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Vol. II

MESSI READY FOR CROWNING GLORY IN COPA FINAL

Issue 8

Dibrugarh, Sunday, June 26, 2016

Three Suspected Poachers Held Golaghat , June 25: The Golaghat police in an operation managed to nab three suspected poachers and smugglers from Nikori Bortol area and Badulipar area in Bokakhat. The detained poachers and smugglers were identified as Sunil Loing, Ranjit Bori and Punaram Gowala. According to sources the police had interrogated the trio and one of them confessed to be involved in poaching.

(Correspondent)

Slogan Competition held

Five minors were detected with Swine flu and H1N1 virus was found in their blood samples and all admitted at an isolation ward in Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh. The matter has created sensation in the upper Assam as it has allegedly exposed the lack of concern among the officials of the health department.

Golaghat, June 24 : Golaghat Maheswari Yuva Sangathan organised a Slogan Competition on Yoga Diwas. Many students took part in the same.

Animesh Bora was awarded with Best Slogan Prize with trophy and certificate.

The Judge of the competition was Vishal B i n n a n i .

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Sources said that all the patients were admitted at AMCH due to cough, vomiting and fever related complains. As they could not be cured after giving proper medical treatment their blood samples

Tensed Situation at KK Civil Hospital

A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Jun 25

Golaghat , June 25: A tensed situation prevailed at Kushal Konwar Civil Hospital in Golaghat over alleged physical assault on a Nurse in the hospital by an attendant of a patient .

According to the report an aged woman was admitted in the civil hospital . Last night when the condition of the patient became serious a man who was the attendant misbehaved with a nurse on duty and physically assaulted her . After tthe incident the alleged culprit fled from the scene and today the nurses in the hospital began to protest against the incident and demanded immediate arrest of the man who assaulted nurse on duty . Even the protesters have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Monday if the culprit was not nabbed.

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In a new turn of events, State Bharatiya Janata Party Spokesperson Techi Necha today alleged 27th Liromoba ST Assembly Constituency MLA Nyamar Karbak of fraudulently transferring funds from the official account of the Arunachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Worker ’s Welfare Board (APB&OCWWB) to use it during the bye-elections in Liromoba in February last year, after the demise of sitting MLA Jarbom Gamlin.

Addressing the press today, Necha claimed that Karbak, who is also chairman of the APB&OCWWB, had misused his position, and fraudulently

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were collected and sent to Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) at Lahowal. Medical sources said that after proper examining and tests H1N1 virus was detected in their blood samples.

Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. As of 2009, the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H2N1, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3.

Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (SOIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. As of 2009, the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H2N1, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3.

In August 2010, the World Health Organization declared

the swine flu pandemic officially over.

transferred an amount of Rs 2, 29, 00, 000 from the APB&OCWWB account in the State Bank of India, Itanagar, without following codal formalities of the concerned official norms, to the accounts of one M/S B B Steel and Corporation and one M/S K T Brothers in West Siang district, the proprietors of which reportedly work in close quarters with Karbak.

The said amount was allegedly transferred and withdrawn on the same day, which was 11 February, 2015, and incidentally two days prior to the voting day, which was 13 February, 2015.

Alleging Karbak of using the money to win the by-election for the MLA seat of 27th Liromoba ST Assembly Constituency, Necha said it

was gross violation of the Model Code of Conduct, which was in place from 20 January, 2015.

Further, Necha demanded that the law-enforcing agencies recover the money, and arrest and take stern action against everyone involved in the embezzlement of funds.

The allegation from Necha came to light after the board members found discrepancies in the bank statement of the board and the APB&OCWWB Secretary filed an FIR in Itanagar Police Station. Necha also informed that five children of Bai Gadi, who was Karbak’s election rival, also filed an FIR against Karbak for using the amount to help him in the byelection and which is why he won by a margin of only 60

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Cases of swine flu have been reported in India, with over 31,156 positive test cases and 1,841 deaths till March 2015.

According to sources another ten people were infected with the virus were admitted at AMCH. When 'The Eastern Today' contacted with the Joint Director of Health Services, Dibrugarh Dr. Paban Swarnakar tried to play down the entire issue and said that those admitted at AMCH only have 'minor diseases'. He said that those who five minors admitted at the AMCH were suffering from influenza. He said that the cases are not so serious and it can be treated through medicines.

votes.

According to the SBI, Ganga Branch statement, which is also the lone home branch of the APB&OCWWB, four withdrawals were made in February 2015 and the last amount of Rs 25, 00, 000 was withdrawn in September 2015, and clandestinely deposited back on 31 October, 2015 to the board’s account.

On May 26 last, APB&OCWWB Secretary Ojing Darung filed an FIR at Itanagar Police Station, citing fraudulent withdrawal and embezzlement of the board’s fund in connivance with the concerned officials of the State Bank of India –Ganga Branch, Itanagar and Aalo Branch. He also said that the involvement of third parties cannot be ruled out.

Huge quantity of banned tobacco size from New Tinsukia railway station In continuation with police crackdown on tobacco products in Tinsukia following media reports, 39 bags of tobacco has been seized at new Tinsukia railway station platform number 1 at 7.40 pm.

The value of seized tobacco will in several lakhs.

bag of tobacco has been loaded in Kamrup express at Dibrugarh and meant to be unloaded at new Tinsukia railway station. Accordingly the superintendent of Tinsukia police was tipped who laid a trap outside the railway station.

In the meant ET correspondent rushed tipped railway station and saw several bags of goods were being unloaded from Kamrup Express on platform Number 1.

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A rhino came out from Kaziranga National Park in search of food crossing river Brahmaputra this morning. Forest official are seen trying to drive away the rhino from Bhojkhowa chapori near here. Pic - Shambhu Boro

12 small oilfields if handed to private players would fetch 4000 crores to Assam: Pradhan A Staff Reporter Guwahati, June 25

In a major development, the government said that twelve small oilfields lying idle for years would trigger off a rolling of about Rs 4000 crores in Assam’s economy apart from adding to the country’s oil output in the next few years once handed over to private bidders, Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, said in Guwahati on Saturday.

Pradhan, who was speaking at an interactive session with about 200 potential bidders for the 12 small oilfields of the state, also dismissed fears that handing over these oilfields to private parties would reduce job opportunities to the local youth.

The 12 Assam oilfields are among 67 such small oilfields across the country that have been put up for bidders under ‘Discovered Small Fields Bid Round – 2016’ by the

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Jagannath Barooah College, a pioneer educational institute of Upper Assam in Jorhat district added two more feathers on its cap after getting with UGC Fresh Autonomous Status and has become the first college in North East to get Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), both the status was inaugurated at a function held today at the College auditorium, while Dr. D Rammaiya, Director, (NEIST) attended

as the chief guest, Dr. Mukut Hazarika, (Dean, School of Education, Dibrugarh University) attended as the guest of honour. The inaugural session was presided by Ms Binita Dutta (Chairperson, Board of Management of JB College) among Dr. Bimal Bora, Principal of JB College who welcomed the guest, students, invitees and media etc.

Dr. D Rammaiya, director NEIST congratulated JB College family, staff and students and said that more responsibility as well as more accountability has been laid to Jagannath

Barooah College Family after UGC Autonomous Status and CBCS recognition to the college had helped to step into global competition and will have to follow the educational policy at international level.

Dr. Mukut Hazarika, dean, school of Education, Dibrugarh University congratulated JB College family and discuss elaborately about the system of CBCS, and said that CBCS is a course that makes teachers-students more friendly and homely course which is very interesting and profit making course for the students. It is also a course that

government. These oilfields together are estimated to hold in-place oil and oil equivalent volumes of 86 million metric tons, he said.

“These 12 oilfields, which have a resource potential worth Rs 17,000 crore, would not only help roll about Rs 4,000 crore in Assam’s economy, but also create jobs and add to the state’s revenue from oil royalty,” Pradhan said.

Meanwhile, police resorted to caning to disperse about 400 protestors who had raised slogans outside the hotel where petroleum minister Pradhan was engaged in an interactive session with the potential bidders. The protestors raised a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Petroleum Minister Pradhan and Assam’s newly elected Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal for allegedly going back on their promises made during the recent Assam assembly elections.

“The BJP had promised to

protect the land and resources of the people of Assam during the elections. But within just one month of it coming to power (in Assam) it has put up 12 oilfields for sale to private companies,” Akhil Gogoi, president of KMSS alleged.

While Gogoi’s supporters raised slogans accusing Modi, Sonowal and the BJP of allegedly betraying the people, police resorted to caning the protestors and arrested many of them.

Minister Pradhan said India’s energy requirement was increasing at a very rapid rate and the country had recently emerged as the third largest consumer of oil in the world.

“Around 79 per cent of India’s demand for oil and 42 per cent of its demand for gas is met by imports. Prime Minister Modi has envisioned a target of reducing import dependency on oil and gas by 10 per cent by 2022. The current bid round aims to augment the domestic oil and gas production in the country,” Pradhan said.

Sonowal asks Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Dept and all DCs to check increasing prices A Staff Reporter Guwahati, June 25

Expressing concern over soaring price of essential commodities, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has taken a stern stand and asked Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department along with all Deputy Commissioners to make serious efforts to check the increasing prices.

Speaking at a high level

JB College enters global with UGC Fresh Autonomous & CBCS status Bijoy Handique Jorhat, June 25

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5 minors detected with H1N1 Virus in Dibrugarh, 10 more reportedly have symptoms A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Jun 25

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gives equal responsibility to teachers and students who have to be regular and sincere from day 1 to day last. Dr. Hazarika also call upon the students fraternity to take the pain and earn the show, they have to earn credit by attending classes whereas teacher’s responsibility will be more.

Dr. Bimal Bora the principal of JB College said with the new status the college has fixed all Sundays of the year for extracurricular activities and for annual programs like College weeks, sports, Contd. on Page 4

meeting in the conference room of his office in Assam Secretariat, Sonowal expressed concern over rising prices and issued a direction to the Deputy Commissioners to carry out compulsory market inspection in their respective districts and submit their report with photograph to the Chief Minister’s Office by June 29, 2016.

Direction has also been given to the Deputy

Commissioners to take remedial steps to control price rise so that essential commodities do not remain out of reach of the platter. Sonowal also said, “Once we get reports from the districts we can actually ascertain the actual cause of price rise and we will be able to arrest the problem”.

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State govt working on war footing to expedite the infrastructure development of Tomo Riba State Hospital, Naharlagun A Staff Reporter Itanagar, June 25

State govt is working on war footing to expedite the infrastructure development of Tomo Riba State Hospital, Naharlagun to facilitate functioning of the ambitious Medical College by early next year. It has become inevitable for the govt offices and occupants of the govt quarter in the proposed premise to vacate their place in order to meet up infrastructure requirement and to facilitate accommodation for faculties,

nursing staffs and students for the Medical Institute as the hospital has to run along with the institute.

Chief Minister Kalikho Pul personally inspected offices and govt quarters that are yet to be vacated on Friday. He interacted with heads of the departments and occupants of govt quarters in the area.

He said that keeping in mind the demand of infrastructure for Medical College, Contd. on Page 3

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DIBRUGARH, SUNDAY, JUNE 26

PAGE 2 ASTRO FOR YOU Aries Today, you may be stumped by some mysterious and wonderful event. That or you may encounter an unexpected yet advantageous incident. It may not exactly be path-breaking, but it is sure to make you take stock of things. Also, you may find it difficult to meet deadlines today. Nevertheless, let people know how important your work is.

Taurus Much to the disappointment and annoyance of your friends and associates, you are likely to act unduly possessive and self centered about persons and objects. Be sure, your overprotective attitude is not likely to amuse anyone. To make matters worse you will possibly ignore their well founded resentment and instead of setting matters right, you will be running after material gains.

Try to reconsider your actions and motives. No one is likely to forget and forgive anything.

Gemini You are likely to make a list of your daily chores that take most of your time. Then you will find a way to outsource these activities or eliminate them from your routine altogether. You will also devote a lot of your time to meditation. Health of a family member may give you some anxious moments.

Cancer The day looks set to be an ordinary day, for both work and play. Yet, if you are planning to participate in an event or a competition today, march ahead, by all means. There will, practically, be no one who'll be able to compete with you. On other fronts, expect things to be rather calm and mundane, with no significant ups and downs.

Leo Your competitors will try to malign your reputation today. They will try to spoil your image and impression in front of others. You need to be courageous and nip their efforts in the bud. You need to delegate decision-making activities to others today. Your wrong decisions need to be buried by you.

Virgo Your communication and creative abilities are your best weapons. You will be overflowing with zest for life and will exude cheerfulness. Your creativity will bloom fully only in situations where there is no pressure or strain.

Libra You will try to gain in-depth knowledge about new technological inventions in your spare time today. Some of you may have queries regarding higher education that you may be able to take up today and reach a conclusion about.

Scorpio Till now you have experienced all the highs. Today you may come across the lows of the professional world. The equation between your boss, colleagues and you may get slightly disturbed.

However, you will make it up by evening. Fresher's may look for some career opportunities.

Minor Girls rescued, trafficker held ET Correspondent Rangia, June 25: A team of Railway Protection Force (RFP), Rangia rescued three minor girls of Bihali under Sonitpur District from Murkongselek-Kamakhya intercity express at Majbat Railway station. Three youths have been detained in this regard. They are Philip Kerketa, Dilak Dadarain of Laluk under Lakhimpur district and Umesh Baraik of Jharkahand. According to Asoke Kr Das, OC, RPF, Rangia these 3 traffickers were leading the minor girls to Delhi.

It is alleged that the miscreants were carrying the minors with out informing the parents to Delhi in order to sell them. A case have been registered in Rangia RPF Police station under 143 Railway Act. The case no is 786/16. The RFP officer informed the guardians of the minor who are coming to Rangia to receive the girls. Police interrogating them for further information.

Cong consider action against ‘deserters’ Sushanta Roy Diphu June 25: An emergent meeting of Karbi Anglong District Congress Committee was held here at its premises to discuss the exodus of Congress MACs from the Party led by Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) CEM Tuliram Ronghang who also joined the BJP on Tuesday.

In the meeting, MP of Diphu Biren Singh Engti said Mangalsing Timung has submitted his resignation letter to KADCC, resigning from the post of president of DCC, but those EMs and MACs who joined BJP have not tendered their resignations from the primary membership of the Congress party, disciplinary action will be taken against them, he stated.

The MP said since Timung has tendered his resignation, a new president has to be appointed; it does not require separate region of Karbi Anglong and only one

President will control the entire Karbi Anglong.

The MP said: “Yesterday (made known through KAAC foundation day advertisement by government departments) all local dailies highlighted the development activities of Congress ruled KAAC. If the Congress has so done much development work for the people, then why should they (CEM, EMs and MACs) join BJP?” “Congress is better party and it is secular. The party makes no division on line of caste and religion. Congress cannot be a weak party; it still has a strong hold. The BJP has no majority of its own in Assam. It formed the Government with the support of AGP and BPF. They could wrest power only in Assam. In Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Pondicherry, they have lost,” said Engti.

Villages submerged near Mangaldai

Capricorn The wait for some good news may have been too long, but it will surely find its way to you today. Your focus will remain fixed on work, and you may feel like you are finally starting to like your job. This, in turn, will lead you to take some well-informed decisions about your future. And if the good news comes at the right time, you will probably be saved the effort of finding a new job.

Aquarius Today is an important day in the larger scheme of things. You may finally decide to buy a home, change your job, or marry! Sudden and unexpected profits are on the cards too. Reputation and rewards are all yours today. This acknowledgement helps you remain committed.

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Overflowing water of river Nowa about to touch NH 15 at village near Pakabangipara.

Pic - Mayukh Goswami

ET Correspondent Mangaldai June 25 : With the reported continuous rain in the foothills of neighbouring country Bhutan the water level of river Nowa on Saturday suddenly started overflowing and submerged several

villages including Pokabangipara , Punia , Bongalagarh , Bezpara etc on the Northern part of NH 15 under Mangaldai Revenue Circle in Darrang district and also caused damage to crops . However there is no report of residen-

Former MLA Bidyasing Engleng, who lost the assembly election from Diphu LAC, said the Congress which was in power at KAAC, Shifting its loyalty all of a sudden to BJP is surprising. All EMs and MACs who have not tendered their resignation from primary membership of Congress should be expelled. ”The ASDC (now Hill State Demand Council) during the spilt with the CPI (ML) in the year 2000 have faced similar crises like this. We should not be morally down not being in power, but we need to carry forward the party’s principles and ideology,” Engleng said.

He also said the BJP has no strength of its own, it is back

by RSS, the organization that has hands in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Former Minister Rupom Sing Ronghang said those who joined the BJP leaving Congress are now in the Party which till yesterday was accusing the Congress of being corrupt. It means now they are blaming themselves.

The house resolved to appoint new KADCC president. The meeting was attended by MACs Promila Beypi, Elish Engtipi, leaders of the KADCC and others. MAC Ashok Teron was not in the meeting.

Mahakanta Hazarika, former treasurer, KADCC who chaired the meeting and in his presidential speech also said there is nothing people cannot do and all party leaders and workers should be united and strong.

He also accused the BJP of

Sagittarius Being a part of all things bright and beautiful will remain the highpoint today. You may don the hat of an activist and fight injustice and discrimination in the right spirits. Even if you are asked to conquer the world, you will be able to do it today.

Pisces Today is likely to be a day of mixed fortunes. While a hectic morning and a positively frantic afternoon will see you at your wits' end, a sumptuous dinner with your sweetheart, followed by a sensuous evening, will delight you out of your mind.

increasing the price of Petrol, diesel and essential commodities. “The BJP government could not deport illegal Bangladeshis as promised to the people during the assembly elections nor could they stop poaching of rhinos in Kajiranga National Park,” he added.

tial campus of being inundated by water informed Prashant Barkakaoti , Circle Officer, Mangaldai Revenue Circle over phone .

Much to the relief of the villagers effected, the flood water is the recessing trend the source added.

Chanaka village under Morigaon gets basic amenities under relentless efforts of DC ET Correspondent Morigaon, June 25: A village under Mayong revenue circle of Morigaon district had no road communication, no educational institution, no health centre leave alone electricity even after 67 years of country's independence. The name of this village is Chanaka under Mayong block of Morigaon district. The village Chanaka is situated in the western part of Burha Mayong hill along the bank of the Brahmaputra. As many as 210 families are living this village had no basic amenities of modern scientific age. The geographical significance of this village is that the people of the area never seen the sunrise as because the Bura Mayong hill completely covered the eastern side.

But at long last, a PWD

road was constructed to this hilly inaccessible area of Morigaon district, thanks goes to Deputy Commissioner, Morigaon Rakesh Kumar. Due to relentless efforts of D.C of Morigao Rakesh Kumar, cutting 1800 metres rock at Burha Mayong hills at the spent of Rs 42 lakh from MGNREGA of Mayong Panchayat, the road was built. In the month of February the road was opened for communication.

Chanaka has now 2 LP Schools, one ME School, one health centre and one drinking water supply scheme. Electricity light also is available now.

Chanaka is developing, people thanked Rakesh Kumar, DC, Morigan for his relentless efforts towards the development of their village.

Army arrests an imposter for acting as Major General at Kolkata 3 Railway ticket blacker held

Rishu Kalantri Tinsukia, June 24 : Indian army has arrested a person for acting as a Major General. The arrested person has been identified as P.K Mitra.

The matter came to light when an individual was seen wearing army dress, who identified himself as Major General of Indian army. During interrogation he revealed that he had been visiting clubs and civil offices as Major General of Indian army. He further stated that he had visited Fort William - the eastern command with a defense officer previously too.

On further investigation by agencies it has come to light thay he is aware about dif-

Arrested imposter acting as Major General of Indian army

ferent aspect of defense establishments and security agencies is trying to find out whether he was working as

a spy.

It may be noted that PK Mitra is a son of a retired army officer.

ET Correspondent Rangia, June 25: Rangia Railway Protection Force (RPF) apprehended 3 touts in charge of black marketing Railway reservation tickets in Passenger Reservation center Rangia. After several public complain Railway Police apprehended them acting on a tip off. The touts are Dipu Deka, Jitu Kalita and Satya Kaibarta of vill Gurkuchi, Rangia. Police recovered 14 Railway reservation tickets of Rs 25,875.

A scooty of Dipu Deka was also seized by the police. They have been sent for Railway court, Guwahati. It is alleged that a team of taunts captured the entire Railway Reservation System as a result the regular passengers were deprived to get genuine reservation ticket for which they have to surrender to the touts and compelled to pay Rs 500 to Rs 2000 per tickets as extra. The passengers praised the RPF for their activities.

Truck ladden with timber held at Kakopather, forest officials ‘hesitant’ of initiating appropriate steps ET Correspondent Digboi, June 25: A truck bearing registration number AS-23 AC 0114 laden with various species of sawn timber was held at Kakopather Range Forest under Doomdoma Division here this afternoon in Tinsukia District of upper Assam.

The matter was brought into light after the locals insisted the forest personnel to check the truck and ascertain its status.

On being asked, the Deputy Ranger Prabin Mahanta of

the concerned Range told ‘The Eastern Today’ that he had held the truck due to insistence from some locals (hesitated to furnish the details) however he could not do anything with the vehicle and its forest product as it had valid Transport Permit (TP) along with the Challan which was issued by the forest department, Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh.

According to him, there was nothing wrong in transportation of the forest product when it is supported

with proper documents. Still the irony lies in the fact that the concerned department had neither released the vehicle nor filled any FIR or made GD entry in the nearby police station.

However, according to the available documents with the transporter, the forest produce containing 201 pieces of sawn timber belonging to different species worth estimated at 1,81, 998 rupees was being transported to Sitpur in Kolkata with a TP no.

697852/13952 dated

24.06.2016 . The produce was being transported from Tezu based M/S Tamla Lamp Co-Operative Society.

When asked the reason behind holding the vehicle if verified and found nothing adverse, the panic stricken Dy Ranger told this newspaper that following the media house hyping the issue the next day, the higher authority might charge him or carry investigation to ascertain the exact status.

Needless to say, the route

via Kakopather in Tinsukia has become very porous and such illegal transportation of various forest produce, wildlife and rare medicinal plants are often reported from the said belt. Beside, the said road inspite of having various police and forest check post have become an easy entry and exit point though the border area touching Tinsukia and Namsai and Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh has been put under strict vigilance from both the sides.

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Chief Minister Governor inaugurates Fruit Kalikho Pul visits Processing Centre at Itanagar NDRF personnel A Staff Reporter Itanagar, June 25: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh JP Rajkhowa inaugurated a Fruit Processing Centre in the Raj Bhavan Complex, Itanagar on 25thJune 2016. The Muskan Welfare Society, a voluntary ladies organisation, based in Raj Bhavan, Itanagar led by the First Lady of the State Rita Rajkhowa has set up the Centre to facilitate the people, particularly housewives, self-help groups and youth in fruit processing and preservation, stated in a press release issued by the administration.

A Staff Reporter Itanagar, June 25 : The jawans of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) stationed at Chimpu had an unannounced visit by Chief Minister Kalikho Pul today.

In a moral-boosting exercise for the jawans and to test their preparedness level, the Chief Minister checked into their camp where the two companies of NDRF are currently stationed.

He dashed into their inventory room where all the life saving equipment and devices to be used during the time of earthquakes, floods and other natural calamities, were stored.

The CM personally checked all the equipment such as helmets, chainsaw, angle cutter, chipping hammer, electric drill, life jackets and also fire fighting equipment, lighting, medical, water rescue and flood relief equipment.

He inspected their living rooms, toilet, office and kitchen. Upon finding the

kitchen without a wall, the CM advised them to enclose the kitchen room with walls and proper ventilation. He said without proper walls and protective measures, the food items stood risk of being damaged by stray animals, flies, insects, rain water and dusty winds.

The CM shook hands with the jawans and enquired on their native places, who were mostly from North Indian states such as Bihar, UP, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttaranchal and Himachal.

Almost all the jawans he met were on deputation from the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a paramilitary force known for their sheer discipline and obedience.

Appreciating their presence in the remote state such as Arunachal, the Chief Minister encouraged them to keep sense of belongingness wherever they serve.

“Arunachal is a tribal state with difficult terrains and living conditions. I humbly salute you all for your sacrifice to have decided to serve away

32 ILP defaulters detained and release after fine

Bishnu Rana Tezu, 24 June: In its first phase of Inner Line Permit (ILP) drive jointly held by Magistrate, Arunachal Pradesh Police with the help of All Mishmi Student Union (AMSU), over 32 defaulters where apprehended and picked up from different pocket of the township by the police. Later they were produce in the court and release after appropriate panelized Rs 200 each.

“Most of them were without ILP and some were nonrenewal. They

were told about strict adhere of the ILP or face legal complicacy if they violate the rules any more”, said Tezu PS sources.

The administration earlier issued an order to launch the ILP drive till 5thAugust in the backdrop of the All Arunachal Pradesh Goanburas Welfare Association district unit Lohit wrote a complaint to the DC Lohit over the growing Petty crime in the township following illegal stay of the outsiders.

from your comforts of home and family,” he said.

Acknowledging the difficult living conditions, the CM assured to help the jawans should they need the help of the state government for any additional facilities.

He also informed that a separate chopper would be pressed into service for NDRF and also for SDRF and state police to assist them in carrying out their duty. The CM asked the NDRF to conduct mock drills at regular intervals, and to publish measures to be taken by public during calamities in newspapers and also through pamphlets.

The Chief Minister also assured to look into matters of land availability for stationing of NDRF unit at Doimukh, in the space allotted to SSB and promised to talk to higher officials of SSB in case there are no establishments, the NDRF could be accommodated there. He said a permanent site would also be decided at Hollongi.

Speaking on the occasion, the Governor congratulated the Muskan Welfare Society for the initiative and expressed hope that the Centre will be an eye opener for the youth, entrepreneurs, Self Help Groups and at the same time for the Government Departments in taking up projects in horticulture sector. Noting that it has been set up in a record time of less than a month, the Governor said that State Government departments must take a lesson out of such project implementation process.

The Governor said that Arunachal Pradesh is a ‘Land of fruits’ as also it is a ‘Land of Festivals’. He pointed out that no doubt festivals are observed with lots of fanfare but unfortunately no one, including civil societies, NGOs are taking care of the horticultural potential. This casual approach has deprived the hardworking farmers of

throughout the State, particularly in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Sanitation programme.

Governor inaugurates Fruit Processing Centre at Itanagar their share of benefits.

The Governor reiterated that there must be food processing and Cold Storage Units in each districts and subdivisions so that horticultural products produced by the farmers and progressive farmers do not go waste.

The Governor said that Arunachal Pradesh produces largest amount of Kiwi fruits, which are transported to other States for production of Kiwi wine.

The farmers and State do not gain much, even though the quality of wine produced from Kiwis from Arunachal Pradesh is of a premier quality. He suggested that winery may be set up in the State where there is maximum production of Kiwi or apples, such as Ziro, Dirang, which will not only boost the economy of the State but the farmers, youth and entrepreneurs

will benefit in terms of sale of their products, income generation, employment and opening up of other avenues for entrepreneurship.

The Governor emphasized that it is high time the State Government must come forward and take up Fruit and Food Processing Units under Public Private Participation (PPP) Mode.

The Governor pointed that Horticulture is given priority on paper but it is not seen in action. Expressing concern on the disturbing trend of frequent change in Secretary and Commissioner level officers which is hampering projects, the Governor suggested that there must be minimum time period for them to ensure project implementation. He also suggested for stamping out of officers who are inactive and put them at other places to make sure that the important projects do not suffer.

State govt working on war footing to expedite the infrastructure development of Tomo Riba State Hospital, Naharlagun Contd. from Page 1

the construction work of new State Legislative Assembly Building has been expedited and man and materials are engaged 24 X 7 to complete the building by September this year so that the State Assembly can be shifted to new building. He opined that once it is shifted, the State Assembly Building can be used as a class room for the institute.

On learning that the Directorate of Information and Public Relation, Naharlagun could not be shifted due to non-completion of the Soochna Bhawan at Pappu Nallah due to nonrelease of fund. He assured to release state share of the Soochna Bhawan and also said to pursue the remaining fund from the centre. He instructed the executing agency of Soochna Bhawan, the new Office Building of Director, IPR to expedite the works by increasing man power and working hours to 24X7 and finish the first floor work within one month so that the IPR Department can be shifted to new building

by July last.

Chief Minister also visited the under construction Basic Service for Urban Poor at

Lekhi Village in which 47 Blocks consisting of 752 dwelling units are being constructed. On being informed that the construction work has been halted due to nonrelease of fund, Chief Minister assured to mobilise the remaning fund.

He asked the National Project Construction Corporation (NPCC), GOI undertaking and RIKON Construction to expedite the construction work and complete 4 blocks of Urban Poor House within 2 months period. He strictly instructed them to finish the 4 blocks by the given scheduled time and cautioned to withdraw the contract works in case of failure to meet the deadline.

He said that the 46 Police families residing in govt quarter in the premises of State Tomo Riba Hospital and some villagers of Pachin Colony would be t e m p o r a r i l y accomodated in the urban poor dwelling units. However, they will be resettled in an appropriate place later on.

He thanked the people of Pachin Colony for their cooperation and willingness to vacate the land for the larger

interest of the state and assured to look into their resettlement. He also appealed to the departments, govt employees and public residing in the premises of Tomo Riba State Hospital to cooperate with the govt so as to ensure that the Medical Institute can be made functional on time.

Chief Minister Pul inspected the Arunachal Armed Police Batalion 1st Colony at Chimpu today with a view to personally verify availability of accomodation facility for the police personnel of Motor Traffic Garage Police, Naharlagun which need to be shifted as it falls under the premises of Medical Institute.

Chief Minister said, “as the nature of duty of police is very hard, comfortable dwelling house should be provided to them so that they may able to stay with mental peace at home”.

He asked the IGP to shift the police personnel of MT Garage Colony, Naharlagun to the newly constructed 300 Men Barrack at AAPBn Colony at Chimpu.

He instructed the Executive Engineer of Arunachal Police

Housing & Welfare Corporation Limited to make partition of the 25 bedded hall with good quality plywood and make three rooms with one bedroom, kitchen and common room so that in one hall atleast two families can be accomodated. He also asked him to provide for a bed, table and three plastic chairs for each family.

Chief Minister while assuring to provide fund for room partitions asked the EE, APH&WC Ltd to start the work by tommorrow itself and to complete the partition of rooms in one week’s time. He also inspected the 12 nos of common toilets and bathrooms, kitchen and dinign hall.

He further instructed to make corrective measures where essential and asked them to earmark toilets and bathrooms against each room so that no confusion arises.

36 Families of the police personnel shall be accomodated in the newly constructed 300 men barrack after partitions.

Chief Minister was accompanied by Nuzhat Hassan, IGP (ADM), Takap Ringu, AIG and Talo Potom, ADM (Capital Complex) among others.

Briefing on the Centre, the First Lady of the State, Rajkhowa said that lots of fruits are produced in the State, but there is lack of food processing units in the State and therefore the horticultural products are sold outside the State in very cheap prices. As a result farmers don’t get their due share. Therefore, to show the path, MWS has started the Centre.

The First Lady of the State wished that more fruit and food processing units are set up in every town with the help of the State Government.

Secretary to Governor Dr. Joram Beda, who is also Secretary Planning and Secretary Horticulture Gamli Padu also spoke on the occasion. Secretary to Governor suggested that Muskan Welfare Society should spread its activities

Advisor Agriculture, Govt. of Assam, Thimothy Das Hanse informed that 40% of fruit produce is damaged under food harvest lost. He suggested for tie-up with Govt. of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to mitigate the challenges, while assuring all possible help from Govt. of Assam. He informed that there are 17 Govt. Food Processing Centres in 17 Districts of Assam and 40 FPC are run by women Self Help Groups.

Additional Secretary to Governor, BS Hada, Managing Director, Arunachal Pradesh Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Board Tage Tatung, members of Muskan Welfare Society, invitees and trainees were present in the inaugural function.

As part of the inaugural function three-day training course on fruit processing is being imparted.

Twenty-nine housewives, self-help groups and youth are availing the course. The technical session includes tomato sauce preparation, Litchi, pineapple Squash preparation, Mixed fruit jam, Guava, pear and plum jelly and pickle preparation. Expert trainer Gajen Kalita along with Master Trainers Taba Pinna and Joseph Topno who were sent for training for the Centre are imparting the three-day course.

Tirap district administration conducts demo on digital smart class

Demo on Digital Smart Class at Khonsa conducted

by Tirap District Administration

ET Bureau Khonsa, June 25 : Demo on Digital Smart Class at Khonsa was conducted by District Administration in collaboration with kYAN, ILFS, Guwahati at DC's Conference Hall, Khonsa on 25th June in presence of Local MLA Wanglam Sawin, Tirap ZPC Sontung Bangsia, DDSE Pubi Lombi, DFCSO Mishumbi Miri, Principal GHSS, Khonsa Manfe Hosai, Headmaster Govt. Town Secondary School, Khonsa Tagin Akhang, Headmistress Govt. Pinewood Middle School, Khonsa Smti Phanya Tangjang.

While appreciating with the Instructor kYAN Instructor Nawab Ahmad the Deputy Commissioner Ravi Jha, IAS said that atleast 3(three) Digital Smart Classrooms will be installed at

Khonsa each in Govt.

Higher Secondary School, Govt. Town Secondary School and Govt.

Pinewood Middle School where students from Class- I standard upto class-XII will be taught through smart class. The DC also suggested Principal, Headmasters, ZPC to mobilise teachers about Smart Class in their respective institutions.

Local MLA Wanglam Sawin and Tirap ZPC Sontung Bangsia appreciated Deputy Commissioner for taking initiative to introduce smart class in the remote district of Arunachal Pradesh stating that with the help of smart class students of the district will definitely improve their academics.

Earlier, the kYAN instructor Nawab Ahmed shown the demo on smart class in all subjects.

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“If there is God in this universe that is none other than parents.” Dr. Himanta Biswa Sharma ET Correspondent Tezpur, June 25: Urging the student’s community to be sincere in showing utmost honour to their parents and elders of the society giving priority to the sense of belonging, Minister for Health, Education, Family welfare, finance and other departments, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sharma today said that if there is a God in this universe, that is nonother than their parents and the elders of the society that they belong. The state cabinet minister who was addressing a mammoth gathering on the occasion of 13th convocation of the Tezpur University held at the Assembly Auditorium of Kendriya Vidyalaya in the University campus, in his speech further said that the smiles of the students receiving award and diplomas would have to be continued in the days to come. It is to be stated here that in the programme more than one thousand students were conferred Degrees of PhD, Masters, Bachelors and other Diplomas while 123 students received PhD degree, 28 students were awarded with Gold Medals, one student with ‘T

& I Best Post Graduate Award’ and one student with Best Under-Graduate Award.

However, Dr. Himanata Biswa Sharma referring to the scholastic capabilities of Chanaikya and Koutilya he further said that in India people always sincere about talking on the scholastic capabilities of the great men.

Stressing on the issue of the student’s over burden in the higher education he stated that 88 pc students in our country are still deprived off higher education. “There are 700 universities and 35000 colleges in our country, yet we cannot absorb our talents, so we will have to expand more colleges and universities.” He said adding universities have to take the responsibility of employability and equity for the generations. Saying about the career choice by the students he also said, “Our students are often seen getting confused on how and what kind of education to choose for building their career, this confusion adversely hampers the students. So we will have to eradicate such things.” Recalling the supreme sacrifice of those martyrs who had lost

their lives in the Assam agitation he also said that Tezpur University has a speciality in comparison to other universities as it was a fruition of supreme sacrifice of those martyrs who lost their lives for the determination of the Assamese nation. “Our region is plagued with a number of problems including forest and environmental degradation, social unrest, flood and erosion etc. I would like to urge upon the University authority to make a rout map to address these issues with the help of the scientists and the scholars created by it.” He maintained and added that the university will have to provide a shape to the society’s future.

Attending the programme as chief guest former Director, Physical Research laboratory, Ahmedabad, space scientist, Prof. Jitendra Nath Goswami in his speech said that global competition, national imperatives and regional and local aspirations are the guiding principles of the universities. “Unfortunately the state universities often suffer from certain constraints, starting from over load of students at all levels,

from under graduate to post graduate, lack of generous funds to compete at the national level, and shortage of faculty members having in debt in teaching and research experience. During the last decades perusing higher study outsides the state has also become a trend. There is nothing wrong in going out and learning in well known places anywhere within the country or even abroad, but whether little information I could gather, this is not always the case. It has simply become a trend amongst those who can afford and it appears, a difficult trend to reverse and the local academic institute have to live with it. This is where the two central universities in Assam can play major role. In fact during an earlier visit to this university, I found that commendable programmes are already initiated in this direction.” He stated. Congratulating the students for their sterling performance Prof.

Goswami further said that they will be the torch bearers of the university from now onwards. “Tezpur University provided a platform to you to shape your life. Culmination

of your studies here is a moment of pride for you as much as it is for your teachers, parents and those who have held in shaping your life. The journey will not end here, it is only the beginning and you have pave your own path in the coming days.” He said.

Chairman, All India council for technical education, New Delhi, Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe who also attended the august occasion as a guest of honour, appreciating the performance of the university, said that there are very few universities which make a mark in a short period of twenty years. “Tezpur University has been an exception by being just not making a mark for itself but has found itself among the top universities in India. It is indeed rare that a university has the rare distinction of being recognized by the honourable president of India with the visitors best university award.” He said.

Prior to it, chancellor of the university, governor, Assam PB Acharya conferring the degrees and diplomas to the passing out students observed that students of the university are regularly get-

ting placement in reputed institutions and organizations of the country and abroad as well. “This bears testimony to the quality education being imparted at the university. I am confident that these graduates would not only add to the critical mass of our society, but would also make very significant contribution to the mission of nation building.”

He said adding that no one can think of the modern day society and culture of Assam without the pioneering contribution of the great religious teacher, social reformer, philosopher, poet, painter and many more Mahapurush Shrimanta Sankarvdeva. He also said, “I am aware that Tezpur is place of civilizational encounters-this is the place where the east of India met with it’s west.”

In his speech he also said that the first and foremost goal of any university is to empower the students with knowledge which has skill to produce wealth from natural resources available in the country. “Our graduates should be an asset to their family, village, state and above all to the nation.” He said.

Blood donation camp held at Kokrajhar

Photo of Blood donation camp held at Kokrajhar

ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, June 25: Over 30 peoples voluntarily donated bloods on the blood donation camp organized by Marwari Yuva Manch, Kokrajhar and Jagriti Brach at Marwari Bhawan on Saturday in Kokrajhar.

would be benefitted for needy persons among society.

Madhav Prasad Sarma, Deputy Commissioner, Kokrajhar graced as chief guest on the camp.

“It was a good step taken from the Manch of donating blood, which is extending helping hand toward needy peoples”, said Sarma.

Vijay Bhura and Dilip Sethia, organizers of the camp said that they organized the camp to donate blood in the region.

Sarma, appreciated the camp, being organized to donate blood and hope that the donating blood

Doctor and medical staffs from Kokrajhar RNB civil hospital attended the camp.

AGP felicitates Atul Bora and Water logging turns Keshab Mahanta in Sivasagar floods in Kokrajhar ET Correspondent Sivasagar, June 25: The workers of the district AGP of Sivasagar felicitated their two ministers Atul Bora and Keshab Mahanta at the auditorium of Sivasagar Natya Mandir in Sivasagar town on Saturday.

A public felicitation programme was arranged by the AGP workers at the said auditorium where six other MLAs of the ruling party were present, those were Pradeep Hazarika, the MLA of Amguri LAC, Kushal Dowori, the MLA of Thora LAC, Jogen Mohan, MLA of Mahmora LAC, Tapan Gogoi, MLA of Sonari LAC, Renupoma Rajkhowa, MLA of Teok LAC and Bhabendra Nath Bharali, MLA of Dergaon LAC and received warm greetings and felicitation along with the ministers of the state government.

The two ministers Atul Bora and Keshab Mahanta sat

months of the year and keeps idle during the rest.

He warned the officials of his department for be prepared for working hard before the start of flood seasons.

AGP felicitates Atul Bora and Keshab Mahanta in Sivasagar. Pic - Utpal Sarma with the officials of their respective departments in a closed door meeting at the circuit house of Sivasagar prior to the start of the felicitation where they both warned the officials to tighten up their belts for working all dedicatedly keeping asides all the past stains of the departments of

state Agriculture and water resource respectively. They two advised the officials of their respective departments to analysis the past errors and take adequate measures for the betterment of the same. They also warned the officials to be dutiful.

Accepting the greetings of the workers of the AGP,

Keshab Mahanta, the State water Resource minister said addressing the mass present in several hundred at Natya Mandir that the preparations are all set to put a yoke on the department which has a bad reputation for being the most idle one that works only during the time of six

TMPK expressed deep concern over fake Colleges running in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur district ET Correspondent Dhemaji, June 25: In the inquiry of special team leaded

by Rupam Saikia, Director, College Development Council Dibrugarh University, 22 College under Dhemaji District and 20 in Lakhimpur District, are running by gross violation of University Rules and Regulation by admitting students without permission, this came into light with is-

suing of notice by University on 23/6/16 number DU / DDC /16/Notice - 9364, which created hovoc among the students and their gurdians in both the district.

The press release issued by the Central Committee General Secretary, Padmalochan Doley and Education Secretary Reedeep Jack Doley of TMPK have strongly condemned the faul play by the

BSF (Air Wing) adds Guwahati as its new air base to bolster air support capabilities A Staff Reporter Guwahati, June 25: In a significant bid to bolster CAPFs air support capabilities towards troop’s deployment, disaster management especially flood relief and counter insurgency operation in North-East region, BSF (Air Wing) has added Guwahati as its new airbase with taking over of a hangar at new apron area of LGBI Airport Guwahati on 24Jun 2016.

This hangar and associated aerodrome facilities would enable BSF to undertake independent maintenance and flying operation of MI-17 V5 aircraft on short notice. This would also facilitate emergency medical evacuation of critical CAPF personnel.

Ministry of Home Affairs has approved operation of three

MI-V5 helicopters, of Russian origin, from this airbase.

BSF has its Frontier Headquarter atPatgaon and development of an airbase in close proximity would enhance its operational capability,manifold. Prior to this, BSF had been operating various types of aircraft from New Delhi, Ranchi, Raipur, Agartala and Srinagar. Flying trials have already been conducted successfully from this place. This airlift facility, which is under the administrative and functional control of BSF is aimed at providing air support to all CAPFs. This airbase is also aimed to extend support towards operations and maintenance of other aircrafts, of MHA, transiting this region.

authority concerned of the Colleges, and said the most of the Colleges in the list are not existing, and those which have existance are not having proper infrastructure, and accommodation to impart Education to the youths.

Nearly all the mentioned College are in the interior places which can't be reached easily, they do not have expert faculty to impart

Education. As such the organisation have demanded Government step and punishment to those playing foul play with future of Nation for their self gain.

The time when education is given priority the game played by a section should not be spared the local intelectual who actually work for upliftment of society, said.

Huge quantity of banned tobacco size from New Tinsukia railway station Contd. from Page 1 There were two persons who had come to collect the goods and thela was put on stand by near the bags while Tata Ace vehicle was standing at railway parking to load the goods.

Suddenly a couple of GRP personal came and some murmur could be visible.

Suddenly both the businessman vanished and thela's disappeared. Strangely a call was made to a couple of journalists by a GRP personal that some goods have come but won't be taken out of station today asking them to come at railway station. Chance of information being leaked or police movement outside

detected cannot be ruled out.

Seeing media presence several GRP personal came and soon a thela came to load the goods but he was stopped by GRP who said goods will be checked. When packets were opened tobacco was recovered from within confirming the secret input.

Earlier their was a similar input last night but when media reached their GRP refused to unlaod and check the goods which had come from Dibrugarh in Brahmaputra train which has raised questions on GRP role.

However, the use of railway for illegal business has been on a rise in past few months.

According to sources seized goods belong to one Khan titled businessman.

Atul Bora soon after the conclusion of the felicitation visited the family members of Anjan Dutta, the president of APCC who died only the other week at his residence at Gayon Gaon in Sivasagar town and expressed his words of great sympathy.

It worth mentioning that the CM Sarbananda Sonowal ministry has announced several programmes of socio-economic reforms which have brought ray of hope in the minds of the state citizens. The words of the two ministers present in Sivasagar on Saturday also added to the same expectations of the people and all eyes are set to see the fulfillment of those in the days to come.

Sonowal asks Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Dept and all DCs to check increasing prices Contd. from Page 1 Toeing line with Prime Minister’s dream programme of ‘Swacch Bharat’, the Chief Minister has asked the Deputy Commissioners to maintain cleanliness in the market places. Sonowal also asked Deputy Commissioners to convene meeting with whole sellers, retailers and Bazar Committees and pluck the problem of price rise.

He also directed the inspectors of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department to undertake inspections at the whole sellers and retailers and address the mismatch of whole sale price and that of the retail.

Expressing concern over the steep prices of fruits especially during the holy Ramazan month, strict direction has also been given to address this problem.

Chief Minister, Sonowal also directed Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department to take a look at the buffer stock of the food articles and asked to give him a clear picture on how food items are being disbursed at the fair price shops in the rural areas.

Commissioner and Secretary to the Chief Minister, Sanjay Lohia, Commissioner and Secretary to Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department Rajesh Prasad and other top officers of the department were present at the meeting.

ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, June 25: Water logged along the drainage created artificial floods in Kokrajhar town, leaving residents resented following incessant rains since few days in the district. While, Kokrajhar district administration has been taking stock about the water log which has created hardships along town wards.

Several wards under Kokrajhar Municipality Board, which included Ward No. 3, 4, 9 and 10 have been facing artificial flood since last two days due to incessant rain in the district following water logging. Residents alleged that the flood was happened due to lack of proper cleaning drainage system in the town. They said that the rain water passes through

drain, but in the town there is no proper cleaning drainage system, of which why residents have to face artificial floods. Though there is drainage system, but the drains are yet to be cleaned that is why the normal rain water force to be artificial floods along the wards residents. Several roads in Kokrajhar town, included Thanapara, Basic Training Centre complex, Vivekananda Path near flyover were covered up by flood waters, besides water wet up houses which damaged huge properties in the town.

“Artificial flood has been harassing among residents in Kokrajhar town due to lack of proper cleaning drainage.

There is no cleaning and proper drainage facility,

which has been creating resented during rainy season.

The rain waters left several resented for the residents since last two days. No official from district administration rushed to the affected peoples so far, though several wards have covered up with flood waters’, a resident along Thanapara said.

Madhav Prasad Sarma, Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner said the district administration has stepped up to take measures about artificial floods that created resented among residents in town.

“We have initiated necessary measures to check drainage system after getting information about artificial floods that created resentment along the town”, said Sarma.

BSNL staff arrested on charge of demanding ransom ET Correspondent Mangaldai, June 25: Just after Gurujyoti Das , a totally new face in the political arena got elected to the Assam assembly from the prestigious Mangaldai LAC on a BJP ticket , some anti social elements allegedly have started threatening a section of government officials and staff , traders and contractors and also demanded money for party activities in the name of MLA Das. In such an incident police on Saturday has arrested one casual employee of BSNL , Sub Division office, Mangaldai identified as Sartaz Ahmed (38) on charges of demanding a ransom amounting Rs

Photo BSNL employee held on charges of demanding ransom 30,000 to one of the employee of District Transport Office , Darrang , Mangaldai over phone

impostering himself to be MLA Das. According to the FIR lodged by one Dulal Kalita of Bharatiya Jatiya Yuva Marcha the accused after demanding the ransom using the land line no 03713 222187 BSNL office on Thursday went to the DTO office to collect on Friday .

On suspicion the staff of the DTO office interrogated the accused and detained him to hand it over to police , however he managed to escape before the arrival of police . On getting the information the BJP worker lodged police complaint and police following registering a case (No. 473 / 16) U/S 417 / 419 / 387 IPC and arrested him.

JB College enters global with UGC Fresh Autonomous & CBCS status Contd. from Page 1

competitions etc. as the college enters for global learning and education, so far in 21 departments with 94 brilliant outstanding teachers staff, as the college is in the path to get a deem university status very soon.

After Lakhimpur College, JB College is second in North East to get UGC Autonomous status and only college in the North East to get CBCS status by University Grant Commission (UGC) under the Ministry of Human Resource Devel-

opment, Government of India.

Dr Nurul Amin said, that the University Grants Commission has come up with the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) program in which the students have a choice to choose from the prescribed courses, which are referred as core, elective or minor or soft skill courses and they can learn at their own pace and the entire assessment is gradedbased on a credit system.

The basic idea is to look into the needs of the stu-

dents so as to keep up-todate with development of higher education in India and abroad. CBCS aims to redefine the curriculum keeping pace with the liberalization and globalization in education.

CBCS allows students an easy mode of mobility to various educational institutions spread across the world along with the facility of transfer of credits earned by students, said Dr Amin who is the Associate professor from the Department of Geology, JB College) during media interaction.

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CM Okram Ibobi Singh in hot soup for gifting away disputed land for Sports University Imphal, June 25 : Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singhclarified that the state government had handed over 336.93 acres the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for setting up the National Sports University at Yaithibi Khunou village of Thoubal district, but 34 acres of this is now disputed because of a court case initiated by the land owners.

The Chief Minister however said he believes the dispute over 34 acres of land, would be resolved soon. Earlier the joint secretary (development) of the Minister of Youth Affairs had written to the government to get the dispute over the 34 acres cleared failing which the government might consider another new site for building the Sports University.

Briefing media persons at his bungalow office earlier this week, Ibobi said that he has faith that the court will decide in the favour of the government and the disputed 34 acres land would be acquired soon.

The proposal for setting up a National Sports University in Manipur was formally announced by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech in 201415 with an estimate of a 100 crores.

The ministry had informed the state government that approximately, only 200 acres of land will be needed for setting up the Sports University.

However, Ibobi and his cabinet had given 336.93 acres, that is 136.93 acres of agricultural land in excess without being asked for.

"I have given the extra land for future expansion of the University," Ibobi clarified to the media.

He added that he was thinking of even providing 400 to 500 acres of land for the proposed University.

Betraying clerical sloppiness however, there are numerous errors in the figures of the land areas.

For instance the government provided a non-encumbrance certificate for not only the mentioned 336.93 acres but in the certificate of non-encum-

Bakery inspection drive begins

JCLPS bats for new Bill in next Assmbly session

Imphal, Jun 25: As instructed by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI), food safety officials of the Government of India have started inspecting bakeries to check whether they are using potassium bromate in baking breads and other similar products.

Notably, it has been reported that potassium bromate has the potential to breed cancer.

Apart from launching an extensive inspection drive at bakeries, food safety officials have also started inspecting ice cream factories to check whether they are abiding by food safety norms.

A bakery in Imphal East district was sealed yesterday after it was found not abiding by food safety norms. Most of the bakeries opened in Imphal West and Imphal East districts do not possess necessary licences and they do not fulfil the criteria required for issuing licences, informed an official source.

Most of the bakeries have limited space and they are run in rented houses/rooms. A single room often serves as sleeping room, store room, dining room and baking room.

Informing that most of the bakeries were found in unhygienic conditions, the source informed that food safety officials would submit a detailed report to the Government in order to take up necessary actions.(Agencies)

Imphal, Jun 25: The Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) has asked all the legislators of the State to draft a new Bill similar to ILPS and pass the same Bill in the next State Assembly session which is likely in July/ August.

Speaking to media persons at their Sega Road, Konjeng Hazari Leikai office this evening, JCILPS convenor BK Moirangcha lamented that the State Government has been doing nothing either to table a new Bill or obtain the President's assent to the

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh brance a total area of 366.93 acres was marked by the Sub-Registrar of Thoubal district.

This has given rise to speculations that bureaucrats may be conniving to siphon the excess land.

Among the documents handed to journalists from the Chief Minister's office, a non-encumbrance certificate issued

by Sub-Registrar of Thoubal, A Subol Singh states that a total area of 273.16 acres has been purchased directly from 218 willing pattadars and 63.77 acres has been acquired from State Khas land at Yaithibi Khunou

Protection of Manipur People's Bill.

He also condemned the Government's failure to invite political parties and civil society leaders of different communities to discuss their reservations and objections regarding the three Bills.

This is nothing but an open invitation to the people of the State to launch another massive, sustained agitation. The short press note issued by the all party delegation led by the Chief Minister after their meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was a ploy to hoodwink the

village.

It may be pointed out that the total area, that is 336.93, has been mentioned as 366.93 acres in the certificate.

Simply put, the state government has given a false certificate to the Sports Ministry by an excess of 30 acres.

It may also be pointed out that a non-encumbrance certificate had been given on August 24 last year.

However, now there is a case on this 34 acres running in the court.

Later, the memorandum of agreement was signed on August 27, 2015 between the concerned cen-

masses, BK Moirangcha said while maintaining that they would carry on the ongoing mass agitation relentlessly.

There were reports about heated altercations among all party delegates during their sojourn at Delhi regarding the controversy over seeking appointment with Central Government leaders.

If the Government actually did not seek any appointment with Prime Minister or the Union Home Minister, it deserves outright condemnation. The all party delegation is yet to give any

tral and state representatives. The terms of agreement mention that the land which should be handed over to the centre for setting up the University should be free from all encumbrances.

So, the State government through the Thoubal SubRegistrar had fabricated the non-encumbrance certificate for the 366.93 acres, thereby not honouring the terms of agreement with the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. Formally, the total area was handed over by director of YAS, W Bhaktaraj Singh to Deputy Secretary of Sports Ministry, Sunil Garg on August 27, 2015.

Later, the Ministry found out that the total land is still not acquired in totality. A D.O letter (No.7077/2014/SP.VI) by joint secretary (Development), Rajvir Singh to chief secretary O Nabakishore on 26 May, 2016 states, "Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is in the process of setting up of National Sports University in Manipur for which the Government of Manipur has already ac-

account of what transpired during their meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, what the Union Home Minister assured and what are the points which led the President of India to reject the PMP Bill 2015.

A new Bill should be framed after taking into considerations all the points which led the Government of India reject the earlier Bill.

JCILPS would be compelled to sustain and intensify the ongoing mass movement if the Government does not initiate

quired and handed over an area comprising 336.93 acres at 44 Yaithibi Khunou village, Tahsil Khongjom, Thoubal sub-division, Thoubal district.

However, a patch of land measuring about 34 acres falling in the middle is still under litigation and has not been acquired so far. Because of this, it has not been possible to start the construction work for the proposed University."

It further mentioned that the Manipur government is requested to expedite to resolve the issue of acquisition of the said patch of land at the earliest, latest by the end of June, 2016; otherwise, the government might reconsider the site of the proposed University.

In short, the state government had provided a false non-encumbrance certificate to the centre. The state has unnecessarily given much more land which has not been acquired in totality till date.

And the disputed area falls in the middle of the land provided for the proposed Sports University.(ANI)

due process to pass a new Bill.

Informing that JCILPS has been preparing to observe the death anniversary of Sapam Robinhood, BK Moirangcha called upon the student community of the State to participate in the death anniversary observation scheduled on July 8.

The ongoing agitation of forming human chains and staging sit-in-protests would continue till June 28 and there will be a motorcycle rally across all the four valley districts on June 30.

(Agencies)

DCI says no to RIMS Dental College

DCI says no to RIMS Dental College Imphal, Jun 25: The Dental Council of India (DCI) has resolved not give recognition to RIMS Dental College. Notably, RIMS authority was instructed to stop admission process in RIMS Dental

College after DCI Inspectors found the dental college lacking necessary infrastructure last year.

The dental college was set up when Dr S Sekharjit was the regular Director of RIMS and

CBI has been investigating a case about purchase of dental chairs at inflated prices.

During its general body meeting held at Delhi on June 11 and 12, DCI decided not to grant recognition to RIMS Dental College.

DCI local member Dr T Nabachandra who took part in the general body meeting told The Sangai Express that the DCI resolved not to grant recognition to RIMS Dental College citing lack of necessary infrastructure.

Earlier too, a report submitted by DCI inspectors was tabled and discussed during an executive meeting. After deliberating on the detail report, DCI instructed RIMS authority last year to stop admission process.

The executive meeting's

decision to stop admission process at RIMS Dental College was endorsed by the general body meeting held on June 11 and 12.

Nowadays, inspection by DCI inspectors is quite meticulous and scrupulous and they cannot submit false or misleading reports for they are crosschecked with local members. This applies not only to RIMS Dental College but also to all dental colleges located across the country, said Dr T Nabachandra.

Given the DCI's decision, it would turn out to be a big loss to students at the end if RIMS Dental College should continue functioning. Due considerations should be made about the fates of students who have already given theory examinations of the

final year.

If the DCI was disposed to give recognition, they should have sent inspection team when examinations were going at RIMS Dental College. Dental doctors passed out from dental colleges which are not recognised by DCI would not be able to practice their profession.

Nonetheless, RIMS authority informed that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has called a meeting on June 27.

RIMS Dental College Principal will attend the meeting and it would decide the fate of the dental college. After completion of theory examinations, practical examinations of RIMS Dental College's final year started from June 22, informed the source.(Agencies)

Congress to fight assembly elections under Lal Thanhawla

Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla Aizawl, Jun 25: The ruling Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Friday announced that the party would face the coming state assembly elections in 2018 under the leadership of Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla.

The MPCC Executive meeting held at the Congress Bhavan in Aizawl for the first time since 2013 assembly polls, projected Lal Thanhawla as the chief ministerial

candidate.

The decision came after three years of the Congress' second consecutive term and two years before the state assembly polls.

Earlier in December 2013, just after he was sworn-in as the chief minister, Lal Thanhawla hinted in a press conference that he may be too old to continue as chief minister after the 2018 assembly polls. (Agencies)

JCILPS man held with explosive materials

JCILPS man held with explosive materials Imphal, June 25 : Even as the 48-hour bandh demanding revocation of wanted tag announced on former JCILPS convenor Khomdram Ratan is currently on, the publicity incharge of JCILPS Sagolband New Cachar road unit has been arrested along with explosive materials.

The arrested person has been identified as Nameirakpam Mangi alias Yaima. He is said to be a member of National Revolutionary Front of Manipur (NRFM).

The police paraded him before the media along with the seized items at the conference hall of Imphal West district police.

Imphal West SP Dr A.K. Jhalajit said that under the joint supervision of Thokchom Vikramjit, Additional SP Imphal West, Krishnatombi, DSP Imphal West commando and Soibam Sachidananda, Dy SP Imphal West commando, a combined security team of police and troops of 12 Bihar Regiment raided Mangi's house at around 3 a.m. on Thursday acting on a specific intelligence input.

He was arrested after the security team seized 27 Gelatine sticks, 50 detonators, two 6-feet long non-electric safety fuses, two mobile phones and one Honda Activa during the raid, the SP said.

Jhalajit stated that Mangi revealed that he is working under the direct command of NRFM commander Binodon.

He further said that Mangi runs a bomb factory at his house for the outfit and the required funds for the said

factory are supplied by the two NRFM commanders.

The SP stated that Mangi had revealed that bombs assembled by him were used in the blasts which occurred at the residence of Brahmacharimayum Biramangol of Uripok Yambem Leikai on February 23, Ima Kerosene Agency, Toupokpi Maning Leikai on March 17, near the residence of Thokchom (N) Laishram (O) Phullobati w/o Ibopishak on June 7, near telecom tower located at the residential complex of Leitanthem Sanatomba Singh (37) of Thoubal Pakhangkhong Leirak on June 7, Kodompokpi Lamkhai on June 9 and residence of Gurumayum Dhanajit Sharma of Sagolband Ingudam Leirak on June 21.

Dr Jhalajit further said that surprisingly Mangi had also revealed that he is the publicity in-charge of JCILPS Sagolband New Cachar road unit.

The SP said that Mangi took active role in carrying out different pro-ILPS agitations on NH-37 (Imphal-Jiribam road), also known as New Cachar road.

The SP further said that Mangi is the tenth NRFM cadre arrested by the police so far.

Nine other cadres who had already been arrested earlier have been identified as Nameirakpam Dolen, Yogesh Gurung, Takhelmayum Ajit Meitei, Nongmeikapam Sanjoy, Awangta-bam Dilipkumar, Nongthom-bam Lakhel, Laishram Deban (and Waikhom Pradip.(ANI)

PREPAk claims han in killing Naba Imphal, Jun 25: The proscribed PREPAK has claimed that Ningombam Nabachandra alias Naba alias Nongdrenkhomgba (57) s/o late N Iboyaima of Thangmeiband Lourung Purel Leikai and his driver Leishangthem Sanjit alias Chingkhei (41) s/o L Lal Singh of Thangmeiband Hijam Dewan Leikai were shot dead by the outfit's Red Army.

Notably Nongdrenkhomba and his driver Sanjit were found shot dead at the former's quarters inside 7th MR campus on June 21.

Nongdrenkhomba alias Nabachandra was shot dead in accordance to a standing order of the party for deserting the party and swindling a huge amount of the party's funds, said a press release issued by the outfit's department of pub-

licity and propaganda, publicity officer Captain Achouba.

Nongdrenkhomba's personal guard cum driver L Sanjit alias Chingkhei was shot dead under compelling circumstances and he was also working against the party by closely associating himself with the deserter, it said. The outfit also appealed to all the people not to associate

with those individuals against whom due warnings have been issued.

All those individuals who swindled party's funds and/ or collected money from public in the name of the party should communicate to the party at the earliest otherwise punitive actions would be initiated.

The outfit then listed names of some individuals together with the amounts

they owe to the party. They are Thokchom Dwijendra alias Ibai, 47 (Rs 1,87,50,700) s/o late Maimu and Th Inaocha Devi d/o Th Biren of Kyamgei Maning Leikai, Heibong Makhong, RK Doren Singh (Rs 1,50,00,000) h/o RK (O) Ibemnungshi Devi and s/o RK Biramangol of Thangmeiband Kabrabam Leikai, College Gate;

Wahengbam Boy, 52 s/o late W Mangi of Waheng Leikai Lairembi and Sapam Nonibala alias Memicha d/o late S Tiken (Rs 1,30,00,000) of Singjamei Sapam Leikai, K Thamarjit, 46 (Rs 40,00,000) of Kyamgei Mamang Leikai; Ningthoujam Kumar, 58 (Rs 40,00,000) s/o late N Chandramani of Thangmeiband Meisnam

Leikai; Mutum Romiyo, 48 (Rs 38,00,000) h/o N Sapana Devi and s/o late M Harideva of Basikhong Torban; Ningthoujam Bimol, 46 s/o N Omor Singh of Heirok Part II and Thounaojam Leima alias Tombi, 44 (RS 18,00,000) d/o Ibotombi of Heirok Part II, Koijam Sanjoy alias Bale alias Ngaaocha, 43 (Rs 35,00,000) s/o K Bijoy

Singh of Kyamgei Mamang Leikai and Ningombam Kisan alias Mantri (Rs 500,000) s/o N Sana of Okram Chuthek.

It further said that Koijam Sanjoy alias Bale alias Ngaaocha and Angomjabam Nandini Devi, 43 d/o late A Shantikumar of Sagolband Nepra Menjor should return two 9 mm pistols and one 2.2 mm silencer pistol.(Agencies)

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AAP MLA does it again, slaps a senior citizen New Delhi, June 25: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Dinesh Mohaniya, who had been booked for misbehaving with a woman, has now once again made it to the headlines, this time for slapping a 60-year-old senior citizen.

The incident took place in the Tughlakabad locality of the city where Mohaniya had gone for a visit on Friday. According to the victim, the incident took place when some people, including

Mohaniya, came to his area for a survey.

It is reported that the Sangam Vihar MLA slapped the senior citizen because he had failed to recognize the former.

"Seeing the crowd, I went there. There Dinesh Mohaniya slapped me after the people surrounded me. And to add to that, one of the guys even twisted my hand," he told.

A case has been registered against Mohaniya under Sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily

persons)of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Govindpuri Police Station.

AAP MLA does it again, slaps a senior citizen causing hurt) and 341(punishment for

wrongful restraint) and 34 (act done by several

Earlier, an FIR was lodged against Mohaniya, who is also the vice-chairman of Delhi Jal Board, after locals of Sangam Vihar alleged that the MLA and his supporters roughed them up and misbehaved with women in his office when they went to complain about irregular water supply.

A case was registered

under Section 506 (criminal intimidation), Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and Section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code at the Neb Sarai Police Station.

However, the MLA had rubbished the allegations, saying it was an attempt to defame his reputation as the water mafia is frustrated because of the Delhi Government's crackdown. (ANI)

PM Modi to launch Smart NSG: JD (U) says Modi Govt. treating foreign City projects in Pune policy as 'event management exercise'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Pune, June 25: Taking a step forward in the direction of integrated urban planning and development in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 'Smart City' projects at a special function being organised at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, here on Saturday. The Smart City project comes under an ambitious programme of the NDA government the 'Smart Cities Mission'.

The Prime Minister will launch 14 projects for

Pune, along with 69 for other cities, which will come up with a total investment of about Rs. 1,770 crore. The 20 selected cities would be linked through videoconferencing.

Today's launch will also mark the beginning of the implementation of the urban development plans including AMRUT Mission. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate a 'Make Your City SMART' contest and Smart Net Portal will also be launched. (ANI)

New Delhi, June 25: Indicting the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA regime for treating foreign policy as an event management exercise, the Janata Dal (United) on Saturday said the Centre pursued their membership in the NSG elite group with inadequate backroom diplomacy and lack of preparation.

"I think foreign policy is a matter of national consensus, so we should not try to see it in partisan political terms. But I do believe that the manner in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this government pursued their membership of NSG showed lack of preparation, inadequate backroom diplomacy and too much hype in terms of possible results," JD (U) leader Pavan Verma told.

Verma further said that the main problem with the NDA Government is that they fail to realize that foreign policy is a calibrated, quiet and strategic doctrine and not an event management exercise.

Yesterday, China said that the NSG will not discuss the membership bid, adding that New Delhi will first have to sign the NPT, as it is a must and a major criteria set up by the NSG. Earlier, highly placed sources told that China is not the sole opponent to India's member ship to the NSG, but Brazil, Austria, Ireland, Turkey and New Zealand too have opposed India's entry, citing it's not being a signatory of the NPT for nuclear weapons and weapons technology.

Meanwhile, on a day on mixed developments for

the decision is not unexpected, Leader of the Opposition Abdul Mannan said while reacting to the Front MLAs staying away from the Congress rally. Beside the objection of the Front partners, it would have been too early for the CPI-M to join a programme of the Congress after being reprimanded by its central committee, the CLP leader felt.

The Congress was not averse to Chakraborty along with a few other CPIM leaders joining their programme, it was learnt. "We support the cause of the meeting,"Chakraborty said, adding, "We are together on issues of democracy and secularism." It is not always necessary to have joint programmes, the Jadavpur MLA said. "I think a temporary parting of ways will cement our alliance," he added.(Agencies)

LF leaders not to join Cong in protest march

India Canada and Braxil have extended their complete support to New Delhi.

According to sources, Brazil supported India's bid but called for a common criteria for all nonNPT states.

Brazil also said that India has by far a better nuclear proliferation record than Pakistan.

However, in a complete

shocker, Switzerland, who had earlier extended its complete support, has now opposed New Delhi's bid citing it being a non NPT state.

This comes as a jolt for India as earlier, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Switzerland, the European nation had extended its complete support. (ANI)

Britain told to leave EU at the earliest

LF leaders not to join Cong in protest march Kolkata, Jun 25: Left Front legislators will not join Congress MLAs when they march from Bidhan Bhavan, the state Congress headquarters, to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on Mayo Road in protest against post-election violence and rising prices on Saturday.

However, both Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, Abdul Mannan, and senior CPI-M leader and Jadavpur MLA, Sujan Chakraborty, said that the alliance bet ween the two parties will not be affected by this decision.

The decision comes in the wake of the CPI-M's central committee decision that called for "rectification" of the party's affairs in the state after it came up with the worst electoral performance following a seat sharing arrangement with Congress.

This is the Left Front's organisational matter and

JD (U) leader Pavan Verma

Britain told to leave EU at the earliest Washington, June 25: A senior European Union leader has confirmed that the group wants Britain to start negotiations for its exit and leave the bloc as soon as possible, warning that David Cameron's decision to delay the start of negotiations until his successor is in place in October may not be acceptable.

"EU lawyers were

studying whether it was possible to speed up the triggering of article 50 of the Lisbon treaty - the untested procedure for leaving the union," the Guardian quoted Martin Schulz, the president of the European parliament, as saying.

Cameron announced on Friday morning that he would step down as prime minister by October as he does not want

the country to become unstable.

His resignation came after the majority of British people voted to leave the European Union.

Schulz stated uncertainty was "the opposite of what we need", adding that it was difficult to accept that "a whole continent is taken hostage because of an internal fight in the Tory party".

President of the European Commission JeanClaude Juncker also said there was no reason to wait until October to begin negotiating Britain's departure from the EU. Schulz's comments followed an earlier joint statement with the presidents of the European council and commission, Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, as well as Rutte, warning that the EU would expect Britain to act "as

soon as possible, however painful the process may be" and that there could be "no renegotiation".

The four said after emergency talks in Brussels that they regretted, but respected Britain's decision. "This is an unprecedented situation, but we are united in our response."

Though, the UK would remain a member until exit negotiations are concluded.

Britain has to negotiate two exit agreements, one a divorce treaty to wind down British contributions to the EU budget and settle the status of the 1.2 million Britons living in the EU and 3 million EU citizens in the UK; and another an agreement to govern future trade and ties with its European neighbours. (ANI)

Jagannath Temple official arrested Puri, Jun 25: Member of Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee and Secretary of Daitapati Nijog, Premananda Das Mohapatra, and his sonin-law were on Friday arrested for allegedly assaulting a doctor and grievously injuring him, a police officer said.

The servitor and his sonin-law, Nabakrushna Prusty were booked for various offences including attempt to murder for the alleged attack on the duty doctor at the district headquarter hospital here, said Inspector In-Charge of Kumbharpada police station, K C Sethi.

The incident took place last night when Das Mohapatra had gone to the hospital with and others for the treatment of his grandson who was unwell, he said.

Dr Khirod Chandra Pal advised the servitor to get a ticket from the hospital counter, but Das Mohapatra reacted furiously and asked for the phone number of the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), Sethi said quoting the complaint lodged by the doctor.

When the doctor refused to give the CDMO's phone number, Das Mohapatra started abusing using vulgar lan-

guage and physically assaulted him causing grievous injuries, he said.

Soon after the incident the doctor lodged a complaint at Kumbharapada police station. Later, Das Mohapatra also lodged a similar complaint against the doctor, the officer said.

The doctor, who has sustained serious injuries including a severe haematoma near the eye, has been referred to SCB Medical College and Hospital, the IIC said.

The doctors and other staff of the district hospital had stopped work in protest against the attack and normalcy was restored after the adminis-

tration intervened and assured them that action would be taken, police said.

Police said Das Mohapatra faces several criminal cases and had been arrested in the past for allegedly attacking an electoral official, police said, adding he was also arrested recently for gambling and subsequently released on bail.

The arrest of Das Mohapatra ahead of the annual Rathyatra of Lord Jagannath has sparked apprehension about various rituals performed by the servitors as he is the secretary of the Daitapati Nijog.(Agencies)

Gulbarga ragging case: Three arrested, two sent to 14-day judicial custody

Three arrested, two sent to 14-day judicial custody Gulbarga (Karnataka), June 25: Out of the three senior students of a nursing college, who were yesterday arrested in connection with the alleged ragging of a first year Dalit girl student from Kerala, two of them were on Saturday sent to 14-day judicial custody.

The third student, who is in the hospital, could not be produced before the district magistrate.

Kalburugi Superintendent of Police N Shashi Kumar said that those arrested were identified as Lakshmi, Athera and Vishnupriya.

The victim, a student of Al Qamar College of Nursing School in Gulbarga, is presently in a critical state.

Since the unfortunate incident, the first year student from Kerala has been in hospital with several internal burns. She was shifted to the Kozhikode Medical College after have spent over a week in the ICU at a hospital in Karnataka.

The doctors have reportedly said that the toilet cleaning fluid has burnt the student's internal organs.

The principal of the nursing school, Dr Esther, has said that there was no ragging, adding the girl drank the phenol because of some family problems.

The victim's mother, who is a daily wage labourer, took a loan of Rs. three lakh for her daughter's education. (ANI)

Odisha issues guideline for blood transfusion

The Odisha government on Friday issued advisory on how to undertake blood transfusion process Bhubaneswar, Jun 25: The Odisha government on Friday issued advisory on how to undertake blood transfusion process and decided to recruit 60 laboratory technicians to meet the shortage of manpower in blood banks across the state.

"We will soon appoint nearly 60 laboratory technicians under the National Health Mission (NHM) and about 50-60 data entry operators to meet the staff shortage problem," said health and family welfare secretary Aarti Ahuja.

Stating that the state government has issued directives to blood bank officers and those who were incharge to strictly adhere to the guidelines, Ahuja said those found violating the guideline would be punished.

She said this after a review meeting on proper management and development of the three medical colleges and 53 blood banks in the state.

While Rs. 16 crore would be spent for augmenting infrastructure in blood banks in the state, an amount of Rs five crore would be spent for buying modern equipment, an of-

ficial said.

Ahuja said the department has issued an advisory to all three government-run medical colleges and 53 blood banks to adopt proper procedure and maintain transparency while testing blood and its transfusion.

She said a committee has been set up at the district level to monitor and check implementation of the advisory.

"We have issued an advisory which has guidelines on how to follow standard operating procedures as per protocol provided in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. We have made it clear that so far blood safety is concerned, we have zero tolerance.

Whosoever is found to be negligent, action will be taken against him/her," she said.

The development came in the backdrop of the final blood report from a Mumbai-based laboratory confirming one Tazeen Parween, a three-year-old girl of Balasore suffering from thalassemia, was transfused blood infected with Hepatitis C virus at Balasore district headquarters hospital recently.(Agencies)

13 arrested for 'parading couple naked' in Udaipur village Udaipur (Rajasthan), June 25 : As many as 13 people were arrested by theUdaipur Police in connection with parading a couple naked in Kasotia village under Kanod Police Station in Udaipu district.

As per reports, villagers allegedly kept them in captivity for two days in the naked condition and made them parade the village.

The couple - Lalu Ram of

Tekan village who had allegedly eloped with a married woman of Kasotia village - was taken hostage by the villagers at Bhatevar village three days back, who reportedly forced them to take off all their clothes, beat them and paraded them in the village in naked condition. Police came to know about the incident on Thursday morning and arrested 13 people in this connection. (ANI)

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Nepali workers in Afghanistan to leave country if security not ensured

Nepali workers in Afghanistan to leave country if security not ensured Kathmandu, June 25: Complaining that they couldn't communicate their problems with Nepal's acting ambassador to Afghanistan Tirtha Raj Aryal, Nepali migrant workers said they were considering leaving the war-torn country if they continued to feel insecure.

Aryal visited the British Embassy in Kabul on Friday to take stock of the situation of the Nepali security guards days after 12 Nepal citizens were killed in Kabul suicide attack.

"We are happy that our ambassador came to assess our situation. But we were not allowed to put forth our views in group," Kathmandu Post quoted a Nepali security guard deputed for the security of the British Embassy as saying over phone.

"Only two-three of our colleagues were allowed to speak. But they could not express our problems freely," the migrant worker added.

The Nepali workers had urged the Nepali Embassy to make arrangements for the ambassador to visit Anjuman Camp, where they reside.

Nearly 400 Nepali workers

reportedly have been deployed for the security of the British Embassy, diplomatic staffers, and Common Wealth Office in the Afghan capital by an American security services company, G4S Secure Solution.

Another Nepali working in Kabul for the past nine years said, "If only a few people are allowed to speak, we'll be targeted by the company. We want to tell the ambassador about the challenges we have been facing. But we didn't get an opportunity for it."

The Nepali guards expressed that they were worried about having to commute to their workplace from the camp without security and requested the Nepali embassy to ask the company to arrange for their stay in the same place where the others reside.

They also said that if they continue to feel insecure, they would consider leaving the country.

"It's hard for us to work in Afghanistan in the current situation," said another Nepali worker, adding that they were considering leaving the war-torn country if they continued to feel insecure. (ANI)

Suu Kyi vows to bring exiled countrymen home

Aung San Suu Kyi Bangkok, Jun 25: Aung San Suu Kyi vowed on Friday to work towards bringing home hundreds of thousands of Myanmar people who fled her impoverished and war-torn country under its former military leaders.

The democracy champion was speaking during her first visit as a state leader to neighbouring Thailand, where legions of low-paid Myanmar migrants prop up the economy with back-breaking labour.

Over 100,000 refugees who fled ethnic conflicts with the Myanmar army are also kept in Thai camps along the border.

"What we want is that all people displaced from our country should come back to us and should come back to the kind of conditions which they will never want to move again," Suu Kyi told a press conference in Bangkok.

"For this we will need to do a lot of work," she cautioned, stressing that it would take time to revive an economy battered by mismanagement under the former junta, whose five-decade reign plunged the country into brutal poverty.

"Job creation is of the greatest importance for our country. Everywhere I've been in Myanmar people have talked about their need for jobs," she said.

After a decades-long campaign against Myanmar's repressive military leaders that included years under house arrest, Suu Kyi is now steering the

country's first civilian government in generations after sweeping historic November polls.

She was speaking on Friday next to Thai junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who said the two governments would work together to repatriate the refugees when both sides agreed "the situation is right".

Most of the refugees in the camps are ethnic Karen displaced by a lengthy war with Myanmar's army. The violence abated following a 2012 ceasefire, but conflict with other ethnic rebel groups around the country continues.

The two leaders were speaking after signing an agreement aimed at bolstering rights for Thailand's Myanmar migrant labourers . Pushed across the border by economic desperation, many arrive in Thailand to find themselves at the mercy of abusive employers, corrupt officials and trafficking gangs.

But there is still a long way to go before economic opportunities and wages in their home country will match those available in Thailand.

On Thursday Suu Kyi received a rapturous welcome from thousands of her countrymen when she visited a seaport outside Bangkok, where tens of thousands of Myanmar migrants work in fish processing plants and on ships - often for less than the 300 baht (USD 8.5) minimum daily wage.

(Agencies)

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NEIGHBOURS

Pakistan must end majority Vs minority wordage, safeguard its non-Muslims Karachi, June 25: A Pakistan-based lawyer and freelance journalist has said that the successful tabling of two landmark private member bills -- the Sindh Minority Rights Commission Bill and the Criminal Law (Protection of Minorities) Bill -- in the Sindh Assembly, may not necessarily guarantee the safety and protection of the country's minority Hindu, Sikh and Christian communities.

In article published in the Express Tribune, Maria Kari has described both of these proposed Bills to be promising and progressive, but improbable in terms of eventual implementation because of a lack of political will, weak administration and corruption that defines Pakistan.

Praising Nand Kumar Goklani, a Hindu member of the Sindh Assembly, for tabling the two bills, Kari, however, said, "In its current form, the proposed law is promising and progressive. It comes with several built-in special

measures that would heighten protection of a victim of a marriage based on forced conversion. It grants the alleged convert an option to study comparative religions. It places a ban on reporting names or the locations of the alleged convert to increase protection of her and her family. It promises heightened security for the prosecution, its witnesses, and investigating officers.

"Most importantly, it promises a punishment to fit the crime: if a marriage is deemed to have been performed on the basis of a forced conversion, the court can fast-track divorce proceedings. Individuals found guilty of forceful conversion face a minimum five-year sentence that can extend to a life sentence. And those, such as the police or religious clerics, who are found guilty of making the marriage happen, face a minimum three-year sentence."

But she reminds one and all that every year in Pakistan over a thousand non-Muslim women are forced to convert to Islam, and these girls once ab-

Pakistan must end majority Vs minority wordage, safeguard its non-Muslims ducted from the safety of their homes and communities, are raped and then, usually, married off to their assailants who sneakily shield their nonconsensual sexual assault behind the veil of a nikkah-nama. Sometimes they are sold into the sex trade.

These girls or women, she further states, live in fear, rarely ever return to their families, and can almost never hope to receive any help from the police, the local clerics and the government often turns a blind eye to their plight.

So, the question that arises is - who does one turn to?

The Criminal Law (Pro-

tection of Minorities) Bill, Kari says tackles forced conversions directly.

"By making it illegal for a person under the age of 18 to change their religion, and by providing adults 21 days to make an independent decision on whether they do, in fact, wish to adopt a new faith.

The proposed bill hopes to counter the current practice whereby a victim shows up in front of a court, with little to no security, and testifies she converted independently and/or because she was in love with her perpetrator," she adds.

Pakistan, Kari reminds, has a track record of in-

troducing promising, progressive laws that then go on to collect dust on the shelves of law libraries, and she is convinced that these two private member bills will also face a similar fate.

"Poor implementation or, in many cases, a complete failure to implement, has rendered even the best of Pakistan's policies worthless. Implementing legislation sounds like a nobrainer. A law is proposed, the law is approved, and the law is implemented. Simple right? Not in Pakistan".

Why, because the agencies concerned with implementation remain so weak and overrun by corruption that it is well nigh impossible to achieve.

She concludes by saying that she is simply not convinced that the Sindh Assembly's (admittedly progressive) proposed legislations will accomplish much once they are passed and reach the implementation phase.

She suggests five steps to restore Pakistan's credibility as a democratic state as envisioned by its founder Mohammad Ali

Jinnah in 1947 and the promise of Article 25(1) of the Pakistani constitution.

Do away with the majority/minority wordage and in future legislation simply refer to your protected class of persons as nonMuslim or Muslim.

Turn up the heat on holding accountable our voted-in politicians and policymakers.

Ramp up the quality and availability of pro-bono services across Pakistan.

Make pro bono services attractive to young lawyers. Make current lawyers more competent by updating them on changes to the law and legal recourses available to victims of forced conversion.

New laws should not be confined or deliberated upon in the air conditioned halls of the Sindh Assembly, but need to be adopted by the streets i.e. masses, where they have been broken in the first place.

The rampant abuse against non-Muslims must stop in Pakistan, and these ground-breaking legislations in the Sindh Assembly are the way forward. (ANI)

We won't abandon nukes with US gun to our head: North Korea Possible Pyongyang , Jun 25: The top North Korean official for US relations on Friday said that his country is now a nuclear threat to be reckoned with, and Washington can expect more nuclear tests and missile launches like the ones earlier this week as long as it attempts to force his government's collapse through a policy of pressure and punishment.

"It's the United States that caused this issue," Han Song Ryol, director-general of the department of US affairs at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, told AP in his first interview with an American news organisation since as-

suming the post three years ago.

"They have to stop their military threats, sanctions and economic pressure. Without doing so, it's like they are telling us to reconcile while they are putting a gun to our forehead."

Han defended the North's test-launching on Wednesday of two medium-range ballistic missiles. Foreign military experts believe that, once perfected, such missiles could deliver nuclear warheads to US bases in Japan and possibly to major US military installations as far away as the Pacific island of Guam, where long-range US Air Force bombers are deployed.

The tests indicated tech-

nological advances in the North's missile capabilities. They were quickly condemned by Washington, Tokyo and Seoul as a "provocation" and a violation of United Nations resolutions.

State Department spokesman John Kirby said US policy calling for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula hasn't changed.

"The capabilities that the DPRK continues to pursue are doing nothing obviously to get us to that goal," he said. "We urge the North to take the necessary steps to prove that they're willing to return to the six-party talk process, so that we can get to that goal."

Han dismissed the criticism, saying North Ko-

rea has no choice but to build up its military deterrent as long as the world's largest superpower, and the country that first developed nuclear weapons, remains an enemy.

He noted that the US recently deployed nuclearpowered submarines and strategic bombers capable of dropping nuclear weapons on North Korea to the region, and earlier this year conducted training for precision airstrikes on North Korea's leadership, along with simulations of an advance into the capital, Pyongyang, with the South Korean military during joint annual exercises.

"This launch was a significant and novel step

that my country must take to produce a powerful nuclear deterrent," Han said. "The real provocation is coming from the United States. ... How can my country stand by and do nothing?"

Han said North Korea has never recognised a longstanding United Nations Security Council ban on its testing of nuclear weapons or longrange missiles, though the world body has ratified the resolutions and imposed heavy sanctions on North Korea for continuing them, including a round of new sanctions imposed after its latest nuclear test in January.

North Korea says that test was its first of an Hbomb. (Agencies)

Pakistan's moderate Muslims must question constitutional amendments that encourage extremism, intolerance Pak, June.25 : Moderate Muslims in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world must have the courage to question the establishment and the existing legal framework on how encouragement has been given to those who support both extremism and intolerance across the country.

In an article for The Diplomat, Zoha Waseem, a doctoral candidate at King's College London, has strongly questioned Pakistan's decision to declare the minority Ahmaddiya community as "non-Muslim" in violation of the principles of Islam, and called on all citizens of the country to abandon extremism and intolerance and promote inter-faith harmony and peaceful co-existence.

"The non-violent, nonextremist, 'silent moderate minority' of Muslims in Pakistan and elsewhere must turn to the proverbial pen. and question how our legal frameworks (such as the constitutional amendments in Pakistan) have only encouraged extremism and intolerance in our so-

Moderate Muslims in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world must have the courage to question the establishment and the existing legal framework cieties," Waseem writes in The Diplomat.

He adds, "The citizens of Pakistan, with respect to the spirits of all religions, must set examples of interfaith harmony, peaceful co-existence."

Elaborating on the issue of the Ahmaddiya community being declared as non Muslims, and on them repeatedly being attacked and massacred by the Sunni-dominant militia and terrorists, Waseem claims that this discrimination and genocidal perse-

cution of minority sects and minority religions in Pakistan can be attributed to a pre-partition political trajectory that espoused Islamic separatism centered around Sunni majoritarianism in the subcontinent.

He writes that despite the Ahmadis playing a key role in Pakistan's independence from India and backing the nation's founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah's political party All India Muslim League, the ruling

dispensations between 1947 and 2016 have consistently compromised the minority community's identity and security as citizens.

He recalls that the second constitutional amendment introduced and passed by the martial law regime of General Zia-ul-Haq, was done to appease religious opponents.

He declares that despite over four decades of ongoing persecution, the Ahmaddiyas have given Pakistan stalwarts such as former foreign minister Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan and theoretical physicist and Pakistan's first Nobel Prize winner in physics Dr. Abdus Salam.

"Unfortunately, the seeds of extremism have penetrated too deep into the fabric of the Pakistani state and society for them to be countered by haphazardly written counterterrorism plans. It will take no less than a generational effort to root out extremism and regain Islam's true message of peace, tolerance and respect for all faiths,"

Waseem states, adding that of the several products of religious extremism that plague Pakistan, sectarianism will remain the most dangerous one for the foreseeable future.

He says in his article that, "it is disheartening to see that the "jihad of the pen" (the ink of the scholar) lags far behind the "jihad of the sword" (the blood of the martyr), with the latter simply drowning out the voices of the former."

Declaring that the Muslim community has failed at large to promote, implement and empower Sufi codes of love and compassion, Waseem says that for countering the extremism narrative, a huge effort would need to take place at the "familial, societal and communal levels," adding that a bottom-up approach is required.

He concludes that the debate needs to taken at the local level, where knowledge must be shared and exchanged; where value, tolerance and acceptance of ethnic and religious diversity need to be actively encouraged and where forgiveness should be budded. (ANI)

MH370 wreckage found on Tanzanian island Canberra, Jun 25: Aircraft wreckage suspected to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been found on an island off Tanzania in East Africa, an Australian official said.

Federal Transport Minister Darren Chester issued a statement on Friday about the debris -- part of an aircraft wing -- found by locals on Pemba island, more than 6,000 km from the current search zone, news.com.au reported.

Pictures posted by Jamii Forums on Twitter showed the part is larger than anything else found to date that has been determined to "almost certainly" come from MH370 that vanished on March 8, 2014 on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people onboard.

Chester said the Australian Transport Safety Bureau was seeking further information on the debris to ascertain whether it was part of the Malaysia Airlines' aircraft.

If it is confirmed as being from MH370, it will be the furtherest north debris has been found to date.

Other items have been discovered on Reunion Island, Mauritius, Mozambique and South Africa.

Debris found in Madagascar earlier this month is still awaiting retrieval by Malaysia for examination.

Drift modelling undertaken

by University of Western Australia oceanographer Charitha Pattiaratchi showed it was possible debris from MH370 could have been carried as far as Pemba island.

Professor Pattiaratchi said it was more likely that debris would come up on an island than a beach "because an island collects things".

He said it was completely plausible that a section of wing from MH370 had now washed up on Pemba island, from the southern Indian Ocean.

Chester said officials from Malaysia, Australia and China met this week to discuss "a range of matters related to the search".

"Discussions were productive and will allow each country to brief their respective Minister ahead of a Ministerial Tripartite Meeting proposed for late July," he added.(Agnencies)

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India's Membership of SCO Will Strengthen Regional Security India recently signed the memorandum of obligation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

Speaking at the annual two-day summit, Prime (Photo: images.china) Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India's historical linkages with the region to drive home the point that the country's membership to the SCO would stretch the region's boundaries from the Pacific to Europe; and from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean. Modi further said that India would no doubt benefit from SCO's strengths in energy, natural resources and industry, but India's strong economy and its vast market could drive economic growth in the SCO region. The prime minister also vowed to adopt zero tolerance and a comprehensive approach in fighting terrorism at all levels. Pointing to Afghanistan, PM Modi said a stable, independent and peaceful Afghanistan is necessary for greater security and stability in SCO region. Modi who was on a two-day visit to attend the annual summit of the SCO with an aim to expand India's engagement with the China-dominated grouping in areas of security, defence and energy. Prime Minister Modi too raised the NSG issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping and asked the latter to view India's application for membership fairly, objectively and on merit.

At the summit, India too signed the SCO's Memorandum of Obligations, kick-starting the process of its accession into the group as a full member. And India will have to sign around 30 other documents in the course of the year to complete the process for membership.

Pakistan is also being inducted into SCO as a full member. The SCO is increasingly seen as a counterweight to NATO and its membership will help India have a greater say in issues relating to security and defence besides combating terrorism. India, one of the largest energy consuming countries in the world, is expected to get greater access to major gas and oil exploration projects in Central Asia once it becomes a member of the SCO. Many of the SCO countries have huge reserves of oil and natural gas. India's engagement with all SCO members will help in build a region which is an engine of economic growth for the world and is more stable and secure internally and strongly connected with other geographies. India's capacities in trade, investments, information and communication technology, space, agriculture, health care, small and medium scale industry can bring wide spread economic benefit to the SCO countries.

Tax Department May Arrest Wilful Defaulters and Auction Their Assets As per a report, challenged by increasing cases of defaulters who evade paying due taxes, the incometax department has asked officers not to shy away from invoking the rare provisions of arrest, detention and auctioning of attached assets of the accused. The Central Board of Direct Taxes, in a strategy paper for the current fiscal, has directed the tax department to use this provision, used rarely till now, stated under Section 276C (2) of the IT Act that stipulates action to ensure rigorous imprisonment for a period between three months and three years which may also carry a fine. The IT department has a designated official to execute these rare powers, called the Tax Recovery Officer (TRO) within its establishment. The machinery of the TRO should be strengthened by providing more infrastructure and manpower. The TROs should be further trained specifically for their work in order to increase their effectiveness. In respect of non-compliant defaulters, the provisions of arrest and detention as per the provisions of Rules 73 to 81 of Schedule II should be invoked by the TRO. "Stringent action can be taken in suitable cases including use of the provision for prosecution under section 276C(2) of the Act. The strategy papers act as a guiding light for the taxman for the financial year, in this case 201617. The directives have also asked the supervising authority of the TROs (Principal Commissioner of IT) to "monitor" their work "especially in the area of attachment and sale of property to ensure that the attached properties are sold within one year." The role of a TRO comes at the fag end in a tax evasion case when the demand raised by the department gets converted into wilful default. A TRO executes his power of arrest and detention when there is a chronic default.

That is why we see these provisions have been rarely invoked in the past. But now, more action on this front will be undertaken as defaults are becoming a menace ," an IT official explained. The instructions also make it clear to the TRO that in case of liquidation of assets there should be "prompt lodging of the claim" with the official liquidator and constant monitoring of the case in order to guard the interest of the revenue or the department. It has also been directed, as per the strategy paper, that supervisory officers "may instruct" the TRO or the Assessing Officer of a case to monitor cases which are being heard in the Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs). Whereas TRO should consider lodging of claims of outstanding demand in such cases before the DRT. And at any level of a default case, the department's interest of getting taxes is supreme and hence the TRO is being directed to pursue the cases upto the level of DRTs too. Getting revenue and due taxes from an entity is the ultimate aim of the IT department. By using these new strategies, the department also ensures that a strong message goes to all such people that the taxman will not let it go easily.

Pakistan, India, and the NSG: A Curious Case of Norms and Discrimination "The international nonproliferation regime has survived on pragmatism, discrimination, and a quantum of morality."

India and Pakistan recently applied for membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and their applications are being considered during the plenary meeting of the NSG in Seoul on June 24, 2016. This marks a new turn in the NSG-South Asia saga, which began with the Indiaspecific waiver from the NSG in 2008. Regardless of Pakistan's (and India's) r e m o t e chances of getting accepted into the 48member plurilateral export control arrangement, it is important to improve the overarching narratives surrounding this issue since 2008.

Both Pakistan and the United States have been pursuing conflicting narratives for about a decade regarding the implications of the 2005 Indo-U.S. nuclear deal for Pakistan and Pakistan's possible policy options. The whole discussion of the last ten years boils down to two differing frameworks.

Pakistan has viewed this development from the framework of international discrimination based on an expectation of "fair treatment" from the nonproliferation regime and the United States.

On the other hand, predominant literature from the West (especially the U.S.) suggests, since Pakistan cannot match the commercial potential of India, it will have to improve its "nonproliferation credentials" to be considered for NSG membership - or, more broadly, to be considered a "normal nuclear state."

Both these concepts are underdeveloped. Discrimination in the context of nonproliferation regime is a non-linear concept and means different things for different states. The idea of "nonproliferation credentials" is an equally fluid concept, leading both Pakistan and the United States to come to completely different conclusions on what may be considered Pakistan's positive nonproliferation credentials.

Pakistan's narrative vis-Ă -vis the NSG waiver given to India

has been that it will create strategic imbalance in South Asia and that Pakistan's nuclear program is being discriminated against. It is true that an Indiaspecific waiver from NSG then and unconditional support for India to become a member of NSG now is a discriminatory development against Pakistan.

However, this narrative implies that an equal treatment of

nature of the regime per se.

Discrimination is inherent to international anarchic system that prevails in the world. The international nonproliferation regime has survived on pragmatism, discrimination, and a quantum of morality. It is anybody's guess which states deserve pragmatism and which deserve discrimination from the regime; moral arguments against the spread of nuclear weapons can be molded accordingly.

Pakistan's national narrative has been that it is a reluctant entrant to the nuclear club and its policies have always been responsive to those of India.

Even then Pakistan has been hyphenated with India when being penalized or sanctioned, and de-hyphenated when being rewarded. The Indo-U.S. deal of 2005 is a clear case in point. However, this was not the first case of discrimination against Pakistan's nuclear program. There is a history of threats and of slapping and lifting sanctions on Pakistan's nuclear program that had little or no relation to Pakistan's so called nonproliferation credentials.

The basic criterion for any future membership in the NSG is defined philosophically, in terms of whether the potential new membership would be a net positive for the nonproliferation regime. Yet the yardstick for measuring if the prospective member is contributing to the nonproliferation regime is extremely difficult to create. One example of how difficult the task can be is coming to a clear answer for the following question: Does it harm the nonproliferation regime to bring a non-NPT member nuclear weapons state to the NSG that also does not adopt full scope safeguards or does it benefit the NSG to formally include a potential supplier of dual use nuclear technology that is currently running a complete fuel cycle independently?

Sobia Paracha and Christine Leah India and Pakistan will diminish the effects of double standards that are inherent to both the NPT and the encompassing international system.

Being a part of the same system under the NPT, it is a legal right for some states to possess nuclear weapons and for others to shun them. Both commit not to conduct proliferation. Proliferation is both horizontal and vertical; however, the so called international norms are strictly followed in terms of horizontal proliferation (spreading nuclear weapons technology) and little or no consideration is given to the issue of vertical proliferation (arms buildup).

Strong states like the United States can acquire nuclear weapons, deploy them outside their territories, and provide a nuclear umbrella to other states - and all this can be done comfortably within the legal limits of the NPT. For other states, like Iran, possession of even a latent capability is in conflict with its nonproliferation commitments. Such is the nature of the nonproliferation regime that it obscures, instead of highlighting, what the positive nonproliferation credentials of states should be. Hypothetically, the nonproliferation credentials of one state can practically be the opposite of the other and still both will be positively pursuing the goal of nonproliferation.

There is nothing new about the analysis that has been presented here. Nor the purpose is to deride the NPT, but to highlight the discriminatory

It is understandable as a prin-

Barack Obama and Narendra Modi at the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit.

(Photo: Image by Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com) ciple that both India and Pakistan's inclusion in the NSG should strengthen the nonproliferation regime instead of making it weak. But how much has the NSG contributed to controlling the arms buildup in nuclear weapons states, that it can now ask for India and Pakistan to limit fissile materials production? Is it even NSG's mandate to ask Pakistan and India to support the fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) or Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)? Do all NSG members support FMCT and CTBT at the moment? Would it not be discriminatory against states that have signed the NPT and comply with it if two new nuclear weapons states without NPT membership are included in the NSG? Then there is the question of how to measure the appropriateness of the criterion proposed - for example the condition that Pakistan should create and actively support programs to suppress and combat domestic terrorism to make a strong case for NSG membership. Ignoring for a moment the dynamics of terrorism within South Asia, is it even the NSG's mandate to

Profile of a Tea Woman: Behind the Cup that cheers Part VI ther. She knew no amount of good advises will yield any result , Budhna will always be defensive and will try to justify his actions.

Mangri thought it was going to be dark shortly, may be some Kanakeswar Sensowa there rain. Before that she This unarmed Budhna. He must bring the cloths which knew that he had no valid an- were placed for drying. She swer. Yet he was not in a asked Raghu and Chutki to mood to accept defeat. He collect them soon. She then replied-- "forget it, we are went to take bath to cook the fortified with PF and Gratu- evening meal. She reflected, ity .Besides we can also get many of her colleagues do not PF advance as and when waste time in bathing in the neede. If the Management evening, but she cannot but declines to give, we have our take a good bath in the Union . I will go to them, evening . She consider cookthey will be bound to take up ing without taking bath ,esour cause, or else we will not pecially after coming back pay our subscription . In fact from the plantation is not the Sramiksangha union has proper . The plantation field been pestering me to join remains dirty with the human and animal excretes. Except their union."

Mangri did not want to ex- for cow dung, all excretes are tend the argument any fur- impure. So she religiously take

bath before approaching the kitchen. After taking bath, she straight away went to the kitchen made fire and prepared rice and a mixed curry simultaneously intending to serve it later. Because she thought that if the children are given food now they will not study and being sleepy they will go to bed. So she declared -"Raghu and Chutki -your food is ready but you will have to finish your home work and then only I will give you food" .

Raghu replied quickly -" Ma I have almost finished my maths but Chutki is only playing with the kitten" This enraged Chutki , she shot back -" No ma, Raghu is lying , actually the kitten came to me only once I dropped it outside the door and there after I am writing the Assamese Alphabets" Now Mangri thought that the

quarrel would continue unless she intervenes. She with a tone of reconciliation commented "OK I know what is going on, now both of you concentrate in your studies. I am going to make your bed."

Saying so Mangri sliced three potatoes and an onion and fried them in two spoonful of mastered oil and added some salt and a green chilly taking care not to make it too hot so that it does not burn the tender palates of the children. Mangri placed the food on the dishes and kept on the floor which is separated from the kitchen . There is also place near the kitchen for eating , but Mangri thinks that one should not eat in the same place where cooking is done.

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ask Pakistan to dismantle the alleged terrorist outfits on its territories? How far beyond the NSG's official mandate should the negotiations go to make sure the new members' addition will strengthen the "nonproliferation regime"?

These, along with many questions put forth by Mark Hibbs in his recent article need to be answered to have a viable discussion on the membership of India and Pakistan without decaying the nonproliferation regime.

The only positive at the moment about the feverish NSGrelated discussions is the emphasis of the nonproliferation lobby in the West on adopting a criteria-based approach for any future memberships in the NSG. A lot of homework still needs to be done on the possibility of universal criteria for future members, what the criteria should be, and how they should be devised.

One future scenario could be the new members' inclusion based on geopolitical and geoeconomic considerations instead of international norms.

This has already been done in the case of the India-specific waiver from the NSG in 2008

TRUTHOSOPHY Generally, in an overtly materialistic world driven by vulgar and self-maddening consumerism, craTagam ziness to e a r n quick ill gotten wealth will drive people to unite and try to shield certain illegal and immoral acts by other graver such kind of acts.

However such sinful unions and activities will collapse that much easier and all the perpetrators will falter like nine pins sooner towards self-destruction and ignominy.

Because howsoever strong the immoral ac-

Illegal Land Grabbers of Kaziranga

Image for representational purpose (Photo: kaziranga.assam.gov)

Sir, Our Forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma in her last interaction with the media did not seem to bother much about the illegal land-grabbers in Kaziranga National Park by the dubious nationals. In reply to a question to the media the minister did not show that much seriousness in respect of eviction of the illegal land-grabbers. But the Governor during his visit to Kaziranga voiced his concern about the land-grabbers emphasizing on their eviction. The foreign national issue is a serious one and our dignified leaders while commenting on the issue have to maintain unanimity. Much hullabaloo over the issue has already convulsed Assam. our main objection is against those infiltrating into Assam after 1971. But unfortunately, due to tacit political patronage from certain quarters, the infiltration has been occurring unabated, par-

that would lead to a technically new category of IAEA safeguards accommodating the Indian needs (read: demands).

Nevertheless, the India-specific waiver in 2008 did not see a strong pushback from Pakistan. Islamabad was under the impression that once the principle of adopting a nonproliferation related criterion for engagement with the three de facto nuclear states had been ignored, it would be easier for Pakistan to be mainstreamed as well. The last decade of Pakistan's strategic dialogue with the United States has proved the contrary.

It should be noted that once a 2008 type exception is made, the United States and India are likely to renege on their assurances of applying the same criteria for other non-NPT States.

Instead of considering nonNPT States by creating exceptions, the NSG's participating governments should first decide what the criteria should be for such states. The group was created because of India's peaceful nuclear explosion in 1975. The NSG, with or without Pakistan, will lose its meaning if it fails to remember the reason for its existence.

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tivities may gain in strength, with that much intensity the power of God builds up to demolish all evils.

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The perpetrators of immoral and evil activities shall be the one's to prove it fast and as correct.

It will be clearly remembered since told.

And the best solution is to go towards the path of Lord of Universe, go with utmost humility, seek forgiveness from and against whom all evils acts committed and graciously reconcile the differences.

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ticularly during the last regime. Mrinal Saikia, the BJP M.L.A. from Khumtai did everything possible legally to ensure eviction from Kaziranga National Park. But certain inauspicious power with tacit political backing foiled all the efforts during the last regime. We are still sanguine that further enquiry Letters to the into the misdeeds of Mohot Talukdar, editor and articles the suspended DFO might unveil cer- should be sent to : tain startling revelation on the issue of The Eastern Toillegal settlers also. We appeal to the day Present ruling dispensation through Chowkidingee, your esteemed daily to take appropriate measures.

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DIBRUGARH, SUNDAY, JUNE 26

Various Jobs in Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, June 2016 Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. Last Date: 30/06/2016.

Applications are invited from Indian citizens for direct recruitment of Assoc. Deans, Lakhimpur College of Vety. Science and Biswanath College of Agriculture/Assoc. Director of Extension Education (Publication and Information/Training)/Associate Director of Research/Deputy Registrar (Personnel)/Lady Medical Officer/Secretary to Vice Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat.

1. Associate Dean (Tenure post of 5 years) Pay : Rs. 37,400 67,000/ + Grade pay 10,000/ p.m. (UGC) (a) Biswanath College of Agriculture, Biswanath Chariali (b) Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science, Joyhing, North Lakhimpur 2. Associate Director of Extn. Education (Publication and Information), AAU, Jorhat (Tenure post of 5 years) Pay : Rs. 37,400 67,000/ + Grade pay 10,000/ p.m. (UGC) 3. Associate Director of Extn. Education (Training), AAU, Jorhat. (Tenure post of 5 years) Pay : Rs. 37,400 67,000/ + Grade pay 10,000/ p.m. (UGC) 4. Associate Director of Research, (Tenure post of 5 years) Pay : Rs. Rs. 37,400 67,000.00 + Grade Pay of Rs. 10,000/ p.m. (UGC) 5. Deputy Registrar (Personnel), AAU, Jorhat Pay : Rs. 12,000/ 40,000/ + Grade pay of Rs. 6,300/p.m.

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North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) recruits Medical Physicist/ Staff Nurse/ Senior Stenographer/ Multi Tasking Staff in Shillong June 2016 Eligibility : Certificate Course (ITI), 10th Std. (SSC), 12th (HSC) , M.Sc (Phy) Location : Shillong Last Date : 08 Jul 2016 Hiring Process : Written-test, Face to Face Interview Medical Physicist/ Staff Nurse/ Senior Stenographer/ Multi Tasking Staff in North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) Special recruitment drive for filling up of vacancies for the Persons with Disability (PWDs).

Medical Physicist No. of Post : 1 (OBC) (Reserved for Physically Handicapped) (OL) Qualification : 1. M.Sc in Medical Physics or equivalent from a recognized University. Or 2. (i) M.Sc in Physics from a recognized University. (ii)A post Graduate diploma/ degree in Radiological/Medical Physics from a recognized university/institution.

Pay Band & Grade Pay : PB-3 Rs. 15,600-39,100/- Grade Pay Rs. 5,400/Age Limit : Not exceeding 35 years Staff Nurse No. of Posts : 3 (1- Reserved for Physically Handicapped (OL) & 2- Reserved for Hearing Handicapped) Qualification: 1. Matriculation or its equivalent from a recognized University/Board.

2. Certificate in General Nursing & Midwifery from a recognized Institute or equivalent qualifications for male nurse. 3. Should be registered as 'A' grade Nurse & Midwifery with a State Nursing Council or equivalent qualification for male nurse.

Pay Band & Grade Pay: PB-2 Rs. 9,300-34,800/- GP Rs. 4,600/-

Age Limit: Not exceeding 35 years Senior Stenographer No. of Post: 1 (Reserved for Visually Handicapped) (B.LV) Qualification: 1. 12th class pass or equivalent from a recognized Board/University.

2. Skill Test Norms Dictation: 10 minutes at the rate of hundred words per minute.

Transcription: 40 minutes (English) or 55 minutes (Hindi) on computers Pay Band & Grade Pay: PB -2 Rs. 9300 - 34,800/- GP Rs. 4,200/Age Limit: Not exceeding 30 years Multi Tasking Staff No. of Post: 1 UR (Reserved for Physically Handicapped (OL.OA) Qualification: Matriculation or equivalent pass from a recognized Board/ University OrIndustrial Training Institute (ITI) Passed.

Pay Band & Grade Pay: PB -1 Rs. 5200 - 20,200/- GP Rs. 1,800/Not exceeding 25 years.

Selection Procedure: Only shortlisted candidates will be called for the skill/written test/interview as the Institute deemed fit.

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 and Medical Sciences, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong - 793018 superscribing "Application for the post of ……………………..". Prescribed proforma of application form can be downloaded in PDF format from Institute's website. The last date of submission of applications is 8th July, 2016. Eligible/suitable candidates are requested to submit their applications in the prescribed format along with attested copies of certificates & testimonials, two copies of recent passport size photograph.

APDCL Recruitment notification about for filling up Chief General Manager job vacancies under Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (ASEB Assam) Successor Companies of the erstwhile ASEB in its corporate office needs dynamic and experienced professionals in Finance and Accounts for filling up the following post.

1. Chief General Manager (F&A) in AEGCL = 1 Job Description and Responsibilities : The Chief General Manager (F&A) post is the top post of Finance & Accounts Wing of AEGCL and report to the Managing Director directly. The of?cer is overall incharge of Finance & Accounts Wing of AEGCL and is responsible for formulating and implementing ?nance policies of the Corporation.

Educational quali?cation : The candidate should posses a degree from a recognized University and should be a Chartered Accountant or a Cost Accountant from a recognized University / Institution.

Experience : The candidate should have not less than 10 years of adequate experience at a senior level of management in corporate ?nancial management and accounts including Cost and Budgetary Control, Institutional Finance and Working Capital Management in large Industrial and Commercial undertakings including Public Sector Undertakings and capable to hold independent charge of Finance and Accounts. Preference may be given to those who have experience in the Power Sector.

Pay and Allowances : Pay Band Rs. 14,200/- to Rs. 45,000/- and Grade Pay of Rs. 7.600/- plus DA @ 125%.

HRA @ 15%, Medical Allowance Rs. 600/-, Electricity Allowance Rs. 750/- as admissible as per Company rules in force from time to time.

Age as on 01-06-2016: " Internal: Minimum 45 years and maximum 52 years " Others: Minimum 45 years and maximum 55 years Application Fee: The candidate should pay the application fee of Rs. 500/- only for General categories and Rs. 250/- only for SC, ST(P) & ST(H) categories. The fee should be in the mode of IPO I Bank Draft Selection Procedure: The candidates will have to appear before the Selection Committee of the Corporation at Guwahati at their own cost.

Submission of applications: Prospective candidates should submit their application with full bio-data, with self attested copies of testimonials along with 2 nos. recent passport size photographs to the undersigned within the candidates should submit their application through proper channel.

Application may also be sent to the following email address: cgmhraapdcl@yahoo.com Last date: 30 days from the date of publication of this employment notice (i.e. 09-07-2016).

How to get a job in an NGO Career Needs the Right Path Working in development is an attractive option for people around the world. The sector has grown significantly over the past two decades as organisations have become larger, more sophisticated and increasingly professionalised.

Working for an NGO provides an opportunity to make a difference, support others in need and create positive change in communities the world over.

NGOs operate just like any other business, they have people working in accounting, management, fundraising and operations. Whilst the larger international development organisations, such as UNICEF, OXFAM and Save the Children, maintain whole departments for marketing, logistics, public relations, business development, human relations, product development, legal and more.

There are tens of thousands of opportunities advertised in NGOs every year, but the first thing you need to do is decide exactly what it is you want to do. What do you want to achieve? What drives you?

What change do you want to see in the world? Take time to understand what motivates you and what will give you job satisfaction.

This will help you to significantly narrow down the type of work you want to do and what types of organisations you want to work for. Whether you want to work with refugees, animals, children, disabled people, victims of war, the elderly or any other cause that you can think of, there will be an NGO providing solutions and opportunities.

Securing a job in an NGO is competitive and just like any other it is your personal qualities, skills, knowledge and experience that will determine whether you can get your foot on that first step of the ladder.

Invest in yourself and develop

skills that are valuable to the role you want to do and the organisation you want to work for.

Look for jobs you might be interested and note what skills or experience they are looking for. You can look at entry level jobs to get an understanding of the basic requirements but look too at more senior positions to establish an appreciation of what experience and qualities you may need in the future.

Professional Development Invest in your future by developing professional skills that are relevant and in demand for the role and organisation you want to work for. Some of the

work in the field who are able to converse in indigenous dialects.

Cultural Understanding: Respect for other cultures and ways of life are expected by almost every NGO but these skills are critical for certain types of development work including emergency relief, rural development, women's empowerment and others. For some people these qualities come fairly naturally, for others they are a skill that can be developed with the right training, knowledge and experience.

Work experience: Not only does a work experience arrangement provide you with valu-

Representational image (Photo: maafoundation) most valuable skills that can enhance your NGO career propects are outlined below: Speak another language: Being able to speak a second language is not always critical depending on your role and organisation. For example, if you plan as working in accounting within a domestic NGO it may not be especially beneficial at all. But if you want to work for an NGO in the Middle East you are likely going to need at least a good understanding of Arabic. Whilst development organisations that work with grassroots communities often seek individuals to

able experience that can help you land a job in development, it can also provide valuable insight into what type of work you would like to do within an NGO. Some larger NGOs offer internship opportunities that often pay some costs and enable you to learn the ropes from the inside, work alongside experienced professionals and align yourself with a reputable organisation. You can find internship opportunities on most NGOs websites otherwise you can always make contact with them by phone or email to discuss how you might be able to support them.

Volunteering: By far the most common method of gaining suitable experience for work in an NGO is simply by volunteering for one. Even just a few hours a week can make a big impact on you over a short term, helping you to understand your skills and enhance your CV. Volunteers contributes millions of hours a week in work in every country in the world. Many NGOs simply couldn't survive without the dedicated time and support of a network of volunteers that enable NGOs to do certain work for less and therefore enable more money to be spent on their development work.

You can discover volunteering opportunities in NGOs around the world using NGOs own websites or some of the listed sites below: " United Nations Volunteers " World Wide Helpers " Volunteer Service Overseas Finding a Job Ultimately, finding a job within an NGO is similar to finding a job in any other industry. After you know the role you want to work in and the field your chosen organisation works in it is time to start job hunting. The d best place to look is online whether it is on NGOs own websites or using a dedicated jobs site. There are a number of websites that offer development jobs around the world, a few of the best are listed below. " JobsinNGOs " United Nations Careers " Aid Workers " Idealist " Devex " Relief Web It doesn't matter what your experience is, if you have the passion to support people you can find a job in an NGO. If you have any questions feel free to ask us in the comments section and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

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Since a person's career is a very personal choice and reflects his or her personality, creativity, interests, and goals, it is sometimes beneficial if one begins by choosing a career path, instead of a career Today, people do not choose one career. They choose career paths that can twist and turn to meet the changing economy. Statistics show that in recent years people change careers at least three to four times in their lifetimes, and they hold an average of seven jobs Many times the person is not aware of his or her own strengths and abilities that translate into marketable skills.

The key to a successful job search is marketing transferable skills to prospective employers and contacts. A wide variety of jobs do exist in today's marketplace for general and liberal arts graduates in such fields as sales, management, and government. In order to be hired into these positions, recent graduates must be able to communicate their transferable skills developed through college courses, internships, professional organizations, work study programs, and part-time jobs Subham Chakraborty a student of Journalism and Mass Communication in Amity University, Guru Gram, Haryana, says, "The day I passed my 12th I have decided to start my career with good communication skills and to know about my country first and then the whole world. This opportunity will I get through this course only. My first preference is photography. And as I have already said that I want good communication skills so firstly I am taking the skills and after that I will take photography as my profession. This course may help you to know about

your surroundings and the situation of your country. Now a day you can know about your country by watching news channels and reading newspapers. But the news channels and the newspapers are that news which is writing by the agencies and what the reporters are giving. It may be false or true. But if you take this course you may know about the root of the country you are living in. You can be aware of your society and your surroundings perfectly".

The benefits of the course are: " Improves communication skills. " Improves the opportunities to know more about your society and the surroundings. " Improve your ability for persuading the humans. " Take out your weakness and make it your strengths. " Gives opportunities for good career. " You can make your choices or dreams come true in media path.

There are many colleges for Journalism and Mass Communication in India. The top 10 colleges in India would be: 1.

Symbiosis Institute Of Media And Communication, Pune 2.

Lady Shri Ram College For Women, Delhi 3.

Christ University, Bangalore 4.

Manipal Institute Of Communication, Manipal 5.

Amity School Of Communication, Noida 6.

Delhi College Of Arts And Science, New Delhi 7.

Indraprastha College For women, New Delhi 8.

K.C.College Of Arts, Science And Commerce, Mumbai 9.

Kamala Nehru Col-

Subham Chakraborty

lege For Women, Delhi 10.

Madras Christian College, Chennai Who are interested in this course they can join any of this college. All of this college is provide this major job profile: 1.

Fashion Photographer 2.

Film Director 3.

TV Correspondent 4.

Producer 5.

Radio Jockey/RJ 6.

Screen Writer 7.

Sound Engineer 8.

Sound Mixer And

8.

Big Entertainment The job profile are good and as you being having a good profile job with you. As you became experienced you would get more offerings from good companies and after all who don't want good profile and money. So as money is secondary the first part is who to choose for higher studies. So, no need to worry about this tension you can search on net and go for the reputed one. You can also study the prospectus of the college whom you are

Career trouble? (Photo: alumnicareerservices) Sound Recordist 9.

Special Correspondent 10.

Video Jockey 11.

Art Director 12.

Editor 13.

Event Manager 14.

Public Relation Officer The Top Companies they preferred: 1.

Hindustan Times Group Of Publication 2.

NDTV Network 3.

ZEE TV Network 4.

Times Of India Publication Group 5.

Viacom 6.

BBC 7.

TV 18 Group

choosing.

So what are you waiting for go, search, apply and join.

Where you passed, for good job you have to pass from a good college and for colleges it doesn't matters that from where you have passed higher secondary. The college only wants to give full support and full opportunities for making your career brighter. Now this is your time to choose your college and step forward for your career path. The three main aims of yours should be hard work, hard work and hard work. Prepare yourself and make your dreams your profession.

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BUSINESS

India's largest Phos Acid importer signs deal worth USD 600 per mt ANI New Delhi, Jun 25: Amongst a grim market saga being acted out in the global Phosphoric Acid trade market.

IFFCO, which is India's biggest fertilizer player and the largest Phosphoric Acid importer announced its agreement to import Phosphoric Acid at a price of USD 600 per metric tonne CFR with 30 days credit for Q2 and Q3 of 2016.

"Average CFR DAP price for India has been steadily falling from USD 400- USD 410 lev-

Changes in FDI policy informed by Govt.

New Delhi, Jun 25: The government today notified changes in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy in sectors including pharmaceuticals, defence and singlebrand retail. These decisions were announced earlier in the week with a view to make India more investor friendly and an attractive FDI destination. "The decision will take immediate effect," the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) said in a press note. The changes in the policy include allowing 100 per cent FDI under government approval route for trading, including through e-commerce, in respect of food products manufactured and/ or produced in India. To attract investment in the defence sector, the government has removed the condition of 'stateof-art' technology, besides permitting foreign investment in manufacturing of small arms and ammunitions. The government has also permitted 100 per cent FDI through automatic route in broadcasting carriage services like teleports, direct-to-home and mobile TV. In a significant reform move, the government allowed 100 per cent FDI in airlines and relaxed norms for overseas investments in brownfield airports. In private security agencies, FDI limit was raised to 74 per cent from 49 per cent earlier.

In single-brand retail trading, the government said the mandatory local sourcing norm for foreign firms "will not be applicable up to three years from commencement of the business i.e opening of the first store for entities undertaking single brand retail trading of products have 'state of art' and 'cutting edge' technology and where local souring is not possible". After completion of the exemption period, the foreign company in the next five years will have to meet the domestic sourcing norm at an annualised average rate of 30 per cent. Thereafter, they have to comply with the norm on an annual basis.

The DIPP also notified the changes in pharmaceuticals, in which government has allowed FDI upto 74 per cent through automatic route and beyond that under government approval.

The government has also relaxed the norms in animal husbandry sector.

FDI into the country grew by 29 per cent to $40 billion in 2015-16.

(Agencies)

LARGEST TILL DATE Amongst a grim market saga being acted out in the global Phosphoric Acid trade market.

IFFCO, which is India's biggest fertilizer player and the largest Phosphoric Acid importer announced its agreement to import Phosphoric Acid at a price of USD 600 per metric tonne CFR with 30 days credit for Q2 and Q3 of 2016.

Average CFR DAP price for India has been steadily falling from USD 400- USD 410 levels in January, 2016 to around USD 340-USD 350 levels at present.

India is one of the largest importer of Phosphoric Acid in the world with over two million metric tonne imported in 2015-16 out of which IFFCOs share stands at 41 percent or about 825,000 MT.

els in January, 2016 to around USD 340-USD 350 levels at present," said Managing Director of IFFCO, Dr. U S Awasthi.

"At these levels the price of Phosphoric Acid import should be around USD 500 per tonne but the suppliers especially the big ones have been adamant at not reducing the price of Phosphoric Acid ( an essential raw material to produce DAP) from USD 715 in Q1 of 2016 to even USD 600 for Q2 of 2016.

Some even went to the extent of 'threatening' to stop supply to India," added Awasthi. Elaborating on the matter further Dr. Awasthi went on to say that IFFCO is a large farmers organization which is welfare driven.

Therefore, we can't pass on the rise in raw material prices to the farmers. So our demand of reducing the import price of Phosphoric Acid was reasonable and justified. "We work with our suppliers as partners

but if some of them expect that we will buckle under any pressure then let me make it absolutely clear to them that we will not, that is not how IFFCO functions," he added.

India is one of the largest importer of Phosphoric Acid in the world with over two million metric tonne imported in 2015-16 out of which IFFCOs share stands at 41 percent or about 825,000 MT. Making IFFCO a strategic player in the global Phosphoric Acid trade.

Upfront fares rolled out by Uber in India, US Bengaluru, Jun 25: Cabhailing app Uber said it will now present its riders in the US and in some parts of India with 'upfront fare', making it easier for customers to see how much they will have to pay for a ride. The fare will be calculated on the basis of expected travel time, distance, traffic, surge and tolls where applicable. The move will also help the US-based firm address its Achilles' heel 'surge pricing' that has received criticism from many users as well as governments like Karnataka. "We moved to upfront, per trip fares just like airlines and hotels two years ago when we launched uberPOOL... So

in April, we began slowly introducing upfront fares for regular uberX trips in cities across the US and more recently in India, with more to follow," Uber product managers Arundhati Singh and Dennis Zhao said in a blogpost.

To date, hundreds of thousands of riders have experienced upfront fares as part of this rollout, it added. An Uber India spokesperson said that "Uber has been testing upfront fares for a small segment of riders across five cities in India since the beginning of this month".

"These cities include New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai," she added. The company plans to roll out the

changes to pricing in the app globally over the next few months, including other cities in India. In the US, upfront payment feature is available in six cities -- New York City, Miami, San Diego, Philadelphia, Seattle and New Jersey. While booking the ride, customers had to mandatorily enter their destinations, which allowed Uber to calculate the fare in advance and show it to riders before they book their ride. "Knowing how much a ride will cost in advance is clearly something riders appreciate: today uberPOOL accounts for over 20 per cent of all rides globally.

And we now want more riders globally to benefit

from this feature," the blogpost said. In India, 25 percent of Uber's rides in Delhi and Bengaluru are through uberPOOL. Uber had launched uberPOOL in San Francisco almost two years ago, where the upfront fare feature was introduced for the first time. The company is now taking this product feature to riders across uberGO, uberX and other Uber services. With the new version of the app, the lightning-bolt icon previously used to indicate surge pricing on Uber will go away. Previously, Uber has defended surge pricing saying it balances demand and supply and that it is always transparent about exactly how much

more it is charging customers than the normal fare. Karnataka has already barred app-based cab companies from charging surge pricing. "(Now) when fares go up due to increased demand, instead of surge lightning bolts and pop-up screens, riders are given the actual fare before they request their ride. There's no complicated math and no surprises: passengers can just sit back and enjoy the ride," the blogpost said.

With upfront price feature surge still remains a component of how a rider is charged for his trip but will not see the surge multipliers and the icon in-app, the spokesperson said.

(Agencies)

Price of gold reaches Rs. 32,000; zooms Rs. 1,944 on Brexit gm in 7,153 lots. Market analysts attributed rise in

Image for representational purpose. (Photo: militarymilestones) Chennai, Jun 25: Gold prices breached the Rs. 32,000 per 10 gram mark by climbing Rs 1,944 per 10 gram in futures trade amid a firm global trend as the rupee breached the 68-mark against the dollar. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold

for delivery in far-month October went up by Rs 1,941 or 6.45 per cent to trade at Rs 32,103 per 10 gram in a business turnover 544 lots. Similarly, the yellow metal for delivery in August surged

by Rs 1,935 or 6.47 per cent to Rs 31,849 per 10

metal expensive. Besides, a firming trend in global markets where gold surged to the highACTION & REACTION est level in more than two Gold prices breached the Rs. 32,000 per 10 years in a frantic global gram mark by climbing Rs 1,944 per 10 gram hunt for haven assets as in futures trade amid a firm global trend as the Britain's voters were prorupee breached the 68-mark against the dol- jected to back leaving the European Union after a lar. historic poll, supported the At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for upside, they added. Dedelivery in far-month October went up by Rs mand for safe haven as1,941 or 6.45 per cent to trade at Rs 32,103 sets like gold soared as the Britain's pound plumper 10 gram in a business turnover 544 lots. meted to its lowest level Similarly, the yellow metal for delivery in in more than three deAugust surged by Rs 1,935 or 6.47 per cent to cades after Brexit vote, pulling down financial Rs 31,849 per 10 gm in 7,153 lots. markets globally. MeanMeanwhile, gold climbed 8.1 per cent to while, gold climbed 8.1 $1,358.54 an ounce in London, the highest per cent to $1,358.54 an level since March 2014. The rally was the big- ounce in London, the highest level since March gest daily jump since 2008.

2014. The rally was the gold prices at futures by plunging 96 paise, mak- biggest daily jump since trade to sliding rupee ing dollar-quoted precious 2008. (Agencies)

the audio. Therefore, not only how content is viewed but also heard on a smartphone becomes critical from a consumer perspective and an area that most smartphone manufacturers have not shifted their focus on. Le Max2 features a clear edge as compared to Samsung's Galaxy S7 and iPhone 6s Plus are its superlative specs, one of them being its pioneering CDLA technology. In its second generation Superphone, LeEco has ditched the 3.5mm audio jack, and has instead opted for a USB Type-C port.

The new CDLA music standard is all set to redefine audio experience in smartphones with its breakthrough technology and intelligence. As competition surges in the smartphone industry, it

Image for representational purpose. (Photo: techradar) becomes imperative for phone manufacturers to offer a distinct benefit proposition to users, but minus the hefty premiums that are usually attached to such unique features.

Keeping this in mind, players like LeEco have taken impressive steps to

Australian banker jailed for a year for insider trading

Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft. (Photo: cdn.newsapi)

ANI Sydney (Australia), Jun 25:An Australian banker has been jailed for at least a year for insider trading that netted him 1.43 million Australian dollars (1.04 million U.S. dollars). Oliver Curtis, 30, was convicted for making illicit trades based on confidential information provided by his highschool friend, a former Orion Assets employee, John Hartman for 13 months between May 2007 and June 2008.

Hartman, who executed trades on behalf of Orion, sent Curtis messages directing him to buy or sell particular stocks for a particular number of

Contracts For Difference (CFDs) at specific times.

The sentence was welcomed by Australia's securities regulator as a reinforcement of its efforts to pursue complex trading cases no matter how long they take. "My message to the market as always is that ASIC will continue to take strong enforcement action against those that conduct insider trading to make sure that our markets are fair, orderly and transparent," Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft told reporters in Sydney after the sentence was handed down.

TECHONOLOGY

Qicycle, a foldable electric smart bike unveiled by Xiaomi

which tumbled to a low of Rs 68.21 (intra-day)

LeEco's Le Max2 outshines 'Galaxy S7', 'iPhone 6s Plus' with CDLA Technology ANI New Delhi, Jun 25: LeEco's second generation Superphone, Le Max2 has created substantial buzz in the smartphone industry in India, leaving its competitors far behind.

Powered by unmatched specs, sublime aesthetics besides pioneering technology that is futuristic, Le Max2 has a definitive edge against Samsung's Galaxy S7 and iPhone 6s Plus. In a fast-paced world where people are 24*7 glued to their smartphones viewing content in some form or the other, a common scenario faced by most people is how they get an enriching experience. With the growth in content consumption on the go, millennial demand that the overall video experience on their smartphones is well complemented with

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ensure that their second generation Superphone Le Max2 that offers users an unmatched audio experience. An apples-to-apples comparison also shows that Le Max2 wins hands down when it comes to its display and camera quality and storage capacity, in ad-

dition to flaunting the TypeC port. Le Max2 also sports a powerful 21-megapixel rear and 8-megapixel front camera, supports PDAF, optical image stabilization (OIS) and has 4K video recording capabilities, way ahead of its peers. All these superlative specs of Le Max2 will cost users only Rs 29,990 (6GB+64GB version), while its competitors offer similar or lesser specs at a remarkably high price of Rs 48,900 ( Galaxy S7) and Rs 54,600 ( iPhone 6s Plus). With its distinct offerings and superlative specs, Le Max2 makes for an ideal choice for people looking to buy their next smartphone! So don't wait because registrations for Le Max2 are already underway and are open only till 28 June 1PM followed by the flash sale at 2 PM the same day.

Image for representational purpose. (Photo: cdn2.ubergizmo) Chinese tech giant Xiaomi launched Qicycle, a foldable electric smart bike at an event in China.

Known as the Qicycle Electric Folding Bike, the Xiaomi Mi Smart Bike has been priced at CNY 2,999 which approximately converts to Rs 30,000. Right now, it is available only in China with no words on its availability other parts of the world. The Qicycle Electric Folding Bike is made of carbon fibre and weighs just 14.5 kilograms. Being foldable, it also easily fits into the trunk of a car without occupying much space.

Being a smart bike, the Qicycle can also also

measure different data points, such as the distance of the current trip or the overall distance covered, mileage, heat consumption, and battery percentage.

The Qicycle is also powered by a huge Panasonic lithium 18650 mAh battery, a driving motor and 3-speed transmission. On a single full charge, the Qicycle can travel up to 40-50 kilometres. Moreover, to help avoid accidents it is equipped with smart motion-sensing technology. It also comes with an app that logs your distance, speed, GPS location, calories burned, and more. (Agencies)

SMART AND LIGHT Chinese tech giant Xiaomi launched Qicycle, a foldable electric smart bike at an event in China.

Known as the Qicycle Electric Folding Bike, the Xiaomi Mi Smart Bike has been priced at CNY 2,999 which approximately converts to Rs 30,000.

The Qicycle Electric Folding Bike is made of carbon fibre and weighs just 14.5 kilograms.

Being foldable, it also easily fits into the trunk of a car without occupying much space.

Being a smart bike, the Qicycle can also also measure different data points, such as the distance of the current trip or the overall distance covered, mileage, heat consumption, and battery percentage.

The Qicycle is also powered by a huge Panasonic lithium 18650 mAh battery, a driving motor and 3-speed transmission.

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Sprint queen Dutee Chand secures Rio berth against all odds With her latest timing, she has finally succeeded in clearing the Olympic qualification mark of 11.32.

Dutee had earlier missed the Rio Olympics qualification norm of 11.32secs by one-hundredth of a second at the 100 meter event of Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship held in New Delhi in April.

She couldn't earn an Olympic quota despite breaking previous holder Rachita Mistry's 16-yearold national record of 11.38 secs.

Dutee Chand Dutee was banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 2014 after failing a hormone

test. However, the sprinter won the right to race again in a landmark ruling questioning the validity of so-called gen-

der tests around naturally high testosterone levels in female athletes.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in July last year cleared the sprinter by suspending the 'hyperandrogenism' rules, which may also be scrapped if the IAAF fails to provide evidence.

Having bettering her own national record now, she has become the 99th Indian sportsperson to secure a place in the Rio Olympics.

N. Srinivasan unanimously Darren Bravo credits Brian Lara's re-elected as TNCA president inspiration for match-winning knock against Proteas

N. Srinivasan ANI Chennai, June 25 : Former BCCI president N. Srinivasan was on Saturday re-elected unanimously as the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) chief at the 86th Annual General Meeting here.

This is the 15th consecutive time that he has been elected as the chief of the state cricket body.

Srinivasan has been heading the TNCA since 2002-

03 when he ended former BCCI President AC Muthiah's reign.

He has been in the line of fire ever since the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal which has rocked the Indian cricket.

The 71-year-old was forced to step aside as BCCI chief after his sonin-law Gurunath Meiyappan was found to be involved in betting by a Supreme Court-appointed inquiry committee.

Atwal, Lahiri make cut at Quicken Loans golf on PGA

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PTI Maryland (US), June 25 : Indians Arjun Atwal and Anirban Lahiri made the cut at the Quicken Loans National golf tournament here.

Atwal added a second successive one-under 71 to get to two-under 140 and tied36th place at the midway stage of the tournament.

Also making the cut, right on the line, was Lahiri, who followed up his first round 71 with another 71 to stay even par for 36 holes and he is tied-67th and ensured work for the weekend.

At the top, Jon Rahm, making his professional debut, received a lot of fan support, as he got into shared lead at 11-under. He followed up his first round 64 with 67 in the second.

Atwal had three birdies, on first, second and ninth, while he bogeyed the third and 18th.

Lahiri bogeyed second and seventh and birdied eighth and ninth. On the back nine, he birdied tenth, but gave away a shot on 18th.

Co-leader Rahm was playing with local golfer Bobby Hurley III and helped even

more that the two players went shot-for-shot Friday to share the lead.

Rahm and Hurley were tied at 11 under, three strokes ahead of Vijay Singh going into the weekend at Congressional.

Rahm, who's playing his first event as a professional, said he couldn't be happier by following a great first round with a secondround 67.

Rahm would have had sole possession of the lead had he not missed a 10-foot par putt on the 18th hole.

Vijay Singh put on a show what Ernie Els did Thursday.

Singh turned in a 66 that was most memorable for his shot from the edge of the water on No. 18. The 53-year-old Singh hasn't won on the PGA TOUR since 2008. He will become the oldest PGA TOUR winner if he captures the Quicken Loans National.

Els bogeyed first and 18 but played well enough in between to finish with a 69 to get to 7-under along with Webb Simpson (68), Bill Haas (69) and Harold Varner III (69).

ANI Melbourne, June.25 : West Indies batting mainstay Darren Bravo has revealed that his match-winning knock against South Africa in the ongoing one-day international triangular series was inspired by Caribbean legend and his first cousin Brian Lara.

Bravo produced one of his best ODI performances till date, scoring a run-a-ball 102 that helped the West Indies progress into the tri-series final where the hosts will play against Australia on Sunday.

"I haven't spoken to him for some time now, but last night before I went to bed I looked at some of his clips on YouTube," Bravo was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.

"That's my boy, that's my role model, so when I'm struggling I always go back to him."

Put in to bat first, West Indies endured a stuttering start and were reeling at 21-4 after paceman Kagiso Rabada' sensational opening four-over spell in which he took three

Darren Bravo wickets. However, the lefthander then collaborated with Kieron Pollard (62) to steady the ship.

The duo shared a massive 156run partnership for the fifth wicket as West Indies went on to post a competitive 286-run target before bowling the Proteas out for just 185.

"If I'm not speaking to him, I'll always go back and look at him on YouTube and get that sort of inspiration to keep believing in

myself," said the 27-year-old, whose flamboyant style of batting has often been compared to Lara. "Today was a very good day for me and hopefully I can continue on Sunday."

Bravo also heaped praise on teammate Pollard, who was included in the ODI series following an 18-month absence, saying that his experience gained from playing domestic T20 cricket around the world has been vital in this series.

ANI Baku, Azerbaijan, June.25 : India's pistol ace Jitu Rai clinched the silver medal at the ISSF Shooting World Cup after posting a score of 199.5 in the finals of the 10m air pistol event here on Saturday.

The 28-year-old, who won his sixth World Cup medal, finished second behind Brazillian Felipe Almeida Wu, who shot 200 to claim the gold medal. Jin Jongoh of South Korea settled for bronze with a score of 178.8.

With the silver podium finish, Jitu has reaffirmed faith that he is in good shape ahead of the 2016

Jitu Rai summer Olympics in Rio de Janerio, Brazil starting from August 5.

On Friday, the world number one in 50m pistol had finished tenth in qualification round of the event in

Baku.

Last September, he had become the first Indian shooter to earn a Rio quota with a second place finish at the World Championships in Spain.

Kohli goes candid with his fans PTI New Delhi, Jun 25 : Ahead of the upcoming West Indies tour, India's Test captain Virat Kohli went candid with his fans and shared his childhood experiences at an event here.

Sharing his childhood memories on how he used to spend his holidays, Kohli said, "I generally used to spend my holidays by playing cricket all the time or play badminton in society."

Completing holiday homework is the major pressure that children have in holidays and it was no different for the top-ranked T20 batsman, who said the homework was a 'big headache' for him and he never ended

Virat Kohli up finishing it.

The RCB captain who has played most number of matches at the home ground of RCB, M.Chinnaswamy stadium, said that it is now easy to bat at Chinnaswamy than to bat at Smaaash 360 degree cricket stimulator.

Kohli, who was happy to be a part of virtual gaming arena here yesterday, further said, "I remember virtual arcade was expensive for us to go out, for a game at virtual station it used to cost rupees 10 for a coin which was difficult to afford at that time.

Messi ready for crowning glory in Copa final AFP New York, Jun 25 : Lionel Messi will bid to gild his legacy as the greatest footballer of his generation here Sunday by ending Argentina's 23year wait for a major title in a dream final against holders Chile in the Copa America Centenario.

For Messi's many millions of admirers, the five-time world footballer of the year has already achieved enough in his glittering career to be considered in the same bracket as Pele and Diego Maradona.

Yet the only hole in the Barcelona superstar's CV -- a major tournament title with Argentina -- is invariably, and somewhat unfairly, cited as a justification to delay his elevation to football's

pantheon.

That could all change on Sunday before a sell-out crowd of 81,000 at East Rutherford's MetLife Stadium, the home of the NFL's New York Giants, when Argentina face the Chileans in a rematch of last year's Copa America final.

It is the third final in as many years for Messi and his teammates, who suffered agonizing defeats in the 2014 World Cup final against Germany and to the Chileans on penalties in Santiago last year.

On each occasion, Messi has borne the brunt of the backlash from critics in Argentina who trot out a familiar laundry list of grievances. He has no passion. He doesn't sing the anthem. He doesn't

"feel" the shirt.

Barely a ball had been kicked in this Copa America before Maradona, a regular sniper, accused him of lacking "personality" and "leadership."

Maradona amped up the rhetoric this week shortly after Argentina booked their place in the final with a 4-0 demolition of the United States.

"We will certainly win on Sunday... and if we don't win, they shouldn't come back," Maradona told an Argentinian television network.

Messi is not above being angered by the criticism.

"I get annoyed by the people who attack you without thinking," he said in a recent interview.

"We got to two finals. We didn't win. What can you

Lionel Messi do? But we got to the final. It's not like we lost in the last 16."

So far in the United States, Messi has shown no sign of being overburdened by the pressure to

end Argentina's wait for a title.

After missing Argentina's opening group match -- a 2-1 win over Sunday's opponents Chile -- he scored an electrifying 19-minute

hat-trick against Panama after coming on as a substitute before going on to equal Gabriel Batistuta's Argentina goals record in the 4-1 quarter-final win over Venezuela.

Morgan hails England openers after `absolutely remarkable` chase ANI London, June.25 : England skipper Eoin Morgan has showered praise on his side's openers, describing their performance as 'absolutely remarkable' after the hosts thrashed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the second one-day international at Edgbaston.

Chasing a modest target of 255, England openers Jason Roy (112 not out) and Alex Hales (133 not out) were hardly bothered by Sri Lankan bowlers as the duo plun-

dered runs and notched up their individual centuries to steer the hosts to victory in just 34.1 overs.

Their unbroken stand of 256 was England's highest ODI partnership for any wicket, surpassing the 250-run record set by Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott for the second wicket against Bangladesh in 2010.

"That chase was absolutely remarkable," Morgan was quoted as saying

by ESPNcricinfo. "I've never experienced any-

Eoin Morgan thing like it. We were so in control without being

reckless. The two boys were outstanding. They

were very imposing and they played brilliant, very entertaining cricket."

The captain also lauded his bowlers for displaying a much improved performance on an excellent batting surface. He said, "Here, I didn't think we did anything exceptional, but we did the basics well. It didn't swing or nip off the seam and there are always huge challenges in oneday cricket when that doesn't happen."

Morgan emphasized that bowlers bowled at good line and length and applied

pressure on the tourists by bowling bouncers judiciously. "But we starved them of runs. We banged out a length and we used our bouncers well. We built pressure that way which resulted in us taking wickets. It was brilliant."

With the win, England have taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series and will next play against Sri Lanka in Bristol on Sunday.

The opening match of the series had ended in a thrilling tie on Tuesday.

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ANI Almaty, Kazakhstan, June.25 : In a gripping tale of resilience and unmeasured strength, ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand overcame all sorts of ordeals to secure her berth for the upcoming Rio Olympics in the women's 100 metres category.

The 20-year-old, hailing from Jajpur district in Odisha, clocked 11.30 seconds in women's 100m qualification meet here at the XXVI International Meeting G.Kosanov on Saturday.

Shooter Jitu Rai bags silver in Baku World Cup

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Bhupen Hazarika's Journey is really Editing of upcoming Assamese a tough work to be written: Director Film 'Aei Maatite' is finally over D

irector Prem Soni, who is making a biopic on the late singer Bhupen Hazarika, is finding it tough to pen the journey of the legendary musician. The yet-to-be-titled film chronicles the love story of Hazarika and his companion for 40 years, Kalpana Lajmi.

"The film is still in scripting stage. It would take time, at least twothree months. It's tough to make a film on a legendary personality like him (Hazarika). It is not easy to create someone's journey on paper," said Soni. Soni, who last directed Preity Zinta's debut production "Ishkq In Paris", is actively working with Lajmi on the script. "She is helping us

The gem of Assamese music industry, singer Late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika wil forever remain as the shining star in the heart of each and every Assamese. (Photo:northeasttoday) a lot with this film. It's her film, her life. She knows the story well," he said. Hazarika has donned several hats such as that of a lyricist, musician, singer, poet and filmmaker. He is ac-

knowledged for having introduced the culture and folk music of Assam and north-east India to Hindi cinema. "I don't know yet as there is so much to show. It's an emotional film," Soni

Swakkhyar Deka directs new Assamese short film 'Nishabda'

said, when asked about the aspects of Hazarika's life that he would include in the film. Names of actors like Irrfan Khan, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh, Prosenjit were doing the rounds for the lead role. The "Main Aur Mrs Khanna" helmer insists he is yet to cast anyone.

"It would be an iconic role to play on screen. We will get someone apt for the role. It would be a challenge to find the right actor. We don't know if we will go with an experienced or a young actor to play his character," Soni said. Lajmi said, "It's not easy to make a film on a legend like him (Hazarika). The film will mostly happen next year."

Assamese feature film 'Barsharanya' honoured in Mexico Fest Assamese feature film

A poster of the film. (Photo: kothasobi) The short film 'Nishabda' provides viewers with a rare glimpse into an ignored topic - a hidden problem faced by a section of the male gender in the society. The film's protagonist portrays an impotent man and his struggles of everyday life. The film shows with much depth how the personal life of an infertile man is affected. A love filled relationship turns to a loveless marriage and ends up in betrayal.

Friendship loses its value. The movie very

clearly depicts the mental state of the protagonist and his mental depression, insecurity and low self esteem as he sees his life shatter before his eyes. The movie manages to leave the audience with the question - does physical satisfaction come over life, family and social values?

The film short film directed by Swakkhyar Deka, beautifully describes the complex an impotent man goes through and its effects on the social relationships elsewhere. The protagonist is being

played by Hemanta Debnath and his wife

by Dolly Sharma. It has be mentioned that both these artistes justifiy their parts with their commendable performances. The film's camerawork is done by Abhishek and Neeraj, while the background music is scored by Loy Tsangpo. Editing is done by Deepjyoti Das. Swakkhyar Deka is on a mission to connect with his audiences in deeply personal ways stirring up hope and purpose in a rapidly changing world.

'Barsharanya' (The Rainforest), produced by Ikramul Mazid and directed by Diganta Mazumdar, has won the Golden Palm Award in the 'Environmental' category of the prestigious Mexico International Film Festival.

The film with script by Jiten Sarma was made under the banner of Alternative Cinematics.

The cast includes Tapan Das, Arun Nath, Tonthoi Devi and Debajit Mazumdar. 'The Head Hunter', the first film in Wancho tribal language and only the third film to come out of Arunachal Pradesh, won the 'Best Screenplay Award' at the festival.

The film has been directed by Assamese filmmaker Nilanjan Datta who grew up in Arunachal Pradesh. It won the best film award in the Wancho language at the National Film Awards of 2015.

Editing works of Angeekar Films' first Assamese feature film Aei Maatite, directed by independent filmmaker and eminent theatre personality Dr Sitanath Lahkar, has been completed recently. The film, which is an adaptation of Dr Lahkar's famous stage play Tamasaa on the burning issue of witch hunting, is edited

by Dr A Nagraj. An experienced editor of a number of documentary films Dr Nagraj, who is based in Tezpur, worked on the film's various aspects for over two months. Aei Maatite is his first Assamese feature film and he took extra care in treating the subject matter considering its seriousness. Commenting on his experience, Dr Nagraj said: "It has been a good experience. Aei Maatite is my first feature film and I have loved working with the Director Dr Lahkar, who really appreciates any new idea rather than imposing his own. It is also giving me immense

Angeekar Films' first Assamese feature film Aei Maatite, is sure to gain a good response for the cine lovers. (Photo:kothasobi) pleasure for working on the film as it is on a very serious issue of our society." On the challenges that he faced while editing the film, Dr Nagraj, an Assistant Professor of Tezpur University, said: "Considering the fact that the film is based on a very important social problem, we had to take extra care in treating some elements. It is about how to portray the society in the best possible way, so that people understand the subject.

At the same time, we had to be conscious that the film does well in the market as well." The Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Lyrics and Direction of Aei Maatite are

by Dr Lahkar, retired Principal of Cotton College. This will be his first feature film. After completion of the video editing, now works for dubbing, colour correction and visual effects will start within a short period of time. The shooting of Aei Maatite

was done in five locations - Jaipur village in Rani, Guwahati, Dimoria, Tezpur and Panikhaiti. The major part of the film was shot at Jaipur, where the unit received overwhelming help and support from the villagers.

Kamrup District Administration, Assam Police, Fire Services Department, Tezpur University, Dimoria College and Cotton College have provided crucial support in making of the film. The 'action-drama' film has some very critical scenes, shooting of which were done with utmost care and precision. Such type of rustic action scenes are hardly seen in Assamese films. The film will cinematically showcase some of the inhuman killings in the name of witch hunting.

The entire shooting unit worked tirelessly to get those sequences done, which, it is hoped,will surely mesmerise the movie lovers.

TICKLE YOUR TASTE BUDS Molten Chocolate Cake Ingredients 250 ml canola oil 325g Dark chocolate 7 eggs 6 egg yolks 2/3 cup granulated sugar 2 Tbsp light brown sugar 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup almond flour 1/4 cup cacao nibs, finely chopped or mini chocolate chips Method In a double boiler, add water to the bottom pot and add canola oil and chocolate to the top pot.

Bring water in the bottom pot to a boil. Turn heat to low and stir the oil-chocolate mixture for about 4 minutes, until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth.

Make sure the water

does not boil again.

In a bowl, whisk whole eggs, egg yolks and sugars together until well blended.

Whisk the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture until thoroughly incorporated.

Add all-purpose flour and almond flour into the chocolate mixture and whisk until just combined. Fold in cacao nibs.

Brush 10 small ramekins with canola oil and scoop about 6 Tbsp (90 mL) of cake batter into each ramekin.

You may place filled ramekins in refrigerator or freezer for later baking but bring to room temperature before proceeding with the next

This summer vacation, surprise the kids around you with "Molten Chocolate Cake". (Photo: images.edge-generalmills ) step.

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C).

Bake for 10 minutes.

Remove the ramekins from the oven and

unmold each of them directly onto a plate.

Serve warm with fresh berries and Star Aniseand Orange-Infused Canola Ice Cream.

'Bahniman' a new Assamese film by Biswajeet Bora Filmmaker Biswajeet Bora had long wanted to make a movie that transcends the rigidity of commercial cinema with something unusual and unique from the point of view of story and treatment. His highly engaging 'Aisa Yeh Jahaan' created cinematic history when it became the country's first carbonneutral film. Its subject has a humanity that connected deeply to the audiences across the country, which makes film enthusiasts and fans, especially in Assam, all the more curious to see what Biswajeet has up his sleeve in his new project.

ut belying expectations, the Mumbai based filmmaker, out to prove a point or two, returns with a lot of fire power in his belly to direct a full-fledged entertainer titled 'Bahniman'.

He has been quite keen to explore some new ideas in a commercial venture for some time now. This bigbudget Assamese movie, produced by Barnali Hazarika under the banner of Santoshi Maa Production, is presently drawing a lot of media attention, and not without reason. Its shooting progressing at a hurried pace in various locations, Biswajeet Bora's film is going to be a refreshing spin on the action

genre, quite unlike anything seen here. He has got the technical expertise and acumen, having spent years in Mumbai, India's entertainment hub, where he was fortunate enough to observe a lot of wellknown filmmakers at work, including the renowned Jahnu Barua, whom he also assisted for close to six years. He has left nothing to chance here. All the technical aspects are being looked after and executed with a lot of precision and planning.

The story of the film revolves around three childhood friends, lost to their own fates, only to reemerge as fierce rivals.

'Bahniman' will give a chance to many new faces, most of whose actings are outstanding. (Photo:kothasobi)

But soon they reunite to fight for the cause of their city which is controlled by mafia kingpin Kanu Sharma. Its about friendship, lost love and re-

venge. The film is Santoshi Maa Production's second venture after 'The Face'. The movie's storyscreenplay and dialogues have been penned by

Biswajeet Bora himself.

The movie's action sequences are being directed by one of Bollywood's top action directors Mr. Moses whose credits include movies like 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo', 'All Is Well', 'Ramaiya Vastavaiya', 'Commando', 'Badshah', 'Ajnabi', 'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns' etc. It leaves one in no doubt that the action sequences will definitely deliver. Of course, Biswajeet has incorporated his own inputs and ideas to the scenes.

'Bahniman' contains three songs including a title track, musically composed

by Mumbai based Jatin Sharma. Lyrics are written

by Rajdweep. The shooting has been conducted in Guwahati, Palashbari, Sonapur, among other locations.

The film is cinematographed by Mumbai based Titu Jena.

It will be edited by twice National Award winner Suresh Pai, who is considered among the best editors in Bollywood. The sound designing will be handled by Filmfare award-winning artiste Arun Nambiar, while the VFX will be directed by Mumbai's Sachin Yadav.

The film's executive producer is Phatik Baruah.

The experienced Nurrudin Ahmed handles the film's

production designing.

The chief assistant to the director is Ghanashyam Kalita. Ashim Saikia is in charge of production controlling, while Moni Goswami is the production manager.

'Bahniman's assistant directors are Chandan Deka, Anindita Kalita and Pranjal Saikia. The film's costume designer is Lopamudra Gogoi Bora, make-up is by Kishore Dangi and still-photography is by Pallav Jyoti Mahanta. As informed by the producer, this movie with a projected duration of 120 minutes will hit the screens on October 14 this year.

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