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Dimapur November 13 (mexN): The assistant professor of Phek Govern-ment College who came under attack from the Phek Town Chakhesang Stu-dents’ Union (PTCSU) for taking excessive leave since joining the college has clar-ified that she has “availed only entitled leave” and has not for “even a singular day disregarded her students nor undermined the con-cerned authority.”

Providing a detailed note about the number of days she has taken leave and the reasons for doing so, the assistant professor said that the allegations lev-

eled against her are only to inflict stigma on her career and tarnish her reputation. She said that the details would project the clear pic-ture of the issue.

The assistant professor asserted that she availed only entitled leave and not excess as alleged by the Union. Apart from personal health problems, she also cited family problems like taking her spouse for treat-ments outside the State. “I have duly availed my earned leave/Maternity leave/ca-sual leave having been duly granted by the authority concerned on account of ail-ment, delivery and difficul-

ties that I/my family have gone through and for that reasons the complainant has no reason to threaten the competent authority as it is the prerogative on the part of the authority con-cerned to sanction the en-titled leave to the employee concerned subject to the availability at her/his leave account,” she stated. She added that the allegation made against her clearly manifests the ulterior mo-tive of the complainant.

The assistant profes-sor also rubbished the PTCSU’s allegation that she has been availing leave in “connivance with some

higher authorities and that she is enjoying favoritisms under their patronage is far beyond Imagination.” She clarified that she “nev-er ever sought any undue favor from any author-ity since from my initial ap-pointment and not to speak about patronizing the au-thority.”

She also clarified her position on the transfer is-sue. She claimed that the authority concerned hav-ing seen her genuine diffi-culties and problems trans-ferred her out from Phek Govt. College to Fazl Ali Govt. College.

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Asst Professor says she availed only ‘entitled’ leave

Dimapur, Novem-ber 13 (mexN): With a view to bring together and work for the welfare of the working journalist in Na-galand, concerned jour-nalists working in the field have resolved to come to-gether and form Federa-tion of Working Journal-ist of Nagaland (FoWJoN). This was stated in a press note appended by Narain B. Sagar, convenor, and Ashikho Pfuzhe, member secretary.

The decision was taken after holding thor-

ough deliberation of the working journalists from Dimapur, Kohima, Mo-kokchung, Tuensang, Kiphire and Mon in the two meetings held on Oc-tober 5th and 20th, 2011 in Kohima. Unanimous-ly adopting the constitu-tion of FoWJoN during the second meeting held at Hotel Orchid, Kohima, the working journalists present resolved that the Federation was a long felt need in the State in order to strive and protect the welfare of the working

journalists in the field as well as the freedom of Press; to safeguard and promote the interests of the working journalist and maintain the high-est standards of profes-sionalism; to promote a spirit of cooperation and understanding among working journalists and to work for and promote legislation for the wel-fare of working journal-ists and serve as a defen-sive body that will protect journalists.

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Dimapur, November 13 (mexN): Hornbill Conserva-tion Initiative (HCI), a com-mittee instituted by a non-gov-ernment organisation Green Succession of Nagaland State (Green-SONS) has taken the initiative to save the Hornbill bird and promote habitat con-servation in the State.

A team comprising HCI’s Chairperson Dr. Yan Murry; Dr. Nzan Humtsoe, Vice-Chairperson; Jess T. Murry, Treasurer HCI & Chairman Green- SONS; Mhathung, Secretary HCI and wildlife photographer Steve Odyuo went on a study to the Horn-bill migration route inside the Intangki National park on No-vember 12. The team plans to tour all locations in the com-ing months to study the fac-tors causing the decrease in the number of Hornbills.

Intangki National Park is among the few locations in

Nagaland where Hornbills migrate. Accompanied by Forest department guards and foresters, the team en-countered a group of hunt-ers making noises inside the dense forest. The forest guards seized illegal materials from them, noted their con-tact details and left them with a warning.

The Hornbill bird is re-vered by Nagas and is closely related to Naga culture. Un-fortunately some species of the majestic hornbill is en-dangered and will become extinct if steps are not taken now. The organization said that conserving the Hornbill bird will be like preserving Naga culture.

HCI feels a holistic ap-proach should be adopted for the conservation of Horn-bills. For this purpose, it has made it a point to stress on re-search, habitat conservation

and awareness campaigns. Since few people cannot make a huge impact - for a positive outcome, the organisation en-courages participation of peo-ple from all walks of life. To start with, hunting and selling of hornbills should be strictly prohibited and discouraged.

HCI’s effort to spread awareness has already taken shape in the form of an online signature campaign. Till date, around 350 signatures from people of over 60 countries have signed the petition. HCI has tied-up with Hornbillfes-tival.com to kick-start this sig-nature campaign.

HCI will have a stall at Bamboo Pavilion during Hornbill Festival 2011 where it will try to make the public more aware about the plight of the Hornbill bird. Students from as far as Mumbai have offered to become volunteers for HCI’s cause.

Young Nagas aim to save the Hornbill

Dimapur, Novem-ber 13 (mexN): The Na-galand Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has yet again charged the DAN government of landing the State into deadly debt-trap and huge liabilities, and that public money gener-ously released by the Gov-ernment of India has bene-fited just a handful of people in high places. NPCC stated that corruption, financial misuse and mismanage-ment have become the hall-mark of the regional party’s mis-governance.

NPCC in a press com-muniqué issued by the Media Cell stated that the DAN government is rid-ing on tight financial rope and has no money to pay the students’ post-matric scholarship, salary of work charged employees, termi-nal benefits of the govern-ment employees who were forced to retire. It stated that the government has been making lame excuses such as “documentation and logistic problems for non-payment but in reality its coffer has gone dry,” the NPCC alleged.

It further stated that the DAN government is unable to release the development funds for the State’s work programs and development activities have come to stand still, and that it has no mon-ey to maintain the State’s as-sets. The NPCC alleged that a major chunk of the non-

plan fund has gone to debt servicing with the State’s outstanding loans crossing over Rs. 8000 crore; adding that the “DAN government is back to business of knock-ing the door of the Planning Commission of India (PCI) begging for special plan as-sistance (SPA).”

The NPCC claimed that whenever the issue of shortage of fund was raised, the DAN government rues that the State government is over-burdened with over 65% of the plan and non-plan expenditure going to the salaries of its employees as against the 35% restric-tion imposed by the 13th Fi-nance Commission (TFC).

Despite these problems, the NPCC alleged that the DAN government has been surreptitiously indulging in rampant backdoor ap-pointments. “The DAN gov-ernment got the golden op-portunity to bring down the plan and non-plan expendi-ture to the TFC’s prescribed limit of 35%. However, in-stead of streamlining the entire system of over-em-ployment on need-based, it has resorted to over-in-dulgence in backdoor ap-pointment, all with an eye for electoral gain in the next election,” the NPCC stated. It added that NPF has proved that regional party in power is nothing but freedom to corrupt with impunity and has lost all moral rights to continue.

NPCC accuse DAN govt of landing

Nagaland in debt

Federation of Working Journalist of Nagaland formed

In this image released to the media forest guards seen here checking rucksacks of hunters inside Intangki National Park

Dimapur, November 13 (mexN): The Metro Team and organizers which is organizing “The Greater Cause Concert” featuring John Schlitt and his band from the US which was slat-ed for this coming Thursday November 17 at Dimapur and Friday November 18 at Kohima is forced to post-pone his concert to a later date sometime in the month of December. A press note issued by The MetroTeam and organizers stated that this is due to unforeseen problems with regard to visa

clearance issues, and also taking into consideration the fact that our earlier dates would clash with the exami-nations of many youngsters. The organizers also request that all concert attendees who have already bought tickets to carefully retain them for valid entry when the concert will be held at the later date. “We apologize for any inconvenience cause thereof and we look forward to a fantastic concert when your date with John Schlitt will be confirmed,” further stated the note.

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14 November 2011Monday2 Dimapur The Morung ExpressLOCAL

A little boy walks with a jar of water across the compound of Government High School, Yangphi under Kiphire district. Given the fact that the infrastructure of educational institutions are poor in this area of the State, the number of students is very high and its keeps increasing year after year. (Lipichem Photo)

Dimapur, November 13 (Dipr): A mass social work was held at the State Capital Kohima, today with the active participation of all government employees, Kohima Municipal Coun-

cil, NGOs, churches and the general public in all the wards. ADC Kohima, Kovi Meyase speaking to DIPR, said the social work was or-ganized jointly by the State government, NGOs, KMC,

NBCC with an objective to give Kohima a fresher and cleaner look, because of the approaching festive season.

He also said that most the government depart-ment were allotted specif-

ic slots/area of work to be cleaned. ADC Kohima also informed about the active participation of high rank-ing officials in the mass social work including the Chief Minister of Nagaland

who he said personally sur-prised the cleanliness drive in the State capital. Con-cerned citizens including children were also seen ac-tively participating in the social work.

Mass social work held at Kohima

Employees of government departments actively participating in the mass social work at Kohima on November 12. Children are also seen doing their bit in keeping their wards clean. (DIPR Photos)

Dimapur, Novem-ber 13 (mexN): A one day panel discussion was organised by the Lang-pangkong Kaketshir Mongdang on November 12, 2011 at NPPC Ltd Com-munity Hall, Tzudikong town. The speakers on the occasion were Editor, Tir Yimyim, K.Temjen Jamir, CEO, Window Me-dia Chairman, CII, Naga-land Council, Dr Aotoshi, DFO Dimapur, T.N.Meren jamir and District & Ses-

sions Judge, Kohima, Ma-yanglima.

The panel discussion centred on social, eco-nomic, political and legal aspects. All the speakers dwelt on issues of devel-opment on all grounds with unity and awareness. They also stressed on do-ing away with complacen-cy and narrow minded-ness and instead to work together towards a com-mon goal. Earlier, MLA & Advisor, NBDA, L.Temjen

Jamir in his speech out-lined the visions of Tzu-dikong as an industrial town and said that the gov-ernment is all out for de-velopment. MLA T. Senti-chuba, who also spoke on the occasion, said that we should fight for justice and walk in truth. The day long programme was attended by representatives from villages under Langpang-kong range, besides gov-ernment officials, student leaders and well wishers.

TBHJ hostel nite cum pre-Christmas celebration

Dimapur, November 13 (mexN): The Tyrannus Boys Hostel Jakhama(TBHJ) will be hosting Hostel Nite cum pre-Christmas celebration with Pastor Shan Kikon as speaker on November 16, 2011 at 4.00 pm at the hostel premises. A press note issued by Keluhol Tase, warden, Tyrannus Boys Hostel Jakhama stated that Kezhokho-to Savi President NVCO would bring greetings. The note also mentioned that every boy hosteller is inviting a female friend as their guest. The speaker along with guest would inspect every room as part of competition where the best roommate is to be rewarded considering cleanliness, dis-cipline, punctuality, etc throughout the academic year. The main highlight of the celebration includes special num-bers, presentation, message, etc and the vote of thanks would be pronounced by the hostel warden Keluhol Tase followed with special dinner and entertainment.

Dimapur, November 13 (mexN): As the children are the future of our society, Chavara Home celebrated advance children’s day on November 12, 2011. Seventy eight children from neigh-borhood along with their parents gathered together to mark the day as a memo-rable one. A press note is-sued by Sr.Agie CMC, Direc-tor Chavara Home stated that the children felt that they are cared and wanted by remembering them in a special way on the auspi-cious day.

The chief guest for the programme was Dr.Vineto Chishi, the state coordina-

tor to UNAIDS&LFA. Chil-dren entertained the gath-ering by performing various cultural programmes.The gathering appreciated the talent show of their own children on the stage.

The note stated that the chief guest in his key mes-sagae encouraged the chil-dren try to excell in their studies so that the society can benefit from them. He told the students to be smart and shared the example of his own family, where they were nine children and all of them got good education by the grace of God.”Now all are in a good position serving the society in many

ways, like doctors, minis-ters, principals, directors etc,” he said. He told the children not to be lazy and to work hard and God will be with them to guide them. “Make use of every oppor-tunities to grow and do good to the society in the com-ing days, “ he advised and to have courage to say no to every vices, in order to grow as mature citizens and stand for the truth at any cost.

The note also men-tioned that previous day competitions were con-ducted and the winners were awarded with prizes on the children’s day by the chief guest.

Chavara Home celebrates Children’s Day

LKM initiates panel discussionAcknowledgement

Mrs. Takulemla AoBorn:20th February 1945 Died :9th November 2011

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all who self-lessly supported and stood by us in countless ways during the pro-longed illness and sad demise of our beloved Mrs. Takulemla Ao, on the 9th of November 2011. We are filled with gratitude to the

Loving Husband, Daughters, Grand Children, Sons-in-Law and Relations

Doctors and Staff of Christian Institute of Health Sci-ence and Research and Shamroch Hospital, vari-ous Churches, Longkhum and Molungyimsen Sen-so Telongjem, neighbours and well-wishers for the immesurable help rendered in our direst hour of need.We offer sincerest apologies for our inabili-ty to mention all by name.We, however, pray that our Gracious Lord will bless you all in abundance.

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A dAy After the ambush was carried out on the Ma-nipur youth Affairs and Sports minister in Senapa-ti district, security force personnel who conducted a massive search opera-tion in the spot recovered three live Improvised explosive device (Ied) bombs on Sunday morn-ing. Had the calculation of the assailants who carried out assassination mission on Manipur minister dd thaisii gone accurate, it would have been deadly.

According to an official source, the three recovered Ieds were found when po-lice and state security per-sonnel conducted a search on the stretch of the inter-village road from Maram to Purul in Senapati district as a follow up measure regard-

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minister dd thaisii hail-ing from the Congress party was ambushed by heavily armed men at a place be-tween Koide and Maram in Senapati district on Satur-day that inflicted injury to an escort personnel. Some bullets had hit the vehicle in which the minister was trav-elling in. dd thaisii was on his way to his native village Purul in Senapati district.

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rushed to escort back the minister last night. How-ever, the minister who got an overwhelmed recep-tion from villagers located on the sides of the stretch of the Maram-Purul road decided to stay the night

in his native village.the minister went to his

native village to inspect sites where various developmen-tal works are being taken up. the minister’s return jour-ney to Imphal was delayed till today afternoon as Se-

napati police has to call out bomb experts from Imphal.

A team of Manipur Police Bomb detection and dispos-al Squad rushed to the spot and defused the three bombs safely around 2 pm today at the same places where the

bombs were planted. dd thaisii returned to

Imphal concluding his in-spection to various devel-opment projects in Purul sub-division of Senapati district with heavy deploy-ment of security on the whole stretch of the road from Purul to Imphal.

the Manipur govern-ment also strongly con-demned the attack on dd thaisii. Government spokesman N Biren while describing the assassina-tion bid on the life of dd thaisii as an act of coward-ice said, “the life attempt on Minister dd thaisii, who had gone to inspect developmental works in the hill areas was an act of those group who does not want to develop the area. they are the enemy of the people. People should know this and abstain from supporting them".

NPO condemn attack on Manipur Edu & Sports MinisterDimapur, November 13, (mexN): the Naga People’s Organization (NPO) condemned the attack on education & Sports Minister d.d thaisii on November 12 evening near Maram Bazaar by unidentified gunmen. Such incident is ‘unfortu-nate and disturbing’ during peaceful situation and especially at times of uniting all the Naga factional groups. the press note issued by M.L Markson, President, NPO stated that we cannot continue to encourage violence while seeking peaceful reso-lutions among different groups and communities among Naga brethren.

the NPO also appealed to all revolutionary groups/individual to refrain violence and bloodshed during crucial days of our reconciliation process among Nagas. during the col-lective aspirations and wishes to reconcile and unite Nagas in the backdrop of our positive peace-process, such incident becomes detrimental to our noble efforts stated the press note.

Appealing earnestly against all forms violence and aggression by any revolu-tionary groups, the NPO also sincerely shared the pain of the injured victim, Ja-mandar Sanii Pao of Purul; the NPO also wishes speedy recovery and good health.

Bombs recovered at Minister’s ambush spot

Dimapur, November 13 (mexN): the XXXII Nagaland Police duty-cum-Sports & Athletic Meet 2011 is all set to begin on Mon-day, November 14 at the sprawling Nagaland Armed Police training Centre, Chumukedima. this year’s annual get together of the state’s police personnel will have a special attraction in the shape of a trade fair, where the cops, with assis-tance from their spouses and family will exhibit indig-enously made products and native delicacies. In aid of the ‘family welfare’ fund of the respective state police units (defs and NAP battalions), the setting for the fair will be the lush green environment of the NAPtC’s hockey field.

“this is going to be a mini-hornbill (festival)”, quipped a commandant of one of the units oversee-ing last minute prepara-tions for the event Sunday afternoon. It will run con-currently with the sports events and will be open to the public. It will feature a number of exhibition stalls, representing almost all of the def and NAP units. the stalls will be up for competition as well, which was clearly evident, as till late evening, volunteers were seen excitedly giving finishing touches to their respective display stalls.

two women in one of the

stalls (def Peren) said that their stall will specifically con-centrate on Naga indigenous delicacy and handicrafts. their husbands are attached with def Peren. they said their specialty will be dried fish from the Barak river, fruits and vegetables found in the wild like walnuts, ba-nana flowers and a variety of wild leaves and herbs, much favoured by Nagas.

A man overseeing work at Mon def’s stall said that they made use of what (con-struction materials) is lo-cally available to set up the stall. Indeed, except for the

supporting wooden beams, the walls and even the dis-play desk were made from the stems of the refreshing-ly green thatch plant. their ware will certainly interest buyers as one said that they will be exhibiting tradition-al Konyak jewellery.

the stall set up by the 6th NAP (tizit) will exhib-it dried flowers, paintings and tubers like yam, a deli-cacy of the Konyak (Naga). Another, under IGP Intel-ligence (estt), Kohima will concentrate on handicrafts and processed food stuff. Likewise, the rest of the

units will be showcasing a variety of locally made and produced stuff.

the other half of the di-rector General of Police K. Kire will be inaugurating the fair on Monday at 10:30 am. It will continue till Novem-ber 19. to keep the tempo of the meet going, competi-tions will also be held among stall-keepers throughout.

the police ‘family wel-fare exhibition’ was a regular feature in the annual state police sports meets but it went defunct some few years ago. It is being revived from this year, it was learned.

Dimapur November 13 (NNN): While wishing the children on the occasion of Children’s day celebra-tion the dreamers educa-tion foundation (def) has announced to start making the wheel going from the next academic session in an endeavor to realize its motto 'Winning together' by avail-ing education opportunities to children with a difference in a dimapur locality.

founded by a group of young people some years ago, the def said that as part of its mission, the foundation is all set to administrate Brighter Academy (School) located at 7 Mile, Model Village, Chu-mukedima by 2012 Academ-ic session with a minimal fees. the school is currently recog-nised up to elementary level by the directorate of School education and will be upgrad-ed in a phase manner.

the special features of the Brighter Academy will be small sized school where every student gets the op-portunity, ideal teacher – to – student ratio where every student is cared for, student – centric education where learning is by practical way, multiple Intelligence ap-proach where learning is based on the student’s need, and scholarships and finan-cial assistance to the needy students. the Head teacher

of the school will monitor 03 (three) scholarships name-ly dreamers Child educa-tion Assistance Scholarship (dCeS) supported by the dreamers education foun-dation Children Assistance fund, SN Achumi Memorial Scholarship (SNAMS) insti-tuted and supported by the family members of late SN Achumi, IPS who was an Ad-ditional dGP (OPS) Nagaland at the time of his demise, and Aningliu Girl Child educa-tion Scholarship (AGCeS) in-stituted and supported by the family members of Ms Aning-liu. registration and admis-sion begins on 05 december 2011 at the school premises.

for the selected out-sta-tion students, the “dreamers Vineyard” (boarding house) has been arranged. Sincere efforts are being carried out to make the boarding house a place like home and where learning can take place mean-ingfully and students can en-gage themselves in intellectu-al, social, physical and spiritual pursuits. the warden(s) and supporting staffs are being sensitized to inspire the young minds and strictly adhere to discipline, personal hygiene & cleanliness, devotional hours, physical training including games & sports, hobbies & in-terests, academic excellence, social exposure including well-planned balanced diet.

Dimapur, November 13 (mexN): Indian youth Congress membership drive is going on full-swing in Mokokchung district with Shuja Gandhi, youth Congress re-turning Officer camping in Mokokc-hung since November 1 last. Gandhi is also in-charge for the member-ship drive in Wokha and Longleng districts along with Mokokchung. Gandhi while interacting with youth Congress workers of 23 Im-pur Assembly Constituency under Mokokchung district announced that the membership drive will be followed by “full organizational elections in the state of Nagaland.”

Gandhi also announced that all youth Congress bodies in the state have been dissolved and that elections will be held for the youth Congress leadership in the entire Booths’ in Nagaland. “It is an at-tempt to build the youth Congress organization at the grassroots level in every corner of the country,” he

said. In the new set up, there will be a ‘Booth Committee’ at the grass-roots level, above which will be the Assembly Committee and the State Committee of the youth Congress.

the youth Congress member-ship drive will go on until November 30, 2011 after which a voters list will be created and the election process for the ‘Booth’ level will commence. this will be followed by elections for office-bearers at the Assembly Constituency levels and the State level. All offices will be for a term of two years. Shuja Gandhi during the discussion with youth Congress workers also clarified that the can-didate securing the highest votes during the ‘committee election’ will be elected president and the next highest vote garnering can-didate elected as vice-president and so on. He also mentioned that a General Secretary post each will be reserved for members of SC/St, OBC, Minority groups, Women

and SC/St Women.It was also notified that only

members enrolled by the last date of membership drive will be eligible to vote to elect the youth Congress leadership, making elections the only route to leadership positions. further, there will be ‘no nomina-tions’ in the future for posts that remain vacant after the elections.

Gandhi also disclosed that the foundation for Advanced Man-agement of elections (fAMe) will independently audit the member-ship and election process, ensur-ing that it is impartial and open to participation for all.

this new model is portrayed as “the only way to galvanize the youth of the country to serve the nation, to represent the as-pirations of a new generation of people that want to break away from the old and chart out a new course and a new destiny for themselves and for the nation.”

there will be a membership fee of rs.5 SC/St and OBC cate-gories while the membership fee has been fixed at rs.15 for general category. Interested members are to fill up a membership form to be submitted along with a recent passport-sized photograph, an Address Proof and a document as proof of age. each member will be given a unique barcode.

Shuja Gandhi further made it clear that the aspiring members should be between the ages of 18 and 35. the cut-off date for mem-bership is between November 3, 1976 and November 29, 1993. fur-ther, he also mentioned that two enrolment Coordinators (eCs) will be appointed for each assem-bly constituency by the 15th of October to assist the returning Officer during the membership drive. for Impur Constituency, repjen Mollier and Supongme-ren were appointed as the eCs.

GuWaHaTi, Novem-ber 13 (TNN): Assam police is likely to book Ulfa hardliner corporal Pankaj Gogoi, who was arrested on friday from Lachit Nagar area here, under the Na-tional Security Act soon.

Police sources said the ar-rested cadre has confessed to his involvement in the killing of a surrendered Ulfa (Sulfa) member and businessman, who was shot dead on October 29 at Kushal Nagar, in dibru-garh district of upper Assam. He has been sent for 10 days of police remand. "Pankaj Gogoi has confessed he was involved in the killing of tileswar La-hon. He then fled from the scene and came to the city. He has been taken on 10 days of remand and is likely to be framed under NSA after being produced in dibrugarh court," said a top police official.

Ulfa hardliners had ear-

lier claimed responsibility for killing Lohan. the hardliners' publicity in-charge Arunodoy dohotia had said in a state-ment Lahon was punished for his nexus with security forces and his involvement in the killing of several Ulfa cadres.

According dibrugarh police, several rounds of AK-47 bullets were shot into Lohan from a close range by two motorcycle-borne gun-men while he was standing alone in front of a pharmacy near his residence at Kushal Nagar, at around 5.45 pm on October 29. Later the seri-ously injured Sulfa man suc-cumbed to his injuries.

dibrugarh superinten-dent of police Arabinda Kalita had earlier had said police have identified the killers of Lahon. "there were three persons involved in the attack. two of them carried out the kill-ing while another accomplice

was watching from a distance. We've identified all three of them," Kalita had said.

Police said Pankaj was in-volved in collecting extortion money from city-based busi-ness houses during his stay in Guwahati. "Pankaj was here in the city for the last two weeks and was collecting ex-tortion money from some of the business giants here. He was working under Ulfa's sergeant major Babul Gogoi alias Bipul Mahanta, whom we are still looking for," a po-lice official said.

Pankaj Gogoi, alias Lak-khi alias Vicky alias tutu alias Kutub, a self-styled corporal of the militant outfit, joined Ulfa in 2006 and surrendered in 2008 in Laipuli in dibru-garh district. Pankaj, hailing from Suratoni area of tingk-hong in dibrugarh district of upper Assam, again joined Ulfa hardliners in 2010.

An unidentified girl aged around 10 to 15 was found at Railway Station on Saturday night by the Government Railway Police Force and thereafter was brought to Women Cell Police. The little girl is reported to be mentally ill and dumb. According to Women Police, the unidentified girl would be accomodated at Women Short Stay Home, Fellowship Colony, Dimapur for the night.

DEF to provide education opportunities to children

Ulfa 'corporal' to be booked under NSA

IYC membership drive with Shuja Gandhi in Mokokchung

NP conclave to feature ‘family welfare’ trade fair

The scene at the NAPTC hockey field on the eve of the fair on Sunday, November 13.

Founding members of Dreamers Education Foundation (DEF).

Free health mela and sterilization camp

Dimapur, November 13 (mexN): With the goals to universalize access to public health services, reduce infant and maternal mortality rate, prevent and control commu-nicable and non-communi-cable diseases, to stabilized population and promote healthy lifestyle, the district Health Society dimapur, or-ganized a free Health Mela and rCH-Sterilization Camp at Primary Health Center (PHC) Kuhuboto on Novem-ber 8 and 9, 2011under the ae-gis of National rural Health Mission (NrHM) Nagaland.

A press note issued to the media stated that the free health mela provided multi-specialty services wherein Medical Officers specializing in medicine, surgery, mother & child, eNt, dental, Gynea-cology, Oncology etc were available for consultation and treatment. facilities such as Ultra sound and laboratory tests were also provided. free laboratory tests and treatment were also done for tB, ma-laria, leprosy and HIV/AIdS. Laparoscopic sterilization for woman and non-cutting vasectomy for men were also made available as part of fam-ily Planning. free medicines to all patients and incentives were given to all beneficiaries availing permanent method of family Planning were pro-vided. IPC activities were also

carried out by the IeC staff and PHNs. IeC materials such as posters, pamphlets were also distributed. Helpers Club along with MSSNN Medicine Company also contributed by providing necessary logistics for Blood Sugar test.

the note also mentioned that a total of 675 patients benefitted during these two-day Health Mela. In addition, 32 laparoscopic sterilization were performed, 35 children were immunized, 250 con-doms were distributed and in the laboratory section, five patients’ sputum were examine and referred for further examination for tB, 15 patients tested for malaria and 14 for HIV/AIdS. 40 pa-tients had their blood sugar tested. the team of medical specialists includes Gynecol-ogists dr. Sukhato A. Sema and dr. Newto, Anesthetist dr. Khesheto, Oncologist dr. Sankar deb roy, Paedia-trician dr. Newmai, dentist dr. Alex, eNt specialist dr. renbon, Sonographer dr. Vininoli, Medicine Special-ist dr. Ngopelo and Medi-cal Officers dr. renbeni, dr. Hotoka and dr. Watizulu. Medical Officers incharge for the Mela were dr. ritu thurr , dy.CMO, dr. Caro-line, dr. Kavito, dr. Sashi and dr. rongsenla. Program Offi-cers present were dr. Khelito dtO, dr. yartenla, ZLO.

Woman killed in the name of witch hunting

in SonitpurGuWaHaTi, Novem-ber 13 (TNN): A woman, identified as Birsu Orang (35), was killed by locals in the name of witch-hunting in the Gelapukhuri area of Sonitpur district on Saturday.

though police did not confirm if the murder was related to 'witch hunting', Behali police have already arrested six person in con-nection with the crime. "We cannot say whether it's a case of witch hunting but the murder happened on Saturday morning. the body was sent for a post mortem. Six persons, ar-rested in connection with the murderhave confessed to the crime," said a police station source at Behali PS. "She was killed with machete. Her body has several cut marks" added a police source.

Sama Orang, husband of the victim managed to es-cape as the miscreants tried to kill the couple last night. "they came and tried to kill us. though I somehow escaped but they killed my wife," said Sama. the state commission for women is drafting a legislation to tackle the menace of witch hunting like Jharkhand and Bihar, which has claimed 116 lives in the last 10 years in Assam.

earlier to Orang, an elderly married couple, 65-year-old Jogen Boro and wife Akhri, was killed by locals at Hadunguri village in the Majbat area in Assam's Udalguri dis-trict suspecting that the couple was spreading dis-eases in the hamlet.

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Ref: Memorandum of allegation dated 05.09.2011, issued by the Phek Govt. College Students’ Union to the Commissioner and Secretary, Higher and Technical Education, Nagaland, Kohima.

Respected Sir,

To utter surprise I came across the afore-said news item in your esteemed daily dated 13.11.2011 and in view of which I’m

prompted to give my rejoinder to the said allega-tions. However, with the view to project the clear picture of the issue I would like to recapitulate the brief facts of my service career. That, I had been appointed as Lecturer in Economics department at Dimapur Govt. College vide Notification dated 30.10.2000 and while serving in the said college, virtually having successfully passed in the NPSC I have been appointed at Phek Govt. College vide Notification dated 15.01.2007.

Mention may also be made that at the time when I joint in the present College (Phek Govt. College) the situation and the atmosphere was not congenial as there were often cross-firing between the underground factions and by then I was with my two minor kids age 3 and 1 year re-spectively inter-alia it was on 27th July 2007, at the time of cross-firing between the factions 27 (twenty-seven) bullets came inside our resident however miraculously due to divine interven-tion we were narrowly escaped from the icy hand however all our utensils were damaged and more ironically two of my minor sons who were with me at that point of time were terribly shocked conse-quent upon which it had adversely affected their psycho thus being the situation I even thought of resigning from service however having much deliberations I had made-up my mind to accept the same as challenges and thereby rededicated myself in the service of the department. However, to utter surprise the Complainant without appli-cation of judicious mind made blanket allegation against me to the effect that I have been enjoying excessive leave having connived with higher-ups and in view of which I would like to response to the allegations leveled against me in seriatim namely:

EARNED LEAVE: In this connection in order to avoid miscon-

ception I would like to state herein the meaning of earned leave which is prescribed under Service Jurisprudence that every government employee is entitled to avail the earned leave which he/she had earned throughout his/her service therefore it is needless to explain as to why the leave sanc-tioning authority had granted me the aforesaid leave as prescribed under CCS Leave Rules 1972. However, going by the old saying “Be a Roman while in Rome.” I’m compelled to explain precise-ly as to how and as to why I have availed the afore-mentioned Earned Leave.

(a). That with regard to the 20 days earned leave w.e.f. 23rd April to 12th May 2007, I beg to state that, by then my house was under construc-tion further on 27th April 2007, my dear father-in-law was expired after battling for live for almost 2 years thus in the circumstances I have availed my entitled earned leave.

(b). That with regard to 40 days of Earned Leave w.e.f. 29th Oct to 8th December 2008, I beg to state that at the time of my 4rd delivery (3rd Sur-viving Child) my Maternity Leave was already ex-hausted therefore in view of which I had applied for the above mentioned earned leave and the same has been granted vide Notification dated 11.12.2008.

(c). That with regard to 30 days of Earned Leave w.e.f. 6th may to 6th June 2009, I have availed the said leave on account of the fact that my spouse had underwent surgery at Zion Hos-pital, Dimapur and accordingly the said leave was granted to me vide Notification dated 30.06.2009.

(d). That with regard to 20 days of Earned Leave w.e.f.29th April to 18th may 2010, I humbly states that the said leave was necessitated since I had to Stay in a Prayer House on account of some serious matter.

(e). That with regard to 20 days of Earned Leave w.e.f. 19th May to 7th June 2010, the same has been availed as I had to accompany my hus-band to Guwahati for medical treatment and the same was duly granted vide Notification dated 21.06.2010 and the same was granted vide Notifi-cation dated 01.06.2010.

(f ). That with regard to allegation made in respect of sub-heads (f ) & (g) i.e 22 days and 6 days respectively whereby the complainant had made that I have availed 22 days of earned leave w.e.f. 10th May to 3rd May 2010 and 6 days w.e.f. 01.06.2010 to 06.06.2010, the same were already accounted in the aforementioned sub-heads (d) & (e) commencing from 29th April to 18th May 2010 and 19th May-7th June 2010 respectively. There-fore, in that view of the matter the allegation of availing Earned Leave in Sub-head (f ) & (g) does not hold any water and as such the same stands re-dundant. Further, it also manifests their ulterior motive and ill intention towards me for the rea-sons best known to them and as such the same is unjustified, unreasonable and illegal.

(g). That, with regard to 90 days of Commuted Leave w.e.f. 6th July to 5th October 2011, I humbly begs to state that, having underwent successive-ly cesarean twice it had an adverse affect on my heath and in view of which my Doctor advised me not to travel long distance and to rest at least few months. Thus, being the situation I have availed the aforesaid aforementioned Commuted Leave of 90 days and the same was duly granted vide No-tification dated 21.07.2011.

Therefore, in view of the above facts and cir-cumstances, it clearly transpires that notwith-standing anything once the Leave is granted by the Leave Sanctioning Authorities there is no reason to allege the same as the competent authority had granted the same after having observed all the es-tablished norms and procedures. Therefore, there is no scope to point the figure against me for availing my entitled leave after having duly granted by the competent authority. It is also note worthy to state that any Government employee is entitled to avail leave at his/her credit as and when he/she desires provided the authority concerned grants the same and as such it is immaterial, illogical and unreason-able on the part of the complainant to question me for availing my entitled leaves which I have earned through sweats and tears. Further, from the action of the complainant it also tacitly manifests the in-trusion of the complainant into the jurisdiction of the competent authority, as a matter of fact it is in-cumbent upon the authority concerned to sanction the leave to an employee however in the present case having closely examined the action of the com-plainant it transpires that the authority concerned is liable to consult the complainant before any leave is sanctioned to an employee which is anti-thesis to the CCS Leave Rules 1972.

PERIOD OF ABSENCE. (a). Thus, for convenient sake I hereby collec-

tively response in respect of the allegations leveled against me is Sub-heads (a) (b) & (c) respectively. In this regard I have the honor to state that my de-partment (Economics) had assigned me only B.A 1st year classes and the same had commenced only from the month of May 2010, therefore in view of which I had started my classes from the month of May 2010, and as such I had neither neglected nor undermined my assigned duty/classes.

(b). That with regard to allegation made in sub-head (d) wherein, I have been alleged to have been remained absent for 1 (one) day, the same can be conveniently taken care-off by explanation made in sub-head (e) of 1 whereby, I have been granted Earned Leave w.e.f. 19th May to 7th June

2010. Therefore, in the light of which I cannot apply for leave simultaneously at the same time when I’m availing Earned leave and as such the al-legation is found to be misconceived and rather exposes the confuse state of mind.

(c). That, with regard to allegation made in sub-head (e) wherein I have been alleged to have remained absent for a period of 2 days w.e.f. 14th July to 15 July 2010, and for that I have duly ap-plied for casual leave.

(d). That, with regard to the allegation made in sub-head (f ) whereby, I have been alleged to have been absent for a period of 3 days and in this regard I humbly state that on account of my ill-health I left for Dimapur after duly applying causal leave. How-ever, due to prolong treatment I had prayed before the authority concerned to extend the same so as to complete my treatment in to-to. Accordingly, the authority concerned was pleased to extend the same and as such the question of remained absent without consent/leave from the authority con-cerned does not at all arise and as such the same is liable to be well qualified to be dis-qualified.

(e). That, with regard to the allegation made at sub-head (g) whereby I have been alleged to have been remained absent for a period of 27 days w.e.f. 05.10.2010 to 31.10.2010. In this regard, I would like to state herein that w.e.f. 05.10.2010 to 08.10.2010; our college was conducting Sports’ week, admittedly, on the 2nd day of the Sports’ week having duly consented from the competent authority I left for Dimapur as my 3rd Son was un-well. Subsequently, on completion of the Sports’ week the Puja holidays followed till 18th October 2010. In the meantime I was at an advance stage of pregnancy and in view of which my Doctor advised me not to travel for long distance as the pregnan-cy was at fragile stage and in view of which I have duly applied for Medical Leave w.e.f. 20.10.2010 to 05.11.2010 and accordingly the same was granted. Therefore, the allegation to the effect that I had re-mained absent for 27 days in the month of October 2010 doesn’t at all justifies and as such the same is found to be misconceived and misconstrued.

Thus, in view of the above, it clearly transpires that the allegation leveled against me in the aforesaid sub-head from (a) to (g) doesn’t justify on the part of the complainant to make such frivolous allegation against me without application of conscious mind nor going through the records meticulously and as such the same is liable to be quashed and set aside.

CASUAL LEAVE: That, with regard to the casual leave it the dis-

cretions of the head of the institution therefore in that view of the matter I have duly applied to the authority concerned and having duly granted by the authority only I have availed the same. Men-tion may also be made that not even a solitary day I have missed my classes without proper leave. Therefore, the allegation to the effect that I have availed 42 days without proper leave is far beyond truth and as such the same cannot be sustained.

MEDICAL LEAVE/MATERNITY LEAVE:In this regard I have the honor to state that

altogether I have availed 3 (three) times Mater-nity Leave against 2 (two) Maternity Leave as per leave Rules 1972. However, it should bear in mind that as per CCS Leave Rules 1972, the Maternity leave is admissible till two surviving child and in this connection it is pertinent to state herein that my first Maternity leave was availed in the year 2002, however unfortunately my first child was not survived and subsequently I have availed two maternity Leave meaning thereby 3 (three) Ma-ternity leave in total that is till two surviving child. Therefore, in view of which I have availed Earned leave instate of Maternity Leave during the deliv-ery of my subsequent child. Mention may also be made that due to inadvertent mistake I have ap-plied for Maternity Leave for forth time. Howev-er, as a matter of prescribed Rules the same was

rejected by the leave sanctioning authority and in view of which the same was duly adjusted to earned leave and as such the question of availing four time maternity leave doesn’t at all arise as the same has been alleged by the complainant due to lack of knowledge.

Now, with regard to the allegation leveled against me to the effect that having been conniv-ance with some higher authorities I’m enjoying favoritisms under their patronage is far beyond Imagination as a matter of fact I had never ever sought any undue favor from any authority since from my initial appointment and not to speak about patronizing the authority. However, in the instant case the question of favoritisms and patronage is not the issue whereas the underlining meaning is whether the leaves that I have availed are entitled to or not or in other words whether I’m justified for availing my entitled leaves. Beyond that, the allega-tion to the effect that I’m enjoying undue favorit-ism under the patronage of some higher authorities does not at all relevant and as such the same is liable to be quashed and set aside at threshold as the same is alleged just to tarnish my reputation.

It is also pertinent to state herein that the present commotion and confusion had occa-sioned due to availing of, my entitled leaves by virtue of being bona-fide govt. servant. It is in fact very painful to face such heartless allegation out of the blue just to inflict stigma in my career. It is further reiterated that I have availed only en-titled leaves and not even a singular day I have dis-regarded my students nor undermined the con-cerned authority. However, the facts remains that I have duly availed my earned leave/Maternity leave/casual leave having been duly granted by the authority concerned on account of ailment, deliv-ery and difficulties that I/my family gone through and for that reasons the complainant has no rea-son to threaten the competent authority as it is the prerogative on the part of the authority concerned to sanction the entitled leave to the employee con-cerned subject to the availability at her/his leave account and in view of which it clearly manifests that the complainant has ulterior motive behind the allegation leveled against me.

NOTIFICATION DATED 1.11.2011:Now, with regard to my transfer order dated

1.11.2011, it is pertinent to state herein that vide Notification dated 10.09.2008, I was transferred to Dimapur Govt. Collage however for the rea-sons best known to the authority concerned my transfer order was revoked vide Order dated 25.09.2008. Since then, I have been praying be-fore the authority concerned for my transfer in view of my family’s problems and difficulties. Ac-cordingly, the authority concerned having seen my genuine difficulties and problems I have been transferred out from Phek Govt. College to Fazl Ali Govt. College vide Notification dated 01.11.2011. Meaning thereby it doesn’t mean that the author-ity concerned had issued the Notification dated 1.11.2011, to hocus-pocus the wild allegations lev-eled against me however the same was occasioned as a matter of coincident therefore the complain-ant should not misunderstood the authority con-cerned for issuing the Notification dated 1.11.2011.

Therefore, in view of the above facts and cir-cumstances I fervently appeal to the complainant not to misunderstood the authority concerned for granting the entitled leaves to an employee simul-taneously the complainant ought not to have been leveled allegations against for availing the entitled leaves having been duly granted by the leave sanc-tioning authorities on account of my ailment, de-livery and difficulties that I/my family have gone through and in view of which I anticipate a reason-able views from the complainant.

(IMTIKOKLA OZUKUM)Asst. Prof.

Phek Govt. College, Phek.

Rejoinder to the news “Asst. Professor’s excessive “Leave” anger students” ‘Airlines could

suffer Rs 15,000 cr loss this fiscal’ NEW DElhi, NovEmbEr 13 (PTi): Pitching for opening of the domestic airlines for foreign investment, industry body Asso-cham today warned that the airlines could suffer a loss of Rs 15,000 crore this fiscal with Air India accounting for half of it. With the Kingfisher Airlines landing into a severe fi-nancial problem, the chamber said taxes must be reduced on the jet fuel to make the airlines viable so that the industry can grow commensurate with the expansion of the traffic.

“Airlines could suffer losses worth about Rs 15,000 crore in the current financial year with Air India alone likely to account for more than half of it,” Assocham secretary general DS Rawat said. Latest estimates show that Air India was had a net cumulative loss of Rs 20,320 crore between April 2007 and March 2011. Assocham said the aviation industry has all ingredients to grow, but air-lines are facing huge losses as over one-third of operating costs are on account of aviation turbine fuel (AFT) which is heavily taxed. He said foreign airlines are not allowed to invest directly or indirectly in domestic carriers, “a rule the government should scrap for healthy growth of civil aviation sector”.

Further, airport charges must come down and ground handling operations need to be streamlined. India’s scheduled airlines have 430 planes now, it said adding that the figure is likely to go up to 1,500 by 2025. “India’s unique geographical position offers an op-portunity to become a global hub for inter-national airlines as well,” Rawat said. The in-crease in traffic and aircraft fleet will require significant investments in terms of expand-ing and upgrading existing infrastructure fa-cilities besides creating new ones. “For that, a right policy mix, an encouraging tax struc-ture and a healthy regulatory mechanism are essential,” he said.

Recall covers Ghost models in

India: Rolls RoyceNEW DElhi, NovEmbEr 13 (PTi): Global iconic luxury car maker Rolls-Royce today said the Indian market will also be cov-ered by its recent recall of ‘Ghost’ model for a possible fire hazard. The company, however, did not specify the exact number of cars that would be recalled in India, saying they do not give out numbers as a policy. When asked how long would the process to actually rectify the problem take, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd Re-gional Director Paul Harris said: “Just about one-and-a-half hours.” Earlier this month, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced that in the US it was recalling 589 units of the Ghost model, manufactured between September 2009 and September 2010, because of a faulty circuit board that can lead to overheating of water pump and even lead to vehicle catch-ing fire. The company launched the extended wheelbase version of the Ghost in North India at a price tag starting from Rs 3.04 cr. The stan-dard Ghost starts from Rs 2.07 cr.

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NSCU to celebrate cooperative week from Nov 14The Nagaland State Cooperative Union (NSCU) has in-formed that the 58th All India Cooperative Week will be celebrated from November 14-20 which coincides with the birthday of Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Accord-ing to a press note from Imtinungba, Chief Executive Officer NSCU the noble objective behind the week long celebration is to give opportunity to all cooperative insti-tutions to review their progress, problems and highlight their achievements, policies and programmes. The main theme of this year’s cooperative week is ‘inclusive devel-opment through cooperative’.

Committee on Government Assurance meet on Nov 14Meeting for consideration and adoption of the 76th & 77th reports of the Committee on Government Assurance 2011-2012 has been fixed on November 14 at 11:00 am in the Assembly Committee Room. All members of the Com-mittee on Government Assurance are requested to attend the meeting positively.

New bore care weekThe state’s department of health and family welfare is or-ganizing a seminar under the theme “Essential new born care” on November 15 at Hotel Japfü, Kohima at 10:00 AM. The seminar is to commemorate the observance of new born care week during November 15 to 21. Sano Vamuzo, chairperson, Nagaland State Commission for Women will grace the seminar as special guest. The pro-gramme will be chaired by Menukhol John, commissioner & secretary health and family welfare.

“Footsteps of traditions” in coinciding with Ahuna festivalThe department of art & culture in collaboration with NEZCC Dimapur is organizing a programme on “Foot-steps of traditions” in coinciding with Ahuna festi-val at Satakha in Zunheboto district on November 15. Artistes from Satakha town/village and its neigh-bouring villages will be participating in this one day programme. The programme will be graced by T. Ki-heto Zhimo, deputy commissioner Zunheboto as the chief guest.

Ahuna festival in Kohima on Nov 15The Tuensang & Kiphire Districts Sumi Kuqhakulu Ko-hima will celebrate Ahuna festival on November 15 at the residence of Kughazhe Yepthomi, director arts and cul-ture at Bayavü Colony, Kohima at 10:00 AM. All Tuensang & Kiphire Districts Sumi Kuqhakulu Kohima resident of Kohima, in-laws, students of T&K, DSSK and well wishers are cordially invited to the celebration. Kheshito Yepthomi will speak on the topic Ahuna celebration. The highlight of the programme will be cultural show, folk song followed by Ahuna feast. All community members have been request-ed to come in traditional attires at the venue by 9:30 am.

AIFF Introductory Course InstructorAIFF Introductory Course Instructor will be held at Kohima in the 2nd week of December 2011. The District Football Association are requested to nominate three candidates each on or before November 30, 2011. For further infor-mation, kindly contact Willaim Koso, AFC ‘B’ Certificate, 09862835381/09774644961. This was stated in a press note issued by K. Neibou Sekhose, Secretary Nagaland Football Association.

DEO notifiesDistrict Education Officer Kohima Rheituolie Metha has informed all the principal/headmaster of all GHSS/GHS/Pvt HSS/High Schools under Kohima District to forward the deserving teachers for awarding National Award 2011 on or before November 18. It added to collect information from the office of the District Education Officer Kohima during office hours.

Tuensang District Veterinary & A.H.Officer informs This is to inform that there will be training for the selected candidates under RKVY-2010-11 in the office of the Dis-trict Veterinary & A.H. Tuensang from 11.00 hrs.All the se-lected candidates are requested to attend the training on November 15 without fail.

Zeliangrong Citizens Forum on Khoupum valley violenceZeliangrong Citizens Forum, an association comprising of young Ze-liangrong professionals – theologians, scholars, technocrats, bureaucrats and well wishers living in different parts of India and around the world is deeply pained and saddened by the re-curring fratricidal violence in Khou-pum valley, Tamenglong.

We are shocked at the rejoin-der press statement of the CAO, Zeilad Region, NSCN-IM ques-tioning the legitimacy and motive of the Zeliangrong Baudi for speak-ing up against NSCN-IM cadres’ atrocities on innocent villagers of Soubunglong, Gatao, Thanagong and Taulingpung in the last few days. Instead of providing relief and help to the aggrieved villagers and calling for restoring peace and harmony in the conflict-ridden Ze-liangrong country, the allegations of CAO, Zeilad Region that, “Ze-liangrong Baudi has no mandate” and “Zeliangrong Baudi supports the Zeliangrong United Front” in its press release in Morung Express and Nagaland Post respectively dated 12 November 2011, question-ing the integrity and legitimacy of the office of Zeliangrong Baudi in this manner is most unfortunate

and condemnable. Moreover, it is akin to adding insult to the injuries of the battered villagers who are be-ing treated in private hospitals on their own expenses.

We want to remind the CAO, Zeilad Region that, it was at the Ze-liangrong General Public Conven-tion in Peren on 30 July, 2010 that the Zeliangrong people consensusly resolved to change the nomencla-ture of Zeliangrong Union to that of Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam Manipur and Nagaland).

The General Public Convention of Peren was represented by Zelian-grong village representatives from Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, frontal organizations from Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, All Ze-liangrong Students Union (AZSU) (AMN), Zeliangrong Students Union, Manipur (ZSUM), Zelian-grong Students Union, Nagaland (ZSUN), state-wise Zeliangrong organizations, Zeliangrong Mipui Organisation, Zeliangrong Stu-dents Union, Delhi and hundreds of Zeliangrong people and Zelian-grong Naga National Leaders from the NSCN-IM, NSCN-K and NNC. Peren Convention’s resolutions were unanimously passed under the Convenership of Ningthaodai Gon-mei, Convenor, Zeliangrong Interim Body (ZIB), where T.R. Zeliang, the Minister, Government of Nagaland was the chief guest, wherein Zelian-

grong public from three states and dignitaries from NSCN and NNC namely A.K. Lungalang, Karaibou Chawang, Aching Kamei and oth-ers graced the occasion. Moreover, the convention was endorsed by a joint-meeting of the NSCN-IM, NSCN-K, NNC, ZIB members and the AZSU and ZSUM at Siguilong, Tamenglong held earlier on 18th June, 2010.

This is to clear doubts and confu-sion in the minds of the public once and for all that, Zeliangrong Baudi (AMN) is the only apex organization of the Zeliangrong people; and the Zeliangrong Baudi carries the voice of the people as it carries the mandate of the people through July 30, 2010 Peren Public Convention. We believe that no individual or group of indi-viduals should go lightly against the general wishes and interests of the Zeliangrong people for petty politi-cal reasons, whatever office he or she may hold. Zeliangrong Baudi is the duly mandated apex body of the Ze-liangrong people of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland formed with the con-sent of Zeliangrong people. Hence, the dignity and the good name of the office of Zeliangrong Baudi should not be tarnished by anyone whether by the ZUF or the NSCN to suit par-tisan political ends.

Rangro Herie

ConvenerZeliangrong Citizens Forum

Nagaland team participates at Anjali Children Festival at Orissa. The children are tak-ing part in different workshops like pottery, terracotta, paper craft, magic, modern dance, music, art, paper making & collage. The festival will continue till November 14.

Temsuwati graces “remembering a legend” concert at changtongyaChangtongya Town So-cial Awareness Forum (CT-SAF) had organised Late T.S. Yanger memorial trib-ute concert at Changtongya town on November 10 with the theme “Remembering a Legend”.

Temsuwati, Addl. De-velopment Commisioner, Planning and Co-ordina-tion graced the occasion as

the chief guest. He appre-ciated the organizers for paying such rich tribute to Late T.S Yanger who lead an exemplary life through his short life and exhorted the youth to follow in his footsteps. Other dignitar-ies present were Mayan-glima, Member Secretary, Nagaland Legal service and Authority, and Lima-sunep (IPS) 2nd Comman-dant NAP, Alichen, Mo-kokchung. The invocation prayer was said by Rev. Dr. Mar Atsongchanger, Ex-ecutive Secy. ABAM,. and Chubawati Chang, SDO

(Civil) Changtongya deliv-ered the welcome address. The evening was brought to life by the melodious rendition of songs com-posed by the legend and presented by his friends I . Anungba Sanglir, Lipok Longkumer and his son I. Akum Longkumer. Special songs in remembrance of Late Yanger were present-ed by Watila Jamir, Moain-la Jamir, Tiameren Aier, Samaro, Terotonaro and Mejen Sangpang. The eve-ning saw a huge turnout of the citizens of Changtong-ya and the neighbouring

villages along with Late Yanger’s family members and his old friends. The organisers released a CD album composed and sang by Late T.S.Yanger repro-duced by Lipok Long-kumer as a tribute to the legend. Atiba Jamir pro-posed the vote of thanks on behalf of the organising committee and expressed profound gratitude to all the dignitaries, the art-ists and all individuals who had contributed their time, ideas and also helped monetarily in making the concert a grand success.

The chief guest, Temsuwati releasing the reproduced al-bum of Late T.S Yanger along with Tsuktinungba Long-kumer (father of Late T.S. Yanger) and Lipok Longkumer.

Assam Rifles apprehend one UG cadre in KanglatombiDiscovering the move-ment of UG cadres in gen-eral area Kanglatombi, troops of 36 Assam Ri-fles and 43 Assam Rifles of 26 Sector under HQ IGAR(South) launched joint operation in the area and apprehended one KYKL cadre on 05 Nov 2011. The apprehendee was identified as No 921 Sgt Huidrom sharat, 38 yrs,s/o Tomba singh, r/o Saijang, Imphal East. The Sajolsem Manao,40 yrs, s/o Sagol-sem Jageshor,r/o Sagol-sem Mayai Leikai and was handed over to Sekhmai Police station.

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The note stated that the draft constitution was presented by the five mem-ber constitution drafting committee headed by S. Daiho Mao as Convenor, Khriezovonuo Lhoungu as Member Secretary and Longrangty Longchar, Cai-sii Mao and Yato Konyak as members.

The house after thor-ough deliberation and necessary amendment unanimously approved the constitution and also re-solved to dissolve the Con-stitution Drafting Com-mittee. Subsequently, the House resolved to form an interim body consisting of seven members head-ed by Convenor – Narain B. Sagar, Member Secre-tary – Ashikho Pfuzhe and Members – Longrangty Longchar, Moasashi (Mo-kokchung), Paudi Renta (Dimapur), Xavier Rutsa (Kohima) and Tsipise Ant-ony (Kiphire).

The note also informed that the House has also au-thorized the interim body to undertake membership drive with a registration fee of Rs. 100 per membership and conduct election to lead FoWJoN within a period of two months. Meanwhile, further information about membership drive and other related information can be obtained through Convenor or Member Sec-retary at 9436077633 and 9856100727.

From page 1 28 Assam Rifles celebrates Id Ul Zuha (Bakrid) with locals Living upto the spirit of Id – Ul – Zuha (Bakrid), 28 Assam Rifles of 9 Sector AR under HQ IGAR(S) celebrated the festival on 06 Nov 2011 at Lilong. Bakrid is one of the most celebrat-ed festivals amongst the Muslim. To hon-our Prophet Ibrahim’s complete obedience towards Allah approx 300 people attended the celebration includ-ing ladies and children of Lilong Area. Arrange-ments were made for the people to offer their special prayers (Dua) to the Almighty as this fes-tival reminds us the im-portance of sacrifice and surrender to the will of God. A sumptuous feast was also organized on the occasion.

B r i g N a v n e e t Ku m a r, C o m m a n d e r 9 Sector attended the function and exchanged good wishes with all present. He reminded all present of Prophet Ibrahim’s faith in Allah when he agreed to sac-rifice his son upto the order of Allah. Cadres of PULF (UMAR FA-ROOQ) faction, who laid down their arms re-cently, were also pres-ent on the occasion. He complemented the faction to have chosen the correct path of righ-teousness and purity and urged other misled brethren to follow their footsteps. He reiterated the efforts of ASSAM RIFLES who welcome misled youth of every religion, caste, creed or group to return back to their homes and live free life as others.

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Mokokchung, no-veMber 13 (Mexn): A one day advocacy on shar-ing responsibilities of fac-ing HIV and AIDS in the community was organised by Grace Society at Chu-chuyimlang with Congress MLA Sentichuba as the chief guest. The programme which was sponsored by the Legislators’ Forum on HIV and AIDS was attended by 152 people from different walks of life.

Speaking at the pro-gramme, the chief guest MLA Sentichuba, while terming HIV and AIDS as a great humanitarian crisis, maintained that AIDS can-not be ignored by any coun-try and that ‘fighting against AIDS is an urgent calling’.

“We should not stigma-tize or discriminate people with HIV and AIDS because they are normal people with normal problems,” the veteran Congress leader as-serted.

Saying that there are few doctors and nurses to meet the demands of the AIDS crisis, Sentichuba said that the community as a whole must come to-gether and work together to curb the disease.

“We need to educate the people about AIDS and to encourage people to get themselves tested so that timely help can be availed,” he said. Besides, while

'Fighting against AIDS an urgent calling'

pointing out that HIV and AIDS knows no race, eco-nomic class or national-ity, the Congress leader as-serted that the society must “form armies against AIDS across political national, racial and religious lines”. He further acknowledged all those who are dedicat-ing their lives in the fight against the disease and en-couraged all to stay com-mitted in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

The MO of PHC Chuchu town, Dr Alemwapang, while sharing on the topic ‘respon-sibilities of stakeholders towards HIV/AIDS in the community, maintained

that it was the responsibility of the stakeholders to cre-ate awareness the commu-nity. The stake holders must take an active role in creating ways to stop the growth of HIV and AIDS in the com-munity; he said adding that it is also the responsibility of the stakeholders in order to facilitate means to stop stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS.

Others who spoke at the programme were the EAC of Chuchu Town, Chumla-mo, the Council Chairman of Chuchuyimlang, Sanen Pongen Counsellors Moat-oshi and Anungla.

Veteran Congress leader and MLA Sentichuba exhorting the gathering at a ‘one day advocacy on sharing respon-sibility of facing HIV and AIDS in the community’ organ-ised by Grace Society and sponsored by LFA at Chuchu Town on November 11. (Photo courtesy: Grace Society)

DiMapur, noveMber 13 (Mexn): The Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) have appealed to all business es-tablishments within its ju-risdiction to compulsorily erect Christmas Star and decorations in their respec-tive shops w.e.f. December, 1, 2011.

The press release issued by Hokivi Chishi, President, DCCI stated that the best decorated shop will be award-

ed a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/-, while second and third best decorated shops will pocket cash prizes of Rs. 15,000/- and Rs. 10,000/- each respectively. It was also mentioned that the opinions and suggestions of the District Administration, Police, DMC, Naga Council, GBs, Churches and Women Hoho etc will be sought to determine the winners of the competition. The results will be declared on December 31, 2011 i.e. New Year’s Eve.

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DiMapur, noveMber 13 (Mexn): Krishi Vigyan Ken-dra Wokha and ICAR Nagaland Centre Jointly organized two days programme on animal health camp and training cum workshop on scientific livestock rearing on November 11 and 12 at Longsa village, Wokha. A press note stated the objective of the programme was delivered by Dr.Manas Patra, Scien-tist, ICAR, Nagaland Centre, Medziphema.

A brief lecture on scientific rearing of livestock was under-taken by Dr.Moaakum Sangtam, SMS, KVK, Wokha where he deliberated in detail about the scientific methods to be adopted in successful rearing of livestock. Interaction followed, where the participants enthusiastically interacted with the Scientist. Vote of thanks was delivered by Zayio, Chairman of Village council, Longs Village. The inaugural function was followed up with animal health camp conducted by Dr.Manas Patra, Scien-tist and Dr.Rajib Das, where large quantity of medicines, vita-mins and minerals was distributed to around 120 farmers. The vaccination programme for pig was conducted by Dr.Chonben Kikon along with three Veterinary

Field Assistant from District Veterinary Officer Wokha where around 250 pigs were vaccinated against swine fe-ver. The vaccination programme for dogs was conducted by Dr.Moaakum Sangtam, SMS where more than 150 dogs were vaccinated against rabies. It was also mentioned that the pro-gramme was funded by Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance(PD-ADMAS) ICAR under Tribal sub Plan in which Wokha District and Dimapur District was se-lected to implement the programme.

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The acquisition of land for setting up industrial projects have be-come highly controversial mat-ter, involving socio economic

implications , particularly for the people in the lower income group and farm-ers and the workers in the farms. The government has thought it necessary to enact special laws and regulations in ac-quiring land and deciding compensation amount payable for the acquired land.

In this context, it is necessary to ex-amine as to whether the acquisition of land in the present scale for setting up industrial projects is necessary at all. The following facts need to be kept in view and thought about carefully.

Is it Industry versus Agriculture ?

While hundreds of acres of agricul-tural land are sought to be converted into industrial land for setting up proj-ects, there have been no occasion when the existing industrial land has been proposed for conversion to agricultural land. This obviously implies that the Government and the investors believe that there would be nothing wrong if in-dustrial growth would take place at the cost of agricultural growth.

In the last few decades, thousands of agricultural land have been lost as they were acquired for industrial purposes. There is need to introspect carefully as to whether more automobiles should be produced by converting the land hither-to producing wheat , rice or vegetables.

Welfare of weaker sections

The process of acquiring agricultur-

al land for industrial purpose, inevitably results in uprooting the economic liveli-hood of thousands of poor families.

No doubt, compensations are offered to tempt the farmers to give up their land but with the inflation and eroding rupee, the real value of the compensa-tion amount becomes less than half be-fore too long. Further, while converting such agricultural land, it should be kept in view that while the compensation is paid to the owners of the land, there are large number of agricultural workers who have been working in the land and they would permanently lose their em-ployment opportunities.

While eco-nomic growth due to industri-alization is cited as the justifica-tion for acquiring land for industrial purposes , the loss of economic growth due to cessation of ag-ricultural operations are yet to be studied and quantified and the negative impact assessed on national scale. A cost bene-fit analysis is likely to make it clear that productive agricultural operations would contribute to greater measure of over-all socio economic growth of the country than using the same piece of land for in-dustrial purposes in many cases.

Wasted industrial land

As the government and industrial houses are setting up new special eco-nomic zones and industrial estates, what about the land that have already been acquired for industrial purposes and remaining wasted now ?

It is well known that around 50% of

the industries already set up in small, me-dium or large scale sector have become sick due to one reason or the other, be-longing to diverse sectors such as light en-gineering, heavy engineering , chemical , pharmaceuticals, textiles etc. There are many industrial units across the country that have been remaining closed for more than ten years now with wasted land , building in bad shape and rusted equip-ment. Such units look like ghost centres.

Many instances can be readily cited. For example, in SIPCOT industrial es-tate in Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, a proj-ect known as Indag Products Ltd. has been remaining closed for over fifteen

years now occupying more than 30 acres. At the same time, SIP-COT, a government of Tamil Nadu under-taking is seeking to

acquire more agricultural land in Cud-dalore area for creating new industrial estate !

A nation wide survey is yet to be carried out to assess the extent of such wasted land available in the existing in-dustrial estates and industrial zones in the country.

When there are many sick industries remaining closed for several years oc-cupying huge area of land , why not such wasted land be put to use for setting up new industrial projects , instead of taking the painful route of converting valuable agricultural land into industrial land.

Need for sensible government policy

It is necessary that the government of India and state governments should apply their mind to this task of not let-

ting the industrial land remain unuti-lized for unduly long time , for whatever may be the reasons.

A policy decision should be taken that any industrial land remaining unutilized or with inoperative factory should be acquired by the government and sold in public auction. The government would be able to come across thousands of acres of land and industrial sheds, that can be brought back to the effective industrial use. This would bring down drastically the need for acquiring agricultural land for industrial purposes, which are be-coming counter productive and in many cases even appear to be foolish.

(The writer is Director, Nandini Consultancy Centre, Chennai)

Land acquisition for industries—what about the wasted land?

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Egypt's future? A democracy -- sort ofThe engine of politics is chugging and sputtering as Egyptians prepare for their first post-revolution elec-tion. The outcome may not look like a western democ-racy, but the key is to keep the engine running.

Democracy is a factory. People go in one end – people with ideas, beliefs, prejudices, and certainties – and then all the processes for regulating human behav-ior come into play, from parliamentary procedure to

debate etiquette, political jockeying to secret balloting. Out the other end emerges a modified amalgam that tries to balance fairness with principle, majority rule with minority rights.

These factories operate in every culture. Egypt's is the new-est one, the one that seemed impossible to imagine less than a year ago. Egypt today is where an entire society is trying to make the machine of democracy work. It faces myriad prob-lems. The military is the power behind the scenes. Does it really intend to yield to a civilian government? What are the inten-tions of the Muslim Brotherhood? Will the old Hosni Mubarak party try to regain power? Will the vast majority of Egyptians – culturally and religiously conservative as they are known to be – tolerate uncensored media, artistic expression, secular lifestyles, religious diversity, and all the other elements we as-sociate with democratic societies?

Writing in The Political Quarterly, Amitai Etzioni, who di-rects the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at George Washington University, sums up the Middle East moment this way: “[A]ssuming that the new regimes will be democratic – and not just nominally – can they also be religious? That is, Muslim? And if so, will they respect individual rights? And if not, what should be the position of the United States towards what ought to be called ‘illiberal democracies.’ ”

Perhaps the best way to look at Egypt is to look first, and realistically, at democracy. In each country it is different. Dr. Etzioni points out, for instance, that the great democratic hall-mark of separation of church and state is followed in France and the US (though “In God We Trust” is on US currency, so ... ) but not as much in Britain, Germany, and other democracies. His point is that democrats need to be both pragmatic and prin-cipled when considering other cultures.

Pragmatically, if only liberal secularists have our backing, “the result will be that we lose,” says Etzioni. Islamic groups are organized and disciplined thanks in part to their years operating underground. Liberal groups weren’t crushed, but they were stunted. (Dan Murphy, a veteran Christian Sci-ence Monitor correspondent who lived in Cairo from 2003 to 2008, recalls how in cafes before the revolution Egyptians could quietly debate politics “but were always looking over their shoulders to see if somebody sitting nearby was reading the newspaper upside down.”)

Egypt is probably going to tilt more Islamic when the votes come in. The key, says Etzioni, is to support Egyptians search-ing for a path that is both religious and democratic.

Such pragmatism is not abnormal in foreign policy, though it can seem cynical, especially if illiberals suppress other groups or smash human rights. Etzioni draws the line at moves that threaten life. Thus he supported the NATO intervention in Libya after Muammar Qaddafi said he would track down op-ponents and kill them. He thinks the Syrian regime has crossed the line with violence against its people. Torture and ethnic cleansing also are reasons to withdraw support.

But beyond that, he says, we should tread lightly. In Afghan-istan, he points out, the US-led occupation required that one-quarter of parliamentary seats go to women. Such quotas are not required in the US. (When I phoned him, he also pointed out, only half-jokingly, that even antipolygamy laws might not hold up in today’s US legal climate.)

What emerges from the Egyptian factory may not be pretty. The main thing is that the doors stay open and Egyptian de-mocracy continues to evolve.

Open letter to AirTel company•-I would like to write this open let-ter to official(s) concerned of AirTel in regard to AirTel network problem in Midland area, Dimapur. AirTel users of Midland Colony have been facing network (signal) problem since last 3-4 months. It is not known whether the company is aware of the problem being faced by the subscribers but AirTel users have patiently waited long enough for the problem to be restored. Therefore it is a humble re-quest of the subscribers to the compa-ny look into the matter at the earliest.

JOSHUA SUMI, Midland Dimapur

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The new National Vaccine Policy Draft 2011openly favours industry. It provides for advance market commitments for new vaccines, whereby government guarantees a market for the vaccine before it is tested and even if it is not efficacious. Should our vaccine policy focus on the health of our children, or the viability of the vaccine industry?

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Na-tional Vaccine Policy Draft has been posted online (http://www.slideshare.net/

prabirkc/national-vaccine-policy-2011 ). It is now open for public comments be-fore it goes to the National Technical Ad-visory Group on Immunisation (NTA-GI) and is then approved by the cabinet and ratified by parliament. As the draft includes a number of momentous sug-gestions, it is important that it be widely debated before it is enshrined as a policy.

Background and contextJudicial prompting provided the im-

petus for the government to formulate this policy. While hearing a public inter-est petition about the introduction of new vaccines in the country without sufficient evidence, the Delhi High Court asked the Union of India to state its policy on vac-cines. New vaccines being introduced would be assessed in the light of that poli-cy. The vaccine policy ideally would state how the government proposes to univer-salise the benefits of immunisation to the large sections who do not receive basic vaccinations. It would also describe how new vaccines are to be selected for intro-duction in the programme for universal immunisation. Ideally it would lay down the process of selection of mem-bers to the NTAGI and how the procedures of this committee are to be open to the pub-lic – including the methods of estimating disease burden, vaccine efficacy and as-sessment of costs, benefits and adverse effects of newer vaccines.

Critique of policyUnfortunately, the draft is non-

committal on almost all of these is-sues. Instead, it brings up other matters whose serious implications are under-played, perhaps deliberately. These momentous policy changes are buried on pages 10, 11 and 16 of the draft policy document. The vaccine policy comes out openly in favour of public-private partnership (PPP). It suggests flexible

governing and funding mechanisms to support vaccine development in the PPP mode, because “the private sector has the discipline and culture for busi-ness development and marketing”.

The policy draft states that industry (the private partner) will in future be al-lowed to influence policy. It states that “industry must be provided a channel to voice opinion to be utilised in framing policy”. The fact that this would invite conflict of interest because of the ten-sion between the profit motives of indus-try and the promotion of public health is ignored. Furthermore, the policy states that if industry has a “genuine concern that a decision is made to its detriment”, there must be a speedy redressal by an in-dependent (of government) mechanism.

The funding mechanisms will ensure that costs are borne by the government and profits are reserved for the private partner for their “entrepreneurial skills and marketing abilities”. The document even suggests that repositories in public sector institutes and platforms in the In-dian Institute of Technology must support the vaccine industry (private partner) as they manufacture “risky vaccines”.

The policy prescribes the “risk of man-ufacturing vaccines must be cushioned by assistance from government”. The boldest suggestion is that it should be “mandatory for government to support developments with advance market commitments and honour the commitments”. It further says that a vaccine fund, through “innovative financing mechanisms” must be consid-ered, for introducing new vaccines.

Advance market commitmentsThe concepts of advance market

commitment (AMC) and the implica-tions of the term “innovative financing” as used by the Global Alliance for Vac-cines and Immunisation (GAVI), an or-ganisation of vaccine manufacturers, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health Organisation (WHO), among others, need to be stated explicitly.

AMCs are aimed at providing incentives for new vaccines through guaranteeing the market for the product even before it is tested – the government promising it will buy a certain amount of vaccines at a given price. It is to be binding even if the vaccine produced has poor efficacy or even if the market price of the vaccine is a fraction of the AMC price. AMC was first used for pneumococcal vaccine research. The vaccine that resulted from this effort prevents just four cases of cough and cold for every 1,000 babies vaccinated and the vaccine costs Rs 1,200 per child at United Nations International Children’s Emer-gency Fund (UNICEF) prices. The cost of vaccinating 1,000 children to prevent four cases of pneumonia is Rs 12 lakh. In-stead, on an average, treating the pneu-monia in four children with the drugs recommended by the WHO would cost only Rs 40.

The money for the vaccine in the AMC must be deposited with the World Bank even before the delivery of vaccine, so the directors of the pharmaceutical company do not have to lose sleep about marketing the drug or about withdrawal of orders on account of the low efficacy of the product. The policy drafters un-derstand that the government will not be able to foot the hefty bill. The draft, therefore, helpfully suggests “innovative financing” to be able to make the money available to the World Bank upfront. The term “innovative financing” is GAVI-speak and must be understood as such. The Government of India is being urged to issue sovereign bonds in the capital markets so that investors and speculators can put up the money. This is a win-win situation for the pharmaceutical indus-try and the bond investors – for all, except perhaps the taxpayer. These innovations need careful consideration before this is accepted as a national policy.

Moving forwardVaccines have eradicated small pox

and it is one of the greatest successes

of modern medicine. Characteristics of vaccines in the past have been their low costs and their remarkable cost-effec-tiveness. The diphtheria, tetanus, per-tussis vaccine (DPT) costs less than Rs 15 for all the doses needed to immun-ise a child. According to the National Family Health Survey, we are not been able to provide this vaccine to half our population. The production of these essential vaccines, inexpensively in our public sector undertakings, was a source of security for the country, at a time when private manufacturers were dropping out of the market because of the low profitability of these products. The public sector should be what the national vaccine policy supports.

It is no one’s case that more expen-sive vaccines sold by private manufac-turers must not be introduced in the public health system in India. However, there must be a transparent evaluation of the need for the vaccine and it must have demonstrable cost-effectiveness. Vaccine policy must enunciate these guiding principles and describe how the evaluation is to be done. Our vaccine policy must look into the health of the children in the country and it should not be overly concerned solely with the viability of the vaccine industry.

This looks like a policy not to have a policy, but to utilise vaccines indis-criminatingly. If we are being asked to make long-term advance market com-mitments before evaluating the utility or even the market value of a vaccine, this policy needs careful scrutiny.

Jacob Puliyel is a member of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation and of the Working Group on Food and Drug Regulation in the 12th Five-Year Plan. The views ex-pressed are entirely those of the author.

This article first appeared in Eco-nomic & Political WeeklyNovember 5, 2011 www.epw.org.in, and is used on Info-change with the permission of the author

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National Vaccine Policy: For industry, not people's health

Rahul’s PerspectiveProspect for Nagaland Cong?

In a sweeping statement for a young mainland politician visiting Nagaland state for the first time, Congress national general secretary and the party’s youth icon, Rahul Gandhi alleged that Nagaland government under the NPF has not

been able to deliver the largesse handed to the state for the com-mon people. Whether these charges are fair or not, it is for the people to judge. However one should not forget that successive governments in Nagaland have failed to deliver when it comes to taking the fruits of development to the grass root. The widening gap between the rich and poor is not just the legacy of the present but also the result of past failures. Yes the divide may seem more prominent now but this should be seen as a collective failure of the political establishment both past and present. Having said that the present NPF government should also reflect honestly on the charges made by Rahul Gandhi and see as to whether the amount of funds pouring in is commensurate to the develop-ment taking place on the ground. The reality as pointed out by Rahul Gandhi is the conditions of the roads (in Nagaland), the in-creasing number of population (70%) below the poverty line and the reports that the programmes and funds send to Nagaland are not reaching the people in the way it should. And so yes as men-tioned by the Congress leader “corruption and incompetence” is there. But then this is not only found in Nagaland but across India. However corruption in Nagaland has become blatant and abusive. This is the difference.

Coming to the visit of Rahul Gandhi and the prospect for the beleaguered Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC), it will be interesting to wait and watch. After quite some persuasion on the part of the Nagaland Congress leaders, a member of the Gandhi family finally came calling to the State in the form of rising star Rahul Gandhi. There is no doubt that Rahul is being prepared to take on more responsibility within the party set up. And the manner in which things are moving, the prospect of Rahul being projected as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Congress party is we believe only a matter of time. So to have Rahul in Nagaland would have been a morale booster for the Congress people in the State given the somber mood within the party-set up following two back to back elec-toral defeat at the hands of the Dr Shurhozelie-Neiphiu Rio led NPF. And off course one should also include the Lok Sabha elections where both candidate of the NPF (Wangyuh Konyak & CM Chang) sailed home very comfortably. Whether the NPF is still popular or not, it will be interesting to find out. However the Congress in Nagaland despite the anti-incumbency factor of the present dispensation appears to be still short on many counts. We doubt whether the Rahul Gandhi visit would have helped the party in any way. The point is that the Congress in Nagaland will have to do something different if it really wants to return to power. At the moment whatever critics may say about the present NPF government, the leadership of Neiphiu Rio is widely accepted across the board and this is the biggest plus point for the NPF going into another election.

Farzana Versey

Kiran Bedi is indeed wrong, but when media persons sit to judge her it is a bit of a laugh. Clearly, they do not look in the mirror.

Instead of seeing this as an opportunity to question all sorts of voluntary agen-cies and their modus operandi, we have a situation where a person is pinned down for wrongdoing without a back-

ward glance at how the whole NGO business works, often with the media’s involvement.

Kiran Bedi has been fudging her bills, where she charged inflated amounts from her hosts. The main source was airline tick-ets. She would travel by economy class, that too at a discount because of her gallantry award, and charge business class fares. We now have these sanctimonious NGOs tell us that they took it at “face value”. Most NGOs send the tickets themselves. So, why did they let her use her travel agent? And what sort of auditing departments do they run? The rea-son for keeping quiet is not that they were afraid of Ms. Bedi’s wrath – they obviously did not mind shelling out Business Class fares – but because their finances will lead to many question marks.

This is my point. The media and cer-tain activists have taken a convenient yo-yo stand on the Jan Lokpal Bill campaign. They propped him up and were completely besot-ted by Team Anna. After they were done with the photo-ops of the caps and the fasting and dancing, they realised that there were chinks in the armour. No one was interested in the deeper questions – it came down to superfi-cial put-downs.

Let us get this fudging business clear. Ki-ran Bedi has admitted to it and says she will return the excess money that she wanted to use for her own NGO. Where do the NGOs get this kind of money that they can afford to invite people from different cities for semi-nars? I have often posed this query when we rubbish other institutions. Do you know that most of the activists themselves travel Busi-ness Class, stay at fancy hotels, and order the best food – for what? To gupshup about the state of the nation, the homeless, female foe-ticide, dowry, terrorism, communalism?

Check out the number of people who have left their high-paying corporate and bu-reaucratic jobs to “serve the nation” or “be-come useful members of society” or, “fight communalism”. They could do all of these by continuing to work. The reason is that activ-ism has become a paying proposition. Have you seen the huge ads put up in newspapers inviting you to attend some conclave or the other? Is it affordable or even appropriate to shell out this kind of money on overheads? Besides government grants, there is a good deal of foreign sponsorship and donations from industrial houses. While the interna-tional ‘intervention’ often comes with some amount of side-effects (pushing of substan-dard products and services clubbed with the do-good, feel-good stuff ), some of the Indi-an business black money that is not stashed away in banks abroad is routed to charitable organisation, with income tax exemption.

Why does the media not raise a voice about this? Has the media ever questioned journalists who attend these same seminars? Oh yes, the same journalists who give inflated bills to their accounts departments for their travels and hotel stays and “related expens-es”. Journalists who sit at the desk and make

phone calls but charge taxi fare for the quotes. Journalists who try to get tickets and freebies because they think they are in a position to ‘arrange something’. Journalists who do not have to spend a paisa at restaurants and spas because they just might mention it, in pass-ing, in their next column. Journalists who give us scoops that are fed to them by inter-ested parties or who conduct sting operations that are again paid for by interested parties.

Of course, it is not only the media at fault, but also those who host such talks. Corporate India’s ladies who lunch get a big high when they invite a person who can indeed talk and add to their resume. They flash such people as trophies to display their own worth as ‘aware citizens’. That some media people are doing their evening show with this group should be an eye-opener rather than a can-opener.

If, as some commentators wish to know, why people from public office enter the fray late in the day to become part of NGOs, then one might wish to ask them why they have timed their queries now and not for all these years. Do they ponder about it when they go on government-sponsored junkets?

The problem is that this whole Anna Hazare campaign has been a sham, and re-vealed more shams both on the inside as well as on the outside. It showed us how the rul-ing party and the opposition got to pay poli-tics; the arrests also reveal a lot about those who got away without a scratch to their rep-utations. It is rather disingenuous of Digvi-jay Singh to say that if Kiran Bedi can offer to return the money, then every bribery case can be closed by saying the bribe-taker will return the money, including, A. Raja.

This is some gumption. A minister in the government of India is caught in a scam of frightening proportions and another govern-

ment person uses this as an analogy. He is also quite gung-ho about such a thing happening at the highest level. The 2G Spectrum scam is not just about bribes, but also about how the nation was taken for a ride with the govern-ment, big industrialists and lobbies involved. It is about how the government functions and not merely who took how much. This case has come under scrutiny; many others do not.

If political agencies get a chance, they try to co-opt the activist groups. Most are will-ing to go along because it is the easy option. In some cases where they need the govern-ment to act, it does become a crucial mutual involvement. Therefore, if a political party invites activists, and they fudge figures about travel expenses, then what will the political parties do? Why not question the complete lack of balance by media groups? One can understand individual commentators tak-ing a particular position, but why do they blatantly follow the newspaper/TV channel line? Where is their independence? Those who talk about objectivity should really look in their own backyards. There is favouritism everywhere and the media indulges in it as much as politicians, and the ‘activist’ role of the media should also come under scrutiny.

Tavleen Singh, Indian Express colum-nist, while raising some important points, makes a rather shocking comment: “My own observation is that many NGOs working in India appear to be funded by organisations bent on ensuring that India never becomes a developed country… In order for India to be-come a halfway developed country, we need new roads, airports, ports, modern railways and masses more electricity. In addition, ac-cording to experts, we need 500 more cities by 2050. The odd thing is that the NGOs who oppose steel plants, nuclear power stations,

dams and aluminum refineries in India nev-er object to the same things in China.”

Is this the definition of development, and the only model? As I have already said, many NGOs do have an agenda, but not only if they are funded by organisations that do not wish to see a developed India. By this logic, Guja-rat should have no NGOs. And why must In-dian NGOs object to what happens in China? Has the Indian government opposed the self-immolation of Tibetan monks and nuns in support of the Dalai Lama’s return? Has the BJP done so? Has the media done so?

Forget the NGOs for a while. Think about how these plants were to come up, who was to be uprooted and how it would affect the environment. If this development is only for those setting up factories and making India technologically advanced, then why are we still the hub of western-powered outsourc-ing? Are the NGOs involved here?

Why absolve the fat cats of business only to hit out at the NGOs unless they are specifi-cally playing dirty? How many media people have taken free jet rides, attended fancy wed-ding functions abroad and written glowing accounts of them? Will they be sanctified as the facilitators of development? Or do they need to get closer to the seats of such power or perhaps such development? These are trick or treat queries. Ask them we must, for there is much beyond Kiran Bedi, whose banshee persona was in fact given a boost by the media when they needed her sound bytes. They were birds of a feather, until she was grounded.

The still-feathered ones have taken wing and are giving us a bird’s eye-view.

Farzana Versey is a Mumbai-based writ-er. She can be reached at http://farzana-versey.blogspot.com/

Source: Countercurrents.org

Some of those who voted YES had this to say:• Valueofmoneyisstillunknown• Howweentertainourselvesisapersonalissuebutwhenourformofentertainmenthasaffectonthelargersoci-ety,thanitisnomoreprivateitbecomespublic.Thekindofprogramsthatwearehavinghasverylittlesocietalvalue.Ifwearetopromoteconcerts,showsandotherformsofentertainmentitmustbedonewell,shouldberesultorientedandcostproductive.

• Thisisadifficultpollquestionbecauseitisquestioningeachandeveryoneofus.Ononehandpeoplehavenootheroutletforentertainment,itiseitheramoodujointortobecreativeandorganizeotherformsofentertainment.Ontheotherhand,thenumberofpeoplelivinginpovertyissohigh,thatsomeformsofentertainmentsarejusttoextravagant.ButthisisNagasociety.Thereistheultrarichandthesuperpoor.Itwasnotalwayslikethis.Thistrendismorerecent.ThegovernmentbydeclaringNa-galandthelandoffestivalsisnotforcedtonotjustspendlavishmoneyonfestivalsbuttheyarealsoforcedtocre-ateandsupportentertainmentrelatedactivitiestocreatethatimageofthelandoffestivals.Thisisnowcomingbacktohauntthepeople.Thegrossspendingofpublicmoneybythegovtonentertainmentisnotrightanditismisleading.Nagalandhasnotreachedthatlevelyet.Publicmoneymustbespendforpublic.

• Nagaland,landoffestivals...andthatsit.Itstheonlything.Otherwisewhatdowehave.Suchirony,nagasdonotrealisethatwerwastingtymnmoneyonsuchfestivals.

• Yeswearespendingtoomuchonshowbusinesswhoarewetryingtofool?

• Especiallytheyoungarespendingtoomuchtimeincon-certs,entertainmentetc.Justbecauseyouareamusiclover,itdoesnotmeantthatyouhavetogiveallyourtime,energyandmoneyonconcerts,fashion,entertain-mentetc.Thereisnothingwronginbeingpassionateaboutconcerts/fashionbutonehastokeepthebalance.Keepone'sPRIORITYincheck.Readbook,attend/con-ductworkshops,seminarsetcwhichwillprovebeneficialinthelongrun.Theproblemhasbeenfurthercompound-edbytheinclusionofconcerts/fashionsineveryaware-nesscampaignprogrammes/festivalswiththeexcuseofReachingtheYouth!!!.Letuskeepourprioritiesright.Ifweconcentratetoomuchofoureffortinconcert/enter-tainmentnow,infuturewemightfindourselveslackinginmanyareasoflifewhereconcerts/fashionplayslittlerole.

• Itsalwaysgoodtonurtureyouthsinthefieldofmusicandfashionbtthegovt.hastodoothrthngssidebyside.

• DelhiisnotgrantingfundstoorganisealltheseMelasnfestivals..whatstheuseofallthesehulla-bullasiftheyallendinadrain.Nagaswillonedaybegtolive.

• Toomachtymonuselessthingsandnotworriedboutthepotholesindimapurnkohimaroads..Dimapurholdstheworldrecordforbeingthefirstntheonlyplacehavingpot-holesinafly-over.

• Aretheseministersandofficialsblind?Donttheyseesomuchapathyesptheroads?Whydotheyhavetospendsomuchorganisingaconcert,fashionshows,etcetcwheretheyrthechiefguestinsteadofconcentratingondevelopments.

• well,whatotherthingscanthenagasdo?nothing.weonlyknowhowtoimitateothers,tryingtoactcoolwithoutreallyknowingthereasonwhy.thewesterncountrieshadtried,developed,used,spendalltheirresourcesdevel-opingthemselvesandhasgotnothingsortofentertain-menttodo.sotheycreaterealityshows,andwenagasinallourignoranceembraceittohidethebackwardness,underdevelopment,corruptionetctoshowtheworldthatweareadevelopedsociety.whatasham!spendthemoneyforthemaintenanceofroadsatleast.letsnotbelikeabeggarwhothinkheiskingwithoutknowingthestarkrealityofourpresentscenario.

• Weshouldknowthelimits..Theseentertainmentsarebe-comingadailyaffair.Wernotwesternizedpplwherewedonthavemuchtodothensitbacknenjoylife.WeneedtorealisethatwerstillagenerationjustonelevelaboveAPEMAN.Wewerewearingnothing60-70yrsback....Wecannotbetooadvancedinalltheseunnecessarythings.Wearespendingfundsmeantfordevelopments.

• Yes.(notgood)TheGovtistryingtolurepeoplewithat-tractiveprogramlikeroadshow,fashionshow,concertbutonlyhandfulpeoplegetbenefitfromsuchschemebecausethesearetalentfactor.Allthepeoplearenottal-ented,inmyview,theGovtshouldinvestintrainingori-ented,jobguaranteedsothatthecommonpeoplegetsbenefited.

• Concertforpeace,fashionshowforre-conciliationetc,etc.Itissheerwasteoftax-payersmoney.Andtheaf-ter-effectsoftheseshowareunwantedpregnanciesand

AIDS.• Whatishappeningtooursociety.Wehavenothingforour income..ifDelhistops fundingwearebegging inthestreetsforsure.Yetweknowonlyofspendinginalltheseunnecessaryfunctions.Willitbringrevenues?Na-gasaregoodspendersandnotgood-savers.Inthelongrun,nagaswillbeliterallysmoked.

• yesibelieveso.theincomealsorisesduringthesetimes,peoplegoshoppingforit,spendstoomuchforit.ndmostofall,weareallintoit,eventhegovernmentisverycon-cernedaboutthesethings.theyarespending,insteadweshouldstartdevelopingourselves.primitivepeopleshouldlearnhowtobepatient.rockandfashioncanwait,thestate'sdevelopmentshouldbethepriority.

• Yes!Naga'sarespendingtoomuchmoneyinrockcon-cert'sandfashion'sshowasformyopinion.Insteadofthisbettertospendthemoneyinsumcharityororphan-ageforthebrightfeatureofyoungsterswhoonlydreamsofschoolinNagaland.

• Yes,toomuchfestivals,fashionshowsandwehavelostourworkcultureandweresorttodirtybusinesses.

• Whatgoodwillthesemelasandconcertsetcetcbringtoournagayouths.Itsjustanotherwaytocommitsins..Boysngirlsgettingdrunkandfacingthetruthafter9months.

• Whatistherealpurposeofsomuchentertainment?TheGovtisfoolingthepplwithsomegoodtymsnhidingtheirrealtransgressions.

• ThepresentGovtisdoingallthesetoencourageyouths,butitshavinganegativefeedback.Wenagasarenotgoodindoingthingswithhonestmind.Wetendto4gettherealpurposeoftheseactivitiesanddothingsthatisgoingtodestroytheminthelongrun.

• Dtalksofsucheventsgoesontrooutdyearbutneglectotherdevelopmentalactivities!!Needtohavealookondroadconditionsotatalltheseeventscanbecarriedoutinease!!

• ComeDecemberandkohimaisfulloffestivals..Actuallythisishavinganegativefeedbacktooursociety.NotonlyisthisdisturbingthestudiesasexamsareinFeb.butitisconducivetocommitadul-tery.

• Yes indeed. Nagas arespendingalotonrockcon-certs, fashion shows andentertainmentwhenontheothersidepeoplearestrug-gling hard to make bothendsmeetandsomedyingofstarvation.Theeventswillcomeandbeforgottenbutbriningasmileandhappi-ness toanunderprivilegedpersonleavesalastingim-pression.

• Ifoneneedstoanalyzefroman investment returnpointofview,Iwouldsayit'sabigYES..theproductivityoutputquotientisminimalattheendoftheday!

• Yestoomuchmoneyisbeingspentonthesetriflemat-ters

• Publicfundsspenton'rockconcerts,fashionshowsandentertainment'smacksofhastydecisionsandsuperficialfixes,mere'pretty'fication(ifthat'saword)ratherthenastutestructuralchangesthatwouldallowNagalandtobeamodelfortherestoftheworld.Thegovernmentshouldinsteadbeconcentratingon'goodgovernance',adesiredobjectiveofanation/state’spoliticaldevelop-ment.Goodgovernanceisanti-corruptionwhereinau-thorityanditsinstitutionsareaccountable,effectiveandefficient,participatory,transparent,responsive,consen-sus-oriented,andequitable (majorcharacteristicsasoutlinedbytheUnitedNations)

Anythingless,andtheMillenniumDevelopmentGoalsGoal1:EradicateextremepovertyandhungerGoal2:AchieveuniversalprimaryeducationGoal3:PromotegenderequalityandempowerwomenGoal4:ReducechildmortalityratesGoal5:ImprovematernalhealthGoal6:CombatHIV/AIDS,malaria,andotherdiseasesGoal7:EnsureenvironmentalsustainabilityGoal8:DevelopaglobalpartnershipfordevelopmentLesssuperficialfixes,moresustainablechangesaretheneedofthehour.)

remain,butadistantimpossibility!!Justincaseyou'restillwondering,Ivoteyestothispost!!

Youngpeople,takechargeLetustakechargeanddecideatlarge

Toinitiateexpositionofouropinionsandpossessourdo-minions

LetusdismisshypocrisyandenhancedemocracyBychangingtheprocesstomeasureourcountry’sprog-ress

LetuseliminateapathyandreinforceempathyByelevatingmaturityandalleviateinferiorityLetusexpandoursightsandexpressourrightsByopposingindifferencestosettleourdifferencesLetusownproprietytoimprovesocietyBybecomingmoralasservantsforallLetusbecomeoptimistictoclarifythepoliticAndabolishviolencebybreakingthesilenceWearethecatalysticforce‘so’withoutremorseLet’ssetthecourseandendorse-Anneline• sincewenagasimitatewesternswayoflifestyleandthewaytheylivesonagasspenttheirprecioustime,money,fashionetc

• Ifthequestionisputregardsgovernmentspendingtoomuchmoneyonanyformsofentertainment(concertsandfashionshowsminusanyplatformforwriters,yes,did/dothegovtorganised/organisesanyspecialeventforwriterslikethatthe...concertsandfashionshowseverynowandthen?),isayitsaYes,YesandYes.Andregardsthepublicspending,itstheirpersonalchoices,yetiwontencourageitunlesswecanexpectsomeveryproductiveoutcome.

• Needtoencouragegamesandsports..Givemarksforsportsinschoolsandcolleges.

• Definitelyyes!!ComedEcemberandKohimacomesalivewithallthosefestivalsnRock-concerts.Theserplacesppl foolaroundncommitcrimensins..All thewhilesomenonlocalsaresmilingawaytothebanks..Allourmoneyisspentonalltheavoidablecommodities.Allthenagasknowisspent..nomatterhehasasourceofincomeornot.Poorparents..childrencanbmenacinginthesetyms.

• Ifpplwantsfun..whydoitattheexpenseofstate-exche-quer?Itshudnthaveanyim-pactonstateseconomy.Thenpplwillhavenocomplains,butall these activities are donewithourfundsmeantfordevel-opments.• Nagas are beinginfluenced by korean mov-ies, serials, American fash-ions, rockstarsof theworld.Ifusee,thesepplcomefromthemostdevelopedcountries.Theyhavegoteverythingsosufficientthattheydoalltheserecreationalactivitiestokeepthem busy. Nagas have notreachedtheirlevel.WearejustabovethePIGS..Sowhycopycattheirlifestyles?Nagaswillnotbeemployedbythemtio

betheirKanchasnMinis..• SolidarityConcertforThailandon16thNov.2011.Isan-otherjoke?Don'twehaveenoughproblemsathome.Weare totally dependent on the centralGovt.for allneedsandinsteadofhelpingourEasternbloodlines,wearedivertingscareresourcestoadevelopedcountry.Afterall,wehavenowordsforhonchoswithhighIQ.

Some of those who voted NO had this to say:• Weseethousandyouths inrockconcertsn fashionshows,butucancounttheyouthonaSundaydevo-tionalservice. Is this thebenefitofhavingtoattendthepreviousnightconcerts????Probably toodrunktoknowanything.

• WithafashionandbeautylovingCMwithmusicandfestival lovingministers,canthelpbutwatchinawe.Nexttimeletuselectdevelopmentandanti-corruptionlovingpeopletopower.ThepowertochangeNaga-land is inourhand,people.Doyouknowwhatde-mocracymeans?Whenyoupoint1fingeratothers,yourotherfingersarepointingatyou.Thatmeansyouhavemorepowertobringchangesinoursociety.

• Ifweare far-sightedanddiscerningand ifwe trulycare towork towardsabright future for theNagas,rockmusicshouldhavenoplaceinoursociety.Thereareseriousmoral,emotional,spiritual,educationalandpsychologicalconsequencesasaresultofourinvolvementinpop/rockmusic.Justlookingatthede-cayingcultureof theWestshouldsendoutastrongsignalthatcorruptartdestroysthehome,theeduca-tionalsystemandsocietyingeneralmorepowerfully

thananyotheragent.Consideringwhereweareto-day,Nagasshouldbeinvestingresourcesonbuildingeducationalinstitutionswithstrongmathandscienceprogramsaswellasthestudyofseriousartmusic.Fi-nally,Iamafraidsomeoneismakingbigmoneyattheexpenseofthefutureofouryouth.Whydowehavesomanywoesinoursocietytoday?Well,justlookatwhatwehaveencouraged.Letusthinkassaneindi-viduals.Whyknockrock?Whynot,whentheconse-quencesareinsurmountable?

• Theneedof thehour ismorethanentertainment. Ifsuchprojectshavepositiveoutcomesandgenerateincome,jobs,opportunitiesetc,itwouldbebalancedbutat thisrate, thefundsarebeingusedtoamuseourselvestodeath.Weneedentertainmentasmuchasweneeddevelopmentinallfields.

• Butiftherearenorockshows,fashionshowsanden-tertainment,lifewouldbequitedullindeed!

• Nagasarefunlovingpeoples,Nyes,mostofdaNagaadultsspendtheirmoneylavishlyonsuchentertain-ments...spendingdoubleoftheirincome..(sadbttrue).

• ithinkthingsaregettinglittlecrazy...czthegovtlovesfun...

• AllworkandnoplaymakesJackadullboy.Converse-ly,allplayandnoworkmakesJackameretoy.Let'searntherighttopartyhardbyworkinghard.

• ithinkentertainmentinNagalandisMuduGhors.sincetherernomodernentertainmentfacilitiestobenter-tained....

• everyonewillhavetheirownopiniononthisandwith-outmeaningtoberudeorobnoxiousi'dsaythepeo-plewhoagreesto thisareeithernarrowmindedorjustplaindumb.Butfirst thingfirst,whoexactlydoyoumeanwhen you say "arenagas spending toomuch"???sincei'mnotsurewhichgroupyoumeanletmeexplainmyselfbyaskingquestionstomyself.....an individualwoldspendabout200-300 rupees towatchashow,isthattootaxingforafanoramusiclovertohaveadecenttimespent listeningtomusictheylove??arethebands/musiciansoverpaid???alocalbandoralocalartistwillchargetoabout30-40thousandrupeesforashowdependingontheorga-nizers/sponsors.haveyoueverthoughtofhowmanyshowsaband/artistgetsinamonth?????ashowinevery threemonthsandtheyarepaid40 thousandandiaskyouagain,isthattoomuch????itisabouttimewegaveourmusiciansandsingerscreditwhichisoverdue.thesamegoesforthepeopleinfashionandentertainment.iftheGovernmentcanspendhun-dredsofcroresperyearonworkswhichareexecutedonlyonpapersi thinktheshareofmoneythatgoesintorockshows,fashionshowsandentertainmentisanythingbut"nottoomuchtimeandmoney"ratheri'dsayitsa"CUTE"share.PS:nooffencetoanybody,:)

• ActuallywestillneedmoreENTERTAINMENTSinourstatesothatpeoplecandiverttheirmindsfromCOR-RUPTIONS(Political/Social) :)Appreciate theeffortofvariousORG.forbringingShowsinourcities.ButhatetoseeGovt.fundedSHOWSwithoutqualityout-put...Wesee'slotsofsponsorsinaneventsbuttheeventsarenotproperlyorganisedandrunjustforthesakeoftheMONEY.Wehavemanytalentedartiste/designersbut theyare limitedonlywithin thestatewithlessexposuretooutsideworld.HonestlywehavemanyWELLKNOWNNAGADESIGNERS,MUSICIAN,WRITERS,PRODUCERSacrosstheglobebuttheyarenotfeaturedorrecognizedinthestate..IfeelthattheSTATEshouldbringthoseTALENTEDpeopletoourHOMESTATEandorganizeaBIGshowswiththeticketssellingatsubsidizeratesothateverycommonmancanSEEtheirworkandgetaninspirationfromthem...ratherthanCHOTAMOTAshowswithnogainfortheVIEWERS!!!

• whereisthegovtspendingoneducation,health,wa-terandelectricity.....!itsagimmicktowoothemiddleclassofnagasociety.....!fashions,concertsandroadshowswillntleadtoanywhere.thereisnocoubtthatculturalcapitalismaintainedinsomesensebutmostoftheseareacompilationofwesternnotionofhege-monyofdismantlingtheculturaldistortionofgrass-rootscommunity.

• Setourprioritiesright.Rockconcerts,fashionshowsandentertainmentshouldcomeasfloweringofourdevelopment.Butwhenourinfrastructureisnotdevel-oped,whenoverseventypercentofallourfoodstuffscomefromoutsideandwhen...wespendsoomuchtimeandmoneyonentertainingourselveswemusthavegonewrongsomewhereandtheendresultwillbewewillcontinuetobepoorandgowithabeggingbowltoNewDelhiformorefunds.Whatashame!

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MONdaYTHE MORUNG EXPRESS14NOVEMBER2011 NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

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

Ngos, kiran Bedi and the media

14 November 2011Monday8 Dimapur The Morung ExpressNATIONAL

MUMBAI, NoveMBer 13 (AgeNcIes): The same face un-der the crisp white topi, at the ap-pointed hour, every day at our doors. We have known our dab-bawalas for years as carriers of lunches to offices, with rarely any mix-up. Now, in a gradual expan-sion of their role, they are lugging a lot more than just that. Over time, they’ve become delivery boys for all kinds of things, besides the packed lunch. Mobile phones forgotten in the morning rush is one of the most common things they carry at mid-day, followed by files, suddenly de-manded by the office.

Sometimes, dabbawalas are even agents of blossoming love - with some people sending love notes, scented cards and a tiny something with lunch boxes. “We often have requests from house-wives to carry several things like cell phones, money or wallets, some confidential corporate docu-ments,” said Kiran Gawande, sec-retary of Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers’ Association. “We don’t encourage it as one dabba changes

four to five hands, but we don’t even refuse a request because we realize that the home and the office are re-ally far away in most cases.”

It’s the credence that the tiffin-wala has earned over time, neither has someone else’s lunch landed up on somebody else’s table, nor has there been any police case against them. Explained Gawande, “Most people have seen their drivers or maids or cooks leave. But in our case, they have seen the same man going to the same home for years together.” This 120-year-old insti-tution has close to 5,000 semi-liter-ate men on its rolls. They are tested on their capacity to carry approxi-mately 70 kilos before they are ini-tiated. Dabbawalas deliver lunch, and now even more, to close to 2 lakh Mumbaiites daily. In fact, the Harvard Business School has pro-duced a case study on their error-free, six sigma record.

The business school prods its students to learn from the dab-bawalas’ unique, simple and effi-cient logistics system, which relies entirely on human endeavour and

doesn’t employ any technology. Thanks to this combination of trust and efficiency, several housewives have not thought twice before handing over wads of notes to Shahi Raikar, a dabbawala who works in the Ghatkopar area. “I often carry important papers, thousands of ru-pees, fancy gadgets and cell phones. But most of us carry them with us, we don’t squeeze all those things in the tiffin bag,” added Raikar, who has been a dabbawala for nine years and earns Rs 9,000 per month.

In fact, real-izing that their evening hours are rela-tively free, they now also supply or-ganic vegetables to several h o m e s , a s e r -vice that c o m e s at an ad-d i t i o n a l

cost. But the rest- the love notes, the tiny surprise gift - can be en-joyed free with lunch.

Dabbawalas delivering lunch & love notes

Hill people more prone to arterial diseases

DHArAMsHALA, No-veMBer 13 (AgeNcIes): People living in hilly regions are more prone to arterial diseases because of high inci-dence of smoking due to cold conditions. Blackened toes are common symptoms of this disease, which not only leads to amputation of foot or leg, but can also cause onset of heart ailments. This was stat-ed by the national secretary of Venous Association of In-dia Dr Ravul Jindal while ad-dressing mediapersons dur-ing an awareness programme on vascular disease. He said peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with old age, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension. “Those from hills have to walk a lot and hence develop symp-toms of the disease in the form of pain in calfs or thighs while walking. Unfortunately these diseases are not diagnosed on time and patients ultimately land up with gangrene and consequent limb amputa-tion,” he said.

He added that the inci-dence of diseases varies from 4-6% in the population aged more than 50 years. Risk factors result in blockade of blood vessels in leg result-ing in loss of blood supply to foot with consequences such as infection, non healing ul-cer and gangrene (blacken-ing of toes), he said. “Smokers having associated diabetes are more prone for gangrene than smoking or diabetes alone. If not treated on time, patients can have amputa-tion either of foot or leg. This carries a huge morbidity and mortality as these patients also have associated heart disease,” he added.

New DeLHI, NoveMBer 13 (IANs): Every year, at 11.11 hours Nov 11, an Indi-an Army team is in Ypres, Belgium, to ob-serve the anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I. This Friday too, a team joined the military pageantry and the cer-emonies in memory of the Indian men who laid down their lives in the battlefields of Flanders.

“Indian military leaders and soldiers participate every year in the ceremoni-al Last Post sounded at the Menin Gate at 11.11 hours in November each year, at the invitation of a Belgian composer and conductor called Hans Vermeersch, who is married to an Indian and runs the unique Rajhans Orchestra of Flanders at the coastal Belgian town of Knokke,” a source said. The Indian Army delegation was led by Additional Director General (Ceremonials and Welfare) Maj Gen K Majumdar; Director (Ceremonials and Welfare), Col BS Pundhir; Indian de-fence attache in Paris Brigadier Pankaj Arora; and Superintendent in the Mili-tary Wing at Paris K.S. Dadwal, accord-ing to sources.

Since 2002, Vermeersch hosts a pair of Indian Bagpipers from an Indian Army regiment, which fought in Flan-ders Fields between 1914 and 1918, and

conducts a public concert in Belgium or France dedicated to the Indian soldiers of Flanders Fields, they added. The Indian Army bagpipers at the event Friday were Havildar Yogender Kumar and Lance Naik Ranbir Singh from the Rajputana Rifles. Over a million Indian soldiers had fought for the British Army in Europe and other theatres of that war and more than 57,000 Indian soldiers perished in the battlefields of Flanders.

The number of Indian soldier casual-ties was more than even what the Belgian Army suffered. To mark the sacrifice of the Indian soldiers, the Belgian govern-ment and the people have erected a me-morial at the Menin Gate in Ypres, the central town of the Flanders battlefield, through which Indian soldiers marched into battle after the long train ride from Marseilles in France between 1914 and 1918. The memorial for the Indian heroes came up through assistance from the In-dian government, Ypres municipality and the Commonwealth War Graves Commis-sion in 2001, and wreaths are laid by inter-national and Indian officials there every year since. United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi too had laid a wreath at the memorial during her visit to Belgium in 2006.

Indian soldiers & 11.11.11.11 connection

I welcome any new responsibility given to Rahul: PM ManmohanoN BoArD PM’s AIrcrAFT, NoveMBer 13 (AgeNcIes): With expectation mounting that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will soon take up more active respon-sibilities in the party, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that he will welcome any new responsibility given to Rahul. Reacting to questions about reports that Gandhi’s responsibilities might be enhanced and he could be des-ignated “working president”, the PM said “This is a party matter and I can’t say about it...But if Rahul Gandhi is given any new responsibility, I will certainly welcome it.”

The PM said he had in the past invited Rahul to join the government, but the general secretary - seen as the heir ap-parent in Congress - had been reluctant to do so. Reports of Rahul accepting a more hands on role in dealing with Con-gress affairs as against only tinkering with frontal organiza-tions has been doing the rounds and his impending step up in the party was reported by TOI. Rahul was part of a four-member group named by Sonia Gandhi when she travelled abroad for medical treatment in August. At the time turned down the suggestion that he be named “working president” and even the 4-member group hardly met.

Of late, Rahul has been more receptive to the possibility of getting into the thick of party affairs, a process that might be quickened by his lead role in the UP election next year. The state election is seen as a test case for the Rahul mantra as the leader seeks to regain ground that Congress lost in the 1980’s in the politically significant state. The PM’s welcoming re-marks will add to the pressure that Rahul has been under to play a much more active role than has been the case so far. While Sonia is back at work and seems to be doing fine, the need to recuperate might be an additional factor for Rahul shedding his hands off approach. Singh’s careful choice of words also seems related to the view in the party that it is re-ally up to Rahul to decide when and how he will take a more effective role in Congress affairs. It has been felt that the UP election next year will set the stage for a run down to the next parliamentary polls that is seen as “Rahul’s election”.

New DeLHI, NoveMBer 13 (AgeN-cIes): BJP today asked the government to take up with the US the issue of former Presi-dent APJ Abdul Kalam’s frisking at New York’s JFK airport to check for explosives in Septem-ber, saying this “cannot be tolerated”. “The way former President Kalam was treated was an in-sult to him. Government must take it up with the US,” BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters. Kalam was twice subjected to frisk-ing on September 29 at New York’s JFK Air-port by US security officials. Even after Kalam had taken his seat, the US security personnel forced the crew to open the door and took away the jacket and boots of the former president to check for explosives since they had forgotten to do so before his boarding an Air India flight.

Hussain said “such incidents are not happen-ing for the first time. There are many such inci-

dents. This cannot be tolerated.” This is not the first time that Kalam has been frisked by US avia-tion officials. Kalam was frisked by officials of US airliner Continental Airlines in April, 2009 de-spite his name featuring in the Bureau of Civil Avi-ation Security’s list of people exempt from security checks in India. On a possible bailout package for cash-strapped Kingfisher airlines, Hussain said, “PM should have bailout package for aam admi (coommon man). Government should come out with a policy on sick industries. We are for bail-out package for the common man of the country.” However, the former Civil Aviation Minister did not clarify BJP’s stand on FDI in the civil aviation sector. “Earlier the government has not allowed FDI in civil aviation sector. We will wait for the gov-ernment to clarify its policy on the issue and then only we will comment,” he said when asked to spell out his view on the FDI issue. O

New DeLHI, NoveMBer 13 (IANs): Former Indian pres-ident A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was frisked by the John F. Kennedy airport authorities in New York Sep 29, resulting in a strong In-dian protest and a subsequent US apology for the breach of proto-col. Eighty-year-old Kalam, who was in the US to attend a series of events, was returning home by an Air India flight when the airport authorities boarded the aircraft to frisk the former Indian presi-dent, who had already occupied his seat. Kalam did not object and subjected himself to the security check, officials said.

“He cooperates with the se-curity agencies and does not pro-test. Even at JFK airport former president did not protest. But what was in bad taste was that af-ter he got seated in flight the secu-rity personnel asked him to hand over his coat and shoes,” a source close to Kalam told IANS in Chen-nai. “The coat and shoes were re-turned later,” the source added. The Air India crew immediately protested the US Transportation Security Administration’s action. The matter was reported to the external affairs ministry in writ-ing immediately on Kalam’s re-turn, said the source in Chennai. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna asked Indian Ambassa-

US apologises for frisking KalamBJP asks government to take up Kalam frisking issue with US

dor Nirupama Rao to raise the is-sue at the highest level in the US administration, saying it was “un-acceptable” to India and that New Delhi may reciprocate the treat-ment to American dignitaries.

Following the protest, the US government “deeply” regret-ted the incident and conveyed its “utmost respect” for Kalam. “The United States government has the utmost respect for former Indian president Abdul Kalam. We deeply regret the inconve-

nience that resulted for him as a result of a Sep 29 incident involv-ing the security screening at John F. Kennedy airport in New York,” the Obama administration said in its apology. Subsequently, charge d’affaires of the US Mission in In-dia Ambassador Peter Burleigh personally hand-delivered a let-ter from the US Transportation Security Administration to for-mer president Kalam, and a simi-lar letter was delivered to the In-dian government.

In these letters, the US gov-ernment extended its apology that appropriate procedures for expedited screening of dignitar-ies had not been followed. “We are actively working to prevent similar incidents in the future from occurring,” it said. Noting that the US “deeply values and appreciates” its “strong relation-ship and partnership” with In-dia, the Obama administration said: “We are confident that de-spite this regrettable incident,

we will continue working closely with India in the many areas of our strategic partnership.” This is the second incident of frisking of Kalam by American authori-ties. On April 21, 2009, the former president was boarding a Conti-nental Airways plane at the Delhi airport when the airline authori-ties frisked him, clearly breach-ing diplomatic protocol. A protest from India and its parliament led to the airlines and the US govern-ment apologising to Kalam later.

rALegAN sIDDHI, NoveMBer 13 (PTI): With Team Anna members coming under attack, Anna Hazare to-day said the core committee will be ex-panded but a “sharp eye” will be kept on new members so that people with only clean background are part of the move-ment. The 74-year-old activist said he will not pick just any one for the com-mittee and a background check will be conducted before inducting new members. “One thing good about this agitation is that people have come for-ward. Thousands of people have come up. People are ready to join the protest. Now, we just have to search the people. We will find good people,” he said after a meeting of the core committee here.

“Now, we will keep a sharp check on all the new members of the committee.

I won’t pick just any,” he said. “We have many people ready to serve, We will send our people to check their back-ground. Will check if they have police case. A person of character will be cho-sen. A graduate, Muslim, Dalit, adivasi, all will be taken,” he said. However, the number in the core committee will not go beyond 80, he said. His comments come close on the heels of Team Anna members facing flak after getting en-gulfed in a series of controversies in-cluding financial misconduct. Noting that the country runs on laws, he said, “If today Jan Lokpal comes, we also have to make other laws in future. By the time the country becomes corrup-tion-free, we will have to make new and different laws”.

He said a meeting will be held in

Delhi as soon as possible where the working committee will be selected. “We will do the selection of the work-ing committee and we will also train them. Training is very important whether it is for two-three days but it is important. After training, our founda-tion will be strong. “We do not have any set agenda for the meeting but we got the link and we have discussed all this today,” he said.

Central vigilance commissioner supports Anna movement

Meanwhile, in Delhi, hailing the an-ti-corruption movement spearheaded by Gandhian Anna Hazare, central vigilance commissioner Pradeep Ku-mar has said it depicts government’s failure to create a honest and transpar-ent mechanism to check graft. “India

is presently going through an era of far reaching reforms in anti-corruption, prompted by popular anti- corruption movements,” Kumar said in a global anti-graft international forum in Mar-rakech (Morocco) on October 22.

Hazare movement is a “wake-up” call and it reflects the country’s “inabili-ty in tackling the malaise of corruption”, he said at the fifth annual conference of International Association of Anti-cor-ruption Authorities. “Whether it is the revolution across the Arab world, the ongoing ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests which has spread to 78 cities around the world or the Anna Hazare Movement... there is one common thread... failure of governments and corporations to cre-ate a system of fair, honest, transparent and market-based principles and prac-

tices,” Kumar said His speech was posted on CVC

website yesterday. On the issue of black money, Kumar stressed for greater po-litical will and simplified legal and ad-ministrative procedures to bring them back from foreign off shores. “Differ-ences in legal systems, high costs in coordinating investigations, inade-quate international co-operation and bank secrecy laws have made the task (bringing back black money) difficult for the anti- corruption authorities. “Tracing, freezing, confiscation and then repatriation of stolen assets is a legal challenge. Managing the asset re-covery investigation is complex, time consuming, costly and most impor-tantly requires expertise and political will,” he said.

New DeLHI, NoveMBer 13 (IANs): Jammu & Kashmir Chief Min-ister Omar Abdullah Sunday met De-fence Minister A.K. Antony in New Del-hi to discuss his government’s demand for withdrawal of the Armed Forces Spe-cial Powers Act (AFSPA) from parts of the state. The meeting between Abdul-lah and Antony comes four days ahead of a meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir cabinet on Nov 17 to discuss the repeal of AFSPA from some part of the states.

The two leaders were closeted for al-most an hour at Antony’s official Krish-na Menon Marg residence in the capi-tal, but details of their discussion were not available immediately, sources in New Delhi said. The meeting comes close on the heels of Antony saying the state’s Unified Command core commit-tee headed by Abdullah and compris-ing commanders of the Indian Army’s 15 and 16 Corps and the state police was empowered to take a decision on the demand for withdrawal of the AFSPA. Antony had a couple of days ago noted that the defence ministry had already conveyed its opinion on the matter to the government.

The defence minister’s remarks came in the wake of Abdullah’s asser-tions that he had the powers, as state

chief minister, to decide on the AFSPA withdrawal. Meanwhile, official sources in Jammu said the Jammu and Kashmir cabinet will meet Nov 17 to discuss the revocation of AFSPA from parts of the state. The cabinet would be briefed by the chief minister about the delibera-tions that took place on the revocation of AFSPA at the unified command meet-ing in Jammu Nov 9, the sources told IANS. The Indian Army has opposed even partial lifting of AFSPA from the state, saying it would “hamper the ar-my’s operations against terrorists and their network in the state”.

However, Abdullah has indicated he would go ahead with the revocation of AFSPA from at least four districts of the state -- Srinagar and Budgam in the Kashmir Valley and Jammu and Samba in the Jammu region. In an interview with a news channel recently, Abdullah said the army has not operated in these areas for long and hence does not need the protection of the special powers. The current debate on the issue began after the chief minister Oct 21 announced in Srinagar that AFSPA will go from some areas of the state within days. AFSPA, which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces, was invoked in the valley in 1990 and the Jammu region in 2001.

Omar meets Antony on AFSPA ahead of state cabinet meet

Tibetan children pursue another child in a Tibetan traditional dress as they arrive to welcome the Dalai Lama at the Kangra airport near Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. The Dalai Lama returned to Dharmsala Sunday after a tour of Japan and Mongolia. (AP Photo

People with clean image to be inducted in team: Anna Hazare

Monday14 November 2011

Dimapur 9The Morung Express INTERNATIONAL

ROME, NOvEMbER 13 (REutERs): Italy's presi-dent raced to appoint an emergency government on Sunday to face a crisis en-dangering the whole euro zone and replace Silvio Berlusconi who resigned as prime minister to the humil-iating jeers of thousands of protesters. Just a few hours after central Rome echoed with street parties celebrat-ing Berlusconi's departure, President Giorgio Napoli-tano began a rapid round of meetings with political par-ties at his hilltop palace.

The consultations, much faster than is normal, are due to wind up at about 1700 GMT (12 p.m. ET), when Napolitano is expect-ed to ask former European Commissioner Mario Monti to form a government large-ly of technocrats in time for the opening of markets on Monday. Monti will push through reforms agreed by Berlusconi with euro zone leaders to cut Italy's massive debt and revive a chronically stagnant economy.

Italy's political tur-moil, centered around the flamboyant and scandal-plagued figure of Berlus-coni, has brought the euro zone's third largest econo-

my to the brink of disaster and all eyes will be on mar-ket reaction on Monday. "See what a beautiful day it is?" Monti said to reporters as he left his hotel on a crisp, clear day to go to church and then to his Senate office to continue work on form-ing the government.

Sunday newspapers Berlusconi's departure the end of an era and spoke of the irony of how a me-dia magnate famed for his skills of communicating with the public was seen off by jeering crowds. Turin's La Stampa called it "a sad exit from the stage," noting how he was forced to leave the presidential palace se-cretly via a side exit on Sat-urday night after handing in his resignation because a crowd shouting insults including "clown, clown" made it dangerous for him to exit by the front gate.

Cheers erupted when they heard he had resigned. People sang, danced, broke open bottles of champagne, and an impromptu orches-tra near the palace played the Hallelujah chorus from Han-del's Messiah. There were also celebrations in Milan and the central city of Bologna.

Some protesters threw

coins at Berlusconi's car in a gesture reminiscent of the departure into exile of disgraced Socialist Prime Minister Bettino Craxi in 1993, often seen as his po-litical mentor. Berlusconi, one of Italy's richest men, has dominated the country since bursting onto the po-litical scene the following year, filling the vacuum on the right created by a mas-sive corruption scandal that swept away the old order.

Opposition newspapers hailed it as "Liberation Day" while pro-Berlusconi dai-lies such as Libero warned

Italians to "watch your wal-lets" because a Monti gov-ernment would impose a host of new taxes.

Following weeks of political uncertainty and growing calls from interna-tional partners for action to control its debt, Italy's bor-rowing costs soared to un-manageable levels last week, threatening a Europe-wide financial meltdown.

Monti met European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and politi-cians from various parties on Saturday as preparations for a transition began even

before Berlusconi stepped down. Monti has received the backing of the main opposition groups and the conditional acceptance of Berlusconi's center-right PDL after objections were dropped by several factions.

But analysts believe he will face an uphill battle with strong public and po-litical opposition to some of the tough austerity mea-sures he will need to imple-ment to satisfy markets and euro zone leaders.

The next elections are not due until 2013 but there are wide predictions that Monti will not last until then but make way for polls once he carries through the re-forms promised to Europe.

Italy came close to a full scale financial emergency last week after yields on 10-year bonds soared over 7.6 percent, levels which forced Ireland, Portugal and Greece to seek an in-ternational bailout.

With a public debt of more than 120 percent of gross domestic product and more than a decade of ane-mic economic growth be-hind it, Italy is at the heart of the euro zone debt crisis and would be too big for the bloc to bail out. Financial

markets have responded positively to the prospect of a Monti government and as prospects of Berlusconi going became firmer last week, yields dropped below the critical 7 percent level.

It now falls to Berlusconi's successor to try to reassure markets that a new govern-ment will be able to control spending and pass the kind of reforms to pensions, pub-lic service and labor markets that his government was un-able to implement. A tough negotiator with a record of taking on powerful corpo-rate interests as European Competition Commissioner, Monti will have to navigate treacherous political waters.

On the left, reforms such as an increase in the pension age or easier hiring and fir-ing rules could arouse strong opposition from unions.

But the threat could be at least as great from the center-right with Berlus-coni's old Northern League coalition partners declaring they will oppose a Monti-led government and many in Berlusconi's PDL party also harboring deep reserva-tions. The League adamantly opposes pension reform that would hit older voters who are among its key supporters.

China mine deaths at 34,

separate incident traps 7: report

bEIJING, NOvEMbER 13 (REutERs): The death toll from a gas explosion in a coal mine in China's southwest-ern Yunnan province has risen to 34, rescue workers said on Sunday, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Initial reports after the underground blast last week said 19 miners had been killed with dozens trapped at Sizhuang Coal Mine, in Shizong county near the city of Qujing in Yunnan province. Nine miners re-mained trapped on Sunday morning and hundreds of rescuers were searching for them, Qujing government spokesman Li Jianjun was quoted as saying. Li said a 181-meter (600-foot) sec-tion of the tunnel had yet to be cleared, and he warned that a risk of large amounts of gas underground would hamper the operation.

Xinhua said the mine was operating illegally, hav-ing had its license revoked a year ago. The provincial coal safety supervision bu-reau ordered the mine to stop production in April.

In a separate incident, Xi-nhua said seven miners had been trapped underground by flooding in a coal mine in northwest China's Gansu Province. The provincial production safety adminis-tration said the flooding hap-pened in Sigeshan Tongda Coal Mine in Jingtai County. Rescuers were pumping wa-ter out of the mine.

China's mines are the deadliest in the world be-cause of lax safety standards and a rush to feed demand from a robust economy.

bEIRut, NOvEMbER 13 (AP): Tens of thousands of pro-regime demonstra-tors gathered in a Damascus square Sunday to protest the Arab League's vote to sus-pend Syria over its bloody crackdown on the country's eight-month-old uprising.

The protests came after a night of demonstrator as-saults on the diplomatic of-fices of countries critical of the Syrian regime, includ-ing break-ins at the Saudi and Qatari embassies and attacks at Turkish represen-tations across the country.

Saturday's Arab League decision was a sharp rebuke to a regime that prides itself as a bastion of Arab national-ism, but it was unlikely to im-mediately end a wave of vio-lence that the U.N. estimates has killed more than 3,500 people since mid-March.

The protests and em-bassy attacks are likely to stoke further anger in Arab states against the regime in Damascus. Arab disapprov-al in itself may not seriously damage President Bashar Assad's hold on power, but if Syria antagonizes Gulf states much further, it risks having them build up the Syrian opposition into a unified body which can win international recognition as happened during Libya's civil war earlier this year.

Syrian security forces had confronted Saturday's protesters with batons and tear gas but were unable to stop a group from break-ing into the Qatari embassy and bringing down the Qa-tari flag, replacing it with the Syrian flag. Others entered Saudi Arabia's embassy com-pound, broke windows, and ransacked some areas, the kingdom's media reported.

The kingdom strongly condemned the attack in a statement by the foreign min-istry and said it held the Syri-an authorities responsible for protecting its interests.

Saudi King Abdullah had recalled the Saudi am-bassador to Syria in Au-gust and had condemned Assad's crackdown. Kuwait and Bahrain also have re-called their ambassadors.

Also on Saturday, pro-testers tried to break into the Turkish embassy in Damascus and into consul-ates in the cities of Alep-po and Latakia, Turkey's state-run Anatolia news

agency reported. Turkey is not a member of the Arab League but has also been sharply critical of Syria's crackdown, and Turkey's foreign minister welcomed the League vote.

On Sunday, hundreds of baton-wielding Syrian riot police in helmets ringed the U.S., Qatari, Saudi and Turkish embassies — all located in the capital's up-scale Abu Rummaneh dis-trict. Three fire engines were parked in front of the Turkish embassy. The Turkish and Qatari embas-sies were closed for the day but the Saudi embassy was

operating, an operator said.Meanwhile, thousands

of people carrying red, black and white Syrian flags and posters of Assad gathered in a Damascus square, pledging support for Assad. The Syrian lead-er blames the violence on extremists working on a foreign agenda seeking to destabilize Syria.

Saturday's Arab vote came after Damascus failed to carry out a Nov. 2 peace deal brokered by the Arab League that called on Syria to halt the attacks and pull tanks out of cities. The vote was a strong message from

Syria's Arab neighbors and showed growing impa-tience with Damascus.

More than 250 Syrian civilians have been killed so far this month, includ-ing more than 18 on Satur-day in attacks in the restive city of Homs, the Damascus suburbs and elsewhere, ac-cording to activist groups.

P r e s i d e n t B a r a c k Obama praised the Arab League, highlighting what he called the group's lead-ership in seeking to end attacks on peaceful pro-testers. "These significant steps expose the increas-ing diplomatic isolation

of a regime that has sys-tematically violated hu-man rights and repressed peaceful protests," he said in a statement.

Arab League diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters, said that if Syria does not adhere to its demands, the organization will work to unify the dispa-rate Syrian opposition into a coalition similar to that of Libya's National Transi-tional Council. A next step would be to recognize the opposition as the sole rep-resentative of the Syrian

people in a move that would symbolically isolate Assad's regime even further.

The Arab League will monitor the situation and re-visit the decision in a meeting Wednesday in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, Qatar's For-eign Minister Hamad bin Jassim said, a move that ap-peared to give Assad time to avert the suspension.

In his statement, bin Jas-sim called on all factions to meet later this week to unify their message as a step to-ward dialogue with the Syr-ian government, but many within the opposition refuse to negotiate with the regime.

UN chief hails Arab league decision to suspend SyriaNEw YORk, NOvEMbER 13 (PtI): UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the Arab League for suspending Syria's membership and implementing eco-nomic and political sanctions against it, and called for im-mediate cessation of violence. In a statement, Ban urged Syrian authorities to "heed the call from the League to stop violence by the army against civilians immediately."

Yesterday, the League voted to suspend Syria from par-ticipating in its council meetings and activities starting on Wednesday until the government implements all of its com-mitments under the peace plan proposed by the League last week. The plan includes the release of prisoners, withdrawal of security forces from the streets and talks between government and opposition. Although Syrian authorities have accepted the plan, violence has continued in the country, with the total death toll surpassing 3,500, according to the Office of the Unit-ed Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Moon called on Syrian authorities "to implement the plan fully and speedily," and welcomed the intention of the League to protect civilians. The Secretary General also said he was encour-aged by efforts from the League to "promote a genuine and inclu-sive political dialogue, starting with the League's call for a meet-ing by the Syrian opposition in the coming days," and reiterated that violence must stop immediately "to open the way for a cred-ible Syrian-led process of comprehensive political change that will address the democratic aspirations of the Syrian people."

However, Syrian envoy Yussef Ahmad has angrily de-nounced the move as illegal, saying Damascus had already im-plemented the deal and claimed the United States had ordered the suspension. He also charged the League was trying to "pro-voke foreign intervention in Syria, as was the case in Libya."

Italy president races to appoint new government

RIO DE JANEIRO, NO-vEMbER 13 (AP): Elite police units backed by ar-mored military vehicles and helicopters marched into Rio's largest slum be-fore dawn Sunday, the most ambitious operation yet to bring security to a seaside city long known for its vio-lence. Within hours, offi-cials said the Rocinha slum had been taken over with-out a shot being fired.

The action in Rocinha is part of a campaign to drive heavily armed drug gangs out of the city's slums, where the traffickers have ruled for decades. Authorities vow to continue the crackdown and stabilize Rio's secu-rity before it hosts the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Officials are counting on those events to signal Brazil's arrival as a global economic, political and cultural power.

Hours into the opera-tion, not a shot had been heard in Rocinha. Special police units worked their way up the steep, winding roads as black Huey heli-copters pounded the air above, crisscrossing the hill and flying low. Residents

peeked out of their win-dows, staring down at the police and journalists.

One resident applauded the move. "Tell the world we're not all drug traffick-ers! We're working people and now they're coming to liberate us," a man yelled as police rolled by. Marisa Cos-ta da Silva, 54, who runs a small candy shop at the base of the slum, was less sure. "Lord knows if there will be war or peace, or even if thing will be better if police take this slum," she said. "We've heard they've been abusive to slum residents in other places they've taken. I have no idea what to expect."

Police also went into nearby Vidigal slum, but the armored personnel carriers there were having trouble climbing the steep roads that drug gangs had appar-ently covered in oil.

The Rocinha slum is home to about 100,000 peo-ple living in flimsy shacks that sprawl over a mountain-side separating some of Rio's richest neighborhoods. The location has made it one of the most lucrative and largest drug distribution points in the city. "Rocinha is one of the

most strategically important points for police to control in Rio de Janeiro," said Paulo Storani, a security consultant and former captain in the elite BOPE police unit leading the invasion. "The pacification of Rocinha means that authori-ties have closed a security loop around the areas that will host most of the Olympic and World Cup activities."

Some estimates say the Friends of Friends gang that has controlled Rocinha and Vidigal makes more than $50 million in drug sales annually. Much of the sales

are to tourists staying in the posh beach neighborhoods of Leblon, Ipanema and Co-pacabana and to middle and upper class Brazilians who live in them. "This action is a huge blow to the structure of drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro and against the sec-ond-largest drug faction," Storani said. "Beyond that, it's essential to have secu-rity in this area simply be-cause of the huge number of people who circulate there."

Before dawn, around 4 am, armored vehicles and hundreds of officers started

to climb into the steep, hill-side community. Two hours later officers informed resi-dents the area was under control, Alberto Pinheiro Neto, head of operations for the military police, said at a news conference. Law en-forcement agents will remain in Rocinha for an undeter-mined period of time, he said.

Officials are now call-ing on the shantytown's residents to help law en-forcement find drugs and weapons hidden in the com-munity. The head of Rio's civ-il police, Marta Rocha, made a special appeal to the "moth-ers, sisters, grandmothers, aunts," to collaborate with the peacekeeping effort.

"Women of Rocinha, give us this information, bring us the news that will allow us to sweep through this territory that belong to the people of Rocinha," she said. "The day is starting. There is no going back. I am sure the population will help."

One drug trafficker known as "Igor" was ar-rested Sunday morning, the chief of the Baixada Flumi-nense police's homicide de-partment, Rafael Menezes, told GloboNews television.

Syrians protest Arab vote, embassies stormed

Brazilian police take over Rio’s biggest slum

YANGON, NOvEMbER 13 (AP): A government-ap-pointed human rights body on Sunday urged Myanmar's president to release political prisoners or transfer them to prisons close to their families, signaling such action may be imminent. Speculation is considerable that a new am-nesty covering some of an es-timated 2,000 political pris-oners will be issued this week, perhaps as early as Monday. A comprehensive release of po-litical detainees would boost Myanmar's already active diplomatic efforts to improve relations with the United States, which shunned the previous military regime be-cause of its poor human rights record and failure to allow free and democratic politics.

Myanmar's three state-owned newspapers pub-lished an open letter Sunday from National Human Rights Commission chairman Win Mra calling on President Thein Sein to grant amnesty "as a reflection of magnanim-ity," or to transfer political prisoners in remote prisons to facilities with easy access for their family members.

The letter's publication is significant because the

tightly controlled newspa-pers closely reflect govern-ment positions. An amnesty of 6,359 prisoners in Octo-ber happened the same day state-run newspapers pub-lished a similar appeal.

A prisoner release in the next few days is also antici-pated because a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, begins Thursday in Bali, In-donesia. Myanmar is seeking to chair ASEAN in 2014, and the release of political prison-ers would be seen as a positive development favoring its bid, which is likely to be decided at this week's summit. U.S. Sec-retary of State Hillary Clin-ton will also be there to meet regional leaders. "It appears there are real changes taking place on the ground, and we support these early efforts at reform," Clinton told report-ers Friday on the sidelines of an annual Pacific Rim sum-mit. "We want to see the peo-ple of Burma able to partici-pate fully in the political life of their own country." The mili-tary changed the country's name to Myanmar in 1989, but supporters of the country's pro-democracy movement prefer to use the old name.

Release of Myanmar political prisoners may be soon

Brazil’s policemen are seen next to apprehended motor-cycles during the invasion of the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, November 13. (AP Photo)

Pro-Syrian regime protesters, carry a giant Syrian flag during a demonstration against the Arab League decision to suspend Syria, in Damascus, Syria on Sunday, November 13. (AP Photo)

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (Left) shakes hands with upper house President Renato Schifani at the Quirina-le palace in Rome on Sunday, November 13. (Reuters Photo)

JERusALEM, NOvEM-bER 13 (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on world governments to waste no time in stopping "Iran's race to arm itself with a nuclear weapon."

He was speaking to min-isters and the media before a closed-door briefing to his cabinet on a report from the UN's atomic watchdog, which said it had "serious concerns regarding possi-ble military dimensions" to Iran's nuclear programme.

Netanyahu said that the International Atomic Energy Agency's report "confirms the allegations of many countries in the world, Israel among them, that Iran is systematically developing nuclear weap-ons." "Every responsible government in the world must draw the obvious con-clusions," he added. "The international community must, in a timely manner, halt Iran's race to arm it-self with a nuclear weapon, a race that endangers the peace of the entire world."

Israel, which has the Middle East's sole if unde-

clared nuclear arsenal, has long accused Iran of trying to develop atomic weapons under cover of a civilian nu-clear programme.

Tehran denies that charge and has accused Is-rael of trying to sabotage its civilian nuclear pro-gramme and kill its nuclear scientists. Israeli media in recent weeks have been full of chatter suggesting a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities was be-ing seriously considered by Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak.

The speculation came as the IAEA released its report last week, saying it had "cred-ible" information that Tehran "has carried out activities rel-

evant to the development of a nuclear explosive device."

Israeli media commenta-tors have suggested that the severity of the report could bring increased international pressure on Iran and thereby lessen the near-term likeli-hood of an Israeli strike.

US President Barack Obama has called for new sanctions and isolation for Iran over its nuclear programme, but Russia and China, which as per-manent members of the UN Security Council could veto such measures, have so far responded coolly.

On Sunday, Israeli news-paper Yediot Aharonot re-ported that French Presi-dent Nicolas Sarkozy had pledged support for strong sanctions against Iran in a letter that came after the French leader was reported to have called Netanyahu a "liar." The Elysee Palace confirmed that a letter had been sent to Netanyahu, but gave no detail on what Ye-diot said was an unusually warm, handwritten letter signed "with friendship," in an apparent bid to smooth over the diplomatic flap.

‘World must halt Iran nuclear drive’

Benjamin Netanyahu

The Morung ExpressSPORTSMonday14 November 201110 Dimapur

Las Vegas, NoVem-ber 13 (aP): Manny Pac-quiao was taken to the limit last night before escaping with a majority decision win over Juan Manuel Mar-quez in their welterweight title fight. Pacquiao won on two scorecards, while the third ringside judge had it a draw. It was a nar-row escape for the Filipino congressman, who took as much punishment as he gave over 12 rounds.

The third fight was as close as the previous two, and by the time they fin-ished 12 rounds, the out-come was still in doubt. Pacquiao won some rounds with sheer aggression, while Marquez won oth-ers with brilliant counter-punching, keeping Pac-quiao from getting inside. Marquez was a 7-1 under-dog, but it was clear early he would be in this fight. He picked Pacquiao apart with right hands almost every time he tried to get inside, and landed good hard flur-ries throughout the fight.

Pacquiao was the ag-gressor throughout, and

landed some sharp punch-es of his own. But when the decision was announced, the crowd booed roundly and, once again Marquez had lost a close fight. One ringside judge had it a 114-114 draw, while two others favored Pacquiao by 115-113 and 116-112. The Associated Press had it 114-114.

The sellout crowd at the MGM Grand arena threw bottles and cans toward ringside after the decision was announced, with one full can hitting a ringside writer. Marquez, who had been bitter about the scor-ing in the first two fights, stormed out of the ring. Pacquiao continued his re-markable run with the win, but it didn’t come easy. He had trouble all night finding his range and, when he did get inside, Marquez often moved to the side and land-ed a counter right hand.

It was the third close fight between the two, though this one was fought at 144 pounds instead of 125, as was their first fight seven years ago. That fight was a draw, while Pacquiao won a

split decision in the second bout in 2008 at 130 pounds.

“My fans are very hap-py because they thought I won,’’ Pacquiao said when asked about the crowd reac-tion. Marquez fought going backward all night, and that might have been his undo-ing. While he landed well at times, Pacquiao was in his face most of the night.

“I got robbed,’’ Marquez said. “I don’t know what else I can do to win.’’ Pacquiao earned a minimum $22 mil-lion for the fight, while Mar-quez got $5 million

On the undercard, Tim-othy Bradley, trying to set himself up for big-name fights, stopped veteran Joel Casamayor in the eighth round to remain unbeaten in 28 bouts. Bradley put Casamayor down in the fifth and sixth rounds and was dominating the fight when Casamayor went down again in the eighth. His cor-ner stopped the fight. Brad-ley, mentioned as a possible future opponent for Pac-quiao, was in charge from the opening bell against the 40-year-old Casamayor.

Pacquiao beats Marquez again

Manny Pacquiao, right, of the Philippines, hits Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez during a WBO welterweight title fight Saturday, Nov. 12 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)

LoNDoN, NoVember 13 (aFP): England scored an upset 1-0 victory over world champions Spain on Saturday, with stand-in captain Frank Lampard heading the only goal of the game to delight a sell-out Wembley crowd. Spain, who had not lost to Eng-land for 10 years, dominat-ed possession and territory throughout but were frus-trated by a superb English defensive effort as the home side clung on for the win.

Lampard's winner came on 49 minutes when the Chelsea midfielder headed in from close range after Darren Bent's effort from a James Milner free-kick spun back off the post.

The result was a vindi-cation for England manag-er Fabio Capello, who had taken the risky decision to leave captain John Terry on the bench and dropped Wayne Rooney from his squad altogether.

Capello had fielded a new-look side with Man-chester United's Phil Jones playing out of position in midfield and an untried international centre-half partnership of Joleon Le-

scott and Phil Jagielka.For the most part Ca-

pello's gambles paid off, with England maintaining their shape and discipline against technically superior opposition.

A low-key first half saw Spain dominate as expect-ed, pinning England back deep inside their own half with their relentless press-ing game. Despite the intel-ligent movement of Spain's attacking players, Eng-land's defence held firm, with Lescott excelling at centre-back alongside his former Everton team-mate Jagielka.

In midfield, Scott Park-er and Jones worked tire-lessly to disrupt Spain's silky passing game, with Xavi, Andres Iniesta and David Silva probing menac-ingly throughout the open-ing 45 minutes.

Yet a sell-out Wembley crowd of 87,189 had to wait until the 32nd minute be-fore the first shot on goal from either side, which came from a rare English foray into Spanish territory when Lampard let fly from 25 yards. Spain responded immediately when a swift

break ended with Silva shooting from a tight angle only to see his shot comfort-ably gathered by Joe Hart.

Four minutes later Spain threatened again, when Silva slipped a love-ly reverse pass to Iniesta whose shot was blocked by the excellent Lescott.

Neither side threatened in the closing moments of the half, which were nota-ble only for James Milner's booking for a clumsy chal-lenge on Ramos. Spanish coach Vicente Del Bosque made a raft of changes at the interval, introducing Cesc Fabregas, Juan Mata and Pepe Reina for Xavi, Silva and Iker Casillas and it was as the new men were finding their feet that Eng-land scored.

Milner swung in a teas-ing free-kick from wide on the left and Bent steered a downward header goal-wards. The Aston Villa striker's effort spun off a post and Lampard was there to nod in at close range. Silva missed a glori-ous opportunity to equalise shortly afterwards when he latched onto a long ball and rounded Hart only to shoot

tamely into the side netting with the goal at his mercy.

The first signs of frus-tration from Spain came soon afterwards when first Ramos was booked for an ugly challenge on Bent and then Fabregas joined him on a yellow with a wild aeri-al challenge on Jagielka.

Capello meanwhile re-shuffled his pack, bringing on Gareth Barry for Lam-pard and Everton young-ster Jack Rodwell for Jones.

Bent departed for Man-chester United's Danny Welbeck soon afterwards to give England an even more youthful look.

Rodwell and Welbeck combined cleverly mo-ments later to send Rodwell racing through only for Alba to cover desperately and force a save from Reina.

With England digging in to protect their lead, Spain almost equalised on 73 min-utes but Villa's volley struck the post with Hart beaten.

Spain laid siege to the England goal in the final 10 minutes, and Fabregas squandered a glorious op-portunity to level it late on, when he screwed a low shot wide of the post.

England sucker-punch downs Spain in friendly

sYDNeY, NoVember 13 (reUTers): Local-born Greg Chalmers shot a three-under-par 69 to win his second Australian Open by one stroke on Sunday as Tiger Woods' quest to end his two-year title drought came up just short. Chalm-ers was made to sweat in the clubhouse as his com-patriot John Senden went close with a 35-foot birdie putt at the 18th that would have forced a playoff but ul-timately his total of 13-un-der was enough to secure the Stonehaven Cup.

A day shy of the second anniversary of his 95th and last title win at the 2009 Australian Masters, Woods came from six shots back overnight to hit a 67 and fin-ish in third place on 11-un-der. "It could have been re-ally low today, a couple of drives on the back nine cost me," the 35-year-old Woods, who chipped in for an eagle at the 14th hole, said. "I fought real hard all day but it looks as though I've come up just short. "I'm just going to keep plugging along. It's just nice to be playing and not on the sidelines."

Defending champion Geoff Ogilvy shot the best round of the day with a 65 to take a share of fourth place

Greg Chalmers beats Woods to Australian title

on nine-under with compa-triots Adam Scott (68), Jason Day (74) and Nick O'Hern (72) as well as American Nick Watney (72). Chalmers, who won his first Australian Open back in 1998, started the day with birdies on his first two holes and held at least a share of the lead for the remainder of his round.

T h e 3 8 - y e a r - o l d lefthander stuttered with two bogies before the turn but he sandwiched a bird-ie between them and two

more in a flawless back nine put him in the clubhouse with a two-shot lead.

Overnight leader Sen-den made a calamitous start with four bogeys in his first seven holes and his hopes of a second title to go along with his 2006 triumph looked all but gone at the turn. He stormed back with four birdies over the back nine, and having missed his final putt by inches, finished with a 72 to stand at 12-un-der for the tournament.

Australia's Greg Chalmers holds the winner's trophy after the Australian Open golf tournament in Sydney, Australia on Nov. 13. Chalmers won the tournament with 13 under the card ahead of Jehn Senden on -12 and Tiger Woods on -11.(AP Photo)

KoLKaTa, NoVember 13 (IaNs): India go into the second cricket Test against the West Indies at the Eden Gardens Monday, hoping their in-form young spin-ners will wrap up the three-match series and, as the icing on the cake, master batsman Sachin Tendulkar would get his 100th inter-national 100.

Up 1-0 in the three-match series, rallying after conceding a sizeable first-innings lead to put it across the Caribbeans at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla, the Indi-ans would like to carry the momentum against a side that today lacks the char-acter their predecessors had and the awe with which the cricket world looked at them a couple of decades ago. India have won the last three Test series against the West Indies and they should make it four in a row without much difficulty.

Much will, however, de-pend on off-spinner Ravi-chandran Ashwin who will be out playing here barely 24 hours after getting mar-ried in Chennai Sunday, and his left-arm partner Prag-yan Ojha. The two young men picked up 16 of the 20 West Indies wickets on the slow Kotla turner, Ashwin on debut getting nine and a dozen-Tests-old Ojha seven. The chances of an encore by the two at Eden are high as the track here is also known

to assist slow bowlers, par-ticularly on the last two days.

Batting does not appear to be a major problem for India, despite unaccount-able collapses in West In-dies and England. The top-order is still good enough to bail them out in Indian conditions. The first-in-nings slump in the Delhi Test got the batsmen a bit of a tongue-lashing from their captain. There can't be a better batting line-up than Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sa-chin Tendulkar, VVS Lax-man, Yuvraj Singh and Dho-ni himself. The match could be special for the game and Tendulkar. The Mumbai-kar raised hopes of reach-ing the milestone of scoring a hundred international centuries in the second in-nings of the first Test, but was stopped at 76 by leggie Devendra Bishoo.

Tendulkar has been a notch below his best at Eden Gardens, scoring only two 100s in 10 Test matches and local cricket buffs are hoping that the little mas-ter will make it truly spe-cial this time. Gambhir has gone without a century in his last 12 Tests and got out after good starts in both the innings at Kotla. The home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders, of which he is cap-tain, should inspire him to try and get his 10th 100 in his 43rd Test.

India look for series win against WI at Eden

Our CorrespondentKohima | November 13

The prestigious 20th edi-tion of Royal Gold Cup 2011 under the aegis of Royal Club Kohima and spon-sored by Nagaland State AIDS Control Society will commence from November 16 till December 1 at the Ko-hima Local Ground.

Altogether, 8 team from outside the state and 7 local teams have confirmed their participation.

The outside team in-cluded IAM FC, Imphal, Manipur, Betul Oil, Betul, Madhya Pradesh, TT Aizawl FC, Aizwal, Mizoram, Deng-zong Boys, Gangtok, Sikkim, Kankre FC, Mumbai, Maha-rashtra, NEROCA, Imphal Manipur, Mizoram Youth

Team, Aizawl, Mizoram and Nangkiew- IRAT- SC, Shil-long, Meghalaya.

The local teams in-cludes; Excel Club, Kohima, Mon District Sports Asso-ciation, Nagaland Police, Chumukedima, Life Sports, Kohima, Naga Prege, Kohi-ma, Peren District Sports Association and HQ 5 Sec-tor Assam Rifles.

The champion will fetch a cash prize of Rs. 1.50 lakh while the runners up will be awarded with Rs. 75,000.

Minister for health and family welfare Kuzholuzo Nienu will kick off the tour-nament at 1:00 PM on No-vember 16.

Entry ticket has been fixed at Rs. 30.

Mentionably, the presti-gious Royal Gold Cup initi-

ated by Royal Club Kohima in 1988 with the twin ob-jectives to raise the game of football to higher standard by exposing the footballers of the state to higher level of competition and to generate goodwill among the partici-pating teams and club.

With the active support of the lovers of the games and the Nagaland Football Association, in particular, the Cup soon began to enjoy the participation of leading teams of the North East In-dia and national teams from all corners of the country.

Royal Gold Cup takes the pride to be the first foot-ball tournament in Naga-land to be recognized as all India football tournament by All India Football Fed-eration.

8 outside, 7 local teams to vie for 20th Royal Gold Cup 2011

Royal Club Kohima officials at the press conference in Kohima on November 13.

Cricket writer Peter Roebuck found deadJoHaNNesbUrg, No-Vember 13 (aFP): Re-nowned cricket writer Peter Roebuck committed sui-cide in his hotel room South African police confirmed to AFP on Sunday. England-born Roebuck, 55 and a former first class cricketer, was covering the ongoing Test series between South Africa and Australia.

Captain Frederik van Wyk, spokesman for the South African Police in the Western Cape province, confirmed that a British citizen had been found in his room having committed suicide. "I can confirm that the incident took place at a quarter past nine on Sat-urday (evening)," said van Wyk. "A 55-year-old Brit-ish citizen was found dead in a hotel room in New-lands, Cape Town. He was working as a cricket com-mentator for an Australian publication. He committed suicide.

"An inquest docket has been opened for investiga-tion. I cannot say more at the moment." He wouldn't confirm media reports that Roebuck was spoken to by local police earlier on Sat-urday and that people had seen him in an agitated state following that.

Roebuck's identity was later confirmed to AFP by van Wyk's colleague Colo-nel Vish Naidoo, though he would not comment on re-ports that the deceased had

thrown himself out of his sixth floor hotel window. "I can confirm he (Roebuck) died. The cause of his death is subject to enquiry.

"There is no evidence to suspect foul play." Roebuck studied law at Cambridge and played 335 first-class matches before making a career writing about the sport, quickly establish-ing an avid following with his forthright, intelligent prose. He regularly com-mentated for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and wrote for the nation's Fairfax newspapers.

"It is with great shock that we have learnt today that Peter Roebuck has died in Newlands, South Africa," Fairfax chief Greg Hywood said in a statement. "Peter was not only an extremely gifted cricket writer for The Sydney Morning Her-

ald and The Age, he was also one of Australia's most popular cricket commen-tators for the ABC," added Hywood. "In recent years he built a reputation as one of the best columnists on the sport."

Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland ex-pressed shock at the death of Roebuck, a "familiar face" to the Australian cricket team, who had been with the players "only hours be-fore his sudden death". "He spoke his mind frankly and while one didn't necessari-ly always have to agree, you always respected what he had to say," he added. Craig Norenbergs, head of the ABC's Grandstand sports programme, said it was "in-credibly sad news".

"He was an integral part of the Grandstand com-mentary team, apart from

being a magnificent print journalist," Norenbergs said. "For us he could de-scribe a game of cricket in such a way that even if you didn't like the game, you liked the way that he went about his business."

Roebuck, a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1988, captained English county side Somerset in the 1980s and was not afraid of taking brave decisions as when he decided Somer-set's two West Indies icons Viv Richards and Joel Gar-ner should not have their contracts renewed.

In came Kiwi Martin Crowe and a very young Steve Waugh but England star all-rounder Ian Bo-tham did not approve and he left for Worcestershire - Somerset went on to win the county championship. Roebuck was never far from controversy on and off the pitch and in 2001 received a suspended prison sentence in England for common as-sault for caning three South African teenage cricketers who had stayed with him in 1999. Roebuck had caned them on their buttocks - he said he had warned them he would resort to corporal punishment - when they failed to meet his exacting standards during coaching sessions. "Obviously I mis-judged the mood and that was my mistake and my responsibility and I accept that," he said at the time.

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She is one of the most desir-able women in the world, the beautiful younger sister of the future Queen of England with

an appealingly mischievous glint in her eye. So when it was reported last week that Pippa Middleton had split from her boyfriend, Alex Loudon, it was naturally assumed it was Pippa who called time on their relationship. After all, she has no shortage of suit-ors. Yet, in news that will surely aston-ish starry-eyed bachelors everywhere, The Mail on Sunday has learned it was in fact Alex who, after one-and-a-half years together, decided to end things.

According to a friend of both Alex and Pippa, the 31-year-old former Eng-land cricketer could no longer cope with the ‘circus’ that accompanies his girlfriend everywhere she goes. The friend said: ‘The plain truth is Alex adored Pippa but he couldn’t stand the circus that now surrounds her. Nothing is straightforward anymore.’

Inordinately private, with impec-cable manners, the Old Etonian sim-ply hated the attention. . . attention that Pippa appears to rather enjoy. Another family friend said: ‘Pippa sees the connection with the Royal Family as a golden opportunity but she knows she cannot afford to look vulgar.

‘She now gets invited to every show in town, every door is open to her but Alex hates parties. He loves his cricket and has a very close-knit circle of Old Etonian friends. Alex comes from a very well-to-do and discreet family who do not relish the spotlight. But that is what Pippa has now become. And her whirl of society balls and Tatler magazine covers is a world away from the social life of the Loudons, a family which comes from a line of bar-

Marc Anthony treated two U.S. Marines to a Veterans Day they'll never forget. The su-perstar singer was partying at

the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on Thurs-

Marc Anthony gives Marines VIP treatment in Las Vegas

day night when he noticed the Marines hanging out. Anthony wanted to show his appreciation for all that the military men do for their country, so he walked up to them and invited them to tag along to Tao nightclub, which is located inside the hotel.

The unidentified Marines gladly ac-cepted the invitation and partied the night away with Marc and his entourage hours before Veterans Day. TMZ reports that the two Marines were even treated to expen-sive bottle service at a private V.I.P. table.

Sources close to Anthony told the site that the I Need to Know singer was happy to be able to show the Marines a good time as a way to say thank you for all that they have done for America. Marc was in Sin City for the 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

He took the stage on Thursday night with hip-hop performer Pitbull. The pair belted out bilingual club hit Rain Over Me as dozens of burlesque dancers shimmied under an indoor rain shower. The high energy performance had many people in the audience bobbing their heads to the song's beats.

'She's sweet but Pippa isn't wife material': Alex Loudon's family

There's never a dull moment when mother mon-ster is in town. And Lady Gaga, who is due to perform tomorrow night on The X Factor, cer-tainly hasn't held back when it comes to juicy

hints about her latest video. The idiosyncratic singer stepped out looking very ladylike in London today- rather incongruous with fresh speculation that she has undergone a sex change.

Looking demure in a pretty black skirt and pink top as she left the Lanesborough hotel this afternoon, the 25-year-old appeared content to keep her mouth shut for the time being. The megastar created a stir when she posted a sneak peak shot of a scene from her upcoming video for Marry The Night on Twitter after Thursday's Bambi Awards in Wiesbaden, Germany.

It shows the singer in a hospital down flat out on a trolley with an IV drip going into her arm as two nurses wheel her down a corridor. And to accompany the pic-ture, she wrote: 'It's not that I've been dishonest, It's just that I loathe reality.'

Earlier in the evening she had written: 'This will be the longest video I've released to date. I will unveil a film still tonight. The beginning of the story I never told you.' Fans immediately took to forums expressing their ex-citement at the tantalising image.

One aficionado wrote: 'Damn! Did Gaga really have a sex change operation?', while another said: 'That pic-ture is Gaga getting a sex change operation right?' Oth-ers remain unconvinced however, with one fan writing on Twitter: 'All this "sex change" "nose job" about Lady Gaga. i'm just laughing!! You think it would be some-thing like that? She's a way deeper person.'

Some on the other hand believe the pic could repre-sent a suicide attempt or her male alter-ego, Jo Calde-rone. Gaga has been at the centre of sex change rumours since the camera captured what looked like male geni-talia escape her skirt while she performed at Glaston-bury in 2009. The infamous 'pop-out' video received over 3,400,000 YouTube hits.

Gaga is due to take to the stage tomorrow night for the X Factor live results show. She won the Internation-al Pop Bambi award on Thursday night, which was pre-sented to her by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld after her performance at the event. The X Factor has pulled out all the stops to honour their star performer, dedicat-ing tomorrow's theme (Lady Gaga vs Freddie Mercury and Queen) to her. One Direction will also perform on the show tomorrow.

Gaga gears up for tomorrow's X Factor performance

After American pop sensation Lady Gaga's enthrall-ing performance,

there's another treat in store for music buffs. In-ternational hip hop star Armando Christian Perez - better known as Pitbull - is scheduled to perform in the city on December 2.

American rapper Pit-bull first rose to fame in 2002, with a collaboration on Lil Jon's album, King of Crunk. Till date, he has collaborated with famous artistes like Eminem, 50 Cent, Jennifer Lopez, En-rique Iglesias, Marc Antho-ny, Shakira, Gloria Estefan, T Pain, Sean Paul, Chris Brown, Usher, Kelly Row-land, Akon and Jamie Fox among others. His most recent collaborations in-clude 'On the floor,' which is a Jennifer Lopez song and 'Rain over me,' which incidentally has been sung by JLo's recently separated husband, Marc Anthony. "The wait is finally over. For

Rapper Pitbullto to set Noida stage on fire

the first time I'm excited to bring my live show to India. I'm looking forward to per-forming all my fans' favou-rites," said Pitbull.

Experts say that after the disastrous Metallica concert in Gurgaon, Noida is set to become the preferred des-tination for international

artistes performing in Del-hi-NCR. "India is a huge market for international artistes. We aim to capital-ise on this opportunity by identifying a confluence of musical styles and bringing together world-class per-formers across genres on a single platform," said Ut-

karsh Bansal, director, P3P E Ventures Pvt Ltd, who is organizing the concert.

The rapper will also be performing in Mumbai on December 3 and Pune on December 4 "Moreover, an artiste like Pitbull brings elements from all over the world and puts them to-gether. The result is noth-ing you've ever heard be-fore," said Bansal.

The artiste, who has been travelling around the world, said he was extreme-ly excited about making the trip to the country and hoped that his future album would reflect his experi-ence of India. "I'm happy to know fans back in India love my latest album. My next al-bum should be inspirited by India," he said.

VJ Anousha and DJ Aaron will host the open-ing act. Pittbull's India con-cert will also raise funds for HIV-positive patients in the country, with the pro-ceeds going to Suryoday Aids Foundation.

onets, admirals and statesmen.Alex’s father, James, is a successful

financier and former High Sheriff of Kent. Chairman of Caledonia Invest-ments in London, he is also deputy chairman of the governors of the Uni-versity of Greenwich and a trustee of the Canterbury Cathedral Trust.

Last night a member of Pippa’s cir-cle said her friends were not surprised the courtship had come to an end. The friend said: ‘Alex’s parents were wel-coming but they were always some-what lukewarm about the relation-ship. They didn’t see Pippa as ‘wife material’. James and his wife Jane both come from very good families.

‘Pippa is very sweet but she is so-cially ambitious – all her friends are so “trophy posh” it’s ridiculous. They didn’t honestly see Alex and Pippa’s re-lationship as a long-term thing. ‘James and Jane are very old-fashioned and prefer to keep things low-key. ‘They do not go out of their way to court atten-

tion for themselves and they tend to shy away from the media – even when James was High Sheriff he took on the roles and responsibilities but didn’t at-tempt to promote himself. They’re a very “proper” family.’

In contrast to the newly wealthy Middletons, the Loudons are ‘old mon-ey’ and pride themselves on remaining consistently discreet. So tensions were inevitable from the moment Pippa’s pert posterior catapulted her on to the world stage. When she and Alex first met through mutual friends, they were still enjoying the freedom of their post university years – Alex stud-ied at Durham, Pippa in Edinburgh.

Now their lives are very different. Alex is carving out a serious career, working at the brewing giant SAB Miller as a corporate finance and development analyst. Pippa, meanwhile, flits between her job as a party planner at caterers Ta-ble Talk and working on the newsletter for her parents’ company, Party Pieces.

Bands will have to perform 2 songs either original of cover numbersAudition will start at 10:00 AM at the Heritage,

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No TA or DA will be provided to the bands.

Bands will have to bring their own giutars, gadgets, power pedals, extra cymbals with stands, etc..

Registration Forms can be downloaded fromwww.hornbillmusic.co.in/.org and submitted at

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Abu DHAbI, Novem-ber 13 (AgeNCIes): Lewis Hamilton produced a near-flawless performance on Sunday when he took full advantage of the early retirement of double world champion Sebastian Vettel to win a sizzling 'day-night' Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Driving his McLaren with measured assur-ance and great speed, the 26-year-old Englishman dominated from the second corner of the opening lap to the finish as he claimed his third win of a troubled sea-son and 17th of his career. He started second, but took the lead within a few hun-dred metres when 24-year-old German Vettel's Red Bull suffered a puncture to his right-rear tyre and forced him to swerve off the Yas Marina circuit. Hamil-

ton streaked by and took a lead he relinquished only twice briefly during the pit-stops as he delivered one of the most accomplished performances of his 89 rac-es in Formula One.

Two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso came home second for Fer-rari, wiping away some of the memories of a night-mare race in 2010 when his title challenge was wrecked by strategic mistakes. Brit-on Jenson Button in the second McLaren fought through to finish third ahead of Vettel's Red Bull teammate Australian Mark Webber and fifth-placed Brazilian Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari.

German Nico Rosberg led compatriot and Mer-cedes teammate seven-time champion Michael

Schumacher home in sixth and seventh places with another German, Adri-an Sutil, finishing eighth ahead of his Force India teammate rookie Briton Paul Di Resta.

Japanese Kamui Ko-bayashi of Sauber finished 10th just beating his team-mate Mexican Serigo Perez into the final points-scor-ing position. "A mega-job, mega, as always," said Ham-ilton on team radio at the end. "I want to dedicate this one to my mum on her birthday and it is great hav-ing her here this weekend."

Starting from a record-equalling 14th pole position of the season, Vettel made a clean start when the lights went out and pulled clear of Hamilton and into the lead. The field behind him rushed unscathed into racing order

Hamilton wins Abu Dhabi grand prix as Vettel retires• Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button finish second and third• Vettel retires on first lap after suffering a puncture

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain holds up the trophy on the podium after the Emirates Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina racetrack, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 13. (AP Photo)

behind him. Having won both previous Grands Prix held at the Yas Marina cir-cuit, it looked like business as usual for the 24-year-old German, but only for a few hundred metres as a punc-ture pitched him out of con-trol and off the circuit as he turned into Turn Two.

The right rear tyre of Vettel's Red Bull machine deflated rapidly and, al-though he was able to re-cover and nurse the car

back to the pits, it signalled the end and his first retire-ment in more than a year since the Korean Grand Prix of 2010. Vettel climbed from his car and was soon tapping into a laptop com-puter to discover precisely why it happened, but by then the leaders were com-pleting lap three with Ham-ilton leading the field by nearly three seconds.

Alonso, having swept past Webber and But-

ton, was in second place with Button third, Web-ber fourth and Massa fifth. Rosberg had climbed to sixth in the opening skir-mishes, fighting his way past Mercedes teammate Schumacher.

This running order was maintained as, having started in high sunshine and temperatures close to 40 degrees Celsius, the sun began to fall and the flood-lights to take over.