Sikkim CM challenges opposition to prove Art 371F is diluted

GANGTOK, APR 14 (PTI): Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Friday challenged opposition parties to prove that Article 371F of the constitution which guarantees special provisions for the Himalayan state was diluted.

Asserting that though the definition of the Sikkimese people has been expanded under a central law, Article 371F remains intact, he said adding that he will resign if proven wrong.

Tamang’s predecessor and Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) president Pawan Kumar Chamling recently claimed that people of the northeastern state

Prem Singh Tamang

feel betrayed as Art 371F was “violated”. According to the Article, only the descendants of Sikkim subjects (those who lived in the state before its merger with India in 1975) whose names were mentioned in the 1961 register are Sikkimese with rights to own land and get state government jobs. They were also exempted from paying income tax.

Chamling had claimed that the Financial Bill, 2023 redefined Sikkimese as any Indian citizen domiciled in Sikkim, extending to them the same benefits as enjoyed by the original inhabitants.

“I challenge all those who are spreading rumours saying that 371F is over,” Tamang said while addressing the Ambedkar Jayanti function here.

“If people without Certificate of Identification and Sikkim Subject Certificate apply for the post of Assistant Director (IT) as advertised by Sikkim Public Service Commission and if those applications are accepted, I will resign along with the entire cabinet,” he said.

knowledge, especially in the rural regions of the state, a large number of people had died in the previous surges.

Keeping these issues in mind, the State Health Department conducted a review

Regd. No. TZT/05/23 meeting of the healthcare facilities. A mock drill was also conducted recently among the health facilities of the state to ensure that everyone related to the healthcare sector are prepared.

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3 Held For Hurting Religious Sentiments

JAMSHEDPUR, APR

14 (PTI): Police arrested three persons here for creating a WhatsApp group to hurt the religious sentiment of a particular community on social media, an officer said. Shastrinagar area of Jamshedpur witnessed a clash between two groups on Sunday over the reported desecration of a religious flag. The police with the help of its technical cell detected that some people have created a WhatsApp group and conspiring to hurt the religious sentiment of a particular religion on Wednesday night, said Officer-in-Charge of Bistupur police station Anjani Kumar on Thursday.

Woman rescued from flesh trade

THANE, APR 14 (PTI):

A 25-year-old woman who was allegedly being sent to the United Arab Emirates to join a sex racket has been rescued following a raid in Bhayander in Maharashtra’s Thane district, a police official said on Thursday. The woman’s mother and brother, who were allegedly sending her to UAE, have been arrested following the raid on Wednesday, Senior Inspector Sameer Ahirrao of the MBVV police’s Anti Human Trafficking Cell said. “The victim’s mother and brother had taken Rs 50,000 to send her to join a sex racket there. We were tipped off by an NGO. The two have been charged under Indian Penal Code and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act,” he added. Man held for online fraud of Rs 1.68 cr

NOIDA, APRIL 14

(IANS): The cyber police have arrested a man for online fraud of Rs 1.68 crore from Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district. The accused, who had been absconding since two years, was arrested on Thursday. Station in-charge Rita Yadav stated that the accused - Durga Prasad Mishra, a resident of Nindaur police station area used to contact people through Facebook as a mediator of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Company based in Canada and used to lure them to engage in online business of dry fruits.