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Issue 29

Dibrugarh, Sunday, July 17, 2016

Golaghat, July 16: Golaghat Maheswari Mahila Sangathan is going to organise various competitions on 21st July at Maheswari Bhawan. Among the competitions for ladies and girls are Rakhi making, Best out of waste, Bandar wall decoration and Nail Art. The organisers have requested all to take part in the same. (Correspondent)

Additional Magistrate of Golaghat imposes 144 Section of CrPC Golaghat, July 16: The Additional Magistrate of Golaghat issued an order to impose 144 Section of CrPC at those areas which comes under Juria Dalang to Garampani on NH-39, where no vehicles will be allowed for parking on both sides of the road.

In the same order, ban imposed on cutting of woods, collecting minerals, hunting at Nambor-Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary was also ordered. The ban also includes speed limit of 30 km per hour to all the vehicles that comes from Juria Dalang to Garampani.

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Kidnapped girl of Tinsukia reached with a team of police and family members Spl Correspondent Tinsukia, July 16

The minor girl kidnapped from Tinsukia and recovered from Bihar just few days back, reached Tinsukia with a team of police and family members this morning. Later the police produced her before court where court recorded her statement and handed his custody to her parents.

On the other hand on Friday night police detained two youths from TDA market in connection with kidnapping case. Later, after interrogation they were released on Saturday. Talking to ET correspondent, officer-incharge of Tinsukia police, Puna Bora said, the youths have been released after interrogation and will be called back for further interrogation as and when needed.

“All those who played any role in the minor girl kidnap case will be arrested,” he added.

On the other hand, police produced the accused, Imran Alam and his father before a local court and took custody.

Talking to media, the accused Imran said, the girl went along with her by choice and she was not kidnapped.

He said, Purnia police had detained both of them when they reached Purnia for the first time.

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Congress back in majority in Arunachal, Pema Khandu set to be new Chief Minister A Staff Reporter Itanagar, July 16

On Saturday, the Congress in Arunachal Pradesh exhibited rare nimble footedness to replace Nabam Tuki with Prema Khandu as its chief ministerial candidate, who staked claim to power on the basis of support of 45 party party MLAs along with two Independents.

Hours ahead of a scheduled floor test in the Assembly, which Tuki was directed by Governor Tathagat Roy to take, the Congress Legislature Party met and elected 37-year-old Pema Khandu, son of late chief minister Dorjee Khandu, as its new leader.

Tuki proposed the name of Khandu, which was

unanimously accepted by 44 MLAs who were present.

Speaker Nabam Rebia did not attend the meeting while ousted chief minister Khaliko Pul attended the meeting with the rebel MLAs. In the 60-member House with an effective strength of 58, the Congress now claims the support of 47 MLAs, including two independents.

Ahead of the Congress Legislative Party meeting, Tuki met the Governor and told him he was quitting as the chief minister and of the Congress party's decision to elect a new leader. Khandu, 36, son of former Arunachal CM Dorje Khandu, is likely to be sworn in as the chief minister next week. Governor Tathagata

THE TWIST Hours before a trust vote, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has resigned Pema Khandu has been elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party

Pema Khandu (ANI Photo) Roy, a former West Bengal BJP leader, has indicated that there will not be a floor test.

The government and BJP today tried to distance themselves from the

Mr Khandu met the Governor with a letter of support from rebel lawmakers embarrassment in Arunachal Pradesh. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said: "The

BJP and the central government have nothing to do with whatever is happening in Arunachal Pradesh. The political instability has been happening in last seven months due to the division within the Congress. We have nothing to do with the internal matter of Congress."

Khandu said: "Now there are no differences and the Congress is united at the intervention of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi."

However, the road for Khandu is unlikely to be smooth as the rebels, given their lack of numbers, have conceded defeat for the time being rather than be disqualified under the antidefection law.

Khandu, who hails from Tawang, bordering China, first entered the Arunachal Pradesh assembly in 2011 to fill the vacancy caused by his father's death.

His election as MLA from Mukto (ST) constituency was uncontested and he was soon included in the state government as Cabinet Minister for Water Resource Development and Tourism.

He had joined the Congress in early 2000 and became Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee in 2005 and President of Tawang District Congress Committee in 2010.

Khandu was re-elected unopposed from Mukto in the 2014 assembly elections.

How the Congress staged a The political problems of AP Arunachal Governor's coup and won back the rebels not going to end very soon! directive goes against Sources said that about one and a half months ago, Congress leaders in the state sensed that all was not well in the Kalikho Pul camp New Delhi, July 16

The Congress on Saturday pulled off a coup in Arunachal Pradesh bringing the rebels back into its fold, six months after they deserted the party under the leadership of Kalikho Pul – the Nabam Tuki government fell as a consequence. However, if sources are to be believed, it did not happen overnight: the party had been working on the rebels for the last one and a half months.

Sources said that about one and a half months ago, Congress leaders in the state sensed that all was not well in

the Kalikho Pul camp. Both Pema Khandu and Chowna Mein – the latter deputy chief minister in the Pul cabinet – were unhappy with what they called “authoritarian style” of Pul and his decisions – ironical since that was one of the charges they had hurled against Tuki.

Congress leaders, especially Arunachal East MP Ninong Ering, quietly reached out to them. The Supreme Court order was nowhere in sight then. The message was conveyed to Congress President Sonia Gandhi who chose to maintain an arm’s length from the negotiations,

letting the leaders and AICC general secretary-in charge of the state handle the delicate situation.

Informal talks went on for a month. Word spread but both Khandu and Mein issued public statements that all was well.

The Congress interlocutors told them that one among them – and the choice would be theirs – would be the chief minister of a Congress government. The talks gained urgency after the Supreme Court verdict.

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against SC ruling What is the reason behind the rebels joining the legislature party on Saturday?

The apex court had elaborated on the Dibrugarh, July 16

The Congress legislature party (CLP) has chosen Pema Khandu, son of former Chief Minister Dorgee Khandu, as its leader in place of Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, who resigned hours before the much-anticipated floor test was scheduled to prove his majority in the Assembly.

Kalikho Pul, who was acting as the chief minister before the SC verdict, also rushed to the legislature party meeting and endorsed the decision of choosing Khandu as Tuki’s successor. Will this mark the end of all the political

problems?

Apparently not, as there are signs that suggest the beginning of yet another bout of uncertainty, sooner rather than later. Judicial intervention can hardly be a substitute for morality and ethics in politics.

And, the key players of Arunachal politics are guided by a compass whose coordinates are set by chicanery and greed of the highest order.

Take for the instance the reason behind the rebels joining the legislature party on Saturday.

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‘discretionary’ powers of a Governor Itanagar, July 16

The directive of Arunachal Pradesh Governor Tathagata Roy to the Chief Minister Nabam Tuki goes against the spirit of the latest Supreme Court judgment which said that a Governor may ask a Chief Minister to test the majority support on the floor of the House within a reasonable time.

“The reasonable time could be within 30 days [unless there is some urgency such as passing the annual budget] but should not exceed 60 days”, the apex court verdict on the

Arunachal Pradesh case said, elaborating on the ‘discretionary’ powers of a Governor.

On the unilateral power of the Governor to summon the Legislative Assembly, the apex court has said that it could be exercised only in three situations: 1. When the Chief Minister designedly fails to advise the summoning of the Assembly within six months of its last sitting, or advises its summoning for a date falling beyond this period Contd. on Page 3

11th meeting of the Inter-State Bandh in Raha over clash over AIIMS Council held at Guwahati PTI Guwahati , Jul 16

CM Sonowal seeks support from central Govt A Staff Reporter Guwahati, July 16

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal underscored the need for strengthening of intelligence gathering mechanism and better coordination among the States and the Central intelligence agencies to deal with new challenges in the wake of increased jehadi activities in neighbouring Bangladesh.

Speaking at the 11th meeting of the Inter-State Council at RBCC ceremonial hall Rashtrapati Bhawan here today, Chief Minister Sonowal said the North East Region faces serious challenges of insurgency aided by anti-India forces, ethnic conflicts, long standing border disputes, drug trafficking, human trafficking and illegal international trade in rhino horns and other wild life and above all illegal migration through porous borders and needs to have in place a coordinated and effective intelligence gathering mechanism to foil the sinister designs of nefarious forces out to disturb peace and harmony in the region.

To put across the gravity of the situation, Sonowal urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh to equip the Assam Police with latest gadgets and

weapons and intensive training to deal effectively with insurgents and jehadi elements.

The Chief Minister underlined the need for strengthening the road communications and telecom connectivity along border areas and remote habitations in Assam and neighbouring States to thwart the nefarious designs of forces inimical to India. “We need to have road communications in border and remote areas, mobile and internet connectivity right up to police station level so that intelligence gathering, taking local communities into confidence becomes fast and timely,” Sonowal said, urging the Central Government to act swiftly on this.

The Chief Minister urged the Home Minister to take up a special initiative for providing latest equipment and technology to the police forces to match the firearms of insurgent and jehadi elements.

“Our police personnel work in very difficult conditions round the clock and need latest gadgets and weapons and good working conditions, including housing so that they can perform their duty in a congenial environment,” he said.

Sonowal said the time is ripe to harness the untapped potential of natural and human

CM DEMANDS To equip Assam Police with latest gadgets and weapons and intensive training to deal effectively with insurgents and jehadi elements.

Road communications in border and remote areas, mobile and internet connectivity right up to police station level.

To take up Aadhar enrolment in full swing after completion of NRC updation in next couple of months.

Setting up of an Indian Institute of Management, a Central Horticulture University and scientific and educational research institutions. resources through innovative methods to achieve better life for the people against the backdrop of ‘reasonable level of peace and normalcy returning to my State’.

The Chief Minister requested the Prime Minister to consider alternative mechanism to Aadhar as the NRC updation exercise is on and Aadhar enrolment process will take time.

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Normal life here was hit by a 10-hour bandh today against the killing of one person in Friday's clash between police and protesters demanding shifting of proposed AIIMS in Assam from Changsari to here, about 130 km from Guwahati.

The spontaneous protest saw markets, shops, educational institutions closed and the people also did not allow vehicles to ply

during the bandh, which began at 8 am, official sources said.

There were reports of some agitators pelting stones on vehicles, including media vans, they added.

Ministers Chandra Mohan Patowary and Keshab Mahanta were rushed by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to Raha along with MLAs Rama Kanta Deuri and Piyush Hazarika to meet the protestors and the victim's family.

The ministers handed over ex-gratia of Rs five lakh to the next of kin of the victim and said the government would immediately provide a job to his wife.

The protestors demanded that Raha be declared the place for setting up of AIIMS, to which Patowary said the proposed site would be finalised by the Centre.

The Chief Minister announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh to the next of kin of the victim. He also financial aid of Rs 50,000

each to the 20 injured.

He appealed people to maintain law-and-order in the area, while a onemember inquiry commission headed by Additional Chief Secretary Rajib Bora has been ordered to probe the incident in which the injured included two additional superintendents of police.

Meanwhile, the victim's body was taken to his native village where his last rites were performed, the sources added.

Dibrugarh, slowly turning into a garbage town dumped but nobody comes from DMB to disposes them.

“The garbage are thrown everywhere and nobody are concerned about it. DMB should take some stringent action against those person who are found throwing garbage in drains.

A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, July 16

Dibrugarh, if preventive measures are not taken, will slowly turn into a garbage town in Assam. With no designated places to dump their garbage, people throw their garbage including plastic everywhere in the town which has now become a menace for the residents in most of the areas in Dibrugarh town. The people, however blames the Dibrugarh Municipality Board (DBM) of not doing anything towards this menace.

The DMB do not dispose the garbage properly, this is the reason why the place is become a dumping site. “We cannot pass through the footpath of Dibrugarh post office as there

DMB should introduce a ‘whatsapp number ’ and circulate to the entire citizen so that one can inform and complain who throw their garbage here and there,’’ said Siddharta Sur Roy, owner of a medical shop in Dibrugarh.

Garbage dump in Dibrugarh town will be always a large chunk of garbage lying there polluting the area with its bad smells,”

alleged Dr. Abhijit Paul.

Paul also alleged that, in their locality garbage are

Thana Charali, the most crowded point of Dibrugarh should have a provision of toilet and DBM should build one, request Kamal Prasad, a resident of Dibrugarh.

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But, after exerting yourself, you are sure to come out with flying colors and have your work appreciated. Do not be surprised if cash incentives come your way. Such may indeed be your fortune.

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Everything seems well and good the personal front, too. Spending some quality time your spouse will relax your mind and keep you in an upbeat mood.

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TAYPA celebrate its foundation day with high spirit ET Correspondent Sivasagar, July 16 : Tai Ahom Yuva Parishad (TAYPA) celebrates its 21st foundation day with high spirit and colourful daylong programs at the auditorium of Sivasagar Natya Mandir today.The celebration started with the unfurling of the flag of the organization and paying of homage to the ancestors followed by colouful cultural procession. The flag was unfurled

by Chau Hemanta Changmai, the working president of the Central body of the youth organization. A open public meeting was also arranged at the Natya Mandir presided by Manuranjan Phukan, the president of the “Bailung Union”. A souvenir

21st foundation day of Tai Ahom Yuva Parishad celebratesd was also brought out to commemorate the occasion with the title of “Khe-Naam-Chai” which was inaugurated by noted Tai

scholar Paban Handique. Various distinguished guests and members of several organizations were present on the occasion.

East Zone Inter Sainik Schools Championships Conclude at SSG A Correspondent Goalpara, July 16: The ‘East Zone Inter-Sainik Schools Sports & Co-Curricular Championship 2016-17’ which commenced on 12 Jul 16, concluded at the parade ground of Sainik School Goalpara (SSG), Assam on 16 Jul 16. A smart march past displayed during the Closing Ceremony by 288 cadet participants from four different Sainik Schools of the East Zone namely, Sainik School Imphal, Manipur, Sainik School Punglwa, Nagaland, Sainik School Purulia, West Bengal and Sainik School Goalpara, Assam set the tone for drawing the curtains of the Championship.

Brigadier T K Sahoo, Commandant, 51 Base Hospital, Basistha, Guwahati, graced the ceremony as the Chief Guest and gave away medals and trophies to

Sainik School Punglwa emerged as champions in Basketball and Hockey.

The Volleyball Trophy was clinched by Sainik School Purulia. In CoCurricular, Sainik School Purulia stood first in English Debate and Sainik School Goalpara in Hindi Debate and Quiz Competition. In Variety Entertainment Programme, Sainik School Punglwa satiated the excited audience and the panelists to secure the first position.

the winners. In his address, the officer congratulated the winners on their success and motivated them to join Defence Services and serve the nation with patriotic zeal and fervour. The

Brigadier was welcomed and felicitated with a traditional ‘gamosa’ and a school memento by Capt (IN) Edwin Jothirajan, the Principal.

Amidst an amicable milieu of the delighted ca-

det prodigies, the overall Championship Trophy was lifted this year by Sainik School Goalpara.

Sainik School Imphal was adjudged champions in Football (Junior and Sub-Junior) whereas,

Rhino Horn Verification process of the Assam Government starts A Staff Reporter Guwahati, July 16: The Rhino Horn Verification process of the Assam Government has started today with the first meeting of the Committee which was constituted by Assam Government encompassing experts from both inside and outside the department. The Committee which has been named as “ Committee for Examination of Rhino Horn” sat for the first time in the conference hall of Minister of Forest, Assam Smt.

Pramila Rani Brahma. The meeting was chaired by Smt Brahma and attended

by Sanjeeva Kumar IAS Principal Secretary, Mohan Chandra Malakar, State Information Commissioner (Retd) , Bikash Brahma PCCF Wildlife and CWLW, Assam, Satyendra Singh Director Kaziranga, D D Boro Dy Director, Mrinal Talukdar Sr Journalist, Prashanta Rajguru Editor, Pranab Sarma Treasury Officer, Athang Singson, Dy Director State Forensic De-

Agriculture Minister inaugurates Model Floriculture Nursery & farmers training programme at Kamrup ET Bureau Guwahati, July 16: The Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing Departments jointly organised a ceremonial distribution of plants and grafts cum farmers training with the inauguration of a Model Floriculture Nursery at the Horticulture Firm today at Byrnihat, Kamrup.

In an elaborate programme of the picturesque Horticulture Firm at Byrnihat, the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Atul Bora ceremonially distributed plants and grafts to farmers and flagged off one lakhs plants to distribute in three districts of Morigaon, Golaghat and Kamrup.

The Minister emphasised on the overall development of the department by emanating grass root plans for the farmers and

on the change of mindset to treat agriculture as a serious business in a corporate manner.

The Minister said that, the department is all set to honour the farmers with dignity and said that the Chief Minister has directed the district administrations to honour ideal farmers throughout the state in days like the Independence Day. Dignitaries, including Atul Bora, MLA, Dispur attended the programme as Guest of Honour.

Satyabrata Kalita, MLA, Kamalpur, Dr. Pitambar Deva Goswami, Satradhikar of Auniati Satra, Amlan Baruah, Commissioner, Agriculture, Prabin Hazarika, Director, Horticulture and a host of departmental officers were also present in the programme.

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partment and Suvasish Das DFO Kaziranga The meeting decided to have Mr Malakar as Permanent Chairman of the Committee and Senior Wildlife Warden Mr Pankaj Kumar Sharma as the Member Secretary. The Committee has decided to compile the entire data base of the rhino horn kept in various treasuries of Assam and in due course of time it will have a transparent verification in all the treasuries the rhino horns have been kept. Honourable Minister

during her speech emphasised the need for complete transparent evaluation so that along with the people of the state whole of the country as well as the works know the actual status of the rhino horns stocked in various treasuries of Assam. The Committees also co-opted RTI activist Mr Dilip Kumar Nath as an additional member of the Committee which will have their next meeting on July 26 at the Assam State Zoo.

Kokrajhar police apprehends 2 NDFB-S cadre ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, July 16: Kokrajhar police arrested two hardcore cadres of the NDFB-S from Serfanguri area of Kokrajhar district.

Talking to reporters ADGP LR Bishnoi said, based that on secret information an operation was lunched by Kokrajhar police and arrested two NDFB-S cadres.

One cadre named Phanjit Basumatary alias Phungja was apprehended from Kasihiguri under Serfanguri police station.

One grenade and demand notes were recovered from his possession. He was from 38th batch of the outfit and trained in Myanmar.

In separate operation another cadre identified as B Luthai alias Lokra alias Dimasa alias Lohit Basumatary was apprehended from Kalaigaon under Serfanguri police station. Luthai is a listed

cadre of the banned NDFB-S organization. He was from 42nd batch of the outfit and had recently returned in Kokrajhar district after training in Myanmar. One 9mm pistol along with a magazine and 4 live ammunitions of 9 mm pistol was recovered from him.

“5 cadres of the rebel group have recently entered Assam after receiving training in Myanmar.

He mentioned that 100 cadres were trained in 42 batch”, said Bishnoi.

Bishnoi also added that, search operation is still on to apprehend the other cadres as well as overground workers/linkmen of various militants groups like NDFB-S, NSLA, KLO, ULFA etc.

“The militant group is using the linkmen from various communities including Bodo and Adivasi to carrying out their activities”, added Bishnoi.

MLA Mrinal Saikia seek army's help in flood hit areas ET Correspondent Golaghat, July 16: The flood situation in many parts of Golaghat district continues to be grim. Several villages under Dergaon revenue circle and Golaghat revenue circle have been badly affected by the floods. Seeing the pathetic conditions of flood hit people the BJP MLA from Khumtai LAC Mrinal Saikia today has made an appeal to the Indian Army to conduct rescue and relief operations in the worst flood hit areas of Golaghat. Mrinal Saikia through the Deputy Commissioner of

Golaghat contacted the Zonal Head of NE Region of Indian Army and requested to rescue and to provide medical aid to the flood hit people. The MLA has been visiting several flood affected areas of his constituency Khumtai as well as his nearby constituency Golaghat in the past couple of days and giving food, water and others essential things to the flood hit people. He also ordered his party workers to render their service to help the flood affected people and appealed them to assist with the district administration in rescue and relief works.

The participant schools witnessed a cultural extravaganza of traditional dances of Assam performed by artists from Dudhnoi. The Chief Guest complemented the host school for organizing such an event in the most professional manner and declared the Championship closed for this session.

Minister Dutta assured to make Irrigation department corruption free.

Mayukh Goswami Mangaldai , July 16: The Irrigation department of the state which is often criticized as one of the most unsuccessful department allegedly due to rampant corruption over the years is going to be free from any corruption . The State Irrigation Minister Ranjit Dutta himself has announced it in public at Kachomari village in Darrang district . " I am not going to comment on the functions of the department during the tenure of Congress government but there will be no corruption in the functioning of the department in this present regime of the BJP led state government ." said Minister Dutta . He was addressing public sidelining the ceremonial inauguration of three renovated shallow tube well irrigation scheme at Kachomari village under Kalyan Gaon Panchayat in Dalgaon LAC today . He further said that this is his first inaugural function within the hundred days action plan of the department and another 20 such incomplete minor irrigation schemes across the state are going to be completed in the next remaining days to come. The three renovated schemes which were initiated by the then AGP government in 1985 but remained incomplete are targeted to cover a cultivating land of around one hundred hectres , the Minister opined in the inaugural meeting chaired by Abdul Aziz former President Kalyan Gaon Panchayat .

Later on being asked by this correspondent regarding any special measures to check corruption , the Minister replied that as the Ministers and MLAs of the BJP and its allied parties of the present government are not going to compromise with corruption , there will be no scope of corruption for others too. Gurujyoti Das , MLA , Mangaldai , Manoj Saharia , District BJP President and senior officials of the Irrigation Department also accompanied the Minister during his visit to the place .

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Dept. of Youth Affairs of Arunachal Donyi Polo Vidya Niketan, observes vicennial foundation day sends mountaineering Expedition team comprising of 5 Members to Mt. Stok Kangri ET Bureau Itanagar, July 16 : The Dept. of Youth Affairs, Govt. of Arunachal is sending a mountaineering Expedition team comprising of 5 Members to Mt. Stok Kangri, 20182 ft in Ladakh Himalayas. This mountaineering expedition is of first of its kind launched from Arunachal Pradesh in alpine style climbing. The Team Arunachal mountaineering expedition is led by experienced mountaineer Dr. K. Romeo Meetei, who was also the leader of Team Mt Everest Expedition where, Miss Tine Mena and Mrs Anshu Jamsenpa who scaled the Mt Everest in 2011 with many records. The Flagoff ceremony was organized on 16th July-2016 at Conference Hall, SAA at 1500 hrs. The team to

leave Itanagar today, for Leh and expected to scale the peak on 26 or 27 July, 2016, if weather permits.

Gechi Doke, Vice-Chairman, Sports Authority of

Arunachal has grace the function as Chief Guest in presence of Dorjee Khandu Dinglow, Director, Youth Affairs and Ramesh Linggi, Joint Di-

rector, Youth Affairs cum Member Secretary, Sports Authority of Arunachal, officer & officials of the dept. along with the following team members.

Spl/Correspondent Pasighat, July 16: The Donyi Polo Vidya Niketan, Pasighat celebrated its vicennial foundation day on Friday which was attended

by Bodong Yirang, President, Arunachal Shiksha Vikash Samity cum Secretary General, Adi Baane Kebang as Chief Guest besides Dana Moyong, General Secretary, Siying, Donyi-Polo Gangging, GTC, Kamlesh Kumar, social activists of RSS and School Managing Committee Members, Pradhanachary, teaching-staff and parents and approx 350 spectators. .

The vicennial foundation day was observed with great pomp and show while performing traditional & folk dance on different attires by the students besides performances of musical science magic show and colourful Rhymes.

While speaking on the occasion, Chief Guest, Yirang, appreciated the

Principal of the school along with its management for having successfully transforming DPVN Pasighat into a present standards where many parents desires to send their children. He also laid emphasis that, teaching community should also dedicate more to manufacture human resources which are done in the four walls of classroom. He also took refer-

ence of many great men who were good performers as a student from very begging of their careers.

Dana Moyong and Kamlesh Kumar also spoke beside Principal, V. Jha. They also appreciated the school’s atmosphere and environment which is awe-inspiring and inevitable .They added that, the children of school are like raw-materials which could be moul-

ded the way it gets it’s own shape & size as per the structure it framed .They have also given more emphasis on teaching learning process. They opined to celebrate this kind of programme for the promotion of tradition & culture & also to inculcate the Bharatiya Values among the children. The programme was quite appreciable by the township of Pasighat & the parents.

How the Congress The political problems Arunachal Governor's directive staged a coup and of AP not going to end goes against against SC ruling won back the rebels very soon!

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Senior leader Kapil Sibal, who was Tuki’s lawyer in the Supreme Court, convinced him that in the interest of the party, he would have to make way for someone else. Tuki knew the writing on the wall.

Sources said Tuki was told about the plan a day after the verdict. He agreed.

Ering and others remained in touch with Mein.

Unexpectedly for the Congress, the rebels among themselves decided to project Khandu as their leader. “It came from them.

And they are not rebels.

They are all Congressmen,” a senior leader said.

On Friday morning, the matter was taken to Gandhi who gave a go ahead. The signal was relayed to the rebel leaders who left Guwahati and reached Itanagar in the evening.

Through the night, Congress leaders were anxious and kept their fingers crossed knowing well that the BJP camp was planning a counter attack. However, things went according to script and all the MLAs reached the CLP meeting and elected Khandu as the new leader. (Written by Manoj C G)

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“Later, we were interrogated separately and our baggage were thoroughly checked and finally we were allowed to go,” added Imran and said, if he had kidnapped the girl how she would have stayed with her for so many days?

He admitted that he knew the girl was minor and they ran away due to compulsions. The girl

pressurize him to take this step.

On the other hand, ET could not obtain girls statement till the filing of this report as her mother had said that her daughter was not feeling well and can't talk now.

However, if the statement given by the youth that Purnia police had detained the duo and later released, is true than it is serious negligence on part of the Bihar police.

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It would be naïve to believe that the CLP in Arunachal Pradesh would become a cohesive and solid group under the leadership of Pema Khandu. Their reasons for attending the legislature party meeting has more to do with deterrence of the anti-defection law than their love for the Congress.

Since the clock was turned back, rebel legislators chose discretion over valour and avoided any move that could be seen as adequate grounds for disqualification by the Speaker Nebam Rebia.

They would have been exposed to action under the anti-defection act should they have decided to stay away from the meeting. Given the fact that the rebels fall far short of the required figure of twothird of the CLP strength, they have

chosen to play along and buy time.

The BJP would be waiting in the wings to strike at a time when inner contradictions within the Congress would play out, at the time of the trial of strength. Governor JP Rajkhowa, who acted in the past as the Centre’s agent, is absent on account of illness.

Acting Governor Tathagata Roy may be more discreet this time, while playing his role.

But his adherence to constitutional propriety would remain suspect.

Though the inherent fragility of the Arunchal Pradesh government is very much evident, the Congress and the BJP would use offices of the speaker and the Governor respectively to pursue their political ends.

The script in Arunachal is so familiar that it hardly requires any imaginative thinking.

The signals emanating from Itanagar are quite

clear. The real battle will begin once Governor Roy appoints Pema Khandu as the chief minister and asks him to prove his majority on the floor of the House. Till then, the key political players would hold their horses and adhere to the rulebook, more in letter than in spirit.

This is the precise reason why the unanimous decision by the five-member bench by the SC is unlikely to the restore the moral and ethical compass to politics. In contrast to the SR Bommai judgment, which i n c o r p o r a t e d recommendations of the Sarkaria commission and made the imposition of the President’s rule justifiable, the Arunachal Pradesh verdict has left enough space for manipulation which may push the state to instability sooner rather than later.

(Source credit: Ajay Singh- Firstpost)

AdiSU with Forest Dept organizes seminar on waste management Pasighat, July 16 : As a part of creating awareness on waste management among students, the Adi Students' Union (AdiSU) in association with Mebo Range Forest Office organized a seminar on waste management and its need at Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Mebo auditorium which was attended by the students from various schools under Mebo SubDivision like KGBV Kiyit, KGBV Motum, UPS Borguli, UPS Ngopok, UPS Siluk, GSS Kiyit, UPS Romdum and GHSS Mebo.

While addressing the students on the occasion Mebo ADC Yemling

Tayeng urged them to take part in waste management for cleaned and tidy surroundings, which has a direct bearing with health condition of human beings. Principal, GHSS Mebo Apak Megu said that, the waste management programme organized by AdiSU and forest department are praiseworthy and appealed every students to learn about how to manage waste to bring cleanliness etc.

Earlier resource person and columnist Maksam Tayeng put light on how youth can lead the waste management from frontline. He said that, youth

Adi Students' Union (AdiSU) in association with Mebo Range Forest Office organized a seminar on waste management and its needs are the backbone of the society and the nation, and by using their youthful

energies, the youths can bring huge changes in the society. The print, elec-

tronic and social media are a good medium to spread awareness among the masses, but as youths are well versed in today's rapidly evolving social media like facebook, twitter, whatsapp etc, the youths can easily communicate the need of waste management among their peers. Mebo Forest Range Officer Obang Tayeng advised the students to have the willingness and desire to stay cleaned and tidy so that a healthy atmosphere could be created for better living. Oge Mitkong, Cultural Secy. Adi Students' Union and All Mebo Constituency Students' Union leaders also spoke on the occasion. (DIPRO)

2. When the Chief Minister, unless he is the leader of a party that has an absolute majority in the Legislative Assembly, does not seek a vote of confidence within 30 days of taking over 3. When it appears to the Governor that the incumbent Ministry no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly “He [the Governor] may ask the Chief Minister to

test his majority support on the floor of the House within a reasonable time.

The reasonable time could be within 30 days [unless there is some urgency such as passing the annual budget] but should not exceed 60 days”, it said.

Disapproving of the verdict of the Gauhati HC in upholding the Governor's report and the action of the President under Article 356, the apex court has said that the Governor's report is totally unsustainable in law.

“The Constitution does not create an obligation that the political party forming the ministry should necessarily have a majority in the Legislature.

Minority Governments are not unknown. What is necessary is that that government should enjoy the confidence of the House. This aspect does not appear to have been kept in mind by the Governor.”

(News Analysis from agencies)

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“As we propose to take up Aadhar enrolment in full swing after completion of NRC updation in next couple of months, I request Prime Minister to consider using alternative mechanism to provide direct benefits including subsidies and public services to the citizens of Assam till that time,” he said, adding that the issue has caused genuine apprehension in the minds of the people that without NRC updation, Aadhar may be used by illegal migrants for availing various Government benefits and for claiming citizenship. In this context, Sonowal proposed the use of Jan Dhan accounts for the purpose till the Aadhar enrolment is taken up after completion of NRC updation exercise. At present there are only around 13 lakh Aadhar enrolments out of a population of more than three crore.

Dwelling at length on the significant initiatives taken up by the State Government in the education sector, Chief Minister Sonowal said the major thrust is on three focus areas of access, equity and quality of education. He pointed out that emphasis has been given on recruiting qualified teachers and enhancing their capacity building with a view to promoting quality teachinglearning in the classrooms. In this context, the Chief Minister spelt out the recent recruitment of 7,234 TET qualified candidates in lower primary schools and enhancing capacity building of institutional heads at elementary and secondary levels under the School Leadership Development Programme in collaboration

with the National University for Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA).

Sonowal further mentioned the State Government’s slew of initiatives to provide separate toilets for boys and girls with running water in schools under Swachha Vidyalaya Abhiyan, giving recognition to the best practices of schools on Water Sanitation and Hygiene Education (WASH) through Swachha Vidyalaya Puraskar, developing curriculum and syllabus in the light of National Curriculum Framework (NCF) and learning enhancement (remedial teaching) for slow learners of Class IX. That is not all. The Chief Minister also highlighted the steps taken to promote education of children, especially disadvantaged in tea gardens and char (riverine) areas.

“Focused interventions have also been taken to promote early grade reading and writing, inculcate the spirit of inquiry and creativity for Science and Mathematics,” Sonowal said, adding Gujarat’s ‘Gunotsav’ model would be adopted to strengthen monitoring and support to schools.

Pointing out ‘Moitree…Ek Gyan Yatra’ as one of the new initiatives of the State Government, Sonowal said the programme aims at establishing an organic linkage among different educational institutions right from primary to college level and create a platform for the teaching community to bring in motivation, innovation and quality in the overall education scenario.

For further improving the educational scenario, the Chief Minister sought the wholehearted support of

the Central Government in establishing institutes of higher learning which will provide benchmark for other educational institutions in the State. In this regard, Sonowal requested for setting up of an Indian Institute of Management, a Central Horticulture University and scientific and educational research institutions under the agencies like National Remote Sensing Agency, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of BioTechnology as well as enhancing the capacity of existing Central institutions in the State.

The Chief Minister exuded optimism that with support and cooperation from the Central Government he would be able to ‘bring out the State from its myriad problems and take it forward on the path of prosperity’ despite inheriting a huge debt burden and legacy of poor governance.

Appreciating the initiatives taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to devolve more financial resources and decision making space to the State Governments, Sonowal said, “We are sure that under the dynamic leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister, the spirit of cooperative federalism will be further strengthened and the States will have a better say in financial and administrative matters.”

The Chief Minister also hoped that the deliberations in the Inter-State Council meeting would pave the way for all the States to march ahead hand in hand in line with Prime Minister’s mantra ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’

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Awareness programme in Greater Doomdooma by Rain Forest ET Correspondent Doomdooma, July 16: An awareness programme was held today by a nongovernmental organization Rain Forest in collaboration with McLeod Russell India Limited where the children of Kishori Club participated.

The event took place today around 11 o' clock morning at Beesakopie playground of Line Number 2 in the presence of line chowkidar Bansidhar Tanti, Pratap Tanti (9 number line chowkidar), Line Babu Amardeep Tanti, Doomdooma committee ( AATTSA) Vice

Children of Kishori Club participating in the

Awareness programme.

President Dev Tanti, former ward member Rajen Bagh, Lakodam Tanti and Binod Bagh.

On the occasion, a drama was performed by a team of nine children which had all girls except a boy.

In the drama the bad effects of pig rearing (which causes Japanese Encephalitis), illicit liquor consuming and killing birds by catapult in place of going to school by children were discussed.

The facilitator of the awareness programme; Trishna Tanti told The Eastern Today that the team has performed two times earlier at various places in the garden and the sole aim of the organization to bring awareness among people about social evils.

At the end of the awareness programme, co-

ordinator Bijay Sharma spoke in details how to fight with and overcome the social evils found among tea workers.

Today Kanhaya Bagh, Neema Tanti, Kavita Tanti, Guriya Kumari Shah, Anjali Rajwar, Kasturi Tanti, Panchami Tanti, Rupali Tanti and Divya Tanti acted in the drama.

A good number of men, women and children were present in the programme and many of them promised to give up consumption of liquors due to the impact of the programme.

BSF apprehends 3 drugs smugglers and 2 cattle smugglers A Staff Reporter Guwahati, July 16 : Troops of Guwahati Frontier of Border Security Force apprehended 03 Indian drugs smugglers today from Bansichar area in Dhubri and 02 Indian cattle smugglers from Molangi village in Falakata Distt of West Bengal.

BSF troops of Dhubri Sector on specific input of intelligence cell launched an operation at about 1000 hrs in area of Bansichar check post manned by

BSF and checked one EFC boat bearing No. DBB/01117 during which three suspected couriers/ smugglers were apprehended from the boat. The names of the suspects are as follows:- (i) Jiyadul Islam, (27 yrs), S/O Abdul Baten (ii) HafizurRehman, (32 yrs), S/O BelalHussain& (iii) Akirul Islam, (23 yrs), S/O AbdurRouf. They all belong to vill- Pubergaon,-II PO & PS- Mankachar, Dist- South Salmara, Dhubri (Assam).

Model Fertilizer Retail shop opened at Namrup ET Correspondent Namrup, July 16: To cater to the needs of farmer and following the directives of the Department of Fertilizer , Govt of India , the Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Ltd(BVFCL) Namrup has opened its first Model Fertilizer Retail Shop at BVFCL daily market here yesterday on July15.

The said shop was formally inaugurated by S. D. Singh Director (Production) BVFCL yesterday in a brief ceremony held on the occa-

sion. Earlier General Manager (Mktg & HR) explains the objective of opening this Retail shop.

It is learnt that the Department of Fertilizer, Govt of India has already planned to set up all total 10 such Model Fertilizer Retail Shops of which the just opened Namrup Retail shops of which the just opened Namrup Retail shop is the first of this initiative. The other nines such of would be set up in another parts of NER at the earliest.

Land slide occurs in Kamrup, 3 died A Staff Reporter Guwahati, July 16: In a more unfortunate incident yesterday at Guwahati which again proved that the hills in the city are becoming a dangerous place to live. Two people including a little girl died in a land slide that has occurred in the district of Kamrup of Assam.

This is the second landslide which has taken lives since the start of the monsoon.

The deceased have been

identified as Nurjahan Begum (11) of Nizorapar and Manik Chandra Rabha (71) of Hemgiri Path of South Sarania hills.

The personnel of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), police and officials of the district administration later arrived for rescue operations. The families of the deceased will receive exgratia of Rs 4 lakhs, announced the district administration.

On searched of the boat following contraband items were recovered and seized Eskuf -100 ml (Coughsyrup) : 250 Bottles, Spasmoproxyvyon+ (Tab): 432 strips, Nitrosun-10 (Tab): 50strips, Currency having facevalue 1000/- Won, Mobile,Wrist watches and some incriminatory documents.

In another operation on specific input of BSF Int cell, regarding smuggling of cattle, a search operation was carried out by the BSF

troops alongwith Police personnel ofSitalkuchiPS in a under construction house of one cattle smuggler namely Bacchu Mia of Village Molangi. During search,troops seized 39 cattle heads,Rs. 58,000/cash& 01 Air gun from the said house. Troops also apprehended two cattle smugglers/couriers namelySirajulHaque, age 31 yrs, S/O Nasir Ali, R/O villJali, PSToofanganj&Dist Cooch Behar (WB) &Sadiqual Mia, age 21 yrs, S/O Badla

Mia, Vill- Sialkhadanga, PS- Sitalkuchi, DistCooch Behar (WB) from the premises of the house.

The above apprehended couriers / smugglers along with the seized items are being handed over to the concerned authorities in Dhubri and Falakata (West Bengal) respectively.

BSF troops are always alert to the issues of transborder crimes and illegal infiltration and are making all out efforts to prevent commission such crimes.

HPC Labour Union holds sit in strike for 24 hours over privatization of Mill ET Correspondent Morigaon, July 16: Hundreds of workers under the banner of Employees and Labour Union of Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC), staged 24 hours sit in strike from 7 A.M today in front of Jagiroad Paper Mill, protesting over the proposed privatization of Mill by the Central Heavy Industry department of Union gov-

79th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Assam Tea Planters’ Association (ATPA) held at Tocklai conference hall. chairman cum planter said, that Assam produces should plan to sell their own tea cess where it is uploaded and also should plan to take the tea waste to e-Auction platform with complete flexibility and accountability.

During the AGM the second burning issue of the tea industry was discussed that previous Assam government had released a gazetted notification that the daily wage for a tea workers would be Rs. 177.19.Through this notification, the value of non 0-cash benefits given to our workers were quantified.

Supply of food grains in concessional rates was valued at Rs. 14.20, Dry Tea supply @ 2.16 a day, Firewood Compensation @ Rs 5.47 per day, Earned

Leave @ Rs 7.73 and Festival Holiday @ Rs 3.86 per day. These benefits given to our workers were thereby attributed a cash value totaling Rs 33.69 per day and the residual amount of cash wage that was to be paid to a worker was 143.50.

This increase in wage was 52.66% from the ongoing Cash wage payable to a worker, at that period of Rs. 115. It has been negotiated on 1.1.15 that the wage of Rs. 115 and that itself an increase of 22.30% above the previous wage. Therefore, in effect from 1.1.15, within a period of 6 months, the previous government was proposing a hike of 79% or almost doubling of the Cash Wage.

Assam BJP vice-president cum Jorhat MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa congratulated the veteran tea planters of Assam

two months. But central government without going the study of the maladies of those two mills directly proposed to sell those mills to private parties, alleged Ananda Bordoloi.

Along with the HPC workers union, AASU, AJYCP, Krisak Mukti Sangram Samiti also threatened to launch indefinite strike in front of the HPC Mill at Jagiroad.

Terrorism should be put down with iron hand: ISC PTI New Delhi, Jul 16 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that India cannot ignore what is happening in the world and urged all concerned to keep politics aside in tackling terrorim in the interest of national security.

He was speaking at a meeting of the Inter State Council which felt that terrorism should be put down with an iron hand.

Addressing Chief Ministers at a day-long meeting of the Inter-State Council, he asked the states to focus on intelligence sharing which will help the country stay "alert" and "updated" in countering internal security challenges.

In his concluding remarks, the Prime Minister

Assam tea producers voice concern over boycott of auction by buyers in Kochi Bijoy Handique Jorhat, July 16: The Assam tea producers has voiced concerned over the piling of tea due to boycott of Pan India Auction by the tea buyers at Kochi in Kerala at a time when the tea industry is facing heavy loss due to high cost of production and low prices due to lack of marketing for which demand for hot drinks like tea is yet to reach its optimum, said Raj Barooah, the outgoing chairman of the ATPA during his address at the 79th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Assam Tea Planters’ Association (ATPA) held at Tocklai conference hall here today.

Mr. Raj Barooah said, it is not that a situation like Kochi may not occur for us in Kolkata or Guwahati Tea Auction Centres, it is very simple for boycott program by tea auction centers by tea buyers in Kochi which has resulted in accumulation of huge quantities of unsold tea that has created serious cash crunch situation for the growers in Kerala, so it need to be serious for such a situation which might also come up for us here in Assam as well as in Bengal.

There is no loss for brokers or buyers but it is for us to face the bullets if situation like Kochi being repeated here.

The outgoing ATPA

ernment.

The HPC Labour Union Secretary, Ananda Bordoloi alleged that, due to mismanagement of the authority of HPC at Kolkata, two public sector mills in Assam, one in Panchgram in Cachar and another in Jagiroad have been remained closed for last two months. The production work of the two mills were nil during last

basically the members from the ATPA for keeping alive the legacy of tea culture its multi-dimensional activities, which was founded by the British Tea planters during 50s, which not only keeps the tea industry alive in a natural, original with beautiful landscape, picturesque of the tea gardens of Assam which is famous throughout the globe for its flavor today. Mr Tasa also asked ATPA to ready with a project for more economic upliftment of the tea industry as well as the labours who could get direct or indirect means of livelihood and absorption so that they need not to move out from the garden for other means of living, which will be placed to the union ministry of commerce (Government of India) during this parliament session.

During the 79th AGM of ATPA, newly elected chairman Arun Thekedath and vice chairman Ms Nazrana Ahmed were welcomed for the next coming session and congratulated them and wish them a very successful tenure by other tea bodies Indian Tea Association , Assam Branch of Indian Tea Association , North East Tea Association, Bharatiya Chah Parishad, Tocklai Tea Research Association etc.

touched on law and order and emphasised that both the Union and State governments in India cannot ignore what is happening across the world today.

"On this issue, he urged all concerned to keep politics aside and keep national security paramount," the PMO said releasing his concluding remarks.

The Prime Minister's statement comes in the wake of series of terror attacks in some countries, including in France.

The meeting, held after 10 years, saw several state Chief Ministers, including Punjab, ruled by Akali Dal-BJP coalition, were sharply critical of the Centre accusing it of "usurping" state's powers.

The Prime Minister told the Chief Ministers that "we should focus on how we can make our country prepared to counter challenges to our internal security".

Modi said internal security cannot be strengthened until and unless the states and the Centre focus on sharing intelligence.

"We have to remain alert and updated always," he said.

Chief Ministers of all states, Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories and several Union Ministers are members of the Inter-State Council.

The Prime Minister said the meeting of the Council would deliberate on internal security challenges and how to counter them and how states the states and the Centre can cooperate.

"With close cooperation, we will not only strengthen the CentreState relations but make a better future for the citizens," he said.

Chief Ministers Akhilesh Yadav (UP) J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu), Mehbooba Mufti (Jammu and Kashmir) and Siddaramaiah (Karnataka) did not participate in the meeting.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who often attacks Modi, was seen shaking hands with him with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar watching it with a smile.

Assam to get crude oil royalty at pre-discounted price A Staff Reporter Guwahati, July 16: Assam will get crude oil royalty at pre-discounted price similar to Gujarat with effect from February 1, 2014.

In an order issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India yesterday the matter of onshore royalty at pre-discounted prices was

examined and based on the interim decision of the Supreme Court dated 13th February, 2014, it was decided that ONGC Limited and Oil India Limited would pay royalty to all similarly placed crude oil producing States, including Assam at pre-discounted prices with effect from 1st February 2014.

99.33 % Epilepsy cases in Darrang remained untreated, claimed GNRC study

Vehicles and commuters make their way through a water logged road after a heavy rainfall in Jorhat. Pic - UB Photos

ET Correspondent Mangaldai, July 16: Lack of necessary awareness regarding proper medication and prevention of epilepsy has adversely affected Darrang district, claimed a study by Guwahati-based multispecialty hospital chain, GNRC Hospitals. Large numbers of epilepsy patients remain undetected due to unawareness of parents, teachers, peers etc. about the symptoms and approach for provide treatment to patient with epilepsy. This was presented before media on Friday afternoon here at the Press club. The study as stated by the spokesperson of GNRC were based on records of the last 17 years maintained by GNRC, and various other publicly avail-

able sources, including the 26 Neurologists serving in the North East.

Addressing the media, Dr. Prasenjit Deka, Consultant, Department of Neurology, GNRC Hospitals, said, “Commonly known by the name Mrigee or epilepsy is often understood as a synonym for seizure. In reality, epilepsy is more than seizures. Every year, approximately 50 new cases are added to every lakh population and Assam has the debilitating burden of 3 lakh epilepsy patients. The point which needs to be focused is that majority of these cases are unrecognized, under reported and hence untreated. For example, Darrang district has around 6811 patients. But, 99.33% of them are un-

treated. We all know that ‘health is wealth’. The corollary is that lack of health adversely affects not only the population’s physical well-being but also its mental, social and economic well-being.”

Dr. Namrata Khandelwal, Consultant, Department of Neurology, GNRC Hospitals who was also present in the event said, “A healthy population is also one that is energetic, one that contributes to and drives the economy. Economic impact of untreated epilepsy is alarming in the district as individuals suffering from epilepsy remain unemployable.”

Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Satabdee Borah, CEO, GNRC Sixmile, detailed the unique and ambitious Epilepsy Aware-

ness programme conducted by the hospital group. She said, “The pernicious consequences of non-detection of epilepsy impacts not only physical wellbeing but also mental and social well-being of an individual. So as conscionable members of society, it is our responsibility to relentlessly endeavour to progress in the direction of ‘Health for All, Smiles for All’. We, at GNRC, have adopted this as our guiding principle.

We plan to organize free epilepsy detection and counseling camps in Darrang district. Our team of neurologists and epilepsy experts will consult individuals free of cost.

Moreover, people who would like to visit GNRC Sixmile for further treat-

ment after the camp will be given priority and adequate concessions to recover from the disease.

The first camp in Mangaldoi will come up at on July 31 last.”

Concluding the session, Dr. Deka stated that the main reason for 99.33% of untreated epilepsy cases due to lack of treatment or inadequate attention to prevention was lack of awareness. Requesting the media to support GNRC’s mission, he stated that only media can help to take the message of preventive healthcare and early intervention to the masses, and thereby serve the cause of society-building and nation-building.

He requested the media to support GNRC in fulfilling this purpose.

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BPL category would be given LPG connections free of cost under PMUY Imphal, July 16: Due pro-cess has been initiated to provide LPG connections free of cost to BPL families of the State under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojana (PMUY).

According to information received from IOC's Imphal Divisional Retail Sales Office, all families belonging to BPL category would be given LPG connections free of cost under PMUY. When a woman belonging to a BPL family is given LPG connection, she has to pay prices of only refill and stove. For other necessary equipment, the expenses would be borne by the Government.

A sum of Rs 1750 would be borne by the Government for one LPG connection gi-ven under PMUY and this amount

includes Rs 1150 for LPG cylinder security deposit, Rs 100 for pressure regulator, Rs 150 for hose pipe, Rs 250 for hot plate inspection, Rs 50 demonstration and another Rs 50 for DGCC/ blue book.

Only the BPL families listed in the Socio Economic Caste Census 2011 would be entitled to free LPG connections.

Around one lakh BPL families of the State are included in the centralised data (Socio Economic Caste Census 2011), informed the source.

If the one lakh BPL families of the State should be given LPG connections (single cylinder), the Government of India would have to expend around Rs 17.40 crore.

For successful implementation of the scheme

Rape accused blames family for changing date of birth

Human rights panel gets Guv approval

Shillong, July 16: A rape accused, who allegedly changed his date of birth to claim that he was a minor to escape punishment, maintained in his fresh affidavit that it was his family members who procured the driving license by giving fictitious date of birth of 3/ 6/1992 instead of 3/6/ ,1997.

However, this was contradicted by the latest record of the Transport department which indicated that the accused himself renewed the learner's driving license.

Moreover, the process of securing driving license is through bio metric system which means that the presence of applicant is necessary.

Earlier, the mother of the rape victim, a minor girl, filed a petition in the High Court of Meghalaya seeking legal redress.

The petitioner through available documents pointed out that the date of birth of the accused is 3/6/1992 and not June 3,1997 as claimed by the accused.

The 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the accused Raymidi Kharsahnoh (21) hailing from Upper Shillong in 2013.

In his affidavit, while referring to his birth at Ganesh Das Hospital on 3.6.1992 as pointed out by the petitioner based on the records from the hospital, the accused said that in fact the child born on 3.6.1992 survived only for three months and the burial was held at village graveyard and it was after five years (1997) that he was born.

The affidavit of the accused further claimed that the Church does not keep the burial records of children below six months. The affidavit also blamed the police for 'manufacturing' his date of birth as 3.6.

1992 when the case was taken up, instead of 3.6.

1997.

Earlier, after the accused was shown as a minor, his case was transferred from a civil court to Juvenile Justice Board which helped him to escape punishment. (Agencies)

Shillong, July 16: Governor V Shanmuganathan has finally given his seal of approval to Meghalaya State Human Rights Commission.

With the Governor giving the approval, the first Meghalaya State Human Rights Commission is officially formed by the state government in line with the Supreme Court guidelines.

After the Supreme Court had set June 30 deadline for the state to form the human rights panel, the

tive implemen- tation of the scheme.

LPG distributors would go to BPL families residing within their respective areas of operation and deliver KYC forms so that no eligible families are not left out from the initiative.

Due pro-cess has been initiated to provide LPG connections free of cost to BPL families of the State under the Pradhan Man-tri Ujjwal Yojana (PMUY)

in Mani- pur, IOC's Imphal Divisional Retail Sales Office would tie up with district administrations. IOC has already written to the district administrations to take up necessary steps for successfully implementation of PMUY. The task of inviting applications for free LPG connections would be handled by district administra- tions.

For effective implemen-

political department had on June 7 notified the human rights body with retired Chief Justice Aftab H. Saikia as Chairman and former Meghalaya DGP P.J.P. Hanaman as a member.

However, there was a defect in the order of the political department as it was the Governor who had to give approval to the formation of the human rights panel.

Subsequently, the file related to the matter was sent to the Governor who on July 4 approved the

tation of PMUY in Manipur, IOC has nominated Imphal Divisional Retail Sales Manager and State Level Coordinator SI Singh as the State nodal officer. Five other officials have also been nomina- ted as district nodal officers.

A meeting of the State nodal officer and LPG distributors was held last Tues- day and the meeting deliberated on effec-

constitution of Meghalaya State Human Rights Commission.

An official with the state political department said on Friday that notification from the Governor has already been sent to the Chairman Aftab H. Saikia and member Hanaman for necessary action.

Aftab H. Saikia, who retired as Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir, earlier headed the Assam State Human Rights Commis-

It is said that Aadhar numbers would be made compulsory while submitting KYC forms.

Details of all the applicants who have submitted KYC forms would be fed to a computer system and the data would be compared with the data

of the Socio Economic Caste Census in order to verify whether they actually belong to BPL category or not.

The beneficiaries can pay the price of LPG refill directly or they can take it on loan in accordance to their choices.

If the refill is bought directly, the subsidy would be transferred to bank account. However, it the refill is taken on loan, the subsidy would not be transferred to bank account as it would be adjusted with the price of the refill, added the official.(Agencies)

" If the one lakh BPL families of the State should be given LPG connections (single cylinder), the Government of India would have to expend around Rs 17.40 crore."

sion as its Chairperson.

An official source said that while two members and a chairperson constitute the human rights panel, with the appointment of a chairperson and a member, the commission can start functioning.

Earlier, the State government had named former judge of the lower court, M.B. Challam as another member of the Human Rights Commission, but Challam was informed later that she would not be eligible since she had

served as the District and Sessions Judge only for four years, while the criteria is seven years.

It was almost three years ago on August 13, 2013 that the state cabinet gave its nod to the formation of the human rights body. Subsequently in March, 2014, the Assembly passed the Meghalaya Human Rights Commission (Salaries and Allowances and other Terms and Conditions of Service of the Members) Rules, 2014.(Agencies)

Electoral roll revision, EVM preparations on: CS Imphal, Jul 16 : Electoral exercises to prepare for the forthcoming State Assembly elections have begun, said Oinam Naba-kishore Singh, Chief Secretary, Government of Manipur who is also the Chief Electoral Officer while addressing a press conference organized by DIPR at its premises here Friday.

He said that electoral roll revision has started and the draft electoral roll would be published in September 2016. He further said the term of the present Assembly ends on March 18, 2017 and hence elections have to be done before that.

So far there has been no announcement of dates for the elections, he added.

Checking of EVMs will begin from tomorrow. In the next elections, mobile applications will be used to monitor the elections.

Possibility of online voting is in the pipeline, he added. Central paramilitary forces in adequate numbers will be used in the elections and live streaming of polling stations will be done as done in the last election.

Rationalisation of polling stations has been carried out and the Election Commission of India has been requested to increase the number of polling stations which is presently 2704.

N Praveen, Joint CEO said the department introduced a new software which was developed by the Department for drawing of GIS Map using google earth upto polling station level (Google Mapping of the polling stations) and Booth Area layout and site mapping (by using AutoCAD) of all polling stations are being done in addition to the standardization and locating the exact position of polling

station through latitude and longitude.

He appealed to the voters to provide correct information and change the data related to change of address, death etc so that the electoral roll can be accurate. He further said there are some problems related to gender gap in the electoral roll. As per electoral roll, there are 1039 females per 1000 men.

However, as per census report the female-male ratio is 937:1000. It was found that there are about 1.4 lakh women above 30 years of age who are still living with their parents.

Married women should change their polling stations by contacting the concerned officials, he added.

There are problems related to non inclusion of youth in the electoral rolls who have attained the age of 18 and only 10,000 people were included every year when it was estimated that the number of youth in the 17 to 19 age group increases by 70000.

State Election Department has 24 branch offices. The Chief Electoral Officer, who is responsible to the Election Commission of India, has the statutory responsibility of supervising the preparation of electoral rolls and conduct of Assembly, Parliamentary and Presidential elections in the State and assisting the Delimitation Commission in the delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies subject to overall control, direction and supervision of the Election Commission of India.

Election Department conducts Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Roll every year with January 1 of that year as the qualifying date. The

Electoral exercises to prepare for the forthcoming State Assembly elections have begun Electoral Roll published with January 1, 2016 as the qualifying date has 18, 26,962 number of voters with 8, 95,957 males and 9, 31,005 female voters.

53041 voters were newly registered electors in the recently published Electoral Rolls-2016.

The department prepares electoral rolls of the 60 Assembly segments, prepare and issue Electors Photo Identity Cards, conduct election to the House of the People and State Legislative Assembly as well as the Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections and assist the Delimitation Commission. To bring forth a comprehensive, inclusive and error-free Electoral Roll (ER) in 2009-10, images of the electors were captured and reproduced in the Photo Electoral Roll (PER) where around 70 pc images of electors were in the PER. The Elector's Photo Identity Card (EPIC) was also issued from 2009-10 onwards.

In 2011, a number of search facilities were put in place for electors to gain easy access for obtaining information by launching websites like http:// erms.man.nic.in and http://erms.man.nic.in/ websearch.aspx as well as citizen centric service site http://

164.100.34.138/CS. A new software was developed by the Department for generation of image de-duplication and anomaly in particulars of electors and instructions were issued to the District Election Officers for taking up necessary action at their end.

The official website www.ceomanipur.nic.in provides online registration of eligible voters and correction of particulars of voters were introduced to help the public get accessed to the facilities hitherto unavailable. Other facilities include search site for application status, elector search, electoral roll and know your Booth Level Officer (BLO).

The Election Commission of India initiated National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP) in 2015 and National Electoral Roll Purification (NERP) in 2016 for producing error-free, single entry for eligible voter, no multiple, absent, shifted and dead entries in electoral rolls. The State Election Department is taking up various measures and campaigns to purify and produce error-free electoral roll.

Right from its inception, Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) has been a programme of multiprong intervention for greater electoral participation for a stronger Democracy through the provision of information, motivation and facilitation.

SVEEP programme has become a significant development activities and efforts for augmenting electoral participation through registration and turnout in elections and increasing qualitative participation in terms of ethical and informed voting.

One laudable initiative taken up the ECI, commemorating its foundation day, was instituting the celebration of National Voters' Day (NVD) on January 25 every year since 2011 with the aim of generating a sense of responsibility and to encourage especially the young eligible voters to enrol in the electoral roll and exercise their adult franchise judiciously and prudently.

The IT section of the Department has also put in place various initiatives in tune with the directives of the ECI with a sole objective of making available citizen-centric services to the electorates.

They are monthly progress monitoring dashboard, E-Roll monitoring, data entry for election monitoring, election monitoring dashboard, polling station location map services, National voter service dashboard, IIDEM training material and monthly progress report. Assistant Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur N Angangjao Singh also attended the conference. (Agencies)

Dhaka contradicts BSF's claim on NE rebels Shillong, July 16 : Bangladesh has denied presence of members of any North East militant outfits in that country.

Stating this here on Friday, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Shahriar Alam said that there was no truth in the report that the militants based in Bangladesh were planning to launch an attack on India.

Alam's statement contradicts New Delhi's claim about the presence of North-East militants' camps in Bangladesh.

Last month, BSF submitted a fresh list of Indian insurgent camps in Bangladesh to the Border Guards Bangladesh (BBG) during the Border Coordination Conference. tReacting to a query about the coordination between the two countries after the recent terrorist attacks in

Bangladesh, Alam said that India and Bangladesh have fantastic relations and Bangladesh had helped India in resolving security issues in the bordering states.

He also said that South East Asia is the fastest growing region in the world and both the countries would work together to improve bilateral ties further.

"The message is clear from our Prime Minister that as far as connectivity and people to people contact is concerned, we will go back to pre-1965 days and lot of routes are now being connected by railways," he said.

When asked about recent eviction notice issued by the Dhaka administration to 700 Khasi people residing in that country, Alam denied having knowledge about it.(Agencies)

Kalam library cum information centre inaugurated in city Shillong, July 16: Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Friday inaugurated the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Islamic Library and Information Centre at Umshyrpi College, Laban.

Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, the chief minister said, "It is a befitting tribute to Kalam. It will be the store house of collection of publications reflecting thoughts and ideas of gone, by-gone and future generations."

"Most of our traditional knowledge and wisdom passed on to us by word of mouth were missed out because traditional knowledge were not captured in the form of publication or reproduced in documentation," he added.

The chief minister observed that the library will provide opportunities to budding writers which will be a platform to utilize the library and provide access to readers on varied thoughts and ideas found in books.

"The library and information centre becomes an attractive point making the young people desirous of knowledge and wisdom and I hope that it will bring heavy footfalls," he said.

He recollected his days as

a student at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) where he had ample access to the library.

Earlier, speaking about the ongoing clashes perpetuated by the ISIS, Sayeedullah Nongrum, chairman of the organizing committee, Nelson Year celebration of Shillong Muslim Union (SMU), said, "We do not support ISIS and we should not forget that Islam is flexible and not rigid. We cannot support those who kill one another, especially women and children."

Highlighting on the achievements of SMU, he informed that in the last 35 years the SMU has been able to financially support the education of 3,000 students. Praveen Davar, Member, National Commission for Minorities, attended the function as the guest of honour and also donated some books to the newly inaugurated library.

Among others who spoke at the function included Naseem Ahmad, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, Noor Nongrum, secretary, organizing committee, Amy Yousuf, vice Cchairperson and Julfiqar Ali Ahmad, convener, Literary Committee.

(Agencies)

Late Lateef euphemism on Mukul Shillong, July 16: In a case of euphemism, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma was on Friday compared to the popular story character "Late Lateef" by Sayeedullah Nongrum, Chairman, Organizing Committee, Nelson Year Celebration, Shillong Muslim Union (SMU) for the Chief Minister's habitual late coming.

The inauguration programme of Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam Islamic Library and Information Centre started without the Chief Minister, who was the chief guest since as he was attending the two-day Asian Confluence River FestivalNADI 2016 as chief guest.

Though the inauguration of Kalam library was scheduled at 1.30 pm on Friday, there was a long wait for the Chief Minister's arrival.

The Chief Minister is known for not keeping punctuality, with audiences in most gatherings or programmes fidgeting in

their seats waiting for his arrival which usually takes hours. The inauguration programme on Friday was no different although the Chief Minister apologized stating that he was attending the NADI festival on the same day at State Convention Centre and from there he had to rush to the inauguration programme at Laban.

Towards the end of his speech highlighting the achievements of the SMU, Nongrum, a former Congress legislator, while speaking about the Chief Minister's habit, said, "Our CM is always late."

Earlier while waiting for the Chief Minister, Praveen Davar, member of National Commission for Minorities, speaking as guest of honour observed that one should not make the audience wait for more than 15-20 minutes and added, "Let him not inaugurate, but instead conclude the programme."(Agencies)

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PM asks states to focus on intel sharing for internal security New Delhi, Jul 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked states to focus on intelligence sharing which will help the country stay "alert" and "updated" in countering internal security challenges.

Addressing the InterState Council meeting, convened after a gap of 10 years, the Prime Minister told the Chief Ministers that "we should focus on how we can make our country prepared to counter challenges to our internal security".

Modi said internal secu-

rity cannot be strengthened until and unless the states and the Centre focus on sharing intelligence.

"We have to remain alert and updated always," he said.

Chief Ministers of all states, Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories and 17 Union Ministers are members of the InterState Council.

For the first time, Modi was interacting with all Chief Ministers on a single platform ever since he assumed the charge two years ago.

AAI nod for parallel taxiway at Mangalore Airport

"With close cooperation, we will not only strengthen the CentreState relations but make a better future for the citizens," he said.

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav, belonging to Samajwadi Party, and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of Congress did not particiPrime Minister Narendra Modi The Prime Minister said the meeting of the Council would deliberate on internal security chal-

lenges and how to counter them and how states the states and the Centre can cooperate.

pate in the meeting.

Mehbooba Mufti, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, which is witnessing turmoil following violent protests after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani did not participate in the meeting. Mehbooba belongs to PDP. (PTI)

"For the first time, Modi was interacting with all Chief Ministers on a single platform ever since he assumed the charge two years ago."

"Formulate national de-radicalisation policy"

New Delhi, Jul 16 : A national deradicalisation policy need to be formulated by the Centre to deal with the global threat of terrorism and efforts should be made to operationalise National Intelligence Grid (Natgrid), Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said today.

Addressing the 11th Inter-State Council meetAAI nod for parallel taxiway at Mangalore ing here, he laid stress Airport on the need for strengthMangaluru, Jul 16: The a statement. ening information-sharAirports Authority of In- In the second phase, an ing among intelligence dia has given its sanction additional taxiway has to extend a parallel taxi- been proposed for which way costing around Rs a 35-metre-deep gorge 106 crore at the interna- needs to be filled. tional airport here with an The work on the second aim to reduce waiting phase is likely to begin in time of aircraft before January next year which take-off and landing. can be completed by the New Delhi, July 16: Despite tall claims and variThe construction of the end of 2017. first phase of the addi- With the additional taxi- ous programmes for "drug tional taxiway at a cost of way, the aircraft would be demand reduction through Rs 40 crore had begun able to save on waiting awareness campaign and two years ago at the time before departure and treatment of addicts and their detoxification so that Mangalore International landing. they may join the mainAt present, each aircraft stream", many addicts preAirport.

The taxiway which is is required to wait for 10 fer jail to drug rehab cen1,200 metres long and 23 to 15 minutes. Presently, tres. metres wide, is under the airport handles 48 The Narcotic Drugs and construction and will be flights -- 24 incoming and Psychotropic Substances completed in about two 24 outgoing -- per day, Act, 1985, was enacted to months, Airport Director Radhakrishna added. curb drug abuse. Section 71 of the Act provides J T Radhakrishna said in (PTI) that, "The Government may, in its discretion, establish as many centres as it thinks fit for identification, treatment, education, aftercare, rehabilitation, Social reintegration of adBolangir , July 16: An RTI with a copy of the audit re- dicts and for supply, subactivist was shocked when port of the individual PACs ject to such conditions and the office of the deputy reg- whereas I never asked for in such manner as may be istrars of cooperative society audit report," said Panigrahi. prescribed, by the conDRCS asked for Rs.1.09 lakh Panigrahi also questioned the cerned Government of any to provide information on reason behind issuing such a narcotic drugs and psyfour questions relating to co- letter to him and countered chotropic substances to operative societies. The how did the same DRCS of- the addicts registered with DRCS office stated fice come to the conclusion the Government and to Rs.44,800 would be set aside that its co-operative society others where such supply as man-days cost, besides has incurred a loss of Rs.45 is a medical necessity."

Rs.22,400 for the travelling crore and provided informa- However, the increasing number of drug addicts in expense that will be required tion to the media recently. to send the concerned person "If they do not have informa- the Capital has led to the to bring the information from tion regarding their own em- mushrooming of various each of 224 Primary Agricul- ployees' salaries, educational unregulated deaddiction ture Co-operative Society qualifications, profit or loss centres, particularly in (PACS) spread across the dis- that the PACs are making in Outer and North West trict. It has also cited that their central office, how are Delhi. Addicts comRs.40,320 and 2,000 will be they functioning and what plained of torture being utilised for providing photo kind of a message they want used as a motivating faccopy and postal charges re- to send by informing that tor to scare them out of spectively. separate messengers for col- their addiction. They also The activist, Sankar lecting information from complained of a regiPanigrahi, who happens to be each of the 224 PACs have mented lifestyle, which inthe convener of the Bolangir to be engaged resulting in volves beatings and forced starvation. These experidistrict RTI forum had sought costs to the applicant". information on various is- The DRCS should have all ences, they said, pushed sues, among them, list of the information regarding the them back to drugs.

PACS in the district that are PACs and should also secure "In jail we can always find making loss and also of those the necessary information on drugs. Yes it will harm us in profit zone, besides, gross the internet as e-governance eventually but at least I do loss or profit, which these is the buzz word of the gov- not have a CCTV in my units had incurred till date. ernment, remarked Panigrahi. bathroom or the torture The activist also enquired the The activist said he had also that I suffer in a centre. In number of cadre and non- met the PIO after receiving jail you are given good

food and you can also socialise with a lot of people. The freedom is what I yearn for. I don't think these centres can help me. We are like eagles who can't be tamed, once you let us out we will fly into the skies," said Ghanshyam, a long-time addict.

Several drug addicts said their social circumstances are such that they end up consuming drugs again, even after their stints in rehab.

"There is no one waiting for us after we get out of rehab centres except for our friends, who are fellow smack addicts. They will walk up to you and congratulate you and offer smack.Once I look at them having it, I can't stop myself," said Om Prakash, a recovering addict.

On 7 January 2015, Ministry of Empowerment and Social Justice (MESJ) set up a toll free helpline number "to help the victims of drug abuse, their families and society at large.

The Statesman, however, learnt that the helpline number is not functional.

"I have made so many calls on this number but there has never been a response," said Vikash, whose brother is a smack addict.

The Statesman made repeated calls to the helpline number, only to be welcomed by a greeting in Hindi and English.

"Welcome to the helpline for prevention of alcoholism and drug abuse by MESJ," says a recorded voice after which recorded music is played repeatedly for two minutes and the call gets disconnected automatically after two min-

cadre secretary (CEO) engaged in the district along with their educational qualification and salary, the date of joining of the incumbent DRCS M K Das and the total number of inspections he has carried out on PACs in the district and finally a copy of inspection reports of the PACs he had inspected. "I was surprised when they intimated me through a letter to deposit such a huge amount so that I could be provided

bilities, Powers and Duties of Directors' penned by advocate Ashish Makhija.

"Company directors owe ethical and moral duty in running a company in an efficient and fair manner.

After globalisation and liberalisation, the companies are expected to contribute more to the

agencies and police forces to fight terrorism.

The chief minister suggested that informationsharing in security-related matters and maintaining a common database Natgrid on terrorism were the needs of the hour.

He also advocated formulating a deradicalisation policy at national level and setting up separate court and laws for cyber crime.

Singh said the district administration should be

involved in registration work and distribution of Aadhaar cards in Naxalaffected areas as it will contribute in achieving cent per cent target in remote pockets.

He said that speedy expansion of mobile network and optical fiber cable facilities were necessary for providing grants, services and benefits of government schemes to beneficiaries living in remote areas.

Singh said that 99.98 per cent population in Chhattisgarh benefited

from Jan Dhan scheme and 95 per cent population have been issued Aadhaar cards. He said that improvement in percentage of mobile numbers linked to bank accounts was also required and urged the Finance Ministry to issue necessary instruction to banks in this regard.

He said that a positive change has been noticed on the ground in Naxal violence-hit south Bastar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the region. (PTI)

Capital's Drug Trail: Addicts prefer jail to drug rehab centres

No more 'rights' in RTI

the letter, but the impression is that they are not keen on responding to any of the questions.

It may be noted here that the cooperative sector here has been in news recently as the DRCS had dismissed Laxmana Meher elected president of BDCCS holding him responsible for Rs.45 crore loss and certain issues pertaining to sanction of Rs.90 crore loan.(Agencies)

Cabinet Committee on Par Affairs rejig; Smriti dropped

Smriti Irani New Delhi, Jul 16 : The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) has been rejigged with Smriti Irani being dropped as a special invitee and her successor in the HRD Ministry Prakash Javadekar elevated as a member.

Najma Heptulla, the Minority Affairs Minister who had resigned from the Union Cabinet earlier this week, is no more a member of the panel.

In the recent Cabinet reshuffle, Irani was shifted from the HRD Ministry to Textiles.

Javadekar was earlier a special invitee to the committee.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, the new Law Minister, replaces his predecessor D V Sadananda Gowda in the panel.

Rajiv Pratap Rudy, who has been divested of his Minister of State for Par-

liamentary Affairs portfolio, too has been dropped as a special invitee and replaced by S S Ahluwalia who is now the junior minister in the Ministry.

Newly-inducted Minister of State in the Law Ministry P P Chaudhary has also been made a special invitee.

The CCPA, headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, is mandated to recommend the dates of Parliament sessions. It has 11 members, including three special invitees.

Other members are Union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ram Vilas Paswan and Ananth Kumar.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is another special invitee, a fresh list issued by the Cabinet Secretariat said. (PTI)

Nitish pitches for abolishing Governor's post

Many addicts prefer jail to drug rehab centres. utes and fifteen seconds.

The last available data on the number of drug users is more than a decade old.

The report of the survey

by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and MESJ, published in 2004, estimated that about 732 lakh persons in India were users of alcohol and drugs.

Of these 87 lakh used cannabis, 20 lakh used opiates and 625 lakh were users of alcohol.

About 26 per cent, 22 per cent and 17 per cent of the users of the three types respectively were found to be dependent on or addicted to them. The survey also indicated that other drugs such as sedatives or hypnotics, volatile substances, hallucinogens, stimulants and pharmaceutical preparations were also abused. MESJ, in its annual report for 2015-16, itself admitted.

"However, the sample size being small (40,697 males within the age group of 12-60 years both in rural and urban areas) visa -vis the country's population, the estimates can at best

be taken as indicative only."

Besides, according to experts, the number of drug addicts has increased significantly in the past decade while most of the drug rehabilitation programmes are formulated, funds sanctioned and designed as per the available data, which has led to the mushrooming of several unregulated drug deaddiction centres. With no data available for the last several years, India's place is shown as vacant in the annual World Drug Report. After a hiatus of 15 years, MESJ in collaboration with the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) of AIIMS, will conduct a survey to compile national and state level estimates of people involved in drug abuse.

The project is estimated to cost around Rs 22.41 crore. The two year-long survey will map the presence of services and interventions for drug dependent individuals and identify the gaps in service delivery. (Agencies)

New Delhi, Jul 16: The post of Governor of states should be abolished as the existing federal democratic structure does not warrant its continuance, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today.

His remarks at the InterState Council meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came against the backdrop of the Supreme Court's severe criticism of the Arunachal Pradesh Governor over dismissal of the Congress government in the state and some opposition-ruled states accusing the occupants in Raj Bhawans of working politically at the Centre's behest.

The JD(U) President added that if it is not possible to do away with the constitutional post, the discretionary powers that go with it be curtailed.

He also said the Chief Minister of a state should have a role in the appointment and removal of the Governor.

"Existing federal democratic structure does not warrant continuance of the gubernatorial post.

However, if it is not possible to do away with it, then our opinion is that provisions relating to the appointment of Governor must be clearly defined and made transparent.

"Besides, the Chief Min-

ister of the state should also be consulted and the criteria laid down by Sarkaria Commission should be followed in the Governor's appointment.

The propensity to change the Governor, whenever a new Government is formed must be curbed by making constitutional provisions," he said.

The state's Chief Minister must be formally consulted before removal of incumbent Governor and, if required, Article 155 of the Constitution may be amended to provide for such consultation, he added, according to an official statement.

Referring to the Punchhi Commission report on the Centre- state relations, he said it has also recommended that for a Chief Minister's removal, the Governor must give the Leader of the House an opportunity to prove majority on the floor of the House.

"This must be followed in letter and spirit," he said.

The Modi government's decision to impose President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand invited criticism that it misused constitutional provisions. The apex court's verdicts in both the cases led to the restoration of Congress governments.

(PTI)

"Ethical, fair directors will help grow economy" New Delhi, Jul 16 : Ethical behaviour of corporate directors will help companies achieve value addition which in turn will contribute to the growth of nation's economy, Supreme Court judge A K Sikri has said.

He was speaking at the launch of a book 'Corporate Directors Roles, Responsi-

economy of the nation.

"Fairness in action has to be there in managing the company as it is the principle now," Justice Sikri said.

Delhi High Court judge Manmohan, who also attended the event, was all praise for the new Companies Act, 2013, which included a new provision for

employing women directors on the Boards of certain class of companies.

"To promote diversity, to promote gender equality, I think it's a very good concept of introducing woman directors," he said, adding, the new Act increases responsibilities of the directors.

The book aims at providing clarity on the legal provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility and their practical implications through its various chapters. It discusses key developments in the areas of Related Party Transactions, disclosure requirements, employing women direc-

tors and corporate social responsibility.

Author Makhija is the Managing Attorney of AMC Law Firm and is also the Standing Counsel for the Official Liquidator (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India) attached to the Delhi High Court.(PTI)

DIBRUGARH, SUNDAY, JULY 17

'Turkish military helicopter lands in Greece, 8 request asylum'

'Turkish military helicopter lands in Greece, 8 request asylum' Alexandroupoli, July 16: A Turkish military helicopter landed in Greece on Saturday carrying eight men seeking asylum after a coup bid, Greek police said.

The Black Hawk helicopter landed after sending a distress signal to authorities at the airport in Alexandroupolis in the country's north.

Seven of those on board were in military uniform and all are believed to have been involved in the attempted putsch, ERT TV said.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara had asked

Athens to send back the eight coup plotters.

"We have requested Greece to extradite the eight traitors as soon possible," Cavusoglu was quoted as telling HaberTurk television.

According to an official in the Greek National Defence General Staff, "the helicopter is scheduled to be sent back immediately to Turkey".

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras early on Saturday expressed his "support for the democratically elected" Turkish government.

(Agencies)

Ansari meets Bangladesh PM Hasina

Ansari meets Bangladesh PM Hasina Ulaanbaatar , July 16: Vice President Hamid Ansari and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday met here in the Mongolian capital and discussed bilateral and issues of mutual interest.

The two-leaders met on the sidelines of the 11th Asia-Europe Summit here.

Details of their discussion were not available.

Ansari had briefly interacted with Hasina on Saturday during the summit.

The Vice President also held separate bilateral meetings with Prime Minister of Estonia Taavi Roivas and Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevicius. He held a bilateral meeting with Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis.

Ansari on Friday held talks Prime Ministers of Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

At the first day of the ASEM Summit on Friday, Asian and European leaders condemned the terror attack in the French city of Nice and reiterated the need to tackle terrorism.

During the Summit, the leaders also talked about the South China Sea issue, days after a UNbacked tribunal struck down China's claims of "historical rights" in the disputed waters in a case brought by the Philippines.

They also voiced their opposition to the use of force and the need for freedom of navigation in i n t e r n a t i o n a l waters.(Agencies)

Beijing issues blue alert for rainstorms as winds, hailstorms hit southern China

China on Saturday issued blue alert for rainstorms

Beijing, July 16: China on Saturday issued blue alert for rainstorms, the lowest in a four-tier warning system, as torrential rain, accompanied by winds and hailstorms will hit some southern parts of the country.

Parts of Guizhou,

Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hebei, Henan and Yunnan will witness torrential rain, accompanied by winds and hailstorms over the next 24 hours, the National Meteorological Centre said in a statement.(Agencies)

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IS claims Nice massacre as France mulls security failings driver's estranged wife is also being held by police.

IS also claimed responsibility for November 13 attacks in which 130 people were killed in Paris, while gunmen in January 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo weekly and a Jewish supermarket were linked to both IS and Al-Qaeda.

The massacre has once again shaken the country to its core, and prompted questions about the effectiveness of security measures with the country already under an eight month-long state of emergency.

France, which has a Muslim population of nearly five million, is also the origin of hundreds of jihadists who have flocked to fight alongside IS.

Presidential contender and former prime minister Alain Juppe said yesterday that the latest carnage could have been prevented if "all measures" had been taken.

But government spokesman Stephane Le Foll slammed Juppe's comments, saying there was as much security present for the fireworks display as there had been for the Euro 2016 football tournament in the city.

Turkey Mideast allies rally behind strongman Erdogan

Pakistan condemns Turkey attempted coup

Nice, Jul 16 : The Islamic State group claimed responsibility today for an attack in which a Tunisian drove a truck through a crowd in Nice, killing 84, prompting hard questions in France over security failures.

In a statement via its Amaq news service IS said one of its "soldiers" carried out the attack on Thursday night "in response to calls to target nations of coalition states that are fighting (IS)".

Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, smashed a 19-tonne truck into crowd of people in the Riviera city who were celebrating Bastille Day -France's national day.

Police said he had no

Doha, Jul 16 : Turkey's regional allies today condemned a deadly but foiled coup attempt by a faction of the army against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rule.

Key regional powers Iran and Israel, which have both had strained relationships with Erdogan's government, condemned the putsch that began late last night.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke with his Turkish counterpart three times since the crisis began.

On Twitter, he hailed the Turkish people's "defence of democracy

known connection to jihadist groups.

French President Francois Hollande met with his defence and security chiefs and cabinet ministers as criticism from the opposition and media mounted over security failings after the third major attack in France in 18 months.

"If we are at war, as the government tells us, then the currency of war is intelligence, learning from experience, analysing failures and victories," wrote Yann Marec in an editorial for the southern region's Midi Libre newspaper.

He was one of several calling for action, and not merely "the same old solemn declarations" from the government, as Le Figaro daily said.

Some 30,000 people had

& their elected government" which he said "proves that coups have no place in our region and are doomed to fail."

"Deeply concerned about the crisis in Turkey," Zarif tweeted late yesterday.

"Stability, democracy & safety of Turkish people are paramount. Unity & prudence are imperative."

Israel, which last month approved a deal to restore ties frozen after a deadly Israeli raid on a Gazabound Turkish ship in 2010, also condemned the coup attempt.

"Israel respects the democratic process in Turkey and looks forward to the continuation of the reconciliation process between Turkey and Israel," said

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility today for an attack in which a Tunisian drove a truck through a crowd in Nice thronged the palm treelined Promenade des Anglais on Thursday night to watch a fireworks display with their friends and families, but the night turned to horror as the truck left mangled bodies strewn in its wake.

foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon.

With the exception of Qatar, Iran's Arab foes in the Gulf made no comment on the events in Turkey besides advising their citizens to stay off the streets.

In a telephone call with the Turkish leader, Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani "congratulated (Erdogan) on the support of the people of Turkey on his rule against the failed military coup," the official QNA news agency reported.

Sheikh Tamim "strongly condemned this failed attempt and voiced...

(Qatar's) solidarity with

Hollande said the country would observe three days of mourning as he warned the death toll could rise further, with more than 50 people still fighting for their lives.

Four more people linked to Lahouaiej-Bouhlel have been arrested. The

Turkey... in all measures it takes to protect constitutional legitimacy, enforce the rule of law and preserve its security and stability."

Gas-rich Qatar is Erdogan's closest Gulf ally, sharing his sympathies for the Muslim Brotherhood that formerly ruled Egypt and which is outlawed in other Gulf Arab states.

Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers, who have friendly ties with Qatar as well as Turkey's ruling Islamicrooted AKP party "condemned the failed coup attempt" and "congratulated the people and the Turkish leadership for successfully protecting democracy."

Turkey has recently obtained several compromises from Israel over Gaza including authorisation for Ankara to build a hospital.

Today, activists -- notably those linked to Hamas -- called for demonstrations in solidarity with the Turkish government.

Erdogan called on his supporters today to remain vigilant, warning of the risks of a fresh flareup of violence even as his forces regained control.

In Khartoum, President Omar al-Bashir condemned "the attempted coup in Turkey and the disturbance of security and stability in the country.(PTI)

China begins military exercise amid SCS tensions Beijing, July 16: Amid the South China Sea tensions, Chinese military on Saturday kicked off large scale military exercises pressing troops from the five theatre commands of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) simulating real battle conditions.

The military drills which began on Friday will last will last until September and aimed to boost the military's "trans-regional" capabilities, a state run news agency reported.

A news report on July 14 said that the exer-

cises will be held at Zhurihe training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Seen as one of the key manoeuvres after the establishment of the PLA's new command structure, the event will see mixed army brigades sent from each theatre command separately confront a PLA troop posing as the enemy.

While the selection of brigades taking part in the drill would have been based on recommendations in the past, they were randomly selected this time, giving more troops chance to partici-

'South China Sea ruling has no impact on territorial sovereignty' Ulan Bator, July 16: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday said the South China Sea arbitration ruling will have no impact on Beijing's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.

Speaking at an informal meeting during the 11th Asian-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator, Li said the South China Sea issue should not be subjected to multilateral discussions from the very beginning, and is not included in the summit's agenda, Xinhua news agency reported.

"But since certain countries commented on the issue, it is thus necessary for China to come out to clarify its stance and spell out the truth," he said.

An international arbitration tribunal on Tuesday ruled against China's claims to rights in the South China Sea, backing a case brought in by the Philippines.

Li said China never participated in the arbitration unilaterally initiated by the Philippines, adding that his country neither accepts nor acknowledges the so-called arbitration award.

"By doing so, we are both exercising our rights in accordance with international law, and safeguarding the dignity of international law," he said.

"Under no circumstance will the arbitration award exert any impact on China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea," Li added. (Agencies)

time manoeuvres and harsher requirements for live-fire assaults.

China begins military exercise amid SCS tensions

pate, chief director Wang Zhian said.

Wang said commanders' efficiency will be a greater part of evaluation of this drill, and the opposing sides will

switch roles of attack and defence instead of each playing a single role throughout.

The drill will be tougher than previous versions, involving more night-

The schedule was pushed to July from the usual May to give troops more time for preparatory training. The drills were being held in the back drop of verdict of the tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration which has struck down China's historic claims over the South China Sea. China has boycotted the proceedings of the tribunal and rejected the verdict and refused to implement it.(Agencies)

Women bikers raise awareness against foeticide Singapore, Jul 16: Four Indian women bikers have completed a 10,000-km trip to 10 Asian countries over 40 days to raise awareness against female foeticide.

The four-woman motorcycle team has visited schools and universities as well as non-governmental organizations in countries such as Bhutan and Thailand, explaining their campaign and calling for education against gender bias.

In Singapore, the four also called on Indian High Commissioner Vijay Thakur Singh.

Psychologist Sarika Mehta, 40, led the 10,000-km ride which ended in Singapore after the four crossed the

causeway from Malaysia on Tuesday.

Said Sarika, founder of the 'Biking Queens' group, "While the problem of female foeticide is huge in India, we believe it is also a global problem and can happen anywhere".

In India, the baby female-to-male ratio has been dropping, partly because of female foeticide. In 2001, there were 927 girls to 1,000 boys; in 2011, the figure fell to 919 girls.

of the group are - interior designer Yugma Desai, 27, travel agent Durriya Tapia, 36, and Khyati Desai, 31, who works in human resources.

Female foeticide within Indian society had increased especially with the improved technology to determine the sex of a baby in the early stages of pregnancy.

The other three members

"It is a challenging task to ride across Asian countries and educate others on the need to promote girl education and work against female foeticide," Chandra said.(PTI)

"We commend their strengthen and willpower to campaign to educate the world about the girl child," said Chandra Mohan, secretary of the Global Organisation of People of India Origin (GOPIO) after hosting a lunch reception today.

He said there were more than 185 police, gendarmes and soldiers on the ground, as well as municipal police and a vast network of surveillance cameras.

"Despite all of that, this man's decisions... created the drama and horror we experienced.(PTI)

Islamabad, July 16: Pakistan on Saturday condemned an attempted military coup in Turkey and said it stands by the people and the Turkish government.

Pakistan government spokesperson said Islamabad supports the will of the people reflected in the democratic system and the democratically elected leadership of Turkey, Xinhua news agency reported.

"Pakistan condemns the attempt to undermine democracy and rule of law in Turkey," he said.

(Agencies)

Ansari unveils Gandhi's stoen statue in Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Jul 16: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday unveiled a stone statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Pethub Monastery in the Mongolian capital which is seen as symbol of India-Mongolia cultural and spiritual ties.

After unveiling the statue of the 'Father of the Nation', the Vice President also went around the monastery founded by former Indian ambassador Kushok Bakula Rinpoche.

Pethub Monastery, seen as symbol of IndiaMongolia cultural and spiritual ties, was inaugurated in August, 1999 by Indian Vice President Krishan Kant.

Rinpoche named his monastery as 'Pethub', which in Tibetan means a model or exemplary.

The name is drawn from the main monastery in Ladakh which is also known as Spituk Monastery and is over 800 years old.

He founded the monastery after feeling an urgent need to revive Buddhism in the country and for establishing it, Rinpoche chose a tract of land in the city so that it becomes more accessible to the people.

Last year, Prime Minster Narendra Modi also visited a monastery in the Mongolian capital and handed over a Bodhi tree sapling to its chief abbott. (PTI)

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Profile of a tea woman France attack Not at all 'Nice' Up to 80 people have been killed after an apparent attack in Nice on France's national day. The driver of a truck ploughed into multiple people on a beachfront promenade on (Photo: i2.mirror.co) July 14, Bastille Day in France. The driver of that truck has been killed by French security forces, reports Sky News. Officials have so far not called in the incident a terrorist attack. The Mayor of Nice has told residents of the city to remain in their homes. Hundreds more lie injured on the streets of the southern French city. French officials identified the man who used a 19-ton truck to massacre dozens of people on the French Riviera as a 31-year-old native of Tunisia with a history of petty crime and marriage problems - but no links with the militant extremists who have targeted and traumatized France. The rampage Thursday night at a packed Bastille Day fireworks celebration in the southeastern city of Nice, which unfolded as the assailant used the rented refrigerated truck as a battering ram, was all the more unnerving because it came as a total surprise despite extensive security precautions, French officials acknowledged. Nearly 24 hours later there was no claim of responsibility, and the Paris prosecutor, Franรงois Molins, said the killer, whom he identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, had been "completely unknown by intelligence services."

The toll rose on Friday to 84 dead and 202 injured.

At least 10 of the dead were children or teenagers, enjoying a fireworks display one moment and crushed to death the next. It was the third major terrorist assault in 19 months to strike France, which has been singled out by militant extremist groups like the Islamic State and Al Qaeda. Starting around 10:45 p.m.

Thursday, the attacker mowed down scores of victims before dying in a gunfight with three police officers, who pursued him down the Promenade des Anglais. Although neither the Islamic State or Al Qaeda asserted any role, online accounts associated with the groups welcomed the massacre.

There are many children, young children who had come to watch fireworks with their family, to have joy, to share happiness, delight, amazement, and who were struck, struck to death, merely to satisfy the cruelty of an individual - and maybe of a group. The victims were physically and psychologically scarred.

Many were of the opinion that they had no recollection of what might have caused their wounds. However, they remember the bodies that were torn to shreds right in front of their eyes.

Fighting TB Awareness is the key to success India is the country with the highest burden of TB. The World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics for 2014 give an estimated incidence figure of 2.2 million cases of TB for India out of a global incidence of 9 million. The TB incidence for India is the number of new cases of active TB disease in India during a certain time period (usually a year).

The estimated TB prevalence figure for 2014 is given as 2.5 million. The TB prevalence is the number of people in India who are living with active TB. Prevalence is usually, but not always given as a percentage of the population. It is estimated that about 40% of the Indian population is infected with TB bacteria, the vast majority of whom have latent rather than active TB. Most of the national TB statistics for India are collected by the government Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) which was started in 1997, and which was then expanded across the country.

In India in 2013, 273,265 people needed TB retreatment because of initial treatment relapse, default or failure.

Sikkim has become the next big concern on India's tuberculosis map with 11 percent of new tuberculosis cases in the state found to be multidrug-resistant (MDR), a figure almost on par with the country's TB capital, Mumbai. In the rest of India, multi-drug resistance in new TB cases is pegged at around 2 percent. Mumbai, with a population of 1.3 crore, recorded over 27,000 TB cases last year of which 3,300 were MDR-TB cases. In comparison, Sikkim, with a population of 6.1 lakh, recorded less than 2,000 cases last year, of which over 200 cases were of MDR-TB. Experts said that while Sikkim has been recording drug-resistant cases for some time, technology is now available to map it accurately. In 2015, at least 11 people died due to TB in Tripura. The success rate in the state is 89 percent.

Each year, about 2.2 million people develop TB in India and an estimated 220,000 (rpt 220,000) people expire due to the disease which clearly explains that more steps must be taken to check the ailment.

In most cases, due to lack of awareness and treatment, TB turned into cancer and HIV-positive, and many patients also die of a heart attack. In Aizawl, at least 38 people died due to TB in his state last year. In 2015, around 2,090 people were found to be carrying the disease. Over 84 percent of TB patients were cured after treatment in the state last year.

Behind the cup that cheers Part IX Once Sunumoni a young husband. She was irritated girl from the group glee- at the lack of responsibilfully broke a news --" had ity on the part of her man. any of you heard that on He knew that there was no the coming Saturday there firewood to cook yet he will be cinema show in has not made a slight efour garden. I came to fort to collect some . On know t h e that the Kanakeswar Sensowa c o n name t r a r y, of the cinema is Sholey, she was sure that he would Amitabh Bachan and ask for tea after waking up.

Dharmendra are in the She shouted at Budhna , lead role and Hema Malini shook him and asked him is the heroin." This in- to collect some fire wood. stantly attracted the attenHearing her irritating tion of the whole female shout he woke up and ascrowed, and everyone was sured her that he would go happy and elated on hear- out to collect some dry ing the news . wood. Mangri out of exMangri in the mean time asperation retorted that he rushed to the bath-enclo- not only shun his earning sure. The bath enclosure but also spend the legitiwas newly plastered and mate earning of the famwhite washed. Mangri af- ily for his wrong activities. ter taking a quick bath col- He shamelessly sold out lected her washed cloth, 200 CFT of fire wood and retrieved her steps to- which was given by the wards her quarter assuring Company for their use. If her mates to meet again. those fire wood were in She had spread the re- stock that could have been maining cloths over the used during the rainy days, bamboo fence (jeura). En- or at the time of crisis. tering the house she found She blurted out that all that the children were still man is like the male honey sleeping, and so was her bees who want to live on

the hard work of the females.

Budhna was furious but held his patience under control, as he sensed that the children also woke up and stood by the side of their mother. Taking the daw (a sharp carved long iron implement for cutting wooden items) he went out in a huff. Mangri shouted once again asking him to come back soon as only after his returning with the firewood food could be prepared for the children. She however thought that it was useless to wait for him to wait, so she went backyard and collected some pieces of bamboo strips, yet leaving behind some to be used in such contingencies . She then made fire to cook some rice.

And at the same time put a few potatoes in the hot charcoal made by the fire in the hearth intending to save some portion of the burning bamboo strips.

She also quickly made some curry with the grilled potato, curry and

Image for representational purpose (Photo: api.ning) rice filled two plates and placed for Raghu and Chutki. She although felt like eating some by herself, resisted herself

from doing so because she reasoned that it would not be ethical for her to eat when her husband had gone out with-

out having food.

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Supply Chain Business Intelligence - Stay Informed Part II Shifting consumer demand aging supply chain risks on puts a focus on channel ful- an ongoing basis? fillment. There is a need for Time-to-Resolution: When faster delivery times which a supply chain disruption is driving new network de- occurs, do you measure the sign strategies. A culture of time it takes to resolve and continuous improvement eliminate the impact? a n d When ongo- Pranjal Kumar Phukan a supi n g p l y network analysis is impor- chain disruption occurs, tant. Leaders empower how long does it take to depeople with information. termine which orders/ The goal is to make smarter SKUs are affected by a supand faster business deci- ply chain disruption? sions by understanding how When a supply chain disevents effect your supply ruption occurs, how long chain. The higher the qual- does it take you to quantify ity of data the better the out- its potential financial imputs, hence the reason for pact? acquiring end-to-end sup- How would you rate the ply chain visibility. If you overall quality of your supcan measure your supply ply chain data (timely, acchain, you can react to it. curate, and complete)?

Link your supply chain Do you have processes and functions with items on the systems in place, both inP&L and balance sheet be- ternally and with suppliers cause that is the language and other trading partners, of the CFO and CEO and to actively monitor and imthat is what garners their at- prove data quality? tention. A supply chain dis- Are you collaborating with ruption or a slip in supply all stakeholders in the cloud chain performance can in real-time? have a direct impact on fi- You may not have all of the nancial metrics. This can technology in-house to adinclude stock price returns, dress where in your supply share price volatility, oper- chain your inventory is loating income, sales growth cated. Supply chain techand costs which impacts a nology can be costly and wide variety of financial that is why utilizing a 3PL metrics. Supply chain dis- who has already invested in ruptions are typically not the technology you need to short-term impacts, they help customize solutions can take years to fix and to for their clients will reduce start trending in the right your costs. From natural didirection again. sasters to cyber-attacks, How accurate is your vis- health crises to labor unibility to inventory? rest, individual supply Do you have real-time vis- chain disruptions can ibility to your inventory? quickly escalate to impact Do you have a dedicated on a global scale. Disrupindividual or team respon- tions in one region will ofsible for assessing and man- ten result in time, risk or

cost increase in international transportation and commerce across the globe.

What is the cost of poor data quality? What is it costing you in inventory, labor and expedited shipments? If you can place a dollar value on the opportunity to improve data quality management, you can than go through a continuous improvement process to understand where the root causes and prob-

analyzed to arrive at insight that affirms performance is acceptable, or identifies gaps to address and take corrective action against.

KPIs for trade compliance are centered on regulatory audit outcomes, supply chain delays, duty saved, duty paid, fines and penalties, customer satisfaction and costing accuracy.

Todd Eagles a Compliance Specialist for Unilever stated, "At Unilever our alignment between corpo-

Image for representational purpose (Photo: predictiveanalyticstoday) lem areas are located.

What gets measured gets managed. What gets managed has a higher probability of success, or of taking corrective action to avoid negative consequences.

KPIs are measures of specific activities that contribute or detract from a successful outcome. To be relevant, key performance indicators must link meaningfully with objectives that are material to business success, either in a direct or supportive role.

They must be measurable, attainable and be easily

rate strategy and compliance KPIs is focused on savings. Managing trade compliance risk to ensure quota allocation and reduced spend on trade costs is our primary focus. Developing compliance minded KPIs shows the business additional risk information and therefore the need to continue investing in strong compliance programs."

The value of compliance is viewed as improving the company's reputation, ensuring transparency in the markets they operate in,

protecting associates and attracting the best and brightest, stimulating the business, increasing productivity, and encouraging innovation. The process for developing KPIs begins with the end in mind, around the business outcomes that are desired, which is then boiled down to a specific and measurable objective and a measurement metric. Cross functional visibility, engagement, communication, and accountability should be built into each KPI as appropriate, to ensure there is a 360 degree approach to optimizing performance.

"Top performing companies are transforming and harnessing data and adopting advanced analytical and dynamic optimization capabilities. Starting with descriptive analytics of the current state, they are moving to predictive analytics to describe the future or alternate states, and prescriptive analytics to optimize outcomes during the supply chain planning and execution phases. Almost two thirds (65%) of companies now believe that they need to improve their analytics.

The use of optimization and data analysis to turn big data into intelligence and drive business decisions can't be ignored any more not if a business wants to be successful. Today's enterprises are looking to reduce costs and improve operational performance in the context of their increasingly complex and multi-tiered global supply-demand networks.

Show Magnanimity, Not Hatred

Jorhat M.L.A. Hitendra Nath Goswami (Photo: .telegraphindia)

Sir, We heard of retaliation by rival lovers irrespective of sex, we heard of rivalry among different nations that led to two most devastating wars the world has ever witnessed in an act of retaliation, but can we imagine that a national party, now leading the alliance of the ruling dispensation of Assam could stoop to that low a level to ignore the best candidate in this year's H.S.L.C examination in that somnolent gaon Panchayat of South Jorhat (Koronga) mainly because of the fact that the boy Sri. Prasanta Katni happened to be the son of an erstwhile congress councilor.

The entire case happened with the full knowledge and under the nose of the Jorhat M.L.A. Hitendra Nath Goswami. Actually, a meeting was organized in the Koronga Gaon Panchayat (no. 55) by BJP to felicitate the candidates who passed the examination with flying colours of Karanga Panchayat along with the newly elected

The use of data to figure out what is happening now or what happened in the past is transforming the way we view the supply chain. This type of intelligence looks for trends at the micro-, the macro-, or the aggregated-levels of the business and then drills up, down, or across the data to identify areas of under- and over-performance. Areas may include: geography, time, products, shipments, logistic and transport lanes or channels, customers, stores, partners, campaigns and other business dimensions such as rates and costs," according to a 2015 report generated by the Aberdeen Group.

Do any of the following questions ring true to you?

Why don't we have full, end-to-end supply chain visibility?

Why do we still use spreadsheets and fax machines in parts of our operations instead of modern software?

Why are we still working in functional silos?

Why does it take us so long to make decisions?

Concluded (Author is Regional General Secretary of CaSI Global at US. He is research scholar at IIT, Guwahati. He can be contacted for visiting or guest lectures on entrepreneurship development, Sustainability, educational projects and technical knowhow on plastics industries. His email address is pranjal_xlri @yahoo.com)

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M.L.A of Jorhat. In the meeting the sons and daughters of BJP loyalists were felicitated regardless of the marks they secured, including third Divisioner. In contrast, Prasanta Katni secured Distinction with letter-marks in all subjects. Will the central and state BJP leadership pay their kind attention to this sort of silly matters that tarnishes the image of the party? Congress used Letters to the to do this sort of discrimination, as the good old virtues that predominated the editor and articles Party once is now a chimera. We, should be sent to : through this column of your esteemed The Eastern Todaily appeal to our. Education minister day to do something on the matter in a show Chowkidingee, of magnanimity.

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Mizoram University recruits Technical Assistant/ JRF in Aizawl July 2016 Eligibility : B.Sc, M.Sc Location : Aizawl Last Date : 20 Jul 2016 Hiring Process : Face to Face Interview Job Details Technical Assistant/ JRF in Mizoram University on a purely temporary basis Project : "Online monitoring of radon exhalation and modeling in fault regions of Champhai and Serchhip districts of northern Mizoram" Junior Research Fellow (JRF) No. of Post : 01 Qualification : The candidates having at least 55% marks in M.Sc. in Physics or Geophysics.

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North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology (NERIST) recruits Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors July 2016 North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology (NERIST) (Deemed University) (Under Ministry of HRD, Government of India) Nirjuli (Itanagar) : Arunachal Pradesh : 791109 The Director, NERIST hereby invites applications from the citizens of India and from such other persons declared eligible by MHA, Govt. of India, for the following Teaching posts: 1.

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K.K. Handiqui State Open University recruits Assistant Professor History/ Assistant Librarian / Junior Accounts Assistant (10 posts) in Guwahati July 2016 Eligibility : Any Graduate, 10th Std. (HSLC), M Phil / PhD Location : Guwahati Last Date : 22 Jul 2016 Hiring Process : Written-test Job Details Assistant Professor History/ Assistant Librarian /Junior Accounts Assistant recruitment in Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University Assistant Professor in History Qualification: (i) Good academic record with at least 55% marks (or equivalent grade in a point scale whenever grading system is followed), at the Master's Degree in the relevant subject from a recognized University. (ii) Qualifying in the National/State Level Eligibility Test (NET/SLET) conducted for the purpose by UGC or any other agency approved by UGC. However, candidates, who are awarded Ph.D. degree in accordance with the "University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. degree) Regulations, 2009", shall be exempted from requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET. Desirable qualification: (i) A degree/diploma in distance education or working experience in distance education institution (ii) Adequate knowledge of Computer (iii) Proficiency in both English and Assamese languages No. of Post : 01 Scale of pay: Rs. 15,600/- to Rs. 39,100/- with grade pay of Rs. 6,000/Maximum age: 43 years on the last date of receipt of the application.

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of NET/SLET. Desirable qualification: (i) A degree/diploma in distance education or working experience in distance education institution (ii) Experience in computerization of library (iii) Proficiency in both English and Assamese languages No. of Post : 01 Scale of pay : Rs. 15,600/- to Rs. 39,100/- with grade pay of Rs. 6,000/Junior Assistant Qualification : (i) A bachelor degree in any discipline (ii) Adequate knowledge of computer Desirable qualifications: (i) Working experience in ODL system

North Eastern Hill University recruits Guest Lecturer (Architecture) in Shillong July 2016

No. of Post : 04 Scale of pay : Rs. 5,200/- to Rs. 20,200/- with grade pay of Rs. 2,300/Junior Accounts Assistant Qualification: (i) A bachelor degree in any discipline (ii) Adequate knowledge of computer Desirable qualifications: (i) Working experience in ODL system (ii) 5 years working experience in Accounts Branch of any educational institutions in case of Arts/Science Graduate (iii) 3 years working experience in educational institution in case of Commerce Graduate No. of Post : 02 Scale of pay: Rs. 5,200/- to Rs. 20,200/- with grade pay of Rs. 2,300/Grade IV Qualifications: i) HSLC passed or equivalent Desirable qualifications: i) Working experience in ODL system No. of Post : 02 Scale of pay : Rs. 4,560/- to Rs. 15,000/- with grade pay of Rs. 1,700/Age Limit for Non Teaching : 43 years How to apply The application should be accompanied by a bank draft of Rs. 1000/- for serial No. 1 to 7 andRs. 500/-for serial No. 8 to 11 in favour of KKHSOU to be drawn at Guwahati. The last date for submission of application is 22nd July 2016. Application should be sent to the Registrar , K.K. Handiqui State Open University, Housefed Complex, Guwahati - 6 in an envelope superscribed "Application for the post of ……….. ".

Eligibility : M.Arch, B.Arch Location : Shillong Last Date : 25 Jul 2016 Hiring Process : Face to Face Interview Job Details Guest Lecturer in North Eastern Hill University Qualification : Candidates should posses Master Degree in Architecture/ Master Degree in Planning or equivalent from a recognized University (having passed B.Arch in the U.G Level) and 55% marks in the Master level.

Department : Architecture How to apply Eligible candidates may send their applications along with relevant documents to the Office of Head of Department ,Department of Architecture, School Of Technology, North-Eastern Hill University, Mawlai Umshing, Shillong 793 022 or email their applications to barchnehu@gmail.com on or before25-07-2016 till 04:00 PM. The candidates are requested to bring their original documents during the time of the interview at the stipulated date which will be notified accordingly.

Career in Archaeology The trend of all knowledge at the present is to specialize, but archaeology has in it all the qualities that call for the wide view of the human race, of its growth from the savage to the civilized, which is seen in all stages of social and religious development. - Margaret Murray Archaeology is an interdisciplinary activity that revolves around the investigation of material development made by earlier human societies. The objective of this discipline is to study past human cultures by identification, survey, and excavation of historical sites. These sites yield remains of earlier cultures in the form of relics (such as pottery, weapons, jewellery, articles of daily use, plant, animal, and human remains and so on) and architecture.

Once artefacts and monuments are unearthed they are properly analysed, documented, and preserved by archaeologists for future reference. Even an insignificant looking article like a piece of broken pottery or a human bone tells a lot of things to a seasoned archaeologist. The finding made during various archaeological investigations often adds new dimensions to already known facts of the past.

Recovery and analysis of remains obtained from excavation sites is the primary duty of all archaeologists irrespective of their field of specialization. Apart from the traditional process of collecting and managing material evidence of the past, archaeologists also

employ modern investigative techniques. The stateof-the-art research techniques utilized by modern day archaeologists are, genetic study, radiocarbon dating, thermography, satellite imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and so on.

As a multidisciplinary activity, archaeology greatly draws upon a vast array of subjects such as anthropology, art history, chemistry, classical literature, ethnology, geology, history, information technology, linguistics, palaeontology, physics, statistics, and so on.

All in all a career in archaeology is challenging, stimulating, and fulfilling.

Most of the universities in India that have a department of archaeology offer this subject at the post-graduation level and beyond it. In this regard, the first step towards becoming a successful archaeologist is to obtain a graduate degree.

This could be in any discipline. However, it is preferable to have a bachelor's degree in history, sociology, or anthropology for a better understanding of the concepts of archaeology. Further, it is advisable to check with the concerned university what all bachelor's degrees are acceptable for taking up a postgraduate course in archaeology.

However, universities like the Maharaj Sayajirao University of Baroda, offers a three years bachelor's degree in Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. Similarly, the Banaras Hindu University, offers two undergraduate courses in this

field: a three years honours program in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology and a three years vocational program in Museology and Archaeology.

The Institute of Archaeology under the aegis of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi, conducts a two year Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology. The eligibility of entry to this program includes a master's degree in Ancient or Medieval Indian History, Anthropology, or Archaeology form a recognized university. Students holding a master's degree in classical languages or geology can also apply for this program What would it Cost Me? It does not cost too much to purse your studies in this field. As far as the cost of completing, a bachelor's or a postgraduate degree goes the cost is similar to other arts and social science subjects.

Funding/Scholarship Students who succeed to get admission into the two year Post Graduate Diploma program in Archaeology run by the ASI get a stipend of Rs.1,500 each.

Post graduate students of archaeology who get through the National Eligibility Test (NET) or the Junior Research Fellow (JRF)Lectureship examination conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) are eligible to take doctorate studies in the capacity of a junior research fellow. The monthly remuneration of JRFs is Rs.8,000 per month.

Apart from the aforementioned, universities generally extend merit scholarships and stipends to students on the basis of their performance at pre as well as post graduate levels.

Some educational institutions also have government and privately funded fellowships for their students, the eligibility for which varies from institute to institute.

Job Prospect The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is the main recruiter of archaeologists in our country both at the centre and the state levels.

Qualified students can apply for appropriate positions in the ASI by clearing examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) or by the State Public Service Commissions (SPSC).

Students who have earned a post graduate degree in archaeology can apply for lectureship in various universities across the country. In this regard, they have to appear for the National Eligibility Test (NET) or the Junior Research Fellow (JRF)-Lectureship examination conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Candidates who succeed to qualify the JRF examination have the option to pursue a doctorate degree in the capacity of a paid research fellowship. For taking up a lectureship position within a particular state, candidates need to clear the State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) of that state.

Archaeologists also have the option to take up a job

in government or privately owned museums for the safe upkeep and management of museum artefacts.

Since most of the job openings are in government or government run agencies, therefore the career of an archaeologist is secure. Archaeologists draw all the benefits of a normal government employee as per their experience and official designation.

Pay Packet Archaeology students start earning as soon as they qualify the JRF examination and fulfil all the eligibility criteria thereof. A JRF gets an assistance of Rs. 8,000 per month for a period of two years. Emoluments are increased once their position is elevated to that of a Senior Research Fellow (SRF). The pay packet of lecturers is around Rs. 20,000 per month whereas professors earn even higher than this.

After joining the ASI, the basic pay package of an assistant archaeologist is in a range between Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 15,000 per month approximately. Archaeologists who have a doctorate degree tend to get better positions in the job hierarchy. The monthly salary of the director general of ASI is in somewhere around Rs. 30,000 per month.

International Focus Archaeologists have to travel extensively within the country from one excavation site to another. They also get the opportunity to work on international excavation projects as required. They also have the scope to take up permanent positions such

Representational image (Photo: historicjamestowne) as lecturers, professors, conservators, museum curators, and so on in foreign countries as per their experience and area of specialization.

Different roles, different names Archaeology in itself is a vast field and different roles are based on the area of specialization. The major branches of study in archaeology include: o Archaeobotany - Study of plant remains to ascertain agricultural practices of that time, food habits of the people, and climatic conditions thereof. o Archaeometry - Is the application of analytical engineering principles and processes to archaeology. o Archaeozoology - Branch of archaeology that looks into the remains of animals and related aspects such as their health, domestication, hunting practices, and so on. o Battlefield Archaeology Intensive archaeological exploration of well known battlefields. o Environmental Archaeology - Studies the impact of environment on past societies and vice versa.

o Ethno Archaeology - Application of modern day ethnological or anthropological data on past societies to gain an insight into them. o Experimental Archaeology - Replication of obsolete objects and processes in order to get a better understanding of their working. o Geoarchaeology - The focus of this field is towards the inspection of soil and rock samples to determine changes in geological and environmental conditions. o Marine Archaeology - Also known as underwater archaeology. Study dedicated to probe the remains of ships along with the study of cultures that developed along the coastline. o Palaeontology - This branch deals with the study of life forms that existed on earth before the advent of the modern man. o Prehistoric Archaeology Archaeologists whose main interest is to examine human traditions that belong to the pre-recorded or prehistoric era. o Urban Archaeology Branch that is specifically dedicated to the study of ur-

ban centres or cities.

Other than, the aforementioned branches of study an archaeologist can specialise in the study of a specific historic period (Biblical, Classical, Medieval archaeology, and so on) or geographical location such as Egyptology (study of Egyptian civilizations), Sinology (study of Chinese history), and so on.

They can also gain expertise in a particular area of research such as battlefields, underwater archaeology, geology, culture, flora, and fauna.

Top Companies 1. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) 2. Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) 3. National Museum 4. Universities and colleges 5. Government and private museums and cultural galleries Tips for getting Hired 1. One needs to have a hardy body and mind especially to bag this profile.

2. Good communication skills here also come handy to edge past one's fellow competitors.

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BUSINESS

1.6% jump in June's WPI inflation New Delhi, Jul 16: Wholesale inflation for June accelerated to 1.6 per cent from 0.8 per cent in May, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. This comes on the back of retail inflation for the month accelerating marginally to 5.77 per cent. The rise in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) was driven largely by inflation in the food articles segment.

"The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 1.62 per cent (provisional) for the month of June 2016 (over June 2015) as compared to

Sales target might be cut off by Hero MotoCorp Bengaluru, Jul 16: Given the slowdown in global markets, particularly those impacted by a fall in crude oil prices, the country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp said it "makes sense" for the company to review its target of Rs.60,000 crore annual turnover by 2020. The company, however, expects higher domestic sales in the second half of the year owing to good monsoons and implementation of the 7th pay commission recommendations. "Export continues to be a big thrust. We have gone to markets such as Africa and Latin America," Hero MotoCorp Chairman, Managing Director and CEO Pawan Munjal said. "However, numbers have not panned out as we had planned.

The first two-three years have not done as expected. We have not revised our targets but we will sit down and have a re-look at it."

The company, which introduced its first inhouse designed and developed motorcycle Splendor iSmart 110 with a price tag of Rs.53,300, had set a target of entering 50 new markets by 2020 with 20 manufacturing facilities across the globe and an overall annual turnover of Rs.60,000 crore.

(Agencies)

Four times more subscription faced by HDFC's masala bonds New Delhi, Jul 16: Housing Finance Development Corporation's (HDFC) rupee-denominated offshore bonds received healthy response from investors as the issue was subscribed more than four times. The mortgage financier raised Rs.3,000 crore by issuing these bonds, also known as masala bonds.

The debt bears a fixed semi-annual coupon of 7.875 per cent per annum with a tenor of 3 years and 1 month. HDFC exercised the green shoe option of Rs.1,000 crore.

"The all-in annualised yield to the investors is 8.33 per cent per annum.

"This rate is five basis points lower than the last domestic issue by HDFC on July 12, 2016," according to a company statement. The bonds will be listed on the London Stock Exchange and cannot be traded in the Indian market. (Agencies)

0.79 per cent (provisional) for the previous month and -2.13 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year." Inflation in the primary articles segment accelerated to 5.5 per cent in June from 4.55 per cent in May.

JUMPING JACK Wholesale inflation for June accelerated to 1.6 per cent from 0.8 per cent in May, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. This comes on the back of retail inflation for the month accelerating marginally to 5.77 per cent.

Within this, the food articles segment saw inflation accelerating to 8.2 per cent in June The rise in the Wholefrom 7.9 per cent in sale Price Index (WPI) May. "The rise in was driven largely by wholesale price inflation inflation in the food aris in line with expecta- ticles segment. tions and is essentially on the back of rising some catch up in comfood prices along with modity prices," said

The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 1.62 per cent (provisional) for the month of June 2016 (over June 2015) as compared to 0.79 per cent (provisional) for the previous month and -2.13 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

Within this, the food articles segment saw inflation accelerating to 8.2 per cent in June from 7.9 per cent in May. Fuel prices saw a contraction of 3.6 per cent in June compared to a contraction of 6.1 per cent in May.

Inflation in the primary articles segment accelerated to 5.5 per cent in June from 4.55 per cent in May.

Inflation in the manufactured goods segment accelerated to 1.2 per cent in June from 0.9 per cent in May.

Richa Gupta, Senior Economist, Deloitte. "In

particular, vegetable prices have seen a jump

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of 17.09 per cent during the month, which is in line with seasonal patterns and could possibly take another couple of months to come down."

Fuel prices saw a contraction of 3.6 per cent in June compared to a contraction of 6.1 per cent in May. Inflation in the manufactured goods segment accelerated to 1.2 per cent in June from 0.9 per cent in May. This was mainly driven by a rise in inflation in the manufactured food component, which saw inflation coming in Image for representational purpose. at 8.35 per cent in June (Photo:amazon) from 7.5 per cent in May. (Agencies) Chennai, Jul 16: "The five years since its Mondelez, which has in launch, Cadbury Oreo its biscuits category has become the No 1 preCadbury Oreo and mium biscuit in the counCadbury Bournvita bis- try. Golden Oreo seeks to cuits, has launched expand the appeal for the Ventures India, has over Golden Oreo, a lighter brand to wider set of confour million customers. It coloured version of the sumers. I am confident said that the transaction Oreo biscuits. The biscuit that it will strengthen our gave the firm substantial will be available across position in the biscuit catadditional resources to sup- all major urban and rural egory in India," he said. port growth and improve retailers from mid-July Made of skimmed milk, online and mobile plat- and will be available in the biscuit would cater to forms. This included fur- two SKUs (stock keep- the health conscious segther expanding its network ing units) - Rs 35 for a ment, added Pandyan. of domestic and interna- 150g pack and Rs 10 for On the company tional partnership with ho- a 50g pack. financials, he said, "We tels, airlines and tour packare a Rs 5,000-crore comage promoters. Yatra cus- Speaking on the launch pany and biscuit category tomers booked more than of Golden Oreo, Chella is a growing business for 2.8 million air travel reser- Pandyan, associate direc- us. We are inching closer vations and hotel stays tor, marketing, Biscuits to double digit in terms of with total transaction value India and Kids Fuel AP, contributions from this worth over $900 million Mondel?z India Foods business to overall." The during the fiscal year Private Limited, said: company has two faciliended March 2016, an in- "Mondelez International ties - in Ludhiana and crease of 25 percent from is the world's leading bis- Bengaluru -- manufacthe prior year, according to cuits company, and India turing biscuits. Pandyan the firm. (Agencies) is a top priority for us. We also added that Oreo is see tremendous opportu- the market leader in the nity for growth in the In- premium biscuit segment. dian biscuit category." (Agencies)

Yatra acquired by Terrapin for $218 mn Mumbai, Jul 16: Indian travel agency Yatra Online, Inc has entered into a merger agreement with Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corp (TRTL), a Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition firm, the two companies said in a statement. The transaction values Yatra at an enterprise value of $218 million (Rs 1,458 crore).

Yatra said that it intends to be listed on the U.S. stock exchange Nasdaq under the symbol 'YTRA'. It would be able to do this via a reverse merger, a way for private companies to go public, typically through a costefficient and expedient

process. In a typical reverse merger, an active private company takes control and merges with a dormant public firm or a shell company. TRTL, a shell company, is focused on effecting a merger, acquisition, or similar business combination. The combined company will continue to be led by Yatra's management team under the leadership of chief executive and co-founder Dhruv Shringi. "We are excited to partner with TRTL in a transaction that we believe will enable Yatra to continue its growth as a new public company," said Mr. Shringi

Yatra's chief executive and co-founder Dhruv Shringi. (Photo: images.newsflow24) in a statement. A chartered accountant, Mr. Shringi cofounded the firm in 2006 along with Manish Amin and Sabina Chopra who were his colleagues at Eu-

ropean online travel agency Ebookers. Yatra, which is backed by marquee investors such as Norwest Venture Partners, Intel Capital and IDG

India Post starts selling Gangajal from Rishikesh; gains an instant popularity Varanasi, Jul 16: Bottled 'Gangajal' from Rishikesh has vanished from the shelves within two days of India Post having launched the sale from its 47 head post offices throughout West Bengal. "We have seen a surprising demand for this bottled Gangajal from Rishikesh... We started selling it from Sunday and by Tuesday the stock was totally sold out," Chief Post Master General, West Bengal Circle, Arundhaty Ghosh said.

Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Manoj Sinha recently launched the new scheme which made the Ganga water easily available at all the post

offices across the country. Two varieties of Gangajal one bottled in Gangotri and the other one in Rishikesh, some 300km downstream were available. The Gangajal, packaged in bottles of 200ml and 500ml in Rishikesh, were sold from the city's General Post Office (GPO) and 46 other head post offices including Howrah, Midnapore, Tamluk and Siliguri.

"The demand is quite high and we were unable to match it because the supply was quite meagre for the first batch," Ghosh said. While the city saw 15 bottles of 'Gangajal' collected in Rishikesh vanishing on the first date, five bottles

of 200ml were sold out within minutes in Siliguri.

"Those bottles we have sold so far were bottled in Rishikesh. We are yet to receive those bottled in Gangotri. But the response was very encouraging," the CPMG said. On the reasons behind the "sold out" of the Gangajal, Ghosh reasoned that "the great sentiment associated with the holy water of the Ganges from Rishikesh". The 200ml bottled Gangajal from Rishikesh is priced at Rs 15 while the 500ml costs Rs 22, Ghosh said. "The Gangotri water will be slightly costlier with the 200ml bottle priced at Rs 25, the 500ml bottle priced at Rs 35," the

CPMG added. In fact, orders have been placed for a quick supply of bottles to meet the demand, she stated. "We have placed new orders for an immediate supply.

But it may take some time to reach West Bengal because of bad roads in Uttarakhand," Ghosh said adding that a small consignment will arrive soon. "So far we have managed to get a small consignment because the demand from other parts of the country is also quite high. But we are trying to get more," the official said. Talking about the sale online, the CPMG said, "People can place their order directly online to get the bottles packed in a beautiful box

at the doorstep." For bottles online, one need to pay the charges equal to that of charges of the Speed Post. "Here, in West Bengal online charges are likely to vary depending on the distance. There can be a price difference," another official at the Postal department said.

According to Ghosh, this will definitely be a big boost for business of the Postal department. The initiative was taken up by the Narendra Modi government to deliver the holy water from the Ganga at the doorstep of every Indian across the length and breadth of the country using the vast postal network.

(Agencies)

Usage of tomato sliced out of McDonald's burgers New Delhi, Jul 16: US burger chain McDonald's has stopped using sliced tomatoes in its products in North and East India due to concerns over poor quality of the crop. On Thursday, as hungry consumers walked into certain stores of the world's largest burger chain here, they were surprised to find their burgers and wraps bereft of the familiar vegetable. A notice displayed at the out lets by Connaught Plaza Restaurants, which operates McDonald's stores in northern and eastern regions of the country, explained that the company was unable to add

Image for representational purpose. (Photo: s3.amazonaws) tomatoes in various products due to temporary

unavailability. Unpredictable conditions have im-

pacted the tomato crop, its quality and supply, the notice said. In the past few months, tomato prices in the country have spiked. The latest wholesale price inflation data showed vegetable prices jumped 17% yearon-year in June. Retail prices also revealed a similar stubborn trend.

Recently, online grocer BigBasket listed the price of tomatoes as Rs 69 per kg on its website. However, senior executives at McDonald's India said the move to curtail the use of tomatoes in its offerings was not the result of high prices but poor quality. "We are working towards re-

solving this issue," said a spokesperson for McDonald's India (North & East). Executives at several McDonald's outlets in the capital that said the company was currently not using any substitute for tomato. "We are making do with lettuce and onions. We are waiting for supplies to resume," said an executive at a McDonald's outlet in central Delhi.

Interestingly, Westlife Development that operates McDonald's outlets in West and South India, is facing no such issues with the quality of tomatoes. Supply has not been hit either.

(Agencies)

Second-quarter GDP growth of China steady at 6.7% Beijing, Jul 16: China's second-quarter GDP growth remained steady at 6.7 percent, the government said, slightly ahead of forecasts and suggesting stability in the world`s second-largest economy. A key driver of global expansion, China`s economy grew 6.9 percent in 2015 -- its weakest in some 25 years -and officials have targeted a range of 6.5-7.0 percent this year. "The national economy has achieved moderate but steady and sound development," National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Sheng Laiyun said, adding he was "confident" that the annual growth target could be achieved.

The result matched the first quarter`s growth rate and slightly beat median economist expecta-

tions of 6.6 percent in an AFP survey. In the face of a slowdown Beijing has attempted tough structural reforms to wean the country off cheap exports and bigticket government spending in favour of domestic consumption. Fixed asset investment, an important gauge of infrastructure spending, rose nine percent in the first half of the year, a m i d a r e c o r d credit binge in the first quarter aimed at stimulating China's s l o w i n g e c o n o m y.

Factory production and consumer spending grew slightly, and industrial output rose over six percent on year in June, a slight increase on the previous month, while retail sales rose nearly 11 percent. (Agencies)

KEEPING INTACT China's second-quarter GDP growth remained steady at 6.7 percent, the government said, slightly ahead of forecasts and suggesting stability in the world`s second-largest economy.

A key driver of global expansion, China`s economy grew 6.9 percent in 2015 -- its weakest in some 25 years -- and officials have targeted a range of 6.5-7.0 percent this year.

The result matched the first quarter`s growth rate and slightly beat median economist expectations of 6.6 percent in an AFP survey.

In the face of a slowdown Beijing has attempted tough structural reforms to wean the country off cheap exports and big-ticket government spending in favour of domestic consumption.

Fixed asset investment, an important gauge of infrastructure spending, rose nine percent in the first half of the year, amid a record credit binge in the first quarter aimed at stimulating China's slowing economy.

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Davis Cup: Paes, Bopanna seal play-off place with easy win over Korea their only competitive match together before the Games. Even as the Koreans managed to break Paes in the third set, they did not present any challenge to the Indians. But it was a treat for the fans, little more than a thousand, to watch the Indian pair cruise to the win under overcast and friendly conditions.

Captain Anand Amritraj would be delighted to see that his idea of playing on the grass worked out for his side. Since the rain stayed away on Friday and Saturday morning, the court played much better, offering good bounce.

Sending down two double faults in the opening game was the only blemish for Bopanna, who kept tormenting Chung and Hong with his booming serves in

India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna acknowledge the crowd after winning 3-0 against Korea during the Asia/ Oceania Group I Davis Cup match in Chandigarh. Photograph: PTI.

the range of 200kms/hour throughout the match.

Such was the domination of the Indians that together they lost only 17 points on their serve. In the first Bopanna lost only one

while Paes lost only two points on his serve in the second set. Out of 17, 10 they lost only in the third set, may be because they got little complacent.

In the first set the Indians

took lead when they broke Hong in the eighth game.

Paes scored a volley winner to earn two chances for the side and Bopanna finished it with another winner.

Bopanna served out the set in the next, finishing it with an ace, his sixth.

They broke Hong in the third game of the second set when Paes ran to his left and made a return and the Koreans failed to pick up a low volley. That mini lead stayed with the Indian and Bopanna again served out the set.

The Indian pair broke lefthanded Chung in the first game of the third set to set the tone. Bopanna saved a break chance in the fourth before Paes dropped serve in the sixth. But the home players immediately broke back and sealed the tie in the 10th game.

Dempo mum on Sports world pays tribute to Nice victims reports Delta Corp stakes in FC Goa

Shrinivas Dempo PTI Panaji, Jul 16 : Goa FC coowner Shrinivas Dempo today chose to remain tightlipped on reports that gaming giant Delta Corp will buy majority stakes in the club owned by him and Dattaraj Salgaocar.

"I wish to offer no comment. We have filed an appeal before the committee (ISL regulatory committee) on various penalties imposed on us. The order is expected on July 22," Dempo told PTI, reacting to media reports that owners of FC Goa want to sell 65 per cent of stakes to Delta Corp.

FC Goa, the runners-up of the second edition of Indian Super League (ISL), had run into troubles after they had boycotted the prize distribution ceremony following their verbal duel with Chennaiyin FC captain Elano Blumer during the final match of the season, held last year on December 20.

Subsequently, FC Goa were

slapped a Rs 11 crore fine and the co-owners Dempo and Salgaocar were banned from participating in ISL for next two and three seasons, respectively.

They were also docked 15 points for the ISL 3.

The club had challenged the order of the tournament's Regulatory Commission.

As per the club's appeal, no opportunity was given to cross examine any of the witnesses and no opportunity was accorded to FC Goa to present evidence as to what actually transpired on December 20 last year.

The club had also pointed out that the AIFF Appeals Committee has directed that status quo be maintained with regard to the hearings before the ISL Regulatory Commission.

The committee heard FC Goa co-owners on June 9 and 10 in Mumbai and were supposed to give the verdict on July 14, which is now deferred to July 22.

No hockey player issued notices by NADA: SAI DG

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PTI Bengaluru, July 16 : Sports Authority of India Director General Injeti Srinivas today made it clear that no Rio Olympicsbound hockey player was issued notice by the National Anti-Doping Agency for 'whereabouts' filing failure as has been reported in a section of the media.

Srinivas, who accompanied new sports minister Vijay Goel to inspect the facilities at the SAI Centre here, disclosed that two "individual athletes" were issued notices for not updating their 'whereabouts' status to the NADA. "There was a case of two athletes who had not updated their whereabouts status with NADA. They later explained the reason for their difficulties to update their whereabouts on NADA website. NADA was satisfied and therefore this matter is behind us," Srinivas told reporters.

"No hockey player was involved. They are individual athletes," he added.

A section of the media had reported that three Riobound Olympians have been issued show-cause notices by the NADA for 'whereabouts' failure and two out of them were senior men hockey players.

NADA Director General Navin Agarwal had also told PTI that a few sportspersons had committed 'whereabouts' failures but all the Rio Olympics-bound contingent have undergone tests and were dope free.

Sportspersons included in the reserve testing pool need to provide their 'whereabouts' on a quarterly basis and a 60-minute time slot between 6am and 11pm each day to be available for testing at a specific location for out-of-competition testing.

Three such 'whereabouts' failures is treated as a doping violation.

AFP Paris, July 16 : France Davis Cup captain Yannick Noah, riders at the Tour de France and golfers at the British Open led tributes from the world of sport to the victims of the Nice terror attack.

The Tour's 13th stage only went ahead amid heightened security after Thursday night's truck attack on the French Riviera city which killed at least 84 people.

Organisers declared cycling's blue riband event in mourning, with a minute's silence held at the start of the time trial stage at Bourg-SaintAndeol.

Another silent tribute was held at the end of the day's riding at La Caverne du Pont d'Arc in the Ardeche region.

Defending champion Chris Froome said he felt particularly affected by the tragedy as he lives in Monaco, a short way along the Mediterranean coast from Nice.

"It's pretty close to home for me, I do a lot of training on those roads," said the 31-yearold Briton.

"To see the Promenade (des Anglais) the way it was yesterday evening, with bodies all over the road... it was horrific

scenes."

Tom Dumoulin, who won the stage, said it was the right decision to keep racing.

"It made me very sad when I woke up this morning. I wondered if the Tour would continue or not," said Dumoulin.

"It's horrific but it's a good decision to keep racing.

We cannot let the terrorists decide how we should be living."

At Royal Troon, golfers wore black ribbons on their caps for the second round of the Open Championship.

The French flag flew at half mast over one of the stands

around the 18th green at Troon on Scotland's west coast.

- 'Pray for Nice' France's Clement Sordet, who lives in Nice, sported the message 'Pray for Nice'.

"My thoughts are with the families and the victims. I woke up at 4am and tried to find out what had been going on, mainly on the radio," Sordet said at the end of his round.

"The attack happened less than 500 metres from where I live. My girlfriend's family come from there.

AFP Brasilia, July 16 : Brazil said it will bolster security for next month's Olympics in Rio following the truck attack in the French city of Nice.

Brazil's interim president Michel Temer held an emergency meeting with his intelligence chief and members of his cabinet late last night to weigh the next steps after the Nice attack, which killed at least 84 people.

As he left the meeting, intelligence chief Sergio Etchegoyen said new security measures would include extra checkpoints, barricades and traffic restrictions.

Brazil had already planned to

deploy 85,000 police and soldiers to provide security for the Olympics -- running August 5-21 -- double the number used in the 2012 London Games.

- Heightened fears, heightened security Etchegoyen said fears over security at the Rio Games had "gone up a notch" after the attack in Nice, where a Tunisian-born man drove a 19tonne white truck into a huge crowd gathered to watch the annual Bastille Day fireworks display on Thursday, leaving a gruesome trail of bodies in his wake.

"We're trading a little comfort for a lot more security,"

he told a press conference at the presidential offices.

Brazilian intelligence officials met with French counterparts for a briefing on the Nice attack, he said.

Defense Minister Raul Jungmann expressed "worries" over the Nice attack.

"This worry will translate to more checkpoints, security, staff and procedures being put in place," he told reporters at an air force base near the Rio international airport.

Jungmann said Brazil is corresponding with all 106 countries sending representatives to the event's international intelligence center.

France Davis Cup captain Yannick Noah

PTI Bengaluru, July 16 : Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Saturday said all 149 Indian athletes participating in the World School Games at Trabzon in Turkey are safe, amid an attempted military coup in that country in which at least 161 people have died.

“I have contacted the Ministry of External Affairs and India’s Ambassador to Turkey and they have confirmed that the 149 athletes participating in the world games in Trabzon area of Turkey are safe,” he said here.

Goel also said that he has ascertained from the organisers and the School Games Federation of India (SGFI), that all children are

safe and the games are on, adding the Sports Authority of India has set up a control room with the help of SGFI. The government, especially the MEA, are taking all steps to ensure the safety of the participants, Goel said.

The minister, who on a visit to the Sports Authority of India here to assess the ground situation and work towards improving the facilities said that he has contacted the families of the participants and assured them about the safety of their wards.

At least 60 people were killed in a night of violence in Turkey’s major cities after a Turkish army faction attempted a coup to bring down the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Arunuday drubs Jeyoti Sangah Sports Reporter Dibrugarh, July 16: Arunuday Unnayan Sangha Football Club trashed Jeyoti Sangah, Jokai 4-1 in the league encounter of the first Monuj Patra and Boga Das senior division football tournament organized by Dibrugarh District Sports Association at the DDSA stadium here today. Altogether, 11 teams are taking part in the tournament.

NCA camp introduces U-19 players to variety of balls PTI Bengaluru, Jul 16 : Country's junior cricketers have been exposed to different manufacturers of balls currently used at the domestic and international levels during the annual U19 camp at the NCA here.

At the month-long camp, players practiced with SG Test, Kookaburra and Duke balls as each of these balls have different bounce. The move will help the budding cricketers in understanding the difference between the balls.

The campers were also exposed to the newly added Pink ball.

The camp which was held from June 15 to July 14 saw players undergoing intensive training under National Cricket Academy batting coach WV Raman, bowling coach Narendra Hirwani, former Mumbai captain Amol Muzumdar and former India bowler Subroto Banerjee.

"They played with the

Cricketers Dukes, SG and Kookaburra balls. The red, white and pink balls. They played with all kinds of balls which are used at the international level, and they had a fantastic experience," said Banerjee after the conclusion of the camp.

"Most of them had not played with other balls so it was a great experience for them and they also got used to the balls.

If they have to play international cricket with any of

these balls, they have the experience of bowling with those balls," the 47year-old Banerjee told BCCI.TV. When asked on the newest addition to the variety of balls, Banerjee said, "The pink ball is a bit different, not too different but it seams around a lot.

It doesn't swing much. After pitching, the ball moves around a lot. So it is also a challenge for the batsmen to adjust.

Prabhakar named coach Brazil to boost Olympics of UP Ranji team security after Nice attack PTI Kanpur Jul 16 : Former India all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar has been appointed as the new coach of Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy team.

Former coach Rizwan Shamshad will now be the selection committee chairman.

Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association Director PD Pathak said that the decisions were taken during the working committee meeting of UPCA, held at Mussoorie yesterday.

UPCA's Secretary and Director Rajiv Shukla was also present at the meeting.

UPCA has also named

Manoj Prabhakar Arvind Kapoor as the chairman of junior selection committee while Nitu Dwivedi will head the senior selection committee for women.

Similarly, the U-19, U-16 and U-14 team's coaches and

managers were also changed.

Former Zimbabwe cricketer Heath Streak will be the consultant for the Gaur Hari Singhania Cricket Academy.

Not yet thinking about first Test selection: Rahul PTI Basseterre (St. Kitts), Jul 16 : With two fifties in the two practice games here, Indian batsman Lokesh Rahul has virtually staked claim for a Test spot when the series against the West Indies gets underway in Antigua on July 21 but the youngster says that thought has not yet struck him.

On day two of the second tour match against West Indies Board President's XI, he retired not out on 64, following up on his score of 51 in the first warm-up match at the same ground earlier in the week.

"Selection is something not in my control. As players we look to prepare and if op-

portunity comes by, we want to do well, both for ourselves and for team. There's still a week to go before the Tests start, so in next couple of days we will know who is playing and who is not. It's not something I am worried about.

What has to happen, it will happen," he said after the second day's play against WICB President's XI. "The idea was to come here early, get used to conditions.

I'm really happy with the way I have batted in the last two innings. It has helped in getting used to the conditions here, and the weather is hot and humid. It is not easy to get runs out there, and I have tried to use these two innings and use the time before the

Kohli (51) and Ravindra Jadeja (56) also scoring halfcenturies. Ajinkya Rahane and Wriddhiman Saha also scored comfortable thirties.

But the worrisome bit was that home side off-break bowler Rahkeem Cornwall picked up 5-118, again highlighting this Indian line-up's frailty against spin.

"I think we will be at an advantage if the pitches are spinfriendly. We have three quality spinners who are in good form in the Test format, so we will be very happy if we get turning wickets," he said.

"At the same time, we have firepower in pace department Lokesh Rahul as well. All of them have inTest series. I think I am pre- India finished their first in- creased their fitness levels and pared quite well," he added. nings at 364 all out, with Virat pace, so it is good to see them

bending their back on tough wickets like these. They are getting the ball to carry, so it is a really good sign," said the 24-year-old Karnataka batsman, shrugging off the five-wicket haul by Cornwall.

"I don't know about other venues. Out here, the pitch has been a little slow. The ball goes soft after 20-30 overs and as a bowler or fielding team, everybody has to put a lot of effort. If there is not much assistance from the wicket, then coping with the weather is going to be challenging as well.

Everyone needs to make an effort together, but we are up for it," he added.

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PTI Chandigarh, July 16 : Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna outclassed the Korean pair of Seong Chan Hong and Hong Chung in straight sets to guide India to the Davis World Group Play-offs as the hosts took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Asia/Oceania Group I tie.

The Indian pair dished out a dominating performance to trounce the visitors 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in just one hour and 41 minutes at the grass courts of Chandigarh Club.

Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan had won their respective singles on Friday to hand India a 2-0 cushion.

The reluctant partners for the Rio Olympics did not face any competition from the Koreans in what was

All Indian athletes in Turkey safe: Union Sports Minister

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'Bodanya' selected for Brahmaputra 'Marksheet' first Assamese commercial film released in digital media Valley Film Festival 2016 A new short film titled They just need money, 'Bodanya' (Benevolence and this is their religion. is life) has recently got After having a little the official selection money the boy smokes. among Somethe top Kalyan Kumar Kalita times 1 5 h e films for 'Brahmaputra felt something when he Valley Film Festival watched boys and girls 2016' to be held on 22- going to school. One day 24 July in Machkhuwa that poor boy went to a ITA, Guwahati. The film shop, suddenly he saw has been written and di- that nearby a book shop rected by talented direc- a school boy asked the tor-producer Jyotish shopkeepers for a book Kumar Nath whereas but as he was having a produced under the ban- short of money the shopner of Utsah Production. keeper denied the book.

The film's concept and story is driven by Then the poor boy come Rupamjyoti Saikia. It's to that school boy and an children based art film helps him to get the book. whose story revolves In this way the boy around a 12 year old poor proved that though he is boy seeking money in poor he has a billion dolfront of Temple and lar heart, where benevoMasjid as he follows that lence is life. This is the beggar has no religion. main theme of 'Bodanya'.

A poster of the film.

The key roles in the film have been essayed by Brachilin Yogi, Tanmayjyoti Nath, Mriganka Sivam, Jyotisman Nath, Ajay Nath, Dolan Nath (Bongku), Rimjim Nath, Abinash Nath, Kaustavmoni Nath and

Apurba Nath. The cinematography has been done by Phul Kumar Sivam and Rupamjyoti Saikia, editing is done by Pragjyotish Bhuyan. The film's associate editor is Uddipta Kumar Bhattacharyya, stills by Jayprakash Sharma.

Hillol Kumar Pathak's 'Runjun' in Prithwiraj Theatre Everyday lots of talented sion. The play is written newcomers from village and directed by Amateur and small town have tried theatre's well known to enter this glamour story-teller and noted world jouro f Kalyan Kumar Kalita n a l i s t actHillol ing to fulfill their dream Kumar Pathak. Without of becoming a successful applying some un-necesactor as well as actress, but it's always a big question that actually how many of them have been able to do it ? And where the rest of the people have gone? Does talent really matters in this glamour world or some other way is there to enter in this world?

Runjun, a talented village girl also dreamt of becoming a good actress and to make her identity in this glamour world, but when she has entered into this world to fulfill her dream she came across few unknown things re- sary technical things and lated to this world. Point- dance numbers, Hillol ing out this serious issue Kumar Pathak always popular mobile theatre tries to make some story group 'Prithwiraj Theatre' based play focusing some is going to stage a play serious issues, that's why titled 'Runjun' in this ses- his plays were highly ap-

preciated by the Assamese mobile theatre lovers. The storyteller shared his feelings by saying that, the story of this drama is very strong that will definitely touch the heart of every people and the whole team of the

theatre group tried hard to make it a successful and enjoyable one for the Assamese audiences. The title song of this play is written and tuned by journalist, lyricist Kalyan

Kumar Kalita, musically arranged by Pranjal Prodip Bharali whereas rendered by Rintu Saikia and Gitasree Borah. Popular actor of Assamese movie, television screen and stage Dipan Bharali has been signed for this season of Prithwiraj Theatre along with popular actor of mobile theatre Reb Bora and Dipsikha Bora and many other newcomers. The producer of this theatre, Surajit Bora said that, to compute with the other popular theatre groups, Prithwiraj Theatre has prepared the whole group with some new concept and latest techniques.

He also added that, among all the three plays of this theatre written by three different story-tellers, people will be able to get different kind of enjoyment. The other two plays are Abhijit Bhattacharya's 'Debota' and Samarendra Barman's 'Bahuboli'. The theatre group already started rehearsal with full swing from 10 July.

'Pain' honoured with award in 5th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival titled 'Pain' has been written, produced and directed by Naba Kumar Das. His previous short film 'Spotless' also received much praise and appreciation in various film festivals.

Movies like 'Pain' is sure to bring back the lost Assamese audience back to its roots.

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Human trafficking has become a serious issue to be dealt with. Scores of women are suffering every day. Women are kidnapped and harassed both physically and mentally. The victim either loses mental stability or commits suicide. But sadly, the culprits are of-

ten set free by the jurisdiction due to lack of evidences and political clout.

A new short film that raises this social issue has been conferred with a 'Special Festival Mention' award in the 5th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival - 2016. The film

The story of the film revolves around a young man whose sister is a victim of human trafficking in Assam. Even though she is rescued after a year she loses her mental stability. She commits suicide and the accused is set free by the jurisdiction due to lack of any evidence and clout.

Rajiv sets out on revenge and kidnaps the MLA and his daughter. He even assaults the daughter in front of the MLA to make him experience

the pain of being a victim. The key roles in the film have been essayed

by Naba Kumar Das, Lonishree Das, Deepak Kumar Roy, Parn Krishna Mahanta, Gitashree, Pinaz, Jagdish, Dayal, Ranjit, Mridul and Master Mansoom.

The film's music is composed by Bikash, background music is scored

by Anindya Kashyap, and the theme song is composed and sung by Bivhu Mahanta. The cinematography is done by Bipul Das. The film's co-producer is Kulen Chandra Das; associate director is Anindya Kashyap, makeup is by Biswa.

During this digital era, the the audiences and critics Assamese film industry in its special shows. The has recently added a spe- story of the film, made cial movie release tech- under the banner of nique to its cap. A new Enajori Talkies and HDR Assamese full length fea- Creations, is mainly chilture film titled 'Marksheet' dren based. The movie's was released worldwide story revolves around a sweet on 28 J u n e Kalyan Kumar Kalita charmthrough ing the website kid named Babu who is al'cinemasofassam.com'. In ways happy in his own this way, 'Maksheet' be- world of fantasies. Being come the first Assamese not too fond of studies, feature film commercially Babu is always been released through digital yelled at by his parents media. People all around especially his dad due to the world can easily be his poor academic perforable to enjoy this film mances. Azaad a poor kid through 'cinemas lives with his dumb uncle ofassam.com' by giving a who works as a labourer minimum charge. This in a construction site. type of movie release They meet when Babu method will definitely be runs way from his school much more helpful for the after failing in his half low budget and standard yearly exams with an inmovie producers. In this tention of not going back way, the Assamese people to home and to escape the staying outside the Assam horror of confronting his can also enjoy the film and Dad after handing him his the non-Assamese people poor marksheet. Azaad also will be able to enjoy then learns Babu's trouble it with sub-titles. and helps him escape to The film 'Marksheet', pro- his destination which was duced by Himjyoti Babu's grandmother's Talukdar, Dikhit Das and place. The film then capRatan Sil Sarma and di- tures the innocence and rected by Ratan Sil Sarma friendship of these two is highly appreciated by kids, who gradually gets

too fond of each other, mesmerized by each other's company that ultimately changed their lives.

The film's story-screenplay and dialogues have been penned by Himjyoti Talukdar, cinematography has been done by Dikhit Das. It is to be noted that, the movie has been completed through the 'crowd funding' process. Outside Assam, the 'crowd funding' process is very much popular but in Assam its still a new technique. The film's music has been directed by well-known

singer Tarali Sharma and the key roles in the film have been essayed by child artists Aditya Malla Bujarbarua, Abhijit Choudhury, Pranami Bora, Jintu Kalita and Dibyajyoti Saikia. One song of the movie has been composed and sung

by Joi Barua. The film was selected in six different categories on 'Prag Cine Award 2016' and received three awards with the categories like 'best debut direction', 'best playback singer male' and 'jury special mention'.

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Note: Ganache should be slightly warmer before you pour it on the cake.

For the chocolate fudge frosting: Cream the butter, cocoa and icing sugar.

Add in the cooled chocolate and vanilla.

Chocolate cake are hugely liked by people of all age groups from all over the world. (Photo: cdn1.tmbi) For the ganache: In a pan add the cream. The minute the cream boils add it over chopped chocolate-butter and mix till smooth. Let it cool to thicken. Pour on top of the cake.

Assamese film 'Doordarshan Ati Jantra' to be released on September 2 After a long and infuriating wait, Assamese film titled 'Doordarshan Ati Jantra' directed by Rajesh Bhuyan will finally get release on September 2 in the various theatres of Assam. This was disclosed at a press meet held at the Gateway Grandeur Hotel by the film's producer Sanjive Narayan recently.

"The script of this film based on Himangshu Prasad Das's play 'Akhon Gaont TV Asil' is written by Rajesh Bhuyan and Santanu Roumaria. The music is scored by Mausam Gogoi", said Narayan at the press meet attended by journalists from the

plays a part in the movie.

It will be a complete entertainer", Bhuyan who has given a new life to a well-liked story written in 1987, said. The music CDs of 'Doordarshan Ati Jantra' was also released on the occasion.

A file photo of actors and crew members of the Assamese film titled 'Doordarshan Ati Jantra'.

(Photo: kotahsobi) print and electronic media. "This film features 62 artistes from the

world of film and theatre. The late actor Lakshmi Borthakur also

During the press meet, the film's distributor Rajiv Bora, music director Mausam Gogoi, artistes like Jatin Bora, Prastuti Parashar, Moonmi Phukan, Utpal Das, Rajiv Kro, Saurav Hazarika and others also made brief speeches. The songs in the film are rendered by Zubeen Garg, Priyanka Bhorali and Chayanika Dutta.

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