con-ference and workshop at Grotonwood, Groton Mas-sachusetts on “Letting the

Spirit the work you do”, “Spiritual and Behavioral initiative” and inspiration-al approaches in doing sys-tematic work of worship, fellowship, discipleship, missions and evangelism.

On October 20, they at-tended the conference of Baptist Ministers of Mas-sachusetts and also had a meeting with the Board of Directors of the Massachu-setts Baptist Multicultural Ministries Inc. They then visited the host churches i.e. first Federated Church, Hudson, Adoniram Jud-son Memorial, Salem. The following church lead-ers Mar Imsong, Michael Harvey, Ed Hobart, Rich-ard Wolf, J. Mulligan, Jim Hinds and Mark Jackson, Louis Meren, Ao Com-munity of MA and various America friends made the

visit very enriching and in-spirational.

Later, they also visited Grace Community Fel-lowship, Edison NJ, Princ-eton University, Uiversity of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Boston, Cape Code, Hyannis Port, the John F. Kennedy Mu-seum, Plum Island, New York City.

At the last leg of the tour, Dr T Lima Jamir vis-ited Washington DC on the invitation of Senator Paul Strauss who is currently serving his third term as US Senator (Democrat) from the District of Colum-bia. He has the rare oppor-tunity to visit the capitol and held discussions over lunch at the Senate Res-taurant reading student exchange programmes and explored various avenues

Naga delegates attend ministerial prog at US

Senator Paul Strauss and Dr T Lima Jamir in Washington DC on November 2. for Naga organic prod-ucts. As a token of this visit the Senator presented Dr Lima with the official 2011 United States Congressio-nal Holiday ornament of the US capitol. Thereafter,

he visited the Holocaust Museum, the National Geographic Society and vi-cinity of the White House. Senator Paul Strauss ex-pressed keen interest to visit Nagaland in 2012.

Electoral Observer to visit Mkg Mokokchung, noveMber 21 (DIPr): Elec-toral Observer for Mokokchung District V. Shashank Shekar, Director ATI will pay a two day visit to Mo-kokchung on November 22 and 23. Shashank Shekar will assess the ongoing Special Summary Revision of Electoral Roll in Mokokchung district and will have a meeting with all recognized political parties, NGO’s and public at Deputy Commissioner Conference Hall on November 23 at 11:00 am.

Customers browse through the clothes displayed at the newly open showroom for Levi’s garment locat-ed at the heart of the town in Dimapur on November 21. (Photo/Caisii Mao)

Chokri guide books

to avail in market soonkohIMa, noveMber 21 (Mexn): The Chorki ex-ecutive council meeting of the CCLC was held on No-vember 12 and the Chokri Dialect Guidebook in its revised form was approved for publication. The guide-book costing Rs. 200 shall soon be made available in the market so that interest-ed persons may purchase the guidebook.

A press release issued by its general secretary (Adm.) CCLE Dr. Zokho Venuh has requested the public (es-pecially Chokri-speaking people) and particularly the Chokri Language-Teachers to obtain the guidebook and study it. The guidebooks shall be made available in the following book-stalls at different places/towns. Ko-hima Town-Bombay Dying - Jasokie Place, near Razu-Point, Pfutsero Town- Zho-bo Weaving Society Shop, Chozouba Town-Xeroxg-raphy, Chetheba Town-Recharge Centre and Phek Town-V.K. Enterprises.

Also, a seminar/orien-tation course in Chokri for all the Chokri Language-Teachers and interested persons shall be conducted in the month of January, 2012. It stated that date, ven-ue and details of the seminar shall be made known soon. All Language Teachers in Chokri are to compulso-rily attend the seminar, it added. It may be noted that, in future it shall become mandatory for all language-teachers in Chokri to pos-sess a Diploma or undergo a Certificate Course in or-der to qualify as Language-Teacher in Chokri. For fur-ther information on the guidebook, the public are informed to contact Ariyi Neinuh (Chairman of the CCLC) at -9436645272.

kohIMa, noveMber 21 (Mexn): Central Gov-ernment, Ministry of Ru-ral Development, vigilance and monitoring committee members, Medokhul So-phie, ex-MLA, T. Hayithung Bill Lotha, Richard Humtsoe along with PHE rural and ur-ban division officers, Viku-doulie (EE), Nierilie (SDO), Mezivil Kikhi,er. John Ku-rian (JE) visited Tsieme-khuma village for inspection of twenty water harvesting tanks and ongoing project for augmentation of water supply to Phesama village on November 19.

The members found the quality control satisfying and commented well the works of PHE, Kohima for full scale developmental ap-proach and concentrating to fast track projects on time. The members also inspect-ed the upgradation of road from NH-61 Chiephobozou to Teichuma (15 kms) under PMGSY phase VI along with EE Kelechutuo and SDO Semasie Pochury.

The members also ob-served that the constructed road that is withering away and request the department to maintain it for better con-

nectivity. Furthermore, the members also visited RD Chiephobozou and Kohima Block-4 villages-Teichuma, Tsiemekhuma Bawe, Botsa and Jotsoma to inspect the central schemes. The mem-bers fervently appealed to ADC-Chiephobozou to im-mediately resolve the VDB matter for Tsiemekhuma Bawe village pending since 2010 and let the village start developmental activities. As for the social welfare, old age, Disability, widow and family benefit scheme, the members verified the beneficiary list provided by DWO Atoli Sema.

Naga Cuisine prog cancelled RD vigilance team tours Kohima

Mokokchung, noveMber 21 (DIPr): List of deletion of names of elec-tors based on the field verification report carried out by the Booth Level Officers in Mokokchung district during the month of October and November 2011 is now available in the Office of the Electoral Registration Officer, Mokokchung.

In exercise of the powers con-ferred by Rule 21 of Registration of Electors Rules 1960, the ADC and Electoral Registration Officer, Mo-kokchung Y.Denngan Avennoho Phom has informed all concerned cit-izens to lodge verbal or written objec-tion or complain before the Electoral

Registration Officer on or before 1:00 PM of November 28, 2011.

The deletion of names of Electors from the Electoral Roll was carried out in all the 10 Assembly constituen-cies in the district in accordance with Registration of Electors Rules 1960 during the period.

List of electors for Mokokchung

Tuesday22 November 2011 Dimapur 3The Morung Express REgional/loCal

THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF INDIA, a premier Christian Organization, requires experienced and competent personnel for the position of Director (Marketing). The candidates will be based in Bangalore with responsibility for National Operations as well as dealings with International Markets.The prospective candidates should be in the age group of 40-50 years, from a Christian background with a Post Graduate degree in Marketing. It is expected that the candidates should have a minimum of 10 years marketing experience with proven track record either in a multinational company or in an equivalent reputed organization/s. The selected person will have to provide leadership to the marketing team and work towards growth potential in the marketing operations of the organization. Requisite knowledge in dealing with overseas markets as well as experience in Import/Export activities is desirable. This post is in the salary scale of Rs.6500-460-11100-560-19500. Those called for interview from outstations will be eligible for 2nd AC class by train fare from the nearest Railway Station to the place of interview and back, by the shortest route, plus 10% of the fare towards incidentals.Those who applied earlier need not applyApplications on plain paper with detailed resume of age, education, training, experience, salary now drawing and expected salary etc. should be mailed to the General Secretary, Bible Society of India, ‘LOGOS’, 206 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore 560 001, in a sealed envelope to reach him by 30 December 2011. The envelope should be super scribed as “Application for the post of Director (Marketing)”.

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THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF INDIA, a premier Christian Organization, requires experienced and competent personnel for the position of Manager (Marketing). The candidates will be based in Bangalore with responsibility to assist the Director (Marketing) in National Operations as well as dealings with International Markets.The prospective candidates should be in the age group of 30-40 years, from a Christian background and preferably with a Post Graduate degree/Diploma in Marketing. It is expected that the candidates should have a minimum of 5 years marketing experience with proven track record in reputed organization/s. Requisite knowledge in dealing with overseas markets as well as experience in Import/Export activities is desirable. This post is in the salary scale of Rs.5100-300-8100-340-13200. Those called for interview from outstations will be eligible for 3 tier AC train fare from the nearest Railway Station to the place of interview and back, by the shortest route, plus 10% of the fare towards incidentals. Applications on plain paper with detailed resume of age, education, training, experience, salary now drawing and expected salary etc. should be mailed to the General Secretary, Bible Society of India, ‘LOGOS’, 206 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore 560 001, in a sealed envelope to reach him by 30 December 2011. The envelope should be super scribed as “Application for the post of Manager (Marketing)”.

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Science teacher : 1 postMinimum qualification : B. Sc. (Bio, Chem) Preferably with B. Ed.Salary : Rs. 9,973/- pm plus Rs. 2000/- for B. Ed.Applications with Resume, 2 passport size photos, contact number and necessary documents from HSLC onwards should reach the undersigned on or before 2nd Dec., 2011. Selected applicants for writ-ten interview will be informed through telephone.

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Venue : Niathu Resort, DimapurDate : 24th Nov. 2011Time : 10 AMChief Guest : Shri. L. Kire, IFS Commissioner & Secretary (Power)(All members are requested to make it convenient to attend Agenda(s) for discussion may be submitted to APEN office at least one day ahead of the conference.)

1st General ConferencePROGRAMME

DATE: 25th November, 2011VENUE: Town Hall, Wokha

CHIEF GUEST : Shri Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister of NagalandGUEST OF HONOUR : Dr. Chumben Murry, Minister of Agriculture, Nagaland

INAUGURAL FUNCTION-09:00 Hrs1. Invocation prayer : Rev. Yankey Patton, Ex-State Chaplain2. Welcome address : R.F Lotha, President, LGOA3. Felicitation 4. Key note address : Mr. Mhonbemo Patton, Commr & Secy, Planning5. Short Speech (5 mins each) : 1. Mr. Z. Ralanthung Yanthan, Deputy Speaker, Nagaland 2. Mr. Yanthungo Patton Parl. Secy. I & FC. Geo & Mining, Border Affairs, Nagaland 3. Er. W. Kithan Parl. Secy, Prisons, H/Guards, Fire & Emergency Services. 4. Mr. Thechamo Lotha IPS Addl Director General of Police, Nagaland.6. Speech by the guest of Honour7. Special Song : Ms Renbeni Odyuo, Naga Idol, 20108. Speech by chief guest9. Vote of Thanks : Er. Mhondamo Ovung Chief Engineer, PHED Nagaland

Followed by lunchBUSINESS HOUR (12.30 hrs onwards)

RAPPORTEURMr. Elias T. LothaMrs. Chumchanbeni OdyuoMr. Khopen TsopoeVote of Thanks : Dr. R. Thungchamo Ezung Gen Secy, LGOA

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The inaugural function of Manipur tourism festival, Sangai Festival in Imphal on Monday. Seen in the pictures are Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh and his cabinet ministers N Biren, Dr Loken, TN Haokip, Lok Sabha MO Dr Meinya, chief secretary DS Poonia, director general of police Y Joykumar and other officials. (NNN Photo)

Dimapur, November 21 (mexN): The North-East Students’ Organization (NESCO) was aggrieved to learn about the sad demise of Late Rudehie Yhome, fa-ther of Kelhouneizo Yhome, President, Naga Students’ Federation (NSF).

In the press release is-sued by Dr Sumujal Bhat-tacharjee, Chairman and advisor of NESO and NSN Lotha, Special Co-ordina-tor, Neso, it was stated that Late Rudehie Yhome had

been bed-ridden for con-siderable days before his final departure for heav-enly abode.

It was also stated that the NESO joined in shar-ing the sorrow with the be-reaved family members, especially the near and dear ones of Late Rudehie Yhome. NESO also sent their deepest condolences to Kelhouneizo Yhome and the other family members and prayed that the soul of the demise rest in peace.

Newmai News NetworkShillong, November 21

A gROuP of Khun Hyn-niewtrep National Awak-ening Movement (KH-NAM) leaders led by its general secretary Pyndap-bor Saiborne has vowed to preserve the identity of the party, even as they urged upon the party president Paul Lyngdoh who is also a sitting MLA to forget his idea of disbanding the po-litical party in the name of merger with the united Democratic Party (uDP).

Ahead of the KHNAM general executive council (gEC) meeting scheduled on November 26 for a fi-nal deliberation to decide on the merger of the party with the biggest regional party in Meghalaya, the KHNAM general secretary told newsmen in Shillong on Monday that he along with five of the 18 central executive council (CEC) members will not allow the party to be disbanded.

“Ours is a political party with a political movement. It was formed in 2002 with a strong political principle to serve and protect the cause of the indigeneous people”, stated Saiborne, adding, “If our president wanted to associate himself with the uDP he can go with our blessings but under no circumstances will we allow our party to lose the identi-ty in the name of merger”.

The KHNAM is an off shoot of the powerful Khasi Students union (KSu). It managed to win two seats

IMFL siezed at check gateKohima, November 21 (mexN): The Excise on duty party at the Bypass check gate under the command of Li-chopi, AIE seized a total of 96 bottles of beer and 34 bottles of IMFL during the period from 14-21 November. The ar-rested persons were penalized under NLTP Act 89 and the seized articles deposited in the Malkhana.

KHNAM to preserve party identity

Newmai News NetworkImphal | November 21

THE STATE tourism fes-tival officially known as “Sangai Festival”, where many countries are also taking parts, was on Mon-day opened by Chief Min-ister O. Ibobi Singh at Hatta Kangjeibung.

Addressing the open-ing ceremony, Ibobi an-nounced that Protected Area Permit (PAP) has been lifted for one more year on trial basis and tourists from other countries can now visit the state any time without any obstacles.

Ibobi said Manipur has the potentials to become a hot tourist spot in the Southeast Asia. The big cit-ies of the world like New York, Singapore, Tokyo are indeed amazing but still the

Ibobi opens ‘Sangai Festival’ at Hatta Kangjeibung

state of Manipur is more beautiful because of its nat-ural looks, the Chief Minis-ter claimed.

“In India, Manipur holds a title, “Jewels of Lands”, he added.

However, Ibobi noted

that number one major problem of Manipur is law and order. It is the major problem hampering devel-

opment works, he insisted.Highlighting the impor-

tance of tourism develop-ment in the state, he said ev-eryone should share every problem in order to uplift the state. Ibobi further observed that the state has a lot of po-tentials although it lacks ad-equate infrastructures.

He also said, “Manipur has become a medical tour-ist spot in the Northeast with the RIMS hospital and Shija hospital are largely contributing the region in the field of medical science and also efforts are on to im-prove the medical sector.”

Principal secretary, Art and Culture, k.K. Chetry, who was also attended the function informed that more than 300 stalls, in-cluding participants from other countries, are taking parts in the 10-day festival.

Countries like Kenya, Myanmar, Thailand and North Korea are partici-pating in the festival. Ex-hibition and sale of local products like handloom and handicraft items, exhi-bition of indigenous games like Mukna Kangjei, Muk-na, Kang, Yubu Lakpi, Sagol Kangjei and Arambai will feature in the festival.

Other events like, adven-ture sports and eco-tourism like expeditions to Dzuko valley, Loktak Lake and Lamdan, rock-climbing, Para-gliding will also be in-cluded in the festival which ends on November 20.

Besides Chief Minister Ibobi and K.K.Cheetry , N. Biren, IFCD minister, L. Loken, PDA chairman, TN Haokip, tourism minister among other attended in the opening ceremony.

NESO condoles demise of Rudehie YhomeKuzhovesa Soho

Phek|November 21

MINISTER FOR Health & Family Welfare, govern-ment of Nagaland, Ku-zholuzo (Azo) Nienu today asserted that the concept of creating good devel-opmental project should dwell in the mindset of the people. He also stated that there should be no rooms for negative criticisms in the society in order to boost the economy.

The Minister while ad-dressing the public gather-ing at Phek Town Council (PTC) complex on Novem-ber 21, 2011 after inaugurat-ing the newly constructed Phek Town Market Com-plex at Bethany-II colony and PTC guest House, stressed on the importance of maintaining civic sense in the town. urging upon the people of the town and the neighbouring villages to keep Phek Town clean, he said, ‘this is the responsibil-ities of the entire denizens’.

Nienu while lament-ing the attitude of people creating inconveniences for the smooth flow of de-velopments in and around the town, he further urged the people to build a good relationship with the con-tractors whoever came for any kind of developmental works.

Expressing his happi-ness over the successful completion of Phek Town Market complex and PTC guest house, Nienu dis-closed, ‘a new assets meant for the welfare of the com-munity has added to our town’ and urged the people

Phek Town get new marketing complex & guest house

of the town and the neigh-bouring villages to make best use of it.

Touching the issues of electoral roll and ongoing biometric, the health Min-ister said, it is the respon-sibility of every citizens to genuinely consider these two things as one of the life-time importance in lives. urging upon the people gather to disseminates the very information to other fellow friends, he said, ev-eryone whether settle in any parts of the states/ country should come down to their villages and towns to register themselves both in electoral roll and ongoing biometric.

The health Minister was of the view that the golden Jubilee celebration of Phek Township scheduled by 2023, it is a high time for every individual to change their living attitude from high to humble, respect-ing the civic sense of living, opting hospitality charac-ter in lives and also keeping themselves committed to god should be the priority of town dwellers.

under the initiative of Health Minister, a new Dipper Truck was owned by PTC, meeting the needs of the town dwell-ers and making the town more beautiful. The, Ex-ecutive officer PTC & ADC Phek Z.Nyusietho Nyuthe

chaired the formal func-tion, Dedication prayer was invokes by Rev.DN.Soho, Pastor PTBC, welcome note was tendered by Chief Advi-sor PTC, K.Shevotso Rhak-ho and vote of thanks was proposed by PTC Advisor Vehuta Rhakho.

Minister for H&FW Azo Nienu with others after inaugurating the newly constructed Phek Town Market Complex.

in 2003 election to the leg-islative assembly and won a single seat in the 2008 elec-tion. Although it fared bet-ter in the elections to the 30 member Khasi Hills au-tonomous district council (KHADC) by bagging 4 seats in 2009, quite a number of prominent leaders have left the party since then. While others have left and another group of the remaining lot in the nine year old party are talking about merging with the uDP,

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DIMAPUR STD CODE: 03862Civil Hospital: 232224; Emergency- 229529, 229474Metro Hospital: 227930, 231081Faith Hospital: 233044, 228846Shamrock Hospital 228254Zion Hospital: 231864, 230889Fire Service: 232201Police Control Room 228400Police Traffic Control 232106East Police Station 227607, 228400West Police Station 232181CIHSR (Referral Hospital) 242555/ 242533Dimapur hospital 224041, 285117, 248011Apollo Hospital Info Centre: 230695/9402435652Railway: 131/228404Indian Airlines 229366Northeast Shuttles 22232Chumukedima Fire Brigade 282777

KOHIMA STD CODE: 0370Police Control Room: 100/2244279North Police Station: 2222222South Police Station: 2222111Fire Brigade: 2222952Naga Hospital: 2222916Oking Hospital: 2243339Bethel Nursing Home: 2224202Northeast Shuttles 08974997923

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As part of total sanitation campaign in Nagaland, the Water and Sanitation Support Organiza-tion (WSSO) PHED distributed Eco Friendly Waste Bin in Mon District on November 18.

Kohima, November 21 (mexN): A one day state level orien-tation programme on SEMIS DCF 2011-12 for district officials was held on November 9 last at RMSA State Mission Office, Kohima. Officials from all the 11 districts and RMSA State Mission Office, Kohima offi-cials attended the programme. In introductory remark, Thejao Vihi-enuo, State Mission director, RMSA Nagaland deliberated on the impor-tance of education and human re-sources in the country for economic development, the role of RMSA and the importance of SEMIS for RMSA. He also advised the district officials to correctly fill in the SEMIS DCF for data consistency and encouraged them to work with sincerity.

A short discussion on some im-pending RMSA related issues took place after the introductory note. “The importance of SEMIS for

planning,” was delivered by Dr. A.M. Lotha, co-ordinator, State Mission Office. He advised the district offi-cials to think about “How to plan for next year” in advance and reminded them to properly fill-in the SEMIS DCF. Discussion on the secondary education management informa-tion system data capture format 2011-12 was presented by Lhou-kuo Chüsi, co-coordinator, State Mission Office. The major changes made in the SEMIS DCF 2011-12 were pointed out and discussed thoroughly, a release received here said. Various experiences during the distribution and collection of previous SEMIS DCF were shared by the district officers. Some of them shared about the unwilling-ness of some private schools in fill-ing up the SEMIS DCFs.

Meanwhile, the State Mission director appealed to the heads of all

the government private and cen-tral secondary and higher second-ary schools and colleges with Class 11 and 12 to fill in the SEMIS DCFs to enable the State Mission Office to bring out a clear and verifiable scenario of the school education status in the state. The director informed the heads of all govern-ment, private and central second-ary and higher secondary schools including colleges with Class 11 and 12 to collect SEMIS DCF 2011-12 from the respective District Ed-ucation Office and submit it within 2 weeks. The district education officers are also directed to scru-tinize the SEMIS DCFs of their re-spective districts and submit them to RMSA, State Mission Office, Kohima on or before December 9. This was stated in a release issued by Ayie Yhome, Deputy Project Di-rector, RMSA Nagaland.

Kohima, November 21 (mexN): The Khiamniungan Students’ Union Dimapur held its general session- cum- parting social on November 12 last with S. Heno, parlia-mentary secretary for fisheries, relief & re-habilitation, printing & stationary and Ma-lai, BDO Kiphire as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively.

Speaking on the occasion, Heno called upon the students to give their first pri-ority to education and strive ahead with-out fear. He said God has blessed the same brain to everyone irrespective of class, gender etc “so all the students should stand as a right thinking citizens and

fight against social evils and be good and spread good works.” Malai called upon all the Khiamniungans to be united leaving aside all weakness.

Meanwhile, the union has elected its new team of office bearers for the tenure 2012-2013. President- Shingnya, vice presi-dent- Khamo, general secretary- Khulem, assistant general secretary- Chongcham, executive chairman- Sangthing, executive secretary- Lungo, finance secretary- Saan, information & publicity secretary- Shou, social& cultural secretary- Liang, education & statistical secretary- Pesing and Niamkoi as women co-ordinator.

KSUD general session held

State level orientation program on SEMIS DCF

PheK, November 21(mexN): Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Phek in Col-laboration with Chakhesang Women’s Welfare Society under PPP mode organised a one day district level exhibi-tion-cum-competition and sales on November 18, at Pfut-sero Town (Local Ground).

The exhibition was in-augurated by the Robert

Longchari, ADC, Pfutesro after the invocation prayer. Prize was awarded in differ-ent categorized First, Second, Third and 5 consolations un-der the various sections of the exhibits. KVK, Phek exhib-ited models related to agri-culture and allied sectors and also interpreted the uses and importance of each model displayed.

The Fishery Department

Phek, SHG’s and the exhibi-ters were also participated in the sales of their products. For the interest and benefit of the public, ATMA Phek also or-ganised a demonstration on cultivation of Oyster Mush-room. Spawn and other kits including information fold-ers like cultivation of Oyster Mushroom, Banana and Pas-sion fruit were also distribut-ed to the participants.

DimaPur, November 21 (mexN): In the just con-cluded Conference of all State Ministers of Animal Hus-bandry & Dairy Development held on November 18, 2011 at Pusa, New Delhi, 52 progres-sive dairy farmers from across the Country were given award by the Union Minister of Agri-culture, Sharad Pawar.

A press note issued by Dr. Akho Yhokha, project direc-tor Nagaland State Dairy Co-Operative Federation LTD stated that from Nagaland, Arü Khate of Kuda Village and Kevidil Naleo of Khuzama Village, progressive dairy en-trepreneurs were given the award. T.R. Zeliang, Minister for Veterinary & Animal Hus-bandry, Nagaland was also present during the award cer-emony.

Arü Khate, a well-known dairy entrepreneur for the

past 20 years presently owns 70 nos. of dairy cattle heads producing about 300 litres of milk per day. He (Arü) adopts good management practic-es of feeding, breeding and health care systems. He grows green fodder through the year round over an area of 3 hect-ares using mechanized trac-tors and Chaff cutters and pro-duces gobar gas for domestic energy requirement. Arü is a keen observer and innova-tor. Presently he is on tour to Israel to learn the trade and practices of dairying. Israel is the number one Country in terms of milk productivity in the World. Kedividil Naleo from Khuzama Village is an-other inspiring dairy farmer presently producing about 100 liters of milk and planning to improve his farming prac-tices. The award comes with a citation and cash.

A labor carries a bunch of cartoon on the street to be re-use in Dimapur, Naga-land on Monday, November 21, 2011. Photo by Caisii Mao

Naga dairy farmers awarded

ATMA Phek organise exhibition-cum-competition

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Kohima, November 21 (mexN): Revised National TB control programme (RNTCP) has conducted two training on DOTS plus for the medical officers of Ko-hima District at the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare conference hall on No-vember 17 and 18.

A press note received here informed that during the course of the training vari-ous topics were covered such as Manage-ment of MDR TB treatment and duration, DOST plus vision etc. DOTS plus service re-fers to DOTS programmes that add compo-nents for MDR-TB diagnosis, management and treatment.

The prevalence of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB), defines as resistance to iso-niazid and rifampicin with or without resis-tance to other drugs. In India 10 state are im-plementing DOTS plus services and another five states will be initiating shortly.

In Nagaland DOTS plus service is expect-ed roll out in two phases. First phases are ex-

pected to be launched at Hospital Khuzama by December 2011. The district of Kohima, Dimapur, Kiphire, Peren, Phek, Wokha will be covered. Subsequently in second phase remaining five districts will be catered at TB Hospital Mokokchung with free investiga-tion and treatment.

On the first day of training, Dr John Sw-eyievias, joint director, RCH lauded the doctors for their contribution toward the programme and he says that their effort has helped the district of Kohima in achieving and maintaining the national targets. Dur-ing the training the resources were Dr. K. T. Lotha, State TB officer, Dr. Vezokhlu DTO Kohima, Dr. Asunu SMO TB Hospital Khu-zama and Dr. Aphetal Asst programme offi-cer. Around 20 medical officers attended the trainings. Similar training for medical offi-cers will be conducted all across in the state in ensuing months where the doctors will be trained on DOTS plus for management of MDR TB cases.

Parliamentary Secretary for RD & REPA Nagaland, Pangyu Phom seen here with V. Sakhrie Commissioner & Secy RD, Imnukshila PD DRDA Longleng, Libanthung Lotha DC & VDB Chair-man Longleng, Metsubo Jamir Director RD & Limasenla Jamir Director SIRD, Moakaba DPO DRDA during the Longleng District VDB conference held on November 17 at Town Hall.

RNTCP trg for med officers conducted

Bio-metric exercise for Pfutsero sub-divDimaPur, November 21 (mexN): The orientation programme on bio-metric exercise for Pfutsero Sub-Division was conducted on November 19 at the Conference Hall of the Ad-ditional Deputy Commissioner’s office, Pfut-sero. The Assistant Director of Census (Bio-metric) along with his team was the resource persons for the programme. Further, the un-dersigned informs the general public of Pfut-sero Sub-division that Bio-metric exercise will commence from Pfutsero town on November 21; Kikruma Village on November 27; and Ke-zhakeno on December 12.

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AAUD condemns The Aghünato Areami Union Dimapur(AAUD) strongly condemn the most dastard and barbaric killing of Daniel Yepthomi of Viyilho village, Aghünato by the trigger-happy cad-res of the GPRN/NSCN without any rhyme and reasons. We call upon all the section of societies to condemn such heinous crimes perpetrated by the so called Naga national workers who instead of fighting the enemies, randomly shooting the innocent Naga citizens with the same arms bought for them by the sweat of the Naga people deserved outright condemna-tion and expulsion from our societies because this very act is a cursed that may have negative repercussion in our society.

It is learnt through reliable sourc-es that the perpetrator cadres namely ‘Sgt. Major’ Vihuto and ‘Pvt’. Heroto were openly abusing liquors suggest-ing that many of our political groups are far from reining in their own cad-res from all sorts of abusive habits and characters thereby bringing such un-warranted killings in our own families and social unrest.

We would therefore, while urg-ing the concerned political group(s) to immediately apprehend and hand over the cadres to the law enforcing

agencies, appeal to all the political groups to strictly disciplined their respective cadres with strong moral and ethical values of life so as to up-root such barbaric, anti social activi-ties and elements once for all. We re-quest the concerned authority to give appropriate compensation to the bereaved family for the lost of pre-cious live. We also convey our deepest condolences to the bereaved family members and pray for solace for the departed soul.

K. Ahovi Sema,

Chairman, AAUD.

ESSU condemns November 19 murderThe Eastern Sumi Students’ Union strongly condemned the ‘cold blood-ed’ murder of innocent soul Daniel Yeptho s/o late Heshito Yeptho of Viy-ilho village by ‘SS’ Sqt Mj. Vihuto s/o Inaho of Heqheshe village and Private Herato s/o Toniho of Ghoshito village GPRN/NSCN on the evening of No-vember 19.

The painful incident thunder the entire region of Eastern Sumi in par-ticular and Sumi/Naga in general and strongly condemn the inhuman act ‘said Vinoka Chophy General Secre-tary, ESSU.

ESSU condemned the killing of innocent son of land and urged the GPRN NSCN to book the accused and handover the same to the law enforc-ing agency at the earliest and award befitting punishment to the accused.

While appreciating the district administration and law enforcing agency the ESSU strongly remind the former not to take the life case highly but initiate strict punishment and un-bailable action against the accused.

The ESSU also remind Sumi Hoho, Sumi Kukami Hoho to take right ac-tion and watch any sided compromise and remind that no stone shall remain unturned in punishing such an inhu-man act.

The Union extend sincere condo-lence message to the bereaved family and pray that the almighty God may keep the innocent soul of soil rest in peace

Vinoka ChophyGeneral Secretary

NSF condoles The NSF has expressed deep sor-row over the demise of shri. Rubei-hie Yhome, father of Kelhouneizo Yhome, the incumbent President NSF on 21st November 2011. The NSF extends its heartfelt condolence to

the bereaved family. May the soul of the departed rest in peace and we pray the love of God enfolds the bereaved family, give them solace and strength to bear the great lost and may the al-mighty God helps the family heal with the passage of time.

“Life is eternal, and love is immor-tal. And that is only a boundary line. And a boundary line is nothing. Just the limit of our sight.”

N.Ejanthung NgullieGeneral Secretary

AKM CondolesAo Students’ Conference (AKM) condoles the sudden demise of Rubeihie Yhome, father of Kel-houneizo Yhome, President, Naga Students’ Federation on 21st No-vember, 2011. A fatherly figure to all, who has undauntedly with dedica-tion served the Naga people in many capacities, was also a guardian to the student Organizations. Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) on this moment of great grief and sorrow prays to almighty for solace of the beavered family and rest of the departed soul.

N. Akok Lkr

President, AKMBendang Walling

General Secretary, AKM

Indian Information Service (IIS) and its state equivalentThe Indian Information Service (IIS) is a separate cadre of service under the Government of India, like the IAS, IFS, EES etc. directly and separately recruited through UPSC. However, as brought to light by 'Bureaucracy today' in its Octo-ber 2011 editorial "A demotivated and disheartened manpower can bring the mightiest of the organi-sations down. Similar is the case with the organisation named by India Information Service (IIS) of-ficers. In spite of being inducted by the UPSC the credence given to this particular civil service cadre in hardly visible. The issues such as stagnation of IIS officers and inat-tentive cadre management by the Ministry have led to high attrition rates. The Government of India is sleeping over the sweeping changes taking place in the media world." The same editorial referred to the expenditure Reforms Commission 2000, headed by Finance Secretary K.P. Geethakrishnan, which showed red flags to the Ministry of Infor-mation & Broadcasting and asked as to why the Commission did not

examine the cause of poor perfor-mance. If examined, the low morale of the IIS officers, owing to stagna-tion and non review of cadres would have been discovered; the editorial opined. Subsequent to the October editorial, a Special Report on other services of the Ministry of I&B was also published in the November 2011 issue.

The plight of the State Equiva-lent, State Information Service i.e. IPR service, is similar if not worse. The stagnation in the Ministry of I&B of IIS officers was pointed out to be 28 years and cadre reviews since 1964 been done thrice. Whereas, in the State of Nagaland the stagna-tion period had not been less and the cadre reviews since 1963 (Statehood) been nil. The cadre review for the De-partment of IPR constituted vide No-tification No. IPR (Pub) 1/106/07-98, dated 04/08/05 and re-constituted vide dated 09/02/09, has yet to be fi-nalised. There are similar ailments infecting the State Information Of-ficers and their service conditions, as in the case of IIS officers and their service. There are the requirements of proper service rules and recruit-ment rules, to infuse life through new breeds of officers.

Dominic Yazokie

CRPF donates 173 BN CRPF under its Civic Action Programme 2010-11 had provided Water Storage Tanks to Govt. Primary School Rongmei and Lengrijan and Peducha Village Council, Lalmati, Shoxuvi Village Council, Aoyim Village Council, Lotha Baptist Church, Diphupar and Deaf and Dumb School, Dimapur on November 21. Anupam Sharma, Commandant-173

Bn CRPF was the Chief Guest of the oc-casion. In his speech the chief guest con-gratulated the beneficiaries and urged them to make the best use of the article they received. Earlier welcome speech was delivered by Sameer Kumar Srivas-tava, 2 I/C. the occasion was graced by several distinguished guest, officers & all ranks of 173 BN CRPF and village heads and teachers.

Commandant, 173 BN CRPF

Lions’ Region & Zone MeetLions Club of Dimapur hosted the 1st Regional as well as 2nd Zonal Meet to-day at Lions Centre where Lion Pawan Maheshwari, Region Chairperson, Re-gion II and Lion Kakheli Zhimmomi, Zone Chair-person, Zone VII presided over the respective meet-ings.

Members from Li-ons Club of Dimapur, Di-mapur Blue Vanda, Diphu Greater, Imphal, Imphal Greater & Kohima at-tended both the meetings. Respective clubs present-ed their activity reports. Appreciating the various activities of all the clubs, Regional Chairperson as well as Zone Chairperson exhorted the respective clubs to further strive hard to keep the flag of the Lion-ism flutter high.

Lion Gojendra Singh, District Chairman for Peace-Posters also spoke on the occasion on the re-tention of the Club mem-bers giving valuable in-puts. Initially, President of Lions Club of Dimapur welcomed all the delegates

of various clubs on behalf of the host club while Lion Praveen jain, Chair-man for both the Region & Zone meet offered vote of thanks. A delicious lunch was hosted by Lion Rakesh Jain, Lion Neeraj Kala & Lion Uma Sankar Agar-

wal who are the President, Secretary &Treasurer re-spectively of Lions Club of Dimapur. Lion Ajay Sethi was the Master of Cere-mony.

Lion Ajay SethiPRO, Lions Club

of Dimapur

Lion Ajay Sethi, Lion Praveen Jain, Lion Pawan Maheshwari, Lion Rakesh Jain, Lion Neeraj Kala at Region Meet 2011.

LocaL News

Wokha, November 21 (DIPr): “A Gift for Someone Special”, a Novel by Thunjamo Khuvung was released by Deputy Com-missioner, Wokha Rovilat-uo Mor on November 19 at LTC Hall Wokha.

“A Gift for Someone Special”, Khuvung third English novel is the Eng-lish version of “Echungpo-ro Ni Yantso” published as a gift in commemoration of Platinum Jubilee celebra-tion in 2004 at his native village Shaki. Initially as a writer he wrote poems, some of his poems like ‘A Dreamer’, ‘To a Lovely Heart’, ‘Death in a Free-land’ and ‘Ode to Saramati’ have been published in Na-tional and International Anthology of poetry along with prominent poets like Dr. Rosemary, C. Wilkin-son from America, Dr. Stel-la Browning from England, Dr. Krishna Srinivasan. Dr. Kamala Das.

Deputy Commissioner Wokha Rovilato Mor releasing the Novel titled: "A gift for someone special" by Thunjamo Khuvung at LTC Hall Wokha on November 19. (DIPR Photo)

moN, November 21 (DIPr): The Electoral Roll Observer for Mon district V. Shashank Shekhar, IAS vis-ited Mon for the second time and held coordination meet-ing with the Administrative Officers, representatives from NGOs, Konyak union, KNSK, Konyak Students Union and Political parties along with the general public of Mon district on November 19 at DC's Conference hall.

The meeting deliber-ated on ways and means to ensure clean electoral roll which is considered the ba-sic for free and fair election, as distorted Electoral Roll which would produce dis-torted election. Though the overall elector vis-a-visa to-tal population for Mon dis-trict as a hold is 67% which is in line with the state av-erage, however, there are constituencies which have abnormally high (94%) or abnormally low (51%) elec-

tors which need verification.In order to bring out ac-

curate electors for demo-cratic rights of its citizens, the house resolved and sug-gested the following points: To extend co-operation to the district administration while carrying out exercises to en-sure clean Electoral roll; Sug-gested that, bio-metric may be implemented at the earli-est to bring out exact figure of electors in Electoral Roll; Suggested that intensive re-vision may be done by house to house visits so as to wipe out bogus/death voters, and enroll genuine electors; To ensured enrollment of wom-en in the Electoral Roll and It also resolved that, all stake holders would put their heads together to bring in parity the electors population ratio.

The meeting was chaired by Additional Dep-uty Commissioner and Electoral Registration Of-ficer, Kuko Mero.

‘A Gift for Someone Special’ novel released

While releasing the Novel the Deputy Commis-sioner congratulated the author for bringing out his third novel and said that this book will inspire and encourage youngsters and readers in the Christian growth.

Earlier dedication

prayer was offered by Rev. Sulumo Ezung, Pas-tor Wokha Town Baptist Church while special num-ber was presented by Ak-umrenla Ao 1st Runner up Campus Icon 2011. The function was organized by Team Metamorphosis and Kyong Youth Initiative.

Efforts to ensure clean electoral roll

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2. Pay Scale( Revised): ̀ 5200-20200 with Grade Pay of ̀ 2800.3. Educational Qualification: Graduation in any discipline from a

recognized University.4. Age limits: Between 18 to 27 years as on closing date for receipt of

applications (Relaxation: SC/ST- 10 years and OBC- 8 years).5. Last date of receipt of application is on 22-12-2011.6. Detailed information, application forms (Form-A) and Forms of

Certificates (Form-B) can be collected from this office during office hours or downloaded from http ://www. agnagaland. gov. in

Note: The office, if considered necessary, may adopt a system of short-listing of candidates through a screening process and only the short-listed candidates would be called for interview.

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Dearest Alemla Longchar (Mokhemla),

Wishing you all the happiness and joy on your birthday, our prayers and bless-ing will be with you always. Love you.

Best wishes from your Mom & Dad, All the Family members.

ONGC power project to ease...The oversized heavy turbines and other heavy ma-

chines for ONGC’s Palatana project, carried on mas-sive 132-wheeled trucks, had reached the site from Haldia port in West Bengal after being trans-shipped through Bangladesh. An ONGC official said trans-porting the heavy equipment to Tripura over a few thousand kilometres of surface routes within India - through the mountainous northeastern states - was extremely difficult, and the Indian authorities were forced to carry the power plant’s equipment through Bangladesh. “Work on commissioning the power proj-ect is in full swing despite the transportation difficul-ties,” the official said.

A consortium comprising US-based General Electric and India’s state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been contracted to supply the all-important gas turbines for the thermal power project, the official added. ONGC owns significant quantities of natural gas reserves in Tripura.

However, these reserves are not yet sufficiently commercially exploited due to the low industrial de-mand in the northeastern region. The complexities of logistics and costs limit the economic viability of transporting gas to other deficit parts of the country. It is to optimally utilise the gas available in Tripura that ONGC proposed developing the 726-MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) thermal power plant close to its gas fields in the state to supply power to deficit areas of northeastern India.

Development in Nagaland... Further, the hanging bridge over Zungki River, the

largest tributary of the Tizu River, was built in 2002-2003 by the Public Works Department. It serves as a life-line to at least two villages and is used as a short-cut to get to Pungro’s areas. Road communication has somewhat penetrated into many previously inaccessible areas, but there is still a lot more that needs to be done for the peo-ple of this region.

Most of the bridges are old, rusted and inaccessible during monsoon. The region has a population of less than 75,000 and with funds pouring in there is no reason why the dismal conditions should remain and the areas stay underdeveloped if funds were used judiciously.

Rengmas demand apology...The Naga Hills boundary was fixed on 25th Novem-

ber, 1925, but the Nagas came to realize only after the Independence of India that their territories are divided, transferred and administered under separate adminis-trative unit.”

The organisations pointed out that when the 16-Point Agreement is very clear, “the Government of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, raising their angry reactions is unjustified and uncalled for, which should not jeopardize or sabotage the political, social, economic and cultural solution between the Govern-ment of India and NSCN (I-M).” The organisations stat-ed that the Rengma Hills is clearly demarcated and has written record and history.

“Therefore, Dr. Sarma should tender an apology to Rengma Naga Tribes for his ignorance and limited knowledge about Rengma Nagas for treating us as en-croachers in Assam which is totally baseless and cannot be tolerated,” the organisations stated.

One residential house (opposite Directorate of Geology & Mining), DC Court area was completely destroyed in a fire, which occurred at around 9:30 pm on Monday night, November 21. No loss of life or injury was reported however. According to residents in the vicinity, there was nobody in the rented thatched structure, which housed two fami-lies, at time of the incident. The fire brigade responded with four fire trucks. A fault in the electrical connection is suspected to be a cause. (Morung Photo)

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A world in protest

The global demonstrations of 2011 both highlight the reality of economic system-failure and reveal its linkages to the crisis of resource constraints. The result is a measure of the scale of change needed over coming decades.

The authorities are undertaking a legal and judicial counter-offensive against the "oc-cupy" camps that have sprung up in cen-tral locations in New York and London. But scores of camps remain across north

America and western Europe, part of a diffuse and dispersed phenomenon that has acquired a life of its own within a few short weeks.

These protests echo others earlier in 2011, includ-ing the turbulent actions in Greece and the extensive mobilisations in Spain (see "A time of riot: England and the world", 11 August 2011). They also connect with developments elsewhere: the mass student dem-onstrations in Chile that moved from opposition to a failing education system to a much wider campaign against marginalisation, and the protests by middle-class Israelis against their more restricted life-chanc-es (albeit such conditions are still far outranked by the great poverty in the nearby occupied territories, notably Gaza).

This upsurge of demonstrations is largely a re-sponse to the renewed economic crisis and to the en-during spectacle of financial institutions paying huge salaries and even larger bonuses to their elites while the majority of populations bear the brunt of govern-ment-imposed cuts. More broadly it recalls the large-scale anti-globalisation movement of the late 1990s, not least around the Seattle (1999) and Genoa (2001) summits. This movement receded after 9/11 and the launch of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - but it has now returned, albeit in a different guise, as a result of the accumulating economic crises of 2007-11. The double problem

These protests, demonstrations and movements may well be sustained or they may (at least in the short term) recede. Yet in a global perspective they re-flect two processes that lend them deep importance.

The first, and an extraordinary aspect of the last few months in particular, is the growing acceptance that free-market capitalism simply is not working. This outlook has permeated the consciousness even of traditional economists - a marked contrast to the "end of history" era of the early 1990s, when the So-viet centrally-planned system had been consigned to the dustbin of history, the Washington consensus was "freeing" countries in the global south from the sup-posed rigidities and inertia of a mixed economy, Chi-na was embracing the market, and "turbo-capitalism" was the order of the day.

The assumption took root then that free-market capitalism was the only way forward, and anyone who thought or said otherwise was either deeply misguid-ed or even malign. Yet the reality has failed to live up to the claim: in 1980-2010, overall international eco-nomic growth was lower than it had been in 1950-80, and (far more important) the later model has great-ly increased the world's socioeconomic divide, with 20% of the world's people now owning 84% of house-hold wealth (and the richest 1% alone reported to have more than 20%).

The second process runs in parallel: the huge if relative improvements in education, literacy and communications across the majority world of the global south, which ensure that far more people are aware of their own marginalisation. This phenom-enon, detailed in many past columns in this series, has already resulted in radical and sometimes vio-lent social movements, not least the Maoists in Ne-pal and the Naxalites in India, as well as the persis-tent (and under-reported) problems of social unrest in China(see "China and India: heartlands of global

protest", 7 August 2008).The Arab awakening of 2011 can be viewed in this

light. The triggers of the phenomenon may include opposition to stultifying autocracies, but a further key factor is the demographic bulge of educated and knowledgeable young people with few job prospects. Some estimates, for example, suggest that Tunisia has 140,000 unemployed graduates amid its population of just over 10 million.

The underlying trend of a widening global divide was ignored by economists until 2007-08, amid wide-spread belief that overall growth at a reasonably sus-tained level would diminish any dangers. The onset of major financial crisis made that extremely doubtful, as bottomless debts from a variety of mechanisms - sub-prime mortgages, credit default swaps, collateral debt obligations - came close to bringing large parts of the western banking system to collapse.

After the initial patchwork response, an illusion took hold in the 2008-10 period that "business as usual" was returning. This has now disappeared as a full-scale slump begins to look probable. Even or-thodox economic analysts are realising that unfet-tered and largely unregulated free-market capital-ism is fundamentally unsustainable, and that basic rethinking of how the global economy is allowed to develop is essential.

The system fixAn even larger reality overhangs these develop-

ments, one that may appear unconnected to them yet is in fact central: namely, global environmental con-straints, especially climate change. The dominant model of free-market capitalism seems even less able to respond to these "external" constraints than to its own "internal" systemic problems.

If there is a saving grace here, it is that the econom-ic crisis is unfolding some years ahead of the moment when the full and unavoidable impact of the environ-mental limits to growth hits. In turn, however, the impli-cation is that essential economic reform must be truly radical - capable of addressing both the fundamental inequities and the evolving constraints. This "double problem" requires over the next two or three decades a readiness to change that matches its scale and depth.

In this respect, the "occupy" demonstrations and the many other responses to the financial crisis draw timely attention to the woeful inadequacy of the cur-rent economic system - timely, because they are giv-ing voice to this truth before the system faces up to the epic challenge of a constrained world system. By doing so, they might make it a little more likely that real change will indeed come before it is too late. The protesters in their tents may be doing everyone a much bigger favour than they, or we, appreciate.

NPl Fiasco: Rejoinder to K.D.F.A on NPl slot allotment •-The Kohima District Football Associations claim about New Market Youth Organization team not ap-plying or approaching for the district slot is totally unacceptable. Hence the NMYO is constrained to bring out and reiterate the following points.

1. Has the K.D.F.A .ever invited aspiring teams to apply for the Nagaland Premier League slot of Kohi-ma District? If so details about the circular/ notifica-tion/advertisement be made known to public.

2. The five points justification rendered by the K.D.F.A. on allotment of the slot truly reflects the fal-lacy and misleading notion of the district governing body. As categorically stated earlier, 34 years of ho-listic football experiences of the New Market football team needs no further elaboration. However, if need-ed the team is ready to furnish the details on the grass root level coaching not only in Kohima, but as far as Meluri Sub-Division under Phek District. The NMYO team is a community based support team comprising mostly of indigenous local players that has withstood the test of times and had survived this far as a team. Needless to speak about scholarships, it would be em-barrassing if the team had to furnish the details about the employment records of our players in various state departments, public sectors etc. through foot-ball. The Roll of Honors achieved by the team says well about the qualified and experienced Coaches and Managers. Do we need to remind that the NMYO football coach is also the present State football coach?

3. It is pertinent to point out that so far Dima-pur District Football Association has also not con-ducted the league match. Now the question arises,

what prompted K.D.F.A to hurriedly allot the district slot without conducting the league tournament? Is K.D.F.A. in any manner inferior to D.D.F.A?

While appreciating the K.D.F.A. for acknowledging the contribution of the NMYO team, it is earnestly plead-ed that to lay down the whole matter at rest and not to fur-ther invite skeletons from the cupboards. It is high time that as a corrective measure, the K.D.F.A comes up with a proposal to conduct the league matches at the earliest so as to restore back the trust and confidence as a District governing football body. This would also ensure equal opportunity to all the aspiring football teams in the state capital to compete in the true spirit of the game.

Stephen Rutsa Abalie RhËzhËGames & Sports, Secretary President

New Market Youth Organization New Market Youth OrganisationKohima. Kohima.

on NPl berth •-The proverbial adage ‘to silence critics once and for all’ seems to be going the other way round this time for KDFA in regard to the NPL berth allotted to Life Sports. But this issue can be laid to rest if the clarifica-tion given by the Association is anything to go by.

With no particular support for New Market XI, I was wondering why other prominent teams in Ko-hima were not raising any question. However, as per the clarification, New Market XI did not apply/ap-proach for the slot. Hence it seemed that applications were invited by KDFA from interested teams and Life Sports was selected from amongst the teams. If that was the case, this issue ends there and unfortunate-ly, New Market XI might have missed the bus. If not, more trouble may be brewing and it should be no sur-prise if other teams join the fracas.

But whatever it is, some of the ‘merit-basis’ reasons given by KDFA may still be hard to swallow for many teams. NPL is a league for professional players, some of whom may have been coached by License ‘A’ hold-ers. Although it is no wonder that training imparted to under-14 kids today may bear fruit some day, for now, the present standard of performance may have to be taken into account. Furthermore, teams that have sur-vived for two-three decades need not necessarily sus-tain themselves with Dimori Cove and what not. We all have different means of sustenance.

All the best!! Kethosituo Mepfhüo, Kohima Village

sad note on NPl berth fiasco •-It was sad to read a report in local newspapers that on how a reputed team New Market Football, formed in 1977 was denied a merit berth from Kohima district in the newly christened Nagaland Premier League.

After going through the records and performanc-es it is needlessly Crystal clear the New Market Foot-ball Team deserved the merit berth and what and how prompted the Kohima District Football Association to give away the berth to Life Sports FC.

As per the report and claimed made by the New Market Football Team, that according to the Nagaland Premier League Article -2 , that reads – the current champion of district league will get a berth . And now the question arises… when the Kohima District Foot-ball Association never conducted the league and how comes this decision to allot Life Sports FC was taken.

I feel that before the NPL starts the concern foot-ball association also clarifies its stand before the gen-eral public and the football loving state of Nagaland.

Ketho Angs, Kohima Town

Give them water and toilets!Human Wrongs Watch

The UN independent expert on access to water and sanitation as a human right urged States to allocate more resources to improving sanitation and promote efficient use of existing hygiene facilities, stressing that people are entitled to decent toilets.

“Lack of sanitation implies the loss of millions of school and work days as well as enormous health costs,” said on Nov. 19 Catarina de Albuquerque, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right

to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, in a statement to mark the World Toilet Day, which is observed on 19 November each year. “The sanitation sector is in desperate need of more finan-cial resources, in both developing and developed countries, but investing in sanitation is good business and a smart deal,” noted de Albuquerque, stressing that for every dollar spent on sanitation facilities, there is an average return of 9 dollars in averted costs and productivity gains.

Life Expectancy, Child Mortality…She stated that developed countries were only able to im-

prove life expectancy and reduce child mortality when govern-ments began making substantial investments in sanitation.

“Especially in a period of economic crisis, it is fundamental to invest in crucial sectors that have a multiplier effect, spend the available resources more efficiently and ensure better tar-geting so as to prioritize the most excluded and marginalized,” she emphasized.

In her recent report to the General Assembly entitled ‘Fi-nancing for the Realization of the Rights to Water and Sanita-tion,’ de Albuquerque underscored the need to increase and re-structure financing in the water and sanitation to meet human rights requirements.Less Than What People in Rich Countries Spend on Bottled Water

Universal access to sanitation by 2015 would require over $14.5 billion annually, according to a 2006 study by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

“This seems a huge sum,” de Albuquerque pointed out. “Yet, put in perspective, it is less than what people in rich countries spend on bottled water each year.”

According to last year’s global annual assessment of sanita-tion and drinking by UN agencies, 95 per cent of countries re-ported that current funding was not enough to provide access to half of those without toilets.

“Additional resources are needed for the realization of the right to sanitation, but a lot more could be achieved with the funds already allocated,” said the independent expert. “Money is being spent in the wrong places. We need better targeting of resources aligned with human rights requirements.” *Source: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40447&Cr=sanitation&Cr1=

Credit: UN

NPF-NCP-Cong

The decision of the National Congress Party (NCP) to withdraw support to the NPF led DAN government in Nagaland was on expected lines given that the two MLAs elected on NCP ticket during the last Assembly

polls had switched side and merged their respective support-ers to the ruling NPF. Despite this betrayal it was quite strange that the NCP continued to play ball with the NPF. This must have been something to do with the good equation shared be-tween Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and NCP leader PA Sangma. In fact the Rio-Sangma combine had tried many formula based on an anti-Congress platform to rally political forces in the Northeast region but off course without much suc-cess. In the run up to the last General Elections as well, sensing the debacle of the Congress led UPA government, the so called Northeast People’s Forum was floated by the likes of Rio and Sangma. But as soon as the Congress led UPA stormed back to power, the much touted NE forum simply disappeared. So both Rio and Sangma has been close ally and for the NCP to divorce itself from the NPF must have been a difficult decision. But who knows what politics can do. As it is often said in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies only permanent interests. An NCP-NPF alliance may therefore be off the hook for now but you never know with power and how things can change very quickly.

Then off course the NCP is touting itself as the alternative to both the ruling NPF and Opposition Congress. This is going to be interesting how things play out from now onwards till the 2013 Assembly polls. If past experience goes, the Congress in Nagaland would still feel it has the strength to go it alone with-out any seat sharing with other smaller parties like the NCP. On its part the NCP also appears to be confident of going it alone. The NPF even though it has been successful in the past with pre-poll alliance, this time no one seems to be willing to trust the ruling party after what it has done to the smaller parties like the BJP and NCP during the current regime. The Janata Dal (United) of Nitish Kumar has expressed willingness to tie up with the NPF. However it is quite interesting that this offer as per media report is for the coming Manipur elections. One prospect could be that the NPF will do well in the coming Ma-nipur elections and if this is so it could support the single larg-est party and even join the government. However it will be cru-cial for the NPF to retain power in Nagaland if it wants to pay a larger role in the NE region. As for the Nagaland Congress the only alternative is to get a majority on its own. A hung verdict is not going to benefit the Congress because smaller parties like the NCP even though they have left the NPF coalition, the Rio-Sangma equation may come into play once again and the bal-ance in the numbers could be tilted in favour of the NPF.

Readers may please note that, the contents of the articles published on this page do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

TuEsdayTHE MORUNG EXPRESS22 November 2011 NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

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

JESUS IS THE ESSENCE OF MAN'S

BASIC NEEDSComposed on 12th March 1998, Hong Kong

Every man on earth has some real basic needs Without which no one can see God, nor enjoy life.

The First and the Foremost is FORGIVENESS OF SIN. JESUS is our FORGIVENESS. He bore all our sins.

The Second basic need is PEACE WITH THE CREATOR. Without which a man is nothing but a vacuum.

JESUS is our PEACE with God, and with men on earth. He destroyed the wall of partition when He died.

The Third basic need is DAILY DIVINE GUIDANCE. Satan enslaved men and sins blinded their own eyes.

Men lost their way in the pilgrimage of this life. JESUS is our GUIDE and the SHEPHERD of our lives.

The Fourth basic need is totally HEALED BODY. God created men perfect without sin and sickness.

Satan brought sin and sickness upon the people. JESUS bore our sin and sickness. HE is our HEALTH.

The Fifth man's basic need is ABUNDANT LIVING.God created the riches of the world for men.

But Satan usurped all that belongs to mankind. JESUS came and restored it HE is our RICHES.

The Sixth man's basic need is FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.The enemy destroyed it. Jesus restored it.

In Christ God has made His abode in our body.CHRIST IS THE ESSENCE OF GOD'S

FELLOWSHIP WITH US.

The Seventh basic need is VICTORY IN LIFE. It was God's will that man should Reign and Dominate.

Satan made men his slaves. He became their master. JESUS delivered us. HE is our VICTORY.

For all the basic needs of men upon this earthGOD IS THE SUPPLIER, the source of ALL SUPPLIES.

HOLY SPIRIT IS THE AGENT of the SUPPLIER.JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF IS THE ESSENCE OF SUPPLIES.

Therefore look to God, the Supplier, for Supplies,Look to the Holy Spirit, God’s Agent of Supplies,

Then stretch out your hands by faith to God and receiveThe GOODS, THE ESSENCE OF WHICH

IS JESUS HIMSELF.

oH, HoW SWeeT IS To KNoW JeSUS THe

reDeemer!Composed on 19th March 1998 Hong Kong

"The Wall of Fire" around me is Jesus my Lord. He always protects me from all my enemies.

When the enemies come against me like a flood He shatters them; He drives them away far from me,

I'm engraved upon the palm of His mighty hand. No force and no power can snatch me from His hand.

He willingly gave Himself to redeem my life . He is my beloved, the Lover of my soul.

He gave me Holy Spirit to be my Helper Who abides in my house though 1 am unworthy

And helps me, teaches me, guides me and comforts me. Oh what an Helper! Oh what a Treasure have I!

My life is hidden in God with Him in heaven! When He shall appear in glory I'll be with Him!

He is my life; He is my glory; He's my all. Oh how sweet is to know Jesus, the Redeemer!

THe SoUrCe oF mY HeLPComposed on 20th March 1998 .Hong Kong

I need You, sweet, blessed Holy Spirit to bring meto Christ, the Source.

My hands are too short and weak. I can't stretch out to receive what He gives.

You are the source of my Help to take me to Jesus the only Source.

Oh how did I miss You and suffered without the knowledge of this grace !

All my needs are found in Jesus. You help me to receive what He gives;

He is my Forgiveness; He is my Health; He is my Deliverance. .You are my Helper; You are my Power; and

You are the Source of my Help. .Oh how I have gone hungry when plenty

of food was set before me!

Christ is my Baptizer in the Spirit; Restorer of my lost state; He’s the Provider of all provisions , - spiritual and material .

You' re the Agent of Christ to aid me to receive all that He gives me.

Oh how do I need You; You are my Helper to attain all I need.

My Jesus is the Lord and King; He is exalted far above all. You came to crown Him and enthrone

Him as the Lord of all creation. Oh how you yearn to exalt Him, and

glorify Him upon this Earth! You shed the glory of His face upon

the redeemed children of God.

You make springs out of the dry rocks and wells in the parched barren deserts.

You make dry bones to have life and make them a mighty army of Jesus .You bring Jesus to the forefront as

the Source of Life for all mankind. You open their eyes to behold His glory to crown

Him as their Lord!

MissionCalling

Rev Dr T. Alem Meren

Pained at the unceasing ar-guments and bitter mis-understandings among

different groups of Naga patri-ots with regard to the signing of the ‘Shillong Accord’, and feel-ing that it is far past time for us to take control of our emotions and to reconsider our views and opinions on the subject ob-jectively, I have compelled my-self to go back in time to that painful memory in our history to review the woeful events that culminated in the signing of the accord.

The year was 1975, which, to my memory, was the darkest year in the history of the Naga Freedom struggle. Those who were witness to the events of the time will agree that it was the year in which the heaviest ever operation was carried out by the Indian army. The army poured into every nook and corner of the state putting into dire jeopardy the very life of the entire population. The opera-tion was so expansive, intense and relentless that no Naga village was left uncovered. To-tal curfew was imposed every-where and even the slightest violation of the curfew led to many deaths. Indiscriminate arrest and torture on a daily basis became the rule. Villag-ers were prevented from going to work in their fields and com-mands were issued to the rulers of the village to apprehend and hand over the national workers of the village on pain of torture and starvation. Faced with the dire prospects, the rulers were compelled to order the clans-men and immediate kin of the national workers to force them to surrender before the army, and hundreds of nation-al workers were compelled to surrender in this manner.

Slowly and surely, the sup-ply line of the national workers was squeezed out. Simultane-ously, in the jungles, combing operations were relentlessly carried out and the camps of the Naga Army were attacked and destroyed one by one. Countless were slain and many captured and shipped to jails all over India. The casualties included civilians too. Many top ranking officers of the Naga

Army lost their life and many were captured, and the remain-ing was in danger of being killed or captured any day; they were surrounded and there was no route of escape. To continue the struggle meant complete annihilation, but to surrender would be the end of everything the Nagas stood by. Both were not the options. A more hon-ourable third option had to be found, and quickly.

It was at this critically frag-ile juncture of our history that Uncle Keviyalley, Ramyo Zimik and Biseto Keyho, who were leaders endowed with vision and uncanny wisdom, request-ed me to meet them. That was in the month of June, 1975. Know-ing well the perilous nature of the journey I was undertaking, I hesitatingly went to Kohima to meet them. As instructed by them, immediately on reach-ing Kohima, I went to meet Mrs.Rano Shazia at her resi-dence and with her and a guide, we proceeded towards the Chedima Peace Camp where in a hut nearby the camp, I met the three leaders. Though our hearts were heavy with the bur-den of the situation, the meet-ing was a happy one.

Without further ado, uncle Yalley brought out the reason for wanting to meet me. His rueful words were that they expected much from the UDF (United Democratic Front) Government in the state, but their expectations had been be-lied. He went on to say that the UDF has given assurance that if they were elected to power, the party would pave the way for resumption of political nego-tiations with the Government of India and usher in immedi-ate solution to the Naga po-litical issue. However, with the formation of the UDF Govern-ment, the situation, instead of improving, had gone from bad to worse. With the Naga army on the verge of decimation and without a hope of rescue from any quarter, a solution had to be worked out to salvage what-ever remained and for that end a meeting of top officials

of the army needed to be held without any delay, but because of the prevailing situation and with all communications severed, having the meeting had become an impossibility. Hence, they had called me with the purpose of requesting me to meet, on their behalf, the top officials of the Naga Army in the Ao area with a message about the urgency of finding a face saving solution to the problem confronting them and to bring back their response.

With the message, I hurried back to Mokokchung and on the next day managed to meet Gen-eral Saniba in the paddy field. The General also wrote a letter in response to the message and I personally delivered the letter to the leaders in Kohima.

At the meeting with Gen-eral Saniba, in the course of our discussion, the general formed a decision to call a meeting of the leaders of the Ao region urgently, but because of the density of Army operation, the proposed meeting was de-layed. Finally, a meeting was arranged at a jungle camp nearby Khensa Village, but on the appointed day, the leaders, while en route to the meet-ing place, was intercepted by the Indian Army and General Saniba, Mepuyongdang, Cap-tain Noklenba and others were captured and taken to the NAP Camp, Alichen. Within a short time of their capture, General Saniba sent me information about his arrest and request-ed me to meet him urgently in the jail at Alichen, so I hurried there and upon our meeting, he requested me to inform the leaders in Kohima about their current position. Accordingly, I went to Kohima and personally conveyed the information to the leaders. Subsequently, after a lapse of more than a month, I was able to get the General and his colleagues released on bail.

Meanwhile, time was run-ning out and unless something was done immediately, there was impending danger of los-

ing everything. Therefore, com-pelled by the pressing circum-stances, the lead-ers met Shri.PK

Nehru, the then Governor, in Shillong, who, knowing that the Naga leaders were in helpless position, forced upon them the now infamous ‘Shillong Accord’. In his earnestness to get the document signed, however, the Governor did not bother as to in what capacity the leaders should sign on the accord, and being wise enough, the leaders, realiz-ing that providence has thrown the solution they sought for on their lap, seized the opportunity and quietly put their signatures in their personal capacities as leaders of the underground and not in the name of the Federal Government or the NNC. Thus, on the one hand, they did not compromise the position of the Naga National Government in putting their signatures to the Accord; while on the other, their signatures put an end to the In-dian Army operation which was threatening the very existence of the Naga nation.

Later, all the Naga politi-cal prisoners in the different jails of India were granted the option of release after sign-ing the accord, and all but two patriotic souls, namely, Mhia-siu of Khonoma Village, and Rongsensuwa of Changtongya village, refused to sign on the accord and opted to remain as prisoners. Thus, around 600 political prisoners were re-leased upon signing the accord and were also rehabilitated by the Government of India.

Here, I wish to stress upon the point that there is a sea of difference between signing in personal capacity and sign-ing in the name of a Govern-ment or organization, though the signatory may be the same person. In the former, the sig-nature binds the person alone who is signing, but in the lat-ter, it binds not the person who sign but the Government or the organization in which name the signature is put. The lead-ers who signed the Shillong Accord understood perfectly this implication and, there-

fore, grabbed the opportunity offered and signed on the ac-cord in their personal capacity as leaders of the underground. If we view the circumstanc-es in which our leaders were placed, we begin to understand that they were not willing par-ties to the accord, even while signing in personal capacity, for by doing so, they were put-ting themselves into bondage, but as leaders, they were aware that their duty towards their people was higher than their duty toward themselves. They, therefore, willingly sacrificed their pride and personal free-dom in order to protect the life and freedom of their people, by putting their signatures on the accord. Their act was not one to save their own skin but one to ensure the survival of the rights of their embattled people, so that the fight for freedom may continue until it is won. Their understanding and foresight had not been in vain, for like the Phoenix, our people did rise from the ashes of that shameful episode, and today, the Government of India has begun to give us respect we deserve by acknowledging our situation as ‘unique’ and talks are on at the highest level to solve our political issue ami-cably and to the satisfaction of all concerned. All these de-velopments amply show that the Government of India has understood the worthlessness of the Shillong Accord, and we must also follow suit.

I believe my Naga brothers shall understand through reason the sacrifice made by our leaders who signed the Shillong Accord and instead of harping on their failures, view them as true patri-ots who gave up their freedom that we may survive as a nation. It would only be just that the sur-viving signatories be welcomed into the fold and fittingly more so at this stage when reconcilia-tion among all factions is taking shape, thanks to the patient ini-tiative of the FNR. We must also understand that there can be no reconciliation in the true sense if any group is left out. Reconcilia-tion, if fully achieved, as I believe it will be, will be the greatest vic-tory for the Nagas.

Kughaho sumi

ReSeRVeD FoReST is an area or mass of land duly notified under section 20 of the Indian Forest Act 1927 (Act 16 of 1927) or under the reservation provi-sions of the forest acts of the state gov-ernment of Indian union. For centuries forest has always been a part of liveli-hood for the tribal people all over the world. British empire in India by 18th century took a concrete and legal step to preserve forest in Indian sub-conti-nent for economic and sustainable live-lihood. The British promulgated one of the earliest codified Forest Act. This was done in 1865 and marked the begin-ning of policy that viewed forest as an economic resource, which needed to be harnessed.

Post-British era, the Indian Forest Act 1927 was largely based on previous Indian Forest act implemented under the British known as Indian forest act of 1878. Both Acts sought to consoli-date and preserve the area having forest cover of significant wildlife, to regulate movement and transit of forest produce and duty leviable on forest produce. It also defines the procedure to followed for declaring an area to be a reserved forest or protected forest. It defines what is forest offence and what are the acts prohibited inside a reserved forest, and penalties leviable on violation of the provision of the act.

The essence of preserving reserved forest in Nagaland like elsewhere in the country as in the case of Kaziranga Na-tional Park and Corbett National Park, give significant examples for the Nagas to consciously think in terms of bene-fits the forest can provide to the Nagas and not in the sense of inhabiting the protected area by the human beings. on economic aspect, the potential of pro-moting tourism in the reserved Intan-ki forest which can generate immense economic benefits for the Nagas. envi-ronmentally, the importance of main-taining ecological system in our land cannot be ignored.

Forest as a resource: 1. Forests are exhaustible but re-

newable resources.2. Forest as an eco-system are char-

acterized by carrying capacity that can be exploited without endangering the

A perspective on the signatories of the Shillong Accord

BandangangshiConcerned Naga Senior Citizen

Preserving Intaki Reserved Forest

A view of Intangki National Park

reproductively and stability aspect of the eco-system.

3. Forest absorbs carbon dioxide, a principle greenhouse gas, improve wa-tershed quality, provide habitat to the wildlife.

Deforestation is a problem that is affecting many aspects of our environ-ment. The causes of deforestation are many, but the main underlying cause is government policy. I believe that if our government adopts and implement the Forest Acts judiciously, the encroach-ment of the forest and the rate of defor-estation will decrease to a point where tree loss will no longer be a major threat to our environment. We would not even have a single acre of protected forest land today. But it was concerned conservationists that fought to pass the 'Creative Act of 1891' and influential private citizens led to the 'Weeks Act of 1911' which regulated private forest activities to prevent continuing forest devastation.

So what are we now to do about de-forestation? It is obviously a worldwide problem that is negatively affecting many aspects of our environment and its causes are many and varied. In order to decrease the rate of deforestation to the point where it is no longer harmful to the environment, our state govern-ments should implement a plan to stop

encroachment inside Intanki Reserved Forest in particular and deforestation in entire Nagaland in general. one ma-jor cause of deforestation in Nagaland is unsustainable agriculture. According to the Food and Agriculture organiza-tion of the United Nations (FAo), "90% of deforestation is caused by unsustain-able agriculture practices". Linked with this has been migratory farming (Jhum Cultivation). Most tropical forest soil is too poor to sustain agriculture, so after a few years, farmers are forced to move to another location and clear an-other patch of forest ripping clean the soil of all nutrients and minerals. Leav-ing aside numbers of rare medicinal plants particular to Nagaland forests. Such agriculture practices are not only directly causing deforestation, but are also making it nearly impossible for the land to later be used for the reforesta-tion process.

Wildlife protection is a crucial point at this juncture particularly in Naga-land. Wildlife is being over-hunted to a point where the dwindling number of animals is threatened with some facing extinction, for example our every Naga emblematic bird, the Hornbill which now, I believe, can only be found in In-tanki Reserved Forest. Proper protec-tion, rules and regulations governing hunting (I know its radical but, even

to the extend of shoot at sight) must be enforced in the protected area, of wild animals by providing adequate support from the law enforcement agencies to ensure sustainable wildlife.

Wildlife plays a crucial role in the so-cio-cultural development, wildlife pro-vides animal protein in the diet of many peoples. For example, many species of wildlife, ranging from insects through reptiles to mammals, are a delicacy and provide a major source of income for our Naga Tribal Communities. Wildlife also plays an important role in tourism industry, providing a great potential for future development of eco-tourism while contributing, albeit in a less con-spicuous way, to our Nagas economy. Though the economic benefits are of-ten obscured and difficult to quantify, it does not make them any less real. Natural forests and timber industry de-pend on animals such as insects, birds, elephants and monkeys for pollination, seed dispersal and regeneration and that we cannot have a natural forest without these animals.

As our population and grows and our encroachment continues into Intanki Wildlife Sanctuary, healthy and natural habitat is removed or degraded prevent-ing normal interactions, healthy breed-ing or safe travel for many species. While some species can adapt, many cannot. The loss of habitat usually leads to con-flicts between animals and humans, with the animals coming out the losers.

The recent judgement passed by the High court to allow 'Partial Residency' inside the Sanctuary will significantly weaken the already weakened Sanctu-ary. Therefore, in support of the step taken by our Forest Minister Mr. M.C. Konyak to evict the encroacher from the forest, I would like to purpose that we should not be partial but evict every-body residing inside the Reserved Forest because none of the settlement inside the Intanki Wildlife Sanctuary is genu-ine traditional settlers as claimed by some encroachers, according to the legal records available in both the Forest De-partment and Kohima Magistrate office.

We must reverse this trend and work to preserve Intanki Wildlife Sanctuary and habitat if we are to leave for future generations a Nagaland that resembles the one we presently inherited.

22 November 2011Tuesday8 Dimapur The Morung ExpressNATIONAL

AHMEDABAD, NovEMBEr 21 (AgENciEs): The Mehndi Nawaz Jung Hall, one of the oldest au-ditoriums in Ahmedabad, could well become the ground zero of a social revolution in India. Such was the success of the country’s first live-in mela for 50-plus people here on Sunday that the organizers have now decided to hold it in Bhopal, Pune, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai in the next six months. At least seven couples from as far away as Assam, Karnataka and Gujarat found prospective live-in partners during the event. Many of them are planning to go on dates for a few days before they finally start living in.

“Some call our event radical, but we see it as the new thought,” said Natubhai Patel, founder of Vina Mulya Amulya Seva, the NGO which organized the mela. Patel will take the live-in couples to Rajpipla on a picnic next month, where they can spend some pri-vate time. Among the lucky ones on Sunday was Jee-tendra Brahmbhatt, 62, a widower from Ahmedabad, who felt butterflies in his stomach when he met Ami Pandya, 52, a divorcee. “I have all the luxuries in life, but I wanted somebody to share my feelings with and find an emotional connect,” said Brahmbhatt.”I need someone whom I can enjoy life with, go shopping and watch movies,” said Pandya, who had brought her 25-year-old daughter along. Brahmbhatt is a consul-tant to an MNC, and his son is a successful profession-al in Tokyo. The duo will date for a few days.

“At my age, sex is not a consideration. What I need is company, a person with whom I can live with for the rest of my life,” said Natu Thakkar, 60, who owns a rice mill in Bavla, and found a livein partner in Jyotsna Dave, 53. More than 350 people, including 70 women, turned up at event seeking to explore live-in relationship. Peo-ple from Delhi, Assam, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra and even NRIs came in the hope of finding companionship. The maximum entries were from Gujarat, especially small towns where the elders have been left alone by their kin

settled abroad. If this experiment is successful, live-in may not be a taboo word in the country.

The event drew enthusiastic participation, with women seen decked up with make-up and expensive saris and men attired in formals and suits. Partici-pants came from all walks of life: from journalists to businessmen, from singers to company directors, and from farmers to teachers. The process was simple - every participant came on to the stage wearing a num-bered badge and information about him or her was provided by the announcer. The details announced included age, caste, education, employment profile and financial standing. Participants were asked to note the numbers of potential matches. After intro-ductions, the women were given the power to call the shots. They met prospective matches for five minutes each and exchanged pleasantries and information. Once this was done, participants stated their prefer-ence and pairs were announced.

Organizers had laid two rules: participants had to be financially settled and had to have secured the con-sent of their children, if any, for the process. “While some took the decision pretty quickly about prob-able partners, others weighed all available options,” said an organizer of the event. “Interestingly, most participants stated that they had come to the event to find a friend and a companion in the evening of life and thus caste or age was no bar.” Indeed, many participants ventured out of their comfort zone and explored matches from other castes and age groups. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Parsis at-tended the event. Mohammed Ismail Shaikh, 56, a resident of Jivraj Park, Vejalpur, told TOI: “After the demise of my wife, I was feeling lonely.” He said his children were busy with their careers. Prabhat Rawal, 78, had come from Veraval. “Some laughed at the idea and asked why this at such an age but I say, why not,” Rawal said. “I am well-off financially and want to en-joy the remaining years of my life with someone.”

NEw DElHi, NovEMBEr 21 (iANs): Forget breaking the glass ceiling, Tessy Thomas has virtually blasted her way through it. The 48-year-old is the first-ever woman director of an Indian missile proj-ect and is set to place India in an elite club of nations like the US, Russia and China with the capability to produce their own long-range Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). She will achieve that when India tests its 5,000-km range nuclear capable Agni-V missile by February 2012. Thomas also wants to see Indian women taking on combat roles in the armed forces.

“Why not? If they are performing other roles in the armed forces so efficiently, they can also perform combat roles,” Thomas told IANS during a chat here. “If women are willing to get into combat roles, I think,

Love at 50: Never too old for a live-in! ‘Rocket Woman’ propels India’s missile mission

Tessy Thomas, the 48-yr-old project direc-tor for India’s nuclear capable Agni-V mis-sile that can hit targets at 5,000 km range.

yes, they should be allowed to join. This, I am sure, will happen over time,” said the ‘Agni Putri’ (Daughter of Fire), a sobriquet she had earned for her association with the Agni missiles since 1988. The scientist from the Defence Research and Develop-ment Organisation (DRDO) was in Delhi after her team had successfully tested the new-generation Agni-IV missile Nov 15 that broke new records for India by hitting a target 3,000 km away from the Balasore test range in the Orissa coast.

This is the first time ever the country has tested a missile to hit target at that dis-tance, thereby becoming the first Indian missile to cross the equator and hit a tar-get in the southern hemisphere. For her achievement in missile technology, she is also fondly called ‘the missile woman’ by the Indian media. When asked how she landed in the male-dominated defence research and development world, she promptly replies: “Science has no gen-der. Defence R&D is a knowledge-based field.” Armed with an engineering degree, Thomas joined the DRDO and was as-signed to work on the Agni missile project by none other than former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who is also known as the ‘Fa-ther of Indian Missile Programme’.

She also has a masters in guided mis-siles technology. She did her B.Tech from the Thrissur Engineering College at Ko-zhikode and M.Tech from Pune-based De-fence Institute of Advanced Technologies. She was then selected for ‘guided-weapon course’ being offered by DRDO and soon after, her saga with the Indian missile programme began. Since 1988, she has

worked on Agni-series missiles and is also the strength behind the 2,000-km range Agni-II and 3,500-km range Agni-III mis-siles and has been the project director of these missile programmes, contributing to the guidance designs. During her initial years in the DRDO, she also worked on the 900-km range Agni-I missile.

Her inspiration? “Of course, Kalam sir. He was the director of the lab I joined first and he was the one who assigned me to the Agni project.” Now at the helm of the Agni-V project, she supervises a work force that comprises five other women scientists. The entire Agni programme of DRDO has about 20 women among 250 scientists working on the missile systems. Thomas, who works at the Missile Com-plex of DRDO in Hyderabad, first became project director of an Agni system in 2008, when she was asked to head the Agni-II. In July 2009, she was appointed the project director for the Agni-V programme.

Last December, when Agni-II Prime (it was how Agni-IV was earlier known) plunged into the Bay of Bengal just 30 seconds after launch during its first-ev-er test, Thomas was disappointed. “The first flight was a failure, though I won’t call it a total failure. We could record the first 30 second data for analysis of some systems,” she said. But the second flight Nov 15 as Agni-IV was a grand success. “We had an excellent launch. It is a tre-mendous feeling to prove all the systems in one shot. We have data on all stages of the flight and systems. We proved the whole system, most of which are indig-enous,” Thomas told IANS.

AHMEDABAD, NovEMBEr 21 (PTi): In a setback to the Narendra Modi government, the special inves-tigation team probing the 2004 Ish-rat Jehan case has concluded that the college girl was killed in a fake en-counter, prompting the Gujarat high court to order a fresh FIR against ac-cused policemen in the case. The SIT in its report said Ishrat and three oth-ers were killed prior to the encoun-ter date of June 15, 2004. A division bench of Justice Jayant Patel and Justice Abhilasha Kumari ordered that a separate FIR under section 302

(punishment for murder) should be filed in the concerned police station against those police officers who were involved in the shootout.

The SIT had submitted its final report in the high court regarding their findings on the encounter on November 18. The court is at present considering which central agency--the CBI or the NIA--can probe the case after the second FIR will be filed and it has sought suggestions from the petitioners and the state govern-ment. The court said, “The probe agency would need to find out who

played the key role in the encounter, what was the motive and what was the actual time of the death of the four people”. The SIT team, which investigated the case, is headed by R R Verma, while the other two mem-bers of the team are IPS officer Mo-han Jha and Satish Verma.

Ishrat, a 19-year-old college girl, along with Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar was killed in a shoot-out by Ahmedabad Crime Branch on June 15, 2004. Crime Branch had then claimed the four were LeT

members and were on a mission to kill Chief Minister Modi. A judicial inquiry report by metropolitan magistrate S P Tamang submitted on September 7, 2009 in the en-counter case had also said that the shootout was fake and executed in cold blood by the police officials for their benefit. The probe in the sen-sational case was supervised direct-ly by the Gujarat high court which had constituted the SIT last year to investigate genuineness of the en-counter after petitions filed by Ish-rat’s mother Shamima Kausar and

Gopinath Pillai, father of another victim of the encounter -- Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Pillai.

Those accused in the case in-clude then JCP (crime branch) P P Pande, suspended DIG D G Van-zara, then ACP G L Singhal and ACP N K Amin---all IPS officers. There were total of 21 policemen, includ-ing the IPS officers, involved in the encounter. Vanzara and Amin are also accused in the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and murder of Sheikh’s wife Kausar Bi and are presently behind bars.

lUcKNow, NovEMBEr 21 (PTi): Amidst din, the Uttar Pradesh Assembly today passed a controversial resolution on splitting the state into four parts by voice vote minutes after which the lower house was adjourned sine die. Chief Minister Mayawati, who had announced the pro-posal recently to split the state into Pur-vanchal, Paschim Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Awadh Pradesh, presented the reso-lution saying that it was being forwarded to the Centre. As soon as the proposal was passed by voice vote amidst noisy scenes, Speaker Rajbhar adjourned the House sine-die.

The Opposition, which wanted to bring no confidence motion against the state government, criticised the move to pass the resolution by voice vote and then adjourning the Assembly. Alleging that BSP government ignored Baba Saheb’s (Bhim Rao Ambedkar) Constitution and adjourned the House sine-die, Leader of Opposition Shivpal Singh Yadav told re-porters that “The government should have discussed the no-confidence motion and go for voting”. He also accused the Speak-er of acting as a BSP member. About state’s reorganisation, SP said that people of the state were against splitting the state.

CLP leader Pramod Tiwari said his party favoured constitution of state reor-ganisation commission before taking the decision to split the state so that resourc-es division and other issues could be con-sidered. In the House of 403, BSP had 220 members (after six of its members have been disqualified recently), SP had 89, BJP 48, Cong 20, RLD 10, independent 9, RSP one. Earlier, the Winter Session of the Ut-tar Pradesh Assembly started on a stormy noted with BJP members jumping into the well of the House while SP members started slogan shouting against the gov-ernment and waved placards. Parliamen-tary Affairs Minister Lalji Verma said the BSP government had full majority in the House but opposition members did pay heed to him.

Amidst din, Speaker Sukhdeo Rajbhar

adjourned the question hour till 12.20 pm. When the House met again, in the presence of Mayawati, who was not present during question hour, the SP and BJP members jumped into the well demanding discus-sion on no-confidence motion. Amidst din, hurling of paper balls on the Speaker and alert marshalls trying to catch them, vote on account for the first four months of 2012-13 was passed by the House. Tiwari alleged that BSP government acted against democracy and SP and BJP had helped the party in the job. “Both SP and BJP jumped into the well. No confidence motion could not be brought from the well. They should have stood in their place for discussion on the motion”, Tiwari said.

Terming proposal of division of state as mere “election stunt”, BJP Leader Om Prakash Singh said that Centre should not accept the proposal. Advocating for a reorganisation commission, Singh said that as UP’s proposal was passed without discussion and debate it should not be ac-cepted at any cost. Rastriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Kokab Hamid said the state govern-ment was not serious about splitting the state and the way the proposal was passed showed the same. SP and BJP will be meet-ing Governor BL Joshi later in the day to register their protest against the BSP gov-ernment. In a bid to outsmart rivals ahead of the Assembly elections, Mayawati had last week announced her plans to bring a resolution in the House for carving out four new states.

The Chief Minister, who had earlier written a letter for reorganisation of the state to the Prime Minister maintain-ing that it was not in the jurisdiction of the state, had said that the decision has been taken after proper consideration to mount pressure on the Centre. This de-mand is also in keeping with the aspira-tions and ambitions of these regions, she had claimed. Mayawati’s move is seen as an attempt by her to cash in on the sentiments in favour of small states in the western and eastern regions and the Bundelkhand area of the state during the Assembly elections.

AlAPPUzHA (KErAlA), No-vEMBEr 21 (iANs): Gopinathan Pillai, the father of Pranesh Kumar Pillai alias Javed Shaikh who was killed allegedly by police in a staged shootout in Ahmedabad in 2004, said Monday he is a much relieved man in the wake of the Special In-vestigation Team telling the Gu-jarat High Court that the shootout was not genuine. Gopinathan Pillai and the mother of another person shot dead by police in the shootout had sought an inquiry by a SIT.

“I am a much relieved person because with this none will accuse me as the father of a terrorist,” Pil-lai told the media here after hear-ing the news. “For nearly seven years I have been fighting this case

and have made trips to Gujarat to clear the issue that my son is not a terrorist and now I am so happy that the truth has come out,” said Pillai. Javed who embraced Islam to marry a Muslim woman was shot dead along with three others in a staged shootout with the Gu-jarat police in Ahmedabad. The police then had alleged they were Lashkar-e-Taiba activists on a mission to kill Gujarat Chief Min-ister Narendra Modi.

College student Ishrat Jahan (19), Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjad Ali Rana and Zee-shan Johar were allegedly killed in a police shootout on June 15, 2004. “I later came to know that my son was in the custody of the

police there for four days and was put up in a farm house and inter-rogated. Maybe he would not have agreed to confess to the police that he is a terrorist and hence the po-lice took him to the streets and shot him dead to make it look like an encounter,” added Pillai. “I will now have to speak to my advocate and then only speak on this,” said Pillai. His son’s wife and their chil-dren now live in Pune, where she works as a teacher. The SIT Mon-day told the Gujarat High Court that the shootout in which college student Ishrat Jahan was killed was not genuine. The court has or-dered filing of new FIR against the police officers who were involved in the ‘fake’ shootout case.

‘Only Centre can decide on Telangana’ NEw DElHi, NovEMBEr 21 (PTi): Seek-ing to push the ball into the Centre’s court on separate Telangana, Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu today said he was “neutral” on the issue and that a decision on the conten-tious demand should be taken only by the UPA Government. The principal opposition party in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, TDP has not yet spelled out its stand on the Telangana statehood demand, which has virtually divided almost all political parties on regional lines.

“As far as my party is concerned, we will stay neutral on the issue. We had decided this long back in our party convention. The Centre has to take a decision (on Telangana). The decision has to come from them,” he told a press conference here. The UPA Government has been maintain-ing that there is no consensus on the issue and that further consultations on the matter were needed before a decision is taken. He also alleged that the N Kiran Kumar Reddy-led Congress Government in Andhra Pradesh was “paralysed” and no development was taking place in the state for the past two years.

“There is no government. Farmers are com-mitting suicide and declaring crop holidays. The Government is not bothered about those things...There is corruption and no action is being taken,” Naidu said. The TDP chief said the party has de-cided to move a no-confidence motion against the Reddy Government on the farmers’ issue during the Winter Session of the Assembly begin-ning December one. “We have decided to move a motion against the Government. As an Oppo-sition party we know when to move. We are de-termined to move. But, if the Reddy Government moves and takes decisions on farmers issue, we may reconsider it. But not until then,” he said in reply to queries on the issue.

Ishrat Jehan encounter fake: SIT

In this September 8, 2009 photo Shamima Kausar, mother of Ishrat Jahan (inset), holds a group photo of the family while standing with her daugh-ter and son in Thane.

‘Now no one can call me a terrorist’s father’

Karunanidhi defends DMK rulecHENNAi, NovEMBEr 21 (PTi): DMK chief M Karunani-dhi on Monday hit out at archrival and chief minister J Jayalalithaa for blaming his party’s rule for the bad health of the state PSUs, indi-cating the new government has “nothing” to claim for itself on the projects front, including power generation. Recalling the budget speech made by finance minister O Pannseerselvam in August after the AIADMK stormed to power, Karunanidhi said the former had mentioned Tamil Nadu was in the forefront in e-governance, SMEs and manufacturing sector besides betting on power generation proj-ects. “It was mentioned that new power generation projects would yield 3,280 mw of power in 2011-12. This refers to the projects taken up during the DMK regime and not in the (then) 3-month old AIADMK rule,” he said in a statement here.

UP Assembly passes motion to divide state

NEw DElHi, NovEMBEr 21 (PTi): In escalation of confronta-tion, the NDA on Monday decided to target Home Minister P. Chid-ambaram by boycotting him and not allowing him to speak in Par-liament, holding him also respon-sible for the 2G Scam. In a sudden move, the BJP-led NDA demanded the resignation of Mr. Chidam-baram, who was Finance Minister in UPA-I, and declared that they will boycott him till his resignation was accepted by the Prime Minis-ter. The NDA decision came on the eve of start of the Winter Session of Parliament at a meeting at senior BJP leader L.K. Advani’s residence which was attended by leaders of

BJP and allies Sharad Yadav, Mano-har Joshi, Anant Geete, Naresh Gu-jral and Shivanand Tiwari.

On the opening day on Tuesday, Advani will move an adjournment motion on the issue of black money in the Lok Sabha and the NDA has decided to support the Left motion on price rise. “The then Finance Minister Chidambaram is equal-ly responsible for the 2G Scam as the then Telecom Minister A Raja is. The Prime Minister has taken Raja’s resignation, but didn’t seek Chidambaram’s resignation. “Till P Chidambaram’s resignation is ac-cepted, we will boycott him in Par-liament. We will not allow him to speak,” said S.S. Ahluwalia, deputy

leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha. The NDA decision will be a repeat of what the Congress did to George Fernandes after his rein-statement as Defence Minister in the Vajpayee-government on the Tehelka arms expose.

At that time, the Congress members would walk out of the House whenever Fernandes would rise to speak. When asked if the NDA MPs will stage a walk-out when Chidambaram speaks in Parliament,. Ahluwalia said, “No. Why should we walk out. We will not allow him to speak.” The BJP has been attacking Chidambaram on 2G issue and has been demand-ing that CBI question him on Spec-

trum allotment issue, holding that the decision was taken when he was Finance Minister. Significantly, the BJP leader also claimed that both the Left and the NDA will support each other’s motions on price rise and black money in Parliament.

“We have talked to each other on this issue and decided that both will support each other’s motions. The opposition will present itself unitedly on the motions,” Ahluwa-lia told reporters. However, sourc-es in the CPI(M) said they were not aware of any mutual agreement between the NDA and the Left, as whatever assurance has been given to BJP leaders may have been given by CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta.

An Indian eunuch is comforted as she mourns a friend killed in a fire Sunday evening, outside a hospital in New Delhi, November 21. The blaze, which killed more than a dozen people, happened during a gathering of thousands of eunuchs at a prayer ceremony and feast held once every five years at a fairground in the Nandnagary neighbor-hood of east Delhi. (AP Photo)

NDA to target Chidambaram, boycott him in Parliament

Tuesday22 November 2011

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Suu Kyi- from prisoner to likely MP

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with supporters as she leaves the National League for Democracy party's headquarters after a meeting in Yan-gon, Myanmar, Friday, November 18. The main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Suu Kyi decided Friday to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government. (AP Photo)

YANGON, NOvember 21 (reuters): After years of incarceration and isolation from the outside world, Aung San Suu Kyi is at the forefront of interna-tional efforts to champion nascent democratic reforms in Myanmar. Since Suu Kyi was freed from house arrest a year ago, the changes in the former Burma have been breathtaking -- she spent 15 of the last 21 years in deten-tion and now plans to take a seat in parliament in what, at least until recently, was one of the most reclusive countries in the world.

The English housewife who became a world-famous opposition leader and Nobel prize-winning political pris-oner was on the phone with U.S. President Barack Obama last week, persuading him to engage with Myanmar's lead-ers. On Monday, her National League for Democracy an-nounced the 66-year-old will contest an upcoming by-elec-tion to parliament, the first time she has done so. She was not a candidate in the land-slide NLD victory in 1990 that was voided by generals intent on maintaining power.

But the most dramatic development was Obama's announcement that he would send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to vis-it Myanmar next month, signaling that the isolated country was preparing to come in from the cold. That announcement came after his conversation with Suu Kyi. "She encouraged the president to make clear to Burma's leaders that the U.S. will be willing to work with them if they are in fact dem-onstrating that they are will-ing to work with the world and her," one U.S. official said.

"She advised the presi-dent that it is valuable and important for there to be di-rect lines of clear communi-cation between the U.S. and the leadership in Burma. She strongly welcomed the pros-pect of a visit by Secretary Clinton for the purpose of in-creased dialogue," the official said. Suu Kyi has said she has been encouraged by the re-forms in the Southeast Asian nation in recent months. In March, a civilian govern-ment took power although many of those in charge are retired generals who were

ANKArA, NOvember 21 (AP): Turkey warned Syria's president Monday that he cannot continue to oppress his people with tanks and guns forever, even as Syrian soldiers opened fire on at least two buses car-rying Turkish citizens, witnesses and officials said.

The attacks, which wounded two people, appeared to be retaliation for Turkey's mounting criticism of Syr-ian President Bashar Assad, whose military crackdown on an 8-month-old uprising against his rule has killed nearly 4,000 people.

"You can only continue with tanks and guns to a certain point, the day will come when you will go," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo-gan said during a speech at an inter-national religion conference in Istan-bul. "Sooner or later, the oppressed will win."

It was not clear whether Erdogan was aware of Monday's attacks on the buses when he delivered the speech. But the Turkish leader has grown increasingly critical of the Syrian re-gime, and said last week that the world must urgently "hear the screams" from Syria and do something to stop the bloodshed.

Turkey has allowed Syrian refu-gees and military defectors to take ref-uge on its soil, and Syria's political op-position has used Turkey as a place to meet and organize.

Assad's deepening isolation and the growing calls for his ouster are a severe blow to a family dynasty that has ruled Syria for four decades — and any change to the leadership could transform some of the most endur-ing alliances in the Middle East and beyond.

The attacks on the buses carry-

ing Turkish citizens occured near the central Syrian city of Homs, where op-position to the regime is high.

One of the bus drivers, Erhan Sur-meli, said he was taking 25 butchers back to Turkey from Saudi Arabia fol-lowing the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha, or the feast of sacrifice.

"We had stopped at a checkpoint," Surmeli told The Associated Press by telephone from a Turkish hospital near the Syrian border. "Syrian sol-diers emerged from behind sandbags and cursed Erdogan when we told them we were Turks. Then they sud-denly opened fire at the bus."

The vehicle crossed into Turkey with at least one smashed window, video from the Turkish Dogan news agency showed.

"We came face to face with death," Ahmet Okkas, a passenger, said by telephone. "They shouted obscenities at us and opened fire."

Another Turkish citizen, Cemil Karli, was wounded in a separate at-tack on a second bus, the state-run Anadolu Agency said. That vehicle also crossed into Turkey and Karli was taken to a local hospital, it said.

"We were traveling in a convoy of eight or nine buses, first we were fired upon from a red car," the agency quoted Karli as saying. "Then others started firing at us. We were shocked. We piled onto each other in the aisle to save our lives," he said. "I was hit in the abdomen and in the leg."

Syria's uprising has grown in-creasingly violent in recent months. Army defectors who sided with the revolt have grown bolder in recent weeks, fighting back against regime forces and even attacking military bases and raising fears of a civil war.

On Sunday, the commander of

a group of Syrian army defectors re-tracted earlier claims that his follow-ers launched an unprecedented at-tack inside the capital, Damascus, in an embarrassing turnaround for the armed movement.

Riad al-Asaad, a Turkey-based air force colonel who heads the Free Syrian Army, said in a video posted on the group's Facebook page Sun-day evening that Assad's government was trying to tarnish the image of the revolution.

"We did not target the party build-ing in Damascus and we will not tar-get any civilian installation," said al-Asaad, who was wearing his military uniform.

But al-Asaad did not address why his group had claimed responsibil-ity for the attack hours after Damas-cus residents reported hearing two loud blasts before dawn Sunday. In a Facebook posting — which had been removed by Monday morning — the FSA had said it fired rocket-propelled grenades at the headquarters of Syr-ia's ruling Baath party.

There were no apparent damage or injuries.

Syria has banned most foreign journalists from entering Syria and prevented the media from moving freely in the country, making it nearly impossible to independently confirm events on the ground.

The Free Syrian Army, which claims to have more than 15,000 de-fectors in its ranks, is controversial among protesters involved in the up-rising. Many in the opposition want the protesters to remain peaceful.

But the FSA and others say there are limits to a peaceful uprising, and the time has come to meet the regime's tanks, bullets and tear gas with force.

Turkey says Syria can't oppress people forever

part of the former junta.Besides maintaining

regular contact with Suu Kyi, the government has released about 280 political prison-ers, cut taxes to help export-ers and announced plans to provide micro loans for poor farmers and raise interest rates on savings accounts. It

has invited a delegation from the International Monetary Fund to provide advice on how to reform the curren-cy regime. It's impossible to estimate how much Suu Kyi's steely determination in confronting the generals has contributed to the change, but it has to be substantial.

Slightly built and soft-spoken, the daughter of late independence hero Aung San won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and played a crucial role in keeping world attention on Myanmar's then military junta and its human rights re-cord. Known simply as "The Lady" by millions of her coun-

trymen, she refuses to give up on the resource-rich country. "For me, real freedom is free-dom from fear and unless you can live free from fear you cannot live a dignified human life," she once said.

Suu Kyi spent much of her life abroad before returning to her family's home on Yangon's Inya Lake in April 1988 to care for her ailing mother just as resentment of military rule boiled over into pro-democracy protests across the country. She first spoke to hundreds of thousands of supporters from the steps of the capital's his-toric Shwedagon Pagoda on August 26 that year. People seeing her for the first time were struck by the resem-blance to her father, Gener-al Aung San, the country's foremost national hero who led Myanmar to the brink of independence from British rule before his assassina-tion in 1947.

"I could not, as my father's daughter, remain indifferent to all that was going on," Suu Kyi, who was two when her fa-ther died, told the huge crowd. The military crushed the de-

mocracy uprising the follow-ing month. Thousands were killed and imprisoned but the generals promised an elec-tion. In 1989, Suu Kyi broke a taboo by publicly attacking retired dictator Ne Win as the source of Myanmar's ills. This sealed her popular appeal, but also her fate. She was placed under house arrest on July 19, 1989, and remained there for six years. She passed the time with study, Buddhist medita-tion and playing piano.

Her message to the mili-tary had always been loud and clear: she wanted an open dialogue with the mili-tary and Myanmar's ethnic rebel groups to try to end the political stalemate. The generals refused to recog-nize her, questioning her pa-triotism by calling her by her married name, "Mrs Michael Aris," and accusing her of be-ing a traitor and a tool of Brit-ain and the United States and their neo-colonial designs. Suu Kyi's struggle has drawn comparisons to South Afri-ca's Nelson Mandela and In-dia's Mahatma Gandhi, free-dom fighters from whom she has drawn inspiration over the years.

Pro-Syrian regime protesters carry a huge portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration to show their solidarity with their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday November 20. Residents in the Syrian capital awoke to two loud explosions Sunday amid reports from activists that the Damascus headquarters of the ruling Baath party had been hit by several rocket-propelled grenades. But eyewitnesses said the party headquarters appeared intact and reported no significant security deployment around it. (AP Photo)

PHNOm PeNH, NOvember 21 (CNN): Hundreds of Cambodians packed a courtroom in Phnom Penh on Monday as three top Khmer Rouge leaders went on trial for their role dur-ing the bloody four-year regime in the mid-1970s.

The U.N.-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has scheduled four days of opening statements for the defendants, who are all in their 80s.

On trial are Ieng Sary, the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister; Khieu Samphon, the nominal head of state; and Nuon Chea, the prime minister, also known as Brother Number 2.

The head of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, was known as Brother Number 1. He died in 1998, long before the U.N.-backed court came into existence.

A fourth defendant, Ieng Thirith, was ruled unfit to stand trial because she suffers from dementia and could be set free, prosecutor said. She is Sary’s wife and served as the social af-fairs ministry during the regime.

Prosecutors have charged the de-fendants with crimes against human-ity, grave breaches of the Geneva Con-

Khmer Rouge leaders accused of brutality

Bangladesh apologises to PakistanDHAKA, November 21 (PTI): Bangladesh has demanded a formal apology from Pakistan for the atrocities carried out by its troops during the 1971 Liberation War. The demand came as the new Pakistani envoy called on foreign minis-ter Dipu Moni here. "The foreign minister yester-day sought Pakistan's understanding and rec-ognition of Bangladesh's position on resolving the outstanding issues in-cluding an expression of formal apology from Pakistan for the genocide and atrocities committed by the Pakistani military in 1971," a foreign office spokesman told PTI here today. He said Moni also asked new Pakistani high commissioner Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi to settle the issues of division of as-sets and war reparations saying, "early resolution of the outstanding issues would enable the existing friendly relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan to make a great leap for-ward and create a wider space for cooperation".

GoverNmeNT oF NAGALANDDIreCTorATe oF HeALTH & FAmILY WeLFAre (PFA CeLL)

NAGALAND: KoHImANO.DHFW/PFA-1/22/2007-08/8858-67 Dated Kohima the 21st Nov 2011

(For HoPTeLS, reSTAUrANTS TemPorArY FooD & TeA STALLS)NoTIFICATIoN

In view of Food Safety & Standard laydown all stakeholders under the PFA/FSSA in Nagaland state. such as Hotels, Restaurants and Temporary Food and Tea Stalls carrying out public sales are hereby directed to comply the following Hygienic and Safety measures in their respective premises.I) PREMISES & HYGEIN

1. Walls,floorsandceilingshouldbefreefromdust,dirtetcandshouldbecleanandwellmaintained.2. There should be adequate provisions for ventilation, exhaust and light.3. Separate toilets with soap and towel should be maintained.4. Arrangements for equipment washing, adequate drainage and proper sanitation.5. Drainage should be well covered with regular cleaning.6. Garbage disposal should be properly seregated from food processing area and should be leak-proof,

waterproofandhavetight-fittinglidandshoulddisposedpromptly.7. Arrangement should be made to prevent, entry of insects, rodents etc.8. Dining tables/chair etc should be kept cleaned and sanitized regularly.

II) EQUIPMENTS AND UTENSILS1. Machinery and equipments such as freezers, display cabinets, containers vessels, karahi, plates,

ladles, chopping/cutting board, knives, mixer, grinder etc should be kept cleaned.2. Equipments and food handling devices should be free from rust, dust breakages etc.

III) COOKING /PROCESSING/SERVING1. Use potable water for cooking, tea making and for drinking.2. Providefilteredwaterfordrinking.3. Use separate cooking equipments for vegetable and non-vegetable products.4. Ensure thorough cooking.5. Do not reuse frying oil/fat once is used.6. Prepared foods should be kept covered/ protected from dirt, dust, insects etc.7. Ready-to eat- food items should not touched with bare hands, except with food handling devices etc.8. Store cooked food with covered and at suitable temperature. (cold food- 5 oC or below, hot foods 60

oC or above)9. Serve cold foods cold and hot foods hot.10. Served food in clean and intact utensils or disposal plates, cups etc.

IV) PERSONAL HYGIENE1. EmployeesshouldbeMedicallyfit.2. Any Employees suffering from wounds or any infections or contagious disease should not be allowed

to work or employed.3. Nails and hairs should be well trimmed and wear clean cloths like apron, hand gloves, head wear,

face mask etc.4. Smoking , chewing of tobacco, pan masala or spiting etc in food preparation/ serving area should be

prohibited.5. Ensure hand washing before and after handling of food.6. Provide toilets separately with wash basins.7. Avoid foul smell in toilets and surrounding area.8. Clean toilets regularly, with proper disinfections.

V) GARBAGE DISPOSAL1. Use separate waste bins for bio degradable and non-degradable wastes2. Use leak proof waste bins and kept it clean.3. Empty waste bins and kept it clean. Non-compliancetothisnotificationwouldbeanofficepunishableunderPFA.ActandRules.

Sd/- (DR. YANGERLEMLA)Director & HOD

Director of Health & Family WelfareNagaland: Kohima

Former Khmer Rouge second-in-command Nuon Chea, former President Khieu Samphan and former Foreign Minister Ieng Sary (L-R) attend their trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, November 21.

ventions, genocide, homicide, torture and religious persecution.

Under Pol Pot’s leadership, the Khmer Rouge regime was responsi-ble for the deaths of millions of ordi-nary Cambodians during a four-year reign of terror that was eventually halted in 1979 by invading Vietnam-ese forces.

In 1975, the Khmer Rouge ordered

people out of Phnom Penh, the capi-tal, and other cities in Cambodia to work in the countryside.

It is said to be responsible for about 1.7 million deaths, roughly a quarter of the population at the time. Its stated aim was to create a Com-munist utopia, but instead the regime forced Cambodians into what has been described as a living hell.

The Morung ExpressSPORTSTuesday22 November 201110 Dimapur

LONDON, NOvember 21 (AP): Glen Johnson consigned former club Chelsea to a second straight home defeat in the Pre-mier League with a late winner at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as Liverpool snatched a 2-1 victory to reignite its chances of finishing in the top four. Galloping onto Charlie Adam's raking pass in the 87th minute, the England right back cut inside international teammate Ashley Cole, burst into the area before curling home left-footed into the bottom corner.

Not only did Johnson's superb solo goal extend Liverpool's unbeaten run in the league to seven matches and lift the team above Arse-nal into sixth place, it also dealt a major blow to Chelsea's hopes of reeling in unbeaten leader Manchester City. City is 12 points clear of Chelsea after nearly a third of the season,

which will pile the pressure on the London club's inexperienced manager Andre Villas-Boas, especially given the notorious impa-tience of Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich. "The situation in the league isn't good for us but it's not impossible to turn it around," said Villas-Boas, whose team has lost three of its last four matches.

Former Argentina midfielder Maxi Ro-driguez had given Liverpool a deserved lead in the 33rd minute on his first league start of the season, before Daniel Sturridge equal-ized from close range 10 minutes after com-ing on as a halftime substitute and adding some urgency to Chelsea's sterile attack-ing play. If either side looked likely to nick a winner in the dying stages, it was Chelsea. But up popped Johnson to decide the game

against the team he played for between 2003-07. "It was a great finish by Glen," Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish said. "I don't know what he was doing in there, but it was a great finish.

"Glen's gone up into their box after 87 minutes. A right back. That gives you an in-dication of what we wanted from the game." Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal are all level on 22 points, as is Tottenham, which has two games in hand starting with a home match against Aston Villa on Monday. In the end, the much-anticipated prospect of Chelsea striker Fernando Torres playing against the club that sold him for a British record fee of 50 million pounds ($81 million) in January never really materialized. The Spain striker started on the bench and only came on in the 84th minute for

the largely ineffective Didier Drogba, provid-ing no late threat. The statistic remains that Torres has scored more goals for Liverpool (four) than Chelsea (three) in 2011.

It was Torres' replacement at Anfield, Luis Suarez, who was the liveliest attacker on show. The Uruguay international caused all sorts of problems for the Chelsea defense with his ceaseless work rate and foraging runs, and was inevitably involved in the opening goal. Char-lie Adam dispossessed John Obi Mikel after the Chelsea midfielder was sent an unwise pass by his goalkeeper Petr Cech. Suarez and Craig Bellamy then combined to send in Ro-driguez, who slotted home a crisp finish from 15 yards (meters). Rodriguez has seldom been used by Dalglish this season, even though he scored seven goals — including two hat tricks

— in three matches at the end of last season in Liverpool's late run to sixth place.

However, he excelled here in his first start of the campaign with his elusive running and neat link-up play with the irrepressible Su-arez. Sturridge made a difference when he came on and the striker, who made his debut for England in midweek, timed his run into the six-yard box to perfection to meet a low cross-shot by Florent Malouda for the equal-izer. Malouda wasted a decent chance in the 75th minute before Johnson's sublime win-ner. Villas-Boas refused to acknowledge his job was under pressure but did admit the gap to City is "worrying." "The owner didn't pay 15 million pounds to get me out of (a contract at) Porto to pay me another fortune to get out," said Villas-Boas.

LONDON, NOvember 21 (AFP): Andre Villas-Boas has rejected suggestions his po-sition as Chelsea manager is under threat and insisted he has the full backing of own-er Roman Abramovich despite Sunday's 2-1 defeat by Liverpool. The loss was Chel-sea's second in as many Premier League matches at their Stamford Bridge home. It left the London club fourth in the table, 12 points behind leaders Manchester City, and already facing a daunting challenge if they are to force their way back into the title race.

Chelsea's disappointing start to the campaign has prompted reports Abramov-ich is starting to question his decision to ap-point the 33-year-old Villas-Boas as Carlo Ancelotti's successor before the start of the season. But Villas-Boas was adamant the Russian billionaire is fully committed to the manager's long term plans for the club. "I think it's not a question of the owner hav-ing patience," said Villas-Boas. "We have set out to build something new at this club and the club is committed to taking what we're building to the future.

"The owner didn't pay 15 million euros (£13 million, $20 million) to get me out of Porto to pay me another fortune to get out. "Our commitment is towards the club and what we are doing in the future," he added. "We have enough talent to compete in all competitions, and that's the perspective we take at the moment." But despite acknowl-edging he is building for the future, the Portu-guese refused to label the current campaign as a season of transition and was determined to maintain a challenge on all fronts.

"With the dimension of our club, you cannot forget that your fans expect you to win titles," he said. "We have to respond to

the confidence of the fans. There's no run-ning away from responsibilities. "There's no calling this a transitional period. We're not calling for time to work. Our respon-sibility is to win trophies. We're in four still, and we still have the possibility to win them," he added ahead of Chelsea's mid-week Champions League clash against German side Bayer Leverkusen.

Last season, Villas-Boas led Porto to the domestic double and the Europa League ti-tle before being brought in by Chelsea after they sacked Carlo Ancelotti. And Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish said talk of Vil-las-Boas's impending exit from Stamford Bridge was absurd. "No-one in the football profession will be questioning him," Dalg-lish said. "I don't know the lad, but he had a fantastic CV at Porto. "I don't know what the criticism will be, but there's huge re-spect for him in the football profession."

Meanwhile Dalglish, whose Liverpool team are now unbeaten in nine games, was delighted by his side's character. "We wanted to win the game and Glen John-son's gone up into their box after 87 min-utes. A right full-back. That shows the com-mitment. We're happy with how we played and delighted with the three points." Liv-erpool's preparations had been overshad-owed by the death from leukaemia of Luca Jones, the five-year-old son of Australian reserve keeper Brad Jones. "That's when football becomes irrelevant really when a five-year-old kid dies," Dalglish said. "We'd never use Brad's misfortune (as motiva-tion). We all dread to think what the boy's gone through. He knows everyone at the club is thinking of him and are sympathetic with him."

Liverpool's Glen Johnson, left, celebrates with Stewart Downing, center, and Jordan Henderson, right after scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, Sunday, Nov. 20. (AP Photo)

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Johnson grabs winner as Liverpool beats Chelsea

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham stands with his son Cruz after the Galaxy defeated the Houston Dynamo to win the MLS Cup cham-pionship soccer match, Sunday, Nov. 20, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo)

mUmbAI, NOvember 21 (AgeNcIes): The last time Sachin Tendulkar played in his backyard at the Wankhede Sta-dium on April 2, he realized his dream of being a World Cup winner. As a fitting tribute for his invaluable contribution to Indian cricket over 22 years, his teammates carried the legend on their shoulders as they com-pleted a lap of honour around Mumbai's Big W. Now as the cricketing sage makes another pilgrimage to the Wankhede, the nation, if not the world, will again holds its breath as it yearns to see Tendulkar com-plete a perfect century by add-ing one more precious gem to his necklace of hundreds.

Batting brilliantly since his 91 at the Oval in England, to his 76 at Kotla and the 38 at the Eden in the last two Tests against the West Indies, the Little Maestro himself is a bit surprised to know

how the magic figure of 100 has become an obsession for over a billion people. But then his countless adoring fans have been spoilt by the man himself. The country has sought joy and relief and savoured his super-human accomplishments for over two decades. And the genius of Ten-dulkar has delivered. Unfailingly and almost always.

Not surprisingly then, a cen-tury drought-if one may call it-in the last 15 innings since March 12 this year has been weighing heav-ily on everyone's mind. Already in this series, he has been stopped in his stride twice by an over-whelmed Devendra Bishoo. So he would rather get the monkey off his back and give his fans an-other reason to celebrate. While his strokeplay has been impec-cably pleasing, it is perhaps the eagerness that seems to be get-ting in the way. Just like when he tried to pull Bishoo past mid-on

but ended up holing out to mid-on in Kolkata.

The familiar settings of Wankhede and a delirious and raucous home crowd, should act as a catalyst for Tendulkar to scale Peak 100 K. For the record, the Mumbai Master has scored only one Test hundred at this ground against Sri Lanka in De-cember 1997. It's indeed been a long time and the setting seems just perfect. If only he could get rid of the over-eagerness to get to the landmark. Tendulkar's son Arjun had once advised him to play the big shots to get rid of the nervous nineties and it wouldn't be a bad idea for Tendulkar to re-visit that strategy and get back to his attacking ways that made the crowds scream S-a-a-c-h-i-n, S-a-a-c-h-i-n. Come Tuesday, that familiar chant should reverber-ate around the Wankhede again when the batting legend steps out to bat.

DCC sports meet from November 24 to 26DImAPUr, NOvember 21 (mexN): Dimapur Government College will hold its 45th annual sports meet from November 24 to 26, 2011 at state stadium with the theme “Empowerment through sports”. A press note issued by Somba Chang, information sec-retary, DCC therefore directed all the students to come and attend the event without fail.

NASAHMT memorial trophy from Dec 5 to 10DImAPUr, NOvember 21 (mexN): The Ni-uland Area Sports Association, Hovishe Memorial Trophy (NASAHMT) will have its 3th annual meet from December 5 to 10, 2011 at Henito Village. In this annual session, fourteen villages are going to partici-pate in the forthcoming trophy. A press note issued by Pitoho Awomi, president Niuland Area Sports Association stated that K.L Chishi, MLA and former chief minister of Nagaland had consented to grace the tournament as chief guest and Martin Shikhu, contractor and supplier Nagaland as the guests of honour. Therefore, NASA requests to al the respec-tive teams to participate for our forthcoming 36th annual meet without fail. Besides, it is requested to all the GBs under Niuland area and all the well wisher to attend the programme.

Sazolie College bags overall championship KOhImA, NOvember 21 (mexN): The Nagaland University Championship and Training Camp 2011-12 for both men’s and women’s category was held at Lumami, Nagaland University campus from No-vember 14 to 17. From the colleges across Nagaland, Sazolie College won the overall championship for the second time. A total of 12 students participated from Sazolie College and they were accompanied by the college Chaplain Nzanthung Kikon. The prizes won by the college from a host of different categories are as follows: Half- Marathon (Men) - Gold and Bronze, Half- Marathon (Women)-Bronze, Cross- Country (Men)-Silver and Bronze, Cross- Country (Women)-Gold and Bronze, Air-Rifle,Peep-Sight(Men)-Gold and Bronze, Air-Rifle,Peep-Sight(Women)-Gold, Air Pistol (Men)-Silver, Air Pistol (Women)-Gold.

Ato Area G.Bs’ trophyDImAPUr, NOvember 21 (mexN): In view of the forthcoming 26th edition of Ato Area G.Bs’ Tro-phy being organized by Ato Area Sports Association, Kakugha Yeptho, president of the organizing com-mittee has informed all the participating villages to reach the host village by November 25. The tourney will feature football (men) and volley (both men and women). Trophy for volleyball championship is be-ing sponsored by Isawoto Zhimo, head GB, Nikhekhu village in memory of his grand father Lt. Nikhekhu Zhimo. The tournament will kick off on November 26 at Sukhato village.

bUeNOs AIres, NOvember 21 (AFP): Argentine football leg-end Diego Maradona was due to arrive home in Buenos Aires from Dubai on Sunday after learn-ing of the death of his 81-year-old mother Dalma. Dalma Franco de Maradona, known to Argentines as Dona Tota, died late Saturday in a Buenos Aires clinic where was being treated for a heart condi-tion. Maradona, 51, who has been coaching Emirates club Al-Wasl since last June, was travelling back

to Argentina from Dubai when he learned of his mother's death.

There were numerous trib-utes on social network sites from artists, politicians and footballers. "A very sad day ... thanks for the support. We're all with Diego and the family," wrote Maradona's son-in-law Sergio 'Kun' Aguero. The news broke midway through the first division match between Independiente and Olimpo and a minute's silence was observed be-fore the second-half kickoff.

Maradona is the greatest player in Argentina's history, having led the country to their second World Cup title in 1986 in Mexico and a runners-up fin-ish four years later in Italy. He won 91 caps for his country and scored 34 goals in a career that spanned 21 years and saw him play in Argentina, Spain and Ita-ly. He was sacked eleven months ago as Argentina coach following a 4-0 loss to Germany in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals.

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Sachin eyes elusive 100th ton in his backyard

Our CorrespondentJotsoma | November 21

The weeklong Golden Win-Fest 2011 of the Kohima Science College, Jotsoma got underway here today at the College Ground with minister for health & fam-ily welfare Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu as the chief guest.

Speaking in the occa-sion, the minister stated that sports has became an industry today and stressed on the need to seriously fo-cus on “talent hunt search” in Nagaland so that youth can excel in the field of games and sports.

The minister said there are different types of pro-fession be it government

job, business, sports etc but one should know how to choice the profession which is fitting and can excel at.

Nienu asserted that one can make a great headline and make the society proud provided he/she knows how to make the best use of the talent and excel.

Later, the minister de-clared the Golden WinFest open by flagging of the mar-athon race.

Chairing the inaugural function, KSCSU general advisor Dr. Vizovol Mekro said the weeklong Golden Winfest will be marked by games and athletics.

Kohima Science Col-lege vice principal Yanger Longkumer in his wel-

come address hoped that the participants will ex-hibit their sportsman-ship spirit throughout the weeklong sports event. Selie Puro, advisor, games and sports secretary KSC-SU administered oath to the participants.

Altogether, five group- Raptors, Celers, Whiz Kids, Auroras and Centaurs are taking part in the disci-plines like, basketball, vol-leyball, athletics, football, cricket, table tennis, bad-minton and chess. On day 6, there shall be a football exhibition match between the college authority and KSCJ’ NSF Martyrs soccer team. The tournament will conclude on Saturday.

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Minister Azo flagging off WinFest of Kohima Science College Jotsoma on November 21.

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Sir Cliff Richard has warned music mogul Si-mon Cowell his TV talent shows will never produce

a global superstar, because the contestants are dropped as soon as they fail to hit the top of the charts.

The veteran pop star has been performing for 50 years and has sold over 250 million al-bums, but he is convinced his ca-reer would have been short-lived if he started out today. He says, "Real stars on that show, lasting

stars, will only come when artists get 100 per cent care and atten-tion and are not under pressure to get number ones all the time. My first record reached num-ber two in the charts, my second number seven, then nine, then 17, my first number one was Liv-ing Doll. That can't happen now. These days a number two is con-sidered a flop and you are not signed again."

Richard has now called on Cowell to give contestants on his The X Factor shows more

encouragement to build lasting careers rather than aiming for a string of number ones. He adds, “Take it from me, the next Elton John, Tom Jones or Cliff Richard will not be found on The X Fac-tor, despite what Simon thinks. It is a shame, The X Factor shows do produce some talent. Even the losers are great. If they want to find someone who has longev-ity, Simon Cowell... (has) to tell record companies we don't just want one-hit wonders and then work with these artists."

Robin Gibb is battling liver cancer. The 61-year-old Bee Gee has been undergoing

treatment for the disease for several months, and is now be-ing cared for by his wife Dwina.

In recent weeks the star has appeared in public looking in-creasingly frail. He was taken to hospital last week following a 999 call from his £8million 12th-century home in Oxford-shire. He spent five hours in hospital on Tuesday before be-ing allowed back home, where he was joined by his mother Barbara, 91, and older brother Barry, 65, who have flown in from America to be by his side.

Gibb was well enough to promote this year’s Poppy Ap-peal single, a cover of the Bee Gees hit I’ve Gotta Get A Mes-sage To You, on The Alan Titch-marsh Show on ITV last month – but his gaunt appearance fu-elled concerns about his health. He had been treated for inflam-mation of the colon two weeks earlier. Last October he had surgery on his intestine follow-ing the same medical emergen-cy that took the life of his twin brother Maurice eight years ago, and he cancelled a U.S. tour this April due to extreme stom-ach pain. Last month the singer tried to quash rumours about his health, saying: ‘I’m feeling great, absol-utely great.’ But

The son of actress and activist Mia Farrow and director Woody

Allen has been chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. Ronan Farrow is among 32 Ameri-can students who will be awarded scholarships to study at Oxford University. It's not the first academ-ic distinction for Farrow, who is a special adviser to

U .S. TV star Pad-ma Lakshmi is in mourning after the death of her

longtime partner and busi-ness financier Theodore Forstmann. Forstmann, who had been dating the Top Chef host over the last several years, passed away on Sunday after a battle with brain can-cer. He was 71.

Forstmann founded the investment firm Forstmann & Little Co. in 1978 and the or-ganisation went on to acquire a number of different com-panies, including beverage group Dr. Pepper and sports agency Img.

The billionaire, who was also briefly linked to the late Princess Diana during the late 1990s, vowed to give half his net worth to charity following his death after partnering with The Giving Pledge in February.

Cliff Richard:'Simon Cowell will never find a global star on X Factor'Robin Gibb battles cancer

despite his optimism, the NHS says the outlook for those with liver cancer is poor as most cases are detected late.

Mr Gibb, who does not smoke or drink and eats health-ily, said last year that he spends

20 minutes a day sweating in a ‘detoxification hut’. He and Dwi-na, 58, an ordained druid priest-ess, are reportedly considering a visit to a Native American medi-cine man for a possible natural cure. The couple famously have

an ‘accepting’ marriage, which has survived Gibb fathering a daughter with their house-keeper, Claire Yang. Miss Yang, 35, and Snow Robin, three, now live in Oxfordshire, five miles from the converted monas-tery where the Gibbs and their 28-year-old son Robin-John reside. Gibb also has two adult children from his first marriage to secretary Molly Hullis.

Last night, in an interview for Sky Arts, he described the loss of Maurice, who died from complications following an operation to correct an intes-tinal blockage, as ‘something I haven’t accepted’. He added: ‘I just imagine he is out there somewhere and I will bump into him one day.’

Last December, he said of his surgery: ‘The gastroenterologist told me my intestine was two hours from bursting. You realise that however much you don’t think about death – or think “that’s for other people” – you’re just an organism living from day to day. I’m just grateful I’m here. Losing people makes you realise you’ve got to grab life – not put things off. I don’t have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. This is it.The Bee Gees disband-ed after Maurice’s death, having sold 200million records. The brothers had lost sibling Andy in 1988, aged 30. He had struggled with cocaine addiction.

For years, their rela-tionship has been cordial rather than close. In private,

Prince Charles would say of his younger brother Prince Andrew that ‘he wants to be me’. While for his part Andrew would complain that Charles’s plans for a slimmed-down monarchy were targeted at him and his family.

Now there are signs of an intriguing rapproche-ment between the siblings - born more than 12 years apart - thanks to the friend-ship the Duchess of Corn-wall has been showing to-wards Andrew’s daughters,

Beatrice and Eugenie. ‘Ca-milla has made a point of being nice to the two prin-cesses at family events and Andrew is very grateful for that,’ a source said.

However, one prob-lem continues to divide the brothers: the thorny issue of what position the girls should have in royal life. ‘An-drew is very stubborn about this, just as he has been about them continuing to have police protection,’ ex-plains a friend. ‘His view is that as the current working members of the family age, Beatrice and Eugenie - who are fifth and sixth in the line of succession - will be re-

quired to have roles.’Charles is doubtful and

supports those who believe the girls need to make their own way in the world.

Senior aides are also thought to favour this. ‘Re-cently, the example of Chel-sea Clinton was cited to An-drew,’ contibues the source. ‘It was pointed out how she was often front-page news - like his daughters - until she went to work for man-agement consultants McK-insey.’ The firm, he was told, not only provided her with a career, but could also pro-tect her, so she was no lon-ger so high profile.

It was also explained that

their protection worked in another way: by not tolerat-ing a party lifestyle because it was bad for the company’s image. ‘The subtle message was that were the princesses to work for big companies, they would be told what they could or more impor-tantly couldn’t do in a way royal advisers cannot,’ says the friend. Andrew, who is standing down as UK trade ambassador, does have one further mission — to prove to his older brother he con-tinues to do valuable work for the monarchy. ‘Andrew wants his brother to recog-nise what he does, too,’ a source said.

Royal divide over role for Princesses

One man’s globe-trotting bidto propose to his girlfriend

Padma Lakshmi mourning billionaire boyfriend Theodore Forstmann

the Secretary of State for global youth issues. He had started college as a child, graduating from Bard Col-lege in 2004 when he was 15. He was accepted at Yale Law at 16 but deferred his admission to work for Am-bassador Holbrooke. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and a member of the New York bar. He has a long list

of accomplishments for one who is not even 25 years old. He's also worked as special adviser for humanitarian and NGO affairs in the State Department's Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Rhodes scholar-ships provide all expenses for study at the prestigious university in England.

Ronan Farrow named Rhodes scholar

O nline proposals have become something of a trend in the past year or so, but this one comes with some history - six

years, in fact. A young Montreal couple began dating six years ago and after about a year they decided it was begin-ning to look serious.

The boyfriend was a pilot who jour-neyed all over the world, often taking his girlfriend with him. They decided to docu-ment some of the best moments from their romantic travels by taking photos with letters. The individual letters collectively

spelled out 'we always knew.'The idea behind it was to show that if

they get married one day, then ... they al-ways knew. The couple were captured on film with the final letter, W, in Montreal - but he had a big surprise for her.

With a friend tucked away out of view with a video camera, the boyfriend also had two secret bystanders on hand to help, to which the girlfriend was oblivious.

He then asked someone nearby to take a photo of the lovers holding the W.

As the person clicked, the two bystand-ers standing behind the couple rolled out

the words to spell out 'Will you marry me?' The would-be groom then showed his

would-be bride the picture on the camera. At that point he whipped out the ring and popped the question on bended knee. Tearfully, she flew into his arms and em-braced to cheers of others close by.

The video was posted on November 16 and has brought quite an emotional re-sponse from his Youtube viewers.

ThE globETroTTing's ovEr: The final photo, but the bride-to-be is unaware of what's in the background of the photo

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CARSON, NOvembeR 21 (AP): Los Angeles' star trio David Beckham, Rob-bie Keane and Landon Donovan combined for the winning goal as the Galaxy claimed the Major League Soccer title with a 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Sunday. Beckham won his first MLS champion-ship in the final game of his groundbreaking five-year contract with the Galaxy, who rolled through the playoffs to the franchise's third league title after fin-ishing with MLS' best reg-ular-season record. "I've wanted to be successful for the Galaxy for five years, and tonight, I have that," Beckham said.

The winning goal came in the 72nd minute. Beck-ham delivered an alert header to Keane, who made a run and eventually fed the ball to Donovan, who struck home his record 20th MLS playoff goal. "To be hon-est, the actual goal doesn't mean a lot to me," said Donovan, selected the MLS Cup MVP. "For the last two months, we've just been so determined. I didn't care if it was an own-goal that won it. Winning feels so good." Beckham lifted Donovan off his feet with a hug after the final whistle in the Gal-axy's record seventh ap-pearance in the league title

game.Los Angeles had the

most expensive and high-est-profile squad in MLS history after Irish striker Keane joined this season from Tottenham to become the third pin-up star. The Galaxy got full value from their three highest-priced players, particularly in the playoffs. Beckham's assist was his fourth of a stellar postseason, while Dono-van scored in each of the Galaxy's final three play-off games, and Keane was a serious offensive force despite criss-crossing the Atlantic on Irish national team duty.

A sellout crowd of 30,281 at Home Depot Center — where the Gal-axy didn't lose a game all season long — cheered Los Angeles past the Dynamo, who hadn't lost in nine games since Sept. 10. Hous-ton struggled for attacking options after losing leading scorer and league MVP run-ner-up Brad Davis to a torn quadriceps in the Eastern Conference championship game. Beckham put a styl-ish finish on the best season of his five-year stint with the Galaxy, finishing second in MLS with 15 assists while spending the entire season in Los Angeles. The English superstar hasn't decided where he'll play next year,

but the Galaxy hope he ex-tends his California sojourn for at least another season.

"It's been the most en-joyable time of my career in America over the last year, and this just tops it off," said Beckham, whose services are coveted by Paris Saint-Germain and a handful of British clubs. "I've said before, I need to sit back and relax and enjoy this moment, and then I'll figure out what I'm going to do next year. I might talk in the past tense sometimes, but that doesn't mean I'm not coming back." After the game, Donovan revealed Beckham strained his ham-string during training ear-lier in the week, while coach Bruce Arena said Donovan has been struggling with undisclosed injuries for

several weeks."David is a champion,"

said Arena, the first coach to win three MLS titles. "I've been around great athletes and competitors in my life, and this guy is as good as it comes. Unbelievable desire to win. He's a great team-mate, a great person. He's done it all in every country he's been in. What more can you say about a guy like this and what he's brought to this organization and this league in five years? He gutted it out tonight. He ob-viously wanted to be there."

Beckham grinned at mention of his injury. "I just had a little bit of champagne and beer, and I can't really feel it anymore," he said. This championship had been the Galaxy's to lose since early in the season.

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Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham, bottom left, celebrates with his teammates after the Galaxy defeated the Houston Dynamo in the MLS Cup championship soccer match, Sunday, Nov. 20, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo)

India aim for clean sweep against WImUmbAI, NOvem-beR 21 (PTI): The series in their grasp following convincing victories in the first two matches, In-dia would be aiming for a clean sweep against the West Indies in the third and final Test commenc-ing at the Wankhede sta-dium on Tuesday. All eyes will once again be on Sa-chin Tendulkar, who is just one short of his elu-sive 100th international century. Having missed the chance to get it in the first two Tests, he will be keen to finally achieve the remarkable milestone on his home turf. The batting maestro has been waiting since March 12, when he got his 99th international hundred in the World Cup league tie against South Af-rica at Nagpur, to reach the milestone.

If the West Indies want to clinch the final inconsequential Test and give themselves a big mo-rale boost ahead of the five-match one-day rub-ber that follows, they need to get their act together in all departments of the game. A glimpse of what the visiting team's bats-men are capable of if they apply themselves and play with determination was there to be seen in the sec-ond innings of the second Test in Kolkata when they nearly saved the innings defeat after yet another poor batting display in the first innings.

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EVENTS:Exhibition-cum-Competition of flowers.

Attractive prize money for winning exhibits.Sale of flowers, tools & implements, chemicals, etc.;

Free stalls on first come first basis.

Venue: Hortiscape, Heritage Village, Kisama.Date: 1st – 7th December, 2011.

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Sports CorrespondentKohima | November 21

AIM FC Imphal comfort-ably defeated Betul Oil FA of Madhya Pradesh by four goals in the ongoing Royal Cup tournament in Kohi-ma. They will meet TT Aiza-wl FC in the quarterfinals on the 25th of November.

Imphal made a very confident start and cre-ated a number of scoring opportunities early in the first half. They could have taken the lead as early as the 9th minute when Pitler (9) put the ball in the opposition’s net. But his goal was disallowed be-cause the assistant referee on the line flagged him for off-side. The opening goal eventually came in the 17th minute when Herojit (11) headed the ball into the net from a very well taken cor-ner kick by AIM captain, Manitombi (25). Madhya Pradesh could not settle

ROYAL CUP21st Nov 2011

Result:AIM FC Imphal – 4

Betul Oil FA, Madhya Pradesh – 0

Big win for AIM FC Imphal; to meet TT Aizawl FC in quarters

and struggled to construct any meaningful play. AIM continued to control the game and created many more chances. AIM almost doubled their lead in the 32nd minute when Man-itombi’s shot from a set piece just outside the box was well saved by the Betul FA keeper.

A very critical error by Betul’s keeper, Deban singh

(31) early in the second half allowed AIM to double their lead. He allowed the ball to slip off his hands and allowed Gouro (7) to score the second goal for AIM. Bitul continued to play very poorly and failed to pro-duce any chances. This al-lowed Manipur to enjoy the majority of ball possession. Inevitably, Manipur scored their third goal in the 80th

minute through Robinson (15). AIM put the match beyond the reach on Betul when Robinson scored his second goal from a pass sent in by Herojit from the left on the 86th minute.

Today’s match:Peren Dist. Sports Assn

VsNEROCA, ImphalKick-off: 1:00 pm

Herojit (11) heads in the first goal for AIM FC.