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Vol. 1

Issue 322

Dibrugarh, Sunday, May 1, 2016

Thunderstorm and Lightning killed 1 in Dharmapur village of Miao Circle Hailstones have so far destroyed cash crops in large proportion in Bordumsa, Miao and Changlang.

ET Correspondent Miao, Apr 30

Last night, a student belongs to Chakma community was killed when lightening struck him at around 8:30 in the night at Dharmapur village under Miao Circle of Changlang district. The deceased, Rahul Chakma (17), has appeared for Class X Board exam this year.

His body was cremated today by the family and villagers. This is the third case of death in the district within 48 hours. Two persons were earlier killed in cyclonic storm in Diyun circle on Thursday evening. The uninterrupted downpour since last few weeks have rung alarm bells as all major rivers and streams are flowing above danger mark.

Heavy submergence of agricultural fields and erosion has been reported from every pocket of Changlang district.

To make matters worse on Thursday evening cyclonic storm exhibited its brutality at Diyun, Pisi to Khagam, Miao and Mpen areas. Many standing trees were uprooted due to which power and drinking water supply lines have largely been affected. A huge eucalyptus tree was uprooted at upper Miao and fell upon a grocery cum electronic shop but the shopkeeper escaped unhurt with his wife, daughter and two customers who were present at that point of time Thursday evening.

A huge tree uprooted due to the cyclonic storm in Miao. Pic - Pisi Zuaing

When contacted officials of power dept at Miao said the damages caused due to the storm was grave and therefore restoration of power supplies may be delayed.

CM Pul discusses issues pertaining to construction of permanent High Court Complex A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Apr 30

Chief Minister Kalikho Pul discussed issues pertaining to construction of permanent High Court Complex in the state capital and development of Judiciary System in the state in a meeting with Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court in his official bungalow on Friday evening.

Chief Minister said that handing over of land for construction of permanent High Court Complex in the state capital is in process. The state

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Lightening Killed two Mangaldai, Apr 30 : Two persons identified as Sajida Begam (19) and Barek Ali (16)both residents of village Bogmara Nangeli Char under Mangaldai Revenue Circle in Darrang district have been killed when lightening struck them in the early morning today said an official source . Earlier on Thursday one woman was also killed by lightening in Bordoulguri village in Sipajhar.

Meanwhile power supply and BSNL mobile and broadband internet service has reportedly been suffered badly in Mangaldai and its outskirt in last couple of days due to series of thunder shower and lightening leading to repeated load shedding and disconnection of mobile and internet links.

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Diphu April 30: Dokmoka Police of east Karbi Anglong arrested one dreaded cadre of KPLT (Karbi Peoples Liberation Tiger) yesterday night from village Borsing Taro. The arrested cadre has been identified as Rupsing Rongphar.

Police acting on a tipoff arrested Rupsing Rongphar around 9.30 PM along with one .32 pistol and 2 live ammunition, case no 29/16 under section 120, 121, 121(A), 122 of IPC has been registered against the accused at Dokmoka police station. (Correspondent)

govt has instructed the Department of PWD to hand over entire complex of State Guest House, Naharlagun along with all existing structures to the Law & Judicial Department on as-is-where-is basis at the earliest.

Given the fund constraints, the state govt. is exploring possibility of getting financial assistance from the Planning Commission or the DoNER Ministry for setting up of permanent High Court Complex and the state govt has approached the Niti Ayog for approving the same.

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Despite so-called heightened security by Jorhat police, burglars loot ATM again Bijoy Handique Jorhat, Apr 30

Making a total mockery of the so-called tight security system by Jorhat Police, a gang of ATM burglars once again managed to break open an ATM in the heart of the town and looted 12 lakhs rupees sparking angry reactions from the people of town. What is more surprising is the fact the looters came in a convoy of two cars to 'conduct their operation successfully' from the State Bank of India (SBI) ATM located near Nehru Park under Jorhat Sadar police station in Jorhat district. "This is totally ridiculous. I still cannot make out as to how these gangs can operate almost at will at a time when Jorhat has a so-called heightened security arrangement by the police department led by an able lady IPS officer", a local resident of the Nehru Park area said.

According to a senior police officer, as per CCTV footage a total of nine persons came in two vehicles, five in a Tata Sumo while four others in Wagon R car. "They closed the ATM shutter while conducting the crime, first they digged then opened and lifted the ATM machine's upper portion of the money chamber of the machine", the official said.

Meanwhile, police interrogated employees from the security Prosegur-the money handling agent and in charge of the FIS private limited who

CM Pul discusses issues pertaining to construction of permanent High Court Complex with Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court

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The SBI ATM in Jorhat which was looted. Pic - Nekib Ahmed looks and owns the SBI ATMs. Police suspects the act to have been carried by the same group that was involved in two major ATM robbery that took place in the month of October and November 2015. It is exactly after six months same and similar type of robbery took place in the heart of Jorhat city in early wee hours today.

AJYCP Central committee adviser Putul Dutta talking to this correspondent heavily blamed the administration specially the police department which is led by an lady IPS officer Ms. Amanjeet Kaur as Superintendent of Police, Jorhat. "It is only during her

tenure, law and order in the town has detoriated and all the good work done by her predecessors has gone down the drain", Dutta alleged.

Dutta said how can a SP who is busy in a confined room keeping no relation with nobody even with the media with particular or even refuses to receive phone calls from anybody since past six to seven months. Ironically no people from the district rarely see her but she appears like a shooting star during the time pf Chief Minister’s visit or other protocols. It is absolutely against her service and for the people of Jorhat, Dutta alleged.

MP Rameshwar Teli visits blast spot at Tinsukia, assures help to vicitms

WASE-Police coordination, two drug peddlers arrested Spl Correspondent Pasighat, Apr 30

While showing a good coordination between Women Against Social Evil (WASE) and Sille-Oyan Police, two drug paddlers namely Sobir Pao of Oyan Village and Abhijeet Gogoi of Namsing village has been caught red handed by police team led by Sub-Inspector V. Lowang on Friday evening.

Informing about the arrest, Joya Tasung Moyong, General Secretary, WASE said that, this time around police has taken our initiative and report seriously

and made a serious and sincere investigation following which these two drug paddlers were arrested last evening. Nine (9) grams of heroin has been recovered from their possession and a case has been registered against them vide Case No. 04/ 16 U/S 21 (A) of NDPS Act. As per WASE sources, Sobir Pao is the one of the main paddler who got escaped from the clutches of police and WASE team when one Mohan Tamut of Oyan was arrested a couple of days ago. Pleased and satisfied over the sincerity of the police team, WASE has announced to felicitate and award a sum of

Rs.1000/- each to the four police constables and SI V. Lowang for being a part in the eradication of drugs menace in East Siang District.

Meanwhile, when contacted to Sille-Oyan police, I/O of the case SI V. Lowang told this reporter that, they had to struggle a lots to nab the drug paddlers.

“Without the active services of my four constables, the arrest wouldn’t be possible. We had to deploy one of our constables as uncover agent in plain clothes who did a commendable job by locating them along with drugs and subsequently we followed

them and made the arrest”, added Lowang who is looking for out for busting more such paddlers and gangs operative along Arunachal-Assam boundary.

The arrested duo has been sent for 14 days judicial remand.

In total of 9 grams of heroin recovered from the paddlers duo, 6 grams was recovered from Abhijeet Gogoi, while 3 grams from Sobir Pao. According to NDPS Act, the imprisonment term for 6 grams (medium quantity) is 10 years and above, while 3 grams (small quantity) is 3 months.

Dibrugarh MP Rameshwar Teli (right) during his inspection of the Tinsukia blast site.

Pic - Siddharth Singh Spl Correspondent Tinsukia, Apr 30

: 48- hrs after twin blast rocket this busines town, BJP member of parliament from Dibrugarh constituency Rameshwar Teli visited the bomb blast spot at Devi Phukri paanchali in Tinsukia town on Saturday.

He was accompanied by BJP Tinsukia assembly constituency candidate Sanjay Kissan and several other BJP workers.

said, he has spoken to the principal of Assam Medical College and asked him to ensure that best treatment is given to the blast victims.

MP Teli met the family of the victims who has been injured in the blast and assured them of all possible help.

MP Teli also met the deputy commissioner of Tinsukia Puru Gupta and took up the matter of placing CCTV at sensitive and other public places, Kissan added.

Talking to ET, Sanjay Kissan

Aalo Police cracks ‘Monikanchan Nowka’ ready to ferry Sarbananda series of burglary cases Sonowal from Neematighat to Majuli Island…

ET Bureau Aalo April 30

Bijoy Handique Jorhat, Apr 30

As the Assembly Poll result date nearing, respective departments had already started their responsibilities which will be unique this time as Sarbananda Sonowal being BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate for Majuli island, under Jorhat district is said likely to be one among the two parties to form the government i.e., Sarbananda or Tarun Gogoi.

The Inland Water Transport (IWT) had started beautifying “MoniKanchan Nowka”, a ferry belong to the department of DRDA, that can carry two vehicles which will have a A/C with a VIP cabin along with an open terrace and a top floor parlour for sightseeing within the ferry that will be meant for VVIP only and that has been making ready with several other ferry all belonging to Contd. on Page 4

Acting upon series of complaints on theft and burglary cases from Govt. offices like Govt.

H.S. School, General Hospital, BDO Aalo East, DHO, DDI, DDSE and other individuals from the month of March to till date, the Aalo Police under the supervision of Superintendent of police Shri Mari Riba and police team led

by Officer In charge Olik Tamut,SI M. Geyi, SI T.Tali, SI W. Rongrang, SI T. Tinknok, H/C Doi Bagra, H/C G. Loya, constables N.Lingi, K. Tamut, A.Diyum and K. Akar a made a breakh through to arrest the lone Burglar Shri Nyai Tali, S/O of Tamer Tali of Bingung village under Rumgong adminis-

trative Circle. Freeze, gas cylinders, generators, Cloth and utensil boxes, stand fans, table fans, large number of computer sets, laptops with accessories was recovered from different locations.The burglar was selected for Job Mela and got six month training at Delhi in computer website designing. On repeated interrogation by the police, Shri Nyai Tali who under lock up and remand divulged the fact that he indulged himself in theft and burglary alone for a year after coming back from Delhi. Meanwhile, the Superintendent of Police appealed the people not to purchase or take any stolen items without authentication as it helps stealing and thefts and those who get it secretly too are liable under offence.

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DIBRUGARH, SUNDAY, MAY 1

PAGE 2 ASTRO FOR YOU Aries You are going to have the time of your life; that is if you make the right plans. At work, there will be the usual ups and downs. But plan the evening well and you may surprise yourself.

Taurus As concerns of your future grip you, you will start working on a method to improve things today. It is a day of moderation and there will be neither an insurmountable problem nor a eulogistic high to brag about by the end of it.

Gemini A day when you get the opportunity to show what stuff you are made of. By afternoon, you will be in your elements and will feel almost invincible. Your optimism will rub off on your colleagues and the atmosphere at the workplace will be nothing short of electrifying.

Cancer There is a sound prospect that you will work hard to improve the welfare of your children.In the afternoon, you may hear good news about their academic success.

Leo If you are the one who sets the corporate mantra each morning, then know that today, your mantra will be fabulous, and will be chanted by many in your organisation. Being a business magnate might not be the easiest thing, but you are who you are, and you are good at it.

Virgo Trouble is lurking just round the corner and waiting to waylay you. At work, you will find yourself in a high-spirited mood and will be helpful to your colleagues. You might end the day in the company of family members recollecting the happy days you have spent in each other's company.

Libra An extended family is a boon, especially when it comes to charting out some success.

Okay, maybe it's not Don Corleone calling the shots in your favour; but expect to get a favourable base from your relatives for the same. Bring your luck with you to work, and keep smiling Scorpio The Dons in the office may bypass your superiors and probably make you run around as an errand boy. You are likely to impress your superiors with your brilliance. Evening, though, will ring out the exhaustion of the morning.

Forest man participates in sapling plantation programme in DU A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Apr 30: Padma Shri awardee Jadav Payeng popularly known as the "Forest Man of India" participated in a sapling planatation programme in Dibrugarh University today.

The social initiative programme was organised by the Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology (DUIET) under

"Auxesis"- the annual techno-cultural management festival of the institute.

As part of the programme, tree saplings were planted inside the University campus, schools, public places and the town's outskirts area.

Speaking on the occasion , Payeng urged the country's youth to take interest in

ET Correspondent Tezpur, April 30 : On the occasion of the world veterinary day a free canine ARV vaccination and treatment camp was held at State Veterinary hospital, here today. The camp was inaugurated by Dr. Jiten Sarmah, Ex. OC, ICDP in the morning at 8 am.

Dr. Anup Das, District Veterinary officer, informed that the camp was organized by the Sonitpur district branch of Assam Husbandry and Veterinary Service association in cooperation with Indian Immunization

Ltd., VIRBAC, Intas Pharma, Vet Mankind, Cipla and Excellar Formulations. He further added that the camp was organized to make aware people about the vaccination and treatment of the dogs. “A dog show and a free canine ARV vaccination and treatment camp will be organized within a short period at Tezpur,” he added by mentioning that the veterinary doctors from State Veterinary hospital, ICDP, mission Charilai and DVO took part in the camp.

Dr Kamala Kalita, of

Customers dissatisfied with services of UCO Bank

Capricorn The day will have a bundle of things to offer today, some good, some not so good. At work, you are likely to overlook the most obvious things, and come across some unexpected ones. But as dawn turns to dusk, a pleasant surprise may get you all pepped up.

ET Correspondent Golaghat, Apr 30: Customers of Golaghat specially those belonging to business community are dissatisfied with services of Golaghat UCO Bank Town Branch . As per the complaint of customer the Bank has insufficient employee which include 5 in numbers of which 3 works at Computer machine and 2 other do small works of the Bank . Even after two years of establishment the bank has no proper furniture and even the Volt room is insecured too as it is just covered with curtains only . As per one complainent there is no

Pisces A good day is in the offing. You are likely to receive news you will be glad to share and celebrate with your family. A few pending deals are likely to be finalised in the afternoon, and there are indications you will need to go off on a short visit for business purposes later on in the day.

PRASAR BHARATI (India's Public Service Broadcaster) ALL INDIA RADIO : DIBRUGARH (M.W.529.1m/KHz567 F.M. 101.30 MHz) Phone No.-03732325456 E-mail -dibrugarh@air.org.in Facebook Page-All India Radio Dibrugarh Programme Highlights 1-5-16 (SUNDAY) 5-35 A.M-Bhaktigeeti (Devotional Songs) 6-10 A.M-Swasthya Charcha (Health Programme) 6-30 A.M-Bhajan From Films 7-15 A.M-Aajir Dinto (Morning Information Service) 8-35 A.M-Surar Panchoi (Composite Programme of Assamese Film Songs) 9-00 A.M- Antara (Composite Programme of Hindi Film Songs) 9-20 A.M-Seuji Chora (Children Programme)-1.Ei Mahor Geet-ProductionBhabesh Goswami,2. Aami Janoo Aahaa-"Bordoibaam Bilmukh Pokkhi Udyan" by Nakul Khound 12-05 P.M-Surar Satsori (Request Programme of Assamese Songs) 1-10 P.M-Gharjeuti -1.Talk-"Shiksha Aaru Manobiyo Mulyaboodh" by Abanti Goswami 2-30 P.M-Western Music 3-45 P.M-Programme in Miju Mishmi 4-05 P.M-Programme in Khamti 4-25 P.M-Programme in Wancho 4-45 P.M-News for Arunachal Pradesh 5-00 P.M-Programme in Idu 5-20 P.M-Programme in Tangsa 5-40 P.M-Programme in Nocte 6-15 P.M-Ganya Raijor Anusthan 8-00 P.M-Ekalabya 9-30 P.M-Feature 10-00 P.M-Classical Music Sd-/H.O.P

daily for construction of four-lane highways in the state, he said that there was an urgent need to make up for the losses by planting trees.

Jiten Hazarika, Dean of Student Affairs, Dibrugarh University, Mukul Chandra Bora, Director, DUIET, Niranjan Bora, faculty convener of Auxesis - 2016 were present among others.

smooth clearing number of DD and Cheques and it take more than months for clearance . Asking to the incharge officer Mr P.K Borthakur regarding all this he said that bank does not have software and as such the problem has arrived . However reliable sources has revealed that Bank does not have clearing membership of RBI so such problem has crept in . Mr Borthakur said they use to forward the DD and Cheque to Jorhat for clearance and all .

However the complainant is surprise that one of his DD of 29 th Feb has not been clear till date .

State Veterinary hospital, Tezpur, informed that more than fifty different breeds of dogs were brought to the camp. He further added that ‘After the health checks up medicines were provided free of cost to the dogs and vaccination was done on which it was required.” He said adding the response of the people was satisfactory though it was organized within a short period of time.

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A technical session was held after the camp at District Veterinary Office , tezpur.

Executive meeting on 2nd May ET Correspondent Golaghat, Apr 30: United Chambers of Commerce of Golaghat has called out its Executive Meeting on 2nd May from 7.30 pm at office premises . In the meeting important decision regarding Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the organisation and publication of Souvenir will be discussed . The General Secretary Dip Kalita has asked all the members to attend the same.

ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, April 30: Security forces apprehended a linkman, ground worker of NDFB-S militant outfit from Guruphela area under Kachugaon PS in Kokrajhar on Saturday. Based on an input about presence of militant outfit linkmen in

Three arrested in youth missing case connected to witch-hunting ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, Apr 30: Police arrested three persons in connection with the missing of college student Ashinta Basumatary alias Ola, who went missing from his house at East Maligaon in Kokrajhar, since April 22; on the other hand, accused woman for witch left her village to get rid of atrocities and threatens from the situation in the area.

Shyamal Prasad Saikia,Kokrajhar SP said that police administration has been taking stern action into incident and nabbed three persons from the village. They are identified -Anil Basumatary( 60), Ranjan Narzary(25) and Dhiren Narzary(40), were arrested yesterday night. Saikia said expressed concern over incident said that it was unfortunate in today’s scientific era as peoples are belif on witch. He said that there is every posibility that the youth was killed and body dumped the day he was taken away.He has expressed his hopeful that main culprits would be booked in earliest.

Ashinta Basumatary alias Ola, a BA 4 semmester student at UN Brahma College,

Kajalgaon in Chirang went missing from his house since April 22 last. The family member fear that he was taken away and killed by some villagers as the family were accused of being a witch. Ashinta’s mother Gaijrai was accused of being a witch five years back after the death of her husband. and forced to leave her house last December. She has since been living at her parents house at Sulmari in Gossaigaon subdivision.

In October 2013, the villagers of Sulmari and East Maligaon even held a meeting in this regard and a resolution was adopted that the family should be allowed to live in the village without any problem. But the family were harassed continually forcing Gajrai to leave her home and stayed with her parents leaving her two sons and a daughter.

Mahanta said they received a threat few days back by some villagers, who even took away their goat as punishment.

Mahanta said after receiving threat his brother(Ashinta) asked him and his wife to leave the place as precautionary measure.

Mahanta said he left for his inlaw’s place on 20 April last but could not contact his brother since April 22.

‘I heard that he was taken away and killed, he said.

The ordeal resurfaces again after Gajrai came to visit her children for a family function few days back. Some villagers accused her of spelling black magic resulting the death of a cow in the village after her visit in the village.

The family member named five suspect-Thobra Narzary, Gobinda Basumatary, Elem narzary, Borai Basumatary and Sontola Basumatary- in the FIR. Accused family members alleged that villagers kidnapped Ashinta and later killed him for not getting his mother (accused Gaijrai) on April 22 last,who has been still missing. Accused Gaijrai and her family members today left the East Maligaon village following threats of atrocities on them for Soulmari village under Gossaigaon sub-division.

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woman said, ‘On April 22 last villagers of East Maligaon kidnapped my son and allegedly killed for not getting her, on suspecting witch. I don’t know nothing about black magic, but same villagers suspects her witch.Villagers used to plan atrocities her as well family members.

Today, I and my son are leaving the village due to insure of living in the village because villagers are targeting her family. I have filed an FIR with police seeking justice into incident’.Anil Brahma, relatives of Gaijrai said,‘Gaijrai and her son are leaving village for allegedly suspected witchcraft because her a son was kidnapped and allegedly killed.Villagers have been targeting her family, so they decided to leave village to a secure village. ‘We have filed an FIR with police and wanting stern action into incident. Villagers of East Maligaon killed Ashinta for not getting his accused mother (Gaijrai) at her home’,he said.

Former minister and Kokrajhar east MLA Pramila Rani Brahma visited the village to take stock about situation.She has condemned the situation.

Obituary Sabbir Hussain : Some lovely memories

Winners of ‘Enajori’ Beauty Pageant held during Gauhati University Tech Fest at Jalukbari in Guwahati.Pic - UB Photos.

Amlan Jyoti Kalita, the event manager of Auxesis2016 informed that the core event of the festival is scheduled to start from September 27with the theme "Glimpse O' Spark". As a prelude to the fifth edition of the festival, a marathon event to highlight the issue of women empowerment will be held in August, he said.

World Veterinary Day observed NDFB-S link

Sagittarius Simple living and high thinking, will be your mantra today. Approach your work with innovative thoughts and diplomatic words. Later in the day, family, friends and relatives revel in the attention that you shower on them.

Aquarius It always pays to have extra cash, and in that regard, you will be a happy person today! You may carefully update and crosscheck your financial position. Of course, there are people who don't share your happiness and will try to advise you to the contrary.

enviromental conservation activities. He said that tree plantation should be a habit of the present generation and suggested that it should be included in the curriculum from the elementary school level. He said that saving the ecosystem should be a responsibility of every single individual.

Mentioning that hundreds of trees were being felled

Sabbir Hussain (IAS), Retired Commissioner, Lower Assam Division breathed his last on March 24 following a cardiac arrest at his own residence at Barbari, Guwahati. The sudden demise of Sabbir Hussain was a shock for me and for many as this noble soul created many creative circles at different places of Assam in different ways. Born in the year 1955 on January 1, in Dibrugarh in a respectable family, Sabbir Hussain proved to be a brilliant student and showed his calibre in his school days. He took his B.Sc degree with Honours in Physics from Cotton College in 1972 and M.Sc. degree from Delhi University in 1974. Subsequently he joined as an Assistant Professor of Phys-

ics in Diphu Government College and involved in noble teaching profession. During his college teacher days he wrote many valuable articles in different journals of Assam. Sabbir Hussain took the charges of Editorship of first pictorial coloured magazine namely "Jnnandeep" through which he picked up several young journalists in 1977 who were later established themselves in several journals of the country.

Hussain Sir, joined in ACS in the year 1977 and served the people in different districts of Assam. During his tenure as Director of Small Savings department of Assam government he took the challenges and set a

record of Small Saving in a dynamic way. As IAS cadre the Deputy Commissioner, Morigaon he successfully implemented several welfare schemes in the backward district and due to his relentless efforts the water sports events of 33rd National games were held at Charon Beel, Morigaon. Even in 2004 during devastation flood problem of district as DC of Morigaon he took the very bold step to revival of normal life in the region. This is also significant that he is the first DC of Morigaon district who took initiative in bringing up the age old heritage of black magic of Mayang and Pobitora famous for one horned Rhino as popular tourist spot of world. During his days as Exise Commissioner of

Assam Government, he made the department a dynamic one and huge revenue was earned by the department. After retirement in 2014 last Sabbir Hussain again started to write on several subjects. But it was incomplete. On this day of his Chalisha, we pray to the Almighty for the eternal peace of the departed soul, and give us your blessing to keep up all your dream fulfill through us.

Sailendra Pandey PRO, Excise Commissionerate

the area, a joint team of police and army raided and able to apprehend the link man along with cash. He was identified as Dipak Goyary of Takampur No.2.

Cash 50,000 recovered from him and was also involved with extortion and new cadre recruitment.

Books Donated ET Correspondent Golaghat, Apr 29: Under the able leadership of Maheswari Yuva Sangathan in association with Maheswari Sabha and Maheswari Mahila Sangathan Golaghat Two number valuable book sets consisting 6 books of class 10 was Donated to New Girls School today . One set was donated to Library and another set was given to Girl named Bindiya Orang . The books were donated by leading businessman of Kamarbandha , Golaghat named Sajjan Agarwal . The Headmistress Malobika Chaliha and teachers Bonti Borthakur , Kalpajit Saikia and Krishna Goswami appreciated the iniative of the organisation and said it will be helpful to the students . It is to be known that motive behind this project is to help the needy students good in studies and provide some help for their HSLC exam.

Laurel to College ET Correspondent Golaghat, Apr 29: Many students of science stream of Reliance College Jr has brought laurel to the college by Qualifying various competitive exams .

Prerona Hazarika , Manash Bordoloi , Agnibeena Dutta Rajbonshi and Nistha Roy have qualified in JEE Mains 2016 Exam and Ankur Gogoi , Manash Bordoloi and Nistha Roy have qualified for Super 30 exam conducted by OIL .

From the Reliance family Chairman Deepak kr Gogoi , Rector Dr T.N Hazarika and Principal Priyanka Saikia Das feel proud for their students and hope for the best in future from them .

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Governor meets farmers’ representatives A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Apr 30: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Shri JP Rajkhowa met the representatives of Bharatiya Kishan Sangh, Siang People’s Forum and Siang Organic Initiative at Raj Bhavan, Itanagar on 30th April 2016. Commissioner (Agri & Horti), Shri Hage Khoda, Consultant (Agriculture) Shri A.K. Purkayastha, Joint Director (Agriculture) Shri Kesang Tsering and Joint Director (Horticulture) Shri Kamo Ado were also present in the meeting.

Interacting with the representatives, the Governor called for at least one food processing unit in each District, and then Sub Divisions followed by at block levels.

He said that it should not be multi crore projects but small food preservation and caning centres and suggested that ‘Self Help Groups’ must be involved.

It will facilitate the farmers

Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Shri JP Rajkhowa met the representatives of Bharatiya Kishan Sangh, Siang People’s Forum and Siang Organic Initiative at Raj Bhavan in Itanagar. to sell their produce at their doorsteps.

The Governor said that such units should not be run by the Department. Instead, Government departments must act as a catalyst, provide trainings and assistance to the entrepreneurs and Self Help Groups in processing project profiles.

Departments must conduct

promotional activities to encourage youth, farmers and SHGs to run such units.

The Governor also called for encouraging local entrepreneurs in setting up of modern rice mills, so that the rice produced by local farmers are procured, processed in those mills and mechanism may be explored so that Food Corpo-

ration of India procures it and supply it under Public Distribution System.

Giving a patient hearing to the problems of the farmers presented by Shri Kaling Tamut, President, Bharatiya Kishan Sangh and Secretary Shri Ngurang Tadap, Secretary, the Governor said that there must be absolute transparency in procure-

ment of farm tools and machineries, invite national tender and farmers’ must be given choice in selection of farm machineries.

While emphasising on organic farming, the Governor advised the State Government and its officials to promote organic farming and encourage NGOs to conduct campaigns and awareness programmes in big way. He also advised on seed production and procurement.

The Governor advised that intersectorial meeting must be conducted along with Agriculture and allied sector and Industries, especially Skill Development must be conducted for fruitful ventures.

Earlier, Commissioner (Agri & Horti) and the Departmental officers briefed the Governor on the various issues and challenges including decline in production of citrus fruits etc.

CM Pul discusses issues per- Lohit Bridge all set to made May day taining to construction of per- through for light vehicle soon greetings manent High Court Complex Contd. from Page 1

He asked the Chief Secretary incharge to submit the Detail Project Report (DPR) for construction of permanent High Court Complex immediately.

To facilitate justice on women and gender equity, Gazette Notification pertaining to Gender Sensitization and Sexual Harassment of Women has already been published in the state gazetteer and Local Complaints Committees have been constituted in 10 out of the 21 districts of the state, while in others, it is in process, the Chief Minister informed.

He also informed that to further strengthen the judiciary system, the state govt is going to create 9 additional posts of Judicial Officers along with 99 posts of subordinate staffs at Subordinate judiciary as submitted by the State Empowered Committee. This posts include 1 Additional District & Session Judge at Khonsa, 1 Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Civil Judge (Sr. Div.) at Daporijo and 7 Judicial Magistrate First Classcum-Civil Judge (Jr. Div.) at Koloriang, Longding, Namsai, Pangin, Hawai, Anini and Jamin.

Recruitment process for the newly created posts of Judicial Officer, Grade - I as Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority and Registrar, Guwahati High Court, Itanagar Bench has already been initiated by the High Court.

State govt is accommodating former Additional District & Sessions Judges in Grade-I of Arunachal Pradesh Judicial Services and advertisement in this regard has been made, said the Chief Minister which is as per the Guwahati High Court judgment on 19.01.2016 passed in Writ Petition No. 776/2013.

The Chief Minister further said that at present there is one Observation Home at Pasighat in East Siang District, with a capacity of 28 persons ( 20 boys and 8 girls). He informed that proposal was submitted to the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Govt of India for construction of Observation Homes in 9 more districts, out of which 6 have been sanctioned

for Papumpare, Changlang, East kameng, Lower Subansiri, West Siang and Anjaw.

The state govt is working on draft Civil Courts Bill received from the Guwahati High Court Registry. It is being revised and modified to include the customary courts as one of the civil nature, especially in the villages where customary courts play a pivotal role in the disposal of cases. Views from the Advocate General, Additional Advocate General, Deputy Commissioners, Additional Deputy Commissioners and the apex bodies of all communities have been sought in this regard. The suggestions from them will be synthesized and incorporated in the Bill before placing it in the Assembly, Pul said.

While responding to the proposals submitted for appointment of Prosecutors and Creation of various posts for speedy disposal of cases, Chief Minister said that it is under examination and committed public prosecutor will be appointed soon to hear the cases for early disposal.

He also said to release the arrear grants for NEJOTI soon.

Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court, Justice Ajit Singh while agreeing to give full cooperation for development of judiciary system in the state said that he will write to the Central govt for funding of the Construction of Permanent High Court Complex in the state capital.

He further said that the state govt has the liberty to go on with its policy on rational transfer and posting of govt officers in public interest saying that court will not interfere in the matter of transfer and posting of govt officers and officials done in public interest.

Tenzing Norbu Thongdok, Power Minister, Tapuk Taku, Parliamentary Secretary for Power, Satya Gopal, Principal Secretary (Finance) and incharge chief Secretary and Dani Salu, Secretary (Protocol) were also present in the meeting.

Chief Justice was accompanied by Justice Suman Shyam, Judge, H K Sharma, Registrar General, Raktim Duarah, Registrar cum Principal Secretary to Chief Justice, P B Dutta, Joint Registrar, Itanagar Bench and R N Burman, Deputy Registrar.

A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Apr 30 : Chief Minister Kalikho Pul extends hearthiest greetings to the people of the state, particularly to the workers on the momentous occasion of International Worker's Day popularly known as Labour Day or May day.

Bishnu Rana Tezu, Apr 30: The much awaited Lohit Bridge a ‘Dream Bridge’ also called Alubari Bridge over the mighty Lohit River is all set to made through for light vehicle soon. Good news for the secluded Lohitian who is desperately waiting for its completion.

When enquired about its work progress, Babu the Assistant Project Manager Navayuga Engineering Company Limited discloses that the work is in full pace where lots need to be done including Cross barrier, Slabs Join, Footpaths, Metric (Blacktopping) work are in war footing and may take at least 6 (six) months to complete if good weather support. “We are much concern over its early completion however unavoidable hurdle has made the pace tardy. Especially the patient

bears the brunt of flooded Lohit River and therefore we are working persistently to link the gap to make though the light vehicle”, said Babu. He further assured that the only slab of the Bridge left to connect the approach road may take few more days.

At the same time Dr Mohesh Chai Local MLA and DC Lohit have been relentlessly pursuing the Navayuga authority to speed up the work to give lasting solace to the Lohitian from the isolation syndrome.

Meanwhile, Construction of bridges across the river Lohit at Alubari Ghat and connecting road between Chowkham in Namsai district – Digaru in Lohit covering length of 12.00 Km in Arunachal Pradesh on BOT basis under Arunachal Pradesh Package of Road and Highways.

In his message, the Chief Minister said that as International Workers' Day is being celebrated to commemorate the Haymarket Affair (Haymarket Massacre) of 4th May' 1886 in Chicago where workers were killed when workers were on the general strike for their eight-hour workday. As earlier the working condition of the laborer was very severe and working hours was 10 to 16 hour a day even in the unsafe conditions.

Deaths, injuries and other dreadful conditions of the workers were very common at the workplace during the 1860's and working people were very agitated throughout the workday until the 8-hour workday was declared.

In his message the Chief Minister said, "let us celebrate this event to strengthen, promote and encourage the working class, who are the soldier of growth and development at the grass root".

He further said to celebrate this momentous occasion to rededicate ourselves with renewed zeal and sense of responsibility towards work culture, sincerity, dedication and honesty for the progress and prosperity of the state and nation.

On the occasion, he also extends his best wishes to all the workers of the state.

Shanliana to take charge of crime, law & order and operation at PHQ ET Bureau Pasighat, Apr 30: Police department here today organized a function to bid farewell to IGP LH Shanliana, who has been transferred to the Police Head Quarter, Itanagar to take charge of crime, law & order and operation immediately.

LH Shanliana is a 1998 batch IPS officer who had joined Arunachal Pradesh police in September 2014 as DIGP (Central Range), Pasighat, later promoted to IGP and best known for his prompt service and people-friendly policing.

During his short tenure, he has solved many cases, toured

sixty five villages in Central Range, interacted the common people and developed policepeople relationship.

In his last address to the police officers, Shanliana said his tenure as DIGP & IGP at Pasighat was very satisfactory.

It was like homely stay for him and people of this place were very cooperative and cordial.

There was no difference except language, he stated. In his message, the IGP told the officers and staffs to respect their uniforms and feel proud to be a police personnel. They must be disciplined to make the society discipline and must en-

sure law & order, peace, harmony and tranquility and protect life and property of the citizens with utmost care and enjoy their service.

Earlier, RS Chauhan, SP briefed the contribution of Shanliana during his tenure in Pasighat and said: "He is a professional police officer with excellent organizational skills and leadership qualities." The IGP had served the nation with various capacities and earned good name and fame by delivering his excellent services.

Among others, SP Siang D Jini and all senior police officers were present on the occasion.

Mondol executive and polling booths committee meeting held at kharsang

Mondol executive and polling booths committee meeting held at kharsang ET Correspondent Kharsang, Apr 30: It was actually a Mondol facilitation program where new Mondol was selected under the chairmanship of Shri Gumjanong Singpho, a BJP prominent leader of 50th Miao Assembly Constituency at I.B Kharsang today. And the main objectives of the meeting was to strengthen the thirty two polling booths in various corners of the constituency. In the meeting at the state capital recently, it was decided that the merger of PPA into BJP would not be allowed. It was a political resolution. Another was financial resolution where it was decided that the development should occur from the grass roots level i.e from the village levels and it can be realized through Agriculture and Horticulture sectors. The BJP district President Mr. Ngilang Tangha opined that if the BJP party is to enlarged, firstly we must know the origin and History of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Actually it was first formed by RSS where three areas were spotted to be very much important. They are villages, polling booths and Mondols. The villages are also termed as the Shakti Kendra for the power of the party can be housed from village areas. He said, the villages, polling booths and Mondols must be given emphasis if the Lotus is to be bloomed.

The BJP are committed to Gandhian socialism, secularism, and the value based politics where the economy is decentralized. It is not a power centric party, it believes in the sharing of power. The National council member and a former Minister Shri S. Ngemu also spoke in the meeting about the working system of the BJP. He

said it is people mandate to elect a leader for a tenure of five years but it is to be seen what he does with the power entrusted to him through peoples mandate. When you see at Pasighat areas, you will find today that the town is equipped in all fronts as compare to ours. The great examples are setting up of Agricultural, Horticultural science colleges besides other institute established under the sheer pursuance of their elected leaders. My question is that where are our leaders whom we have elected through peoples mandate? Are they doing any tangible development in our areas? Why can't they do it with the power entrusted to them through democracy? As of now most primary and secondary institutions are running with acute shortages of teaching staffs besides dilapidated infrastructures which are considered to be the temple of learning where the learned men and women are raised to strengthen the society. Also the road conditions are bad full of potholes everywhere in the towns. We have given enough opportunity, so we need a change of guard now to stop the onslaught of the development.

Therefore, be prepared to ensure that the glory of the society be restored to its better shape by bringing a change of guard in the constituency.

Mr. Hunpong Tangha was today selected as a new Mondal of the 50th Miao Assembly constituency besides selection of presidents and secretaries in various polling boots across the constituency. Another moment to be noted was the induction of a new Vice President under Yuva Morcha district unit. Mr. Hatman Longri

was selected as the new vice president of the Yuva Morcha, who had joined the Saffron party today infront of the mammoth gathering. He is said to have an active worker of the ruling party of 50th Miao AC. With this the Yuva Morcha is believed to have grown more stronger than before under the leadership of Mr. Chomjong Hadley who had contested the last election on BJP ticket. The Yuva Morcha President Mr. Roshan Ngemu also gave the brief speech highlighting the role of Yuva Morcha which he termed it as an executing agency of the parental bodies of the party. He said, the agendas which are framed at the National and State councils level are being expedite at the grass roots level to mitigate the slow pace of development. In other words, the Yuva Morchas are the backbone of the party.

In order to see the growth of any tangible structures, there has to be a strong foundation laid at the roots level for which the Yuva Morcha is the most suited team.

Finally the brief speech was given by the Mondol president Mr. Hunpong Tangha appreciating all the former speakers for their valuable suggestions and advice towards the welfare of the party. He concluded the meeting with strong message to the party workers present in the gathering to have more proactive in their duty towards party activities maintaining the spirit and the ideologies of the saffron party. He further opined that the party workers or members must stay communicated and work in tandem to mobilize the mass to ensure the change of guard in the constituency in the coming election in 2019.

Mystery surrounds on the suicidal death of lovers Maksam Tayeng Pasighat, Apr 30: In an incident of what it initially appears as suicidal case, two lovers who had gone missing on 19th of April 2016 have been found death. The girl’s death body was found somewhere around Partung along Siang River on 21st April, while boy’s death body was found far down along Assam-Arunachal boundary on 25th of April after a massive search operation.

According to the police sources, the boy named Barem Borang, S/o Dabey Borang and his girl friend Nanu Chetry, D/ o Binod Chetry both from Mebo had gone missing on 19th April 2016 along with the car of boy’s uncle. On 20th April, the Alto car was recov-

ered from Raneghat-Bodak Trans-Arunachal Highway Road, some 5 kilometer from Raneghat. The car key and boy’s mobile phone along with money purse were all there inside the car, informed police.

There were 243 miss calls in the phone of the boy called by his parents, informed OC i/c Mebo Police Outpost T. Taga when contacted. But he added that, there had nothing suspicious in the car which could proof foul play in the incident.

But the death body of the girl which bore some serious injury on the forehead and the blood mildly still oozing out at the time of recovery from riverside raises eye brows as the two lovers were initially believed to have died of drowning (suicide) due to possibility

of their separation after their parents knew about their relationship. But contrary to those initial beliefs, the injury marks and non presence of water inside stomach of girl put the entire case in confusion. The boy’s death body was almost completely decomposed, the police said. Post Mortem Report are still awaited and samples for test is being sent to Forensic Science Laboratory, Kolkata to establish the exact cause of the death, added SI T. Bukar, one of the I/O. The girl had just passed Class XI and Boy Class IX and student of GHSS Mebo. A U/D case has been registered against the death incidents vide Case No. 3/16 U/s 174 CRPC and Case No. 4/16 U/s 174 CRPC for girl and boy respectively.

Moh Mol festival celebrated at Kharsang with tradition and gaiety Lomhom Thanga Kharsang, Apr 30: The Moh-Mol festival at Kharsang covering Brodumsa and Miao sub division were celebrated with much fanfare and gaiety in presence of mammoth gathering here at kharsang recently. The MMFC 2016 at Kharsang was graced by Arunachal cabinet Minister for DOTCL, Education amd Parliamemtary affairs Mr. Wanglin Lowangdong as Cheif guest and Shri Tesam Pongte, MLA, Changlang North constituency as the guest of honour besides various dignitaries from Kharsang, Miao and Bordumsa sub division.

At the outset, the chief

guest unfurled the MohMol flag with the Tangsa Moh-Mol Anthem which usually sung at the kick start of the festivals. Soon after that the dignitaries from various areas were felicitated with traditional lungis and vest coats besides the Chief guest and the guest of honour.

This Moh-Mol is regarded as the main festival of Tangsa tribe of Changlang district in Arunachal pradesh. It is a pre-harvest festival celebrated in every circle headquarters basically to please the Almighty God to give a bumper harvest. The uniqueness of Moh-Mol is that it is celebrated across the district by every sub-tribes show-

casing their unique traditional and cultural identity.

There were eight numbers

of dance troops who performed before the guests and the dignitaries and ex-

hibited their talents from different sub-tribes of Tangsa tribe.

The program started with a welcome speech by Mr. T. S Ronrang, Anchal Samity Chairperson who not only welcome the dignitaries but also appealed the Tangsa brethren to come one and all to upheld the cultural identity of the Tangsa Tribe through such festival. After that Mr. Ngungsam Techi, President MMFC-16 read out the mythology of the Moh-Mol festival and highlighted how our forefathers had orchestrated this pre harvest festival that shows how our forefathers were God dependent and God fearing. Our young generation should retrospect and their ideals to upheld the peace and tranquility in the societies be incalcated in

their daily walks of life.

Shri Tesam Pongte, MLA, Changlang North had exhorted the mammoth gathering prior to the speech of the chief guest and extended his gratitude to the Tangsa community for having invited him to such auspicious occasion. He advised the youths to refrain from using alcohol, drugs and opium in their personal life if they want their lives to be transformed. He donated rupees fifty thousands towards the MMFC16 as a token of love.

Next the chief guest rhetorically spoke about the land on which Tangsas communities are dwelling, he said they are the luckiest people

in the state having abundant fertile lands, natural resources which can be tapped to the maximun and become one of the richest people in the state.

However he suggested not to over used the resources and play with the mother earth to avoid narural calamities. He also donated a sum of three lakhs towards MMFC-16.

At last the function was concluded with a vote of thanks from the General secretary Mr. Nongri Taidong besides dance exhibitions from various troops from nearby villages of three Kharsang, Miao and Bordumsa division.

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PAGE 4 Cash Stolen from Bank Premises ET Correspondent Golaghat , Apr 30: In a sensational incident a cash amount more than one lakh was stolen from inside the bank premises in Golaghat yesterday . According to the report a man named Milan Ramchiary from Merapani had come to the State Bank of India Golaghat Main Branch yesterday . Ramchiary withdrew an amount of one lakh seventy thousand rupees from the bank through cheque.

After withdrawal Milan Ramchiary put the amount in his bag and proceeded for another transaction . A few moments later he saw his bag was missing . Suddenly sensations prevailed in the bank premises . It is quite surprising how the huge amount was stolen from the high security bank premises and which is located in front of Golaghat Police Station.

Bamboo bridge over Singimari, life risk for school going children Vinod Singh Dhemaji, Apr 30: Singimari bamboo bridge on Sissiborgaon Borlung road which covers nearly 50000 population of Amguri, Borlung, Middle and lower Sissitongani G. P of Jonai LAC becomes fatal for school going children during rainy season.

The path which served as the only way for Army movement during Chinese aggression in 1962, is now waiting for attention of public representative, in 1986, the devastating flood washed away the bridge over the river from then no bridge is yet constructed.

Every year bamboo bridge

is repaired by the people and is used, in dry season commuter can move easily as water dries, construction

Sivasagar police Wheel Tension prevails in clamped for Double Parking Margherita after girl goes missing

Body found ET Correspondent Tezpur, April 30 : Sensation prevailed in Jahazghat area here after a body was found today in the morning. Sources said that the locals first noticed the body lying at the edge of the river Brahmaputra and later informed the police. Police recovered the body and sent to the Kanaklata civil Hospital Morgue.

The body is yet to be identified. The local people of the Jahajghat area said that finding of body in the area has become a regular incident.

ET Correspondent Sivasagar, Apr 30: Today Sivasagar police Wheel clamped most of the vehicles for illegal parking. It might be mentioned that on Friday, Sivasagar SP had introduced a new order regarding helmet.

According to this order, only helmet wearer will get petrol from pumps. Today it is seen in various fuel pumps bearing a notice that 'No helmet, no petrol'. Following the activeness of Sivasagar SP in traffic

rules, today Sivasagar OC Prodip Baruah and traffic in charge jointly conducted checking of vehicles and bikes in various part of Sivasagar town. In a telephonic interaction, Sivasagar OC Prodip Baruah said that, During the the check police fined for not wearing helmets and driving without licence. On the other hand today we Wheel clamped and fined to those vehicles who were illegally parked or double parked. Baruah added.

Foot March in Tezpur by Jain priest Acharya Shri Mahashraman ET Correspondent Tezpur, April 30 : Jain priest Acharya Shri Mahashraman, the eleventh Acharya of Terapanth sect of jain alongwith other saints and nuns will reach Tezpur on May 4 with a view to hold spiritual meetings to spread the message of world peace.

It is to be stated here that the jain priest who will start his programme in and around Tezpur during his five day programme resuming his foot march from Bihaguri ITBP headquarter,

work of pacca bridge started two years back but till now it is not cleared up.

Sishu Nath Gohain of Amguri village talking to this correspondent on the spot today said that the area was very prosperous earlier with good harvest, but the regular flood since 1986, the geography of the area is changed, and people are passing through great hardship, youths are now a days are compelled to move out side the state for livelihood, he further said during rainy season students going to Sissiborgaon college and general public bound for district headquarter cross the bridge with life risk.

During election every one promise to construct the bridge but it is not fulfilled till today.

is on a Ahimsa Yatra across the country spreading the message of peace, brotherhood, national harmony, non-violence, environment protection, drug abuse, female infanticide and foeticide. The “Ahimsa Yatra” began from red Fort, Delhi in the year 2014 and would span over a distance of about 15,000 kms touching not only the national boundaries including the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya but also the international boundaries

(Nepal and Bhutan). He along with a team of saints and nuns will reach ITBP headquarter, Bihaguri near here on May 4. He will take part in a procession starting from Rupam Petrol Pump here organized by the Vyawastha Samiti, Tezpur on May 5 at 8 Am. which will end at Ex-Police line. The organizers informed that during his stay here a series of programmes would be held daily from 9.15 Am to 11.30 Am at Ambagan (near Lachit Chowk) and from evening at Mahashraman Bhawan.

Search operation continue for missing student

ET Correspondent Margherita, Apr 30: Tension Prevails today at Margherita region where young girl trainee of Womens Care Beauty Parlour of Margherita have been found missing for the last two days.On 29 April, Ledo Police arrested two youths in suspicious ground they are Biswajit Chetry of Jharnabasti and Moinul Ali of Chinabasti both hails from Ledo Region.The arrested

youth confessed before the Police that on 28 April we took the girl from the parlour but the next morning at 7:00 am she went to her home by a Autorikshaw.

But till filing of this report the girl has not came to her home.

Meanwhile, Police is interrogating both the suspicious youths.The missing girl hails from Baragolai under Margherita Police Station.

Jebraram expelled vener (in-charge) of TGR committee told that the committee took resolution to expel Mushahary, on it's executive meeting held on April 28 at Udalguri for his allegedly anti organisation activities carried out during shouldering of the orgaRakesh Boro, chief con- nization.

ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, Apr 30: The People's Joint Action Committee for Boroland Movement has expelled Jebraram Mushahary, chief convenor of the committee for his anti organisation activity.

Bronze Statue and Road on Hemchandra Baruah Unveiled in Golaghat ET Correspondent Golaghat, Apr 30: Under the initiative of Golaghat District Journalist Association a bronze statue of Bhaxar Oja Hemchandra Baruah was unveiled in Golaghat today . Also a road in Golaghat in the name of of the pioneer and legend in Assamese literature was inaugurated. The Golaghat District Journalist Association in its golden jubilee year celebration last year proposed to set up a bronze statue of Bhaxar Oja Hemchandra Baruah to his great grandson and the owner of one of the largest media house in the state the Sadin Pratidin Group Jayanta Baruah. Jayanta Baruah readily accepted the proposal and assured all necessary helps to set up the statue . Thereafter the GDJA proposed to set up the statue near College Tini Ali and Golaghat Municipal Board allotted a plot. And finally today in a day long ceremony both the events took place . Baxhar Oja Hemchandra Baruah Path was formally inaugurated by the Chairman of Golaghat Municipal Board Ghanshyam Barhoi. After that the bronze statue of Hemchandra Baruah was unveiled by noted intellectual , former President of Axom Xahitya Xabha Dr Nagen Saikia. More than thousand people from different parts of Golaghat

Assam, Arunachal student excel in JEE exam 2016 ET Correspondent Jorhat, Apr 30: A total of 120 students from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh sponsored by Oil India Limited (OIL) who has been enroll at Guwahati, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Itanagar centre of Centre for Social Responsibility and Leadership (CSRL) in North East Region had excel in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2016 as out of 120, 92 have qualified for the IIT main examination, informed Bharat Bhusan, senior project officer of Oil India Super 30 CSRL centre, of Jorhat here.

Out of 120 from four centres from Assam and Arunachal 92 students have qualified for the IIT main examination 2016 while Nilotpal Chakraborty from Ramray Kutir village, Dhubri, Assam is among the 30 students of the Oil India Super 30, Jorhat have qualified IIT main examination with 262 out of 360 marks in JEE that was declared on Thursday last, said Mr. Bhusan.

ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, April 30: Police administration intensified its search operation to find out Ashinta Basumatary, a college student, went allegedly missing since April 22, along the deep jungle area at East Maligaon and Badrampur in Kokrajhar district on Saturday.

Police arrested three persons in this connection and

has been intensified the search operation after revelation about allegedly missing student from arrested persons. Police along with BSF Jawans searched along with arrested person at several five locations in the areas, yet could not be found about the missing student's whereabouts.

“The arrested person, who has been revealed about incident has been tactically

pretending about location to make puzzling of the incident”, said a senior police officer.

“We would be able to finding where about of Ashinta within short span of days”, police officer added.

However, Ashinta's mother Gaijrai Basumatary, had lodged FIR with police demanding justice and nab of the involved culprits.

Nitolpal Chakraborty who hails from farmers family of Dhubri district was one among the 92 probable from Oil India CSRL sponsored student, as from the Jorhat centre itself 24 out of 30 qualified IIT mains examination where two brilliant students from Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Toko Tadh and Licha Talo are among the 24 students to have been qualified for IIT mains examination.

Mr. Bhusan further said that the students at centres are selected through diligent process followed by written test, viva especially from various Nabodaya Vidhalaya and other government schools from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. But it is pertinent to inform that since CSRL inception in the year 2010 Assam students has topped in enrolling their name in various IIT and NIT institute throughout the country and among premier Engineering colleges etc.

Jayanta Baruah in his speech becomes emotional commemorating his great grandfather Hemchandra Baruah's contributions towards modern Assamese language and literature.

Also noted intellectual and retired administrative official L. N Tamuli gave a very relevant speech on the occasion . Golaghat District Journalist Association President Apurba Ballav Goswami and General Secretary Rohit Gogoi thanked all the journalists, district administration and the people of Golaghat for this successful event .

Assam CM extends greetings on May Day A Staff Reporter Guwahati, Apr 30: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi extended greetings and good wishes to all workers on the occasion of May Day. In a statement here on Saturday Gogoi said, “On the occasion of International Workers’ Day I extend my heartfelt greeting and good wishes to all the workers who toiled hard to give shape to our civilization.

On this occasion, I also take the opportunity to offer my sincere tribute to the selfless contribution to the countless workers for facilitating progress, prosperity and wellbeing in our society”.

Gogoi also said that the existence of the society has been made possible by the relentless efforts and hard work of the workers and May Day is the day when one can acknowledge and show his gratitude to their service.

Erosion threatens Bhuragaon revenue circle ET Correspondent Morigaon, Apr 30: The Brahmaputra's erosion in Bhuragaon and Lahorighat revenue circles in Morigaon district took a grim turn during last three days threatening the existence of several revenue vil-

lages and crop fields under both revenue circles.

According to official sources the embankment at Muamari point under Lahorighat circle was eroded and about 600 metre has been eroded inundating villages and 500 people were af-

fected living on the dyke. Moreover, the most vulnerable part of the Brahmaputra dyke was hit by erosion at Mikirgaon point and about 400 metre of the dyke was washed way by the Brahmaputra's water. Though the water

District level meeting on cleanliness and better service delivery in Hospitals held in Lakhimpur Search operation continue for missing student

gathered to see the inaugural ceremony . An open session held on the occasion was inaugurated by Hemchandra Baruah's great grandson and owner of Sadin Pratidin Group Jayanta Baruah . In the open session along with Jayanta Baruah and Dr Nagen Saikia noted intellectual Laxminath Tamuly , veteran journalist Apurba Baruah , senior journalist Prakash Mahanta, Dr Ajit Baruah , Sumanta Chaliha , Riju Das and several others were present as distinguished guests . A souvenir entitled ' Hemchandra ' was also unveiled in the occasion .

ET Correspondent Lakhimpur; Apr 30: A distrct level meeting was held in the Conference Hall of the Office of the Joint Director of Health services Lakhimpur on April 29. The meeting was chaired by Debeswar Malkar, the Deputy Commissioner of Lakhimpur. Dr. Gunin Kumar Gogoi, the Joint Director in-charge of Health Services, Dr.Hemanta Kumar Dutta, the Superintendent In-charge of North Lakhimpur Civil Hospital, Reetam Kumar Sharma, the District Program Manager of NHM were present in the

program along with all Block level Medical Officers and Managerial staffs of NHM. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen the service delivery at each and every health institute throughout the district including clean and hygienic environment with each facility. In connection with his speech, the Deputy Commissioner shared the joy of getting award and appreciation by the Education Department of Lakhimpur District under "Swach Vidyalaya Abhiyan" in

New Delhi this year. He emphasised on initiating similar activities in order to transform the health sectorof the district.

After a threadbare discussions with Medical officers and Managerial staffs several decisions were taken in the meeting. As per one of this decision, a District Committee was constituted and it would look after the quality of service delivery, cleanliness, grievances of the public etc. A mega plantation drive was also planned which would be implemented in all Health institutes of the district.

Resource department took some temporary measures to protect the dyke during last 2 days, yet erosion is going on.

Meanwhile Crop fields measuring 5 thousand hectres of land were totally damged by the hailstorm that lashed

the whole of Mayong and Bhuragaon circles last night. The rabi crops and vegetable field were badly damaged. The power supply was completely paralysed in those remote villages of the circle for last 72 hours.

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respective department and parked at Neematighat has made every citizens of Majuli and Neematighat looked very fresh and a big change for the people of Neematighat, said Chitrojen Payeng, the caretaker of the Monikanchan Nowka.

According to sources Monikanchan ferry will ferry BJP Chief Ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal after May 19th to and from Majuli along with several

other ferries from several departments like police, health, PWD, DRDA etc. has been kept ready at the Neematighat as the ferry platforms at various points are made to look bright and colourful as department of IWT specially is busy giving finishing touch.

On the other hand Neematighat which is stated to be one of the busiest river ghat in Asia is looking more changed and busy as renovation, painting and modification is at its peak. If things go on well Neematighat will start a new history from the evening of May 19th, informed Deep Das, a lessi from the ghat.

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Tura bypoll: Police detonate blast in city, create panic Sangma’s son confident of win Shillong, Apr 30 : No other candidate submitted papers on the last day of the filing of nominations on Friday for the Tura Lok Sabha by-polls slated for May 16 that will witness a straight fight between late PA Sangma's son Conrad of the National People's Party (NPP) and chief minister Mukul Sangma's wife Dikkanchi D Shira of Congress.

NPP candidate Conrad Kongkal Sangma, who is a former minister, addressed six election rallies in plains of West Garo Hills district on Friday. "He also addressed election rallies at Raksamgre, Tikrikilla, Nidanpur, Paham Shyamnagar and Rajabala," said a party functionary.

"I am very positive about the outcome of the rallies in the plains," Conrad said, exuding confidence while speaking to reporters. Conrad enjoys the support of former Congress ministers Monirul Islam Sarkar and K C Boro, who have now joined NPP. On the other hand, the Congress high command has asked all its MLAs and members of district council to drum up support for Dikkanchi, who is a sitting legislator from Mahendraganj assembly

constituency. "At least three cabinet ministers and several parliamentary secretaries are campaigning in their respective constituencies, meeting people and going door-to-door.

Dikkanchi is meeting party workers in different parts of Garo hills to boost their morale," a party member said.

Out of the total 30 Congress MLAs in a house of 60, the party has 16 MLAs from Garo Hills.

Six independents support the Congress-led government in the state. The party also has seven members in the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council.

Rajabala MLA Ashahel D Shira, who had won the last assembly election as independent candidate, is also touring the plains seeking votes for Congress candidate Dikkanchi.

Meanwhile, as campaigning is picking up for the Tura by-election, chief minister Mukul Sangma is expected to aggressively campaign for his wife from next week, a party source said. The Tura by-polls have been necessitated because of the death of nine-time MP and former Lok Sabha speaker Purno A'gitok Sangma, who passed away on March 4 last.

Bid to kidnap minor girl foiled in city Shillong, Apr 30 : The alertness of a person saved the life a minor girl on Thursday.Two unknown miscreants abducted the 12-year-old girl Mehak Banu from Mawbah area by telling her that he mother had called her and was waiting for her.The incident took place when the girl came out of the school after completing her examination.The duo took her to Jhalupara point and told her that the mother was waiting in a black car.

But when she approached the vehicle, he was pulled inside by a man who was already seated in the vehicle and

drove to Upper Shillong, the CSWO President Agnes Kharshiing said.

An alert person, who was riding a scooter, heard Mehak, a Class VI student of Little Angel School of city, screaming and immediately started to follow the car. The miscreants fled on seeing him leaving the girl at Upper Shillong and the man brought the girl to Rilbong point. She later reached home safely and narrated the incident to her mother.

The mother later sought the help of General Secretary CSWO, Evangeline Thabah who assisted her to report the matter to police.

Bandh against killing of youth cripples Imphal Imphal, Apr 30 : Life came to a halt in Imphal on Thursday after a local pressure group called a bandh to protest against the alleged killing of a youth in Ukhrul district.

The body of Bachaspatimayum Pitaranjan Sharma, aka Korabin (22), of the Nongmeibung area here was found in Kasom Khullen on Sunday. The body bore multiple injury marks.

A Joint Action Committee (JAC) set up by angry Nongmeibung locals demanded the arrest of the culprits. It also resolved not to claim Pitaranjan's body from the mortuary until the perpetrators were

booked. The village authority of Kangkum alleged that Pitaranjan had committed suicide which the JAC denied strongly.

Owing to the bandh, business establishments in the Khwairamband market in Imphal city were closed. Interstate and inter-district passenger and goods vehicles stayed off the road.

Bandh supporters burnt tyres and piled up stones and logs on the road in Nongmeibung, Wangkhei, Singjamei, New Checkon and Lamlong areas here.

They also damaged some vehicles. Almost all educational institutions were shut but flight services were not affected.

Shillong, Apr 30 : Police have come under criticism for carrying out a blast in the middle of the city, near the officer of the East Khasi Hillls Deputy Commissioner on Friday , creating panic among the people instead of removing the suspected container (a tiffin box with edibles) to the outskirts to carry out the blast even though police justified their actions.

Police detected an unclaimed bag found in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office after they received information in this regard at around 12. 30 pm.

Later, a tiffin box with edibles was found inside the bag.

When contacted, the Deputy Commissioner P

S Dkhar said that if it was a mock drill, he would have known about it, but he was not aware about the action taken by the police about the unclaimed object. “You can ask the police for details”, he said.

However, in a statement issued to the media, the East Khasi Hills district police chief M Kharkrang said that after receiving information about the unclaimed bag, the place was cordoned off, traffic diverted, and fire service was put on stand-by. Bomb squad from police head quarters was also summoned. ” On scrutiny by experts from bomb squad they found that the bag contained a tiffin and as per the drill such containers should not be touched as

A bomb squad personnel gets ready to detonate the tiffin box near the Deputy Commissioner’s office in city on Friday. (ST)

it may trigger an explosion, if any explosive is inside”, Kharkrang said.

According to the SP, the explosive maybe triggered if it was a bomb/ IED. “Hence they decided to neutralize the same by using a small amount of cordex for which a blast was neces-

sitated”, the SP said. The same was done by the experts after all safety measures have been taken, he said.

“After the blast the container was found to contain nothing except eating items”, he added.

In this connection, the district police has urged

the public that in such instances a specific drill has to be followed which may be inconvenient them for which they were requested to cooperate for their safety.

He also asked the public not to remain by standers when police are on the job as splinters may hit them during the process of blast.

The SP also asked the public to take care of their personal belongings as neglect of leaving baggage can create unnecessary panic and their personal belongings may also be destroyed in the process of neutralization.

However, an official familiar with bomb disposal methods said that robotic arms should have been used to pick up the suspected object or it

Tripura-Chittagong sea port bridge to be funded by Centre Agartala, Apr 30 : The Centre has agreed to fund the construction of a bridge over River Feni in South Tripura on National Highway 44, connecting the state to Bangladesh, Tripura chief secretary Yashpal Singh said on Thursday.

The bridge will connect Sabroom in Tripura to the Chittagong sea port in Ramgarh town of south Bangladesh.

The bridge has become important for Tripura and other northeastern states after Bangladesh allowed India to use the Chittagong sea port, only 70 kilometres from the southern town of Tripura.

Easy access to the sea port will open up the south Asian market for Tripura and it will be easier to ferry goods via waterways from other

Tripura-Chittagong sea port bridge to be funded by Centre

parts of India, bypassing the chicken neck of Siliguri and the high terrain of Assam and Meghalaya.

"The bridge will not only reduce travel time, risk and cost, but also integrate Tripura with the south Asian market. It will boost trade, commerce and investment in the state," Singh argued.

Singh said the proposal for the construction of

the bridge had been pending for a long time.

There were several phases of meetings with the Union ministry of DoNER and other related ministries over the past three years for funding the project. Recently, the ministry decided to fund the bridge construction, including the cost of land acquisition on both sides of India and Bangladesh and the

construction of the approach road connecting the National Highways of both countries, he said The state government has finally begun the work, estimating an expenditure of Rs 70 crore from the state exchequer. In the meantime, due to cost escalation, the project estimate has risen to Rs 125 crore.

"We have started the work but it had been little slow because of the delay in arrangement of funds. Since the Centre agreed to provide the revised estimate, the work will start on a priority basis. The bridge should be functional in the next two years," Singh said.

He, however, pointed out that DoNER secretary Navin Verma, in his recent visit to the state, asserted that the Centre

has decided to avoid the lengthy process of obtaining clearance of any project and the DoNER has devised a method for faster decision-making for any project in the northeast. Under the Act East Policy, the Prime Minister has directed that from now onwards, a chief secretary-level committee could send a project to DoNER after detailed examination of feasibility and potential in consultation with the ministry.

Once the committee clears it, the ministry will take no more than a few months to finalize the project. This will replace the present system wherein the state government has to send a project to the DoNER for clearance, which lie pending for years without any decision being made.

Tripura speaker refuses to appoint CLP leader Agartala, Apr 30 : The speaker of Tripura assembly, Ramendra Chandra Debnath, on Friday refused to appoint senior Congress MLA Gopal Chandra Roy as the leader of Congress Legislative Party (CLP) in the house, following a note of dissent by six out of 10 Congress MLAs. AICC has appointed Roy as the new CLP leader of Tripura assembly after the resignation of incum-

bent CLP leader Sudip Roy Barman.

Barman resigned from the post in protest against the decision of the Congress high command to have an electoral understanding with CPM in West Bengal.

Following AICC's order, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Birajit Sinha requested the speaker to appoint Roy as the CLP leader in the house.

Meanwhile, a dissident faction of Congress MLAs, led by Roy Barman, issued their note of dissent against Roy as their leader in the assembly. Six Congress MLAs — Sudip Roy Barman, Ashis Saha, Biswabandhu Sen, D C Hrankhwal, Pranajit Singha Roy and Jiten Sarkar — signed the letter and submitted to the speaker alleging that PCC president did not

discuss with them before nominating Roy as CLP leader and they would not accept him in the house.

In a letter to PCC president Birajit Sinha, speaker Debnath on Friday wrote that six of the 10 legislators had written against Roy's appointment. So, Roy does not enjoy the support of majority of Congress MLAs. The speaker, however,

requested the PCC president to bring an unanimous resolution from the Congress legislators regarding appointment of CLP leader that will enable him to appoint the next CLP-cum-opposition leader in the house without any further delay.

Sinha said he had forwarded the letter to AICC after getting it from the speaker.

Tura set for a straight battle Tura, Apr 30 : The battle lines have been drawn and it is going to be a straight contest between the NPP’s Conrad K Sangma and Congress candidate Dikkanchi D Shira for the Tura byelection slated for May 16.

No one filed nomination on the last day for filing of papers on Friday.

The contest is expected to be a highly charged battle between a young NPP candidate and son of veteran Garo leader P A Sangma and a Congress legislator who is no less than the chief minister’s wife.

Meanwhile, as the ruling Congress attempts at making inroads into the strongholds of the NPP with visits to Adokgre and Chibonga in North Garo Hills shortly after Late P A Sangma’s party sounded the poll bugle from those two places, the

Opposition NPP also appears to be taking the battle to their rival camp.

Conrad led the campaign charge on Friday holding rallies at six different places in West Garo Hills, namely Tikrikilla, Raksamgre, Paham, Nidhanpur, Shyamnagar and Rajabala.

All six venues are located in constituencies currently held by legislators who are part of the Mukul Sangma government.

Interestingly, chief minister Mukul Sangma had held his first election rally at Raksamgre on Thursday.

Nidhanpur and Shyamnagar are part of Phulbari constituency which is represented by Congress heavyweight and assembly speaker A T Mondol.

Raksamgre is represented

by Congress legislator Lemison Sangma while Tikrikilla and Rajabala

have elected Independent MLAs, Michael T Sangma and Ashahel D Shira, who happen to be parliamentary secretaries in the Mukul Sangma government.

The NPP candidate was accompanied by his wife along with former Phulbari MLA Manirul Islam Sarkar, former Rajabala MLA K C Boro and other party members.

Both Sarkar and Boro were previously Congress legislators.

Also at the campaign trail was Garo National Council (GNC) leader and deputy CEM in GHADC Augustine Marak whose party is backing the NPP for the by-election.

“I am very positive with the turnout at the rallies so far,” said an enthusiastic Conrad Sangma.

However, the Congress is also leaving no stone unturned by holding similar meetings at the village

level. Rajabala MLA Ashahel D Shira was noticed holding several meetings at villages to drum up support for Congress candidate Dikkanchi D Shira. Meetings were held at Tarapara, Batabari, Balachanda and Rajabala to boost the Congress prospects.

“We are trying to reach out to the voters at the grass root level and highlight the Congress manifesto which is for all round development,” said Rajabala legislator Shira.

The Congress has pressed into service all of its Garo Hills MLAs and ministers including its parliamentary secretaries and members of the district council (MDC).

Meghalaya chief minister is expected to continue his election campaign for his wife and candidate Dikkanchi D Shira from Monday .

Election Observer’s meeting: The General Observer for South West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills districts, Alka Shrivastav, will be available to meet the public on any grievances or complaints in connection with the conduct of byelection to Tura LS constituency.

For the public of South West Garo Hills, she will be available from May 2 to 6 and May 14 to 16 at the Circuit House, Ampati from 8 am to 10.30 am and from 7 pm to 9 pm.

For those in South Garo Hills, she will be available from May 7 to 13 at the Circuit House, Baghmara, from 8 to 10.30 in the morning and 7 to 9 in the evening. She can also be contacted over phone nos.

7896363821and 9436967401, an official statement said on Friday.

should have been taken in bomb disposal containers which subsequently should have been transported to an isolated place instead of carrying out the blast on the spot. Moreover, Xray imaging would have been also done to find out the nature of object inside the tiffin box.

Another point raised is that the Centre had provided sophisticated security related equipment including bomb disposal instruments at the cost of over Rs 7 crore during the South Asian Games which was meant to be used professionally to clear the suspected object or bomb by wearing adequate bomb suits and not to detonate blasts in public places.

A battle royal between two crorepatis Shillong, Apr 30 : Both the Congress and NPP candidates for bypoll to Tura Lok Sabha seat Dikkanchi Shira and Conrad Sangma have become richer in the last three years if one compares the affidavits they filed along with their nomination papers for May 16 Tura Lok Sabha elections and for the Assembly elections of 2013.

As per the affidavits filed by them, the value of movable assets of both the candidates have increased by over Rs 1 crore.

The total value of Dikkanchi’s moveable asset stands at a whopping Rs 3,32,41,972 currently.

In 2013, Dikkanchi had moveable assets worth Rs 21,7,20,889.

On the other hand, the gross total value of moveable assets of Conrad at present is Rs 2,27,45,128. In 2013 it was Rs 13861321.

However, while the market value of immoveable assets of Dikkanchi in 2013 was Rs 4,18,70,000, the value of immovable assets of Conrad was Rs 6105000.

Conrad who did not win the Assembly polls in 2013, however, has a total liability of Rs 7290039 in form of loans.

The current market value of 26 plots of agricultural land, which Dikkanchi has inherited, stands at Rs 20 lakh.

She also has nine coal mines in different parts of the state especially in West Khasi Hills, and the current market value of the coal mine is Rs 1,80,00000 although most of the coal mines are inherited.

She also has four residential buildings.

Conrad has six inherited non-agricultural land and the current market value of the land is Rs 7,21,5000.

He also has two flats in GS Road, Guwahati .

Conrad also owns six vehicles including a Mercedes E Class purchased in the year 2013 worth Rs 33,00000.

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SC refuses to extend deadline for conversion of diesel taxis into CNG New Delhi, Apr.30 :The Supreme Court on Saturday refused to extend the deadline for conversion of diesel taxis into CNG, even as taxi owners pleaded before the apex court that there is no technology available in the market to convert their diesel cars into CNG ones. The Supreme Court held a special hearing on Saturday to hear several pleas related to its recent rulings to curb

pollution in the city, including the plea of major automobile manufacturers seeking the ban on registration of high-end diesel cars with engine capacity of 2000cc in the national capital region to be lifted.

Referring to the deadline already being extended by a month from March 31 to April 1, the SC observed, "Extensions have been given, you should have thought about alternatives by now".

The interim order banning registration of diesel-run vehicles with engine capacity of 2000cc and above is in force until April 30. Earlier, a

The Supreme Court also allowed the Delhi Police to purchase heavy duty diesel vehicles to carry out its duties, after it had stopped sale of diesel SUVS and luxury

AgustaWestland: Congress now poses three counter questions to BJP

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala New Delhi, Apr.30 : Asserting that the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is expert at levelling allegations, the Congress Party on Saturday accused the former of conspiring against it and asked three counter questions in connection with the ongoing debate on the AgustaWestland chopper deal controversy.

Alleging that the BJP was making 'mountain out of a molehill', Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked if the AgustaWestland was a 'fraud' company, then why did the government allow it to participate in several of defence related events, such as the Defence Expo.

"Amit Shah and BJP are experts of levelling allegations, they are making a mountain out of a molehill. They are conspiring against the Congress and its leadership, but truth will prvail as empty vessels make more noise," he told.

"Amit Shah raised three questions, we now seek answers for three questions. Amit Shah says that AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica are fraud companies.

If AgustaWestland is a fraud company then why are they protecting it for two years?

Why was AgustaWestland part of the Defence Expo? If it is fraud then why did your government give FIPB permission it on October 8, 2015?...If it is a fraud company then is your government part of that fraud," he further asked.

Continuing his tirade against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP president Amit Shah had

on Friday posed series of questions and sought Sonia Gandhi's answer in the matter. Highlighting that the tender could be signed only by the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), the BJP president questioned AgustaWestland's signing the tender despite not being the original manufacturer. Shah questioned Gandhi that under whose direction the provisions in tender was tempered with.

Shah also questioned that when the deal of the helicopters had happened, the field evaluation trial was to be done in India and later it was changed.

Shah pressed that if such permission of changes in the tender was given by the then defence minister A.K. Antony, Congress chief answer for the same.

James Christian Michel, the accused middleman in the chopper deal, has offered himself up for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Michel told The Hindu from Dubai earlier this week that he was willing to answer all questions from the Indian investigators in order 'to clear' his name, but insisted he had never met the Congress president or a 'single Gandhi' in his life.

Agusta Westland's Rs 3,600 crore contract for supplying 12 VVIP choppers to the Indian Air Force was scrapped by the UPA government over charges of paying kickbacks to Indian agents. In January 2013, India cancelled the deal and the CBI was assigned to investigate the matter. (ANI)

Minor raped during wedding in UP's Jaunpur area Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), Apr.30: Police in Uttara Pradesh's Jaunpur area have confirmed receiving a complaint about a 12-year-old girl being raped during a wedding. According to a preliminary investigation, the police said that the family had told them that they were attending the wedding, when the

12-year-old, who is both deaf and dumb, was raped by some male members from the groom's side. The incident took place in the Baksha police station area of Jaunpur district.

Police said the victim has been admitted to the district hospital for treatment and confirmation of rape. (ANI)

The Supreme Court on Saturday refused to extend the deadline for conversion of diesel taxis into CNG

bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur had

turned down the Centre's plea to defer the hearing.

cars with more than 2,000 cc engine capacity in the national capital last year.

Last year, in a desperate bid to cut pollution levels in the national capital, the apex court had banned registration of luxury diesel cars until March 31, 2016. The court had also directed that all taxis in the National Capital Region (NCR) to switch to CNG fuel by March 31. (ANI)

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking modification of NEET order New Delhi, Apr. 30: The Supreme Court on Saturday refused to entertain a plea seeking modification of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) order. The petition was filed by a group of students, seeking modification of NEET order.

They said syllabus of CBSE and state boards are different and they won't have time to prepare. While dismissing the plea, the apex court said nothing stops the students from preparing for exams and added that the first phase of NEET examination will be held on May 1.

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to issue

any urgent order to modify its directive to hold the common all-India medical entrance test in two phases even as the central government cited 'practical difficulties' in conducting the exam for the 2016-17 session.

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, along with the Additional Solicitor General, requested the bench that it was difficult to hold the NEET this year in two phases as state medical entrance exams were already scheduled.

However, Justice Anil R. Dave declined to issue any urgent directions on modifying the court's Thursday order and said it would not be possible to give a hearing to the

Centre and a few states which wanted a green signal for their medical exams.

On Thursday, the court had fixed the timeline for conducting the NEET for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses and clarified that its directive will supersede all other orders relating to medical admissions. With this clarification, the three-judge bench had made it unequivocal that all other admission tests, already held or scheduled for later, for admission to government colleges, deemed universities, private medical colleges, minority and linguistic minority colleges, stand scrapped.

The schedule was submitted jointly by the Union Health Ministry, CBSE and the Medical Council of India (MCI).

According to the schedule, the All India PreMedical Test (AIPMT) scheduled for May 1 will be treated as first round of the NEET. However, those who have not applied for AIPMT will be given opportunity to appear in round two on July 24.

The combined result will be declared on August 17, in order to complete the admission process by September 30 - the deadline set by the apex court in its previous orders.

(ANI)

Biggest question is "Who took bribe": Parrikar on AgustaWestland Dehradun, Apr.30: With the Congress attempting to corner the Union Government for allowing the tainted AgustaWestland to take part in the 'Make in India' initiative and the Defence Expo, the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Saturday said that the grand old party is trying to distract the attention of the people from the fundamental question of "who took the bribe?".

"Biggest question is "who took bribe?", that has to be answered by the previous Government...

Italian High Court equivalent clearly said that political corruption was â‚15.8 million, that's Rs.125 crore, they have also taken some names," said Parrikar, who is in Dehradun to inaugurate a war memorial.

Echoing similar views, BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli had earlier said, "Under the NDA, not a single thing has been purchased from AgustaWestland, ED is investigating a few people...A lot is happening, so Congress is just trying to distract public from the question of

Parrikar "who took bribe".

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala earlier today accused the BJP of conspiring against it and asked three counter questions in connection with the ongoing debate on the AgustaWestland chopper deal controversy.

Alleging that the BJP was making 'mountain out of a molehill', Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked if the AgustaWestland was a 'fraud' company, then why did the government allow it to participate in several of defence related events, such as the Defence Expo.

BJP president Amit Shah

had on Friday posed series of questions and sought Sonia Gandhi's answer in the matter.

Highlighting that the tender could be signed only by the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), the BJP president questioned AgustaWestland's signing the tender despite not being the original manufacturer. Shah questioned Gandhi that under whose direction the provisions in tender was tempered with. Shah also questioned that when the deal of the helicopters had happened, the field evaluation trial was to be done in India and later it was changed.

Shah pressed that if such permission of changes in the tender was given by the then defence minister A.K. Antony, Congress chief answer for the same. James Christian Michel, the accused middleman in the chopper deal, has offered himself up for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Michel told The Hindu from Dubai earlier this week that he was willing to answer all questions from the Indian investigators in order 'to clear' his name, but insisted he had never met the Congress president or a 'single Gandhi' in his life.

Agusta Westland's Rs 3,600 crore contract for supplying 12 VVIP choppers to the Indian Air Force was scrapped by the UPA government over charges of paying kickbacks to Indian agents. In January 2013, India cancelled the deal and the CBI was assigned to investigate the matter. (ANI)

Chopper deal: CBI examines former Deputy Chief of IAF New Delhi, Apr 30 : CBI on Saturday examined former Deputy Chief of Indian Air Force JS Gujral in connection with alleged irregularities in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal with AgustaWestland.

Air Marshal (Retd) Gujral arrived at the CBI Headquarters here in the morning and appeared before the investigation team probing the case. He was one of the many senior officials who were part of the meeting in

2005 when a decision to alter the required specifications was taken. The agency has called former Air Chief SP Tyagi on Monday.

Both have been questioned at length in 2013 but the fresh round of questioning was necessitated after the April 7 order of an Italian court. CBI has so far maintained that Gujral was questioned as a witness but remain tight lipped if he will still retain the same status.

The agency, so far, has not

levelled any allegation against him. The agency had registered a case against former IAF Chief Tyagi along with 13 others including his cousins and European middlemen in the case. Tyagi has denied the allegations.

The allegation against the former Air Chief was that he had reduced flying ceiling of the helicopter from altitude ceiling requirement from 6,000 m to 4,500 m (15,000ft) so that AgustaWestland was in-

cluded in the bids. However, this decision was taken allegedly in consultation with the officials of SPG and the Prime Minister's Office including then NSA M K Narayanan.

CBI has alleged reduction of the service ceiling--maximum height at which a helicopter can perform normally--allowed the UKbased firm to get into the fray as, otherwise, its helicopters were not even qualified for submission of bids.(PTI)

Achieving and sustaining high growth is India's main agenda: President Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee Auckland , Apr. 30: President Pranab Mukherjee has said that achieving and sustaining high growth is the main agenda of India. In an interview to The New Zealand Herald, President Mukherjee said growing consistently at around eight percent will help India double its GDP in nine years.

He also said that his government has launched a number of initiatives such as 'Make in India' and improving ease of doing business which is boosting country's growth."India has adopted a comprehensive growthpromoting reform agenda to deal with the variety of challenges confronted by India," he added.

Talking about India-New Zealand relations, the President said, "People-topeople contacts have flourished since many years.

Connectivity remains an issue but will be addressed to an extent with the planned signing Air Service Agreement between the two countries."

Asked what benefits would India get from increased ties or trade with New Zealand, President Mukherjee said, " New

Zealand has strong expertise in areas such as agriculture, food processing, and high-end manufacturing which is of interest to India. Tourism and education sectors also have significant strengths which could benefit India."

Terming poverty as the most important challenge before India, the President said his government is focusing on those who need the basic necessities of life most urgently.He said India has had significantly accomplishment in reducing poverty and employment generation is critical to achieve lasting reduction in poverty.

Saying that India's vibrant democracy, youth and decentralized political system are the major assets, President Mukherjee said, "It is India's democracy which allows such a large and diverse country to be managed and kept together."

Counting tacking of corruption as one of the big achievement of India during the last two years, President Mukherjee said the government has transparently auctioned major public assets such as coal and spectrum. (ANI)

Intense heat wave continues unabated across nation Jaipur, Apr.30: Intense heat wave continued unabated across the nation with Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan becoming latest to come under the grip of soaring temperatures after Odisha and Telangana. Normal life was thrown out of gear in Rajasthan as maximum temperature crossed 42 degree Celsius at most places, with Barmer registering 44.5 degree Celsius. Jaisalmer and Bundi also recorded maximum temperature of 44 degree, while day temperatures remained around 43 degrees at several other places.

According to reports, the Border Security Force (BSF) has asked its jawans posted along the border in Rajasthan to drink a glass of water after every half an hour.

In Uttar Pradesh, the temperatures hovered around 41 degree Celsius in most

parts of the state, with Banda recording 45.2 degree Celsius on Friday.

Telangana, Odisha and parts of Andhra Pradesh are already reeling under scorching heat.

Bhubaneswar recorded 45.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday, though daytime temperature in some parts of the state dropped marginally.

Western and interior Odisha towns Sonepur and Talcher continued to boil at 45.4 degrees. As many as 119 sunstroke deaths have been reported from different parts of the state, as of Friday.

Meanwhile, the death toll due to sun stroke in Telangana has gone up to 137, with 15 deaths reported on Wednesday alone. Worst drought affected Medak district reported 34 deaths, while Mahabubnagar reported 64. (ANI)

14 arrested after clashes Muzaffarnagar, Apr 30:14 people were arrested in connection with a clash that broke out between two groups over alleged harassment of a girl in Alipur Aterna village in the district, police said. Four persons were

injured in stone pelting during the clash between the two groups yesterday.

A case has been registered and 14 people have been arrested, SHO Arun Kumar Tyagi said. The injured were admitted to a hospital, he said.(PTI)

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President Mukherjee accorded Maori ceremonial welcome in New Zealand Auckland (New Zealand), Apr. 30 : President Pranab Mukherjee who arrived in Auckland early this morning met Jerry Mateparae, Governor General of New Zealand and was accorded ceremonial reception here.

The Indian President is on a three-day visit to New Zealand after completing his landmark visit to Papua New Guinea.

The President inspected

the Guard of Honour and witnessed cultural performance by the Maori men and women.

This is for the first time that an Indian President is visiting a country in the Southern Hemisphere.

Prime Minister John Key and the leader of Opposition Andrew Little will call on him. President Mukherjee accorded Maori ceremonial welcome in The President will lay a New Zealand wreath at the Auckland War Memorial and ad- Auckland University of He will also address a Business Forum and Indress the students of Technology.

Saudi forces kill two militants post failed car-bombing

Canberra urges Afghanistan to find Australian hostage

Riyadh, Apr.30 :Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry security forces have killed two militants before they were able to detonate a car bomb in the southwestern town of Bisha .

Dawn says that Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Maj Gen Mansour al-Turki said that late Friday that security forces tried to stop two cars but the drivers fled and took refuge in nearby mountains before one of the cars exploded.

Al-Turki said the two continued firing at security forces, but were eventually killed with the help of a helicopter gunship.(ANI)

Kabul, Apr. 30 : Australia has called on Afghanistan to step up efforts and cooperate in finding an Australian woman who was kidnapped in eastern Nangarhar province.

The Australian national was kidnapped on Thursday, after a group of armed men wearing military uniforms stormed the DACAAR compound, a charity organization working for women empowerment in the country, and took her with them.

She was associated with the organization for twenty years.

The Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop had yesterday said that although the details of the

report are yet to be confirmed but, the government was closely monitoring the situation.

The details of the report have to be confirmed by the Afghan authorities, but they certainly believe that she has been kidnapped. We are trying to confirm all of the details, but we are in communication with her family, Tolo news quoted Bishop as saying.

The Australian government does not as a matter of policy pay ransom to kidnappers, she added.

The Australian foreign minister also called on the Afghan government to accelerate efforts and make sure they secure the safe release of the hos-

Military experts believe that the recapture of the town is a milestone toward curbing the advance of Taliban insurgency in the area.

Residents of Chahar Dara have asked Afghan security personnel to take all steps to prevent the Taliban and other insurgent groups from re-establishing their presence in the area. (ANI)

Canberra urges Afghanistan to find Australian hostage

tage.

Meanwhile, the hostage's family has appealed for the safe release of her.

While the efforts are on for her rescue, local officials in Nangarhar have

said that the Afghan security forces have so far arrested several individuals allegedly involved in the kidnapping.

The kidnapped woman's father Brian Wilson yes-

The Wellington City Council has submitted a proposal for establishing a sister-city relationship between Wellington and New Delhi.

To improve connectivity between the two countries, a bilateral Air Services Agreement is likely to be signed during this visit of the President.

The New Zealand Government is also keen to enhance defence cooperation with India. (ANI)

terday, appealed for the safe release of his daughter.

Foreign affairs ministry phoned me and told me and said they would keep in touch. They knew no more than I did all the news was that she was kidnapped ... we don't yet know what the demand would be. But I presume you don't harm a hostage, because to did that is not good at all, Wilson said.

Meanwhile, Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar governor said that several individuals have been so far arrested in connection with the kidnapping and efforts are underway to the arrest the main masterminds. (ANI)

China denies US aircraft carrier port call in Hong Kong

Afghan forces reclaim Taliban-held Afghanistan's Chahar Dara district Kabul, Apr. 30 : Afghan forces have recaptured Chahar Dara district in Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan from the Taliban.

Tolo News quoted senior Afghan National Army (ANA) officials, as saying that pro-government forces had managed to gun down some key Taliban commanders and evict other militants from the strategically-located district.

The security forces also confiscated a large cache of ammunition and weapons from the militants.

Kunduz province is the gateway of the north and is used by the Taliban as a main stronghold for its operations.

dian Diaspora. With a population of about 4.5 million, New Zealand historically shares close and cordial ties with India.

As many as 175, 000 persons of Indian origin have made New Zealand their permanent home.

There are about 23, 000 Indian students in New Zealand. The country has become a favourite destination for location shooting by Indian Film producers.

China denies US aircraft carrier port call in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Apr. 30 : China has refused to give entry to the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Stennis and accompanying naval vessels at

Hong Kong port.

It is being speculated that this action was taken due to the growing tensions between the two nations over the Beijing's moves

to assert its claims on the South China Sea. "We were recently informed that a request for a port visit by a US carrier strike group, including the USS John C Stennis and accompanying vessels, to Hong Kong was denied," the Guardian quoted commander Bill Urban, a Pentagon spokesman as saying.

"We have a long track record of successful port visits to Hong Kong, including with the current visit of the USS Blue Ridge, and we expect that will continue," he added.

Nepal CPN-UML's Madhav Kumar calls for 'rule of law' in country

Nepal CPN-UML's Madhav Kumar calls for 'rule of law' in country Kathmandu, Apr.30 : CPN-UML senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that there should be both consensus and cooperation between political parties for the effective implementation of the Constitution and to take the country on the path of development.

Madhav Kumar was talking to mediapersons at Dhankuta on Saturday morning, reports The Himalayan Times.

Underscoring the consensus among the three major political parties for ushering the country towards prosperity by implementing the Constitution, the former Prime Minister said that the Nepali Congress (NC) should be roped into the national unity government.

The Nepali Congress, the biggest political party in Legislature-Parliament, is now the ma-

jor opposition.

Kumar stressed on the need for establishing rule of law in the country where many aberrations and anomalies were mushrooming lately due to political instability.

The incumbent government's spirit is being dampened due to some unfavorable remarks made by few leaders from the coalition party," Nepal said. (ANI)

Urban highlighted that this was the first time that the US naval ships had been denied permission to make a Hong Kong port call since August 2014.

According to reports, the Chinese foreign ministry has said that port calls by US ships are decided on a "case by case basis in accordance with sovereignty principles and specific circumstances."

As the Stennis sailed off the Philippines near the disputed area, the US defence secretary Ashton Carter had visited the Stennis on April 15.

Even during a preceding

stop in Manila, Carter emphasised that Washington would support the Philippines and other allies as they faced coercion and intimidation.

Both nations also announced that they have begun joint naval patrols in the South China Sea. South China Sea has been a disputed region as it is being claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan and China.

Beijing claims nearly all of the South China Sea, through which some of the world's most active shipping lanes pass.(ANI)

Nepal PM Oli pays tribute to late writer 'Pradeep' Kathmandu, Apr.30 : Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has paid tribute to the late litterateur Ram Prasad Sharma 'Pradeep'.

The Himalayan Times reports that Prime Minister Oli visited the Nepal Academy at Kamaladi where the litterateur's mortal remains have been kept for tribute.

Litterateur 'Pradeep' passed away after a cardiac arrest at the age of

Two Taliban commanders killed in Afghan police ambush

Two Taliban commanders killed in Afghan police ambush Kabul, Apr. 30 : At least night. two prominent com- While the commander manders of the Taliban was killed in Gilan diswere killed and several trict, three other miliinjured in an ambush tants were also injured in organised by the Afghan the ambush. police forces in The Afghan police Afghanistan's southeast- forces also seized weapern Ghazni province. ons and ammunition durThe Ministry of Interior ing the ambush.

(MoI) said that the two Meanwhile, the Taliban top Taliban commanders militants have not comwere killed in Deh Yak mented regarding the reand Gilan districts of port so far.

Ghazni, reports Khaama Ghazni is among the Press. volatile provinces in In a statement by the southeastern AfghaniMinistry of Interior one stan where militant of the commanders was groups including the identified as Khalid who Taliban insurgents operwas killed along with his ate anti-state activities.

3 companions on Friday (ANI)

BNP-Jamaat clique killing, burning people to overthrow ruling Awami League: Hasina Dhaka, Apr. 30 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused the BNP-Jamaat nexus of committing secret killings with the objective of toppling her Awami League-led government.

Hasina said this during the inauguration of the Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Eye Hospital and Training Institute and the laying of the foundation stone of the Sheikh Lutfar Rahman Dental College in Gopalganj today, reports Daily Star.

She said that the BNPJamaat clique does not want the nation's development and is killing and burning people, besides committing widespread

destruction.

The Prime Minister said that the BNP-Jamaat combine has attacked mosques, temples and churches when they were in power and even killed a Krishak League leader inside a mosque in Bogra.

Those who were engaged in money laundering, corruption and embezzling orphans' money cannot change the fate of the common people, she said.

Sheikh Hasina said due to this politics of revenge by the BNP-Jamaat alliance, the southern region of the country, particularly Gopalganj, has always been neglected.

(ANI)

21 killed in Baghdad car bomb blast

67 on Friday.

Sharma's body will be kept at the Academy premises until 12 noon.

It will then be taken to Pashupati Aryaghat for cremation.

CPN-UML senior leader Jhalanath Khanal, Secretary Pradeep Gyawali, Minister for Livestock Development Shanta Manavi and several other dignitaries paid tributes to the late writer.(ANI)

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli

21 killed in Baghdad car bomb blast Baghdad, Apr. 30 : At least 21 people were killed and 42 others injured in a car-bombing in southeastern Baghdad on Saturday.

According to the local police officers, the attack targeted Shiite pilgrims walking to Baghdad's holy Kadhimiyah shrine, reports the New York Times.

However, other Iraqi security officials said the attack targeted an open-air market. Both giving tow different accounts could not be immediately reconciled.

The officials spoke on a condition of anonymity since they were not authorized to speak to me-

dia.

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

However, the Islamic State group in the past has claimed similar attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims and civilians in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods.

The insurgent group controls large swaths of Iraq's west and north, but, has suffered a series of territorial losses over the past year.

Analysts and Iraqi security officials say that the extremist group in the face of those losses has increased insurgent-style attacks in Baghdad and other areas far from the frontline fighting. (ANI)

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India's very own GPS India's Seventh Navigation Satellite In its thirty fifth flight (PSLV-C33), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched the 1425 kg IRNSS-1G, the seventh satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) to(Photo: day afternoon (April 28, img.newsheads) 2016) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. This is the thirty fourth consecutively successful mission of PSLV and the thirteenth in its 'XL' configuration.

After a flight of 19 minutes 42 seconds, IRNSS-1G was injected into an elliptical orbit of 283 km X 20,718 km inclined at an angle of 17.867 degree to the equator (very close to the intended orbit) following which the satellite successfully separated from the PSLV fourth stage.

In the coming days, four orbit manoeuvres will be conducted from MCF to position the satellite in the Geostationary Orbit at 129.5 deg East longitude.

IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide position information in the Indian region and 1500 km around the Indian mainland. IRNSS provides two types of services, namely, Standard Positioning Services (SPS) - provided to all users and Restricted Services (RS) - provided to authorised users. A number of ground facilities responsible for satellite ranging and monitoring, generation and transmission of navigation parameters, etc., have been established in eighteen locations across the country. Today's successful launch of IRNSS-1G, the seventh and final member of IRNSS constellation, signifies the completion of the IRNSS constellation.

With this launch, the IRNSS constellation of seven satellites is now complete. This will allow the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to focus on the process of designing front end chips which will receive the navigational signals sent out by the satellites. The system will be similar to the Global Positioning System (GPS) operated by the United States with 24 satellites and the Glonass, Galileo and BeiDou systems of Russia, Europe and China respectively. IRNSS-1G is the seventh of the seven satellites constituting the space segment of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. IRNSS-1A, 1B, 1C, ID, IE and 1F, the first six satellites of the constellation, were successfully launched by PSLV on July 02, 2013, April 04, 2014, October 16, 2014, March 28, 2015, January 20, 2016 and March 10, 2016 respectively. All the six satellites are functioning satisfactorily from their designated orbital positions.

Road Accidents Road Safety should be the first According to World Health Organization, every year 1.24 million people worldwide are killed and 50 million people are injured in road accidents. According to WHO's global safety report every year 1,40,000 die in road accidents in India. The number of deaths in road accidents rose by over 14 per cent from 2010 to 2011 in Assam. A total of 2,854 people lost their lives in road accidents in 2011, up from 2,498 in 2010.

Altogether 2,499 people were killed in road accidents in the State in 2009. Overall, 7,851 people were killed in road accidents during 2009-11 in the State. As per the data, in 2011, Assam witnessed an overall casualty figure of 4,773 from "accidental deaths" including road accidents, stampede, poisoning, death by firearms or animals, fire, factory mishaps, explosions, electrocution, drowning, lightning, avalanche and building collapse.

Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among young people aged 15-44 years. Half of those dying on the roads are 'Vulnerable road users'-pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. With the state witnessing a number of tragic accidents during recent days on account of rash driving by errant bus drivers and following complaints against city buses over noncompliance of road safety norms, the Kamrup Metro district administration today ordered cancellation of permit of any bus found to be involved in any accident and also confiscation of the licences of drivers who are involved in such mishaps. Inadequate attention to road safety is adversely affecting the state's socio-economic health. RTA accounted for 50.4% deaths in Assam last year, surpassing the national average of 36.4%. Young people aged between 15-44 years were the primary victims of road accidents in the state, the report - prepared by compiling and analyzing data from records of over 25 years maintained by GNRC and various other publicly available sources - stated that more number of teenagers are dying due to road accidents than from HIV/ AIDS. According to WHO's Global Safety Report, India has the highest road traffic accident rate in the world, with over 140,000 deaths annually accounting for 11.3% of the global death rate. Moreover, these incidences of accidents have caused an economic burden of around Rs 60,000 crore for India. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report states that with 50.4% deaths in Assam caused by road accidents, the state's record surpassed the national average of 36.4% for 2013. In Assam, 704 people died and 1803 people were injured in 2014 (up to March) due to road accidents while in 2013, 2441 people died and 6609 people were injured in due to road accidents. Highest deaths due to road traffic accidents occurred at Guwahati City, followed by Kamrup district.

Due to non-compliance of basic rules to be followed by the buses, various accidents occur causing irreparable loss of lives and properties and also create many law and order situation. Guwahati being the capital city of the State need to have systematic approach for making this system hassle free. Total number of trauma cases in the state during the year 2014 was 3200 and among which 1852 road traffic accident cases during this period.

Tortured, raped, massacred: Indigenous tribes continue to suffer 69 years after partition "There has been no easing common. Hatred and per- region were looking forof the full weight of night. secution followed, by the ward to joining India, deParched eyes, aching majority community and scribed as a 'secular' counhearts are yet to find their the State itself, who were try in the Constitution of moment of deliverance. determined to exterminate the newly freed nation.

Move forward; the destiny these people from their na- "The three tribal chiefs in we seek has still not yet tion. the region demanded recarrived."- Faiz Ahmed Faiz The Chittagong Hill ognition as a 'native state' It was the time when like Tracts from the British, the Conair, water, and food, 'na- The Chittagong Hill Tracts gress and the Muslim tionality' had also become lie at the border of south- league. Failing to obtain quintessential this they profor existence. A posed a confedRichu Sanil Chemmalakuzhy 'nationality' was eration with required and Tr i p u r a , when they thought they eastern Bangladesh. The Kuchbihar, and Khasia could choose one, they had region borders India to the states that would be adminanother thrust upon them, north and north-east and istered under central auone they did not wish for. Myanmar to the South. The thority," according to the From then on, the 'whirl- region is home to more paper, 'Problems of Nawind of hatred' (an expres- than ten indigenous tribes. tional Integration in sion used by Tagore in his Before the advent of the Bangladesh: The poem 'The Sunset of the British, they collectively Chittagong Hill Tracts'.

Century') brought about by owned land in the hilly re- Another section suggested nationalism struck them gion and practiced a constitutional monarchy like wild thunder storms Jhumming cultivation (In like that of the British, as day after day, year after this, land is temporarily described in the Ph.D. thecultivated and then aban- sis 'The Tragedy of the year.

The indigenous people in doned allowing natural Chittagong Hill Tracts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts vegetation to grow back). Bangladesh', by Md. (CHT) in modern-day In 1860, the region was Ashrafuzzman. More radiBangladesh have only tales annexed by the British and cal sections suggested joinof suffering to narrate. they brought in many ad- ing the region with Burma, They have been killed, tor- ministrative changes. as Ashrafuzzman writes. tured, raped and massa- The British decided to rule But there was an overridcred. Their ancestral lands the region indirectly by re- ing belief that joining Inwere confiscated following taining the three rajas who dia would fulfil their dewhich they were forcefully were the original rulers; mands. However, they evicted. Some of them be- also, large tracts of land failed and CHT became a came refugees in India, in were placed under the con- part of Pakistan against the the state of Arunachal trol of the forest depart- will of the local people.

Pradesh, where they are ment. The British cleared The newly emerged leadtreated as unwanted ele- forests and converted them ers in Pakistan sensed disments and considered a into a mono-plantation of senting voices in the Hill threat to the native popu- teak to help them generate Tracts and this caused lation. Still, the injustices revenue. The British trouble as the indigenous have not been over and passed the CHT Regula- population was branded as done with. They continue tion Act of 1900 which was 'traitors' who wanted to join to be treated as 'fallen' a landmark legislation in India. Professor Wilhelm people whose only fault the region, as stated in the van Schindel, author of the was being less in number, report of Chittagong Hill book 'A History of a minority; and they Tract commission, 'Life is Bangladesh' is interviewed couldn't 'imagine' the 'na- Not Ours', published in in the documentary 'Life is tion' like the majority did. 1991. not still ours', made on the The majority Bengalis This law gave the rights issues and concerns related called them 'traitors' when over the land to the British to CHT, and he admits that they demanded to become state, regulated and admin- this discourse about the hill istrated now by the Deputy people wanting to join Ina part of India.

In his book, 'Stateless in Commissioner (DC). The dia has been on since then.

South Asia', the author rajas were sub-ordinate to The relation between the Deepak K. Singh de- the DC and the lands were Pakistani State and people scribed the concept of free- locally administrated by in CHT was of distrust and dom as "a condition of be- concerned officials and trouble. The government ing in which the members bureaucrats. And also, the failed to appease the tribal of a given political com- law had a provision which people, leading to their munity enjoy a genuine prevented outsiders from alienation from the soautonomy in terms of migrating to the hills. De- called mainstream. The organising and spite all this, the law indi- special status of Hill Tracts reorganising their lives to rectly recognised the cus- was preserved in the beginhelp them pursue their de- tomary rights of indig- ning but later on, the govtermined aims and goal". enous people over their ernment tried to repeal it in This idea of freedom has land and allowed them to 1955; the people resisted been denied to them for the continue with their and the move failed. The past six-seven decades. Jhumming cultivation, as Constitution was amended Their aspiration of belong- cited the said report. in 1964 which repealed the ing to a community which The Partition Woes And special status of this rewould respect and treat East Pakistan gion, leading to the dismay them like humans was cur- The woes of indigenous of the people as they felt it 'Pahari' people of akin to losing their autailed brutally.

According to Benedict Chittagong started with the tonomy. When the special Anderson, a nation is an Partition of the sub-conti- status of the "excluded imagined political commu- nent. After the misfortune area" was intact in the renity. A nation exists when of the political divide, gion, any non-tribal could people of the nation iden- these people became a mi- be expelled from the area tify themselves as part of nority in the newly by the local government one particular community. emerged East Pakistan. At citing violation of law, but The indigenous people of the time of Partition, there when it was relegated to CHT imagined themselves were only three to five per- 'tribal state' following the to be a part of the Indian cent Muslims in the CHT 1964 amendment of the nation when the National region and it was only rea- Constitution, this power Movement was at its peak sonable to place CHT with was also forfeited. This aland the Partition was im- India. The Chairman of the lowed the migration of minent. But the politics of Boundary Commission, non-tribals from the plains partition claimed them, and Cyril Radcliffe, did not to settle in the hills. they were made to co-ex- give any explanation for The Pakistan Government ist with a community with the rationale behind this was least concerned with which they had nothing in move. The people in the the lives of indigenous

Image for representational purpose. (Photo: cdn.youthkiawaaz) people and the detrimental effects their policies would have on their environment.

Between 1947 and 1971, the Pakistan government with the help of United States Agency for International Development built a hydro-electric dam across the river Karnafuli. This unmindful developmental activity took a huge toll on the Chakma population.

Forty percent of their prime cultivable land was submerged and one lakh people lost their home and livelihood, as cited in the book, 'Land Tenure and Human Rights Violation In the Chittagong Hill Tract, Bangladesh: An intricate Road to Peace', by Shaikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain.

A large population of hill people migrated to India and other places during this time. As they depended on the land for the Jhumming cultivation, their lifeline was cut off and their only chance of survival lay in migration. Many of them migrated to Arunachal Pradesh in India where they still live as stateless refugees, according to Singh's book, cited above.

This is also causing problems to the natives of Arunachal where they feel threatened by these 'outsiders'.

The New State Of Bangladesh And Bengali Nationalism The Partition of India along religious lines did not succeed as linguistic identity began to overwhelm the religious identity of people in Bangladesh. Bengali was the language of East Pakistan Muslims and Urdu was spoken by the people of West Pakistan. Despite this, the official language of both East and West was Urdu, giving rise to discontent among the people in Bangladesh. There was also a language movement in East Pakistan in 1952.

Apart from language, the other causes that instigated the separatist movement included low importance given by the Lahore administration to the development of East Pakistan.

After a nine month long separatist war, the state of

Bangladesh came into existence.

During the time of the Liberation war in 1971, some sections of Hill people of CHT were supporting the Pakistan government despite the 'unwanted' attitude shown by the State towards them. After nine months of the Liberation war, they became a part of Bangladesh. Much to their woes, their nationality changed again when the new State came into being.

The Bengali nationalists accused the hill people of lending their support to the Pakistan government.

"On December 5, 1971, the Bengali freedom fighters killed 16 tribal people in Pan Chari, denouncing them as collaborators of the war with the Pakistani regime," as stated in 'Problems of National Integration in Bangladesh'.

The people in CHT were not sure what would be the best outcome for the people in the new State.

The elected representatives from CHT started making claims for their area in the new Parliament. They pushed the resolution for granting them an autonomous state. But they didn't have much support in the Bangladeshi Parliament and were defeated. A delegation from CHT went to meet the Prime Minister Mujibur Rahman and set forth the demand for autonomy and special rights for the people. But he disappointed them by asking them to forget their demands and merge with the greater Bengali nationalism.

M. N. Larma, the leader of CHT people formed a party in 1972 by the name of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS).

In the later pre-election period in 1973, Mujibur Rahman declared that the tribal people would be called Bengali and would have no separate identity.

Also, during his time, more Bengali settlers from the plains were allowed to migrate to the CHT Hills by "expelling tribal people from their ancestral homeland", according to the book 'Problems of National Integra-

Chinese Goods, PM's Mission of 'Make in India'

Logo of Make in India (Photo: midhani.gov)

Sir, It is an open secret that Indian markets are fraught with Chinese products. The products include among others 'Dewalee' items like crackers, other fire-works, electrical appliances etc. In festive season like Durga Puja, the market is fraught with toys and other playing items for Children including sophisticated toy-pistols. Different clocks, electronic appliances are available aplenty. The news now doing the rounds is Chinese now are all set to make 'Gamocha' (hand-woventowel) and 'Mekhela Chadar' (Assamese women's traditional dress) available in Assam's market. That apart, many stationery items are available in the market.

The reason behind the popularity of Chinese items is its low-price. Availability of the Chinese items in the Indian market poses a threat to India's small and medium enterprises. Recently, this issue figures in the proceedings of Lok Sabha when many M.Ps cutting across the party line raised the issue in parliament de-

manding a ban on the import of the Chinese items. Participating in the issue, the Union commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman let the House know that it is not just possible to ban on imports from a country under the World Trade Organization norms. Further, she assured the members that steps are taken to safeguard the interest of the Indian manufacturers and consumers. She further added that the matter was under examination. The M.Ps ventilated their concern that the Chinese use sub-standard materials, hence the Chinese items could be purchased at a cheap rate. That these products affect their Indian counterparts, there is no doubt about it. Under the backdrop of import of Chinese items, Primeminister's mission of 'Make in India' is unlikely to prove efficacious.

Yours etc.

Ashok Bordoloi Dibrugarh

tion in Bangladesh'. The agricultural land in the possession of tribal people was also confiscated and distributed among the Bengali settlers. All this caused great agony to the hill people in CHT but more was about to come.

The Present Times To this day, the Bangladesh State has not recognised the people of Chittagong Hill Tracts as indigenous and, therefore, their rights to be protected under International Instruments on Protection of Indigenous People's Rights. Even a peace treaty signed by the State and the people in CHT in 1997 is yet to implemented or we can say the state has deliberately not implemented it. Today, their land, trade and all other affairs are dominated by the Bengali settlers and all positions in local power are also controlled by Bengali settlers. The political parties are vying for power by trying to tap in the vote base of Bengali settlers.

No one is interested in indigenous people anymore. But they continue their struggle and assert their demands while the State is keen on suppressing their dissent.

Conclusion The indigenous people of CHT have come a long way. The destiny they are seeking has still not arrived. They are waiting for their moment of 'deliverance'. Right from the time of Partition, they have been fighting for the freedom to uphold their distinctiveness. It is clear from the example of Chittagong that one clear mistake or a deliberate act during the Partition of India, one ugly political mistake, has claimed and crippled the lives of generations of people living in these hills. They are forbidden to imagine becoming part of a community which would respect their rights and treat them as equals. The future appears bleak now; with fingers crossed, let's hope the people in CHT one day find the destiny they seek.

Courtesy: Youthkiawaaz

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

Career in Company Secretary The recent upheavals in the corporate world have shaken the confidence of shareholders. There is a greater demand for displaying corporate credibility and transparency by organisations in managing their internal affairs. There is also a need to retain the confidence of various stakeholders. Since, the top management is too busy managing the general working of an organization this new challenge can only be shouldered by some highly qualified and competent professionals.

Here comes the role of a company secretary. Earlier, the traditional role of a company secretary was limited to providing support to the board of directors and managing administrative affairs of an organisation. However, the horizon of their roles and responsibilities has expanded exponentially. Apart from their traditional tasks, company secretaries now have to take care of corporate governance and even legal matters of a company.

As the position of a company secretary has steadily become critical to the smooth functioning of a corporate entity so has the demand for this job profile. In this role, you not only hold a high position in the management hierarchy but your role is highly accountable both within and outside your organisation.

In this context, this job profile provides both exciting career prospects coupled with innumerable challenging situations. All-in-all this position is in great demand in the job market and this trend is not going to slow down anywhere in the near future.

The training company secretaries receive sets them apart from other professionals within a company. These candidates have good expo-

sure to a wide spectrum of subjects such as law, accountancy, administration, secretarial practice and many others. This automatically qualifies them for a vast range of positions within a company from the very early days of their career.

Step-by-Step Overall, there are three qualifying stages for becoming a company secretary, namely, the foundation stage, the intermediate stage and the final stage. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) offers this study course. You can join the foundation course after completing your 10+2 and then move on to the intermediate level of the course. Alternatively, you can complete you graduation, post-graduation or any other professional qualification to seek admission directly into the intermediate stage.

Foundation Course: Candidates who have passed senior secondary (10+2) can apply for the foundation course. The duration of the foundation course is eight months. Students are required to pass the foundation examination within three years from the date of their admission.

Subjects: * English and Business Communication *Basic Economics and Business Environment * Financial Accounting * Elements of Business Laws and Management * Information Systems and Quantitative Techniques Intermediate Course: Once you have cleared the foundation course and your age is not less than 17 years, then you can apply for the intermediate level. Graduates, post-graduates (excluding fine arts students) and those who have passed out from ICWAI or ICAI or any other recognised accountancy institution in In-

dia or abroad, can directly enrol into the intermediate course without going for the foundation course.

Subjects: Group I *General and Commercial Laws *Company Accounts and Cost & Management Accounting * Tax Laws *Management Information Systems and Corporate Communication Group II *Company Law * Company Secretarial Practice * Economic, Labour and Industrial Laws *Securities Laws and Regulation of Financial Markets You can get an exemption for some individual papers on the basis of your pre-qualification.

Final Course: The final stage of the company secretary course imparts training on a wide variety of specialised subjects.

Subjects: Group I * Advanced Company Law and Practice *Secretarial Practice relating to Economic Laws and Drafting and Conveyance * Secretarial Management and Systems Audit Group II *Financial, Treasury and Forex Management *Corporate RestructuringLaw and Practice *Banking and InsuranceLaw and Practice Group III * WTO-International Trade, Joint Ventures and Foreign Collaborations *Direct and Indirect Taxation-Law and Practice * Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Training Training is an important aspect of the company secretary course. You will have to undergo short term training

programs during the intermediate level and after the final level examination of the company secretary course.

These short term trainings improve your communication and management skills and also help in personality development.

Furthermore, you will have to acquire practical training after completing the intermediate or final level examination to obtain an Associate Membership of ICSI. This training is essential since it gives valuable insight into the working of the corporate sector and also provides practical exposure to industry standards. This training can be completed in companies sponsored by ICSI or under the guidance of a practicing company secretary.

Once you have successfully completed the final level course along with the practical training you are admitted into the institute as an Associate Company Secretary. From this point onwards, you can look for prospective job openings.

Start Early Clearing your 10+2 is the basic criteria for making a move towards this particular career path. At this level, you can join the foundation level course. However, you can also get admission to the intermediate level of the company secretary course if you have earned your graduate degree or any other equivalent or higher academic qualification.

What would it Cost Me? The duration for the foundation course is eight months excluding the months of admission and examination. The fee for the foundation course is Rs 3,600. The intermediate course is nine months excluding the months of admission and examination. The fee for the intermediate course is Rs 7,000 for commerce graduates and Rs

7,700 for others. The final course can cost up to Rs 10,000.

Other than these, the trainings that you will have to undergo during the intermediate and the final level can cost you something around Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500.

Job Prospect As a qualified company secretary, you can find good positions in the private sector and public sectors, banks and financial institutions. You can also look for openings in stock exchanges, the Department of Company Affairs, company law boards and various government departments. The larger the company and the wider its field activity, the better are the emoluments earned by the company secretary.

Company secretaries have the added advantage of setting up their own consultancy business after obtaining a certificate of practice. Companies with a paid-up share capital of Rs 10 lakh and more and less than Rs 2 crores are required to employ the services of practicing company secretaries for issuing corporate compliance certificates.

Company secretaries have immense knowledge of a wide variety of subjects. In this context, they can take up position of a lecturer or a visiting faculty in various academic establishments.

Pay Packet A budding and meritorious company secretary can hope to start his career with a monthly remuneration of Rs 20, 000 to Rs 25, 000. However, for an ordinary candidate, a monthly salary of Rs 10, 000 is almost guaranteed.

However, with time, experience and expertise in managing company affairs you can command hefty pay packets.

Demand and Supply As per the Companies Act,

Image for representational purpose only (Photo: ecreta.cdn) 1956, every company that has a paid-up share capital of Rs 2 crores or above has to employ a full time company secretary. The ICSI has developed and regulated the profession of company secretaries in the country.

Hence, there are ample career opportunities for company secretaries in various sectors across the nation.

Different Roles, Different Names The following is a brief description of the significant roles and responsibilities of a company secretary.

Assistance to the Board of Directors: Company secretaries not only provide secretarial assistance to the board but also provide them with expert advice in many respects.

Company Registrar: They are an important component of a company's managerial hierarchy working in the capacity of the company registrar.

Legal Advisor: As a legal advisor, they have to provide assistance to the company in case of any legal matter. They also ensure that the company complies with the statutory and bureaucratic directives of company, security and corporate laws.

Corporate Policymaker: Company secretaries play an important role in putting to-

gether both short term and long term corporate policies of the company. They also advise the company board when existing corporate policies are brought up for review from time-to-time.

Chief Administrative Officer: In the capacity of the chief administrative officer, they have to monitor the general administrative activities of the company. They are responsible for the safekeeping of all legal and other confidential documents of the company.

Principal Secretary: They have to manage all aspects of corporate meetings be it board meetings, annual general meetings, interaction with important clients and vendors, meetings with government and private delegations. They may also have to take up the responsibility to manage corporate events and manage clients.

Corporate Planner: As additional responsibility, company secretaries also have to keep a discerning eye on the expansion opportunities of the company. Further, they have to take care of collaborations, jointventures, mergers, takeovers within the country and outside.

Important Link: Company secretaries act as a vital link between the board of direc-

tors and external entities such as shareholders, regulatory authorities and government bodies. They have to prepare detailed reports regarding company policies and disseminate them amongst internal as well as external stakeholders. On the other hand, they have to present the views of shareholders, regulatory bodies and government agencies to the board.

Miscellaneous Tasks: Another important role requires company secretaries to manage the company's tax management. The assessment of tax, filing of tax has to be supervised by a company secretary. In some organizations, they have to take care of loans taken by the company, deal with corporate banks and actively participate in important investment decisions.

Tips for Getting Hired 1.

Deft administrative, managerial and communication skills are vital ingredients of success in a highly competitive corporate environment.

2. Company secretaries are good communicators. The skill to make others understand one's thoughts and ideas in a simple and lucid manner anytime makes secretaries eligible for top posts in an organisation.

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BUSINESS

HCL Tech net raises 14.4 % in third quarter Mumbai, Apr 30: HCL Technologies, the country's fourth largest IT services provider, registered a 14.4 per cent increase in net profit to Rs.1,926 crore in the last quarter of 2015-16. The company had reported a net profit of Rs.1,683 crore in the same quarter a year ago, on the back of Rs.9,267 crore of revenue. HCL declared a dividend of Rs 6 per share.

The company, which follows July-June financial year, is switching over to the April-March financial year. In dollar terms, HCL Technologies' net profit grew 5.5 per cent to $285.1 million while rev-

$4 billion aircraft order from China Eastern Airlines won by Boeing Beijing, Apr 30: Boeing has won a contract from China Eastern Airlines for 15 787-9 Dreamliner planes worth nearly $4 billion, Boeing said. China Eastern plans to use the long-haul planes for travelling between China, North America and Europe, Boeing said. "We are very happy to introduce the new 787 Dreamliners into our long-haul fleet," said China Eastern Airlines Chairman Liu Shaoyong in a statement. "The addition of these next-generation, fuel-efficient airplanes will play a key role in supporting China Eastern's strategy for international expansion, and enable us to realize profits in point-topoint routes across the Pacific Ocean, and between China and Europe." The aircraft will be mainly used on flights from Shanghai to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Chicago. China Eastern is one of China's top three airlines, operating 560 aircraft and carrying around 100 million passengers annually. The order comes one day after Boeing reported an 8.8% drop in first quarter earnings to $1.2 billion, partly due to slower aircraft deliveries into a slowing global economy. (Agencies)

Idea to expand 4G services in Andhra, Telangana ANI New Delhi, Apr 30: Indian mobile network operator Idea Cellular has launched its 4G services in 84 more towns of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana circle with its count reaching to 121 in both states. The company in a statement said Idea has been aggressively focusing on reaching out to the maximum population since December last year, until today, and has restructured its focus on the service delivery. "4G LTE service to 84 more towns of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana circle have been launched, taking the total tally to 121. Covering all major towns across all 23 districts," said B. Ramakrishna, the COO of Idea Cellular Andhra Pradesh. The towns covered under Idea 4G network are Anakapalli, Jadcherla, Ghatkesar and Ananthapur, in addition to other major cities like H y d e r a b a d , Mahaboobnagar, Nizamabad, Rajahmundry, Tirupathi, Vijayawada and Vizag, where the service had been launched earlier.

Idea Cellular quoted Rs. 121.25, down Rs. 5.3 or 4.19 percent, after the company released statement. The latest book value of the company is Rs. 60.80 per share, where as the price-to-book value of the company is Rs. 1.99.

enue rose 6.5 per cent to $1,587.2 million in the March quarter from a year-ago period. "Our investments in BEYONDigital, IoT WoRKS and Next-Gen ITO helped us close FY16 year with a robust growth of 11.6 per cent YoY in constant currency. This nine-month financial year, we signed 25 transformation deals with more than $4 billion of total contract value," HCL Technologies President and CEO Anant Gupta said. Sarabjit Kour Nangra, VP Research - IT, at Angel Broking said: "HCL Tech posted lower than expected results on both the top line and the

RISING HCL TECHNOLOGIES HCL Technologies, the country's fourth largest IT services provider, registered a 14.4 per cent increase in net profit to Rs.1,926 crore in the last quarter of 2015-16.

The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs.5.76 billion compared with Rs.5.27 billion expected by analysts, according to data.

HCL Technologies' net profit grew 5.5 per cent to $285.1 million while revenue rose 6.5 per cent to $1,587.2 million.

bottom-line. However, on the operating front, the EBIT came in at 20.7 per cent, in line with our ex-

pectations." Ms Nagra said the broking firm expected revenues of $1,607 million in dollar

The company had reported a net profit of Rs.1,683 crore in the same quarter a year ago, on the back of Rs.9,267 crore of revenue.

terms for the quarter and Rs.10,850 crore in rupee terms. Vedanta Ltd. reported a consolidated net loss of Rs. 11,181.26 crore in the march quarter of last fiscal due to a non-cash impairment charge of Rs.12,304 crore largely relating to Cairn India. However, the billionaire Anil Agrawal-led firm managed to lower its net loss compared to the year-ago period. It had posted a net loss of Rs.19,228.12 crore during January-March of 20142015, it said in a BSE filing. Total consolidated income fell 10 per cent to Rs 15,979.3 crore during January-March of 2015-

16 from Rs.17,804 crore in the same quarter of 2014-15 due to fall in oil and metal prices. It was partially offset by higher volumes. Idea Cellular, India's third largest telecom company, reported March-quarter profit above analysts' expectations helped by strong voice and data revenue. The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs.5.76 billion compared with Rs.5.27 billion expected by analysts, according to data. Total revenue rose 12.6 percent to Rs.94.8 billion rupees for the January-March quarter. (Agencies)

8.8 per cent EPF payout to be pressed by Dattatreya Mumbai, Apr 30: Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to press for the payout of 8.80 per cent on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) savings approved by the EPFO board earlier. This comes a day before nationwide protests by central trade unions against the government's move to lower the return on EPF savings for 2015-16 to 8.70 per cent. Top labour ministry sources said that the Finance Minister has advised talks at the secretary level between the two ministries before arriving at a final decision.

The secretaries of the labour and finance ministries are scheduled to meet. "There is a very

Union Labour Minister, Bandaru Dattatreya (Photo: livemint) narrow gap (between the finance ministry's and the labour ministry's proposals). We are in touch with the finance ministry and I am confident that the matter will be resolved," Mr. Dattatreya told. Last week, the finance ministry had approved 8.70 per

cent as interest rate for EPF subscribers for 2015-16 against CBT's decision to give 8.80 per cent. The move irked the central trade unions, which have planned demonstrations outside EPFO offices. The labour minister is learnt to have sub-

mitted documents explaining the EPFO's central board of trustees' (CBT) decision to give 8.8 per cent interest rate to EPF members. The CBT is chaired by the Labour Minister. Even as the tugof-war between finance and labour ministry continues, a final notification on the interest rate for 2015-16 is awaited. "The matter has reached the Prime Minister's level.

The final decision has to be taken by the Labour Minister," said another senior labour ministry official. Earlier in the day Mr. Dattatreya had told reporters, "Finance (Ministry) is an advisory one. It will ultimately be the government of India. My ministry and I, as CBT chairman, are also part of

the government…will sit together and see that the problem will be solved."

The Finance Ministry has argued that EPFO should retain a surplus of over Rs. 1,000 crore in view of its latest decision to grant interest to inoperative accounts that have received no contribution for three consecutive years. However, the EPFO has challenged it saying that paying interest on inoperative accounts from 2016-17 was taken into consideration before arriving at the 8.8 per cent interest rate.

The Finance Ministry also wants a lower interest rate on account of a recent cut in the interest rates of small saving schemes, like the Public Provident Fund (PPF).

(Agencies)

Sri Lanka shelters IMF loan of $1.5 billion New Delhi, Apr 30: The IMF has agreed a $1.5 billion loan for cashstrapped Sri Lanka to support government's reform agenda for the next three years and help lower its borrowing costs and fix its finances. "I am pleased to announce that, in support of the government's economic reform agenda, the Sri Lankan authorities and the IMF have reached a staff-level agreement on a 36-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for 185 per cent of Sri Lanka's quota in the IMF (about SDR billion or USD 1.5 billion)," a statement from Todd

Schneider, IMF mission chief for Sri Lanka said.

This agreement will be subject to completion of prior actions and approval by the IMF's Executive Board, which is expected to consider Sri Lanka's request in early June. This will also enable Sri Lanka to receive an additional $650 million in other multilateral and bilateral loans, bringing total support to about $2.2 billion, IMF added.

This facility supports the government's economic reform agenda for the next three years.

The IMF wants the government to make fundamental changes to tax

Image for representational purpose only (Photo: financialexpress) policy to boost tax revenues and smaller fiscal deficits, lower borrowing, reduce the overhang of public debt, and ease pressure on the balance of payments. The IMF

advocates action to eliminate tax exemptions, tax holidays and special rates to broaden the tax base and create a tax system that is simple, efficient, and more equitable. Im-

portant structural reforms will also support growth and competitiveness objectives. The government plans to review and reform the external tariff structure to reduce effective rates of protection while simultaneously pursuing new trade agreements. Sri Lanka is facing refinancing concerns that prompted Fitch Ratings to downgrade the nation's debt. The nation last sought help from the IMF in 2009 to bolster its international reserves following the end of a threedecade old civil war, and received the final tranche of a $2.6 billion loan in 2012. (Agencies)

Shopmatic eyes global expansion with operations in Singapore

Image for representational purpose only (Photo: aninews) ANI New Delhi, Apr 30: Shopmatic, an international e-commerce platform that offers an entire ecosystem of selling online has launched its business operations in Singapore to help the local entrepreneurs and individuals go digital and sell their products through ecommerce.

The SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enter-

prises) who may not have the capacity to invest in technology have received a great opportunity with the online platform launching its operations there. The company will built the entire ecosystem for them- right from helping them develop their own unique web-store, listing them on marketplaces and social channels to assisting them

with insights on how to sell online. Commenting on the launch CEO and Founder Shopmatic Group, Anurag Avula said, "The size of the business opportunity in Singapore is huge. If we look at Singapore, SMEs take up 99 percent of all enterprises of this city-state. There is a significant base of untapped individual entrepreneurs." "We are

looking at the market opportunity through three audience segments - existing SMEs that are selling their products but are not online, existing SMEs that are selling their products offline with a minimal presence online or selling through marketplaces and lastly, the big opportunity that sits with Individual entrepreneurs who are yet to realize the potential of doing business online.

In addition, our business operation in the country will also mean we will be creating job opportunities for local talent," added Anurag.

He also said that managing payments are one of the biggest challenges for SMEs and hence we have

partnered with PayPal to enable cross-border trade for local business owners, making it easier for merchants to accept payments from customers outside Singapore. We are also offering them an international e-commerce experience at a price point that is very affordable, at just USD 20 a month. "Moreover, they also get free services for three additional months for sign up for our 12-month plan. On top of that, all our subscribers get the first month for a free trial period. We don't charge any additional fees per sale made by the customer. Ours is a SaaS model and average operating costs will come down with our growth in customers," added Avula.

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Freecharge partners with Cafe Coffee Day

Image for representational purpose only (Photo: dealsjourney) ANI Bengaluru, Apr 30: Freecharge, India's leading Digital Payments platform, announced its partnership with Cafe Coffee Day (CCD). Coffee Lovers can now pay at 1,420 CCD outlets in 187 cities using their Freecharge wallet for a seamless experience. Customers can use their mobile numbers to pay and complete the transaction with the patented On-The-Go-Pin in less than 10 seconds in a swifter yet more secure way. Freecharge has developed On-The-Go-Pin keeping in mind the requirements of Quick Serving Restaurants (QSRs) and other sectors which looks at serving their customers in less than 10 seconds. Earlier this year, Freecharge had partnered with McDonalds and received

a great customer response with this partnership. Speaking on the association, Govind Rajan, Chief Operating Officer, Freecharge said, "We are happy to partner with CCD a favourite coffee shop and hangout place among the youth of country. At Freecharge, our endeavour is to influence the daily payment habits of consumers and offer an assortment of merchants to help them move away from cash." " With CCD, we will expand Freecharge's digital payment ecosystem to include new users and expand our wallet reach to 187 cities including smaller towns like Dhanbad, Agartala, Jamshedpur, Meerut, Jabalpur, Nellore, Nalgonda, Kurukeshtra, Hubli, Mangalore etc," he added.

Infosys reveals artificial intelligence platform 'Mana' Bengaluru, Apr 30: Software services major Infosys has launched an artificial intelligence platform 'Mana' that will help clients drive automation and innovation. The company said that the platform that brings machine learning together with 'deep knowledge of an organisation', will enable businesses to continuously reinvent their system landscapes and lower maintenance cost of assets. Coupled with Aikido service offerings, Mana will help clients capture knowledge while delivering new and delightful experiences to their end users, it said. Mana leverages the power of automation for repetitive tasks and lower cost of maintenance, freeing people to focus on the higher value work and on breakthrough innovation, he added. In 2015, Infosys announced new services - Aikido - that focus on design thinking, platforms and knowledge- based IT to differentiate its offerings from rivals like TCS, Wipro and others. Infosys has already started working with clients for Mana, including telecom major Telstra, a company with a large fleet of field engineers and a global food and beverage maker.

"The word mana, from the Polynesian word for a pervasive spiritual force and used in many languages, is an excellent inspiration," he said.

Sikka said the company has been working on educating and training its workforce in areas like design thinking and AI. About 90,000 of its employees have already undergone at least basic day-long workshop on design thinking, Sikka said. Since joining Infosys in August 2014, Sikka has focussed on adding new-age technologies like artificial intelligence and automation to drive revenues for the Bengaluru-based firm. Under Sikka, the company acquired USbased automation technology company Panaya for an enterprise value of $200 million in 2015. It also picked up stake in a number of startups, the latest being data wrangling software provider, Trifacta. Infosys, along with Amazon Web Services and Silicon Valley leaders like Tesla's Elon Musk and Peter Thiel (PayPal co-founder) have committed $1 billion investment to OpenAI, a non-profit artificial intelligence research company.

(Agencies)

INTELLIGENT MANA Software services major Infosys has launched an artificial intelligence platform 'Mana' that will help clients drive automation and innovation.

The company said that the platform that brings machine learning together with deep knowledge of an organisation.

It will enable businesses to continuously reinvent their system landscapes and lower maintenance cost of assets.

Mana will help clients capture knowledge while delivering new and delightful experiences to their end users.

Mana leverages the power of automation for repetitive tasks and lower cost of maintenance, freeing people to focus on the higher value work and on breakthrough innovation.

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Smith rues `disappointing` bowling show after loss against Gujarat ANI Pune, Apr.30 : Rising Pune Supergiants batsman Steve Smith was left to rue his side's disappointing bowling performance that eventually paved the way for a three-wicket loss to table toppers Gujarat Lions in last night's Indian Premier League clash.

Pune relied on Smith's maiden Twenty20 ton (101) and Ajinkya Rahane's 53 to set a formidable 196-run target for Gujarat after being put in to bat first at Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium.

However, Dwayne Smith (63) and Brendon McCullum (43) once again provided the initial thrust as the duo accumulated 72 runs in the bat-

ting powerplay and constructed 93 runs for the opening stand.

A crucial 51-run stand between Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik then helped Gujarat sustain the momentum despite losing both their openers in quick succession.

Although the home team tried to stage a late comeback by dismissing a slew of batsmen, Gujarat had the last laugh with James Faulkner hitting the winning runs in the last ball.

"I thought 195 was a pretty good score. I think first six overs of their batting, they came out there and played their shots and got off to an absolute flier," said Smith in a post-match press conference. "I

Rising Pune Supergiants batsman Steve Smith thought we were a bit disappointing with the way we bowled. I think we chopped and changed a little bit too much, rather than being nice and patient, bowling good balls and making them go after the good balls."

"Any time you do that

your chances of taking a wicket (increase) and if you take a wicket up top, when you're chasing 195, it makes things very difficult," the Australian skipper added.

Smith admitted that his side need to shift the momentum immediately, insisting that they have to

win a streak of games in order to seal a top-four spot. Pune are precariously positioned sixth in the points table and have lost all their home matches so far.

"Some days you're going to lose games of cricket in IPL, that's part and parcel of it, it's all obviously about winning more to get yourself into that top four and at the moment we're not doing that and we've got a lot of work to do.

"It was obviously a very important one for us to win. We pretty much have to win most of our games from here on in, so hopefully we can turn the momentum around, get a few wins on the board in a streak and hopefully we'll go from there," he added.

Cricket Club of Dibrugarh annex T-20 title

Sports Reporter Dibrugarh, Apr 30: Cricket Club of Dibrugarh defeated Dibrugarh Cricket Coaching Centre by 36 runs in the final of the third Dembi Bori and Kusum Bori T20 Cricket Tournament organised by Dibrugarh District Sports Associa-

tion at DDSA stadium here today.

Opting to bat first, CCD put up 102 for six in 20 overs. Saurav Bagawati top scored with unbeaten 70 off 58 balls, hitting eleven boundaries and one six, while Dipak Gohain also remained unbeaten on 8 off 9 balls.

Dipen Gogoi took two

wickets for 3 runs in 4 overs for DCCC. In reply, DCCC managed to score 76 for 7 in 20 overs. Krishanu Sarkar scored run a ball 34, while Sunil Lachit scored 11 not out.

For CCD, Dipak Gohain calimed three wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs.

Saurav Bagawati was adjudged man of the match and man of series for his performance in the series.

The winning trophy was handed over to CCD by DDSA president Jamshed Ahmed Khan and Dr. Gautam Bori son of Dembi Bori and Kusum Bori. The runner up trophy was given to DCCC by Manindranath Saikia.

Saina fails to break semis jinx Dhoni's Supergiants need to Chris Rogers gives thumbs at Badminton Asia C'ships address bowling woes against MI up to new helmet rules

ANI Wuhan (China), Apr.30 : Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal once again faltered at the semifinal stage as she suffered a straight game defeat at the hands of China's

Wang Yihan in the women's singles event to draw curtains on Indian challenge at the Asia Badminton Championships here on Saturday.

Olympic bronze medallist Saina, who was trailing 4-

Steyn replaces injured Malinga in CPL AFP Bridgetown (Barbados), Apr 30 : South African fast bowler Dale Steyn was named as a replacement for injured Sri Lankan seamer Lasith Malinga in the Jamaica Tallawahs team to play in the Caribbean Premier League.

Steyn will be making his debut in the six-franchise Twenty20 tournament which runs from June 30-August 7.

Malinga has been ruled out with a knee injury sustained during the West Indies series back in November 2015. Despite featuring briefly in the Asia Cup, he has been unavailable since then and missed out on the World T20 and the ongoing Indian Premier League.

"It is a great privilege to feature in the CPL for the first time and I am proud and delighted

Dale Steyn to sign up for the Jamaica Tallawahs for the forthcoming CPL season," said Steyn.

"There are some outstanding world-class players signed up across all six teams and I'm looking forward to playing against some of my great friends and team-mates, amongst them Hashim Amla,

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Boult relishes prospect of twilight Test against India ANI Melbourne, Apr.30 : New Zealand swing bowler Trent Boult has expressed that he is excited about the prospect of playing a daynight Test when they travel to India in October.

The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai is being viewed as a potential venue to host the pink-ball Test, however, no official confirmation has been made yet.

"The ball swings nicely here in India most of the time as well," Boult was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au. "The spin bowlers also spin it a lot.

It's going to be pretty exciting if it happens."

The 26-year-old, who did not feature in New Zealand's World Twenty20 campaign, is yet to feature in the ongoing Indian Premier League season for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

New Zealand and Austra-

lia etched their names in the history books by playing the cricket's first-ever pink ball Test under lights in Adelaide.

"The experience of playing the Test with the pink ball (in Adelaide last year) was great, the buzz was fantastic," said Boult, who bagged a five-wicket haul in the second innings of that Test.

"It's definitely exciting for Test cricket, and we need to see more of it."

The calls for more daynight Tests started getting louder following the inaugural pink-ball cricket, with Australia and Pakistan already locked in to play under lights at the Gabba in December.

Australia are also planning to play another pink-ball Test against South Africa at the Adelaide Oval in the third of a three-Test series in November.

AB (de Villiers), Faf (du Plessis), David Miller and Morne (Morkel) this summer.

It will certainly add a nice bit of spice to the mix."

The CPL will this year also stage six matches in Florida as cricket makes another attempt to break the packed US sports market.

Dhoni's Supergiants need to address bowling woes against MI PTI Pune, Apr 30 : On a downward spiral after suffering their fifth loss of the season, debutants Rising Pune Supergiants would look to plug the holes in bowling to get their campaign back on track when they face titleholders Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League match, here tomorrow.

Led by the talismanic Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rising Pune Supergiants did not have the best of starts in their debut season, losing five of the seven matches they played so far.

The Pune outfit is presently languishing at the sixth spot in the eight-team standings with just four points, while their opponents for tomorrow's game, Mumbai Indians, are lying third with eight points from as many games.

With the business end of tournament nearing, time is running out fast for Pune to get a series of wins and return to the top four reckoning.

Come tomorrow, Rising would fancy their chances against Mumbai Indians having comfortably defeated them by nine wickets in the opening match of the tournament.

But it would be easier said than done as Dhoni faces the uphill task of selecting a balanced bowling combination which would deliver results for him.

The absence of its two main players in Faf du Plessis and

Kevin Pietersen, who have been ruled out due to injuries, notwithstanding Pune's batting unit has lived upto its reputation with Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith and Dhoni himself delivering the goods for the side.

Pune's batting would also be bolstered by the inclusion of Australian Usman Khwaja, who replaced Du Plessis in the squad.

Rahane has been among the runs scoring another half-century against Gujarat Lions, but going into tomorrow's game the most heartening fact for Pune would be Steven Smith's 101 off just 54 balls yesterday in a losing cause.

And that's the reason why bowling is the biggest worry for Dhoni.

Despite putting up 195 for three on the board yesterday, Pune bowlers failed to defend the score against Gujarat Lions, losing the match by three wickets in a last ball finish.

The likes of Albie Morkel, Ashok Dinda, Thissara Perera, and Ravichandran Ashwin all went for runs.

Rajat Bhatia and young spinner Murugan Ashwin showed some restraint but what is hurting Pune the most is the poor form of Ashwin.

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians are on a high with back-toback victories over Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders in their last two games.

ANI Johannesburg, Apr.30 : Former Australian Test batsman Chris Rogers has insisted that he is a ' big believer' of the new helmet regulations aimed to increase the safety of players.

Rogers shared his views after England Test captain Alastair Cook and former international Jonathan Trott declined to use the newly-approved helmets by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The 38-year-old, who is currently captaining English county side Somerset, suggested that players need to give priority to safety over comfort, Sport24 reported.

Rogers, who himself suffered several blows during his international career, insisted

Chris Rogers that the need to get the protection right was paramount, adding that players should abide by the rules.

The calls for upgrading exist-

ing helmet designs had become a priority following the tragic death of Australian professional cricketer Phillip Hughes in 2014.

KXIP face uphill battle against Gujarat Lions PTI Rajkot, Apr 30 : Table-toppers Gujarat Lions will look to consolidate their position when they take on laggards Kings XI Punjab in an Indian Premier League match here tomorrow.

Punjab are lying at the bottom of the table with only two points from six matches, while Lions have managed to perch themselves at the top of the IPL standings with 12 points in seven matches.

Their confidence has been further bolstered by a threewicket win over Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Rising Pune Supergiants last night. The Lions chased down a steep 195-run target to romp home.

New Zealand swashbuckler Brendon McCullum and West Indian Dwayne Smith have been key to Lions' success as they have given superb starts at the top of the order.

The two notched up 110 runs in first 10 overs in a match

KXIP and Gujarat Lions against Delhi Daredevils, a team whose bowling is considered to be among the strongest in the tournament.

They gave an electrifying start to the Lions even last night by putting on 93 runs in less then 10 overs. Their effort in fact set the stage for a successful chase.

McCullum has made 218 runs in seven matches while Smith, who came in after Australian Aaron Finch got injured, has made 148 in three games includ-

ing last night's 37-ball 61 for which he was adjudged man of the match.

Skipper Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik too have done reasonably well with the bat and scored useful runs whenever the team has needed.

However, two all-rounders -local boy Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo -- have not done much with the bat and the skipper Suresh Raina would expect them to lend some stability to the lower middle order.

Bravo has scored only 52 runs in seven matches while Jadeja has made 42 in six.

Raina has tried young players like Akshadeep Nath and Ishan Kishan and he can afford to experiment some more given the team's strong position.

In bowling, two seamers -Praveen Kumar and Dhawal Kulkarni -- are doing a good job, while Bravo and Jadeja are also useful alongwith James Faulkner.

Why gender 'play' gap exists in tennis ANI Washington D.C, Apr 30 : Tennis may be the only high-profile sport, wherein a woman can't play like a man. Now, a new study has revealed why it is so.

Changing court conditions to address differences in men's and women's play might make women's tennis matches more competitive, according to the study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and other Israeli researchers.

Many sports adapt rules and equipment to better meet the needs of female competitors. For example, the net is lower in women's volleyball; basketballs are smaller; jav-

elins are lighter; and hurdles are lower.

Researcher Dr. Mosi Rosenboim said that lowering court nets and playing with lighter tennis balls to accommodate physiological differences would help make women's matches more competitive, with scores closer to the men's.

"It is important to note that the current disparity is not related to competitive drive. It is usually attributed to differences in strength and speed, particularly when serving," adds Dr. Alex Krumer from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. "While a men's set is typically a duel of ace serves, resulting in back-and-forth game

Tennis wins, women break more serves, which results in shorter sets."

In the study, researchers examined the differences between men's and women's tournament scores from the 24 top men's and 23 top women's singles tourna-

ments of the 2010 season.

They evaluated the "tightness," or competitiveness of a match according to how close the set scores were. Men's sets were consistently closer (6-4, 7-5), while women's sets tended to be more lopsided, with

scores of 6-2, 6-1.

"The set-level analysis indicates that physical power, not competitiveness, is responsible for the different number of games per set," says Dr. Offer Moshe Shapir from New York University in Shanghai.

"It's a much-debated subject in the tennis world," the researchers state.

"Level of competitiveness is one of the most important factors in the sports industry, where uncertain outcomes generate more interest from fans and higher ticket sales. This argument also contributes to an earnings gap between professional female and male tennis players."

After analyzing 3,844 men's sets and 3,034

women's sets, Rosenboim and his colleagues Krumer and Shapir, found that men's scores were closer. For instance, when Novak Dojokovic beat Rafael Nadal in the men's final of the 2012 Australian Open with a score of 57, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5, the match lasted nearly six hours. The day before, Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 in 1 hour and 22 minutes.

"If no changes are made, playing on the same court makes men's and women's tennis a completely different game," Rosenboim says.

The study is published in Journal of Sports Economics.

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10 in head-to-head battle against Yihan, once again failed to find a way to outmanoeuvre the sixth seed Chinese opponent, going down 16-21, 14-21 in a contest that lasted 41 minutes.

Earlier this year, the world number eighth Indian had made semifinal finishes in the Swiss Grand Prix Gold, India Super Series and Malaysia Super Series Premier Open before skipping the Singapore Open this month.

Saina failed to capitalise on a 9-6 advantage in the opening game as she struggled to keep up the pace with her rival throughout before losing the game.

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PAGE 12 Shraddha Kapoor and Mohit Suri have shared a picture from the set of their hit film 'Aashiqui 2' as it completes three years. Three years ago, on the same day, the Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor film, 'Aashiqui 2' had released. While it went on to became a huge hit and Shraddha's first 100 crore film, the director and the actor shared an on the set picture of the film and quizzed fans. Mohit Suri has posted the snap featuring both the stars and has asked the film's fans to guess which scene they were shooting. He wrote, "Enjoy more #Aashiqui2 behind the scenes !! Any guesses which scene this is??", Shraddha Kapoor also reposted the director's quiz.

Mohit also thanked the film's fans for making it special.

‘Aashiqui Adah Sharma signed in for 2’ fans 'Commando 2' enjoys quiz with Shraddha Adah Sharma has been signed by Vipul Shah as female lead with Vidyut Jamwal for 'Commando 2'.

The '1920' actress has begun shoot the Shah-produced film.

"Yes, I've begun shoot already.

Piggy Chops criticizes Donald Trump Bollywood

actress Priyanka Chopra, a star of 'Quantico' - an American TV series on fighting terror - has slammed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's call to ban Muslim immigrants from the US. Priyanka shared her views about the battle against extremism, which has come up repeatedly in t h e 2016 presidential

race, at the TIME 100 gala on Tuesday night here, reports time.com. Priyanka's name has been featured in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the world alongside Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, singer Nicki Minaj and Trump. "I just think you can't put a ban on anyone.

Generalising a type of people is really primitive," Priyanka said.

She said the fight against terrorism had grown so complex that "you can't put a face on it any more". After her role of FBI agent Alex Parrish in 'Quantico', which is aired on Star World and Star World HD in India, Priyanka bagged a role in 'Baywatch' alongside Hollywood A-listers Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

I'm playing the female lead with Vidyut. My character is requires a lot of action and Vipul sir knows of my training in Kallari Pattu. "I'm

thrilled that Vipul sir put his faith in me and gave me such a challenging role. Its got some very unique characteristics which will be revealed soon," she said in a statement.

Adah was last seen in 'Hasee toh Phasee'.

She also made her debut in Telegu films with Puri Jagganath's 'Heart Attack', followed by two other hit films.

Deepika seems to avoid meeting with Ranveer in Paris

Owing to last minute professional commitments, Deepika Padukone might not be able to romance Ranveer Singh in Paris as planned earlier. A few days ago gossip mills were buzzing with news that Deepika Padukone might wrap up the shoot of her maiden Hollywood film, 'xXx: The Return of Xander Cage' and halt in Paris for a couple of days to meet Ranveer Singh before returning to India.

However, we hear that the actress' busy schedule might not let her stick to the plan.

Says a source, "Ranveer has a long stint of shoot schedules lined up in Paris for Befikre and there is no way he can cross the Atlantic to be with his lady love. Therefore, Deepika had planned

to go to Paris from Toronto, stay for a couple of days and then return to the country.

But due to her busy schedule it looks like she won't be able to go to Paris after all.

She has a few last-minute commitments to keep."

Ranveer is obviously disappointed, as he will have to wait a while before he gets to meet Dippy again. A source says, "Last month Ranveer specially flew down to Sri Lanka to spend some quality time with Deepika. The two attended the actress' friend's wedding there. He was looking forward to meeting her, but now he is disappointed as she may have to change her plan." Deepika's spokesperson remained unavailable for comment.

Papon's music in Rajdweep's Bonoriya Angaraag (Papon) Mahanta

is a name that does not need any introduction. His resonant voice echoes in the hearts of his countless fans.

Not only in the North-East, Papon has received massive appreciation and acceptance in Bollywood with major massive hits like 'Humnava', 'Kyon', 'Sun le re', 'Khudse', 'Jiyein Kyun', 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' for which he also received the Film Fare Award recently at a function held in Dubai. He has to his credit won the very popular Prag Cine Award, JD Rock Award, GIMA Award, Star Screen Award and Mirchi Music Award among others throughout his musical career. This time, Papon will add another feather to his cap by being associated as a guest music director in Hengool Theatre. This will be the first time that Papon will be associated as a music director in mobile theatre. The play is Rajdweep's 'Bonoriya' which will be staged by Hengool Theatre in the upcoming 2016-17 season. Previously, Papon had lent his voice in the recitation of Rajdweep's 'Akou Edin', a poem which was also staged by Hengool Theatre back in 2014-15. He

also rendered his voice for the song titled 'Di Jowa' for Rajdweep's 'Boliya Krishna' staged by Hengool Theatre back in the 2015-16 season.

This will however be the first time that he will compose songs for a play in mobile theatre. The singer shared his feelings saying that, 'Mobile Theatre is a cultural asset for us for and we are very proud of it. Many renowned artists and cultural activists have worked in this industry which has ensured its strong foundation in Assam. It's really an honor for me to be associated with this industry.'

He also added that the theme of 'Bonoriya' has a lot of influence from incidents of our daily lives. Papon's music will be another remarkable feature of the play. The play will be directed by Sankalpajit Hazarika, producer of Hengool Theatre.

For the upcoming season, popular artists Prasenjit Borah, Syamontika Sharma and Amrita Gogoi have already been signed up for the lead roles. Papon recently debuted as a music director in the mega serial 'Mayabini Ratir Kolat', telecast on Rang Channel which has also been penned by Rajdweep.

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