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Chief Minister Kalikho Pul asks Chief Tea businessman General Manager (CGM) of SBI to abducted in Bordumsa improve the services of banks ET Bureau Tinsukia/Digboi, May 11

A Staff Reporter Itanagar, May 11

Chief Minister Kalikho Pul asked the Chief General Manager (CGM) of State Bank of India, Guwahati to improve the services of banks in the state capital and other parts of the state while apprising him regarding the repeated complaints of poor service of the bank received from various

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Road accident at Demow, 1 dead Demow, May 11: A road accident took place at Demow Modupur on the NH-37 last night. According to sources, one young boy name Santonu Rajkhwua (25) was riding on his Activa Scotty (AS 03 P 3598 ) from Sepon Bihu function to his home Gorisagar when one truck collided with it killing the rider on the spot.

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Books Donated Golaghat, May 11: Under the able leadership of Maheswari Yuva Sangathan in association with Maheswari Sabha and Maheswari Mahila Sangathan Golaghat Two number valuable book sets consisting 6 books of class 10 was Donated to Golaghat Town Shankardev Sishu Niketan School today.

One set was donated to Library and another set was given to Boy named Rahul Pal. The books were donated by leading businessman of Golaghat named Sushil Jasrasaria.

The Headmaster Diganta Adhyapak and teachers Palashi Khound , Raghav Newar , Amrit Mahanta appreciated the initiative of the organisation and said it will be helpful to the students . It is to be known that motive behind this project is to help the needy students good in studies and provide some help for their HSLC exam.

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parts of the state. He said this when CGM of SBI, Local Head Office at Guwahati, P V S L N Murty called on him in his office this evening.

Chief Minister further requested him to enhance the sanctioning power of the banks in the state capital and to open more branches in the capital complex so that the rush is reduced. He further asked him to upgrade the branches at

Pasighat, Aalo, Tezu, Roing and in other district headquarters of the state.

Citing the importance of service provided by the banks in the present world, he requested him to open more branches in the areas where there is no bank. He also asked them to have separate and improved net services so that people do not have to suffer and wait for long hours in

queue because of link failure which is a common phenomenon in many branches of the state.

The Chief Minister further asked the Assistant Regional Manager of Rural Bank to open more banks in interior villages too in order to give service and loan benefits to the farmers.

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2 join BJP from Congress in Arunachal

A Staff Reporter Itanagar,May 11

Public leaders Kido Ingo and Dotum Sora joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Congress party today in an official ceremony held at the BJP headquarter, Itanagar.

State BJP president Tapir Gao and former ABVP state in–charge Ajay Jamal welcomed both the leaders, who incidentally were BJP

members before joining the Congress.

"Today I would like to welcome back our brothers, Kido Ingu and Dotum Zora, who joined the BJP back in 1994. Ingu contested from 31Aalo East and Zora contested from 29-Basar Constituency in 1995 as BJP candidate." said Gao. Speaking on the occasion, Ingu said that it was very sad that despite working hard to

make BJP strong in the state in his early days, it did not receive recognition in the state.

“I merged into the Congress party, but kept my eye on all parties, and the able leadership and vision for the development of the nation of Prime Minister Narender Modi and party president Amit Shah inspired me to join back into the BJP.” Responding to queries of the media, Sora said that money culture plays a pivotal role in the Congress party, and there is no respect between seniors and juniors in the Congress party, while BJP workers respect each other irrespective of their position in the party.

On questions regarding protest and demands of the State Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers against the state government, BJP president Gao said that the party is waiting for the opportune moment to talk to the SSA teacher, Contd. on Page 3

CM Pul safely evacuates patients, one dies a day before evacuation A Staff Reporter Itanagar, May 11

A day before he was to be evacuated for further treatment at Christian Medical College, Vellore, Nogen Biswas, 50, died of chronic asthma at the Tomo Riba State Hospital on Tuesday at 8.30pm.

Chief Minister Kalikho Pul who was to personally evacuate him by a chopper today upto Guwahati, had assured all financial support for his treatment at CMC vellore, during his visit to the hospital on Tuesday.

A casual carpenter with PWD department, Biswas had retired in 2008 and was admitted at the state hospital for chronic persistent bronchial asthma.

Shocked by the death, the CM offered his condolences and prayed for the strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss and handed over Rs 1 lakh to them.

Exposing the security lapses again at Assam -Arunachal border area of Bordumsa, a group of three unidentified armed miscreants kidnapped Rohtas Sharma (59) an established tea businessman of the area from his Goju based residence located along the JNV Road under Bordumsa police station in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh here at around 8pm on Tuesday evening. According to the family members of the victim, a group of three unidentified but bearing tribal look came to his residence with the help of a local villager to lead and wanted to talk to Mr. Sharma who came to attend the group outside his residence.

Meanwhile, taking the

and elder sister have flown to New Delhi. While the other two patients referred to NEIGRIHMS, Shillong; Potom is reportedly admitted and Poda is still awaiting appointment to be admitted.

The Chief Minister further assured his help to the three patients during their course of treatment

regretted a police personnel involved in the search operation. However, Amit Sharma the Superintendent of Police Changlang, who accompanied the DIG rushed to the spot, took the stalk of the situation and has been effectively drawing strategies to nab the culprit and rescue the victim. Talking to the Sentinel, Mr. Sharma told that the primary focus of the security forces has been confined to the safe rescue of the victim without any harm and as such to realize the end adequate forces have been deployed at various vulnerable locations. According to him, the search operation has been intensified and being positive in the output he added, 'no individual or group or whatsoever has claimed the responsibility'. According to an

unconfirmed local source, the unidentified kidnapper has demanded an amount of one crore from the grief-stricken family members of the unfortunate victim against the safe release of the abducted Sharma. 'Though the motive behind the act was not known, yet the act must have been committed for ransom', apprehended the locals. It may be recalled here that a hand Grande was also lobbed earlier on 30th October 2015 in front of his factory. It is pertinent to add here that the fear-stricken tea garden and factory owners from the nearby state of Assam trading in Bordumsa area in Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh have been expressing their sense of insecurity following the unpleasant development in the area.

Nine held for anti-social activity at East-Bongal Pukhuri, Jorhat ET Correspondent Jorhat, May 11

A Jorhat police team at the tip of picked up nine persons three adults among six boys and four girls red handed from the resident area of east Bongal Pukhuri under Sadar Police Station on Tuesday night, informed Gunindra Deka, Additional SP(HQ), Jorhat here today. According to Addl. SP (HQ) Gunindra Deka under whose leadership a 25 member police force cordonoff the entire premises of one widow Rina Dutta who was

running a brisk business along with her daughter Manu Dutta and her husband Guddu Yadav, who is also an interstate car lifter too, said police.

The police team caught them red handed, it was proved that their business of sex exploitation was under full swing , for a period of over four years, and it was terrorizing the locality, informed Rita Bordoloi. The police team caught red handed all teenage boys and girls, it was the raid that continued for over an hour and it was after repeated request by the people of the area who had complain in

written for over four to five times, but under strict initiative of Gunindra Deka, at last it came to light about the episode and reality, when six teenage boys and four girls were caught red handed while doing anti social activities at the premises of Rina Dutta, a widow along with her daughter Manu Dutta and Guddu Yadav who hails from Bihar. It may be mentioned that Guddu Yadav, who was a car theft and was in the jail for couple of years and after coming out from the jail in 2014 he started this brisk business in allowing young teenage groups to use their

rooms on hourly basis, by providing food, drinks and facilities, that attracts young and teenage as soon as dark starts, the purpose had cause nuisance to the area for quite a long time. But after repeated complain from the locality a 25 member police team led by Gunindra Deka, Addl. SP (HQ) and Kamal Rajbonshi-OC, Jorhat Sadar Police Station managed to make the operation success, said Rajib Phukan, a nearest resident of the area, who is giving special thanks to Additional SP (HQ) and OC, Sadar Police Station and their team.

Major raid at Cinnamora, Drug mafia arrested over 1000 liters of hooch tanks destroyed ET Correspondent Jorhat, May 11

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister today safely evacuated three other patients: Lammuarsang Simte, Minyum Potom and Giabu Poda till Guwahati, as he had promised during his visit to the state hospital.

Simte, who has been referred to ILBS in New Delhi, accompanied by his mother

advantage of the prevailing darkness, the armed miscreants lifted Mr. Sharma on a bike at gun point and drove towards Rajanagar that connects Kharsang area - a place known for its terrorist hideouts due to dense forest and epicenter connecting neighboring states of Assam also Myanmar. Mr. Sharma who wons Kherempani TE garden and a factory has also been one of the Directors of Konika Tea company private company an active registered company of the area. According to local sources, had the local security forces acted promptly thus cordoning the entire area effectively, the victim might have been rescued. Cordoned though carried out till this morning was not that effective due to stereo type functioning of the local security forces,

Jorhat excise department last night raided and destroyed several thousand liters of hooch (sulai) at Cinnamora and Kebang gaon under Cinnamora Police Station from eight manufacturing units under Jorhat district, informed excise sources here today.

According to senior excise officials said, following complains for running brisk business in preparing and fermenting hooch (locally known as sulai) which is prepared out of molasses, i.e. goor, which is most illegal, unhygienic and unhealthy to use or drink, as they use highly

concentrated tablets, that has extra power that makes human body unfamiliar and brings dizziness, for which the labour class people run after the taste of hooch, which even charges is cheaper that other. The excise team destroyed nearly 2200 liters of hooch, that was kept in 20 liters drum, all kept in fermented stage, all the hooch that was kept hidden under the ground in their respective premises so that no common people either the excise or police could know where the fermented it is kept, the team also recovered utensils and extraction sets that is used to extract hooch, inform a senior official here.

A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, May 11

Drugs Mafia Nazir Ali, his sister Roshni Begum & Rajdeep Nath arrested by Dibrugarh Police with 12gms of Brown Sugar. On the basis of the leads provided by Rahul Verma, police managed to nab Nazir from Moran late night yesterday while he was trying to escape from the district.

Thereafter police nabbed the

other two from Kalibari today.

During police interrogation Nazir revealed many names who were collecting huge amount from them in the name of an organisation. Nazir told police that in return the organisation was providing him all types of protections. He also told that the organisation collecting money from other drug mafias like Elahi, Roshan, Bunty & Mam too.

The arrest of Nazir is a big success for police.

Chazat Lowang shines in UPSC: Assam CM district, law & order went out for honeymoon provides fillip to young aspirants

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Close on the heels of the unprecedented success achieved by Ranphoa Ngowa who also hails from Kheti village in the UPSC-2014, Miss Chazat Lowang, daughter of former Tirap Deputy Commissioner Wangliam Lowang and Smti Chjat Lowang, Teacher hailing from Kheti village of Tirap district cracked the UPSC-2015 with AIR 1039 that has not only provided fillip to the youth of insurgency-hit Tirap district

and the educationally backward state but her stupendous success is seen as a silver-lining in the otherwise dark clouds hovering over Tirap thanks to the nagging insurgency imbroglio. Chazat Lowang had a brilliant academic career throughout. She did her Matriculation from the famed Ramakrishna Sarada Mission School, Khonsa. She secured 100 out of 100 in Science. She did her AISSCE from Delhi Public School, Numaligarh, Assam. She then graduated from Lady Sri Ram College, New Delhi.

Miss Lowang post-graduated in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia University. Her hobbies are reading and travelling.

She was conferred with the best student award of RKSM School, Khonsa and was the district topper in AISSCE with an aggregate of 93.2%.

In 2014 Miss Chazat was conferred with the coveted Indira Gandhi Chhatra Pratibha Puruskar and was also awarded for excellence in Political Science in Higher Secondary. She was also awarded the Towang

Lowangdong Merit Scholarship by the NBF Trust.

The Speaker of Arunachal Pradesh State Legislative Assembly Wangki Lowang, Education Minister Wanglin Lowangdong, MLAs Tirong Aboh, Wanglam Sawin and Tirap Deputy Commissioner Ravi Jha have congratulated Chazat Lowang on her brilliant achievement and hoped that her success in the elite UPSC examination would inspire the other students of Tirap and the state.

ET Correspondent Jorhat, May 11

Now car-lifter gang eyes at vehicles showrooms and at its stockiest within the heart of Jorhat city when law and order went out for honeymoon, when credit goes to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, MLA-Rana Goswami respectively, says senior citizen forum here today. The forum came down heavily after one dead and one hurt when a dreaded vehicle lifter gang loiters round the city of Jorhat with fully equipped arms and ammunition that has come to

light last night when this dreaded vehicle lifter gang open fired at two different areas within the city outskirt of Jorhat which had opened the eyes of many conscious citizen of Jorhat today. According to police it was drama of six member gang including Sanjeev Saikia, a dreaded inter-city car lifter, who was hired by a gang of five to lift few vehicles from a vehicle dealer, M/s Chakrapani Ford at Dhapkota beside NH 37 that lies towards west Jorhat area.

When the fully equipped gang failed its operation to lift the vehicles from Ford Dealer, finding tough to deal with the security, ultimately shot down

one of its security personnel identified to be one as Prasanta Gogoi (47) injuring him at the premises of the Ford's dealer who was on duty.

Soon all the six fled as neigbhours rushed out after hearing gun shots, said police.

After fleeing towards Borbhati road all the six member gang who was intoxicated had altercation among themselves and gun down from a close rang heat at his forehead the hired car lifter Sanjeev Saikia near the Bhogdoi Bridge at Holmora and fled scene, said police. Police recovered the body of the dreaded car lifter Sanjeev Saikia and also admitted Prasanta Gogoi at the

Jorhat Medical College Hospital, the security personnel of the M/s Chakrapani Ford, while extensive search operation is on following footage collected from the Ford's dealer, informed police here.

For all Jorhatians a new question has been raised that arm groups still exist with arms and ammunition freely within the city of Jorhat when intelligence input is nil, as law makers is busy minting money, is the only question among all conscious citizen's mind, which has been raised

by Ganesh Deouri and Ranjit Dutta from DhapkotaHolmora area.

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PAGE 2 ASTRO FOR YOU Aries If you’re looking to get married, buy the ring today. But before you take the leap, weigh all the pros and cons carefully. All in all, this may be a day filled with activities related to your relationship and by the time the day ends, you may be on cloud nine!

Taurus You will be feeling listless, lazy and out of sorts today, and will tend to ignore and neglect important tasks scheduled for the day. Guard against this tendency as you could miss out on opportunities that others could then benefit from. That way, you will surely lose out professionally, particularly if you are in business. This aside, the day promises to be an eventful and fruitful one.

Gemini While today will be a day filled with a lot of festivity, you still need to guard against getting carried away. You will spend the day socialising with friends and family. You might end up neglecting your household duties in organizing some function or picnic.

Cancer You are known for your ability to set the ball rolling. Once you set your mind to do something, it is generally considered done by your peers. Today, you are eyeing a few accomplishments on the monetary front. Most part of your day will go in dealing with financial transactions, and importing and exporting goods.

Leo Guides help other people choose the right path in life and to select the correct alternatives.

It is a good day for those who are in the teaching or coaching professions. It is also a progressive day for those working in MNC’s.

Virgo You will start off on a long, arduous path to success. Some tough work will play a vital role in your progress. Don’t cut corners, and your labours will pay rich dividends and you will reap due rewards. Some opportunities are best left alone as they involve too much risk.

Libra Today will be a lucky day for you. You may receive some financial gain. There will be some good news about your children’s progress. This is the right time to invest in business.

For financial investors and share brokers this period is beneficial, so make the most of it.

Scorpio Your energy levels are high as you as you gear up for new events. However, there are chances that these events may not meet your expectations. But, don’t lose hope and get disappointed. Keep your spirits high. Implement the first lesson learnt in school: try & try till you succeed!

Sagittarius Lady luck is all smiles for you today. Suddenly, you feel like multi-tasking and becoming a jack of all. This is likely to keep you busy, almost throughout the day. If need be, your colleagues and peers will lend a helping hand.

Capricorn You are in hot water, but do not lose hope during these turbulent times. Maintain a calm head over your shoulders and deal with the problems. Also, do not jump to conclusions or be argumentative with the people around you, as you may end up being at the losing end.

Aquarius You have already fulfilled your short-term objectives. But you are ambitious, and straightaway begin setting your long-term goals. But all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Leisure time with family will rejuvenate and prepare you for a better stint at work.

Pisces A day of mixed fortunes awaits you, where taking risks could prove to be your undoing, or provide you with handsome returns. This is because you could come out on top by treading cautiously, but uncalculated risks will probably throw your calculations out of gear. Your success rate is unlikely to be too high; hence it may be a tough day for you. However, it will end on a promising note.

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CPI(ML) demands life imprisonment for Champa's murderers ET Correspondent Margherita, May 11: While vehemently condemning the barbarous rape and murder of Champa Chetry resident of Baragolai under Margherita Police Station of Tinsukia district whose dead body was found on 3 May at Dehing River, Lama gaon, Margherita by Margherita Police. The CPI (ML) Assam State

Standing Committee member and Tinsukia District Secretary Comrade Subhas Sen demanded life imprisonment of the murderer and a judicial enquiry into the killing of deceased Champa Chetry.

Comrade Subhas Sen said that rape and then murder has become the general mode of episode against women. A menace which can only

be Fighted out by developing an anti feudal and anti patriarchal social values said Comrade Subhas Sen.

Champa mother Rita

In addition to developing uninterested women movement for equality, Dignity and equal rights for Women that provide fearless Freedom for Women said Comrade Subhas Sen.

Rape accused surrenders at Dhekiajuli PS ET Correspondent, Tezpur, May 11: At a time when incidents like rape, molestation, human trafficking etc. have been looming large in Sonitpur District a rape accused had surrendered last evening at the Dhekiajuli Police station who was sent to Tezpur jail today. The accused is Abdul Rafique. According to the information available here the accused

closely attached with the organizational works of Muslim Students Union of Assam (MSUA) accompanying with three other friends got involved in a gang rape case of a school going child of Nankey Village under Dhekiajuli PS few days back.

The incident happened before May 6. As stated in the FIR lodged against the four culprits by the family members of the victim girl, she

was called to go out of her home at about 7 Pm by mobile phone who was later forcefully dragged into a tea garden and rapped allegedly by the four culprits. However, mysteriously at midnight brother of one of the culprits, Mahamad Karim handed over the girl to her family and threatened not to inform the police. However, family members lodged a complain with the po-

lice on May 6, based on which police has been carrying out investigation. It needs mention here that the names of the culprit mentioned in the FIR namely Mahmad Sanni, Md. Salan and Nurjamal have been absconding.

AASAA and ATTSAA have urged the police administration to nab the culprits without any delay otherwise they would move for any kind of agitation.

Bandh paralysed life at Haflong ET Correspondent, Haflong, May 11: The normal life at Haflong totally paralyzed on Wednesday resulting to utter inconvenience as the three wings of Congress viz. Dima Hasao Mahila Congress, Dima Hasao Youth Congress and NSUI called a 12 Hours Dima Hasao bandh from 5:00 am to 5 pm on May 11th demanding safe release of Jiban Kemprai who was kidnapped by some unknown miscreants on 27th of January 2016 night. All the business establishments like banks, market remain closed; all the vehicles remain off the roads.

However Education Department, under the administrative control of North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) will provide two buses for the students of Haflong Govt. College who will appear exams on the bandh day. The organizations also warned that if the govt. fails to fulfill their demand they would launch strong agitation very soon.

Tezpur "City of Beauty" turns into city of garbage ET Correspondent Tezpur, May 11: "Tezpur" that has name and fame as a city of beauty with natural infrastructure has now a days become a city of garbage dumping leading into a chaotic situation in the town due to the frequent strike by the cleaners under the municipality board and the chaos and hectic lobbying among the municipality board members.

It is to be mentioned here that the Tezpur Municipal Board constituted in 1894 under the provision of the municipal act covers an area of 7.10 sq km. having a council of 19 elected ward commissioners. As per the official record, the Grade II status Tezpur municipality board with a demographical representation of municipal area records 58,559 according to the 2011 census. The slum population inside the municipal area is 6,672. The total house hold in the municipal area is 13,749. However, the denizens here lament that the Tezpur Municipal Board which is committed to provide different facilities to the public like water, Street light, roads and drainages, sanitation (lifting and cleaning of garbage) etc. has totally failed to meet all these public need in a real sense. Moreover though in the recent past the Tezpur Municipal Board constructed 43.9 kms of roads and 112.95 kms of drains for facilitating the

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The four fake ULFA cadre were arrested by Dholla Police last night. (Left to Right) Bhaskar Moran, Rintu Hazarika, Roman Borpatra Gohain and Ajoy Moran. They were involved in extortion, police said. Pic and Text - Dinesh Goyal

surface communication to the common citizens and check the vulnerable water logging problem, it has failed to carry out it's exact responsibility.

Beside this the Tezpur municipal board has one public Burial ground, 7 Markets, 33 community halls and 5 ancient ponds which are in a very unhygienic state due to the lack of maintenance by the authority.

Again due to the rapid growth of urban population and growing of urbanization has led to ever increasing demand on urban service. But according to the requirement the Tezpur Municipal body has not been able deal with these men-

tioned issues. Meanwhile, the stir that the cleaners (sweepers) has been carrying out for the last few days that has today attained fourth the day, in protest against the non fulfillment of their demands including increasing of their salaries by the authority concerned has created an award situation in the town. Following the problem, waste materials including solid waste have been lying scattered everywhere in the town providing an unpleasant odour and also creating a peril to health to every one. People now cannot move in the town without a hanky in their mouth. Moreover, people alleged that the municipal

board authority neither address the issue of the safai workers (sweeper) nor take any initiative in keeping the historic town by engaging other workers. Gautam Barman a socially aware citizen here said that the permanent employees under the Board have also problems with their own duty as there is a conflict regarding engagement of private employees for cleaning the town. "The slogans like Clean Tezpur, Green Tezpur, Modi's Sach Bharat Mission etc. have no any meaning here." He rued adding high profile people beginning from Doctors to big businessmen and the citizens with good status in the society

NDFB-S rebel killed, arms recovered ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, May 11: Security forces today carried out an operation against the militants outfit inside Ripu reserve forest along the Indo-Bhutan border in which a top cadre NDFB-S rebel was killed. In a joint press meet at Kokrajhar SP office, which was attended among others by Brigadier H. Sahani, Col I. P. Singh of the army, BTAD IGP L. R. Bishnoi said based on specific information, Army and Kokrajhar Police launched a joint operation in general area Ripu Reserve Forest of Ultapani in Kokrajhar since late last evening in which one temporary camp was busted wherein one hardcore top cadre of National Democratic Front of bodoland (Songbijit) {NDFB(S)} was killed at Lalmuthi area on the river bank of Saralbangha river inside the Ripu reserve forest in

Kokrajhar district. The slain militant is slated to be platoon commander identified as Bansho. It is however yet to be confirmed Bishnoi said one AK-56 along with a magazine and 31 live rounds, two kukhris, utensil, dresses, rice and five mobile handsets were recovered from the slain militant. He was involved in numerous cases of extortion,

money collection, providing administrative support to the banned organisation and other subversive activities.

He was also involved in 23 December 2016 massacre in general area Village Pakriguri. "We have reached an achieved with neutralize of militant cadre during the search operation inside deep jungle", said Bishnoi.

are also to be blamed as they throw their waste materials reluctantly in front of their own gate compounding the garbage dumping problem in the town. "Solid waste gathered by the nursing homes, private chambers etc. also responsible in this regard." He maintained. Meanwhile, for mitigate the problem a public meeting with the involvement of District administration and the Municipal Board, senior citizens and journalists on May 13.

Training Programme of The Assam State Legal Services Authority ET Correspondent Sivasagar, May 11: The Assam States Legal Services Authority, Guwahati is organising training programme of legal services lawyer of Tinisukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Golaghat District. Here in Sivasagar the training will be held on14 and 15 may, in collaboration with District legal services authority, Sivasagar.

Said by District legal services authority, Sivasagar in an invitation to media.

The programme will be held at conference hall of hotel Picolo of Sivasagar from 8.30 am onwards.

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Chief Minister Kalikho Pul visits Tawang Police Station to assess the damage A Staff Reporter Tawang, May 11 : Chief Minister Kalikho Pul today visited the Tawang police station to take stock of the extent of damage, after it came under attack from protestors on May 2.

According to the local administration, twenty seven vehicles were damaged on the day that included those of police department, magistrates and those requisitioned from other departments.

Reportedly there was failed attempt to burn the police station, according

to the police. The protestors also ransacked the

whole building that included I/O room, sentry

post and Officer-in-charge room.

Besides, the police also reported damage of office equipments and stationaries.

Further, 13 police personnel and 1 magistrate on duty reportedly sustained injury during the clash with protestors, as reported by the police.

Three police personnel injured have been evacuated for treatment outside Tawang.

The administration had immediately promulgated, Section 144 CrPC in the township and army was deployed to bring the situ-

Tirap district digital website launched Khonsa, May 11 : In a watershed development, the Tirap district DIGITAL WEBSITE was launched on 11th May 2016 which will go a long way to download the ST certificates, PRC and permanent inner line permit etc from anywhere wherever required.

Digital Tirap is a novel initiative by the District Administration, Tirap, and Arunachal Pradesh.

The main objective of this web portal is to disseminate the citizen centric services to the natives of Tirap District.

This application will enable the citizens to down-

load the certificates like ST, PRC and ILP from this portal. The documents are digitally signed so that the authenticity of the documents can be ensured. Besides a system for online verification of the documents has also be included in the portal to verify the documents online. Data generated from the Jansuvidha centre, Tirap has been used to generate these documents online.

In future, Birth Certificates and Death Certificates will also be made available in the Portal along with provision for Online Application.

However, an up gradation work on the newly launched Website is going on in full swing.

In his message after the launch of the Website Tirap Deputy Commissioner Ravi Jha said, "It is a matter of great pleasure for me to launch the online Digital Tirap portal. The Portal is a small step from the Administration for integrating the District of Tirap with the flagship Digital India Programme. . This website is a genuine attempt on the part of the District Administration to facilitate the people of the district to get benefitted by the new age of In-

Governor congratulates Ms Chajat Lowang and Ms Duyu Kampu A Staff Reporter Itanagar, May 11 : The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Shri JP Rajkhowa has congratulated Ms Chajat Lowang and Ms Duyu Kampu for successfully competing at the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Examination 2015.

Conveying his warm felicitation to them for the laudable accomplishment, the Governor expressed hope that they will perform their duties with dedication, commit-

ment, rectitude and sincerity in times to come.

He further expressed his confidence that they will inspire many more students from Arunachal Pradesh to go for Civil Services Examination, on a regular basis.

The Governor observing that their success is just the beginning of a long journey in the service of the people, wished and hoped that both the ladies would travel through it with equal confidence, zeal and enthusiasm, upholding the highest tradi-

formation Technology and download the Digital format of their PRC, ST and Permanent ILP Certificates.

These certificates are digitally non-editable and bears a Unique Certificate Code . The code can be used to verify the certificates from the portal itself. These certificates will be treated as true copy of the Original Certificate. Citizens, who have applied for their certificates on or after April, 2016 will be able to download their certificates through the portal, I congratulate the District Administration and the

when others easily get away with the encroached land without any difficulties. Due to these common practices, almost every government quarters and lands are encroached today which has become a chronic disease for the state's further development. Besides state capital twin city Itanagar and Naharlagun, other district HQs like Pasighat, Aalo etc are constantly under such menace which will need a strong will from government to zero down the prevailing practices of land grabbing.

The other basic reason why encroachments are being not been fully done away still today despite some good attempts from some dedicated and sincere officers are the interference of politics into such illegalities.

tions of the Civil Services.

The Governor also congratulated Ramakrishna Contd. from Page 1 Sarada Mission Girl's School, Khonsa and North Eastern Region InHe also asked the stitute of Science and bankers to simplify the Technology, Nirjuli for loan process to make it the splendid performance more customer friendly. of their alumni.

He also asked them to special First Lady of the State give Smt Rita Rajkhowa has dispensation to the also wished Ms Chajat North East Region state Lowang and Ms Duyu considering its hilly Kampu a bright and fruit- terrain and difficult ful career in the service g e o g r a p h i c a l of the Nation. conditions.

He assured the bankers that the state govt is ready to give security as well as logistic support to the banks in transhiftment of cash, if needed the govt is also ready to provide helicopter service for lifting of the currency notes.

Had other encroachers could learn a lesson from Mrs Tatak, many encroached government lands could be freed easily. But for this, state government will also have to show up their strong willingness to fight the menace by declaring zero interference of politics and politicians into eviction drives often initiated by district administration as its been learnt that officer/s often gets call from political leader/s to halt the eviction when it is on full swing thereby discouraging the morale of the officials. Present Pul led state government need to ponder upon this menace of the state though its a hard nut to crack as other previous governments too failed in it.

Attachments area.

A new road was named after Binu Chetiya and innagurated

by Kunjalata Chetiya in the presence of Margherita people

Chief Minister Kalikho Pul asks Chief General Manager (CGM) of SBI to improve the services of banks

Voluntary dismantling of illegal house praiseworthy, others need to follow suit Maksam Tayeng Pasighat, May 11: In what could be an ideal example for others who doesn’t usually miss out every bit of opportunity to encroach government land out of their sheer greed, one Smti Oyam Tatak employed as SDF & CSO (Civil Supply) under DC Pasighat voluntarily demolished an illegally built house that was constructed by her one of relative within the quarter premises.

Mrs Tatak did the voluntary demolition as it was required under the procedure of government promotion and pension formalities etc. As and when she knew about the guidelines after applying for NOC, she voluntarily did the demolition which is quite praiseworthy and can be a lively example for many others who despite getting several reminders or notices for demotion of illegal construction remains adamant in quitting the encroached land. DLRSO Pasighat Ojing Nangkar showed satisfaction over the voluntary steps of Mrs Tatak and urged others to follow suit.

There are many such government employees who are into such tendencies or acts to grab the lands of government meant for quarters and other purposes, out of which most of them does it willfully, while others does it

NIC, Tirap for coming up with this noble means of providing Citizen Centric Services to the people of Tirap District .

This will be of immense help in eliminating the distance between the general mass and the District Administration and in the due course will let the Govt. reach out to the people."

The people of the district, especially the school and college-going students have appreciated the initiative of the district administration. In the meantime, the DC has appreciated the effort of the DIO, NIC Rakesh Das. (DIPRO)

ation under control.

A peace committee was formed drawing members from all quarters. All outpost administrative officers were also directed to do the same, a report from administration informed.

Various meetings have been conducted by peace committee with both parties so as to restore normalcy in the area.

Taking into consideration the fact that no untoward incident have occurred since the day of incident, Indian Army have been de-requisitioned vide order no.TJ-223/2016 dtd 10/5/16.

Presently, security is being looked after by civil police, CRPF, SSB and IRBN. (With inputs from DIPRO. The damage assessment and situation report above is as per the report submitted by the district administration, Tawang)

He, however, said to them that your motto should be to give service to the people who are your valuable customers.

On being asked why the bank cheques were not entertain by the State Bank of India in the last one or two months in the state, the CGM informed that because of Assembly Election in Assam, the cash for the banks in the state could not be transported in due time and hence there was less cash available with the banks during that time. CGM expressed sorry for the inconvenience cause to the people of the state during the last one or two months period.

CGM also informed that Govt of India has

agreed to reimburse the cost of V-Sates and the procurement and supply of V-Sates is expected within one month. Once it is done, there will be improvement in the net connectivity to the branches as well as in service delivery.

He further informed that the State Bank of India is planning to set up Kiosks or Customer Service Point (CSP) in interior areas where there is no proper road connectivity and no bank till date, once the V-Sat provision is completed. The CSP will have a transaction capacity of Rs 10,000 withdrawal and deposit with new account opening facilities.

In this regard, the SBI is already working with the state govt to identify the areas where CSP can be set up. He also informed that the SBI is planning to involved educated unemployed youths of the state for opening CSP in interior areas.

He suggested the state govt to adopt Cyber Safe treasury system and Agregator in the state while informing that more than 45 banks are already integrated under Agregator.

The CGM was accompanied by Tilak Kumar Dhar, Deputy General Manager Dibrugarh who is the incharge of entire Arunachal Pradesh and Assistant General Managers.

2 join BJP from Congress in Arunachal Contd. from Page 1

while adding that protest is not the solution to any problem.

Gao also appealed to state Chief Minister Kalikho Pul and SSA teachers to initiate a meeting to discuss the issue and come about with an agreeable solution.

Regarding Kanubari

elections where no BJP candidate is vying for the seat, Gao said that BJP and PPA are in an understanding of alliance and hence the BJP withdraw its candidate.

The BJP is supporting and campaigning for the PPA candidate, he informed.

Commenting on the Tawang incident, Gao opined that now was not the right time to demand

for CBI inquiry and requested everyone to first let the one-man committee submit his report. “If people are not satisfied, then they can ask for CBI inquiry on the incident�, he added.

Among other party workers and leaders, state BJP general secretary Domnic Tader and BJP Councilor Gora Lotak were also present on the occasion.

Legal services authority organises awareness campaign ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, May 11: An awareness campaign against 'witch-hunting' was organised by Kokrajhar District Legal Services Authority at Bashbari High School involving social citizen and school students on Wednesday in Kokrajhar district.

R. Bhattacharjee, AJS Kokrajhar and Secretary Kokrajhar District Legal

Services Authority, Ratan Jhangkar Borgoyary, advocate Kokrajhar Court graced the programme as resource person and discussed about various issues relating to the witch-hunting, social crime, rape and murder cases that have been happening among society.

Borgoyary said that the authority was working to the legal aids for the

victim family in the district and providing compensation as per law through the proper procedures whatever happens. Senior citizens from the area, who attended the programme expressed their gratitude said that this kind of awareness campaign will create awareness towards social integration and social consciousness among society.

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Massive response to "Mission Green Tinsukia" by Tinsukia district administration 2, 572 of saplings planted in Tinsukia town while 3, 64, 837 across the district Sidharth Singh Tinsukia, May 11: A tree plantation programme was carried out under "Mission Green Tinsukia" on Tuesday.

According to the Tinsukia district administration 2,572 numbers of saplings were planted at Tinsukia town and its nearby places. 3, 64, 837 numbers of saplings were also planted in various parts of the district. Under the special initiative of Tinsukia District administration and in association with DRDA, Zila Parisad, Forest Department, Social Forestry division, PWD (NH), Indian Army, CRPF, Coal India Ltd., Oil India Ltd., Indian Oil Co-operation (AOD), Hindustan Unilever, Education Department, R. D. Jr. College, Margherita College etc. planted saplings at 47 places of Tinsukia District. Tinsukia District Administration, Rotary Club, Ladies Club, Indian Medical Association, Tinsukia Commerce College, Tinsukia Women College, Lohia Women

Dismal tourism scenario of Karbi Anglong ET Correspondent Diphu, May 11: Making an allowance intended for Karbi Anglong district for its unique topography which is divergent of high altitude areas, low raise region contrast of cold and moderate climate, fast flowing streams with rapids, widely spread grasslands, virgin forests, wildlife sanctuaries, variety of natural world and aquatic animals, paradise of anthropologists in presence of various ethnic tribes this area was added within the tourist map of the country long back. This district with an area of 10432 square kilometer is contagious to world renowned Kagiranga national park; with all ingredients existing needed for promoting tourism and hospitality industry and gigantic fis-

cal backing of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council this place has failed to make its mark in this doable diligence.

The Tourist department functioning under the administrative control of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council has so far failed to shape up this industry within the realm of a comprehensive plan whose buzz word is professionalism. Most of the readers who are acquainted with the pan India scenario of this industry will probably agree that with one third of the previously mentioned features hundreds of places of our country has boomed in this business, whose principal beneficiary are the unemployed local youths. Widely in evidence, if anyone cares to see its status from ground zero, against

which several crores of rupees is being exhausted annually since decades one will see ruins of edifice which are recorded in official documents as tourist lodges.

Mahandijua, Koka, Habarpi tourist lodge are the abode of insects and creepers, Amtrang and Diphu lodge is occupied by security forces since last 10 years Deopani and Deithor is rendering skeleton service but no up to date facility of luxury like multi cousin bistro with ethnic food and cultural shows etc. bizarrely enough in this tourist lodges no arrangement of sightseeing for the tourists exists. Unlike the national average tourism department in Karbi Anglong hardly have any coordination with other line department like Forest, Fishery etc. even the

KMSS today observed a 12 hour hunger strike at Teok Circle office ET Correspondent Teok, May 16: Teok sub division Krisok Mukti Sangram Sammittee (KMSS) today observed a 12 hour hunger strike at Teok Circle office demanding a numbers of critical problems of villagers of the greater Teok where more than hundreds of people were present. The president of the Teok sub division Krisok Mukti Sangram

Sammittee (KMSS) told the media personal that the Assam govt. deprived the villagers in the several issues like permanent land holding certificates to all poor farmer, remove the illegal land holding by Chungi Bari Tea Estate Pvt. Company, and many other problems. The Teok sub division KMSS today hand over a memorandum to the Teok

circle officer in favour of the Deputy Commissioner of Jorhat district where the burning issues were mentioned.

The KMSS organization demanding Assam govt. officials to immediate solve the problems otherwise the organization would generate great protest. Jorhat district joint sectary Mr. Mridul Bora was also present at the protest.

department hardly maintains any synchronization with tour operators, catering professionals, guides, NGOs, specialized sports organizers for arranging rafting, tracking, hiking and eco campaigning. Till today this department has failed to develop skilled workers from among local youths to manage this industry, so far publicity and promotion of tourism is concern no realistic and result oriented effort has been made. Probably it is high time for the council authority to consider the option of handing over the management of this sector to bona fide professionals and event management groups who will work hand in hand with the young talents of this place to make Karbi Anglong a see must global tourist destination.

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College, Maruwari Yuba Mancha, ABMMS, Tinsukia Teachers Association, Assamese Business Association, National Chambers of Commerce were also offered assistance to the programme by planting saplings in different parts of the district. Under the "Mission Green Tinsukia" areas under Jagori, Namfai, Pawoi, Barjan, Bolijan, Padumoni Avayaranya, Barjan Avayaranya, Agbondha, Dangari Reserve forest, various region of Hapjan Block, 15th No. of Goan Panchayat under Margherita Block, Chapakhowa and Deopani of Sadiya subdivision, various places namely Lekhapani, Tirap, Tiphuk, Ledo, Bordobi, Deohall of Tinsukia's NH-37, NH38, NH-153 nearby areas were covered. The local people, different departments, school students etc. were seen very much enthusiastic while conducting the plantation programme.

Corruption, financial anomalies, exploitation of forest resources by DFO Digboi in nexus with mafias alleged Laxman Sharma Digboi, May 11: Alleging Ranjan Kumar Das, the DFO Digboi Division of leading one of the the green Divisions of India towards its extinction following his nexus with the mafias and goons involved in trading on timber and other forest minor minerals beside administering the forest administration centering round fat commissions from the businessmen, the Tinsukia District unit of Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad staged peaceful demonstration here this morning in front of the office of DFO Digboi in Tinsukia District shouting various slogans to this effect.

The agitated student body of the said organization from the entire district slams Etwa Munda for placing worthless officials including the DFO concerned who has miserably failed in his administrative approach to reach the expectation of the people due to his perverted and indifferent attitude. The frowned student body cried slogans like 'go back Ranjan Kumar Das, 'arrest the DFO', 'stop exploiting forest resources, Etwa Munda Murdabad etc. to mark their protest. Ad-

dressing the media, Sanjib Ulup the President In Charge of the district unit of AJYCP alleged that the Digboi forest division under the leadership of Mr. Das has excelled the pinnacle of corruption involving the unabated in-house finan-

reserve forest at various locations of the division beside unlawful exploitation of minor minerals and poaching in the protected areas have been on the rise due to the blessings of Mr. Das extended towards the miscreants who offered him, hand-

Terming the DFO as most corrupt and destroyer of natural resources, the ajycp activist demanded immediate transfer within 15 days. cial anomalies establishing nexus with the mafias illegally trading on timber, sand, gravel, stones and mud. According to him, a fat commission is collected every month by one of his trusted office assistant Krishnakanta Gogoi who rather acts like DFO and run the administration as his maid to the extent of manipulating and awarding the various tender jobs. Demanding the immediate transfer of the DFO and Mr. Gogoi, Mr. Ulup alleged that unabated and illegal felling of green trees for timber trading was being on across the

Snap shots from the Sonari Rongali Bihu celerations which got ubderway today in Sonari.

somely. Meanwhile, Simanta Das, the General Secretary of the aggrieved student body, corruption, misrule, exploitation, unabated deforestation, illegal digging, in-house financial anomalies, land encroachment for tea plantation, mushroom rise of illegal stone crushers and collecting illegal money at the toll gate have become the features of the green division of Digboi known for its habitat for various flora and fauna kingdom. According to him, the DFO Digboi has been misleading the people

across the division in the name of welfare schemes simultaneously appeasing the higher officials in the departmental pyramid has been giving effect to his design thus gratifying his financial lust very articulately at the cost of the resources of the green division. However, terming Mr. Das as most corrupt, the agitators demanded immediate transfer from the said location in the interest of the green division. The student body has submitted a memorandum to Puru Gupta the Deputy Commissioner Tinsukia to this effect. It may be recalled here that Mr. Gupta had earlier initiated and adopted adequate steps to stop illegalities of the department beside show causing all the four rangers of the Divisions after the Sentinal Digboi had carried news unearthing several illegalities of the said department. The competent officials at the higher pyramid, must now rise from their deep slumber and keep their eyes wide open, land into the soil to see the elements of truth containing in the agitation carried out by the student body.

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Tinlianthang Vaiphei is new Chief Justice of Tripura HC

Tinlianthang Vaiphei is new Chief Justice of Tripura HC Tripura,May 11: Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei of the Guwahati High Court will be the new acting Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court.

He will replace Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Gupta, who has been transferred as the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, an official said here on Wednesday.

An official release of union law ministry said that Justice Navin Sinha, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court has been moved as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.

An official of the Tripura law department said that Justice Vaiphei, 60, would assume office on May 16.

Separate High Courts were set up in Tripura,

Manipur and Meghalaya in 2013. Earlier the states were under the jurisdiction of the Guwahati High Court which was the common high court for all the northeastern states.

"Separate high courts are likely to be set up in Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh after the constructions of the necessary infrastructure," a ministry statement said.

The statement said that Justice Ved Prakash Vaish of the Delhi High Court has been transferred to Meghalaya, while Justice Satish Kumar Agnihotri of the Madras High Court has been shifted to Sikkim.

The president has directed all the chief justices and judges to assume charge on or before May 23. (Agencies)

CM downplays Nalin Kohli's 'monarch' attack Tura, May 11: Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has reacted, in a subtle manner, to BJP leader Nalin Kohli's attack on him terming it as part of the latter's political compulsion. The senior Supreme Court lawyer and the BJP's in-charge for Meghalaya had accused Mukul Sangma's way of functioning as one in a monarchy.

"Mukul Sangma should understand that Meghalaya is not a kingdom and he is not a king," was the phrase the BJP leader had tagged on the chief minister while interacting with media persons on Monday in Tura.

"He (Kohli) should first interact with the person before framing these phrases in describing this person. He has to be around with me to be able to articulate appropriately what exactly is the person he is referring to. He must have his political compulsions to actually comment on that," remarked the chief minister.

Reacting to the underdevelopment statement of the BJP leader, Mukul Sangma suggested that

he should analyse the past and present position of the state in the field of development. On the Congress tirade against the BJP despite it not contesting this by-election, Mukul Sangma mentioned, "Every decision the Modi Government takes is going to be part of those who is part of the NDA. So it is important to enlighten the people."

The chief minister held a public meeting at Hulukona village of Zikzak in South West Garo Hills district to boost support for his wife and Congress candidate Dikkanchi D Shira, who was at Chokpot holding a public rally on the same day accompanied by Chokpot MLA Bluebell Sangma.

The NPP candidate and younger son of Late P A Sangma was in the NPP stronghold of East Garo Hills holding several rallies at Songsak, Rongjeng and Williamnagar. Meanwhile, former chief minister and the MPCC chief D D Lapang held public meetings at Rongkhon and Mondoltilla, both localities of Tura town.

(Agencies)

NGT dismisses plea on royalty date extension Shillong,May 11: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday dismissed two applications filed by the State coordination Committee and Ka Hima Nongstoin Land Owners' Association seeking extension of the time for the payment of royalty.

Informing this here on Tuesday from New Delhi, the State Government's legal counsel Ranjan Mukherjee said that the next hearing on the matter will take place on July 7. Before the next hearing, the State Government will have to submit a report on

the exact quantity of coal lying and its value besides how much of money has been collected under Meghalaya Environment Protection and Restoration Fund as per the direction of the NGT. The tribunal will take up the report during the next hearing.

The NGT, meanwhile, also replaced the court commissioners and now new court commissioners will be appointed who will monitor the rat hole mining and unscientific mining in the state.(Agencies)

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Unique academy set up to develop skill of Tripura health staff Gandhigram (Tripura), May 11: In its endeavour to provide better healthcare facilities within the state, the Tripura government has set up a unique academy to facilitate the training of quality manpower in the region's health sector.

The Health Skills Academy inGandhigram is run by IL and FS and is engaged in not only upskilling existing hospital staff like doctors, nurses and paramedics using innovative approaches on their job role by giving them wider exposure in the clinical area but is also training fresh candidates those interested in join the health care sector in future.

This centre is expected to help the state with adequate skilled manpower to dispense the duties in the growing health sector and especially during emergencies like disaster. Training is being imparted as per the existing standards of the Health

Sector Skill Council under National Skill Development Council for vocational courses and industry partner affiliated courses for higher level courses.

The courses has been designed at three levels basics for students who are 10th or 12th pass, middle level for students with specialization in science and who are taught dialysis technician, radiography, emergency medical technician and the third for nurses and doctors like ultrasound, NICU care, OT nursing, critical care nursing, emergency nursing and emergency medicine course.

The theory teachings are followed by simulation lab classes, where real life events are created to acquire hand on experience in advanced clinical procedures like bio medical waste management, trauma management, scenario for myocardial infarction, vari-

Unique academy set up to develop skill of Tripura health staff ous emergencies, exposure to emergency equipment, crash cart, ventilator care, pain management, neurological assessment, defibrillator, handling end of life, hospital disaster management etc.

The training has strengthen the knowledge and skills of the trainees in handling medical and surgical emergencies like gastroenterology, cardiology, neurology, nephrology, neonatal and paediatrics

emergencies etc besides infusion equipment, BLS, ACLS, ECG interpretation, cardiac monitor etc.

"I am a government staff nurse and I am doing three months nursing course with IL&FS. The reason being doing this course is that we know many things but not in a systematic manner. In this training we are learning how during in an emergency we should act and can give service.

Here we are taught ex-

actly what we should do in case of an accident; we know all these by the details how we should act at a particular crisis," said Bina Ray, a nurse.

Special emphasis has been given during the training on emergency response during disaster espically earthquake in the background of Tripura lying within seismic zone five, the most vulnerable one.

"I am a final semester student B. Com and here I am taking health training on general duty assistant at the IL&FS health skill academy. There is no assurance that after completion of my graduation I shall get a job but this training may help in getting a job side-by-side the knowledge will also help to keep my family and locality healthy. I thank IL&FS for giving scope to unemployed people like me for this training and here the teachers are very careful in imparting the training.

House panel summons top officials Shillong, May 11: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the State Assembly has summoned top officials of the state government for non-compliance of its report relating to Umroi Airport project. "We have decided to summon the officials to appear before the committee on May 24," the PAC chairman Paul Lyngdoh told reporters after a meeting of the committee here on Tuesday.

Those who have been summoned include Chief Secretary KS Kropha, Deputy Commissioner of Ri Bhoi District Pooja Pande, officials from the departments of Revenue, Transport and PWD (Building).

Lyngdoh said that the departments have failed to come up with the 'action taken report' as per the findings of committee, the report of which was placed before the state assembly during the just concluded session.

According to Lyngdoh, "The PAC has found the Deputy Commissioner of Ri-Bhoi had acted in a very arbitrary manner as far as acquisition of land and payment of compensation to those whose land has been acquired for the project." "We have called this meeting to end this harassment faced by the land owners," Lyngdoh said.

He observed that rightful land owners were to be identified and justice be

delivered to them in conformity with the law.

"Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act has been passed by the Parliament. The concerned departments do not seem to have had the courtesy of going through the committee report," he said adding "Therefore, we issued summons to them to come up with adequate and sufficient answers.

GSWSS project : The sanction for the Phase III of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS) has been plagued by delays and inadequacies as the actual implementation and achievement is only 38

per cent as per CAG report.

Informing this, Lyngdoh said, "The GSWSS has run into rough weather with a delay of two years.

However, the department has received Rs Rs 43.5 crore for the phase IV of the project. During the inspection of the site at Mawphlang in January, the PAC found that the project has made considerable progress."

Commenting on the delay of the project, he observed that the PWD and PHE department should work in tandem for the speedy completion of the project. "We want an assurance from the PHE department to complete the project by March next year," he said add-

ing that the department was, however, apprehensive about meeting the March-next deadline.

Replying to a query on providing safe drinking water, Lyngdoh said, "The GSWSS safety level is satisfactory but the people of Greater Shillong are receiving water from seven sources. Of these water is treated at two sources and the remaining five are conventional sources, where water is not treated."

In this connection, the members of the PAC were assured by the Additional Chief Secretary that the Phase IV will look into safety aspect also, he said.

(Agencies)

HP to Centre: Include Shimla in Smart City mission Shimla, May 11 : Himachal Pradesh government has urged the Centre to include Shimla in Smart City mission and Dharamsala under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).

HP Minister Sudhir Sharma on Tuesday met Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu in Delhi and urged him to include Shimla in Smart City Mission as it was a famous international tourist destination,

besides being the state capital.

"Shimla s pre-eminent position as largest city of the state and heritage status qualifies it for Smart City tag," the Himachal Pradesh Urban Development Minister said.

Shimla had already been included under AMRUT, Sharma said.

Sharma also demanded inclusion of Dharamsala, which was already included under Smart City mission, under AMRUT Mission and said a pro-

Himachal Pradesh government has urged the Centre to include Shimla in Smart City mission posal in this regard had been submitted under fast-

track mode to the Centre.

He also urged the Union

Minister to adopt a cluster approach to include more towns by clubbing small towns like Kullu-Manali and Mandi-Sundernagar under AMRUT. Sharma also demanded funds for Dharamsala sewerage scheme and informed the Union Minister that Municipal Corporation, Dharamsala has prepared a detailed report with estimated expenditure of Rs 101.36 crore for providing sewerage facility in the left out areas of the town. (PTI)

STDCM expouses ST tag campaing Imphal, May 11: The Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur (STDCM) has categorically stated that enlistment of Meetei/Meitei in the ST category would help in forging unity not only within Manipur but also the North East region. A statement issued by the STDCM asserted that it is not time for the State Government to remain mute to the issue of categorising Meetei/ Meitei as an ST under Article 342(1) of the Indian Constitution.

The Government needs to study the issue with all its expertise and tools.

While welcoming all constructive suggestions on the issue, the STDCM

sought ideological as well as physical assistance from the general public. People may post their suggestions to cbstdcmanipur@gmail.com orwww.facebook.com/ coordinatingbody on Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee or communicate directly at their Uripok Dewan Leikai head office.

Financial donations may be made to the STDCM's finance sub-committee or to its United Bank of India (RIMS Branch) account no.

0652011105108.

It would be inappropriate in the contemporary 21st century to segregate different communities of

the North East region as superior or inferior.

In the same vein, Meiteis cannot claim themselves superior to hill people.

Such notion would prove to be a big hindrance while exploring for an effective remedy to the many ailments plaguing the whole of Manipur.

The campaign to enlist Meetei/Meitei as an ST has no intention to sap their spirit and valour.

Just because one community has been enlisted as an ST, one cannot simply call them a dispirited lot.

Ideologically it sounds quite rational that all the socio-political and economic problems besetting Manipur are outcomes of Manipur's

merger with India and its only solution lies in restoring the sovereignty of Manipur. But one needs to look at the present reality beyond this ideological understanding.

The demand for ILPS is driven by the lurking threat of possible decimation of the Meiteis in the vast ocean of Indian people whose total population is over 126 crore as against the Meiteis' total population of just around 10 lakh. The same logic is applicable to the demand for enlistment of Meitei/Meetei in ST category.

The same campaign would prove to be a significant step towards transforming hill-valley

brotherhood into reality by way of bringing the Meeteis and tribes on a common platform.

On the other hand, no tribes of Manipur would welcome any suggestion to give up their ST status and join Meiteis who are without any Constitutional safeguard in order to take on Indian people collectively. The campaign for enlistment of Meetei/Meitei in the ST category is based on the socio-political reality of Manipur and the entire North East region. Political rhetoric is one thing and sociopolitical reality is a totally different matter, S T D C M asserted.(Agencies)

They are teaching in details every aspect how to perform duty and also be real healthy.," said a Tapan Das, a Trainee.

The academy has commenced its operations since August 2015 and already more than 200 candidates have been trained so far in the academy including four batches of general duty assistant (GDA), two batches of emergency nursing and one batch of medical officers in emergency medicine.

After successful completion of six weeks theory and simulation training at the centre for further strengthen their knowledge and skills in handling medical and surgical emergencies the medical officers were sent to Max Hospitals at New Delhi while the n u r s i n g s t a ff s w e r e trained at CMRI and Medica Super Speciality hospitals in Kolkata. (ANI)

CS reiterates Govt's stand on talks with rebel groups Shillong,May 11: Despite the back to back surrender of GNLA cadres, the state government has not given up its stand of initiating talks with the proscribed outfit provided it gives up violence and anti-national stance completely. The State Chief Secretary K S Kropha said on Tuesday that the same is the stand of the state government with the banned outfit HNLC. "The militant outfits should first give up violence and their anti-national stand, then the state government will initiate peace talks ", Kropha said.

The Chief Secretary said the recent surrender of its cadres will untimely force the GNLA chief Sohan Shira to join the mainstream. According to the official, the GNLA suffered a three-way set back due to the recent surrender of its cadres in batches.

"There is a setback for GNLA as the entire Northern command and those who were manning Chokpot and adjoining areas surrendered,. Besides, the surrender of GNLA finance secretary will affect the militant outfit badly", he said.(Agencies)

Moreh border gate remains open: Police Imphal,May 11: Police on Tuesday dispelled rumours that the border gate between India and Myanmar at Moreh in Manipur was closed and said it was functioning as usual. "There is no restriction of movement through the gate as it has never been closed," a senior police official said and urged people not to give credence to rumours contrary to the official version. Nobody could come to the border gate on May 8 following a 24-hour general strike at Moreh called by civil bodies, demanding immediate recovery of the two Indian fishermen missing since May 2, he said.

(PTI)

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Trying to bring Mallya back from UK through extradition: Jaitley New Delhi, May 11: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley informed the Rajya Sabha today that the government is trying to bring back the liquor baron Vijay Mallya from UK through extradition as the Public Sector banks which had given loans to Mallya are seeking his arrest.

He said that the investigative agencies are looking into the crimes committed by the industrialist in India. The issue was raised by JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav who said that Britain has made it

clear that it cannot deport Mallya and put forth the question that what are the plans of the government now in the matter.

Meanwhile, Political parties today asked the government to take up the case of Vijay Mallya with the UK government seriously. Talking to media outside Parliament, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said the government should make every effort to bring back Mallya.

JD(U) leader K C Tyagi said that the government should enforce its laws

BSP in tune with Ambedkar's ideology, won't enter into electoral alliance: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati New Delhi, May 11: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday said that her party would not enter into any electoral alliance for the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab.

Mayawati told the media that her party works on the ideology of B.R, Ambedkar, who professed equality in the society. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister added that the BSP would not collaborate with any other party having a different ideology.

"We don't believe in alliance for the sake of elections, when my party did not ally with any other political outfit in the states where the BSP strength is weak then no question arises that we will ally with any party in our strong region. The BSP

will not ally with anybody for the upcoming elections in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, we will fight the polls alone," said Mayawati.

The BSP supremo also made it clear that her party support the Congress in Uttarakhandyesterday as it was a mere floor test and not elections.

"Contesting the elections and supporting a party to form the government are two different issues. The BSP is not only a political party, it's a movement. And our idea behind this movement is to walk on the lines of B.R. Ambedkar, who struggled to bring equality in all section of the society and political power is very important for ensuring the implementation of such ideology," she said. (ANI)

U'khand showdown: Centre revokes Prez Rule, Rawat returns as CM New Delhi, May 11: Victory resounded for the Congress Party in the decisive Uttarakhand floor test as the Supreme Court on Wednesday announced the grand old party now has the majority in the state assembly.

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the apex court that the Centre is revoking the President's Rule from the hill state as it has been proved that former chief minister Harish Rawat has got the majority on the floor of House.

Celebrations broke out at the Congress office in Uttarakhand as the party workers were seen congratulating each other and exchanging sweets. The Congress won by a margin of 33-28 in the floor test yesterday.

The AG told the apex court that they are likely to complete proceedings to revoke President's rule in Uttarakhand today and the matter will be taken up day after tomorrow for placing the record.

The Harish Rawat-led Congress government sought a vote of confidence in the assembly yesterday following an apex court order.

With nine Congress rebels barred from voting, the strength of the 71-member assembly was 62. Sources said 28 MLAs voted for the BJP.

Yesterday, Harish Rawat in a very optimistic note said that the 'dark clouds' over Uttarakhand would finally drift away through the Supreme Court's formal announcement. "I thank the Supreme Court and I am sure that after the decision tomorrow, normalcy will return to the state as it is a victory for Uttarakhand. I thank the people of Uttarakhand for showing faith in us," Rawat said.

However, the Bharatiya Janata Party asserted that despite the victory, Rawat will not get away with the corruption charges levelled against him.

"We are rest assured that the BJP-led opposition in Uttarakhand, which had started a movement four years ago against the corruption and the ill practices of the Congress government, has been successful.

It has been proved through the stings of Harish Rawat and later on his own minister Madan Singh exposed that they have given money to their MLAs," Uttarakhand BJP president Ajay Bhatt told .Centre had imposed President's rule in the state on March 27, arguing that Harish Rawat government lost majority when nine rebel Congress MLAs voted against the state government's annual budget. (ANI)

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley effectively in the case.

He said, India and UK should work together in

this direction. Meanwhile, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the government will leave no stone unturned to bring back Vijay Mallya and Indian authorities are working in this regard.

Earlier today, the United Kingdom informed the government that they cannot comply with their request to deport him, but are ready to consider the option of Mallya's extradition. According to a statement by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup, "the UK Government has informed

that under the 1971 Immigration Act, the UK does not require an individual to hold a valid passport in order to remain in the UK if they have extant leave to remain as long as their passport was valid when leave to remain or enter the UK was conferred."

However, the UK has acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations and has expressed its keenness to assist India in the matter and have asked the government to consider requesting mutual legal assistance or extradition.

(ANI)

MHA official goes missing ahead of CBI questioning, leaves emotional letter for family New Delhi, May 11: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Under Secretary Anand Joshi, who was to be questioned by the CBI in connection with a corruption case today, is missing from home.

Joshi has left an emotional letter for his family in which he claims to be subjected to mental harassment. In a moving appeal to his wife, Joshi asked her to take care of their children and assume the role of both parents, as he is leaving home in search of peace. "I am leaving home. Please do not look for me. Now,

you (his wife) have to take care of kids by becoming both father and mother," he said in the letter.

Joshi, who stands accused of corruption and murky dealings with certain NGOs, further said that he had never imagined that his 'patriotism' and integrity would lead to such a situation wherein he has been accused of corruption.

"Probably, my patriotism became my biggest enemy. I am saddened at leaving you all, but I am not able to handle myself," he added.

Meanwhile, the CBI has denied harassing Joshi, stating that raids and searches were carried out as part of the investigation.

Posted in the MHA's Foreigners Division, Joshi reportedly had access to files related to Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). He is accused of accepting bribes for getting FCRA clearances done.

Joshi has, however, refuted the charges, saying he was 'pressurised' by his superiors to give clean chit to some organisations.

The CBI had on Monday registered case against the Under Secretary under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Prevention of Corruption Act after conducting raids at four locations, including Joshi's residence and office.

The CBI had said that cash worth Rs. 7.5 lakh and certain 'incriminating documents', including files pertaining to THE MHA and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, were recovered from the premises of the officer during the raid.

(ANI)

Marine engineer Santosh Bhardwaj rescued from pirates in Nigeria: Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj New Delhi, May 11: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said that Santosh Bhardwaj, the marine engineer who was kidnapped by pirates near Nigeria on March 26, has been rescued.

"I am extremely happy to inform that Shri Santosh Bhardwaj has been rescued from pirates in Nigeria," Sushma said in a tweet along with a picture of Santosh's wife Kanchan. Bhardwaj, working as third engineer in Singapore-based ship-

ping company Transocean Limited, was kidnapped along with four colleagues from different countries when their ship Sampatiki was at sea, around 30 nautical miles off Nigerian capital Lagos.

Bhardwaj's relatives had earlier written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who represents Varanasi in the Lok Sabha, to get the marine engineer freed.

Bhardwaj hails from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi city. (ANI)

Hope PM Modi learnt his lesson: Rahul Gandhi on floor test victory

MHA official goes missing, family demands probe against B.K. Prasad Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), May 11: The family members of Anand Joshi, presently under the CBI scanner for allegedly indulging in corrupt practices and arbitrarily issuing notices to many NGOs, today demanded that action must be initiated against B.K. Prasad, the additional secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), of pressuring him to favour some organizations.

"Till 2 a.m. we were together. When we woke up this morning, he wasn't there. He was suffering from depression from the last two to three years," said Joshi's wife Minakshi. "We never had any kind of enmity with anyone. The CBI probe was done earlier yesterday. Investigation must be done against B. K. Prasad," she added.

Minakshi further said that she found her husband's letter on the bed. Joshi, who was to be questioned by the CBI

MHA official goes missing, family demands probe against B.K. Prasad in connection with a corruption case, is missing from home. He has left an emotional letter for his family in which he claims to be subjected to mental harassment.

In a moving appeal to his wife, Joshi asked her to take care of their children and assume the role of both parents, as he is leaving home in search of peace. "I am leaving home. Please do not look for me. Now, you (his wife) have to take care of kids by becoming both father and mother," he said in the letter.

Joshi, who stands accused of corruption and murky dealings with certain NGOs, further said that he had never imagined that his 'patriotism' and integrity would lead to such a situation wherein he has been accused of corruption.

"Probably, my patriotism became my biggest enemy. I am saddened at leaving you all, but I am not able to handle myself," he added. Meanwhile, the CBI has denied harassing Joshi, stating that raids and searches were carried out as part

of the investigation.

Posted in the MHA's Foreigners Division, Joshi reportedly had access to files related to Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). He is accused of accepting bribes for getting FCRA clearances done. Joshi has, however, refuted the charges, saying he was 'pressurised' by his superiors to give clean chit to some organisations.

The CBI had on Monday registered case against the Under Secretary under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Prevention of Corruption Act after conducting raids at four locations, including Joshi's residence and office. The CBI had said that cash worth Rs. 7.5 lakh and certain 'incriminating documents', including files pertaining to THE MHA and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, were recovered from the premises of the officer during the raid.

(ANI)

SC allows IT dept. to reopen case against Big B over his KBC earnings New Delhi, May 11: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Income Tax (IT) department to reopen the 2001 tax case against actor Amitabh Bachchan over his earnings during the quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC).

had challenged the Bombay High Court's order in the apex court.

The Bombay High Court had dismissed the IT department's plea on February 29 last year and allowed Bachchan a tax exemption for being an artist on the show.

The apex court set aside the Bombay High Court's order that gave relief to the actor in a tax dispute arising from his income from the show KBC. The Income Tax department

The Supreme Court had earlier on January 8 sought the superstar's response on a petition by the Income Tax Department, which claimed that the actor owes to it Rs

1.66 crore as taxes on his income he earned through the quiz show during 2001-02.

Earlier in 2008, the High Court had allowed I-T exemption on 30 per cent of Bachchan's total income of Rs 50.92 crore from the show. The High Court had accepted the actor's plea that being an artiste he should be given tax relief under Section 80 RR of the Income-Tax Act. The Income Tax depart-

ment had in its appeal challenged the order on the ground that the relief is for those artists, who either earn by performing outside the country or receive payment from foreign agencies.

It was submitted by the Income Tax department that Bachchan was acting as an anchor in the television programme show for Star India Ltd and cannot be termed artiste for his role in the show.

(ANI)

Rahul Gandhi New Delhi, May 11: With the Uttarakhand Congress on the ninth cloud after winning the crucial floor test with a majority, party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asserted that this was the clear victory of democracy and hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi learnt his 'lesson' that the nation won't tolerate the murder of democracy.

"Hope Modiji learns his lesson-ppl of this country &the institutions built by our founding fathers will not tolerate the murder of democracy! They did their worst. We did our best. Democracy won in Uttarakhand," Rahul tweeted.

Victory resounded for the Congress Party in the decisive floor test as the Supreme Court today announced that the grand old party now has the majority in the state assembly.

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the apex court that the Centre is revoking the President's Rule from the hill state as it has been proved that former chief minister Harish Rawat has got the majority on the floor of House. Celebrations broke out at the Congress office in Uttarakhand as the party workers were seen congratulating each other and exchanging sweets.

The Congress won by a margin of 33-28 in the floor test on Tuesday.

The AG told the apex court that they are likely to complete proceedings to revoke President's rule in Uttarakhand today and the matter will be taken up day after tomorrow for placing the record.

The Harish Rawat-led Congress government sought a vote of confidence in the assembly yesterday following an apex court order. With nine Congress rebels barred from voting, the strength of the 71-member assembly was 62.

Sources said 28 MLAs voted for the BJP. However, the Bharatiya Janata Party has asserted that despite the victory, Rawat will not get away with the corruption charges levelled against him.

"We are rest assured that the BJP-led opposition in Uttarakhand, which had started a movement four years ago against the corruption and the ill practices of the Congress government, has been successful. It has been proved through the stings of Harish Rawat and later on his own minister Madan Singh exposed that they have given money to their MLAs," Uttarakhand BJP president Ajay Bhatt told.

(ANI)

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Manchester Police apologise for making fake suicide bomber shout 'Allahu Akbar' London, May 11: Greater Manchester Police have apologised for making a fake Islamist suicide bomber use a "religious phrase" during a counter-terror exercise in Manchester.

A fake suicide bomber dressed in black walked into the Trafford Centre and repeatedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great)" before acting out an explosion on Monday night, drawing criticism from the community members for the use of stereotypes for the exercise.

As per the exercise, moments after an explosion rocked the food hall, the

volunteers, wearing ear defenders and safety glasses, dropped to the floor and ran into shops and cafes screaming.

Many wore make-up to simulate serious injuries and others shouted for help as the sound of gunfire rang out and armed officers moved in. Community groups and activists condemned the move with some raising concerns that it would fuel anti-Muslim prejudice.

In response to criticism, Greater Manchester Police's assistant chief constable Gary Shewan apologised for any offence caused and said the decision was "unaccept-

Manchester Police apologise for making fake suicide bomber shout 'Allahu Akbar' able".

"The scenario for this exercise is based on a suicide attack by an extremist Daesh [Isis] style organisation and the scenario writers have

centred the circumstances around previous similar attacks of this nature, mirroring details of past events to make the situation as real life as possible for all those in-

volved," Independent quoted him as saying.

"However, on reflection we acknowledge that it was unacceptable to use this religious phrase immediately before the mock suicide bombing, which so vocally linked this exercise with Islam.

"We recognise and apologise for the offence that this has caused, " he said. Asserting the use of the phrase "Allahu Akbar" as offensive, Anti-islamophobia group the Community Safety Forum said it was not necessary to make the scenario real.

"This sort of thing panders to stereotypes and

14 killed in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood car bombing

further divides us. It will increase anti-Muslim hate crime, " a spokesperson said . However, many Twitter users defending the simulation, saying it was justified to imitate the events of the Brussels and Paris attacks.

Meanwhile, police stressed that there was no specific threat to the Trafford Centre. The exercise is part of a national programme, codenamed Exercise Winchester Accord. It was planned in December comes after previous drills in London, Glasgow and Essex.

(ANI)

At least 14 people were killed and several others were injured in a car bombing in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City on Wednesday Baghdad, May 11: At least 14 people were killed and several others were injured in a car bombing in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City on Wednesday. According to reports, the blast took place in commercial area of Sadr City neighborhood.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. However, Islamic State militants battling government troops in the country's north and west have regularly been attacking Shi'ite civilian areas in the capital. The death toll is expected to rise.

(ANI)

China wrong to have blocked India's bid to include Executed Jamaat-e- Masood Azhar in U N terrorist list: EU Parliamentarian May 11: A se- Chinese investment pro- While acknowledging receiving end of terrorists not but be known to the Islami chief Brussels, Taliban finance official nior member of the Eu- posals as a first step re- China as being not only who have been trained government in Beijing," arrested in Afghanistan's Nizami ropean Parliament (EP) sponse, according to in- a great power, but also a abroad (usually in Paki- he added. has accused China of formed sources and re- leading voice in the stan, and sometimes in Recalling that China's first Nangarhar province buried at maintaining double stan- ports. world, EP Today further Afghanistan). ever counter terrorism law dards on the issue of ter- "It would seem that quoted Martusciello, as EP Today quoted had come into effect from village rorism and warned the Beijing has not only saying that, "Few have Martusciello, as saying, January 1, 2016, and eninternational community been holding double spoken louder than "So, for a powerful glo- joined its government to home about Beijing playing standards, but also play- China on the perils of bal voice that rightly pro- list terrorist groups and inDhaka, May 11: Fundamentalist Jamaat-eIslami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, executed by the Bangladesh authorities for war crimes committed during the country's 1971 Liberation War was buried at his village home in Santhia upazila in Pabna this morning.

Nizami's son Nazib Momen received the body at their village home at Monmothpur around 6:20a.m., reports the Daily Star.

Before his burial around 7:15 a.m., relatives and locals attended his namaz-ejanaza held at a madrasa at Monmothpur. Nizami is the senior most Islamist to be executed in Bangladesh for war crimes during the liberation war against Pakistan.

His final appeal against his death sentence was rejected by the apex court on May 5. A former minister in previous BNP-led Khaleda Zia government, he was in jail since 2010, when he was arrested for war crimes.

Nizami was given capital punishment in October 2014 by the international crimes tribunal. He was found guilty of systematic killings of over 450 people alone in his own village.

With his execution, Nizami becomes the fifth top perpetrator to be hanged for the war crimes against humanity.

Jamaat leaders Abdul Quader Mollah, AHM Kamaruzzaman, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury were executed as they had been awarded death penalty for their crimes. Two others, Jamaat leader Ghulam Azam and BNP leader Abdul Alim who had been sentenced to imprisonment unto death, died in jail. (ANI)

what he called "a dangerous double game" with regard to acts that have left the globe enormously scarred and in a state of fear.

Fulvio Martusciello, a Member of the European Parliament who is serving his eighth term, said in article that has been published by EP Today, that China risks losing its international reputation and possibly its clout if it does not stop discriminating between who is and who is not a terrorist.

He was referring to Beijing's recent controversial decision to block India's move to have Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar included in the UN list of proscribed terrorists, leaving New Delhi miffed and possibly considering an economic blockade on key

ing a dangerous double game. This will surely return to haunt China, as such perfidy usually does. Europe, which is proud of its multifaceted engagement with China, needs to talk to Beijing about terrorism in all its manifestations," said Martusciello.

"Our recent sad experiences, when terror hit France and Belgium, should focus our minds on this issue, and the EU counter terrorism coordinator needs to take proactive measures to build a global coalition against terror. And this time around, while Europe looks inwards to secure its systems and citizens, we should also be the voice of reason to stop discrimination between terrorists - whether they attack Brussels, Beijing, Boston or Bombay," he added.

terrorism, particularly as it hurts civilians, security forces, the local economy as well as peace and stability. All these, of course, are highly laudable thoughts."

He, however, said that as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China, of late, has actually gone beyond its traditional preference for staying on the sidelines when major issues are being discussed, and has been a strong voice of reason, particularly when criticizing the double standards on terrorism adopted by the West.

Therefore, Beijing's move to block New Delhi on the Masood Azhar case, came as a surprise and went against the former's normal narrative on the international stage despite it also being at the

tests against double standards on terrorism, there must be very significant incentive to move away from its loudly proclaimed principles. But even significant large countries with thousands of years of civilisation can slip up sometimes.

For there would be no other logical explanation for China imposing a socalled technical hold on listing as a terrorist, Maulana Masood Azhar, head of the Jaish-eMohammad (JeM), a well-recognised terrorist group based in Pakistan."

"After all, the JeM indulges in cross-border terrorism, kills innocent people, and disturbs the economy, peace and stability of a country..The proof of Masood Azhar's involvement in planning and execution of terror incidents inside India is widely available, and can-

dividuals so that concerted action could be taken against them, Martusciello pointedly asked, "So how does China explain his own double standard on terrorism? Is it that recognition for Masood Azhar as a terrorist, and JeM as a terrorist group will come only if the ETIM, WUC and other organisations are listed as terrorist group by the United Nations? Is China, therefore, discriminating between terrorists, or is the second largest economy in the world, and one of the foremost global powers, so myopic that it is unwilling to see facts objectively? Or worse, is China falling into the trap of (defining) good and bad terrorists those who attack us are bad, but those who attack others, encouraged by our close friends, are good terrorists? (ANI)

Nepali Congress, UCPN-M rule out possibility of civic polls Kathmandu, May 11: Lawmakers of the ruling Unified CPN-Maoist and Nepali Congress have ruled out the possibility of holding local bodies' elections later this year as announced by the government in its policy and programme.

Ever since the announcement, parliamentarians of the ruling alliance, including UCPN-M and Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (Democratic), criticised some of the programmes terming them unimplementable.

Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba taking part in the discussion on policy and programme of the government, said implementation of long-term programmes by the government, whose days were numbered, was not possible.

"The local bodies' elec-

Nepali Congress, UCPN-M rule out possibility of civic polls tions were imperative but the government does not seem to be committed to holding the polls. We cannot believe that the polls could be held without resolving the problems of Madhes," Himalayan Times quoted him as saying.

While Deuba pressed that the announcement of gen-

erating 10,000 megawatt electricity in 10 years was ambitious, he said it was difficult to implement in the absence of development infrastructure and national consensus.

He said that government's plan in constructing the Kathmandu-Nijgadh fast track was problematic, as preventing the already

begun global tender process would spoil the environment for inviting foreign investors.

"If a foreign company, which is already in the process of global bidding, claims compensation, it will cause loss to the country. And constructing the fast track itself will not be credible and implementable," said Deuba.

The Nepali Congress leader said that government shut the door of consensus by recalling Nepal's ambassador to India Deep Kumar Upadhyay, who was appointed by previous NCled government.

Meanwhile, CPN-UML leader Jhalanath Khanal termed the policy and programme important and progressive.

"Many new programmes have been announced as the starting points of new

development campaign.

Expanding roads, constructing railways and producing electricity are important and essential programmes announced by the government," Khanal said.

Underlining the need of national consensus, he urged the government to take initiatives at the earliest to resolve the problems through talks.

UCPN-M lawmaker Asha Koirala said the local polls cannot be held in November/December as announced by the government.

"The commission is mandated to restructure the local bodies by determining their number and boundaries before mid-March. Conducting the polls just three months before that will be meaningless," she said.

UCPN-M leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara also echoed the same. (ANI)

Kabul hands over Ali Haider Gilani to Pakistani officials Islamabad, May.11: Pakistan ex-prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani has been handed over to Pakistan officials in Kabul.

He was rescued by a U.S.-Afghanistan security team three years after being kidnapped.

A special aircraft left Islamabad for Kabul to fly

back Ali Haider home who was recovered in a joint operation of Afghan and US forces from an Al Qaeda compound in Afghanistan's Paktika province, reports the Dawn. Senior protocol officials of the Pakistan Foreign Office and the brother of Ali Haider Gilani are in Kabul to

bring Ali Haider home, said Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria.

Zakaria said Ali Haider would be handed over to Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan Syed Ibrar Hussain at the ministry of defence in Kabul, from where he would be taken to Kabul airport to travel to

Pakistan. The information about the recovery of Haider, who was kidnapped after an election rally in May 2013 in his hometown Multan, was conveyed by Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar to Adviser on Foreign Af-

fairs Sartaj Aziz in a telephonic conversation.

Yusuf Raza Gilani was ecstatically delighted as expected and grateful to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's personal attention to his son's safe release," the Afghan ambassador said in a statement.(ANI)

The Afghan National Police (ANP) forces have arrested Mir Azam Kabul, May 11: The Afghan National Police (ANP) forces have arrested Mir Azam, a finance official of the Taliban militants group during an operation in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Azam was arrested during an operation in Pichegeram district of Nangarhar, reports the Khaama Press.

Azam, originally a resident of eastern Kunar

province of Afghanistan and was arrested as he was apparently arranging funds for the group by carrying two cheques of 10 million and 30 million Pakistani rupees, Ministry of Interior said in its statement. The security forces have also confiscated a Pakistani ID card, some propaganda material, 2 Pakistani sim cards, and a Islamic Emirate ID during the operation. So far Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report.(ANI)

Fresh tremor of 4.4 magnitude jolts Nepal's Dhading district

Fresh tremor of 4.4 magnitude jolts Nepal's Dhading district Kathmandu, May 11: A light tremor of local magnitude 4.4 jolted Nepal's Dhading district on Wednesday morning.

The National Seismological Centre (NSC), Lainchaur, listed the tremor as an aftershock of the April 25 earthquakem, reports the Himalayan Times.

The tremor originated from a location west of Marpak and north-east of Tripureshwor of Dhading at around 7:04 am today, according to National Seismological Centre. The coordinates of the epicentre were given as 28.01°N,

84.94°E. On May 5, aftershock of local magnitude 4.0 or above was recorded at 10:31 am in the border area between Gorkha and Dhading districts.

Aftershocks continue in the region even one year after the devastating earthquake that killed over thousands.

More than 30,000 aftershocks of the Gorkha earthquake sequence have been recorded by National Seismological Centre. With time it alerts the public about the seismic events through its website.(ANI)

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Six Issues for Narendra Modi's Iran Visit Cyber crimes A issue of real concern Nowadays cyber crime is the most concerning issue for all developed and developing countries , because it harm governmental confidential data as well as (Photo: racolblegal) people in daily life transactions. In 1960s internet was developed for better communication and research. With advancement of technology and expansion of internet every area becomes easy to access but it also provide a pathway to commit crimes easily without any effort only sitting on a system. Some human minds of criminal nature use internet as a tool of crime which is now known as cyber crime committed in cyber space.

Cyber crime is now the burning issue for all countries to handle because most of data is transferred online even governmental data also. Cyber crime mainly consists of unauthorized access to Data and data alteration, data destruction, theft of funds or intellectual property. Due to these online criminal activities cyberspace is most unsafe place to do business. A total crime reported under IT act was 1, 791 in 2011 and crimes reported in 2012 are 2,786.

Among these 2,876 crimes reported most of the cases are of tampering computer source (1,440) and hacking of data (435). Variation in tempering data over 2011 is 74% and hacking is 177.1% which is almost double and is alarming issue to concentrate.

Crime cell is also working its level best as persons arrested in 2011 for hacking crime was 65 and in 2012 are 137 for total 435 cases recorded. But there is also little bit relief because the cases registered under categories of un-authorized attempt to access protected computer system decreases by 40% and decrease in cases registered under publishing false digital signature certificate , fraud digital signature certificate are - 66.7% and -16.7% respectively .

Though the growth in cyber crimes & Internet Subscriber base are not similar, they follow a similar trend. While cyber crimes have grown at more than 50% in both 2012 & 2013, the internet subscriber base has grown at 27% in 2012 and at 53% in 2013. It is evident that cyber crime is growing with increasing internet penetration where by electronic communication has become easier. With Internet usage soaring in India, so is cyber crime, but India's laws do not appear to be adequate to tackle the surge. In the three years up to 2013, registered cases of cyber crime were up 350%, from 966 to 4,356, according to statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). As cyber crime rises, there are indications that the criminaljustice system is unable to cope, with a minuscule percentage of convictions reported, although there is no reliable, nationwide data.

The government says that use of social media has also emerged as a key tool committing cyber crimes and attacks that affect nation and society and is conscious of increase in cyber crimes. It has taken various steps in the form of awareness, training, legal framework, emergency response and implementation of best practices to prevent occurrence of such cyber crimes.

Anti-Hijacking Bill Death penalty clause The Lok Sabha passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2016, that broadens the definition of hijacking to include technological interventions and intimidation and introduces the provision of death penalty for perpetrators. The Bill got the Rajya Sabha nod last week. Piloting the bill, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said the government was trying to deal with the problem of security of airports through a mix of technology and manpower .

The bill amends the 1982 act which only provided for death penalty for the hijackers only in the event of death of the hostages.The Anti-Hijacking Act of 1982 had undergone minor changes in 1994. But the need for giving "more teeth" to law-enforcing agencies vis-a-vis aircraft hijacking was felt in India after the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC814 on December 24, 1999. So far the country had witnessed 19 hijacking incidents.

The use of planes the 9/11 attacked also pushed the need to amend existing anti-hijacking laws.

Under the new law, the central government may confer powers of investigation, arrest and prosecution on any officer of the central government or the National Investigation Agency. It also says an accused cannot be released on bail or bond unless among other things, the designated court is satisfied that there is reason to believe the accused is innocent and is unlikely to commit any offence while on bail. The accused in the hijacking cases have to be tried by a sessions court which is notified to be a designated court by the state government concerned. "In case the investigation is carried out by the National Investigation Agency, the designated court shall be a court set up under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008," A Death penalty in case of the death of hostage or crew will be awarded and life imprisonment in all other cases and confiscation of all movable and immovable property of the hijacker

The Indian prime minister has some important tasks for his trip to Iran later this month.

Indian Prime Minister tions or not, is not an easy Narendra Modi is going to customer to deal with. make one of his more im- Building fair, time-bound portant foreign sojourns commercial entities with this month, as he prepares Tehran has proven to be to visit Iran for a two-day difficult in the past, with official visit beginning on issues such as disregard May 22. Post-sanctions for sovereign guarantees, Iran has been diplomati- manipulating commodity cally hectic for not just prices at its own will, and Tehran and Foreign Min- other reoccurring issues. ister Javad Zarif, but for Recently, for example, Inanyone else looking at dia and Iran have been inIran as the volved in a next big eco- Kabir Taneja dispute over nomic story. currency reModi's visit lating to has been set up via criti- nearly $6 billion in dues cal stops in Tehran by his by New Delhi to Tehran. team over the past few This could be resolved months. Nitin Gadkari, before Modi's visit, setting minister for Road Trans- a positive foundation for port and Highways and the upcoming talks.

Shipping, Dharemndra There is at least scope for Pradhan, minister for Pe- India to lay the groundtroleum and Natural Gas work for improved comand Sushma Swaraj, min- munications and relations ister for External Affairs, with Iran. But what are the have also paved the way immediate points that for Modi's trip.

Modi should consider in The Iran trip has been due order to achieve real for a long time now, and progress with Iran? Here perhaps it is debatable that are six that should be near India's importance to a the top of Modi's list: post-sanctions Iran has at- Chabahar Port: The long tenuated from the level planned, and even longer during the sanctions pe- delayed Chabahar Port riod itself. India-Iran rela- project is perhaps the tions have been governed single most important largely by a dance led by pending deal between the an endemic of "Memoran- two countries. India is dum of Understanding" now looking to attain two agreements, which have berthing docks at the port, rarely led to anything con- to give the country an crete. New Delhi lacked edge not only in trade with the diplomatic capital, will Iran but access to Central and courage to orchestrate Asia and beyond as well. the creation of space in Chabahar is also a direct Iran when it was under strategic competition to sanctions and needed a Gwadar in Pakistan, a port partner like India. But, ar- now fully operated by guably and equally China. However, progress debatably, as part of the between India and Iran on international system, New the port has been lagging Delhi's lack of enthusiasm for years, more recently in Iran during this period largely due to the sanccould be justified as real- tions on Iran and the folistically vigilant. lowing U.S. pressure on Beyond this, Iran, sanc- India to isolate Tehran,

which resulted in Delhi voting against the then Iranian regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the UN on an IAEA passed resolution in 2009.

But with the success of the P5+1 agreement, the time is right to conclude the negotiations. India last week announced a $20 billion commitment to the development of Chabahar, looking to make it a fully compliable deep-sea port.

However, the question remains, where will the money come from?

Investments in Farzad B: India was awarded the development of the Farzad B block in the Farsi gas field, and had committed $1 billion to the project. However, like other aspects of India's economic relations with Iran, development was stalled due to the sanctions. During this period Iran exerted tremendous pressure on Delhi to fulfill its commitments. At the peak of the sanctions, as Iran's economy suffered, Tehran looked to arm-twist India into the project by first sending a team unannounced to Delhi to deliver an ultimatum, and second, threatening to give the project away to "other friends," referring to China. As an outcome of Pradhan's visit to Iran, both countries are now aiming to conclude the development, financial and commercial terms by October. A concrete, designed yet cautious push

by Modi at the top level could make sure of a problem-free negotiations in the coming months.

International NorthSouth Transport Corridor (INSTC): The INSTC is a multi-modal idea to connect Indian trade with

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (Photo: theiranproject) Central Asia, Eurasia and Russia. Iran plays a critical part in it, and initial discussions on the project's feasibility and technicalities were held in Iran in 2012 with other potential players such as Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia also taking part.

Access to Central Asia via Iran is a core strategic idea in India that has so far gained little momentum. The INSTC could also be seen as a potential future counter for China's OBOR initiative. However the keyword is "potential," as the program is currently more appealing on paper than in practice, and is hostage to India's economic limitations.

India-Iran gas pipeline: The India-Iran gas pipeline is a chimera, a project that makes complete sense yet is fraught with immense geopolitical and economic risks. Nonetheless, it is an idea that should get the push from New Delhi. A pipeline connecting Chabahar port

via Oman and then taking the subsea route to India, while expensive, could pay major dividends to India if the right economic and political regulations and mechanisms are in place. It will also help Indian companies develop their own transnational and inter-continental pipeline expertise, a critical component in future energy security.

Shipping lane security in the Persian Gulf: India relies heavily on imports to meet its oil and gas needs.

The country gets 80 percent of its oil and nearly 55 percent of its natural gas from abroad, and a lot of that comes from West Asia. According to some accounts, South Korean President Park Geun-hye also brought up this issue as she arrived in Tehran this week. South Korea has similar concerns as an oil importer. In 2013 Iranian Navy ships berthed in Mumbai, showcasing the mutually cordial ties between the two countries. Modi needs to

strengthen this aspect further.

Regional Security in West Asia: The Syrian crisis, the war in Yemen, growing instability in Iraq mixed with an oil-linked economic slowdown are all situations that along with West Asia have repercussions for India, which has more than 7 million of its citizens working in the region, mostly as laborers. The recent unrest in Saudi Arabia that erupted when more than 50,000 foreign workers were laid off in the construction industry could be a sign of times to come in the region, and India should be ready for hundreds of thousands of returning laborers if the situation worsens. New Delhi needs to remember that the Middle East is also India's largest trading partner and contributor via remittances. Courtesy: The Diplomat Kabir Taneja is a journalist and researcher specializing in foreign affairs, energy security and defence.

Nurses: A Force For Change: Improving Health Systems' Resilience International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The International Council of Nurses commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day Unfortunately, many people seem to think that the most important people in the healthcare system are the doctors, but this is simply not true.

Ever the underdog, nurses play a key role in all of our medical institutions, being responsible for the welfare, safety and recovery of patients. Nurses have an enormous amount of knowledge and many diverse skills

they spend years perfecting and developing, all the time working in decidedly tough environments where extreme stress is just a part of the job. Nurses help bring new life into the world, care tirelessly for the sick and injured, and sometimes watch the patients they did everything to save pass away despite their best efforts. On many occasions, it was a vigilant nurse who noticed a mistake in a doctor's prescription in time to save someone's life. Acknowledge the hard work, long hours, and emotional duress that are part of the life of every nurse on International Nurses Day. The History of Interna-

Image for representational purpose tional Nurses Day It all began in 1953, when Dorothy Sutherland, an official with the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, contacted President Dwight

D. Eisenhower proposing he proclaim a "Nurses' Day". However, he did not approve her proposal at that time. The International Council of Nurses has celebrated on May

12th since 1965. May 12th is an important date to all nurses, as it is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, who is widely considered the founder of modern nursing. In January 1974, this day was finally officially made International Nurses Day. Each year since then, ICN prepares and distributes something called the International Nurses' Day Kit which contains educational and public information materials, for use by nurses everywhere.

How to Celebrate International Nurses Day Because this day is all about celebrating nurses' endless contributions to society, take this opportunity to show a nurse who

Horse - Trading

Chief-minister Harish Rawat of Uttarakhand (Photo: thehindu)

Sir, Horse - trading is not a new phenomenon in the political arena of India.

Erstwhile Prime-minister P.V. Narasimho Rao too got involved in the trade. Now, the news doing the rounds is sacked Chief-minister Harish Rawat of Uttarakhand is going all out to resort to horse - trading as transpired from a sting operation and is already under the net of the CBI. The ministry led by Mr. Rawat was in a quandary in the wake of expulsion of 9 rival M.L.As and the President's rule had to be in place in Uttarakhand. On may 10, in the event of winning the required number of votes Harish Rawat is set to regain his power.

In Assam, there is unending speculation about the result of the just concluded assembly election scheduled to be declared on May 19. Badaruddin Ajmal, the chief of the AIUDF alleges that Chief-minister Tarun Gogoi in his

has taken care of you how much you appreciate him or her. As with most gestures of appreciation, whatever you decide to do need not be grand or cost much money. Sad as it is, many people neglect to thank their nurses at all, seeing them only as robots who only know how to follow the doctor's orders, so every little way to say a simple "thank you" will definitely make that nurse's day.

However, as mentioned before, it's the thought that counts the most. A nurse's main goal is to help you get through treatment and get better, so just knowing he or she succeeded is a reward in itself.

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effort to make it for the fourth time started bargaining with the 15 candidates of AIUDF who have fair chance of winning. Mr. Ajmal further alleges that Mr. Gogoi has already resorted to horse - trading well before the declaration of the result. Congress in Assam is hell-bent to go to any extent to regain power. So, Ajmal's allegation canLetters to the not be thrown out as a non-issue. An- editor and articles other surprising issue we note, whenever any scam involving the congress should be sent to : The Eastern Toleaders surfaces all the leaders gird up the loin with their stentorian voices to day gag the opposition. The Augusta Chowkidingee, Westland Chopper deal payoff is a case Near Sankardeva in point. People of India must rememHospital Mancotta ber, 'King can do no wrong'.

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JOBS & career

DIBRUGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 12

Various Jobs in NEIGRIHMS, Shillong Last Date: 23/05/2016.

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for filling up the following posts for recruitment in North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences [NEIGRIHMS] : 1. Staff Nurse : 20 posts (UR-10, OBC-6, SC-2, ST-1) 2. Estate Manager : 01 post (UR) 3. Junior Perfusionist : 01 post (UR) 4. Health Inspector : 01 post (UR) 5. Health Educator : 02 posts (UR) 6. Senior Stenographer : 01 post (UR) 7. Radiographer : 06 posts (UR-5, OBC-1) How to Apply : Complete applications may be sent in the prescribed proforma to the Recruitment Cell, Establishment Section-III, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, P.O Mawdiangdiang, Shillong-793018 superscribing "Application for the post of .........." within 30 days of publication of the advertisement in the Employment News (published on 23/04/2016) i.e. last date of receipt of applications is 23/05/2016.

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat Last Date: 31/05/2016.

Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat is going to fill up the following posts under respective projects/schemes of AICRP presently functioning in different stations including Jorhat campus of Assam Agricultural University.

1. Junior Administrative Assistant Pay: Rs 5200-Rs 20200, GP= Rs 3300 Educational Qualification: Graduate in Arts/Science/Commerce 2. Junior Laboratory Assistant Pay: Rs 5200-Rs 20200, GP= Rs 3300 Educational Qualification: Graduate in Science/ Home Science 3. Computer Programmer Pay: Rs 8000- Rs 35000, GP= Rs 4900 Educational Qualification: Master Degree in Computer Application 4. Typist Pay: Rs 5200 - Rs 20200, GP = Rs 2500 Educational Qualification: Passed HSSLC Examination 5. Sr. Mechanic Pay: Rs 8000- Rs 35000, GP= Rs 4300 Educational Qualification: Passed HSLC Examination+ ITI Trade certificate in Motor Mechanic 6. Driver Pay: Rs 5200-Rs 20200, GP= Rs 2500 Educational Qualification: HSLC Passed + Valid Driving License for Heavy & Light vehicles.

7. Technician Pay: Rs 5200 - Rs 20200, GP = Rs 2500 Educational Qualification: Passed HSLC Examination+ ITI Trade certificate in Tractor Mechanic 8. Tractor Operator cum Mechanic Pay: Rs 5200 - Rs 20200, GP = Rs 2500 Educational Qualification: HSLC Examination passed+ certificate in Tractor Mechanic+ valid tractor driving license Application Fee: Application fee is Rs 300/ for general candidates and Rs 150/ for SC/ST Candidates.

How to apply: Application form can be downloaded from university website.

Application along with fees should be sent Director of Research [Agri], Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat within 31.05.2016.

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Arunachal Pradesh Police Constable (Driver) Recruitment Arunachal Pradesh Police.

Last Date: 19/05/2016.

Office of the Director General of Police, Government of Arunachal Pradesh has invited applications for the recruitment of 108 Constable (Driver) vacancies in Arunachal Pradesh (Civil Police/ IRBN).

Name of the Post: Constable (Driver) Civil Police: 05 Posts 1. APST: 04 Posts 2. General: 01 Post IRBN: 103 Posts 1. APST: 74 Posts 2. APST EX-SM: 08 Posts 3. General: 21 Posts Age: Candidates age should be between 18-28 years as on 01-01-2016. Age relaxation is applicable as per rules.

Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess Class-VIII for APST and Class-X passed for Other candidates with valid driving license for LMV/ MMV/ HMV. Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on physical standard test, physical endurancy/ efficiency test, written test, Medical Exam, trade test & interview. How to Apply: Eligible candidates may submit their application in the prescribed format along with attested copies of qualification, proof of age, caste, permanent residential certificate, valid driving license of LMV, experience, 4 recent passport size colour photographs, self addressed envelope, treasury Challan by post or hand to Asst Inspector of Police (E), PHQ Itanagar-791113, Arunachal Pradesh from 25-04-2016 to 19-05-2016 up to 16:00 hrs.

UPSC Indian Forest Service Examination Last Date: 27/05/2016.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will hold preliminary screening test for the Indian Forest Service (IFS) Examination 2016 for recruitment to the Indian Forest Service Officers commencing from 07/08/2016.

The pattern of the Indian Forest Service Examination 2015 has been changed and candidates for IFS Examination 2016 needs to appear in the Indian Civil Service Examination (Preliminary) 2016 for the same. Therefore candidates needs to apply for Indian Civil Service Examination 2016 to appear in Indian Forest Service Examination 2016.

Name of Examination: Indian Forest Service Examination 2016 No of Posts : 110 approx.

Age : Not less than 21 years and not more than 32 years as on 1st August 2016.

The upper age is relaxable for SC/ST/OBC and certain other categories of candidates to the extent specified in the Notice.

Educational Qualification: Bachelor's degree of any recognized university with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering or an equivalent qualification.

Physical Standards: Candidates must be physically fit according to the Regulations given in notice.

Number of attempts: The maximum number of attempts permissible to different categories of aspirants, who are otherwise eligible, will be as (i) General Category - 6 attempts, (ii) OBC - 9 attempts (iii) SC/ST - No limit Application Fee: Candidates applying (excepting Female/SC/ST/PH candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination are required to pay a fee of Rs.100/- either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/ State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/ State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/ Master Credit/ Debit card.

How To Apply: All applications must apply Online from 28/04/2015 to 27/05/ 2016 only upto 11.59 PM. at http://upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php. Details of the examination and instructions are available at UPSC Online website.

Wanted a Science Teacher (Zoology) in Assam Jatiya Bidyalay at Noonmati, Guwahati 781020 Wanted a Science Teacher (Zoology) against leave vacancy on purely temporary basis in Assam Jatiya Bidyalay at Noonmati, Guwahati 781020.

Eligibility: Graduate with major and M.Sc. in concerned subject.

55% marks in aggregate in HSLC, HSSLC and Degree taken together. Assamese medium schooling background. Upper age limit: 45 years. Candidates may appear in walk-in-interview with all testimonials at 9 am on 09.05.2016 (Monday) at Assam Jatiya Bidyalay campus, Noonmati, Guwahati 781020.

Sd/- Secretary, Assam Jatiya Bidyalay, Management Committee, Noonmati, Guwahati-781020.

Airport Authority of India Junior Executive Recruitment Airport Authority of India (AAI) Last Date: 17/05/2016.

Applications from eligible candidates are invited for following posts of Junior Executive in various discipline in Airport Authority of India (AAI) : 1. Junior Executive (Engineering Civil) : 50 posts (UR-21, OBC13, SC-13, ST-3) 2. Junior Executive (Engineering Electrical) : 50 posts (UR-21, OBC-13, SC-13, ST-3) 3. Junior Executive (Information Technology) : 50 posts (UR21, OBC-13, SC-13, ST-3) 4. Junior Executive (Airport Operations) : 50 posts (UR-21, OBC-13, SC-13, ST-3) Age : 27 years for General and 32 years for SC and 30 years for OBC. Pay : Rs. 16400 - 40500 How To Apply : Apply Online at Career -> Online Recruitment at AAI website on from 18/04/2016 to 17/05/2016 only.

‘The Eastern Today’ has taken an initiative to present Questions & Answers to help the aspirants in their competitive exams (SSC, Banks, Insurance, etc.).

1.

Name the sportsperson who has been chosen for the 2016 Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award? a) MS Dhoni b) Vishwanathan Anand c) Ritu Rani d) Mithali Raj e) Sania Mirza Answer: Vishwanathan Anand 2. PM Narendra Modi launched 'Stand Up India' scheme recently. Under the scheme, ______ bank branches in the country will provide loans to certain entrepreneurs? a) 25,000 lakh b) 50,000 lakh c) 1 lakh d) 1.25 lakh e) 2.50 lakh Answer: 1.25 lakh 3. India's first instant loan giving app was launched in Mumbai recently.

Name the app? a) InstCash b) CashApp c) EzeeCASH d) CASHe e) CashMATE Answer: CASHe 4. The govt has set up a highlevel committee to suggest ways to strengthen the security along the border with Pakistan. The Committee is chaired by? a) Rajiv Mehrishi b) LC Goyal c) VK Singh d) Madhukar Gupta e) Bikram Singh Answer: Madhukar Gupta 5. Myneni Hari Prasad

Rao, who passed away recently, was considered the architect of _______ Atomic Power Station? a) Narora b) Rajasthan c) Tarapur d) Kakrapar e) Madras Answer: Madras

respectively at the 40th edition of the Paris Marathon recently. Both of them belong to? a) Kenya b) Ethiopia c) Eretria d) Nigeria e) Zambia Answer: Kenya

crore rupees loans to the poor under Mudra Yojana. a) 600 b) 6000 c) 650 d) 6500 e) None of the abo

6. Manish Sharma has become the first Indian and the youngest ever to become an executive officer of? a) Sony b) Apple c) Samsung d) LG e) Panasonic Answer: Panasonic

10. Which of the following countries launched the world's first public immunization program for dengue fever recently? a) Philippines b) Mexico c) Al Salvador d) Thailand e) Malaysia Answer: Philippines

14). Recently, which state government has issued orders to set up a 'Monkey Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre' in Adilabad district, at a cost of ?2.21 crore? a) Nagaland b) Telangana c) Maharashtra d) Andhra Pradesh e) None of the above

7. Aadhaar is now the largest digital platform in the world for transparent delivery of services as its enrolment recently hit a milestone of? a) 25 cr b) 40 cr c) 50 cr d) 75 cr e) 100 cr Answer: 100 cr

11). World red cross day is observed on a) May 5th b) May 9th c) May 8th d) May 7th e) None of these Answer: May 8th 12). Name the train launched by Indian Railways for pilgrims to visit Shirdi, Tirupati, JagannathPuri, G a n g a s a g a r , BaidyanathDham and Jyotirlingams among others. a) Bharat Darshan b) Bharat Prayan c) Bharat Yatra d) Bharat Paryatak e) None of the above

8.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) recently commissioned a seasonwise tiltable canal top solar PV plant at Bhimavaram in? a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka c) Andhra Pradesh d) Rajasthan e) Madhya Pradesh Answer: Andhra Pradesh 9. Visiline Jepkesho and Cyprian Kotut won women's and men's titles

Answer: Bharat Darshan 13). Union Labour Minister Bandarudattatreya has informed that the banks in Telangana state will provide ______

Answer: 6000

Answer: Telangana 15). Name the Australian University which has declared two agreements with India in the area of medical technology to figure out major health challenges in India. a) The University of Melbourne b) The University of Sydney c) The University of New South Wales d) Victoria's Swinburne University e) Monash University Answer: Victoria's Swinburne University 16). Name the Indian-origin person who elected to Singapore Parliament? a) Murali Pillai b) Kishore Pillai c) SantoshPillai d) MukeshPillai e) None of the above

Answer: Murali Pillai 17). Which bank has decided to open an international banking unit (IBU)at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gandhinagar. a) United Bank of India b) City Union Bank c) Federal Bank d) IDBI Bank e) None of the above Answer: IDBI Bank 18). Which state police has been awarded the National Award for Smart Policing instituted by FICCI for its SMS-based Vehicle Monitoring System? a) Mizoram b) Tripura c) Meghalaya d) Odisha e) Nagaland Answer: Nagaland 19). VineshPhogat and Sakshi Malikhave qualified for Rio Olympics.

They belong to which sport? a) Badminton b) Archery c) Cycling d) Water-pole e) None of the above Answer: None of the above 20). Which state government has decided establish the Asia's first Rice Technology Park? a) Kerala b) Gujarat c) Karnataka d) Maharashtra

e) Madhya Pradesh Answer: Karnataka 21). Union government has released ________ crore to drought-hit States under MGNREGA in 2016-17, the Parliament was informed by the Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh. a) 9875 b) 9367 c) 9500 d) 9700 e) 9300 Answer: 9367 22). Public Sector undertaking, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has commissioned 500 MW thermal power unit at Bokaro Thermal Power-A Station of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) in a) Jharkhand b) Uttarakhand c) Mizoram d) Tripura e) None of the above Answer: Jharkhand 23). Union inter-ministerial Board of Approval (BoA) approved the proposal of ____ to set up an IT/ITeS special economic zone (SEZ) in Bengaluru in an area spread over 4 hectares. a) Samsung b) Dell c) Infosys d) LG e) Wipro Answer: Infosys 24). India and ___ have decided to exchange sports persons, coaches,

Image for representational purpose (Photo: flckr)

experts and administrators to improve the standard of the game in both nations. a) China b) Japan c) Malaysia d) Philippines e) None of the above Answer: Japan 25). Who among the following elected as the PM of Ireland? a) Welsh: PrifWeinidogCymru b) David Cameron c) H.F Verwoerd d) Enda Kenny e) None of the above Answer: Enda Kenny 26). Sadiq Khan has been elected the new Mayor of which city, boosting Labour party a) Paris b) London c) Cambridge d) Reading e) Sheffield Answer: London 27). The Householder, the Star, authored by film journalist Aseem Chhabra is the biography

of a) b) c) d) e)

Sonam Kapoor Dilip Kumar Rajesh Khana Shashi Kapoor Raj Kapoor

Answer: Shashi Kapoor 28). Which bank has joined with Transfast Remittance LLC for facilitating online inward remittance to India in Rupees for their NRI customers based in USA? a) DLB Bank b) ICICI Bank c) Federal Bank d) RBL Bank e) City Union Bank Show/Hide Answer Answer: Federal Bank 29). Which bank has been awarded with Excellence Award on Empowering MSMEs 2016? a) Corporation Bank b) Indian Overseas Bank c) Oriental bank of Commerce d) United Bank of India e) UCO Bank Answer: a) Corporation Bank

DIBRUGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 12

BUSINESS

Paytm launches 'Brand Stores' with over 1,000 brands ANI New Delhi, May 11: Paytm, India's largest mobile payment and commerce platform has announced the launch of 'Brand Stores' on its marketplace, featuring over 1000 top brands. It has tied up with the likes of Puma, Samsung, Casio and Samsonite to open their stores on Paytm, giving them complete control of their online presence.

Paytm will provide all necessary support to brands to manage their stores, from data analytics to catalogue management,

payment tools and logistics. Brands will have the flexibility to decide the complete look and feel of their store, run promotions and design their own campaigns. They would also be able to tag their physical stores and generate sales for their offline channels through the online store. With 125 million wallets and 90 million transactions a month, the marketing reach and rich data on consumer behavior that Paytm provides will also be of immense value to the associating brands.

Paytm will also help

LYCOS appoints Ramesh Reddy as ED (Finance), Group CFO

GirnarSoft hires ex-Holidify Co-founder

ANI Hyderabad, May 11: LYCOS, the global Internet brand on Monday announced the appointment of Y. Ramesh Reddy as the Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director (Finance) for the entire LYCOS group. Ramesh brings more than 25 years of experience to LYCOS, including an extensive background working with public companies, corporate finance, operations management, financial planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and investor relation.

Ramesh Reddy was the Group CFO of Cambridge Energy Resources (CER), a company focused on providing 'Green Energy management as a service to Telecom Towers, Group CFO of Cambridge Technology Enterprise and Prior to joining CTE, he was with Virinchi, where he played a key role as the Head of the Product Development and Chief Functional Architect.

Ramesh has a B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Chennai and MBA in Finance & Marketing from XLRI, Jamshedpur. Ramesh will report to the Chairman and CEO, Suresh Reddy and will oversee corporate finance, financial strategy, investor relations and reporting for LYCOS. He will work closely with regional and global financial teams to raise the bar further on strengthening the financial foundation and fiscal discipline of the company.

"Ramesh has witnessed the trajectory of the company as a director on the board for the last eight years. We are thrilled to see him take up an executive role with LYCOS. His acute business acumen and solid experience in finance will be a big plus to the company," said Suresh Reddy, Chairman and CEO of LYCOS. LYCOS is working on a meaningful and widespread reorganisation of the group. These changes are designed to simplify the way LYCOS interacts with customers, partners, investors and the world at large. LYCOS is one of the original and most widely known Internet brands in the world, evolving from pioneering search on the web, into a family of three business units covering digital media, marketing, and Internet of Things (IoT). LYCOS Life is the new consumer products division focused on IoT. LYCOS Life is dedicated to the future of communication and information management in which everyday objects will be connected to the internet, also known as the 'Internet of Things' (IoT). LYCOS employs around 450 people working out of 24 offices worldwide, across the US, Israel, India, Western Europe, Australia and Latin America.

ANI New Delhi, May 11: GirnarSoft, the parent company to CarDekho.com, Gaadi.com and Zigwheels.com has appointed Rohit Shroff as the Associate Director Product and Growth. He was previously the CEO and co-founder of Holidify, a holiday discovery platform. In his new role, Rohit will channelize his entrepreneurial experience in improving product and driving growth across multiple platforms owned by the company.

A chemical engineering graduate from Indian Institute of TechnologyMumbai, Rohit was instrumental in conceptualizing and commercializing Holidify, which went on to raise several rounds of investment. During the early days of his work

PAYTM THINKS BIG Paytm, India's largest mobile payment and commerce platform has announced the launch of 'Brand Stores' on its marketplace, featuring over 1000 top brands. It has tied up with the likes of Puma, Samsung, Casio and Samsonite to open their stores on Paytm, giving them complete control of their online presence.

Paytm will also help brands create online campaigns to divert traffic to their stores.

Paytm will provide all necessary support to brands to manage their stores, from data analytics to catalogue management, payment tools and logistics. Brands will have the flexibility to decide the complete look and feel of their store, run promotions and design their own campaigns.

With 125 million wallets and 90 million transactions a month, the marketing reach and rich data on consumer behavior that Paytm provides will also be of immense value to the associating brands.

Co-founder and CEO GirnarSoft, Amit Jain.

(Photo: d152j5tfobgaot.cloudfront) life, he was a Quantitative Analyst at Motilal Oswal and Associate Consultant Indus Insights. Speaking on the announcement, Cofounder and CEO GirnarSoft, Amit Jain said, "CarDekho.com has earlier launched new tech tools like Feel the

Car and CarDekho Nxt Gen and new services like auto loan, auto insurance, roadside assistance, accessory shopping and tyres to ease car search and ownership. Rohit has sharp product insights and is thorough with trading strategies and core te-

brands create online campaigns to divert traffic to their stores. "We believe that the true power of online platforms is in connecting sellers and brands directly with the end customers. Our Brand Stores will allow companies to have complete control of their engagement with customers online. It also strengthens our value proposition for brands as they get access to tones of data about consumer behavior, enabling them to create focused marketing campaigns. It's a true win-win situation for sell-

nets of e-commerce and data analytics. He will help us in solidifying various aspects of product development and in gaining traction for our auto portals and apps." "I am delighted to join the pool of technocrats and management experts who steer GirnarSoft's ventures. The new role provides an opportunity to invest my know-how of the digital space while also giving me a rich learning of the dynamic automobile market," added Rohit. Over the years, CarDekho.com has improved its user experience significantly and scaled to several businesses including used car, new car, auto loans, car auctions and car owners. Most of the expansion has been organic or through acquisitions and tie-ups. This

ers, brands and of course, shoppers," said Vice President Paytm, Amit Bagaria. The Brand Stores will also act as a shot in the arm for smaller sellers listed on Paytm.

By selling via authorized Brand Stores, they will be able to enhance their credibility and thereby see an increase in their sales.

Paytm will also allow sellers who are not a part of the Brand Store to compete through their own seller store. The objective is to make the online marketplace a reflection of how offline markets work.

year, it acquired three startups: Help on Wheels to provide high quality roadside assistance service, Connecto to provide better user experience and Volob to provide 3D visualization of cars. Rohit joins a long list of entrepreneurs in GirnarSoft. Some of the other entrepreneurs appointed by the company include Mayank Batheja, founder of LetsIntern, who joined as AVP-car owners' division; Umesh Hora, founder of The Mind Cafe India, who joined as CFO; Abhishek Shah, co-founder of Fetise.com and Dealsandyou.com, who leads BikeDekho; and Amit Monga, founder of Fitrrati and eSportsBuy.com, who is Deputy DirectorCarDekho.com Auctions.

RezNext enhances its internet booking technology ANI Bangalore, May 11: RezNext, one of the world's true real-time enterprise distribution technology and profit management company has revamped its internet booking technology with industry leading functionality to support dynamic packages and promotions. Core to the new functionality is also the three step booking process designed to help hotels improve their conversions. "Direct booking for hotels in India is still a fraction of the hotel's total online sales. We believe the key to success is in the booking experience that the solution offers, the UI and the time taken to complete a booking. We also

realise that a booking engine must have important functionalities like advanced promotions and dynamic packages to present lucrative offers to customers trying to book directly through a hotel's website. Our current release addresses this need in the market," states Avinash Lodha, Chief Executive Officer and CFO, RezNext Global Solutions. Abhijit Dey, Founder - Managing Director, Starline Hospitality said: "We are currently managing two properties in two very important destinations in India-Goa (Manthan Yogic Village) and Manali (De Vivendi Resorts). For both these destinations it is important to have various packages built in by sea-

sonality. We have been able to achieve that with RezNext's booking engine - RezE. The solution has a rich visual display which adds more appeal to our offerings. We are also able to build different meal plans to provide more value to our guests." "We are very happy with the new version of RezNext's booking engine. The user interface is great and has made our work easier as the reservations get automatically updated realtime," said Dhruba Talukdar, manager Front Office, the Guwahati Address - By Centre Point. RezNext's booking engine - RezE has been built to provide a great booking experience across devices. The

solution has custom built designs for all devices to ensure optimum usage of the booking engine across any platforms. Bartibaraj Somaasundaram, Chief Technology Officer said: "The new release of our IBE is tightly integrated with the hotel's website to have a similar look and feel and also provides a search widget on the hotel's website to facilitate an instant booking decision. We have also put lots of focus in building a robust technology platform for the booking engine that delivers faster page loads." "We have built the booking engine to serve as a prime marketing space for the hotel with the ability to feature all room types, multiple meal plans, sea-

son based rates, customised packages and real-time update of rates based on market demands," added Kevin Dcosta, Senior Vice President - Product Development, RezNext Global Solutions. RezNext is a true real-time enterprise distribution technology company and preferred profit management partner. The company empowers hotels to adopt a distribution strategy that simplifies the complex global distribution environment and makes it understandable and manageable. The distribution platform is integrated with revenue management, operating intelligence and powered with reputation management insights.

UrbanClap hires ex-Housing.com pioneer Amit Das ANI New Delhi, May 11: India's leading mobile services marketplace UrbanClap has announced appointment of former Housing.com VP, Amit Das as its new Vice President for Design. Inspired by pure enthusiasm, Amit will be responsible for leading the product development and design function within UrbanClap. Furthermore, his prior experience in data visualization and Interaction design, UI design, usability testing, and user research will be instrumental in furthering business goals of UrbanClap. Commenting on the new appointment, Co-founder UrbanClap, Abhiraj Bhal said, "In competitive times such as these, having a unique product and business

model can make any business stand out among its competitors. Therefore, we are delighted to have Amit on-board with us to utilize his expertise in making UrbanClap a pioneer in the E-commerce platform." "We are confident that his prior experience in the field of visual design and user interface will help us develop a world-class product, which caters to the need of its customers," added Abhiraj. Speaking on his decision to join UrbanClap, VP-Design, Amit Das said, "I was familiar with the UrbanClap app and had used it for a while in Mumbai and later, in Gurgaon, where I recently shifted base. I was quite impressed with its design and user-friendly interface. After meeting the founding team and few

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More petrol cars to be produced by Honda

Image for representational purpose. (Photo: mumbai77) Mumbai, May 11: Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL) is planning to produce more petrol cars following an increase in demand for such vehicles, according to a top company official. "For the last two-and-a-half-years, the demand for petrol cars has been gradually increasing. It further accelerated in the last four to five months due to the Supreme Court ban" on diesel vehicles, said Jnaneswar Sen, Senior Vice President - Marketing and Sales, HCIL. "We are increasing production capacity by 60,000 units at Tapukara District, Alwar, Rajasthan within

the next two months. This plant has capacity to produce both petrol and diesel versions," he said. Till December 2015, petrol vehicles constituted 60 per cent of the vehicles sold by the company with the balance being diesel.

From January to March, 2016, petrol vehicles constituted 72 per cent of the total sales following the Supreme Court's ban on sale of large, diesel-powered cars and SUVs in NCR. Honda has two manufacturing facilities at Greater Noida and Alwar with a production capacity of 1.20 lakh cars each, per annum.

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ShopClues' merchandise now available on its 'Exclusive Store' ANI New Delhi, May 11: ShopClues, India's first and largest managed marketplace has announced the launch of its 'Exclusive Store', a one-stop destination that offers the full range of products available exclusively on ShopClues. The marketplace has curated the entire assortment of brands and items that are accessible only to ShopClues customers for a more convenient and seamless shopping experience. The 'Exclusive Store' covers four different categories, namely, 'Mobiles and Tablets', 'TVs and Audio', 'Accessories' and 'Appliances'. With incredible discounts of up to 20 percent on mobile products starting from Rs. 2999 and 32inch HD LED TVs available from prices as low as Rs. 9790, the whole section is well-knit with top-of-the-line products and offers. Customers can shop for brands

such as Panasonic, Reach Mobiles, Moserbaer, Daiwa, NYC, Krisons, Hisense, SVL, Flow, Macizo, etc. Speaking on the launch, Nitin Agarwal, AVP-Marketing at ShopClues said, "We're always looking at new and innovative enhancements in our consumer touch points to make the overall shopping experience more delightful for our customers. The launch of the 'Exclusive Store' is in line with the same overall vision. Shoppers can simply log on to one section, browse and buy the exclusive, high-quality merchandise that we periodically keep introducing for them."

All products in the section are supplemented with an EMI facility, brand warranty and are '100 percent genuine'. ShopClues customers also enjoy 24X7 customer support and the assurance of impeccable delivery and logistics when they shop from the 'Exclusive Store'.

TECHNOLOGY Samsung Galaxy J5, J7 2016 edition launched in India

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Samsung Galaxy J5 and J7 smartphones (2016) have been launched in

India. The phones have been launched in India at Rs 15,990 and Rs 13,990.

SMART FEATURES Both smartphones have been launched with a metal frame and latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. The phones offer a double data operator from Airtel for up to six months that will allow consumers to get up to 30GB of free data.

J7 J5 2016 comes with the newly launched S bike mode that allows riders to enjoy a tension free ride.

The phone features an impressive 3,300 mAh (GalaxyJ7 2016) & 3,100 mAh (GalaxyJ5 2016).

Co-founder UrbanClap, Abhiraj Bhal. (Photo: i.ytimg) senior members, I could very well relate with the company goals and came on-board inspired by their vision of my role within the company - helping build the largest service marketplace via world-class prod-

uct design, enabled by innovative technology." In the past, Amit has been associated with Fab.com and FusionCharts. Ever since its launch, UrbanClap has become a name synonymous with outstanding

household service solutions. It provides highlyskilled professionals for any kind of chores, be it plumbing, home decor, music lessons, or anything that suits your fancy.

Samsung Galaxy J7 is powered by an Exynos processor processor coupled with 2 GB RAM, while Galaxy J5 has a Snapdragon 410 processor paired with 2 GB RAM. 16GB internal storage, further expandable up to 128GB. Samsung Galaxy J7 comes with a 5.5-inch HD AMOLED display, while Galaxy J5 has a smaller 5.2-inch HD AMOLED display.

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Guru Teg Bahadur beat Holy Child to annexe title National recognition

The jubiliant team members of Guru Teg Bahadur with the champions trophy (right) man of the match Arzoo Khan raises his bat to acknowledge his feat before the spectators. Pic - Sidharth Singh

Murray hopes Mauresmo splitw ouldn't be seen as failure for women

Andy Murray The 28-year-old said his decision had nothing to do with Mauresmo being a woman and pointed out that it was not easy to be

committed to the coaching job for a long period while delivering positive results.

Mauresmo, who gave

birth to her first child in August and took six months off from coaching, had admitted that dedicating enough time along with the travel had been a challenge for her.

Under the tutelage of Mauresmo, Murray climbed to world number two in the rankings and had clinched his first clay-court titles last year in Munich and Madrid.

However, the British tennis maestro dropped to third following his failure to defend his Madrid crown last Sunday. He will next compete in Rome Masters on Wednesday.

England women's captain Charlotte Edwards retires from international cricket ANI London, May 11 : England women's team skipper Charlotte Edwards on Wednesday announced retirement from all forms of international cricket, thus bringing an end to her illustrious 20-year cricketing career.

The move follows England's 2016 World T20 campaign, where they were knocked out by Australia in the semifinals.

Reflecting on her retirement, Edwards admitted that it was a difficult decision to retire from the international cricket, but added that it was made keeping in view the team's benefit.

"I have given 20 years to playing for England and I

leave very proud of the standing in which the women's game is held and of my contribution as a player and captain. As a 16-year-old girl making my debut for England, I couldn't have dreamt that I would have had such an amazing time with so much success. I've travelled the world, won World Cups and Ashes series and shared it all with some of my closest friends," Edwards was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

Edwards said that the time has come for a new skipper to lead the team forward and give opportunities to the rookies to make their mark in the international cricket.

The 36-year-old, who

Serena kickstarts clay-court season with thumping win in Rome

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ANI Johannesburg, May.11 : World number one Serena Williams has started her clay-court season in dominant style, beating Anna-Lena Friedsam in straight sets in the second round of the Italian Open in Rome yesterday.

Williams, who missed the Madrid Open last week due to a fever, recorded a 6-4, 6-3 win over the 51st-ranked rival to reach the third round of the

women's singles event.

Reflecting on how the match unfolded, the 21-time Grand Slam champion said she was happy with her level and consistency shown in the game, Sport24 reported.

Williams hasn't won a title since a hard-court event in Cincinnati last August. She was the runner-up in this year's Australian Open and Indian Wells Masters.

Arzoo Khan remained unbeaten on 50 off 33 balls, laced with seven boundaries while Kaushik Saikia chipped in with 43 off 33 balls, hitting eight fours.

For Holy child, Ayush Agarwal, Shamim Akhtar and Noor Khan took one wickets each conceding 36, 31 and 9 runs respectively. Arzoo Khan of Guru Teg Bahadur Academy was adjudged Man of the Match. Kaushik Saikia of GTBA was given man of the series award while best batsman award was given to Rakesh Patel of Hindusthani Vidyalaya.

Mrinal Sharma was awarded best bowler while Pratham Chetri of GTBA was given best wicket keeper award. All the officials of TDSA was present during the prize distribution ceremony.

to sports organizer Sports Reporter Dibrugarh, May 11: Amitabha Das, a sports organizer of the city here, actively involved in the spread and development of martial arts sports in Assam and North East Region, has been honoured with a Hall of Fame certification by the Indian Kung-Fu Federation in the 14th National KungFu Championship held on 9th and 10th May in Ahmed Nagar in Maharashtra, according to a press release from the Kung-Fu Federation of Assam. Amitabha

Das is also presently serving as a teacher in the Oil India H. S. School of Duliajan.

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Crucial test for DD against SRH tomorrow PTI Hyderabad, May 11 : Delhi Daredevils, who are looking to get back to winning ways after two straight defeats, face a stern test as they clash with formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL T20 cricket match, here on Thursday.

The home team is in redhot form, having secured 14 points from 10 matches (winning 7 and losing only 3) and it would look to cement its position at the top by scoring a comfortable win against the Daredevils.

Putting its unimpressive run in IPL history behind, Hyderabad is a well-oiled machine this year with its bowlers and batsmen clicking collectively.

SRH Captain David Warner is one of the highest run-getters in this edition and he single-

DD against SRH tomorrow

handedly led the team to victory more than once.

The other opener Shikhar Dhawan has also been in good form steering the team in the event of his skipper's early dismissal.

Dhawan's 33-run knock in 27 balls went a long way in the team to post 137 in Tuesday's match against Rising Pune Supergiants in Visakhapatnam. SRH won the match by four runs despite Adam Zampa

s dream spell of six for 19.

SRH also has brilliant batsmen in Kane Williamson, Moises Henriques and Deepak Hooda and wicket-keeper batsman Naman Ojha in the middle of the batting order.

The lethal bowling attack of Sunrisers, comprising Bhuvneshwar Kumar, seasoned Ashish Nehra, latest pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman and Barinder Sran, is the most-feared in the

current edition of the IPL. It is no exaggeration when somebody pointed out that to play against the sharp SRH bowlers on their home turf is like taking on a crocodile in waters.

The visitors are currently ranked fourth in the points table with 10 points coming their way from nine matches.

However, the DD, mentored by Rahul Dravid, has not faltered on its basics as could be seen in its impressive run.

It has some some top class players in its ranks like Quinton de Kock, captain Zaheer Khan, wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson and top-order player Karun Nair.

Delhi would hope Zaheer provides early breakthroughs. He has also been impressive in the death overs in some of the matches.

Clarke to make T20 comeback via Hong Kong domestic league

England women's team skipper Charlotte Edwards made her debut in 1996 and served as the team's skipper for 10 years since 2006, would continue to play at domestic level including in the upcoming first edition of the Women's Super League.

Edwards has smashed a total of 10,000 international runs across all three formats and has also led England to three Ashes series victories and to the World Cup and World T20 double in 2009.

ANI Johannesburg, May.11 : Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that he will play in this month's Hong Kong T20 Blitz tournament with Kowloon Cantons.

Reflecting on his decision, Clarke said he was eagerly waiting to meet his teammates and experience the city, while expressing hope that he could contribute to the game of cricket in Hong Kong which has been coming on leaps and bounds in recent years, Sport24 reported.

The 34-year-old, who retired from all forms of cricket following the disastrous Ashes series in England last August, returned to action in a Sydney club game in February.

Clarke, who guided Australia to their fifth World Cup triumph last year, had previously suggested that he might consider playing in lucrative Twenty20 competitions such as BBL and the Indian Premier League.

The four-team tournament is a two-day event running over May 28-29.

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Ritu Rani, Raghunath recommended for Arjuna award PTI New Delhi, May 11 : Indian women's team captain Ritu Rani and senior's men's team drag-flicker V R Raghunath were today recommended by Hockey India for the Arjuna Award.

"VR Raghunath, Dharamvir Singh and Ritu Rani have been recommended for the Arjuna Award while Sylvanus Dung Dung has been recommended for the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award and veteran Coach CR Kumar recommended for the Dronacharya Award," Hockey India said in a statement.

Speaking on the recommendations, Mohd

Mushtaque Ahmad, Secretary General, Hockey India said, "With their passion and dedication for the sport, these players who have been recommended have done India proud by earning several accolades internationally.

"I truly believe they deserve every recognition and appreciation for the efforts they have put in making the nation shine in various tournaments," he added.

Former player Dung Dung (70) was part of the Olympic Gold Medal winning team in 1980. Dung Dung had struck the golden goal against Spain which brought home the gold medal after a disappoint-

Indian women's team captain Ritu Rani ing outing for the nation in the Montreal Olympics in 1976 when India had missed the podium.

Raghunath made his debut

in the senior men's squad in 2005 during the bilateral series against Pakistan. He has since been an integral part of the team's defence

structure and is counted as one of the best drag flickers in the country.

He was a part of the Indian team that won the bronze in the 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, silver in 2008, gold in the 2007 Asia Cup and silver in 2013 where he scored six goals for India.

He was one of the key members of the squad in the 2014 Asian Games where India won the gold after nearly three decades and secured an Olympic berth.

Likewise, Dharamvir was also a part of the Asian Games gold medal winning team. He was also in the team which won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

and the bronze medal at 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. Ritu, on the other hand, led the team from the front and helped it achieve the Rio Olympic berth.

Meanwhile Coach C R Kumar is best known for guiding the Indian junior men's hockey team to glory in the 2011 Junior World Cup in Hobart when he had served as the team's Head Coach.

He has also served as Assistant Coach of the Indian senior men's team at the 1998 Utrecht World Cup and 2002 Kuala Lumpur World Cup. In recent years he has been closely working with women's foreign Chief Coach Neil Hawgood.

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ANI Johannesburg, May.11 : British tennis star Andy Murray has stated he hoped his decision to part ways with Amelie Mauresmo wouldn't be seen as a failure for women coaching at the top level of the game.

Reflecting on his decision to end almost a twoyear partnership with the former coach, Murray admitted his performance as well as results had improved under the guidance of Mauresmo but added that he couldn't add to his collection of Grand Slam titles, Sport24 reported.

Sports Reporter Dibrugarh, May 11: Guru Teg Bahadur Academy beat Holy Child School by seven wickets in the final of the Kamal Hazarika inter school cricket tournament organised by Tinsukia District sports Association at TDSA stadium in Tinsukia today.

Put into bat, Holy Child were bowled out 123 in 25 overs. Nikhil Verma unbeaten on 22 off 28 balls hitting two boundaries and Shamim Akhtar scored 19 off 37 balls with a lone boundary. Ayush Agarwal contributed 17 off 27 balls.

For GTBA, Bhringesh Rai, Kaushik Saikia, Narendra Prajapati, Akash Gupta and Raunak Bharati claimed one wickets each.

In reply, GTBA scored 124 for 3 in 16.2 overs.

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FASCINATING FACTS

Shravan In ancient India, there once lived a sage named Shantunu and his wife.

Both were very old and blind. The couple had a young son named Shravan.

Shravan had devoted his life to serving his blind parents. He took care of each and every wish of his parents. Shravan's whole life centred around serving his parents.

Once his parents said to him, "Son, we are old and do not have much time to live. Before we die we wish to go on a pilgrimage to Bharat's holy places."

Shravan agreed at once to fulfill their wish. He made a kavad, a special carrier, for his parents. He carried the kavad on his shoulder and they left on the pilgrimage. Shravan was so devoted to his parents that he did not feel their weight. A few months later, they reached the outskirts of Ayodhya, the holy birthplace of Shri Ramchandra Bhagwan.

Shravan's parents were very thirsty. Shravan put

Once Sharvan's said to him, "Son, we are old and do not have much time to live. Before we die we wish to go on a pilgrimage to Bharat's holy places." (Photo: upload.wikimedia)

the kavad on the ground.

He took a waterpot to fill the river Saryu flowing nearby. As he bent down to fill pot, an arrow pierced his chest. King Dashrath had hit him by accident.

The king was in the forest hunting for a deer. In the fading light of the dusk he mistook Shravan for a deer because of the gugling sound from the pot. As soon as the arrow hit him,

Shravan cried out in agony. Dashrath realized his mistake and he ran to the young boy. Shravan was lying in a pool of blood. He was hit badly in the chest. Dashrath was immensely pained at the sight and asked forgiveness.

Shravan told him, "My old parents, are very thirsty.

Please take this water to them and quench their

thirst." After saying this he died. Dashrath took the water to the blind couple.

He told them about his mistake and about their dear son's accidental death. The parents were very sad to hear this and wished to be taken to Shravan. Dashrath carried the kavad and took them to the body. The old couple grieved at their son's death. Dashrath bowed at their feet and begged for forgiveness.

Shravan's Father said, "King, we do not want to curse you, as the power to curse is only in God's hands. But we can see your future. As we shall die shortly longing for our son, you too shall die longing for your son." Soon they died, longing for their dear son. The couple's words later turned out to be true for Dashrath. He, too died, longing for his son Shri Ram. Today, we remember Shravan for his sincere service, duty and devotion to his parents.

1.

80 percent of vanilla flavored food (including the ice cream and essence) is made artificially, because natural vanilla beans are very expensive.

2.

Kangaroos cannot walk backwards!

3.

Potato, the delicious and favorite veggie of children is the staple food in many countries and is the most cultivated vegetable across the globe.

4.

The lighter was invented long back before the matchbox and matchsticks are invented.

5.

Lipsticks are not vegan cosmetics! More than 95 percent of lip-

sticks contain fish scales!

6.

Venus is the only planet in the solar system that rotates clockwise, whereas all other planets rotate anti-clock wise.

7.

Rabbits and parrots can see what is behind them without turning their heads.

8.

Australia is the only continent in the world that has no volcanoes.

9.

Hands and feet have more than half of the bones in the human body.

10. nThere is no expiry date to honey! The edible food remains good forever until used otherwise, like using a wet spoon!

CRAFTY CRAFTS Lotus Flower Sand Painting The lotus is the national flower of India and is found throughout many different artworks and customs. While sand painting can be done with any picture, this lotus flower is a great beginner project.

Materials: Lotus Flower Template Colored Sand Glue Method: Print your Lotus Flower Template or provide children with a similar template to paint with sand Using a paintbrush, cover one single area with glue.

You will work one color at a time.

Cover your glue with your colored sand of choice. Try to carefully pour the glue over your glued area, covering the entire thing.

Continue to add more colors in this way. Pouring off the excess sand without running into the other colors (as much as possible) All Done!

When your lotus flower is done consider framing it with

This amazing sand painting is sure to bring in lot of applauds for all the young artists. (Photo: thecraftyclassroom) black for a stunning artwork you can hang in your classroom.

LITTLE SCIENTIST Sink or swim?

What you'll need: Corn syrup Green and blue food coloring Water Vegetable oil A paper clip A grape A plastic bottle top What to do: 1. Pour one inch of corn syrup into a tall glass or jar, and stir in a drop of green food coloring.

2. Have your child mix a drop of blue food coloring into a cup of water. Let him carefully pour an inch or two on top of the syrup.

3. Add one inch of vegetable oil.

4. Once the liquids have settled into distinct layers, have her drop a paper clip, a grape, and then a small plastic bottle top into the jar 5. Watch how the objects slowly fall and eventually suspend in the different layers.

The science behind it: Corn syrup, water, and oil are all made up of tiny particles called molecules. The more tightly packed the molecules, the more dense -- or heavy -- the liquid. Here, the syrup is the heaviest, followed by the water, and then the oil, which is why they form layers. The same holds true for the objects dropped into the jar, which is why the paper clip sinks to the bottom, the grape hangs in the middle, and the cap floats.

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