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RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906VOL. XVI NO. 244 | PAGES 12 ` 4/- DIMAPUR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

‘High time we proactively act instead of being reactive’

One arrested in taxi driver murder caseSundays open for business

Over 123,000 Rohingya refugees enter Bangladesh

Nagaland government honours 16 school teachers on the occasion of Teachers’ Day; declares Sep. 6 holiday for schools

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Our Correspondent Kohima, Sep. 5 (EMN): While voicing concern over the high rate of educated unemployed youths in the state, minister for School Education and Parlia-mentary Affairs, Tokheho Yepthomi has urged the teaching community to ‘proactively act’ in the ef-fort to encourage and mo-tivate students to look be-yond government jobs.

Addressing a host of teachers and students dur-ing the state level teachers’ day celebration held today at NBCC Convention Cen-tre, (Kijü Kharu) in Kohi-ma, Yepthomi made a sin-cere plea to all the teachers to strive for excellence and commit themselves to ignit-ing knowledge and impart-ing quality education in the state.

“Our state faces a lot of challenges especially in the field of education. The foundation we are laying today for the future gen-eration seems precarious to me because of the large number of educated unem-ployed youths in the state,” the minister said while he urged the teachers to con-tribute their best in order to lay down a solid founda-tion for the future genera-tion of our state.

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to motivate and encourage the students to look beyond government jobs? Are we able to instil in them the dignity off labour? With the high rate of unem-ployed youths and lack of vocational training, are we looking for the cure or just to get a relief from our predicate?” Yepthomi said maintaining that “It is high time we proactively act in-stead of being reactive to problems.”

Pointing out the many

errors which the depart-ment has experienced over the years, the minister fur-ther called upon the depart-ment staffs and the teachers to take corrective measures before it is late.

“We have to come up with tough decisions and take corrective measures, if not we will be held respon-sible in the failure to dis-charge our duties proper-ly,” he said while agreeing upon the existence of some errors in the functioning of

the department.“We cannot allow let-

ting the existing trend con-tinue at the cost of our fu-ture, even if we have to go against the wishes of a few individuals,” he said.

“To rescue the future of our state and also the future of lakhs (sic) of students hold greater responsibility than displeasing a section of people,” he said adding that teachers are the real source of knowledge and wisdom and are the ones

who build the foundation of our future destiny.

Guest speaker Phe-luopfhelie Kesiezie, advi-sor of All Nagaland Private School Association (ANP-SA), encouraged the teach-ers to uphold the noble task of the teaching profession.

Stating that the ad-vanced countries give a lot of priority to education, he felt it is time that Nagaland should also consider edu-cation as its top priority, if at all we have to make a

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS): Echoing the "Congress-mukt (free) North East" slogan, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday expressed confidence that the party-led North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) will form governments in the remain-ing three of the eight states in the region.

Addressing the second NEDA conclave here, Shah said infiltration, vote-bank politics and political use of killer groups have derailed the northeast's develop-ment.

"I think we are success-fully progressing towards that direction. In five of the eight states, we have

progress.sKesiezie also raised the

issue of selling teachers’ day badges by students out-side school premises. “It is a shame and a harassment to send students to the streets to sell badges on ac-count of teachers’ day,” he stated.

Principal Director of School Education, Smita Sarangi, in her address, lauded the ‘unmatched role’ played by the teachers. “Teachers are the bridge between our past and the future,” she said.

Meanwhile, owing to the teachers’ day cel-ebration, September 6 (Wednesday) has been declared as a holiday for all the schools across the state. The declaration was

made by the minister for school education Tokheho Yepthomi during the state level teachers’ day cele-bration at NBCC conven-tion centre, Kohima.

The programme, chaired by Principal Secre-tary of School Education, FP Solo, commenced with singing of the national an-them by students of Jawa-har Navodaya Vidyalaya, Yakukie, Kohima, while Mhonchumo S Lotha, pastor at Lotha Baptist Church, Kohima pro-nounced the invocation. Students of Rüzhükhrie GHSS, Chandmari HSS and Little Flower HSS, Ko-hima also took the stage to present different perform-ances.

On the occasion, teach-

ers’ awards were also given to 16 teachers from various schools across the state. The awardees were Khesheli Shohe, NC Datta, Swedesunuo Zao, Koijam Jitendra Singh, Pranav Shekhar, Brijeetha ET, Sujatha Joseph, Hs Wangong, Maya Suresh, I Chuba Aier, R Mhonbeni Ezong, P Ruth Khuvung, H Kitoli Yeptho, P Nicha, Talitemjen and Mongsen-lepla.

Meanwhile, it was in-formed that two teachers from Nagaland including Mhabeni Murry, PT teach-er at GPS Wokha and Teis-ovilhou Koza, senior GT teacher at GHSS, Phek, were in New Delhi to re-ceive the national teacher’ award today.

MHRD directive on untrained teachersExemption for teachers appointed prior to 3rd Sept 2001Following the directive given by the Min-istry of Human Resource Development for all the teachers (both government and private) to avail training before March 2019 or else face termination, there has been a new directive from the MHRD.

Minister for School Education and Parliamentary Affairs, Tokheho Yeptho-mi Tuesday announced that the compul-sory training has been exempted to those teachers, who have been appointed prior to 3rd September, 2001.

Therefore, as per the new MHRD di-rective, those teachers who have been ap-pointed prior to 3rd September 2001 will be exempted from termination though do

not go for the training.Echoing the words of the minister,

the principal secretary of School Edu-cation, FP Solo has reminded all the untrained teachers to register within the next seven or eight days.

Except the exempted teachers, Solo reiterated that there will be no excuse for the rest of the teachers, including govern-ment and private.

“For the rest of the teachers, failure to avail the training laid down by the min-istry will only lead to termination from service,” he said informing that there are over 12,000 untrained teachers across the state.

Chief Ministers who are members of the NEDA. I am confident that in the upcoming elections, in all the eight states NEDA will be successful in forming the government," Shah said.

"I hope in the next annual con-ference all the eight chief ministers will be sitting here and NEDA repre-sents all the eight states," he added.

Earlier, Assam's Health and Fi-nance Minister Sharma said that NEDA is an alliance of parties which is concerned about develop-ment of the North East region and making it Congress-mukt. "We are working towards that," he asserted.

The conclave was attended by chief ministers of Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland. Of the other three states, Tripura is governed by CPI-M, and Meghalaya and Mizoram by the Congress.

Shah said that nothing was done in the last 65 years for the develop-ment of the region.

The BJP chief said the party has taken many initiatives in the past three years for the development of the region and stressed on the need to unite the region culturally.

"North East's development is the government's first priority. There has been change in our policy towards the region. I am happy to say that in the past three years under Naren-dra Modi's leadership, the amount of work that has been done in the North East has happened for the first time after Independence. As a result of this, people from different cultures and identities, every party came together on the platform of NEDA to take forward the growth engine of the country's develop-ment," he said.

He said NEDA will not just be

a political platform but it will be pi-ous effort to connect the North East culturally, in a united form, with the whole country.Flood, poor air connectivity and Hindi teachers’ plight: Zeliang’s NEDA menu A statement from the chief minis-ter’s office on Tuesday reported Ze-liang as sharing the plight of 2000-odd Hindi teachers in Nagaland, whose services are on the brink of termination as per guidelines of the central government, during the meeting.

“The service of Hindi teachers in Nagaland are co-terminus with the schemes introduced in the state and this has to be rectified to secure their future while paying special at-tention in imparting Hindi educa-tion in the entire NE region”, the chief minister was quoted as saying.

The CMO statement also re-ported the chief minister as raising the issue of “disaster that took place in the state due to heavy rain and flood” recently. “Immediate atten-tion is required considering the mag-nitude in terms of loss of human lives and damages caused to private and public properties alike.”

On the “sorry state of air con-nectivity” in Nagaland, the chief minister was reported as calling for “urgent improvement” while adding that “Visa checking system must be introduced in the NE region to ease the movement of goods and citizens across the international borders of south-east Asian countries without which tourism, trade and commerce is being hampered.”

Zeliang was accompanied by Lok Sabha MP ‘and NPF president’, Neiphiu Rio and president of NPF Manipur, Awangbow Newmai, the CMO release informed.

Our CorrespondentKohima, Sep. 5 (EMN): In a prompt and major break-through on the September 2 suspected murder case of a taxi driver, Swüdüve Nakro, under Kohima district, Zunheboto police today reported to have apprehended one person and

recovered the victim’s vehicle. The arrested person, iden-

tified as one Toishe (28 years old) from Zhekiye village and a resident of A-Khel colony in Satakha town under Zun-heboto district, is suspected to be the main accused in the case. According to Zunheboto

police, Satakha OC and his team were on the lookout for the missing vehicle based on specific inputs about the move-ment of the suspected car. The vehicle was intercepted in the outskirts of Satakha town, towards the road leading to Kilomi side, it was informed. Further investigation is on, po-lice added.

Nakro was found dead on September 3 near Dzüvüzie, between Chiechama village and Nachama village junction under Kohima district, less than 24 hours after he report-edly informed his wife over phone that he got passengers to go to Wokha. Police said the victim bore injuries on his head, suspected to have been caused by a blunt object.

Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): The Dimapur municipal council has informed that all busi-ness establishments “other than workshops/factories/industries” could keep their shops open on Sundays fall-ing between September 10 to October 15, on account of Durga Puja and Diwali

This was informed through a press release from the DMC adminis-trator, Moa Sangtam on Tuesday.

Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): In a tragic incident, a house fire that broke out in Ungma village under Mokokchung district in the wee hours of Tuesday claimed the lives of an elderly couple.

According to an official report filed by the district public relations officer of Mokokchung, the husband Nung-shilemba was aged 100 years, and the wife Chubanungla, 92. According to the report, they were found ‘dead’ holding each other.

“According to family sources the fire broke out at around 3 am (on Tuesday) from the house where the two senior cit-izens were lived (sic). The fire engulfed the entire house while they were asleep. The neighbours who were alarmed and came to their rescue but by the time it was too late to make any attempt to save their lives”, the report read.

“The villagers reported that further spread of the fire was prevented follow-ing timely action taken by the villagers.

In the incident two houses were burnt to ashes. It was also reported that the fire might have ignited from the hearth in the kitchen.”

Parliamentary Secretary for Infor-mation and Public Relations, Imtikum-zuk was reported as having visited the site on Tuesday. “The parliamentary secretary and his wife offered heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. Offering his solace to the bereaved fam-ily members, Imtikumzuk said that it was so tragic to meet the death in such a cruel manner.

“He prayed that almighty God would endowed (sic) with strength and fortitude to bear the tragic (sic) of the two couple. He also offered immediate relief to the bereaved family to help meet immediate needs. ADC Mokokchng, Sachin Jaiswal and Assistant Commis-sioner, Ajit Kumar Verma accompanied the parliamentary secretary during his visit,” the report informed.

Nayapara Sep 5. (IANS/AKI): Around 123,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape vio-lence in Myanmar in the past 10 days amid an accelerating influx, the Unit-ed Nations said on Tuesday.

"UNHCR is gravely concerned about the continuing conflict in Myan-mar and by reports that civilians have died trying to seek safety," the UN ref-ugee agency said in a statement.

Thousands of people, including women and children, were streaming across the border into southeast Bang-ladesh after walking for days through forests, rice paddies and jungles to reach safety and were now crowded into existing camps and sheltering at

makeshift sites.Several thousand people were be-

lieved to have drowned trying to cross the river that separates Myanmar from Bangladesh.

Many are in dire need of food and water.

"Those who have made it to Bang-ladesh are in poor condition... They are hungry, weak and sick," said UN-HCR.

"An unknown number could still be stranded at the border," UNHCR warned.

Separately, the UN migration agency the International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday that it and partner agencies operating in the

area were appealing for $18 million to help the refugees over the next three months.

More than 30,000 Rohingya are estimated to have sought shelter in the existing refugee camps of Kutupalong and Nayapara, which are "at breaking point", the agency stated.

Other Rohingyas are being hosted by refugee families and in refugee schools, community centres, Islamic schools and other buildings, said UN-HCR. "We are running out of avail-able space," the agency said.

UNHCR said it was working with local authorities and an NGO partner to provide essential items for the refu-gees including clothes, plastic sheets

and sleeping mats."There is an urgent need for addi-

tional emergency shelters and land as more refugees arrive," UNCHR said.

UNHCR urged Bangladesh's au-thorities to allow safe passage to those fleeing violence and to register and document all refugees arriving in the country to help the UN and charities get aid to where it is needed.

"We are also identifying vulnerable arrivals, including unaccompanied children, who need additional care and protection," said UNHCR.

The latest influx of Rohingya be-gan on August 25 when Rohingya in-surgents attacked Myanmar police se-curity posts, prompting security forces

to launch a counter-offensive.Myanmar security officials and Ro-

hingya insurgents accuse each other of committing atrocities and witnesses have also reported these being carried out by Buddhist mobs.

Thousands of Buddhist villagers in Mayanmar's Rakhine state are also re-ported to have fled south.

Independently verifying the situa-tion on the ground is hard because ac-cess is restricted.

The Rohingya are a stateless most-ly Muslim ethnic minority who have long faced persecution in Rakhine state. Bloody riots in 2012 forced over 100,000 to flee to refugee camps in Bangladesh, where many still live.

SVEEP campaign launched in Longleng, Peren 2 STATEEASTERN MIRROR | Dimapur, Wednesday, September 6, 2017

DC & DEO Longleng, Y. Denngan Aennoho Phom along with students and teachers during the SVEEP launching programme at DC office, Longleng.

Renathung Ezung and Samuel Vaiphei with NSUK executives and Naga families.

Seen in the picture are newly inducted office bearers of BJP Mon division and wings.

DC Zbt. notifies on e-roll orientation Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer, Zunheboto has informed all AEROs, supervisors and BLOs under Zunheboto district that training and orientation programme on Special Summary Revision of Electoral Roll w.r.t. 1.1.2018 as qualifying date has been scheduled as:- AEROs and supervisors on September 8 at DC’s Conference Hall; BLOs of 33 Suruhuto A/C and 35th Zunheboto A/C on September 14, 2017 at DC’s Conference Hall; BLOs of 31 Akuluto A/C, 32 Atoizu A/C, 34 Aghunato A/C and 36 Satakha A/C on September 14 at their respective Sub-Divisional Headquarters.

UBCANEI to organise youth fiestaThe Youth department of United Baptist Churches Association North East India (UBCANEI) will be organising youth fiesta under the theme “Empowering the youth; no turning back” from September 7 to 9 at Youth Oasis Centre, Dimapur. Rev. L Hevuto Awomi, executive secretary UBCANEI; Moses T Fithu, finance secretary cum youth evangelist UBCANEI and Akumla Kamie, youth director UBC BSF Camp, Kohima, will be the speakers of the event. All youth department under UBCANEI have been invited to the programme.

NSCN/GPRN informsAs directed by the Ministry of Kilo Affairs, Union Territory-I gave its final call (information) to all the Steering Committee members, Kilonsers, Deputy Kilonsers, Tatars, PROs, POs, APOs, Leacys, Razou Peyus, Khapurs, and RSIs to submit their personal bio-data at its Regional Office before September 15 during the office hour.

Purana Bazaar ration card holders informedPurana Bazaar GB, Ntongsi Ngullie has informed all PHH ration card holders that PHH rice will be distributed on September 6 at the Council Hall Purana Bazar. All concerned card holders are informed to collect according to timing mentioned:- Model colony from 7 to 10 a.m.; Jorapukhri-10 to 11 am; New colony-11 to 12 am; Mt. View colony -12 to 1 pm; Middle colony-1pm to 2 pm; High school colony-2 to 3 pm. The GB also informed all ration card holders to submit a xerox copy of ration card along with Aadhaar card of all family while collecting rice.

ANHTU Mon unit general meeetingAll Nagaland Hindi Teachers Union (ANHTU) Mon unit has convened a general meeting on September 13, 10 a.m. at district Headquarter Mon Town Council Hall. All the members have been requested to attend the meeting along with membership fee of Rs. 400 positively. Absentees will be penalised with fine as per the union’s resolution. Teachers are reminded to bring their bio data along with education qualification documents. Matriculate diploma holders, Neshes gahan, Praveen, Parangat, Nishanat from Central institute Agra are also asked to bring their Admit card, marksheet and pass certificate. Failing to do the concerned teacher will be held responsible.

Mokokchung DPDB meeting The monthly Mokokchung District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting has been convened on September 7, 11 a.m. atthe Conference Hall of ADC (Planning). All the members have been asked to be present.

Special Kohima DPDB meeting District Planning Machinery, Kohima, ADC, Planning and Member Secretary, DPDB, Kohima, Ketoho Luho has informed all the members of Kohima District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) that a special DPDB meeting for finalization of Local Area Development Programme, 2017 will be held on September 7, 10 a.m. at the DPDB conference hall. All the members have been requested to attend positively.

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Naga students of Kolkata welcome freshers

NPF Mon instates divisional office bearers

NPCC to undertake district tour

Special summary revision schedule for Mkg

Organisations condemn murder

Dimapur, Sep 5 (EMN): The Systematic Voters’ Ed-ucation & Electoral Partici-pation (SVEEP) campaign was launched at Longleng on September 5 at Voters Registration and Education Centre (VREC) setup at the DC office.

In his address, the Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Longleng, Y. Denngan Aen-

noho Phom appealed to the gathering students, teachers, lectures and officers to avail the facility provided by the Election Commission.

He asserted that in the past many students and youths have neglected their rights to vote which is very important for their future career. Poiting out that the present youths and the stu-dent’s organizations are

very active and are well aware about their rights, DC was optimistic that the youths will pay a vital role and change the prevailing system.

The role of BAG & VREC was proposed by AEO Longleng, Renben Mozhui. He informed that VREC is the centre where any individuals/persons can approach the office/

center in the absence of BLOs directly for any con-sultations like inclusion, deletion or transposition etc and any other related inquiries.

The AEO also briefed on various forms, qualifica-tion for voters, documents required and other related information for conduct of free and fair elections in the country.

Sankalp Patra was also distributed to the participat-ing students.

Meanwhile, as part of the Youth Voter’s Festival (ECI), Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign seminar was held at Peren Government Col-lege on September 4. The programme was organised by the District Election Of-

Dimapur, Sep 5 (EMN): The Naga People’s Front, Mon Division on Tuesday September 5 organised installation programme of the newly appointed office bearers of divisional, Women, Youth and Farmers Wing at Mon HQ.

The programme was graced by Parliamen-tary Secretary Pohwang Konyak, and General Secretary (NPF Central) in-charge of Mon Division, Chingao Konyak as observers.

The new team of office bearers for Di-visional unit will be led by H Pujok Konyak as president, Hongnaw HA Konyak as gen-eral secretary (Administration), K.Chingkai

Konyak as general secretary (Organizing & Mobilization), Nangmeng Konyak as presi-dent (Women Wing), Longshah Konyak as president (Youth Wing), Chemjan Konyak as president (Farmers Wing) along with host of vice presidents, general secretaries, secretaries, advisers and others for divisional unit and all frontal organisations.

Pohwang addressed party members to stand firm and work hard with utmost dedica-tion and commitment to win the upcoming elections under the leadership of Presi-dent NPF Neiphiu Rio and Chief Minister

TR.Zeliang. Chingao chaired the function and also

delivered Keynote address while pastor of KBCM New Site Fellowship Phelem Konyak invoked God’s blessings pand Rev.Henshak Konyak offered dedicatory prayer for newly inducted members.

The ceremony was attended by host of NPF Central office bearers, CEC members, farmer candidates, A/C units presidents and officials from all nine Assembly Constituencies under Mon Division and hundreds of party women and men.

Dimapur, Sep 5 (EMN): The Naga Students’ Union Kolkata (NSUK) observed its 52nd Fresher’s Social un-der the theme “Celebrating diversity, embracing unity” on September 3 at Bishop’s College, Kolkata, with Capt. Renathung Ezung, Pilot, Air India as chief guest.

Addressing the students, Ezung said young students should rise up with good leadership qualities. “As be-lievers, we should reach out to people around us wher-ever we are,” he added.

Ezung urged the audi-ence to keep in mind the traditions. Further, he en-couraged the students that they succeed in whatever they do if they have strong belief.

The first session was

Dimapur, Sep 5 (EMN): To remain clean colony under the aegis of “Swacch Bharat” the River Belt Colony Council (RBCC)in its executive meeting on August 19, unanimously decided to carry out social work on every Saturday from 6 to 8 a.m. with im-mediate effect.

All residents, institutions, work places, shops, hotel etc. are advised to carry out general cleanli-ness as decided.

The council also informed that throwing of gar-bage in the river, drainage or way side of approach road other then designated place or DMC pick up vehicle is strictly prohibited.

RBCC also notified the pet owners to chain their and keep within their respective compound. It also cautioned that if any dog found loitering in the colony shall not be held responsible for any eventu-ality and heavy fine will be imposed.

Residents and public are also requested to co-operate with the decision. Strict action/fine will be imposed which deem fit in case of failures to abide rules and regulations of the colony, the council added.

ANTA Dimapur unit: All Naga-land Taxi Association (ANTA) Dimapur Unit has strongly con-demned the brutal murder of its member, Swudeve Nakhro on September 3 at Kohima.

In a press release, general secre-tary Ahoshe Chophi and Secretary Vitolu Chophi, stated that carjack-ing crime has been continuously happening past two months. They also mentioned that one of its members Bijoy who was also mur-dered on July 16 and found at Kho-panalla Dimapur and the culprit(s) is still yet to be booked.

In this connection, the ANTA Dimapur unit requested the re-sponsible law enforcing agencies of Kohima and Dimapur to im-mediately book the culprits before the situation escalate.

Further the unit conveyed heartfelt condolence to the be-reaved family and pray for the departed soul. PWUK: The Pholami Welfare Un-ion Kohima (PWUK) has strongly condemned the gruesome and cold blooded murder of Swuduve Nakro son of Nuveta Nakro of Pholami village on September 2, whose body was found near Dzuvuzie, Chiechama-Nachama junction.

“Swuduve Nakro was a dedi-cated taxi driver eking a living in Kohima town to provide for his family of 3 daughters, 2 sons and his loving wife. Dignity of labour

was of one trait he knew and did well. He was God fearing and had served as Church Secretary of Pholami Baptist Church. Now the only bread earner of the family has been taken away by the cruel killers. It is very depressing that the murderer(s) only motive was to take away his taxi by killing him,” stated PWUK.

The PWUK urged the Govern-ment to apprehend the murderer(s) at the earliest and award befitting punishment. It also called upon the public to condemn such heinous crime.NAYO: The Northern Angami Youth Organisation (NAYO) has vehemently condemned the brutal murder of taxi driver Swudeve Na-kro, whose body was recovered at Dziiviizie, Chiechama-Nachama village junction on September 2. The organisation and its denizens expressed shocked to receive such news which occurred within its jurisdiction when all are enjoying peaceful environment. The organi-sation therefore, in support to the ANTAs demand urged upon law enforcing agencies to investigate the case and book the culprit(s) at the earliest and serve befitting punishment according to the law of the land.

The NAYO further proposed a suggestion to the Superintendent of Police (SP), Kohima to install CCTV cameras at every police check-gates for public securities.

PWUD: The Pholami Welfare Union Dimapur (PWUD) has vehemently condemned the bar-baric and senseless murder of its member Swüdüve Nakro, ‘a highly respectable upcoming and dynamic leader in our community.’ He served in various capacities as a church leader, teacher and thereaf-ter into many NGOs, the PWUD stated. The union also appealed the authority to pursue the case at the earliest to avoid complica-tions. Further, PWUD pray for the bereaved family that God comfort them in a special way. WCH: The Western Chakhesang Hoho (WCH) has vehemently con-demned the heinous crime wherein taxi driver Swuduve Nakro of Pholami village, Phek District was murdered in cold blood, dumped the body near Chiechama village and took away his car by some evil doers on the pretext of hiring a taxi to Wokha from Kohima.

The Hoho expressed shock by the inhuman and barbaric act meted upon the taxi driver, who is a responsible citizen and a father, feeding his family from his humble earning.

TheWCH urged upon the Gov-ernment agencies to take the matter in seriously and nap the culprit(s) at the earliest so that justice is served as per the law of the land. The Hoho also noted that no murderer should be allowed to roam free. “Taxi drivers as well as the citizens

of the state deserve peace, security to travel anywhere sans fear in the state. Life of the taxi drivers and peace loving citizens has become a risk with such monster on the loose” the release added.

The Hoho shared its sorrow and extended condolences to the bereaved wife and family and also pray that God’s comfort be upon them during this difficult time.ANTA Wokha Unit: ANTA Wokha unit has strongly con-demned the heinous murder of Swudeve Nakhro of Pholami vil-lage and carjacking of his brand new Alto 800 Taxi on September 2, and whose body was recovered on September 3 near Dzuvuzie between Chichama and Nachama village junction under Kohima district.

The unit fervently appealed to the law enforcing agency to investigate and book the culprit(s) at the earliest and award befitting punishment.

ANTA Wokha unit further conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and pray for the departed soul to rest in peace.BJP Chizami : The BJP 17th Chizami Assembly Constituen-cy has expressed its resentment against the brutal murder on its party member and Unit President of Pholami Village, Swuduve Nakro who was found murdered on September 3 near Dzüvuzie be-

tween Chiechama and Nachama village junction by unidentified miscreant(s) on the pretext of going to Wokha.

Mandal president Vetshe Tsu-zuh and general secretary Khrope Tsuhah described Nakro as a sin-cere and dedicated party member.

The Chizami AC expressed shock that such crime exists in a Christian state called Nagaland for Christ.

Such unwanted criminals who want to make a living with the cost of an innocent life have no place to live in a civilised society and should be condemn by every citizens, the release stated.

The party appealed to the law enforcement agency to book the perpetrator(s) at the earliest and award befitting punishment so that justice is delivered.

It also urged upon the State BJP President, Visasolie Lhoungu to pursue the matter with the gov-ernment in authority to ensure that justice is not deny and an ex-gratia is provided to the bereaved family.

While condemning the in-cident, BJP 17th Chizami A/C stated that Nakro’s contribution towards the welfare of the party and in strengthening the leadership of Kevechutso Doulo will never go in vain and will always be remem-bered in the party family. It also extended solidarity to the bereaved family and pray for the departed soul to rest in peace.

WEATHER FORECAST IN OTHER DISTRICTS

Max Min DP RH RF

WOKHA 21.6 18.8 19.3 91 NIL

MON 30.4 23.2 23.6 92 NILW

TUENSANG 23.2 18 19.8 93 17.1

MKG 27.2 22.4 22.4 81 7.4

PHEK 24.2 19.2 22 93 12

KIPHIRE 26 24 22.6 92 1.6

SECHÜ ZUBZA 27 19 21.7 77 5.8

TSEMINYU 23.4 20 21.6 90 1.4

JALUKIE 28 20 20.8 74 NIL

MANGKOLEMBA 30 24.8 26.4 91 2.8

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fice, Peren in collaboration with Peren Government College, Team One and higher secondary schools of Peren town.

Resource person, Vice Principal, Peren Govern-ment College, Albert spoke on increasing qualitative participation in terms of ethical and informed vot-ing.

Assistant Election Offic-er (AEO), Nathan Konyak delivered the introductory speech and apprised that the Special Summary Revision will begin from October.

SVEEP is a multi-in-tervention programme that reaches out through dif-ferent modes and media to educate citizens, elec-tors and voters in order to increase their awareness and participation. It is de-signed according to the socio-economic, cultural and demographic profile of the state as well as history of electoral participation in previous rounds of elections and learning.

Dimapur, Sep 5 (EMN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Council (NPCC) will be undertaking district tour across the state from September 8 to 28, under the leadership of NPCC President, K Therie and a host of senior party lead-ers and office bearers.

The tour will com-mence with dedicatory prayer meeting at Con-gress Bhavan Kohima on September 8 and will cul-minate on September 28 at Dimapur.

The NPCC appealed to the people of Nagaland irrespective of party af-filiations to come forward and be a part of the pub-lic meetings to hear the talk of senior party lead-ers especially on NPCC Roadmap that promises to deliver the state from the prolonged spell of misgov-

ernance.NPCC also welcome

all public leaders at vari-ous levels, intellectuals, service pensioners, work-ing professionals, youths, students and women folk to put forth their valued opinions during discussion hours of the meeting, as it will shape up the destiny of the people and the state if given an opportunity.

Following are the itin-erary of the district tour programme where public meetings are scheduled:- September 8- Kohima; September 9- Peren; Sep-tember 13-Mokokchung; September 14-Longleng; September 15-Zunheboto; September 16-Wokha; September 21-Mon; Sep-tember 23- Tuensang; September 25-Kiphire; September 27-Phek; Sep-tember 28-Dimapur.

Dimapur, Sep 5 (EMN): In pursu-ance to the Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland, Additional Deputy Com-missioner & Electoral Registra-tion Officer, Mokokchung, Sachin Jaiswal, has informed that the schedule for Special Summary Revi-sion of Photo Electoral Rolls, with reference to January 1, 2018 as the qualifying date will be as follows:

Draft publication of rolls on Oc-tober 3; period for filling claims and objections from October 3 to 31; reading of relevant part/section of photo, Electoral Rolls in local bod-ies meetings etc. and verifications of name on October 13 and 27; special campaign dates with booth level agents of political parties for receiv-ing claims and objection on October 14 and 28; disposal of claims and objections by November 30; updat-ing the database, merging of photo-graphs, updating the control tables and preparation and printing of supplementary list by December 20; and Final publication of Electoral Rolls on January 5, 2018.

chaired by Thepuzo Keyho, who is pursuing his master’s degree in International Re-lations at Jadavpur Univer-sity while Pastor of Naga Christian Fellowship Kolkata, Hetovi Ayemi invoked God’s blessing. A special song was presented by Nukshijongla

Ozukum, a BD final year student at Serampore Col-lege. Nibo D Zhimo gave the presidential address while Thejaselhou Rhetso, general secretary of NSUK proposed the vote of thanks.

In the second session in-spiring incitement was given

by Samuel Vaiphei, IRS of-ficer; Melong Longkumer presented a song while Nitoka Chishi enthralled the audience with an electro dance. Ighato Yepthomi and TiajunglaIm-chen were crowned as the Mr and Miss fresher of NSUK 2017 respectively.

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Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome along with the recipients of Teachers’ Day at Christian Higher Secondary School Covenant Hall, Dimapur, on Tuesday.

Neiba Kronu handing over awards to a teacher in Pfutsero on September 5.

Teachers of Salesian College of Higher College being felicitated on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.

KK Sema addressing the gathering at the 56th fresher’s day cum teacher’s day celebration of the Kohima Science College on September 5.

Members of NUTAK during the dharna in the University Campus on September 5.

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NUTAK stages dharna

GPRN/NSCN terminates officials

Kohima Science College holds fresher’s dayTeachers’ Day celebrated across State

witnessed other colourful events through songs, video presentation, dances, teach-ers’ day address, skit, com-edy etc.CHSS: Students of Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur, celebrated Teach-ers’ Day by honouring their teachers with a colourful display of talents. Activities included classic melodies, slide show of teachers’ can-did moments, violin recital, beat box and dances.

The programme at Cov-enant Hall, CHSS campus, was graced by Dr. Vikato Ki-nimi, Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, who praised the teachers as makers of presi-dents, bureaucrats, doctors and scientists and encour-aged the students to have good relationship with their teachers citing the examples of two pioneering Naga edu-cationists, A Kevichüsa and Dr. Mayangnokcha.Wokha: Wokha unit of All Nagaland Private School Association (ANPSA) ob-served the Teachers’ Day at Don Bosco Youth Centre, which was marked with presentation of songs, drama and dance.

Dr. Chumben Murry, speaking on the occasion, thanked all the teachers for what he is today as a doctor by profession and former minister. He underscored the significant role of the youth, who hold the keys to better-ment of the society.

He advised the students to be sincere, humble and regard their teachers stating that it is the first steps to-wards achieving their goals.

The event also witnessed conferring awards to the best teachers in different fields, which were handed over by the chief guest.KDSU: Kasha Daho Stu-dents’ Union (KDSU) has celebrated Teachers’ Day with the participation of seven schools with Kenny Semp, senior lecturer of DIET as the guest speaker.

Speaking on the occa-sion, Semp emphasised on sincerity and hard work and appealed the teachers serv-ing in rural areas to do self research as to why there are less enrolment in the primary school.

He also encouraged the students to respect the teach-ers and keep themselves neat and clean.

KDSU president Jwenbu Tep encouraged the teachers to be sincere and give their best in rendering their serv-ice to the society.

Meanwhile, KDSU awarded Pfukrelo Cheng as the best teacher of the year. MGMHSSL: MGM High-er Secondary School cel-ebrated the Teacher’s Day in the school campus which witnessed presentation var-ied events performed by students from Nursery to Class XII.

In his address, the School Principal reminded the students that “Teaching is the one profession that cre-ates all other professions.” He also urged the teachers teach with passion, teach with dedication and teach with love.

Teachers were presented

with gifts by St. Thomas Mission Society. Chessore: Sangto Christian School, Chessore, celebrated the Teachers’ Day at Ches-sore Village Baptist Church in which the guest speaker and chairman of the school managing board, Lakiu-mong expressed gratitude to the teachers for toiling throughout the year in spite of so many obstacles to bring out the best.

He also exhorted the teachers to be the role model not only in the school but also in all the aspects of their daily life.

K Keyoungkhum, the school head master, also expressed gratitude to the teaching staff for their out-standing performance and appealed to continued with the same dedication.PVHSS: Pranab Vidyapith Higher Secondary School, Dimapur, celebrated the Teachers’ Day with great enthusiasm.

Speaking on the occa-sion, the School Principal Monoj Bhattacharjee, re-minded the teachers about their responsibilities as na-tion builders. He also paid his rich tribute to Dr. S Radhakrishnan, the second President of India.

To mark the occasion, a lively and colourful cultural programme was organised by the students. Students also conveyed their best re-gards to the teachers and offered handsome gifts to the teachers seeking their blessings.BCTE: Bosco College of Teacher Education, Di-mapur, celebrated the Teach-ers’ Day in the College au-ditorium wherein teacher trainees put up an excellent show that was interspersed with music, dance, speech-es and multi-media pro-grammes.

The Collge Principal, Rev. Fr. Dr. TC Joseph un-derscored the crucial and significant role of the teach-ers in the society and re-minded all the staff and the teacher trainees to love their profession with passion, dedication, and integrity as the teaching profession is one of the most noble and responsible professions. He also stated that a teacher’s profession is one of the most gratifying and fulfilling pro-fessions in the world.

He cited the examples of Dr. Manmohan Singh, former PM of India, and late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President, both of whom earnestly wanted to ‘return to the classroom’ after their top and illustrious services for the country.

The teacher trainees showcased their talents with varieties of programmes.SSU: Soyim Students’ Un-ion (SSU) celebrated Teach-ers’ Day at Babu Tzubo Amphitheatre in Ungma village in which the Dep-uty Director of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Dr. Chungpong was fe-licitated by SSU president, Talitemsu Longkumer. The Teachers’ Day pro-gramme was organised on the theme “Teachers- the nation builders.”

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The All India Sonia Gandhi Association (AISGA) National Conference was held at Raipur in Chhattisgarh State on 27th of August 2017. During the Conference, AISGA National President Dr. M C Rishi Bishnoi honoured Shri Neilo Koza, National Sr. Vice President and Zone President Zone No. 3 (on extreme right) with the National Award. AISGA is a social organisation with the sole purpose of helping the poor and needy people of the society. Handing over the award, the National President Shri Bisnoi expressed the hope that Shri Koza will work whole heartedly and in a disciplined manner by upholding the democratic traditions of our country and will strengthen the association and also our great country by helping the poor and needy people for their welfare and prosperity keeping in mind the determination of Indira Gandhi Ji, honesty of Rajiv Gandhi Ji and sacri�ce of Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji.

Issued by: Media Cell, All India Sonia Gandhi Association.

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Dimapur, Sep 5 (EMN): Nagaland University Teach-ers’ Association, Kohima Campus (NUTAK), Mer-iema, extended solidarity to the nation-wide ‘Court Arrest’ at Jantar Mantar in Delhi staged by the Federa-tion of Central Universi-ties Teachers’ Association (FEDCUTA) and All India Federation of University & College Teachers’ Or-ganisations (AIFUCTO) by wearing black ribbon in the University Campus on Teachers’ Day from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

The cour t arrest is staged in protest against the non-implementation of the Chauhan Commit-tee recommendation for 7th PRC and the ulterior motives of the government to withdraw all financial responsibility from higher education in the names of HEFA (Higher Educa-tion Funding Agency) and HEERA (Higher Education Empowerment Regulatory Authority) and graded au-tonomy towards complete privatisation and the push to turn education into cor-porate investments.

This jointly stated in a

Our CorrespondentJotsoma, Sep 5 (EMN): Kohima Science College (Autonomous), Jostoma, organ-ised its 56th fresher’s day cum teacher’s day at the college auditorium on Tuesday.

The guest speaker, Khekiye K Sema, retired IAS officer and advisor to ACAUT, in his address, said that students are little

Dimapur, Sep 5 (EMN): General Secre-tary of GPRN/NSCN, N Kitovi Zhimomi has terminated its deputy kilonser Vedeta Nienu from active national service with immediate effect for his alleged breach of party Discipline C- Security (3) and (6).

In an expulsion ahza, Kitovi said Vedeta Nienu has been expelled from the active national activities for his anti-party activities which is a major threat to the party. Vedeta has been directed to surren-der all the government properties within 5

days from the day of his expulsion dated September 5.

In a similar order, N Kitovi Zhimomi has issued suspension order against its kilonser Akato Chophi from the active national service for an indefinite period for committing ultra vires thereby breaching the party discipline C (Security) 4 and 5.

Akato Chophi has been directed to surrender all the government properties within 5 days. The suspension order comes into effect from September 5.

press release issued by NU-TAK president Prof. N Das

and the general secretary Dr. Tiatoshi Jamir.

clay in the teachers’ hand to be mould and become something useful in the society. He hoped that the teachers will produce qual-ity results like the college have produced quality students over the past years and make them persons that society can accept and look up to in the future.

“These children are under your pro-tection and guidance, so they need you to mould them like a beautiful caricature of something that people would love and ap-preciate,” said KK Sema.

To the students, he advised not to for-get paying attention to what the teachers taught them and always appreciate the things taught them. He also encouraged the students to believe in themselves as God has created each one equally. To be a leader, one should be proactive in all the social activities, KK Sema said.

Megoneitso, former HOD dept of Botany, exhorting the students said the col-lege has inspired him to take teaching as a career. He urged the students to be sincere in their commitment and made effort in realising those dreams.

Dimapur, Sep 5 (EMN): Schools across Nagaland celebrated the Teachers’ Day on September 5 in which rich tributes were paid through presentations of skits, songs and dances for their noble profession. Fondly referred to them ‘friend, teacher and guide,’ Teachers’ Day is cel-ebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the former President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.Dimapur: Deputy Commis-sioner, Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome, while underlining the bigger responsibilities of the teachers, urged the latter to transform society from literate to an enlightened and educated society.

Addressing the combined Teachers’ Day’ celebration at Christian Higher Secondary School Covenant Hall on Tuesday, Yhome made a comparison study of state’s education statistics before and after statehood stating that in 1951 Nagaland’s lit-eracy rate was 10.5%, which shot rapidly to 79.55% as per the 2011 census.

He has attributed the success to the sincere and dedicated sacrifices of the teachers.

“Teachers’ changed our society from illiterate to liter-ate. In the next 50 years you have to transform our society from literate to enlightened and educated society. The responsibilities of teachers have grown tremendously over the years as they not only have to educate but also confront a host of issues and challenges,” persuaded the DC.

Yhome also urged teach-ers to maintain ‘accountabil-ity, humanity and respect-ability’ in the best interests of students and society.

Deputy District Edu-cation Officer Dimapur, Amongla Jamir delivered welcome address and chair-man of Livingstone Founda-tion HSS –cum- president All Nagaland Private Schools Association (ANPSA), An-drew Ahoto exhorted on the significance of Teachers’ Day.Pfutsero: A combined Teachers’ Day celebration was held in Pfutsero or-ganised by Pfutsero Town Schools Association (PTSA) with minister of Environ-ment, Forest & Climate Change, Neiba Kronu, as the chief guest.

Kronu, in his speech, congratulated the teach-ers and students for their laudable work and also appreciated the PTSA for organising such event in a grand manner. He reiter-ated his commitment to extend financial assistance to PTSA for awarding deserv-ing teachers and meritorious students every year as long as he is the elected leader of the 16 Pfutsero assembly constituency.

He highlighted on recent development such as recog-nition of Pfutsero Govern-ment College, up-gradation of Government High School Pfutsero to Government Higher Secondary School and construction of new classrooms. He also in-formed that opening of a science stream has been ap-

proved adding the skill devel-opment centre will be made functional by next year.

The minister also exhort-ed the students to be ready for the future armed with proper and relevant skills. MITE: Modern Institute of Teacher Education (MITE), Kohima, celebrated Teach-ers’ Day in the college Audi-torium. The programme was chaired by Khrowelo Thopi and Lipoksongla Imsong and Newkai of 3rd semester spoke on the significance of the day.

Pelee Hekha, Managing Director of MITE, exhorted about the importance of skill-based education and its significance with chang-ing times. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks delivered by Wa-tikokba Longkumer.SCHE: Salesian College of Higher Education (SCHE) celebrated Teachers’ Day in its auditorium. Addressing the students, the College Principal Fr. Dr. Policarp Xalxo exhorted both the stu-dents and teachers to strive towards excellence and qual-ity education. He also placed on record the hard work and dedication of the teachers in imparting knowledge and values for the betterment of the students.

In his speech, Rector of SCHE, Fr. Tom Karthik said that teachers play vital role in making society a better place to live in. The objective of a good teacher is to enable the students to learn, grow and live a good stable life in the society, he mentioned.

The programme also

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Chairman Manidco Yumnam Radheshyam distributing state award to Jessami school teacher during Teachers Day function in Imphal on Tuesday.

Manipur observes Teacher’s Day

Search at former Manipur bureaucrat’s residence

Power demand in NE to rise by 4,000 MW in 5 years: official

Efforts on to create Hindu Rashtra: Tripura CM

Arunachal Pradesh health minister diesAICSU welcomes Mizoram Govt’s report to the NHRC Landslides in Manipur

Assam University Diphu Campus observes Black day

NEDA for development, ‘Cong-mukt’ NE: BJP

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New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the purpose of North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) is to develop the region and make it Congress-free.

“NEDA is a political platform but BJP President Amit Shah has said that apart from pursuing a

political objective, we should also talk about economy and bringing about an emotional integration in the region,” Sarma said at the second conclave of NEDA here.

“It is an alliance of parties that are concerned about the development of Northeast and about making it Congress-mukt. We are working towards that,” he said.

Sarma is the Convener of NEDA, which is a coalition between the BJP and various regional political parties of the northeast.

He said that three states -- Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram -- that did not have BJP governments were not participating in the conclave, but representatives from different parties of these states were

attending.“The three states are not

participating for obvious reasons but important political parties of these states are present in the meeting,” he said.

“These party representatives have raised very specific issues which have been noted down by our president,” he added.

Imphal, Sep. 5 (PTI): The res idence o f a fo r mer top bureaucrat of Manipur, whose name figured in the FIR lodged against a former chief minister and f ive others for a l leged financial irregularities, has been searched, a senior police officer said today.

The search was carried out at the residence of the former project director of Manipur Development Society (MDS) Y Ningthem in Imphal West district yesterday following a search warrant issued by a court, the police officer said.

The result of the search was not known, he said.

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figured in the FIR lodged against former Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh and five former top bureaucrats of the state, for alleged financial irregularities in the MDS.

The five former bureaucrats include three former chief secretaries and two officers of the MDS.

The search warrant was issued after Imphal sub divisional police office (SDPO) PS A Ghanashyam Sharma had filed an application prayer in the court in connection wi th the a l l eged f inanc ia l irregularities in the MDS.

Meanwhile, Congress MLA N Loken Singh at a programme yesterday, had termed the act of

registering the FIR against the former chief minister and the former bureaucrats as political vendetta.

However, Health Minister L Jayantakumar Singh in the BJP-led coalition government, denied the charge.

The former chief minister and the five others were charged of cheating, criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, and misconduct by a public servant in the FIR lodged by Th Munindro Singh, Joint Secretary, Planning at Imphal police station on September 1.

The FIR was lodged on the basis of an enquiry report submitted by the Vigi lance department.

The vigilance report had said that the former chief minister “is required to be examined and record his statement as he was the chairman of MDS from July 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014.

O Ibobi Singh and two former chief secretaries named in the FIR had denied the charges and termed it as a fabrication , a day after the FIR was lodged.

Before the state assembly elections in March 2017, the BJP had promised in its election manifesto that all financial scams in the last 15 years would be probed.

O Ibobi Singh was the chief minister for three terms beginning 2002 till March 2017.

Radheshyam Singh said what we are today is because of teachers, they are thr main contributing force that human resource development can be made possible in society.

L a u d i n g t h e contributions made by private schools in education sector in the State, Radheshyam a p p e a l e d t o a l l t h e stakeholders to co-operate with the Government in bringing a major change in the sector in days to come. He said Dhanamanjuri University Bill and other two bills regarding regulations, control and checking of private schools and private coaching/tuition centres will be implemented soon.

Altogether, 10 teachers were awarded with State Te a c h e r s Awa r d a n d teachers selected for their contributions in Green School Campaign were also felicitated in the function. A book named “Education in Manipur” written by Dr S Jamini Devi was also released.

Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): The All India Chakma Students’ Union, the apex student’s body of the Chakmas of India, welcomed the report submitted by the Mizoram Government to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that the Chakma population data from 1901 to 1941 as presented by the Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA) are false and fabricated, this was reported through a press release.

It stated, in 2014 the Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA), the largest NGO of Mizos in Mizoram, wanted to conduct the “Head Count” Census on the Chakma Buddhist minor i t i e s o f Mizoram. The Chakmas protested this “proposed unconstitutional and discriminatory Head Count census” by non-state actors and filed a complaint before the NHRC.

T h e C Y M A c l a i m e d that Chakmas’ population in Mizoram was 198 in 1901; 306 in 1911; 680 in 1921; 863 in 1931; 5,088 in 1941; 15,297 in 1951; 19,337 in 1961; 22,393 in 1971; 39,638 1981; 54,217 in 1991; 71,283 in 2001 and 96,972 in 2011. It claimed that these data were taken from the Census data. Based on these socalled “Census data”

the CYMA alleged that the rapid growth rate of Chakmas’ population was due to illegal infiltration from Bangladesh and therefore illegal Chakma foreigners must be identified, it added.

But, now it has come to light that the Mizoram government has clarified that the so called Census data on Chakmas from 1901 to 1941 as claimed by the CYMA are not genuine. The State government has validated Chakma population data only from Census 1951 to Census 2011 which did not show any abnormal growth rate of Chakmas.

La lhr ia tpuia , De puty Secretary to the Government of Mizoram, Home Department in his official response on behalf of the Government of Mizoram vide letter No. C-18018/74/2014-HM(HR) dated April 10th 2015 informed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that:“Census figures indicating the population of Chakmas in Mizoram starting from Census 1951 to Census 2011 has been obtained from Census Directorate and the same are enclosed at Annex-I along with background notes. The Central Young Mizo Associat ion (CYMA), i s of the considered view that

the ballooning of Chakmas’ population in Mizoram is due to continuing influx of Chakmas from Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh and cannot be attributed to birth alone of Chakmas possessing Indian citizenship living in Mizoram. The veracity of the census figures between 1901 and 1941 cannot be ascertained as the same are not available with the Census Directorate, Mizoram.

It further stated that, the state government of Mizoram was of the view that CYMA’s “Head Count” campaign was illegal and meant to “vitiate communal harmony in the State”.

“It is now clear from the facts clarified by the Mizoram government that some Mizo NGOs have been launching anti-Chakma campaigns all these years based on falsified, fabricated and manufactured population figures of Chakmas which they falsely claimed to be from official Census data. The State’s response to the NHRC has exposed all those who have been carrying out their communal agenda to target members of a particular community based on their ethnic origin”- stated All India Chakma Students Union (AICSU) in a statement released to the media.

Our Correspondent Diphu, Sep. 5 (EMN): Along with the rest of country a national wide protest which was organised by All India Federation of University & college Teacher’s Organisation (AIFUCTO) against the delay of implementation o f U n ive r s i t y G r a n t Commission (UGC) 7th Pay Revision Commission by the Government of India on the day Teacher’s Day and also observed Black day.

In support of AIFUCTO, the Assam University Diphu Campus Teacher’s Association (AUDCTA) has organised sit for protest in front of the Semson Sing Engti Administrative building of Assam University Diphu Campus. More than 90 percent of teaching faculties of AUDC were participated in the protest. The demonstration started in the afternoon around 1PM-2PM without hampering the regular classes. The

teaching faculties were also seen wearing black ribbon in protest against their demand.

The Association also submitted memorandum to Pro-vice Chancellor, in charge , Prof. Ratan Barman.The demands of AUDCTA are immediate publication and implementation of UGC 7th Pay Revision commission in consultation with All India Federation of University & College Teacher’s Organisation

( A I F U C T O ) , 1 0 0 % financial assistance from c e n t r a l g o v e r n m e n t at least for five years for uniform and simultaneous implementation of 7th pay commission for university and college teachers,rejection of pension scheme 2004 and Pension for all the teachers and scrapping of API and existing dates for Orientation & refresher courses.

Dr. Vulli Dhanaraju, G e n e r a l S e c r e t a r y, AUDCTA informed that,

this is the first time in History of India that higher teachers community are refusing to participate in the occasion of Teacher’s Day and observe as Black day . The protest is quit peaceful. He also said that if the central government is not giving important on their demands toward the higher teacher’s community they will further move for another democratic movement in the near future.

Our CorrespondentImphal, Sep. 5 (EMN): With the continuation of seasonal drizzling, landslide continues in different parts of Manipur’s hill district blocking the inter-village road besides damaging houses in the last 24 hours.

The landslide at New Lambulane area under ward number III of Tamenglong district headquarters, about 150 km west of here, has washed away a potion of houses and fortunately there was no human casualty in the incident that happen around 10.30 last night.

As a result, the approach road between New Lambulane to Tamenglong Market has been completely cut off.

Meanwhile, new Lambulane village authority urged the concerned authority to look into the matter and clear areas to resume normal life.

In another development, a sudden landslide at a place between Purul and Sirong village in Manipur’s Senapati district has blocked the inter-village road around 12.30 p.m. on Monday forcing the passer bys to return back before reaching their destination. In the recent past Manipur had been experiencing flash flood and landslides at various parts of the state. The worst landslide that took place in the recent past was at Sirarakhong village under Ukhrul district and Kalikhola under Kangpokpi district forcing the villagers to vacate their houses and rebuilt at a safer places.

Similarly the recent landslide at Mao area along Imphal-Mao sector of National Highway 2 and near Sinam village along the Imphal-Jiribam sector of the National Highway 37 also severely affects the vehicular movement on the highways.

Itanagar, Sep. 5 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister Jomde Kena died at a private hospital in Guwahati after prolonged illness, family sources said today.

52-year old Kena, a resident of Gensi village in Lower Siang district was undergoing treatment at Guwahati for the past one month. He died last night, the sources said.

Kena, who represented Likabali constituency, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2004.

He was re-elected to the House from the

same constituency in 2009 and 2014.Kena was elected as Deputy Speaker

during Nabam Tuki Government and served as Parliamentary Secretary under the Dorjee Khandu and Jarbom Gamlin ministries. He is survived by his wife, four daughters and two sons.

The mortal remains of Kena would be flown to Naharlagun today from Guwahati and then to his native village Gensi where the last rites would be performed tomorrow.

The state government has declared two days state mourning from today and announced a holiday tomorrow.

Agartala, Sep. 5 (IANS): Those who betrayed India’s freedom movement are now trying to create a “Hindu Rashtra”, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Tuesday.

“Those who betrayed India’s freedom struggle and worked as agents of the British rulers are now trying to establish ‘Hindu Rashtra’, changing the secular character of the

country,” he said, without naming any organisation or individual.

Sarkar, a leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), said: “We are not against Hindus or Hinduism. We want the country for all people irrespective of caste, creed and religion.”

Addressing teachers on Teachers Day, he said that not only secular values but

even democracy was under attack in India.

Renowned educationist and award winning writer Aparajita Roy has been awarded this year’s Tripura gover nment ’s h ighes t teacher award - Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Award.

Besides, 20 teachers, six retired teachers and 11 schools were felicitated for their performance.

Shillong, Sep. 5 (PTI): The demand for power in the North East region will rise to the tune of 4,000 MW in the next five years with increase in electrification, North Eastern Council economic adviser W Synrem said today.

“It is projected that the demand of power in the region will substantially increase to the tune of 3,500-4,000 MW in a span of five years, as we progress towards electrification in villages and increase the number of industries,” Synrem said at a conference here.

As of March this year, he said, 40,140 villages (96 per cent) out of the 42,435 villages in the region have

been electrified, even as Sikkim and Tripura have achieved 100 per cent, while in Arunachal Pradesh, it is only 77 per cent.

The North Eastern Regional Power Committee, in its report for October last year, had stated the power requirement for the region was 2,553 MW with availability of 2,525 MW, resulting in a shortfall of 1.1 per cent (28 MW).

H e s a i d N E C h a s contributed to generation of 694.5 MW of power, and another six renewable resources energy projects with capacity of 6 MW are expected to be completed within this financial year.

The NEC has also taken

up survey and investigation works of potential hydro projects in the region.

He said, the NE region has a long way to go in terms of power generation, as only three per cent potential has been tapped till date, according to the Central Electric Authority, which has indicated that only 2,000 MW has been generated from a total capacity of 63,257 MW.

The NEC has entrusted the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd to survey and implement the Rs 11,348.5-crore North Eastern Regional Power Sector Investment Programme, funded by the Centre and the World Bank, he added.

Our CorrespondentImphal, Sep. 5 (EMN): Teacher’s Day celebration was widely observed in Manipur too on Tuesday. Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh along with Education Minister Th Radheshyam Singh leading the people to pay floral tribute to the portrait of departed educationist Dr S Radhakrishnan at the state level celebration was held at auditorium of Manipur State Film Development Society in Imphal.

Delivering his speech

during the gathering, J o y k u m a r s a i d t h e re la t ionsh ip be tween teachers and students were encouraging in olden days as there were regular c o m p e t i t i o n s a m o n g students besides holding regular social services activities every weekend etc. He also appreciated the Green School Campaign undertaken in the State besides appealing to take pledge by the teachers and students to teach and learn for a meaningful future.

On the other hand

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Alemla Yalem and Temjensoba at the farewell programme on Aug 31.

Two extor onists arrested by Assam Rifles in Kohima in August 31.

(Inset) Azenuo Pienyu, delivering the introductory note during induc on programme for staff at SIRD, Kohima, on September 5. Also seen in the picture are resource persons and trainees at the ongoing programme.

Banks sans Aadhaar enrolment centres face Rs 20k fine from October

NTC resents delay in SARDP project

AR nabs to extortions

KDCC urges govt on welfare activities

New Delhi, Sep. 5 (PTI): The UIDAI has given banks one more month to open Aadhaar enrol-ment centres in a stipulated 10 per cent of branches and will impose Rs 20,000 as fine per uncovered branch after September 30, CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said on Tuesday.

The Unique Identification Au-thority of India (UIDAI), in July, had asked private as well as public banks to open Aadhaar enrolment and updation facility in one out of 10 branches by August-end.

The reprieve of one month has now been granted as many banks sought additional time from the authority for setting up such facility on their premises.

“Banks approached us saying they need more time, so we have

given them till September 30 to set up the facility.

Non-compliance after the deadline will attract a fine of Rs 20,000 per uncovered branch every month,” Pandey told PTI.

This means a bank with 100 branches will need to have Aadhaar enrolment facility in 10 branches.

Failure to open the stipulated facility in, say, five branches even after expiry of the September 30 deadline, would mean that the bank will have to cough up penalty of Rs 1 lakh in the first month itself (at the rate of Rs 20,000 per uncov-ered branch).

Similarly, the penalty will be imposed in subsequent months, also based on the branches that are left uncovered.

Aadhaar, the 12-digit biometric

identity number, is required for opening of bank accounts and financial transaction of Rs 50,000 and above.

Existing bank account hold-ers too are required to furnish the Aadhaar number by December 31, 2017.

“This (enrolment facility in bank premises) was done for con-venience of people. Given the requirement of linking Aadhaar with existing bank account and for new bank accounts, having the enrolment and updation facilities within the branches (10 per cent) will ensure that people do not face any difficulty,” Pandey explained the rationale.

Many banks have informed the authority that the process of procuring biometric devices, cer-

tification of enrolment operators and identifying enrolment agencies is still on.

“We wanted to give banks a rea-sonable time to set up the required infrastructure, and one month is a reasonable time,” Pandey said, adding that he did not anticipate any further delay by banks to have the enrolment facilities in place.

The PSU and private banks have been informed about the extension.

There are 1,20,000 bank branches in the country and with this move, 12,000 Aadhaar enrol-ment and updation centres will have to be set up in those branches.

Many banks are already reg-istrars, but they do not have en-rolment centres inside the bank premises on Tuesday.

Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has expressed displeasure at the State government for holding the process of the ongoing SARDP project of 2 lanning Longleng-Changtongya road, Mon-Tamlu-Mer-angkong road, Phek-Pfutsero road and Zunheboto-Chakabama road in Nagaland.

It may be recalled that the CA was entered between CE (PWD), Naga-land, and M/s Maytas-Gayatri (JV) in February 2011 with amount of Rs 1130.66 crore to be commence from February, 2011. However, due to seri-ous disputes arose between the contrac-tor and the authorities, the contractor abandoned the work.

After series of litigations, Supreme Court of India had finally ordered the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to retender the contract by initiating fresh process. The court also directed the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and

Government of Nagaland to ensure completion of the project within a pe-riod of three years and six months from January 11, 2017.

As per the Supreme Court judge-ment dated January 11, 2017, the MoRTH and the State of Nagaland, have to ensure completion of the project within a period of 3 years and 6 months. The MoRTH was directed to conduct fresh tender of the project by following the contemplated procedure. The Supreme Court also directed the State government to make available encumbrance free land required for improvement of two lane highways.

As per the authority of the NHID-CL, the MoRTH had prepared for re-tendering process but the State was yet to provide land encumbrance free clear-ance even after a lapse of 7 calendar months thereby forgoing one workable season. The NHIDCL was fully pre-pared to implement the project on EPC basis which will be transparent and no

interference from any other authorities where jobs completion reports will be subjected to physical verification back by photography and visual evidences for any clearance to pay the contractors.

It was of paramount importance for the State to give encumbrance free clearance, without which the project execution cannot proceed.

Meanwhile, NTC has appreciated the State chief secretary for his assur-ance to expedite necessary process to give land encumbrances free clearance without any further delay. NTC also appreciated the authority of NHIDCL for preparedness and assurances to give priority to the project which is a lifeline for the citizens of the state.

In the light of the above stated circumstances, NTC appealed to all concerned particularly the villages in the localities to give all possible coop-eration for smooth execution of work so that the work will be completed within the stipulated time frame.

Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): Department of Agriculture has organised a farewell programme in honour of its retiring officers Temjen-soba, Joint Director, and Alemla Yalem, Assistant

Superintendent, on August 31 in the Directorate confer-ence hall.

Helie Rupre-o, Director of Agriculture, congratu-lated the retiring officers for successfully complet-

KOHIMA, SEP. 5 (EMN): As part of the induction process, newly recruited area coordinators of the Nagaland State Rural Live-lihoods Mission (NSRLM) under the Rural Develop-ment Department are cur-rently undergoing a five-day intensive induction and immersion programme at SIRD, Kohima.

The programme be-gan on September 5 at the SIRD conference hall with Azenuo Pienyü, Ad-ditional Mission Director

of NRLM. In her speech, she encouraged the staff to work in a true mission mode with the objective to uplift rural poor. She em-phasised the need to work with humility so as to better connect with the people at the grassroots level.

She further stressed on the importance of respect-ing each other while per-forming duties and to give one’s best in order to bring laurels to both the mission and the community as well.

Overview on NRLM

was delivered by Imonen-la Imkong Phom, State Programme Manager for M&E/MIS.

Trainees will be in-troduced to the various concepts of NRLM with focus on key thematic areas such as social mobilisation and social inclusion, liveli-hoods, financial inclusion and management, gender and convergence, capac-ity building, visioning and leadership.

They wi l l a l so get trained as per their job re-

Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): Kohima District Congress Committee (KDCC) has demanded the government of the day to concentrate on public welfare activities particularly to take up im-mediate maintenance of the road throughout the State.

KDCC made this de-mand during its emergency consultative meeting with all its frontal organisations, including district youth, district NSUI and district mahila and the presidents of the seven assembly constitu-ency congress committee at Congress Bhavan Kohima on September.

The meet held thread-bare discussion on the present internal crisis within the ruling NPF Party which has been causing immense difficulties to the general public with the elected rep-

resentatives only concentrat-ing for their own self-vested power game. It felt that the tussle for power has left the general public suffer with no developmental activities while the only communica-tion system for all purpose, i.e. the roads sector have re-mains untouched to become the most deplorable roads anywhere in the country. In this regards, the house demanded the government to concentrate on public welfare activities particularly by taking up maintenance of the road immediately throughout the State.

Meanwhile, KDCC has appreciated ACAUT Na-galand for holding the mass public rally against all forms of corruptions prevailing in the State and decided to ex-tend fullest support to their demands made through the

public rally for institutions of CBI investigation into the infamous MKR Pillai’s case and enquiry by Central agencies into PDS scams, fuel adulteration and other development funds.

KDCC has also strongly condemned the brutal killing of a taxi driver on September 2 last by unknown miscre-ants. Stating that such hei-nous crime has exposed seri-ous security lapses, KDCC urged the district administra-tion to remain extra vigil so as to restore the trust upon the scared general public.

KDCC also fervently ap-pealed to the public to attend the NPCC public meeting scheduled on September 8 at 11 AM at Congress Bhavan, Kohima.

This was stated in press release issued by KDCC president Kevi Vizo.

NRLM staff training underway in Kohimaquirements and field visits for Participatory Rural Ap-praisal (PRA) exercises.

After the induction process, as per the capac-ity building plans for any staff under NRLM, the new recruits would be sent for field immersion in the NRLM resource blocks for hands-on training and experience gaining.

ing 35 years of service in good health. He lauded the officers for their valuable contributions toward the department and wished them a happy retired life. L Imtitemjen, Additional Director, read the service profile of retiring officers.

O u t g o i n g o f f i c e r s Temjensoba and Alemla Yalem have expressed joy, happiness and thanked the

Almighty God and the de-partment for giving their fullest support and coopera-tion throughout their entire service career.

Farewell speech on be-half of Directorate officers and staff was delivered by Thungjamo Lotha, while short speeches were deliv-ered by Sosang Jamir, Ikuto Zhimomi, Nosezole and Ghotoni.

Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): Troops of 3 Assam Rifles, during an operation in gen-eral area BOC, Kohima on August 31, apprehended two alleged illegal extor-tionist of NSCN (Reforma-tion) near Teen patti.

The two accused were identified as ‘Self Style’ Captain Akahoto Yeptho-

mi, son of late Hokhevi Yepthomi and resident of Viyixe village in Zunhe-boto district, and Kashika Jakhalu (Civil wing), son of late Kohoto Jakhalu of Nihoto village in Dimapur district.

The two accused along-with the recovered extortion notes were handed over to

OC, South Police Station, Kohima, for further investi-gation, Assam Rifles release said in a delayed report.

In an unrelated incident, troops of 36 Assam Rifles alongwith police represent-ative launched an operation at general in Burma Camp, Dimapur, on September 5 and arrested 12 individuals with 5292 cases of liquor worth approximately Rs 2 crores and two unregistered Gypsy cars.

The apprehendees re-vealed that the godown be-longed to one Mompamo, resident of Kohima, and was being used as transit for smuggling of illicit IMFL from Assam to Dimapur and neighbouring areas.

An FIR was lodged against the godown owner and the apprehendees and the recovered liquor were handed over to East Police Station, Dimapur, for fur-ther investigation, it said.

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DIMAPUR, WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 6 , 2017

EASTERN MIRROR

Preachers of change

It was during the eighties that many Naga preachers, not nec-essarily religious, made use of the pulpits to expound the need for reformation of the Naga society. It is said that it became part of almost every speech, address or sermon es-

pecially directed at the youth in the state. Some went up to the extent of saying “Revolution not Reformation”. Looking back it sometimes raises the question as what could have been so bad during the eighties in Nagaland that prompted so many of those speakers, or say preachers of change, to say so. Although there was instability in the government especially in the later part of the decade that resulted in newer forms of politics being played out in the streets, the scene was incomparable to the present times. There were no sudden shootouts between the security forces and the armed Naga Nationalist groups. There were no factional fights among the Naga Political Groups; in fact there were only two distinct groups the Naga National Council and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland those days. The tension may have been brewing from then on but it was still not out on the streets, unlike the decade the followed. It is agreed that Naga Nation-alism had still not died down even among the members of the public and the internal tussle existed. One group genuinely trying their best to make Nagaland State work while the other group only too eager to state that the flow of “Indian money” is out to finally finish the Nagas. Nonetheless chances of some from both the camps who played their roles more the rest are likely. The eighties witnessed the killing of two school kids at Kohima during a Naga Students’ Federation sponsored rally that became violent. The eighties also witnessed the do or die attitude of the state’s lawmakers to form governments. It is reported that the cul-ture of keeping MLAs isolated, very much akin to the Kaziranga camps started in the eighties. The only difference then was that mostly the MLAs were housed within Army/Police camps. At one point the tussle in the government formation led to the assas-sination attempt on the life of the Speaker of the House. It also cannot be denied that the eighties witnessed the unprecedented flow of money and alcohol during elections which resulted in the forceful introduction of the total prohibition Bill in the Assem-bly due to the pressure from the church bodies and the women groups. Those who were in the ruling party those days still point their fingers to the then opposition of playing a big hand in the NLTP Act. Also, at one point some new radical group like the Naga Youth Liberation Front also was in the scene for a short while. Whether the storm was still brewing within or was has-tened by the calls of reformation and revolution, the Nagas in-stead faced the worst case of tribalism starting from the nine-ties. It seemed that along with the call for change the sermons for bettering one’s own especially the tribe may have happened in almost all the nooks and corners of the state. The rise of so many associations and unions and those groups locally christened as Common Platforms, for reforming and revolutionising the state was the breeding ground of segmentation and divisions. The church was also not left far behind. Nepotism therefore finally became a virtue, the one evil that is strangling the Naga society slowly. The split of the Naga Political Groups into so many fac-tions is therefore not be a big surprise as the public themselves are so divided. Therefore it may be concluded that either the preach-ers of the eighties though were correct their mission got hijacked. It may also be concluded that the preachers then had a rough idea of a goal but not a roadmap. It might also be that some were even misled by men with greater influence. So the call for change, ref-ormation or revolution still exists today but except for the benefits of the new technologies and development brought about with the advancement in the world the Naga society seems yet to find the true meaning of change, a change from within. It has become all the more pertinent for the public especially the silent majority to be taught how to logically analyse the many preachers of change that exists in the society at present.

Rev. Zhiwhuotho Katiry

As we all are facing the im-broglio in Dimapur Town due to the drainage prob-lems and the pathetic road

condition, which sole reason lies to the fact that we have lack of drainage and no proper maintenance of it by the labourers of State and National Highways.

The poor drainage systems did major damages to Dimapur town dur-ing the monsoon season by flooding the areas and many were homeless at that hour.

I would like to let you know that the present situation in Dimapur is

getting worse day by day due to the poor functioning and negligence of the PWD and the Government. It is common to see that the streets of the city are flooded with water as the sum-mer season approaches, with a poor drainage system the surrounding areas usually gets engulfed in flood water, if the same condition prevails few more years there will be chance of spread-ing diseases. It seems that the depart-ment is not willing to fix the problem even though the problem is damaging the whole town.

Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) Labourers cleaned the drain-

age between Metro Hospital and D.C. Court along with the public who re-side at the surroundings area which took a total of 4 days.

Flooding has been a big concern owing to the poor drainage infrastruc-ture in the town, the concern depart-ment workers are paying no heed to it.

So, I would like to know that why the State and National Highway Labourers are getting their salaries? Without doing the work that they are paid for? Even the Govt. offices surroundings drainage system gets clogged because of non cleaning by the office labourers, then what is the

use to pay? If the DMC are only go-ing to work for the drainage, then the government should stop paying the labourers under National Highway and State, or the Government instead of using them in their own farms and houses, the Labourers should work under DMC to improve the drainage system. Therefore, I would like to ap-peal the concerned authorities to look into the matter and improve the drain-age system at the earliest to stop dis-eases and ill health to the people in the town..

H.Y. Swu GB. Supply Colony

The aftermath of the attacked on 14th Assam Rifles post at Thuda (Phor) Village and the shooting down of the Dakota by the Naga undergrounds had terrible repercussions on

the innocent civil populace. The Indian Armed forc-es, like a pachyderm, went on a rampage arresting, torturing, killing innocent people and burning down houses and granaries by unleashing their anger on the innocent villagers.

On the fateful day of 6th September 1960 at around 10:00AM, the 16th Punjab Regiment of In-dian army came to my Village (Matikhrü), and sur-rounded the village in three rings to prevent the vil-lagers from the any possible escape. The soldiers in their raging voice called all the villagers out from their house and start beating and hitting them with their boots and gun butts mercilessly demanding the in-nocent villagers to tell where the undergrounds were hiding and where their guns were kept. One of the villagers who knew a little smattering Hindi pleaded with the army of their ignorance but the more they pleaded for mercy the more they were beaten. One of them who raise folded hands to plea for mercy had his hands smashed with a wooden block. Some of their wives and children were weeping loudly on see-ing what was happening around, while other stood speechless due to fear. The whole day the men folks were tortured in full view of their children. The tor-ture went on until their ribs and legs were broken. When one of the victims, Pongoi , who was lying on the ground with broken ribs was being brought water by his wife, it was knocked away by one of the soldiers. I was seven (7) years old boy, but still I vividly remember what my father’s said to me, I had bend-down to hear my father’s last word, because he could not even sit-up, his whole body and face carried congealed blood, his nose and lips all swollen and bloated., I had earlier seen that my father’s face being lacerated by a spear handle, my father held me with the last strands of his strength and told me, “son the devils are not going to spare our lives. Don’t quarrel among yourselves; love your mummy as she is going to take care of you.”

By evening all women and children were threat-ened to leave the village quickly. Mr. Resipa,who was lying unconscious was awaked by one of the soldiers and told him to flee to the jungle quickly, he would recall even today how at least one among many sol-

diers had human emotion of love. Not before long we fled to the jungle we could hear the sound of gun shots. We could also hear the burning of our houses and granaries. All the men folk were then dragged inside Thah’s house of village chief, and were made to sit on the floor in row like lambs ready to be slaughtered. One of the soldiers brought a sharp bladed Dao. When Thah, saw it he quickly sensed that they were going to be butchered to death, and thus shouted to his friends, “ It is a man’s pride to sacrifice for his birth right, and I shall never surrender nor compromise. I am ready to sacrifice my life for the future generation of the Nagas.” Before he could utter more words, Pogholo, who was sitting on the first line was chopped-off his head in front of oth-ers leaving the torso rolling on the ground; unable to be bear the horrid sight, Mr. Kekhwezü, with all his might pushed the rear door and escaped from the jaw of death. The soldiers were guarding in the rear side of the house sprayed bullets at him but miraculously none hit him except one which hit blew away on of his fingers. Although, fear dulled sense he could hear his friends screaming as the Indian army beheaded them. It is a commonly belief among the Nagas that in any such situation of danger one man always es-capes to carry the tale to the living ones. Although, he (Kekhwezü) he escaped miraculously through God’s providence, he died after a few days due to emotional shock following a stressful event.

A total of nine (9) innocent villagers on that fate-ful day. 1.Thah.village chief. GF/O.Rev.Zhiwhuot-ho.2. Mezitso. F/o. Rev, Zhiwhuotho.3.Pongoi. F/O. Lt.Kekhwezülo. 4. Pogholo.F/O,Lt. Rosiepa. 5.Eyechü. F/O ,Resipa. 6. Kezükhwelo.s/o,Lt. Eye-chü. 7.Zasituo.Psator s/o. Lt. Lashupa. 8. Thitu. H/O Mrs.Rhütarüh. and 9.Kekhwezü.F/O,Mrs Kezüngulolu.

The pitiless Indian army Jawans did not even spare the dead bodies to let the loves ones perform the last rites, instead all the dead bodies were dumped inside the house and set on fire. All the houses and granaries were reduced. The women and children who had fled to the jungle to evade the dreaded hor-ror came back the next morning only to find heaps of the ashes. One of the victim, Thitu was found by his wife Mrs.Rhütarüh, one of the master courage among the women who came back and witness semi-conscious state as though he was waiting to utter a few words to his wife. Pastor, Zasituo who was lying other side with fatal wounds breath his last when his

mother put on her lap.Then the women scurried away after burying the

dead bodies fearing that the soldiers might come back and torture them. After a few days the Indian soldiers came back and exhumed the dead bodies and burned to ashes.The Exodus and Suffering in the Wilderness Set into the Bereaved Mothers’ and ChildrenAfter abandoning the village on 6th September 1960,we could not enter into any of neighbouring vil-lages due to fear of similar atrocities by Indian army, like fugitive we were wandering and hiding in the jun-gles for the next one month. I can still vividly recollect how we went through terrible nightmares of suffer-ings and starvation.

Our exodus began from Potsüda (our terrace field) to Soraphung and thence to Losami village for about one and half months. However, in the month of November 1960, we came back from Losami to our native village for harvest, from there our under-ground brothers came and escorted us to Sathi camp in Burma side, where we sojourned with the Naga underground brothers for one and half years.

Gavin Young of London Observer came and visit us in the last part of 1961,at Sathi camp. In his book “INDO NAGA WAR” at page 29,30 he had mentioned that during his visit, when he met us we were only a pathetic thirty people survived said one of the surviving woman and on a photograph one can see some males, females and children standing near a medical officer in torn and tattered clothes.”

As we could not longer remain in jungle we dis-persed to different villages. In January 1963, after New year celebration we came back to our old and abandoned village for re-established ourselves, al-though, normal lives could not be restored for many years.

We are grateful to Shri. Yitachu, under whose President-ship in 1993,of Pochury Students’ Union initiated in observing 6th September as “Pochury Black Day” and it has been observed every year since then.

We all must speak out the names of those who had sacrificed their precious lives for the cause of our Naga birth right as the Bible says in Proverb 31:8, “Open your mouth for the speechless in the cause of all who appointed to die.”

One generation shall pass away but the memory of Matikhrü massacre shall not pass away and will ever live in our memory.

Appeal to the Vigiliance Commissioner and the Department of State and National Highway Labourers

Living Eyewitness - Pochury Black Day, and Massacre of Matikhrü VillageREADERS’ MIRROR VIEWS & REVIEWS

God is our greatest help in times of distress.

As a teenager, when I became overwhelmed by enormous challenges or high-stakes decisions, my mother taught me the merits of putting pen to paper to gain perspective. When I was uncertain whether to take specific classes or which job

to pursue, or how to cope with the frightening realities of adulthood, I learned her habit of writing out the basic facts and the possible courses of action with their likely outcomes. After pouring my heart onto the page, I was able to step back from the problem and view it more objectively than my emotions allowed.

Just as recording my thoughts on paper offered me fresh per-spective, pouring our hearts out to God in prayer helps us gain His perspective and remind us of His power. King Hezekiah did just that after receiving a daunting letter from an ominous adversary. The Assyrians threatened to destroy Jerusalem as they had many other nations. Hezekiah spread out the letter before the Lord, prayerfully calling on Him to deliver the people so that the world would recog-nize He “alone . . . [is] God” (2 Kings 19:19).

When we’re faced with a situation that brings anxiety, fear, or a deep awareness that getting through it will require more than what we have, let’s follow in Hezekiah’s footsteps and run straight to the Lord. Like him, we too can lay our problem before God and trust Him to guide our steps and calm our uneasy hearts.

Give It to God

DAILYPATH

Many students walk into Economics class without any planning. After some-time they realize their

mistake and want to turn back but by then they may be too late. They are compelled to hang on to the subject ir-respective of whether they have the ap-titude for it or not. They cannot switch to other subject for honours, at the same time they do not wish to opt for General Course only. The result is, poor performance, followed by frustration and dissatisfaction. And finally, poor performance in academics, that could lessen their prospects of good employ-ment in future. Obviously, having stud-ied a subject, if one cannot excel in it, then it will naturally bring despair and frustration to the student.

There are 3 (2 compulsory and 1 op-tional) Quantitative papers (Mathemat-ics oriented) in the Syllabus of under-graduate course in Arts. So, unless one is good in mathematics it is not possible to do well in this subject. Hence, if one is to opt for Economics, he/she should have a basic knowledge and ability in Mathematics. Unless one is prepared

accordingly, he/she should not waste his/her time in opting for economics.

In modern times, mathematics is widely used as a language to explain and understand the economic princi-ples and theories. By using quantitative methods, one is able to derive more ac-curate results in studying the economic problems. And therefore, seeing the ad-vantage of using mathematics, of late, more and more economists are produc-ing mathematical oriented text books. Thus, it becomes necessary for students to master the quantitative techniques (mathematics) before they embark on the study of the subject. The study of economics in the past was more theoret-ical like the fact that Adam Smith, the Father of Economics, did not use any mathematics to express his wonderful ideas. So also students could study eco-nomics without mathematics then. But later on, scholars began employing sci-entific techniques to study problems of economics which gave them more ac-curate results. This prompted majority of authors to write Economics books in mathematics.

Global as well as country level de-

bate is on whether to turn economics into a highly mathematical oriented subject so as to make it equivalent to pure science or not. While the debate is inconclusive, the general tendency is in favour of making mathematics an indis-pensable tool for study of economics. Under such situation, the student is left with no alternative but to acquire basic knowledge of mathematics so that he will be able to access the resources in the subject. Accordingly if one does not have the required ability for the subject, he should not opt for it so as to avoid unnecessary problems in the future.

Having said this, the most advis-able course for a student aspiring to study economics is to do well in HSLC mathematics paper. At the 10+2 level also he should take up mathematics as main subject irrespective of whether he studies Arts or Science. For that matter the best preparatory course for BA Eco-nomics will be Class XI, XII Science with Mathematics and Physics. Why Physics here? The fact is that many economic principles are influenced by Physics, and so anyone having Physics background will have advantage of un-

derstanding the subject better. This takes our discussion a bit fur-

ther to the location of Economics Sub-ject in the institutions. As indirectly mentioned above, the best combination for the subject being Economics, Math-ematics and Physics, Economics should be located in Colleges where there is Science Stream. Accordingly, those who offer the above 3 subjects may be preferably awarded BSc Economics degree rather than BA Economics. For this, the University concerned need to take a very strong step. In the event Sci-ence Stream is not available in the in-stitution, at least Mathematics Depart-ment and Statistics departments should be attached to Arts Colleges where BA Economics is offered. This will ensure provision of adequate number of teach-ers for Quantitative papers.

In conclusion it may be mentioned that a student need not take up honours in Economics unless he is aiming for post graduate studies and also to settle for academic profession. For the rest of the students, pass course is enough.

Dr. M L NgullieAssociate Professor (Economics)

The Government of India was aware of the Rights of the Na-gas, however, since the Naga Nation was small, weak and

her population less, India wanted to dominate and subjugate the Nagas. The Indian forces invaded the Naga territory and perpetrated barbaric and inhuman atrocities on the Nagas added with the wilful destruction of property. This led the Naga National Council (NNC) to establish the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) on 22nd March 1956 to defend and protect her rights, her ter-ritory, property and her people.

When the undeclared war was going on between the two Nations for about 10 years, a Ceasefire was brought about to be effective from 6th September, 1964 through the mediation and intervention of the NBCC and personalities like J.P. Narayan, Michael Scott, B.P. Chaliha, etc. The Nation is eternally grateful to

them and also indebted to the sacrifices of the Naga patriots for giving us a his-tory we can be proud of and their mem-ories will be cherished and treasured for all times to come.

After signing the Ceasefire, Peace talk was started between the two Na-tions. The First was held in Nagaland and rest were held at Delhi at the Prime Minister level but no settlement could be reached. Why did the Peace talks fail? There may have been many reasons but the main reason was because the attitude and approach of the GOI was wrong and also India was not sincere enough.

What should have been resolved with the NNC and FGN, GOI chose to sign the agreement known as the 16th Point Agreement with the Naga Peo-ples’ Convention, a Naga group formed by India. This resulted in the creation of the state of Nagaland within the In-dian Union. This was a great blunder

committed by India. The Nagas were not under the Indian Constitution but they forced the Nagas to come under it. The GOI had inaugurated the state of Nagaland and on top of this signed Ceasefire with FGN and was going to have Dialogue.

In 1972 GOI unilaterally abrogated the Ceasefire and unleashed war against the Nagas. Then in 1975, GOI signed the Shillong Accord with some so called “Representatives of Underground Organ-ization” which created more confusion.

After a gap of more than 30 (Thirty) years in 1997, GOI entered into Cease-fire with NSCN IM, a rebel group which broke out of the NNC and FGN and started the “Peace Process” resulting in the signing of the Framework Agree-ment on 3rd August 2015. The contents of this agreement have been kept secret till date and no sensible person will give blind support. Without Sovereignty the

Naga people will not accept the agree-ment because the betrayal of a cause for which thousands of lives have been sac-rificed is not possible. It is a fact that the Naga political issue has be resolved soon but this does not mean that any group of people can barter for any agreement.

How many times and with how many different groups will the GOI en-ter into Ceasefire? Nagas are clear about our rights and can no longer be fooled. The Indo-Naga problem is more than 70 years old and the solution and settle-ment should pose as a challenge to the wisdom, maturity and statesmanship of the Indian leaders. Before some unseen circumstance arises, without making any more mistakes the GOI should seri-ously ponder, boldly decide and arrive at a solution with the legitimate group at an early date.

Gen.(Retd) Thinoselie M. Keyho,President, NNC

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BIBLE READ: 2 KINGS 19:9–19 THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Then [Hezekiah] went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.

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Today’s ASTRO-PREDICTION

ARIES (MAR 21 - APR 19): Be careful of letting a sour mood ruin your day, Aries. You may not feel particularly cheerful. This is liable to have a dramatic effect on everyone else. Be

aware of the fact that your mood may not be an accurate reflection of reality, even though for the most part your world is centered on your moods and the dramatic swings they go through within one day.

TAURUS (APR 20 - MAY 20): Relationships may be a bit difficult, Taurus, so don’t force pleasantry if it doesn’t come naturally. Your mot-to today should be, “If you don’t have anything

nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” Perhaps this leaves you tongue-tied, but that’s fine. If you need to spend the day alone, so be it. Don’t be social if you don’t feel like it.

GEMINI (MAY 21 - JUN 21): You may put other people’s needs before yours, Gemini. There’s an important balance between being selfish and being selfless. Don’t sacrifice your-

self to be a servant to others. It’s important that you not think only of yourself without considering how your ac-tions will affect others. You may swing toward the former today. This will only lead to resentment and deplete your emotional and physical resources.

CANCER (JUN 22 - JUL 22): Be disciplined. Maintain your boundaries in order to keep from getting swept into other people’s soap op-eras, Cancer. It may be fun to escape your prob-

lems by jumping into someone else’s life, but soon you’ll find the extra weight is not only taxing but also won’t solve your problems. You may need to say no to others, but that’s fine. It’s vital that you consider your needs.

LEO (JUL 23 - AUG 22): Don’t go overboard, Leo. You may get so carried away in the ear-ly part of the day that by evening you notice you’ve gone beyond your own boundaries. Re-

gret may sink in, and you may feel guilty about things you said or did. Prevent this by thinking things through before speaking or acting. You have the power to impact people on a deep emotional level. Use this power wisely.

VIRGO (AUG 23 - SEP 22): People may be trying to subtly communicate to you, but you may not be aware of this because you’re so caught up in your own difficulties, Virgo. You

may feel like you’re driving with the emergency brake on. You’re so preoccupied with running smoothly that you’re unaware of other cars on the road. Stop, release the brake, and drive.

LIBRA (SEP 23 - OCT 22): You may feel like you aren’t getting the attention you need or de-serve, Libra. Because of this, you may resent the people you feel you should be getting it

from. This attitude is likely to make people less likely to come to your rescue. Who wants to be around someone so needy and unhappy? Focus on yourself and your own healing before you take your issues to others.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 - NOV 21): Try not to push away the very people who are there to help you, Scorpio. Dumping your problems on oth-ers may be the thing that does just that. Recog-

nize your uncomfortable feelings, but don’t burden others with them. Your happiness is your responsibility. You’ll feel much better about yourself if you take care of your own discomfort. Then you’ll attract the people you love.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 - DEC 21): Your adaptive powers are useful in that they give you a high tolerance for uncomfortable situations, Sagittarius. At times, however, this trait may

not serve you very effectively. You may end up staying in a difficult relationship or unsatisfying job because you fear something new. Life is short. If you want to improve your situation, take responsibility for it. Be proactive.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22 - JAN 19): You may feel lonely and isolated, like there’s no one you can talk to, Capricorn. Your interactions may seem like giving a speech instead of having a

discussion. Perhaps you feel like you’re talking to yourself most of the time and no one is really listening. There’s noth-ing wrong with you or the person you’re talking to. It’s just a phase. Don’t get hung up on it.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 - FEB 18): Don’t fall into the self-pity trap, Aquarius. You may have a tendency to mope around until someone no-tices and asks what’s wrong. If no one does,

you might get angry and pretty soon feel like you have no friends. Your mood could worsen, and you might snap when someone asks you a reasonable question. Be careful of sliding down this slippery slope.

PISCES (FEB 19 - MAR 20): You’re at an emo-tionally climactic time, Pisces. You may feel like someone is putting a damper on your feelings. Perhaps you’re scared or shy. Perhaps you don’t

feel you can express yourself the way you want to. If so, consider why. Do other people make you feel this way or are you uncomfortable with your own feelings? The issue may have more to do with your inner turmoil than with others.

The rest of Indian people may not know that Nagas are geographically divided into Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Nagaland

State. In all these areas, Nagas are a minor-ity except in Nagaland state where it is 100% Nagas. The 16th Point agreement between the Govt of India and the Nagas created the Nagaland State. When the state of Nagaland was created, there was 20% job reservation for the Nagas living outside the state of Naga-land. This indicates that Nagaland State was the mother of all Nagas and maybe to look after the welfare of all the Nagas till the Naga Political solution was resolved.

Having the above as a premise, I feel very uncomfortable for the development of a new concept called “Nagaland Nagas”. Yes, eve-

ryone knows that Nagas are there in Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and they are called as Manipur Nagas, Arunachal Nagas, and Assam Nagas and obviously Nagaland Nagas will be called as Nagaland Nagas. But those days, Nagaland Nagas do not say I am a Nagaland Naga to indicate that they are a separate Naga. They introduce themselves as Nagaland. And in the heart of heart we the Nagas from outside Nagaland state are very proud of Nagaland State because this state represents the Nagas and speaks to India and the rest of the world that there is a race called Naga in India. Otherwise Nagas may be a lost people or a wondering race. The rest of the Na-gas living in Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh cannot speak for Nagas because they are a minority in those states. Their voices are

crushed by the majority. Some political lead-ers in Manipur say that there are no Nagas in Manipur. And the Manipur Nagas cannot fight against such statement other than agita-tions and bandhs expressing their anger and frustration. Recently there was a newspaper report that Arunachal Nagas hardly gets Rs. 20 cr per year for their developmental purpos-es. And as per information, Arunachal Nagas are one of the poorest people in Arunachal Pradesh. I presume Assam Nagas will still be worse. Hence the anger, frustration, the emo-tions of these Nagas being divided into these states as minority people are all angry with the government of India for their divide and rule policy. They have the potential to vent out their frustration but they are suppressed till date thinking that one day the Naga politi-

cal solution will unite all under one State or Nation and then only they will enjoy the full-ness of a Naga. The Nagas of Nagaland state may not enjoy the fullness of a Naga but they are very fortunate to enjoy the statehood with 100% Nagas and Nagas alone. Other Nagas look up to Nagaland Nagas because they are the face of all the Nagas.

So my contention is when other Nagas are suffering in these states, why there is a devel-opment of a new thinking called “Nagaland Nagas”. Will there be any benefit for Naga-land Nagas by this thinking? If there will be any benefit then maybe the opportunity must be seized. But I do not see that rather I see there will be deeper divide among the Nagas for no benefit or reward whatsoever to any-body. In all my more than 35 years of living

in Nagaland State I have never seen the elders from Nagaland State speaking in the tone of Nagaland Nagas. They were very magnani-mous, accommodative and seem to under-stand the sufferings of the people because of the political nature of the Nagas. I think the other Nagas also did not take undue advan-tage of these elders by way of employment in state government jobs, contracts etc. So far, they did not even question as to why that 20% job reservation was cancelled in 1972. Hence I look up to the Nagaland Nagas to be bold, far-sighted and represent the whole Nagas till the Naga Political solution is logically concluded.

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If you’d been born 2,500 years ago in southern Europe, you’d have been convinced that the Ro-man empire would last forever.

It had, after all, been around for 1,000 years. And yet, following a period of economic and military decline, it fell apart. By 467 CE it was gone. To the people living under the mighty em-pire, these events must have been un-thinkable. Just as they must have been for those living through the collapse of the Pharaoh’s rule or Christendom or the Ancien Régime.

We are just as deluded that our model of living in ‘countries’ is inevi-table and eternal. Yes, there are dic-tatorships and democracies, but the whole world is made up of nation-states. This means a blend of ‘nation’ (people with common attributes and characteristics) and ‘state’ (an organ-ised political system with sovereignty over a defined space, with borders agreed by other nation-states). Try to imagine a world without countries – you can’t. Our sense of who we are, our loyalties, our rights and obliga-tions, are bound up in them.

Which is all rather odd, since they’re not really that old. Until the mid-19th century, most of the world was a sprawl of empires, unclaimed land, city-states and principalities, which travellers crossed without checks or passports. As industrialisa-tion made societies more complex, large centralised bureaucracies grew up to manage them. Those govern-ments best able to unify their regions, store records, and coordinate action (especially war) grew more powerful vis-à-vis their neighbours. Revolu-tions – especially in the United States (1776) and France (1789) – helped

to create the idea of a commonly defined ‘national interest’, while improved communications unified language, culture and identity. Impe-rialistic expansion spread the nation-state model worldwide, and by the middle of the 20th century it was the only game in town. There are now 193 nation-states ruling the world.

But the nation-state with its bor-ders, centralised governments, com-mon people and sovereign authority is increasingly out of step with the world. And as Karl Marx observed, if you change the dominant mode of production that underpins a society, the social and political structure will change too.

The case against the nation-state is hardly new. Twenty years ago, many were prophesising its immi-nent demise. Globalisation, said the futurists, was chipping away at na-tion-states’ power to enforce change. Businesses, finance and people could up sticks and leave. The exciting, new internet seemed to herald a border-less, free, identity-less future. And climate change, internet governance and international crime all seemed beyond the nation-state’s abilities. It seemed too small to handle interna-tional challenges; and too lumbering to tinker with local problems. Vot-ers were quick to spot all this and stopped bothering to vote, making matters worse. In 1995, two books both titled The End of the Nation State – one by the former French diplomat Jean-Marie Guéhenno, the other by the Japanese organisational theorist Kenichi Ohmae – proph-esised that power would head up to multinational bodies such as the Eu-ropean Union or the United Nations, or down to regions and cities.

Reports of its death were greatly

exaggerated, and the end-of-the-na-tion-state theory itself died at the turn of the millennium. But now it’s back, and this time it might be right.

There were only tens of millions of people online in 1995 when the nation-state was last declared dead. In 2015, that number had grown to around 3 billion; by 2020, it will be more than 4 billion. (And more than 20 billion internet-connected devic-es.) Digital technology doesn’t really like the nation-state. John Perry Bar-low’s ‘Declaration of the Independ-ence of Cyberspace’ (1996) sums it up well: the internet is a technology built on libertarian principles. Cen-sorship-free, decentralised and bor-derless. And now ubiquitous.

This is an enormous pain for the nation-state in all sorts of ways. It’s now possible for the British National Health Service to be targeted by ran-somware launched in North Korea, and there are few ways to stop it or bring perpetrators to justice. App technology such as Uber and De-liveroo has helped to produce a sud-den surge in the gig economy, which is reckoned to cost the government £3.5 billion a year by 2020-1. There are already millions of people using bitcoin and blockchain technolo-gies, explicitly designed to wrestle control of the money supply from central banks and governments, and their number will continue to grow. It’s also infusing us with new values, ones that are not always national in nature: a growing number of people see themselves as ‘global’ citizens.

That’s not even the worst of it. On 17 September 2016, the then presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted: ‘A nation without borders is not a nation at all. We WILL Make America Safe Again!’ The outcry obscured the fact that Trump was right (in the first half, anyway). Borders determine who’s in and who’s out, who’s a citizen and who’s not, who puts in and who takes from the common pot. If a na-tion cannot defend its border, it ceas-es to exist in any meaningful way, both as a going concern and as the agreed-upon myth that it is.

Trump’s tweet was set against the German chancellor Angela Merkel’s offer, one year earlier, of asylum for Syrians. The subsequent movement of people across Europe – EU mem-ber states received 1.2 million first-time asylum applications in 2015 – sparked a political and humanitarian crisis, the ramifications of which are still unfolding. It certainly contrib-uted to the United Kingdom’s deci-sion to leave the EU. But 1.2 million people is a trickle compared to what’s coming. Exact numbers are hard to come by, and notoriously broad, but according to some estimates as many as 200 million people could be cli-mate-change refugees by the middle of the century. If the EU struggles to control its borders when 1.2 million people move, what would happen if 200 million do? The lesson of history – real, long-lens human history – is that people move, and when they do, it’s hard to stop.

This is the crux of the problem: nation-states rely on control. If they can’t control information, crime, businesses, borders or the money supply, then they will cease to deliver what citizens demand of them. In

Nagaland State: The Face of All Nagas

the end, nation-states are nothing but agreed-upon myths: we give up cer-tain freedoms in order to secure oth-ers. But if that transaction no longer works, and we stop agreeing on the myth, it ceases to have power over us.So what might replace it?The city-state increasingly looks like the best contender. These are cities with the same independent sovereign authority as nations, places such as Monaco or Singapore. The city-state has recently been feted by Forbes magazine (‘A New Era For The City-State?’ 2010), Quartz (‘Nations Are No Longer Driving Globalisation – Cities Are’, 2013), The Boston Globe (‘The City-State Returns’, 2015) and the Gates Foundation-funded How We Get to Next (‘The Rebirth of the City-State’, 2016).

The trends that are pinching the nation-state are helping the city-state. In a highly connected, quasi-borderless world, cities are centres of commerce, growth, innovation, technology and finance. According to Bruce Katz, Centennial Scholar at the Brookings Institution in Wash-ington, DC, and co-author (with Jere-my Nowak) of the forthcoming book The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism, the hub-like quality of large cities is espe-cially valuable in the modern econo-my: ‘Innovation happens because of collaboration, and that needs proxim-ity. You need a dense eco-system, and so hyper-connectivity is reinforcing concentration.’ Cities also have de-mographic weight on their side: for the first time in history, in 2014 the majority of humans live in cities.

Thiz is giving cities more politi-cal muscle than ever, which they are increasingly keen to flex. On the is-sue of climate change, for example – something at which nation-states have failed abysmally – cities are pushing ahead. Since 2006, the C40 initiative has brought together more than 60 cities to promote partnerships and technology to reduce carbon emissions, often going significantly beyond international agreements. In the US, where the federal govern-ment appears to have given up on climate change, leadership has fallen to cities.

This shift in power is visible in the way that the mayors of major cit-ies are political heavyweights in their own right: think of Bill de Blasio in New York, Sadiq Khan in London, Virginia Raggi in Rome, Ada Colau in Barcelona. Cities as diverse as Indianapolis and Copenhagen are experimenting with ways of using their own physical, economic and social assets to self-finance city-level investment.

According to Katz, the world is moving beyond a nation-state world. ‘We’re entering a period where cit-ies have new kinds of power. They have enormous chances to leverage their economic and financial advan-tages to augment their position and effect change,’ he told me. I’m used to thinking about power in binary terms: you either have it or you don’t.

But according to Katz, we need to re-think because there is something in between, where cities are not fully in-dependent of their nation-states, but not supplicant to them either: ‘Cities are not subordinate to nation-states, they are powerful networks of insti-tutions and actors that co-produce the economy. Power in the 21st cen-tury belongs to the problem-solvers. National governments debate and mostly dither. Cities act, cities do. Power increasingly comes from the cities up, not handed down from the nation-state.’

For a very long time, power was always found at the city-level. For thousands of years, urban settle-ments with self-government and city walls provided protection, services in exchange for tithes and taxes, and a set of rules by which to live and trade.

The Hanseatic cities for example – with their own armies and laws – pooled their economic weight to im-prove their bargaining power with other nations in the early 19th centu-ry, and became an economic power-house in the Baltic trade route. These cities – which included Bremen and Hamburg – realised they shared much in common, and that their mutual in-terests might be best served by work-ing together. As today’s centres of ur-ban global capitalism, major cities are more similar to each other than the provinces of their own nation-states. They are all hubs of finance, tech in-novation, culture, and characterised by high levels of diversity and inward migration. While the UK voted to leave the EU 52/48, London voted to remain 60/40. (Following this vote, there was a short-lived movement for London to declare independence from the rest of the UK.) London, as is often remarked by visitors, is noth-ing like the rest of the country. The same can certainly be said of the US east- and west-coast behemoths.

Fleeting around from one city to the next, as I sometimes do, feels more Hanseatic League than League of Nations: a system of powerful, trading, networked cities. And the Hanseatic League itself was hardly an oddity. Before that there was Ven-ice of course, and that was merely the most well-known of many in-dependent city-states dotted across what is now Italy in the 10th to 16th centuries, including Florence, Bolo-gna and Turin. But even this is ‘re-cent’ in the lifetime of the ancient city-state, which reaches back to Je-rusalem, before that Athens, before that Babylon, and all the way back to Ur. Only a few formal city-states still exist today (Monaco, Singapore and the Vatican are the completely sovereign city-states; others, such as Hong Kong, act like one but do not have full sovereignty). It is in fact a historical anomaly that so few of us live in city-states.

Clearly, nation-states won’t go down tamely. Carving out a new form of sovereign authority from an exist-ing one is extremely difficult, and is generally frowned upon by the UN. There’s a more prosaic reason too. In 2015, 2.1 million residents of Venice in Italy (89 per cent of those who voted) voted for independence in a non-binding referendum. Residents were annoyed that the city pays $20 billion more in tax than it gets back. But Italy will certainly not let Venice and its $20 billion tax go easily.

To be continued...

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Rohingya Muslim refugees hold placards and raise slogans against human rights violations in Myanmar during a protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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Vice President, M.Venkaiah Naidu presenting the National Award to Teachers – 2016, on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed on his arrival at Nay Pyi Taw International Airport, in Myanmar on Tuesday.

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NEWS IN BRIEFBomb scare on Gitanjali Express turns out hoaxKolkata, Sep. 5 (IANS): A search operation was conducted at the Mumbai-bound Gitanjali Express near Howrah on Tuesday after a bomb threat but nothing suspicious was found and the train left for its destination after about half an hour’s delay, a railway official said. The train that departed from Howrah railway station at 1.50 p.m. was stopped for 35 minutes at Santragachi station, nine km from Howrah, to conduct the combing operation by the Railway Protection Force and the West Bengal Police. “The Bombay Police control room received a hoax call on Monday night regarding a bomb being placed in the Gitanjani Express,” Pranav Jyoti Sharma, Chief Public Relation Officer of South Eastern Railway, told IANS. “The train was declared safe to travel to Mumbai after the check,” the official added.

Army ALH with corps commander aboard crashes in Ladakh, all safeLeh, Sep. 5 (IANS): An Indian Army helicopter crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh on Tuesday but all its crew and passengers which included the Leh Corps commander and a division commander are safe, army officials said. The chopper, an Advanced Light Helicopter of the Indian Army, crashed at Tsogstalu Helipad in eastern Ladakh on Tuesday afternoon. It had on board 14 Corps commander Lt Gen S.K. Upadhyay and 3 Div commander Maj. Gen. Savneet Singh. “All crew members and passengers are safe,” an army official said.

Goa govt mulling ban on serving drinks in glass bottles on beaches Panaji, Sep.5 (PTI): The Goa Tourism department is contemplating to prohibit supply of drinks in glass bottles on beaches in the state. However, it is not known whether drinks include soft as well hard drinks or either of them. The department had earlier banned consumption of liquor in public places including beaches. Tourism stake-holders, including beach shack owners, have demanded that the state government ban serving of drinks in glass bottles on beaches in order to avoid injuries caused due to broken glasses in the sand. The minister met the Shack Owners Welfare Society (SOWS) to deliberate on various issues ahead of the tourist season, beginning next month. The SOWS raised concerns over beach cleaning and urged the tourism minister to step up measures for effective cleanliness and monitoring. The association also raised issues pertaining to safety and security of tourists on beaches, illegal and unauthorised vending and touting etc.

Two army soldiers die of electrocution in UdhampurJammu, Sep. 5 (PTI): Two soldiers have died due to electrocution while working in an army workshop in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said today. The soldiers, P Jaypal Reddy of Andhra Pradesh and I Vasudevan of Tamil Nadu, got electrocuted while performing some work in the workshop of the army’s northern command area of the district last evening, police officials said. The bodies have been handed over to the army after post mortem, they added.

4 wildlife smuggler held, endangered red sand boa snake recovered

Bahraich, Sep. 5 (PTI): Four alleged wildlife smugglers were today arrested along with an endangered red sand boa snake, worth over Rs two crore in the international market, the police said. The smugglers were nabbed this morning and recovered a red sand boa snake, weighing 2.5 kg from them, Additional SP Kamlesh Dixit said. In the international, this endangered species of reptile worth Rs one crore per kg, he said, adding that a case has been registered and further probe was on.

Woman alleges gang rape in NoidaNoida, Sep. 5 (PTI): A woman has lodged an FIR at the sector 20 police station here alleging rape by three men, police said today. The resident of Sector 8 here said in her complaint that her neighbour Ramvilas, on the pretext of helping her in the treatment of her husband, started visiting them. Her husband has been ailing for the past few months. She alleged that Ramvilas and two other men came and gave her a sedative-laced drink four months ago and raped her when she fell unconscious. They also recorded the act, she alleged. She said she wanted to file a complaint earlier but they threatened her saying they would kill her children and husband if she went to the police and would also make the video public. Police have started the investigation.

Nonagenarian dead in building collapse

Kolkata, Sep.5 (IANS): A nonagenarian resident died while two others of the same family got severely injured as part of an old three-storey residential building in Burrabazar area here collapsed on Tuesday. Police and fire department officials rushed to the accident spot and recovered those trapped under the debris. “Three people were recovered from the debris and sent to the Kolkata Medical College Hospital,” an official said. One of them, Taraprasanna Saha, 91, succumbed to his injuries. His wife and their daughter are in critical condition. Local MLA and Trinamool Congress leader Smita Bakshi visited the accident spot and said the residents refused to leave the house even after it was tagged “dangerous” by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

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Nay Pyi Taw, Sep. 5 (IANS): Indian Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day visit to Myanmar amid a raging crisis involving Ro-hingyas in the country’s Rakhine state.

Soon after his arrival here, he called on Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw at whose invitation he has come. Prior to the meeting, the visiting dignitary was presented a guard of honour on the Presidential Palace grounds.

“PM @narendramodi welcomed by the President U Htin Kyaw; both leaders inspect the guard of hon-our,” External Affairs Min-istry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

This is Modi’s first bilat-eral visit to India’s eastern neighbour. He had come here in 2014 to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)-In-dia Summit.

On Wednesday, the Prime Minister will hold bilateral discussions with Myanmar’s State Coun-sellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is also the country’s Foreign Minister and Min-ister of President’s Office.

Following the discussions, a number of agreements are expected to be signed.

Suu Kyi is under mount-ing international pressure to stop the alleged human rights violations against the Rohingyas, who are denied citizenship in Myanmar.

Thousands of Rohing-yas are crossing over into Bangladesh -- where they are sparingly given refugee status -- to escape from the violence in Rakhine state. Media reports quoted the UNHCR spokesperson in Bangladesh as saying that at least 123,000 Rohingyas have crossed over.

The latest exodus began on August 25, after Ro-hingya insurgents attacked police posts in Rakhine lead-ing to a violent offensive by the Myanmar Army.

Meanwhile, India has said that it would deport all Rohingyas living in the country illegally but the country’s Supreme Court has said that it will hear on September 11 a plea seek-ing a direction to the central government not to deport about 40,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees back to Myanmar.

This apart, India’s ca-

Mumbai, Sep. 5 (IANS): The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) on Tuesday received the first of the 17 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) it has or-dered for construction of the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ cor-ridor, a top official said here.

Costing Rs 80 crore and weighing around 700-800 tonnes, with a diameter of 6.4 metres, the 100-metre long machine will help in building a tunnel of 5.8 metres size, said MMRC Managing Director Ashwini Bhide.

“Over the next two

years, a total of 17 TBMs shall be deployed construct-ing the 33.50 km long twin tunnels on the corridor,” Bhide added.

The Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ line will be the first Metro stretch running fully underground and a 1.2 kms long stretch that would be constructed below the Mithi River-Mahim Creek.

The project comprising 27 stations en route and estimated to cost around Rs 23,000 crore, is expected to be completed by 2020, to serve nearly two million pas-sengers daily, as per plans.

Srinagar, Sep. 5 (IANS): The NIA on Tuesday said it has arrested two stone-pelters in Kashmir in con-nection with an ongoing probe into terror funding to stoke unrest in the Valley.

A National Investiga-tion Agency (NIA) offi-cial identified the arrested accused as Javed Ahmad Bhat and Kamran Yusuf of Kulgam and Pulwama districts, respectively, of Jammu and Kashmir.

On August 17, the counter-terror agency had arrested Zahoor Ahmed Watali, a prominent busi-

nessman of Kashmir. On July 24, the agency

had arrested seven separa-tist leaders in connection with its probe into terror funding from Pakistan and militant groups based there.

The NIA had asked Kashmir Bar Association President Mian Qayoom on Monday to appear be-fore it on Tuesday as a witness, and not as an ac-cused, in the case.

Valley-based lawyers on Tuesday boycotted courts in protest against the sum-moning of Qayoom by the agency.

Chandigarh, Sep. 5 (PTI): The Punjab and Haryana High Court today appoint-ed a retired sessions judge as the Court Commissioner to oversee the “sanitisation” process of Dera Sacha Sau-da premises at Sira, housing the headquarters of the sect.

The order came after Haryana government filed a plea on Friday seeking “permission to hold saniti-sation process of the Dera headquarter at Sirsa under “judicial supervision”, fol-lowing the incarceration of the sect chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, for rap-ing two disciples.

“The high court bench appointed retired sessions judge AKS Pawar as Court Commissioner for the sani-tisation of the Dera head-quarters at Sirsa,” Hary-ana’s Advocate General Baldev Raj Mahajan said after the hearing in the mat-ter today.

He said the process will be taken up immediately and will be videographed.

The state had sought the sanitisation of the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters under judicial supervision, Mahajan said.

Asked how soon the process would start, Mahajan said, “the state will request the Court Commissioner to take it up immediately.”

He said the government will provide adequate secu-rity to ensure that the saniti-sation process is carried out smoothly.

Mahajan said a report of the whole process will be submitted to the high court by the commissioner, with a copy to be given to the state government.

In its plea, the Haryana government had sought ap-pointment of area magis-trate or some other senior judicial officer to oversee the sanitisation process “to en-sure greater transparency”.

“In the sanitisation process, officials of revenue and taxation department would participate, besides police and other security forces,” Mahajan said.

Khattar had earlier said the high court was monitor-ing the Dera issue and the sanitisation process of the sect’s headquarters at Sirsa will be conducted only after the court takes up its appli-cation and gives necessary direction in this regard.

Khattar had maintained that the forces cannot enter on their own without the court directions.

The sect had yesterday said that the state govern-ment could carry out a search of its premises any time and it will cooperate with the authorities.

Allahabad, Sep. 5 (PTI): India has made clear that it will not be cowed down on security and defence matters, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said today as he credited the Modi government for enhancing the country’s global standing.

Bhagwat’s comments come in the backdrop of India and China mutually resolving the recent Dokalam stand-off.

“It has been demonstrated clearly that the nation is no longer ready to be cowed down in matters relating to defence and security,” the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief said.

The RSS ‘Sarsanghchalak’ was ad-dressing an event organised in the memory of Lal Bahadur Shastri at a college named after the late Prime Minister in Manda, about 65 kms from here.

Bhagwat also lauded the Modi gov-ernment’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiative and “India’s higher international standing”.

The policies of our government have

led to India’s higher international stand-ing, he said. People all over the world have started looking up to us, he added.

Referring to the ‘Swachh Bharat Ab-hiyan’, Bhagwat compared Modi’s ability to mobilise public support with that of Shastri during the 1965 Indo-Pak war.

“We have seen what an inspiring lead-ership can achieve.

In the past, the entire nation had taken to observing a fast on Mondays. Today, once again, the entire nation is making ef-forts to make the country clean,” Bhagwat said.

Besides the RSS chief, others present on the occasion were Shastri’s mater-nal grandson and Uttar Pradesh health minister Siddharth Nath Singh, the late prime minister’s sons Anil Shastri and Sunil Shastri, who are respectively with the Congress and the BJP, and former city Congress chief and Mayor Chaudhary Jitendra Nath Singh.

New Delhi, Sep. 5 (IANS): The NITI Aayog on Tuesday released the National Nutrition Strategy aimed at bringing nu-trition to the centrestage of the National Development Agenda.

The strategy lays down a road-map for effective action, among both implementers and practitioners, in achieving our nutri-tion objectives, the planning body said in a statement.

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said the strategy was of great signifi-cance “considering one in three children in India are stunted”.

Eeleasing the strategy document, emi-nent agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminath-an, who was one of the architects of the Green Revolution, said it was important to have a nutrition strategy based on life-cycle approach that takes into account nutrition needs from birth to death.

He added that all three types of nutri-tion deficiencies -- undernutrition, mal-nutrition and protein hunger -- needed to be looked at in totality. He also called for linking of agriculture and nutrition.

“Agriculture provides answers to most of the nutrition problems... The challenge is how do you marry the two,” he said.

The NITI Aayog said that the nutrition strategy envisages a framework wherein the four proximate determinants of nutrition - uptake of health services, food, drinking water and sanitation and income and liveli-hoods - work together to accelerate decline of under nutrition in India.

It added that supply side challenges of-ten overshadow the need to address behav-ioural change efforts to generate demand for nutrition services.

“This strategy, therefore, gives promi-nence to demand and community mobi-lisation as a key determinant to address India’s nutritional needs,” the NITI Aayog statement said. It added that the nutritional strategy aims to ensure that states create customized state and district action plans to address local needs and challenges.

“The strategy enables states to make strategic choices, through decentralized planning and local innovation, with account-ability for nutrition outcomes,” it added.

New Delhi, Sep. 5 (PTI): In a break from tradition, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, instead of the president, to-day gave away the national awards for teachers.

President Ram Nath Kovind later interacted with the 219 awardees at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.

Constituted in 1958, the National Award for Teachers is presented by the president to teachers, who have rendered exem-plary service to the nation by exhibiting meritorious performance. The awards cover teachers working in primary, middle and secondary schools in the country.

Congratulating the teachers on the occasion, Naidu called them the “un-sung heroes”.

“Teachers are ‘bharata bhagya vidhatas’ (shapers of India’s development), dedicating their time and energy to shape individu-als for creating New India. They have a formidable responsibility to achieve 100 per cent literacy in next five years,” he said at the award ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan here.

“India was once known as ‘Vishwa Guru’ with peo-ple from across the globe flocking to our ancient seats of learning like Na-landa and Takshashila.

New Delhi, Sep. 5 (IANS): Immigrant Rohingya Muslims on Tuesday staged protest at the Jantar Mantar here against persecution of the community in My-anmar and demanded that the Indian government must intervene to save them.

The protest organized by a group named ‘Peace Loving Indians’ saw scores of protesters shouting slogans like “Stop genocide in Burma”, and displayed ban-ners that read “Break your silence for Rohingya” and “Aung San Suu Kyi, is it your real face?”

“We gathered here to express serious concern on the continued military and police crackdown on the civilian popula-tion in Northern Arakan in Myanmar,” Mohammad Waqar, one of the organisers of the protest, told IANS.

“Since August 25, under the pretext of looking for attackers, the Myanmar

military and police forces have been indiscriminately killing the Rohingyas, torching and plundering their homes and villages.

“Thousands of Rohingyas were killed and slaughtered including women and children. More than 6,000 Rohingya houses were set ablaze,” he said.

The protesters urged the Indian gov-ernment to voice their concerns and ask Myanmar to stop the assault against Rohingyas and to provide the victims with necessary humanitarian assistance, including healthcare.

They also urged the Indian state to give shelter to Rohingya victims.

“International media and humanitar-ian aide workers should be allowed in the affected areas and the Myanmar govern-ment should provide full fledged citizen-ship of Rohingyas,” Waqar added.

pacity building measures and infrastructure develop-ment projects are expected to come up for discussion during the Modi-Suu Kyi meeting.

India has committed grant-in-aid assistance amounting to Rs 4,000 crore to Myanmar, out of a total commitment of around $1.7 billion.

The projects include the Kaladan Multimodal Trans-port Project connecting Sit-twe port in Myanmar with the northeast Indian state of Mizoram, a trilateral highway connecting north-eastern India with Myan-mar and Thailand, and the Rhi-Tiddim road.

In terms of capacity building, New Delhi is as-sisting the eastern neighbour in setting up institutions of higher learning like the My-anmar Institute of Informa-tion Technology, Advanced Centre for Agricultural Re-search and Education, My-anmar-India Entrepreneur-ship Development Centre, Myanmar-India Centre for English Language Training and India-Myanmar Indus-trial Training Centres.

India has also provided humanitarian relief follow-ing natural calamities like Cyclone Mora this year, Komen in 2015 and Nargis in 2008 and an earthquake in Shan state in 2010.

In a media briefing in New Delhi ahead of Modi’s visit to Myanmar, Sripriya Ranganathan, Joint Secre-tary (Bangladesh and Myan-mar) in the Indian External Affairs Ministry, said both sides would take stock of the ongoing infrastructure projects and also discuss the kind of projects which the new Myanmarese govern-ment has on its priority list and which they would like to partner India with in the process of execution.

“We will be guided by the government of Myan-mar in terms of the choice of projects,” Ranganthan said.

“The stated priorities of this government are infra-structure, power and energy and we believe these could be the areas where there is a great deal that Indian agen-

cies can bring to the table.”With both countries

sharing a 1,600-km-long boundary, the issue of se-curity cooperation is also expected to come up for discussion.

During his stay in My-anmar, Prime Minister Modi will also visit Bagan, a heritage city where the

Archaeological Survey of India is involved in restora-tion work of a temple and some pagodas, and Yan-gon where he will interact with members of the Indian community.

Modi arrived here from Xiamen, China, where he at-tended the 9th BRICS Sum-mit from September 3-5.

Today all teachers must pledge to transform class-rooms into hubs of joyful

learning and raise the edu-cation system to a much higher level,” he said.

A total of 219 teachers, including 124 Informa-tion and Communication Technology (ICT) teachers, were awarded today.

The recognit ion is extended to teachers of CBSE- affiliated schools, independent affi l iated schools situated abroad, ICSCE, Sainik School, KVs, NVs, CTSA and schools run by the Atomic Energy Education Society.

The award ceremony was also presided over by Union HRD Minister Pra-kash Javadekar and the new-ly inducted Minister of State for HRD Satyapal Singh.

O n t h e o c c a s i o n , the vice president also

launched DIKSHA, a na-tional digital infrastructure for teachers.

“DIKSHA is a cus-tomisable national digital infrastructure that states, Teacher Education Insti-tutions (TEI) and private entities can use for their respective teacher-centric initiatives.

“Teachers will be able to use DIKSHA to access and create high quality teaching, learning and as-sessment resources for all subjects and levels in al Indian languages. They will be able to use DIK-SHA to access and create high quality teaching,” Javadekar said.

Military hysteria over N Korea could lead to catastrophe: PutinNorth Korea ‘begging for war’: Haley

Hearing begins on Australian same-sex marriage postal survey

China blocking rights activists, harassing experts at UN: Human Rights Watch

Over 5, 00,000 Pakistanis deported from 134 countries in last 5 years, says Report

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Xiamen (China), Sep. 5 (IANS): The Russian pres-ident on Tuesday warned that ramping up military hysteria with North Korea over its nuclear missile test could lead to a global catastrophe and instead advocated for renewed dip-lomatic efforts, a move that could hamper the US’ petition for tighter interna-tional sanctions.

Vladimir Putin, speak-ing at a press conference following a BRICS meet-ing in Xiamen in China, s tr uck a discord with Washington’s approach to the North Korea crisis when he criticized the pur-suit of further sanctions as useless and denounced military threats against the regime of Kim Jong-Un as dangerous, reports Xinhua news agency.

“Ramping up military hysteria in such conditions is senseless, it’s a dead end,” Putin said. “It could lead to a global, planetary catastrophe and a huge loss of human life. There is no other way to solve the North Korean nuclear issue, apart from through peaceful dialogue.”

E a r ly o n S u n d ay, the world was alerted to Pyongyang successfully carrying out its largest ever nuclear missile test in the mountains in northern North Korea when observ-ers detected up an 6.3-mag-nitude earthquake.

North Korean state me-dia broadcast triumphant

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a South Korean navy ship fires during a drill in South Korea’s East Sea, Tuesday.AP/PTI

A Rohingya family reaches the Bangladesh border a er crossing a creek of the Naf river on the border with Myanmmar, in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf area, Tuesday.AP/PTI

claims of success soon after.

Amid fears that the North Korean regime was planning a ballistic missile test similar to that con-ducted on July 4, the US escalated its rhetoric and called upon the UN Secu-rity Council to completely isolate the so-called hermit kingdom from the outside world, including the sever-ance of its fuel-trade chan-nel with China.

China and Russia have both since distanced them-selves from that approach.

“They would rather

eat grass than give up their nuclear programme,” Pu-tin said at the meeting of BRICS representatives, which gathers leaders from five emerging global econo-mies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

He told the audience that Russia condemned Nor th Korea’s recent actions but opined that there was no other way to manage the situation than through dialogue.

Putin more directly criticized US diplomatic policy when he said it was drafted by people who

confuse Australia with Austria, in reference to a famous slip of the tongue by former US President George W. Bush.

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, on Monday called on the Security Council to impose the strongest possible sanc-tions on Pyongyang.

Meanwhile, the South Korean military has held drills as a show of force.

North Korea claimed that its nuclear warhead could be mounted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would sig-

nal considerable progress in its nuclear programme.

Hours after the test, US Pres ident Donald Trump logged onto Twit-ter to denounce North Korea as an embarrass-ment to China, which he claimed was “trying to help (end the crisis) but with little success”.

He later said he was considering stopping all US trade with any country that maintained commercial relations with the North Korean regime. Russia and China both have trade links with Pyongyang.

Washington, Sep. 5 (PTI): North Korea is “begging for war” with abusive use of mis-siles and nuclear threats, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said, pushing for the “strongest possible measures” against Pyongyang following its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

On Sunday, North Korea said it deto-nated a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile and called it a “perfect success”, inviting worldwide condemnation and promises of tougher US sanctions.

Haley said North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un’s action cannot be seen as defen-sive and he wants to be acknowledged as a nuclear power. “But being a nuclear power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others.”

“Nuclear powers understand their re-sponsibilities. Kim Jong-Un shows no such understanding,” Haley told members of the UN Security Council during a meeting on North Korea.

The Indian-origin US ambassador to the UN said that his abusive use of missiles, and his nuclear threats show that he is “begging for war”.

“War is never something the US wants. We don’t want it now. But our country’s pa-tience is not unlimited. We will defend our allies and our territory,” she said.

The idea that some have suggested of a so-called freeze- for-freeze is insulting, she said.

“When a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an ICBM (Inter-continental Bal-listic Missile) pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. No one would do that. We certainly won’t,” she said, adding time has come to exhaust all diplomatic means to end this crisis.

Haley and her counterparts from Japan, France, the UK, and the South Korea re-quested the emergency meeting in response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test.

“To the members of the Security Coun-

cil, I must say: enough is enough,” she said.British Ambassador to the UN Mat-

thew Rycroft said North Korea has created a deeply dangerous and unstable situation.

“The UK will work with our partners on this Council and beyond to tackle the chal-lenge,” he said.

Dialogue, he said, will always be the “end goal”. “But returning to dialogue with-out a serious sign of intent from Pyongyang would be a set up to failure. North Korea must change course to allow a return to dia-logue. Were they to do so, the opportunity exists to end this crisis.

Ambassador Koro Bessho of Japan said it was clear how belligerent and dangerous the North Korean actions were, posing a problem, not only for that country’s neigh-bours, but the entire international com-munity.

In that context, he stressed the need for the Council to swiftly adopt a new resolu-tion with further robust sanction measures Firmly supporting the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the Chinese Ambas-sador Liu Jieyi strongly urged Pyongyang to comply with international measures.

Haley told the 15-membered body that US will be circulating a draft resolution soon, with the expectation to have it passed by Monday September 11.

The South Korean Ambassador Cho Tae-yul said the Security Council must re-spond to this serious provocation with the adoption of a new resolution containing much tougher measures, corresponding to the magnitude and gravity of the test.

“Now is the time to take measures that are strong and robust enough to compel North Korea to seriously engage in dialogue. The new resolution must include not only additional measures to further block funds that could possibly flow into North Korea’s illegal WMD program, but also truly biting and robust measures such as cutting off crude oil and oil product supplies,” he said.

Canberra, Sep. 5 (IANS): The High Court of Australia on Tuesday began a two-day hear-ing on the legality of a postal survey which is crucial in determining whether same-sex mar-riage will be legalised in the country.

The Liberal Party-led government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who promised a plebiscite on same-sex marriage during the 2016 election campaigns, resorted to the postal survey after the Senate rejected a proposal to hold a plebiscite for a second time, reports Efe news.

The High Court must rule on whether the government has the power to allocate about 122 million Australian dollars ($97 million) to this project without parliament’s approval.

The plaintiffs in the case also appealed that the project has been entrusted to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), whose purpose is to collect and disseminate data and not opinions, and not to the Australian Electoral Commission.

“Families like mine and trans- and diver-sity young people have already, without the campaign having started, been subjected to vile hate and abuse,” Felicity Marlowe, who has three children with Sarah -- her partner of 17 years, said at a press conference in Melbourne.

The government plans to start distribut-ing the postal survey, which is voluntary and non-binding, on September 12, and partici-pants have until November 7 to return their response.

If a majority of citizens are in favour, it is expected that the legalisation on the matter will be passed before December 7, when par-liament closes the current legislative session.

Australia, which allows civil unions in several states, has been criticised by several organisations for not legalising same-sex mar-riage.

In December 2013, the High Court re-scinded a law allowing such marriages in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) as it was deemed to have contravened the Federal Mar-riage Act of 1961. Similar legislative proposals have also failed in the states of Tasmania and New South Wales.

Geneva, Sep. (AFP): Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Beijing of sabotaging United Nations efforts to pro-mote rights and slammed the world body for often capitulating to Chinese pressure.

“China engages with the UN on human rights but often with the goal of aggressively silencing criticism and eroding access for activists who work on China,” HRW chief Kenneth Roth said in a statement.

He acknowledged that China was far from the only country misbehaving at the United Nations. “But its Security Council membership, global influence, and fierce crackdown on civil society at home make it a model of bad faith that challenges the integrity of the UN rights system,” he warned. His comments came as the organisation launched a new report detail-ing Chinese efforts to harass independent activists, mainly from China, who attempt to participate in UN human rights forums.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang rejected the criticism, saying

Beijing “attaches high importance and is committed to promoting and protecting human rights.”

He urged “relevant organisations (to) re-move their tainted lenses and view China`s human rights development and contribu-tions to international human rights causes in an unbiased way and stop groundless accusations.”

In its report, HRW accused Chinese of-ficials of routinely photographing and film-ing activists on UN premises, in violation of UN rules, and barring Chinese activists from travelling to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Beijing has also used its clout to block non-governmental organisations critical of China from receiving UN accreditation and managed to blacklist accredited activists from taking part in UN events.

HRW acknowledged that taken individ-ually, the Chinese actions might not seem so serious. “But taken together, they amount to what appears to be a systematic attempt to

subvert the ability of the UN human rights system to confront abuses in China and beyond,” the report said.

In the most shocking case, Chinese authorities detained activist Cao Shunli in 2013 as she attempted to travel to Geneva ahead of a UN review of China`s rights record. She died in custody.

With China scheduled for the next so-called Universal Periodic Review of its hu-man rights record in 2018, the organisation voiced concern that many Chinese activists might opt to stay away.

Cao death “sends a signal to anybody who dares to stand up to Xi Jinping and his government,” Roth told AFP.

HRW`s report also said the UN often folds to pressure from China, pointing to the example of well-known ethnic Uy-ghur activist Dolkun Isa who in April was ejected without explanation from the UN headquarters in New York, despite being fully accredited to participate in a forum on indigenous issues.

Islamabad, Sep. 5 (PTI): Over 5, 00,000 Pakistanis have been de-ported from 134 countries, includ-ing countries like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, India and China, in the last five years, according to a me-dia report on Tuesday. While it is commonplace for Pakistanis to be deported from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and a number of European Union member states, many small-er and lesser-known countries have also booted Pakistani nationals for a number of reasons, the Express Tribune reported.

Some of the places where Pakistani nationals were kicked out from are countries like Laos, Togo, Port Louis, Liberia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Mozambique, Angola, and Ethio-pia. In response to a question put forward by Senator Jehanzeb

Jamaldini, the Interior Ministry placed before the Senate a list of countries from which Pakistanis have been deported and their an-nual breakdown from January, 2012 till June, 2017.

Of the 544,105 Pakistanis deported, 71,723 were expelled in 2012; 79,539 in 2013; 78,409 in 2014; 116,185 in 2015; 111,084 in 2016; and 87,165 in just the first six months of 2017. Saudi Arabia topped the overall list, followed by the UAE, Oman, Malaysia, the UK, Turkey, and Greece. India de-ported 12 Pakistanis in 2012; six in 2013; 13 in 2014; 10 in 2015; five in 2016; and three by June this year. China deported 240 Pakistanis. Of these 26 were in 2012; 39 in 2013’; 36 in 2014; 46 in 2015; 80 in 2016; and 13 by June this year.

The Interior Ministry started tabulating reasons for deportations from 2014. Overstaying visas, lost

passports, passport retained by visa sponsors or employers, illegal immigration, entry refused, and other illegal entries are the most common of the over 115 reasons for which these people were sent back home by the authorities of these countries.

Data placed before the Senate shows an 280,052 Pakistanis were deported from Saudi Arabia. In 2012, a total of 17,369 Pakistanis were deported from the kingdom in 2012; another 33,351 in 2013; followed by 45,456 in 2014; 61,404 in 2015; and 57,784 in 2016. The record from 2015 has already been broken this year, as 64,689 have been deported from January to June 2017. The UAE did the sec-ond-most deportations – 10,235 in 2012; 9,597 in 2013; 8,434 in 2014; 8,690 in 2015; and 9,987 in 2016.

The Emirates had deported 5,115 Pakistanis by June 30 this

year. Oman was third, having sent home a total of 20,416 Pakistani nationals during this period. It was followed by Malaysia, which deported 16,124 Pakistanis in this period. The UK deported 13,700 and Turkey 9,776 Pakistani na-tionals during this period.

Among non-Brexit EU coun-tries, Greece tops the list with 16,591 Pakistani deportees, fol-lowed by Italy with 887, Germany with 815, France with 798, Spain with 408, Belgium with 315, Nor-way with 265, and Austria with 248 deportees from January 2012 till June, 2017.

Other notable European de-porting states were Sweden with 98, the Netherlands with 123, Bulgaria with 165, Cyprus with 316, Romania with 145, and Swit-zerland with 58 Pakistanis de-ported during this period. The US deported 832 Pakistanis, while

Canada sent home 337.Interestingly, Pakistanis were

also deported from war-torn coun-tries in the Middle East. Iraq de-ported 27 Pakistanis in 2012; 85 in 2013; 79 in 2014; 102 in 2015; 121 in 2016; and another 90 till June this year. Yemen deported 16 each in 2012 and 2013; seven in 2014; 49 in 2015; and seven by June of this year. Syria deported 33 Paki-stani nationals, all of them in 2012.

Libya deported 50 Pakistanis in 2012; 59 in 2013; 129 in 2014; 48 in 2015; one in 2016 and four by June this year. Iran deported 10,346 Pakistanis in 2012, fol-lowed by 6,358 in 2013, declining sharply to 50 in 2014; 71 in 2015; 78 in 2016; and 50 by June this year. Meanwhile, western neigh-bour Afghanistan deported a total of 32 Pakistanis – one each in 2012 and 2013; 29 in 2014; and one in 2016.

Cuba begins 5-month poli cal transi onHavana, Sep. 5 (PTI): Cuba on Tuesday began a five-month poli cal transi on expected to end with Raul Castro’s departure from the presidency, capping his family’s near-total dominance of the country’s political system for nearly 60 years.Over the rest of this month, Cubans will meet in small

groups to nominate municipal representa ves. Cuban officials say 12,515 block-level districts will nominate candidates for city council elec ons on October 22.In the second electoral stage, a commission dominated

by government-linked organisations will pick all the candidates for elections to provincial assemblies and Cuba’s na onal assembly.The congress is expected to pick the president and

members of the powerful Council of State by February. Mr. Castro has said he will leave the presidency by that date, though he is expected to remain head of the Communist Party.

Syrian Army breaks 3-year IS siege of military baseCairo, Sep. 5 (IANS): The Syrian Army on Tuesday managed to break the three-year siege by the Islamic State terror organisa on of its military base in eastern Syria, media reports said.Following combat with IS fighters, the pro-government

forces were able to breach the encirclement and open corridors to reach the base of the 137th Brigade in the city of Deir al-Zour, Efe news agency reported quo ng the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and state news agency SANA. Deir al-Zour city is 450 km to northeast of Damascus on the banks of the Euphrates River.The Britain-based SOHR added that the advance of

troops loyal to the Syrian government took place a er they removed mines and explosive devices from the area that separated them from the besieged barracks.The inhabitants of the government-controlled

neighbourhoods of Deir al-Zour celebrated the arrival of the troops to break the siege, according to SANA.The offensive against IS combatants in the province

of Deir al-Zour, mostly controlled by the extremists, began on Saturday on two fronts and was launched from the neighbouring province of Homs, with the support of Syrian ar llery and avia on.Despite the IS siege of Deir al-Zour since early

2015, the Syrian Army maintained control of several neighbourhoods in the northwest of the city and the military airport, located in the southeast, in addi on to the aforemen oned barracks.The province of Deir al-Zour is the last main bas on

of IS militants in Syria.

Boko Haram killed nearly 400 civilians since AprilNairobi, Sep. 5 (IANS): At least 381 civilians have been killed by Islamist terror group Boko Haram in the past five months in Nigeria and Cameroon, an interna onal human rights watchdog said on Tuesday.In a report, Amnesty Interna onal a ributed the rise

in the death toll to a spike in suicide bombings, mostly carried out by women and girls, in northeastern Nigeria as well as northern Cameroon, Efe news agency reported.“Boko Haram is once again commi ng war crimes on

a huge scale, exemplified by the depravity of forcing young girls to carry explosives with the sole inten on of killing as many people as they possibly can,” said Alioune Tine, AI’s West and Central Africa Director.Boko Haram’s a acks in Nigeria have caused the death

of at least 223 civilians since April, while the death toll in August alone has reached 100.“This wave of shocking Boko Haram violence...

highlights the urgent need for protec on and assistance for millions of civilians in the Lake Chad region,” Tine added.Tine stressed that the governments of Nigeria and

Cameroon “must take swift action to protect” these people. Millions of civilians are in need of urgent humanitarian aid due to the current situa on in the Lake Chad region, where at least 2.3 million people have been displaced.

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In an open letter to Kangana Ranaut, singer Sona Mohapatra said she hopes the actor would take a higher moral ground and not make a mockery of her personal life anymore.

The 41-year-old musician’s comments come after the “Queen” star’s recent appearance on TV talk show “Aap Ki Adalat”, where

she said that actor Hrithik Roshan should apologise to her publicly for causing her trauma after their alleged relationship ended.

In the letter posted on Facebook, Sona wrote she has always sup-ported Kangana “in private and in public” even before she turned a superstar.

She, however, added, “... But your current run across the airwaves regurgitating personal details of your love life over and over again, washing dirty linen in public and more so as part of a professional PR campaign before your film release is in bad taste.”

Kangana will be next seen in Hansal Mehta-directed “Simran”, which releases on September 15.

The singer also called out the actor as her current actions are doing “a big disservice” to feminism and fair play.

“Wish you would rise above this muck and make your point through actions and your work. Your success doesn’t need this tabloid trail. Your well-thought out and superbly worded open letters of the past, fearless interviews address-ing larger issues, taking a stand, taking legal recourse are welcome. The current ‘circus’, not,” she continued.

Sona also said she believed there are many feminists who belong to the opposite gender and asked Kangana to recognise their contribution as well.

PTI

Singer John Legend revealed that years ago he tried to dump his then-

girlfriend and now-wife Chrissy Teigen, but she said no.

The singer admitted that their “break up” lasted an hour-and-a-half.

“I was really stressed and busy,” Legend told The Guardian.

“I was just like: ‘I’d just be happier single right now,’ and she was like: ‘No.’”

A few hours after her husband’s interview hit, Teigen, who has been with the singer for over a decade, took to Twitter to respond, reports eonline.

com.She shared a link to

the break up story with a laugh-crying emoji and the caption, “11 years later, baby.”

Teigen, who shares daughter Luna with her husband since 2013, also tweeted: “It wasn’t a typical break up. He was on tour and his voice hurt and he was being a whiny face about everything and so yeah, I was like ‘No’.”

In 2013, the couple had a lavish wedding ceremony.

Prior to their extrava-gant affair, the two were actually wed in a secret and low-key courthouse ceremony in New York.

IANS

After inviting a plethora of Bollywood stars on her talk show No

Filter Neha, Neha Dhupia this time had Bollywood’s Baby Doll Sunny Leone getting all candid and chatty.

As Neha asked Sunny if she managed to make real friends in Bollywood, Sunny said, “Probably not, I made really nice friends with people that I have worked with, and I know it sounds weird but I only meet people when I’m working with them. I am not a part of any social group or club and what I find is that people get so weird and shallow that it’s not me that they want to

know, it’s someone else.”

She even revealed the name of the one person who agreed to accompany her on the stage at an awards ceremony when eve-ryone else refused. It was Chunky Pandey. Ask her why nobody agreed, Sunny says, “I was new in the in-dustry then and when a new person comes in and especially when they think it’s shady or who is this person and where does she come from, there is some sense of curiosity.

Also, at that moment there were probably many

women who didn’t like me. I’m okay with that but it was weird to sit there, and wait for someone to turn up and go with me on stage.”

Sunny Leone has left many Bol-lywood A-listers behind to become the most searched Indian on Google for last three years. Sharing the feeling of it, Sunny told Neha, “It feels great because people always try to tear you down or they are trying to hurt you with their words but numbers are

something which is real. They are not a paid report and when I see them it just confirms in my head that I’m in the right place, I’m where I need to be and it reminds me how amazing and supportive my fans are beside anybody else who tries to push me down.”

Revealing other intrin-sic details about herself the Laila of Bollywood said that she is mighty scared of insects and her team has to keep a box of odomos, a can of HIT and get out sticks handy. And for those who don’t know, Sunny knows how to create her own website, she knows HTML, webmaster pro-gram, and also how to edit videos and photos.

Indianexpress

The ‘Seek & Destroy’ rocker narrowly avoided a serious in-jury after stepping backwards into a hole in the stage near to the drum kit at Ziggo Dome.

Video footage showed the 54-year-old singer fall down and pause for a moment in pain as the band performed ‘Now That We’re Dead’.

In the clip shared on YouTube by a fan, James asks the crowd: “Is everyone OK?”

He appeared to take the fall in good spirit and joked about how much his “ego” was hurting.

He replied to himself saying: “Yes, I am OK. My ego not so much. But, we are fine. It hurt my feelings a maybe, a little bit. But I can tell you about it now it’s done.”

The guitar god and vocalist then bravely carried on with the rest of their 18-song set including an encore of ‘Blackened’, “Nothing Else Matters’ and Enter Sandman’.

Metallica are currently on the European leg of their ‘WorldWired’ tour, which comes to London’s The O2 on October 22 and 24 and concludes at Birmingham’s Genting Arena on October 30.

Meanwhile, the band recently announced they are set to re-release their third studio album ‘Master Of Puppets’ on

November 10.The reissue of the classic 1986 metal

record will feature unreleased material including demos, rough mixes, videos and live tracks, including a new version of ‘Disposable Heroes’ and a live record-ing of ‘The Thing That Should Not Be’.

The LP was the band’s first record to go platinum and

ended up going 6 x plati-num in the US.

‘Master Of Puppets’ was the last studio release the band recorded with late bass player Cliff Bur-ton, who was in the band

from 1982 until his death in September 1986.

femalefirst.co.uk

TV host Sharon Osbourne says her husband Ozzy cheated on her with six

other women.In an interview with

The Telegraph, Sharon opened up about the af-fairs, and said that they almost led to their divorce, reports people.com.

“The Talk” co-host said that “there wasn’t just one woman; there were six of them”.

“Some Russian teen-ager, then a masseuse in England, our masseuse (in the US), and then our cook. He had women in different countries. Basi-cally, if you’re a woman giving Ozzy either a back rub or a trolley of food,

God help you,” Sharon added.

The TV host also spoke about discovering her husband’s infidelity with hairstylist Michelle Pugh.

“We were sitting on the couch watching the telly. Ozzy on one couch and me on the other, and suddenly, he sends me this

email. ‘Why did you send me this stupid email?’ I asked, and when Ozzy told me that he hadn’t sent me anything, I grabbed his phone and said, ‘Look!’ And of course it was a message meant for one of his bloody women,” she recalled.

IANS

Singer Adele is report-edly in talks for her first Hollywood

movie role in a new film adaptation of the iconic musical “Oliver!”.

According to The Sun newspaper, Adele, 29, is “seriously consid-ering” the offer, reports dailymail.co.uk.

The film executives are keen on getting the “Hello” hitmaker on-board to play Nancy in a remake of the hit 1968 musical.

“It would be a major part for her and she’s seriously considering it. She’s talked about An-gelo (her son) being her number one priority and

she sees this as a role that he could appreciate too. It would be a new challenge for her, but one she would definitely be up for,” said a source.

“Oliver!” is based on the Charles Dickens novel “Oliver Twist”, which released in 1837. It tells the tale of orphan Oliver who meets a pick-pocket on the London streets. He then joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

The original film starred Mark Lester as the protagonist with Ron Moody playing the crooked Fagin and Shani Wallis portraying Nancy.

IANS

11SPORTSEASTERN MIRROR | Dimapur, Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Kezhose hat-trick lifts Nagabazar FC to victory over Power Comm

Amur Falcon FC draws with Morning FC 1-1

India beat Macau in AFC Asian Cup football qualifier

Rio Olympics was my biggest life lesson, says Sindhu

Assam’s new stadium readies to host maiden international cricket match

West Indies did not always play in right spirit in the ‘90s: Lara

US Open: Federer and Nadal move within sight of landmark meeting

U.S. Open account, Federer sprinted past veteran Span-iard Feliciano Lopez in just 77 minutes in the third round and dismissed Kohlschreiber in one hour, 49 minutes with-out facing a break point.

Unbeaten by the German in 11 matches prior to Mon-day’s clash, Federer started quietly and was content to feel out his opponent but it was not long until he turned up the pressure and broke his opponent with a thundering forehand before wrapping up the first set.

With the match on serve at 2-1, razor sharp Federer tore through six successive games to take the second set and go 1-0 up in the third.

With Kohlschreiber on the ropes, the 36-year-old Swiss seemed to ease up but he took the decisive break at 6-5 before closing out the match with a classic forehand winner.

If there was one worry about the Swiss in the one-sided contest, it was the sight of him leaving the court be-fore the start of the third set to receive treatment on a back that had given him problems in the run-up to the grand slam.

Federer, however, down-played the timeout, declaring himself 100 percent healthy and ready to go.

“I just felt something, sort of my muscle being tight at the back,” explained Federer. “I just wanted to get it done really quickly after the set break. “It was more precau-tion. It’s all good. No prob-lems there. I‘m not worried about it.”

Our CorrespondentKohima, Sep. 5 (EMN): Kezhose scored a hat-trick as Nagabazar FC beat Power Comm FC 3-1 during the 4th quarterfi-nal match of the ongo-ing KTC Cup 2017 at the Kohima local ground on Tuesday.

Nagabazar FC will now face New Market FC in the second semi-final round of the KTC Cup 2017 on Thursday.

Nagabazar FC started the match brightly and took the lead in the 8th minutes through Kezhose. He went on to score his second goal in the 24th minute to put Nagabazar

FC in the driving seat.Power Comm had

the best chance when Kevisekho Thokhwe hit the woodwork in the 29th minute but Nagabazar dominated the possession and look threatening; they took control of the game in the first half.

The second half per-formance was poor for Na-gabazar and gifted Power Comm a goal through Dzesengulie Dul in the 51st minute through a pen-alty, after the referee award a penalty for a foul inside the area.

But Power Comm looking for an equalizer had a major setback when

their keeper Khriekethozo Mepfho got injured but there was no substitute player to replace him.

Nagabazar talisman Kezhose went on to com-pleted his hat-trick in the 66th minute and became the first hat-trick scorer of the tournament.

Anoto Kweho of Na-gabazar FC was cautioned with a yellow card dur-ing the match. Kevi Vizo, President, Kohima Dis-trict Congress Committee was the match patron

Wednesday fixture1st Semi-Final Match

Khriekesa Vs Addax FC @ 2:00 PM

Kohima, Sep. 5 (EMN): Amur Falcon Football Club held on for a draw against Morning Football Club 1-1 in the second match of the Morning Champions Cup at Seikhazou ground on Tuesday.

During the match, Nei-phrie opened the scoring for Morning Football Club in the 19 minute through an assist from Blisto. However Benlo managed to level the score in the 24 minutes for

Amur Falcon.Neither Morning Foot-

ball Club nor Amur Falcon Football Club was able to find the back of the net again as the match ended in 1-1 draw.

Both the teams had to be contended with a point each in their first day of the Group B match at the ongoing Morning Champi-ons Cup 2017.

Wednesday’s matchAll Blacks Vs Neristian FC

Macau, Sep 5. (IANS): India took a giant step towards qualification for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2019, registering a 2-0 win over Macau in an away match at the Olympic Stadium here on Tuesday.

In a one-sided contest, substitute Bal-want Singh scored a brace with a header in the 57th minute and poacher’s goal in the 81st minute after a mix-up by the Macau back-line.

This was India’s third successive vic-tory and they sit pretty on top of Group A with nine points. India are scheduled to face the same opponents on October 10 in the return fixture in India.

India started on a positive note as

Macau seemed to be happy sitting back. Udanta and Narayan Das found ample space on the wings but the hosts managed to keep the crosses out.

Both Sunil and Jeje were heavily marked with their efforts finding the legs of the opposition defence.

Indian midfielders were dictating the game as they found acres of space near the box. Jeje cut in from the left but Sunil’s powerful shot was blocked out. Narzary showed some deft footwork as he twisted and turned but his shot was kept out by the keeper.

A flurry in the 36th minute saw Nazary and Rowllin combining well but the clear-ance made its way to Eugeneson whose long ranger hit the crossbar. Rowllin

latched on to the rebound but his shot too was saved by the goalkeeper.

A couple more chances came India’s way with Jeje’s header landing on the roof of the net while Narzary’s perfect cross was met by Sunil only to be blocked out by the desperate Macauan defence.

India did have their chances and poor finishing robbed them of an early lead. Macau were also lucky when the cross-piece came to their rescue in the first half as the boys went into the break goal-less.

Constantine opted to introduce Bal-want Singh after the break having with-drawn Eugenson Lyngdoh who saw his effort strike the crossbar in the 36th minute of the first-half.

Balwant’s introduction was just what

the doctor ordered as he made an im-pact straightaway troubling the Macau backline. Pritam Kotal’s cross to him was headed just wide.

Also in the second half, a Sunil Chhetri header off a Pritam Kotal cross bounced off the crosspiece and then dropped on the goal line only to be collected by the rival goalkeeper.

A goal seemed ominous and it did arrive in the 57th minute when Balwant found the back of the net with a rising header as he met Narayan Das’ perfect ball into the box.

Balwant scoring his second goal for the national team after having scored his first against Mauritius in the recently con-cluded Hero Tri-Nation series.

New Delhi, Sep. 5 (IANS): Indian badminton star P.V. Sindhu, the story of whose performance will find its way to the silver screen with a biopic, says the 2016 Rio Olympics was her biggest life lesson, following which she explored her capabilities further with the help of her coach Pullela Gopichand.

“It was my first time at the Olympics and I really had no idea what the atmos-phere would be like. I didn’t really know how it was going to be and what it will be, but my coach has always believed in me and told me that ‘You can do that’.

“The kind of hard work he put in and the sacrifices he made pushed me to work harder. That made me think ‘I can do anything’ and that is one of life lessons that I learnt,” Sindhu told IANS in a telephonic interview.

Sindhu made India proud at the Rio Olympics,

where she thrashed Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the women’s singles badminton semi-final, becoming the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the quadren-nial event.

That was also India’s first silver in the badmin-ton event at the Olympics. Saina Nehwal had won bronze at the 2012 London Olympics.

Sindhu, 22, says her coach urged her to believe in herself and that has helped her play the game well.

Just last month, she brought back a silver medal from Glasgow’s Badmin-ton World Championships. Honouring Gopichand’s unwavering support to her over the years, Sindhu has paid a Teacher’s Day tribute to him through a digital film that she has co-produced with sports drink brand Gatorade.

The digital film titled

#IHATEMYTEACHER celebrates those who keep pushing you.

“They push you so much that, because of them, you achieve so much. He has always been behind me, showing his anger and taking responsibilities. It is because of them (teachers and coaches) that we get so much of success,” Sindhu said.

To reach this height of success, she has had a jour-ney full of bruised knees and afternoons spent per-fecting the backhand shot. Does she miss enjoying the usual life of a youngster her age?

“Badminton is the real me, and whatever I am to-day is because of badmin-ton. It’s not that I don’t have a personal life or any-thing, but badminton is my passion and I don’t regret it. If you want to achieve anything in life, you have to

believe in yourself. It is very important,” she said.

The badminton star also has an interesting point to make in terms of India’s growth in sports.

“India is growing in terms of sports and there will be many sports coming up in years ahead. Junior players are doing well,” said Sindhu, who is also excited about a Bollywood biopic on her life. It is being pro-duced by Sonu Sood.

Asked about the de-velopments on that front, she said: “We have been discussing it... we met a couple of times. But noth-ing has been decided yet. We hope it’s going to come out soon.”

So is she going to do a cameo in it? “I am not sure. They would know much better as they have been in the film industry. They will decide what is best,” she said.

Guwahati, Sep. 5 (IANS): Seven years after hosting an international cricket match, the north-east will finally get to host another match, this time at the newly built Barsapara Stadium where the second T20 Interna-tional between India and Australia will be played if things go smoothly.

Assam normally expe-riences slight to moderate rainfall during September-October with incessant rain and floods already gripping the capital city. But Assam Cricket Association (ACA) Vice President Devajit Lon Saikia claimed that the drainage facilities at the stadium were better than at the iconic Eden Gardens in

Kolkata.“Even if it rains for five

days continuously, and the rain stops half an hour be-fore the start of the match, we can have a full match. We have a better under-ground drainage system than the Eden Gardens and I am confident about it,” Saikia told IANS over phone.

The new venue is how-ever, awaiting final clear-ance from the International Cricket Council (ICC) be-fore the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces the itinerary for the series, featuring five One-day Internationals (ODI) and three T20Is, starting September 17.

Saikia confirmed that former India pacer and match referee Javagal Sri-nath had inspected the Bar-sapara Stadium on Monday on the ICC’s behalf and a report is awaited.

Saikia also appeared optimistic that the 37,500 capacity stadium will get the green signal to host the north-east’s maiden international cricket match under floodlights.

“If you ask me about the preparations, more than 300 people are working day and night to ensure every-thing is in place by Septem-ber 25,” Saikia said.

“Besides the ACA and BCCI, the state govern-ment has taken keen inter-

est in developing the road and other facilities con-necting the stadium. We are focussing on giving the final touches to whatever is left now”.

Asked about the secu-rity arrangements before the high profile tie, Saikia said: “We have already spoken to the state govern-ment in this regard and have got great support from the district administration in ensuring that the match is played smoothly.”

Saikia said the ACA will soon announce the sale of tickets (online) once the BCCI gets the clearance from the ICC.

The tentative date for the fixture is October 10.

London, Sep 5. (IANS): Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara on Tuesday admitted the Car-ibbean regional cricket out-fit during the 1990s did not always play in the right spirit of the game despite dominating world cricket at that point.

While delivering the MCC Spir t of Cricket Cowdrey lecture at Lord’s, Lara urged top sides “to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld”.

“The highest-ranked team in the world has the responsibility to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld every sin-gle time they play... and that the spirit of cricket is with them every time they enter the field,” Lara was quoted as saying by ESP-Ncricinfo.

And, despite the out-standing record of the West Indies sides of the 1980s and early 1990s, Lara felt they were occasions when the tactics they employed resulted in them “playing the game in a way it should never, ever be played”.

Lara gave examples of a series against New Zealand in 1980, when Colin Croft shoulder-barged an um-pire and Michael Holding kicked over the stumps in frustration, and two series (against Pakistan in 1988 and England in 1990) when he suggested that the West Indies employed a certain amount of gamesmanship to win at any cost.

“I grew up at a time when West Indies domi-nated the world. For 15 years from 1980, the West Indies never lost a Test series. And just before that, Colin Croft decided he was

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Nagabazar FC (blue) and Power Comm (red) in action at the Kohima local ground on Tuesday.

Brian Lara delivers the annual MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey lecture at Lord’s, London on September 4.

New York Sep.5 (Reuters): Roger Federer crushed Germany’s Philipp Kohls-chreiber 6-4 6-2 7-5 to ease into the quarter-finals of the US Open and remain on a collision course for a semi-final showdown with Rafa Nadal.

The e legant Swiss maestro and the muscular Spaniard have played for titles on French Open clay, Wimbledon’s manicured

lawns and in Australian heat and while no trophy would be on the line, a New York meeting would still have the Big Apple buzzing.

One of sport’s great ri-valries, Federer and Nadal have clashed 37 times over the years but never stood across from each other on Flushing Meadows’ hard-courts.

Standing between Fed-

erer and a semi-final berth is towering Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, who beat the former world number one in the 2009 final to lift his only grand slam title.

Nadal kept up his end of the bargain with a straight sets win over Ukraine’s Al-exandr Dolgopolov earlier on Monday. He will need to get past 19-year-old Rus-sian Andrey Rublev.

“I think it would mean

a lot to both of us,” said Federer during his post-match television interview. “I think it would be good for tennis, good for the game, but we’ll see if we get there.

“There is Rublev on his side, a great, young, up-and-coming player I love to see play and Del Potro, he had an epic today.”

After two marathon five-setters to open his

going to take a piece out of Fred Goodall’s shoul-der and ran into him dur-ing a Test Match. Michael Holding decided he was no longer a cricketer, he was a footballer and he kicked a stump. I’m sure the occur-rences during that period had a big effect on cricket,” he considered.

Lara confessed he was “embarrassed” when a se-ries of umpiring decisions helped the West Indies lord England in 1988.

“Everyone said Eng-land had no chance. But they won in Jamaica and, in Trinidad, even after rain, had ample time to chase down a small total,” Lara said.

“ I had never seen groundsmen and officials fight for Man of the Match. They moved lethargic, slow. If there was a wet

spot someone went off the field, they came back with nothing in their hands, they took their time to ensure this game was not going to start any time soon.

“Eventually, it started with a couple of hours to go and England still had time. We bowled, in one hour, seven overs. It was dark and Graham Gooch had to call his troops from the field and the West In-dies grabbed a draw.”

Lara said as a young West Indian cricketer, it was his most embarrassing moment.

“I was 12th man. I was very, very guilty. I was run-ning out with laces, a ba-nana, water, cough tablets, all sorts of things in that last hour. It was truly em-barrassing,” he said.

“They went on to Barbados. It was another

keenly-fought Test and Rob Bailey was batting with not much time to go for a drawn Test. He flicked the ball down the leg side and Jeffrey Dujon dived and collected. The first slip -- I’m not going to call his name -- ran towards the umpire and signalled. The umpire wasn’t taking him on but he kept going and going and eventually he stuck his finger up and gave Bailey out. It definitely wasn’t out.

“England sort of lost faith in the game. They lost that Test and the next in Antigua for the West Indies to win the series 2-1. As a West Indian, I was truly embarrassed. As a young cricketer who looked up to a lot of the individuals in the team, it was one of the saddest moments in the world. For me, I felt the West Indies being the best team in the world needed to play cricket in a differ-ent way.”

Lara also hinted that such sportsmanship dam-aged Caribbean cricket in the long run.

“People talk about the Tests series we lost in 1995 as the time we began to spiral,” Lara said. “I felt we started to spiral years before that when the great players were playing.

“And if Pakistan or England got what they deserved in 1988 and 1990, I feel the West Indies of-ficials would have taken a different look into what to do to save West Indies cricket at a time we had senior players who could have guided the younger players to have ensured we were on the right footing. But that didn’t happen.”

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