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Vol. II
Issue 39
Dibrugarh, Wednesday, July 27, 2016
THE BENEFITS OF HORTICULTURAL THERAPY FOR CHILDREN
Golaghat, July 26: The day of victory of Indian Army in the Kargil War which is observed as Vijay Diwas throughout the nation was today also observed at Khumtai in Golaghat . Today a programme was organised at the place of Kargil Martyr Captain Jintu Gogoi in Khumtai . Tributes were paid to Captain Jintu Gogoi and his contributions were commemorated. The Vijay Diwas programme was started with hoisting of flag by the Kargil Martyr's father Thogiram Gogoi . Deputy Commissioner of Golaghat Varnali Deka attended the programme as distinguished guest . (Correspondent)
Prisoner attempts suicide inside court premises at Tinsukia Tinsukia, July 26. In a shocking incident, a prisoner attempted to commit suicide inside court premises by cutting his throat on Tuesday. The prisoner has been identified as Purna Urang. According to sources, the prisoner was facing trial in a murder case. Today, the court convicted him for the crime and fixed August 1 as the date for announcement of punishment. However, he suddenly attempted suicide astonishing everybody. Immediately he was rushed to civil hospital form were doctors referred him to Assam medical college and hospital at Dibrugarh. How a prisoner got blade inside court premises is a serious question that needs to be answered. (Spl Correspondent)
Tinsukia press club calls an emergency meeting over threat to scribe Tinsukia, July 26. Taking a stern view of the steep increase in crime against scribe who are doing their duty, Tinsukia press club called an emergency meeting following a threat to journalist of local Assamese daily, Dainik Janambhumi, for reporting a news matter. The members took a decision to submit a memorandum to the Upper Assam Commissioner and DIG of Upper Assam of Assam police demanding to take strict action against Utpal Baruah based on the FIR registered by journalist Pranab Phukan. The other demand shall also include secuirty of journalists and a high - level time bounded enquiry into the alleged corruption matter of Sarba Shiksha Abhijan exposed by the journalist. Pranab Phukan has exposed an order of the coordinator of Sarba Shiksha Abhijan, Tinsukia compelling all government schools running mid - day meal programme to buy gas connection only from a Panitola based gas agency by paying rupees 7600 per connection including two cylinders, a stove, a hose pipe and a regulator. However, the same is avaliable at other gas agencies for rupees 5300 only. (Spl Correspondent)
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Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sonowal briefs Rajnath Sarma presents first budget of BJP led govt. on Assam flood situation Major trust on education, agriculture, livelihood and health care A Staff Reporter Guwahati, July 26
The BJP led Assam government today presented a budget with a focus on all sections of the society, and put a major thrust on education, agriculture, livelihood and healthcare. With this several items including candles, kerosene stoves, packaged drinking water, cinema tickets, LED bulbs and tubes, citronella oil and feeding bottles would become cheaper. Placing the budget, state finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said while the education sector along with sports, art and culture would get 20 per cent of the budget allocations after 26 per cent for general services, the agriculture and rural development sector would get 10 per cent. Sector-wise allocation of the remaining sum will be as follows: water supply, sanitation, housing and urban development (8%), transport (6%), social welfare and nutrition (5%), irrigation and flood control (5%), and others (9%), besides public
BUDGET HIGHLIGHT TO BE CHEAPER
Candles Kerosene stoves Packaged drinking water
A Staff Reporter Guwahati, July 26
Cinema tickets LED bulbs Tubes Citronella oil Feeding bottles
CM Sonowal defends budget Himanta's 'people's budget'
Himanta (right) with Assam CM Sonowal before presentation of the budget. Pic - DIPR
debt (6%). On the education front, the budget envisaged establishing three more medical colleges (in Nagaon, Dhubri and Lakhimpur) under centrally sponsored scheme, besides completing construction of one each at Kokrajhar and Diphu. While an All India Institute of Ayurveda would be set up at
Raha, he also announced setting up three new universities and 21 new polytechnic institutes, and making three engineering colleges (Karimganj, Golaghat and Dhemaji) fully functional in the current financial year.
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Defending the maiden budget of the BJP led NDA government in the state, Assam chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the Budget 201617 is a ‘people’s budget’ touching all segments of the society. In a statement here today, Chief Minister Sonowal said the budget presented on the floor of the Assam Legislative Assembly has been prepared in consultations with people, trade unions, economists and members of the Opposition. “It’s a participatory Budget wherein views and opinions of all sections of people have been incorporated to make it all encompassing,” he said.
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PTI Guwahati, Jul 26
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called up Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to get first hand information about the flood situation in Assam. In the course of his telephonic discussion, Sonowal apprised the Home Minister about the latest flood situation in the state and the steps initiated by the state government for relief, rescue and rehabilitation of the flood affected people. Singh assured Sonowal that the Centre will provide all help and assistance to the state and would bear the expenses involved in dealing with the flood situation in the state, a CMO spokesman said. Singh also conveyed to Sonowal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been keeping a close tab on the flood situation in Assam and has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to extend all possible help and support to the flood affected people. In view of the deteriorating situation following incessant
Water gushing through the Bongaon dyke in Majuli which was breached on Tuesday evening. Pic - Pranjal Khound
rainfall during the last few days, Sonowal has directed all the Deputy Commissioners to gear up relief and rescue operations on a war footing and to make all efforts to reach out to the affected people. "There should not be any grounds for complaint and succour must be provided to the affected people. Special care must be given to women and infants," he said during the video conference with DCs of affected districts here yesterday, the spokesman said. The chief minister issued a directive stating no irregularities will be tolerated in the distribution of relief
materials to the flood affected people and asked the DCs to ensure "quality food" to the affected people in view of alleged reports that "substandard food" was being distributed in some affected areas. Sonowal also directed the DCs to provide clean drinking water, medicines, baby food and fodder to the affected livestock. Asking the district heads to ensure proper sanitation in the relief camps to keep diseases at bay, he also also told them to keep sufficient number of country boats to meet any exigency.
CM Khandu convenes emergency Assam Rifles gun down one ulfa cadre at Jagun in Tinsukia a day before high level meeting to review the outfits martyr day, pistol recovered flood situation in the state Cadre planted the IED at Dibrugarh railway station
A Staff Reporter Itanagar, July 26
Rishu Kalantri Tinsukia, July 26
Chief Minister Pema Khandu soon after arrival from New Delhi today convened an emergency high level meeting to review the flood situation in the state. Emphasizing the need for preparedness to tackle disaster kind of situation in an effective way, Chief Minister asked all the link departments to coordinate and work out for a State Emergency Mitigation Plan under the supervision of the Chief Secretary. He directed the Disaster Management Department to issue instructions to all the District Administrations to provide sufficient relief materials, Essential Ration Commodities and basic requirements like drinking water to the flood affected people. He said that if necessary arises, Defence Sorty would be put into service for air dropping of ration commodities to the areas where surface communication
PTI Imphal, Jul 26
Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for the past 16 years demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), today announced her decision to end the fast on August 9 and contest state Assembly elections.
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A flooded village in Miao circle in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Pic - Indrajit Tingwa has been disrupted. He further directed to provide assistance of Medical Team and Medicines to the flood victims. Issuing strict directives to district administration and disaster management department, CM
said "no human life should be lost for which extra precautionary measures and care should be taken. He hinted for optimal utilization of NDRF & SDRF, Available Police and Paramilitary Forces for rescue and evacuation of the flood affected people.
Irom Sharmila to end fast, fight Manipur polls
"I will end my fast on August 9 and contest
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Irom Chanu Sharmila
elections," the 44-year-old rights activist announced before the media after coming out from a local court here. She said she no longer believes that her fast will lead to the repeal of the "draconian" AFSPA but she will continue the fight. "That is why I will join politics and my fight will continue," said Sharmila who has refused to eat or drink anything since November, 2000.
Assembly elections in Manipur are scheduled in 2017. Sharmila is forcibly fed through a nasal tube in Imphal's Jawahar Lal Nehru Hospital, a special ward of which acts as her prison. She had been arrested, released and then re-arrested from time to time on the charge of making an attempt to commit suicide. The maximum punishment under Section 309 of IPC is a oneyear jail term.
He also said to carry out the restoration works of basic amenities like water supply, electricity and roads to the flood affected areas as and when the weather conditions improve. Contd. on Page 3
In another setback to the banned outfit Ulfa (I), troops of Assam Rifles under the Dao division of Indian army gunned down an ulfa cadre at Wara general area, south of Jagun in Tinsukia district in the wee hours of Tuesday. The cadre has been identified as Lance Corporal Bhaiti Milli. Security forces recovered one US-made pistol and some live rounds and fired cases. In the wake of the recovery of IED bomb at Tinsukia and Dibrugarh district, the encounter, a day before ulfa's martyr day, comes as a major respite to all security and intelligence agencies engaged in counter insurgency operation. Speaking exclusively to this correspondent, Commander of 25 sector Brigadier D.K. Singh said, based on hard intelligence input an operation was launched at Wara general area on Monday night. The area was cordoned and when search party was closing in the militant opened fire, added Brigadier Singh and said that
Deadbody of the slain Ulfa cadre. Pic - Rishu Kalantri in the retaliatory fire, the Assam Rifles troops of DAO Division neutralised the ulfa cadre. He said, the cadre was part of a 4 - member group that planted IED bomb at Tinsukia and Dibrugarh.
According to sources the militant was hiding at a temporary bamboo - based hideout at the general Wara area of Jagun, from where jungle starts. The specific intellegence input was the key behind the success of the operation, sources added.
Security forces have recovered one US-made pistol, some fired cases and live rounds apart from army dress, plastic sheet, bags and personal belonging, Brigadier added.
Source added, the 2013 cadre of ulfa had planted the bomb at Dibrugarh railway station. He was a resident of Lakhimpur district.
CM requests Niti Aayog to provide fund for reconstruction and maintenance of critical infrastructure Aayog about the state’s recurring problem of heavy rain triggered flood causing huge damage to property, infrastructure and livestock every year during the monsoon.
ET Bureau New Delhi, July 26
Chief Minister Pema Khandu called on the Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr Arvind Panagariya here on Monday. During an hour long meeting, Pema raised several important issues pertaining to the state’s development. He apprised Vice Chairman Niti
CM Pema Khandu with Dr Arvind Panagariya
“Due to the turbulent nature of rivers triggered by torrential rainfalls, flood water created havocs in entire parts of the state. Contd. on Page 3
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